Chapter 100: Guardian Fox
Shen Yijin shifted her gaze to the fox, silently asking how it managed to run from the villa to City X with the box.
Fox was too guilty to look Shen Yijin in the eye: "I found some help..."
Foxes are born with the ability to bewitch people. Even if they are in a box and cannot look people in the eye, they can still release a unique scent that can drive people who smell it to do things for them.
When Shen Yijin was in the villa, the fox did not dare to act rashly, for fear of being discovered by Shen Yijin.
When Chen Yijin set out for City X and Bei Shitao was the only one at home, the fox wanted to use its aura to force Bei Shitao to unlock the seal for itself, but it was surprised to find that Bei Shitao was not affected by the aura of the fox clan.
The several female ghosts in the villa were not affected by the aura. Only the bearded man was affected.
The fox didn't know why this happened, but it was better than nothing. Under its guidance, the bearded man successfully helped it complete the "prison escape".
After the doll came out of the box, it used the items in Shen Yijin's room that were stained with her scent to rearrange the formation, restored the formation on the box, and pretended that it was still in the box.
"You're pretty amazing. I didn't find any problems with the restored formation." Shen Yijin praised sincerely.
He was able to recreate the formation she had drawn without letting her see any flaws, which showed that the fox had very advanced formation-setting skills.
The fox thought Shen Yijin would scold it and was mentally prepared, but it didn't expect to hear praise.
It moved its ears, looked up into Shen Yijin's eyes, and asked cautiously, "Do you really think so? You're not being sarcastic to me, are you?"
Shen Yijin: "I really think you are amazing. But how do you know the formation of the Lingfu Sect?"
The main discipline of Shen Yijin's own sect is fortune-telling. Drawing talismans and setting up formations are not taught in the sect.
Like other disciples of other sects, she often went to other sects to learn from them. She learned talismans and formations from the Lingfu Sect.
Shen Yijin studied a variety of subjects, unlike her fellow students, most of whom chose to learn sword skills and take orders as sword practitioners on the side.
She learned everything, and dabbled in both the righteous and the evil ways.
Therefore, Shen Yijin also knew something about the fox clan’s skills.
The fox clan is very arrogant and only learns the skills of their own clan. They disdain to learn the skills of human cultivators and believe that only the skills of their own clan are the most powerful.
Not only the fox tribe, but the demon tribe generally thinks this way.
The fox who knew how to set up formations like human monks did not think that he was an outlier in the fox clan. When talking about the Lingfu Sect, he puffed out his chest and said, "I grew up in the Lingfu Sect, so of course I know the Lingfu Sect's formations! I am the best at learning formations in the Lingfu Sect. There is no formation in the sect that I don't know."
Shen Yijin suddenly realized that she had almost forgotten that the fox in front of her was a domesticated fox, and was different from those foxes raised in the demon tribe.
"So you are a demon cultivator from the Ling Fu Sect." Chen Yijin said, "Since you were raised by someone before, then you can be our family's guard fox from now on. As a guard fox, we won't care about you knocking Taozi unconscious and bringing her here to unseal her."
The fox's ears drooped behind his head, and his tail drooped straight down: "But, you said before that you would let me become an immortal. If I become a gatekeeper fox, then won't I be able to become an immortal?"
Foxes are very close to humans, and they don’t think it’s an insult to foxes to guard the door for Shen Yijin and the others.
It only wants to be crowned as an immortal; this is its obsession.
The obsession is too deep, and the fox without a body will become a ghost.
Seeing the negative energy coming out of the fox, Chen Yijin reached out and rubbed its head: "The spiritual energy is scarce now. Even if I say you are like an immortal, you won't get enough spiritual energy to become one. Why don't you be a gatekeeper fox for us for a while? When the spiritual energy is sufficient in the future, I will help you become an immortal."
The fox widened his eyes and looked at Shen Yijin as if he were a heartless man: "You actually lied to me!"
The fox now sees through Shen Yijin. This human is very bad and never intended to help it become an immortal from the beginning.
"I'm not lying to you. If you don't believe me, you can try it." Chen Yijin skillfully stroked the fox's fur. The fox felt comfortable with the touch and wanted to lie on the ground with its belly exposed, but it was still angry with Chen Yijin and was trying hard not to lie down.
The fox struggled to escape from Shen Yijin's clutches: "You said it, I want the title now!"
Shen Yijin nodded, signaling the fox to proceed to the next step.
The fox cleared his throat and asked, "Do you think I look like a human or a fairy?"
Shen Yijin replied: "I think you look like a fairy."
The moment the words fell, the fox felt as if there was a ball of fire in his body, burning every inch of his meridians.
It endured the pain, practiced qigong and regulated its breathing, and kept saying to itself: Hold on, and you will be able to transform from an ordinary fox with intelligence into a fox fairy worshipped by the world.
The pain in the fox's body continued to deepen, however, after half an hour, it showed no signs of turning into a fox spirit.
Shen Yijin couldn't bear to watch it anymore, so he used the power of merit to interrupt the fox's process of becoming an immortal.
The pain in its body disappeared, and the fox that was rolling on the ground gradually stopped moving, curled up and started crying.
"Why? Can't I become an immortal if I succeed in asking for a title? Why am I still just an ordinary fox..." The fox also realized that without enough spiritual power, it would only live in endless pain until its soul was torn apart. There was no possibility of it enduring the pain and becoming an immortal on the spot.
The spiritual energy in the world is so thin now, and the fox doesn’t think there will be a day when there will be abundant spiritual energy.
Then there is absolutely no possibility for it to become an immortal in this life.
The fox's obsession is to become an immortal. Now that the path to immortality is blocked, the fox's resentment and hostility have suddenly increased. If its emotions are not calmed down quickly, it will become a great disaster.
The runaway fox will use the fox clan's innate skills to lure many ordinary people to this barren mountain, asking them over and over again whether they look like humans or immortals. In the end, the foxes that fail to become immortals will make the barren mountain the burial place of those people.
Shen Yijin had a premonition of how things would develop, and grabbed the fox's tail before it went completely berserk.
The fox, who was about to go berserk, suddenly froze, and all his resentment and anger disappeared.
It turned its head and glared at Shen Yijin: "Why are you touching the base of my tail?"
The base of a fox's tail, is that a place that can be touched casually?
“Oh, because you were about to go berserk just now.” Shen Yijin’s voice was flat, and he didn’t think he had done anything wrong.
The fox angrily jumped into Chen Yijin's arms and tried to scratch her face: "You can't just touch my tail!" Chen Yijin hugged the fox tightly to prevent it from making any further moves: "I'll be more careful next time."
"Also, who told you that the spiritual energy is thin now and it won't be abundant in the future?" He went berserk before he figured out the whole thing. Shen Yijin became more determined to keep the fox by his side and take care of it.
If no one is watching the fox, it might go on an emo rampage somewhere and cause harm to the people.
This guarding fox has the right to do the job and the right to not do the job!
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