0p0 Chapter 222 At the very least, in this lifetime...
Chapter 222 At the very least, in this lifetime...
What Jing Shu and the others could guess, he could certainly guess as well.
But after spending more than ten days together, it's impossible for him not to have feelings for them.
Fox Yuan looked at Xiao Jingshu with a more kind gaze, and his voice softened as he recounted the events of millions of years ago.
"When I was still the leader of a clan, the human race produced two unparalleled geniuses who ascended to godhood in less than a century. But after becoming gods, they did not choose to leave the cultivation world. Instead, they went to a mountain and fought a battle. Both sides fought with all their might, trying to kill each other."
However, the world at that time could no longer bear their divine power. After the great battle ended, neither side emerged victorious; instead, they caused a great disaster.
They poked a hole in the sky..."
Fox Yuan raised his hand and conjured up the scene from that time in the open space between him and Jing Shu.
Jing Shu looked towards that familiar mountain peak.
It's a sacred mountain...
In the scene, because a hole had been torn in the sky, the whole world seemed to be in a chain reaction. Cracks began to appear in the sky in different places, and countless bolts of lightning struck out from the cracks, causing huge damage to the ground.
The earth's surface also trembled; mountains collapsed, the ground cracked, and molten lava oozed from beneath. In an instant, the entire world transformed into a living hell.
Both the human and demon races were plunged into dire straits.
Not only the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox clan, but all the divine beasts suffered heavy casualties.
Fox Yuan waved his hand, dispelling the scene. "Those two gods knew their sins were grave, so they offered sacrifices together to mend that day. But it was too late; many divine beasts lost their bloodlines..."
I survived. But Heaven made a deal with me, saying that if I could preserve the remnants of those divine beasts and restore order to the world, those remnants would be allowed to pass on their bloodlines.
He then helped me revive the only remaining nine-tailed celestial fox cub and guaranteed that the bloodline of the nine-tailed celestial fox would definitely continue.
I agreed to the deal...
And that surviving nine-tailed celestial fox cub, you know it, it's Fox Little Three.
Xiao Jingshu touched his heart. Fox Xiao San was the ancestor of this demon core...
"So this ancient secret realm was created by you. It's filled with the remnants of divine beasts?" the Nascent Soul asked.
"Not only that." Fox Yuan gently shook his head. "The divine beasts that died at that time were distributed over a wide area. I tried my best, but I could only barely manage to leave a trace of each divine beast's spirit."
After the secret realm was completed, I discovered that what I brought in was not only the lingering remnants of divine beasts, but also ferocious beasts.
Here, unless the secret realm is opened at the right time, none of the lingering spirits will die. Helpless, I could only join forces with other divine beasts to suppress all the ferocious beasts in the abyss.
But there's no need to worry. Once all the divine beasts in the secret realm have chosen their successors, the secret realm will dissipate, and the ferocious beasts will also perish completely.
Having finally recounted all the old stories, Fox Yuan was somewhat tired.
"So, are you now willing to accept my legacy?"
Jing Shu and the other two bowed to Hu Yuan at the same time, saying, "Then thank you very much, senior."
Subsequently, the nascent soul and Xiao Jingshu returned to Jingshu's body, and Jingshu also handed over control of his body to Xiao Jingshu.
Fox Yuan extended his right hand, and a white bead slowly appeared in his palm.
At the same time, the fox cubs on the ground turned into wisps of white mist and merged into the white pearl.
Not only the fox cubs, but all the nine-tailed celestial foxes in the cave transformed into wisps of white mist, passed through the heavy stone door, and merged into the white pearl one after another.
After the last wisp of white mist merged in, Hu Yuan fused the white bead into Jing Shu's dantian, making it one with Xiao Jing Shu.
Xiao Jingshu hurriedly sat down and began to absorb the energy, watching the ninth tail faintly emerge behind him.
A hint of relief flashed in Hu Yuan's eyes. From this moment on, this demon core completely belonged to Jing Shu. In the future, this nine-tailed celestial fox's demon core might just do Jing Shu a great favor...
In a way, I'm grateful to him for preventing the complete extinction of Fox Xiao San's bloodline.
In fact, what Hu Yuan saw in Jing Shu was more than what he said, but he just didn't say it out loud.
Hopefully, Jing Shu won't really go down that path of no return in the future.
At the very least, not in this lifetime.
Hu Yuan sighed slightly, "Since I've already helped you this far, I might as well give you another hand."
As Hu Yuan spoke, he extended his index finger and touched Jing Shu's forehead.
Jing Shu's spiritual power surged dramatically. As the ninth tail formed, he broke through...
Inside the ancient jade, Xiao Jingshu was looking at his ninth tail with great curiosity, as well as the complete inherited memories in his mind.
Yuan Ying and Jing Shu, however, focused their attention on something else entirely.
"I've broken through to the Nascent Soul stage?!" Jing Shu looked at his hands in disbelief. "Why didn't I break through after the heavenly lightning ended?"
"This is my secret realm, so I helped you temporarily avoid the heavenly lightning," Fox Yuan explained.
"If I'm not mistaken, you still need to re-integrate your two nascent souls, as well as these two split souls, right?"
Jing Shu's eyes lit up, and he quickly stood up and knelt before Hu Yuan.
"Thank you, senior!"
The fusion of the nascent soul and the divine soul is already extremely difficult, and on top of that, one must undergo a tribulation of lightning. Jing Shu originally thought that even if he didn't die this time, he would be skinned alive.
But now, his senior has helped him separate the two things, which makes things much simpler!
Most importantly, his master wouldn't be angry because he secretly concealed the danger of this tribulation!
"Don't call me 'senior,' I have a name, Hu Yuan," Hu Yuan said with a faint smile.
"Alright, get up quickly. The secret realm may end at any time. You should hurry up and fuse your nascent soul and divine soul."
"Yes!"
Jing Shu stood up and, under Hu Yuan's arrangement, went into the small house behind him.
Just before entering, Jing Shu turned back and said, "Please ask Senior Fox Yuan to tell my master not to worry and to wait for me to come out."
Fox Yuan responded, "Okay."
Jing Shu entered the small house, and the door closed behind him. He was completely unaware of the ambiguous smile that flashed across Hu Yuan's face.
Jing Shu's master... should be arriving soon.
Suddenly, the heavy stone door was slowly opened again.
Fox Yuan raised an eyebrow slightly; they had arrived.
Before Han Luo could speak, Hu Yuan said, "Your disciple has broken through to the Nascent Soul stage and is currently in the room preparing to fuse his Nascent Soul and Divine Soul. He asked me to tell you not to worry."
Han Luo was relieved to hear this. Jing Shu had even told this lingering remnant of the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox all this, so he must be trustworthy.