"Young Master Song, are we really going in?" Huang San asked again, looking at the doorplate with three red "4"s that emitted a dim yellow glow under the light.
Although Huang San was a wild immortal, he knew a thing or two about human taboos. After all, he had watched so much television that even through osmosis, he knew that "4" was equivalent to death.
The corners of my mouth turned up as I replied, "What, are you scared?"
Huang San shook his head and replied, "It's not that I'm scared, it's just that we're being played for fools, and it makes me feel uncomfortable. We know it's a trap, and if we just jump in, won't we be treated like fools?"
Huang San was somewhat confused. In fact, it wasn't just him; I also didn't understand what Sun Shen Po wanted. I had done my best to show goodwill, so why was she still showing me malice?
"Huang San, some things are beyond your understanding. Although you've been cultivating for a hundred years, you don't understand people's hearts? Everyone says that lonely ghosts and wild spirits like to harm people, but do you know what the most venomous thing in this world is?" I felt the change in the room's atmosphere and turned to ask Huang San.
Huang San looked bewildered and murmured, "What is it?"
"The human heart."
"The human heart?"
I didn't give Huang San a definitive answer because these words weren't mine, but my master's. It was a principle my master taught me when I was studying under him.
At first, I didn't understand the meaning of this sentence, but after experiencing so many things, I found it to be incredibly accurate. Because humans are greedy, whether they are alive or dead, their desires don't distinguish between the living and the dead.
I took out the room card and opened the door. The阴气 (yin energy) I felt outside instantly dissipated. The room was bright, and the light cast a pale white on the walls, as if covered in a layer of frost.
I took the small cloth bag from Huang San, opened it, and threw the contents onto the bed. As soon as the small creature inside broke free from the confines of the bag, it immediately leaped onto the bed and let out fierce "squeak" sounds at me.
Looking at the small fox, about the size of a pug, I looked at Huang San with confusion. This little creature had no trace of wild immortal aura, not even the unique immortal energy that wild immortals possessed. This made me suspect that Huang San had caught the wrong one, perhaps just a random small fox to fill the quota.
My confused gaze made Huang San shift uncomfortably, and he said in a trembling voice, somewhat displeased, "Young Master Song, you don't suspect I caught the wrong fox, do you?"
I grabbed the little fox by the scruff of its neck and held it up to Huang San. "How can this little thing bewitch people? It's not even as big as a pug, and it has no yin energy or the scent of a wild immortal. Don't tell me it also has hundreds of years of cultivation like you?"
"Its cultivation isn't as high as mine, but this little guy is quite cunning." Huang San's mouth split into a sly grin.
Before I could understand what he meant, I felt a warmth in my hand, a warm current sliding up my arm from my wrist. I glanced sideways and immediately let go.
"Damn it! You dare to pee on me?"
After breaking free from my grasp, the little fox didn't run away. Instead, with a mischievous glint in its eyes, it leaped onto the bed and rolled around, as if a child had successfully played a prank. It laughed with such joy.
"Young Master Song, don't be fooled by its appearance. This little thing might not seem to have much cultivation, but it's full of mischief. Honestly, I've never met such a clever little fox. It almost escaped from my hands five times. Do you think it was that easy for me to catch it?" Huang San complained to me, recounting his hardships. If the corners of his mouth weren't turned up, his words would have been more convincing, but now it looked like pure schadenfreude.
I glared fiercely at Huang San, then turned my gaze to the little fox happily rolling on the bed and said, "Little one, since you're so smart, you should be able to understand me. I'm asking you, why did you frame me?"
Facing my questioning, the little fox didn't cooperate. Instead, it lay on the bed, revealing a pair of innocent big eyes, blinking at me as if it were a well-behaved puppy.
"Young Master Song, you should think of another way! No matter what you ask this little thing, it will just show this adorable look, as if it doesn't understand anything. But in reality, it's more cunning than a monkey. I've suffered greatly at this little guy's hands." As he spoke, Huang San rolled up his sleeve, revealing two rows of small teeth marks, with four small holes, and faint traces of blood. It was obvious that this little guy had bitten him.
"You're truly embarrassing. With hundreds of years of cultivation, you were toyed with by this little thing? Didn't you know to pull out its teeth?"
"I wanted to! But... but we wild immortals also have rules, we can't arbitrarily..."
I waved my hand, interrupting Huang San's attempt to explain, and directly told him to go out and borrow pliers from Boss Chen. I intended to pull out all of this little thing's teeth.
Seeing that I was serious, Huang San cast a pitiful glance at the little fox on the bed and turned to leave the room.
As soon as he left the room, the little fox's playful and adorable demeanor vanished. Instead, it displayed a cold and aloof expression, its fox eyes looking at me with icy intensity.
Facing the cunning and sly little fox, the corners of my mouth revealed a smile as I asked, "Why aren't you pretending anymore? Keep it up! Let's see if your tricks are more powerful, or if I can pull out all your fox teeth."
"How did you see through me? I thought I had disguised myself very well and didn't show any flaws." An aged voice came from the little fox's mouth, filled with confusion and a hint of bewilderment.
"You disguised yourself very well and didn't show any flaws, but you forgot one thing: there's also a suppression of strength and bloodline among you wild immortals. How could a small fox dare to bite a yellow immortal who has cultivated for a hundred years? Not only did it bite, but it also drew blood. If I couldn't tell you were an old fox, then I should have my eyes removed."
Upon hearing this, it clearly froze for a moment, then let out a strange chuckle. Its body then transformed, and a dense black mist swirled around it like smoke. The mist then dissipated, revealing an old fox comparable in size to a wolfdog.
"Kid, you killed my grand-disciple, beat my retainer, and ruined my business. Tell me, should I skin you or turn you into an idiot?" Su Dan Novel Network
Facing its threat, I sneered and replied, "Your grand-disciple was misled and killed people at the construction site, so his death was deserved. Your retainer deliberately incited anger and damaged people's property, so his actions were evil and his legs were broken. As for you wanting to skin me, do you have the ability?"