Chapter Fourteen: The White Fox

  "Monster... monster..." Yang Chen choked back a lump in his throat. Although he had never seen a monster, hadn't he at least heard of one?

  There was no one in front of me, and the one who just made the sound was obviously this pure white fox. A fox that can speak human language, what else could it be but a demon?

  Yang Chen had been influenced since he was a child, listening to stories about the fox demon all day. In the village, villagers would use the fox demon as an excuse to scare their children into not going out at night.

  The legend of the fox demon is one that is most prevalent in every village, and in the eyes of the villagers, it represents evil spirits that specialize in sucking out human yang energy, and is also the most common type of monster.

  Yang Chen had once heard the villagers say that not far from their village, there was another village where all the men turned into mummies overnight. Later, someone was found to have looked at it and said that this was caused by the fox demon sucking away the yang energy. To this day, Yang Chen still remembers the fearful expression on the villager's face when he said it.

  However, not everyone regarded the fox spirit as a monster. In some villages in the north, people worshiped the fox spirit to seek its blessings and protection. Families with foxes would offer food on time and dare not harm them, believing that harming them would bring retribution. They also avoided mentioning the word "fox" and instead referred to it as "Taixian" (Great Immortal).

  However, this is only a minority of people, and most people still classify this fox demon as a murderer.

  The white fox showed an embarrassed expression, just like a normal person, and said: "Little brother, don't be afraid, I have no ill intentions!"

  Yang Chen licked his somewhat dry lips with his tongue and said, "What are you going to do?"

  Yang Chen still had some fear in his heart, but he had recovered a lot compared to earlier. After all, he was now under the Tian Dao Gate, a cultivation sect, and this fox demon would certainly not dare to do anything to him.

  White Fox said: "Little brother, are you a disciple of this Tian Dao Gate?"

  Yang Chen furrowed his brow and nodded cautiously.

  The white fox looked at Yang Chen and nodded in agreement, his face suddenly filled with joy, and he hastily said: "Then little brother, you must be a cultivator?"

  "What do you want to do? I'm just a nominal disciple! Yang Chen paused for a moment, then continued: "This is the Tian Dao Gate, hurry up and leave! If my senior brother sees you, you won't be able to escape!"

  The white fox hastily kowtowed on the ground and begged: "Young brother, I beg of you, take me to the Heavenly Dao Gate!"

  "What!" Yang Chen was stunned and said with a shocked face: "You want me to take you to the Tian Dao Gate?"

  The white fox raised its head, nodded, and said with a pleading expression: "Yes, little brother, I have been cultivating for 100 years before opening my spiritual awareness. I know that many of the same kind can transform into human form, and I also want to transform into human form. However, I have no way to do so. Later, I learned that this Tian Dao Men is a cultivation sect. After going through a month of time, eating bitter heads, and nearly losing my life to other wild beasts several times, I finally arrived here. Please help me once, little brother!"

  She paused for a moment and continued: "As long as you teach me the method of refining Qi, I will definitely repay you in the future!"

  Yang Chen's eyebrows furrowed together, he thought for a moment and said: "Even if I help you enter the Tian Dao Gate, if someone discovers you, they will definitely think you are an evil spirit and eliminate you. And you are indeed an evil spirit!"

  "Little brother, I'm begging you! My lifelong wish is to transform into a human form. Please, little brother, you must fulfill my wish!" The white fox's face suddenly became agitated as it saw the child in front of it about to refuse its request.

  Yang Chen sighed and shook his head, saying: "It's still not possible. If I take you up there and someone discovers you, it will drag me down with you!"

  This is the rule of Tiandao Gate, even if he is just a nominal disciple, he should know that in Tiandao Gate, as long as there are disciples who collude with evil spirits, there will only be one outcome, and that is death, without any face to speak of.

  Moreover, Yang Chen was still young in years, but from a young age he had been extremely cautious and would not easily believe others, let alone this white fox that stood before him which was clearly a demon.

  Yang Chen took out the Ling symbol and turned around to head towards the Tian Dao Gate.

  At this moment, the white fox jumped up and directly rushed to Yang Chen's shoulder, its two claws tightly grasping Yang Chen's clothes.

  Yang Chen jumped in fright and said with a shocked face: "What are you doing? Let me go quickly!"

  "Little brother, I've come to ask for your help, you must help me!" The white fox said pitifully: "I'll promise you, once we arrive at the Tian Dao Gate, I'll listen to everything you say, just please help me!"

  Yang Chen furrowed his brow and said, "You go down first, you go down first!" While speaking, he twisted his shoulders, trying to shake the white fox off.

  The white fox looked at Yang Chen, shook his shoulders, grasped Yang Chen's clothes tightly with both paws, and said urgently: "Little brother, you promise me first! You promise me, I'll come down right away!"

  Yang Chen didn't answer Bai Hu, instead he struggled even more violently, but Bai Hu held tightly onto his clothes and couldn't be shaken off.

  "What exactly do you want to do? If you don't come down, I'll shout for help. When my senior brother arrives, you won't be able to escape!" Yang Chen said somewhat excitedly, after all, the white fox was currently perched on his shoulder.

  The white fox shook its head and said firmly, "I'd rather die than let go! If I can't enter the Tian Dao Gate and cultivate into a human form, then I'd rather die!"

  "Alright then, come down and I'll take you into this Heavenly Dao Gate!"

  Helpless, Yang Chen had to compromise and let the white fox down from his shoulder, but would he really take the white fox to Tian Dao Gate? This was obviously impossible. At this time, he had already thought it through in his heart. The distance between here and the ban on the mountain road was only 2 or 3 steps away. As long as the white fox got down from his shoulder, he would directly rush into the ban, and at that time, the white fox would definitely not be able to keep up with him.

  The white fox heard Yang Chen agree to himself, his face was overjoyed and he wanted to get down from Yang Chen's body. As soon as he lifted his front paws, the corners of his mouth slightly smiled, and he said to Yang Chen: "Little brother, I'll just lie on your shoulder, you take me up!"

  Foxes are born cunning, how can Yang Chen's little thoughts deceive her?

  Yang Chen furrowed his brow, let out a helpless sigh and said: "I really can't bring you to the Tian Dao Gate. If I take you in and they discover you later on, then I'll be dragged down with you too!"

  The white fox hastily shook its head and said: "Little brother, I guarantee that no one will discover it, as long as you take me in, I'll definitely listen to everything you say!"