Chapter 103: The Bait

  Lin Fan's doubts had just arisen when the blue light turned into red light, and a Taiji diagram appeared at the top of Yun Qing Academy. The Taiji rotated again, transforming into a green light. Before entering the formation, Yixiu recognized the goods: "The 64 changes of the Eight Trigrams, merged into the Eight Arrays Diagram, with the treasure of law to urge..." Just as he said this, a red light rose between Yixiu and Lin Fan, not only blocking their line of sight but also isolating their voices.

  Lao Dao had never seen such a change before and warned, "Everyone, don't move rashly." As soon as he finished speaking, he was also isolated.

  At this time, a white fox emerged from under the bookcase and hid at Lin Fan's feet. Lin Fan looked down: "What are you doing?"

  The fox nodded.

  "Monster?"

  The fox shook its head.

  "Divine Beast?"

  The fox shook its head and made a bow with its front paws, asking Lin Fan for help.

  Lin Fan was deep in thought, it's said that foxes are the most grateful, he had accepted this thing, and one day a beautiful woman would appear, insisting on following him around, and even wanting to be his concubine... Lin Fan glanced at the pitiful fox with a mixture of chili pepper and chicken strips, and found out it was actually a male. A man insisting on following him around, and even wanting to be his concubine himself...

  It's two different feelings, Lin Fan asked: "How many years of Taoist practice?"

  The fox stretched out nine claws on its left and right front paws, Lin Fan was shocked: "Nine hundred years?"

  The fox shook its head repeatedly, and Lin Fan asked: "Ninety years?"

  The fox nodded, and at this time the dark energy appeared, it was already at the extreme of Taiyin. Lin Fan grabbed the fox with one hand and held it in his palm. The fox blinked its eyes to look at Lin Fan, thinking that it had just escaped from the tiger's den only to fall into a trap again. Lin Fan smiled but didn't say anything.

  About the time of burning an incense stick, the Taiji diagram disappeared and the Cloud Qing Academy returned to its original state. Qian Yu Zhenren, the master of the Qingyuan sect, entered with a dozen or so elite disciples guarding outside. Yan Yi was thrown to the ground, his whole body convulsing. Qian Yu Zhenren quickly walked over and checked him before saying: "He has entered shock, take him away."

  "Found it?" Lin Fan grabbed the fox by the back of its neck and lifted it up.

  "Hm?" Senari approached, furrowing his brow: "It's only ninety years old, doesn't seem like a monster, how could it possibly trigger the formation."

  Qingyuan Zong's master followed closely behind, asking: "Lin Fan, why did you sneak into the Cloud Qing Academy?" Because Lin Fan had been gathering a crowd to gamble with Qingyuan Zong, she didn't have a good impression of him.

  "No, I have a wooden plaque." Lin Fan patted his chest, but it was empty. This wooden plaque had identification functions and couldn't be placed in the Qiankun bag. Lin Fan felt empty-handed, sweated at Lushan Waterfall, then glanced sideways at the fox on his left hand: "What did you do?"

  The fox's head lifted, with an unyielding expression. Lin Fan smiled: "Hehe, Sect Master, it's all a misunderstanding. Since we don't know if it's a demon beast or a spirit beast, I'll take it back and ask the Patriarch."

  Qing Yuanzong's expression turned cold: "After I took over, there was someone who entered the Gate of Death in my divine consciousness. Upon investigation, it turned out that there was a peach wood placard, so I made an exception and let him leave."

  "Looks like it's the work of this fox's leader. It's strange, there are spiritual beasts in Qingyun Mountain, when did a thief appear...". She wasn't sure if it was a demon beast or a spiritual beast either. Demon beasts retain their animal nature and may go berserk at any time, harming people far away. Spiritual beasts, on the other hand, are friendly to humans and won't harm them, they might even save people. Generally, cranes and deer are considered spiritual beasts. As for foxes, there are both demon beasts and spiritual beasts among them. Stealing books doesn't necessarily mean it's a demon beast, harming people is what makes it a demon beast.

  There was a villager who raised a tiger cub, and the tiger was very gentle. The relationship between the man and the beast was very good, and the tiger never hurt anyone, even helping to guard the house and yard. The villagers were not afraid of it. Until one day, its animal nature suddenly emerged, and it bit off a villager's arm before escaping into the deep mountains. The owner thought it was just an accident and went into the mountains to search for the tiger. When he saw the tiger, it was still very gentle, but they both got lost in the forest, and with winter approaching, food became scarce. After spring arrived, villagers entered the forest and found the owner's skeleton, next to which were the tiger's feces, containing the owner's fingernails.

  Ferocious beasts by nature, it is difficult for them to become spiritual beasts due to their instincts. Once they harm humans, they will increasingly exhibit more beastly behavior. Apart from wolves and tigers, many snakes are also demonic beasts. It cannot be denied that they have a sense of loyalty, but they also possess beastly qualities. A thousand-year-old demonic beast can think like a human, stand upright, yet sometimes reveal their beastly nature - not because they do not want to control themselves, but because they cannot. Demonic beasts have a characteristic: before harming humans, they will not harm them, but once they do, after smelling the scent of human blood and bone, the frequency and number of times they attack humans will greatly increase.

  Lin Fan asked the fox: "What is your master?"

  The fox showed its discontent with a snarl, and Lin Fan knocked on his head: "Speak."

  "Alright." Senri's voice transmission: "Lin Fan, take him to Zhengyi Mountain. If the person he is protecting has feelings for him, they will definitely go to rescue him."

  Lin Fan bowed: "Master, you are really clever."

  Qian Yu Zhenren smiled: "You say I'm despicable, fine. If I were a stubborn person, how could Cloud Qing Men entrust this family to you?"

  ……

  Zheng Yi Shan, Lin Fan was boiling water beside the main hall, several children helped to fetch water from the well. Lin Fan pulled at a fox skin: "How much can this pelt be sold for?"

  The fox hung its head in shame.

  "Get the talisman paper." Yingying went to get the yellow paper and brush, Lin Fan brushed a few strokes of the talisman, flicked his finger, lit the talisman paper on fire, threw it into the bowl, then pinched the fox's mouth shut, poured a bowl of talisman water down its throat, and finally tossed the fox into the large pot, saying: "Alright, nothing to worry about, you all can go busy yourselves now."

  "Yes, Master." Yingying called out to everyone to get busy.

  The fox that drank the symbol water couldn't move, Lin Fan threw out a fireball and lit it up. He then flew to the top of the main hall, lying down on his back eating peanuts. The fire wasn't big, at least half an hour was needed for it to burn out. If your master doesn't appear within half an hour, I'll have no choice but to let you go.

  It's letting you go and sending you to find Lao Da, not sparing your life, boundless blessings.

  Wait for a while, Lin Fan walked away, leaving a Tianyan symbol on the rooftop. As it was approaching evening, the children all went to have dinner, and some curious children passing by would glance into the pot and even touch the water to see if it's hot or not. The most asked question was: "What kind of spell did Big Brother Master use, that the fox couldn't escape?"

  The sky gradually darkened, and after half a time, Yingying sneaked to the wall of the main hall, looking at the position of the cauldron. Seeing that there was no situation, she walked towards the big cauldron. Lin Fan didn't move, Yingying circled around the cauldron, looked left and right again, and then disappeared. Lin Fan's heart was shocked, Spicy Chicken Noodles, this guy had indeed cultivated the Substitute Technique. The Substitute Technique is an upgraded version of the Obstacle Eye Method, which can transform grass, wood, and stones into a certain person's shape, and will also walk around, but it won't speak or have extra movements.

  Suddenly, a gust of wind blew over the large pot. A hand stretched out from within the strong wind, grabbed the fox in the pot and hid into the wind. The wind blew by without damaging a single blade of grass or wood, as if it had never come at all.