Becoming a Fox Spirit from Under One Person.

"Oh."

As the two were talking, a hunched old man in a Taoist robe walked over from a distance.

"Senior Brother Chen, it's been a long time! You look exactly the same as before." Wudang Sect Leader Zhou Meng greeted him with a smile.

"Little monkey?"

"Yeah, hahaha, I've gotten so old you wouldn't even recognize me. These past few days, there's been so much news about you in the industry."

"To clean up some pests in the industry."

“Back in the day, our ancestor also wielded the Zhenwu Sword to sweep away all evil spirits.” After Zhou Meng finished speaking, he raised his hand to indicate the stone steps leading up the mountain, “Let’s go up the mountain and talk with this little kid.”

"Alright."

As the three walked along the road, Chen Ruoan asked, "Has the big monkey returned to the mountain in the past few years?"

"I've come back a few times. It would have been better if I hadn't gone back at all; I left behind a whole bunch of trouble."

Zhou Meng was referring to the "Three Madmen" on the back mountain, whose three fellow disciples of his generation had gone mad while practicing the "Feng Hou Qi Men" technique.

Compared to the fox's indifferent attitude, Zhou Meng was clearly more talkative, and in just a few words, he quickly brought up the matter of the Luotian Grand Ceremony at Longhu Mountain.

"A few old fogies met at the Luo Tian Grand Ceremony last year, and I didn't expect the next one to come so soon. Think about it, all that talk about finalizing the successor to the Celestial Master is just Zhang Zhiwei showing off!"

The fox almost forgot that Zhou Meng was also a member of the "Anti-Zhang Zhiwei Alliance" when he was young. Because he had been punished in his early years, he wanted to let his disciples regain some face in the Luo Tian Grand Ceremony.

It can be said that Zhou Meng was more looking forward to the event than Zhang Zhiwei.

"Everyone knows that the Celestial Master has two precious talents hidden away. Our Wudang is not bad either. Among the rising stars of our generation, I have a grand-disciple who is sure to reach the pinnacle. I will have him come to pay his respects to you, my senior, later."

As Zhou Meng was speaking, before he even reached the Golden Summit, a furious shout came from above.

"evil creature!"

Not far away, Yunlong, sword in hand, was furious as he chased after a small path ahead, smashing the scabbard over Yunlong's head.

"Master! My liver qi is stagnant and disordered. Anger damages the liver. The liver belongs to wood, wood generates fire, and fire overcomes metal. If I get angry, all five internal organs will suffer. It's alright if you hit me a few times, but if you ruin your health, I will be guilty of a great sin!" the young Taoist shouted as he ran.

Chapter 214 The Significance of the Legendary Fox

"Stop talking nonsense! Ever since I took you in, I feel like I don't have many years left to live! I've never seen a master practice while his disciple hides to rest!" Yunlong grabbed Wang Ye by the back of his collar and threw him into the bushes by the mountain road.

Yunlong tapped the blade with the scabbard several times, but he still wasn't satisfied. He rolled up his sleeves and headed into the bushes, but before he could disappear into the dense grass, Zhou Meng called out to him from behind.

"Yunlong, we have guests. Let's play another day."

"Master, who are these two?" Yunlong looked Chen Ruoan and Chen Duo up and down. In his memory, the master rarely associated with such young extraordinary people.

Zhou Meng raised his hand and introduced: "Mount Tai, the Inviting Moon Pavilion, and the Mysterious Heavenly Emperor are my old friends from my youth."

"Oh dear!" Yunlong sighed, recalling the turmoil in the circle over the past two years. "So it is Your Majesty. I am Yunlong, a junior who has long admired you. Your Majesty, please forgive me. I was just disciplining my unworthy disciple and lost my temper, making a racket and disturbing others. I am truly ashamed."

"It's my duty, no need for formalities," Chen Ruoan replied.

Thinking about it, Yunlong has had a tough time. Cultivators value a calm and peaceful mind, and are unmoved by honor or disgrace. But in just a few years, this once pure and quiet Taoist has been driven to the brink of exploding by his disciple.

"Your Majesty, please wait a moment." Yunlong glanced around and caught sight of a corner of a Taoist robe peeking out from behind the bushes.

He frowned, strode over, reached out and pulled Wang Ye, who was hiding among the branches and leaves with his neck tucked in.

Wang Ye had previously fled in panic, but he still took seven or eight blows. Now he was bruised and swollen, with withered leaves on his head, looking utterly disheveled.

"In the past, I paid my respects to my seniors."

"Alright." Wang Ye, who was hiding in the bushes, had already overheard their conversation. He immediately brushed the dust off his Taoist robe, abandoned his nonchalant attitude, and respectfully approached the fox, bowing with his hands clasped.

"King Wudang pays respects to Emperor Xuantian."

Zhou Meng seized the opportunity to speak up: "Senior Brother Chen, this is the young man I was talking about. Don't let his sleepy appearance fool you, his skills and character are quite good. I don't believe any of the younger generation can surpass Xiao Wangye. When we get back to the Luo Tian Grand Ceremony, he'll take care of that old donkey's two disciples sooner or later."

"Master, what you're saying..." Wang Ye awkwardly scratched the back of his head, then realized, "Wait! I didn't say I wanted to participate in the Luo Tian Grand Ceremony!"

Zhou Meng replied, "Little Wang, fate is fate. Fortune can change, but destiny is predetermined. People are often bound by their fate and cannot control their own destiny."

"Then... I'll think about it?"

"Hmph." Yunlong crossed his arms. "With your meager skills, I'm really afraid you'll embarrass yourself if you go."

“Master, no matter how bad I am, it’s still what you taught me.”

"Hmm?" Yunlong snorted, but he couldn't easily lose his temper in front of Chen Ruoan, so he forced back his anger, feeling a slight stomach ache.

“Some things can be discussed openly,” the fox suggested.

After Zheng Zibu used the "Tongtianlu" to make a wish to end the "Jiashen Rebellion," it was unclear how things would develop. However, with the fox's appearance, the "Eight Extraordinary Skills" were no longer something to be kept secret.

"Yunlong, take the little girl for a walk around. I have something to say to your Fox Master." Zhou Meng dismissed the two people who had nothing to do with the "Eight Extraordinary Skills" and led Chen Ruoan toward the back mountain.

The summer afternoon was stiflingly hot. Cicadas chirped in waves, one after another, from the woods.

As you approach the cave, the temperature becomes deep and cool, as if it were a different season from outside.

The cave wasn't large, barely two zhang square. After Wang Ye mastered the "Feng Hou Qi Men" technique, Master Hong died with regret, leaving only two old men, Lu and Fang, sitting cross-legged on the stone platform inside the cave.

The two men were dressed in rags, their hair disheveled like withered grass, one was barefoot, and the other had one shoulder exposed.

“My two senior brothers have been here for decades,” Zhou Meng said.

Chen Ruoan looked up at the stage. The two men had thin faces, high cheekbones, and deep-set eyes, like two clay sculptures dried by time. But occasionally, their cloudy eyes would gleam with a sharp light.

"Heavenly authority governs the universe, encompassing all changes, transforming me into king... I am king..." The two muttered the same words.

In the center of the cave is a yellowed piece of parchment with a pattern centered on the Bagua (Eight Trigrams), surrounded by intricate characters forming a layout.

This image will automatically rotate as soon as it enters the viewer's eye, attracting even those who don't understand magic.

The two Taoist priests, having failed to comprehend the teachings and becoming deeply entrenched in their inner visions, are now in a state of utter exhaustion.

Why didn't the big monkey take away the "Wind After the Storm" painting?

“Back then, his fellow disciples threatened him with their lives, demanding that he leave the map at Wudang.”

"Life?" Chen Ruoan smiled. "Given Zhou Sheng's character, when would he ever care about the lives of his fellow disciples? In the eyes of the big monkey, these two Daoists are nothing more than two idiots. Perhaps he finds this amusing."

"My brother's personality is a bit sharp and mean."

"I'll keep this painting." Chen Ruoan rolled up the corner of "The Wind After the Storm," tied it into a scroll, and handed it to Zhou Meng, who was standing next to her.

Unlike other esoteric techniques, "Feng Hou Qi Men" is something that can be addictive and dangerous to leave unchecked. Moreover, Feng Hou Qi Men doesn't need any optimization from the fox; there's already a simpler version available.

People are foolish; if the more complicated something is, the better it is, then sages like Jiang Shang, Zhang Liang, and Zhuge Liang wouldn't have needed to go to such lengths to improve and simplify the Qimen Dunjia system.

We shouldn't favor the past over the present. It's like learning to drive; a manual transmission might offer more control, but the ease of operation of an automatic transmission is indeed more suitable for most people.

"Senior Brother Chen, but as soon as I move this..." Before Zhou Meng could finish speaking, the Taoist priest surnamed Lu had already activated his Qi, and a strange formation spread throughout the cave, covering the entire space where Chen Ruoan and the other two had set foot.

"Another thief has come to steal the 'Wind After the Storm' painting!"

"Little thief... Li Zi... Chi Lian!"

Hmph!

Flames erupted from the stone platform in the cave, and three crimson fire snakes snaked and coiled, aimlessly rushing around, filling the tunnel with scorching heat.

In the illusory world of the inner realm, the two did indeed master all the magical arts, but once it was put back into reality, their actions were like an unrestrained madness.

"Get out of here first!" Zhou Meng jumped away with the picture in his arms, with the fire snakes chasing after him. Wang Ye followed closely and ran out of the cave. Looking back, he saw a streak of flame about to hit Chen Ruoan.

"Master Fox, Master Lu's situation is difficult to handle, let's go!" Wang Ye made a hand seal with two fingers, and the Qimen formation expanded to the fox's feet. He then used the "Palace Shift and Transport" technique.

This spell can directly change the position of the formation within the array.

This is how it should be...

But Wang also discovered that Chen Ruoan, who was inside the Qimen formation, was completely unshakable. It felt as if a majestic mountain was pressing down on the scene.

"Is this the legendary fox's power? I feel like I'm moving Mount Tai!"

Chapter 215 The fox was also once Jiahao.

boom!

Wang Ye gave up moving the object. The flames caused by the fire snake exploded around Chen Ruoan, the cave shook, and small pieces of sand and gravel slid down from the top.

"Master Fox!"

"Alright, Xiao Wangye." Zhou Meng, who was standing at the entrance of the cave, turned around and smiled. "Since when have we old folks needed a junior like you to worry about us? A fox that survived a hail of bullets wouldn't be afraid of a mere little fire."

Wang Ye stopped and looked around. The flames in the cave had died down, and a brand new formation was spreading out in the cave.

The first battle of the Dunjia formation?

"Is Master Fox a sorcerer?" Wang Ye asked in surprise.

Zhou Meng replied, "To be precise, that's just one of his professions. He's also a wizard, weapon refiner, Gu master, alchemist, sword cultivator... and even practices external martial arts, reverse life techniques, Five Elements magic, and Qi poison..."

"Grand Tutor, I'm sorry, I was wrong." Wang Ye clasped his hands together and bowed, "I was blind to your true nature."

"So, what's the situation now?" Zhou Meng, who was unfamiliar with Qimen Dunjia, couldn't quite understand how the situation was developing.

Wang Ye also seemed to understand but not quite.

After the central palace is determined in "Feng Hou Qi Men", the four plates in the Qi Men chart can be freely rotated. The time, space and the mutual generation and restraint of the four plates in the chart are all determined by the user.

The strategist can precisely control the time within the game, and can even bring all four boards back to their original positions in a very short time.

Chen Ruoan did use the initial formation of the Dunjia, but it was somewhat different. In Wang Ye's eyes, he did not control time through the formation, but rather mastered time itself.

"The Chaotic Golden Clapper is the highest command that I can cast within my bureau. Is there anything in the world with a higher rank than this spell?"

Wang Ye gazed into the cave. The Qimen formation was arranged in its initial position. When the Three Wonders, Six Instruments, Eight Gates, and Eight Gods all returned to their original palaces using Yang Dun, several people could then enter the inner scene together.

Chen Ruoan's eyes lit up as he stepped into the interior again, where he saw an old man dressed in a gray-white nightgown with a haggard face.

"Master Lu, it's been a long time."

"Hmm, it's you?" During the War of Resistance against Japan, Wudang Mountain was the rear area of ​​the Fifth War Zone. The fox had been lingering there for many days, and no disciple of Wudang Mountain during the war did not recognize the fox.

"Decades of sitting in seclusion, without ever stepping out of the cave, does this Feng Hou Qi Men meet your expectations?"

Master Lu laughed and said, "All the changes in the world are within my grasp. My body is the world itself, so why should I move? In this world of change, I am the king!"

He slowly raised his right hand, his five fingers spread, and faint stars and mountains appeared in his palm.