Chapter Twenty: Infant Calm

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  A bookish man walks the world with his sword, at night a seductive fox spirit knocks on his door...

  Oh, it seems that Little White Fox came uninvited and jumped in through the window.

  As soon as Chen Jianchen sorted out his thoughts and began to ask questions, he quickly got satisfactory answers.

  The white fox originally lived in the back mountain of Fengshan Mountain, and three years ago, it accidentally discovered a cave - "Wosong Cave" while wandering around.

  This place was originally a closed cave for human monks, and there is a spiritual vein under the ground that is full of spiritual energy, making it very suitable for cultivation.

  That immortal came from Kunlun, his Taoist name was "One Leaf Knows Autumn", he had already achieved the Golden Elixir, but unfortunately failed to break through the Primordial Infant, his lifespan was cut off and he passed away in meditation. However, he left behind a lineage of Taoism in the cave, fusing one strand of thought into an elixir pill, which can be considered as passing on the torch.

  The little white fox entered the cave, and under a series of unexpected events, ate the elixir, gained enlightenment after his thoughts were transformed, and possessed spiritual intelligence, no longer being muddle-headed.

  His own lineage was inherited by a fox spirit, and that one leaf knowing autumn was also beyond his expectations.

  After the little white fox became a spirit, it also discovered the "Kunlun Jade Clear Mantra" left behind by the Taoist priest. In order to cultivate this Taoist method, it began to frequently go down the mountain and secretly learn human language and writing in the outside world. Every evening, it would focus on meditation, absorbing the essence of the moon, and diligently cultivating itself.

  Hard work pays off for the diligent fox. In just two short years, the white fox learned to read and write, and broke through to the realm of "Yin Shen".

  It can be said that, unless something unexpected happens, the White Fox will continue to cultivate in Wosong Cave... However, heaven has unpredictable winds and clouds. Half a year ago, a wolf demon suddenly appeared from somewhere on the back mountain of Fengshan.

  The wolf demon discovered the little white fox and the existence of the Wosong Cave, and a war for the cave mansion broke out between them. Their cultivation was equivalent, but in fact, the cultivation of the Yin God realm could not provide much practical combat assistance, and the outcome would depend on their physical strength.

  Without a doubt, the wolf demon suppressed the white fox, occupying the upper hand in many battles. And so, there was that day when the little white fox escaped with injuries, fortunately rescued by Chen Jianchen's timely intervention!

  Having heard this, Chen Jianchen finally understood the ins and outs of the matter.

  But now the white fox came to find Chen Jianchen all night, it was because three hours ago, it had another fierce battle with the wolf demon, and it was internally injured and escaped. The Wusong Cave was occupied by the wolf demon, and they also wanted to kill them all.

  In desperation, the white fox had to come to Chen Jianchen for help, temporarily avoiding the storm and nursing its wounds before making further plans. The reason it didn't choose to flee far away was that it couldn't bear to give up Wusong Cave - although the world is vast, places with spiritual energy are extremely rare and hard to find. Even if there were any, they would basically have owners already; secondly, the scroll of "Kunlun Jade Clearing Mantra" had been snatched away by the wolf demon, this volume of Taoist magic was very important for the white fox, no matter what, it would think of ways to get it back...

  It turned out that it was a refugee, and being a demon is not easy either. The world is vast, but there are struggles everywhere.

  Taking in the white fox, Chen Jianchen didn't hesitate much and agreed immediately; the white fox was overjoyed, bowing and kowtowing repeatedly.

  The topic opened up, and the atmosphere became even more harmonious. To their surprise, they found that they had a lot in common - Chen Jianchen asked again about the fruit sent by the white fox, what was its name.

  "The little white fox replied: 'That's called the "Dà Luó Guǒ", it grows in deep mountains and vast marshes, very rare. It blooms once every ten years, bears fruit once every ten years, and often only two fruits can be produced on one tree at a time. Moreover, ferocious beasts guard it, making it extremely difficult to obtain. The fruit has an extraordinary effect: when consumed by humans, it can remove hair and wash the marrow, fundamentally improving one's physical constitution...'"

  It didn't go into details about the process of picking, but it was definitely full of danger. The white fox dared to take risks and pick the fruit to repay kindness, and from this point alone, it has surpassed many ordinary people in the world.

  Chen Jianchen used to be well-read in poetry and books, especially fond of the unusual and classical. He had a few envies for those poor scholars who were favored by Meng's fox charm, red sleeves adding fragrance to night reading... So now, does he count as one of them?

  Taking in Xiao Bai Huo itself wasn't a problem, the biggest worry was whether that wolf demon would chase and kill all the way to Chen Jian's home.

  But then Chen Jianchen thought to himself that he was worrying too much: although the wolf demon was intelligent, it was just a yin spirit with strong physical strength. Even if it were fierce and ferocious, it was still just a wolf after all, how could it dare to charge into a human village? Moreover, Jingyang Village had several households of hunters, Chen Jianchen's neighbor Zhang Lao San was an expert hunter, and it was said that he had even hunted down a tiger before.

  In such a situation, the wolf demon dares to come, and it's just sending itself to death.

  Having understood this layer, Chen Jianchen let out a sigh of relief.

  As for the usual placement of Xiao Bai Hu, it can be hidden in the corner of the study room, and outsiders will not be able to find out - this confidentiality measure must be done well, otherwise if someone finds out and spreads the word, it would be a catastrophic event. Others won't be as open-minded and knowledgeable as Chen Jianchen.

  In fact, there is no need for him to say more, Xiaobai Fox is clever and will naturally notice.

  Knock knock!

  There was a knock at the door, and Ah Bao's soft voice came: "Liu Xian Ge, are you still awake?" It turned out that she got up to use the restroom, saw the lamp in the study was still lit, so she knocked on the door to ask.

  It was already midnight, and Chen Jianchen would normally never stay up so late.

  "It's almost done."

  Hearing his voice was fine, Ah Bao immediately felt at ease and thought that Liu Xian Ge's hard work in studying would pay off tomorrow, so he should buy more bones and medicinal herbs to make a nourishing soup to supplement his body.

  Thinking so, he tiptoed back to his room.

  Chen Jianchen didn't feel the slightest bit tired, and he continued to chat with the little white fox for a while, gaining a deeper understanding of many things related to Taoist magic - these were questions he hadn't had time to ask Qingyun Daozhang about. The white fox's knowledge and learning couldn't compare to Qingyun's, but as Chen Jianchen's mentor, it was more than enough.

  From this, Chen Jianchen also learned about the circumstances of the demon class. After they opened their spiritual aperture, there were two main directions for their development: one was to grasp the Taoist methods, which could be achieved through meditation and breathing in the essence of heaven, earth, sun, and moon to increase their cultivation. This form is very orthodox, almost indistinguishable from human cultivators, but it is extremely rare; another type is to take the evil path of external alchemy, relying on absorbing human vital energy to improve their realm.

  There are many ways to absorb the essence of life and energy, eating blood, meat, heart, liver, etc. all belong to the lower level - transforming into a beautiful woman, through ** form to obtain belongs to the middle level, very popular - there is also more powerful, that is, taking the high-level method to plunder...

  After finishing their conversation, Chen Jianchen saw that the White Fox looked somewhat dispirited and must have been injured, so he prepared to let it rest.

  The white fox suddenly picked up its brush and wrote on the white paper: "Young master, since the little fox opened its wisdom, it has not had a name. Please give it a name."

  Chen Jianchen nodded and thought for a moment before saying, "Hmm, why don't we just call it 'Yin Ning'?"

  Took up the pen and wrote down this name on the white paper.

  The white fox saw it and was very pleased, jumping for joy, bowing and thanking.