NOVEL NEXT Chapter 198
Chen Sheng stared at the little fox in astonishment for a long time.
‘Could it be that the ancient texts about the Mystic Fox Clan were wrong?’ Chen Sheng thought to himself.
But that was impossible because the little fox had indeed forgotten him.
This was very illogical.
“Little fox, do you have a name?” Chen Sheng asked.
“Yes!” the little fox replied happily.
“Because I am the Nine Heavens Mystic Fox, my surname is ‘Jiu.’ I am as white as frost, so my name is Jiushuang! Jiang Chen gave me this name!”
Chen Sheng fell silent again.
Even remembering its own name?
This was illogical too!“Old man, do you know Jiang Chen?” the little fox persisted.
“Of course, I know him,” Chen Sheng nodded.
“Really?” the little fox was overjoyed.
“I didn’t expect you, an old stinky man, to know Jiang Chen. Tell me about him?”
When it came to Jiang Chen, Chen Sheng was no longer sleepy.
Sitting cross-legged in the air, he immediately began to talk at length: “My young master is awesome. Not only is he a genius with extraordinary talent, but he is also extremely intelligent and resourceful!”
“Uh-huh. Tell me more,” the little fox nodded incessantly.
That’s exactly what I was waiting for. Chen Sheng stroked his beard and smiled, explaining in detail: “My young master bullied boys at three, dominated girls at five, and was self-taught, truly a genius…”
Although he had said this before, the pride on his face remained undiminished.
The little fox, once again, was left speechless, suspecting that there was something wrong with Chen Sheng’s brain.
“Stop, stop!”
As Chen Sheng got more and more into his storytelling, even planning to recount all of Jiang Chen’s misdeeds from childhood to adulthood, the little fox hurriedly interrupted.
“Tell me about being extremely intelligent and resourceful! Those two qualities sound more normal!”
“Sure. No problem!”
Without a second thought, Chen Sheng continued: “The young master just used a small trick to drive a bunch of Junior Brothers and Junior Sisters crazy, and even his own master was driven to madness. He’s extremely intelligent!”
“How about being resourceful?” the little fox was at a loss for words.
“The young master planned every step, first driving his fellow disciples crazy, then using his master’s reputation to drive the entire Ninth Peak mad!”
“Then, using Ninth Peak as a stepping stone, he repeated his tricks, driving his own Old Ancestor mad, and then corrupted the entire sect!”
“Jiuyan Sect has been established for a thousand years, always priding itself on being righteous. Yet, under the young master’s schemes, Jiuyan Sect has now become the Jiuyan Demonic Sect!”
“These things are so unbelievable that even I can’t believe them, but who can deny that the young master is outstanding?”
“Such schemes and cunning, can it be called being resourceful?”
Chen Sheng spoke with enthusiasm, the smile never leaving his face.
With his level of cultivation, if he wanted to investigate, as long as the Jiuyan Sect’s grand formation wasn’t fully activated, he could see most of what was happening inside with his own eyes.
Specifically, he didn’t know how Jiang Chen managed all this, but wherever Jiang Chen went, madness followed, and it all seemed to be related to Jiang Chen.
Upon hearing this, the little fox was completely upset.
This wasn’t being intelligent and resourceful at all! This was clearly betraying one’s master and ancestors! Utterly inhumane!
“Old man, you’re slandering people!” the little fox got angry.
“Jiang Chen is so wonderful, how could he do such bad things? I won’t believe your nonsense!”
“Hmph.”
Chen Sheng snorted, too lazy to bother.
Think I care if you believe it or not? The reason he spoke wasn’t really to clear the little fox’s confusion but because he enjoyed boasting about his young master.
The little fox jumped down from the tree and approached Chen Sheng, “Old man, can you take me to see Jiang Chen?”
“The young master said you are trouble and need to be sent back to the Hengduan Mountain Range as soon as possible,” Chen Sheng refused.
“What? Does that mean Jiang Chen has been here?” the little fox was shocked.
“Not only has he been here, but he also patted your head, though you were asleep at the time,” Chen Sheng said with a teasing look.
“Little fox, aren’t you annoyed? Regretful? Haha! The more heartbroken and upset you are, the happier I am!”
“…Weird old man,” the little fox was speechless.
With that, it took off running.
Since Jiang Chen had just been here, he surely couldn’t have gone far!
“Ah!”
But after only a few steps, it felt like it had hit a soft wall and bounced back.
“Old man, let me go see Jiang Chen!” the little fox got up from the ground and glared at Chen Sheng angrily.
Chen Sheng ignored it.
Although he was a villain, he kept his word.
He had promised the little fox that he would let it take a distant look at Jiang Chen.
But Jiang Chen had already been here, and the little fox was asleep at the time, which had nothing to do with him.
Moreover, the little fox had forgotten him first, so the promise naturally didn’t count anymore.
Seeing that the little fox was not giving up, Chen Sheng directly threatened, “Stay put, and I’ll send you back tomorrow. Keep messing around, and I’ll skin you alive!”
As he spoke, he used his cultivation.
The powerful aura of the Divine Passage realm directly pressed the little fox so hard that it couldn’t breathe, and its limbs trembled uncontrollably.
“Whoosh—”
Suddenly, a gust of wind arose, and an old woman with six tails and a pale aged face appeared beside the little fox.
The old woman looked directly at Chen Sheng, her face weak and as pale as paper.
She stared at Chen Sheng, her old eyes filled with a chilling murderous intent, “Dare to try and skin it?”
Chen Sheng’s expression darkened instantly.
This old fox had managed to appear without his divine sense detecting her, and he couldn’t see through her cultivation level, which meant she was probably stronger than him.
‘Could this be the trouble the young master mentioned?’ he couldn’t help but think.
Backing down was out of the question.
In this lifetime, backing down was never an option.
Chen Sheng, realizing the six-tailed old woman had ill intentions, immediately decided…
Strike first to gain the upper hand.
“Let’s give it a try. But first, I’ll skin you, you old fox!”
After a loud shout, Chen Sheng’s right hand transformed into a giant claw, reaching straight for the six-tailed old woman.
Faced with the sky-obscuring giant hand that seemed to pierce through the void, the six-tailed old woman was neither hurried nor flustered, and she uttered a single word:
“Shatter.”
Crack—!
As her voice fell, a crisp sound of breaking echoed around.
The next second, Chen Sheng’s Divine Passage-transformed giant claw shattered into pieces.
“Words follow the law? Late Nirvana stage?!” Chen Sheng’s eyes widened in shock.
“Stop!”
The six-tailed old woman spoke again.
Hearing this, Chen Sheng sensed trouble and decided to retreat.
Admitting defeat was out of the question, so a strategic retreat was perfectly reasonable.
However, before he could act, he noticed the spiritual energy in the air crazily converging towards him, forming a prison of heaven and earth from all four directions—up, down, left, and right—trapping him so he could not move.
“Break for me!”
A silver cane appeared in Chen Sheng’s hand, which he swung repeatedly.
The cane was enveloped in divine light, and the silver dragon beneath it seemed to come to life, continuously striking against the prison of heaven and earth.
Just a few strikes were enough to break open the prison.
“A divine-grade spiritual weapon?” The old woman’s eyebrows slightly furrowed upon seeing this.
Even if Chen Sheng possessed a divine-grade spiritual weapon, he was no match for her.
But anyone who carried a divine-grade spiritual weapon must have an impressive background.
Unless necessary, she did not wish to provoke such a formidable being.
“Enough.”
Shaking her head and sighing, the old woman no longer paid attention to Chen Sheng and turned to the little fox, saying, “Granddaughter, come back with me.”
Granddaughter?
The little fox blinked.
It did not recognize the old woman before it but felt a strong sense of kinship.
However, the little fox shook its head.
“I won’t go back!”
“I want to find Jiang Chen! Grandma, that person is very important to me, more important than my own life!”
“Oh?”
The old woman was taken aback and asked, “Have you found your destiny?”
“Destiny?” The little fox was puzzled.
The old woman did not intend to explain but asked seriously, “Granddaughter, what is your name?”
“Jiushuang!” the little fox blurted out.
Jiushuang?
What a good name!
The old woman smiled from ear to ear.
The Nine Heavens Mystic Fox, also known as the Destiny Fox, spends its life searching for the person of destiny.
Only the name given by the person of destiny will be remembered by the Nine Heavens Mystic Fox.
In her view, her granddaughter must have found her destiny.
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