The next day, the Fox Emperor summoned Qian Su again and asked him about his rest last night.
Seeing his calm demeanor, Jing Yue guessed that the Fox Emperor had heard something from Sang Ji, so he smiled in embarrassment. “Quite good. Thank you for the generous reward.”
Fox Emperor, “How many did you enjoy?”
Jing Yue, “…”
The Yao race was too open.
“Duoya from last night was quite good. His company is enough,” Jing Yue said without a change in expression.
The Fox Emperor glanced at him with a half-hearted smile but changed the subject, “You should stay in the palace these few days. I have something for you to do.”
Jing Yue, “Yes, my emperor!”
Things were calm for a while. During this time, the Fox Emperor deliberately summoned the group of Yao attendants he had rewarded to Qian Su for questioning, especially a certain fox named Duoya. Since then, the Fox Emperor seemed to have given up and stopped paying attention to Qian Su's private affairs.
Jing Yue and others were relieved. Thanks to Duoya's low cultivation, Qin Yanzhi was able to hypnotize the other party and plant a false memory. If the Fox Emperor was also proficient in this technique, he’d be able to detect it based on his cultivation. Moreover, this memory could only last for three months.
Jing Yue was prepared for it. If they were exposed, they would send Ruan Jiu and Wei Zhentu into the Haotian Realm, while he and Qin Yanzhi, who couldn’t enter Haotian Realm, would hide and look for an opportunity to escape. Fortunately, the Fox Emperor didn’t probe too deeply into Duoya's memory. Maybe he didn’t know about it, or maybe he picked up various signs from different sources and believed Qian Su's words.
Sang Ji also rarely appeared these days. Even if they bumped into each other, she’d only roll her eyes but didn’t make things difficult for them.
However, there were rumors in the Fox Palace that Princess Sang Ji always destroyed flowers in the middle of the night while grumbling, “Who didn’t enjoy a few cutsleeves when they were young?”
(TN: Duan Xiu 断袖 cutsleeve = a slang for gay)
But some things were different after all. Although Jing Yue and Qin Yanzhi spoke and acted as before, there was a special tacit understanding between them. Perhaps it was a simple glance or a simple smile, and the two could enter an atmosphere where outsiders couldn’t interfere at any time as if there was a barrier around them that isolated everyone else.
Even the slow-witted Ruan Jiu said to Wei Zhentu in private, “The relationship between Jing-laozu and Qin-zhenjun is really good.”
Wei Zhentu understood much better than Ruan Jiu. He had noticed something amiss, and he knew that the flower he fancied was about to be tainted by the cow dung… no, picked by the Scheming Man. At this time, he glanced at Ruan Jiu resentfully, and said listlessly, “Oh.”
Ruan Jiu muttered, “I really envy them. I heard that Laozu and Qin-zhenjun stayed together in a small world for 20 years. It’s really rare since they are not from the same sect.”
After he finished speaking, he deliberately peeked at Wei Zhentu, but the other party said with a half-hearted smile, “What's so rare? After Yao Detention Mountain, you stayed in Scattered Star Villa for 30 years.”
Ruan Jiu, “…”
“B-but I'm already more than 800 years old. 30 years is nothing but a blink of an eye. Laozu is only over 100 years old. 20 years is a small chunk of his life!” Ruan Jiu said anxiously, “At least, I have to stay with We-daoyou for 200 years before we can achieve what Laozu and Qin-zhenjun did.”
At first, Wei Zhentu wanted to say, ‘Please spare me’, but after looking at Ruan Jiu’s clear gaze, he swallowed his words. Instead, he said, “The calamity is near. I don’t know if the righteous path has 200 years.”
Ruan Jiu, “Of course we do. We still have 1,000 or 10,000 years. Once we achieve the Great Dao, we have a million years!”
Wei Zhentu, “…” I was talking about the righteous path. Don’t change the subject.
In the blink of an eye, it was more than a month. On this day, the Fox Emperor sent someone to summon Qian Su and Kang Ji again.
The two of them met the Fox Emperor together and the latter said directly, “You’ve been in the human world for a hundred years, and you have a deep understanding of the human race. I have something for you to do right now.”
“My emperor, please give us the order.”
Fox Emperor, “Seven days later, the human race will send envoys here. At that time, the other three Yao Emperors will come to the fox tribe to discuss a big plan. This matter is related to the luck of the Yao race. If nothing goes wrong, I’ll send you to the human world in the future.”
Jing Yue and Wei Zhentu were shocked, thinking inwardly that the opportunity was finally here! They ventured into the Yao world just to wait for this moment!
Both of them forcibly restrained their excitement and said calmly, “Yes!”
However, during the seven days of waiting for the envoy of the human race, a big event happened in the Yao race.
Snake King Kang Duo died.
Kang Duo died at the hands of his adopted son Kang Xi, and Kang Duo’s forces were in a mess, but they were all suppressed by the Snake Emperor. Jing Yue and the others had glimpsed part of the inside story from Hai Song's memory before, so they were surprised but within expectations.
The Fox Emperor got the news but smiled nonchalantly. “It seems that the Snake Emperor will not be here this time.”
As the Snake Emperor was worried that something else might happen, he dared not leave the snake tribe.
Sure enough, on the seventh day, both the Turtle Emperor and the Tiger Emperor came to the fox tribe, but the Snake Emperor only sent an envoy as a representative.
Jing Yue and the others secretly breathed a sigh of relief. If the Snake Emperor really came, he would probably bring Kang Xi with him. After all, Kang Xi was his favorite at the moment. If that happened, Wei Zhentu might be in trouble.
Now that the three great Yao Emperors were gathered together, the entire fox tribe was on high alert.
The relationship between the fox and the turtle was precarious. Although the turtles suffered a defeat in the Deerfield battle and had expressed to the fox tribe their intent for a truce, it didn’t mean that the Turtle Emperor was afraid of the Fox Emperor. Now that the two emperors faced each other, tempers ran high and their words were as sharp as knives.
Only the Tiger Emperor stayed out of the way and watched the spat between the two with a smile on the corner of his mouth.
Fortunately, the envoy of the human race arrived quickly. It was a demonic cultivator, which was a matter of course.
Jing Yue actually knew the other party, none other than a Heavenly Grotto elder of Lurking Ghost Sect. Half a year ago, they met this elder when they cleared out the demonic Dao in West Shu.
However, the other party's escape technique was very powerful and he managed to escape with his life.
The demonic elder had a rather arrogant attitude, and asked in an interrogative tone, “I heard that something happened to your secret realm in the Upper South region. A big Yao escaped and was killed by Hong Luan of Genesis Sect?”
The Fox Emperor's face darkened. “Don't worry about it. It has been dealt with.”
The elder twitched the corners of his mouth. “That's good. What we have to do is very important. The sect leader has been very careful and the righteous path didn’t notice anything. I hope you don’t make any mistakes on your end.”
The contempt in his words made all the Yao emperors scowl at the same time. Perhaps because they knew they were in the wrong, none of the Yao emperors said anything.
Seeing this, the elder became more arrogant. “We have done the preparations. When that one is born, you will cooperate with my Lurking Ghost Sect to clear the righteous path from Upper South and Central…”
“Hmph!”
The Turtle Emperor suddenly snorted and the coercion unique to a Yao Emperor immediately spread. The demonic elder swayed and knelt on one knee with both hands on the ground. He steadied his body with difficulty but looked quite wretched, while the Yao in the area at the rank of Yao Marshal and below were also forced to transform into their original forms.
It might sound unbelievable that humans could transform into animals, but the “Thousand Faces Technique” was a rare illusory art. There was an illusion technique recorded in it, which could use the target's hair to transform into all living beings. At first, they were worried that unforeseen circumstances would force them to appear as their “original forms”, so they plucked out a few hairs before destroying the bodies of Qian Su and the other three.
Otherwise, they would be exposed by now.
The palace hall was full of Yao and their original shapes were very large. Even Ruan Jiu, the “rabbit Yao” was five feet long. At this time, he leaned close to a black snake, which flicked its tail and slapped the white rabbit lightly. The rabbit twitched its nose and its ruby-like eyes were full of grievances.
Although the atmosphere was tense, Jing Yue still wanted to laugh when he saw this scene. Suddenly, he froze.
His cat tail was being wrapped around, and a thick long tail swept over him again and again, several times slapping his…
Jing Yue took a deep breath and scratched the gray wolf next to him very quickly. The gray wolf paused, and its tail drooped down, but it still leaned close to the white cat.
The small movements of several people didn’t escape the eyes of the Fox Emperor. He narrowed his eyes at them with a hint of warning before he released his energy pressure to protect the fox tribe in the hall.
The Turtle Emperor sneered several times before he retracted his pressure.
The Yao quickly changed back to human forms, but as a Yao Master, Ruan Jiu deliberately spat a mouthful of blood.
The demonic elder got up from the ground and said angrily, “What is the meaning of this?”
Turtle Emperor, “The Yao and the demonic cultivators are working with each other. We don’t listen to your orders. Since that one is not born yet, it’s not up to you to throw your weight around. At worst, we can go our separate ways!”
In the hall, the Fox Emperor and the Tiger Emperor were silent as an expression of agreement.
The elder was startled and a glint of gloom flashed in his eyes. He lowered his head slightly, but when he raised it again, his attitude changed and he said respectfully, “Everyone must be joking. How would I dare to order the Fox Emperor?”
The Fox Emperor could not be bothered to waste his breath and said directly, “Take it out.”
The elder’s smile fell and his jaw tightened. Finally, he silently took out an item from the Qiankun bag.
The object was shiny and golden that resembled a Buddha with a lotus pedestal made of glazed glass at the bottom.
The Yao emperors were instantly overjoyed, but Jing Yue and the others were shocked!
The next day, the Fox Emperor summoned Qian Su again and asked him about his rest last night.
Seeing his calm demeanor, Jing Yue guessed that the Fox Emperor had heard something from Sang Ji, so he smiled in embarrassment. “Quite good. Thank you for the generous reward.”
Fox Emperor, “How many did you enjoy?”
Jing Yue, “…”
The Yao race was too open.
“Duoya from last night was quite good. His company is enough,” Jing Yue said without a change in expression.
The Fox Emperor glanced at him with a half-hearted smile but changed the subject, “You should stay in the palace these few days. I have something for you to do.”
Jing Yue, “Yes, my emperor!”
Things were calm for a while. During this time, the Fox Emperor deliberately summoned the group of Yao attendants he had rewarded to Qian Su for questioning, especially a certain fox named Duoya. Since then, the Fox Emperor seemed to have given up and stopped paying attention to Qian Su's private affairs.
Jing Yue and others were relieved. Thanks to Duoya's low cultivation, Qin Yanzhi was able to hypnotize the other party and plant a false memory. If the Fox Emperor was also proficient in this technique, he’d be able to detect it based on his cultivation. Moreover, this memory could only last for three months.
Jing Yue was prepared for it. If they were exposed, they would send Ruan Jiu and Wei Zhentu into the Haotian Realm, while he and Qin Yanzhi, who couldn’t enter Haotian Realm, would hide and look for an opportunity to escape. Fortunately, the Fox Emperor didn’t probe too deeply into Duoya's memory. Maybe he didn’t know about it, or maybe he picked up various signs from different sources and believed Qian Su's words.
Sang Ji also rarely appeared these days. Even if they bumped into each other, she’d only roll her eyes but didn’t make things difficult for them.
However, there were rumors in the Fox Palace that Princess Sang Ji always destroyed flowers in the middle of the night while grumbling, “Who didn’t enjoy a few cutsleeves when they were young?”
(TN: Duan Xiu 断袖 cutsleeve = a slang for gay)
But some things were different after all. Although Jing Yue and Qin Yanzhi spoke and acted as before, there was a special tacit understanding between them. Perhaps it was a simple glance or a simple smile, and the two could enter an atmosphere where outsiders couldn’t interfere at any time as if there was a barrier around them that isolated everyone else.
Even the slow-witted Ruan Jiu said to Wei Zhentu in private, “The relationship between Jing-laozu and Qin-zhenjun is really good.”
Wei Zhentu understood much better than Ruan Jiu. He had noticed something amiss, and he knew that the flower he fancied was about to be tainted by the cow dung… no, picked by the Scheming Man. At this time, he glanced at Ruan Jiu resentfully, and said listlessly, “Oh.”
Ruan Jiu muttered, “I really envy them. I heard that Laozu and Qin-zhenjun stayed together in a small world for 20 years. It’s really rare since they are not from the same sect.”
After he finished speaking, he deliberately peeked at Wei Zhentu, but the other party said with a half-hearted smile, “What's so rare? After Yao Detention Mountain, you stayed in Scattered Star Villa for 30 years.”
Ruan Jiu, “…”
“B-but I'm already more than 800 years old. 30 years is nothing but a blink of an eye. Laozu is only over 100 years old. 20 years is a small chunk of his life!” Ruan Jiu said anxiously, “At least, I have to stay with We-daoyou for 200 years before we can achieve what Laozu and Qin-zhenjun did.”
At first, Wei Zhentu wanted to say, ‘Please spare me’, but after looking at Ruan Jiu’s clear gaze, he swallowed his words. Instead, he said, “The calamity is near. I don’t know if the righteous path has 200 years.”
Ruan Jiu, “Of course we do. We still have 1,000 or 10,000 years. Once we achieve the Great Dao, we have a million years!”
Wei Zhentu, “…” I was talking about the righteous path. Don’t change the subject.
In the blink of an eye, it was more than a month. On this day, the Fox Emperor sent someone to summon Qian Su and Kang Ji again.
The two of them met the Fox Emperor together and the latter said directly, “You’ve been in the human world for a hundred years, and you have a deep understanding of the human race. I have something for you to do right now.”
“My emperor, please give us the order.”
Fox Emperor, “Seven days later, the human race will send envoys here. At that time, the other three Yao Emperors will come to the fox tribe to discuss a big plan. This matter is related to the luck of the Yao race. If nothing goes wrong, I’ll send you to the human world in the future.”
Jing Yue and Wei Zhentu were shocked, thinking inwardly that the opportunity was finally here! They ventured into the Yao world just to wait for this moment!
Both of them forcibly restrained their excitement and said calmly, “Yes!”
However, during the seven days of waiting for the envoy of the human race, a big event happened in the Yao race.
Snake King Kang Duo died.
Kang Duo died at the hands of his adopted son Kang Xi, and Kang Duo’s forces were in a mess, but they were all suppressed by the Snake Emperor. Jing Yue and the others had glimpsed part of the inside story from Hai Song's memory before, so they were surprised but within expectations.
The Fox Emperor got the news but smiled nonchalantly. “It seems that the Snake Emperor will not be here this time.”
As the Snake Emperor was worried that something else might happen, he dared not leave the snake tribe.
Sure enough, on the seventh day, both the Turtle Emperor and the Tiger Emperor came to the fox tribe, but the Snake Emperor only sent an envoy as a representative.
Jing Yue and the others secretly breathed a sigh of relief. If the Snake Emperor really came, he would probably bring Kang Xi with him. After all, Kang Xi was his favorite at the moment. If that happened, Wei Zhentu might be in trouble.
Now that the three great Yao Emperors were gathered together, the entire fox tribe was on high alert.
The relationship between the fox and the turtle was precarious. Although the turtles suffered a defeat in the Deerfield battle and had expressed to the fox tribe their intent for a truce, it didn’t mean that the Turtle Emperor was afraid of the Fox Emperor. Now that the two emperors faced each other, tempers ran high and their words were as sharp as knives.
Only the Tiger Emperor stayed out of the way and watched the spat between the two with a smile on the corner of his mouth.
Fortunately, the envoy of the human race arrived quickly. It was a demonic cultivator, which was a matter of course.
Jing Yue actually knew the other party, none other than a Heavenly Grotto elder of Lurking Ghost Sect. Half a year ago, they met this elder when they cleared out the demonic Dao in West Shu.
However, the other party's escape technique was very powerful and he managed to escape with his life.
The demonic elder had a rather arrogant attitude, and asked in an interrogative tone, “I heard that something happened to your secret realm in the Upper South region. A big Yao escaped and was killed by Hong Luan of Genesis Sect?”
The Fox Emperor's face darkened. “Don't worry about it. It has been dealt with.”
The elder twitched the corners of his mouth. “That's good. What we have to do is very important. The sect leader has been very careful and the righteous path didn’t notice anything. I hope you don’t make any mistakes on your end.”
The contempt in his words made all the Yao emperors scowl at the same time. Perhaps because they knew they were in the wrong, none of the Yao emperors said anything.
Seeing this, the elder became more arrogant. “We have done the preparations. When that one is born, you will cooperate with my Lurking Ghost Sect to clear the righteous path from Upper South and Central…”
“Hmph!”
The Turtle Emperor suddenly snorted and the coercion unique to a Yao Emperor immediately spread. The demonic elder swayed and knelt on one knee with both hands on the ground. He steadied his body with difficulty but looked quite wretched, while the Yao in the area at the rank of Yao Marshal and below were also forced to transform into their original forms.
It might sound unbelievable that humans could transform into animals, but the “Thousand Faces Technique” was a rare illusory art. There was an illusion technique recorded in it, which could use the target's hair to transform into all living beings. At first, they were worried that unforeseen circumstances would force them to appear as their “original forms”, so they plucked out a few hairs before destroying the bodies of Qian Su and the other three.
Otherwise, they would be exposed by now.
The palace hall was full of Yao and their original shapes were very large. Even Ruan Jiu, the “rabbit Yao” was five feet long. At this time, he leaned close to a black snake, which flicked its tail and slapped the white rabbit lightly. The rabbit twitched its nose and its ruby-like eyes were full of grievances.
Although the atmosphere was tense, Jing Yue still wanted to laugh when he saw this scene. Suddenly, he froze.
His cat tail was being wrapped around, and a thick long tail swept over him again and again, several times slapping his…
Jing Yue took a deep breath and scratched the gray wolf next to him very quickly. The gray wolf paused, and its tail drooped down, but it still leaned close to the white cat.
The small movements of several people didn’t escape the eyes of the Fox Emperor. He narrowed his eyes at them with a hint of warning before he released his energy pressure to protect the fox tribe in the hall.
The Turtle Emperor sneered several times before he retracted his pressure.
The Yao quickly changed back to human forms, but as a Yao Master, Ruan Jiu deliberately spat a mouthful of blood.
The demonic elder got up from the ground and said angrily, “What is the meaning of this?”
Turtle Emperor, “The Yao and the demonic cultivators are working with each other. We don’t listen to your orders. Since that one is not born yet, it’s not up to you to throw your weight around. At worst, we can go our separate ways!”
In the hall, the Fox Emperor and the Tiger Emperor were silent as an expression of agreement.
The elder was startled and a glint of gloom flashed in his eyes. He lowered his head slightly, but when he raised it again, his attitude changed and he said respectfully, “Everyone must be joking. How would I dare to order the Fox Emperor?”
The Fox Emperor could not be bothered to waste his breath and said directly, “Take it out.”
The elder’s smile fell and his jaw tightened. Finally, he silently took out an item from the Qiankun bag.
The object was shiny and golden that resembled a Buddha with a lotus pedestal made of glazed glass at the bottom.
The Yao emperors were instantly overjoyed, but Jing Yue and the others were shocked!
