Chapter 126 Heavenly Decree for Possession
"whee!"
A distant laugh rang in everyone's ears. The voice was neither male nor female, and it contained the ill intentions of its owner.
"Scholars?" The voice rang out again, filled with greed for the group.
Soon, the owner of the voice slowly appeared before them.
The shadow descended from the wall and landed on the ground, quickly forming a slender figure that slowly revealed the person's appearance.
Shao Yanzhe looked over and saw that this creature, whose species he did not know, was dressed in a long black robe, with its black hair coiled behind its head. Its skin was extremely pale, and there was a flame-like mark between its eyebrows, which matched its fox-like eyes perfectly.
"Who are you?" he asked.
The newcomer flicked his sleeve, and his pair of clear, black-and-white fox-like eyes swept over the group, a look of satisfaction flashing in his eyes.
"Don't worry about who I am. You're all going to die soon anyway, so it doesn't matter whether you know or not."
After he finished speaking, without waiting for their reaction, he flashed and appeared in front of them.
Six tails suddenly appeared behind him, and the tails coiled around the group.
When he saw his six tails, Shao Yanzhe was stunned for a moment. It was in this moment of distraction that he failed to dodge in time and was wrapped around the waist by a white, furry tail, and lifted into the air.
"You, you are a member of the fox clan?" he asked uncertainly.
Fox Eyes didn't deny it, nodding and saying, "That's right."
Upon confirming that the other party was a member of the fox clan, Shao Yanzhe did not immediately resist. Instead, he said, "We know people in the fox clan. I wonder if you could spare us, considering our good relationship with the fox clan?"
Fox-eyed looked at him with surprise: "I didn't expect you to have any connection with the fox clan."
“That’s right, I’m acquainted with the chieftain of the fox clan and a nine-tailed fox,” Shao Yanzhe explained.
Unexpectedly, upon hearing this, the fox-eyed man narrowed his eyes, a fierce glint flashing in them: "You dare to lie to me! The fox clan has no nine-tailed foxes!"
After he finished speaking, he wrapped the fox tail around Shao Yanzhe and threw him to the ground.
"Brother Shao!" Zhou Jiming and the others exclaimed in surprise upon seeing this.
"Meow!" Xuan Yao moved with lightning speed, arriving in front of the fox-eyed creature and attacking it with a claw.
Fox Eyes quickly dodged, and Xuan Yao took the opportunity to come to his tail and grab it with a claw.
"squeak!"
The fox, in pain, involuntarily loosened its tail.
The people who were caught by the tail quickly fled.
Having gained his freedom, Shao Yanzhe brandished his jade hairpin pen, and countless streams of literary energy swarmed towards Fox Eyes.
Because of Xiaobai, he didn't kill him. After all, this fox-eyed fox was also a member of the fox clan. If he really killed him, he wouldn't be able to explain it to Xiaobai and the clan leader in the future.
The literary energy quickly formed a large net, enveloping the fox-eyed figure.
Fox Eyes was restrained by Xuan Yao and was unable to escape the range of the literary energy net immediately. He was caught in the net and, like a fish out of water, could only lie on the ground.
"Despicable!" he cursed, glaring at Shao Yanzhe.
Immediately, he closed his eyes and said in a very firm tone, "Kill me or torture me, it's up to you!"
Shao Yanzhe approached him with the jade hairpin pen, his attitude still very gentle: "I really wasn't lying to you just now. I really do know a nine-tailed fox and the fox clan chief."
Fox-eyed girl suddenly opened her eyes and looked at him, her eyes filled with surprise and doubt: "You, you really didn't lie to me?"
"Of course, now that I've got you, I have no reason to lie to you, do I?"
Fox Eyes thought it made sense; he was now at the mercy of others, so this human had no reason to lie to him.
Upon realizing this, he trembled with excitement.
"So, a nine-tailed fox has actually emerged from the fox clan?"
"right."
"Hahaha, Heaven has opened its eyes! Our fox clan is finally going to prosper!"
After his initial excitement subsided, Fox Eyes looked at Shao Yanzhe and said, "Thank you for letting me know this."
Shao Yanzhe said, "You're welcome. If I let you go now, you mustn't attack us again."
Fox Eyes immediately nodded and assured him, "You are friends of the fox clan, so of course I will not harm you."
Shao Yanzhe was certain that Fox Eyes was not lying. He took the jade hairpin pen and gently touched the literary energy net, and the literary energy net that was firmly binding Fox Eyes disappeared.
He reached out and pulled Fox Eyes up from the ground: "Are you alright?"
He inquired with concern.
The fox-eyed man shook his head and said, "I'm fine."
"It's good that you're alright. Why don't you leave with us, brother? I have some questions I'd like to ask you."
"No problem! As long as I know the answer, I will tell you everything I know!"
With Fox Eyes no longer obstructing them, the group quickly returned to the Zhou residence.
In the living room, the group took their seats.
"I wonder what you would like to ask me?" Fox Eyes asked, then said somewhat embarrassedly, "I have been away from the Fox Clan for quite some time now, and I would like to know about the current situation of the Fox Clan."
Shao Yanzhe nodded: "No problem."
After that, he began to inquire about information related to this place, especially about Gu Huiming and Tianluo Zhao.
"Gu Huiming?!"
Upon hearing the name, Fox Eyes immediately slammed his fist on the table in a rage: "That Gu Huiming is no good at all. We used to be friends. He failed the imperial examination and I was afraid he would be sad, so I went to comfort him. I never expected that he would use some evil magic he obtained from who-knows-where to take over my body! Fortunately, I am a half-demon, so I was able to escape from his grasp, but he has been using my body ever since."
Shao Yanzhe and his companions were shocked. They had never expected that Fox Eyes knew the Chief Minister Gu, and that he had even lost his body because of it.
They instinctively looked down at Fox Eyes' feet, only to realize that he had no shadow.
Fox Eyes continued, "As for the Heavenly Net Edict, it was created by Gu Huiming. It is usually used to supervise officials who have not submitted to him, and at other times it is used to travel around. I don't know exactly what it does, but I don't think it's a good thing."
Shao Yanzhe nodded: "Thank you for informing me, brother!"
"It's nothing. By the way, do you still remember the method used to change bodies back then?"
Fox Eyes immediately tried to recall, and after a short while, he frowned and slowly shook his head, saying, "I was drunk by him at the time and was not in my right mind, so I didn't see how he did it."
After he finished speaking, he looked at him apologetically and said, "I'm sorry."
Shao Yanzhe smiled and shook his head, saying, "No need to apologize, you've already told me a lot of information."
Fox-eyed looked a little embarrassed, then, as if remembering something, he said, "By the way, I've been hiding in the shadows all these years and know some other things. For example, after each imperial examination, a few wandering spirits appear, but they quickly dissipate under the influence of the dragon energy of the capital. If I weren't special, I'm afraid I would have dissipated soon too."
"What do you mean? Is there a serial killer hiding in Kyoto?" Zhou Jiming exclaimed in surprise.
Shao Yanzhe, however, thought differently. He connected this matter with Gu Huiming and speculated, "Could it be that these people were also taken over by their bodies?"
“But Chief Minister Gu has always been the same person; he has never been replaced,” Zhou Jiming said.
Fox-eyed looked at Zhou Jiming and chuckled. Zhou Jiming heard the laughter and felt that he was being mocked. Although he was unhappy, he did not dare to confront him.
Fox-eyed said, "Besides Gu Huiming, there are probably others who are also vying for other people's bodies."
After he finished speaking, he let out a soft sigh.
"Sigh! I wonder how many people have been killed by now."
His fox-like eyes looked out the window, his expression icy: "Perhaps, someone passing by you has a rotten, stinking soul residing within their body."
Zhou Jiming shuddered as he imagined the scene; it was truly terrifying.
Who knows when, without his knowledge, the familiar person beside him will have their body replaced by a strange soul.
So, is this person still someone he knows?
"Then, is there any way?" Zhou Jiming asked.
Fox Eyes shook his head: "I can barely take care of myself right now, so I have no ability to save others."
Shao Yanzhe patted Zhou Jiming on the shoulder to comfort him, and the others also fell silent.
If what Fox Eyes said is true, they can't imagine who among those people in Kyoto is the original.
Just then, Zhou Jiming suddenly stood up, his face extremely pale and his eyes filled with panic: "My father, is my father still my father?"
His words sounded a bit off at first, but everyone present understood what he meant.
Was the body of the Marquis of Changping seized?
No one can be certain about this.
Zhou Jiming looked at Shao Yanzhe, his eyes filled with panic and unease.
"Brother Shao, what should I do? What if my father is no longer my father..."
He couldn't finish his sentence; the consequences were something he couldn't bear.
Shao Yanzhe immediately said, "Take us to the Marquis of Changping's residence first thing tomorrow morning!"
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