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Chapter 145: Where the Fox Comes From

Chapter 145 Where the Fox Comes From Lin Jue was just about to ask the mountain king, but when he glanced around, he saw many pairs of eyes staring at him in the increasingly dim peony field. They were the wolves he had called earlier. "Mountain God, wait a moment." Lin Juexian walked towards the group of wild wolves. This group of wolves helped him catch the rat demon for half a day. Although they failed to catch it in the end, at least they managed to tie up the rat demon and prevent it from taking care of other things. Not to mention the hard work, it was also helpful to him. So he took out his water bottle and a small bottle, which contained the spiritual liquid he had refined. He dropped a few drops of the spiritual liquid into the water bottle, shook it evenly, pointed his finger, and used the water control technique. The water inside split into several streams and flew out towards the group of wild wolves. It actually scared them first. After stabilizing himself, the Taoist bowed deeply to them: "Thank you all for your help. I must be a little thirsty after all the hard work. I don't have anything else good, so I'll give you some spiritual water as a token of my gratitude." The method of gathering beasts and taming birds mainly conveys kindness and respect.

Although the wolves were wild, they saw the Taoist's sincerity and friendship as pure and genuine, so they all felt relieved. Seeing water droplets floating in front of them, they all came forward to lick them. Seeing this, the god of Hammer Mountain couldn't help but smile, and then asked Lin Jue: "What did you want to ask before?" "I just want to ask the mountain god, do you know the origin of my fox?" Lin Jue pointed forward. Standing in front was the mountain god of Hammer Mountain, and behind him were the dead black bear and his own fox. "what?" The mountain god was stunned, and the smile on his face disappeared instantly. He first looked at him, then turned his head to look at the fox behind him, extremely shocked: "You want to ask me for advice? Do you really not know or are you pretending not to know?" "I really don't know." "How can it be!?" "I don't know." "Don't dare to joke!!" "I don't know." "hiss……" The mountain god's face turned pale instantly, and his eyes changed for a long time before he asked, "I sent you a dream, didn't you receive it?" "..." Lin Jue knew it as soon as he heard it—— What the "refuting senior" said at the foot of Mount Yi was indeed true. The little fox at home was really sent by the mountain god! The fox in her family is definitely closely related to Lady Yaohua, and is not just a distant relative, so she asked the mountain god to deliver it personally. Lady Yaohua is not ignorant of etiquette, but the mountain god in front of her messed up. Although he thought so, he still answered truthfully: "I don't know." Plop! The god of Hammer Mountain, who had never been afraid of the ferocious bear monster and the tall stone giant, now sat down on the ground with a dazed expression, looking at Lin Jue.

"broken!" The mountain god uttered two words. Lin Jue ignored him, but suddenly looked behind him and frowned—— No matter whether they are goblins or ghosts in the world or practitioners of spiritual arts, as long as they have attained Taoism, they can absorb the spiritual charm of heaven and earth. At this time, after the death of this bear monster, all the essence of its Taoism naturally dissipated and returned to its origin. Among them, there were pure and mixed, clear and turbid, refined and impure. He saw his little fox standing on the giant bear's belly, waiting with a serious face. Then, he eliminated all the impure and turbid essence and spiritual energy from the overflowing Taoist essence, and picked out a trace of the purest and clearest essence and spiritual energy. Lift your head and take a deep breath. The sun had already set, and in the Taoist's eyes, he seemed to see a barely perceptible glimmer of light, which he inhaled into his nose. "This is……" Lin Jue suddenly thought of the lizard gecko monster in Songyin Temple and the old fox in Li Village. He immediately knew how his own fox learned the ability to walk on walls and breathe out cold air. "I see." If it weren't for the fact that one could tell that it was absorbing the purest and clearest essence and spiritual energy, it would really look a bit demonic. "Fellow……" The mountain god in front of him calling him brought him back to his senses. "What's wrong, Mountain God?" "Fellow Daoist, don't worry about anything else! This is the Queen's natural ability, and this prince naturally has it too. There is nothing to be surprised about. Fellow Daoist, you should worry about other things!" "So that's how it is." Lin Jue noticed that the mountain god used the title "Your Highness". Then he paused and said frankly, "I have nothing to worry about." "I have it!" The god of Hammer Mountain is full of worries. Looking at this new mountain god, Lin Jue knew that his skills were far from comparable to those of the Yishan Mountain God. However, no matter which time he dealt with him, Lin Jue had a very good impression of him: The first time was hospitality and generosity. Lin Jue was just an ordinary man. He brought a few peach gums and was given a thousand-day wine to drink. He was warmly entertained by him all night, and he never showed any contempt or neglect. The second time was this time. There is no doubt that it was thanks to him that Lin Jue was able to win and survive. Therefore, I didn't want to see him so worried, nor did I want to see him being punished, and I was willing to think of a solution for him. "Don't be nervous, Mountain God. Only you and I know about this matter. If I don't tell you, who else can know?" Lin Jue said to him quickly, "Tell me what happened first." "How can I hide this from the Queen?" "If you can't hide it, hasn't Your Majesty not punished the mountain god until now?" "This……" The mountain king has become a mountain god, but he still has the same honest temperament as before. When he is silent, he is still okay, with his own dignity. When he fights monsters, he is also very ferocious and has an absolute demeanor. At this moment, he was dazed, and immediately revealed his honest and straightforward nature. Night gradually fell.

“Alas, I was entrusted by the Empress to send her descendants to you. “Although the Queen was defeated in the battle and lost her Taoist temple, she rarely showed up afterwards. However, in the past few hundred years, there have been occasional reports of fox demons achieving true enlightenment in various places. The nearby spirits and monsters also spread the word that the Queen did not give up. Some spirits also said that although the Queen was defeated and no longer competed for incense, she still wanted to cultivate some outstanding descendants to ensure the continuation of her clan. “After all, this place was once the dojo of the Empress. It’s not surprising that the Empress discovered you when you passed by here. "That day, the Queen came to me in a dream and said that you have great talent and there is something on you that is related to her, so she asked me about you. I went down the mountain to check and then reported the truth to the Queen." There is something on her body that is related to her... When Lin Jue heard this, he couldn't help but think back to that time. At that time, apart from the ancient books, all he had with him were a few pieces of peach gum given to him by the peach demon in Danxun County. Could it be that the ancient book caught the attention of that lady? It can’t be those peach gums, right? Lin Jue’s brows furrowed deeper and deeper. But the mountain god did not stop talking. "After hearing this, the Queen felt that you were destined to be with her, had a good talent for cultivation, and had good character, which was very rare. However, there were some things that were not convenient for her to do personally, so she asked me to entrust her offspring to you. She also asked me to bring you a gift and said that if you were in danger in Huizhou, you could call her name and she would come to help you once, but only once." "So that's it!" Lin Jue suddenly realized that this was the reason why the Goddess of Dangshan came to help him last year. The god of Hammer Mountain wanted to cry but had no tears: "However, you were already on Mount Yi at that time. The god of Mount Yi is an ancient innate god who has always prohibited outside monsters from entering Mount Yi at will. I don't know his temperament, and the queen was defeated in the battle, and she rarely appeared in public afterwards. I don't know what the queen means, so I don't want to attract the attention of the god of Mount Yi, so I have to sneak in." I will entrust this prince to you secretly. “I will feel relieved after watching you take His Highness away. “As for the specifics, I have given you a dream. "Since you didn't receive it, the God of Yishan must have noticed it and stopped you." It seemed as if in the boundless sea of ​​peony flowers, there stood a Taoist priest wearing a tattered Taoist robe and holding a sword. Next to him sat a majestic and strong man with a wild boar's head, who was telling the Taoist priest about what had happened before. The fox kept jumping up and down in the flowers, as if it had no worries at all. From time to time, it caught a couple of insects and gave them to the wild boar to eat. The sturdy man was not in the mood, but he didn't dare to refuse, so he had to take it respectfully while telling the story. Gradually, a handful of bugs accumulated on my hands. "I see." Lin Jue nodded after listening. The mountain god of Yishan does have this rule and custom. When everyone was out on the Spring Mountain and Mingzhuo Mountain was sending letters with paper cranes, Lin Jue had heard from his master and senior brothers that it was very difficult for ordinary goblins and ghosts to enter Yishan, including sending letters. Even if Lin Jue learned the paper crane technique in origami and had profound attainments and could fly thousands of miles, it would be difficult to send it back to the Taoist temple without the power of the gods, because he would be stopped by the mountain god. The dream sent by the god of Hammer Mountain was probably intercepted in this way. It is hard to say whether he is smart or stupid. Call it smart, he screwed up again.

Stupidly enough, he thought a lot. "Later, I was still worried, so I sneaked into Yishan to check on you. I saw that you got along very well with the queen's descendants, so I was relieved and thought you had received and agreed. We were almost discovered that time." "It doesn't matter." Lin Jue said with a smile, "Although I didn't receive it, I agreed to it. The outcome of the matter has not been changed." "But my fate may be..." The God of Hammer Mountain was very upset. "I even accepted the reward from the Queen!" "The mountain god is worrying too much." "Ugh……" "Don't panic, don't panic. Although I don't know about these things, I have unintentionally asked the queen for help. Besides, my Fuyao and I have a deep relationship now, which may not be a bad thing." Lin Jue thought about it carefully, and actually the queen gave him more. It's like the silver-eating ghost who only follows him because of the help from Lady Yaohua and because of Lady Yaohua's reputation. "So what does the Queen want me to do?" "Of course I promised to help her raise this prince. I guess it would be better if this prince could truly attain enlightenment." Lin Jue nodded after listening to this. In fact, this question was meaningless. No matter what, Fu Yao had been with him for a long time, and she would accompany him longer and treat him with all her heart. "Did the queen tell you its original name?" "No, no?" Three years have passed, and the mountain god is now very flustered. He almost wants to open his brain and search it again. "What about the gift?" "The gift was sealed in a box by the Empress, and I buried the box under the largest pine tree at the highest point of the mountain where your Taoist temple is located." The god of Hammer Mountain said, "You need to recite a spell to open my seal. I told you the spell in my dream, but since you didn't receive it, I will tell you again. It is very easy to remember. It is the eight characters 'Lord Hammer Mountain, no worries about food and drink'." "It's really easy to remember." "The seal of the queen can only be opened with the hair of the queen's descendants." The god of Hammer Mountain said, "It has been three years now, and I don't know if anyone has discovered it. But even if they have been discovered, they can only open the seal left by me at most. As for the seal left by the queen, even if the god of Yishan Mountain comes in person, it will be difficult to break it without other tricks and treasures." "I've got it." Lin Jue nodded. "Does the mountain god know how to find that lady?" "Fellow Daoist, you are joking." The God of Hammer Mountain said helplessly, "The Queen has almost disappeared since that battle and has never revealed her true body again. How can I know such a thing?" "How can I talk to her then?" "Fellow Daoist, please don't embarrass me. Although I have achieved the status of mountain god, it is also thanks to the Queen. In the past, I was only the most accomplished spirit in the nearby mountains. No matter how accomplished I am, I can never be compared with the Queen. In the past, if we spirits had something to say to the Queen, it would be like you humans burning incense and praying to the Queen, but the Queen never responded. At least since I have gained spiritual wisdom, I have never heard of the Queen responding to anyone." The god of Hammer Mountain paused for a moment: "However, since you are destined to be with the Empress and have been entrusted by her, you can give it a try. Perhaps you will be favored by her." "Thank you." Lin Jue bowed to him and said, "This matter is between you and me, and between heaven and earth. I won't tell anyone else about it." "Hey?" A fox jumped out from the side, jumped into their middle, then tilted its head and looked at Lin Jue. In its mouth was a centipede, which was twisting and struggling desperately with dozens of legs.

"It knows too." Lin Jue smiled and bowed to the mountain god, "But it is my Fuyao now." "Hey~" The fox tilted his head to look at him, then handed the centipede to the mountain god. Thank him for helping me in the fight. The mountain god took it tremblingly. Just at this time, a mountain spirit came back to report that it failed to catch the rat demon and it escaped. "That mouse is too cunning and the place is too big to catch it." The mountain god of Hammer Mountain said to Lin Jue, feeling a little guilty and scratching his head. "It's okay, it's okay. Next time I see it, I will kill it!" "Alright." As the god of Hammer Mountain was speaking, he turned around and saw that the sea of ​​peony flowers around him had been messed up by their fighting, and countless plants had died. He knew that these were planted by the people living at the foot of the mountain and were the livelihood of many farmers this year, so he waved his hand and released his magic power at will. I saw that every peony flower either straightened itself, flew up into the air, or moved on its own. The broken ones were repaired, the fallen ones grew again, and they were all planted back to their original positions. The land also became flat again. "The mountain god has great virtues and abilities." Lin Jue complimented him, "With that, why would he need the help of the goddess to obtain a deity? Why would he worry about not having many followers?" "Fellow Daoist, stop talking about this. Come back to Hammer Mountain with me. We will also have a Thousand Days Wine to drink!" "Mountain God, are you afraid of the Corpse Tiger King? If you are not afraid, let me leave a line of words to help the mountain god with some incense." "The Corpse Tiger King has already been wiped out. What is there to be afraid of? Moreover, I have already achieved the status of Mountain God. Now I am a true god. Why would I be afraid of it?" "That's good!" So Lin Jue picked up a broken flower stem, and next to the bear demon, he used the scattered stones that the rat demon had summoned to form the stone giant to write a line of words on it: The demon slayer is the mountain god of Hammer Mountain. Green stem juice, elegant handwriting. I think that after dawn tomorrow, when the local farmers come to this sea of ​​peony flowers, they will see this huge black bear. The news may spread far and wide and even be reported to the government. Then, in the local strange stories, the name of the mountain god on Hammer Mountain who loves the people will also appear. Then he called the fox and left with the mountain god. Lin Jue also missed the Thousand Days Wine a little. What he probably misses most is his third senior brother. …… 4400 words long chapter! Please vote! (End of this chapter)