章 37: The Fox Is a Canine
編集者: Dragon Boat Translation
"Sob..."
Su Yan, who was lying on Huayu's shoulder and hitchhiking, suddenly felt someone pulling the back of his neck.
Because of the pinch on his neck, Su Yan subconsciously let out a fox cry. When he returned to his senses, he was also on the snowy street, as if he was being held in someone's hand.
Su Yan quickly turned around and saw a figure with nine tails behind her. His heart stopped when he saw Xi.
It was one of the Ten Shamans Undying Kingdom, Grandmother Fox…
Su Yan raised his head and looked up, but he still couldn't see the face behind the white cloth with the word, Xi, written on it.
Xi noticed Su Yan's gaze and lowered her head to look into her arms. She chuckled and said, "It's snowing today, and you are perfect to warm my hands."
"To warm my hands with Nine-Tailed Fox cub to is the sweetest thing."
Xi raised her hand to pull Su Yan over without any ill intentions. It was just that she was going to patrol the city.
It happened to be snowing, so she carried a nine-tailed fox into her arms to keep warm. She had not touched the nine-tailed fox cub for a long time, so she wanted to touch Su Yan.
She was also a nine-tailed fox, so she had a certain degree of preference for nine-tailed fox cubs.
"Sister Xi, can I go home?"
After falling into the hands of the Fox Granny, Su Yan always felt that he was unlucky.
"Of course, but not now."
Xi didn't refuse to be addressed as a Sister by Su Yan. She just took a step and suddenly appeared dozens of miles away. Step by step, she walked from the main city of Xiayu to a farmhouse courtyard. The snowy weather had turned into a blizzard.
Sister Xi found the shade of a big tree. She didn't care about the snow on the rock. She sat on it and placed Su Yan on her lap, spreading and kneading him.
Su Yan sprawled on Sister Xi's lap, his tail subconsciously covering his belly. This action made Sister Xi chuckle, "Are you afraid of me? There's no need for that. If I want to harm you, no one can stop me. Don't worry."
"Then… Is the legend true?"
Su Yan felt that what she said was very reasonable. He had already fallen into her hands. No one could stop Sister Xi from doing whatever she wanted. Dying with knowledge of the reason was preferable to being castrated.
Sister Xi tilted her head slightly and looked at Su Yan.
"It's the legend of the Nine Ghosts. It's said that nine ghosts protect the Nine-Tailed Fox royal family in the main city of Xia Yu."
"The legend of the Nine Ghosts? Fake…"
Sister Xi held Su Yan down with both hands and gently pressed down on his soft flesh. She occasionally looked at what happened inside the small farmhouse and said lightly, "It's within my ability to save my fellow tribesmen who are in trouble. It's a very normal thing. Just like when I returned from the west of the dynasty and saw you ravaged by the beasts."
"Protect the Nine-Tailed Fox Imperial Family? It's just that some of the royal families are trying to flatter themselves. If a group of incompetent juniors dies, so be it. It's not worth my pity."
The legend of the Nine Ghosts was true, but not all of it was true. Only a part of it was true.
From Sister Xi's words, it could be inferred that there were indeed nine-tailed fox ghosts in Xia Yu, but they were not only active in Xia Yu's main city and roamed the entire dynasty.
When she met a Nine-Tailed Fox in distress, Sister Xi would lend a helping hand. It would die because of its incompetence if she didn't see it.
The myth of the Nine Ghosts appeared to be a fake rumor that some royal family members spread on purpose.
Sister Xi was a nine-tailed Grandma from the You Su clan! At the thought of this, Su Yan subconsciously shrank back.
"Turn around."
After Sister Xi touched Su Yan, she turned the sprawled Su Yan over. Su Yan lay obediently on Sister Xi's lap, revealing his back.
Su Yan didn't mind other people touching her. It was like a free massage for him. Sister Xi, also a nine-tailed fox, had a great experience cuddling foxes. She cuddled Su Yan until he was completely paralyzed on her lap, his four legs swaying.
Xi had even relaxed Su Yan's vigilance and turned him into a moaning nine-tailed fox.
After confirming that Grandma Nine-Tailed Fox wouldn't hurt him, Su Yan asked carefully, "Sister Xi, which rank are you among the Ten Shamans of the Undying Kingdom?"
"Who knows?"
Sister Xi said, "Anyway before I became one of them, I met Wind and killed him."
The Ten Shamans of the Undying Kingdom had different meanings in the eyes of cultivators of different levels.
For example, the beasts of the Nine Ghosts had already dominated a region when they were alive. If they encountered the Ten Shamans, nothing would happen.
Once a conflict occurred, the so-called Ten Shamans of the Undying Kingdom would most likely become materials for refining weapons.
That was a long time ago. When she returned to Qing Qiu, she met one of the Ten Shamans, the Great Wind Beast. She then killed it and made its feathers, beak, and claws to refine weapons.
Later, Fengxi, with unparalleled defense power, ascended the throne and became one of the ten legendary Shamans of the Undying Kingdom.
Sister Xi had seen and heard that the Ten Shamans of the Undying Kingdom were not fixed.
They were all experts who fought in the ancient beast war or the battle between humans and beasts. Most of them had their souls dissipated because they were seriously injured, but they had been wandering because of the indestructible characteristic of their immortal bodies.
If you encounter any of them, chop them up and make them the best materials.
The Ten Shamans of the Undying Kingdom were the ten strongest people who had died during the ancient war between the ten thousand races.
Countless powerful men had died, and the meddlesome men would rank in the top ten, allowing the story to spread in the cultivation world as legends.
"Chop them up?!"
Su Yan was surprised. He turned his fox head to look at Sister Xi in disbelief.
"Chop them up."
Xi casually recounted her glorious deeds.
Su Yan was speechless for a moment. Su Yan wanted to ask Grandma Nine-Tailed Fox why she was listed as a member of the Undying Kingdom when she was so rude while alive.
Legend had it that immortals could be killed as they wished. How terrifying was Grandma Fox's strength when she was alive?
Su Yan wanted to ask, but he was worried he might become a piece of fur.
When Su Yan was silent, the atmosphere between the old and young foxes became awkward.
Of course, Xi didn't care if he spoke or not. She used Su Yan to spend the festival with her.
He asked a question, and Xi answered it.
Su Yan didn't want to ask and wouldn't take the initiative to start a topic to ease the atmosphere.
Su Yan felt awkward, but she didn't. After all, it was normal to pet foxes. Xi, the grandmother of the nine-tailed fox, found it interesting to see the cub so comfortable that its four legs were paralyzed.
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