After Mu Yun left.
Only then did Xiao Bai ask:
"Elder said there was a way to keep me safe in the Dao Supervision Palace. You didn't mean the Spine Gu Pill, did you?"
Yu Hu lightly brushed away the mist, sipped her tea with red lips, and only then said unhurriedly:
"The Spine Gu Pill carries the risk of being instantly killed when faced with a true expert... Here is a pill. If you can retain its medicinal power after taking it, then when you feel danger, inject spiritual pressure into it to activate the medicine. It should save your life and allow you to return safely to Hundred Herbs Peak."
With that, a brown pill the size of a fingernail appeared in Xiao Bai's hand.
"There's such a miraculous medicine? This thing has to be at least a Heaven-tier Pill, right?"
Xiao Bai exclaimed excitedly, then grabbed the pill and swallowed it.
It was sweet, with a hint of fermentation, like Alcohol-filled Chocolate.
Unexpectedly, according to the Modifier's prompt, this seemed to be merely a low-tier pill.
Its spiritual power was exceedingly thin, and the medicinal power it left behind seemed capable only of releasing some strange alcohol scent...
"Could it be a placebo?"
Xiao Bai had a bad feeling about this.
Yu Hu did not explain further.
"You'll know once you use it."
A chill rose all over Xiao Bai's body. Turning his head, he saw the projection of the Nine-Tailed Jade Fox appear on the wall again.
"Come to think of it, I've been bonded with Elder for less than half a month... Why do you trust me so much?"
He asked tentatively.
Yu Hu removed her bamboo hairpin, and her waterfall-like white hair spilled down, spreading across the mat.
The nine tails on the wall swayed.
"You saw my shadow again?"
Xiao Bai tilted his head, pretending to be surprised.
"So... I see it often?"
Only then did Yu Hu answer Xiao Bai's earlier question.
"I do not fully trust you. I merely find you interesting. Whether good or bad, you are a tribulation I cannot avoid. This is what they call fate."
With that, she raised her tea cup, finding it as sweet as wine.
"Life is but a dream. Do not betray the spring night."
At those words, Xiao Bai's scalp went numb. Knowing he could not escape the fate of being cultivation-harvested tonight, he could only raise his tea cup, use tea in place of wine, and passionately clink cups with his wife.
After draining the cup, he drowsily reached into her waterfall-like white hair, curiously feeling toward the Demoness's butt.
Xiao Bai wanted to touch the fox tail!
Smooth, rounded, cool...
No fur.
Before his hand reached her pubic bone, snowy-white fox tails suddenly appeared, stripping the two of them and binding them tightly together.
Face to face, chest pressed to chest.
Xiao Bai could not help but marvel that even examined this closely, Elder's features and skin remained flawless, beautiful enough to stir the soul.
Her usually cool and indifferent temperament, meanwhile, was greatly softened by her lush body pressed tightly against his.
Xiao Bai was having trouble breathing.
Yu Hu, however, looked entirely composed, her gaze cool yet seductive. Only a cup of tea was missing from her hand.
"Every time you discovered I was a Fox Demon, you never once worried that I might kill you."
"To die beneath a White Fox would make even a ghost a romantic one... Besides, foxes are spirit beasts that repay kindness."
Xiao Bai twisted his body, still trying to reach the fox tails. Unfortunately, his arms were not long enough, and he could only touch the soft, smooth fox butt...
Yu Hu smiled.
"When you lie, you are calmer than usual."
Xiao Bai panicked like hell. Startled, he withdrew his hand, steadied his emotions, braced her waist with both hands, and thrust his sword straight into the fox's heart.
"Lies can only represent the past. Actions alone can prove who one is in the present. Nothing in this world remains unchanged forever. That is what makes this world fun."
Before Sage Time had even arrived, Xiao Bai had prematurely turned into a philosopher. Even he had no idea what he was saying.
In any case, with the Modifier at his side, what he said was not important at all... What he did was what mattered.
Life is but a dream. Do not betray the spring night.
The next day.
Before departing, after handing over all his stored provisions last night, Xiao Bai handed over another two thousand spirit stones that morning.
These spirit stones were gift money he had received during the Sect Tour Ceremony. He kept only a little over a hundred spirit stones for emergencies.
Perhaps only by becoming a Dao Inspector could this little immortal man finally stand tall!
After bidding Yu Hu farewell, Xiao Bai flew his sword to the Discipline Hall.
The eastern cliff of Discipline Peak stood straight as a ruler, as though it had been cleaved by a sword.
Not as though—it really had been cleaved by a sword.
The one who split the mountain was called One Sword Fox.
Xiao Bai felt he might not receive a particularly warm welcome at the Discipline Hall.
Discipline Hall.
Other than five enormous pillars, its layout resembled a common courthouse where cases were heard.
Since Yu Hu had reported the matter to the sect early that morning, Sect Leader Master Chun Xiao was also present in the Discipline Hall.
The only ones receiving Xiao Bai were Master Chun Xiao and the Discipline Elder, Zhong Fuzi.
There were few people, but the ceremony was impressive.
Xiao Bai politely cupped his hands.
"Xiao Bai greets Sect Leader Senior Brother and Senior Brother Zhong Fuzi."
"No need for pleasantries. Come here."
The Discipline Elder reached out to take Xiao Bai's pulse. Only after finding no sign that he had been possessed did he breathe a sigh of relief, the sternness on his face fading by more than half.
"I thought you would consider it for a few more days."
Xiao Bai relaxed as well. For a moment, he had nearly thought the Discipline Elder was checking whether he was pregnant.
"Elder Yu Hu spends too much money refining pills. As a man, I have to earn money to support the family."
Master Chun Xiao let out a long sigh, as though he came with his own flute music.
"Since it is Junior Sister Yu Hu's decision, and it also involves an invitation from the Dao Alliance, there is little we can say."
"From the intelligence we currently have, you should not be in much danger. This move by the Dao Supervision Palace is more likely an attempt to cultivate you into an inside agent to monitor Junior Sister Yu Hu."
"As for Junior Sister Yu Hu's pill refining, the sect has never interfered these past years. We trust her character, but I personally... actually trust you more."
Xiao Bai was so moved by the Sect Leader that he nearly cried.
But on second thought, it made sense. After the heart-questioning during the Sect Tour Ceremony, the Sect Leader's trust in him was trust in his own strength.
From Xiao Bai's observation, the Sect Leader was someone worth befriending. He looked like a bootlicker, but he was actually a lone wolf with principles.
"Xiao Bai will certainly not betray Sect Leader Senior Brother's trust."
"Take this."
Master Chun Xiao signed the documents for Xiao Bai, allowing him to serve as a Dao Inspector in the Dao Alliance while remaining an elder of the Snow Flame Sect—just like himself, who still held a modest civil post at the Dao Alliance Headquarters.
Xiao Bai did not read the official document and simply tucked it into his robes.
Zhong Fuzi paced back and forth.
From the possession-and-assassination incident at the Errand Disciple Quarters, he could see that Xiao Bai harbored suspicions toward the Dao Alliance.
If such thoughts were not properly guided, they might bring about a great disaster in the future.
"Whether it is a sect, the Imperial Court, or the Dao Alliance, all strive to preserve humanity's flourishing age. There may be parasites among them, more or less, but that does not mean the order of the entire world is wrong. Do you understand?"
Xiao Bai nodded. He still intended to wait and see regarding this overly severe Discipline Elder.
"Xiao Bai understands Senior Brother's meaning."
Zhong Fuzi relaxed slightly and stopped pacing.
"That is good."
Master Chun Xiao stood with his hands behind his back, flute in hand, and added:
"If you encounter injustice and cannot decide what to do, remember what you said during the Sect Tour Ceremony. Follow your heart; there is no need to be bound by other things."
"Xiao Bai shall heed Sect Leader Senior Brother's teachings!"
Xiao Bai answered with cupped hands, then turned and left.
Sparse snow drifted down.
Outside the Discipline Hall, before the mountain gate, a Dao Alliance Skyship belonging to the Discipline Hall had already been prepared.
Traveling with Xiao Bai to the Dao Supervision Palace this time was the Discipline Hall's Chief Discipline Officer, Zhang Yufeng.
"It is getting late. Martial Uncle Xiao, please board."
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