Chapter 84: Visiting Fox City (4) “In the power struggle among men…
Si Ling looked into her eyes and asked, "What do you want?"
The Fox Ancestor's eyes flickered, their gaze settling on the inky feather-shaped bracelet on her left wrist. "Perhaps, I could be even more generous—if you give it to me, I'll return the three things I just gave you, and I'll tell you the prophecy as usual. All the previous stories will be considered my gift."
Si Ling took a breath silently, admiring her discernment.
Ancient mythical beasts are rarely seen, and magical instruments refined from their feathers have only appeared a handful of times in the past thirty thousand years. If this bracelet had been discarded on the side of the road... she certainly wouldn't have noticed anything special about it, but the Fox Ancestor clearly recognized its significance.
Si Ling's heart was also moved by the "prophecy" mentioned by Fox Ancestor, but she quickly calmed down. Prophecy? What prophecy? Fox Ancestor's words were vague. Who knew the value of that prophecy?
Moreover, prophecies have always been a hotbed of fraud in Hell! On the one hand, prophecies themselves directly attack human weaknesses, and on the other hand, most prophecies cannot be verified in a short period of time, making them a hotbed for fraud. Si Ling still remembers that four hundred years ago, Fengdu launched a special operation involving multiple departments to combat prophecy fraud. The special operation lasted for five years, and Xie Bian was so busy that he had no time to persuade her to reincarnate during those five years.
Now……
She looked at the fox ancestor before her—the fox demon, the forefather of the fraud world. To this day, the fox clan still had traces of the fox clan behind several major fraud gangs in Fengdu.
"No thanks." Si Ling put his left hand behind his back, "I'm not selling this."
She turned to leave, but then heard a muffled thud, and pure white suddenly invaded her vision. Si Ling stopped and looked up, only to see the white fox tail spreading out like a vine, covering the entire wall in a few seconds.
Including the stone gate right in front of her.
She raised her eyebrows and tilted her head: "Is Fox Ancestor planning to force a sale?"
The laughter behind him was soft and enchanting: "Business is business. If I don't try to keep such a rare treasure, I will be sorry for the reputation of Fox City."
She leisurely walked in front of Si Ling and casually raised her chin, obviously determined to get the treasure: "But I will still keep my promise. I will give you what I deserve. If there is anything else you want, we can talk about it."
Si Ling raised his eyes indifferently and saw his own figure reflected in the Fox Ancestor's dark eyes.
...The next second, the reflection in the eyes suddenly changed, the ordinary casual clothes turned into a black tight dress, the face turned pale in the blink of an eye, the red pupils were reflected in the black eyeballs, and at the same moment, a rare and strong ghost energy burst out like a howling wind, instantly passing through all obstacles.
"Woo...Ahhh!" The little foxes outside fled in panic in fear, and their sharp screams were endless.
The Fox Ancestor turned his head in disbelief at the sound and saw that the female fox demon at the door was also squatting on the ground with her head in her hands. She was obviously trying her best to restrain herself, but beads of sweat the size of beans fell from her forehead, and fear was written on her face.
"You..." Fox Ancestor turned back in surprise, and this time it was Si Ling who reached out and lifted her chin.
She approached the Fox Ancestor with a smile, admiring the glimmer of wonder in her eyes. "I know you've lived for nearly 40,000 years, and your strength has long surpassed many gods—but unfortunately, I'm not much younger than you. If you try to use force, I may not be able to defeat you, but you won't win easily either."
Having said this, she withdrew her hand and looked at Fox Ancestor leisurely: "I think we should part ways amicably."
For a long while, the Fox Ancestor just stared at her without saying a word, as if hesitating whether to fight or not.
It's just a bracelet, it shouldn't be that bad, Si Ling thought to himself.
Finally, the fox tails coiled around the four walls began to fade away, revealing the stone gate, and then the murals reappeared. Finally, the three tails became like the train of a skirt, dragging behind the Fox Ancestor.
The Fox Ancestor silently took a half step back. Si Ling nodded indifferently and walked away.
She walked out of the stone gate. The little fox spirits huddled in various corners and shadows. When they saw her come out, they were frightened but couldn't help but look out from curiosity.
Si Ling had no intention of scaring these innocent little foxes. He adjusted his breathing to get rid of the evil spirit aura. He didn't need A Ling to lead the way. He walked through the stone cave and the long corridor and into the elevator.
The elevator doors dinged as they opened, a sound that echoed throughout the corridor, yet could still be heard faintly in the cave. Seeing Fox Ancestor still standing there, staring at the direction Si Ling had left, A Ling suppressed the emotions surging in her heart and stepped forward to ask softly, "Do you think it was her?"
After that, she also glanced at the corridor not far away and asked again: "Do you think the prophecy has begun?"
"Yes." The Fox Ancestor smiled, his eyes fixed. "A 30,000-year-old evil spirit is rare. A 30,000-year-old evil spirit comes to inquire about the ancient mythical beast..." The Fox Ancestor clicked his tongue softly, "The fun is about to begin."
After she finished speaking, she finally withdrew her gaze, turned back to the white jade couch, and lay down lazily.
Puzzled, A Ling continued to ask, "If you think it's her, why don't you tell her the prophecy?"
Fox Ancestor seemed not to hear her words. He closed his eyes and remained silent for a while before saying, "I'm afraid the prophecy will be misleading."
"You're being overly concerned!" A Ling blurted out, then hesitated for a moment before striding forward. "Besides, do we really want the prophecy to come true?"
"Yes." Fox Ancestor opened his eyes, his gaze as firm as his tone, "This is the only way to get my mother and sister back. No matter what the consequences, I want them back."
A Ling argued: "What if those Atlanteans..."
"Enough!" The Fox Ancestor shouted at her to stop her. A Ling choked. Although she was unwilling, she didn't dare to say anything seeing that the Fox Ancestor was angry, so she could only shut up.
Fox Ancestor closed his eyes again and took a deep breath: "Go away, let me be quiet for a while."
"Okay." A Ling followed his instructions and left the inner room of the cave. She also walked through the cave and the corridor and entered the elevator.
A few minutes later, she was back on the ground, walking through the lobby and into the crowded trading floor.
There was a simple magic weapon auction in half an hour. It was the busiest time in Fox City at that time. A Ling took some effort to find the supervisor she was looking for.
She called out twice, and the busy supervisor suddenly noticed her. He quickly squeezed out from the crowd and said with a rather flattering smile, "Why bother with such a small auction? Just leave it to us."
"It has nothing to do with the auction." A Ling lowered her eyes indifferently.
The supervisor was stunned: "That is..."
A Ling pondered and said slowly, "You should contact the VIC with member number 032 immediately and tell him that I found what he wants, but I can only provide clues. Whether he can catch it depends on his ability. If he is interested, come for an interview in three days. If you don't want to go through so much trouble, I will find someone else for him, but his cultivation will definitely not be as strong as this one."
"Okay." The supervisor nodded seriously, "I'll contact them now."
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After returning to the Ghost Academy, Si Ling went straight to the top floor of the dormitory. She originally wanted to rest first, but when she walked to her room, she saw that Hyun Chi's door was half open. After thinking about it, she walked over and knocked on the door twice.
"Who?" Xuan Chi asked.
Si Ling pushed the door open and walked in, seeing him sitting on the sofa in the living room reading... a lot of books.
He had a book spread out on his lap, and several others open beside him. The coffee table in front of him was also piled high with books, thick and thin, soft-cover and hard-cover. On the far left side of the coffee table sat a leather storage basket. Si Ling approached and saw some very old scrolls inside, likely historical materials from the library.
"The party is over?" An inexplicable sense of escape made Si Ling make small talk. "Is Alice okay?"
Hyun Chi closed the book in his hand and smiled. "Yeah. Alice is going to heaven tomorrow morning. After the party, she went to a bar to drink with a few good ghosts."
"Oh." Si Ling nodded and asked him, "What information are you looking up?"
"Hmm..." Xuan Chi was still smiling, but seemed a little embarrassed. "We were just chatting after drinking... Ulrike had a wild idea and said that it's much easier to go to heaven in the West than to become an immortal in the East, but heaven and the heavenly realm are equal, so... if we find a way to go to heaven first, and then go through some procedures to go to heaven, wouldn't it be easier?" He paused and looked at Si Ling, "Just like you came here from Fengdu as an exchange student."
"..." Si Ling smiled stiffly.
If she had heard this before tonight, she would have told Xuan Chi it was impossible. The Eastern God Realm had existed for tens of thousands of years, and the Western one for several thousand years as well. This obvious loophole would have been closed long ago. Even if it hadn't been closed, an ancient mythical beast like him, with his unique species and identity, would inevitably attract everyone's attention. He couldn't return to the East unnoticed through such a route. The procedures would surely be more complicated than letting Xie Bian and his team slowly advance.
But now, these are no longer the main points. Si Ling took a deep breath and straightened his face: "I just found out something and want to tell you."
"What?" Xuan Chi noticed something was wrong from her obviously heavy tone. He stared at her with a somewhat uneasy expression. She pursed her lips and said, "Just listen to me slowly... I'll only tell you what I heard without making any comments. You can judge for yourself what happened."
"Okay." Xuan Chi nodded.
Si Ling told him all the ancient stories he had heard in Fox City, including the prophecy that the Fox Ancestor had kept secret, but he omitted the part about the Fox Ancestor wanting the bracelet.
After saying that, she looked at Xuan Chi quietly.
"Winged people, mermaids, three-tailed foxes..." Xuan Chi repeated the names of several races that had disappeared without a trace like the Suhuang tribe. His eyebrows twitched suddenly and he pressed hard on his temples.
He felt a headache, as if some memories were surging in his mind. He tried desperately to see them clearly, but all he got was a fog.
"Shu Yue Huan Qing." Si Ling cast a spell on Xuan Chi, and Xuan Chi suddenly relaxed and his headache subsided. He heard her voice was calm and almost indifferent: "I'm sorry to interrupt your recollection, but we can put this part aside for now. I think we should first analyze what the Fox Ancestor revealed. What does it mean?"
——The ministers loyal to the Emperor of Heaven disappeared overnight. Not only were their lives or deaths unknown, but all records of them, along with their clansmen, were wiped out.
He is one of them.
The smell of struggle and conspiracy was too strong. Si Ling took a breath and said, "If you must recall the past, why not first recall whether you have been so successful that you have threatened your master?"
She shrugged lightly: "In the power struggles in the world, many people have died for this."
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