Chapter Twelve: Cunning Schemes

  In the woods, San Yang had already prepared everything that Fu Chun had instructed him to do. He used tender bamboo to set up a boundary in this part of the woods, making it impossible for Lü Hu Li Jing to escape by turning into smoke.

  Fuhe and San Yang, along with Xing Chen Tian, stayed hidden in the bushes, not daring to come out and cause trouble. The fox spirit in the Hundred Spirits Bag remained very quiet, as its memory was always short. This was related to their years of cultivation - the longer they cultivated, the more things they could remember. Those fox spirits that appeared on TV, who remembered their benefactors' appearances for thousands of years, were all fox spirits that had cultivated for over a thousand years. However, the longer these fox spirits cultivated, the heavier their evil energy became. They saw through the world's conspiracies and plots, so they deeply despised humans. Don't even mention repaying kindness - if you're lucky enough to encounter one, hurry up and escape, don't hesitate, or else not even your bones will be left behind.

  The bag containing the hundred spirits was still on the ground, and a faint rustling sound came from inside. It seemed that the contents had been shaken up. When Fu Chuan untied the rope, white smoke drifted out of the bag and transformed into the shape of a woman. Although her hair was gone, her figure was stunningly beautiful, as if having hair would be superfluous. The fox spirit's eyes were purple, so when she saw Fu Chuan, she only saw a vague human shape. However, the fox's sense of smell was extremely keen, and it knew that the thing in front of her was a man.

  The fox spirit relies on men to absorb yang energy and supplement yin energy to help her cultivate, it's not a legend, it's true. Before, Fu Chuan had seen the former sect leader destroy a fox spirit den, inside were piled up over a hundred corpses of men who had their yang energy sucked dry. Later, this incident even made it into the local newspaper, but the government covered up the truth and said it was a case of selling corpses to make mummies for sale abroad.

  It swayed its body and walked towards Fuchuan, its white tail swishing randomly on the ground. It wasn't wearing any clothes, and the high snow peaks were like a naturally formed work of art. Fuchuan had never seen such beautiful snow peaks before, with tips that looked like two delicate plum blossoms in full bloom.

  The fox spirit doesn't care what the object in front of it is, as long as its body emits the yang energy they need, that's their target. For these low-level fox spirits, they rely on instinct to 'hunt', but for some fox spirits who have been cultivating for many years, the deeper their cultivation, the better their moral character. These fox spirits can see through people's hearts, just like Daji in The Legend of Deification. If she really existed, she should be the one with the deepest and longest cultivation among all fox spirits, almost able to join the ranks of the immortals. But it's a pity that these things don't strive for themselves.

  It is actually recorded that the fox spirit was once worshiped by the masses as a spiritual animal, but it was only when the fox spirit caused chaos in every dynasty that it became synonymous with harming humans. Wu Zetian, the only female emperor in Chinese history, was rumored to be a nine-tailed fox spirit who descended to the mortal world. Originally, the Queen Mother intended to use Guanyin's Yangqi Ganlu to purify the fox spirit's evil energy, but unexpectedly, the fox spirit reincarnated before its evil energy was eliminated. The ancestral records of the Pufu family state that this fox spirit is the ancestor of Wu Zetian. A member of the Pufu family once served as the astrologer for the Li royal court and recorded that he had personally seen Wu Zetian's fox tail. However, because Wu Zetian was destined to be the ruler, he chose not to capture her and instead resigned and returned home. After Wu Zetian's death, this ancestor also secretly entered Wu Zetian's tomb and found only a white fox skin and skeleton in the coffin. The ancestor realized that the nine-tailed fox spirit had already left its physical body behind, so the ancestral records of the Pufu family decreed that all descendants must find and eliminate this fox spirit. Until now, Fu Chuan has not encountered it, but he can start by eliminating its fox children and grandchildren.

  The fox spirit's throat made a soft "squeaking" sound, and if one's will was not firm, they would definitely think this was the most pleasant sound in the world. It was just like the mermaids of foreign legend, who used their beautiful voices to entice sailors before revealing their true nature and dragging them into the depths of the ocean. The fox spirit was actually using the same trick.

  Fuhe lay half-reclined on the ground, gazing serenely at the fox spirit as she walked towards him. His eyes lingered on her swaying figure, seeming to appreciate the most beautiful creature in this world.

  In the thicket, Xing Cheng Tian said in a low voice to San Yang, "This matter must not be kept from you."

  Three sheep nodded in tacit understanding, thinking to themselves why their master didn't teach them this move.

  Just as the fox spirit approached him, Fu Chuan stretched out his long arm and put the soft and boneless fox spirit into Lou's arms, and the fox spirit smiled softly.

  Fujiang was like a demon possessed, his fingers tracing from her waist all the way up to that place on her chest.

  Fu Xiang smiled, not because the ancestors of the Fu family at the South Gate had explicitly forbidden their descendants from consorting with evil spirits, but rather that even if he were to take in a fox spirit, it would still be better than finding a woman who would bring him trouble.

  Fu Chuan's eyes were deep and profound, his gaze locked onto the purple, limpid eyes of Fox Spirit, which shone like clear, still water. In the next instant, Fu Chuan flipped over and pinned her to the icy ground, not giving her any chance to breathe. His thick lips covered hers, his hands already roaming over her slender body, almost wildly plundering her softness below.

  Xing Cheng Tian saw Fu Chuan and didn't know what he had sucked out of the mouth of that fox spirit, it seemed to be a white pearl-like bead.

  When he felt something swollen under him, the fox spirit smiled slyly with blood at the corner of her mouth. It was unclear where the blood came from. Fu Chuan cautiously touched his neck and found that it had been bitten through by her, but he didn't feel anything. If not for the true energy inside his body protecting his veins and arteries due to years of cultivation, he would have bled to death long ago. Because there was a barrier of true energy in his body blocking the evil energy, his mind hadn't been completely bewitched by the fox spirit yet.

  It knew by instinct that the time had come, as Fuchuan's lower body had swollen up, and his yang energy was bursting forth. It was time for it to feast, so it buried its head, but just as it was about to touch the thing that was about to erupt, Fuchuan immediately curled his fingers into a lotus seal and struck the fox spirit's crown.

  The fox spirit let out a mournful howl, and this time it was not light, thoroughly enraging the fox spirit. Its four sharp fangs grew out, finally revealing its true form. In fact, the fox spirit is a very frightening creature, and any living thing that has grown for many years should be said to be terrifying. Just like humans, if they exceed two hundred years of age, they can no longer be called normal human beings, but rather human demons. Such human demons have appeared from time to time over the centuries, with some records in unofficial histories, but most were later subdued by the Nanmen Fojia family.

  The fox spirit's fingernails were like sharp blades, gleaming with a chilling light that made one's heart tremble. Fu Chuan's sudden movement sent the fox spirit flying several feet away, temporarily unable to get close to him.

  Fuhe immediately got up and picked up his pants, if he hadn't stayed awake just now, he would have been sucked in, and he would have become a dried-up person by now.

  "Three sheep!"

  Fu Chuan arrived at the thicket in the morning and called out to San Yang, who had turned off the camera and crawled up from the ground, handing over the Town Demon Sword left by their ancestors to Fu Chuan. Fu Chuan's martial arts skills were exceptional, having been the number one in the youth martial arts team since his teenage years.

  Later on, I had to go back home to inherit the family business, so I didn't continue practicing anymore. However, over these years of killing demons and catching ghosts, my martial arts skills not only didn't decline, but instead became even more refined.

  The fox spirit glared at Pheasant River with her terrifying purple eyes, saying in a hoarse voice that seemed to have never appeared in the world before: "I have no grudge against you, why do you want to harm me!"

  "Hurt you? Are there not enough people you've hurt?" Just then, Fu Chu spat out the internal elixir he had sucked out from its mouth when they kissed earlier. For any fox that has cultivated into a demon, their internal elixir is either black or green because their body has not fully evolved into human form. This white-as-pearl internal elixir, who knows how many men's essence it has absorbed over the centuries to refine its originally dark internal elixir to such purity.

  The internal elixir is the source of power for any demon or evil spirit. Without the internal elixir, to put it in simpler terms, it's like a soldier going into battle without his gun or bulletproof vest.

  The power of the Zhēn Yāo Jiàn was not small, and with just 30% of his internal energy, Fù Chuān sent the fox spirit flying to the ground. Fù Chuān leaped into the air and landed on a tree above the fox spirit, taking aim at its position. He flew down from above, but he didn't use his sword to finish off the fox spirit.

  Just as he flew down, "临，兵，斗，者，困！", Fu Chuan recited the incantation, and saw that the fox spirit was surrounded by a ring of fire, trapped inside. As a human, Fu Chuan could jump out from within the Five Pure Fire, but demons couldn't. Anyone who crossed this fiery circle would be reduced to ashes, without exception, unless the circle was broken from outside, such as being extinguished with water.

  Fuhe didn't waste words and directly asked: "Tell me, what's in this forest?"

  The fox spirit obviously didn't know what Pei Chuan was referring to. The fox spirit was born alert, so it had to negotiate with Pei Chuan first, "If I tell you, I want my inner elixir."