Jade Dynasty: I am the master of the Burning Sword, my swordsmanship is unparalleled.

Chapter 210 Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox
Zhang Xiaofan's attitude was very tough; if it weren't for Li Xun's sake, he would have already taken action.

After all, Yan Hong's tragic death was enough to enrage Zhang Xiaofan. Who would have thought that a righteous and prestigious sect would dare to commit such heinous acts within its ranks? If they were to leave Fenxiang Valley, who knows how many more heinous crimes they would commit.

Yan Hong was captured as an undercover agent. Even though she had secretly learned the secret techniques of the Incense Valley, she never passed them on to the Joyful Union Sect. Instead of killing her, they used such outrageous methods.

Faced with Zhang Xiaofan's assertiveness, Shangguan Ce's expression froze. He wanted to let it go, after all, the shrewd old man Shangguan Ce could easily see the anger in Zhang Xiaofan's heart.

But Shangguan Ce dared not let him go. As an elder of Fenxiang Valley, second only to Yun Yilan in status, Shangguan Ce knew all too well how many sins Fenxiang Valley had committed over the years.

Shangguan Ce was especially aware of the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox; once it was released, it would never be returned.

"Humph!"

Seeing Shangguan Ce hesitate, Zhang Xiaofan snorted and walked directly toward the Xuanhuo Altar. Shangguan Ce stood aside and did not dare to stop him.

After turning three steps and arriving at the top of the Xuanhuo Altar, Zhang Xiaofan ignored Shangguan Ce outside and stepped inside.

Watching Zhang Xiaofan walk into the Xuanhuo Altar, Shangguan Ce couldn't help but sigh. Without further hesitation, he turned around and headed out of the Xuanhuo Altar.

Upon entering the Xuanhuo Altar, the first thing that catches the eye is a ball of red light in the center of the main hall, resembling a blazing flame.

However, after only a couple of glances, Zhang Xiaofan looked away and focused his gaze on the crimson stone slab beneath his feet.

On the stone slabs, there were many strange engravings about the thickness of a finger. These engravings were not smooth, but curved and twisted, and they were connected together to form ancient and fierce totems. There were as many as eight of them.

Surrounding those fierce god totems was a huge flame totem, which enveloped all the fierce god totems.

"Squeak! Squeak!"

Seemingly sensing the fierce and bloodthirsty aura emanating from those totems, Little Gray let out two uneasy screams.

Seeing this, Zhang Xiaofan reached out and gently stroked Xiao Hui's body. A surge of Buddhist power flowed into Xiao Hui's body, driving out all the malevolent energy and evil spirits within it.

Without lingering, Zhang Xiaofan strode toward the center of the hall. As he walked, the clear sound of bells and jade rings colliding echoed in the empty hall.

As the crisp sound of jade pendants jingling rang out, the totems carved on the ground began to flash with eerie light, and immediately all the malevolent energy subsided.

Zhang Xiaofan strolled to the center, where there was a hole about two feet wide leading to the next level. Without hesitation, Zhang Xiaofan stepped inside.

The second level of the Xuanhuo Altar was much darker. Apart from the faint red light emanating from the cave entrance above, the surrounding area was completely dark. However, deep within the darkness, there was a glowing stone platform.

Walking up to the stone platform, seeing a circular indentation and the three characters "Mysterious Fire Mirror" engraved on it, Zhang Xiaofan placed it on the platform without hesitation.

A moment later, a dull thud came from the stone slab, and then a stone cave appeared in Zhang Xiaofan's sight.

The moment the stone cave appeared, an extremely cold aura instantly invaded this layer.

It's hard to imagine that this Xuanhuo Altar could simultaneously possess both extremely hot and extremely cold energy; it's truly mysterious.

After Zhang Xiaofan stepped inside, he saw that the surroundings were covered with thick ice blocks, and every corner emitted a faint blue light.

These solid ice formations, frozen over countless years, seem to be telling a story, or perhaps waiting for something, just like the ice itself, forever frozen in place.

Looking at these ancient, solid ice formations that had existed for thousands of years, Zhang Xiaofan couldn't help but sigh softly, his voice filled with a sense of感慨 (gǎnkǎi, a feeling of deep emotion or reflection).

But then, from the darkness, a desolate female voice suddenly rang out. "Aren't you Shangguan Ce?"

"good."

Zhang Xiaofan turned his head to look into the darkness, and then he saw two faint, eerie lights shining in the darkness, like deep and mysterious eyes.

"You are……"

Just as the woman was about to ask Zhang Xiaofan another question, she suddenly seemed to sense something, and her voice suddenly became sharp as she shouted.

"Xiao Liu! Have you seen Xiao Liu before?"

"A six-tailed demonic fox? Wuya is now under my command. You must be his mother, the nine-tailed celestial fox?"

Zhang Xiaofan spoke softly, and then a ball of crimson flame suddenly rose from his hand, dispelling all the darkness.

As the darkness dissipated, a huge fox shadow appeared before Zhang Xiaofan. Behind the enormous white fox, nine flawless white tails swayed gently. It did not have the bewitching aura of legend, but rather a holy and otherworldly presence.

However, a dark red iron chain was tied around the waist of the giant white fox, locking it in place.

"You mean, you've tamed Xiao Liu?"

The white fox stared intently at Zhang Xiaofan with its pair of beastly eyes, and asked in a soft and ethereal voice.

Zhang Xiaofan nodded slightly, glanced at it, and then walked towards the end of the dark red iron chain, explaining as he did so.

“When Wuya was injured by Shangguan Ce and suffered from the cold poison, I rescued him and he and his wife chose to follow me.”

"A couple? Xiao Liu got married?"

The white fox was stunned upon hearing this, her eyes somewhat dazed. She had been imprisoned for three hundred years, but she never imagined that her child would already be married.

The next moment, the white fox suddenly cried out in pain and turned its head to look, only to see that Zhang Xiaofan had already placed the Xuanhuo Mirror on the dark red iron chain stone platform.

Before the nine-tailed celestial fox could react, a burst of scorching heat erupted from the ground, seemingly turning this land of icy ice into a purgatory.

Just then, the white fox's eyes widened slightly. The Taoist priest formed a hand seal, and the Xuanhuo Mirror shone brightly. Soon, all the magma retreated.

Immediately, the dark red chain locked around the white fox's waist clicked open.

"call out!"

A gust of wind flashed by, and the next moment, a huge, sharp claw landed on Zhang Xiaofan's back, accompanied by the eerie voice of the white fox.

"Why...why did you let me out?"

Clearly, the white fox had some suspicions about Zhang Xiaofan, especially since Zhang Xiaofan actually knew the unique secret method of Burning Incense Valley to undo the Xuanhuo Chain.

In the white fox's view, this was clearly a deliberate attempt to gain her trust in order to extract more information from her.

(End of this chapter)