Chapter 24 Determination
Huang Pinjie was conflicted. She loved the fox cub she had raised since it was a cub, but on the other hand, she was afraid that Gu Qingqing had gone mad.
"Auntie, what about the cage you brought, and the black bird outside?"
Seeing that Gu Qingqing's attention had been diverted, Huang Pinjie breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The cage contains a family of colorful chickens that I raised on Jiming Mountain."
Gu Qingqing laughed upon hearing this: "Back then, I couldn't get out of Qingxin Courtyard. When my elder brother came over and teased me, he said that Auntie, you raised colorful chickens as chicks on Jiming Mountain. It's actually true."
"Auntie, please call them out. I can afford to give them a gift."
Having no other choice, Huang Pinjie opened the cage and released Ji Er's family, saying sternly, "This is the Third Miss Qingqing that I told you about. Why don't you pay your respects to her?"
Ji Er's family immediately knelt down and touched the ground with their heads.
Before Gu Qingqing could stop her, she said, "I was raised by my aunt, and you were all raised by your aunt too. So we're all the same. But I'm older than you, so you should accept this gift."
After saying that, she laboriously used her head to pick up four things from under the cushion. Huang Pinjie was even more heartbroken when she saw them. These were Gu Qingqing's favorite things when she was a child, which showed that she had really had a hard time all these years.
Over the years, one wrong step led to another, and once we were in the mire, we were stuck in the swamp and could never get out.
Gu Qingqing prepared a table of fine food and wine for Huang Pinjie and his party. Although the dishes were plentiful, Huang Pinjie ate them without any interest.
That night, Gu Qingqing held Huang Pinjie in her arms, unable to fall asleep for a long time. The two foxes recounted their tragic experiences over the past few decades.
After her leg was reattached, Gu Qingqing was unable to walk properly. Later, in order to survive, she used her weakened body to raise gu, cutting off a lot of flesh, leaving her very weak.
After arriving in this desolate sea city, Hong Xiangwan's temperament was unpredictable. What she sent was only enough for Gu Qingqing to live well, and nothing more.
Huang Pinjie then decided to use the pretext of returning the Fire Fox Token to go to her old nemesis Hong Xiangwan and demand her share of the past five years' allowance.
After a few days of rest, Huang Pinjie carefully groomed Gu Qingqing, making her at least regain some of her former noble appearance.
Huang Pinjie thoughtfully gave Gu Qingqing a cloth to cover her empty eyes, and then put Ji Er's family in a cage, preparing to call Wu Buyu to go to Ligu City, the main city of Danzhou, to demand money from Hong Xiangwan.
Gu Qingqing insisted on taking Feng Qing along, but Huang Pinjie objected, saying, "Miss, you are the clan leader's daughter. It's one thing for you to practice poison arts, but to take you out so openly..."
“Aunt, there’s no need to say more.” Gu Qingqing shook her head and said, “Hong Xiangwan’s cultivation is not what it used to be. With Feng Qing by our side, our methods will be two points stronger. I’ve long since given up on saving face.”
Looking at the calm and resolute Gu Qingqing, Huang Pinjie said no more. Gu Qingqing was right; it's best not to have any face.
Ligu City did indeed resemble a large city. The guards checked their identities and travel permits and quickly let Huang Pinjie and her group in.
Ji Er's family was wrapped around Wu Buyu's neck by Huang Pinjie, and they watched the prosperity of Ligu City from inside the cage as if they were visiting a large world in a miniature world.
Upon arriving at the entrance of the Jade Beauty Hall, Huang Pinjie asked Wu Buyu to stop for a moment. She then stroked Gu Qingqing's fur before continuing forward.
Meanwhile, Hong Xiangwan in the Jade Beauty Pavilion was polishing a gleaming jade bone whip. Ever since she received a message from her clan saying that Huang Pinjie was coming to Danzhou, she had taken out the bone whip and polished it every day.
This time, if she doesn't give Huang Pinjie a good beating, Hong Xiangwan will change her name to Hong Xiangbai.
Hong Xiangwan and Huang Pinjie have a grudge. Hong Xiangwan is a fox with a special personality. Although she is a beautiful female fox, she is never interested in male foxes who come to her. She cultivated to the point of having five tails amidst bloodshed and carnage, and considers herself a cultivation genius with a firm mind.
However, this confidence came to an end when the third young lady, Gu Qingqing, attended the annual memorial service with her personal aunt, Huang Pinjie.
At that time, as a guard of the annual festival, she listened to the conversation between the Third Miss and Huang Pinjie. Huang Pinjie spoke with great warmth, which made Hong Xiangwan yearn for it.
So, Hong Xiangwan went over to talk to Huang Pinjie. During their conversation, Hong Xiangwan discovered that Huang Pinjie was different. Huang Pinjie was very smart. Not only was she gentle and generous, but she also had a kind of gravitas that Hong Xiangwan had never seen before. She was not like a wild fox with no roots.
But Hong Xiangwan at that time had no idea how to distinguish between them.
She felt comfortable being by Huang Pinjie's side. Just listening to Huang Pinjie talk made her numb body and mind feel alive again, and she felt that this was the love that the fox clan talked about.
From then on, Hong Xiangwan kept trying to get close to Huang Pinjie, and her behavior became more and more lewd, which made the Fire Fox Clan laugh at her. Gu Chan also called Huang Pinjie over to give her a warning, telling her to pay attention to her status so as not to tarnish Gu Qingqing's reputation.
Huang Pinjie told Hong Xiangwan that it wasn't love, but just filial affection, but Hong Xiangwan wouldn't listen to a word she said.
Huang Pinjie was extremely annoyed and, in a fit of rage one afternoon, accidentally killed Hong Jian, Hong Xiangwan's close follower.
When Hong Xiangwan lost her little brother, she did not follow tradition by cutting off Hong Jian's tail and burying him. Instead, she wore it around her neck and cut off Hong Jian's spinal cord to make a bone whip, which she carried with her day and night.
From then on, Hong Xiangwan continued to harass Huang Pinjie every day, saying that she wanted to cut off Huang Pinjie's tail to make her brother pay for it, but she did not take any actual action.
At that time, Huang Pinjie was the head maid of Gu Qingqing, a highly sought-after genius of the Fire Fox Clan, so naturally, many foxes came to curry favor with her.
So, the clever fox sent Hong Xiangwan, who had a bright future but had ruined her own life, to the remote Danzhou to run a brothel business, so as to prevent her from going crazy; Hong Xiangwan was indeed very talented, she only did Xiong Xiu's business.
The Jade Beauty Pavilion was filled with handsome males from various ethnic groups, except for her, who was the only female.
Gradually, Yu Rong Guan became famous in Danzhou for its unique sex and entertainment business.
Hong Xiangwan thus gained the attention of the clan and was given special training. She was bestowed with a high-level cultivation method and recently broke through to the Six-Tailed Venerable Realm.
As soon as Huang Pinjie and her group arrived at the entrance of Yu Rong Guan, Hong Xiangwan knew that they had come.
Slowly and solemnly, she tucked the bone whip into her waistband, then took the fox tail from her neck, gently blew on it, and tossed it into the air. The fox tail instantly transformed into a two-tailed red fox.
Hong Xiangwan coldly said to the little fox, "Brother, go and bring those foxes outside here."
The little fox nodded and dashed out, quickly appearing outside the Jade Beauty Pavilion.
Huang Pinjie dismounted from Wu Buyu's back and was about to help Gu Qingqing down when she heard a little fox say, "Guest, sister invites you. Please follow me."
As Huang Pinjie and her group followed the little fox inside, their dead memories resurfaced.
Huang Pinjie recognized the fox's face, but the Hong Jian she remembered didn't have such a good temper.
Hong Xiangwan is just lacking love, hence her stubbornness and inability to listen to outsiders; Hong Jian, on the other hand, is a mediocre person who only knows how to spout nonsense by relying on his sister's cultivation, and he looks down on the wild cultivators of the Fire Fox Clan all day long, thinking himself superior to the foxes.
If Hong Jian had been able to speak back then, he wouldn't have been accidentally killed.
Passing through the covered walkway and the hanging flower gate, you will see beautiful women performing in the pavilion in the middle of the lake.
The little fox led them to push open the hidden door on the left, which led to another courtyard. Hong Xiangwan was standing in the courtyard. When she saw them, she took a breath and said, "Little brother, come back."
The little fox, like a deflated balloon, swam away and transformed into its tail, drifting towards Hong Xiangwan's neck.
"You've finally arrived." Hong Xiangwan stroked the fox tail around her neck, her tone calm.
Upon hearing this, Huang Pinjie involuntarily turned her hand into a claw, and at the same time bared her teeth.
Seeing Huang Pinjie's wary look, Hong Xiangwan laughed heartily. She drew her bone whip from her waist, unfurled her six tails, and exuded a demonic aura, saying, "Little Jie, you rejected me countless times back then, did you ever think that one day you would have to live under my claws?"
Huang Pinjie was secretly alarmed when she saw Hong Xiangwan's six tails. This guy had actually broken through, which made things even worse.
Hong Xiangwan disgusted Huang Pinjie. Back then, the Wuhuang Clan only wanted to humiliate her to gain psychological pleasure, but Huang Pinjie felt disgusted just being in the same place as Hong Xiangwan.
But that won't work now. When you're under someone's roof, you have to bow your head even if you can't.
Huang Pinjie suppressed her nausea and said, "I've come to collect Miss's allowance for the past five years."
“Five years isn’t much, you know that. If you cut off a tail now, I’d give it to you even if it took twenty years,” Hong Xiangwan replied coolly.
"Hmph!" Huang Pinjie sneered.
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