In the next 30 minutes, Yu Tu looked through the game guides and informed Wei Yang that in order to obtain the artifact, the Veil of Non-Seeing, she would need to resolve a special-grade incident.
To trigger this quest, Wei Yang escaped from her confinement for the second time using her previous method. She successfully hid from and evaded the guards sent to capture her, making it all the way to Huyin Town.
This town was the “Home of the Fox Enchantresses” that Ah Li had mentioned to Wei Yang before. At the time, she had also said that the town was protected by a barrier, and anyone without Fox Enchantress blood would be unable to break through and enter.
Wei Yang stood before the barrier, her mouth hanging open in utter shock.
It was a massive black hemispherical shield, looking like an upside-down bowl. Wei Yang really hadn’t expected the so-called barrier to be such a grand spectacle; she had thought it would be something like an invisible wall of air.
“Yu Tu, please explain the process one more time before we go in. I don’t want my brain to freeze up later.”
Yu Tu sat slumped helplessly on her Somersault Cloud. She had already explained it twice, but unfortunately, Wei Yang was like a fish with a memory that only lasted 7 seconds.
“Baby, you’re such a dummy. Fine, I’ll start from the beginning again. First, go find Ah Li and get close to her. If you coax her enough, she might just give you the Medusa Sapphire that can restore your vision. That Tamamo Bell is much rarer than the Medusa Sapphire, and since she was willing to give you that, the sapphire should be no problem.”
“But she won’t have any memory of me after the save file was reloaded, right? Besides, I’m a bit disfigured now. What if—”
“It’s fine,” Yu Tu interrupted her. “Ah Li is a noble Nine-Tailed Fox Princess. When she’s interested in someone, she looks at their soul. Although appearance is also a standard, she focuses more on the figure. Don’t tell me you aren’t confident in your own body?”
Wei Yang’s mouth twitched. It was impossible to say she wasn’t confident, even though something representing her male dignity seemed to have quietly shattered.
‘I don’t know whether I should be happy or not…’ “If I successfully get the sapphire, what happens next?”
“I’ll use a cheat to modify the permissions and link the quest that only the protagonist, Chao Yan, was supposed to receive to your identity. Also, there’s more good news. The quest is right here in Huyin Town. Since there’s a barrier here, you don’t have to worry about the pursuers from Shendu catching you.”
Wei Yang also felt that this was a blessing in disguise. If she wanted to resist Chao Yan, who also possessed a player cheat, she had to improve herself.
‘I’m going in now.’ “By the way, I’m a Fox Princess now, so the barrier is ineffective against me, but can you pass through it?”
“Baby, are you really a fish? I’m just a conscious entity. Don’t worry about me.”
With nothing left to worry about, Wei Yang approached the barrier. She reached out with her hand first, and it felt like passing through a curtain of water.
No longer hesitating, she stepped forward several paces. Wei Yang fully entered the barrier, finding a hidden paradise behind the wall of water. Appearing before her eyes was an elegant small town with a massive windmill, gardens, and a church. However, the town seemed somewhat desolate. Despite it being daytime, not many shops were open, and the pedestrians all looked worried.
Yu Tu briefly explained the situation.
“The current state of affairs is caused by the quest you’re about to take. Everyone in Huyin Town is in a state of panic. But ignore them for now. I’ll lead the way. Let’s go find Ah—”
“Ah—!!”
*Bang!*
Yu Tu stared blankly at Wei Yang, who had sent a certain Fox Enchantress flying into the sky with a single punch. How could she have known that as soon as they entered Huyin Town, they would be targeted by a certain perverted Fox Enchantress?
Wei Yang looked shocked and embarrassed, hugging herself tightly as she retreated several steps. While she had been listening seriously to Yu Tu, she had inexplicably felt an ominous premonition of being watched. Immediately after, her sweets had been attacked.
Startled and reacting instinctively, Wei Yang’s power exploded as she spun around and delivered a rising dragon punch. In an instant, she sent that tofu-stealing pervert flying. Even the spiritual creature Tuotu, who was perched on her head acting as her eyes, flew off due to the momentum.
“Wh-Wh-Wh-Who goes there! How dare you steal a decent fox girl’s tofu in broad daylight? I’ll have you arrested!?”
The Fox Enchantress who had been sent flying crashed face-first onto the ground. Her nine tails failed to protect her.
…?
Nine tails?
A small firework seemed to go off in Wei Yang’s head. ‘Wait, is this Fox Princess—’
As the attacker slowly stood up and raised her head, it was exactly as expected. It was her primary target for this trip: Ah Li. The other woman was carefully wiping away a nosebleed, but her eyes were locked onto Wei Yang’s face like a homing missile.
Wei Yang’s brain stalled. How should she even start a conversation in this situation? After all, this was the first time they were meeting since the save was reloaded, and this incident had just happened on top of that.
Just as her rusty, old-fashioned boiler of a brain was thinking so hard it began to smoke, Ah Li smiled at her and spoke first.
“Long time no see, darling.”
Wei Yang’s face froze. She had imagined ten thousand situations in her mind, but she had never expected this one.
“…You’re Ah Li, right?”
Ah Li tilted her head, pretending to be sad as she squeezed out two drops of tears.
“I’m so heartbroken. Those words are so cold. Are you trying to cut ties with me? Could it be that you’ve found another Fox Enchantress to flirt with and now you find me bothersome! You’re far too quick to move on to the next person, waah!”
“Uh, I have to ask… in your memory, where did we meet before?”
Wei Yang decided to test the waters. There shouldn’t have been any memories left after the reload, but the Ah Li before her actually remembered her. This was clearly very abnormal.
When asked, Ah Li knit her brows and placed an index finger on her lip, looking like she had a bit of a headache.
“Wait, let me think. We definitely met, but where was it…” The distressed Ah Li eventually gave up on thinking. “Sorry, darling, I forgot. As an apology, I’ll let you see my tummy~”
Wei Yang didn’t want to see it at all.
It seemed the current situation was that Ah Li had an impression of her but no specific memories. If that was the case, was it perhaps because of her own uniqueness?
Just as Yu Tu had said, if Ah Li was interested in someone, she was first interested in their soul. As a Ziyun Nine-Tails, she was the most special one among the Fox Enchantresses and could observe the shape of a living being’s soul. Perhaps during that brief time they spent together, Wei Yang’s soul had left a deep impression on Ah Li—an impression that even a save reload could not affect.
Wei Yang was deeply moved.
That was, until she realized Ah Li didn’t intend to just show her stomach, but planned to take her home.
“Darling, this place isn’t very good. There are too many people and too many eyes. I don’t want anyone else to look. Come to my house and look all you want. You can look for as long as you like and touch wherever you want~”
Despite the enthusiasm, Wei Yang couldn’t help but shiver.
‘If I go to her house, won’t I be in extreme danger? This girl clearly just wants my body!’
“Wait, wait, wait! You definitely want to trick me into going to your house so you can do something to me! I have surgical scars on my face and I’m blind. Do you really have the heart to lay a hand on me!”
Ah Li let out a soft sound of surprise, narrowing her eyes to observe Wei Yang closely.
“Ah, you’re right. Sorry, because my eyes are very good, I rarely notice these external things. As for whether I have the heart…” Ah Li licked her lips. “Won’t you find out if you come to my house? Perhaps I even have a miraculous item that can help you restore your vision, darling?”
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