Becoming a Fox Spirit from Under One Person.

Upon hearing this, Chen Ruoan turned and headed west.

Nestled between the two rivers, the Yuzhong Peninsula is ablaze with lights that cascade down the hillsides in layers. Old-fashioned neon lights flicker along the streets, and the light strips under the bridges across the river meander like a long dragon. The river breeze sweeps across the surface, scattering the city lights across the water.

"Ahhhh!"

"So this is the Xuan Tian Emperor! What on earth did Gong Qing provoke?!" The group stumbled and fell in the dimly lit, narrow stairwell, tumbling down the steps and crashing heavily against the concrete steps and handrails.

When they fell to the ground, their clothes were torn, their foreheads were bleeding, their cheeks were covered in blood, and they were still in shock.

Chen Ruoan stood on the stairs and looked into the distance. The elevated roads were layered and intertwined, with some places having roads on the first floor and still leading to main roads on the tenth floor.

"Isn't the road construction in Chongqing a bit strange?"

"No wonder you all like playing hide-and-seek with me here."

Swish!

In the shadows, a bald man with a fierce look in his eyes charged at Chen Ruoan, relying on his superb martial arts skills.

"boom!"

After a loud bang, Chen Ruoan remained motionless, while Liao Tietou's skull shattered instantly. His internal organs were shaken to pieces, his body stiffened, his eyes bulged, and he fell straight backward, dying on the spot.

"You broke Lao Liao's Iron Head Kung Fu without using any protective techniques?"

The remaining men were terrified and roared, "Stop hiding! Attack together!"

The group used various methods, and sparks flew across the streets of Chongqing, with intense flames exploding and attracting the attention of pedestrians in the distance.

"Hahaha, I almost forgot." Qi Yan, wearing round-framed glasses, threw his head back and laughed wildly, his tone threatening. "Chaos in the downtown area will affect the stability of the entire society! Your Majesty, even if you want to exterminate everyone, you should consider the lives of the people!"

Since they were going to die anyway, the group tried to find a chance to kill ordinary people.

As soon as Qi Yan finished speaking, all the surrounding electronic devices were inexplicably hacked, and a notice suddenly popped up on the square's display screen:

[An additional fireworks display will be held tonight for a limited time. Please watch in a civilized manner, maintain order, stay away from the restricted area, and be mindful of personal and fire safety.]

"fireworks?"

"Playing tricks!"

Qi Yan and Zheng Mengping had similar cultivation methods. They simultaneously activated their Qi, unleashing bursts of crimson flames and carrying wind and thunder, which were then repeatedly thrown at Chen Ruoan or at passersby on the street.

Chen Ruoan raised his right index finger and pointed it towards the sky.

The Five Elements Qi Flame suddenly reversed its momentum, roaring straight into the night sky, exploding layer by layer in the inky darkness, transforming into a dazzling and magnificent sky full of fireworks.

Citizens strolling along the street exclaimed in surprise, taking photos with their phones. The dazzling fireworks illuminated the astonished faces of Qi Yan and Zheng Mengping with a play of light and shadow.

"The right to use the Five Elements attributes has been forcibly taken away!"

Snapped!

Before Qi Yan and Zheng Mengping could react, Chen Ruoan flashed to within inches of them, appearing in front of them in the blink of an eye, and grabbing each of their throats with both hands.

"Let's add some fun to the nightlife of Chongqing residents."

Whoosh!

Crimson flames surged and rose from Chen Ruoan's palm, and a fiery dragon roared out, opening its mouth to tightly wrap around the two people's bodies, carrying soaring flames straight into the sky.

As the crimson dragon dispersed, it transformed into intertwined, five-colored streams of light. Clusters of fireworks exploded in the air, turning into a sky full of stardust and falling golden rays. The glow of the sunset spread across the streets and alleys, adorning the entire night sky like a fiery tree and silver flowers, with flowing light that was both graceful and dazzling.

"Wow!" The tourists were even more delighted. Such a huge fireworks display is usually only seen during festivals. They wondered what kind of celebration it was today.

Chen Ruoan took a picture with her phone and uploaded it to the internet.

"Erzhuang, please watch the fireworks."

"Oh my god, it's so beautiful!"

"After all, it was placed by two 'Quanxing' members."

"I suddenly felt a little scared."

The following evening, the old alley was quiet. Chen Ruoan was halfway there when a figure suddenly appeared above his head, suspended between the iron frames of the staircases on both sides.

It was a fellow with a face covered in fine freckles, and messy black hair hanging down, obscuring most of his eyebrows and eyes. He was tightly bound from head to toe with thick hemp rope, hanging upside down, his body swaying constantly.

“Gong Qing, acting leader of the Quanxing Sect, greets Emperor Xuantian.”

Within half a day, a total of twelve skilled members of the Quanxing Sect went missing. The remnants of the gang who participated in the Xiangxi operation were extremely uneasy and kidnapped Gong Qing as quickly as possible, hoping to appease Chen Ruoan's anger.

"Is the scene of our meeting different from what you imagined?" Chen Ruoan asked.

Gong Qing's lips were dry and white, and he said tremblingly, "I just didn't expect that even with so many experts from the sect, we couldn't break through the restrictions of a shrine. The shrine has spiritual plants on top and earth immortals below, so even the magic artifacts that break the seal are useless."

"There must be more powerful restrictions or magic arrays inside the ancestral hall. Even if I had another ten days or half a month, I still wouldn't be able to see the coffin buried underground."

"This is quite intriguing. Even the barrier in Aolai Peak isn't as elaborate as this ancestral hall. It's as if you've poured all your efforts into creating a mechanism to guard against over 90% of the sects or supernatural beings within the circle. So why? Is the person inside the coffin more important, or is it more important that there's someone inside the coffin?"

“I have a feeling that the coffin at the bottom of the ancestral hall is not simply for mourning. This is a conclusion I came to after much thought after the operation failed, but unfortunately I didn’t have the chance to verify it.”

Chen Ruoan looked up and laughed. In the original novel, Gong Qingfang was able to lie low in Longhu Mountain for many years and eventually devise a plan to transfer Zhang Zhiwei away and obtain Tian Jinzhong's memories of Zhang Huaiyi and Jia Shen. He was indeed quite cunning.

However, the reason why Rong Shan, who was guarding Tian Jinzhong, was able to be transferred away was partly because Rong Shan, that big fool, underestimated his master Zhang Zhiwei's strength.

In this failed operation in western Hunan, Gong Qing himself was the one who made a mistake in judging the strength of the operation.

"Want to know what I left in the Twenty-Four Heavenly Valley?" Chen Ruoan ignored Gong Qing's speculation and brought to the forefront a question that everyone in the industry was extremely concerned about.

I don't think you'll tell me.

"Half a demon core." Chen Ruoan shrugged. It wasn't a big deal anyway, so telling people didn't matter.

Just like how a divorce could result in the loss of half of the Heavenly Emperor's cultivation, or how half of one's demonic power could be used as a price for reincarnation and continuing one's destiny, such things are recorded in the book.

Comic books are books too.

"Why?" Gong Qing asked again.

Chen Ruoan lowered her voice and whispered to the half-dead boy. After she finished speaking, Gong Qing's breathing became rapid, and his whole body trembled uncontrollably, as if he had broken down.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible! Who are you to be so attached to those matters of love and romance? Love and romance are nothing! You should be glimpsing the secrets of heaven, finding the way to ascend to immortality, you should be comprehending the Dao in the valley, obtaining all the treasures left by the Master of Ziyang Mountain, and attaining immortality!"

"You must possess something like the 'Eight Extraordinary Techniques'! I don't believe it, I don't believe anything you're saying!"

Chen Ruoan crossed her arms and asked, "You're not some kind of obsessed fan of mine, are you?"

Just like Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes' nemesis.

After venting his anger, Gong Qing's breathing became weak, and he eventually died in despair.

"The truth I pursued with my life turned out to be this kind of thing, hahaha... How ironic. There was no trace of immortals, no destiny with immortals, only a fox who experienced a love tribulation during wartime."

Staring at Gong Qing, whose Dao heart was shattered and who had lost all vitality, Chen Ruoan shook his head.

Believing everything the fox says shows that this acting leader of the "Quanxing" sect isn't exactly clever.

Chen Ruoan looked up and saw two streams of Qi hidden on the rooftop of the high-rise building. When the wind blew, butterfly-like fragments rose straight up and landed behind the two "Quanxing" figures, where they reformed.

Feeling the oppressive atmosphere behind them, the two felt a chill in their hearts: "The culprit of the Xiangxi incident is already dead. Does the Emperor really intend to exterminate them all? After all, this 'Quanxing' operation did not cause any casualties, did it?"

"Wasn't one of the tiles on my ancestral hall damaged?"

Chen Ruoan placed his palm on the tops of their heads and opened their skulls with his bare hands.

call out!

As the two were being executed, a pebble shot from the shadows, piercing the fox's temple. The pebble, without being stained with blood, swerved and circled back to the fox, where he caught it between his two fingers.

"Ok?"

Hidden in the shadows, Huang Dan frowned, using his "eagle-eyed gaze" to lock onto the figure on the rooftop, but in the next instant, the target vanished.

"The prey I've set my sights on couldn't possibly escape. Where did it go?"

Thinking to herself, her golden eyes shone even brighter as she scanned her surroundings until Chen Ruoan's two fingers hovered less than half a centimeter from her eyes.

The next second, a brilliant golden light shone forth!

"Ahhh, my eyes! My eyes!"

"What a coincidence, I'm also skilled in some metal-based magic." Chen Ruoan pointed her finger at "Yan Jianxi's" forehead, and a needle formed from golden light pierced her head.

Half a day later, news of the death of Huang Dan, one of the "Six Traitors," reached the ears of the remaining members of the "Quanxing" gang.

“If this continues, we’ll be picked off one by one. If all else fails, let’s challenge him to a duel! Judging from his expression, he seems to want to take on the entire ‘Quanxing’ one-on-one!” Shou Shuai, one of the six thieves, slammed his fist on the table in anger, proposing a crucial way to break the deadlock.

Chapter 189 Did I Take Zhang Zhiwei's Script?

As one of the "Six Thieves," Nose-Sniff Love realized a problem:

“How can we guarantee that other factions won’t get involved in this matter, especially since the initial announcement about Emperor Xuantian was issued by ‘Na Du Tong’?”

"Oh my god, why am I so unlucky! Why did we have to provoke this kind of person?" Xue Fan, the grave weeping man, said in a Henan accent, "We have to make it a multi-against-one situation, never have a fair fight with him, we can only ambush him halfway and strike hard!"

"I'm already worried," Shou Shuai pondered in a corner, then suddenly asked, "Why hasn't any news come back? Can't we even figure out the enemy's strength?"

“Those who encountered the fox are all dead,” Shou Shuai replied. “This is exactly what I was thinking about. They were the ones who wanted to fight to the death first. We have no choice but to unite. If we drag this out any longer, we will only wait to be killed one by one.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the atmosphere became extremely oppressive. With the acting sect leader dead, there was no one to give orders, and the remaining members of the sect could only follow the powerful individuals.

"Where are the Corpse Demon and the Three Madmen?" Shou Shuai asked.

"They've been hiding ever since the sect leader got into trouble. A bunch of cowards who are afraid of death. Do they really think they can escape this?" Shou Shuai slammed his hand on the table again, and some talismans and paper figures fell to the ground.

A tall figure walked in through the door of the small house. Upon seeing the newcomer, the expressions of the Quanxing members changed, as if they had seen a glimmer of hope.

The man, dressed in casual sportswear, with a short haircut and a red mole between his eyebrows, entered and said, "You went to Xiangxi to cause trouble, but were stopped by a few green vines?"

“That’s no ordinary vine; I can smell a special aura within the plant.” Nose-Sniffing Love raised her head slightly. “Ding Shian, what are you doing here?”

Everyone in the circle knows that Ding Shian, one of the "two heroes," is an extremely upright person. He joined "Quanxing" only to gain the opportunity to challenge more righteous masters in order to improve his strength. He almost never acts recklessly with his fellow disciples.

"This senior, who has been in seclusion for over fifty years, blocked the path of a group of experts within the sect with just a few green vines. Such strength truly excites me."

"What do you mean?" General Shou asked.

Count me in.

When Ding Shian was young, he felt very vulnerable and helpless. A stone, a piece of glass, or a branch could easily hurt him. Therefore, he devoted himself to learning martial arts, hoping to one day reach a state of fearlessness.

As time went on, this idea changed. Ding Shian not only worried about external things, but hoped that no "person" in the world could harm him.

With such a great opportunity to challenge a master right in front of him, how could he possibly miss it?