Chapter 43 - The Depressed Lingxin

"Xiaxia, how did you do that earlier? I could have sworn that you were stabbed right through. It scared the hell out of me." Quan Xinya completely ignored the devastated Shen Lingxin and wanted to know exactly what she just saw. 

Shen Xia looked herself over. Once she saw that everything had worked properly, she finally turned to Quan Xinya and said: "I will explain later, but first I need to wash up and get a new set of clothes..." 

Shen Xia felt sticky, and the blood smell was starting to get to her. She did not panic in the slightest this time. She knew that if she did not kill that cultivator, she would have been the one to die. The only thing she worried about was whether or not what the cultivator said was true. If so, then her life might have become even more dangerous than before. 

"Ah, yes!" Quan Xinya realized she was jumping the gun and pursed her lips. But she couldn't help but be really curious. The thing she did just now confused her so much. There were two Shen Xias!

"What's going on out here!? What is all this blood!? Miss Shen!? Are you hurt!?" Mr. Huang came running out when he noticed something was off. He looked around and saw a young man lying in a pool of blood. "Ahhh!  Dead body!" He fainted on the spot.

"Umm..." Shen Xia wondered how they were going to handle this. She subconsciously looked at Lilith, who chuckled and nodded her head. "Xiaxia, go clean up. I will take care of the mess."

"Thanks Lilith..." Shen Xia felt bad. She was the one who made the mess, and now Lilith was cleaning it up. 

"No need to thank me. We are friends, after all. Plus, this is nothing but a quick clean up. Quickly go get cleaned up." Lilith smiled and went to work.

Shen Xia felt blessed to have such good friends. She ended up being led to the bathroom by Quan Xinya, while Shen Lingxin went to the van to get a change of clothes for her. 

As Shen Xia undressed and Quan Xinya got some water ready. But she finally couldn't take it anymore. It was eating at her, and she had to know what Shen Xia had done to split herself into two: "Xiaxia, how did you do it!? I saw two of you!" 

"Ah, it is kind of an innate thing, a fox art. It is something all foxkin should be able to do. Strange how it works. It just kind of popped in my mind, and I knew how to use it right away." Shen Xia explained. Even for her, it was a surprising feat, but it was also something she was glad to have. Because of it, she was able to win against a cultivator who had the advantage of range.  Trying to fight against four flying swords at once was not easy.

"Well, it was very cool, and now I am a bit jealous since I can not do anything like that." Quan Xinya pouted. She only knew how to use weapons well. Feeling depressed, she decided to change the subject. "Xiaxia, your skin is fair and supple… "

"Do you have to poke my stomach when you say that it is as if you are calling me fat!" Shen Xia yelled out. She was not even close to being fat! Especially now that she was being forced to work out every day by Lilith.

"I didn't call you fat. I just said your skin was very good."

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While Shen Xia was getting washed up and changed, in a secret location deep within the mountains, a small village could be found. Within the village there was a palace made of white jade.  "Sect master! Brother Tian's soul crystal went dim!"

A young girl wearing purple robes yelled out as she ran into the main room. On a seat sitting up in front of a bunch of old men was a young man who looked to be in his mid-twenties. He quickly stood up and yelled: "What!? Who killed him!?"

"This… It was some fox girl… From the recording, she stabbed her hand through his body and crushed his heart." The girl replied. 

"Fox girl…." The young man's eyes flashed. "The only fox clan to ever exist was the nine tailed fox clan this means.. Hahaha! I will make a contract with this fox girl and make her my spirit beast! Quickly let me see the recording.  I will be going to the mortal world myself to see this fox girl with my own eyes." 

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"Ah! Choo!" Shen Xia sneezed and felt a chill run down her spine. "Xin'er quickly hand me a shirt. I just got a chill."

After cleaning up and changing clothes, Shen Xia felt much more refreshed and much freer now that she did not need to worry about being caught so easily. Although they were invisible, she could still feel them, so it was not like her tail and ears had actually disappeared. 

Lilith had cleaned up the mess to the point that it did not look like any battle had taken place. There was no longer any blood anywhere, and the body was also disposed of. As for Mr. Huang, she hypnotized him and erased any memory of what had happened here. 

With everything settled, Quan He, who had been quiet the entire time, shook Mr. Huang awake and made him drive them to the hotel. They still had to get some rest before they had to go to the exhibition the next day. That night Shen Xia snuggled up with Spot in her arms and slept much more soundly, knowing she could now hide her fox ears and tails. However, a certain someone who was in the bed next to Shen Xia's bed, was pouting. She had hoped to be able to fluff Shen Xia's tail to her heart's content when Shen Xia said she would be taking her with her to the exhibition.. But who would have thought that Shen Xia was now able to hide them from view? This made Shen Lingxin very depressed.