Chapter 14: Mei'er's Purple Mansion

  But as I entered the dreamland, I didn't meet those lovely daughters of Zhou Gong's family. All around was pitch black, and when I looked down at my feet, I found that below me was a vast emptiness, and I was standing right in this void.

  I took a few steps, and suddenly I saw a faint light not far away. I hastened my pace and moved forward. The light grew brighter and brighter until I reached its side, only to find that there was a fox lying there, a white fox with nine tails. Could this be the true form of Mei'er?

  The white nine-tailed fox closed its eyes as if it were sleeping, and its cute appearance made me want to reach out and pet its head.

  But my hand had only reached halfway, and I withdrew it again. I didn't want to disturb its sleep. This quiet feeling, I seem to like it... Mei'er hasn't spoken a word to me since helping me build the foundation. I've called out to her countless times, but there's been no response at all.

  Looking at the white nine-tailed fox sleeping in front of me now, I think she must be too tired.

  Just as I was staring blankly, the white nine-tailed fox suddenly opened its eyes, looking dazed and confused, making my heart skip a beat. However, after seeing me, a hint of surprise flashed in its eyes, and it stared at me with wide eyes, frozen in place. Seeing its expression, I couldn't help but burst out laughing.

  After a while, I heard Mei's voice: "Xia, Xia Tian! How did you end up here?"

  Mei'er's voice was full of surprise, although the little fox in front of me hadn't spoken, but I knew that the little fox in front of me was Mei'er. I smiled and said: "What, can't I come to this place?"

  The fox-like Mei'er shook her head: "No, it's just that your cultivation is fundamentally not enough to come here!"

  "This... place is hard to come to?" I asked in doubt, could it be that I had accidentally arrived at a place I shouldn't have? Mei'er nodded: "This is my Purple Mansion, with your cultivation you fundamentally can't enter!"

  I was taken aback: "Zifu? What is that?" Mei'er heard and patiently explained: "It's what you ordinary humans call the Sea of Consciousness!"

  "I somewhat understand: 'But even if I enter your Purple Mansion, it's not a big deal, right?'"

  Mei'er heard my words and said with a bad tone: "Entering your own Purple Mansion is not a big deal, but wanting to enter mine is difficult! I am the king of the nine-tailed fox among the Fox Fairies! And it's so deep, directly reaching the center of my Purple Mansion, seeing my divine consciousness."

  "And you've just established your foundation, it's impossible for you to come in!" Mei'er looked puzzled, as if still thinking about how I could enter her Purple Mansion.

  "This Purple Palace of yours is all dark and empty, there's nothing here. What's the point of coming in?" I said with a sigh, really not understanding why just entering the Sea of Consciousness would shock her so much, was it that surprising?!

  But Mei'er seemed less shocked by my words: "You say what you saw was just a void of darkness?"

  I irritably said: "Yes!"

  "It seems that you came in this time because I was asleep, allowing you to sneak in quietly. In fact, my Purple Mansion is not a complete void, it's just that your cultivation is not enough, so you can't see other things!"

  "Oh..." I didn't want to dwell on this topic with Mei'er anymore, so I changed the subject: "By the way, Mei'er, why haven't you been answering me these past few days? Was it because helping me build my foundation consumed too much of your true energy?"

  "Although there is some connection, it's not the only reason..." Mei'er continued: "Helping you build your foundation indeed consumed a lot of my true energy, and resting for nine time periods would be enough to recover. But after I recovered, I suddenly discovered an unusual energy in my body, so I tried to refine it, and unexpectedly, it allowed me to unseal one of the tails' seals!" I looked at Mei'er's nine tails behind her, and indeed, one of them was much brighter than the rest.

  "Mei'er, didn't I already break your seal? Why do you still need to break it yourself?" I was puzzled. Mei'er's seal wasn't already broken by me, and I rescued her from "The Fox Fairy Legend", so why did Mei'er still need to break the seal herself?

  Mei'er sighed and said helplessly, "The seal you helped me break was only the restraint of 'Hú Xiān Zhuàn' on me. The old Taoist who sealed me in 'Hú Xiān Zhuàn' had taken precautions against me early on, sealing my nine tails after that, before binding me to 'Hú Xiān Zhuàn'!"

  Mei'er paused for a moment before continuing: "Actually, the seal on the tail isn't that important. As long as you slowly absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, it can be undone."

  "You mean to start from scratch?" Hearing Mei'er's words, I didn't feel quite right in my heart. This unsealing of the seal was just like starting to cultivate all over again. That old guy had really steeled himself to deal with this lovely little sister of Mei'er's.

  Mei'er heard my words, her expression was obviously somewhat disheartened: "Actually, it's not considered re-cultivation, the heavenly and earthly spiritual energy needed to unseal the seal is much less than re-cultivating." Although Mei'er said so, I always felt that she was comforting me.

  Mei'er looked at me with a worried face, smiled and said: "Don't worry, this time being able to unknowingly unseal the first tail's seal is already a great good thing. I can cast some simple spells, and also, even if I leave your side, there's no need to worry about not being able to conceal my own yin energy."

  As soon as I heard, a strange sense of loss suddenly appeared in my heart: "Mei'er... are you leaving?" Mei'er looked at my lost expression and smiled: "No, I still can't completely leave your protection now, but I can only transform into human form and stay by your side! However, I can't be more than ten meters away from you."

  "That's good......" I muttered softly, but Mei'er heard it and asked, "What did you say?"

  I hastily laughed: "No, nothing!" Suddenly, Mei'er said to me: "There's someone outside looking for you, hurry up and go out!"

  Nodded, turned around and was about to leave, but walked a few steps and turned back, with a bitter face asked: "Mei'er, that... I..." Mei'er saw me hesitating, curiously asked: "What's wrong?"

  "I just wanted to ask, how do I get out of this Zi Fu..." I walked a few steps before realizing that I actually didn't know how to leave this place called Zi Fu. With no other choice, I had to come back and find Mei Er again.

  Mei'er shook her head helplessly: "Why are you so stupid!" I dryly laughed twice, didn't say a word. Mei'er sighed and said: "I'll send you out then!" Hearing that Mei'er was going to send me out, I felt relieved.

  "Turn around first!" Hearing Mei'er's words, I quickly turned around, but Lao Da didn't make a sound for a while. He asked Mei'er behind him, "Mei'er? Why am I still here?" As I spoke, I turned my head back and saw the fox-shaped Mei'er with a mischievous grin on her face. Suddenly, I had a bad feeling: "Mei'er, what are you going to do..."

  I hadn't finished speaking when Mei'er rushed over to me and with a sudden pain in my butt, I flew up!

  "Damn it!" I shuddered all over, and directly jumped up from my seat. This jump was not a big deal, but my shudder, plus that "damn" word, made me lose face!

  I don't know when Zhang Yu and Wang Hu brought a group of people to surround me, they all looked at me with shocked faces, while the fat man was scared and sat on the ground.

  Wang Hu was the first to come out of his shock, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and asked me: "Brother, did you have a nightmare?"

  I realized I had made a big fool of myself and hastily said: "No!"

  "Is it us brothers making too much noise and disturbing your sleep?" Wang Hu asked again.

  I was taken aback, it seems that Wang Hu is misunderstanding, Mei'er has really made me miserable! I dryly laughed twice: "How to explain, I... I..." I really didn't have any good excuses, should I say that at the place called Zi Fu, I was kicked by a nine-tailed fox fairy? Wouldn't I become an idiot then?! Although it's true.

  "It's good that you're awake, we should get down to business now!" At this time, Zhang Yu's sentence helped me out of the predicament. Wang Hu nodded after hearing it: "It's time to solve the real problem!" After finishing speaking, he turned his head and shouted loudly: "Brothers, go and take care of that idiot Zhou Feng!" After finishing speaking, Wang Ba's overbearing manner was revealed without a doubt. The younger brothers beside him also started shouting loudly: "Take care of him! Take care of him!" This not-so-large classroom became extremely lively.

  "What's going on, are you ready to fight with Zhou Feng now?" I was quite puzzled, how could we just chat with Mei in the purple mansion and then come out to fight with Zhou Feng. Zhang Yu looked at me with a "you're an idiot" expression: "You've already slept through two classes, did you sleep like an idiot?"

  I was stunned, I had been waiting in the Purple Mansion for such a short time, and two classes had already passed? I smiled: "I fell asleep, let's go, kill that stupid Zhou Feng!" After finishing speaking, Zhang Yu, Wang Hu, and I led the way, walking out.

  The fat man sitting on the ground quickly got up from the ground and shouted loudly: "Wait for me!"