Cheng Xiaofan's so-called emotional investment was very simple: to carry out a large-scale spiritual rain irrigation in the Bai Mang Lake area, allowing the plants and beasts here to absorb more energy from the spiritual rain.
After it was completely dark, Cheng Xiaofan sat cross-legged in the pavilion at the top of the terraced mountain and began to perform the ritual to summon rain.
In an instant, spiritual energy gathered from all directions, transforming into clouds that covered the star-dusted night sky.
Lightning tore through the clouds, and thunder roared.
*Splash!*
Accompanied by a strong wind, spiritual rain poured down from the sky.
The area covered by this spiritual rain included almost the entire primeval forest of the One Hundred Thousand Mountains.
In this heavy rain, the place with the most concentrated spiritual energy was naturally the Bai Mang Lake area.
The wild beasts lurking in the primeval forest all lifted their heads, greedily devouring the spiritual rain.
The white python raised its head, its three-meter-long red tongue flicking into the air. A torrent of rain was directly scooped into its mouth, and it made gulping sounds like a famished dragon drinking water.
The mischievous little creature and the Sky-Shattering Eagle also desperately absorbed the spiritual rain falling from the sky.
Similarly, the ten white swans, nine fiery red ground-drilling rats, and the thirty-six chestnut-red horses were all bathed in the spiritual rain along the shores of Bai Mang Lake.
The dragon fish leaped out of the water, unfurled its pair of fins, and flew back and forth between the lotus lake and Bai Mang Lake in the spiritual rain.
At the exit of a cave on a cliff in the primeval forest, three peerless beauties sat cross-legged, naked, as the fierce wind and rain washed over their bodies.
In the midst of the wind and rain, the long hair of the three women flew wildly in the air.
They all closed their beautiful eyes, absorbing the spiritual energy brought by the spiritual rain through their breath.
These three stunning beauties were the fox mother and daughter, and the other was Kuzoe Mieko.
Fortunately, this was a place humans could not reach, so they didn't need to wear clothes, allowing their bodies to merge as much as possible with the spiritual rain.
An hour later, the clouds receded and the rain stopped.
In the sky, the stars reappeared, like tiny scattered flowers adorning it.
The air after the rain was filled with rich spiritual energy and the fragrance of wild flowers, refreshing the mind.
"I never imagined that a rain shower here would contain such dense spiritual energy. It's truly a treasure land for cultivation!" Kuzoe Mieko opened her beautiful eyes and couldn't help but exclaim.
The mother and daughter fox spirits had also acquired their own names.
The mother was called Zhuxi Wangyue.
The daughter was called Zhuxi Lingling.
Hearing Kuzoe Mieko's exclamation, Zhuxi Wangyue smiled faintly and said, "Mieko, this was actually an artificial rain. Otherwise, where would such dense spiritual energy come from!"
"Ah, it was artificial rain?"
Kuzoe Mieko was instantly shocked and said, "Who was it, and what extraordinary ability do they possess to gather the spiritual energy between heaven and earth and summon such spiritual rain?"
"In this area, the only one capable of summoning such a widespread and spiritually dense rain is Cheng Xiaofan,"
At this moment, Zhuxi Lingling chuckled.
Upon hearing this, Kuzoe Mieko was completely stunned.
This Cheng Xiaofan was too powerful!
It seemed that the cultivation of her two disciples being crippled by Cheng Xiaofan was not surprising at all.
"I am truly impressed by this young man!" After a long pause, Kuzoe Mieko said.
Zhuxi Wangyue smiled and said, "Mieko, I hope you can thoroughly reform yourself here and become a true female cultivator, not disgracing the reputation of our ancient female cultivators of the Hu family!"
"Fox Immortal's teachings, Mieko will engrave them in her heart and never forget!" Kuzoe Mieko immediately knelt on both knees and bowed her head in response.
...
The night was deep.
The countless stars appeared even more brilliant in the post-rain night sky.
By this time, Cheng Xiaofan had already returned to his bamboo villa to rest.
Due to the large area covered by this rainfall, it had consumed a lot of Cheng Xiaofan's spiritual power. He soon fell asleep after lying down on the bed.
In his dream, Cheng Xiaofan transformed into a golden dragon and lay quietly in the grass by the shore of Bai Mang Lake.
This made Cheng Xiaofan very curious. Since he had transformed into a golden dragon, why didn't he fly to the vast starry sky and meet his White Goddess in the dragon boat?
After all, a fusion of divine souls could enhance the spiritual power within his body!
However, the golden dragon lay quietly by the shore of Bai Mang Lake, with its eyes closed, resting. It showed no reaction to Cheng Xiaofan's thoughts.
Cheng Xiaofan was extremely annoyed!
If it weren't for the fact that you were the dragon power within me, I would have wanted to smash you to death with a single palm!
Thinking that he and this golden dragon were one in the dream, how could he possibly strike?
Would he be killing himself?
Speechless!
After an unknown period of time, the golden dragon suddenly opened its eyes and stared intently at the center of the lake.
The vortex formed by the passage leading to the underground river in the center of the lake was spinning intensely, with dark blue electric arcs occasionally flashing, appearing very eerie.
Could something be about to happen in the passage to the underground river?
Just as he was thinking this, the vortex at the bottom of the lake spun faster and faster. As blue electric arcs flashed, faint thunder rumbled.
The entire spinning vortex seemed like boiling water churning, with countless bubbles rising to the surface of the lake.
Huh!
What kind of eerie trick was this?
At this moment!
In the brilliant starry sky, blue electric arcs also began to flash, accompanied by thunder, echoing the electric arcs and thunder from the bottom of the lake.
Not long after, the blue electric arcs from the bottom of the lake suddenly burst out of the water.
At the same time, the electric arcs in the sky repeatedly tried to descend, connecting with the electric arcs emerging from the lake.
*Boom!*
The electric arcs in the sky and the lake finally connected, like heavenly lightning striking earthly fire, emitting a world-shattering sound.
Amidst this deafening noise, a dragon shadow emerged from the bottom of the lake and danced in the air above the water.
Dragon soul?
The words suddenly popped into Cheng Xiaofan's mind.
*Roar!*
Before he could ponder further, the golden dragon let out a clear dragon roar and soared into the sky, pouncing towards the dragon soul.
The dragon soul, sensing the approaching golden dragon, seemed to become panicked and attempted to flee.
The golden dragon turned into a blur, pounced forward, opened its large mouth, and bit down on the dragon soul's head. The dragon soul cried out in pain and struggled out of the golden dragon's mouth.
The dragon soul leaped into the air and plunged into the bottom of the lake.
The golden dragon followed closely, chasing it to the bottom of the lake.
The dragon soul, frightened again, darted from the depths of the lake to the sky.
The golden dragon flicked its tail and chased it into the sky.
One was a golden dragon, the other a dragon soul, soaring between the heavens and the lake, resembling two streaks of lightning, darting back and forth in the sky and at the bottom of the lake.
*Roar!*
Failing to subdue it several times, the golden dragon roared in fury.
This roar startled the dragon soul, making it tremble, and its movements slowed slightly.
In this instant, the golden dragon leaped forward, opened its large mouth again, and inhaled sharply. A fierce and massive vortex formed in the air, directly swallowing the dragon soul at its center.
*Whoosh!*
Immediately, the golden dragon took another deep breath. The swirling vortex, like a rolling machine, enveloped the entire dragon soul, emitting a rumbling sound, and was completely swallowed into the golden dragon's belly...