The Spirit Fox Clan was badly damaged. Even if the evil spirit entered their bodies and turned them into mirror ghosts, they did not have much attack power.
While Ningning was still sleeping soundly during the day, He Zhizhou, Xu Ye and Ye Zongheng accompanied Qiao Yanman to search around the secret realm, gathering many foxes in the village, waiting to send them to the outside world when the secret realm was opened.
When she opened the door and saw Ning Ning and Pei Ji, Qiao Yan was slightly startled, then she smiled softly and turned aside to make way for them: "Come in and have a seat."
There weren't many fox spirits who survived the war to begin with, let alone those who had been haunted by evil spirits for several years. It was even rarer to find those who could survive the harsh environment until today.
They found more than twenty in total and placed them in different courtyards.
There was also one person in the room next to Qiao Yan's.
"Pei Ji and I just ran into Senior Brother Ye Zongheng and heard that Miss Qiao had found her real mother."
Ningning sat on the wooden chair, her heart finally settled down: "I wonder how Qin Niang is doing?"
Like Pei Ji, Qiao Yan also had dark ink-like color under her eyes, which showed that she was not getting enough sleep.
She looked haggard, and her eyes were very red and swollen. She must have cried a lot not long ago. But now there was a soft curve at the corner of her mouth. She was no longer deliberately keeping a stern face and pretending to be mature like before.
"Fortunately, nothing serious happened."
Her tone was very light, and she was rarely on guard, revealing a childish look similar to that of a little girl of the same age:
"Although my people have lost their memories and minds, they seem to have retained some of their former instincts. Most of them are active near the village. When I found my mother, she was near Sunset Pond, not far from here. That was the place she used to take me to most often."
Although the appearances of her clansmen had changed greatly, they were still family members after all, and there were so many clues, how could she not recognize them?
Qiao Yan paused and looked at Ningning with admiration: "Miss Ningning, the fox lineage can see the light of day again, thanks to you for identifying the key to the formation and breaking the water mirror. I don't know how I should repay you..."
“No, no!”
Ning Ning was shy and was not used to being praised directly. She felt a little embarrassed and waved her hands repeatedly, saying, "I am very happy that Miss Qiao can leave this place with her tribesmen. I don't need any reward."
After she finished speaking, she thought of something and continued to ask seriously, "I heard that Master Yan Qing was injured. I wonder if he is okay now?"
Hearing his name, Qiao Yan smiled again: "Thanks to the herbs that Taoist Master Xu gave me, I was able to pull him back from the brink of death. Now Yan Qing has recovered a lot and is sleeping in another house."
There were so many twists and turns in the secret realm, but fortunately the ending was not too bad.
The fox clan saw the light of day again and finally got the chance to leave the secret realm. As long as they could get rid of the evil spirit and take care of themselves with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and appropriate medicinal herbs, they would surely be able to recover to their original appearance one day. However, the demon cultivators were severely damaged, and the Demon Lord Qi Han was also imprisoned in the village, unable to escape.
Ningning breathed a sigh of relief, remembering what the female demon cultivator said before she died: "Good will be rewarded and evil will be punished." Inexplicably, she also thought of Chen Lubai whom she had met in the pagoda.
She is very similar to Qiao Yan. They were both innocent and carefree little girls who were spoiled by their parents. Later, they grew up little by little and had to experience hardships and separation. They were forced to mature overnight and take on responsibilities that ordinary people could hardly imagine.
And again, they all did a great job.
If Chen Lubai were still alive, her personality might be no different from Qiao Yan's.
Ning Ning smiled softly, her voice a little low: "Master Yan Qing must also value Miss Qiao very much."
"As long as he doesn't tell me in person, I'll pretend I don't know."
A faint smile finally appeared in Qiao Yan's gloomy eyes, and she hummed, "I've thought about it. When Yan Qing regains consciousness, I will continue to stick to him as usual and see when that wooden guy is going to tell the truth."
As she spoke, she glanced at Ning Ning and Pei Ji, her smile somehow mixed with a bit of cunning, she shook her ears, and continued in distress:
"Miss Ningning, I really don't understand why there are people like this - they care about you to death, but they don't say a word, and only show a little concern at the most dangerous moment."
She couldn't sleep last night, but when she saw the two of them coming back from a walk together in the middle of the night, the atmosphere was quite ambiguous.
Pei Ji raised his eyes coldly and happened to meet her meaningful gaze.
"Oh my, Pei Xiaoji, you've been seen through."
Chengying laughed loudly, sighed, and shook his head: "Even the little fox saw through the trick, your acting is not very good."
Ning Ning thought she was complaining about Yan Qing being a dull person, and smiled when she heard it: "This kind of personality is actually not bad, quiet and gentle, very reliable."
Qiao Yan's eyes lit up, and her furry fox ears wiggled even more happily: "Really? Does Miss Ningning like this kind of personality?"
Ningning was stunned, not quite understanding why she was so excited. She glanced around and inadvertently saw Pei Ji, who was standing silently beside her.
This kind of personality...seems a bit similar to him.
It’s just that Pei Ji looks a little more ferocious than Yan Qing.
"I can't say I like you..."
The moment she said this, Pei Ji's eyes dimmed and he subconsciously clenched his fists.
"No, Ningning! Actually, you like it, you like it!"
Chengying's hair was disheveled in the wind, and she looked like a sad old mother who watched her son being dumped: "Pei Ji, hold on, don't cry! Don't look so sad, otherwise they will find out! I'm going to go and calm down first..."
"But it's still cute."
Ningning lowered her head, not knowing what she was thinking of. When she smiled, she showed a faint dimple: "If you want to say you like someone, it depends on the person."
Chengying was so scared that he hiccuped.
The middle-aged uncle was sincere and stood still in Pei Ji's consciousness. His mood changed instantly and he started to smile foolishly: "Pei Xiaoji, she said you are cute. Hehe, cute, hehe."
Pei Ji lowered his long eyelashes, letting the broken hair on his forehead fall in front of his eyes. He did not dare to look at Ning Ning, and replied coldly in his heart: "She is just referring to that kind of personality. Don't be self-indulgent."
Chengying was unhappy and muttered softly: "Besides you, who else around her has such a weird temper? Maybe when Ningning said this, she was secretly thinking of you in her heart."
Such words were not confident, so Pei Ji naturally did not believe them. He was caught off guard when he felt the little girl beside him turn her head and glance at him. She added in a brisk tone, "It's good to be like my little junior brother."
Pei Ji: ...
Chengying: ...
Chengying ascended to heaven on the spot, his spirit transformed into a fat Maitreya Buddha, with the corners of his mouth rising to the horizon and standing shoulder to shoulder with the sun;
Pei Ji still had a stern face and lowered his head deliberately, causing his black hair to fall forward a little, covering his ears and temples, preventing her from seeing his red ears.
"Pei Xiaoji."
Chengying flew back and forth, her shadow spinning into a gorgeous flower that blossomed in his heart. At last, she murmured lovingly, "Please restrain yourself. Your heartbeat is too fast and too heavy. My ears are almost hurt by it."
“That’s right!”
The two of them were unsettled by a sentence, but Ning Ning, the culprit, knew nothing about it and continued to talk with Qiao Yan with a smile: "After leaving the secret realm, do you have any specific plans?"
Qiao Yan's smile faded slightly, and she hesitated and said, "Although I have made up my mind to bring my people to the outside world where there is no demonic energy to cultivate them, but..."
She didn't elaborate on what she said afterwards, but Ningning already knew it.
The demonized foxes are brutal and bloodthirsty, and it is difficult for a little girl like her to control them. The more serious problem is that since Qiao Yan knows nothing about the outside world, she will not be able to find a suitable place to live once she leaves the secret realm where she has lived since she was a child.
She couldn't just sleep on the street with so many mutated tribesmen.
Ningning frowned after hearing this. Just as she was about to think about whether there was any feasible plan, she suddenly heard an extremely familiar male voice in her mind.
"Why hesitate? Of course you should come to my Xuanxu Sword Sect!"
It turned out to be her master Tianxianzi.
Qiao Yan and Pei Ji also heard it, and their expressions changed. Only Tian Xianzi kept talking, and he didn't think there was anything wrong. "My Great Xuanxu is full of spiritual energy, and there are all kinds of rare treasures. There are also many cute little disciples who can help take care of it. It's really a perfect place!"
"Miss Qiao, don't listen to this guy's nonsense!"
Another clear young man's voice squeezed Tianxianzi out without mercy: "My Liuming Mountain is a holy place for immortals. The disciples are all elegant and obedient, unlike the rude people in the Xuanxu Sword Sect who only know how to draw swords and fight. In addition, we have sufficient financial resources and no shortage of rare medicinal materials, which is the most suitable place for recuperation."
Qiao Yan was startled by the sound of so many voices that seemed to be haunted. Before she could react, she heard a clear female voice, like the chirping of an oriole:
"And me, and me! I'm Lin Qian from the Beast Taming Sect, Qiao Yan's sister. The Beast Taming Sect has many, many docile and cute spirit beasts, and the number of demon cultivators like you is also the largest among all the sects. As long as you come to our place, I guarantee that it will be like going home!"
Tian Xianzi sneered: "Oh my god, there really is no way a woman who is hundreds or thousands of years old would call a teenage girl 'sister', right?"
Lin Qian: “Shut up!”
Unlike WIFI that requires face-to-face communication with young disciples, the elders’ secret voice transmission is fully covered by 5G. As long as the other party’s location is determined, it can be transmitted at any time.
Ning Ning was stunned by what she heard. After finally finding a brief pause to speak, she immediately asked, "Excuse me...what's going on now?"
"After a unanimous discussion, we decided to help."
Tian Xianzi answered quickly: "If we are still hard-hearted and refuse to help something like this that happened in the secret realm, can we still be teachers?"
Qu Feiqing chuckled and said, "The one we are discussing is Sect Leader Ji, so you little brat should just shut up for now."
Then Ji Yun laughed heartlessly, his childish voice as clear as a bell: "Hahaha, right, right, right, shut up, little brat."
Tian Xianzi was silenced by the three leaders at the same time and was silent for a while.
"When it comes to hatred towards the demons, our several major sects are definitely not less than anyone else."
Qu Feiqing spoke slowly, her soft and gentle female voice was like the rippling of a clear stream, showing a kind of intoxicating tranquility under the moonlight: "The Spirit Fox Clan used the strength of the entire clan to severely injure the Demon Lord. No matter which one it is, they are worthy of admiration and deserve preferential treatment after leaving the country."
"The Immortal Sect gathers the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and the elders are all proficient in exorcising evil spirits. If you live here, you will definitely get twice the result with half the effort."
He Xiaochen said: "No matter which place Miss Qiao Yan chooses, the other sects will give her more support and will never treat the Spirit Fox Clan unfairly."
Qiao Yan had never expected such an unexpected surprise. Her heart surged and her eyes suddenly turned red: "Thank...thank you very much."
"Don't cry, little girl. There's something I haven't told you."
Tian Xianzi suddenly appeared again, just like the elusive mole in the whack-a-mole game, and asked mysteriously, "Do you remember what you are going to do later?"
Qiao Yan tried hard to stop crying and took a deep breath: "Go to various places in the secret realm and continue to look for other tribesmen."
"Yeah, but there's a serious problem with this, right?"
The little fox nodded in confusion: "The secret realm is too big... I don't know if I can find them all."
Tian Xianzi chuckled: "Yes! That's when we need to take action! When it comes to finding someone, how can we not have our Jingxin's specially made--"
Before he could finish his next sentence, Qu Feiqing interrupted him without hesitation: "Sorry, did that grandpa scare you? Don't worry, there are visual spirits everywhere in the secret realm. As long as we use the mysterious mirror to detect them one by one, we can find the location of all the spirit fox tribe members."
Ningning's eyes lit up.
The special effect of vision spirit is that it allows the elders to see all the details of the trial. It is generally used to monitor the behavior of disciples from various sects to ensure that nothing too outrageous happens in the secret realm.
This thing is one of the most disgusting objects for all disciples. Even if they are thousands of miles away, the elders can see all their ugly deeds and experiences of being beaten by others, which is very embarrassing.
However, on the other hand, the all-round vision without blind spots... is absolutely perfect for finding people!
Whether it is at the bottom of mountain cliffs, in rivers or lakes, as long as their shadows are distributed in the secret realm, nothing can hide. Today, this thing can obviously play another more important role besides surveillance.
Look for the spirit foxes scattered in the secret realm.
"We have been investigating carefully not long ago and found several scattered fox tribes."
Lin Qian swallowed the words "After the vision spirit in the house was smashed by Pei Ji brat" and said softly: "When you start to act, we will inform you of the location and route at any time."
"But--"
Ning Ning was a little worried: "I remember the trial rules said that the elders must not communicate with anyone in the secret realm, otherwise they will be severely punished. If the elders of other sects knew about this, would there be any problems?"
"We don't care about those old fogies!"
Tian Xianzi did not hesitate and pulled himself up to the sky: "If anyone disobeys, draw your sword and fight. What can those people do to me?"
As expected of a sword cultivator, this madness could not be stopped even from a distance of 108,000 miles. However, Qu Feiqing sneered: "Last time this grandfather said this, he was beaten so badly that even his mother couldn't recognize him."
"Rules are meaningless if you don't break them."
Ji Yunkai spoke with a smile, raising his head from where he was leaning over the wooden table.
The images of the sect's disciples were no longer in the several mysterious mirrors around. The pictures were rapidly changing, passing through green waters, high mountains, and desolate paths, just to find a rugged shadow.
Lin Qian noticed the movement, turned around and raised her eyebrows, with a hint of provocation.
It seems that the leaders and elders of these big sects often fight with each other openly or secretly, and it has been a long time since we have seen them work together like this.
Someone shouted, "It's open, guess which sect has found the most spirit foxes!"
There was a brief silence.
Ji Yunkai widened his eyes, took a deep breath, and looked at Tian Xianzi.
——Work together and it’s awesome! Their Xuanxu Sword Sect is the strongest, and they will definitely fight for the first place this time!
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