There is a grove of red maples in the mountains outside the city. Every autumn, the maple forest turns red as if it were on fire. From a distance, it looks like red clouds covering the sky, making half the sky appear to be dyed in layers of rouge.
Xu Milu held a bunch of freshly picked wildflowers in her hand, her irritability from lack of sleep barely subsided. Behind her followed Chen Xiang and Mo Xuan; the former carried a food box, the latter…
He carried a water vat on his back.
“I say, Madam Xu, it was just a tiny, tiny, tiny mistake. Is this your way of taking revenge? Why does Chenxiang only have to carry a food box, while I have to carry this big vat and parade around the city?”
Mo Xuan weighed the large water vat on his back and complained somewhat discontentedly.
—A jar isn't heavy for him, but yesterday that brat Chenxiang badmouthed him, so today he finds him somewhat repulsive.
"This tank is full of live shrimp. If you want to eat the freshest ones, you should cook them right away. This place is near the maple forest and you can enjoy the view of the maple forest. Let's start a fire here."
Xu Milu stopped, looked around, chose a scenic, gentle slope, and instructed the two to light a fire:
"I haven't been able to cook elaborate dishes these past few days, but cooking a pot of crayfish is no problem. I saw that the stream was clear just now, so I'll catch some snails later and stir-fry them. Paired with ice-cold rice wine, enjoying the scenery while slurping up the crayfish and snails, that would be a real treat."
“Is that strange shrimp a ‘lobster’? I’ve never seen one when I was in the sea. It must be a new delicacy that my wife found from that fairy island overseas. I wonder what it tastes like.”
Mo Xuan had been eyeing these crayfish for a long time, and today he was finally able to eat them, making him incredibly happy.
Mo Xuan smacked his lips, seemingly still savoring the delicious taste of the snails he had eaten before, when Chen Xiang suddenly stood up and pointed to the distant hillside, saying:
"A fox is coming."
fox?
Xu Milu looked up and saw a scruffy fox with several cubs running wildly behind it. When it got to the group, it rolled on the ground and transformed into Hu Silang and several fox girls.
"Madam Xu, something terrible has happened!"
Hu Silang was so anxious that his forehead was covered in sweat, showing that he had just run here at breakneck speed.
"Just now, my grandfather was about to come to our appointment when he suddenly tripped and fell to the ground. He then fell into a deep sleep and became completely silent. Now, he's fast asleep and won't wake up! Please, my wife, save him!!"
Xu Milu's first thought was that Old Man Hu was probably getting old, but she immediately realized that he was, after all, a fox spirit who had achieved some level of cultivation; how could he just die like that? She promptly threw away the wildflowers she was holding.
"Take me to see it quickly."
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This was Xu Milu's second visit to the Hu family's old house, but this time she was there to save a life. All the fox offspring, big and small, tall and short, fat and thin, crowded in the courtyard. When they saw her coming, they immediately made way for her.
"Madam Xu is here!"
"Madam Xu! Madam Xu is here! Grandpa is saved!"
"It's Madam Xu!"
"Please come in, Madam Xu!!"
"Madam Xu has come to save Grandpa!"
A group of foxes were making a ruckus, but in the end, Hu Silang bared his teeth and threatened to skin them and make clothes if they kept making noise. Only then did the whole litter of "fluffy balls" quiet down.
Old Hu transformed into his original form—a yellow-haired old fox with four tails. At first glance, its body was still rising and falling rhythmically with its breathing, as if it were just fast asleep.
Xu Milu was currently powerless and dared not act rashly, so she only probed with her spiritual power from a distance:
"Old Hu's soul is missing. He has three souls out of his body and only has seven spirits left. If we don't find them soon, I'm afraid that after a while, Old Hu's fox body will rot away."
"How could this be?!"
Hu Silang was so frightened he couldn't close his mouth: "Who has such power to remotely abduct my grandfather? Besides, my grandfather is highly skilled in cultivation, and ordinary ghosts and monsters can't do anything to him. Even if there are any disagreements, we, his children and grandchildren, should know about them!"
"I'll give it a try and see if I can bring Old Hu's soul back."
Xu Milu immediately began chanting incantations and performing a ritual, attempting to use the "Soul-Binding" technique from the Seventy-Two Transformations to bring Old Man Hu's soul back. Fortunately, her cultivation had improved considerably, and after only a moment of chanting, a wisp of green smoke drifted in from outside the window and slowly disappeared into the yellow-haired fox's body.
"Oh my god!!"
The soul entered his body, and the yellow-haired old fox let out a loud cry, rolled around on the bed, and then transformed back into the kind old man.
Before Xu Milu could even ask what had happened, the old fox's eyes fell on her, his face filled with anxiety:
"Madam Xu! Something terrible has happened!! The spirit of Lady Yin has been captured by the Northern Ghost King, who says he's going to force her to remarry!!"
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What did you say? ?
Did the Tripitaka Master know about this?
Did the other person eat the gall of a bear and the gall of a leopard?
Want to be Buddha's father? ???
Everyone in the room, except for Chen Xiang who didn't know Yin Wenjiao's identity, gasped in unison.
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"Impossible! I just saw Sister Yin this morning when I went out. She went to the front street to buy snacks and fruit. Besides, there's the Cleansing Altar Messenger watching over her, and the Duty Officer in Heaven is also watching over her. How could Sister Yin—"
Xu Milu had just finished speaking when she remembered something. Before she could speak, Mo Xuan swept away like a black whirlwind, heading straight for Chang'an City.
If Yin Wenjiao's soul had simply left her body like Old Man Hu's, then the duty officer might have simply assumed she was asleep.
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