Heavenly Fox Nail and Moonlight Evasion

The ordinary people in Golden Wind Hall had almost never faced him directly, but Painter Lu was different.

This person had interacted with him before, and they were a pair of bad people, a bad Yao. Who knew if Golden Wind Divine King would find them? How could Gu Zhao let them live?

After killing Painter Lu and the painted Yao, he indeed reaped quite a bit of malevolent energy.

Gu Zhao recited a passage from the Scripture for Delivering Beings, then directly used his mana to erase the souls from the remaining scrolls, letting them dissipate into the world, before quietly leaving Xiu Yue County.

A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. It was suitable to return to the mountain village and hide for now.

He had killed another Golden Wind Dharma Protector and stolen an incense statue. Golden Wind Divine King might even come personally. Gu Zhao wouldn't stay at the scene of the crime to watch the results.

As the sun set, He Xiuniang, having finished a day's work, brought Bai Ke to the village entrance. Leaning against the large tree at the entrance, she gazed blankly at the distant official road.

"Stop looking. He's only been gone for more than ten days, he won't be back that quickly." Bai Ke, lying on Xiuniang's shoulder, yawned lazily.

"I know. Anyway, I have nothing to do right now, so I just came to look." Xiuniang was a little worried. "Do you think Young Master will be in danger?"

"How would I know?" Bai Ke pouted. Seeing Xiuniang's serious expression, he still said, "The three Dharma Protectors of the Golden Wind Sect couldn't even take three moves from him. As long as he doesn't go to the prefectural city to provoke powerful figures, ordinary demons and ghosts are no match for him."

"Are all the powerful people in the prefectural city?" Xiuniang asked.

"Not necessarily." Bai Ke licked his lips. "Those who cultivate the divine path are basically in the city or nearby. They pay attention to their image. But those who eat flesh and blood or cultivate bitterly mostly choose the wilderness. The Great Ning Dynasty is declining, the Profound Might Divine Sect is not what it used to be, and the Spiritual Court is short-handed, but they still have some deterrent power."

Having cultivated with Bai Ke for many days, Xiuniang had a general understanding of the cultivation world. She asked now, "Those who cultivate the divine path, doesn't the Profound Might Divine Sect not manage them? Didn't the imperial court forbid evil gods and licentious sacrifices?"

"Because they can't manage them all! As long as they don't wipe out the yamen, and still acknowledge it as Great Ning territory, it's tacitly accepted. It's probably equivalent to enfeoffing lords, right?" Bai Ke pondered.

Xiuniang nodded as if she understood, and praised, "You know so much!"

Bai Ke wagged his tail, proudly saying, "Of course. I have Heavenly Fox bloodline, naturally intelligent, so I know a lot."

"Then when can you transform into human form?" Xiuniang asked expectantly.

"Soon, soon." Bai Ke began to count on his claws. "As long as you cultivate well, I can be in... one... two... three..."

"Young Master!?"

While Bai Ke was still calculating, Xiuniang had already exclaimed and rushed forward, almost making Bai Ke stumble. He grabbed Xiuniang's collar with force, and finally stopped steadily on her shoulder.

"Hmm? He's back already?" Bai Ke also saw Gu Zhao approaching and immediately looked at his hands.

Upon seeing the familiar white transparent bag, containing two white transparent boxes, and the white transparent boxes filled with goodies, he revealed a knowing smile.

"Ying ying ying!"

Bai Ke's fox eyes narrowed into slits. He smiled and walked closer with Xiuniang, then sniffed, catching a sweet aroma.

"Mmm, it's Dongpo pork and five-spice roasted chicken!"

"Is Young Master's business finished?" Xiuniang came to Gu Zhao's side, took the plastic bag from his hand, and walked with him towards the village.

"Mmm, it's considered half done." Gu Zhao said carefully, "I'll stay in the village for a few days, then I have to go out again."

Xiuniang bit her lip. "Mmm..."

"Young Master, come with me!"

After dinner, before it got completely dark, Xiuniang pulled Gu Zhao into the woods not far behind the village.

"What's wrong?"

Gu Zhao's eyes narrowed, extremely vigilant. This young girl's face was flushed, her expression excited, and her actions secretive. Pulling him into the small woods, what was she scheming?

He wasn't a casual person!

Even if he were to enter a small woods, it would have to be with Jiang Shishi or Xiao Ya, who met his aesthetic standards.

Sigh, speaking of them... If his Heavenly Dipper Talisman really cured Xiao Ya's grandfather, and she realized his extraordinary nature and wanted to pledge herself to him, how should he respond?

Seeing the smile on Gu Zhao's lips, Xiuniang was also happy. "Young Master, you've agreed?"

"Ah?" Gu Zhao looked bewildered.

"Young Master, look!" Xiuniang's delicate voice fell, and with a flip of her palm, a white nail about an inch long appeared in her palm.

With a wave of her hand, the nail turned into a white stream of light and shot out, hitting a small tree ten feet away with a "bang," then circled around and flew back into her hand.

"Eh?" Gu Zhao raised his eyebrows in surprise. He hadn't expected that in less than half a month, Xiuniang would already have a little mana.

"This is Little White's Heavenly Fox Nail. It was refined using her fur. A total of three were refined, and she gave me one." Xiuniang handed the Heavenly Fox Nail to Gu Zhao.

"Ying ying!" Bai Ke raised its head proudly.

Gu Zhao didn't look at the nail or Bai Ke. Instead, he turned back and carefully examined the small tree, as well as the small hole in the center of the trunk, which was about two fingers wide.

"It's still Small-leaf Sandalwood... This one nail, isn't that hundreds of thousands gone?"

Gu Zhao clicked his tongue and then took the nail.

The nail was cloud white, feeling neither like metal nor iron. It seemed to be condensed from many fine white threads, yet its form was solid. Gu Zhao applied a little force but couldn't bend it.

Judging from how it instantly penetrated the tree trunk without stopping, its impact and penetration power were not small.

"The last time you fought that Golden Wind Sect protector, did you use this?" Gu Zhao asked.

Bai Ke nodded its foxy head. "Yes, I did."

"Not bad, quite powerful." Gu Zhao returned the Heavenly Fox Nail to Xiuniang.

It's like carrying a Desert Eagle around!

"Little White said that it's faster to cultivate at the beginning," Xiuniang couldn't help but reveal the truth. "It gets slower and slower later on."

"Everyone's the same," Gu Zhao chuckled.

Whether in reality or in novels, everyone cultivates slower and slower. It's normal to get stuck later on, even for geniuses. That's why diligent effort and progress bar systems are considered cheat skills.

Otherwise, if all geniuses had sudden epiphanies and ascended overnight without any obstacles, there would be no need for those cheats.

Encouraged by Gu Zhao, Xiuniang became invigorated. "There's more, Young Master, look!"

Xiuniang looked up at the moon in the sky, then channeled all her mana. Her entire body flickered, and she suddenly moved... two meters away.

This time, Gu Zhao was truly stunned. "Teleportation?"

"Hehehe, shocked, aren't you? Can't do that, right?" Bai Ke shook its head, looking smug.

Gu Zhao glanced at Bai Ke. "So, you can pass through walls and travel a thousand miles in an instant?"

Bai Ke's face instantly fell. "No, this is called Moonlight Evasion. I can only use the power of moonlight to move quickly within my line of sight, and it consumes a lot of mana. It's for saving my life."

After a long explanation, Gu Zhao realized this wasn't teleportation and couldn't traverse space. It was simply rapid movement.

But it was still very strong. With enough mana, wouldn't this be like 'shrinking the ground into an inch'?

Gu Zhao rubbed his hands and chuckled. "Can I learn it?"