“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…”
The disciples of Qingyun Sword Sect charged madly towards the golden coffin, as if they had completely forgotten the terrifying pressure.
“Come back! All of you, come back!” Yun Xi shouted sternly.
But it was too late.
“Puff, puff, puff…”
More than a dozen Qingyun Sword Sect disciples instantly had their physical bodies turned into clouds of blood mist, leaving only their primordial spirits alive.
Yun Xi swiftly gathered those primordial spirits back, then glared furiously at the little white fox. “Nine-tailed heavenly fox, if you dare bewilder people with demonic words again, don’t blame me for being rude.”
The little white fox gave Yun Xi a disdainful glance, as though saying, Little girl, you really think this noble one is afraid of you?
Yun Xi continued, “Among the demon race there is a divine ability called Bewildering Speech. Once it is used, people instantly lose their reason.”
Hearing this, the Qingyun Sword Sect disciples flew into a rage.
“The nine-tailed heavenly fox used Bewildering Speech. It is utterly malicious.”
“Every demon deserves to be executed. We absolutely cannot let it live.”
“Kill it.”
“…”
Outrage surged through the crowd.
The Qingyun disciples all drew their weapons, staring at the little white fox with hatred, ready to slay it.
The little white fox showed no fear and snorted coldly. “I told you to seize the supreme opportunity and you really went? Don’t you have brains?”
“Couldn’t you see that terrifying pressure?”
“And another thing, if I told you to go eat shit, would you actually do it?”
The Qingyun disciples were livid. “You—”
“You what? Was I wrong?” the little white fox said. “You’re not three-year-old children. Adults must take responsibility for their own actions.”
The group from Qingyun Sword Sect turned blue with anger, especially the dozen whose bodies had been destroyed; they were so furious their primordial spirits nearly exploded.
Yun Xi stared coldly at the little white fox and said, “Such a sharp tongue. If you hadn’t used Bewildering Speech, how could their bodies have been destroyed?”
“Little girl, I don’t agree with that,” the little white fox replied. “If greed for the supreme opportunity hadn’t already been in their hearts, how could I have bewitched them?”
“In the end, it is human greed that is to blame.”
Yun Xi was rendered speechless and, in her anger, declared, “Though I have no past grudge with the demon race and have never harboured hatred towards demons, what you did today has crossed my bottom line. You cannot be spared.”
With that, Yun Xi prepared to strike.
“Hmph, if this weren’t Undying Mountain, one glance from me would reduce you to bones.”
The little white fox thought to itself. Being extremely clever, it knew it was no match for Yun Xi right now, so it swiftly hid behind Ye Qiu.
“Ye Changsheng, save me.”
Ye Qiu said, “You brought this trouble on yourself.”
“I don’t care. You have to save me anyway,” the little white fox insisted. “I lost one of my lives for you.”
Yun Xi said, “Changsheng, step aside. Let me slay it.”
This…
Ye Qiu felt a headache coming on.
“Ye Changsheng, if it weren’t for me, would you have seen the supreme opportunity? If you ignore me now, I’ll haunt you even as a ghost,” the little white fox threatened.
Yun Xi added, “Changsheng, this has nothing to do with you. This is a grudge between it and our Qingyun Sword Sect. Move aside. I’m going to kill it.”
With that, Yun Xi advanced, radiating killing intent.
Seeing the danger, the little white fox slipped into Ye Qiu’s arms with a whoosh, then looked up at him with watery emerald eyes and whined coquettishly, “Ye Changsheng, you have to protect me.”
Seeing this, Yun Xi grew even angrier and snapped, “Stinking fox demon, how dare you defile Ye-lang’s body? I won’t forgive you.”
Clang!
Yun Xi drew a jade sword and slashed, intending to kill the little white fox outright.
At the critical moment,
Ye Qiu quickly extended two fingers, caught the jade sword, and said, “Xi’er, let it go. Spare it this once.”
“Changsheng, you’re still protecting it?” Yun Xi was furious. “If this fox demon isn’t killed, it will keep using Bewildering Speech.”
At that moment, the Qingyun disciples also shouted, “Master Ye, do not interfere. Let the Saintess kill it.”
“If not for it, so many of us wouldn’t have lost our bodies.”
“You must know that once the body is lost, combat strength drops sharply. If we encounter enemies, we’ll be in serious trouble.”
“Even if we don’t meet enemies, rebuilding a body will consume a huge amount of resources.”
“It’s all because of this wretched fox demon. Kill it.”
“…”
Ye Qiu glanced at the little white fox in his arms. Its tearful, pitiful appearance aroused sympathy.
“Promise me you won’t use Bewildering Speech again, alright?” Ye Qiu said softly.
“Mhm~” The little white fox nodded.
Only then did Ye Qiu address the disciples who had lost their bodies. “I’m sorry. It was indeed the nine-tailed heavenly fox’s fault just now, causing everyone to lose their bodies. However, as it said, we are all adults and must take responsibility for our actions.”
“Still, I hope everyone will give me face and not harm it.”
“After all, to help us find the supreme opportunity, it offered a drop of essence blood, causing its cultivation to fall and costing it one life.”
“I owe it a debt. I want to preserve its life.”
“As for the brothers who lost their bodies, I will give each of you ten spiritual herbs as compensation on its behalf.”
Seeing Ye Qiu’s firm attitude and considering his relationship with Yun Xi, the Qingyun disciples could say nothing more.
“You’re certainly generous. Giving away so many spiritual herbs for a fox demon,” Yun Xi said resentfully, feeling wronged. “You’re compensating them, fine. But it made me angry earlier. How are you going to compensate me?”
Ye Qiu secretly sent a sound transmission to Yun Xi. “Ten times, deal?”
“Hmph~” Yun Xi gave a cute snort, shot him a charming glare, and transmitted back, “No ten times, and I won’t let you off.”
Ye Qiu chuckled. He knew this troublesome matter was finally settled.
Then, without warning, Ye Qiu struck.
Thunk!
He flicked the little white fox hard on the forehead, making it hiss in pain.
“Ye Changsheng, you hit me?”
The little white fox looked up and glared at him, its emerald eyes filled with indignation.
“This time it was just your head. If you cause trouble again, beware that I…” Ye Qiu raised his finger and made a poking gesture.
Instantly, the little white fox felt a certain spot tighten in fear, buried its head in Ye Qiu’s chest, and inwardly cursed, “Damn bastard, daring to bully me. Just you wait. Once we leave Undying Mountain, this noble one will sort you out.”
At that very moment,
“BOOM!”
A deafening thunderclap rang out from the nine heavens.
Everyone hurriedly looked up and saw a colossal bolt of lightning, tens of thousands of feet long, plummet from the sky and strike fiercely towards the golden coffin.
“No! The heavenly thunder is going to destroy that coffin!”
