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"The moon is as bright as day tonight, perfect for a secret rendezvous. Would the handsome young man on the opposite pond even look at an old woman like me, past her prime?"

The moment Ao Renlin landed using water escape techniques, the tall woman sitting on the recliner reading a book looked up. After seeing who it was, she put down her book and asked with a smile.

The lady's gray-white hair was piled up at the back of her head, with ruby-carved flowers hanging from her hairpins. The red gems and the red bracelets on her delicate arms complemented each other, making even the sanctity of the moonlight seem to lose its color in her presence.

Her foxy eyes curved slightly, revealing a smile and languidness that was simply intoxicating.

"Are you just going to leave the little fox like that?"

When Ao Renlin saw the lady, he was slightly stunned for a moment before asking her about her plans.

"hehe."

Su Qing stood up from the recliner, stretched, and said, "That's my offspring. With the Su family fox being the best at confusing people, and with the little fox's looks and Chongchong's care, even if we don't become rich and powerful, we can at least make a good living."

After the nine-tailed fox clan transforms into human form, all the foxes are exceptionally beautiful, and they never have to worry about food in the human realm where looks are paramount.

“If you have time, you still need to take care of it.” Ao Renlin shook his head and said, “I don’t know if it’s because of the damage to the Severed Heavenly Pass, but recently the ancient immortal tombs in the starry sky have been gradually recovering. I have found the location of an ancient Qilin cave. I may not be able to return to the original continent for a long time to come.”

"If the trip goes smoothly, I should be able to marry you openly and proudly, instead of living such a pathetic life of hiding like I am now."

“I’ve checked on Little Fox. I asked Grand Tutor Xia Yu to keep an eye on things, but there are some things I’m still worried about. I need you to give them to Little Fox as a birthday gift until he comes of age.”

"I?"

Su Qing said listlessly, "Although I miss the little fox very much, it's not possible now. At least not until the old lady has calmed down."

As she spoke, Su Qing turned her face away, making a crooked expression as if imitating a fox's tone, and said, "Hey! Why does our Su family only produce so many rebellious daughters? Do those wild men outside taste so good? You'd better run fast before I catch you, or I'll stab each one of you."

"Don't be too happy, male foxes! You try to escape too, and I'll sell you to the pen!"

After Su Qing finished speaking, mimicking the mannerisms of a large fox, a helpless expression appeared on her face as she said:

"The old lady might be angry, but based on my understanding of her, she really might castrate one or two foxes to prove her resolve. Her heart is no smaller than the eye of a needle!"

"."

Ao Renlin's eye twitched slightly, and he couldn't help but turn his head to the side so that Su Qing wouldn't see it:

"Pfft."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 169 In the Mountains and in the Fields (Third Update, Seeking Monthly Tickets and Subscriptions)

"You're not secretly laughing, are you?"

"Do not."

After exhaling a breath of stale air, Ao Renlin's expression returned to its usual indifferent look: "I just didn't expect Su Yan to suffer such a misfortune."

Ao Renlin was mentally prepared for the fact that the nine-tailed fox of the Su clan knew that Su Qing would threaten to kill him after giving birth to Su Yan.

But he never expected that Granny Su would actually confiscate Su Yan's two little bells.

Throughout history, apart from lecherous thieves and sex fiends who have been subjected to such cruel torture, no one else has ever been killed.

Ao Renlin finally understood why Su Qing chose to stay on Jishan Mountain and never went to find Su Yan.

Su Qing can't find Su Yan!

With her cultivation level and combat strength, it wouldn't be difficult for her to forcefully break through and send her avatar away. However, she shouldn't go looking for Su Yan after sending out the avatar, otherwise Su Yan might be in big trouble if he were followed by the Su Clan fox.

"The little fox is living a pretty good life now, mingling among the wives of high-ranking officials in the court, and has subtly established a connection with Princess Wuxi of the Xia Yu Dynasty."

Ao Renlin informed Su Qing of Su Yan's current situation in Xia Yuli via telepathy. He said that there was no need to worry about his safety for the time being, but he was slightly lacking in guidance regarding his cultivation: "I am willing but unable, and time is quite tight now. The little fox has already reached the Golden Core stage, and the contents of this jade slip need to be given to him when he reaches the Nascent Soul stage."

As he spoke, Ao Renlin took out a jade slip from his storage ring. The jade slip appeared to be made of black jade, and the black liquid inside seemed to be flowing with a life force.

"After consuming it, one can condense the Mind-Seeking Demon."

"Starting to condense inner demons at the Nascent Soul stage? You really think too highly of this little fox, don't you? Aren't you worried that he'll be blinded by his inner demons and do something foolish?" Su Qing asked with interest, looking at the jade slip in her hand.

“He may not be able to awaken the Frostbite. Just as Madam said, the Su family foxes are good at deceiving people. Su Yan should have a way to subdue the Mind-Seeking Demon,” Ao Renlin said with a face full of confidence.

Cultivation is a process of constantly improving oneself, much like forging and refining a weapon, except that the material used for refining is the cultivator's own body.

Each realm requires different materials, and each time a cultivator forges something, they will gain some additional materials.

From the Foundation Establishment stage, one can cast spells and gain spiritual awareness; from the Golden Core stage, one can release spiritual awareness outwards and the Golden Core circulates continuously.

Reaching the Nascent Soul stage allows one to acquire new things, but the Heart-Seeking Demon that Ao Renlin captured in the starry sky is a treasure that targets Nascent Soul stage cultivators. It can completely merge into a cultivator's body to form an extremely powerful Heart Demon.

A cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage needs to condense their inner demons. The inner demons are like a mirror, reflecting the cultivator's potential and other things that they are not even aware of. They will all be reflected on the inner demons that are of the same origin.

Once a Nascent Soul cultivator develops a demonic inner demon and understands their own potential, they need to devour it. Successfully devouring it allows them to begin their tribulation and break through to the Body Integration stage, integrating the nutrients they obtained from the demon of the same origin.

If one cannot devour the inner demons, one's cultivation will be forever trapped here.

The power of the Mind-Seeking Demon is even greater than this, but if Su Yan can devour it, it will be beneficial to the refinement of his supernatural powers.

He might even replace any supernatural powers he doesn't like, continuing until he's satisfied.

“Based on my understanding of Ao Jin, he will definitely mess with the Mind-Seeking Demon inside. This item is valuable, so I can only entrust it to you for now,” Ao Renlin said.

The Mind-Seeking Demon, though in Su Qing's hands, could very well be molded, tormented, and withered away by her.

Su Qing looked at the jade slip in her hand, then glanced at Ao Renlin before smiling and saying:

"The little fox is far from reaching the Nascent Soul stage, so I'll take care of it for now! I believe this little demon will be very well-behaved and sensible in the future!"

Su Qing chuckled and said, "It's still early, why don't we stay here and have a late-night snack? It's been hundreds of years since you and I have visited your parents' home together, so let's take a short rest today!"

"You have no choice but to agree. Otherwise, I'll shout 'Pervert!'"

"As you wish, Madam."

A cold snort came from a house halfway up Jishan Mountain:

"Hmph! You only dote on me because the fox spoils you! Otherwise, I would have forced you back to the dragon clan."

While catching up with her husband, Su Qing also tried to calm the old lady in the family down, telling her that it would be futile for her to fight back, since Su Qing's cultivation level was only enough to slightly hinder the old ancestor Su.

It doesn't take long; in just a moment, Ao Renlin can escape by water to a distance of tens of thousands of miles.

Old Master Su was so angry she almost twisted her nose out, but what Su Qing said made perfect sense, and she couldn't refute it.

Unless she's really prepared to kill the young couple, she can only stay in the old house and sulk.

"Someone, send some food up to the top of the mountain, but no alcohol, no alcohol, don't send any alcohol!"

I'm watching you two closely! I don't believe you two are so shameless!

Then, the Nine-Tailed Fox Ancestor of the Su Clan awkwardly withdrew his divine sense.

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Xia Yu Dynasty, Flower City, Countryside.

"Eek?"

A red fox with black paws leaped high into the air and plunged headfirst into a ditch in the farmland. The fox's long snout stirred and shook the ditch for a moment, and the next second, the fox pulled itself out of the ditch. With a shake of its head, the fox pulled out a field mouse as thick as a man's arm.

Overwhelmed with fear, the field mouse did not immediately turn and run away. Instead, it stood upright and bared its teeth at the red fox in a threatening manner.

But the red fox wasn't fooled by the field mouse's tricks and lunged forward, trying to tear the field mouse apart.

Just as the red fox leaped up and was about to pounce, the mindless fox looked on in astonishment, completely bewildered as it watched the field mouse getting further and further away.

"Oh no! The fox has been snatched away by an eagle! Whose field is this? Come quick, falconers! The fox has flown away!"

An old farmer nearby was so frightened by the sight of the eagle snatching the fox that he almost lost his mind. He quickly shouted, "Go and get back the Red King's precious treasure! Otherwise, the bandits will come again if the fox dies!"

"call out--"

In a teahouse in the fields, a bright blue water droplet struck a soaring bird of prey like an arrow.

Su Yan leaped up, grabbing the unconscious raptor with one hand and the terrified, newly-adult red fox that had just fallen from the sky with the other. He landed not far from the teahouse and carried the two silly creatures inside.

"Eek?"

The red fox landed on all fours, looking at Su Yan, who had just saved it, with a puzzled expression. It then looked at the red foxes and brown foxes scattered on the ground in the teahouse and let out a confused whimper.

"What's there to not understand? You guys were wandering around in the fields and scared the villagers."

The red fox whimpered, and Su Yan understood, so he complained about the behavior of these fools.

"Have some sense. You are protected animals in the Crimson King's Territory. You wouldn't need to come to this open field to compete with those birds of prey for food."

"Eek?"

The red fox couldn't understand Su Yan's words, but it had a vague sense that the person in front of it was a large male fox, so it crawled under the square table and started nudging Su Yan.

"Waaaaah—"

"Brother Su, the little foxes in the mountains and forests seem to start breeding around March or April, right?" Zhou You lifted his head from the book, which was filled with information he had gathered from visiting local landlords, as well as information about last year's crop harvest in the flower-growing region.

"I think so? I don't know either." Su Yan reached out and pinched the red fox's cheek, which elicited a shy whimper. Su Yan's face immediately fell.

"No need for 'should' anymore, they are what they are."

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(End of this chapter)

Chapter 170 Only the bold get the Crimson King on a long vacation!

"Boss, two more bowls of freshly squeezed sugarcane juice, please."

After rescuing the foxes for the villagers, the number of foxes in the teahouse has reached twenty. Most of them are red foxes and black foxes, which are a mutation of the red fox. They usually live in the fields of the flower area and live by preying on field mice, bamboo rats and frogs.

Without the Red King's ironclad rules, foxes would have a fairly high status in the Flower Region, at least on par with the oxen that plow the fields, the five red dogs and five black dogs that guard the houses, and the cats that guard the granaries. But after the Red King intervened, the foxes became plagues.

"Alright! Two bowls of freshly squeezed sugarcane juice."

The tea stall owner, who caters specifically to his fellow villagers, took two sugarcanes from the iron bucket heated by firewood, placed them inside two solid metal cylinders to squeeze them, and the clear sugarcane juice flowed down the iron walls into a bowl placed below.