When Zhou Yu’er saw the master’s face clearly, her eyes widened.

With black hair, fair skin, and cold eyes, the master looked like a Crane Immortal crane descending.

Zhou Yu‘er wanted to envy her just like she envied all beautiful girls, but in truth, one could only be jealous of someone if the two of you were not too different. When the difference was too great, one could only look up at the other from afar and would not even have the slightest disrespect in one’s heart towards them.

An Rugu put down the peach wood sword and looked at the fox pendant on her neck, “The premise is that you hand that thing over.”

Zhou Yu’er didn’t think that she could find the fox’s location at a glance. She hurriedly raised her hand to cover the pendant, blocking everyone’s gaze, “This is my family heirloom, I can’t give it to you.”

Liang Jing recalled the appearance of the pendant just now and was a little speechless, “That thing costs 9.9 yuan, shipping included. Is this what you call your family heirloom?”

Zhou Yu’er: “…”

She lowered her eyes. This was indeed a random jade purchase online. Because she wanted to keep the illusion at all times, she had to keep the fox close to her. And jade could nourish the soul. But even though she was so rich now, she didn’t think of changing the place where the fox lived.

Handing over the fox would mean losing everything she had now. It would be better to let her die.

She bit her lip, looking as if she was about to cry, and began to play the emotional card, “Master, the fox wanted to help me, so he helped me cast the charm. In this world, appearance commands justice. I used to be ugly and lived a hard life. What’s wrong with wanting my life to be a little better?”

Upon hearing this, the other two female stars, although they were deeply resentful towards Zhou Yu’er, had to admit that they too also somewhat relied on their appearance.

However, An Rugu glanced at her face, and in her eyes, she could see that she has already changed from what she used to be, “Everyone loves beauty, but you can’t abandon your moral bottom line just to love beauty, otherwise what’s the difference between you and animals? What is shown is all gold and jade, but inside is just rotten cotton.”

Zhou Yu’er bit her lips several times until they bled. She wanted to refute but couldn’t say anything. After all, she was in the wrong.

It was very common for female celebrities to have plastic surgery nowadays. As long as they didn’t deny having had the surgery, there was no deception.

But she was deceiving people from beginning to end, and she was cheating with eight different people and interfering in other people’s relationships.

She thought for a long time and could only argue, “I just want to have a dream. When I am completely happy, I will leave the entertainment industry and stop casting spells on people.”

Liang Jing’s eyes were complicated, “How long do you plan to have this dream? Your plan seems indefinite?”

Li Qiuyue saw through her lie at a glance, “You’re participating in a talent show. It’s obvious that you have ambitions. Will you really quit the circle?”

Zhou Yu’er was speechless after being confronted by them. She couldn’t help but touch her greatest support, hoping that Hu Lai could help her out.

However, An Rugu looked at the pendant around her neck and said, “Even if you want to continue dreaming, you won’t be able to do so for long. This fox is at the end of his rope.”

Zhou Yu’er: “???”

Others: “???”

Zhou Yu’er tightly grasped her fox pendant and shook her head frantically. “How is this possible? How could Hu Lai be dying?”

“Do you think that mana is obtained out of thin air? Only by meditating and contemplating every day and immersing oneself in cultivation can one gain mana. This fox entered the pendant to craft illusions for you, ignoring its cultivation. It also cast multiple charms on people, and its mana has long been like the sand in an hourglass, about to drain away.”

An Rugu’s eyes flashed with a complex expression, “What’s more, he has done so many evil things for you, and now he is haunted by bad karma and is barely alive.”

Zhou Yu’er immediately thought how Hu Lai had become less and less willing to talk to her recently, and has been slower and slower in casting his charm spells.

At first she thought the other party didn’t want to pay attention to her, but now that she thought about it, the facts seemed to be very different after all.

It seemed that she was about to squeeze Hu Lai dry!

She couldn’t believe it was true and immediately pulled the pendant and said, “Hu Lai, is this true?”

After a long time, a clear voice came, “…Yes.”

Zhou Yu’er seemed to have all of her strength drained out her. She slid down on the ground with a pale face, “Didn’t you become an Immortal after asking me for a title? How could you be so…” rubbish.

Could it be that Hu Lai was lying to her and trying to get rid of her?

After hearing her words, An Rugu thought for a while, “Did he ask you to bestow him a title?”

Zhou Yu’er hoped that An Rugu wouldn’t expose her lies, so she readily told the story of how she and Hu Lai met, including how she saved him and how, later, he asked her to bestow him a title.

An Rugu’s eyes changed slightly, and the words she said were like a bolt from the blue, “Foxes usually don’t ask to be titled.”

Zhou Yu’er was horrified, “Don’t fox spirits have to be titled before they can become adults?”

Liang Jing had watched the livestream which featured the weasel and was very curious as well, “Yeah, didn’t the weasel ask for a title last time?”

An Rugu replied quietly, “The weasel’s way of asking for a title is actually a shortcut. Using human qi to cultivate is easy but it makes the foundation unstable. It can be akin to forcing the growth of seedlings. But they have no choice, because they are not as organized as foxes. Foxes, on the other hand, don’t usually take shortcuts like this.

“After foxes have cultivated and become spirits, they will study at the Fox Academy in Longhu Mountain. After completing their studies, the foxes will go to the Lady of Mount Tai to take the exam.

“If they pass the exam, their names will be written in the Book of Fox Immortals by the Lady of Mount Tai and have a position. If they fail the exam, they will not have a position and will be an ordinary fox yaoguai.”

Liang Jing suddenly understood, “The Fox Clan has someone above them, and they can take the exam and become an official.”

The Fox Clan had the Lady of Mount Tai above them, but the weasel did not, so the upper limit of the fox was higher than that of the weasel.

“Your understanding is not wrong,” An Rugu said. “Most foxes will take the exam to become Fox Immortals. Very rarely would a fox ask a human for a title. If they take shortcuts to cultivation, it would be difficult for them to pass the exam and become Fox Immortals in the future.”

Liang Jing could understand, “… This is equivalent to having a stain come out during the political review. Even if your grades are good enough, you won’t be admitted to a position.”

“Just about the same.”

I Livestream Divination to the World translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

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