Chapter 780: Fox in the Box
Fairy Qingyao never showed up, only the smoke condensed into a volume and fell into Gong Mengbi's hands.
After reading the file, it disappeared into thin air again, and Gong Mengbi actually became calmer in his heart.
He has a lot at stake and cannot afford to vent his emotions recklessly. The more angry he is, the more careful he has to be.
It was not only the fox's cautious nature, but also his responsibility that prevented him from acting rashly. When he came out again, Fu Xin was already waiting outside the fox house.
The skull god hanging on his waist also swayed and landed on the ground. He bowed and said, "This old man pays homage to the Lord."
Gong Mengbi nodded, looked at the dark and windy sky, and said, "It's a good time, let's go."
A strong wind was howling from Huziyuan in Wuning County towards Haozhou, like a red star coming out of seclusion and escaping into the sky.
The Five Ghosts lead the way, not avoiding the obstacles of the Five Elements. Gong Mengbi is in the middle, and Fu Xin follows closely behind. He has to rely on Gong Mengbi's shadow to avoid falling behind.
The Skull God had long sensed that the atmosphere was not right, and he clenched his teeth to avoid saying anything that would offend the Fox Fairy, which would result in bad consequences.
Riding the wind and controlling the air, the earth and mountains are all at your feet. When you land in Haozhou, it is just after midnight.
The gates of Haozhou County were sealed long ago. Although it contained the word "zhou" in its name, it was actually a county. Its seat was Zhongli County, which was also the site of the ancient Zhongli State.
The Five Ghosts looked towards the county town and asked, "My Lord, are we going to the county town?"
Gong Mengbi shook his head and said, "Twelve miles south of the county, Nanhua Village."
"Nanhua Manor?"
Gong Mengbi had already walked forward, with the wind under his feet and only a shadow wandering away.
"South of the county lies Haotang Mountain, from which the East Hao River flows, and northeast into the Huai River. Where the Hao River flows, there is a Fish-Watching Terrace. In the past, the Immortal Nanhua and Huizi watched fish here, and this is where the saying "You are not a fish" came from."
"Near the Fish Watching Terrace is Nanhua Manor. In the manor is the old house of the Cheng family. Let's go there."
As they were speaking, Nanhua Manor was already right in front of them.
"My lord, have you been here before?"
Gong Mengbi stood outside Nanhua Manor and said, "I've never been here. A fox spirit took up residence at the Cheng family's old house long ago. With the Cheng family's promise, they built the Fox Courtyard here, and that's how I learned about this place."
Before today, Gong Mengbi had never known of this place. It was only after the fox ghost's grief and resentment, and the Fairy Qingyao's gift of the scroll, that Gong Mengbi learned of this place.
"I see."
The five ghosts followed Gong Mengbi's footsteps and stopped in front of a big house.
The Cheng family's old house was quite grand in the village, but it was not very popular and looked a bit run-down. After the Cheng family became wealthy, they now lived in the county town, and there was only one old servant to look after and maintain the old house.
The old house is locked today and the old servant is not here.
The Five Ghosts stood outside the old house and said hesitantly, "My Lord, there is no fox spirit in this old house, but there is a bloody smell. Maybe we have come to the wrong place."
Gong Mengbi said, "I didn't find the wrong one."
The five ghosts went forward to open the door. The newly hung peach charms on the door suddenly emitted light. The two gods Yulei and Shentu painted on the peach charms seemed to come alive and looked at the five ghosts.
The five ghosts stopped and looked back at Gong Mengbi.
Gong Mengbi opened his mouth and blew out a breath, which fell like a cloud of smoke onto the gate of the house, and the light of the peach charms dimmed.
The five ghosts blew off the lock and pushed open the Cheng family's old house.
After passing through the outer wall and entering the house, I saw unwashed blood and claw marks everywhere.
The five ghosts' expressions became serious, and their hearts tightened. With just a glance, they knew what a tragic thing had happened in this old house.
Gong Mengbi followed in and stood in the old house without saying a word.
Several retainers dared not even breathe, and the Skull God even hid behind Fuxin.
Gong Mengbi was silent for a moment, then stretched out his hand and all the dried bloodstains fell off, floating in the wind like red sand, and finally turned into the image of a fox, flying out of the old house.
Several people hurriedly followed the fox, leaving Gong Mengbi to look after the Cheng family's old house.
This old house had already been cleansed by Taoist magic. Originally, Fox Courtyard was a place where foxes had long resided, so it inevitably retained the scent of foxes. The horrific murder that had occurred there had left a deep lingering resentment.
The foxes in the Fox Courtyard might not have had high cultivation, but they were all intelligent and spirited foxes. How could they have been so clean after being murdered? It was simply a matter of using Taoist methods to cleanse the old house of the resentful and gloomy aura.
Gong Mengbi turned around and followed the five ghosts. Not long after, the fox transformed from blood stains landed on a low hill outside the village.
When Gong Mengbi arrived, the fox was squatting in front of a newly built earthen grave on a low hill.
When Gong Mengbi came, the bloody fox was blown away by the night wind, leaving no trace.
"Dig it up." Gong Mengbi ordered.
The five ghosts were about to move the grave when they suddenly cried out "Huh?" and instead of moving the grave, they started searching around it.
After a while, the green ghost stepped on a magic circle and revealed the peach wood nailed to the ground.
The green ghost pulled out the peach wood and threw it aside, and a resentful and evil aura began to emerge from the earthen grave.
The Five Ghosts found peach wood stakes in other directions. The peach wood stakes circled the earth grave, integrated the earth energy of the low hill, and suppressed the earth grave.
As the peach wood stakes were pulled out one by one, the earthen grave suddenly collapsed, revealing a bloody deep pit.
The resentful and evil energy floated in the pit, transforming into an illusory fox head, floating in the air.
Mr. Huang's spiritual soil was sunk deep into the mud, revealing a ferocious fox head with its eyes wide open as if it had died.
There was only the fox head in this entire pit.
"What a cruel method!" Mr. Huang felt heavy-hearted, and when he looked at Gong Mengbi again, he felt even colder in his heart.
Gong Mengbi walked to the edge of the pit, reached out and picked up a fox head in the pit, and stroked it gently.
"Cut off the fox's head, chop off its toes, peel off my skin, and take the pearl from my mouth."
As he spoke, the eyes of the fox heads in the pit all lit up green.
Gong Mengbi blew out smoke, and the smoke lifted the fox head and turned it into an illusory fox body.
"Go, find Fox Toe and Fox Body."
There were thirty-seven foxes in total, making long howls and running down the hill.
"Hurry up and follow me!" The Skull God grabbed Fu Xin's belt and urged him to follow quickly, not wanting to stay with Gong Mengbi.
Fu Xin jumped up, blowing in the whistling cold wind, and followed behind the fox corpses.
The Five Ghosts fell behind and bowed beside Gong Mengbi, saying, "My Lord, I mourn for you."
"Who could have done such a cruel thing?"
"Could it be the Cheng family's doing? My lord, let's go capture the Cheng family and skin them alive!"
The night wind blew Gong Mengbi's clothes. He whispered, "No rush. Once we have all the remains, we can slowly settle accounts with them."
The five ghosts bowed their heads heavily and followed to look for the remaining fox corpses.
Not long after, under the guidance of the fox corpse, the fox's toes were found in a dry well. The well mouth was sealed with stone slabs and a forbidden spell was cast with the Eight Diagrams.
After piecing together the fox's toes, they found the fox's body on a sandbank buried by water in the moat. It was wrapped in yellow cloth, painted with talismans, and buried deep in the ground, away from the sun and the moon.
The remains of the fox have been found, but except for the head, toes and skin, the entire fox has been skinned and no trace of it can be found.
Gong Mengbi found a box and performed the Vimalakirti Room, and all the Linghu corpses jumped into it.
A small box contained thirty-seven fox corpses.
Fu Xin spontaneously put the box on his back and looked at Gong Mengbi.
Gong Mengbi said: "Let's go to the county town."
"Bare rouge bones, tightly sewn soft golden fur coat."
"We've found the rouge bone, but where are the fox beads and the soft golden fur coat?" Gong Mengbi looked towards the county town: "I'm sure the answers are all there."
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