Becoming a Fox Spirit from Under One Person.

Seeing the comical state of the disciples inside, Zuo Ruotong sighed, "Xiao Jin, why is this?"

Lu Jin blushed and gripped the ground with her toes: "Master, please don't ask anymore. I have my own plans."

"Is there something you're having trouble saying?"

"N-no!" Lu Jin stammered.

There were still some junior disciples who had just joined the sect and were not yet settled in their ways. He really didn't want to see any awkward situations happen.

Seeing this, Chen Ruoan tried to smooth things over: "It's alright today, I'll only appear in my fox form."

"Phew—" Lu Jin breathed a sigh of relief, but his master's gaze toward him became increasingly strange.

Zuo Ruotong returned from her long journey and had no interest in dealing with matters within the sect, so she asked Lu Jin to take care of entertaining the fox who came to her door.

"Brother An, I didn't expect you to actually come to see me!"

Lu Jin didn't remove the cloth strip from his nostrils, letting it hang on his face like snot, showing no trace of the demeanor of a scion of a noble family.

Chen Ruoan replied, "I have come today for two reasons: first, to reminisce about the past, and second, to help the ghost within my belly fulfill a wish. I wonder if there is a disciple named Zhong Yang within the Sanyi Sect?"

"Senior Brother Zhong?"

Lu Jin looked worried and gestured, pointing to another backyard outside the mountain gate.

In the courtyard, a group of people with mobility issues gathered, and some were even described as disabled.

The path of "reversing the natural order" is inherently fraught with difficulties and obstacles, and is full of thorns. If one is not careful, there is a risk of falling into a useless state.

When practitioners break through to a higher realm, they must abandon any path of retreat and not hesitate, otherwise they are very likely to suffer a backlash.

Even Zuo Ruotong himself suffered a chronic illness due to an injury sustained during his attempt to break through to the second level in middle age. Now, apart from the path of reversing his fate, he has no way out.

"Senior Brother Zhong, someone is looking for you!"

Lu Jin called out to the inner room, and a middle-aged man staggered out, carrying a winnowing basket filled with some unidentifiable medicinal herbs.

The fox called out to its belly, and Zhongyi, who was hiding, lost the confidence to see her son.

Why are you still shy?

"Because he hasn't mastered the profound arts and has a hidden ailment, he's no longer your son?"

Zhong Yi shook his head frantically inside his stomach. In this turbulent world, being alive was already a great blessing, let alone daring to hope for some profound skill.

However, he was preoccupied with the rumors in the village and did not know what his son's attitude was towards his departure. Now that he appeared in the form of a ghost, who knew what kind of trouble it would cause.

Chen Ruoan understood Zhong Lao Er's feelings and replied, "Then stay a few more days and we'll talk about it when you find a suitable opportunity."

"Hehehe..." Lu Jin awkwardly scratched the back of his head and said to his senior brother, "It's alright, Senior Brother Zhong."

"Are you kidding me?" Zhong Yang, carrying a winnowing basket, limped back into the inner room. His gaze, peering through the window, was fixed on the strange black fox.

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In a dark and damp cave on the outskirts of Suzhou, several members of the Quanxing sect respectfully made way for a man dressed in leather shoes to enter the cave.

"Hey, what's going on?"

"Wrapped inside and out, it's like a giant rice dumpling." Wugensheng chuckled, patting Li Muxuan, who was covered in bandages. With the help of the Quanxing physicians, he was barely clinging to life.

"Wait, who are you?"

Yuan Jingui replied, "Li Muxuan."

"Stirring up trouble everywhere and causing chaos for prestigious families, which sect or group of people attacked and severely injured you?"

"Hiss... hiss..."

A faint panting came from Li Muxuan's mouth, and a few indistinct sounds slowly drifted out. Wugensheng tilted his head and put his ear close to it.

"Sect Leader... Sect Leader, can you still listen to me... say a few more words? I... am not reconciled."

"Speak plainly, which department?"

"Dragon Tiger Mountain".

"This one won't do, move on to the next one."

Chapter 48 The Fox Spirit's Trinity Rumor

Wugensheng loosened his collar, took off his glasses, and sat down next to Li Muxuan:

"The Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain has a rare quality. In a sense, he is more easygoing than us. I don't want to provoke such a person, and I can't afford to."

"Li Muxuan, I've heard about your situation from Lao Yuan. Think about it carefully again. What exactly is the knot in your heart that has bound you throughout your life?"

Li Muxuan remained silent for a long time, recalling the events of recent years. He realized that most of the grudges and entanglements were caused by him alone, and there were actually very few cases that could be considered true feuds.

The first incident was at Yinghe Tower, where he incurred the wrath of Hou Ling and Ruan Tao from Qingzhu Garden.

However, Qingzhu Garden was built on the former hermitage of the "Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove". Suzhou is thousands of miles away from Henan. In addition, his meridians are now completely destroyed and his bones are broken. He may never have the chance to avenge this grudge.

Then I thought about the strange Taoist priest on Longhu Mountain and the fox with the exaggerated acting skills; I didn't dare to provoke the former, and I couldn't find the latter anywhere...

Finally, Li Muxuan sighed bitterly. Now that he was in such a miserable situation, the only thing he could think of was the Sanyi Sect, which he had once tried to worship.

"Sany..."

"Ha, you're always giving me difficult questions."

"Sect Leader, you will help me, right?"

Wugensheng turned his head to look at Li Muxuan's face, which was distorted by the lightning: "Since it is a disciple who has asked, I will help. As usual, how to do things is entirely up to me."

"Thank you... Sect Leader."

After listening, Yuan Jingui, who was standing to the side, asked, "Sect Leader, if you are unwilling to provoke the Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain, why do you dare to confront the Great Ying Immortal of the Sanyi Sect?"

Wugensheng rested his chin on his hand and thought for a while: "How should I put it? Although it's just a rumor, Zuo Ruotong does have a quality that is different from Zhang Jingqing. As for the Sanyi Sect, it's true that you can gamble with your life, but as for Longhu Mountain, I always feel that the Taoist priests in the mountains are too open-minded."

Yuan Jingui understood what the sect leader meant: "So you're just bullying honest people?"

Wugensheng smiled and said, "Don't look down on honest people."

As the two chatted and laughed, the "giant rice dumpling" whose life hung by a thread spoke again.

"Sect Leader, what should we do?"

Wugensheng replied, "In the backyard of the Sanyi Mountain Sect, there are disciples who failed their breakthroughs and became crippled. Your appearance is quite suitable for infiltrating. Since you want to resolve your inner conflict, then start by becoming a member of the Sanyi Sect."

"It sounds like they're trying to fulfill my last wish..."

Wugensheng did not reply. As the leader of the Quanxing Sect, he never explicitly asked his disciples to do anything. He simply acted as a supportive force when his disciples were hesitant and uncertain.

Li Muxuan is in this situation now.

How could that wicked child know that his ability to act recklessly in the world was due to his natural talent and the skills he learned from his mentor?

Now that he has lost all his cultivation, even if he can settle the matter of the Three Ones Sect, how will he face the chaotic world and the countless enemies who have clashed with him in the future?

Let's consider it fulfilling a dying wish.

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Trinity Gate.

Nestled in the mountain breeze, the medicinal herb fields on the mountainside are covered with lush, colorful herbs that exude a pleasant, refreshing fragrance.

The fox lay curled up on the soft grass beside the medicinal herb patch, watching the young men of the Sanyi Sect carry baskets to gather herbs.

The herbs here will be sent to the backyard of the mountain gate, where the senior disciples who failed the breakthrough will crush and grind them into pills to strengthen their bodies.

Lu Jin gave instructions to several younger relatives, and only at the end did he stand with the fox outside the herb field, gazing at the distant scenery from the mountainside.

The mountains and rivers are beautiful, but people's worries make the scenery less charming.

Lu Jin said worriedly, "Ever since the many drawbacks of 'reverse rebirth' were mentioned, Master has been going into seclusion more and more frequently in recent months. I keep wondering if I did something wrong."

The senior disciples all say that Master went into seclusion because he saw the end of the second stage of reverse rebirth.

But as Lu Jin thought about it more carefully, she felt something was off.

The path to the second level is endless, but human strength is limited. The predecessors of the Three Ones stopped after reaching the second level and would find a place to continue the path of reversal of life without distraction. However, for ten or a hundred years, no one has successfully broken through the barrier.

Some of our predecessors simply disappeared without a trace as time went by.

Upon hearing this, Chen Ruoan retorted, "If you are wrong, then wouldn't I, who pointed out the drawbacks to you, be terribly wrong?"

"Brother An, that's not what I meant."

"The Left Sect Master has broadened the branches and personally laid a solid foundation for his disciples, hoping that some of the younger generation will be exceptionally talented and pass through the three levels. This is already a rare 'teacher'. As for mistakes, can't we just correct them?"

"My brother, you make it sound so easy."

"Yes, it's always easier said than done. That's exactly how Fang Dongtian got stuck in his cultivation."

Lu Jin fell into deep thought, and the fox leaped nimbly towards the mountaintop.

The location chosen by the Sanyi Patriarch for the establishment of the sect was particularly meticulous. As soon as night falls, the entire mountain is shrouded in the warm moonlight, the moonlight as smooth as water, and the silvery glow covering the mountain.

Surrounded by solitude and loneliness, Chen Ruoan transformed into human form, basking in the drifting moonlight, and quietly cultivated his mind.

The full moon's clear light shone on the fox's glossy black hair and also through a hole in the top of a cave, falling on the white robes of the Great Ying Immortal Zuo Ruotong.

"According to the ancestral method, although the road ahead may be difficult and fraught with danger, I can still walk step by step. But, Master, I am really conflicted lately. I can vaguely see the direction, but I don't know how to take the first step..."

"As the ancients said, Dharma, companions, wealth, and land are all indispensable. Now that I have the Reverse Life Mind Method and the three-in-one management passed down through generations, am I only missing a 'companion'?"

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Zuo Ruotong pondered without finding a solution, then slowly stepped out of the cave and into the stream barefoot.

He sat on a rock by the stream, gazing down at his reflection in the water, where moonlight shone into the clear, mirror-like surface.

He didn't know when it started, but he had gotten used to examining himself in this way—his temples were still white, his appearance remained the same, and he was still the immortal being praised by the world.

call--

A gust of wind shattered the calm of the water's surface, causing ripples to spread outwards. The figure in the water began to blur and distort, no longer able to reconstruct that perfect, ethereal form.

That gust of wind was brought by a fox.

"Left Gatekeeper, aren't your feet cold?"

"It's a little fox. When did it arrive?"