Becoming a Fox Spirit from Under One Person.

"Don't say I told you." She was still a child, so naive that she pinned her hopes on the visitor's kindness and honesty.

"We won't tell you, we'll just say we found it ourselves."

"Well."

The three made an agreement, and Chen Ruoan walked towards the crowd. When he arrived at the noisy place, the Dharma assembly had long since dispersed, and a group of adults were walking along the road with smiles on their faces, carrying ceramic bottles and jars.

Gongsun Lingxiu frowned slightly. Perhaps due to her long struggle against the Dharma Corpse, she had become unusually sensitive to life force, and vitality was emanating from those bottles and jars.

Moreover, it possesses the aura of a Nirvana being.

"The corpse of Dharma also has remnants?" Gongsun Ling was deeply puzzled, as this was almost impossible under the interference of the Myriad Corpse Immortal.

Chen Ruoan pressed one hand to Gongsun Ling's temple and activated his golden pupils with the other. Their gazes pierced through the pottery jar, revealing its contents clearly—

Those were jars full of purplish-blue tentacles soaking in mucus, vividly and frantically twitching; just one glance was enough to imagine the "splattering" sounds coming from inside.

Gongsun Ling was stunned: "This group of people!"

"What's the big deal about hiding from others when eating shad? Why leave the kids behind and eat it all by yourself?"

Chapter 284 Black Tai Sui Young Meat

"Fairy A-Ling, aren't you being a little too optimistic right now?"

Even if the war of cause and effect ends and Huang is killed, the Nirvana Corpse hiding in the corner may still have the means to avoid the Myriad Causes Corpse Immortal and retain the Myriad Causes True Blood from His hands.

“I’ve seen that slimy stuff before, it’s definitely edible.” Gongsun Ling sensed forward again and, amidst a salty, fishy smell, detected the life force mixed with the aura of death.

"There really were some who slipped through the net!"

Is it supernatural power?

The fox probably arrived a bit too early and didn't see the tree or the Heavenly Jade Liquid held up by its leaves, so it decided to follow the crowd at the end of the ingestion ceremony to find out what was going on.

Chen Ruoan walked against the flow of people, deeper into the bushes of the mountains, where the air was filled with the increasingly strong smell of rust and sea stench.

The fox used its Shadow Transformation technique to travel to the foot of the low mountain, enter the cave, and pass through a naturally formed stone gate, where a bright and open space suddenly appeared before it.

A rough, blue stone altar stands in the center of the cave, its surface engraved with spiral patterns. Dark liquid, not yet fully dried, meanders down the cracks in the stone, glistening with a sticky sheen under the candlelight.

“There must be a Dharma Corpse here, similar to the Great Blackfish. I’m curious how it disobeyed the orders of the Myriad Corpse Immortals regarding participating in the War of Cause and Effect.” Gongsun Ling looked around and saw eight half-person-high pottery jars in the corner of the cave.

As the crowds dispersed from the Dharma assembly and no one remained to guard it, Chen Ruoan slowly approached and lifted the wooden lid—

The vat was churning with countless purplish-blue tentacles, each as thick as a child's arm, their surfaces covered with tiny, suction-cup-like rings. Their wet, tangled bodies intertwined, stirring the half-vat of murky, dark red liquid, the "splattering" sounds amplified several times in the empty cave.

"Ew~" the fox made a disgusted sound.

Despite the aversion, the necessary check-ups still need to be done.

Chen Ruoan casually took out a piece of wood from his pocket, poked the contents of the jar, and then burned it with a green flame. The sizzling sound drowned out the smacking sound. Perhaps it was because the vitality contained in the tentacle was too abundant, Gongsun Ling smelled a delicious aroma of meat.

"It has always been the Dharma Corpse that devours human life force, so why can't those who seek the Dharma plunder it in return?" A-Ling asked.

"Isn't there a relevant method within the core inheritance of Penglai Immortal Island?"

"What Penglai Immortal Island?"

"This is where we are now..." Chen Ruoan's hand, which was holding the "roasted tentacles," froze, sensing something strange. During the Yin-Shang period, the immortal tree of Penglai Immortal Island was already an excellent sapling, so why hadn't he seen it just now?

A colossal tree, a magical artifact, refined by the founder of the Penglai Sect using his innate divine power. At this current point in time, it is clearly already complete.

"Wait a minute, could it be related to the story I told before I left?"

Chen Ruoan buried himself in thought. His conception of the three fairy mountains at sea—Penglai, Fangzhang, and Yingzhou—was based on the *Classic of Mountains and Seas*, compiled during the Warring States period. Indeed, no such precious tree existed during the Shang and Zhou dynasties. This timeline had been delayed due to the influence of the "fox's ramblings"...

"Could it be that the founder of the Penglai Immortal Island also had his lifespan extended by some fortuitous coincidence?"

The fox remembered that the Penglai Patriarch's innate supernatural power was "Seizing the Peach Blossom Immortal," but there were very few records of him in the sect's records, and he was not even given a clear name. Later disciples only respectfully called him "Peach Ancestor."

Tao Zu?

桃！

Chen Ruoan's "nonsense" seems to be getting more and more illogical.

Snapped!

The fox slapped his forehead, realizing he had inadvertently created a mess for the Penglai School of later generations.

As Chen Ruoan was reflecting on his actions, a sticky sound came from outside the cave, and something slid in along the rock wall.

The figure was as soft as if it had no bones, like a lump of mud that had been squeezed in through a crack in the door, only gradually taking on a human shape after landing.

Its entire body has a dead gray waxy luster, its facial features are blurry, it has no eyebrows, and its eyes are two turbid beads embedded in its skin, which seem to be separated by a layer of water when they turn.

It is a corpse of the Dharma.

Before the corpse could fully stabilize itself, it uttered a sound. The sound seemed to be squeezed from deep within its throat, hoarse and cracked, with a trembling finish:

"Who?! Who burned the Tai Sui meat I prepared?"

The corpse turned its two turbid eyes, scanning the depths of the cave.

Its gaze passed over the altar, over the water vat, over the tentacle remnant still twitching slightly on the ground, and finally landed on Gongsun Ling. In that instant, the corpse's previously loose skin suddenly tightened.

It sensed something, an atmosphere completely out of place in this era where "the war of cause and effect has ended."

The cracked corners of the corpse's mouth tugged into a smile more painful than a grimace. It chuckled dryly, its voice filled with unbridled fear: "Wasn't the war of cause and effect over? How... how come there are still powerful seekers of the law? This is not the future I envisioned!"

Before the words were finished, a whooshing sound suddenly rang out from the cave.

Gongsun Ling was filled with hatred for the magic corpse. Without saying a word, she put her five fingers together and made a sweeping motion in the air, exchanging the magic corpse's luck with that of the ill-fated people on the island. Then she made a magic talisman and pointed it forward with two fingers.

The corpse took a half step back, its turbid eyes suddenly widening, and its cracked voice rose sharply, carrying an almost desperate urgency: "Do you want to kill everyone on the island?"

Gongsun Ling stopped in her tracks and, upon closer inspection, realized that the fortune of this corpse was indeed intertwined with the fate of all the people on the island.

"The power of cause and effect?"

"Why didn't such a powerful Dharma Corpse participate in the war of cause and effect?"

"Shh!" The corpse made a shushing gesture. "Keep your voice down. I went to participate, but unfortunately my skills are too weak. I was annihilated in the aftermath of the chaotic battle as soon as I entered the battlefield. It's really shameful."

Chen Ruoan stepped forward and asked, "What's your name?"

"My name has long been forgotten, I'm just a lump of rotten flesh, but people on the island call me—Tai Sui. Of course, I prefer my nickname, it's cheeky and easy to take care of, you can also call me Rou Rou."

Seeing the gentle aura of the person in front of it, unlike the fierce old woman, Rou Rou was naturally willing to chat a bit more. But as soon as it saw the "barbecue tentacles" the fox had poked with a twig, its expression immediately changed.

Are you guys very free?

"I've heard of demonic corpses eating people, but I've never heard of anyone wanting to eat a demonic corpse," Rou Rou shook her head. "Fine, since you won't make a move, then I won't hold back. To be honest, I'm quite enjoying it..."

"I relish the sight of you caring for the lives of a bunch of ants, disliking me yet daring not to kill me. The righteous sects are simply wonderful, the righteous people are simply outstanding!"

Smack, smack~

The tentacles in the tank began to writhe wildly, slowly converging towards the central tank.

Innate Supernatural Power: Black Tai Sui Young Master.

Chapter 285 The Jade Calendar Determines Fate and Creates a Unique Timeline

Tai Sui meat is a product refined from the powerful Dharma body of a Dharma corpse.

The fleshy creature can integrate the consciousness of those who consume the tentacles and extract vitality bound to time from them. This is also why Gongsun Ling saw that it was bound to the fate of the island's people.

"As an aside, there are three thousand mortals on the island who have established a connection with me through consuming food. This doesn't even include the number of people from Fangzhang and Yingzhou. If you want to kill me completely, you must be prepared to kill more than three thousand people." Rou Rou grinned.

During the hundreds of years it lived as a Nirvana Corpse, it encountered many seekers of the Dharma, most of whom were fools with overflowing kindness. Even the few who didn't care about the lives of mortals were no match for it.

Chen Ruoan placed his palm on the rim of the jar and gently patted it.

The blue flames surged, and the writhing tentacles twitched in the cold, serene light before quickly turning to ash. The peculiar aroma of roasted meat in the cave grew even stronger.

"You bastard, do you know how long I spent storing this Tai Sui meat?"

Cutting your own flesh will hurt!

"This has nothing to do with me." Chen Ruoan pushed the jar, which was wrapped in blue flames, towards Rou Rou. The cave fire flashed, and the corpse hurriedly dodged.

While dodging, it could sense the eerie chill emanating from the blue flames.

Strange fire!

"Don't you care about the more than three thousand lives on the island?"

"Compared to that, I despise moral blackmail even more. Putting mortal lives on the gambling table is not a good habit." Chen Ruoan took a step and instantly appeared in front of Rou Rou. He used all five fingers to grab its head and flew towards the center of the island.

"What exactly is this guy?" The corpse began to reflect, wondering if it had misjudged the two of them before. This guy, who didn't seem to have any magical energy fluctuations, was even more dangerous!

Swish!

Chen Ruoan threw it with all his might, and a black line streaked across the air before crashing heavily into the tarpaulin-covered buildings.

Dust rose and sand flew, and two figures emerged from the ruins of tattered tarpaulins and bamboo frames.

"Cough cough cough, Lord Tai Sui, how did you fall from the sky?" Tao's parents coughed a few times and ran towards the center shrouded in smoke and dust.

"Oh dear, you've come at just the right time! My faithful followers, I offer up all life and time, so that outsiders may pay the price for their foolish actions!"

For the Hai family couple, this was a rare blessing. The collective consciousness meant that they were practically immortal and would be guided to eternity by the Grand Duke of Tai Sui.

call out!

Two wisps of life emanated from the seven orifices of the two people and slowly drifted into the fleshy mouth.

The instinct of a corpse is to devour human life, but the special feature of the "Black Tai Sui Little Fresh Meat" is that it strips away consciousness and the passage of time through flesh and blood.

From the eyes of the Hai couple, one after another, delicate fleshy buds emerged, and the stolen memories and years were hidden within these fleshy tendrils.

"Father, Mother, what's wrong? Tao can't see anything! Where are you?"

Tao waved her hand to disperse the smoke and dust, and then looked inside, where she saw her parents lying side by side on the ground.

At first she didn't understand.

She could only see that her father's hands and feet were still moving and her mother's eyes were still open, but something was being pulled out of their bodies, like an invisible straw being inserted into their lifeline. The two old people's flesh was collapsing inward at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Father's black hair turned dry and white, and age spots appeared on his cheeks. The wrinkles on Mother's face increased rapidly, and the curve of her mouth changed from gentle to a withered and sunken shape.

The meatball was tilting its blurry face upwards, its mouth opening and closing silently, sucking in those unseen rays of light.