"What??" Jiang Hong'e's delicate body trembled slightly, and her face turned pale. "How is this possible?"
"That's the truth. You guys live on the left. I caught it in the room on the right on the third floor. It was injured by me previously and secretly absorbed the man's Yang qi on the second floor. It should be recuperating. It even dared to cast a spell on me. I almost fell into its trap."
"So that's how it is…" In the end, Jiang Hong'e was more willing to believe Lu Chen. She got off the bed with her bare feet, took the fox, and examined it carefully. Finally, she sighed. "It… it actually deceived me for three years. It seems to be only a first-stage… demon?"
"Yes, she's most likely proficient in illusions."
Jiang Hong'e's expression was complicated as she called out softly, "Yingying, Yingying…"
"Yo, yo~"
The little fox emerged from the bundle on the small bed at the side with its snow-white head. It let out a cry and jumped into Jiang Hong'e's arms. Its little head rubbed against her chest.
Roar! Roar!
The two little tigers, who were sleeping, also woke up and crawled out of their bags with a roar.
Jiang Hong'e pointed at the red fox under her feet and asked, "Yingying, do you know it?"
"Yo, yo~" The little fox shook its head vigorously, its big eyes filled with curiosity.
"It's the same one that turned into me last night, right?"
"Mm."
"Fortunately, I didn't re-cultivate rashly back then. If that had happened, I'm afraid I would have been affected by it. I don't know what my outcome would have been. Fortunately, I have you now."
Jiang Hong'e was both glad and afraid. She reached out her hand, which was holding Lu Chen's tightly, and her beautiful eyes seemed to overflow with tears.
"I'm here. Don't be afraid!"
"Yo, yo~"
Lu Chen wanted to pull Jiang Hong'e into his arms, but he saw the little fox baring its fangs and brandishing its claws at him, as if saying, "Go away, she's mine!"
"Hehe~" Jiang Hong'e covered her mouth and giggled. Her face was charming, and her figure was flirtatious.
"…"
Lu Chen was speechless. He really wanted to stuff the little thing back into his bag. This little thing was too clingy. Fortunately, it was a female. If it was a male, he would have crushed it to death long ago.
Lu Chen asked curiously, "How did this red fox get into the Red Chamber Garden?"
"It's a long story. Three years ago, there was a snowstorm. Many people in the surrounding villages were affected. At that time, hundreds of refugees entered the town. I saw that she was pitiful and saw that she was quite beautiful. My heart softened and I kept her in the Red Chamber Garden. Her surname is Chu and her name is Chu Ya. I felt that it didn't sound good, so I changed her name to Chu Yiyi. She's quite obedient. She usually stays quietly in her room and rarely goes out."
"Mmm ~ ~" Just as Jiang Hong'e said this, the red fox suddenly groaned and slowly woke up. She looked up and saw Lu Chen holding the peach wood sword in his hand. The tip of the sword was only an inch away from her neck.
Her heart turned cold, and she subconsciously wanted to resist.
"Hmph!" Lu Chen snorted and said coldly, "If you dare to cast another spell, I'll skin you alive!"
"Young Master, spare me." The red fox suddenly trembled and knelt on the ground like a human. It hugged its forelimbs and kept kowtowing. Its voice was very pleasant and carried a natural charm.
When Lu Chen heard this, the evil fire in his heart was ignited. He quickly suppressed it.
Seeing that Lu Chen was unmoved, the red fox was smart. She turned around and kowtowed to Jiang Hong'e. Tears streamed down her face as she cried miserably, "Madam, please spare Yiyi's life. Yiyi knows her mistake."
They looked at each other. Lu Chen shook his head and said, "You've raised it for three years. It's up to you to decide. Kill it or let it go. It's up to you."
"Madam, please spare me. Spare me. Yiyi won't dare to do it again."
Jiang Hong'e said coldly, "What's your motive for infiltrating the Red Chamber Garden?"
"Yiyi… Yiyi just wants to absorb more male yang qi and speed up… my cultivation."
"Did you kill anyone?"
"No."
"Why did you pretend to be me before?"
"Yiyi only saw how majestic Madam is usually. After I thought about it… I want to show off too."
"More than that, isn't it?" Lu Chen snorted and asked, "I'm afraid that after three years of cultivation, you think that you're capable enough and want to replace her, right?"
The red fox was so frightened that it collapsed to the ground and sobbed. "Madam, spare me, spare me!"
Lu Chen continued to interrogate, "Where is Chu Ya now? Did you kill her? Is that right?"
"Wu wu wu~~" The red fox broke down and sobbed. "I originally wanted to save her, but when she saw that her parents had died, she had the intention to die. She bumped into the Ciba tree and died. I didn't kill her. Boohoo, I didn't kill her!"
Lu Chen's expression softened as he smiled at Jiang Hong'e. "Hong'e, I don't think it's a black-hearted person. You haven't completed your Qi Refinement yet, and I can't protect you at all times. Why don't you let it stay by your side as a guard? It seems to be quite capable, so it should be able to do it."
Jiang Hong'e rolled her eyes. "What are you planning? Hmph! Don't think I don't know."
"…"
Lu Chen felt inexplicably guilty and retorted, "I didn't…"
"Little Fox Chu Yiyi swears to the heavens that she is willing to serve Jiang Hong'e as her master. She will be a slave and a servant for the rest of her life. When the master dies, the slave will die, when the master is humiliated, the servant will die. She will be diligent and sincere. If she breaks this oath, the heavens will not tolerate her. She will be plagued by calamity and her physical body will be destroyed. Her true spirit will no longer exist!"
…
The red fox made a heavenly oath and became Jiang Hong'e's demon pet. The entire third floor of the Red Chamber Garden almost became a fox's den.
The Heavenly Dao had a spirit.
The oath of the Heavenly Dao was extremely solemn to cultivators, and it couldn't be casually sworn. Once it was blurted out, one had to agree to the oath, and if one violated it, then the Heavenly Dao wouldn't tolerate it and would be plagued by calamity.
Supposedly, a sip of water could choke someone to death.
Lu Chen had not been cultivating for long and had not seen it with his own eyes. Seeing Jiang Hong'e's solemn and secretive expression, he could see the weight of it. He made up his mind not to make a vow in the future.
"Madam!" The red fox raised its little head and opened its mouth slightly, as if it was about to cry.
"Mm!" Jiang Hong'e nodded gently and reminded her, "Don't absorb Yang qi anymore. Not only will the demonic qi be mixed, but it will also distort your temperament. It's really not the right path."
"Yiyi will remember!" The red fox nodded seriously and looked at Lu Chen beside her. She stood up and bowed. "Master!"
"Ahem." Lu Chen coughed awkwardly and muttered, "Don't call me that. It's weird."
The red fox was stunned for a moment. She turned around and turned into a delicate woman. Although her appearance was slightly inferior to Jiang Hong'e's, she was definitely a one in a million beauty. It could only be said that she was worthy of being the top courtesans of the Red Chamber Garden. She bowed to Lu Chen. "Greetings, Young Master!"
"Ahem, ahem!" Lu Chen coughed dryly and said awkwardly, "Get dressed…"
"Hehehe~"
"Hehe~~"
"A bunch of demons." Lu Chen persevered for a moment and fled. After leaving the Red Chamber Garden, he muttered, "The two little girls are too much. They didn't even wake up after such a big commotion. It seems like they were quite tired last night…"
He shook his head gently.
Seeing that the sky was bright and there were no pedestrians on the streets, Lu Chen quickly walked out of the town. After searching for a while, he finally found the big black horse that he had left outside last night.
He led the big black horse all the way to the Changchun Temple.
As soon as he reached the door, he saw a few slips of paper stuffed into the gap between the door and the door. He reached out to pull out the slips of paper and flipped them open one by one. His expression gradually darkened.
"Brother Daoist, Yaoyao steamed buns. Brother is not at home~"
"Grandpa hit Yaoyao today. It hurts!"
"Brother Daoist, where are you? When are you coming back? Yaoyao misses you."
"Grandpa is crazy. He's kneeling on a rock. I'm so scared…"
"Are you there?"
"Brother, Grandpa is moving…"