Chapter 73 of 125
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“If you want to save your friend, you must first find the true body of the Purple Fox. Otherwise, all the cultivation tricks are useless to her.”
Ting Nu pushed the wheelchair and was actually quite fast enough to run alongside Xuanji.
Xuanji remembered that just now in the palace, her sword couldn’t pierce the purple fox, she was just like a cloud of smoke, erratic.
“Then, where is the real body?”
Ting Nu thought, “Zi Hu is always cunning and treats her real body extremely preciously. She wouldn’t put it in a normal place. Let’s go to the Tianji[1] Pavilion and look for it there, that’s probably where she is.”
What is the Tianji Pavilion? Xuanji looked at him helplessly, the demon’s lair was really a maze.
“The Tianji Pavilion is the place where the Dinghǎi Iron Chain[2] is placed.” He pointed above his head, “It’s on the top floor.”
Xuanji really wanted to ask what the Dinghǎi Iron Chain is, she knew nothing about it and had never heard of it. However, this is not the right time to chat, so she just kept her mouth shut and focused on running forward.
This cave is not big, so They soon reached the end and returned to the other side of the secret passage. In the darkness Ting Nu seemed to be able to see without needing to light a lamp. He pointed to the candle holder on the top left and said, “Light this. There’s a shortcut to the Tianji Pavilion.”
Xuanji did as she was told and used a flint to light the oil lamp on top. A crack opened up on the right side, and the wind howled.
She pushed Ting Nu in, but she saw two rows of flames inside, stretching all the way to the top, with only a three-foot-wide road and uneven steps underneath. Below the steps was a darkness which could not be pierced, this must be the interior of the hollowed out mountain, and there was no telling how deep it was, but if she fell, she would be dead.
As Ting Nu’s wheelchair could not reach the steps, Xuanji could only carry him on her back, holding the wheelchair with her other hand, and climbed upwards at great speed. There was a gust of wind blowing around, cold and seemingly with a decaying smell, which was terrifying.
The merman on her back leaned lightly against the back of her neck, his hair still damp with a slight chill.
After a long time, he suddenly said, “The Purple Cloud Helmet, the Golden Armor, and the Mermaid in the Celestial Pond… do you remember?”
Xuanji was running and sweating profusely, shaking her head and panting, “Never heard of it, what kind of armor? “Isn’t the Celestial Pool in Heaven?
Ting Nu was silent. Alas, she actually forgot everything. Whether it is sadness, or anger, or warmth and comfort, she has forgotten all of it. All of it.
“It’s nothing, in fact… it’s good to forget,” he said quietly.
Xuanji was silent for a long time and then suddenly said, “Although I don’t know what you are talking about, but… I feel like I’ve known you for a long time. You make me feel very familiar and close to you.”
Ting Nu didn’t say anything.
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Yu Sifeng has a feeling that he would rather die than live. He cannot speak or move his body, and is being pressed down by the purple fox. She has her own charm, which is so hot and unbearable that he wishes he could take off his skin and flesh and have a kiss with her.
He gritted his teeth and endured, but her hands were as soft as bones, and she slowly undid his belt and kissed him on the chest.
He was really going to be ruined by her hands. He shuddered and was about to give up his struggle when he heard Zhong Minyan, who was lying outside, shouting, “Dead fox! Shame on you! Practicing such dirty tricks! Even if you succeed, you’ll rot with pus and you’ll never be an immortal!”
Yu Sifeng heart became firm, and he was instantly clear-headed again, continuing to struggle and not to be confused by her charm.
The purple fox, however, laughed and said, “A grown man, yet he comes here to scold me a young woman. Who told you that I want to become immortal?”
Zhong Minyan originally wanted to scold her to stall for time, and was overjoyed when she responded, so he scolds her again, “You’re the one who doesn’t know how to behave! Who cares if you’re immortal! I only know that if you practice these kinds of techniques, you will die a horrible death. When you die you will go to hell and have your tongue pulled out and never reincarnate…”
He was in the middle of a scolding session, but before he could finish, he felt his jaw tighten and the purple fox grabbed him. The fox is squinting her eyes, and when the candle flame is out, her pupils are as pale green as those of a wild beast. He was so shocked that he could not find the words to curse her.
“Hell…do you think the human world is not hell?” She said fiercely, “Shut up, or I’ll break the promise and kill you right now!”
Zhong Minyan’s lungs are about to explode with rage, but he can’t release his power and is like a lamb to the slaughter, could only obey.
Zi Hu lets go of him and is about to turn over and return, when suddenly a chill runs down her back and a terrible feeling grips her.
Someone was watching her!
When she turned around, she saw a flash of silver light, and in the blink of an eye, it was gone.
An illusion? Or is it true?
Zi Hu suddenly had a bad feeling in her heart. Her real body was placed with that thing, and if it was discovered by someone else, then everything would be meaningless. However, she has kidnapped them all, who else is there? They have backup? Or……..
That little girl!
She hated in her heart that she should never have let her go in the first place!
Zhong Minyan saw her get up and leave, as if there was something urgent, he opened his mouth to say a few more words to annoy her, but when he realized that she would do even more harm than good, he clenched his tongue and waited for her to leave the room. When she had rushed out of the room, only then did he slowly sit up and lifted the curtain, Ruo’Yu was still lying down, but Yu Sifeng’s outer garment was untied, revealing the white inner garment. It seemed the deed still had not been done.
He breathed a sigh of relief and said, “That’s good… The fox has suddenly left. Brothers, let’s hurry up and go too,”
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The so called Tianji Paviliion, is just a small room at the top of the palace. Xuanji ran all the way here with Ting Nu on her back. She was already exhausted when she broke open the door. She simply lay down on the ground and said with difficulty, “Ting… …Ting Nu, you see… … whether the real body is here…….”
Ting Nu pushed the wheelchair, looked around, and smiled back, “Yes, you can see it when you get up.”
Xuanji was delighted at the news and struggled to get up, and sure enough, there was a translucent cabinet in the corner, a pale turquoise color, as if carved out of jade. In the cabinet lay a fox half a person long with dark purple fur, as if it was sleeping, as if it would wake up if you patted it with your hand, wagging its tail and squeaking.
She drew her sword and walked towards it, smashing the valuable jade cabinet and raised her hand to kill the fox.
Ting Nu suddenly said, “Don’t kill her, it’s not easy for anything to take human form. Spare her.”
Xuanji shook her head: “No, she has done something bad, she must die.”
Ting Nu laughed bitterly and mumbled, “You… are still the same as before…”.
“What? Xuanji didn’t hear it clearly, and the person tittered, seemingly harboring numerous secrets but refusing to tell them, which was really depressing.
“Nothing…….You should take a look at this first.”
Ting Nu pointed behind her, and when Xuanji turned around, she saw a black iron chain hanging on the wall, pitch-black, with an odd circle of talismans affixed to the wall around it. The chain hung down to the ground and dragged for a long time, and a hole had been made in the corner of the wall for it, and the chain was hanging down to the bottom, I don’t know how deep it was.
“What is this? Xuanji walked over and touched it, but the chain looked so thin and light yet it was extremely heavy in her hand, as if it was made of iron.
Ting Nu said softly, “This is the Dinghǎi Tiesuǒ, one in each of the eight directions of the world, which is used to lock up a famous demon.”
And after a pause, he said, “No demon has ever given up trying to save him. I guess you must have met those demons who wanted to save him along the way, right?”
Xuanji suddenly remembered those Qu’Ru who caused the accident in Haiwan Mountain and that strange-looking demon, and nodded hesitantly: “I met him in Wangxian Town…”
Ting Nu said indifferently, “The town of Wangxian is located in the southeast, and one of the iron chains is at the bottom of the mountain. Gao’s Mountain is located in the east, and this is the second iron rope.”
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[1]: 天極閣 / Tiānjí gé – this translates as Heaven/Sky (天 / tiān) Extreme/Furthest (極 / jí) Pavilion (閣 / gé) or Heaven’s End Pavilion
[2]: 定海鐵索 / Dinghǎi Tiesuǒ – this translates as Fixed(定 / ding) Sea (海 / hǎi) Iron (鐵 / tie) Rope (索 / suǒ) or Sea Stabilising Iron Chain.
[3]: 海碗山 (hǎiwǎn shān) literally translates as Sea (hǎi) Bowl (wǎn) Mountain (shān) and was first mentioned in Volume 2 Chapter 9. In later chapters, the group (along with Lu Yanran) fought Qu’Ru birds and caught the demon controlling them, in this area.
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