"Fox! Are you a Fox Demon seeking revenge?!"
Seeing Nanshan Weng in this state, Li Rubi's mind suddenly cleared, and an old memory surfaced.
It had been more than ten years ago, when he was a young scholar, full of ambition.
Back then, Li Rubi was seventeen. He had just passed the Talented Scholar exam and was traveling through Caozhou with his sword at his side.
Passing through a small mountain village, he saw that the villagers worshipped at a "Fox Immortal Temple." They even offered incense and Blood Food. He immediately flew into a rage and shouted, "This is an evil, licentious shrine! I'll tear it down and rid the people of this scourge!"
He bore his Lineage's Dragon Fortune and was a Talented Scholar of the state, with great fortune behind him. Ordinary spirits and gods could only keep their distance.
That night, Li Rubi dreamed of an old man who called himself an old fox. The man begged him for mercy and asked for three days to move his entire clan away, promising to repay him afterward.
Li Rubi was a ruthless man too. He agreed at once, but the next day secretly summoned the patrolmen and constables. Bringing the county magistrate's seal, he shut down the Fox Immortal Temple, then set it ablaze. The little shrine was reduced to ashes on the spot, and a foul stench filled the air. They even found plenty of dead foxes.
That night, he dreamed again. The old man came back dressed in mourning clothes and shouted furiously, "You gave your word and broke it, slaughtering my entire clan! You'll get what's coming to you one day!"
Li Rubi only sneered and shouted, "I'll kill you too!"
In the dream, he drew his sword and killed the old man.
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