Chapter 37

Chapter 37: Six-Tailed Void Fox

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“Alright, little fox, where did you come from?”

After bandaging the little fox, Lin Muyu gently picked it up, staring into its small eyes as she asked.

“Kyu kyu?”

The little fox blinked its confused eyes, seemingly unable to understand what Lin Muyu was saying.

“Oh right, how could a fox speak?”

Lin Muyu stroked the little fox’s soft head, smiling with understanding.

“Then keep me company while I cultivate for a bit.”

Letting the little fox stay in her embrace, Lin Muyu closed her eyes again and began cultivating.

After all, time was limited. Better to cultivate first, the little fox’s injuries weren’t too serious anyway.

While she was cultivating, the snow-white little fox slipped out of Lin Muyu’s embrace. Its pair of strange eyes stared intently at Lin Muyu, as if trying to memorize her appearance in its heart.

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, an hour had passed.

Lin Muyu slowly opened her eyes.

The little fox was quietly resting in her embrace, sleeping soundly.

“Little fox, big sister has to go now. I’ll come see you again next time.”

Lin Muyu carefully placed the sleeping little fox on the grass, afraid of waking it up.

With some reluctance, she stroked the fox’s smooth fur one more time.

Lin Muyu finally touched the boundary stone and scattered like starlight, disappearing from this world.

She had thought about taking the little fox back with her, but this boundary stone probably only allowed her alone to pass through.

“Interesting.”

The little fox that had just been “sleeping” instantly transformed into a young fox-eared beastkin girl.

She had a pair of lively snow-white ears, perfectly complementing her distinctive red and blue heterochromia as she pondered.

Even more eye-catching were the six massive white tails behind her, writhing freely in the air like giant pythons.

“I never expected to encounter such a ‘surprise’ here. Your Majesty, I believe your ninth tail has found its home.”

She curved her lips into a sinister smile, murmuring to herself.

“When the nine tails emerge, that will be the day of the demon race’s rise!”

If not for Qinglan Sect’s protective formation, she would have already eagerly whisked away that little girl.

Unfortunately, in her current injured state, she lacked the power to take this girl out on her own.

‘However, the urgent matter now is to inform Her Majesty the Empress about this little girl.’

After thinking for a moment, the fox-eared beastkin girl retracted all her ears and tails.

Her aura gradually became ethereal, and her figure slowly blurred.

In the blink of an eye, the original little fox vanished without a trace.

“When it comes to spatial mastery, who could compare to me, a Six-Tailed Void Fox?”

The solid and rigid space became like liquid upon contact with the little fox, making way for her passage.

The surrounding scenery rapidly retreated, ten thousand li in a single glance.

This was the spell her Void Fox clan was most proud of: the Art of Space!

This was also how she had managed to slip into Qinglan Sect undetected.

“Is that so?”

Suddenly, from within the river of space came a leisurely female voice, its tone somewhat contemptuous.

In an instant, she was yanked out of the river of space like a fish being pulled up by an angler.

“Who?!”

The Six-Tailed Void Fox immediately revealed her true form, transforming into a massive fox, staring ahead with vigilant alertness.

There weren’t many who could drag her out of the river of space, at least the Qinglan Sect master lacked such ability.

Before long, a woman with sky-blue hair appeared before the Six-Tailed Void Fox, holding a wine gourd in one hand, walking somewhat unsteadily.

“It’s you?! How are you still alive?”

The Six-Tailed Void Fox’s eyes widened as if she had received some terrible shock, her body trembling involuntarily.

“Oh my, little fox, you actually recognize me.”

The woman raised an eyebrow, put away her wine gourd, and curiously examined the Six-Tailed Void Fox.

A scene involuntarily surfaced in the Six-Tailed Void Fox’s mind.

500 years ago, when heaven and earth shattered, a cold fairy stood with a Heavenly Abyss Sword in hand.

One person, one sword, standing proudly before the ‘World-Burning Beast’ — the Crimson Flame Demonic Beast.

One person and one beast fought for years, battling from ground to sky. Finally, the fairy lured the demonic beast to the ninth heaven, but no one knew the outcome.

Only that both the fairy and the demonic beast completely vanished.

Some believed they perished together.

She, the Seven-Tailed Void Fox, happened to be a witness to that battle. To protect the still-young Demon Empress, she had burned through her spatial power to relocate the entire fox clan.

This directly caused her to lose two tails. After 500 years of cultivation, she had only managed to regrow one tail.

“So it’s Senior Sword Fairy. This little fox greets you, Senior.”

Transforming back into human form, the Six-Tailed Void Fox spoke with a respectful tone.

“So you really do know this venerable one?”

The woman toyed with the wine gourd in her hand, looking at the Six-Tailed Void Fox with playful interest.

“Your great name was known to all 500 years ago. It seems the Sword Fairy emerged victorious from that battle.”

The Six-Tailed Void Fox continued her flattery.

“However, please spare this little fox, Senior. This little fox was merely passing through.”

“Passing through?”

The fairy raised an eyebrow, her tone slightly rising.

“Coming out from within my Qinglan Sect counts as passing through?”

The Six-Tailed Void Fox frowned, her tone hesitant.

“What would it take for you to spare this little fox, Senior?”

“Tell me your purpose.” The fairy’s voice was lazy and calm, but her gaze revealed a murderous intent.

The Six-Tailed Void Fox’s breathing hitched. She knew today’s matter couldn’t end well.

She certainly couldn’t say:

I want to take your Qinglan Sect disciples to serve as cultivation materials for the Empress, could she?

If she said that, she’d be guaranteed not even ashes would remain.

“Senior, I was being pursued by demonic clan members and fled here for refuge.”

The Six-Tailed Void Fox spoke earnestly, not seeming to be lying.

“Oh? Demonic clan members?”

The fairy seemed to be piqued with interest, slowly approaching the Six-Tailed Void Fox.

“Yes, demonic clan members stole our clan’s sacred artifact. I tracked them here but was ambushed, and had no choice but to hide in Qinglan Sect.”

The Six-Tailed Void Fox explained respectfully, retreating slightly with reverent fear as the fairy approached.

“Then what did you encounter in my sect that made you so excited?”

The fairy’s slender fingers lifted the void fox’s chin, staring directly into the Six-Tailed Void Fox’s eyes as she continued questioning.

“Nothing… nothing at all.”

The Six-Tailed Void Fox’s heart tightened as she quickly stepped back.

“Really nothing?”

The fairy shook her wine gourd, her gaze growing dangerous.

“Fox clan members are indeed still so cunning.”

Sensing a wave of killing intent, the Six-Tailed Void Fox’s heart trembled.

This clearly meant she had no intention of letting her go!

‘No, the message must get out. That’s the hope of the entire demon race!’

“Senior, I wonder how much strength remains in you who battled the Crimson Flame Demonic Beast, when you haven’t drawn the Heavenly Abyss Sword?”

The Six-Tailed Void Fox suddenly erupted, her six tails behind her like six giant dragons, carrying terrifying might as they struck toward the fairy.

“Boring.”

The fairy yawned, releasing the gourd in her hand with a relaxed tone.

“Little gourd, I’ll leave this to you. I’m going to take a nap.”

“Looking down on me?”

The Six-Tailed Void Fox’s eyes sharpened as her six tails merged into one, smashing against the enlarging gourd. In an instant, space trembled.

Unfortunately, the gourd remained completely unmoved.

It didn’t even leave a single mark.

“Impossible! An attack that even Spirit Transformation stage couldn’t withstand, yet it can’t even budge a gourd.”

The gourd continued to grow until it was the size of a small mountain.

Sensing intense danger, the Six-Tailed Void Fox no longer cared about anything else and hastily burned her blood to perform an escape technique.

Unfortunately, the gourd’s mouth suddenly burst forth with terrifying suction. Even though she could escape spatial constraints, she couldn’t escape this gourd’s pull.

In the blink of an eye, the Six-Tailed Void Fox was sucked into it.

The fairy lazily caught the wine gourd and gently shook it.

Her gaze pierced through the clouds, looking at a girl who was currently rambling about having just encountered a cute little fox, and a strange smile curved her lips.

“After 500 years of peace, is there finally going to be some fun?”