Chapter 101

Chapter 101: Xiao Bai’s Departure

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“Since you can talk, why doesn’t Xiao Bai speak?”

Lin Muyu blinked her clear eyes, her voice filled with confusion.

Actually, Lin Muyu had already guessed in her heart that Xiao Bai could speak.

After all, in this world, demonic beasts with some spiritual intelligence and stronger power could mostly speak human language.

She guessed that Xiao Bai refused to speak because she probably had some unspeakable difficulties.

“Hugging this fox’s tail and tugging at it all day long, this fox is afraid that once I open my mouth, I won’t be able to resist scolding you!”

Xiao Bai rolled her round white eyes, her gaze filled with helplessness, her fluffy cheeks puffed up into a ball.

“Is that so? Hehe…”

Lin Muyu awkwardly scratched the back of her head. If she had known, she wouldn’t have asked.

“Let’s talk about serious matters.”

Xiao Bai’s tone suddenly became heavy.

“This fox’s clan has recently encountered big trouble, I need to go back once.”

“Go ahead, make sure to be safe!”

Lin Muyu didn’t ask much, but her steps unconsciously moved behind Xiao Bai, her fingertips still reluctantly tugging at those six fluffy, snow-white fox tails.

She really couldn’t bear to part with Xiao Bai’s… tails, but since her clan had urgent matters, she couldn’t selfishly try to keep her here.

“But I need you to take me out.”

Xiao Bai helplessly looked at her tails being casually played with, letting out a soft sigh.

“Eh?”

Lin Muyu suddenly raised her head, her eyes filled with confusion.

“Can’t you just fly out directly?”

“It’s all because of your hateful Master!”

At the mention of Master Xinlian, Xiao Bai’s tone instantly turned cold.

“She placed a restriction on me, preventing me from leaving Qinglan Sect at will.”

“So now I must rely on you to take me out.”

Xiao Bai’s voice lowered a bit. If it weren’t for being trapped by this restriction, she would have already taken Lin Muyu back to the fox clan by now.

As long as Lin Muyu was there, the Fox Empress could successfully advance to become a nine-tailed fox.

Once a nine-tailed fox emerged, their fox clan could lead the currently scattered demon race!

Of course, staying at Qinglan Sect these days had indeed been more leisurely and comfortable than being with the clan.

She quite liked it here.

“I see.”

Lin Muyu nodded, though curious about how Xiao Bai had been captured by her Master in the first place, seeing Xiao Bai’s serious expression, she ultimately didn’t voice her questions.

Since she was anxious to return, she shouldn’t waste time asking about unrelated matters.

“Perfect!”

Lin Muyu’s eyes lit up, suddenly remembering her own business.

“Xiao Bai, I was planning to take a mission to leave the sect anyway, so we can go together!”

“Thank you.” Xiao Bai nodded in gratitude.

Then, letting Lin Muyu hold onto her tail, Xiao Bai flew directly toward the Mission Hall.

The senior sister in charge of registration was looking down, organizing scrolls. Seeing someone approach, she looked up with a smile:

“Junior Sister, are you here to accept a mission?”

“Yes! Senior Sister, I’ll take this mission!”

Lin Muyu pointed to an E-rank mission placard on the display board, her tone determined.

It was a mission to eliminate local man-eating demonic beasts, marked as late stage Qi Refining difficulty.

“You’re taking it alone?”

The senior sister was stunned and quickly reminded her.

“This mission is recommended for late stage Qi Refining cultivators to complete in teams. Doing it solo would be risky.”

“It’s fine, Senior Sister. I can handle it alone!”

Lin Muyu’s voice was full of confidence.

She was now at the peak of Qi Refining and had a spirit weapon in her possession. Dealing with this level of demonic beast shouldn’t be too difficult.

More importantly, if she teamed up, the points from completing the mission would have to be split equally. How could that compare to doing it alone?

It was just a pity that she hadn’t been able to complete the D-rank mission she took last time, otherwise she would already have several hundred points by now.

“Then you must be careful and don’t push yourself if you encounter trouble.”

Seeing her resolute attitude, the Mission Hall senior sister stopped trying to dissuade her and handed the jade token to Lin Muyu.

“Yes, Senior Sister!”

Lin Muyu accepted the jade token with both hands, responding earnestly.

E-rank missions were mostly within Qinglan Sect’s sphere of influence, close to the sect and with low danger levels.

Unless one was extremely unlucky and accidentally wandered into powerful demonic beast territories that hadn’t been cleared by the sect.

Or if one’s strength was insufficient and insisted on challenging missions beyond their capabilities, there would basically be no danger.

Besides, she still had Xiaotao’s space as her “life-saving trump card.”

That was a super-strong hideout. If she really encountered danger, at worst she could hide in the space and wait it out until the danger passed.

“Let’s go, Xiao Bai.”

After accepting the mission, Lin Muyu moved close to Xiao Bai again, reaching out to gently embrace one of her fox tails.

Xiao Bai nodded, no longer wasting time. With a leap, she carried Lin Muyu toward the sect’s main gate.

At the entrance, Lin Muyu registered her information with the guarding senior brother as required, and soon one person and one fox stepped out of Qinglan Sect’s mountain gate.

“Goodbye, Xiao Bai, remember to come back soon~”

Lin Muyu stood outside the mountain gate, waving at Xiao Bai, her face full of smiles.

But Xiao Bai didn’t leave immediately, only staring intently at Lin Muyu, a complex light flickering in her eyes.

The initial thought had come back to life.

‘Should I lure her back to the fox clan?’

Xiao Bai calculated in her heart.

‘If I could trick her into coming back, the Empress’s advancement to nine-tailed fox would be foolproof, and then we could crush all obstacles…’

Moreover, a nine-tailed fox might not necessarily be weaker than Xinlian.

She clearly understood that Lin Muyu was completely unguarded around her. If she wanted to trick her into coming back, it would be as easy as turning her hand.

But…

Just as Lin Muyu thought Xiao Bai was about to turn and leave, Xiao Bai’s body suddenly emanated a faint white light.

After the light faded, there was no longer the snow-white fox in place, but a girl dressed in white.

The girl had silver-white hair that reached her waist, with two fluffy white fox ears standing among her hair, gently swaying.

Her features were as delicate as a porcelain doll, her skin white as snow. The fox fur on her body had somehow transformed into an elegant white dress, the hem gently fluttering in the breeze. The six fox tails behind her still swayed softly, though much more restrained than before.

Most striking were her heterochromatic eyes.

Her left eye was red as blazing fire, her right eye blue as cold ice. At this moment, they stared unblinkingly at Lin Muyu, with some contemplation in her expression.

“Xiao Bai, you’re…”

Lin Muyu’s eyes widened, her mouth slightly open, her face written with shock.

She never imagined that Xiao Bai’s human transformation would look like this!

“Am I beautiful?”

Xiao Bai’s red lips parted slightly, her voice clearer than before.

“Beautiful, yes beautiful…”

Lin Muyu instinctively responded, but her gaze couldn’t help but linger on Xiao Bai.

Because Xiao Bai was actually even shorter than her, about the same height as Xiaoyun!

She had heard Xiao Bai’s mature tone of speech before and thought that when transformed into human form, she would be like a big sister. She never expected her to be such a petite girl.

“Are you thinking something rude?”

Xiao Bai’s face suddenly darkened, a dangerous glint flashing in her heterochromatic eyes.

She suddenly felt that luring Lin Muyu back to the fox clan seemed like a good idea.

“No, no! How could that be?”

Lin Muyu quickly waved her hands, laughing.

“I just think that Xiao Bai, you’re like this… more cute than anything else.”

Xiao Bai said nothing, just silently stepped forward two steps and suddenly reached out to embrace Lin Muyu.

Two equally soft bodies were immediately pressed together.

Lin Muyu was confused by this sudden action, freezing in place without moving, not even knowing where to put her hands.

“If I don’t come back…”

Xiao Bai’s voice came from Lin Muyu’s shoulder, carrying an almost imperceptible tremor, her tone as heavy as if she was saying farewell.

“Take care of yourself.”

“It’s just leaving for a while, why make it sound like life and death separation?”

Lin Muyu rubbed Xiao Bai’s head, her heart filled with confusion.

Wasn’t it just going back to the clan to handle some matters? Why was Xiao Bai’s tone so heavy?

Xiao Bai didn’t answer, only burying her face in Lin Muyu’s neck.

The fox clan had an eight-tailed fox sitting in charge, so logically any danger should be suppressible.

Unfortunately, the danger came from a Demon General of the demonic clan…