Chapter 284 Entering the Fire Cloud Cave For The First Time, The Snow Fox Questions Her True Feelings

When the fox girl left the Immortal Du Sect, her eyes were still filled with some confusion.

Li Changshou looked at the vixen’s back and weighed the consequences of the matter in his heart. He thought about what else he could do.

Karma was something that could not be severed. It would definitely cause chaos and cause trouble in the future.

Yes, I should sever my karma with the vixen. Although my methods are a little too extreme, it is still better than letting this matter continue developing.

The Qing Qiu Clan…

Li Changshou had actually seen the records of that clan in ancient books. They had been quite famous since ancient times.

They were a group of demons who were more romantic. They did not fight or vie with each other. They only wanted to write romantic and moving stories.

It was undoubtedly because… there were many mighty figures in the Primordial World. Only the wanderers would leave their names.

The Qing Qiu Clan should not be related to the three demons in the Xuanyuan Tomb. There are so many fox demons in the world. It can’t be that simple.

Li Changshou pondered for a while and thought about the problem that he had been thinking about previously.

The Xuanyuan Tomb was a tomb built by the descendants of Emperor Huang Xuanyuan after he returned to the Fire Cloud Cave. It was once occupied by the demons during the G.o.d-Conferment Tribulation. According to the G.o.d-Conferment story that Li Changshou knew, when the G.o.d-Conferment Tribulation began, G.o.ddess Nuwa felt offended by the Emperor of Shang, so she used the Demon-Sealing Banner to gather all the demons. In the end, she chose the three demons in the Xuanyuan Tomb— the Nine-Tailed Fox, the Lute Spirit, and the Nine-Headed Chicken Spirit. She dispersed King Zhou of Shang’s energy and made the Shang Nation collapse faster.

The nine-tailed demon fox had possessed the body of the daughter of the Ji Prefecture’s Marquis Su, Su Daji. She had written a cla.s.sic love story with Di Xin, which was ‘The Only Favored Concubine In The Harem’… Ahem, they had caused so many “good ministers” in the Shang Nation to be implicated, leaving behind endless infamy in the future!

So, what’s the name of the Nine-Tailed Fox in the story?

Li Changshou pondered for a while and could not help but laugh.

It would be a waste of effort to think about that. Even if he found the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox in advance, he would not be able to do anything, nor would he do anything. It was something that had nothing to do with him.

I should think about how I should communicate with the big shots when I meet the ancestors of the human race in the Fire Cloud Cave later. I should also ask about the whereabouts of the Copper Coin of Treasurefall.

Li Changshou’s ‘main body’ paper effigy stood in front of the mountain gate and watched the demons fly away.

On the Little Qiong Peak, the immortals from the Immortal Du Sect had already dispersed. In the next few days, there would be various conflicts between Dao companions in the mountain.

In order to stabilize the atmosphere in the sect, Li Changshou had already sent a voice transmission to Jiu Wu, asking him to spread the news within the sect.

For example…

If the elders in the sect were to encounter a question like “Did you get together with me back then because of the loneliness of cultivation?”, they would use a formatted answer.

“I, I didn’t miss you because I was lonely when we were apart. I only felt lonely because I missed you.”

Li Changshou did not dare to guarantee if it would be useful, but it was better than stammering and not knowing how to deal with the questions…

In the straw hut, Jiang Lin’er did not expose the ident.i.ty. She discussed with Jiu Wu, Jiu s.h.i.+, and Jiu Jiu about whether she was lonely or loved.

Finally, Jiang Lin’er was afraid that Li Changshou would expose himself. She took the initiative to ask Qi Yuan to go back and calm down. After thinking about it for a few hours, she left the Little Qiong Peak with the Jiu Immortals.

Li Changshou opened the outer layer isolation array and heaved a sigh of relief while sitting on the meditation cus.h.i.+on. Ling’e, who was at the side, muttered to herself. Her face was filled with seriousness.

Why did she see the expression that her senior brother often had, on her master’s face?

Li Changshou scanned his surroundings with his immortal senses and carefully sensed with his spiritual senses. Then, he restored his paper effigy to its paper effigy form and shouted, “Help me put away this paper effigy.”

Ling’e blinked and pondered for a while. She understood what had happened.

“Senior Brother, you helped Master reject such a beautiful wife. Will Master blame you? That vixen just now is quite infatuated with him!”

Li Changshou’s voice sounded from the paper effigy. “Nonsense. How can you call her Master’s wife? How much karma is this? Master has never seen her before! Copy the Steadiness Sutra three hundred times.”

“Oh.” Ling’e grimaced and quickly put the paper effigy away into her sleeve pouch.

As soon as she put away the paper effigy, Li Changshou flew back to the Little Qiong Peak from the sect.

Li Changshou rode a cloud and landed in front of Ling’e’s straw hut. He sat on his personal round chair and continued to think about the possible problems that might happen in the future.

Man proposes, G.o.d disposes…

“Senior Brother…”

Ling’e moved her little head over from the side. There was a solemn expression on her pretty face. She was less than a foot away from Li Changshou’s face.

“Huh?”

Ling’e blushed, but she said seriously, “I’m not lonely at all! I will copy the Steadiness Sutra three hundred more times. In total, I will copy it six hundred times. I will accept it myself!” Then, she smiled smugly and looked at her senior brother provocatively.

Li Changshou was rendered speechless.

I haven’t dealt with her in three years and she’s gotten so smug!

At that moment, the immortal power barrier around his master’s straw hut was retracted by Li Changshou. The door of the straw hut was immediately pulled open.

A beautiful woman ran out with a horsetail whisk and shouted angrily, “You traitor! Come here!”

Li Changshou quickly pointed at his master and activated the multi-layered isolation array that had been added after the renovation of the Little Qiong Peak.

With a “peng” sound, the beautiful woman transformed into Qi Yuan’s appearance. She was angry and her beard was trembling. She raised her horsetail whisk and rushed in front of Li Changshou. Li Changshou pulled Ling’e and skillfully… hid behind his junior sister.

“Master, I have settled the matter!”

“What did you settle?” Qi Yuan glared and scolded, “Don’t give your loyalty to loneliness? Where did you learn these twisted logic from!?!”

“It’s all because you taught me well, Master.”

Li Changshou laughed and hurriedly said, “Master, I was just dealing with the root cause of the problem and severing her thoughts.”

Qi Yuan said angrily, “If you had done anything wrong, just admit it. Can’t you give her an explanation and compensate her?” “Master, this matter cannot be resolved just by compensating. It will only become more chaotic. Moreover, I did not do anything to her. There was nothing to apologize for. She was just thinking too much… Master, don’t be angry. It will hurt your liver, ahem, your Dao base, it will hurt your Dao base.” “Today, I will!”

Qi Yuan raised his horsetail whisk and was about to hit Li Changshou. Li Changshou used Ling’e as the axis and dodged using the method of the Qin Emperor circling the pillar. Ling’e could not help but laugh continuously.

Suddenly, Li Changshou thought of Jiu Yus.h.i.+ and Xiong Lingli who were in the straw hut next door. He thought for a while and decided to help his master.

“Ah!”

Li Changshou’s feet swayed and he immediately collapsed outside the door.

The old Daoist priest, Qi Yuan, raised his horsetail whisk and rushed forward. He whipped Li Changshou’s b.u.t.tocks that he had been hitting since Li Changshou was young. He even lectured, “You have to be upright and kind! How did I teach you!?!” Ling’e covered her mouth and chuckled. Based on her observation, her Senior Brother was still a paper effigy. Naturally, she would not feel the pinch. However, Ling’e also thought of Little Aunt-Master Yu s.h.i.+, who had come to the lake with her. She immediately understood something

She cleared her throat and pounced forward. She spread her hands open and faced Qi Yuan.

“Master, if you want to hit me, hit me!”

Qi Yuan could not bring his horsetail whisk down. He stayed still for a few moments and could only sigh.

“Ah! Forget it! Changshou, you have to remember that no matter how capable you are, you can’t be arrogant. No matter how powerful your mystical abilities are, you can’t be arrogant! The demons are not kind either. Don’t get too involved with them!”

Crack!

Li Changshou, who was lying on the ground, pressed his palms together above his head. “I will follow Master’s instructions!”

Ling’e hurriedly said, “Thank you, Master, for not beating me up!”

“I’m going into seclusion to cultivate.” Qi Yuan shook his head. He held his horsetail whisk and floated back to his straw hut, leaving behind the view of his back that was filled with vicissitudes and stories.

In front of the window sill of the straw hut next door, two heads popped out and sized them up. They also shrank back weakly.

“Senior Sister Xiong, Senior Brother Qi Yuan is so fierce…”

“Yus.h.i.+, that’s the Peak Leader of our Little Qiong Peak. He’s not fierce. He’s dignified.”

“Yes, I feel that Senior Brother Qi Yuan is a very good person.” Upon hearing that, Ling’e, who had just helped her senior brother stand up, looked at him.

The senior brother raised his eyebrows and the junior sister blinked. Everything was silent.

“Senior Brother, do you want me to apply medicine for you?”

“There’s no need. I can’t absorb it either. Ahem, I’ll go back to the Pill Chamber to cultivate in seclusion.”

Li Changshou sighed softly and made a white cloud. He lay on it and floated back to the Pill Chamber, not bothering to salvage his image.

After resolving that troublesome matter, Li Changshou reorganized his thoughts and stopped all the paper effigies. His attention returned to the ‘Sea G.o.d’ paper effigy that was hidden underground.

Later, he had to prepare a gift of grat.i.tude for Elder Moon.

In the future, he should not use his master’s image to cause trouble. It would be safer to use some fabricated characters. Li Changshou used the Earth Escape technique to burrow out of the ground. He placed his attention on the paper effigy that was in the form of the Sea G.o.d and continued walking towards the Fire Cloud Cave.

The Fire Cloud Cave was hidden somewhere in the Middle Continent. It did not appear in front of people, just like the Three-Immortal Island.

He knew that the Three-Immortal Island was in the fog above the sea. If he did not have a way to enter, he would not be able to find any traces.

When Li Changshou first wanted to find the Fire Cloud Cave, he calculated with his fingers and knew that that place… could not be deduced with his limited deduction skills.

However, he now had the Heavenly Courts to back him up. It was not difficult for him to find out where the Fire Cloud Cave was.

He rode a cloud and traversed thousands of mountains and rivers.

After traveling for half a day, a vast lake appeared in front of him.

Li Changshou flew towards the sky of the Great Swamp. He turned around in the sky and fell towards the Great Swamp. Just as his body was about to land on the surface of the water, his immortal senses saw a wisp of smoke condense in the air.

Hence, he stopped and rode a cloud towards the cloud… That was the detailed method of finding the Fire Cloud Cave in the Heavenly Courts’ records.

Li Changshou flew to the cloud and felt that there were mysterious Dao runes in front of him. He heard the music played by string instruments in his ears, as if there was a hidden paradise ahead.

There seemed to be an invisible door in the clouds, causing Li Changshou to stop in his tracks.

Li Changshou said loudly, “The Heavenly Courts’ envoy is here on the orders of the Jade Emperor to pay a visit to our ancestors.”

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a chuckle in his heart. An Eight Trigrams disc appeared in front of him out of thin air. The eight circular rings on it rotated gently, and the lines carved on it flickered with dim light.

I can enter after it’s undone.

Li Changshou bowed and formed the Water-Fire Taiji with his left hand. He slowly pushed the Taiji Painting forward and placed it in the center of the Eight Trigrams disc.

Then, Yin and Yang circulated. The Eight Trigrams Disc began to flicker with light. Li Changshou added in his heart, I’m a disciple of Ren School, may I enter? The invisible door immediately disappeared, and a cave appeared in front of him. The cave was very deep, but it was brightly lit.

Li Changshou bowed again and walked into the cave with the generous gift that General Dongmu had prepared from the Heavenly Courts’ treasure vault.

His heart was still filled with vigilance, and he was prepared to destroy himself.

After taking sixty-four steps forward, his vision cleared up. There was still a huge lake in front of him. It seemed to be the body of water that he had just seen, and also the mirror image of the body of water.

Above the lake, there were clearly two large regions. There were seven immortal mountains floating on the left. The scenery there was different, and most of them were quiet.

On the right, there were continuous mountain ranges connected to each other. There were palaces and buildings everywhere, and the sounds of women laughing, playing zithers, and playing the flute could be heard…

It was obvious that the left side was where the ancestors of the human race lived in seclusion, while the right side was the family member area of Emperor Huang Xuanyuan. Shennong, who was one of the three emperors, may gain more merit for leading the human race to fighting hard in the battle, preserving the human race’s fire seedlings, and leading f.u.xi.

However, Emperor Huang Xuanyuan was clearly the winner in life among the “retired human emperors “! Has the three-thousand-member harem been included in the Fire Cloud Cave?

Everyone gets along with each other and they’re laughing continuously. Did they become partners who could live forever together and be happy and carefree?

This is too powerful.

Li Changshou praised in his heart. He did not dare to criticize the ancestors. He held the gift and looked around, not knowing which peak to go to.

At that moment, Li Changshou saw a boat in the corner of the Great Swamp. His eyes lit up and he flew over on a cloud. From afar, he could see a burly man in a straw raincoat fis.h.i.+ng on the boat. However, when he was a little closer, he heard the burly man… sobbing softly. “Senior, Senior?” Li Changshou shouted from afar. The burly man, who was fis.h.i.+ng, quickly wiped his face and turned around to look at Li Changshou. He revealed a dignified, square-shaped face which had an unhappy expression.

“Who are you? What are you doing? How did you get in? Why are you shouting? This is the Fire Cloud Cave!”

Li Changshou was at a loss for words when he heard the burly man’s deep voice, which was mixed with a heavy South Continent accent.

Am I really just lonely?

On the huge wooden s.h.i.+p, the vixen was lying on the bed in a quiet room with a blank expression. Six snow-white fox tails appeared behind her, swaying gently.

She was recalling and thinking.

No, this should not be loneliness!

The vixen sat up with her snow-white arms supporting her body. She looked strangely excited.

She raised her hand and waved at the desk beside her. She grabbed a brush and a piece of cloth out of thin air and laid them on the bed. Then, she picked up the brush and started writing

My Qingqiu Clan has entered the Dao through love. Could it be that so many seniors and elders in the clan are just lonely?

No, perhaps I’m tempted by loneliness, but I do have you in my heart. Daoist Priest Qi Yuan…

Her thoughts raced as her slender fingers swayed. An image appeared on the cloth.

In the dark dungeon, an old Daoist priest stood quietly and looked at the snow-white demon fox in the dungeon.

The vixen picked up her brush and wrote ‘Qi Yuan’ on the side. Then, she slowly laid down on the side of the painting as if she had lost all her strength. She used her demonic power to protect the painting and gently touched it with her slender fingers.

After an hour, the vixen slowly stood up and sat cross-legged. The painting floated in front of her and swayed gently. The person inside seemed to have come alive. A wisp of Dao runes appeared around the fox

girl.

She muttered softly, “I actually don’t understand why I’m attracted to you. Perhaps it’s the backlash from my Enchantment Spell, or perhaps it’s because of the gentleness you unintentionally showed me. However, I will figure out my true intentions and feelings. If the answer is in the Dao, I will go to the Dao to search for it. You are right. If I can’t even understand my own intentions, I can’t refute your theory about me being lonely. I, Qingqiu Xinlan, will then not be worthy of cultivating any Dao of Love. However, you are wrong, Daoist Priest… Love is not loneliness. Love is sincerity.”

As she mumbled, the Dao runes on her body kept rising. A blurry figure appeared behind her. That figure looked up at the void as if it was questioning something.

Gradually, after an unknown period of time, the Dao runes filled the room and alarmed her clansmen.

The seventh snow-white fox tail quietly appeared behind her…

Daoist Priest Qi Yuan, I will definitely look for you again.