The Little Fox's Immortal Cultivation Encyclopedia

"The matter is urgent and cannot wait any longer," Su Yinchai decided.

The fox glanced at him sideways: "Are you going to take him back to work?"

"Fox spirit, what are you saying? An attack on a ghost messenger is of utmost importance. I observe that this colleague's memory is incomplete, and his soul is almost scattered. He must have had his soul body shattered, with only a wisp of his primordial spirit escaping. I must immediately take him back to the manor to heal him and inquire about the details."

Su Yincha spoke righteously and eloquently, while the fox was half-convinced and half-doubtful.

In the courtyard, Lu Zhi gazed at the soul that had broken free from the body, about to speak, when suddenly everything went dark.

A thick fog, seemingly appearing out of nowhere, crept up the bright moon inch by inch, swallowing its clear light in the blink of an eye. Just as the last wisp of silvery light had completely melted into the fog, two figures broke through the fog and revealed themselves.

He had ordinary eyebrows and eyes, a dignified expression, wore a black short robe, and stood with his hands behind his back.

She was graceful and beautiful, with a fiery fox tail that covered half of her face, leaving only a pair of amber eyes visible.

"I am the Deputy Chief of the Taishan Prefecture's Swift Reporting Division." Su Yinchai strode forward, his voice like a deep bell, and the mist obediently lay down at his feet, forming a path.

"Old man in plain clothes, do you still remember what crime it is to possess someone else's body in Mount Tai Prefecture?"

Before the old man in plain clothes could speak, he glanced at Lu Zhi and the other two, and continued, "According to the law, I should escort them back to Taishan Prefecture and hand them over to the Ministry of Personnel for interrogation and sentencing. Do you have any objections?"

Lu Zhi took a step back, feeling a tightness in his chest and shortness of breath, but still gritted his teeth and asked, "He has nothing to do with my senior brother?"

"The person you're looking for died seven years ago," Su Yinchai said calmly, offering no further explanation. A black chain slid from his sleeve and crashed to the ground. "Will you leave on your own, or shall I take you?"

The old man in plain clothes moved his throat. His awe of the underworld was deeply ingrained. He remained silent and obediently bound his hands.

Su Yincha nodded to the fox, and a voice that only the fox could hear rang in its ear:

"Little fox fairy, if you join Mount Tai Prefecture, you can be just as majestic."

The fox nodded, adding another note to its mind: 'The practice of bullying colleagues is severe in Mount Tai Prefecture.'

The mist surged up, enveloping Su Yinchai's figure. The old man in plain clothes glanced at Lu Zhi one last time, then followed Su Yinchai, gradually disappearing into the mist.

Lu Zhi stared blankly, his expression a mixture of daze and confusion. During his year-long search, he had imagined countless possible endings, but never one like this.

"call--"

Young Master Shao exhaled a breath of fresh air, dispelling the surrounding mist and the confusion in Lu Zhi's heart.

"Why dwell on it anymore? Your grudges were settled long ago after you took your revenge." The fox clapped its hands lightly, and the old man in white robes' corpse floated up and landed at Lu Zhi's feet.

"You can go now. Bury it deeper this time."

Lu Zhi looked down at the corpse at his feet, then turned back to meet He Ying's concerned gaze, and saw Shen Guan's relieved face.

"I never imagined that my simple request that day would actually summon the fox spirit." Lu Zhi chuckled, a long-lost sense of ease in his voice. "Let's go."

They encountered a true immortal without seeing a living person. This journey was not in vain.

The three men carried the corpse out the door, and the courtyard returned to silence.

The fox breathed a sigh of relief once it was sure the footsteps had faded into the distance: "Thank goodness for the fox's cleverness in using its tail to cover its face; otherwise, the fact that the fox had the storyteller praise it would have been exposed."

"Hmph, isn't the fox quite imposing now?" The fox transformed into its original form, leaped onto the wall, and was about to find a place to rest when it suddenly stopped.

"The old man in plain clothes has been arrested, so won't this courtyard be empty?"

The fox had been wandering around Tao County these past few days, without a fixed place to stay. The county government office was too solemn; the fox didn't like it. The honey shop was a good place, but after the fox went there a few times in human form, it always felt that the people in the area looked at it strangely, so it stopped going. This courtyard came at just the right time.

So the fox jumped down again and began to inspect his new home.

The courtyard is a small, square courtyard, not very large, with no east or west wing rooms, only two main rooms.

The fox pushed open the main room door and quickly scanned the surroundings.

The interior was simply furnished. The old man in plain clothes had been fast asleep, and the bedding on the wooden bed remained exactly as it had been when he left.

The fox closed the door and went to the next room.

This room was furnished much like the previous one, but it had been uninhabited for a long time and was filled with a musty smell.

The fox sat up straight and exhaled softly.

The scent of late autumn wafted in from all directions, carrying the dust and musty smell of the room, drifting out through the window cracks and dispersing into the night.

It gathers qi, governs solemnity, and governs purity.

It's a good time to clean.

Satisfied, the fox leaped onto the headboard, used its limbs to scoot a short distance on the bed, then curled up, covered itself with its tail, and closed its eyes.

Silent all night.

As the sun rises, the morning light fills the courtyard, sweeping away the eerie atmosphere of the previous night. The morning breeze rustles through the branches, creating a few barely perceptible sounds.

"Knock knock knock—"

The urgent knocking on the door disturbed the peace.

A woman with a round face and plump cheeks, dressed in a brightly colored cloth dress, hurriedly knocked on the door. After a while, the courtyard gate was finally opened.

"Oh dear, sir, something terrible has happened..." She blurted out before she saw that the person who opened the door was a handsome young man with a gloomy expression.

"Where is the gentleman?"

What do you want?

"Oh dear, young master, hurry and find the teacher. That Master Wu sent out wedding invitations early this morning, saying that the Xu family has agreed to marry his daughter."

The fox's morning grumpiness was overtaken by this news, replaced by a wave of shock: 'Wait, that underworld official Su has run away with the old man in plain clothes! What about the fox's plan?'

"Wait a moment, I'll go call him." The fox closed the door, sighed, and red and white fur emerged from the seams of its clothes. It dispersed its human form and transformed back into its fox form. With its magical power flowing through its dantian, the fox cast its illusion spell once more.

The door opened again, and a man with graying hair and dressed in plain clothes walked out.

Upon seeing the old man in plain clothes, the matchmaker immediately beamed with joy: "Sir, let's hurry! That old woman surnamed Liu has already come to our door with the wedding invitations!"

"Don't panic." The fox followed the matchmaker unhurriedly towards the Xu family's house. The fox tried to mimic the old man in plain clothes' gait. "Explain things clearly first. What kind of wedding invitation did Master Wu send? When did the Xu family agree?"

"Oh dear, I can't explain it either!" The matchmaker waved her hands anxiously. "I only know that Granny Liu went to the Xu family early this morning, and came out after less than half an hour, holding up a wedding invitation, saying that the Xu family had accepted and the wedding would be in three days! Then the Wu family sent out invitations all over the city, delivering them to each house, saying that Xu Sheng had changed his mind, had come to his senses, and that it was better to be alive!"

The two walked through the alley and could already see the Xu family's courtyard.

Before even reaching the door, there was already a great commotion. Looking from afar, there were twenty or thirty people gathered in front of the Xu family’s house, men and women, young and old, blocking half the street.

In the middle of the crowd, a plump woman dressed in red and green was holding up a red invitation card and talking loudly.