My Co-renting Lady Boss

The spirit tail dodged the bone spur, but the silver line behind the bone spur entangled it.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The bone spur pierced into the ancient tree, and the Three-tailed Black Fox Spirit Tail was immediately bound mid-air by the silver line.

"Old fox, this time let’s see if you can still be arrogant."

Tang Ming clapped his hands and sat on the branch watching the Three-tailed Black Fox Spirit Tail and Hu Mei’er.

Hu Mei’er took a deep breath: "Tang Ming, release the spirit tail, we can talk this over. I apologize for joking with you earlier."

"You think just a joke will settle it? Hu Mei’er, neither you nor this fox have ever treated me as one of your own. Even now, you haven’t told me anything about the Wind Cave."

Tang Ming looked at Hu Mei’er.

Hu Mei’er was silent for a long time before she spoke: "The Wind Cave is a forbidden land in the Wilderness, where the Wind of Punishment blows day and night. People in the Wilderness believe it’s the end of the Wind of Punishment, but in reality, the wind persists because it’s connected to a Cave Mansion."

"Cave Mansion?"

Tang Ming raised an eyebrow.

The Three-tailed Black Fox Spirit Tail snorted: "That’s right, it’s my master’s Cave Mansion. If not for the master’s downfall, what’s the point of the third miss and me enduring in the Wilderness for so many years?"

"If it’s your relatives’ Cave Mansion, why can’t you enter it?"

Tang Ming raised an eyebrow, realizing this Hu Mei’er is some ’third miss.’

Hu Mei’er sighed deeply: "My mother was a madwoman; she modified my body, trying to create a strong puppet. Sadly, during the transformation, she was backfired by the forbidden technique and died inside the cave. That’s when both the spirit tail and I escaped."

Her voice turned icy mentioning her mother, as the days of being transformed into a puppet were a nightmare for Hu Mei’er.

There was terror and sorrow in the gaze of the Three-tailed Black Fox Spirit Tail.

"Your mother died inside the cave, you two escaped but can’t go back now. What is it you want me to retrieve from the Cave Mansion?"

Tang Ming analyzed the words Hu Mei’er told him, and upon hearing about her mother’s use of forbidden techniques, he became interested in what Hu Mei’er wanted him to retrieve from the Cave Mansion.

"It’s the Soul Container. See, this is my essence blood, I’ve used a secret technique to gather it in the palm of your hand. When your hand touches my Soul Container, it’ll become scorching. Then, you bring the Soul Container out to me and that’s it."

Hu Mei’er used her left hand to cut the fingertip of her right middle finger.

A drop of purple blood fell onto Tang Ming’s palm, forming a purple mark.

Hu Mei’er’s face showed a hint of smile seeing Tang Ming didn’t refuse her use of essence blood to perform the secret technique: "Tang Ming, thank you so much. All these years, I’ve been enduring the torment of a split soul. I promise, once you retrieve the Soul Container, everything else inside my mother’s Cave Mansion will be yours."

"My promise always counts, Black Fox you know my prowess well now. Show me some respect going forward. Let’s head off."

Tang Ming shook his wrist, regaining the Bone Dart Flying Claw back in his hands.

The Three-tailed Black Fox Spirit Tail glared at Tang Ming but didn’t speak. It admitted it had underestimated Tang Ming before; though Tang Ming’s power wasn’t stronger, his unexpected methods left the fox unsure of Tang Ming’s reserves.

Hu Mei’er’s mother’s Cave Mansion lies deep within the Desolate Forest, an area considered Forbidden Land.

According to Hu Mei’er, when she and the Three-tailed Black Fox Spirit Tail left the Cave Mansion years ago, they touched its prohibition, resulting in the constant wind in the canyon outside.

This wind changes from weak to strong, endlessly wearing down those who enter. It’s because of this Hu Mei’er has never managed to return to the Cave Mansion successfully.

"If what you say is true, I believe I can enter the Cave Mansion. But your mother’s Cave Mansion won’t be without other prohibitions, right? If I touch another one and it kills me inside, wouldn’t I be in big trouble?"

Tang Ming remembered the previous coercion by Hu Mei’er and the Three-tailed Black Fox Spirit Tail.

These two should be seriously concerned about the Soul Container in the Cave Mansion, although they said anything else inside would be mine.

But what if the Soul Container is the only thing inside?

"If you’re thinking that way, we have no choice. Here, this Divine Fall Thunder is a powerful one-time attacking type magic treasure, it poses great threat to me and the spirit tail, I’ll give it to you. How about it?"

Chapter Six: Cave of Bones

A black bead was handed to Tang Ming by Hu Mei’er.

Tang Ming took the so-called Divine Fall Thunder, examining it, noticing how it resembles the Tang Sect’s hidden weapon, the ’whiff.’

There’s a saying in the Jianghu of the Mortal World: ’even gods fear a whiff.’

Years later, with developed technology, many believed the ’whiff’ refers to firearms.

Only those from the Tang Sect know, firearms are not the ’whiff,’ the ’whiff’ is that black bead Hu Mei’er handed to Tang Ming.

"How did you acquire this, and who made it? Do you know?"

Tang Ming weighed the Divine Fall Thunder in his hand, unable to find the Tang Sect’s hidden weapon’s unique symbol.

"It was the Taoyuan World’s top assassin, Xie Tang. Why? Are you interested in the Divine Fall Thunder?"

Hu Mei’er looked at Tang Ming in surprise; even she wouldn’t dare handle the Divine Fall Thunder like Tang Ming, knowing it could kill someone at the Nascent Soul Stage.

"Not interested, let’s keep going."

Tang Ming leaped onto the Three-tailed Black Fox Spirit Tail’s back.

The spirit tail flicked its tail, stirring a demonic wind, and in an instant, the two humans and one demon vanished from sight.

Due to the earlier conflict, Hu Mei’er and the spirit tail became more silent, while Tang Ming surveyed the Desolate Forest surroundings.

Occasionally, some desert beasts appeared, but upon discovering the spirit tail, they’d turn away and leave.

"We’re here."

The spirit tail landed upon a gust on the ground, with a canyon in Tang Ming’s view. Narrow, though in the mountain’s center a gap existed.

Hu Mei’er pointed to the gap: "My mother’s Cave Mansion is inside there. Be cautious entering, if it becomes unbearable, come out, we’ll think of other ways."

"And what exactly is ’other ways’? You’ve already sacrificed so much, yet still tolerate me failing to retrieve the Soul Container? Even if you, can tolerate, that three-tailed fox wouldn’t tolerate it."

Tang Ming glanced at the Three-tailed Black Fox Spirit Tail.

The spirit tail’s tail swayed, hearing Tang Ming’s words, it grinned at Tang Ming, licking its paw.