Zhang Xiao leaned over curiously. One glance was all it took to send him into a violent coughing fit.
Holy crap!
Through the Bagua Mirror, he saw two pointed, triangular ears sprouting from the head of Professor Lupin's otherwise normal soul, along with a fluffy tail behind him.
"Cough, cough, cough..."
Wait, Professor Lupin... this...
"Just as I thought!" Li Qingshu said delightedly. "So that really is it. Who would have thought Western werewolves worked like this?"
Zhang Chengdao nodded too, his face thoughtful.
"Indeed. Though we still don't know why."
Seeing the curiosity on Zhang Xiao's face, Li Qingshu smiled and explained:
"Xiao Xiao, beings that can turn into animals or humans, that possess demonic energy yet look no different from ordinary people-we have those in Huaxia too..."
Her expression grew a little more serious.
"For example... the Tushan clan!
"The women of Tushan can take either fox or human form. Their daughters are invariably fox maidens, but boys born as foxes are extremely rare-the exact opposite of werewolves.
"And just like your teacher, they appear completely human under any conventional examination. Only special methods involving a mirror reveal any clues.
"All we can say is that they're remarkably similar. We don't know the reason."
The Tushan clan?
Zhang Xiao frowned in thought for a moment, then asked in confusion:
"Yu the Great's wife, Tushan Jiao?"
"Yes."
"But isn't the story about the Tushan clan having nine tails just a legend? Wasn't the nine-tailed fox simply their tribal totem?"
Zhang Chengdao asked in astonishment:
"Who said that?"
"Well, obviously-" Zhang Xiao opened his mouth, then suddenly realized something. The idea that the nine-tailed fox was merely the Tushan tribe's totem was a modern conjecture. There wasn't even any way to verify it. Most importantly, modern researchers had already excluded