Outside a residence in Qingqiu City, a figure silently vaulted over the wall. Rather than taking to the air, a flash of flowing light passed over his body, transforming him into Su Xiao. He strode toward the city gates, his demeanor and mannerisms identical to Su Xiao's.
He encountered several patrols of fox soldiers along the way, but no one dared inspect his identity. He swaggered straight out of the city.
After sneaking through the valley for some distance, "Su Xiao" flashed with light again and returned to his original appearance. It was Hu Bugui. He glanced back at Qingqiu City deep within the valley, then a layer of gray light enveloped him as he headed out of the valley without looking back.
Tu Shan Xue flew to the mountaintop and found it overgrown with wild grass and littered with boulders. There was no sign of any altar.
Her delicate brows furrowed slightly as she produced the jade token You Su Strategist had given her, preparing to activate it.
Suddenly, light flared from the jade token. It flew from her hand and turned into a streak of light, shooting toward a spot atop the peak.
Tu Shan Xue immediately followed it. After flying barely a dozen yards, her vision blurred, and the scenery before her abruptly shifted. She found herself appearing out of thin air atop an enormous, snow-white altar.
Thick, towering white jade pillars surrounded the altar, each carved with spiraling, intricate runes. At the top of every pillar burned a lamp that had lasted ten thousand years. Their flames were faint, yet did not flicker in the slightest...
A massive image of a Nine-Tailed Immortal Fox was carved in relief upon the altar floor.
The Nine-Tailed Immortal Fox crouched low in an attacking stance. Its nine disproportionately