Chapter 188 I'm Just Here to Listen to Stories
Hearing Lu Sen's question, the giant fox was silent for a while, then stood up and looked at Lu Sen through the wooden fence.
The impact of the giant monster was overwhelming, and facing this giant canine creature, Lu Sen felt like he was standing in front of a heavy truck.
But Lu Sen was not moved at all. Not to mention that he had already changed into the best steel armor, and also had a +4 defense accessory bonus.
The panel data showed a durability value of up to 10,000 points. Lu Sen couldn't think of any kind of attack that could break this outrageous survival data in a short period of time.
The fox stared at him for a long time before saying, "Is this important?"
"Don't you think it's unimportant?" Lu Sen chuckled. "Even a great demon like you almost died due to the exhaustion of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Isn't it unimportant?"
After watching Lu Sen quietly for a while, the fox lay back on the ground and sighed, "That's not necessary. Now that the spiritual energy of heaven and earth has returned, then..."
"Wait, what happened that gave you the illusion that the spiritual energy of heaven and earth has returned?" Lu Sen looked at it with a frown.
The fox was stunned: "Isn't there spiritual energy from heaven and earth here...wait."
It suddenly raised its head and asked the Snow Girl standing on its head: "What happened? Since the spiritual energy of heaven and earth has not returned, why..."
The fox's quick movement of raising its head threw the Snow Girl up into the air, but she soon steadied herself and slowly floated down from the sky, saying, "Nujiao, I didn't have time to tell you because I was too busy reminiscing about the past with you... The spiritual energy between heaven and earth is still exhausted."
The fox seemed stunned for a moment, and finally closed its eyes and remained motionless.
Lu Sen waited for a while, and seeing that it didn't respond, he said, "It seems that you know."
The fox still didn't move.
The atmosphere gradually became stagnant. Snow Girl looked around, then stepped forward, bowed to Lu Sen, and begged, "My dear, please give Nujiao a little more time. She must have a reason for doing this."
Lu Sen was not angry either. In fact, he didn't really care about the reason for the depletion of spiritual energy in heaven and earth.
Because for him, whether there is spiritual energy in the world or not, he will live like this. And if the whole world does not spontaneously generate spiritual energy, then he, who has the system, will have much more advantages.
"I think Nvjiao still needs some time to rest, but I will return to Hangzhou City in two days. Then Xue Nu, you and I will go back. At the same time, I will also demolish the small courtyard here."
After finishing his words, Lu Sen put his hands behind his back and walked away leisurely.
Pang Meir looked at the fox provocatively and left as well.
Without outsiders around, the air gradually warmed up.
The Snow Girl flew over the fox's head again and smoothed its fur, whispering, "I don't know if the depletion of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth has anything to do with you, but I think you know the reason. Your behavior just now has already proved this point."
The fox said nothing.
The Snow Girl didn't care. She continued, "Everyone says foxes are cunning and charming, but you are an exception. You can never hide your thoughts. You don't look like a fox at all. You look more like a dog demon. You like to be close to strangers, but you are afraid of being abandoned. You worry about gains and losses, so you give up on yourself and stay away from the human world."
The fox opened his eyes slightly.
"But this won't work." Snow Girl sighed and said, "I have been following my husband for nearly a month. From what I have seen during this month, I can see that he is a gentleman and has no prejudice against the demon race. The depletion of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is a great catastrophe for the entire demon race, ghost race, and cultivators. If you really know something, you can tell him. He can use the barrier to support this small world when the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is exhausted. This is enough to prove that he is not an ordinary cultivator. Tell him about it, and maybe he can help you relieve some of the pressure."
The fox finally opened its eyes completely. It was silent for a while, then said slowly: "What if I say that the disappearance of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth has something to do with me? Do you think he will kill me?"
The Snow Girl was so surprised that her whole body stiffened at first, then she smiled bitterly, sat on the fox's head, and said with a wry smile: "Then I'm not sure."
In the next two days, Lu Sen arranged the guarding and mining matters of the Taoist Palace. Before he came, he not only brought a group of trustworthy black-clad family generals, but also selected a group of able-bodied men from the Prince of Runan's Mansion.
These people will stay in the Taoist Palace, one to be responsible for protecting the Taoist Palace, and the other to be responsible for mining.
As for supplies, Lu Sen would leave a small storage box here, which contained a large amount of food.
At the same time, every quarter, Pan Zhihai would drive a treasure ship to transport a large amount of supplies.
After arranging everything, Lu Sen and Pang Meir spent two days together.
That night, before going to bed, he once again appeared in the large underground cave holding a redstone lantern.
When he appeared in front of the fence, the fox squatted down and said with a smile: "Master Lu, last time I heard that the spiritual energy of heaven and earth had not yet recovered, I was too shocked and agitated to speak to myself. I neglected you, please forgive me."
"No problem." Lu Sen waved his hand. He looked at the Snow Girl next to him, then looked back at the fox and asked, "Can you tell me now?"
"It's a long story."
"Is it long? Then wait..." Lu Sen took out a chair that he had prepared before going out to sea from his system backpack, sat down, and said, "Please go ahead. I'm all ears."
"My dear, you are really!" The Snow Girl saw the chair and smiled bitterly.
It is said that people who practice cultivation do whatever they want without regard for etiquette, but Lu Sen's behavior is too "relaxed".
Isn't this the right attitude to have when hearing the great secrets of the universe? Shouldn't one have a serious face?
The fox was also stunned by Lu Sen's action. After a while, it said: "The story starts from about two hundred years ago when I returned to the Central Plains to visit my relatives... At that time, I was just over 130 years old, the prime age of a fox girl!"
As soon as Lu Sen heard it, he knew that this was an educated fox... The word "doukou" first appeared in Du Mu's poems, and was later used to refer to a thirteen-year-old girl.
If we move the time back two hundred years, it is almost the time when Du Mu was active during his lifetime.
In other words, the fox was still reading books and reciting poems after returning to the Central Plains.
As expected, the story told by the fox made Lu Sen feel deeply moved.
After she returned to the Central Plains, she first went back to her hometown Qingqiu and lived there for a while. After chatting with her relatives, she went out to play. In the image of a human woman, she met many scholars.
Then he was attracted by one of the scholars.
Young girls always feel love...plus, fox girls are passionate, so this is not a natural thing!
When the fox said this, his eyes were filled with sadness.
The scholar also liked the fox at first. The story of the talented scholar and the beautiful woman was never out of date until the advent of the industrial age. Everyone was happy to hear a good story.
But like many stories, there are always twists and turns between talented men and beautiful women.
After spending some time together, the scholar discovered that the woman next to him seemed to be able to cast magic!
At that time, the fox was very innocent and didn't understand the ways of the world. She told the scholar her identity and thought he would be angry, but the scholar was ecstatic: Isn't this even better?
Then the two of them became even more inseparable, almost sleeping in the same bed.
The scholar lamented that life was short, so he asked the fox to teach him magic. The fox also wanted his lover to have immortality so that they could stay together forever, so he told him all the secrets of his magic.
The scholar is very smart and learns quickly.
But after a certain period of time, his progress slowed down, so he began to travel around, looking for more opportunities.
At first, the fox was still with him, but something happened in Tianqing Hill, and the tribe sent a signal that she needed to go back, so she said goodbye to her lover temporarily.
After waiting for two or three years, she came out of Qingqiu to find the scholar. She finally met him, but before she could be happy, the scholar stabbed her with a sword and cut out her heart.
When Lu Sen heard this, he was a little dazed.
He knew that the love between a human and a demon would most likely encounter twists and turns, but he didn't expect it to happen so soon.
When the Snow Girl heard this, her pretty face turned red with anger, and she seemed like she was going to find the scholar and fight him to the death.
Lu Sen couldn't help but ask, "Why did he want to kill you?"
"The heart of a Qingqiu fox, if eaten, can extend your life by ten years." The fox chuckled and said, "But I had four tails at the time, so I cut off one and turned it into a heart, and then I ran away."
When the fox spoke at this time, his voice was light and gentle, and there seemed to be no hatred or resentment in it. However, Lu Sen and Xue Nu knew very well that some people just like to bury their unhappy things in their hearts and then greet others with a smile.
After escaping, the fox recovered from her wounds and went back to find the scholar. She wanted to find out why the scholar treated her like that.
Moreover, she felt at that time that it was a good deal to exchange her heart for her lover's ten years of life.
Even if her lover doesn't take the initiative to do so, when the time comes, she will give her heart to him.
After much difficulty, he found his lover, but the scholar ended up joining the Tianji Sect and... married the junior sister of the Tianji Sect.
Having said this, the fox's expression finally changed, and there seemed to be tears in its eyes.
Neither Lu Sen nor Xue Nu asked or urged.
It closed its eyes and rested for a while, then continued speaking.
The fox went crazy because of the combination of being unable to get the love he wanted, being betrayed by his lover, and being hurt by his lover.
It fought fiercely in the Tianji Sect, and after several days and nights of fighting, it successfully broke the "barrier" of the Fusang tree.
Although she was powerful, she was no match for the Tianji Sect. When only one of her three tails was left, she escaped and found a place to hide and recuperate.
Fox demons are very powerful. As long as they reach a certain level, even if they lose several tails, it is still very easy to cultivate again.
She had been secluded for nearly twenty years. As soon as she came out after cultivating five tails, she was targeted by the entire cultivation world.
It turned out that when she was hiding in seclusion, the angry Tianji Sect contacted all the sects of cultivation and set up a dragnet throughout the Central Plains, waiting for the fox to show up.
Then she was chased by more than three hundred practitioners.
It fought from the Central Plains to the Tianji Gate, and then took advantage of the Tianji Gate's panic and the fact that the barrier that was broken last time had not been completely repaired, and it punched a big hole in the Fusang tree of the Tianji Gate.
Hearing this, Lu Sen was stunned: "Wait, the black flames on the Fusang tree, were they left by you?"
"Master Lu has also seen the Fusang tree? " The fox was stunned for a moment, then shook her head and said, "I practice the Yuehua righteous way, how could I use such evil fireworks."
"What on earth is that?"
The fox said rather embarrassedly, "Who knew that there was a thousand-year-old demon under the Fusang tree? It was said that it was suppressed by the Flame Emperor back then. Although the demon was weak after it came out, it was still very strong. It fought with the Tianji Sect and those practitioners who were chasing the fox, and then I was able to escape and come to Japan."
This... Lu Sen wanted to laugh when he heard it.
He endured it for a long time before he could hold it back and asked, "What is the relationship between that demon and the exhaustion of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth?"
"That demon is called Whale Disaster, and he feeds on the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. That's why Emperor Yan suppressed him back then."
When Lu Sen heard this, he was surprised: "Can a single demon consume all the spiritual energy of the entire world?"
The fox said a little embarrassedly: "At that time, I also cut off three tails. In addition to practicing Yuehua Zhengdao, I also practiced the art of cutting off the tail to protect myself. If the broken tail can absorb enough spiritual energy, it will turn into the appearance of the most powerful person nearby, with abilities similar to its, to help me resist the enemy so that I can escape smoothly."
Lu Sen understood everything now: "In other words, all three tails turned into whales, and then the four whales together sucked up all the spiritual energy in the world?"
The fox turned his head away, seemingly embarrassed.
"That's not right. Even if the four whales eat up all the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, what will they do?" Lu Sen asked curiously, "Without spiritual energy, they will starve to death."
"Logically, they should have starved to death." The fox nodded. "I estimated that even if my tail turned into a whale, it would disappear in a hundred years at most and return the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. But for some reason, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth became less and less. When I felt something was wrong, I didn't have the energy to look for the three tails."
Lu Sen felt that this matter was really full of drama.
According to the fox, after its tail was broken off, it turned into the appearance of other people, but because it had no spiritual energy supply, it could only maintain this for a period of time.
But as luck would have it, he turned into the appearance of a whale, and the instinct of a whale is to absorb spiritual energy.
This gave the tail unlimited possibilities, and it actually survived for a long time.
One whale plague is enough to make Emperor Yan feel like he is facing a formidable enemy, and four whale plagues!
Just thinking about it, you can feel the despair of the cultivation world in the Central Plains more than a hundred years ago.
It is estimated that many cultivators will not know why the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is becoming less and less until they die.
Lu Sen sighed: "In other words, if we want to restore the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, we have to find those four pairs of whales, right?"
The fox nodded vigorously.
"But this is none of my business!" Lu Sen stood up and put the chair back into his backpack: "I just want to listen to the story."
The fox stared at Lu Sen blankly. After a while, it jumped up in shock and hit its head against the invisible wall. Then it cried out in pain and asked anxiously, "Master Lu, you just want to hear the story, not to blame me?"
"Why should I blame you!" Lu Sen spread his hands innocently and said, "I'm not a member of the Central Plains cultivation world!"
The fox's eyes were filled with tears. "Then why did you scare me the other day? You looked so stern and scary. I thought you were going to get rid of harm for the Central Plains, just like you monks killed my great-grandmother! I was so scared."
"What was your great-grandmother's name?"
"You humans call her Da Fei!"
