Chapter 799: Fox Courtyard Meeting
It's a new experience for everyone.
For the foxes of Lanyin Mountain who had wandered around in the human world and later joined the Fox Monastery, these foxes who were born into a serious Buddhist family and had developed special abilities were extremely rare.
As for the foxes in Lingying Temple, they didn't know that there was a place like Fox Court in the world to educate wild foxes.
Most of the foxes in Lingying Temple were not the original foxes that followed the Lingying Fox King. Most of them were recruited later and have been practicing Buddhism in Lingying Temple. They know very little about the outside world.
The old abbot and several older elders were originally the confidants of the Lingying Fox King. They had followed the Lingying Fox King a long time ago and witnessed the Lingying Fox King building a temple and practicing in Mount Wutai.
But Lingying Temple was built three hundred years ago, and most foxes died of old age before they could achieve success in their cultivation.
Gong Mengbi asked the old abbot about the Lingying Fox King's past, but the old abbot's answer was limited: "Old Fox is over three hundred years old this year. I was young back then, and now my head and eyes are blurry, so I can no longer remember those things. Most of the elders who followed Grandpa Fox King to Mount Wutai have passed away, and occasionally one or two who have achieved success in their practice have also left Lingying Temple."
Gong Mengbi didn't force him to recall, nor did he force him to speak. Instead, he said, "You will practice here in the future. I will give lectures at Fox Monastery on weekdays, and you can come and listen if you want. I'm not well versed in Buddhism, but there is a Big Buddha Temple not far from here in Jinhua Mountain. The abbot of the Big Buddha Temple is an old acquaintance of mine. If you need me, I can ask him to come and give you lectures."
Gong Mengbi did not have any harsh demands on these fox monks. They were both good places to practice Taoism or Buddhism.
But this means that the monks' quarters will not be enough, and some more will need to be built.
These matters were left to Huangfu Yuliu and Huangfu Jiaona to handle, with Xiaoqian helping out in the middle. The monks worked themselves, and Gong Mengbi paid for it out of his own pocket.
Gong Mengbi did not worry about these things, but prepared for the meeting of the deans of Fox Academy.
The next day, Gong Mengbi arrived at Tianhuyuan before midnight.
Originally, only the registered dean and chief priest of the Fox Court attended this meeting, but at Gong Mengbi's suggestion, Chief Priest Xun invited the goddess and invited the two deans Su and Chun and Hu Yuancheng to the meeting hall.
Before midnight, the cloud chariot had already set off.
A cloud carriage descended from the flying clouds on the dome of Tianhu Academy. It was pulled by a dragon and sat on a feathered fairy. Clouds swirled and the wind and cloud patterns transformed into illusory gods of smoke guarding the left and right. The feather and dragon patterns were like a layer of water waves or a layer of rainbow light, wrapping around the cloud carriage and heading out of Tianhu Academy.
Gong Mengbi did not recognize the Yuxian who was driving the carriage, but he had seen the Jiaolong that was pulling the carriage - when the goddess visited the Fox Courtyard in Wuning County, this was the Jiaolong that was pulling the carriage.
The dragon was flying in the clouds, the fairy was pointing the way, and by midnight, almost all the deans of the Fox Courtyard had been summoned.
At midnight, Xun Jijiu instructed Gong Mengbi to go to the cloud carriage to welcome the dean of Fox Court.
The Yuxian who was driving the dragon carriage had a fierce look on her face, but when she saw Gong Mengbi, she smiled a little and said, "Assistant Instructor Mingfu."
Gong Mengbi nodded and said, "I haven't asked for your name yet."
The feather fairy said, "My name is Yan Jun. I work in the Jade Palace, taking care of the goddess's travels, managing the Sky Fox Courtyard's cloud chariots, and raising the dragons that pull them."
"Thank you for your help today, Miss Yanjun."
Yan Jun was obviously very familiar with Gong Mengbi, and Gong Mengbi could guess that this familiarity was because of Fairy Qingyao.
The goddess is the most powerful in the Jade Palace, and Fairy Qingyao is second. Most of the people who serve them on weekdays are fox fairies. If this Yuxian is not Fairy Qingyao's disciple, he should be her subordinate.
Yan Jun smiled and said, "It's okay."
Yan Jun pulled the reins of the dragon, and Gong Mengbi responded in front of the cloud carriage, welcoming the deans of each fox academy to get off the carriage.
After everyone got off the cloud car, Yan Jun drove the dragon back to the dome cloud platform.
There were forty-eight Fox Academy deans in front of him, representing forty-eight Fox Academy's. Each person had a slightly different expression and look.
Gong Mengbi smiled and said, "My name is Gong Mingfu. You may not have seen me, but you may have heard of my name."
"So you are Gong Mingfu!"
Some people stared at Gong Mengbi with shining eyes. Others showed a subtle disdain and contempt, not taking Gong Mengbi's reputation seriously. Some of Gong Mengbi's old acquaintances were too embarrassed to get close to him in such an occasion and only nodded to him.
Gong Mengbi glanced at it and remembered it in his heart, saying, "It's me. I hope the Fox Book is of some use to you."
"It's more than just useful. If we didn't have the Fox Book, we'd be completely lost in running the Fox Academy."
"Mr. Mingfu is truly a role model for us. Without the Fox Courtyard, I wonder when wild foxes will have a chance to rise to prominence."
"This is not my credit. It is because of the queen's virtue and the goddess' compassion that they can teach so much." Gong Mengbi replied with a smile and led everyone to the meeting hall.
Xun Jijiu was sitting in one of the three main seats at the top. When he saw the group of foxes, he invited them to sit down.
Xun Jijiu's face was solemn and somewhat serious. Gong Mengbi rarely saw him in such a serious and majestic manner. He whispered, "Jijiu, everyone has arrived."
Xun Jijiu nodded and said, "You sit down too." He pointed to the first seat in the audience.
Gong Mengbi also sat down calmly.
"Roll in!"
Following Xun Jijiu's order, Dr. Huang, who was standing to the side, held up the list and shouted:
"Gong Mengbi, the dean of Wu Ning Fox Academy!"
"Little Fox is here!"
"Lu Jinlin, the director of Shouchun Fox Academy!"
"Little Fox is here!"
As the names of the Fox Academy and the name of the Dean of Fox Academy were called out one by one, the echoes one after another formed a solemn atmosphere, which made people feel that they were not alone in their path.
Before the roll call was over, Siye Su and Siye Chun came together.
The waiter led the two men in, and they heard the sound of people calling out in the hall. With each call, their faces became tense.
They hurried to the main seat and sat on the left and right of Xun Jijiu.
Xun Jijiu didn't say anything, so they also remained silent until the last roll call.
"Mei Xian, the dean of Haozhou Fox Academy!"
No one answered.
"Mei Xian, the dean of Haozhou Fox Academy!"
"Mei Xian, the dean of Haozhou Fox Academy!"
This was repeated three times, but no one responded.
Doctor Huang collected the list and presented it to Xun Jijiu, saying, "Except for Mei Xian, the headmaster of the Fox Academy in Haozhou, all the heads of the forty-eight Fox Academy are here."
Xun Jijiu looked at the roster and asked, "Do you know why Meixian, the headmaster of Haozhou Fox Academy, didn't come?"
In fact, some people in the audience knew the truth, but no one dared to speak out.
Xun Jijiu glanced around, then looked at Su Siye on his left. Su Siye said nothing. He looked at Chun Siye on his right. Chun Siye looked at his nose and his heart, also without saying a word.
"No one's talking?"
"If you don't tell me, I will."
"All thirty-seven members of the Fox Court in Haozhou, including the headmaster Mei Xian, were killed, so she couldn't come."
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