Chapter 152: The Third Level (13)
"Think carefully, over the past two hundred years, how many of the things you've done were things you wanted to do, rather than things others wanted you to do?"
Tao Zi stood there with a complicated expression. For a moment, even the seniors couldn't tell what she was thinking.
He sighed with a headache, and then said, "If you weren't the only one who was good enough among the physical cultivators who came in, I wouldn't have to stand out among the short ones."
She was stunned and looked at the senior in surprise. What did the senior mean?
He began to explain, "Due to some reasons, the ruins may no longer be opened, and I can only reluctantly choose a successor."
Tao Zi immediately bowed and said, "Thank you, senior."
The senior looked at her and said, "But I have only chosen to give this inheritance to you for safekeeping. Whether you can obtain my inheritance depends on whether you can find the true heart of cultivation."
He paused before continuing, "No matter what, I will not hand over my inheritance to a fool. When you wake up, I will appear again."
"Yes, I understand."
The senior's figure suddenly disappeared, and a bracelet appeared on her left hand.
Tao Zi looked at the bracelet with a complicated expression. Why was she practicing it?
She had never thought about this question. When she started practicing, she just followed her master who was a Taoist practitioner and followed his lead blindly.
The surrounding environment suddenly faded away, leaving only a road to walk on, and she walked along this road.
When she reached the end, a snow-white fox suddenly appeared in front of her.
She stopped, there was something strangely familiar about this fox.
The fox suddenly spoke in human language: "This is my master. She brought me in."
Tao Zi raised an eyebrow and turned to look in the direction where it was speaking.
Sure enough, the owner of the ruins was standing there with a smile on his face.
Tao Zi stood aside and looked at it with a smile.
It gave her a pleading look and continued, "Otherwise, why would I be willing to bear such a heavy karma for her?"
The owner of the ruins said lightly, "But there is no master-servant contract between you."
"That's to prevent the ruins from noticing anything amiss."
Hearing this, the owner of the ruins still smiled.
The fox looked at her and suddenly said, "If you don't believe me, we can make a pact right now. Master, what do you think?"
Tao Zi nodded and replied, "Of course I have no problem."
The owner of the ruins naturally smiled and said, "Then let's sign a contract. It must be a master-servant contract for at least a hundred years. Otherwise, I don't believe it."
Tao Zi curled her lips and smiled, what a pleasant surprise.
The fox, no, it should be Monk Hu, bit one of his fingers, and Tao Zi also cut the palm of his hand. Under the gaze of the owner of the ruins, the blood of the man and the fox mixed together.
A miniature fox appeared on Tao Zi's left wrist, just hidden by the bracelet.
Upon seeing this, the owner of the ruins turned and left.
She slowly walked towards the fox, rubbed its head in its sad and angry eyes, and said with emotion: "It only has one tail, which shows that it is an ordinary fox. I am not wronged, so why should you be wronged?"
Monk Hu nearly jumped up. He gritted his teeth and said, "I am a nine-tailed fox! Do you know what a nine-tailed fox is? If it weren't for the special circumstances now, I would rather die than sign a pact!"
Tao Zi grabbed its throat and said, "Have you forgotten that I was plotted against?"
The fox's body stiffened.
"I didn't kill you because you helped me avoid the consequences. From now on, you'd better behave yourself." After making the threat, she slowly let go of her hand.
The fox lowered his head dejectedly and said in a low, aggrieved voice, "Didn't you plot against me too?"
"That's not called calculation, it's called give and take." Tao Zi suddenly touched its head with a loving look, "Since you are a nine-tailed fox, I will treat you well."
It turns out that human beings value profit over loyalty!
She scoffed, "Where is the righteousness between you and me?"
The fox opened its eyes wide and then remembered that she was its master now, and if his mental activities were too intense, she would hear them.
Wait, as its owner, how could you not know its species?!
Looking at the fox's helpless expression as it was fooled, Tao Zi felt more and more satisfied.
This nine-tailed fox is one of the ancient mythical beasts. Its reputation among the demon clan is only inferior to that of the dragon, phoenix, and unicorn. She is lucky to have such a nine-tailed fox as a pet.
The fox said gloomily, "Aren't you afraid that my tribe will come looking for you?"
Tao Zi patted its head and said, "You took the initiative to form a pact with me. What's that called in the demon clan? Oh, traitor. What's more, as long as I don't allow it, your family will not be able to find your presence within a hundred years."
The fox became even more depressed.
"Have you obtained the inheritance?"
The fox was rarely spirited, and said proudly, "Of course I got it, otherwise I wouldn't have wasted so many years of cultivation to escape, let alone make a pact to save my life."
"So serious?"
"It's just the price of escaping here. When we're around sometime, I won't speak human language. Otherwise, if people knew that a dignified demon clan had signed such a contract, how could the demon clan still have any dignity?"
Tao Zi held it in her arms thoughtfully and said, "No wonder your aura is so weak, it turns out you've lost your Taoism."
Is that the point? The point is clearly that it has obtained the inheritance! The fox stayed in her arms, feeling frustrated.
Tao Zi continued walking slowly, suddenly analyzing, "You're willing to enter into a pact for this inheritance, which shows it's something special. Perhaps this inheritance was left behind by a powerful figure from your Nine-Tailed Clan. Then I should be even more careful. What if your family, for the sake of the inheritance, refuses to consider you a traitor? That would be troublesome."
The nine-tailed fox refused to speak.
When they reached the end of the road, Yue Qingya and Hua Heshang were standing there, with a curtain of light behind them.
When he saw her, Hua Heshang smiled and chanted a Buddhist name, saying, "It seems that we have gained the most."
Yue Qingya was not too surprised, and seemed to think that she was destined to inherit.
She heard Yue Qingya's voice transmission: "If you hadn't changed your path, the inheritance of this cultivation might not be in my hands."
Tao Zi shook her head slightly. The Taoist practitioner clearly looked down on her. If she continued to practice Taoism, she would probably not be able to obtain any inheritance.
The Flower Monk said again, "Fellow Daoist Tao, shall we go?"
She agreed.
Before Yue Qingya left, she couldn't help but turn around and ask, "May I ask what Master Yue's illusion is?"
Hua Heshang looked at her in confusion, not understanding why she suddenly asked about this person's illusion.
Yue Qingya ignored her and walked straight into the light curtain.
But a voice echoed in her mind: "I saw you die at the bottom of Xingfeng Cliff. Qingling was accidentally injured by the sect elders and could never advance in this life. In the end, in grief and anger, he died together with Xu Qianjia. Xuanhuan died at the hands of Qinglan Tianzun."
Tao Zi stepped into the light curtain in silence, with Monk Hua's words of comfort in her ears: "True Lords are usually very proud. It's normal for them to be unwilling to pay attention to others. It's not your problem, don't think too much about it."
She nodded softly, but her heart was filled with hatred.
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