PCJ – Chapter 775 Where Is the Way Back?

After the Charm-Eyed Spirit Fox was captured by Zhang Jiaohua, he placed her inside his cultivation space. Every day, she was “trained” by the Leopard, the Fat Cat, and the Fat Monkey. Although the Charm-Eyed Spirit Fox had already reached the peak of the Qi Refining–Spirit Transformation stage, within the cultivation diagram she was suppressed by the space’s power and was no match for the Leopard, the Fat Cat, or the Fat Monkey. However, unlike them, the Charm-Eyed Spirit Fox, after taking human form, had transformed into a delicate young girl. The Leopard, Fat Cat, and Fat Monkey had turned into little children with bare bottoms when they assumed human form; but the Spirit Fox had directly become a youthful maiden, even conjuring clothes for herself—charming and seductive. An ordinary cultivator who looked at her might be instantly enchanted.

Zhang Jiaohua, of course, would not be confused by the Charm-Eyed Spirit Fox. His soul was far stronger than his cultivation level; with a single glance he could see through her true form, so naturally he was unaffected. The Leopard, Fat Cat, and Fat Monkey still had the minds of children, and had no concept of beauty, so her alluring appearance was completely lost on them.

“Little Fox, come here. I was the first one to arrive here, so I’m the eldest. The Fat Cat came second, so he’s the Second Brother. The Fat Monkey is the third, so you will call him Third Brother. Do you hear me? If you don’t listen, we’ll beat you. Don’t think we’ll show mercy just because you’re a girl.” The Leopard stood proudly in front of the Spirit Fox and spoke.

“…Fine.” The situation was against her. Since her strongest charm technique couldn’t be used, she could only obediently comply.

The Fat Cat immediately acted like a commander waving a feather duster: “Go! Go catch a fish for your Cat Brother!”

The Spirit Fox originally wanted to lose her temper, but when she turned and saw all three of them watching her, she swallowed it. Letting it come to a fight, she couldn’t handle even one of them—much less all three—because when Zhang Jiaohua brought her into the space, he had already placed restrictions on her, suppressing her cultivation to the early Spirit Transformation stage. Meanwhile, those three had already reached the peak of the Spirit Transformation stage and would soon break into the peak refining stage.

“Fine, I’ll go catch fish.” The Spirit Fox smiled seductively, then twisted her enchanting waist and leaped into the spiritual spring.

“So dense with spiritual energy… If I could cultivate here long-term, I’d soon break through to the Spirit Returning stage. Then I could easily break out of here.” But at that thought, her expression dimmed. Even if she broke through, she could not escape Zhang Jiaohua’s control, because he held her life-soul. He could end her life at any moment.

The spiritual fish in the spring were formed from pure spiritual essence. They were lively and clever—very difficult to catch. The Spirit Fox tried several times, yet every attempt came up empty-handed.

“Useless,” the Fat Cat said disdainfully.

“Why don’t you catch one then? As if you could.” The Spirit Fox goaded him.

The Fat Cat, less clever than the Spirit Fox, was instantly provoked. He jumped into the spring and quickly grabbed a spiritual fish. “Watch closely! This is how your Cat Brother catches fish!”

He proudly tossed the fish to the Spirit Fox. She caught it and immediately ate it in one bite. It was delicious.

Only then did the Fat Cat realize what had happened. “You tricked me!”

Furious, he pounced, ready to teach her a lesson.

“If you have the ability, compete with me in catching fish. If I lose, I’ll let you deal with me however you want,” the Spirit Fox said.

“Fine!” The Fat Cat agreed at once. He thought she couldn’t even catch one, so how could she beat him? He didn’t realize she had learned by watching him.

The Spirit Fox was highly intelligent—just one demonstration was enough for her to master the technique.

The Leopard laughed: “Fatty, you got fooled. She provoked you deliberately.”

But the Fat Cat snorted: “You think I didn’t notice? I was just playing along.”

However, when the contest began, the Spirit Fox used her charm technique to mesmerize the fish. The spiritual fish all gathered together on their own. Just as the Spirit Fox was about to catch them. The Fat Cat suddenly conjured a fishing net and scooped all the fish into it at once.

“Fight with me? You’re still too green!” he laughed loudly.

The Fat Cat had once fooled humans—how could his intelligence be that low? The Leopard had deliberately said that earlier so the Spirit Fox would let her guard down, allowing the Fat Cat to win at the critical moment.

The Fat Cat, the Fat Monkey, and the Leopard burst out laughing recklessly.

“This fox is so silly. We pretended to be stupid and she didn’t even notice. Hair long, brains short. She shouldn’t have made her hair so long—it made her even dumber,” the Fat Monkey said, drinking monkey wine and swaying happily.

The Spirit Fox angrily leapt out of the water and stomped off to the far side of the space.

“How hateful! They dare humiliate me like this! If my strength recovers, I’ll make them pay!” She decided to avoid them—but the cultivation diagram wasn’t large. If they wanted to find her, it would be easy.

Time passed quickly. The Battle Hall had already been in the Spirit Beast Mountain Range for nearly two years. Their battles had moved beyond the outer areas and had begun advancing inward, targeting spirit beasts of the Spirit Returning stage. The battles were tough, but as their spiritual weapons grew more powerful, the Battle Hall’s combat strength became terrifying.

Most of the Battle Hall’s cultivators had now reached the late Spirit Transformation stage, and many had reached its peak. At any moment, some could break through to the Spirit Returning stage. Zhang Jiaohua had already reached the late Spirit Returning stage. During these two years, he cultivated relentlessly, hoping to return to Earth, reopen the channel between Earth and the Immortal Realm, and see his family again. He did not know what had happened on Earth during this time, nor what had become of his loved ones.

“City Lord Wan said that when they came through the teleportation array, they saw a towering snow-covered mountain. But we haven’t found it anywhere here. Our aircrafts have searched deep into the Spirit Beast Mountains. Could it be… that our Battle Hall is moving in the wrong direction?” Zhang Jiaohua was puzzled—they still had not found the obvious landmark the city lord had mentioned.