Chapter 4

That night, the mountains and forests were silent, dotted with countless stars.

Lu Bei stood up, stretching his stiff body. Seeing that Bai Jin had not yet returned, he took out a fire starter from his side bag, gathered some dry grass and wood in the front yard, and lit a bonfire for light and warmth.

After eating the steamed bun with some cooked food, Lu Bei remembered the lonely little box next door and hurriedly placed three steamed buns on the offering table to avoid Mo Buxiu appearing in the middle of the night to chat about respecting elders.

After satisfying his hunger, Lu Bei added more wood to the fire, took two spirit-opening pills, and closed his eyes to meditate again.

A moment later, a rustling sound came from the offering table, and Lu Bei's brows furrowed, a cold sweat sliding down his forehead.

Although he did not open his eyes, he could imagine that the surroundings were full of people.

"At night, the quietest time is when you scare yourself the most. Don't think too much. With Senior Sister's formation, there shouldn't be much of a problem." Lu Bei took a deep breath, slowly opened his eyes, and used the firelight to see the situation on the offering table.

The steamed buns were gone.

"There shouldn't be much of a problem, the little box is still there."

Lu Bei said expressionlessly, taking two more steamed buns to calm himself, as the more he didn't want to think about it, the more he did, so he was sure someone was behind him.

Yeah, hopefully it's a person.

At that moment, two green lights appeared in the corner, flickering faintly, sending a chill down Lu Bei's neck.

Crack!

The sound of the wood cracking was sharp, and Lu Bei shivered, trembling as he reached into his bag to grab a steamed bun.

To calm himself!

Out of respect for the ghost, his trembling hand failed to hold the steamed bun steady, and it hit his knee and rolled out of the formation's range, stopping at the foot of the offering table.

The green light dimmed suddenly, and then a red figure darted out, quickly coming to the steamed bun and pushing it back into the corner with both hands and mouth.

Lu Bei: "..."

He could see clearly that it was a little fox.

At this moment, the corner was filled with chirping and squawking, the green light becoming even more intense, trying to stabilize the chaotic situation.

It was useless, regardless of what was happening in the corner, Lu Bei was no longer worried. He wiped the cold sweat from his head, feeling ashamed of his previous cowardice, and threw a piece of cooked beef out of the formation.

The corner immediately fell silent.

The temptation of cooked food was much greater than that of steamed buns. The green light lost its luster in despair, completely dimming. At the same time, four little foxes darted out of the shadows, picking up the meat and rolling away.

Lu Bei threw another piece of cooked beef, not watching the four little foxes fighting among themselves, but staring at the corner, where one spirit led four troublemakers, and one fox had not yet appeared.

The previous cold gaze indicated that this fox not only had opened its spirit but also knew how to use spells to scare people.

Wild animals should not be fed cooked food, as they would become addicted. The four little foxes, having tasted the salt in the cooked beef, became even more eager to fight for it.

The green-eyed fox in the corner could no longer sit still, angrily walking up to the four useless teammates.

Like the four little foxes, it had red fur, was a bit larger, and its eyes glowed with spirit, indeed a little demon fox that had opened its spirit.

Slap, slap, slap, slap!

Four consecutive paw strikes, the little foxes lay on the ground whimpering. The little demon fox glared at them a few times, then turned to look at Lu Bei inside the formation.

In its gaze, there were three parts ferocity, three parts fear, and four parts desire. The fear was for the formation, the desire for the food.

As for the ferocity...

Being fierce now was useless.

"Hehe."

Lu Bei's lips curled, and in the little demon fox's slightly surprised gaze, he picked up a few pieces of cooked beef...

And put them in his own mouth.

The little demon fox: "..."

The four: "..."

"Ah, the taste is just average. Is it because I'm too full?" Lu Bei shook his head, sighing. Seeing the little demon fox's green eyes widen, he picked up a steamed bun and tore it in half, throwing it over.

"Go ahead, eat. Who says I don't have a good heart!"

The little demon fox trembled, its red fur bristling. Sadly, its teammates were not very helpful. The four little foxes, though finding the plain steamed bun tasteless, still rolled into a ball fighting for it.

Seeing this, the little demon fox lost all its momentum, hanging its head and coming to the front of the formation, mimicking a human bow, its front paws on the ground, its head tightly pressed against them.

Impressive!

Lu Bei's eyes lit up. Seeing that it was quite obedient, he put away his mischief, and threw some cooked food and steamed buns out of the formation.

The four little foxes pounced, the little demon fox standing guard, waiting for them to finish before eating the leftovers.

After eating, the four little foxes followed the hole they came from, disappearing into the shadows in the corner. The little demon fox, however, bowed again, chirping and squawking.

"Strangers, one meal is enough. Do you want me to feed you all the time?"

"Chirp, chirp."

"Huh, you can understand what I'm saying?!"

Lu Bei's eyebrows raised, surprised. Following the little demon fox's gaze, he looked down at the porcelain bottle by his feet.

Spirit-opening pills.

Lu Bei picked up the porcelain bottle and shook it. The spirit-opening pills were the size of soybeans, and there were twelve in total. He had taken ten before, leaving only two.

"It's not that I won't give you, but there are not many left."

Lu Bei poured out the last two spirit-opening pills, raising his eyebrows and saying, "If I'm not mistaken, you're asking for the pills for those four little foxes. They don't seem very smart, but there are only two pills. If I give them, it would be unfair and harmful to you."

The little demon fox made two "ao ao" sounds, bowing and not lifting its head.

"How about this, come back at this time tomorrow. My senior sister definitely has some, and I'll ask her to share... Hey, don't go! We can still talk! I have no ill intentions, I won't harm you!"

The moment Lu Bei mentioned Bai Jin, the little demon fox immediately became wary, carefully retreating to the corner's shadow. No matter what Lu Bei said, it disappeared without a trace.

"Junior Brother Lu, what are you doing?"

A white-robed figure landed weightlessly behind Lu Bei, Bai Jin, who had returned from Dasha Pass, removing the formation and glancing at the corner.

"There's a den of foxes in the mountain gate. One of them has opened its spirit and asked me for spirit-opening pills. I found it interesting and played with it for a while." Lu Bei explained sheepishly.

"Practice should not be slackened. Don't get distracted by trivial matters." Bai Jin reminded him, not paying much attention to the little demon fox, and asked about the progress of his foundation building.

Lu Bei told the truth, saying, "Senior Sister Bai, didn't you say you would return before nightfall? Was the trip not smooth?"

"I caught up with an old friend, which delayed me a bit."

Bai Jin said, "The trip went smoothly. With her help, the approval and registration have been properly handled."

As she spoke, Bai Jin handed over the seal of the Feiyu Sect, the land deed, and the approval document with Lu Bei's name on it.

Lu Bei took them, glanced over them, and opened his personal panel, where his wealth and faction had been updated.

On the wealth panel, in addition to gold, silver, and other currencies, there were categories for magical treasures, pills, and the land deed. In terms of faction, the Feiyu Sect belonged to the Jiuzhu Mountain system, and by default, it was part of the Wuzhou faction, with both merit points and influence at zero.

Thus, officially recognized, in black and white, with records to check, Lu Bei was truly the head of the Feiyu Sect.