Chapter Ten: The Fox Spirit

  Everything here seems to be in a primitive state, and these people seem to have no surprise at the arrival of Fu Chuan and his three companions. They probably don't think that this group of people can bring them anything.

  The table was filled with strange and exotic wild fruits, and the quilt had an unknown fragrance floating around. Fu Chuan didn't dare to move, but Xing Chengtian took a look and carefully picked up a black fruit and put it in his mouth to chew. He said: "I've eaten this fruit before on Mount Shennong, legend has it that it's the wild man's fruit, tastes pretty good, looks like a miniature peach."

  They were arranged to enter this somewhat strange room, as for how strange it was, Fu Chuan couldn't say, earlier outside, although the outside had a human paradise appearance, but Fu Chuan had already seen the hidden evil spirit in these scenes.

  But instead, after entering this room, Fu Chuan couldn't sense any demonic aura at all. He found it strange that the demonic aura had disappeared without a reason as soon as they entered this room. Moreover, from the moment they came in, that girl also vanished. They had been waiting for a full hour already.

  The more mysterious it is, the more interesting Fu Chuan finds it. "Xing Chengtian, I'll make a bet with you."

  "What's the bet?" Xing Chengtian had already been completely conquered by the wild fruit on the table, but Fu Chuan's betting offer was also of great interest to him.

  "I bet with you, grandfather, whether we can get out of this forest alive this time."

  Pfft... Xiāo Tiān turned his head towards Fù Chuān, he was speechless, a drop of bright red juice had already fallen from the corner of his mouth.

  The person who had been looking for them finally appeared, it was Shi Yin Village's clan leader *Shi, wearing a large black robe with geometric stripes, and Fu Chun completely didn't understand why he came out with an attitude of wanting to drive them away.

  Fu Chuan said to the clan leader, "Since we've come, we can't just leave like this, and it wasn't you who invited us, so whether we stay or go isn't up to you." Fu Chuan spoke quite boldly, but Xing Chengtian pulled him down and stopped him from speaking further. With a scholarly demeanor and an innocent face, Xing Chengtian asked the clan leader, "We came because someone invited us, but now we can't find that person anywhere."

  "Are you looking for someone?" The tribe's elder, Shi, spoke in a strange accent, although his speech was rapid, Xing Chengtian could understand this language, and the tone of Shi's voice carried a hint of mockery.

  "Who are you looking for?"

  Xing Chengtian had already asked Fu Chuan to describe the appearance of that ghost on the plane, and he drew a portrait of the ghost according to Fu Chuan's description.

  Just as Xing Chengtian was about to take out the painting from his backpack, Fu Chuan stopped him and said in a low voice, "Don't show it to him!"

  Fu Chuan disliked this greasy clan leader from the very beginning, and he said: "I live outside, you live inside, my grandfather paid for the house, you have no right to drive me away!"

  A simple sentence shocked everyone present, not to mention the patriarch of the clan, Xing Chengtian secretly wiped a cold sweat and thought to himself, "You may be a martial arts master, but I'm not, sir!"

  Just as Fu Chuan and the tribal chief were staring at each other, a strange whistling sound came from outside the door. Fu Chuan immediately turned around and kicked open the door, only to see a green light flash by above the village.

  Fuhe wanted you to catch that green light beam, but after the green tail quickly slipped away from his hand, Fuhe felt that the green light emitted a chilling aura.

  It's different from that eerie or chilling feeling before, but a kind of powerful and chilling aura that Fu Chun had never felt before, much more terrifying than the eerie feeling.

  Fu Xiang had been reminded since they came in, because the sense of smell and vision of those who learn Tao are extremely sensitive, whether there is someone following or monitoring behind them can be felt.

  Fuhe didn't want to let go of that green tail, he had to investigate what it was, so he jumped up onto the roof above and followed the direction where the green light disappeared.

  Three sheep followed the wall and went up, following Fu Chuan to leave. On the contrary, Xing Chengtian stayed behind. He looked at the tribal leader *Shi, and saw a hint of fear in his eyes. Xing Chengtian didn't know why this respected *Shi would show fear, but he thought there must be a reason for it.

  Xing Cheng Tian Shang went forward, he knew that the tribal leader had no malicious intentions towards them. Otherwise, they would have died in the hotel on the first day and wouldn't be able to meet him now.

  Xing Cheng Tian Shang Qian said to the clan leader, "Shi Xiong, my friend's magical powers are very strong, you must have seen it too. If there's anything that needs to be done, please let us know and we'll definitely help."

  Xing Chengtian knew that he was being deceived, but his heart had already understood that this matter was not simple. The clan leader must have known something, so Xing Chengtian had to find out what had happened in the village to make it as gloomy and terrifying as a dark prison. The villagers seemed calm, but their mouths were slightly curved with an almost imperceptible sinister smile, as if they would go crazy at any moment.

  The clan leader let out a sigh, as if there were many things hidden in his heart. He wouldn't say another word when he didn't fully trust them. The last one just walked away without even acknowledging the heavenly punishment, but also didn't insist on making people chase them away.

  Fuhe had been following the green light as it ran deep into the forest, at least he thought he had been chasing it for a long time, until it stopped on top of a thousand-year-old pine tree.

  Fu Chuan blocked the three sheep and then pulled them into a thicket to hide. Actually, when Fu Chuan was chasing after it just now, he had already seen clearly what that green thing was.

  In this green thing, a fox spirit was wrapped inside. If Pei Chuan hadn't miscalculated, it should still be cultivating for a hundred years and had already cultivated into a refined fox spirit. Just as Pei Chuan let San Yang calm down, the green light gradually dimmed and slowly dissipated. When the green smoke dispersed, Pei Chuan saw that under the pine tree, the green light shadow had walked out of it, turning into a completely naked beautiful woman, both front and back.

  The fox spirit is charming and has been a demon that charms others since ancient times. Although in the myths of old, the fox spirit was also considered an auspicious beast, later on, for some unknown reason, they became bloodthirsty and ferocious, even devouring human flesh to help them cultivate into spirits.

  "Master." Three Sheep was young and vigorous, and his face had already turned red when that thing came out. Fu Chuan felt okay, but after all, he was a man, and he had eaten so much vegetarian food for so many years, so his physical reaction was still very intense.

  It is said that the fox spirit is also called the fox fairy, commonly known as the great immortal in folklore, with strong magical powers and can transform into human form. In ancient times, there was already a totem worship of the fox, and tribes such as the Tu Shan, Chun Hu, and You Su were all part of the fox totem tribe.

  The Fox Spirit made outstanding contributions to the establishment of China's first slave dynasty, the Xia Dynasty. When Yu controlled the flood, Yu was busy all day and had no heart to make friends with girls, looking like a promising young man who took his career seriously, and he was about to die out.

  He once walked to Mount Tu, where he saw a nine-tailed white fox (nine tails meaning many descendants), and was moved by this, so he married and had children there. His son Qi later became the founding king of the Xia Dynasty.

  Afterwards, China's long feudal society had unprecedented persecution and repression of people, especially women's personality psychology, this repressed mentality became the best breeding ground for the birth of "fox spirit" culture.

  In feudal society, the fox was first favored by women and regarded as a god to please their spouses. The fox's beautiful fur, small and lovely body, and cunning personality were considered by the ancients to be comparable only to charming women.

  The fox also seems to represent a kind of mysterious spirit, especially when it comes to the female character's psychological state. The fox was most revered in pre-Qin and Han dynasties, along with the dragon, qilin, and phoenix as one of the four great auspicious creatures.

  There are also people who summarize that foxes have three virtues: their fur color is soft and moderate, conforming to the middle way; their body shape is small in front and big in back, conforming to the order of respect and hierarchy; when they die, their head faces their own den, not forgetting their roots. After the Han Dynasty, the auspicious position of fox spirits declined sharply.