"Hu Yuyu is the most outstanding fox spirit among the celestial beings in Mount Mingtiao. Perhaps it was precisely because of this that the wolf spirit lured her away, intending to mate with her and give birth to a more talented demon."
"Without the salvation from the supreme immortal, our lineage of Mount Mingtiao might never be able to decipher the jade plaque left by our ancestors in the future," lamented the Fox Tribe Chief.
She gently massaged Hu Yuyu's head: "Because... only this child with extraordinary talent has a chance to win the favor of our ancestors."
"The ancestor's jade plaque?" Jiang Liure felt a bit curious.
"The other side is there." The Tribe Chief indicated a direction.
A large flat stone was inserted into the ground not far away; the exposed part of it stood five chi tall, three chi wide, and three chi long as well.
Only when I got close could I see that it was not a stone, but a jade stone covered in moss.
I don't know how long it has not been taken care of.
It's covered in moss and grass.
"Hey? What are you looking at me for?" Jiang Liure suddenly noticed that both the Fox Tribe Chief and Hu Yuyu were staring at him in amazement.
He also found that a larger and smaller fox spirit were both standing three paces away from the ancestral jade plaque, and they had not approached it.
Jiang Liure was startled: 'Could it be that I have offended the ancestors of the fox tribe? It can't be that there are fox spirit remains buried below, and I might have stepped on them, could it?'
Jiang Liure whispered, "My apologies."
He immediately took a step back.
Yet he saw the square-faced chief weeping like a fountain, and Hu Yuyu showing admiration and reverence.
By his side, the clear-eyed one was filled with confusion, wanting to approach the jade plaque, but he collided with an invisible wall and was knocked unconscious, falling with a thud.
Shuqing covered his head in surprise and said, "There is an invisible wall three paces away!"
"Wow?" He hesitated again: "Why can the friend enter within three chi?"
Jiang Liure saw his embarrassed appearance and wondered, "Is there a wall?"
He walked out three paces.
He then walked back into the space within three paces.
There was nothing unusual.
"Yes, there is." The Chief wiped his tears and excitedly said: "Our fox tribe of Mount Mingtiao has a thousand-year legacy, but there has never been a fox spirit who can get within three chi of the ancestral jade plaque, nor has there been a descendant who can interpret the jade plaque left by our ancestors. However, I never thought that today the heavens have gifted my fox tribe with an immortal!"
She wanted to bow to Jiang Liure, but he quickly supported her.
"Since so, I'll help you take a look."
He wiped away the moss on the jade plaque, which had not been cleaned for a thousand years, and discovered it to be a jade plaque with no characters. Besides being valuable, it didn't show any unusual features.
Jiang Liure took out a "Through the Grotto Secret Art," and his eyes shone with a faint light.
At that moment, he saw a large amount of text being drawn on the plaque.
It detailed the origin of the fox spirits of the "Yu Hu" clan from Mount Mingtiao.
It also recorded a cultivation method for fox spirits.
Jiang Liure said happily: "Hu Yuyu, your ancestors were two foxes, both surnamed Hu. One was a sand fox, and the other was a red fox. They were once celestial beasts of the heavenly court, but they were banished to the mortal realm for committing mistakes!"
"There's also a cultivation technique on it!" He turned back and asked, "Do you have paper and ink?"
The commotion here has attracted many fox spirits to watch.
One of the fox spirits hastily said: "Yes! I have stolen paper and ink from a scholar!"
Jiang Liure took the paper and ink, wrote down the text on the jade plaque, which was over a thousand characters long. It took him half an hour to finish writing it all.
He passed it to Hu Yuyu.
Hu Yuyu handed it to the tribe chief.
"Immortal, you are not just the benefactor of Yuyu, but also the benefactor of all the foxes of our lineage on Mount Mingtiao! This bow is for you, our benefactor!"
Under the lead of the tribe chief, all the fox spirits of Mount Mingtiao prostrated themselves together.
Jiang Liure didn't know which to help.
He stood awkwardly in place for a moment.
Later, the tribe chief ordered the fox spirits to set up a grand banquet to entertain Jiang Liure.
The banquet was somewhat modest, with no big fish and meat, only wild fruits, vegetables, mushrooms, wild chickens, rabbits... The taste was not as good as the dishes cooked by the inn's chef, but it was more lively and fun.
During the banquet, there was a fox enchantress who was restless and wanted to have an intimate moment with Jiang Liure.
Being enraged, Hu Yuyu dragged her out and punished her.
"Benefactor is mine!"
After the banquet, it was evening.
Jiang Liure and Shuqing stayed overnight.
The next day.
After thanking the fox tribe chief for his hospitality, Jiang Liure straightforwardly said that he had a grudge to settle and could not stay.
Knowing about Jiang Liure's blood feud, the tribe chief was amazed repeatedly: "If the benefactor can pass through these calamities, he will certainly achieve great things in the future."
She commanded the fox spirits to prepare some food and give it to Jiang Liure, which was perhaps the best thing the fox spirits could offer.
Jiang Liure could not gracefully refuse.
He accepted it gratefully.
Hu Yuyu couldn't sleep all night. She spent the whole night memorizing the ancestor's cultivation technique, so she could join her benefactor and set off early in the morning the next day.
After saying goodbye to her mother and elder sister.
She followed Jiang Liure away from Mount Mingtiao.
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The two and the fox continued their journey to Jiangzhou, crossing mountains and rivers, and had been traveling for nearly a month.
During this period, Jiang Liure had cultivated the "Vajra Angry Demon Body Refining Method" to its highest level, and his physical body had become extremely strong. Ordinary magical treasures could not harm him, ordinary poisons could not harm him, and even water immersion and fire burning could not kill him.
The "Hundred Spells Penetrating the Brain Swordsmanship" was cultivated to perfection, and his swordsmanship was adept and connected, like using his arm as an extension. He could take a person's head from a distance of one li.
"The Carrying Mountain Skill" had also made some progress, and he had developed the strength of ten thousand jin.
However, there was a major event within the group today.
——The revered senior monk has been injured!
[Clean Altar Messenger]: "Monkey King really is, having been pressed under the Mountain of Five Elements for so many years, he still can't dispel that ill will. Back when he caused trouble in the heavenly palace, now he's causing trouble in Ling Mountain. And he's incredibly daring, taking advantage of the fact that the Buddha has gone to the heavenly court for a banquet, to go and disturb Ling Mountain on his own, wounding many Buddhas."
[Clean Altar Messenger]: "Now that's it! You finally released that evil breath, but in doing so, you were also injured. It's like this round and round, you didn't gain anything and it's just not worth it."
[Clean Altar Messenger]: "To put it in my opinion, being the Bodhisattva of Victory in Battles is much better than being self-proclaimed as the Great Sage of Heaven."
[Great Sage Equal to Heaven Sun Wukong]: "If the heavenly court is good, why not take the post of Commander of Horses? If Mount Shaolin is good, why not become a novitiate?"
[Great Sage Equal to Heaven Sun Wukong]: "If neither the heavenly court nor Mount Shaolin are good, why can't I start my own business?"
[Yellow Brows Elder]: "Haha! Since you're not content with the current situation of Mount Shaolin, why not join my Maitreya sect?"
[Great Sage Equal to Heaven Sun Wukong]: "The same thing, all of them."
[Yellow Brows Elder]: "?????"
[ Jiang Liure ]: "@Great Sage Equal to Heaven Sun Wukong, Senior Monkey King, are you seriously injured? Why did you attack Mount Shaolin?"
Jiang Liure was shocked.
Mount Shaolin…… Is it a place where Buddhas practice, can it be attacked?
And the Great Sage had wounded many Buddhas.
Amazing!
[Great Sage Equal to Heaven Sun Wukong]: "Not bad, not bad. The Bodhisattvas were beating me up, but I didn't feel any pain or itch. But they really are outnumbered by the crowd, and they bullied the few of us. That's just too shameless!"
[Great Sage Equal to Heaven Sun Wukong]: "@Jiang Liure, don't believe those Buddhas of the West in the future. They look dignified and compassionate, but in reality, they are all shameless!"
[Jiang Liure]: "But, shouldn't things be different in different worlds?"
[Great Sage Equal to Heaven Sun Wukong]: "If they really have the perfect flawless scriptures as said in the sutras, why did they banish you, Jing Chanyin, into the mortal realm?"
Jiang Liure scratched his head.
He felt that Senior Monkey King had a lot of resentment towards the heavenly court and Mount Shaolin.
But I can understand that.
Anybody who has been suppressed for hundreds of years can't possibly not have a temper.
[Great Sage Equal to Heaven Sun Wukong]: "But old Monkey's visit to Mount Shaolin was not without gain, as Pig Son Wuji has said."
[Great Sage Equal to Heaven Sun Wukong]: "I looted Mount Shaolin, which is why those Buddhist deities are so angry."
[ding! "Great Sage Equal to Heaven Sun Wukong" sent a luck hand fortune red envelope!]
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