After some more back and forth between the two of them, Bai Yan eventually got the gist of what this little fella wanted. âYou are saying you want to leave with me?â
A heavy nod comes from the fox.
She has been in this place for many years already, sheâs long grown tired of it. Now that a chance has come for her to leave, thereâs no way this celestial fox would give it up!n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
Smirking at her little friendâs behavior: âDonât you hate men in general? If you leave with me then you are bound to meet a lot of men in the outside world. Can you guarantee youâre able to control that temper of yours?â
That brought a wave of hesitancy in the fox. However, itâs only a brief delay before she nodded firmly again.
âAlright, then can you contract with me?â Bai Yan asks with a happy grin.
The fox nodded again of course. After a year of sharing this valley with Bai Yan, sheâs long grown a strong attachment to this woman and her two children. Take these days for example, having no company to play with was killing the celestial fox.
âVery well then, relax yourself while I complete the soul bond with you.â Closing her eyes, Bai Yan sent a part of her soul into the foxâs head and promptly signed a contract like she always does.
Unexpectedly for the celestial fox, once that was done, she felt an odd and confusing sensation circulating across her own body and memories.
Whyâ¦..
Why does this humanâs soul give me such a familiar feeling?
Oohh⦠why canât I remember anythingâ¦.
Knocking her own head in frustration, the celestial fox wanted to shake away this confusing and uncomfortable state.
If only Bai Yan paid more attention to her new familiarâs behavior in that moment, she wouldâve dug deeper to find out why. Unfortunately she wasnât, the ladyâs too busy harvesting some more herbs for the next batch of pills sheâs going to refine.
â¦â¦
At the same time over in the Celestial Palace, the Keepers are all outraged while gathered together.
âThose demons got some nerve, how dare they provoke us!â Keeper Ling says that with a dreadfully dark expression, his words seething with anger at those he considered enemies of this world.
Keeper Zun was similarly the same in his tone despite being the kindest of the bunch: âWe were planning to go persuade the demon king to produce a young fox for us anyways, this might be a good opportunity to do just that. However, I do not recommend only one of us attending considering how cunning and sly that person is. Iâm sure some sort of trap is lying in wait for us!â
âThisâ¦. they wouldnât, right? The Demon Realm may have weakened considerably compared to before, but they were once considered a realm equal to the Celestial Realm. Doing that would undoubtedly tarnish their reputation.â Another Keeper wearing a teal green robe asks the others with a gloomy face.
âAnd why wouldnât they?â Keeper Ling surprisingly agrees with his counterpart Keeper Zun for once. âYou think the Demon Realm is strong? Remember, back then Di Cang exhausted his powers in order to resurrect that girlâs soul! Otherwise why would we be able to seal the Demon Realm until today!â Gripping his fist, this senior who has been known to have a temper towards his enemies felt frustrated and angered for not being able to destroy the threat in the past.
âAnd donât forget, that demon king is a fox. Foxes are inherently sly and devious. Even if heâs weakened and not at his prime, Iâm sure there are many tricks heâs conspiring to use against us!â
The gathered group were quiet without objection to that idea. True, in their view the fox race are all cunning and sly creatures that would use everything in their means to defeat a foe, even if its underhanded and dirty.