The Fox Mother Hires Pei Si

Lush and verdant, surrounded by mountains and water.

The cave is named Slanting Moon Fire Cloud Cave.

Pei Si's first step into the cave was quite different from what he had expected.

Antique sandalwood furniture, carved with various auspicious beasts, and a white jade table piled with various calligraphy and paintings, as well as inkstones, brush rests, etc., filled the air with a faint fragrance of ink, mixed with the scent of herbs.

"Fellow Daoist Hu Mei has such refined tastes," Pei Si said with a smile.

"Just looking around and drawing a few things, it's nothing special." Hu Mei smiled and led Pei Si to the dining area.

And look at that table, there are exquisite silver dishes, all of them rare items.

Fire dates, vibrant berries, such things are delicacies of Canghong Mountain.

"Please take a seat, fellow Daoist," Hu Mei said softly, sitting opposite Pei Si.

Pei Si took his seat, already having a plan in mind.

"Fellow Daoist Hu Mei, what a generous gesture! This table of food is hard to find elsewhere. You've put a lot of thought into it," Pei Si praised.

Hu Mei picked up a grape and put it into Hu Long'er's mouth.

"Fellow Daoist Xuanjian, please don't stand on ceremony. Make yourself at home here."

Pei Si nodded, but remained still.

Seeing this, Hu Mei pretended to be angry.

"What's wrong? Is it that my feast doesn't suit your taste, or are you afraid I've poisoned it?"

"How could that be? But how did you know I was leaving seclusion today after achieving Foundation Establishment, and why did you prepare a banquet in advance? Could it be that you are also skilled in divination?" Pei Si lowered his eyes and stared at Hu Mei.

He wanted to see how Hu Mei would explain herself.

"Fellow Daoist is indeed cautious." Hu Mei gave Pei Si a deep look.

"Actually, I was watching from the shadows when Hu Long'er and you first met."

"I just didn't expect that you would accept the mission but ultimately let Hu Long'er go." Hu Mei smiled and looked directly at Pei Si.

Pei Si was alarmed; Hu Mei actually knew about this.

He even had some strange thoughts.

Could it be that the task assigned by the Foreign Affairs Office was commissioned by her under the guise of the nun Miaoyin?

On second thought, that's even more impossible.

The external affairs office has a rigorous process and usually contacts the client the next day to confirm the task.

Besides, Qingcheng Mountain isn't blind!

"Fellow Daoist Xuanjian, your ambitions are quite grand. I wonder if you intend to seize my Crescent Moon Fire Cloud Cave, my fur, or the Fire Cloud Pill?" Hu Mei smiled at Pei Si, her tone growing increasingly cold.

Pei Si asked seriously, "Madam, you raised Hu Long'er all alone. Do you know where Hu Long'er's biological father is?"

The conversation suddenly shifted.

Upon hearing this, Hu Mei's expression changed drastically, and a hint of resentment flashed in her eyes.

"As expected of a cultivator from Qingcheng Mountain, Xuanjian, you do have some skill."

"Let me be frank, what I have, my unfaithful husband has too. He abandoned his wife and daughter and got together with that jade-faced fox from the Cloud Cave of Canghong Mountain."

"Fellow Daoist Xuanjian, do you dare accept my commission to kill that heartless man and that beautiful vixen together?"

Hu Mei stared intently at Pei Si.

See the picture poorly.

All this celebration of Foundation Establishment, all this talk of a tragic love affair between a human and a demon, it's all fake!

The real goal is for him to assassinate the two fox demons!

Hu Long'er nestled in the broad, majestic embrace of the fox mother, gazing curiously at Pei Si.

Three breaths later.

Pei Si: "The reason, the reward."

Why don't you do it? What kind of reward can you offer?

Hu Mei patted Hu Long'er's head and said softly, "In our Fire Cloud Fox Clan, there is a rule engraved in our blood: females must not kill males. If I were to assassinate one, I would die instantly. Hu Long'er would be left without anyone to care for her. How would she survive?"

"I can refine pills."

Pei Si licked his lips.

This vixen is quite meticulous; no wonder she smelled the ink mixed with...

"Why do I seek you out for alchemy? There is a lineage on Mount Qingcheng that is skilled in alchemy."

"The pills I refine are of high quality."

"Words are not enough."

…………

Pei Si chewed on the Blood Qi Pill and nodded.

What Hu Mei said is true.

He had taken the Blood Qi Pills refined in the temple, and they were indeed inferior to those refined by Hu Mei.

There's something there.

"How was it?" Hu Mei proudly raised her chin, like a puppy waiting for praise.

"What kind of pills can your husband refine?" Pei Si asked curiously, his hands tucked into his sleeves.

"I have a pill formula called the Dragon Blood Fire Fox Pill, which can provide a massive amount of qi and blood," Hu Mei said with a smile.

"Dragon Blood Fire Fox Pill?"

Report the cultivation levels of the two demons and the location of the Cloud and Mist Cave.

…………

One day later.

Yunxia Cave.

Inside the cave.

"Your Majesty, I have brought you fresh berries, Morinda officinalis, and Cistanche deserticola, which you ordered to be gathered." A maid who had not yet fully transformed into human form presented a jade plate with fluffy fox ears.

"Alright, you little rascal, you're quite efficient. Go collect your reward."

The person speaking.

She was as beautiful as Wang Zhaojun, with a face like that of a woman from Chu. Her eyebrows were elegant and beautiful, and her lips were red and her teeth were white.

It was indeed the Jade-Faced Fox Spirit, and there was a vertical line clearly visible between her eyebrows.

"Your Majesty, please have some." The jade-faced fox stretched out its green sleeves, its slender fingers supporting the jade tray.

The man addressed as "King" was handsome and dashing, dressed in a flamboyant purple robe. However, he had heavy dark circles under his eyes, giving him an air of weakness. He said with difficulty, "My beloved consort, these things are too bitter to eat raw. Why not boil them into a medicinal soup?"

"Besides, I've been absorbing water energy these days, trying to purify my mind and reduce my desires. Let's put these things aside for now," King Fire Cloud said, declining the offer.

Unbeknownst to anyone, a pair of eyes were secretly observing the entire cave.

Outside the cave.

Pei Si had a blade of grass in his mouth, his face hidden under his straw hat.

"As expected, she was a fox demon who only cultivated the virtue of water. That jade-faced fox spirit was also a member of the three-eyed fox clan of Langdang Mountain."

"As for the other lesser demons in this cave, they are no threat, so we'll wipe them all out."

Pei Si made a hand seal and ordered his officers and soldiers to surround Yunxia Cave.

He stood in front of the cave.

A punch was thrown!

The cave gate turned to dust in an instant.

Pei Si charged into the fray, sword in hand.

…………

The cave shook three times.

The jade plate fell to the ground and shattered into eight pieces.

"Who dares to trespass into my cave?!"

"Your Majesty, could it be that old fox from the Fire Cloud Cave?" The jade-faced fox's eyes darted around as it nestled against the Fire Cloud King's arm, looking pitiful.

"She wouldn't dare," King Fire Cloud said with certainty.

Inside the cave, the maids were in chaos, scattering in all directions.

Pei Si remained calm and composed, grinning to reveal a set of bright white teeth, and cupped his hands in a fist salute, saying:

"But could it be the Fire Cloud King himself?"

King Huoyun remained silent, but activated his water magic, and several water spears shot swiftly toward Pei Si.

"Tsk, going straight for the kill? Where did they learn that fighting style?"

Pei Si drew his sword, and the [Washing Branch Rain] Immortal Foundation was activated, with layers of water energy swirling around the sword in Pei Si's hand.

Jiazi Dragon-Slaying Sword Technique!

The image of "Zhuozhi Rain" refers to the heavy rain that falls in May or June.

With just a draw of his sword, the dozens of water spears that had been swiftly fired stopped in place, as if frozen in place.

King Huoyun gasped.

This person is also a cultivator of the Water Virtue!

What immortal foundation was built!

Even his [Canglang Zhuo] was suppressed!

"Immortal, spare my life!" King Fire Cloud slid to his knees in gratitude.

"Your Majesty, why are you yielding to him? Listen carefully, my family is the eldest princess of the Three-Eyed Fox Clan of the Five Hundred Mile Wave Mountain!"

"How dare you touch me!"