A Tibetan fox hung from a tree, bound in a tortoiseshell pattern of rope, with nothing left to live for.
I can't make a sound. If those old fellows cultivating in seclusion here see me like this, I'll never be able to hold my head up as a fox again. My dignity as a Tribulation Transcendence expert will be gone!
I can't make a sound. I let myself be tied up willingly. I just thought it would be fun!
The Tibetan fox silently hypnotized himself, not daring to move a muscle. Every movement tightened the rope and made his family jewels hurt a little more.
The Tibetan fox wept inside, but his face remained blank and vacant.
Thank goodness for that dopey square face. Even when towering waves raged within him, not a trace of emotion showed on it.
"Eldest Senior Brother, will I be able to learn profound Daoist arts like this someday?" Hu Tutu's voice drifted over from a distance.
In desperation, the Tibetan fox could only play dead.
"Oh, Tutu really did catch a fox... holy shit! A square-faced Tibetan fox! What's one of these doing in a forest?" Ouyang stared at the square-faced Tibetan fox playing dead in surprise. He was about to step forward for a closer look, but stopped short.
Name: Hu Yan (Eight-Tailed Spirit Fox) Cultivation: Tribulation Transcendence Stage One Root Bone: 8 Charm: 0.5 Luck: 1.5 Aptitude: Wood attribute bonus Exclusive skill: Eight-Tailed Spirit Fox Form Evaluation: Looks aren't everything, but they account for eighty or ninety percent.
Ouyang raised an eyebrow at the status panel before him. A Spirit Fox at the Tribulation Transcendence stage?
He glanced at Hu Tutu beside him. Was this a hidden guard tasked with protecting his little junior sister from the shadows?
Had the Demon Race become wealthy enough to assign a Tribulation Transcendence expert to protect a little girl?
But Hu Tutu looked bewildered, giving no sign that she knew this Tibetan fox.
"Eldest Senior Brother, is this really a fox? He's so ugly!" Hu Tutu pointed at the Tibetan fox.
Ouyang nodded and replied, "He's a kind of fox too. He might be a little ugly, but he's absolutely a genuine fox."
Listening to their conversation, the Tibetan fox ground his teeth in hatred. If he hadn't been immobilized, he would have cut these two juniors who dared discuss him into a thousand pieces!
He hated people discussing his appearance more than anything!
Ouyang worried that once he untied the Tibetan fox, the fox might suddenly unleash a Qi Burst and hurt someone. He wasn't afraid of the fox himself, but he couldn't protect Hu Tutu behind him at the same time.
"Tutu, stay here. I'll go get him down!" Ouyang said.
After Hu Tutu obediently agreed, Ouyang walked up to the Tibetan fox and untied the rope around him.
This rope was the Immortal-Binding Lock his master had given him. Supposedly, as long as he kept feeding True Qi into it, it could restrain even an immortal.
Most importantly, there was no cultivation requirement. Even an ordinary mortal could use it!
It was a perfect fit for someone like him, who was only at the Qi Refining stage and couldn't wield magical treasures!
The instant Ouyang untied the rope, the bound Tibetan fox snapped his eyes open.
Heaven and earth froze in an instant as the pressure unique to a Tribulation Transcendence expert descended.
"Brat! How dare you... Ow, ow, ow!" The Tibetan fox had just begun threatening Ouyang when Ouyang grabbed him by the throat with one hand and pinned him to the ground, making him cry out in pain.
"Keep your voice down. Don't think I don't know who you are, Hu Yan. Try anything, and I'll turn you into a fox-fur coat!" Ouyang threatened chillingly.
Holy shit! Hu Yan lay pinned firmly to the ground, utterly bewildered. This brat had actually called out his real name!
A mighty Tribulation Transcendence expert like him had been pinned to the ground by a human brat, unable to move.
He had intended to mobilize the True Essence in his body, only to discover that the youth's True Qi had it firmly suppressed inside his dantian, unable to budge!
He was a great cultivator at the Tribulation Transcendence stage!
Tribulation Transcendence!
One of the strongest beings in this world!
Yet before this youth, he couldn't even fight back!
Could this youth be some ten-thousand-year-old undying geezer who had come out to play among mortals?
Good heavens! I've spent my days pretending to be a pig to eat tigers, only to run into someone who can pretend even better than me!
Hu Yan was certain that the youth before him was a ten-thousand-year-old monster in disguise!
Otherwise, as someone already at the Tribulation Transcendence stage, he couldn't possibly lack even the strength to fight back.
Could this old monster before him have already reached that legendary realm?
Pinned to the ground, Hu Yan was shaken to his core. He immediately said in a humble voice, "Senior, this junior understands. Please show mercy!"
"Senior?" Ouyang was a little bewildered by Hu Yan's behavior, but still said, "I won't make things difficult for you. Since you're at the Tribulation Transcendence stage, you're probably an Attendant of the Azure Cloud Sect, right? Play with the little fox behind me, and I'll let you go. Otherwise, I'll obliterate your soul!"
Although Ouyang was only at the Qi Refining stage and didn't even know what a soul was, if this Tibetan fox dared resist again, he could always scatter his ashes.
Was the Tribulation Transcendence stage supposed to be strong?
Which of the attendant elders living in seclusion here hadn't he beaten up?
The pinned Tibetan fox nodded repeatedly. Only then did Ouyang pick him up and walk toward Hu Tutu with a smile.
"Look, Tutu. This is a fox from the Azure Cloud Sect!" Ouyang waved the Tibetan fox in front of Hu Tutu.
To prove that this Tibetan fox was genuine, Ouyang even deliberately exposed his family jewels for Hu Tutu to see.
The gesture was no different from showing a little girl an adults-only scene. Hu Tutu screamed in embarrassment!
"Ahem, ahem." Only then did Ouyang remember that Hu Tutu was a fox herself. What he'd just done was indeed rather indecent.
The light had vanished from Hu Yan's eyes as he dangled in Ouyang's hand. He had completely lost face before one of his own clansmen.
And a direct descendant carrying the bloodline of the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox, no less!
Hu Yan gazed at the sun with dead-fish eyes, thinking without a ripple of emotion, Ah, the sunlight really is especially blinding today!
"Eldest Senior Brother, he's so ugly! Heehee, but he's ugly-cute! He's pretty adorable!" Hu Tutu gingerly reached out a finger and poked Hu Yan's fur, giggling.
She had never seen this kind of fox on Green Mound Mountain. Seeing one for the first time was quite a novelty.
Hu Yan's ears twitched at Hu Tutu's words, and his dead-fish eyes turned toward the member of his clan before him.
For the first time in a thousand years, someone from his clan had called him cute!
When the Tibetan fox looked at her, his ugly-cute square face instantly struck a chord with the little fox's peculiar aesthetic tastes.
Hu Tutu held out her hands to Ouyang. "Eldest Senior Brother, Eldest Senior Brother, let me hold him!"
Only after giving Hu Yan a warning look did Ouyang hand him over to Hu Tutu.
Hu Tutu struggled to hold Hu Yan, who was almost as tall as she was. As she stroked his sleek fur, the closeness she felt through their bloodlines filled her with delight.
"He doesn't look nice at first glance, but the more I look, the cuter he gets!" Hu Tutu said, cherishing him as though she had received a new toy.
Ouyang gave his little junior sister a strange look. He truly couldn't understand her taste.
But Hu Tutu's next words put Ouyang in a difficult position.
Hu Tutu looked pleadingly at Ouyang and said:
"Eldest Senior Brother, let's take him back to Little Mountain Peak and keep him!"
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