The moment the fox was about to speak, Ji Yuan put his right index finger in front of his lips.
"Shh... follow me."
After saying that, Ji Yuan glanced at the old monk Foyin who seemed to be in deep thought, and walked to the other end of the alley with the fox who had a look of excitement on his face.
The two men and the fox did not stop until they passed a thatched hut behind a house at the end of the alley. Ji Yuan and the old monk Foyin found a bundle of hay and sat down on it in tacit understanding.
The fox, which had been holding the rope of the wine jar in its mouth, also jumped onto a bunch of hay, then put down the wine jar and kept bowing to Ji Yuan.
"It's really you, sir. It's me, Hu Lai. Thanks to you, we are now much better than before. Many fox elders have praised us for our good qualities! By the way, sir, are you here to see us? How is Hei Ye? We fled in a hurry that night and I don't know if Hei Ye is okay?"
"Yes, yes, yes, Ji still recognizes you."
Ji Yuan thought about it and remembered the big black dog that later drank with the foxes. It was also because of that time that the dog seemed to be addicted to alcohol. Before Ji Yuan left, he gave it a glass of wine and left it a message to encourage it.
"The big black dog was fine, but it was pretty badly smoked that night."
The fox suddenly laughed, as if he could imagine the scene of the big black dog being smoked. Seeing Ji Yuan looking at the jar of wine beside him, the fox hurriedly explained.
"This wine is not stolen. The wine shop has been offering wine to my great grandmother for many years. We have agreed to come and get the wine every three days. When I entered the shop, I was still in a different state."
Ji Yuan smiled and nodded.
"You should have found the Jade Fox Cave Heaven. How about practicing in it?"
Hearing this, the fox suddenly became even more excited, wagging its tail and swaying its arms as it spoke vividly.
"We found it, the cave is so beautiful, it's like a fairyland. We're improving very quickly because we've learned from the book given by the master. So everyone says we have good aptitude. But there's one downside. So many people are borrowing the book, so we have less and less time..."
"It's good that I didn't directly say that I stole yours. At least it still belongs to you in name. Maybe when you have a higher level of cultivation in the future, you will have a certain say in "Dream in the Clouds"."
After Ji Yuan said this, the fox nodded repeatedly.
"Yeah, Uncle Huli thinks so too."
"Okay, let's not talk about this for now. Since you are already in the Jade Fox Cave, I will first ask you about a person. Um, it's a fox."
The fox sat upright on the haystack.
"Sir, just ask. We have never forgotten our agreement with you. We all know that we have the talent we have now because of the scene we saw when we read the book that time, and the comprehension of the book during that period of time. Unfortunately, if we had known that we could not get the book back now, we should have entered the Jade Fox Cave Heaven later."
Ji Yuan and the old monk Foyin on the side noticed that the fox was prone to going off topic when talking, and he often went off topic when talking. Ji Yuan didn't say any nonsense and spoke directly.
"Have any of you seen or known a fox demon named Tu Siyan?"
"Tu Siyan? I seem to have heard of her, but I don't seem to have a deep impression of her..."
Hu Lai thought for a while and suddenly came to his senses.
"Oh, now I remember that my grandmother told me last time that Dreams in the Clouds is now lent to a great fox fairy named Tu Siyan."
"Hmm? When did it happen?"
Ji Yuan instinctively sensed something was wrong, and when he asked, Hu Lai recalled it again.
"It should be more than half a year. Grandma also said that the fox fairy was very powerful. He was very happy to see the heavenly book and promised to give us some benefits. But there is no sign of him yet."
Ji Yuan nodded in understanding.
"I see… "
At this moment, Ji Yuanxin had a spiritual perception, and seemed to understand vaguely why Tu Siyan should have died under Dao Yuanzi's thunder magic, but was still alive in Yuhu Cave Heaven. Perhaps in addition to the means of the chess player behind the scenes, it might also have something to do with the "Dream in the Clouds" he left behind. In this way, he, Ji, actually indirectly helped Tu Siyan.
But then again, since "Dream in the Clouds" is in Tu Siyan's hands, even if Yuhu Dongtian refuses to reveal any news about Tu Siyan, Ji Yuan will not worry about not being able to find where Tu Siyan is hiding.
"Oh, by the way, if Master Foyin and I want to visit the Jade Fox Cave Heaven, can you take us in?"
The fox suddenly showed a puzzled look on his face and kept scratching his head with his claws.
"Mr. Ji, it's not that I don't want to take you there, it's just that I don't have the qualifications. How can a little fox like me lead anyone into the cave..."
"Well, there is no need for you to take us directly into the Jade Fox Cave Heaven. You just need to tell us that Ji Yuan and Foyin Mingwang are here to visit us."
"Buddha Seal King?"
The fox was stunned for a moment, then looked at the old monk with horror.
"Master, are you the Buddha's Ming Wang?"
In the hearts of those fifteen foxes at that time, Mr. Ji was a master and a benefactor. Judging from today's perspective, he should be an immortal cultivator with relatively high Taoism skills. And Ming Wang was even more extraordinary. He was no worse than the celestial demon nine-tailed fox and the like. His level was so high that it was impossible to see the top even if you looked up to the sky.
The old monk Foyin smiled.
"Why, I don't look like that?"
The fox originally wanted to say that it was indeed not the case, but he didn't dare to say it out loud. He just kept shaking his head, and then he recalled what Ji Yuan had just said.
"Who does Mr. Ji want us to deliver this message to?"
"If it's convenient, take the message to Tu Yi. If you can't pass the message to him, just find someone who can talk to him. I believe that the Buddhist Mingwang still has some face."
Ji Yuan smiled and looked at the old monk Foyin, who was just chanting the Buddha's name in a low voice.
"Grandmaster Tu Yi? I, we may not be able to see him, not even Uncle Hu Li... I can only try to talk to Grandma..."
"It's okay, just go ahead and tell it like this."
Ji Yuan was not worried about this at all. As long as he could bring the message to the Jade Fox Cave, he and the old monk Foyin would definitely be able to get in.
The conversation behind the straw hut did not last long. In just a cup of tea, the two men and the fox were out of the town. Although it took some time, the time it took to return to the mountains was almost the same as before.
Hu Lai obviously had his own special passage. There was a cave the size of a dog hole on the hillside of a mountain outside Qingchang. Hu Lai held the jar of wine and went straight in. Not long after, the breath disappeared. Ji Yuan and the old monk Foyin were standing at the foot of the mountain waiting.
"Mr. Ji, Tu Siyan is the fox you mentioned earlier, right? But do you want to get the heavenly book back?"
The old monk Foyin asked a question based on his own inference, but Ji Yuan shook his head.
"No, since I gave the heavenly book to those little foxes, I will not retrieve it. If anyone wants to retrieve it, it must be the person who actually wrote the book. As for Tu Siyan, it is not that simple. This time, I came here to kill her..."
My goodness! Ji Yuan was standing outside someone else's cave, but he was talking about killing the fox fairy inside. This scared the old monk Foyin. However, Ji Yuan did not hide anything this time. He explained to the old monk the situation of the chaos in Tianyuzhou and Tu Siyan's interests in it, but he hid the matter of the chessboard of heaven and earth.
After a long time, the old monk Foyin chanted the Buddha's name continuously.
"Buddha is merciful. I didn't expect the chaos in Tianyuzhou to be far more serious than I imagined. I didn't expect the evil to be so rampant... But, since Tu Siyan is suspected to be the Nine-Tailed Fox, even if she must have paid a huge price this time and has a lot of bad deeds, will Yuhu Dongtian give up on her?"
Ji Yuan smiled.
"I'm afraid not, otherwise I would have come alone. This time, Ji doesn't want to let her go!"
The old monk Foyin nodded in understanding, clasped his hands together and chanted the Buddha's name eleven times.
"Good! In that case, I will accompany Mr. Ji to sacrifice my life to slay the monster!"
…
The Jade Fox Cave is certainly not small. Fortunately, Hu Lai went there to get wine for the great grandmother he mentioned, so the round trip could not be too far. After returning along the special passage, it took him less than half an hour to return to his residence. It was a beautiful flower garden with a beautiful small building in the middle. A lazy woman was lying on a recliner in front of the building, fanning herself and looking at the way she came.
When he saw a fox running back with a jar of wine in its mouth, he was immediately cheered up.
"Laila, you're back!"
"Grandma, grandma~~"
Hu Lai ran while shouting, and after entering the flower garden, he transformed into a boy of about fourteen or fifteen years old, running inside with a wine jug in his hand.
The woman sat up from the recliner, took the jar of wine, broke the seal and began to drink. The wine overflowed from the corners of her mouth and flowed down her neck to her chest.
The woman drank the entire jar of wine in almost one breath, burped, then wiped her chest and neck with her fingers and sucked on them, not wanting to miss a drop of the wine.
Seeing that the woman had finished drinking, Hu Lai hurriedly said.
"Grandma, when I came back, I met an immortal cultivator and a Buddhist cultivator. They said they wanted to visit our Jade Fox Cave Heaven and that they knew our ancestor Tu Yi. The monk called himself the Buddha Seal King."
"What?"
The woman exclaimed in surprise, then looked Hu Lai up and down with suspicion.
"You drank alcohol secretly, didn't you? How could you bump into the Buddha?"
"No, grandma, I also suspect that the monk is not the Ming Wang, but what if it is? I can't just not pass on the message, but I can't see Grandpa Tu Yi, grandma, why don't you go and tell him~~"
The woman was stunned for a moment, then suddenly smiled, stood up, supported her surging waves, and nodded.
"Yes, yes, yes. I should go and tell Senior Tu Yi anyway. By the way, the monk calls himself the Buddha Seal King, so who is the immortal cultivator?"
"Uh, I heard him say his last name is Ji, but I don't know his first name."
"Okay, you did a good job. Look after the flower garden. I'll go to the tree pavilion~"
Before she finished her words, the woman leaped into the sky and turned into a streak of white light and flew away.
Next to a valley lake where hundreds of spirits gather in the cave, there is a towering ancient tree on the lush grass. Although the tree is lush and leafy, it seems hollow inside, with windows, doors and living rooms. It is Tu Yi's residence.
The woman flew here with a slightly accelerated heartbeat and absent-mindedly told Tu Yi about what she had seen and heard about Hu Lai. Unexpectedly, Tu Yi, who had always had a stern expression, suddenly changed his expression when he heard the surname Ji.
"Ji Yuan? What is he doing in Jade Fox Cave Heaven at this time? Looking for me?"
Tu Yi frowned and kept calculating. Even though he couldn't come up with any result, he understood that Ji Yuan couldn't have really come here just to visit him.
After hesitating for a long time, Tu Yi gritted his teeth and said to the woman.
"Sisi, go inform the old woman to keep an eye out for Tu Siyan and tell her that Ji Yuan is here."
The woman looked at Tu Yi's expression and knew it was a big deal, so she suppressed her emotions and nodded seriously, but she still said something before leaving.
"Senior Yi, don't you dislike them?"
It sounds like the people outside have bad intentions, but they are definitely not targeting Tu Yi.
Hearing the woman ask this, Tu Yi smiled.
"Since we are both in the Jade Fox Cave Heaven, it is only natural for me to let you know, but I have done my best. All right, you can leave quickly. I will go to Qingchang Mountain to welcome Mr. Ji and Foyin Mingwang now. It will take a while, but not too long."
"yes."
Two beams of light flew up from the tree pavilion almost at the same time, but they were flying in completely opposite directions.
About a quarter of an hour later, Ji Yuan and the old monk Foyin saw several old trees in the mountain glowing. A halo of light appeared between the trees and turned into a vermilion door. When the door opened, Tu Yi walked out alone and bowed to greet the two of them.