Start practicing from Mr. Fox

Chapter 137 Who Says Right or Wrong?

Upon hearing the word "transformation," Bai Qi and the others trembled, still feeling somewhat nervous.

Thinking of the scene a few days ago when Miss Bai reprimanded them, he couldn't help but look at Bai Ba.

"Or perhaps you could do it?"

"Dying early is dying anyway, so I'll go first."

Bai Ba stepped forward confidently and looked at Chen Ji and the others.

"I am Bai Ba, and I have been practicing the Transformation Technique for less than a year. I would like to ask the instructors for guidance."

"it is good."

Chen Ji nodded and slowly raised his finger to point as Miss Bai had instructed.

This is also the process of studying foxes that Miss Bai had told them before.

The instructors each had their own strengths. Except for the virtues, which were handled by a fox, the other three disciplines each had their own instructors, which could be considered a simulation of reality.

The scene before my eyes suddenly changed.

Bai Qi, Bai Shiliu, and Bai Ershisan have all disappeared, leaving only Bai Bayi and the three instructors.

The surroundings were bustling with activity, like a marketplace.

"This is a transformation test. After you transform, you just need to remain undetected in the crowd for half a quarter of an hour."

Chen Ji spoke.

Bai Ba remained in his fox form amidst the crowd, his gaze suddenly becoming cautious.

If a fox were to blend into a crowd, it would surely be killed if discovered.

Moreover, maintaining that position for fifteen minutes is quite demanding.

This requires more than just transformation skills; any flaw during the process will cause problems.

Bai Ba gritted his teeth and, before anyone around him noticed him, he simply held his breath and his fox body suddenly swelled up, revealing the short, stocky build he had seen before.

Although he is still short and stocky, he has made great progress this time. His facial features are distinct, and he looks like a human. His face and hair do not have the characteristics of a fox.

People around him were not surprised to see him; some even greeted him.

"How can you slack off here? Have you forgotten what your job is?"

"I'm?"

Bai Ba was taken aback and was still thinking when he suddenly realized that this was probably the test for transformation, where he would choose his own identity. So he hurriedly answered.

"I just finished cooking and came out to rest. Is something else going on?"

"Nonsense, a new distinguished guest has arrived at the private room. They say there are bugs in your food and they're going to cause you trouble. Why aren't you going?"

"insect?"

Bai Ba looked bewildered, but knowing it was an assessment, he quickly went upstairs.

Sure enough, he saw several burly men who looked like troublemakers staring at him, looking for trouble.

"We're having drinks here, and you found bugs in our food. How are you going to compensate us?"

Bai Ba was taken aback, then looked at the finished dish and indeed there was an insect crawling on it.

After thinking for a moment, he realized that this must be about how the fox would handle problems encountered in the human world, so he calmed down and slowly asked.

"What kind of compensation do you gentlemen desire?"

"This shop belongs to you, so naturally you should decide how to compensate us to our satisfaction."

"Then I'd like to say I won't compensate you. What do you all think?"

"No compensation?"

The burly man sneered, drew his knife, and slashed at the table, instantly breaking off a white corner of the elmwood table.

"Then don't blame me for cutting your neck with this knife, just like this table."

The waiter beside Bai Ba was so frightened that he was trembling like a leaf and dared not make a sound, but Bai Ba just smiled slightly.

The fingers gently crossed over the burly man's knife.

"collapse!"

With a crisp sound, the thick-backed cleaver shattered into two pieces in Bai Ba's hand.

Then he looked up at the burly men.

“We’re all people of the martial arts world. If you really have no money, just say you’re poor and want to have a full meal, and I’ll give you plain noodles.”

"But since you brought bugs from outside hoping to get a free meal, don't blame me for being impolite!"

After speaking, he hesitated for a moment, then threw the knife away.

"Get out of here! Don't delay my business. If you dare to do such a dirty thing again, I'll make sure you lose a leg every time I see you!"

The burly men were so frightened they wet themselves.

Bai Ba looked out the window, intending to observe their performance, but the scene before him suddenly changed, returning him to the small courtyard he had been in before.

They still couldn't find Bai Qi and the others, but instead saw three instructors.

Looking at himself now, a hint of satisfaction appeared in his eyes.

"Turn around and look."

Chen Ji spoke lightly.

Bai Ba slowly turned around, his clothes fluttering, and his fox tail disappeared.

"Alright, tell me why you transformed into human form like this, and why you acted the way you did just now. If you're hiding in the human world to avoid trouble, why did you suddenly reveal your abilities?"

Chen Ji asked.

Bai Ba stared in disbelief.

"Huh? I have to answer this?"

"nature."

Chen Ji looked on calmly.

"You can transform into a human. If you think of how you came up with the idea of ​​transforming into this form, and if it is by chance, you will be ranked lower. If you can explain the reason, you will be ranked higher."

"understood."

Bai Ba nodded and replied earnestly.

"I like to eat. When I was in the human world, I often went to the kitchen of a restaurant to watch people make food and eat. That chef was like that, and I have become like that too."

"As for how to conduct myself, it was taught to me by the elders of the clan and my teacher."

"Oh? How did they tell you?"

Bai Ba pursed his lips and said slowly.

"They said they had heard from the Goddess of Mount Tai that foxes shouldn't resemble humans too much, otherwise they would lose their fox demon nature, which is why they were slightly punished just now."

“They are江湖人 (jianghu people), and their bullying of the weak and fear of the strong is most despicable. Since I gained wisdom, I have cultivated virtue. If I could tolerate this, wouldn’t my cultivation have been in vain?”

"Besides, how can there be a principle that only evil people are allowed to threaten foxes, but foxes are not allowed to threaten evil people? What I am doing is also an act of kindness."

"You little fox are quite the talker. If you perform like that in the future, you should be able to get a middle...upper tier."

Chen Ji nodded slightly and gave his assessment.

However, this level was not stated by him, but rather by Miss Bai through telepathy.

Bai Ba's eyes lit up, barely suppressing his excitement.

"Thank you for your instruction."

"No need to thank us, it's the result of your own hard work."

The white maiden, disguised as a teacher, spoke, her fox-like eyes slightly raised, and with a light tap of her fingertips, a table of delicious dishes appeared in front of Bai Ba.

"Alright, you rest first. I'll go test the three foxes. Go and get the food yourself."

Bai Ba couldn't help but swallow hard when he saw it.

"This... Your Excellency, this is far too lavish. Can we really eat as much as we want?"

"Sure, but you can only eat here, you can't take it away."

"must."

Bai Ba bowed and replied.

Miss Bai then raised her hand to shut out the area and went to see Bai Qi and the others again.

The test was similar to Bai Ba's, but their transformation and spell assessments were different.

All of this had been done according to Miss Bai's instructions, but after seeing it several times, the curiosity had faded, and all that remained was the feeling that being a fox-training instructor was quite arduous.

If one had to face all the foxes in the world every time they were tested on fox studies, it would probably take a person with great perseverance to persist.

"Indeed."

Miss Bai listened to Chen Ji's感慨 and nodded with a smile.

"The most arduous task in Fox Studies is teaching. On weekdays, they teach classes, and at the beginning of Fox Studies, they go to inspect foxes all over the world. When they are not busy, they also have to improve their own cultivation."

"Although one can receive tuition and salary at the Fox Academy, there is basically no possibility of cultivation while working as an instructor there. I have never heard of any instructor at the Fox Academy who has become an immortal."

Chen Ji suddenly realized something and looked at Miss Bai.

"Miss Bai seems to know so much about foxes, could it be that you were once an instructor of fox studies?"

"That's not true, but some foxes who have done it have mentioned these things."

"Let's first observe their moral character and conduct."

As the White Maiden spoke, she brought up the scene again, which was the scene of the four foxes resting.

"This is the most difficult part of studying foxes."

Miss Bai explained to them.

"The Fox School assesses character not only by inquiring about the fox's usual performance, but also by deliberately setting up a testing ground during the assessment." Chen Ji looked at the scene before him and understood what this meant.

Bai Ba is a glutton, and all sorts of delicious food are right in front of him.

Bai Qi was showing off, and right before his eyes was a scene of discussing philosophy with the other little foxes.

Bai Shiliu's calligraphy and paintings are a treasure trove of precious works of art.

……

Only by stimulating the fox's heart with things that each fox likes can you reveal its truest thoughts.

Public morality is for others to see, and most people are able to maintain it well.

However, maintaining good personal ethics when no one is around is something that not everyone can do.

Moral character is undoubtedly the most difficult subject.

"No wonder the Fox School can't recruit foxes."

Chen Ji shook his head and sighed.

If the Human Academy were to employ such a rigorous system, it's likely that only one in ten thousand would be able to gain admission.

Miss Bai sighed.

"It's not that I wanted it to be this way, but fox studies are important, so this is the only way."

“Cultivation is much more difficult for foxes than for humans, and they are also influenced by their fox nature. If they cannot even resist these temptations, their future cultivation will be more harmful than if they had never cultivated at all.”

"This is also a rule set by the Goddess of Mount Tai."

"Ok?"

Chen Ji's eyes flickered, and he suddenly thought of something.

"Could this be related to that person from back then?"

Miss Bai nodded, but did not speak.

Chen Ji then realized that this was indeed the case and finally understood why the study of foxes was so rigorous.

If it's because of that incident, then it makes sense.

Originally, the fox demon was ordered to end the dynasty of the human world. There were countless ways to bewitch the king, but because of the fox demon's selfishness, she harmed loyal officials and even caused a great calamity to occur.

If a wild fox can become a nine-tailed fox with such power, then a nine-tailed fox trained by a fox academy would indeed be even more troublesome.

"It's hard to say whether it's right or wrong, but the foxes that come after are going to suffer."

Chen Ji sighed, but that was all he said.

Since it concerned fox studies, he couldn't really say anything.

Miss Bai glanced at him, her eyes shimmering with emotion.

"Sir, do you think there's a right and wrong in this matter? And who is right and who is wrong?"

"It's meaningless to talk about right and wrong right now. We can't even decide right and wrong, so what's the point of talking about right and wrong? If one day Miss Bai can refine the heavens with foxfire, then what you call right and wrong will naturally be right and wrong."

"Is that so?"

Miss Bai was slightly taken aback.

She thought Chen Ji would talk about profound truths, but instead he said something like this.

Upon further reflection, I couldn't help but shake my head.

"Isn't what you're saying, sir, just like what you taught the fox before—that might makes right?"

Chen Ji just laughed it off.

"If that's what Miss Bai thinks, then so be it. I was just expressing my feelings. If Miss Bai has anything else to say, we can discuss it in detail another day when we're not together."

"Ok?"

Miss Bai raised her eyebrows.

"Sir, you also know that it's the blind spot under the lamp?"

Chen Ji smiled slightly.

"I heard him mention it once when I was chatting with Judge Lu."

"it is good."

Upon hearing this, Miss Bai didn't say much, and then she and Chen Ji began to look at the test papers that the four foxes had finished answering.

After a while, he put down the exam paper, his eyes filled with relief.

"If all the foxes in the mountains could achieve the same results as these four, I'm afraid the Sendai fox group would become famous this year in the fox academy."

"Then congratulations in advance, Miss Bai."

"We should thank you, sir. Without your guidance, they would probably need decades more to improve."

Miss Bai said seriously.

"After all, he's my student, it's only right."

Chen Ji smiled.

"How should we tell them?"

"I will say it."

After thinking for a moment, Miss Bai waved again and returned to the courtyard, where the Four Foxes appeared before her.

Their expressions had been different at first, but now that they saw the other foxes and the three instructors, they all became nervous.

After a long pause, Bai Ba finally spoke up and asked.

"May I ask, Instructor, how have our results been? Have they met your standards?"

"good."

Miss Bai nodded in affirmation.

"His grades are all passable. If he studies diligently, he may be able to enter the Fox Academy. It is worth the trip to see such a talented fox today."

"Go forth and diligently cultivate yourselves!"

The white-clad maiden waved her sleeve, and the scene before her eyes vanished abruptly.

Chen Ji opened his eyes again and found himself still standing in the middle of the courtyard.

The girl next to her also came to her senses, but Bai Shijiu was still deep in thought, not knowing what was going on.

An epiphany?

Chen Ji glanced at Bai Shijiu and felt that his performance was somewhat familiar.

Miss Bai looked at her with surprise.

"What an enviable talent! To have such insights after experiencing these things in a dream is something we shouldn't let Bai Qi and the others see."

Bai Gu Niang looked into the room and swept up Bai Shijiu with a wave of her sleeve.

"Sir, please explain to them first that I will take Bai Shijiu back to cultivate."

As soon as she finished speaking, Miss Bai rode away on the wind.

As their figures drifted away from the courtyard, almost simultaneously, Bai Qi and the others' voices rang out loudly.

"Miss Bai! Sir! I...I've taken the fox studies exam!"

"You took the exam too?"

"Did you take the exam too?"

"I took the test too!"

The four foxes rushed out, only to find Chen Ji sitting alone in the courtyard. They hurriedly asked where Miss Bai had gone.

"She's gone to take care of some things. You can tell me if you need anything."

"Sir, could you please take us back up the mountain?"

Bai Ba hurriedly said.

"Oh? What happened?"

Chen Ji pretended not to know and looked at them.

Four foxes hurriedly said.

"Just now, we all took the fox studies test in our dreams. A fox who claimed to be the fox studies instructor came to us in the dream and said that we have cultivation and were just passing by to see if we were qualified to take the fox studies test."

"We've already gone through three tests in our dreams, and we're thinking of going back to tell them so they don't miss out!"

"Is that so? Of course."

Chen Ji smiled slightly and led them away on the wind.

A moment later, in the library of Sendai Mountain, all the foxes gathered, anxiously watching the four foxes on the platform.

Just now, Senior Huai informed them that Bai Ba and the others were going to share their experience in learning from foxes. They were still somewhat skeptical, but after Bai Ba and the others finished speaking, they all widened their eyes and said that this was extremely useful.

They all wished they could immediately pull Mr. Su and Chen Ji along to begin their cultivation.

They said they couldn't let the Fox Academy instructor see that they were worse than Bai Ba and his group.

Bai Ba and his group worked even harder, determined to show the instructors a new level of performance when the fox studies exam was officially held.

Chen Ji looked around and felt somewhat satisfied.

It's really great to have students like this.

I wonder what they would think if they knew that this was arranged by him and Miss Bai.

However, by then he should have already entered the study of foxes and wouldn't have had any such thoughts.

Lost in thought, he saw Senior Huai appear and slowly smile.

"Could it be that you, sir, were the ones who created this fox clan instructor?"

(End of this chapter)