Chapter 23: The Forbidden Land's Tremor (Part 1)

  When I opened my eyes, I had already returned to the rest room. This feeling of soul exhaustion was really unbearable. I also didn't know how that black three-tailed demon was doing, and there was Ghost Senior, he was angry at the time.

  I rubbed my head and sat up, preparing to continue my cultivation. Before I could even sit steadily, I felt a severe vibration. My left shoulder was completely numb, and the pain made me unable to move. What's happening again? I gritted my teeth and pulled down the clothes on my left shoulder, and couldn't help but gasp. Oh my god, when did these tooth marks appear? There were two marks with black air rising from them. When did they leave? I recalled, from childhood to adulthood...

  That's the crying red-clothed monster, yes, it's him! What to do now, if that dream was real, he's locked up and I've been bitten by him. If this is discovered, will I also be locked up? No way, no one can talk about this matter for now. But what if something happens, how am I supposed to find him? Ah, right, finding him? If I find him, won't everything become clear? But how do I know where he is, geez... "Hey, where are you?"

  Before I could finish the sentence, my body felt light again and everything went black. When I could see again, there was a small road in front of me, very familiar, it was the same one I walked on last time, but something was missing, the sound of crying and the sound of blood dripping. My heart tightened, had something happened? Instinctively, I ran forward.

  "Damn beast, what have you done?" An old male voice, the same one as last time. It's too strange, how did I get here. Startled, I lost control of my body and sat down on the ground with a "thud", not loud but they must have heard it, we're very close, just around a corner.

  "Too late, old man. Soon you won't be able to hold me back. I will definitely find you and take revenge." It was that male demon, they seemed not to have noticed me, can't they feel my presence?

  "Hmph, even if I die, I won't let you leave this place." It was another voice, very familiar, ah, it's Qian Lao, he's also here?

  "Let's go, it seems he really doesn't plan to say anything. Go gather all the subordinates in the Dream Capital and send another one to report to the Elder at the Dou Huang Silver Palace." After finishing speaking, he disappeared.

  "Come out, they're gone." It was the male demon, his voice laced with a hint of fatigue.

  "Can you feel me?" I walked out from around the corner and saw him, couldn't help but stare. How did he become so disheveled?

  "I've set up a barrier, so only I can see you." He said, looking at me with those green eyes that seemed to have lost their focus.

  "What's wrong with you? Are you okay?" I couldn't help but ask him.

  "Nothing, did you look for me on purpose?" He looked at me and continued to say: "I have set a mark on you, as long as you look for me, I will appear at any time. It's just that I'm being tied up now, so you came here to see me."

  "Can you tell me what's going on?"

  "Come here." I walked over.

  "Put your hand on mine." I hesitated and put it up, a cold deep touch that moved me, yet was so familiar.

  This place is beautiful, a high mountain shrouded in mist and cloud, with birdsong and the gentle sound of running water, the shrubs are so lush, it's a paradise for animals. However, I only saw foxes, they were everywhere, they looked very pretty and happy. Deep in the woods there was a small bamboo house, not big but very delicate, outside the bamboo house there was a wooden table, next to the table there were three chairs. On top sat a very beautiful female ghost, she wore a red wedding dress, gently looking at a little boy beside her.

  "Mom, why won't you let me go out and play? From the day I was born until now, I've never been allowed to go out."

  "Child, you must listen. Your father and I are protecting you. Outside, there are many greedy people who will catch you if they see you."

  "Every time you say so, why should they catch me? I won't do it." The little boy pouted.

  "Alright, Mother didn't promise you that when you turn 500 years old and have the ability to protect yourself, I will let you out."

  "But there are still over 300 years left, Mom." No matter what the boy said, his mother never agreed.

  "Whose child is this, so disobedient?" Just then, a male voice came over, and I saw that he was dressed in snow-white clothes, and his appearance was even more enchanting than the female ghost. Although he had a human form, I could tell that he was a demon, not a ghost, because I faintly smelled a fox-like scent on him, and he was probably about 1,500 years old.

  "It's Dad, you're back! What did you bring me this time?"

  "Every time I know what you want." The female ghost spoke. A family of three started laughing warmly.

  Suddenly, a fox demon covered in scars rushed in, "Fox King, a group of ghosts is attacking, about a thousand or so."

  "Jing'er, you take the child and hide first, I'll go take a look," said the Fox King.

  "No way, let's go together, I know they're coming." The female ghost said.

  "Yes, Daddy don't go, let's leave." The boy pulled hard on the fox king's hem.

  "Dad is the king here, how can he abandon his people and run away? Listen, you go with mom first."

  "No one needs to go anymore, we're here, hahaha." The speaker was a tall and sturdy male ghost.

  "I dare ask, Venerable Ming, what brings you here today?" The Fox King's face was filled with anger.

  "How dare you, a little fox spirit, speak to me like that? You managed to escape from us hundreds of years ago, so now hand over your son to us."

  "How dare you, a mere lackey, dream of me?!" The female ghost spoke up, her whole body trembling with rage.

  "Of course it wasn't me, it was the Ghost King. She said that if you want to go back, she'll still treat you as her sister, and nothing will have happened." The male ghost said with a smile. It seems this female ghost is from the imperial family, and she's the younger sister of Xiuyi Mo?

  "Jing'er, stop wasting words with them." The Fox King said to the female ghost, then looked at the male ghost: "Even if I die, I'll take you down as a shield."

  "My people, I, Baiyin, owe you an apology. Remember today and avenge me. Blood oath, exterminate." A deafening roar shook the sky, and when the smoke gradually cleared, the Fox King had vanished, with half of the thousand ghosts dead and many more injured.

  "Ah!" The female ghost shrieked.

  "Dad! I'm going to kill you." It was a boy, his green eyes turned blood red, his body constantly growing, his clothes torn apart. Good heavens, it's a red nine-tailed variant fox.

  "It seems that the Ghost King was right, indeed very powerful. Those who didn't die, listen up, if you can't capture him alive, then kill him, don't give him a chance to grow." It's still that male ghost, earlier he underestimated and suffered a great loss, now he has become cautious.

  "I won't let you get away with this." The female ghost said. She used all her soul power to slap her own son, and the nine-tailed fox quickly flew towards the horizon until it disappeared from sight. No one expected the female ghost to do this, and this slap not only allowed the boy to escape but also would have killed him.

  "You're crazy!" The male ghost stared at the female ghost in shock.

  "Even if my son died, I wouldn't let them fall into your hands."

  I was also stunned and hadn't reacted yet when the scene changed.