The Little Fox Stealing Roast Chicken

Xu Yan waited for Qin Yudie's excitement to subside before asking, "Miss Qin, are there people whose physiques are naturally strong and suited for cultivation?"

He still remembered Jiang Li's performance yesterday. If Jiang Li could become a cultivator, it would be a cause for great joy.

Upon hearing Xu Yan's question, Qin Yudie was startled. She secretly wondered if she had done something wrong that had upset the esteemed Senior Xu by mentioning cultivation, otherwise, why would he bring up such a topic out of the blue?

However, seeing that Xu Yan didn't seem angry, she relaxed and answered based on her understanding: "There are such people. Some have special physiques, and some are naturally close to the Great Dao. For these individuals, cultivation becomes twice as effective with half the effort."

Xu Yan nodded upon hearing this and remained silent.

He didn't know if Jiang Li possessed a special physique or was naturally close to the Great Dao. Whether Jiang Li would cultivate or not ultimately depended on him, so Xu Yan didn't intend to interfere too much.

"Senior Xu, what's wrong?"

Seeing Xu Yan's silence, Qin Yudie grew increasingly nervous.

If she had somehow angered Senior Xu, not only would her grandfather scold her to death, but she wouldn't forgive herself either.

Xu Yan waved his hand and said, "It's nothing, I just suddenly remembered something."

Then, he put away the chess pieces. It was his rule to play at most five games with Qin Yudie each day; otherwise, if she kept playing with him, she would drive him mad.

Qin Yudie looked at Xu Yan, her cheeks slightly flushed, and said, "Senior Xu, my twentieth birthday is in a few days. I'd like to invite you to my birthday banquet."

She really wanted Xu Yan to attend her birthday banquet, but she also understood that as a hidden master, Xu Yan probably wouldn't enjoy such events.

Therefore, she asked with only a sliver of hope.

Xu Yan replied, "If I have nothing else planned that day, I will attend."

He wasn't truly interested in birthday banquets, but since the young lady had sincerely invited him, it wouldn't hurt to go if he had the time.

Qin Yudie exclaimed with delight, "That's wonderful! I'll come pick you up then. I'll take my leave for today, Senior Xu."

With that, she hurried out of the small shop, as if afraid Xu Yan would change his mind.

"This girl is quite peculiar," Xu Yan chuckled and shook his head, putting the matter out of his mind.

He thought about it carefully and realized he hadn't eaten anything good in a while. He got up, preparing to buy some roast chicken to treat himself.

Xu Yan walked to a roast chicken shop and called out, "Boss Wang, one roast chicken."

The roast chicken here was the best in the surrounding few streets. He used to buy it every few days.

Recently, with Qin Yudie coming to play chess with him every day, it had been over a week since his last visit.

Boss Wang, knowing Xu Yan always took his food to go, packed it up for him immediately and said with a smile, "Divine Doctor Xu, it's been a while since you last visited."

Xu Yan took the roast chicken and placed twenty copper coins on the table. "I've been a bit busy lately, encountered some strange people."

After speaking, he glanced at the roast chicken, already salivating.

Boss Wang pocketed the money without counting it and said, "There have been many strange people in Tianren City lately. I heard there are even some dangerous individuals with unknown origins. Divine Doctor Xu, you must be careful tonight and make sure your doors and windows are securely locked."

Xu Yan nodded and walked back with the roast chicken.

Before he reached home, he spotted a little fox lying in a street corner.

Xu Yan approached and saw that the little fox had no external injuries. He squatted down to check on its condition.

If it could be saved, he wouldn't mind lending a hand.

Just then, the little fox suddenly opened its eyes and bit down on the roast chicken.

Its sharp teeth pierced the bag holding the chicken and sank into the meat.

Startled by the fox's sudden action, Xu Yan shook the roast chicken and exclaimed, "Damn it, let go! This is my roast chicken, not for you!"

A moment later, he stopped what he was doing because the little fox had already torn off a chicken leg along with the bag.

The little fox devoured the chicken leg, finishing the entire thing in no time.

Then, it looked up at the roast chicken in Xu Yan's hand, licking its lips.

"Still not full?" Xu Yan was surprised by the large appetite of the small fox and said helplessly, "Fine, since you've already bitten this half, I can't eat it anymore. I'll share half with you."

He tore the roast chicken in half, placed the half with the bitten leg on the bag, and offered it to the little fox before starting to eat his own half.

The little fox looked at Xu Yan, then at the half roast chicken in front of it, and began to eat as well.

Thus, a peculiar scene unfolded on the street: in a corner, a man as handsome as jade, dressed in snow-white robes, was sharing roast chicken with a little fox, each eating their own half.

After finishing the roast chicken, Xu Yan started walking back towards his shop.

He stopped after a few steps because the little fox was following him.

He turned to look at the little fox and, regardless of whether it could understand, said, "Why are you following me? I don't have any more roast chicken."

The little fox blinked its large eyes and thought, I'm following you because I have nowhere else to go. Also, I'm full, I don't need roast chicken anymore.

It was not an ordinary fox, but a fox demon that had fled here while being chased by other demons.

Having exhausted its spiritual energy and being extremely hungry, it couldn't maintain its human form and had reverted to its true form.

Now, it couldn't even transform back. If it did, it would surely terrify anyone who witnessed it.

Furthermore, the demons who were chasing it had also arrived in Tianren City. Maintaining its true form was actually a better way to hide, for example, by pretending to be an ordinary fox and entering a human's home as a pet to slowly recover its spiritual energy.

Xu Yan and the Little Fox stared at each other for a moment. He said helplessly, "Forget it. You won't understand me anyway. If you really want to follow me, then do so. I'm already raising a green-shelled turtle, so I don't mind raising another Little Fox."

After speaking, he walked all the way back to the What Are You Looking At Small Shop, and the Little Fox, Su Jiuer, followed him into the shop.

Before entering the shop, Su Jiuer still thought Xu Yan was just an ordinary mortal. After entering the small shop, she realized how ridiculously wrong she was.

The rules of the endless Great Dao manifested in the outer hall, and ancient, wild sword intent appeared, attacking her.

And then... she fainted.

"What's going on? Fainting as soon as she came in." Xu Yan found it a bit strange when the Little Fox collapsed on the ground as soon as she entered.

Could it be that she ate too much and got overstuffed?

Serves her right! Who told you, a Little Fox, to eat so much? Now you're suffering the consequences!