Chapter 16
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Chapter 16: The White Fox Leaves the Pavilion
In the forbidden area, the stone cave, on the stone bridge. The cavern no longer echoed with day-and-night music. The stunningly beautiful white fox walked out from the qin platform, looking at the one dead and one living in front of the pavilion, and sighed deeply.
After learning of Yue Qianchou’s master’s fate, she had thought it over and asked Yue Qianchou if he wanted her to make a trip to Great Luo Sect. The latter knew that with the white fox’s late-stage Tribulation Crossing strength, killing a few people would be as easy as cutting vegetables.
For the sake of helping him take revenge, the white fox was actually prepared to leave this forbidden area that had confined her for over two hundred years. Just for this sentiment alone, Yue Qianchou was grateful. But he refused without hesitation. His words made the white fox’s hair stand on end…
“Once a teacher, forever a father. A father’s revenge must be taken by his son—this is natural law. I want Great Luo Sect wiped out completely, leaving not even chickens and dogs alive, to accompany my master in death!”
The peerless beauty said nothing more. Although she had once killed hundreds in anger, that was still just in a moment of rage. The entire Great Luo Sect probably had thousands of cultivators. To ask her to kill thousands of people, leaving none alive—she honestly couldn’t bring herself to do it. Moreover, Great Luo Sect had stood in the cultivation world for thousands of years, with hidden dragons and crouching tigers. It wasn’t something that could be destroyed just because she said so. It seemed the matter of revenge would still have to be handled by Yue Qianchou himself.
Seeing that her brother’s words didn’t seem to be spoken casually, worry faintly showed on the white fox’s face.
Yue Qianchou wore a tragic smile on his face, holding a wet cloth in his hands as he wiped the bloodstains from his master’s face. When changing his master into clean clothes, seeing the several penetrating wounds on his master’s body, his facial muscles twitched and his fists clenched with audible cracks as he roared: “Great Luo Sect!” The sound echoed in the stone cavern for a long time.
After Hao Sansi’s remains were cleaned and refreshed, Yue Qianchou had just picked him up to enter the golden bead when the white fox in the pavilion said: “Brother Chou, wait a moment!”
Yue Qianchou was startled and looked at her uncomprehendingly. He saw her pick up the ancient qin and gracefully walk out of the pavilion. A purple light screen immediately appeared around them, blocking the way. The white fox sighed deeply:
“If this were two hundred years ago, you might have been able to stop me, but do you think you can block me now?”
After speaking, her vermillion lips parted slightly as she blew a breath toward the purple light screen. The purple screen rippled like water, opening a gap in the middle. The white fox slowly walked through the gap, and behind her, the purple light screen closed again before disappearing.
Heavens! She actually came out! Yue Qianchou said in amazement: “Sister Bai! What is this?”
“Didn’t Brother Chou once invite me to live in your so-called territory? Are you having second thoughts now?” the white fox smiled charmingly.
Heavens! She actually smiled! The legendary “one smile topples a city, another smile topples a nation” probably referred to this kind of woman.
Yue Qianchou smiled bitterly: “If sister is willing to come, I couldn’t ask for more. How could there be any talk of second thoughts? Sister, please hold my hand.”
After speaking, he freed one hand. The white fox didn’t mind that his hand had held a dead person, and her delicate jade hand gently grasped his. Yue Qianchou felt the softness in his hand and his mind wavered slightly, but today he no longer had such improper thoughts. He immediately focused his consciousness on the golden bead. In an instant, the figures in front of the pavilion vanished.
In Azure Light Hall, the sect leader was discussing matters with a group of elders when suddenly a small bell hanging on one side of the hall rang out with a clear chime. Everyone turned to look.
“Eh!” Sect Leader Liu Changqing said strangely: “Could it be that the white fox spirit from the forbidden area has come out? Come, let’s go see!”
After speaking, he was the first to fly out of the hall, followed by a series of figures.
The group came to the stone cavern and saw the pavilion was completely empty. They looked at each other in bewilderment.
“Senior Brother Sect Leader! If I remember correctly, what’s set up here is the ‘Purple Light Demon-Trapping Array.’ Anyone trapped in the pavilion who hasn’t reached mid-stage Tribulation Crossing simply cannot get out. Could this white fox spirit have already reached mid-stage Tribulation Crossing? But that’s impossible! If she had really reached mid-stage Tribulation Crossing, there should have been considerable commotion when she crossed the heavenly tribulations from early to mid-stage. How could we not know?” A thin old man walked to the silent Liu Changqing’s side and spoke. This elder was the one who had first pleaded for Liu Zhengguang, named Wu Baoru.
Liu Changqing shook his head silently, indicating he didn’t know either. Of course, they couldn’t know the reason. What cultivators did was inherently against heaven’s will, and forcibly advancing cultivation was also an act against heaven. When cultivation reached a certain level, one would naturally suffer heavenly punishment—this was the origin of tribulation crossing.
But after the white fox reached mid-stage Nascent Soul, she never cultivated again, so naturally there was no forcible advancement against heaven’s will. Heaven’s punishment naturally couldn’t find her. Her strength unknowingly reaching late-stage Tribulation Crossing was entirely thanks to that golden bead. In fact, the white fox herself found it strange—why was there no heavenly tribulation when her cultivation reached late-stage Tribulation Crossing?
“Sigh! It seems this matter must be reported to the masters in seclusion in the back mountains,” Liu Changqing sighed.
“This matter requires disturbing the masters?” Wu Baoru was slightly shocked and frowned: “Didn’t the masters say in earlier years that confining this white fox for a hundred years would be enough to release her? Previously, she didn’t want to come out herself—we can’t be blamed for that. Now that she’s come out on her own, it saves us trouble. Senior Brother, why do you still want to disturb the masters? The masters are currently at a critical moment breaking through from early to mid-stage Tribulation Crossing. We just disturbed them not long ago because of the Great Luo Sect matter. To go again now—wouldn’t that be inappropriate?”
Liu Changqing formed hand seals and shot out four white lights toward the four pillars of the pavilion. Purple electricity coursed over the pillars, revealing four spirit talismans. Liu Changqing formed more hand seals and shouted: “Collect!”
The four spirit talismans turned into four purple lights that shot into Liu Changqing’s sleeve. After completing this, he turned to look at everyone and shook his head:
“Junior Brother, you only know one thing but not the other. The white fox spirit killed indiscriminately in worldly affairs—her crime deserves death. But the master imprisoned her not for any other reason, but because the master saw at that time that this white fox would surely break through to late-stage Nascent Soul within a hundred years. So he made an agreement with the white fox: if she wanted to leave this imprisonment after a hundred years, she would have to swear to join our Azure Light Sect. Otherwise, she would remain imprisoned until she agreed. Sigh! The master did this to give our Azure Light Sect one more expert. Who would have thought that now…”
The elders looked at each other—apparently, none of them knew the inside story and had all been misled by the well-known rumors.
Wu Baoru sighed: “The master truly went to great lengths for Azure Light Sect, even making plans for a hundred years later.”
Liu Changqing nodded, then suddenly seemed to remember something. He frowned and said to Wu Baoru:
“There’s another matter that requires Junior Brother’s attention. Elder Hao’s disciple Yue Qianchou has no cultivation bones yet can cultivate—it’s truly incomprehensible. This matter must be clarified. I’ll trouble Junior Brother with this. Junior Brother, remember—you must find out the truth!”
The tone of the last sentence was somewhat sinister, its implications worth pondering.
“Yes! Junior Brother must find out!”
“Senior Brother! We’re counting on you!” When the others heard it was this matter, they all chimed in together.
Wu Baoru laughed heartily: “I understand. I won’t fail the sect leader and all senior and junior brothers’ trust.”
For a group of people to be so concerned about something, it naturally related to their personal interests. If the mystery surrounding Yue Qianchou could really be solved, these people’s descendants in the mortal world who lacked cultivation bones could openly join Azure Light Sect to cultivate. This was exactly what everyone hoped for.
The white fox, holding her ancient qin, looked around this space of nearly a thousand meters in amazement. Although she had heard Yue Qianchou mention it before, seeing it for the first time still inevitably surprised her.
She couldn’t imagine that inside this small golden bead there could be such a large space. It was quite similar to the storage bags used by cultivators, but storage bags obviously couldn’t have such large spaces, nor could they allow someone like Yue Qianchou to plant flowers and grass inside while raising small animals.
According to Yue Qianchou, this place also had day and night cycles. If it weren’t for the purple chaos surrounding the edges, it would be almost no different from the outside world.
The white fox bent down to pick a wildflower, holding it between her delicate fingers and placing it under her nose, breathing in the long-missed fragrance. Hearing the sounds of birds chirping in her ears, her face involuntarily broke into a charming smile. Her beautiful eyes surveyed the surroundings, clearly very pleased with this place.
Suddenly, she heard clanging sounds. Looking back, she saw Yue Qianchou holding a sword, busily working around an exposed boulder. She moved with lotus steps and walked over to ask:
“Brother Chou! What are you doing?”
“Making a stone coffin for master.” As he spoke, his long sword sent stone chips flying.
The white fox frowned slightly and reached out her hand: “Give me the sword.”
“Hm?” Yue Qianchou was startled and handed the sword to the white fox without understanding why.
The latter’s graceful figure unfolded, her white clothes fluttering. She tossed the ancient qin aside where it stood in the distance, then inserted the long sword under the boulder and gently lifted.
The boulder, nearly ten feet in diameter, rolled up into the air—she had lifted it with a single sword stroke as if it weighed nothing. Seeing her effortless manner, the former was dumbfounded.
As the long sword danced, “Whoosh! Whoosh…” several sword lights shot toward the boulder tumbling in mid-air, cutting like a knife through tofu—there was almost no sound at all. Then a black shadow fell, and the white fox gently extended her sword to catch the stone pillar, which had become smooth on all six sides, and slowly placed it on the ground.
She withdrew the long sword, and her white sleeve traced an arc of light. A thick stone slab flew off the pillar and fell to the ground.
If Yue Qianchou still couldn’t see what the white fox was doing now, he might as well bash his head against a wall and die. This fox spirit sister was clearly seeing that he was working too hard and had stepped in to help.
“Stop!” Hearing his voice, the white fox was startled.
Yue Qianchou came over and took the sword from her hand, shaking his head: “I thank sister for your kind intentions, but master’s stone coffin should be made by me, his disciple, personally.”
After speaking, he climbed onto the stone pillar and began chiseling away with clanging sounds.
The white fox frowned, knowing he wanted to show filial respect, but with his cultivation level, light strikes couldn’t dig through while heavy strikes might damage the stone. At his current pace, who knew how long it would take to hollow out the stone pillar into a coffin.
Looking somewhat helpless, the white fox reached into the fragrant pouch at her waist and pulled out a pair of black gloves, saying: “Catch!”
Yue Qianchou caught them with a wave of his hand and asked puzzledly: “What for?”
The white fox said helplessly: “My fox clan naturally prefers cave dwelling. These are magical treasures passed down by my clan’s ancestors, called ‘Mountain-Piercing Claws.’ Wearing them, no matter how hard the stone, nothing can stop you from tunneling through mountains and digging caves. There’s another benefit to wearing these—they can sense the density of spiritual energy. Therefore, my clan’s ancestors often used these to find places with rich spiritual energy to dig caves and live. After you put them on, just inject true qi to use them.”
