After ten years of seclusion, Tang Li opened her eyes and let out a slow breath. She reached down to touch her Dantian; even after practicing for so long, her Golden Core had not returned. She felt a slight sense of helplessness, though fortunately her foundation and meridians were seventy to eighty percent healed, meaning she no longer had to endure the feeling of her bones aching incessantly.
She walked out of her cave dwelling, and before she had gone very far, someone called out to her from a corner.
Pushing aside the tall grass, she saw a remarkably beautiful red fire fox. "Axi, how did you manage to take human form?"
Chapter 33