Chapter 17 Wild Fox Visits [New Book, Please Collect! ]
Soon, a light drizzle began to fall from the sky.
When he arrived at the front hall, Li Chu unexpectedly discovered that an early pilgrim was already prostrating himself there.
It was slender, with white fur, and lay there like a furry snowball, with its front paws clasped under its head and its eyes closed, as if it was praying for something.
The one kneeling in the temple to worship the Three Pure Ones was actually a wild fox.
Li Chu didn't disturb it.
Animals have spirits and should be treated equally.
After a long time, the white fox opened its eyes, and looked at Li Chu with its warm and shining big eyes, revealing a hint of gratitude.
Li Chu nodded at it.
The white fox seemed to see that Li Chu didn't care about it, so it relaxed, stood up, spread out its paws devoutly, and then bent down and kowtowed seriously.
Repeat this process, three bows and nine kowtows.
After paying respect, it looked at Li Chu once more before turning and leaving. Its thick tail was attached to its back, but its movements were extremely agile, and it disappeared in a few seconds, like a streak of white light.
The courtyard was muddy due to rain, but it walked through it easily without getting any mud on its body.
Although Li Chu found it novel, he had also seen a lot of strange things during this period of time, so he was not too surprised.
During lunch, he mentioned this matter to Yu Qian'an.
"The wild fox has come to visit. It seems that it is about to transform and come to ask for the blessing of the Three Pure Ones. We may see it every day in the future." Yu Qian'an said leisurely.
For monsters, changing into new forms is the first big hurdle on the road to cultivation. If they don’t change their forms, they will always be mountain spirits and wild monsters with the bodies of wild beasts, and will not be blessed by heaven.
One must undergo the baptism of heavenly calamity and successfully transform before one can suppress the evil spirit and take on a human body.
Humans are the most intelligent creatures in the world, and there are many benefits to practicing spiritual cultivation.
"Is it okay?"
"It dares to come and worship the Three Pure Ones, which means it is also a righteous demon and has never done anything evil to harm people. Let it go. If it succeeds in transforming into a human form and becomes friendly to people in the future, it will also be a merit for us."
"It's not easy for a monster to transform." Yu Qian'an sighed.
Some monsters are born lacking in spirituality, such as spirits of plants, trees, and rocks, and it may take thousands of years for them to have a chance to transform.
The fox clan is born with psychic powers, and can transform into human form after a hundred years.
But at the same time, the risk of facing a natural disaster will also increase greatly.
At least 50% of monsters will die in the catastrophe when they transform.
Therefore, there have always been many monsters in the mountains that have remained in their original form for many years. They just don't dare to experience the thunder tribulation. However, if they don't transform, their realm will be blocked and they can't increase their lifespan.
Those who accept the heavenly tribulation will usually find some ways to increase their chances of success.
Things like worshipping Buddha in a temple or worshipping gods in a temple are common ways. They may increase one's fortune, but they cannot play a decisive role.
In order to successfully transform, some monsters will join the immortal sect or follow those with great supernatural powers.
Monsters that are protected by sects or powerful beings will receive a lot of support when they go through the heavenly tribulation, and their chances of success will be greatly increased.
As the saying goes, it's nice to sit under a big tree and enjoy the shade.
Among the twelve immortal sects, there is a special sect called Fengzheng, which recruits monsters by relying on the ancient method of Fengzheng.
For a demon creature that has been sealed as righteous by a Qi-refining master, the probability of successfully surviving the tribulation can be as high as 80%.
But the conditions for being crowned a righteous sect were very harsh. Any monster that wanted to be crowned had to sign a blood contract and be a slave in the sect for a hundred years after transforming. Only after a hundred years could they be free.
Most of the demons were born and raised by nature, and liked to live a free life. However, in order to survive the calamity, countless of them became slaves of the Fengzheng Sect, which shows how attractive transformation is to demons.
It has been raining continuously, so not many people come to the Taoist temple - in fact, not many people come even on sunny days.
Yu Qian'an told Li Chu more.
Li Chu was fascinated by the sound of raindrops.
"The Fengzheng Sect sends monsters to Chaoge City every year to pay tribute to the dignitaries in the imperial court in exchange for privileges that other immortal sects do not have. So in recent years, their power has grown bigger and bigger, they have more and more disciples, and more and more monsters have come to worship them, and they are thriving." Yu Qian'an looked into the distance, stroking his beard, and said disdainfully: "I don't know how good his cultivation is, but he is good at doing business."
"Send a monster?" Li Chu tilted his head, puzzled.
“Hehe.” Yu Qian’an smiled: “A big shot in Chaoge City, what kind of treasures have you not seen? But… you can’t resist.”
A gust of wind blew the rain into the kitchen. It was cool and quite comfortable.
"Cat-eared girl, vixen, mermaid..." Yu Qian'an kept repeating, "Who wouldn't be tempted?"
Li Chu blinked: "Cat, fox, fish?"
"There are also bunny ladies and butterfly fairies. They are in fashion now and then. Recently, wings seem to be in fashion. When I was young, I went there to travel, and femme fatales were in fashion. In those days, the rich and powerful in Chaoge were embarrassed to go out if they didn't keep a snake spirit in their home."
"Eh——" Li Chu shook off the rain on his body.
He had always thought it was perverted to keep snakes as pets.
Yu Qian'an seemed to see what he was thinking and made a wave motion in the air with his arms.
"It's not a snake, it's a snake in human form, with a soft and slippery body, as if it has no bones, and a tongue that's eight inches long." He explained, and added: "It's forked."
At this time, Li Chu heard footsteps in the front yard through the wind and rain in the backyard, so he stood up.
Yu Qian'an didn't hear any footsteps. He only realized someone was coming when he saw his apprentice stand up.
But he heard Li Chu muttering as he left: "Snakes have forked tongues, right?"
The implication is that this is nothing surprising.
"It's not unusual for a snake to split its branches in its mouth, but if it splits again after it transforms into a human, then... well."
Looking at Li Chu's back, Yu Qian'an sighed slightly.
This apprentice is good in every way: respectful, filial, polite, and looks like himself.
It's just that my brain is a little weird.
It wasn’t this serious when I was a child, and I thought it would get better as I grew up, but it has become more serious in the past two years.
Taoist Master Yu pondered: "Should I find him a marriage partner?"
…
It was just a courtyard, so Li Chu was too lazy to hold an umbrella. The Taoist robe had dense stitches and the fabric was hard. When he reached the front hall, there were not many drops of water on his body, and they all fell off with a shake.
It's the yellow soil in the backyard, and my shoes got a little dirty from walking on it.
He looked down and the pilgrims saw it, so he smiled and said, "I will pay for you to pave the backyard with blue bricks later."
Li Chu looked up at him and nodded.
The man sat on a futon, wearing a brocade black robe, a belt with a round flower inlaid with jade, and a collar embroidered with gold thread. He looked pretty good, with thick eyebrows, big eyes, a fair complexion, and a face that looked quite heroic.
This man is the seventh young master of the Wang family in Yuhang Town, named Wang Longqi, and is also an old acquaintance of Li Chu.
Wang Longqi was considered a relatively kind person among the local rich second generation. Although he was not ambitious, he was not naughty either. With his family background and appearance, he was always popular with girls.
He got to know Li Chu because of the girl.
Thanks to Feng Weimian for the reward of 200.
I wrote too much in this chapter today, so I split it into two chapters...
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