Volume 2, Chapter 108 – The Candidate for the Next Female Lead

Although that dog system had never told Lu Zhuxin when her heat period would arrive, Lu Zhuxin could vaguely sense that the time was not far off.

This was her intuition, though it had no basis.

But Lu Zhuxin had always trusted her intuition.

Judging from that dog system’s attitude earlier, the nine-tailed Fox Lord’s heat period wouldn’t be easy to endure. Otherwise, that dog system wouldn’t keep gloating like that.

After completing the conquest of Song Shiyuan, Lu Zhuxin decided to start preparing for the arrival of her heat period.

Fortunately, the fated male lead Song Shixuan had already been seriously injured, so Lu Zhuxin had enough time to prepare slowly. She could prepare to conquer the next female lead afterward.

As for Qu Qingtang…

Lu Zhuxin didn’t have any particularly good methods to deal with her right now.

However, Qu Qingtang was currently on demon territory, and her natal sword was in Lu Zhuxin’s hands.

Lu Zhuxin could also summon the Demon Venerable to help at any time.

Under these circumstances, she probably wouldn’t have the guts to act recklessly, right?

“My Lord… all the records regarding the fox clan’s heat period are now here.” The beauty in red, Hu Mei’er, carried a large stack of scrolls and came before Lu Zhuxin.

She gently set down the scrolls and said, “Records of the fox clan’s heat period can be traced back as far as ten thousand years ago…”

“However… the fox clan has weak bodies and cannot compare to other races in cultivation…”

“Over tens of millions of years… there have been very few records of ninth-realm nine-tailed foxes…”

Lu Zhuxin looked at the scrolls that Hu Mei’er had brought and suddenly felt a headache coming on.

During this time, by reading these scrolls, Lu Zhuxin had learned about many background settings she had never written in detail.

Many settings that weren’t important to the original story.

But they were indispensable for the completeness of a small world, and these settings had now been filled in by the small world’s Heavenly Dao itself.

For example… the history of the fox clan, the development of the fox clan.

The fox clan’s ability to develop from a weak tribe bullied by everyone into one of the most prosperous races in the demon domain was inseparable from the conquests of the Fox Lord a thousand years ago.

That is… the credit of the original owner, Ming Zhaoxi.

Therefore, the Fox Lord held an unshakable position among the fox clan. And it wasn’t entirely because of her eighth-realm cultivation.

Unfortunately, knowing these things didn’t help Lu Zhuxin’s current situation at all.

Hu Mei’er sat across from Lu Zhuxin, hands supporting her face, elbows resting on the desk. Her eyes were charming as she focused intently on Lu Zhuxin across from her.

After watching for a while, Hu Mei’er asked, “What is My Lord looking for?”

“Looking to see if there are any suppressants,” Lu Zhuxin said.

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Although Lu Zhuxin had deleted the suppressant setting, since the Heavenly Dao would complete settings she hadn’t written, perhaps the suppressant she had deleted would still exist in some form.

Otherwise, having to rely solely on willpower to endure each heat period would be too terrible.

“Suppressants?” Hu Mei’er tilted her head. She didn’t understand.

“That is… medicine that… suppresses the restless desires during heat periods,” Lu Zhuxin said.

“Oh!” Hu Mei’er understood. She said, “Is My Lord looking for pills that suppress the restless desires during heat periods?”

“You know where such medicine exists?” Lu Zhuxin’s gaze moved from her book to look at Hu Mei’er.

“Mei’er doesn’t know,” Hu Mei’er shook her head. She said, “However, Mei’er has heard rumors about such pills before.”

“Hm?” Lu Zhuxin raised an eyebrow. “Tell me about it.”

“A long time ago, alchemists hired by the fox clan proposed similar ideas,” Hu Mei’er said while recalling.

“So they really exist!” Lu Zhuxin’s eyes lit up. “And then?”

“However, these pills only remained in theory,” Hu Mei’er said. “Because for some unknown reason, that highly skilled alchemist discovered that although all her alchemy theory was correct… the results always inexplicably deviated from expectations.”

“Hm?” Lu Zhuxin was puzzled. “What does that mean? The theory was correct, but the actual alchemy always failed?”

“Yes,” Hu Mei’er nodded.

“Then perhaps there was some problem with the alchemy steps? By summarizing the failures and experimenting again, it would eventually succeed, right?” Lu Zhuxin said. “Even if alchemy failures cause material losses, the fox clan doesn’t lack those resources, right?”

“Umm… Mei’er doesn’t understand much about alchemy either,” Hu Mei’er furrowed her delicate brows. “But Mei’er heard that it was precisely because the cause couldn’t be determined that it kept failing.”

“The alchemy steps were the same every time, but the alchemy results differed by vast amounts each time…”

“The reason for failure was completely different every time…”

“No alchemist knew why this was.”

“Therefore, pills to suppress the fox clan’s heat period only exist theoretically, but no alchemist has been able to produce them.”

Hearing this, Lu Zhuxin was completely dumbfounded.

She muttered, “So alchemy doesn’t exist anymore, is that it…”

“Hm?” Hu Mei’er tilted her head slightly, confusion in her eyes.

“Never mind,” Lu Zhuxin rubbed her throbbing forehead. She felt like spending a whole day in the library pavilion made her look like a complete clown.

Even back when she was just a college student slacking off, she had never been this diligent.

The small world’s Heavenly Dao would complete Lu Zhuxin’s settings on its own.

Since Lu Zhuxin had deliberately deleted the suppressant setting, the Heavenly Dao wouldn’t let suppressants appear in this small world again.

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The power of the Heavenly Dao was terrifying indeed.

Lu Zhuxin just felt irritated.

“System… now that I’ve weakened part of the fated male lead’s fortune, that counts as defying fate and changing destiny, right? So can I also change the rules prohibited by the Heavenly Dao?”

[Host, do you want to produce the suppressant yourself?]

The system’s voice sounded in Lu Zhuxin’s mind.

“What, is that not allowed?” Lu Zhuxin raised an eyebrow in response.

[Host… may I ask, do you know alchemy?]

“…” Lu Zhuxin fell silent.

[Host, forgive my bluntness, but even if you wanted to learn alchemy from scratch… do you think you could learn it before your heat period arrives?]

“…” A black line appeared on Lu Zhuxin’s forehead.

Have her speedrun alchemy?

She just wanted to freeload.

[Bzzt… Creator privilege… bzzt, possesses the highest judgment authority, higher than Heavenly Dao rules… bzzt…]

[Bzzt… an alchemist bearing fate… can trigger it… bzzt…]

Finally, a useful clue.

Conquering Song Shiyuan first really was the wisest choice Lu Zhuxin had made.

Something she had no leads on before now had a clue so quickly.

According to this explanation, as long as she found an alchemist bearing fate, Lu Zhuxin would have a chance to have them produce the suppressant.

As for an alchemist bearing fate…

In this novel world, only the male and female leads would bear fate.

And as the male lead, Song Shixuan naturally knew some alchemy skills.

However, Lu Zhuxin would never ask Song Shixuan to make pills.

Therefore, her target could only be a fated female lead who knew alchemy.

Which fated female leads knew alchemy?

Lu Zhuxin muttered to herself.

[Give up, host. You can’t learn alchemy.]

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[Host, if you want to find someone to help you make pills…]

[You could go find Qu Qingtang! She also knows alchemy!]

“…” Lu Zhuxin was speechless.

Could this system’s purpose be any more obvious?

Lu Zhuxin didn’t have the guts to ask Qu Qingtang to help her make pills.

Even if they were made, she wouldn’t dare eat them.

However, at least there was a lead now, wasn’t there?

A fated female lead who knew alchemy. Lu Zhuxin did think of a candidate.

Chi Xiyan, whose sword and alchemy were both exceptional.

Both a sword cultivator and an alchemist.

In the original text, the various strange pills used by the protagonist team all came from her hand.

However, she wasn’t a Sword Sect disciple, but rather the daughter of Bei He Commandery’s Lingbao Commerce Association president Chi Jingwen, and was apprenticed to Medical Immortal Valley’s Valley Master Luo Yun.

In the original text, though she entered through the path of alchemy, she would stand out at the upcoming Sword Sect recruitment ceremony and, through her connection with the fated male lead Song Shixuan, become apprenticed to Lingxiao Sword Sect’s sect master Jiang Hongliang, becoming a Lingxiao Sword Sect disciple.

There was actually more than one fated female lead who knew alchemy, but Chi Xiyan had the best alchemy skills.

However… if it was Chi Xiyan,

Lu Zhuxin felt that trying to get Chi Xiyan to help her make pills would probably be no easier than converting Song Shiyuan.

“A bit troublesome,” Lu Zhuxin frowned.

Chi Xiyan was also one of the fated female leads she needed to conquer.

The fox clan lacked strong individuals and lacked top-tier alchemists. If she could bring Chi Xiyan under her banner, it would be of great benefit to the fox clan.

However, how to conquer Chi Xiyan was also a difficult problem for Lu Zhuxin.

Because Chi Xiyan was the fated male lead Song Shixuan’s fiancée.

A marriage personally arranged by Lingxiao Sword Sect’s sect master Jiang Hongliang.

After they married, the entire Lingbao Commerce Association would become support behind Song Shixuan.

And through this marriage, Lingxiao Sword Sect, Lingbao Commerce Association, and the Nanhe Song Clan would be tightly connected.

This marriage was an intersection of interests from all parties.

If someone wanted to destroy this engagement, Lingxiao Sword Sect, Lingbao Commerce Association, and the Nanhe Song Clan would not allow it.

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If Lu Zhuxin wanted to insert herself into this, she would probably need to find an alternative approach.

“Ugh! So troublesome…” Lu Zhuxin felt another headache coming on.

Searching for information in the library pavilion today had consumed too much of her energy.

“I shouldn’t have come to flip through books myself…”

“I’m exhausted…”

Lu Zhuxin stretched lazily. It was already quite late, so she decided to go back to sleep first.

As for the matter of releasing those Sword Sect disciples according to the agreement today, Lu Zhuxin had already fully delegated it to Hu Xian’er to handle.

According to the agreement between Lu Zhuxin and Qu Qingtang.

Besides Qu Qingtang having to stay in the fox palace as a maid, Lingxiao Sword Sect also had to send a batch of treasures as ransom.

Lu Zhuxin didn’t really understand or care about these things, so leaving everything to Hu Xian’er was most reasonable.

Given Hu Xian’er’s nature, she would surely fleece those sword cultivators thoroughly.

Lu Zhuxin was very confident in what Hu Xian’er handled.

…

Lu Zhuxin happily returned to her sleeping quarters.

Just as she was about to take off her clothes and shoes and burrow into the large bed.

She heard a familiar voice.

“You’re back, little fox.”

Lu Zhuxin stiffly turned her neck to look.

She saw Qu Qingtang sitting on the edge of her bed with crossed legs, wearing only thin undergarments. The thin gauze skirt couldn’t hide those fair, slender, beautiful legs, exposing large areas of smooth, tender skin.

That devastatingly beautiful face wore a faintly coquettish smile.

In the dim candlelight, Qu Qingtang with her clothes half undone appeared both aesthetically beautiful and alluring.

Her bare jade feet lightly touched the ground as she slowly moved closer to Lu Zhuxin, her red lips parting slightly as she said softly.

“Are you going to sleep, little fox?”

“Then before sleeping, you should first…”

“I refuse!” Lu Zhuxin loudly rejected.