Chapter 2480

Ouyang Tianyun puffed her cheeks in protest, clearly displeased. Seeing the meat skewers nearby were cooked, she immediately started gnawing on one.

Zhu Yanyi smiled as she took the roasted eggplant Yan Aohan had prepared and began to eat.

"You are quite lively," a voice came from the doorway. The Silver Fox appeared, holding Ling Shu in his arms.

Zhu Yanyi paused, then pointed inward. "Come in."

The Silver Fox entered and casually dropped Ling Shu onto the ground. "Emperor Yan, I am here for you. Look at her soul. Who is this wandering ghost that has possessed Ling Shu’s body?"

"Possession?" Yan Aohan and the others were stunned. They instinctively put down their food and moved to inspect.

Yan Aohan waved his hand slightly. A gust of wind swept over, causing Ling Shu to lie face up on the ground.

She tapped Ling Shu’s forehead and said, "There are indeed two souls within her. One is strong, the other weak. The weak one is Ling Shu."

"Ling Shu’s soul is still in her own body?" the Silver Fox asked urgently.

Yan Aohan nodded. "Yes, it is still in her body, but her soul is very weak."

She then looked at the stronger soul. Placing her palm on Ling Shu’s forehead, she slowly extracted a human-shaped soul.

"Ah," Zhu Yanyi exclaimed, surprised by the sight of the soul.

"Wife, do you know this soul?" Yan Aohan asked, looking at Zhu Yanyi.

"I don’t know her personally, but I know who she is," Zhu Yanyi said with a faint smile. "I saw her in the Reincarnation Pool. She is Ling Shu’s best friend, a fox demon named Hu Ya."

Zhu Yanyi turned to the Silver Fox. "In the end, it is still a fox demon from your clan attempting possession. But when did Hu Ya die? Why did she die? And how could she be so sure she could possess Ling Shu? Did she assume Ling Shu would definitely wake up? Or did she assume the Silver Fox would definitely save Ling Shu?"

These questions were not only Zhu Yanyi’s but also weighed heavily on the Silver Fox’s mind.

"I do not know," the Silver Fox admitted. "I truly do not know when Hu Ya died. I was not close to Ling Shu’s friends."

"If you don’t know, just ask," Yan Aohan said, disliking the uncertainty.

She flipped her hand, and the Earth Book appeared. She threw the soul onto the book. The Earth Book acted like a barrier, trapping the soul instantly. With a wave of his hand, Yan Aohan woke Hu Ya.

Hu Ya woke up, looking around in confusion. Realizing she was trapped, she shouted, "Let me out! Qianhuan, I am Ling Shu! Let me out!"

"Don’t dream," Zhu Yanyi said calmly from the side. "If you are Ling Shu, then who is the one lying on the chair over there?"

Since Yan Aohan had extracted Hu Ya’s soul, Zhu Yanyi had placed a lounge chair nearby and asked the Silver Fox to lay Ling Shu’s body on it.

Hu Ya saw Ling Shu on the chair nearby. Her expression changed. She looked around for something, but a soul carries no physical items.

"Looking for a mirror?" Zhu Yanyi, understanding female psychology, pulled out a palm-sized makeup mirror and held it up to Hu Ya. "Look. You are not Ling Shu at all. You look completely different."

Indeed, the face in the mirror was never Ling Shu’s. Hu Ya had fox ears, specifically those of a spotted fox, unlike Ling Shu’s body, which was that of a pure white fox, so beautiful.

"Why? I just wanted to live," Hu Ya began to play the victim.

"Living is fine. But possessing someone else to live? I have never heard of such a thing," Zhu Yanyi sneered.

Hu Ya glared at Zhu Yanyi. "People like you will never understand the pain of a demon like me. I am a spotted fox, not purebred. Even after cultivating for many years, I could not break through to become a Fox King. I had to stay at the bottom. It was not that I lacked effort; it was that my body was not pure enough."

"So you coveted Ling Shu’s body?" Zhu Yanyi asked. "Because Fox Venerable Qianhuan transformed Ling Shu’s body into that of a white fox."

"A white fox! Although it cannot compare to a Heavenly Fox, it is still royalty among our fox clan. What is Ling Shu? She was originally just a mortal woman. Just because she was injured, and just because she is Qianhuan’s beloved, she gets the status of fox royalty? I will not allow it. Only I deserve this status," Hu Ya said, her voice growing frantic.

"When did you enter Ling Shu’s body?" the Silver Fox asked.

Hu Ya smiled. "Right after Ling Shu woke up, when she was still weak. I pretended to care for her and invited her to cultivate together. During the seclusion, I ambushed her. I used our fox clan’s transformation technique to take over her body. Unfortunately, she refused to leave. I originally planned to force her into my spotted fox body, but she fought to the death and fell into a deep sleep. I had no choice but to suppress her using a unique fox clan method."

"How impressive. So it was fake sisterhood," Zhu Yanyi sneered, genuinely disgusted by the situation.

Hu Ya glared at Zhu Yanyi. "People like you will never understand a demon like me."

"Why should I understand you? I am not you. Your life, or rather, your demon life, is not my responsibility. So why should I bother understanding you?" Zhu Yanyi’s sharp tongue came out.

"You say you became Ling Shu, fine. But why did you fail to impersonate her well? You were supposedly Ling Shu’s best friend. You should know her secrets and habits. Yet, I see you know nothing."

"I failed to impersonate her? How did I fail? I just didn’t expect Qianhuan to value Ling Shu so much," Hu Ya said, looking at the Silver Fox. "If he hadn’t been guarding her, would I have wanted to become his wife?"

"Sigh," the Silver Fox sighed. "You thought too much. I am currently worried about Ling Shu’s condition. How to put it…" The Silver Fox glanced at Hu Ya. "Ling Shu was a human transformed into a demon-human. The chance of her formally becoming human again is extremely low. Furthermore, ascending to the Immortal Realm is difficult for her. You, a natural-born fox, even with poor talent, have a chance if you work hard. Ling Shu has no chance at all. And yet, you caused this trouble."

Hu Ya froze instantly. She could not believe the final truth was this. She had always envied Ling Shu for being a white fox, never realizing that being a white fox had such a fatal flaw.

"So it was me. I cut off my own path," Hu Ya slumped down, her face filled with disbelief. "How could this be? How could this be?" She stood up again. "I don’t believe it. You are lying to me, aren’t you?"