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"I'll go check the room first. You guys stay here for now." Lin Yaoxie suppressed his nausea and dizziness and went up to the room on the second floor.

Although the inn was not large, only two stories high, it had quite a few rooms. All five of them, including Lin Yaoxie, had their own rooms. Moreover, Lin Yaoxie's room was clearly a double room, so most of the luggage brought up from the carriage was placed in Lin Yaoxie's room.

Lin Yaoxie looked at the dimly lit room and saw that the luggage had not been disturbed. Although the bed was not very tidy, it had at least been made. So Lin Yaoxie went downstairs.

Before going downstairs, Lin Yaoxie looked at the several locked rooms opposite the guest rooms and thought they were probably Hu Sanniang's rooms. He figured that since the doors were locked, he couldn't do anything openly.

Anu saw Lin Yaoxie come down and asked, "They came over and said the room is ready. If so, I'll go take a shower and go to sleep first."

"The room has been cleaned, but their workmanship is..." Lin Yaoxie looked at the tired Anu, nodded, and walked to the table, feeling dizzy again.

Lin Yaoxie and his group took a shower and went to bed almost without any memory of it. Apart from being scalded by the frighteningly hot water before entering the shower, everyone quickly chose to return to their rooms to rest due to exhaustion.

This is why Lin Yaoxie sat on the bed, looking exhausted and lost in thought. Although the eight young women in the middle of nowhere should be terrible at their work, the service at this inn was simply appalling—from the bedding to the almost unbearably hot bath water.

Chapter Sixty-Seven: A Secret Plot on a Snowy Night (2)

"It's strange to find eight single women in the middle of nowhere..." Although Lin Yaoxie found many things strange, his body, which had been through too much, was crying out for rest.

"It's so late, we should rest." Although Lin Yaoxie's body was supported by his cultivation, he could normally go without sleep for several days without any problem. However, the mental impact he experienced in the dilapidated inn today was too severe, to the point that Lin Yaoxie felt even more tired tonight than after his battle with the Ten Thousand Year Snake Demon and the Moon Worship Cult Leader.

Despite his inexplicable dizziness, Lin Yaoxie forced himself to focus and began to survey the entire dilapidated inn.

Apart from herself, Zhao Ling'er, Lin Yueru, Anu, and Tang Niu Xiaobao were all fast asleep in their rooms, while Hu San Niang and her seven sisters were still preparing something in the hall.

"They must be making preparations for tomorrow." Lin Yaoxie's mind and spirit had completely reached their limit, so he fell asleep as soon as he saw a fox-like ear peeking out of the window.

As Lin Yaoxie and his group fell asleep in the dilapidated inn, the figures of Hu Sanniang and her seven maids suddenly vanished.

Instead, eight small and adorable foxes of different colors appeared outside the snow, led by a fox with fur as white as the snow itself.

The other foxes, representing the seven colors of the rainbow (red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple), are surrounding the white fox and are whispering amongst themselves.

"Chi'er, are you sure the dosage of sleeping pills in the food is enough?" the white fox asked the fox beside it, whose body was as red as flames.

"No problem, I've already put a whole packet of sleeping pills in all the dishes," the fox named Chi'er said confidently.

It turns out that these eight foxes are none other than Tiger Third Sister and Chi'er, Cheng'er, Huang'er, Lü'er, Qing'er, Lan'er, and Zi'er from the dilapidated inn. Their true forms are fox demons from a distant fox demon clan.

"We have absolutely no idea who they are. What should we do?" Cheng'er said from the side.

"Have you checked their luggage?" Tiger Third Sister asked anxiously.

"I've looked at them, but apart from the fact that the guests' belongings are very valuable, I can't tell anything else about them," replied Greenie, who was in charge of carrying the guests' luggage.

"And what about their carriage? Surely we can find some clues on the carriage." Tiger Third Sister said impatiently, her anxious demeanor completely opposite to her snow-white fur.

"It's clear that their horses are of high quality, but there's nothing on them to prove their identity." Although Huang'er had been watching Tang Niu Xiaobao and Anu busy in the stable, the fox demon clan knew very little about humans and couldn't see anything amiss.

Hearing that there was absolutely no useful information to ascertain the identity and origin of Lin Yaoxie and his group, Tiger Third Sister paced anxiously in the snow.

Seeing their leader's anxious expression, the seven foxes beside her knew they were really putting the little Tiger Third Sister in a difficult position. Ever since she was appointed as the leader of these eight people, this Tiger Third Sister, who was two years younger than them, had been making the greatest possible contributions and sacrifices for the survival and reproduction of their fox demon clan.

"By the way, do you remember the name of the person who led them?" Tiger Third Sister suddenly remembered something and hurriedly asked her seven sisters.

"I think her name is Lin Yaoxie? Anyway, that's how it's pronounced." Although Lan'er was the most maid-like among the eight, unfortunately, she didn't know many characters.

“Lin… Yao… Xie…” Zi’er beside her corrected her sister’s pronunciation word by word.

"Yes, it's Lin Yaoxie. I think I heard his name when I passed by the market that day." Tiger Third Sister excitedly jumped into the middle of the eight people.

"Is this Lin Yaoxie really that famous among humans?" Chi'er asked with a curious expression.

"Yes, yes, Tiger Third Sister, please explain it to us quickly!" Cheng'er urged impatiently.

Tiger Third Sister began to recall the gossip she had heard in the market that day. As if suddenly stimulated, the fox froze and remained motionless. Then, suddenly, a bright red color appeared under the equally white skin beneath its snow-white fur.

"Qing'er, Qing'er, look! Hu San Niang looks just like Chi'er now!" Chi'er exclaimed in surprise as she looked at Hu San Niang's reddened skin.

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"What happened? Did you recall something bad?" Greenie asked anxiously.

However, Tiger Third Sister just stood there in a daze, her whole body flushed red, completely ignoring her sisters.

"What happened? This is a matter of life and death! Stop spacing out, Tiger Third Sister!" Cheng'er rushed to Tiger Third Sister's side and scratched her vigorously with her claws.

"Tiger Third Sister, don't panic." Huang'er stopped Chi'er and Cheng'er from causing trouble. "If there's any problem, the seven of us sisters will be there for you. Don't worry, just tell us."

Tiger Third Sister looked up at her sisters' worried yet resolute eyes, and then, thinking of the difficult situation her fox demon clan was in, she said softly:

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“Hundreds of miles away… there’s a place… called Demon Workshop… we have a connection to,” Tiger Third Sister said in a barely audible voice.

“What?” Chi’er and Cheng’er pressed.

"I can't hear you clearly." Greenie looked at Tiger Third Sister seriously.

The remaining four people also looked nervous, because they had no idea that Tiger Third Sister was so hesitant to reveal the information about Lin Yaoxie that she had overheard at the market.

The timid Zi'er and Lan'er had already imagined that Lin Yaoxie, who had been eating at the same table with them, had suddenly burst his muscles and clothes, turning into a tiger and pouncing on the eight little fox demons.

Meanwhile, Chi'er and Cheng'er were shouting and yelling, looking like they wanted to rush into Lin Yaoxie's room.

The remaining Huang'er, Lü'er, and Qing'er comforted their four sisters, who had more distinct personalities, while looking at the incredibly strange Tiger Third Sister with even more worry than before.

Seeing the worried expressions on her seven sisters' faces, Tiger Third Sister remembered her responsibilities and had no choice but to harden her heart and say loudly, "So, that guy named Lin Yaoxie has a name similar to a brothel called Yaoxiefang that's located in Suzhou, a city in Jiangnan, a hundred miles away. That brothel is famous throughout the Central Plains and Jiangnan, so you can hear humans talking about it all over the market!"

Chapter Sixty-Eight: A Secret Plot on a Snowy Night (3)

Hearing Tiger Third Sister's words, the remaining seven sisters were stunned.

They weren't startled because they were worried about being heard or discovered by Tiger Third Sister's shout. All eight of them had transformed into fox shapes, so to other creatures, no matter how loudly they shouted, it was just eight little foxes chattering.

What truly stunned them was what Tiger Third Sister said. Among the seven sisters, some couldn't understand what Tiger Third Sister was saying at all, while others remained silent and lowered their heads because they understood what Tiger Third Sister was saying.

"So say something! You guys are making me so embarrassed!" Tiger Third Sister saw the atmosphere among the eight people drop to an icy low, and in her embarrassment, she could only yell and shout to ease her shyness and distress.

“050” “So that’s why you didn’t tell me.” Greenie looked at Tiger Third Sister with sympathetic eyes.

"Don't say that, it's shameful for Tiger Third Sister to say such things," Qing'er added insult to injury in what she thought was a way to defuse the awkward situation.

"So what is a prostitute?" Chi'er asked innocently.

"Yeah, yeah, what do people do in brothels? How are they different from our 'Fox Spirit Inn'?" Cheng'er asked, seemingly understanding but not quite.

"Ahhhhh! Don't ask me!" Tiger Third Sister hid behind Huang'er with the speed of walking on snow without leaving a trace, and covered her ears with her paws.

"..." Although Zi'er didn't say anything, her face and body turned slightly red.

“So… pitiful…” Lan’er looked at Tiger Third Sister with a sympathetic gaze.

Unable to get the answers to the questions they wanted, Chi'er and Cheng'er headed towards Hu San Niang behind Huang'er. When Hu San Niang saw these two silly foxes, who had absolutely no common sense, rushing towards her, she couldn't help but run away around Huang'er.

Tiger Third Sister was already embarrassed to the point of wanting to say what she had heard in the market. If she were to explain to these two silly guys all over again about "brothels," "prostitutes," and "evil spirit workshops," Tiger Third Sister would probably blush to death on the spot.

Chi'er and Cheng'er saw that Hu San Niang was hiding around Huang'er, so they chased after Hu San Niang and the three of them circled around Huang'er like a carousel.

"No...don't go around me! Tiger Third Sister, don't run faster and faster! I...I'm going to faint!" Huang'er, as the central axis of this "fox windmill," was made dizzy and disoriented by the three of them in just over ten seconds.

Tiger Third Sister felt increasingly embarrassed as she watched Chi'er and Cheng'er catch up. So she quickened her pace around Huang'er. Seeing Tiger Third Sister running faster and faster, Cheng'er and Chi'er felt a surge of playful and teasing mood, so they also quickened their pace and chased after her.

The remaining four people watched in a panic as the "fox lantern" spun faster and faster, but they couldn't think of any good way to stop their three best friends who were blinded by their feelings, so they could only watch nervously from the sidelines.

The three of them ran for more than ten minutes until Huang'er collapsed unconscious on the snow with a "thud." Only then did Zi'er and Lan'er rush in to help Huang'er up.

Greenie and Greenie hugged Redie and Orange, while Tiger Third Sister started spinning around in circles.

"Let me go! I'm going to chase after that cunning and treacherous fox, Third Sister Tiger!" Chi'er shouted in Green'er's arms.

"Yes, it's all Tiger Third Sister's fault no matter how you look at it. Let me go so I can grab her and get to the bottom of this." Although Cheng'er was being held by Qing'er around the waist, her four feet were still scurrying across the snow.

"Stop messing around, you two!" Huang'er, now fully conscious, slapped Chi'er and Cheng'er on the head with her two paws. Meanwhile, Zi'er and Lan'er, who had been taking care of Huang'er, were now holding the exhausted Hu San Niang and watching them nervously.

"So why didn't you tell Chi'er and Cheng'er!" Chi'er said angrily, touching the spot on her head where she had been hit.

"That's right, why, why?" Cheng'er chimed in from the side.

To stop the two from continuing their unreasonable behavior, Huang'er shyly began to explain to Chi'er and Cheng'er what a "prostitute" was, what a "brothel" was, and all sorts of other things.

While Huang'er was explaining, the other four sisters pretended not to hear and surrounded Hu San Niang, taking care of her.

During Huang'er's explanation, Chi'er and Cheng'er made all sorts of strange noises and screams. After Huang'er finished explaining, Chi'er and Cheng'er's faces turned as red as their fur.

"Let's not waste time discussing these boring things. Let's think about the relationship between the Demon Sect and Lin Demon." Greenie looked calm and collected, trying to get the discussion back on track.

However, Chi'er, Cheng'er, and Hu San Niang were still complaining, so Huang'er angrily shouted, "Stop being so dramatic, let's get down to business!"

"Although Lin Yaoxie and Yaoxiefang have similar names, we can't just conclude that they are related." Tiger Third Sister regained her composure and began to consider how to investigate the identities of Lin Yaoxie and his group.

"Why don't we try rummaging through their luggage? Maybe there's something we missed," Chi'er suggested to the foxes.

“That’s impossible.” Lan’er immediately rejected it, and Zi’er shook her head beside her.

"This can't go on! We need to do something!" Tiger Third Sister shouted anxiously.

"Getting angry won't do any good," Qing'er said, looking at Hu San Niang with a regretful expression.

"But this is a matter of life and death for our fox demon clan!" Tiger 5.4 Third Sister said in the most dejected tone of the day, with the most dejected expression she had shown all day.

The eight fox spirits fell silent, though they understood the meaning behind Tiger Third Sister's words.

"If we can't find out the identities of this Lin Yaoxie and the four people with him, our entire clan will be utterly destroyed by that bastard, the Moon Worship Cult Leader." (Tiger)

Third Sister looked like she was about to cry.

Seven fox spirits, representing the seven colors of the rainbow, gathered around to comfort Tiger Third Sister, but all they could do was silently stay by her side.

They couldn't utter a single word of comfort, because whenever they recalled the Moon Worship Cult Leader's attack on the fox demon clan's home hidden in a remote forest, their hearts were filled with helplessness and despair, and fear burst forth from within them, leaving them utterly powerless.

Chapter Sixty-Nine: The Origin of the Demon Fox

The fox spirits were originally a beautiful race that existed in the Heavenly Palace, serving as maids to all the gods in the Heavenly Court. They were skilled in singing and dancing, and were clever and quick-witted, making them a beloved species among all the gods.

The lifespan of the fox demon clan is closely related to their cultivation level and magical power. Although they cannot reach the level of living as long as heaven and earth, it is not difficult for a fox demon with good talent and cultivation to reach the level of living as long as mountains and rivers.

The most direct way to determine the cultivation level of fox spirits is to observe their tails.

The tails of fox spirits are where they store their cultivation and spiritual energy. Whenever they cultivate diligently to a certain level, their tails will split accordingly, from one to two, from two to three. When they have seven tails, they basically possess immense magical power comparable to immortals and ancient divine beasts, and are then revered as "spirit foxes". After reaching nine tails, they have completely cultivated to the immortal realm and can be called "fox immortals".

Some primordial fox demons cultivated to the point of unparalleled power, possessing nine tails on their backs, transcending the mortal world, and even surpassing many immortals in their realm. The intelligence of the fox demon race far exceeds that of humans, and their methods of cultivation are naturally different.

The more intelligent a species is, the more drastically different its individual types will be: some fox spirits are devoted to the Tao and work hard under the tutelage of various gods to cultivate. Apart from their unique natural ability to adapt to various illusions, these fox spirits have no trace of "demon" characteristics.

Some fox demons, however, could not bear the torment and suffering of cultivating alone and chose an easier path: under the guise of the will of various gods, they tried to absorb the essence and souls of various creatures. Relying on their innate adaptability to various spells and abusing them, mortals and humans on earth could not stop them. Naturally, their reputation as fox demons spread far and wide in the mortal world.

At that time, the emperor of the human world had an evil "nine-tailed fox demon" by his side who was causing all sorts of trouble in the human world. She not only used her magic to steal the names of various gods to steal the people's awe and service to the gods, but she even claimed that she was impersonating Nuwa and was here to disturb the human world on her orders.