Master of Ten Thousand Foxes

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The night was vast and deep.

The wind was fierce and strong.

In the dormitory hall of Fox Mountain, Bai Mo sat at the bedside, holding a tablet, continuing to study the documents.

"Recently, the documents have more oddities and stories about Ancient Immortal culture, but there’s not much substance."

Bai Mo smacked his lips, yet was not disdainful. His mood was calm, and he continued reading seriously.

In the hall, the fox disciples formed circles, enjoying tonight’s snacks.

A dozen or so foxes formed a circle, looking at a bowl of Bursting Fruit in the center, all with dark red eyes, showing great vigilance!

Their noses could already smell the fragrance of the Bursting Fruit!

Their mouths were already salivating!

But in front of the Bursting Fruit, they remained serious!

"Ying ying ying!"

White Claw, as the Sword Saint of Fox Mountain, reached out and picked up a Bursting Fruit, being the first to try and explore a successful way of eating it for the brothers!

The Bursting Fruit was brought to the mouth.

One claw pressed down.

Pop!

With a crisp sound, the skin exploded, and the sticky jam inside flew out, but instead of entering the mouth, it splashed onto the whiskers!

"Ao ao ao!"

Star Belly, as an Eighth Level Grandmaster of Fox Mountain, reached out and picked up a Bursting Fruit, being the second to try and explore a successful way of eating it for the brothers!

The Bursting Fruit was brought to the mouth.

One claw pressed down.

Pop!

With a crisp sound, the skin exploded, and the sticky jam inside flew out, but instead of entering the mouth, it smeared over the face!

...

Bai Mo sat by the bed, watching the disciples all fail to understand how to eat the Bursting Fruit. Some had jam splashed onto their whiskers, some had it on their faces, and others had it explode onto their ears. Before long, they all became colorful faces.

"Hehe."

He grinned.

The skin of this Bursting Fruit is a Sequence Seven Herbal Material, very precious!

As for the jam inside, although it’s sweet and delicious, it doesn’t have much medicinal value.

It’s just right to let the disciples eat and play with it.

He lowered his head and continued to study the documents.

"Huh? This is somewhat interesting.

"Pill Fire...

"Pill Fire is also divided into various levels, the most common being ordinary fire, the fire from a stove, the fire in a kang, the fire from burning wood.

"Back in the day, disciples of the Cyan Moon Pill Palace would draw this ordinary fire into their bodies."

...

The sky was heavy with clouds, the night dark and boundless.

The rundown small room was even darker.

In this rundown small room, Flowerpot Ancient Immortal, Ancient Plow Immortal, and Huang Sitong surrounded a candle flickering with firelight.

Yet, this candle’s flame was emerald green, a lush, vivid green!

Flowerpot Ancient Immortal smiled and said,

"This is the Pill Fire inherited by our Yaochi Holy Land!

"Only the best disciples are qualified to draw it into their bodies.

"At the time, Old Hoe and I weren’t qualified either, we could only draw ordinary fire and couldn’t get a hold of this emerald green Pill Fire.

"This... is also one of the foundations of our Yaochi Holy Land."

Huang Sitong stared at the emerald green Pill Fire, fascinated.

She watched it truly dance like a flame, yet it was so green, as if a pool of emerald green tree sap was about to drip down.

"Once I refine the Fire Consciousness Soup, can I draw it into my body?

"Is this the best Pill Fire?"

The two Ancient Immortals shook their heads.

"To say it’s the best, that might not be so.

"I’ve heard that in the Celestial Palace, core disciples can receive the Emperor’s bestowed fire.

"What the Emperor bestows is a kind of Five-Colored Pill Fire!"

...

In the pitch-black dream, only the campfire danced and burned, casting light.

This campfire illuminated the Qing Lu Ancient Immortal nearby, also lighting up Professor Zhang’s face.

The master and disciple were also discussing Pill Fire.

"...I read in the documents that in the Alchemist path, there’s a kind of Five-Colored Pill Fire, supreme and unmatched.

"Does it really exist?

"Master, have you come into contact with it?"

Professor Zhang tentatively asked.

He had learned a lot about the secrets of the Ancient Immortal Dynasty from Shangjing.

At this moment, he mentioned the Five-Colored Pill Fire to probe the true extent and illusion of the Ancient Immortal.

He saw the campfire light up Qing Lu Ancient Immortal’s face, lighting his expression, which was both smiling and unsmiling.

"I’ve encountered it!

"It’s a very nice Pill Fire but extremely rare. Only the Emperor of the Celestial Palace and the Emperor’s heirs can possess it.

"Why, do you want it?"

He reached out his hand, wanting to pat Professor Zhang on the shoulder, but suddenly found that today Professor Zhang was sitting far away, completely out of reach.

He was stunned for a moment, then grinned.

"Why are you sitting so far away?

"You and I, as master and disciple, have grown distant!"

Professor Zhang sat at a distance, giving an awkward smile.

At the critical moment of impending advancement, he absolutely could not let the Ancient Immortal touch him, absolutely could not let the Ancient Immortal play any tricks!

Even though he didn’t understand what methods the Ancient Immortal might have, keeping a distance was always a safe bet.

However, he saw the Ancient Immortal sigh, shake his head, and then put on a smile again.

"Actually, for this advancement, Master can provide you with Pill Fire.

"Have you ever seen my Pill Fire?

"Mine...is not ordinary fire, not green Pill Fire, nor is it five-colored Pill Fire."

Professor Zhang frowned.

Aren’t there only these three kinds?

Could there be more?

He instinctively, following the direction of the Ancient Immortal’s finger, looked at the bonfire before him.

"Huh?

"Is this bonfire your Pill Fire?"

Professor Zhang was stunned for a moment.

"Isn’t this just a normal bonfire?"

Wood, kindling, red-yellow flames, and a faint black smoke.

Is this Pill Fire?

Ordinary fire?

The Ancient Immortal’s smile didn’t change, and he uttered a sentence.

"Look again!"

Professor Zhang kept looking and suddenly realized something was wrong!

He seemed to have been seeing things.

"Wood...is it really wood?"

In his vision, the lines became blurred, each piece of burning wood turned into eerie human bones!

In his vision, the color was distorted, each dancing flame turned into filthy black!

"Huh?"

He only felt this pile of white bones burning with black flames magnifying infinitely in his vision, as if they were going to overwhelm his senses, making him dizzy!

He instinctively fell off the stone, instinctively using his hands and feet to retreat, away from the bonfire!

Instinctively, he shook his head violently...

"No!

"Don’t!

"Stay away from me!"

...In an instant, the bonfire suddenly returned to normal.

Serving as fuel was the wood crackling with "pop" sounds.

The color of the flames was also the normal red-yellow.

Everything he had just seen, the pile of white bones burning with black flames, seemed like an illusion.

"Huh?"

He got up from the ground and looked at the Ancient Immortal Master again.

To see Qing Lu Ancient Immortal grinning, pointing at the bonfire.

"How about it, are you interested in Master’s Pill Fire?"

...

In the dark dormitory hall of Fox Mountain, fox cheers suddenly erupted!

"Hee-hee, hoo-hoo!"

White Claw was seen clutching the peel of a Bursting Fruit, extremely excited, bouncing and jumping in the hall!

It ate it!

It successfully mastered the knack, squeezing all the jam inside the Bursting Fruit into its mouth!

Despite being smeared with jam all over its face before, and even having its left eye glued shut by jam, it managed to open its eye with great effort.

But just now it got the feeling, mastered the knack, and succeeded in eating the jam!

A spray of jam flew directly into its mouth, truly fragrant, truly sweet!

Bai Mo sat on the bed, looked up and glanced, seeing that other disciples besides White Claw had also mastered the knack and were jubilantly chirping "hee-hee hoo-hoo," bouncing and jumping in celebration.

He grinned.

"Not easy!"

He lowered his head again, continuing to read the documents on "Pill Fire."

"Ordinary fire, green Pill Fire, five-colored Pill Fire?

"The Pill Fire I introduced back then... umm... was the fire from the household gas stove."

He extended his finger, and a flame suddenly rose from his fingertip, with a pale blue base, turning bright red-yellow upward.

But this ordinary fire, as he cultivated and deepened his understanding, gradually transformed.

With a thought, the flame at his fingertip suddenly flickered, changed color, turning into a vivid green!

"As recorded in documents, the Emperor, even at a low sequence, cultivated and comprehended, transforming Pill Fire into five colors?

"This feat was widespread in the Dan Kingdom, becoming a well-known story, a legend."

Bai Mo looked at this part of the document, feeling strange in his heart.

The green Pill Fire at his fingertip flickered suddenly, and the color changed again...this time, it transformed into vivid, dancing five colors!