Chapter 197: The Fox Spirit (10)

"This chicken leg is so delicious! This braised fish, this stir-fried pork with vinegar... Gu Xuefeng, do you know how much I've sacrificed for you? If it weren't for you, would I be eating spirit stones every day? Is that even human food?" Taking advantage of Gu Xuefeng's inability to understand, Wen Wan freely complained, unaware that every word she uttered each day was gradually revealing her secrets.

Gu Xuefeng patted the fox's head. A human? It seems this fox cub has some little secrets he doesn't know.

Have you eaten these things before?

"Of course, I order takeout every day. I can order whatever I want to eat without even leaving the house. I can also watch TV shows while eating all kinds of snacks and sugary drinks. I haven't had them in so long, I miss them so much."

Gu Xuefeng wrote those things down.

"Did your former owner take you there?"

Master, is this Lin Qingshui?

Let's praise Lin Qingshui! So Wen Wan showered Lin Qingshui with compliments, praising her to the skies. Gu Xuefeng's eyes grew colder and colder, and he did look unhappy, but someone else didn't notice.

The system quickly stopped its host, saying, "[You're just chattering away, he can't understand you. You're talking too much nonsense, all your flattery is for nothing.]"

Wen Yan: "..."

Suddenly, that sense of accomplishment disappeared.

Her voice was hoarse, but she ate her food quietly. However, the next second, Gu Xuefeng took all the food away.

Wen Wan looked at Gu Xuefeng with a puzzled expression. Gu Xuefeng said, "Eating too much will cause indigestion, which is bad for your health."

Wen Yan: "..."

Okay, she can accept this reason for now, and the primary task here is to save the female lead.

"Go save your wife quickly." Wen Wan asked the system what should have happened in this part of the original plot. The system only knew that she had encountered the Demon Lord and that there was a huge conspiracy, but it knew nothing else.

This system remains as unreliable as ever.

Afterwards, Gu Xuefeng found an inn to stay at, and then spent his days going out to stroll around and buy things for the fox Wen Wan. At night, he would return to the inn to cultivate, showing no sign of wanting to save anyone.

Gradually, Wen Wan also became puzzled.

What exactly is he trying to do?

System: [Trust him; he must have his own plan.]

Wen Wan: "..." Really? Why is she so skeptical? Will anything unexpected happen?

That night.

Wen Wan was still sound asleep when she was suddenly awakened by a bolt of lightning.

Wen Wan: "..." She already has PTSD from lightning, after all, she was struck by lightning and died. Besides, this lightning sounded unusual, with a terrifying rumble.

"Which fellow cultivator is undergoing tribulation? Please withdraw your supernatural powers," Wen Wan said, huddled under the covers.

"What tribulation? This is Gu Xuefeng unleashing his power. He must have sensed the difference in the magnetic field here and realized that these disciples weren't teleported away, but had always been in this place, only to disappear for some reason," the system replied to its host's question.

"You mean, the female lead is still here? We just can't see her, and we don't know where they're being held?"

Yes, so the male protagonist is currently trying to break through the barrier to save people.

Wen Yan: "..."

So she misunderstood. Gu Xuefeng really wasn't playing around; he was seriously trying to save people? It seemed like she was the only one acting like she was on vacation, which was a bit awkward.

Wen Wan quietly opened the door, and through the crack, she saw that it was as bright as day outside. Streaks of lightning tore through the sky, and there was also wildly surging black energy all around. Gu Xuefeng stood under the lightning, his face cold and indifferent, as if the lightning he had casually grabbed was very ordinary.

However, Wen Wan felt that the lightning looked terrifying, even more terrifying than the one that had struck her to death.

Wen Wan quickly closed the door. "Is this something a human could do? You must never make Gu Xuefeng angry again, or your life will be in danger."

At this moment, Wen Wan truly felt fear and dread towards Gu Xuefeng, and she was determined to keep Gu Xuefeng from knowing that she was originally a fox demon, otherwise she would definitely kill her.

Wen Wan went back to bed, then rolled herself up in the blanket and covered her ears.

"Go to sleep, go to sleep, once I'm asleep I won't know anything."

Outside.

Gu Xuefeng stared coldly ahead.

A rift was quickly torn open in the sky, rapidly expanding. The next second, the surrounding scenery changed. Although it was still the same inn, the place was now filled with rampant demonic energy.

Wen Wan was suddenly awakened from her warm bed. The blankets were gone, the soft bed was gone, and the air was thick with the smell of decay. The clean inn had vanished, leaving only filthy ruins.

"I'll go."

Then, terrified, she ran out of the house and rushed straight towards Gu Xuefeng. She didn't know where she got the strength, but she jumped into Gu Xuefeng's arms, trembling and cowering.

"Gu Xuefeng, help! This is terrifying! I was sleeping peacefully, and then everything changed."

Gu Xuefeng reached out and touched the fox's body. "Don't be afraid, it's alright, I'm here."

Then, he used his hand to cleave away a lot of the black mist with a lightning bolt.

Wen Yan: "..."

Terrified! It's not safe around Gu Xuefeng either! She could even smell the burning. She was experiencing what it's like to catch a lightning bolt up close. She was shaking and shaking. Her body was instinctively terrified of lightning, and Wen Wan couldn't control her trembling at all.

"Were you scared?"

Wen Wan trembled.

"Then I'll hurry up." Then Wen Wan noticed that the lightning was thicker and stronger as it struck forward. Wen Wan was so frightened that she hid inside Gu Xuefeng's clothes. "Stop the lightning, my heart is going to stop."

Afraid of thunder?

Wen Wan nodded vigorously; it wasn't just fear, it was she nearly scared to death.

Gu Xuefeng put away the lightning. He had originally placed a restriction on the fox, so it shouldn't wake up. However, before he finished dealing with things here, the fox woke up unexpectedly and seemed to be quite frightened.

Gu Xuefeng extended his hand and transferred some spiritual energy to Wen Wan, making her feel warm all over, and her fear gradually subsided.

Then he crawled out and looked around.

It was still Yanluo Town, but this Yanluo Town was not the same as before. It was shrouded in black mist, making it look extremely terrifying.

"Where is this place?"

System: [This is another side of Yanluo Town.]

According to the system's explanation, Yanluo Town had long been occupied by the demon race, and there wasn't a single human in it. However, in order to hide this fact, the demon race used a barrier to create an identical Yanluo Town, attracting some cultivators to enter, and then they were gradually devoured and disappeared without a trace.

Lin Qingshui and his group had obviously been captured by Yanluo Town as well.

Gu Xuefeng broke the barrier, and the disguise was exposed, which is what Wen Wan sees now.

"Hahahahaha, hahahahahaha..." A sinister laugh rang out, and Wen Wan was so frightened that she burrowed back into Gu Xuefeng's clothes, only peeking out with her eyes.

"As expected of Gu Xuefeng, the sect master of the Snow Sect, you actually destroyed this semi-divine artifact."

Gu Xuefeng: "Not a semi-divine artifact."

The other person started laughing wildly again. Wen Wan complained, "He looks like a villain. And with him laughing like that, he must be the kind of villain who dies from talking too much."

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