Volume 5 Chapter 86

Volume 5 + Chapter 86: Blasphemy, Great Disrespect, And Divine Punishment

Using magic, Xia Yi managed to capture a little fox.

However, it wasn’t the pink one, it was a red nine-tailed fox. Its personality also seemed quite different from the chuunibyou-like Yue Liu.

“You insolent outsider! How dare you show disrespect to this god! Divine punishment!!”

The red nine-tailed fox had been caught by Xia Yi and now dangled upside down in midair, flailing its limbs while shouting loudly.

“Release this god at once! Otherwise, this god will grow angry. And when this god grows angry, the heavens will collapse, the earth will split, the sun and moon will lose their light, countless lives will perish, and rivers of blood will flow!!”

The red nine-tailed fox didn’t appear to possess much combat ability. It couldn’t even free itself from Xia Yi’s grasp.

“Is it really that terrifying?”

Xia Yi blinked, growing even more curious.

“Then I’d like to see it. Go ahead.”

“Yingyingyingyingyingyingyingyingyingyingyingying…”

However, aside from turning into an endless “ying-ying” noise machine and squeaking nonstop, nothing remotely terrifying seemed to happen.

Eventually, Xia Yi’s ears could no longer tolerate the noise, so she put the red nine-tailed fox down.

“Hmph, hmph, hmph! Now you know this god’s power!”

The red nine-tailed fox proudly lifted its head in front of Xia Yi.

“This god’s divine punishment has filled you with fear.”

“You’re not Yue Liu, are you?” Xia Yi tried to communicate with the red fox.

“What Yue Liu? This god is…”

The red nine-tailed fox was about to say something, but suddenly seemed to notice something and immediately exploded in outrage.

“Impudent!”

“Hm?”

“Bold!”

“Huh?”

“Arrogant!!”

“…What’s wrong?” Xia Yi asked, puzzled.

“You dare look down upon this god! Such behavior is a grave act of blasphemy. This god shall deliver divine punishment upon you and destroy both your body and soul!” the red fox shouted. “Do you even know who this god is? This god is the Red Fox God, the deity who rules over the fox clan! Kneel and submit at once!!”

“But I’m from the dragon race, not a fox,” Xia Yi replied.

“The dragon race?”

The red nine-tailed fox was startled and only then noticed that Xia Yi was different from the foxfolk, she had neither fluffy ears nor a tail.

“And you’re even a silver dragon!!”

“Yep, I’m a silver dragon.”

“The fox clan and the dragon clan are enemies, especially that despicable Dragon God.”

“…This is bad.”

Xia Yi had a bad feeling. It seemed she had run into a foolish fox pretending to be the Red Fox God.

“Looks like Fox-radish isn’t here after all. I should check somewhere else.”

“Where do you think you’re going?!” the red nine-tailed fox shouted. “You dare ignore this god? This is blasphemy! This god will bring down divine punishment upon you!!”

Xia Yi ignored the fox’s rambling nonsense and continued searching for Yue Liu.

A fox that claimed to be the Red Fox God, yet was so weak it couldn’t even compare to an ordinary fox.

…

“Where exactly did Yue Liu go? Strange… she didn’t leave any trace at all…”

Xia Yi searched around several more times but still couldn’t find the little fox.

Eventually she returned to the same place again.

“Divine punishment!!” the red nine-tailed fox repeated like a broken record.

“…Do I really have no choice but to ask this guy for help?”

Xia Yi looked at the red fox and began thinking.

After careful consideration, she realized there were no other intelligent creatures nearby. Since this red fox could move freely around this place, even if it had no combat ability, it must possess some sort of special trait.

Perhaps it was worth attempting a conversation.

“Hello~” Xia Yi greeted the red fox first.

“Outsider, you are far too disrespectful. This god is the Fox God who rules over the fox clan. You must show proper reverence. Otherwise, this god will not speak with you.”

“Can’t we just talk like this?”

“This god must look down upon the insignificant beings below.”

“…Looks like I’ll have to humor this little fellow.”

After thinking for a moment, Xia Yi lifted the red fox and placed it on a tree branch.

“Is this good enough?”

“That’s more like it.” Now that it could look down on Xia Yi from the higher branch, the red fox seemed very satisfied.

“Little Red, I want to ask you some questions.”

“Little Red? What did you just call this god?”

“Little Red.”

Xia Yi recalled the “Little Red” she had once encountered in Songhua Village, so she casually used the same nickname for this red fox.

“This god is the Red Fox God! Do not address me with such a name!” the red fox snapped, its fur bristling.

“Alright, alright. Be good, Little Red.”

Xia Yi raised her hand and gently patted the fox’s head.

“Blasphemy! Outrageous! Divine punishment!” Little Red shook off Xia Yi’s hand.

“Little Red, Little Red, Little Red, Little Red…”

Xia Yi kept repeating the nickname, deliberately provoking it. Watching the fox grow increasingly flustered and furious yet utterly helpless made her feel immensely entertained.

“You must be a descendant of that damned Dragon God!”

“Ahem…”

Xia Yi restrained herself slightly. Teasing the little fox was simply too enjoyable, she had gotten a bit carried away.

“Little Red, I want to ask you something.”

“This god will not answer.” Little Red turned its head away.

“Come on, be flexible.”

“You truly know nothing of proper etiquette. If one wishes to request something from a god, an offering must be presented first. Submit a tribute, please this god, and only then may you converse with me,” Little Red replied.

“You sure know how to act like a big shot.”

Xia Yi found this troublesome, how was she supposed to know what the fox liked?

Wait.

Foxes probably had certain common preferences.

After thinking for a moment, the young princess left the area to put her idea into action.

Little Red remained where it was, waiting for Xia Yi to return. As it waited, it grew bored enough to start yawning.

Suddenly, it smelled something delicious and looked in that direction.

Xia Yi had returned, with grilled fish in her hands.

“Fish!!”

Little Red jumped down from the branch and ran to Xia Yi, scratching at her with its little paws, completely forgetting about any talk of blasphemy.

“Hurry and present the offering to this god!”

“Little Red, listen. I’m looking for someone,” Xia Yi said, lifting the grilled fish higher. “Her name is Yue Liu, a pink nine-tailed fox. She came here to challenge the Forbidden Trial, hoping to awaken her bloodline and obtain the Fox God’s power. But along the way, we got separated…”

“I know! Hand over the offering, and this god will provide you with assistance!”

Little Red leapt up and bit onto the grilled fish.

Then, just like an ordinary fox, it ran off and hid beneath a hollow tree, happily enjoying the fragrant grilled fish.

“That was easy, one grilled fish and it’s done.”

Xia Yi walked to the entrance of the hollow tree and continued questioning the fox, who was still devouring its meal.

“Little Red, don’t just focus on eating, answer my question. Do you know where Yue Liu went?”

“This god… knows… Earlier… I saw… the two of you…”

“Really?” Xia Yi asked in delight. “How is she now?”

Little Red swallowed the fish in its mouth, turned its head, and looked at Xia Yi.

What it said next froze the expression on the young princess’s face.

“She’s probably about to die.”

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