Master of Ten Thousand Foxes

Woo...

The wild wind blew over Fox Mountain, through the dilapidated grand halls, entering through the holes in the walls and exiting through the broken roofs, making whistle sounds.

Inside the dormitory hall.

The foxes vaguely heard the whistle but didn’t care at all!

Some were chatting and boasting, some were practicing martial arts, some discussing sword techniques. There was also a circle of dozens gathered around Big Nose, listening to him brag about the day’s achievements!

Big Nose sat in the middle of the circle, gesturing with his paws, speaking with great enthusiasm.

"Awoo awoo awuwo... "

...Even after eating just five pieces of lychee rice cake, I memorized the taste of the golden rice inside!

The foxes stared with wide eyes, utterly entranced and impressed!

"Awoo awuwo awuwo..."

...Master already said to set up a special herb-seeking team around me, solely for finding various edible herbs!

The foxes perked up their ears, listening with eagerness and envy!

Big Nose was smug and more boastful.

As for his misjudgment that almost missed the Hot Pus Lizard Tail, he didn’t mention a word, acting as if it never happened!

Not far away, Bai Mo glanced at Big Nose from his bedside, shaking his head with a chuckle.

"This guy’s ability is indeed somewhat special.

"Its sense of smell, taste, and brain excitement for food seem to form a peculiar linkage mechanism, granting it the strange talent of ’as long as I’ve eaten it, I can smell it.’

"It’s quite useful though."

Bai Mo grinned, then lowered his head back to the documentation.

Today accompanying the master in reading documentation was Moon Claw.

The creature sat in the master’s arms, its head helping hold a tablet, one paw grasping a small flask, the other holding a bronze cup. Whenever the master was thirsty, it would pour wine for him. When the master wasn’t, it would pour the plum wine for itself to drink slowly.

"Is this documentation... about the Cyan Moon Pill Palace, organizing a conference, along with the personnel list and material inventory?"

Such documentation usually holds little significance.

But Bai Mo continued to quickly skim through, not ignoring even the smallest piece of knowledge it might contain.

"...The personnel list includes so many Sequence Sevens, along with a bunch of Sequence Eights?"

...

"In the materials, meditation mats, bronze tables."

...

"Harlan Zhongli, Celestial Bright Grass, Autumn Emotion Fruit, Toothbrush Melon..."

The more Bai Mo read, the stranger it seemed.

"Isn’t this the recipe for Fire Consciousness Soup for Sequence Eight to advance to Sequence Seven?"

Advancing from Sequence Eight to Sequence Seven requires first consuming a personally brewed Fire Consciousness Soup, then opening the Forehead Sea of Consciousness, simultaneously opening the Dantian Qi Sea, and leading the Pill Fire into the body.

Why is the Cyan Moon Pill Palace preparing Fire Consciousness Soup materials for this conference?

Bai Mo frowned and began quickly reviewing related documentation on the tablet, carefully checking the personnel list and material inventory, as well as the required documents and recorded materials for the conference. Slowly, he noticed something fishy.

After further verification, he suddenly realized.

"So that’s it!

"Alchemist’s Fire, so that’s it!

"This Ancient Immortal Dynasty’s Alchemy Dao path indeed has a somewhat humane touch of passing the torch?"

It turns out, Sequence Sevens wishing to advance to Sequence Six need to first select a Sequence Eight apprentice, helping the apprentice advance to Sequence Seven.

Only by bringing up the younger talents can one progress further.

"You need to give a strand of your own Pill Fire to the apprentice, helping them lead the fire into their body, a tradition of passing the torch.

"Once the fire is successfully led into the apprentice’s Dantian and the Pill Fire self-generates, retrieving a strand of newborn Pill Fire from the apprentice’s Dantian is required.

"This newborn strand of Pill Fire is the eighth secret medicine needed to advance to Sequence Six!"

This time, the secret medicine wasn’t as complicated as before; it was considerably simpler.

But the question is...

"Where to find an apprentice who is already a Sequence Eight and ready to advance?"

...

After a heavy rain, the sky over West State City became higher and bluer.

Occasionally looking up, one could see birds flying in neat formations across the distant sky.

The Immortal Grass Experimental Class, consisting of thirty people, followed Professor Zhang across the campus for a practical exercise.

"...This practical session is a reward for you ranking in the top ten of the Mathematical Modeling Contest.

"I didn’t expect a proper competition to see our class sweep the top ten. Hahaha."

Professor Zhang laughed while walking.

Bai Mo wore a black tracksuit adorned with a newly purchased baseball jacket to fend off the chilling autumn wind.

Fox apprentice Bai Taiyang squatted on the master’s shoulder, raising its chubby head, looking around with excitement.

"Professor Zhang... seems like he can actually advance?"

Advancing from Sequence Eight to Sequence Seven requires completing three cultivation tasks first before holding a promotion ceremony.

At this moment, Bai Mo’s divine sense quietly extended like invisible tentacles, probing Professor Zhang’s bodily condition, checking his internal organs, his energy and blood, and the state of his Forehead and Dantian characteristics.

"Indeed, he has completed the three cultivation tasks of Sequence Eight.

"Although... the way he completed these tasks was rather crude, even worsening his condition considerably, it seems he pushed himself to the limits, paying a great price.

"But... completion is completion. He is already eligible to stand at the threshold of Sequence Seven.

"Perhaps I could help him advance and draw some Alchemist’s Fire from him?

"Has he begun preparing the Fire Consciousness Soup yet?"

Bai Mo pondered while hearing the lively chatter among his classmates beside him.

Yang Zhan held his phone, showing the campus wall to a group of girls.

"...Huang Sitong has already become famous, getting mocked by everyone! Hahaha!"