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2.57% My Evil Wife Is a Nine-Tailed Fox / Chapter 6: This One Isn’t Strong Enough (2)

Chapter 6: This One Isn’t Strong Enough (2)

He looked around the shrine, but there wasn't anything suspicious about the place. The shrine was small and made of wood. The place was deserted like it hadn't been cleaned and maintained for a long time. Well, Zhao Yichen wasn't surprised at all, but he wondered why this fox woman went to a place like this instead of leaving Qingqiu Mountain with him.

Shen Minyao raised a hand and was about to open the small wooden shrine in front of her, but even before she was able to touch the two doors, a spark of electricity cackled midair before burning her hand.

"Ah! So I see you were also sealed by those wretched shamans!" She pulled her burned hand, clutching it against her chest as she hissed in pain.

Zhao Yichen was stunned by what he had witnessed. He didn't know how many times he would find himself surprised by the supernatural events that happened today.

Well, it wasn't really the first time for him to encounter such a supernatural phenomenon, but he had never met a mythical creature such as a nine-tailed fox that had been known in legends for ages.

When he was younger, he could only see a faint figure of spirits roaming around their old house, as well as hear their voices and understand what they were talking about.

For the first time in his life, Zhao Yichen felt that he wasn't the weird one this time. Other people would have freaked out seeing a dangerous creature like this fox spirit who possessed a human woman, but he wasn't.

"My lady, is that you? Is that really you?" A feminine voice reached his ears, as well as Shen Minyao's. Her tone was gentle and sweet to the ears.

"What? Is that really our arrogant mistress? I can't believe this!" which was followed by a male voice that sounded like a teenager in Zhao Yichen's opinion.

"Xiao Bai, Yu Yan, it's really me." Shen Minyao replied, slightly wincing at the pain on her hand.

The burn was still apparent and hadn't healed yet. If her power was at peak and if she had her energy orb, an injury like this would only take seconds to heal. Alas, who knew when Zhao Yichen's body would have a full recovery?

"My lady, please hurry and release us! I don't want to stay here anymore." The feminine voice wept and begged Shen Minyao.

"Hurry, you sly fox! Haven't you left us here for a long time already?" The other one huffed as if he couldn't wait to see the world outside. "You smell like a human. You managed to find a decent host so soon?"

"Continue talking like that, Xiao Bai, and I would make sure to only take Yu Yan out? Don't test my patience." The fox spirit's tone dropped to a dangerous level, enough to give Zhao Yichen shivers down his spine.

"..." The arrogant male voice belonging to someone called Xiao Bai fell silent.

"Xiao Bai, you stupid! Don't make milady mad! If she doesn't let us out tonight, I'll do my best to kill you!" the female voice complained.

"Who sealed you here?" Shen Minyao asked as she gave her burned hand a good look.

"Who else but those Li shamans." This time, Xiao Bai's tone was a little calmer compared to earlier. "When you left us to find the Little Jiu, Yu Yan and I were caught by a trap set by those shamans and sealed us here."

A sudden sadness flashed on Shen Minyao's eyes upon the mention of the Little Jiu, but she immediately wore her cold mask back in place, making Zhao Yichen wonder if the sadness was even there in the first place.

"I see," Shen Minyao replied, "but it seems I'm not able to remove your seals myself."

"What's that even supposed to mean?"

"It means that even if milady is able to possess a human body, she couldn't remove the seals around this shrine," Xiao Bai explained.

Shen Minyao crossed her arms over her chest and regarded the man standing next to him.

"Contractor, would you mind doing this lady a favor? If you could just remove these annoying ropes around the shrine, we would be able to release the little ones at once."

Zhao Yichen looked around and noticed the old thick ropes that were indeed surrounding the area. There were also paper seals placed on the poles that kept the ropes in place. Was this the reason why the fox woman burned her hand?

"Ah, I wouldn't get burned when touching it?" He asked curiously. He was already in pain alright, so why would he allow another injury to be inflicted on him?

"Oh? You are using your head properly now? Why wouldn't you have done so when I offered the life contract to you?" The fox woman taunted him.

Zhao Yichen gritted his teeth as he held his aching sides. For someone asking him for a favor, this woman surely didn't know how to say please properly. He should have known better that nine-tailed foxes were mischievous and full of tricks under their sleeves. He didn't even know her real intention for entering a contract with him.

"Fine, but you have to promise that we will leave this place once we're done here." He spat out before forcing his legs to move, intending to rip the paper seal on the first pole and then followed it up with the next one.

The fox woman watched his every move, not surprised that the seals to keep supernatural creatures like her away didn't have any effect on him since he was a human, but something about this human was suspicious.

Unlike other humans she had encountered in the past who'd seen her real form, aside from the initial shock of seeing her tails, this human didn't scamper away in fear. Well, if he did, it would be unfortunate because she would need to get rid of him herself.


Chapter 7: She Loved the Wrong Person (1)

Zhao Yichen endured the pain he was in and trudged around the shrine, ripping the paper seal from the wooden post that held the thick ropes in place. For a small shrine like this, he wondered what kinds of spirits were sealed inside. If there were another nine-tailed fox like this woman, he wasn't certain he would be able to keep his sanity at this rate.

While working on it, he took the opportunity to gauge the shrine. The wooden shrine was three feet in height and had a simple altar placed in front of it where travelers leave their offerings, which was rare given the state Qingqiu Mountain was in. Once he was done, Shen Minyao tried to reach out her hand again; this time, there wasn't a protection seal that stopped her from opening the doors of the shrine.

Shen Minyao pushed the small doors open, and Zhao Yichen took a peek over her shoulder, only to see the darkness within. A gust of wind soon came from the inside, forcing Zhao Yichen to cover his face with both arms and wonder what it would be this time, while Shen Minyao didn't bat an eyelid with her long hair flayed behind her.

A moment later, silence befell on them, but Zhao Yichen did have any idea what just happened. He lowered his arms and looked around, but he didn't see anyone except him and Shen Minyao.

"Ah! It's really good to be free!" He heard Xiao Bai's voice from somewhere, but where could he be?

"Milady, are you alright? You don't look good at all," Yu Yan asked Shen Minyao who suddenly leaned against the nearest post on her left.

Zhao Yichen turned to look at her, only to see that Shen Minyao was deadly pale. It was clear that he wasn't the one feeling unwell at that moment.

Thinking about where the voices were coming from, he looked down on the ground, only to see a pair of cats staring at him with wide clear eyes. Just like Shen Minyao's, their eyes had the same golden hue color on them, with horizontal pupils. One was a white fatty cat while the other was a cat whose fur was as black as the night.

As Zhao Yichen looked at the pair of cats, he suddenly felt that these two were trying to probe right through his soul. Was it because he was a human?

No. There was something in the way they looked at him that didn't sit well with him.

"Cats?" He furrowed his brows in confusion. He initially thought that these two were shrine guardians, but it seemed that, just like the fox woman, they'd been sealed here for ages.

"Don't let their forms deceive you." Shen Minyao warned him.

"Milady! How can you give your energy core to a human?" The black cat gasped before turning to Shen Minyao. No wonder her master didn't look good at all. If she still had her fox's core, she would be able to give her new host a full recovery from its injuries.

"How do you think I managed to get freed from that seal? If it wasn't for this little one, your aunt won't be able to see the world again," Shen Minyao replied with a matter-of-fact tone.

"But—Milady!" Yu Yan looked at her master with a troubled expression. After being sealed for centuries, it was expected that the fox woman's energy was almost depleted. If it was in the past, her prowess and strength would be comparable to a deity.

Xiao Bao only stared at his master and didn't say anything. It wasn't their place to question the fox woman's decision, and he knew what this entailed between his master and this mortal human. A life contract.

Obviously, a contract made with a human was a dangerous one for the fox spirit. If the other creatures found out that this human was keeping her fox's core, it would be easier for them to kill the fox woman.

'Ah, how troublesome!' Xiao Bao thought. This only meant that he and Yu Yan would need to work hard until the fox woman regained her strength without relying on her fox's orb. Still, the fox woman should recover soon before the Li family found out that she managed to escape from the seal.

They weren't sure if the Li family continued to exist to this day, but it would be better for them to be cautious… as some would eventually discover that the nine-tailed fox woman—who had caused the downfall of the Shun Empire—had survived.

Shen Minyao stared at her familiars, especially the white fatty cat.

"What happened to you?" She raised a slender brow to Xiao Bai, making him shiver.

"He had eaten all the offerings the old man left every day," Yu Yan answered for him.

"Old man?" Shen Minyao hummed.

"We heard he's living on the foot of the mountain on his own. He's been paying respects here and leaving offerings for decades," the black cat explained.

"Then, we should start calling you 'Xiao Pang' instead of Xiao Bai. You only knew how to eat and get drunk," the fox woman made a remark.

Shen Minyao made a move to leave the place, and Zhao Yichen decided to follow closely. It was obvious this woman knew where they were going, and it only took an hour before they reached the foot of the mountain, seeing a road rarely taken by people.

"So where are we going?" Zhao Yichen asked. By now, he was drenched with sweat, and the pain rattling his body was starting to get unbearable.

"We wait until someone comes to save us," Shen Minyao said before gesturing at him to take a seat on the sidewalk of the road. They could only wait for now.

Zhao Yichen wasn't sure whether to believe this woman or not, but considering that they were on the same boat—trying to survive in this wilderness, he didn't really have any choice but to rely on her.


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