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Roughly dozens of breaths later, in an icy forest some distance from the Nameless Village camp, Hu Zu slowly revealed his true form.
He stepped out like a splendid prince. His clothes, hat, gold lock, brocade pouch... every piece proclaimed his extraordinary origins. Each one was a Curio, though their style was completely different from those of the New Continent, Old Continent, and even the Southern Continent.
Of course, strictly speaking, every continent had a different supernatural system, which gave rise to all manner of styles.
These differences had also spawned some special professions, such as bards, traveling merchants, and adventurers.
Hu Zu was naturally none of those. He was a fox demon from the Everlasting Celestial Dynasty, and in all likelihood, the prince of the so-called Ancestral Mound Fox Tribe. He had deliberately infiltrated the Investigation Team, presumably to plot for the scraps of flesh left behind by the Master within the Dragon Nest.
He wanted to become stronger in order to save his sister, who had been forced into a political marriage, as well as his oppressed tribe.
What Tang Qi was curious about was what Curio had guided him across the long, harsh border from the distant Everlasting Celestial Dynasty into this true Land of Bitter Cold, the Slavic States known as the Kingdom of Bitter Winter.
The unexpected answer appeared soon enough.
Hu Zu gently exhaled and looked up at the heavens, completely obscured by dark clouds. Then he suddenly moved.
He began to dance. There was no ritual, no bonfire prepared beforehand, and no objects set in place. He simply began dancing beneath the gloomy night sky.
As he danced, one snow-white tail after another, flowing with dim light, emerged. Soon,