Chapter 222 Master, save me
The master quickly explained, "Oh, you don't understand. If a fox demon dies of old age, it will usually hand over its inner elixir to its clan, hoping to protect the next generation. If there really is a fox clan in Fox Mountain, there must be extra inner elixirs."
"They won't give us such a precious thing." Xu Chuchu said, "What if they beat us?"
"... Let's talk to them nicely. If they don't want to give it to us, then forget it." The master said in a low voice.
Xu Chuchu pressed her forehead. Her master was an easy-going person. In the past, unless the demon was extremely evil and murderous, she would give it a chance to live if she caught it.
But can a fox demon be so kind? Asking for the inner elixir? They'll suck your bone marrow.
There were many fox demons in the deep mountains, and they were highly skilled. How could they, half-baked ones, defeat them? The master was at level five but was ill, Jiji was a rookie, and Daju was at level four but had almost no combat experience. Going there would be a death wish.
"No, I won't go. It's too dangerous." Xu Chuchu refused.
"Oh, Chuchu!" The master was upset that his lying skills were not good enough and he was exposed before he even got there.
Only then did she realize that the old fox's inner elixir could cure her illness, so maybe Chuchu would be willing to give it a try.
The master kept nagging all night, but Xu Chuchu remained unmoved. Unlike Daju, she was not afraid of the master's nagging and had become immune to it over the years.
The group had to change their route and continue taking the official road instead of heading towards Xiangshan.
We passed by a village on the way and planned to stay overnight. However, when we entered the village, we found that all the houses were empty. When we walked further in, we saw that all the villagers were gathered together, bustling around as if they were watching something exciting.
"Look, it's so small, is it really a fox demon?"
"The Taoist priest said it was true, so it must be true."
"Who knows if they just found a random fox to trick our village chief..."
There were some questioning voices in the crowd, but they were a minority. Most people were just watching the fun, shouting "Burn it!" and "Burn it!" from time to time.
Xu Chuchu and others squeezed into the crowd and saw an old Taoist priest who was nearly forty years old, with a broad face and forehead, standing in the middle with his back straight.
Next to him was a small magic cage, with scratches all over the inside and outside, showing that it was used frequently. Inside was a little fox with snow-white fur.
The fox lay there listlessly, looking very weak. A piece of hair had fallen off its tail, revealing its bloody flesh.
It turned out to be a Taoist priest catching a monster.
The master quietly sensed the Taoist's cultivation level and discovered that he was at the fifth level. Everyone was amazed. They had never seen many fifth-level cultivators in the capital.
"Woo woo, there's an old Taoist priest catching monsters. How scary!" Daju was terrified. He instantly turned into a cat and jumped into Xu Chuchu's arms. "Chuchu, protect me."
Xu Chuchu felt his arm sink and almost fell to the ground: "Daju, you are a spiritual pet, not a scattered demon. The Taoist priest will not accept you."
"I don't care, I'm just scared." The big orange-headed man didn't dare to raise his head, as if he had forgotten that his Chuchu no longer had any cultivation and could not protect him.
Xu Jiji used his cute boyish appearance to inquire among the sisters-in-law, and came back to tell Chuchu and others the whole story.
It turned out that the village chief's beloved daughter Yaya was bitten to death by a fox demon. The village chief invited an old Taoist priest to come into the village to catch the demon. Two days later, he caught a little white fox and now he wants to burn it to death as a warning to the public.
The old village chief wiped his tears and asked, "Excuse me, Taoist Tian, is this fox really the demon that killed my Yaya? It... doesn't look like it."
The white fox was so small that it seemed completely unaware of what was happening around it. It just lay there alone, occasionally turning its head to lick its feet. It seemed to have nothing to do with the ferocious demon.
"Village chief, why bother with so much? If it's a fox, just burn it to death!" someone shouted from below. "Those foxes on Fox Mountain just keep coming into the village to steal chickens and dogs for no reason. None of them are innocent!"
"Shut up, what do you know!" the old village chief scolded.
Of course, he didn't care about killing a fox by mistake. What he cared about was that he didn't catch the real culprit this time, and the Taoist priest left again, so he couldn't avenge his Yaya.
Taoist Priest Tian said coldly, "You know nothing by looking at its appearance. This white fox may look small, but its cultivation is not low at all. I don't know how many people it has killed to reach its current level! I ambushed it in the village for two days before I captured it. There's no way I'm wrong!"
After hearing this, most people were convinced. The village chief was still skeptical, but he had no more words to say, so he had to announce that the fox demon would be burned to death.
Several strong men in the village brought several bundles of dry firewood and wooden frames, waiting for Master Tian to tie up the little white fox before lighting the fire.
"Burn it to death!" "Burn the fox demon to death!"
The villagers shouted one after another. It seemed that they were deeply persecuted by the fox demons on Fox Mountain and hated them deeply.
"Forget it, let's go." Seeing this, Xu Chuchu whispered to his master and Jiji, "This Taoist priest and the villagers all hate monsters. If they recognize Daju, it will inevitably cause trouble again. Let's drive the carriage away and spend the night in it."
Master and Gigi both agreed that the Taoist priest was only at the fifth level of cultivation, so it would be difficult to deal with if a conflict arose.
Daju was so moved that his eyes filled with tears: "Wow, I'm sorry Chuchu, I got you into trouble."
"It's okay." Xu Chuchu rubbed the big orange cat's head.
The three people and the cat quietly retreated, walked around the crowd, and headed towards the carriage.
At this moment, I heard a mournful fox cry from behind, followed by a strange cry for help: "Master, save me, Master!——"
Everyone subconsciously turned around and saw that the voice came from the weak little white fox!
It had been tied to a wooden frame by Taoist Master Tian, and shouted towards Xu Chuchu: "Master, don't abandon me!"
The white fox's expression at this moment was just like ours, full of urgency!
The villagers were all terrified: "Oh my god, it can talk, it must be a fox demon!"
"Help! Taoist priest, please take it away--"
The unexpected change happened, and Xu Chuchu and others didn't know how to react for a moment.
Taoist Priest Tian spotted them hiding behind the crowd and shouted, "Who are you? An accomplice of the fox demon?!"
Xu Jiji hurriedly stepped in front to explain: "We are just travelers passing by, we don't know what fox demon is!"
Xu Chuchu subconsciously hid Daju behind her, but it was too late.
Taoist Priest Tian appeared in front of Xu Chuchu like a gust of wind, his eyes widening: "Okay, okay, there's also a cat demon here! Let's burn them all together!"
Xu Chuchu saw that the person coming was not friendly, and his expression turned cold: "This cat is my spiritual pet, not a wandering demon. Please stop."
"What a joke! You little girl don't have any spiritual power, where did you get the spiritual pet? Hand over the cat demon!" Taoist Tian stretched out his hand to catch the cat.
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