Longevity, starting from traveling and telling stories

Chapter 7 Why Stop Me From Choosing a Husband

Liang Mingjue and Zhu Jiayi's faces turned pale. They also knew what Ye Beixuan was talking about.

They were all from wealthy families and had never seen such a strange thing before. They were already extremely scared.

In fact, Ye Beixuan was also very frightened, but since others called him a master, he couldn't behave too badly, otherwise it would undermine morale.

The silence was broken by a sharp "squeak".

It was like a baby's cry being prolonged, and then, "嘤嘤" sounds came one after another, as if coming from all directions, making it difficult to tell the direction for a moment.

There was a rustling sound in the wild grass, accompanied by a faint "yo yo" sound.

Then he seemed to hear the charming and seductive voice of a woman, and even smelled a different fragrance and foxy smell.

Could it really be a fox demon? The rumored Black Mountain fox demon is causing trouble. Could it be true?

The hand holding the sword was so tense that it was wet as if it had just been washed, and sweat had completely soaked the hilt.

Except for the two unconscious old men behind the statue, Liang Mingjue protected Zhu Jiayi tightly behind him and couldn't help but hold the weapon in his hand tighter.

The tense atmosphere was extremely oppressive. Zhu Jiayi even covered her face, not daring to look outside, and sobbed softly.

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Suddenly, a shrill ghost cry was like a sharp sword, piercing the eardrums of several people, causing pain in their ears and making them cover their hands involuntarily.

Zhu Jiayi was so frightened that she collapsed to the ground. Liang Mingjue was not much better off. It was only his manly spirit that kept him from collapsing.

Ye Beixuan was also extremely panicked. He had previously thought that the statue could scare away ghosts and monsters. At worst, he could just hide here and wait until daytime before leaving.

Now it seems that this is not the case. The shrill ghost cry and the smell of fox indicate that there may be more than one ghost, or even a large number of them.

It's over! I'm probably going to fail this time. Apart from the basic swordsmanship and qi-reading techniques given by the system, I only have a special ghost-fearing technique that can scare ghosts.

Before Ye Beixuan could react, his thoughts were pulled back.

"Which Taoist temple are you from? I just want to find a satisfactory husband. Why are you stopping me?" A clear and pleasant voice came.

Along with the sound at the door, a huge fox, half the height of a human, appeared at the door of the dilapidated temple. Its fur was fiery red, as if stained with blood. Its eyes were green and narrow, emitting a cunning light. There was a hideous scar on its face, as if it had been injured by something.

Ye Beixuan's heart skipped a beat. Was this really a fox and not an oversized wolf?

But after a moment of hesitation, he realized, Taoist temple?

He immediately understood that the ghosts and gods must have frightened it and made it subconsciously think that he was a Taoist master.

Liang Mingjue and Zhu Jiayi next to them also relaxed their expressions a lot. They subconsciously looked at Ye Beixuan and felt that he was not simple.

If it weren't for him, all of my family would have suffered today.

Ye Beixuan suppressed his accelerated heartbeat. At this moment, he could only rely on the fear of ghosts and gods and take a gamble.

So he said calmly, "I ate his chicken leg, this is the cause. You wanted to harm him, and I reminded him, this is the result." Although his facial features were calm, he had already held his breath, and blood was rushing to his forehead. I'm afraid his face will turn red soon.

Speaking of cause and effect, the fox lowered its ugly and ferocious head and was silent for a long time. Ye Beixuan could already feel his face flushing red, and he hurriedly and slowly took a few breaths in batches, then he suppressed his expression and looked no longer unusual.

After a while, the fox raised its head and spoke in a voice as soft as a young girl, but with a cold tone, "You cultivators believe in cause and effect, but why do we demons have cause but no good result?"

Ye Beixuan's thoughts raced. Now it regarded him as some otherworldly master, so he managed to scare it for the time being.

But at the same time, he wished he could learn from Ikkyu, the monk in his previous life, and find a way to answer its so-called cause and effect.

However, in a flash, from the information revealed in its words, I figured out that the so-called cause and effect might be related to love. Otherwise, why would it capture the scholar as its husband?
If it were just that, then it would be easy. Although I don't understand cause and effect, there are many stories about fox spirits in my previous life. I can just pick one out to scare it. Storytelling is my strong point, so I can scare it first.

So he slowed down his speech and said in a rather calm tone: "Humans have seven orifices, demons have six orifices, missing one orifice, so humans are always more delicate in emotions than demons."

Ye Beixuan had no idea about these things and just copied some legends from his previous life. The most important point was that he wanted to pry open the fox demon's mouth, so he tentatively led the cause to the emotional part, with the purpose of testing whether it was trapped by love.

Sure enough, after listening to this, the fox demon was so excited that his claws involuntarily scratched five marks on the ground. One mark was missing, one mark was missing. It turned out that it was because I was missing one mark that I couldn't understand the truth and couldn't get out of this emotional whirlpool.

It understood, completely understood that even if it had cultivated into a human form, it was still different from humans in essence. If it could comprehend that last orifice, it would truly become a person with seven orifices, and its cultivation would surely improve by leaps and bounds.

The cultivation of demons is not tolerated by the laws of nature. During the cultivation process, they will encounter numerous thunder tribulations, which are so powerful that they will be destroyed both physically and spiritually if they are not careful.

The person in front of him showed as if he had merged into the world in his every move. Although he had only heard of cultivators from other monsters and this was the first time he saw one, he felt that this person was definitely not simple and was far superior to other cultivators.

Other monsters have even said that if they encounter a great human monk, they will hide if possible, because their fur is seen as a tool for refining magic weapons by the monks.

Thinking of this, the fox demon said nervously, "Sir, could you please give me some advice? Point me out of this maze. Fox Meier would be very grateful."

Perhaps he realized that he had not expressed himself clearly, so he added another sentence.

"I've been on this Black Mountain, pondering for over a hundred years, but I still can't understand why humans are so heartless. So I've been capturing scholars and asking them questions. Because I have a knot in my heart, my cultivation has never progressed."

Ye Beixuan was completely overwhelmed when he heard this. "How would I know how you practice cultivation? I don't even understand it myself." But now its attitude has changed drastically. "I must not panic. I have to scare it first."

Taking a deep breath to calm his racing heartbeat, Ye Beixuan remained calm as he spoke word by word, "I'd like to ask, Your Excellency, how many years have you been in Black Mountain? How many people have you killed?"

"To answer your question, sir, Fox Meir has been in Black Mountain for more than a hundred years and has never killed anyone." Although it is a big fox, its human-like expression makes it look particularly serious.

Never killed anyone? Impossible! Then what about that female ghost? Is she simply capturing scholars as husbands?

I deliberately ask this question so that it can answer it, and then prepare a long sermon on Buddhist and Taoist scriptures.

How can I respond to its casual remark that it has never killed anyone?

Thinking of this, he took a look at the ferocious appearance of the big fox. Ye Beixuan tightened his clothes, hoping that the fox would not fall in love with him.

(End of this chapter)