Free Web NovelChapter 363: Chapter 236: Double Agent
"No!"
The Nine-tailed Celestial Fox let out a shrill, mournful cry as the radiance around her body dimmed.
Behind her, the magnificent, cloud-like mist of her nine giant tails began to fade, revealing that only seven of them were real.
The other two were mere illusions, forcibly simulated with an Illusion Technique.
They disintegrated into specks of crystalline light and vanished between heaven and earth.
"No wonder it failed! It turns out this Nine-tailed Celestial Fox was trying to achieve Divinity Transformation prematurely!" Zhao Yan exclaimed in shock.
...
High in the firmament.
The Venerable Daqian Python Robe, wearing a Nine-Streamed Royal Crown, clasped his hands in a salute toward the east.
"Our success in this gambit is all thanks to you, Fellow Daoist An. If you hadn’t pretended to hold the Position of [Covered Lamp Fire] to obscure the heavenly secrets and sever the karmic senses for us, a Demon Fox this cunning might never have fallen into our trap."
Before his voice had faded, a single point of light flared high in the sky, transforming into a massive Golden Lamp. A figure appeared silently beneath it.
It was Ji Boyan, the one who had falsely held the Position of [Covered Lamp Fire]!
Blood trickled from the corner of Ji Boyan’s mouth. His body was battered and broken, and the vision of a city’s thousand lights flickered and died behind him, yet he still clasped his hands in a respectful salute. "Greetings to the four Venerables."
Venerable Linglong waved a hand and chuckled at his words.
"You’re too modest, Fellow Daoist Xiao. I merely added the finishing touch. If you hadn’t proposed using the future child of destiny of this realm as bait, setting up this fateful labyrinth to stir the threads of karma, how could we have forced this little fox, hidden away in Cloud Dream for ten thousand years, to reveal herself, attempt Divinity Transformation, and expose her own weakness?"
From the Western Heaven, a colossal Ancient Wood Dharma Aspect took root in the void. The voice of the Cyan Cloud Sect’s Supreme Elder emanated from within the wooden silhouette.
"Now that the Willow Wood Position has shattered and the Demon Fox has lost six of her nine tails, ten thousand years of her Cultivation have been destroyed in an instant. This chess game, which has stretched on for a millennium, has finally reached a successful conclusion."
"Should we clean up these little ones down below? And these four Positional Divine Techniques..."
The Dragon Lord’s gaze seemed to sweep over Qin Xuan, Lin Feng, and the others below, who were as insignificant as ants.
"The Circulation Realm relies on us for now, but in the future, it will rely on them. They are both our pawns and our future. Since they managed to survive the game, let’s leave them to their own fortunes."
"The Dragon Lord speaks wisely." The Venerable Daqian Python Robe waved his hand, settling the matter with finality.
BOOM!
The four Positional Divine Techniques rapidly dimmed under the combined suppression of the four Venerables.
The [Dunzang Flame Demon] was subjected to Refinement in the Daqian Scholar’s furnace and cast into the endless sea of fire in the Daqian Earth Vein.
The illusory marshland formed by the [Profound Yi Yun Dream Master] was mercilessly devoured by the dark blue ocean behind the Dragon Lord.
The power of thick earth from the [Xieqia Earth Store Venerable] was pierced and disintegrated by the roots of the Cyan Cloud Sect’s Supreme Elder.
And the clear stream of the [Zhao Yang Bright and Clear Mirror] shattered inch by inch under the sharp White Wax Gold Metal Qi of Venerable Linglong.
"CRACK—!"
Along with a heart-stopping shattering sound.
The Willow Wood Position that had been summoned shattered completely like a reflection in the water or a flower in a mirror, dissolving into a sky full of emerald green light specks that faded between heaven and earth.
The attempt at Divinity Transformation had failed. The backlash began.
"PFFT! PFFT, PFFT..."
A series of seven soft sounds rang out as the seven ten-thousand-year-old fox tails, which contained the bulk of her Cultivation, all severed at the base.
The moment they detached from her body, four of the tails were seized by the four Venerables.
Venerable Linglong chuckled softly, sweeping up one of the tails with a flash of White Wax Gold light.
"Though it’s not from a true nine-tails, this bit of illusionary dream essence is just barely passable."
The furnace before the Venerable Daqian Python Robe opened and sucked in another tail. His tone was flat. "Not bad. This might be enough to refine a furnace of Tier Fours."
The Dragon Lord made a grasping motion with his draconic claw, and ripples of water collected another tail. He said in a low voice, "Junior Sister Yun, don’t blame this old man... let this tail repay the karma for you usurping the Cloud Dream Water Transport."
The Cyan Cloud Sect Supreme Elder’s Ancient Wood Dharma Aspect extended a root, coiled it around a tail, and nodded slightly with a smile. "Good."
...
Six of nine tails, lost.
Ten thousand years of bitter Cultivation, nearly all washed away!
The remaining three tails, however, were bound by threads of fate and transformed into three streaks of light, breaking free of their restraints and plummeting toward the mortal world!
A bloody light shot into the sky.
Liu Mobai, who had been spying from a distance, looked ecstatic. "A perfect chance!"
He waved his hand, casting out a Blood-Colored Banner Net. It narrowly managed to ensnare one of the tails, and he swiftly fled.
Another streak of light fell like a shooting star toward the outskirts of the Water Mirror Palace.
Lin Feng, who was in the crowd, seemed to sense something. A green Jade Pendant in her robes began to glow on its own, exerting a faint pull.
The fox tail actually changed its trajectory, falling into her arms. She hugged it tightly by instinct.
However, the moment Lin Feng got the fox tail, something bizarre happened.
She transformed into the spitting image of Qin Xuan!
Qin Xuan was dumbfounded.
’Fuck, Lin Feng turned into me. What am I supposed to do now?’
"So you really are Junior Brother Qin!" Liu Mobai roared with laughter at Lin Feng, looking as if he’d known it all along.
But the next moment, his laughter died.
"???"
Liu Mobai was horrified to discover he had transformed into a pretty Female Cultivator. The Ink-Bone Folding Fan in his hand had also turned into a Pure White Jade Porcelain Bottle.
’Just as I thought, it’s a trap!’
Qin Xuan felt a wave of relief.
’Good thing I listened and didn’t rush in to grab anything, or I’d be the one in trouble right now.’
He didn’t know why Lin Feng had taken on his appearance, but he was eighty percent sure it had something to do with the Nine-tailed Celestial Fox.
’Is the legacy of a Divinity Transformation expert really so easy to obtain?’
The final streak of light shot erratically toward the depths of the Cloud Dream Marsh.
The Golden Core Blood Demon, Jiang Hai, who was hiding in the shadows and recuperating with Wei Qingshan, saw the opportunity fall from the heavens and steeled his heart.
’Screw it! Even if it changes my gender, it’s still the legacy of a Divinity Transformation expert. That’s better than nothing!’
Gritting his teeth, Jiang Hai ignored his injuries and leaped up, his Blood Banner unfurling to snatch the fox tail!
