Seeing that it was outnumbered and outmatched, the fox tried to escape. It seized an opportunity and attempted to slip away to the right, but Uncle Li reacted quickly, firing a high-energy gun to block its path.
Qi Ziqi looked closely and saw a black lightning bolt descend from the sky, piercing the old fox's body like a sharp sword.
It collapsed to the ground, motionless like a lifeless statue, as if it had already died. However, no one dared to be careless, and Xu Anran gestured for the ghost bride to go forward and check on it. The ghost bride moved to its side, gently called to the paper figure, and tried to lift the fox.
The fox sensed a chilling aura approaching, and suddenly opened its eyes, unleashing its full power in a desperate counterattack.
It bared its sharp fangs and pounced on the paper figure like a hungry tiger. By the time it saw clearly, it was too late. The ghost bride swiftly moved her silk ribbon, like a nimble red snake, and instantly strangled it to death.
After dealing with the old fox, the group entered the cave together and hunted down and killed all the remaining foxes. They then handed the bodies over to Luo Xi, who planned to dissect and study them.
All the demon cores will be kept by Xu Anran. We'll exchange them for points in the waiting room later and then divide them equally.
With everyone's unanimous agreement, Xu Anran specially selected a demon core for Luo Xi to study.
Just as everything was over and everyone was preparing to leave, a sound came from behind them, and they quickly climbed a tree to hide.
The rhythmic "bouncing" sound grew closer and closer, and they saw a vertical line of zombies hopping and bouncing toward them.
These zombies, dressed in Qing Dynasty official robes, had pale faces, yellow talismans pasted on their foreheads, and their hands stretched out in front of them, with the zombies behind them placing their hands on the shoulders of the zombies in front.
They jumped to the spot where Xu Anran and the others had just been fighting and stopped.
Xu Anran and the others looked warily at the zombies below, thinking that the fighting noises from earlier had probably attracted these guys.
Seeing them standing there motionless, just as Xu Anran and the others were getting impatient and were about to make their move if they didn't leave soon,...
Then another series of footsteps approached.
A little girl, barely taller than Xu Anran's calves, came running over, panting. The girl had two small bundles tied in her hair with red ribbons, wore a Taoist robe, and held a small wooden sword in her hand. She was chubby and looked a bit like a fat baby in a New Year's painting.
The little bottom wiggled back and forth, the little mouth pouted, and the rosy face had a pair of big, watery eyes. It was looking around, but it didn't see a single person.
The little mouth said unhappily, "That shouldn't be! I clearly saw him just now! Where is he?"
"Hey—is anyone there? Come out quickly—" the little bean sprouted cheeks and shouted.
Suddenly, she saw a foot sticking out of the tree, immediately laughed, and shouted, "I see you! Big Black, go and catch that person!"
As soon as the little wooden sword pointed, the tallest zombie turned around and jumped to the tree it was pointing at.
The foot that was discovered belonged to Xu Liang. He had just put on his clothes, but he had only pulled up his pants halfway when he noticed someone hiding in the tree. Feeling uncomfortable, he tried to pull up his pants, but his foot slipped.
Seeing that the zombie was about to jump up, the team realized that hiding wasn't an option, so they all climbed down from the tree to attack the zombie.
The little boy's eyes widened when he saw so many people, and he shouted, "Big Black, come back!"
The zombies all returned to Little Bean's side and lined up. She looked at Xu Anran and the others, and the team members looked at her too. Xu Liang, having put on his pants, also climbed down from the tree, his face flushed.
The little boy said, "I've been waiting for you for a long time!"
Everyone was completely confused.
The little boy frowned and said, "Before my master left, he did a divination and told me to wait here for my destined person to come back and follow him."
Luo Xi stepped forward: "The destined one, how do you know there is a destined one among us?"
The little boy raised his head and said proudly, "Of course I know. Master said that the destined person will emit golden light, and I can live if I follow him."
Everyone recalled that Xu Anran had indeed shot out a golden light during the fight.
Xu Anran asked, "Oh? What else did your master say?"
At this moment, the little bean sprout stopped talking. Her eyes darted around, and she said, "I will only tell the destined person that whoever emitted the golden light just now should do it again, and I will tell that person."
Xu Anran didn't say much, but shot out a golden light from her palm to show her.
Upon seeing this, the little boy ran over to Xu Anran, took her hand, and made her squat down.
The little boy brought his mouth close to Xu Anran's ear and said, "I've been waiting for you for a year. After Master left, he told me to wait for you on the mountain, saying that you would come here and that I would go with you then. He said that if I stayed here, I would just be waiting to die. He said that when you came, he would give you his letter and that you would understand after reading it."
As he spoke, he took an envelope from his pocket and handed it to Xu Anran.
Although the little bean was whispering in Xu Anran's ear, it was so quiet around that everyone could hear what she said.
Even so, she still acted mysteriously, and everyone suddenly felt that it was not easy for her to have survived until now, and that her mind seemed to be not working very well.
Xu Anran opened the letter and began to read it.
Hello, it's like meeting you in person.
Seeing this letter means you should meet my disciple. Her name is Gu Momo, a direct disciple of my Taoist sect, and she is five years old this year. Although she is young, she is extremely talented, and has already learned to control corpses and create talismans at such a young age.
Just a hundred years ago, the demon race rose to power, and many great demons appeared one after another. They had demon cores within their bodies, possessed great magical power, and stirred up trouble in the human world.
Later, a human race emerged among humans, possessing human pills within their bodies, which enabled them to contend with the former.
As a disciple of Taoism, I naturally have to uphold justice and join forces with those humans who are working for the sake of humanity to rescue my enslaved compatriots.
But before I left, I consulted a divination, which predicted that the human race would be defeated and that my journey would be fraught with danger. No matter how many times I consulted the divination afterward, the result was always the same.
Although I know the outcome, I believe a man should strive for something, and no matter what happens, I will not regret it.
My only worry is my apprentice, Momo. She's still young, and whether she stays here or comes with me, it's all a dead end.
Later, through divination and fortune-telling, I learned that she had a benefactor in her life who would come here.
This person is not from this world, but comes from another world, and he holds golden light, which can deal with demons and evil spirits.
Momo must have verified it before giving you the letter. The letter says you can take Momo to a brand new place and create a different kind of world.
Momo is very useful; she will be of help to you. Please be sure to take her with you.
As a token of my gratitude, Momo will give you a secret manual from our Taoist school.
Here, I express my gratitude.
Capture the path
After reading the letter, Xu Anran looked at the little boy and said, "Are you Gu Momo?"
The little boy blinked his big eyes and nodded.
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