great-warnovel Chapter 152 Shifting the Blame East
Chapter 152 Shifting the Blame East
The monks were unaware that several cultivators had just passed by them.
They were puzzled because they had been walking for a long time and still hadn't reached their destination.
Zhou Jianxiong couldn't help but mutter to his wife, "I remember the Medicine King Sect's trading area was only a quarter of an hour's walk away, but now it's taken more than a quarter of an hour, hasn't it?"
The beautiful woman immediately realized what her husband was asking. She focused her senses and saw that wisps of pink smoke had already intertwined with her magic power.
She immediately broke out in a cold sweat: "Oh no! We've been tricked!"
The group was on Chaotian Palace's territory, and they were all very relaxed. They never imagined that anyone would be so audacious as to harm people here.
After all, the last person who dared to cause trouble at Chaotian Palace had probably been reincarnated many times.
But at this moment, the group was quite certain that they had been tricked, otherwise they couldn't explain why they hadn't been able to reach the Medicine King Sect after so long.
Zhou Xixi looked at her father with a completely bewildered expression.
The monk also looked solemn. He had been in this place for several years and knew that there were many strange and mysterious spells in this world.
This scene seems to be a hallucination.
He immediately recited the Buddhist scripture: "All forms are illusory. If one sees all forms as non-forms, then one sees the Tathagata. Ah!"
A golden ripple spread out from beneath their feet, washing away the surrounding pink haze.
Although his mental cultivation was high, his magical power was still low.
The golden Buddha light only dispelled a small portion of the haze before it became ineffective.
This discovery made him frown slightly. Just as he was about to try another method, a voice filled with icy coldness rang out from the void.
"Don't waste your time. Your meager skills are no match for my Heavenly Fox Realm!"
Celestial Fox Realm?
Zhou Jianxiong's expression changed drastically. He had only just mentioned the prodigy of the Heavenly Fox Clan, and they had already come knocking on his door?
The celestial fox slowly emerged from a cloud of mist, its enormous form giving the group an immense sense of oppression.
"Refining to Void? Or even undergoing Tribulation? It's over!"
Upon sensing the vast and boundless aura of the Heavenly Fox, Zhou Jianxiong's heart sank.
He immediately took out a white bead and transmitted his voice to his wife and daughter, saying, "I will use the Boundary-Breaking Bead to open a passage. You two must take this opportunity to escape and seek help from the Sect Leader of Chaotian Palace. This Heavenly Fox is beyond our ability to deal with!"
Before Zhou Jianxiong could even use the Boundary-Breaking Pearl, the Heavenly Fox directly pointed out: "Boundary-Breaking Pearl? You can try to see if you can break my Heavenly Fox Realm."
The monk also cautioned, "This realm is not self-contained, nor is it a fragment of heaven and earth. It exists because of the Illusion Poison, which has confused our minds, making it impossible for us to break through. The Realm-Breaking Pearl is probably useless in the end."
The monk possessed a high level of spiritual cultivation and had already secretly cleared away the illusionary poison. He could tell that they had long since been transported by the Heavenly Fox to the vast Cangyuan.
Even if he tried to escape now, he probably couldn't outrun the Heavenly Fox, so he could only try to appease Zhou Jianxiong's family first.
He felt that since the celestial fox hadn't immediately killed him, there was still room for maneuver.
That day, Fox raised an eyebrow after hearing the monk's words of comfort to Zhou Jianxiong.
This was the first person to see through her true nature as a Celestial Fox, but unfortunately, it was too late; now it was no longer up to them.
She looked coldly at the group: "You're Zhou Jianxiong, the sect leader of the Beast Taming Sect, right? I'll only ask you one question: where is the Spirit Moon Fox you tricked away from the Heavenly Demon God a hundred years ago? Why can't I sense her presence anymore?"
Before Tianhu finished speaking, Zhou Jianxiong's forehead was already covered in a layer of fine sweat.
He had assumed that he was being punished because of the things his Beast Taming Sect had done in the past.
If that were all, he felt there was still a glimmer of hope. Although he captured spirit beasts, it was all for the purpose of cultivating his techniques.
His Beast Taming Sect technique is one where everyone prospers or suffers together.
Many spirit beasts want to join their sect but don't have the chance yet.
But if they came for that little spirit moon fox, then things will be in trouble.
The little fox is dead!
Just as Zhou Jianxiong was racking his brains trying to figure out how to get out of this, his shrewish wife pointed directly at the monk and said:
"Xiao Bao, the Spirit Moon Fox we brought back, was killed by the poison pills this man sold. We originally wanted to use them to improve Xiao Bao's cultivation. It wasn't our fault..."
The shrew wanted to point out that the pill was poisonous, as everyone had witnessed, but the Heavenly Fox's aura suddenly changed upon hearing the news of Xiao Bao's death.
The immense pressure completely imprisoned the group.
Her eyes were bloodshot: "What did you say? My Yao'er is dead? You actually let her die?"
The murderous intent permeated the bodies and souls of the four people present.
Sensing the terrifying killing intent, the monk immediately said, "This is all my fault! Kill me if you want! The Zhou family's death was unintentional, and they were harmed by this poor monk."
After speaking, the monk looked sorrowful. His only regret was that he had never truly seen the sacred Buddhist land of Mount Ling.
But now that death is a matter of righteousness, let us give up our lives!
He clasped his hands together, murmured Buddhist scriptures, and prepared to face his own passing away.
But the fox ignored him completely.
"You deserve to die! The Beast Taming Sect deserves to die too!"
If they hadn't tricked my Yao'er away while I was in seclusion, how could Yao'er have suffered this misfortune?
If they hadn't deliberately concealed Yao'er's presence, making me search desperately until today to find out her whereabouts, my Yao'er wouldn't have suffered this misfortune.
Damn it! You all deserve to die!
The Heavenly Fox's eyes narrowed, and a purple divine fire silently swept over, intending to burn them alive.
Zhou Jianxiong looked at the purple demonic flames entangling his daughter, then at his daughter's terrified eyes, and at his wife's tragically closed eyes.
A powerful will to survive made him blurt out, "A fellow Daoist said Xiao Bao wasn't dead, so he took Xiao Bao away and treated him!"
Ok?
As soon as Zhou Jianxiong spoke, the terrifying killing intent gradually subsided a little, but it still enveloped the group.
"Are you telling the truth? Do you know the consequences of lying to me?"
Tianhu stared coldly at Zhou Jianxiong.
Seeing the hope of survival, Zhou Jianxiong immediately perked up:
"That's right. When Xiao Bao took this person's poison pill, his life force dissipated. We rushed over to find him. At that time, a fellow Daoist named Chen Chunan, a good friend of Ling Xuzi of Chaotian Palace, said that Xiao Bao was not dead and wanted to take him back to see him. We had no way to save him, so we agreed. Many fellow Daoists witnessed this with their own eyes, and it is absolutely true!"
The monk heard him change "dissipation of true spirit" to "dissipation of breath," and that Chen Chunan's intention to buy the Spirit Moon Fox for research was actually to take it back for treatment.
He wanted to speak, but seeing the hopeful eyes of the mother and daughter, he could only sigh and silently chant Amitabha.
At this moment, Yao'er, who had not yet fully recovered, was still fast asleep, digesting the medicinal power of the Seven Treasures Pill.
The moment Zhou Jianxiong uttered his name, Chen Chunan felt a sudden premonition.
His face immediately darkened: "Trying to shift the blame to save yourselves? If you hadn't ignored my advice, would we be in this mess today? You're truly inhuman!"