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Although Ting Nu had been saying that Zihu was not harmful to humans and was keeping them in the Yixin Garden, everyone was still shocked when they saw what was inside.

“Wow, this…” Zhong Minyan looked at the garden with rows and rows of neatly arranged vegetables, it was a bit hard to adjust. Shaoyang Sect also has vegetable fields, special disciples are responsible for planting and harvesting, but in the hearts of ordinary people, demons do not need to grow vegetables. A demon’s nest should be full of demonic aura, a sea of blood and skeletons… and so on.

The tidy vegetable field, the tiled houses, and the clean walls in front of them are a peaceful scene that reminds one of a leisurely farming life, poor but happy.

The crowd walked around the tiled houses, all of them a bit confused. Ruo’Yu saw the lights on in one of the tiled houses, so he raised his hand and gently knocked twice. In a moment, a young man with a clear face came out and looked out to see a group of strange people standing outside, couldn’t tell whether they were men or women, all wearing big red wedding clothes, and he couldn’t help but stare.

Ruo’Yu cleared his throat and said softly, “Greetings brother, we are…”

“Oh, are you the new attendants?” The man smiled gently, like the wind and clouds, with an air of an immortal cultivator. Looking at Zhong Minyan and the others, who seemed troubled with apprehensive expressions, he simply thought the newcomers were not used to it yet, so said, “Don’t worry, the Fairy Goddess is a very gentle and elegant person. There are some new tiled houses in the northwest corner where you may live. Tomorrow morning the Fairy Goddess will come to you.”

When they heard what he said, they were even more confused. It seemed to be just as Ting Nu said….

Yu Sifeng arched his hand and said, “Little brother, we have just arrived at the mountain, so we don’t know any rules. Please guide us.”

The man nodded his head and said, “All the people who live here were chosen by the Fairy Goddess to have the destiny of immortality. Since then, they have listened to her sermons every day, learning new things from the past, and there are no rules. The only thing is that the spring plowing and the autumn harvest are not like it is back home, where there are many people to take care of it, so it’s better to live modestly to show the intention of seeking immortality.”

Zhong Minyan could not hold back, and urgently said, “That fox… the Fairy Goddess, has not done anything to you? She does not harvest yang and replenishes yin…how is she a fairy again?”

The man was enraged and said, “The Fairy Goddess is a holy immortal who has attained enlightenment, how can you slander her? If you’re not sincere, get off the mountain while you still can!”

Ruo’Yu hastily interrupted and smiled, “Don’t worry, my brother doesn’t know how to speak. I’ll make amends on his behalf.”

The man then calmed down and said, “It’s getting late, go and rest first. If you have any questions, you may ask them in the morning, when everyone is here.”

Everyone saw this and knew that Ting Nu was right and they all looked at the purple fox in his arms, they could’ve never imagined that she was a really good demon, a timid and showy fox spirit.

Yu Sifeng looks around and sees that there are more than a dozen tiled houses in the area, so she must have picked up quite a few people. He also asked, “Little brother, if you miss your home, will the fairy goddess let you go?”

The man was incredulous and stared, “If you don’t want to be immortal, what are you doing here! If you want to be an immortal, you should abandon all earthly attachments. Why are there a bunch of lazy people this year? Forget it, go ahead!”

He was about to close the door after saying that. Yu Sifeng held him back and whispered, “Answer me first, can I go back?”

The man sneered, “If you want to go back, the Fairy Goddess won’t beg you to stay!” Anyway, I’ve never met anyone who comes only to go home halfway. If you want to go, you can go, no one will make you stay.”

He closed the door with a bang and a vague curse, leaving the crowd outside in dismay. Ruo’Yu pondered for a long time before saying, “These people are determined to cultivate immortality, they do not want to leave, but there is a problem. There will be other demons coming to the mountain soon, and it is dangerous to stay here.”

If they force them out of the mountain, it will be unpleasant and take a lot of effort. The people of Zhongli City may even resent them, and they may even be hated by their own sect. If they try to persuade them, they are so stubborn, it may not work.

While they were in a dilemma, Ting Nu said, “If that’s the case, we can only lure them to come down from the mountain.”

The group were about to ask him how to lure them down, but then they saw Ting Nu pushing his wheelchair and knocking on the door again, and the man came over and threw open the door in a rage. “What else?!”

Before he could finish speaking, Ting Nu blew a breath of air on his face. The man suddenly froze, and his expression became dumb and he stood there motionless for a moment.

Zhong Minyan urgently asked, “What did you do to him?”

Ting Nu shook his head, and whispered, “Be quiet, for no harm will come to him.”

He clapped his hands lightly in front of the man’s eyes and commanded, “There are many people living here, so bring them all here.”

The man said, “Yes,” and turned around and left.

Yu Sifeng wondered, “Wouldn’t it make more noise if we woke them all up?”

Ting Nu only shook his head and laughed. In a moment, the man brought out all the people living in the tiled houses. They were all wearing only their underclothes and their eyes were still closed, as if they had not woken up yet. One by one, slowly and without a sound, they stopped in front of Ting Nu.

Ting Nu turned to Xuanji, who was standing there dumbfounded, and said, “Please go to the house and get these people’s outer clothes, and put them on. The night dew is deep, they will catch cold.”

Xuanji hurriedly agreed and came over later with a full load of clothes, and Yu Sifeng and the others help put them on one by one. When all was said and done, Ting Nu plucked a hair from his head, and with a flick of his hand, he turned it into a small black whip, which was gently whipped on the ground but did not create a sound.

The group watched those people, and were very surprised. Ting Nu’s whip was flicking back and forth on the ground, and those people were moving forward slowly, following the rhythm of the whip, and soon they descended the slope of the hill and walked into the forest.

Xuanji only felt that what happened was like a dream, and murmured, “Ting Nu… how could you make them leave…”

Ting Nu just smiled, but didn’t say anything. On the side, Yu Sifeng mused, “I’ve heard about soul-catching whips, that can drive ghosts and corpses, but I’ve never seen anything that can drive away the living.”

Finally, Ting Nu said slowly, “The world is so big and there are so many things that you have never seen. This is not a whip to drive away souls, but it is similar, it is called a dream whip, which drives the sleeping.”

After saying that, he looked at Yu Sifeng with admiration and laughed, “But you are so knowledgeable at your young age, many people who have been practicing immortality for decades don’t even know what a Soul Catching Whip is.”

The others agreed with the praise, only Zhong Minyan and Xuanji were as happy as if they had been praised themselves, nodded their heads and said in unison, “Yes! Sifeng knows a lot of things!”

When Ruo’Yu saw the figures of those people fading into the forest, he asked, “Where are they being driven to?”

“At the back of the mountain is Hongze Lake. There should be a ferry to get back to Zhongli City. Let’s follow behind them. Don’t let them hear us, or else they will wake up and we’ll have trouble again.”

Having seen such miracles, the group did not ask questions and followed them down the mountain.

After walking in the forest for a while, Xuanji felt that it was getting darker and darker, but when she looked up, she found that the moonlight was blocked by dark clouds, and the wind was rising in the forest, carrying the smell of damp earth.

“It’s going to rain.” Ting Nu stopped his whip, “I’ll take these people to find a place to shelter from the rain, you go down the mountain first.”

“What about you?” Xuanji was a little sad to part, Ting Nu was so gentle and kind, she didn’t want to part yet.

Ting Nu smiled slightly, “I’ll go down when the rain stops. Don’t worry, I won’t get lost. Just wait for us at the ferry.”

In the middle of the conversation, heavy raindrops were already falling, and soon they began to pitter-patter. The rain on the mountain in winter, mixed with hail, was so cold that even immortal cultivators like them could not bear it, let alone ordinary people.

They all rushed to give a few words of farewell and went down the mountain with their swords.

Ting Nu, with the Purple Fox in his arms, turned around and drove them to a cave halfway up the mountain to take shelter from the rain, but he himself sat quietly at the entrance of the cave, looking at the water dripping from the cold stone wall.

“You’re already awake, why don’t you say something?” After a long time, he suddenly said.

The fox in his arms moved and opened her eyes, looking around him cautiously first. He said, “They are gone, don’t be afraid.”

The fox was softened all over, tearfully licking the burn marks on her paws, and cried, “What is that little girl, what is she? You didn’t even tell me before.”

Ting Nu said gently, “Can’t tell you, it’s forbidden. Besides, you should suffer a little bit. Harvesting the yang to replenish the yin? If you were willing to work hard when you didn’t have a body, how come you are lazy now?”

Zihu squeaked with tears in her eyes, “But it was so difficult to get the information, I… I’m anxious.”

Ting Nu was silent for a long time, sighed and whispered: “We can only wait… You can wait as long as the demon lives… One day, we will be able to get him out.”

The fox put her head in his hand, tears falling down her face.

“He…he also said this to me.”

“You old things…none of you are considerate, all of you are as cold as hell…” she murmured, but her tone was not resentful.

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