Building a sect from scratch.

Chapter 192 The Flower Fairy
Then another woman walked through the stone gate and came out.

Zhao Qing immediately recognized that the woman was Hu Zijun!
Upon seeing Hu Zijun, the fox-woman's expression immediately became somewhat timid, but she then forced herself to say, "These people, I don't know where they came from, claiming to be disciples of the Taiyin Sect, and they even tried to force their way into our Chiyuan Cave, falsely accusing us of stealing some magical treasure from them! This is outrageous!"

Upon hearing this, the Jade Emperor was so enraged that his eyes widened in fury: "You're spouting nonsense!"

Hu Zijun, as if she could see through everything, glanced at the fox woman and said, "Yun Li, since you are so certain of your words, why don't you come with me to pay your respects to Madam Hu and let her come to our house to judge for herself? What do you say?"

Yun Li, feeling guilty, said, "I... I am a fox spirit of the Yun clan. Why would I go to see the Hundred Flowers Goddess of the Hu clan?"

Hu Zijun said, "Now that the Yun clan leader has been punished and imprisoned, your Yun clan is leaderless. All matters concerning the fox spirits in the clan are discussed jointly by the Hu, Huang, and Chengyang clans. If you have any grievances, wouldn't it be only right to report to my great-grandmother, the Hu clan?"

Yun Li simply said, "Such a trivial matter, why bother her, old lady..."

Hu Zijun coldly demanded, "A trivial matter? Someone's life was almost lost because of you! And you still have the nerve to call it a trivial matter!?"

"I...I was also trying to protect myself..."

Before Yun Li could finish speaking, Hu Zijun scolded, "Yun Li! If you continue with your clever words, don't blame me for taking you away!"

Upon hearing this, Yun Li's expression changed drastically, and she said with tears welling up in her eyes, "Zi Jun, do you now trust outsiders more than your own sisters? Does the absence of our Yun Clan Chief mean that the Yun Clan's fox spirits are easy to bully? I will go and pay my respects to Lady Xin Yue now, so I can ask her if our Yun Clan's fox spirits are not from the Crimson Plains Cave?"

With that, Yun Li forcefully pushed Hu Zijun aside at the door, squeezed into the stone gate, and flew away in the blink of an eye.

The Jade Emperor was dumbfounded: "No way, can't she be reasonable? I let her beat me to near death and I didn't feel wronged, but she's acting like she's wronged?!"

The wounds caused by the foxfire burns were not ordinary wounds. Although the bone-breaking and muscle-regenerating powder was useful, it was not very effective. However, the original charred black color gradually turned into the pink color of new flesh and blood, making it look even more eerie and frightening.

"She's not aggrieved at all! She's just putting on an act, pretending!" Hu Zijun said, taking a bottle of pills from her sleeve and handing it over apologetically, "I'm so sorry you were frightened, fellow Daoist."
"The fox spirit just now was a Yun clan fox spirit who was punished to guard the gate. She is of the same clan as the previous sinful fox spirit, Yun Guanxia. I suppose that's why she took her anger out on you. Although my cultivation is much higher than hers, I am unable to deal with her because we are not of the same clan. I apologize for the inconvenience caused to you, fellow Daoist. This bottle of pills is quite effective for foxfire injuries. Consider it an apology."

The Jade Emperor accepted the elixir, but he was still displeased. However, remembering that he still had to help with the task, he didn't say anything too harsh, only complaining, "The Yun family... it seems like everyone with the surname Yun is a bit abnormal!"

"The previous Yun clan patriarch disappeared while he was away, so the Yun clan put forward a new patriarch, that Yun clan patriarch..."

Hu Zijun's expression turned somewhat grim as she said this: "He has an extreme personality and indulges the Yun clan's fox cubs too much. Not long ago, he alarmed the ancestor and was punished with confinement. Now, the Yun clan's fox cubs are even more lawless. Only the other clan leaders can keep them in check, and I can't interfere much."

"By the way, fellow Daoists, is there anything I can do for you?"

When the matter was brought up, Zhao Qing quickly recounted the whole story again.

Upon hearing this, Hu Zijun frowned and said, "Although we in Chiyuan Cave are quite strict in disciplining our fox cubs, I can't say for sure when it comes to the Yun family... Do you have any way to find the location of that fragment of the Douxuan Treasure Mirror?"

"This……"

Zhao Qing looked at Shen Yun with a troubled expression.

Shen Yun was about to speak when he saw a semi-transparent figure slowly coalescing beside him!
Shen Yun was both surprised and delighted: "Senior Junchou!"

Jun Chou nodded slightly to Shen Yun as a greeting, and then said to Hu Zijun, "It's fine."

This was in response to the other party's question about "finding the location of the Douxuan Treasure Mirror fragments." Hu Zijun was also stunned for a moment, then asked in shock, "You, you are actually Lord Douxuan?"

Jun Chou explained helplessly, "No, although my name is Jun Chou, I am merely the spirit within the Douxuan Treasure Mirror he forged."

Hu Zijun then revealed a look of surprise: "The Douxuan Treasure Mirror, it's real!?"

It turns out she had never believed what those people said!
Jun Chou said calmly, "I am ashamed to say that after many twists and turns, the Douxuan Treasure Mirror has been shattered into several pieces."

Hu Zijun glanced at Jun Chou a few times before bowing and saying, "Please come with me. This matter probably needs to be decided by my clan leader. I dare not act on my own."

Zhao Qing glanced at Jun Chou, and seeing that he showed no sign of distress, she said to Hu Zijun, "Then I'll have to trouble you, fellow Daoist."

The group passed through the stone gate and arrived at Wild Fox Plains, where various foxes that had not yet transformed were still busy at work. However, this time, Hu Zijun did not take them to the village that Zhao Qing had visited before, but instead led them directly to the clan's house built of stone.

Upon entering, she saw the Hundred Flowers Fairy, who had met Zhao Qing once before, standing in the room. She asked softly, "Are you a disciple of the Taiyin Sect?"

"Exactly."

As Hu Zijun spoke, she explained the whole story, and even made a special mention of the "Douxuan Treasure Mirror".

"The Mysterious Mirror..."

The Hundred Flowers Immortal carefully examined Jun Chou in the crowd, pondered for a moment, and then said, "If I hadn't been confident in my own character, I'm afraid I would have harbored evil intentions. How about this, since the Crimson Plains Cave cannot accommodate outsiders coming and going freely, I will lead this Fellow Daoist Jun Chou to search for him. You may stay nearby for a while, what do you think?"

Zhao Qing hesitated for a moment, glanced at Jun Chou, and saw him nod slightly to the group, seemingly not minding going alone with the Hundred Flower Immortal to search for the fragments, so she said, "Then I'll trouble the Hundred Flower Immortal."

"Zi Jun, please treat our guests well."

After the Hundred Flowers Immortal finished speaking, he disappeared from the stone house in the blink of an eye, along with Jun Chou, who was standing to the side.

"Please follow me, everyone," Hu Zijun said, leading the way as she spoke to Zhao Qing. "My nephews and nieces were asking me the other day how they could see you again!"

Zhao Qing was flattered: "Oh! They still remember me?"

"Few outsiders come to the Red Plains Cave, and they even say you're particularly good at pleasing people?"

Hu Zijun's tone was tinged with doubt as she spoke.

Zhao Qing racked her brains to save face, saying, "Haha, we Taiyin Sect disciples do indeed have a fondness for furry... uh, creatures, and we feel especially good when we stroke their fur!"

The Jade Emperor curiously tugged at Zhao Qing's sleeve: "Smooth things over?"

Zhao Qing kept her mouth tightly shut, but answered in the team chat with her microphone open: "Ahem, it's just petting the fox..."

The Jade Emperor, filled with envy and jealousy, exclaimed over the microphone, "Holy crap! You can pet foxes?! I want to pet one too!"

(End of this chapter)