Lin Xi led the way, with Yun Yan and Bai Xiuyuan following behind.

The moon is exceptionally round tonight, and you can see very far without any lights.

The three entered the forest one after the other, when a dark figure darted into the bushes.

Strange noises came from the bushes, like a dog barking or a person crying.

Bai Xiuyuan lowered his voice, "There's something alive in the bushes over there."

"I'll go take a look." Lin Xi approached the bushes step by step, her voice growing clearer.

"Awoooooo, woooooo..."

The sound of a fox crying?

Lin Xi parted the grass, and a fox assumed an attack stance, letting out a low growl, "Woof woof!!"

The little fox opened its mouth as if to bite, but Lin Xi lifted it by the scruff of its neck with one hand. "Purple fox, Bai Rou?"

The purple fox looked up and saw a familiar face, then hugged her arm tightly and burst into tears.

"Awooooo, woooooo..."

Hearing the crying, Yun Yan and Bai Xiuyuan rushed over, both of them shocked. "Bai Rou, what are you doing here?"

The purple fox's eyes were red and swollen, its four paws were covered in blood, and its fur looked like it had been burned, with bald patches here and there. Its head was completely bald, without a single hair.

She cried very sadly, "Waaaaah..."

Lin Xi patted the fox's head. "Don't cry. Who burned your fur?"

Bai Rou sobbed, "No, I don't know, monsters, wolves, there are wolves..."

She was trembling all over. Lin Xi stroked the little fox's remaining fur and said, "It's alright, it's alright, don't cry."

Bai Rou finally calmed down, her eyes filled with panic. "Auntie, please save my auntie."

"A werewolf broke into the sacred land of the Northeast Fox Clan, seemingly looking for something. He killed any fox he saw."

"Waaaaah... So many Siberian foxes have died."

Lin Xi's eyes sharpened. "Are you looking for fragments of a sacred artifact?"

"Probably." Bai Rou spat out something. "My aunt stuffed this into my mouth and told me to run away quickly and find the Special Administration Bureau to save my life."

“I ran as fast as I could, but there was no one from the Northeast Special Administration Bureau, so I had to go into the woods and keep running until I met you.”

The object on the ground was covered by a tuft of white fur. Lin Xi opened it and saw, "A fragment, even larger than the second one."

The third fragment is actually in the sacred land of the fox clan in the Northeast!

Bai Rou tugged at her hand, "Save Auntie, save the Northeast Fox."

Yun Yan looked towards the horizon. "The Northeast is a bit far from here. It's probably too late to send a helicopter there now."

The fragment wasn't taken by the Chaos Society; they most likely killed all the Northeast Foxes and forced them to reveal the fragment's whereabouts.

Bai Rou's aunt and her clansmen are in great danger.

Bai Rou naturally understood this principle. She ran for a very long time to find someone to save her aunt, and her four paws were covered in blood.

She clung tightly to Lin Xi, sobbing, "Please save your aunt... Aunt can't die..."

"Don't cry, don't cry, I'll take you there now."

Lin Xi flicked her wrist, and five small paper figures fell to the ground. She made a hand seal and said, "Thank you for your hard work."

"It's not hard work."

The five little paper figures shouted in unison, held hands, and spun around in circles, transforming into a boat at an extremely fast speed.

The small boat floated quietly in the air, waiting. Lin Xi, holding the little fox, sat on it and said, "You two come on up too."

Yun Yan and Bai Xiuyuan looked at the small boat curiously. Could such a small boat carry so many people?

The small boat seemed to hear their thoughts and automatically expanded, large enough to accommodate the three people and the fox.

Lin Xi sat at the very front, while Xiao Jin squatted at the bow to steer. "Hold on tight, take off!"

The small boat shot into the sky with a whoosh, quickly heading towards the sacred land of the fox clan in the northeast.

The boat was moving very fast, but the people didn't feel the cold wind hitting their faces; something was protecting them.

Bai Rou's eyes widened. "What kind of magical artifact is this?"

"They're not magical artifacts, they're my companions," Lin Xi explained calmly.

The five paper figures combine to form a ship that carries people and flies, which requires a huge amount of spiritual power.

Lin Xi doesn't usually summon paper dolls for this kind of thing, but Bai Mei gave her a spirit stone before.

Spirit stones can replenish spiritual energy. Since the matter is urgent, this can be used to repay Bai Mei. After saving the person, you might even be able to get a spirit stone.

Indeed, there are no free spirit stones in the world.

The little fox lay on her lap, "It's so amazing! With this, my claws don't have to be worn raw anymore, boohoo."

"Stop crying." Lin Xi patted the fox's head. "Let's get down to business. How come there are fragments in the sacred land of the Northeast Fox Clan?"

Bai Rou scratched her head and found that her head was bald. She was both angry and sad.

"To be honest, I don't know either. I'm still a minor, and there are many things my aunt won't tell me..."

The last time she secretly escaped from the sacred land of the Northeast Fox Clan, her aunt forced her into the ancestral hall and made her kneel for three days and three nights.

Bai Rou dared not do anything during this time, lest she anger her aunt again, and stayed hidden in her own courtyard.

That day, she was jogging around the yard to lose weight as usual when her aunt brought the little red fox to visit her.

Auntie smiled and said, "You've been quite well-behaved these past few days."

Bai Rou gave a fawning smile, "Auntie, I will never run away again, you believe me."

The aunt did not speak.

The little red fox Bai Rui pleaded, "Bai Rou was just being playful, Auntie, please forgive her."

Bai Rou nodded obediently, then pleaded in a sweet, high-pitched voice, "Auntie, please forgive me, okay?"

Aunt snorted, "Your seductive skills are not up to par. Your voice is sickeningly sweet and very unpleasant to listen to. You didn't pay attention in class. Starting tomorrow, you should study properly."

Bai Rou jumped up excitedly, "Auntie, you forgive me."

Her aunt letting her go back to school was a way of forgiving her.

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