I, who was turned into a woman by the Jade Maiden Master, want to rebel against the Heavenly Gang.

She knew she didn't have time to describe how strange the thing was, and could only tell Ruan Yan again to hide herself well. At least one of them should survive, don't let the whole group be wiped out.

"Master... I'm afraid I won't be able to return this time."

In the end, Qin Rufeng also failed to escape, following in the footsteps of her two senior sisters and being swallowed by the dark vortex...

When she opened her eyes again, she found herself in a prison cell.

Qin Rufeng immediately checked himself...

Surprisingly, everything was still there. Leather stockings, veil, straw hat, and the Hidden Dragon Sword were all there... His clothes were neat, and he was protected by magical treasures.

In reality, Qin Rufeng didn't feel like he was asleep or unconscious. He simply felt completely plunged into darkness and chaos. It was as if he had been sucked into a black hole and ended up in this cell.

The cell was small, only enough for one person. It was surrounded by dark stone, with a black iron barred door at the front.

Qin Rufeng summoned the ice blade "Bright Moon Silver Edge," a method for summoning ice blades found in the Jade Purity and Ice Clarity Technique.

She knew that whoever was behind it all, the prison for cultivators was no ordinary prison. Moreover, the person behind it hadn't even taken away her magical artifacts or sealed her meridians, demonstrating their absolute confidence that the imprisoned person couldn't escape.

Therefore, Qin Rufeng dared not test the waters with magical artifacts or swords. The ice blades grazed the stone walls and gates without leaving any marks. It seemed that ordinary magic could not shake them.

At that moment, lightning flashed and thunder roared outside the fence, and flames and ice appeared not far away. The sounds of metal clashing were incessant, along with shouts and curses.

Qin Rufeng immediately realized that she wasn't alone here... Whether it was the dungeon or the prison, there was definitely more than one cell.

She glanced down at the communication bracelet again, but there was no response. It seemed her three fellow disciples weren't nearby, casting a shadow over Qin Rufeng's heart once more.

Just then, a woman's voice came from the side, "Is anyone there? Is anyone there? Fellow Daoist! Fellow Daoist?"

Out of caution, Qin Rufeng remained silent. A male voice responded from the other side, and the two began chatting.

Qin Rufeng listened intently and discovered that their experiences were similar to his own. They were all wandering cultivators who had come to the Lanfeng Mountain market, and somehow they were swallowed up by that giant pipe in the sky. In the blink of an eye, they found themselves in a prison.

Qin Rufeng tiptoed to the cell door and peered through the bars...

The outside lights were dim, but it was clear the place was quite large. A gust of wind blew in, and moonlight streamed down from directly overhead, casting a silvery glow. In the distance, one could vaguely make out massive stone pillars, with spiral staircase-like structures winding around them.

Looking to both sides... I could see cells similar to my own.

Qin Rufeng roughly understood. This prison seemed to have a tower-like structure. The interior was like a cylinder, with the cells appearing as if they had been carved out of the inner wall.

At the center of the tower is a huge stalagmite that seems to reach the sky, surrounded by a spiral structure of unknown origin.

Under the moonlight, dark, blurry shadows were cast on the giant stalagmite, which seemed to be writhing.

Qin Rufeng quietly left the prison gate. She returned to her cell and meditated to regulate her breathing.

Just then, a commotion, screams, and twisted laughter seemed to come from afar. Then, shouts erupted...

"who are you?"

"let me out!"

"I'll kill you, you bastard!"

However, after a burst of wild laughter and screams, there was silence...

The maniacal laughter came from a deep female voice, while the screams likely came from someone in the prison.

Qin Rufeng estimated that if he was at the six o'clock position, the commotion should have come from the nine o'clock position.

She could vaguely see a figure slowly walking past the outside of the cage. After a burst of wild laughter, screams, and the sounds of fierce fighting, the figure had probably reached the eight o'clock position.

The prisoners behind remained silent, and the dark figure lingered at the cell door for a moment before leaving.

It seems that the dark figure just came to the outside of the prison. The people inside attacked it, then that thing opened the cage, rushed in, killed them, and then went to the next cell.

The people in the cells behind remained unharmed as they did not launch an attack...

Qin Rufeng thought to himself that he didn't know the situation yet, so he shouldn't attack rashly.

A moment later, the figure finally arrived at her cell. Qin Rufeng sat cross-legged to remain calm. She imitated her master, half-closing her eyes and only glancing ahead out of the corner of her eye.

That figure... must have been a woman. She was wearing a black cloak with a hood. The hood was pulled low so that her eyes were not visible, only her pale cheeks and full, blood-red lips were visible.

The enormous white rabbit was adorned with a pair of black armor resembling breastplates. Pointed like conical hats, their jet-black color contrasted sharply with the woman's pale skin.

She wore an incense burner around her neck. Red smoke slowly drifted out of it, but there was no particular scent of incense.

The woman's abdomen was swollen, as if she were six months pregnant. Four leather belts were tied to an iron ring and tightly bound her abdomen in a cross shape.

The woman slowly bent down and slipped a small dish into the cell through a gap in the bars. Then she chuckled a few times and left for the next cell.

Qin Rufeng cautiously stepped forward and discovered that the small dish contained a dark purple pill.

P.S.: Luckily I made it in time (sweat)

Chapter 89 Fox

hiss……

Qin Rufeng gasped. What was going on? Locking someone in a cell and feeding them pills? This was definitely not a good thing. Had they been captured by some high-level cultivator and used as guinea pigs?

But if that's the case...why not just force-feed them?

In the next cell, some bolder people asked questions, but the cloaked woman just chuckled coldly and didn't answer.

Some people were so scared that they threw the pills away, but the woman didn't care.

Someone else attacked her from behind. This time they were closer, and Qin Rufeng could see it more clearly. He saw the cloaked woman place her hand on the cell door…

The cell door opened, and several flying swords shot out, instantly turning the cloaked woman into a pincushion. Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that each sword bore a talisman.

The talisman, pinned to the cloaked woman by the sword, quickly burned away. Then, a bolt of golden lightning shot out from the cell, blasting her to the ground.

Immediately afterwards, a female cultivator dressed in green rushed out of the prison. Able to use flying swords and golden lightning, she was likely a cultivator with a metal element.

Although the female cultivator seemed to have the upper hand, Erjiling Wuqi appeared nervous at this moment. She quickly created a golden light shield to protect herself.

Qin Rufeng immediately understood. The female cultivator's techniques had failed. Fire counters metal, and with her sharp blade and golden lightning, her metal spiritual root attribute was already quite evident.

Fire can overcome metal, so the flying sword that struck the cloaked woman must have been a lightning talisman, not a fire talisman. The fact that it burned instead of electrifying indicates the move was ineffective and neutralized.

Being devoured by a random monster and then inexplicably imprisoned—who wouldn't be furious in that situation? So, the moment the cage opened, the female cultivator probably didn't hesitate to unleash her full power.

However, the other party easily resolved the issue, so it's no wonder that he was nervous.

A moment later, the cloaked woman slowly stood up. Although her body was riddled with swords, she hadn't shed a single drop of blood.

She walked towards the nun with a cold smile and pulled out the swords from her body one by one.

The female cultivator's lightning attack was ineffective again; the talisman she threw was torn apart in mid-air by a cloud of red mist before it even touched the cloaked woman.

The cloaked woman approached with a cold smile. When she was putting the pills into the cage earlier, Qin Rufeng hadn't seen it closely with his eyes half-closed.

Now that the woman was not far from the brazier, Qin Rufeng could see her more clearly. The cloaked woman was deathly pale, without a trace of blood.

However, judging from the way she drew her sword, her skin and muscles were still very elastic. She didn't seem like a walking corpse or anything like that…

When she drew her sword, it appeared as if blood mist gushed from her wound. But upon closer inspection... it seemed to be either blood mist or red smoke, just like the red smoke emanating from the pair of incense burners hanging around her neck.

As the woman in the cloak was knocked to the ground by the golden lightning, her hood came off. Qin Rufeng then saw that her eyes were tightly covered by a leather blindfold. There was also a red crescent-shaped scar on her forehead.

The cloaked woman was getting closer and closer to the female cultivator. The female cultivator had tried several attack methods, but none of them worked. Now she could only defend herself by maintaining the golden light barrier.

The golden light shimmered more and more frequently. The cloaked woman walked up and reached out her pale hand to touch it, only to be instantly bounced back by golden sparks.

Not only that, her pale fingers were also charred black. Seeing this, the nun seemed to regain some confidence.

However, Qin Rufeng knew that her defense was by no means foolproof. This golden light shield was similar in effect to Yan Qingping's electric barrier defense and Thousand Mountains Flying Snow.

In that case, the flaw is below...

Qin Rufeng wanted to offer a warning, but after thinking about it, he decided against it. The situation was unclear, and it was crucial to maintain a very low profile. Offering a warning would also be a warning to the cloaked woman.

Just as he was pondering this, the female cultivator suddenly rose into the air. The golden light shield shattered with a "bang".

Upon closer inspection, a blood-red thorn emerged from the ground, piercing through the female cultivator's body. It pierced through her chest and exited through her mouth... even piercing her tongue.

The nun trembled all over, letting out painful whimpers. Blood flowed down the long thorns and quickly formed a pool on the ground.

Qin Rufeng looked at the cloaked woman again and seemed to see a third leg under her cloak! It looked like it was retracting from the ground.

Could it be that the cloaked woman extended something like tentacles or a tail, burrowed into the ground, and pierced through the female cultivator?

However, the cloaked woman had already turned and left, but the poor nun remained suspended in mid-air, still suffering the torment of being impaled. The long thorns were still there, and seemed to have hardened, no longer resembling those of the cloaked woman herself.

The nun wouldn't die immediately; she would struggle for a while longer. The scene was truly horrific.

Most of the prisoners stopped resisting. A few still tried, but without exception, they were all brutally killed by the cloaked woman.

Qin Rufeng understood that escaping this place would not be easy. She couldn't act rashly; she needed to gather more intelligence.

So, she put the pills away for now. Then she spent the night meditating and regulating her breathing. She also took the opportunity to study the Profound Yin Thunder Technique... This was the first spell Qin Rufeng had learned that stumped her; even with her master's guidance, she still couldn't unleash the Profound Yin Thunder.

Besides that, the spirit fox fire also needs to be refined properly.

The Spirit Fox Fire isn't complicated to train... at least not the first level.

Qin Rufeng even felt that his physique seemed particularly suited to practicing auspicious skills. He learned cat-like and snake-like forms with ease. He also quickly mastered the first level of the Spirit Fox Fire.

A pair of fluffy, snow-white fox ears grew on my head... They were real fox ears; pulling them would hurt. But my own ears were still there, so now I had four ears.

As for the tail... it's really uncomfortable. But I guess I'll get used to it. This fluffy tail is also snow-white and furry.

I never imagined I had a white fox constitution!

I don't know if Master's words were inaccurate or if my practice is still inadequate. It was clearly agreed that the fox form would only be revealed during magical cultivation, but why can't I retract it even when I'm not using magical cultivation?

Foxfire is also a white flame. However, it is completely different from the ice flame created by the clash of water and fire before; this flame is still a fire.

The foxfire can be controlled freely, but the fox spirit cannot; it seems it's still not skilled enough...

The ears can be covered with a straw hat. As for the tail, hiding it behind the back makes it bulky and attracts attention, while letting it show is even worse. So, let's just stick it out from the slit of the skirt and wrap it around the waist.

These weren't problems. What truly worried Qin Rufeng was that the fox's appearance wasn't just limited to its tail and ears. He also felt discomfort in his mouth, as if small tiger teeth had grown in.

She quickly summoned an ice mirror and examined herself carefully in the reflection of the foxfire...

Fortunately, her appearance hadn't changed. In fact, she looked even more alluring. Dimples appeared at the corners of her lips, giving her a rosy complexion.

Her eyebrows had become longer, her eyelashes seemed thicker, and a red, dreamlike eyeliner had appeared... Wasn't this a complete transformation into a mermaid?

Anyway, the night passed just like that. Nothing else happened.

Just a short while ago, I was drinking and feasting with my master and best friend, but now I am trapped in a precarious situation.

Hey……

Chapter 90 The Mythical Beast in My Heart Runs Wild

The next morning, sunlight shone down from above just like the moonlight of the previous night.

The cell doors remained closed, and the people in the neighboring cells began to talk to each other. Qin Rufeng remained silent, not speaking to anyone.

But that didn't stop her from listening intently...

And you know what? With those fox ears, Qin Rufeng's hearing improved by several levels.

According to Blue Star Technology research, foxes have 30 times the hearing of humans.

Foxes primarily feed on small, nocturnal mammals, and even the pikas hiding in the grass cannot escape their keen hearing.

The video even shows a fox leaping high into the snow to hunt, which means it used its hearing to hear the sounds of small animals under the snow.

Qin Rufeng listened carefully and learned that the person in the cell next to hers on the right was a female rogue cultivator named Jiang Chun. The person next to her on the right was a male rogue cultivator named Lu Baichuan.

This Jiang Chun is very good at chatting and flirting. She keeps calling me "Brother Lu" in a particularly sweet voice. I don't know if she's calling me "Brother Lu" or if she's just showing off her cleavage.

However, Qin Rufeng also gleaned a potentially useful piece of information from their trash talk: the cell where he was imprisoned might no longer be in the southern ring of the Flowing Cloud Realm, but rather in the western ring.

What he said, that he was young and naive, might be right...

Originally, Lanfeng Mountain was located on the edge of the West Ring and the South Ring. To travel from the South Ring to the West Ring along the "rings," one needed at least the Golden Core Realm level, while going against the current required the Flowing Cloud Realm level.

But if it's a method like spatial teleportation... does that mean we can ignore this rule?

Could the black hole created by that giant tubular tentacle provide such subspace travel capabilities, just like a "wormhole"?

Although I don't know if such a law exists in the Heavenly Dao of this world, the possibility that I was taken to the West Ring after leaving the South Ring is still very high.

The cell to Qin Rufeng's left was also occupied by a woman. Like Qin Rufeng, she remained silent. Qin Rufeng only confirmed she was a woman by carefully listening to her occasional sighs.

Qin Rufeng was also listening to the noises from the other cells. People were wary of each other, and all they said were polite formalities. It was rare to see someone as directly seducing as Jiang Chun next door.

Of course, some people were more naive and revealed their true abilities to each other. But after listening for a while, Qin Rufeng discovered that none of the people in the cell had a cultivation level higher than Foundation Establishment... at least that's what they said.

Another day has passed just like that...