Chapter 554 Talking to the Fox (Part 1)
"Meet His Majesty the Emperor of Heaven."
The archmage's plain face showed his trademark gentle smile, and he bowed his head and saluted Li Ping'an.
"Master Bo Duoli, please give me a seat if you come...move more seats."
On the side, fairies brought more than a dozen ornately decorated comfortable chairs. After the fairies bowed, they each took their seats.
After the fairies retreated, all the fairies in the hall looked at the nine-tailed fox again.
Zhao Gongming asked: "His Majesty called us to come and witness something. I don't know what it is specifically."
Li Ping'an said seriously: "The remaining soul of Donghuang Taiyi."
"Ah?" Li Dazhi stared and asked, "Where did you get this thing?"
"I used some dishonorable means."
Li Pingan said calmly:
"It was deceived from the Nine-tailed Fox, and it also stopped Grandmaster Hongjun's plan against the Nine-tailed Fox. It can be regarded as a mistake.
"The remnant soul of Donghuang Taiyi is related to the Chaos Bell, and the Chaos Bell is one of the few treasures in heaven and earth. In order to prevent everyone from being suspicious of our heavenly court, I have invited you all to be witnesses.
"In the current catastrophe, if we want to gain a chance of survival, the only way is to unite sincerely and reduce grudges.
"You don't need to ask any more questions. I don't know the details. The nine-tailed fox has not been interrogated yet."
Guangchengzi shook his fly whisk, cupped his hands and said, "Thank you for your trust, Your Majesty."
"Uncle, you're welcome," Li Ping'an said, "Let's stop chatting and get to the point...Nine-tailed fox, Cuihua? Raise your head."
"yes."
The nine-tailed fox stood up slowly, looking lonely, with a bit of helplessness and bitterness on his beautiful face.
She whispered: "Your Majesty, does it have to be so grand?"
"It's really cruel for you to reveal your heartache in public."
Li Pingan said slowly:
"But as compensation, I can promise you that even if there are major crimes in your confession, the biggest punishment for you later will be banning and imprisonment.
"If there are no new crimes in your truthful confession, the Heavenly Court will not convict you. I will personally provide you with protection. After all, the evil deeds you committed in ancient times have been punished by being banned for hundreds of thousands of years." ”
There was a little more smile in the eyes of the nine-tailed fox: "Is this considered a favor to me by Your Majesty?"
"Well," Li Ping'an nodded, "in order to let you have less worries.
"But Your Majesty, I just want to..."
"The enmity between Donghuang Taiyi and the Wu clan is too deep," Li Ping'an said. "Unless fellow Taoist Houtu speaks out, I cannot protect his remaining soul, nor can I save it."
Tears filled the eyes of the nine-tailed fox: "Then if I say this, I will completely kill him. How can I say that?"
Taishang Laojun, who was sitting at the front of the audience, heard this and said slowly:
"Your Majesty is kind, so if you take the opportunity to speak to me, Heaven does not want to use force on you. It does not mean that it cannot use force on you."
The Queen Mother said: "Don't be ignorant of praise."
The nine-tailed fox raised his head and stared at Li Ping'an, mostly begging.
Li Ping'an thought for a moment and said slowly: "The remnant soul of Donghuang Taiyi is in you, right?"
"yes."
"While you were banned, you often used a ray of your soul to go out and kill your people to survive, right?"
"That's not seizing the body," the nine-tailed fox said, "I have a secret method that can allow people of the Sky Fox clan to become pregnant by sensing the power of my soul. If my soul doesn't go away, the fetus will grow on its own."
Li Ping'an said: "If my prediction is correct, this secret method is to keep the remnant soul of Donghuang Taiyi alive."
The nine-tailed fox pursed his lips tightly.
Li Pingan said:
"This is definitely not seizing one's body.
"Every once in a while, you need to foster the remnant soul of Donghuang Taiyi in the body of a living being to absorb the power of the living being.
"You first use a secret method to impregnate a woman from the Tianhu tribe. Before the fetus is born with a soul, a wisp of your soul carries the remnant soul of Donghuang Taiyi into the fetus.
"When the fetus is born, the remnant soul of Donghuang Taiyi will be taken away by you, and a ray of your soul will be taken out to take a look.
"The matter of giving birth to a living being is extremely complicated. A pregnant woman's body will produce a substance that warms and nourishes the soul. This substance is quite mysterious. The biggest advantage is that no matter how weak or damaged the soul of the Yuan Spirit is, it can Absorb the injury and gradually recover.
"I saw this secret method from the remnant soul of Emperor Jun, and it was circulated in ancient times."
The nine-tailed fox smiled bitterly: "If you know everything, why do you ask me?"
"How cruel," Gui Lingling whispered, "The reproduction of living beings is the most sacred thing, but it is used to heal injuries."
Qing Su said, "What about dual cultivation and dual cultivation techniques?"
"This, um, that's right."
Gui Lingling blinked and went to pinch Qingsu's waist with her small hands, but Qingsu casually knocked it away.
Li Ping'an lowered his head and glanced at the two of them. Gui Lingling suddenly sat upright, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of Qing Su's mouth.
"I won't comment on the nature of what you did. At the very least, it is hurtful to those women."
Li Pingan said slowly:
"Nine-tailed fox, most things in the world have traces to follow.
"You think you can protect his remnant soul. In fact, as long as Donghuang Taiyi recovers his consciousness and thinking, the law of heaven will take action.
"It's better to give up on this idea before you make a big mistake."
"Unless I die!"
The nine-tailed fox's eyes are red:
"If I immolate my soul now, Your Majesty, you will get nothing!
"All I ask is that you...please give his remnant soul a chance to reincarnate. Even if he cannot be reincarnated, you can imprison him wherever you want...I will treat you like a cow, a horse, and a slave..."
The Nine-Tailed Fox suddenly cried out, her voice trembling.
Facing these masters, she had no bargaining chips. Her beauty was nothing. Her cultivation was her only value, but compared with the clues of the Chaos Bell, it was a world of difference.
She didn't know how to protect the remnant soul of the Emperor Dong.
Li Ping'an looked normal, but he felt a little bit reluctant in his heart, but he couldn't show it.
The Nine-Tailed Fox didn't whimper, and her body kept shaking.
She slowly pressed her forehead against the ground, begging silently in this way that gave up all her dignity.
Zhao Gongming sighed, "It's just a remnant soul. Donghuang Taiyi is also a great figure in ancient times. It's okay to leave him. I believe the Wu Clan will understand."
Fairy Qiongxiao also said, "Your Majesty, just give us a favor."
Zhenren Yuding said slowly, "Why not invite Hou Tu Niangniang here?"
Guangchengzi said, "That would only make things difficult for Taoist Hou Tu. Donghuang Taiyi killed so many Wu Clan warriors in the Battle of Futian, and almost all the ancestors of Wu were killed by him."
Taishang Laojun gently shook the whisk in his hand.
The nine-tailed fox did not notice that a ray of light slowly floated out from her back and condensed into a faint figure with disheveled hair behind her.
The immortals watched silently.
Li Dazhi suddenly stood up and stared at the figure as if he had seen some ghost.
Li Pingan frowned at his father and asked softly, "Father, what's wrong?"
"No," Li Dazhi's face turned pale and his breathing was a little hindered, but he almost instantly recovered and squeezed out a little smile, "I made a mistake. I thought I saw this guy's reincarnation on Jin'ao Island. He should look similar. I was shocked."
"Eh?" Gui Ling carefully looked at the faint figure, "Is there? Why don't I have any impression?"
Li Pingan was a little suspicious, but it was not easy to ask in detail at this moment.
The nine-tailed fox had not yet noticed the figure behind her. Her trembling voice was on the verge of complete collapse.
"Please... He only has this remnant soul... He can't threaten the current heaven and hell..."
The figure seemed to be attracted by the voice of the nine-tailed fox, and recovered some consciousness. He lowered his head and slowly squatted down, raising his hand to cover the nine-tailed fox's shoulder.
There was no sound.
The nine-tailed fox's body trembled continuously. When she turned her head to look at the figure behind her, she couldn't help but be stunned.
Donghuang Taiyi had his hair loose.
His long hair was casually scattered, and he was wearing a dark brown ancient robe. His figure was not tall, and his face was just a little heroic. His body was the same as his innate body.
So at this moment, there was only a remnant soul, and there was no pressure around him.
It was like a mortal soul, so fragile that it would be blown away by the wind without notice.
The great power of ancient times;
The ancient emperor of heaven;
The old enemy of the witch clan;
But now there is only such a remnant soul left, which really makes the immortals here sigh.
"Teacher..."
"Well," Donghuang Taiyi responded, raised his hand and gently stroked her forehead, "I never thought I would not die, thank you for your hard work."
The nine-tailed fox opened his mouth to say something, but couldn't make a sound, and he was crying unconsciously.
She suddenly rushed over and wanted to hug Donghuang Taiyi, but the moment her body touched the remnant soul of Donghuang Taiyi, a stream of light exploded from them, scaring the nine-tailed fox to withdraw quickly.
This remnant soul was too weak.
And those streams of light were a little bit of Donghuang Taiyi's memory.
Memories related to the nine-tailed fox were triggered by the nine-tailed fox.
…
"Little fox, are you injured?"
In the rainy forest, a fox whose hind legs were bitten by a wild beast hid under a tree to avoid the rain.
A young Taoist in white clothes walked in the rain, saw the snow-white fox under the tree, lowered his head and quietly watched the fox's figure.
The young Taoist stretched out his hand, the little fox bared his teeth and threatened, and then he was touched on the head and rubbed hard a few times.
A little fairy light flashed, and the little fox's injury was healed.
The young Taoist did not stay for long, smiled and waved to the little fox, and continued to walk in the rain.
He seemed to have something on his mind, and was constantly thinking about it.
The little fox tilted his head to look at the young Taoist for a few times, and followed him in the rain.
"Why, I saved you and you still rely on me?"
The young Taoist sighed softly:
"Well, since there is a little cause and effect involved, I will give you some benefits and grant you the method of cultivation. How to go on in the future depends on your own opportunities."
After that, the young Taoist smiled and shook his head, turned around and disappeared.
There was a little pink mark on the little fox's forehead, and the spiritual light in his eyes gradually increased.
This was the first meeting.
The second time they met, it was another rainy night.
The young Taoist was still walking in the rain, with a heavy heart and a little absent-minded.
Unconsciously, he walked to a cliff. Just as he was about to step over, a white-haired fox jumped out from the side and knocked him to the side.
However, the white-haired fox obviously underestimated the difference in strength between the two.
It crashed into a layer of fairy light and was knocked back.
If the young Taoist had not acted in time, it would have been killed by the recoil.
The little fox, who had already gained complete intelligence, realized that there was an incomparable gap between its strength and that of the master in front of it.
A stream of fairy light dragged it over.
"Are you afraid that I will fall and die?"
The young Taoist had a smile in his eyes and a smile on his lips.
It was not a mockery, but it was clearly a bit of a joke.
The little fox whimpered a few times.
The young Taoist sighed softly: "It's rare that there are creatures who are also very kind to me. Little fox, how about I accept you as a registered disciple?"
The little fox nodded repeatedly.
The young Taoist raised his hand and rubbed its head, as if he liked its hair very much.
The Taoist took the little fox to the back mountain.
There was a fog there. After the fog dissipated, a quiet fenced courtyard could be seen. Outside the courtyard was a mountain stream. Inside the courtyard were rocking chairs, climbing frames, grinding wheels, and wine containers scattered everywhere, which were obviously valuable.
The little fox settled here.
The scene changed, and it was the day for her to transform.
She turned into a little girl of five or six years old, with a fox tail and fox ears. She was hit by the clothes thrown by the young Taoist and giggled there.
More than a dozen consecutive scrolls were the time when the young Taoist spent time with the little fox.
Time passed very slowly;
But here it passed quietly in just a moment.
The little fox grew up slowly, from a lovely girl to a clever young girl.
The young Taoist seemed to be very idle, repeating a few things every day, reading scriptures, chanting scriptures, comprehending the world, and taking a nap in a rocking chair.
The little fox became a touch of color in his monotonous life, and this color was gradually enriched.
There was an exquisite attic behind the hut.
The little fox had a sense of beauty and began to think about how to dress up, just like a butterfly flying in this valley, constantly showing her feminine charm.
But when the young Taoist looked at her, he frowned from time to time.
The little fox's strength improved a little too quickly.
She began to awaken the ancient bloodline.
The young Taoist's eyes showed obvious changes, regret, helplessness, bitterness, and anger.
He began to lose his temper with the little fox for no reason, and began to find some fairy wine to make himself rotate between sobriety and drunkenness.
The young Taoist just woke up that day and asked for more wine.
"Teacher, what's wrong with you?"
The little fox asked in a low voice.
"It's nothing," the young Taoist said hoarsely, not looking at the deliberately dressed and extremely charming little fox beside him, "I haven't been practicing well recently, it has nothing to do with you... You can go out for a walk and take a look at this prosperous world. If you think it's good outside, find a cave outside. Now your strength is pretty good. If you keep a low profile, you won't be targeted by the strong."
"Teacher, are you going to drive me away? I... I did something wrong..."
"I said it has nothing to do with you!"
The young Taoist suddenly lost control and stood up and glared at the little fox.
She was frightened, lowered her head, not knowing how to answer, and her hands were tugging at the corners of her clothes anxiously.
"Let's go and practice today."
The figure of the young Taoist disappeared.
The little fox opened her mouth, with confusion in her eyes, but she didn't say much, packed her bag, lowered her head and left the courtyard.
The subsequent scenes were not revealed because the two did not intersect.
The continuation of the story is two or three thousand years later.
The little fox has completely grown into a great beauty. When she walked in the world, she attracted countless bees and butterflies, and many masters coveted her beauty, but she never suffered any coercion or harassment.
Because there was a master protecting her in secret.
She had seen many filthiness of living beings, and her heart of Taoism became more crystal clear.
This time she returned to the valley because she felt that she no longer needed to experience.
She couldn't find the small courtyard.
She couldn't find the white fog, the breath of the Taoist, and the traces of the formation.
But what the little fox couldn't see was that the small courtyard was actually right in front of her, hidden in the fog.
The young Taoist stood at the gate of the courtyard with his hands behind his back, looking at the anxious figure of the little fox walking back and forth through the slightly distorted world, and couldn't help frowning slightly.
A bronze "bell" flew out from the shoulder of the young Taoist, and a beautiful figure appeared under the bell.
At this moment, the expressions of all the masters in the Lingxiao Palace changed significantly.
That bell, isn't it the Chaos Bell, the innate treasure?