A Large Chunk of Experience

Thinking of this, Zhang Chen's heart stirred. He recalled how the fox spirit had been trapped by Wang Wu, almost skinned and made into a fur collar. His heart moved, Could it be... the fox spirit was severely injured and couldn't use her demonic arts, so she risked Soul Projection to move things? Or is there some other reason?

Zhang Chen now stood before the crack in the wall, staring at it for a long time, hesitant and extremely wary, unsure whether to continue watching. He was truly curious about demons and wanted to take this opportunity to see the fox spirit's true nature.

Besides, if he didn't look, it would seem like he had a guilty conscience!

If he did look, he was afraid of further angering the fox spirit.

Zhang Chen hesitated for a moment, then decided to pry open the crack and secretly peek. Since the fox spirit had already noticed his actions, it would be worse not to continue peeking, as it would reveal his weakness to the fox spirit.

Zhang Chen carefully pushed aside the sand and dirt and looked through the crack. He saw the white-furred civet next door still lying in its nest, while a slightly ethereal White-Clad Girl was listlessly handling a wild chicken in her hand, muttering curses, "Damn bad guy, damn mortal, you actually hurt NanNan. NanNan will never let you go. NanNan will punish you on behalf of justice."

"This old lady finally reached the realm of Soul Projection, Night Wandering, Day Wandering, Object Manipulation, and Possession, and was about to Manifest, but was injured by your bastard Golden Light, losing who knows how much cultivation! You bastard truly deserve to die!" The girl grumbled angrily in her heart, even referring to herself as "this old lady" instead of "Grandma."

"However, this kid's Golden Light is so powerful, it can be used to my advantage. I dug up a page of a Golden Book in that large tomb before. There's a troublesome fellow in that large tomb..." The girl's eyes darted around, as if she had thought of something, and a hint of cunning flashed in her eyes.

The girl's movements were quick, as if she was venting her anger on the wild chicken. Before long, the chicken's feathers were plucked clean, and then the girl began to make stewed chicken with rice, muttering curses.

While cooking, the girl turned her head to look at the crack in the wall, a hint of cunning in her eyes. The next moment, as if by accident, she flicked the chicken meat, and a drop of scalding hot water shot straight towards the crack.

Zhang Chen was caught off guard. Before he could close his eyes, he let out a scream and fell to the ground, then painfully covered his mouth, not daring to cry out. He rolled on the ground in pain, constantly cursing in his heart, This damn fox spirit did it on purpose! She's deliberately retaliating against me!

After a long time, the pain stopped. Zhang Chen opened his swollen eyes. Although that eye wasn't blind, his vision was blurry, clearly scalded.

It wasn't without gain. At least I know some of this fox spirit's details. In the past, the fox spirit's soul looked like a real person, but now it looks like an ethereal wild ghost. Clearly, she was severely injured by my Golden Light before. Zhang Chen felt a bit more confident. He was no longer a weakling with no means of self-preservation against this fox spirit.

But the fox spirit's ability to manipulate objects with her soul still left Zhang Chen with lingering fears. This time she could throw a water ladle, next time she could throw a cleaver. Especially since her soul could pass through matter, it was impossible to guard against.

Fine, for the skill points, I'll endure it, Grandpa!

Zhang Chen muttered to himself, his ego already inflated to the point where he considered himself the fox spirit's grandfather.

Of course, Zhang Chen hadn't considered running away, taking the opportunity to escape the fox spirit's control, and then finding a place to start a new life. It was just that he couldn't run away at all! When Zhang Chen first discovered the fox spirit causing trouble, he had tried to escape, but halfway there, he 'accidentally' encountered a certain snow-white furry white fox that flashed before his eyes, and he had no choice but to scurry back. Thinking about it now, that was clearly the white fox toying with him, wanting him to be a free laborer and support her.

Invisible deterrence is the most powerful and terrifying!

Undoubtedly, Zhang Chen was scared. He knew that was the white fox's warning. From then on, Zhang Chen never ran away!

Now that Zhang Chen knew he had a slight ability to resist the fox spirit, he was immediately happy. His mood was great, and he wasn't in a hurry to fight her to the death. Now he had a cheat, as long as he quietly hid and developed, and picked up experience points to level up, he wasn't afraid of not being able to deal with the fox spirit in the future.

And the price was just supporting the fox spirit, which wasn't a big deal. Zhang Chen was known as a small hunting expert. As long as he could gain experience points, it was fine to treat the fox spirit like an ancestor.

But the tree wants to be still, yet the wind doesn't stop. Zhang Chen wanted to hide and develop, but the fox spirit wouldn't allow it.

He thought that as long as he could hunt prey, his life would settle down, but on the third day when Zhang Chen entered the mountain again, he quickly encountered a strange thing.

On this day, Zhang Chen returned from the mountain empty-handed. More than a dozen traps had yielded nothing, completely different from the usual full harvest. Just as he was about to return empty-handed, a wild chicken, which appeared from nowhere, actually crashed directly into a large tree in front of Zhang Chen, then fell to the ground, its wing bent at an unnatural angle.

Zhang Chen was overjoyed at this sight. He never expected such a good thing to come his way. Just as he was about to take advantage of the wild chicken's dizziness to catch it, the next moment he saw the wild chicken flapping its broken wing, drifting through the mountain forest.

Zhang Chen was an old hunter and knew that wild chickens' stamina couldn't last long, and with a broken wing, they couldn't fly far and would eventually fall into his hands. So he chased after it with a joyful expression.

If he didn't catch the wild chicken today, he would go hungry, so of course he couldn't let it go.

Although the wild chicken's wing was broken, it kept scurrying through the mountain grass and dead branches. Its escape speed seemed slow, maintaining a distance of only three to five meters from Zhang Chen, but at the crucial moment when Zhang Chen was about to catch it, the wild chicken would flap its wings and avoid Zhang Chen's capture, continuing to run in the mountains.

One person and one chicken chased and fled for about two hours. After the wild chicken flapped its wings again, its steps suddenly stopped, its body fell to the ground, and then it quickly burrowed into a dirt hole not far away.

"Hmm?" Zhang Chen couldn't catch up and could only watch as the wild chicken burrowed into the mud hole. The entrance to the mud hole wasn't large, about the same size as a badger's hole.

"Damn it, how did this wild chicken have such lasting stamina, running for two hours?" Zhang Chen stood at the entrance of the hole, panting, "Consider it lucky!"

Zhang Chen was muttering curses and about to turn back, but his steps suddenly stopped. His eyes looked into the dirt hole, and in the darkness, there were faint red lights flickering.

That was the light of points!

"How can there be points in the dirt hole?" Zhang Chen squatted down and looked, then he was stunned. Not only were there points inside, but there were large patches of points.

"This cave?" Zhang Chen's steps stopped. Looking at the points deep in the dirt hole, he couldn't help but hesitate.

Only places where anomalies have passed have points. Could there be an anomaly in this dirt hole? Or was that wild chicken an anomaly? Otherwise, it couldn't have run for two hours.

"Huh, there's also a fox footprint, it seems to have faded and is about to disappear." Zhang Chen stared at the mark on the ground, showing a look of surprise.

Zhang Chen wanted to leave, not wanting to cause trouble, but facing the large patches of points, he couldn't move his feet.

There were too many points inside. If he collected the points inside, his Evil-warding Golden Light would definitely upgrade, and then it would definitely be a different world.

Only when my skill level increases can I have the courage to face the fox spirit. The experience points are right in front of me now. If I don't face the current danger, I will have to face the threat of that damn fox spirit in the future. My Level 1 Evil-warding Golden Light can restrain the fox spirit's soul. If it upgrades to Level 2... Zhang Chen felt a little anticipation. Would he be able to turn over a new leaf then?

The most crucial thing was that if he collected the experience points at the entrance of the cave, his Evil-warding Golden Light was very likely to upgrade to Level 2. At that time, even if there was something strange in the cave, his Level 2 Evil-warding Golden Light might not be without a chance to restrain it.

He had to try. At worst, he could just run away if things went wrong, and he wouldn't lose anything.

"Huh, is this an antique?" Just as Zhang Chen was peeking at the experience points in the cave, he suddenly discovered an ancient coin of unknown age at the entrance of the cave. It looked quite old. The most crucial thing was that the coin was cast in pure gold and could last for billions of years without decaying.

The coin was shaped like a knife, like a small blade, completely different from the round-holed coins of the current dynasty.

What dynasty's currency is this? Could the entrance be connected to an ancient tomb? Thoughts flickered in Zhang Chen's mind, and his heart pounded. Ancient tombs were accompanied by wealth. If he could dig it open...

With both experience points and money, why wouldn't Zhang Chen do it?

Wealth is sought in danger. With the unpredictable fox spirit living next door, what could he use to resist if he didn't cultivate diligently?

Zhang Chen turned around and walked back. He was going to get a shovel.

Not long after Zhang Chen left, the wild chicken fluttered out, and a white figure emerged from the wild chicken's body, transforming into a wisp of smoke at the entrance of the cave. She looked at Zhang Chen's back from a distance, her delicate nose slightly wrinkled, "The gold coins cast by the Primordial Emperor, consider yourself lucky. This fellow is usually stingy and calculating, even arguing with Grandma NanNan over a little rice and meat. This time, I'm not afraid you won't be tempted."

Zhang Chen walked back along the original path, but he stopped when he passed the traps, because there was a roe deer in his trap.

"Things have been going so well lately! Not only did I awaken my Golden Finger, but I also got incredibly lucky and found a source of experience points. Heaven itself is helping me!" Zhang Chen felt incredibly pleased with himself. He felt like he was now the favorite child of Heaven, a true darling of fate, and that his bad luck was finally starting to dissipate.

Although excavating that ancient tomb was dangerous, it would definitely allow him to upgrade his Golden Light to the second stage, or even higher. He might even gain new skills. At that point, whether he faced the fox spirit or other strange entities, his survival rate would greatly increase.

"Fortune favors the bold! The most crucial thing is that the experience points dropped by that fox spirit are unstable. Who knows when I'll accumulate enough points to level up? And that fox spirit is very likely recovering from injuries. The faster I level up, the more advantageous it will be to deal with it." Zhang Chen's mind was buzzing with calculations.

Moreover, he had a backup plan. If he truly disturbed the strange entity in the tomb, he could divert the trouble, letting it fight the fox spirit while he reaped the benefits.

He had to try, whether it would work or not. What if the strange entity in the tomb wasn't that strong? What if there were no monsters in the tomb, but rather something peculiar like that metal page?

Zhang Chen directly cut off a deer leg and butchered it on the spot to cook. He was afraid that if he went back, he wouldn't have anything to eat.

After eating the deer leg, Zhang Chen smeared the deer blood on the trap as bait, then carried the deer back.

As soon as he reached the courtyard, he indeed saw the fox spirit squatting in front of the window next door, craning its neck expectantly towards Zhang Chen, its eyes full of anticipation. However, when it saw Zhang Chen carrying another deer into the courtyard, a look of disdain appeared on the fox spirit's face. The expression was so human-like that it startled Zhang Chen.

Especially when it saw that Zhang Chen hadn't skinned or processed it, the fox spirit's displeasure deepened. But when Zhang Chen proactively hung the deer on the wall, a look of "consider yourself lucky, kid" appeared in the fox spirit's foxy eyes, and it turned around and walked back into the house.

Zhang Chen hung the hunted food on the wall as usual, as if nothing had changed. However, this time he was willingly feeding the fox spirit!

Zhang Chen hung the deer on the wall of the east room. Soon, he saw that the deer on the wall had disappeared, and no experience points had dropped where the deer had been.

"As expected, relying solely on the fox spirit to collect experience points is very unreliable. I have to dig up that ancient tomb. If there's such good fortune outside the ancient tomb, how much more will there be inside? Upgrading my Evil-warding Golden Light a few times shouldn't be a problem, right? By then, my skills should be able to suppress the fox spirit," Zhang Chen muttered to himself.

However, thinking about how the fox spirit could manipulate objects and appear and disappear without a trace, Zhang Chen felt a bit helpless. Object Manipulation was a physical attack, and the other party was elusive. He couldn't possibly be on guard twenty-four hours a day, could he? If he failed to deal with the fox spirit, he would likely be waiting for death.

"I still need to prepare some methods in advance. When I upgrade my skills in the future, I can have more ways to restrain this damned fox spirit." Countless thoughts flashed through Zhang Chen's mind.

Zhang Chen wandered around the courtyard, picked up the shovel on the ground, and turned to walk towards the mountain.

The sun was high in the sky today, which was a good time to act. Didn't novels say that those evil spirits were afraid of the sun? Now was the perfect time for him to act.

He had already decided that from now on, he would only dig at noon, which would also reduce the danger.

Regardless of whether what the novels said was true, he had to be prepared.