Chapter 301

The monster pen returned to calm.

But the fire fox's heart could no longer be calm:

"Dragon Qi."

"It's Dragon Qi!"

Its eyes were ignited in an instant, as if flames were burning, and it even began to tremble uncontrollably.

The fire fox never expected.

To actually see a True Dragon physique that is hard to encounter in ten thousand years.

"The Monster Lord will definitely like it!"

A True Dragon physique is hard to encounter in a thousand years. Dragon Qi can help monsters transform and is a great tonic for monsters. It is rumored that there were no dragons in the world originally; dragon is a title for the extremely strong among the monsters of the world.

Dragon Qi is useful to all monsters.

"No!"

"If I eat this person, why would I fear the Monster Lord? I will be the Monster Lord."

"Right."

The fire fox made a judgment in an instant.

Then, taking advantage of the gap when no one was paying attention, it disappeared from the monster cage.

Outside the monster pen.

The bustling crowd flowed like a river. Li Rui took the tall youth to a quieter corner.

And then took out a piece of silver from his bosom:

"Alright, go home."

The tall youth looked at the silver and widened his eyes: "Official..."

He thought he was going to follow this old man before him to live in the three-courtyard or four-courtyard mansions the old man had spoken of.

He didn't expect this result.

Li Rui: "Anything else?"

"No, nothing."

The tall youth shook his head hurriedly. Although disappointed, the old lord before him had been very generous; this was already worth several years of his wages. His parents would definitely be very happy to see it.

He bowed several times before running away excitedly.

Li Rui shook his head with a smile.

"Do what one can."

It was impossible for him to change everything; at most, when he saw it, he would help if he could without harming himself.

If he hadn't taken action today.

This tall youth would probably have been beaten to death.

The reason he said he favored this youth but didn't actually take him into the mansion was just to say it for the managers in the monster pen to hear.

With his face, those managers wouldn't dare to make things difficult for the youth anymore.

He had also been a suffering person, so he understood the youth's situation better.

'Just consider it one good deed a day.'

Afterward.

He narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the monster pen, lost in thought.

The night deepened, and the pedestrians on the street became fewer.

Occasionally, one could see a few staggering drunks.

At the entrance of the brightly lit Drunken Zui Xian Lou, several bright red lanterns were very festive, and the people underneath were all beaming with joy.

"Old Brother Li, no need to see me off, really no need."

"I can walk myself."

Yan Yan Zhongxing walked out of the Drunken Zui Xian Lou drunk and then got into the Trade Office's carriage.

Following the carriage's clear sound of "Giddyup."

The carriage wheels crushed small stones, making a clattering sound, and disappeared at the end of the night.

Li Rui's face was slightly flushed, and he looked smilingly into the distance, and then his smile gradually disappeared.

He had just finished inspecting the monster pen today, and at dusk, Yan Yan Zhongxing sent someone to invite him to dinner. Eat if he must, but he also had to drink.

The key was that Yan Yan Zhongxing's tolerance for alcohol was extremely poor.

Li Rui had long since learned this.

So as soon as he sat down, he had a plan. After only three or five cups, Yan Yan Zhongxing was already bleary-eyed; knocking him out was a simple matter.

Mm.

He deliberately found the manager of the Drunken Zui Xian Lou and served the most intoxicating wine.

Time is precious, save time.

Going back now, he could even finish his Qi circulation and then fall asleep at the usual hour.

As one gets older, one gets used to doing things according to a set schedule.

"Master, this is the hangover medicine."

Wang Zhao walked over and handed a packet of medicinal powder to Li Rui.

Li Rui wasn't actually drunk, but he still tilted his head back and took the powder.

It was a bit dry.

He swallowed for a long time before it went down.

"Let's go, Xiao Zhao, head back to the mansion."

Walking onto the carriage that had already stopped at the door, Li Rui leaned against the carriage compartment and dozed off.

After a slight sway, it slowly drove toward the Anning Guard.

In the corner of the alley opposite the Drunken Zui Xian Lou.

A flash of fire-red figure flickered.

The carriage passed through the bustling Qinghe Main Street and then drove into a somewhat quiet path.

It didn't notice at all that something was following behind it.

'This is the place.'

The fire fox observed the surrounding environment; this was the most suitable position to take action.

'True Dragon physique, it's mine!'

A burst of heat in its heart.

The speed under its feet kept increasing, and finally, it turned into a rainbow light, appearing before the carriage in the blink of an eye. Its toes landed lightly on the ground without making a sound.

'What is this thing?!'

Wang Zhao was startled by the suddenly appearing fire fox and didn't even have time to react.

His gaze had just made contact with the fire fox.

His brain went "boom."

Then his eyes became dull, and his whole body stiffened in place.

The Red Dragon Horse was even more like it had seen a monarch; looking at the fire fox, it couldn't move, its four hooves trembling constantly, only missing kneeling down on the spot.

'Great Monster!'

A look of horror appeared on the Red Dragon Horse's face.

Subduing Wang Zhao and the Red Dragon Horse took almost an instant; the fire fox didn't even look at Wang Zhao and the Red Dragon Horse.

With a "whoosh," it shot toward the carriage.

Just as its body was about to touch the carriage curtain, a pair of large hands suddenly stretched out from behind the curtain and steadily pinched the fire fox's neck.

"Squeak!"

The fire fox's yellow-black pupils instantly turned into horror.

A breath that made its soul tremble violently was stuffed into its body from those large hands.

Almost in an instant.

It lost all its strength.

It was a Fifth-Rank monster!

To be subdued by someone so easily?!

How is that possible?!

The curtain was lifted, and Li Rui's face was revealed from behind it.

"Red Flame Fire Fox?"

The corners of his mouth lifted slightly, and he examined the Red Flame Fire Fox in his hand with great interest.

"I thought you were interesting today in the monster pen. They all thought you were a fire fox, not knowing that you are a royal family among fire foxes, a Red Flame Fire Fox."

At this moment, the Red Flame Fire Fox was terrified to the extreme.

Not only because of the terrifying strength of the human before it, but also because it could actually understand what the human was saying.

Truly saw a monster ghost!

The Red Flame Fire Fox couldn't believe the scene before it.

Li Rui's face remained as calm as ever.

Because he had attended the banquet today specifically to create an opportunity for this Red Flame Fire Fox.

When he was in the monster pen.

The tall youth reminded him that the corner of the monster pen was dirty. If it were an ordinary official, they might just nod and not take it to heart, but Li Rui, having come from the bottom, naturally understood that this was a euphemism.

Dirty.

It wasn't that the environment was dirty, but that there were dirty things.

The dirty things in the monster pen were, of course, strange monsters.

Li Rui took a look and discovered that the monster locked in that corner was indeed not simple; it was actually a Fifth-Rank monster.

A Fifth-Rank monster appearing in the monster pen.

To give an analogy, this is the same principle as someone taking a human Fifth-Rank Grandmaster and selling them as a slave.

A thing that simply couldn't happen.

When things are abnormal, there must be a monster.

Seeing that the Red Flame Fire Fox wasn't injured, the only possibility was that this monster had some scheme.

Just this alone wouldn't have made Li Rui go to such great lengths, after all, it didn't concern him.

No errors, no omissions, read it all in one go!

The key was that after he looked at the Red Flame Fire Fox, the smoke in his Wisdom Eye turned red, so he was certain that the Red Flame Fire Fox's target was himself.

Since it concerned himself and he had determined the source of the danger.

Li Rui, of course, had to nip the danger in the bud.

Afterward, while drinking with Yan Yan Zhongxing, he pretended to ask casually and learned that a monster had gone missing in the monster pen today, which happened to be a fox.

These clues connected together were enough to support Li Rui taking action.

With the West Heaven Gate and the Monster-Suppressing Victory on him, he was conducting dimensional reduction strikes against monsters.

A Fifth-Rank monster couldn't be his opponent.

With ninety percent certainty, of course, he had to strike first.

As the Immortal Su Xuan Qi was continuously injected, it finally reached the critical point. The Red Flame Fire Fox could no longer resist the Monster-Suppressing Power carried in the Immortal Su Xuan Qi; its head tilted, and it fainted.

Almost in an instant.

Wang Zhao woke up.

He looked at the cold, empty street; where was the shadow of the strange red fox from just now?

He turned his head.

The curtain was still closed, as if nothing had happened.

He suddenly felt very cold.

He didn't dare to lift the curtain, so he gathered his courage and tentatively called out: "Master?"

And then he heard Li Rui's voice:

"Xiao Zhao, let's go."

Hearing Li Rui's voice, Wang Zhao felt uneasy for the first time and began to let his imagination run wild.

What if Master was possessed by a fox demon?

He had often heard the old people in the village say that Lord Fox was best at confusing people's hearts.

Just as he was about to ask again.

He heard the Red Dragon Horse snort and say: "Let's go, that fox has already been captured by your master."

With the Red Dragon Horse's words, Wang Zhao finally felt relieved.

Li Rui's voice came from the carriage with a smile: "Don't worry, the matter is already settled, do not spread it."

The carriage drove slowly.

A moment later.

They returned to the Li Canjun's Mansion.

Li Rui's bosom was bulging, as if he were carrying something. He instructed Wang Zhao a few words in the carriage and headed straight for his room as soon as he got off.

Before long, he arrived in the secret room.

"Squeak!"

A sharp hiss.

The Red Flame Fire Fox's consciousness recovered. When it opened its eyes, it saw the room with candles placed around it.

Li Rui's face was indifferent:

"Speak, why did you take action against me?"

The Red Flame Fire Fox blinked: "Because... you are a True Dragon physique."

Li Rui frowned slightly:

"How did you know?"

"The Red Flame Fire Fox clan's perception far exceeds other monsters, so I could smell it."

Li Rui nodded.

Seeing this, the Red Flame Fire Fox hurriedly opened its mouth: "I just wanted to take a breath of your Qi, I had no malicious intent."

But it had just finished speaking.

A pair of large hands pinched its head, followed by the familiar electric shock, directly causing the ground to be covered in a yellow mess.

Li Rui remained indifferent to this.

A full quarter of an hour passed before he released his hand and looked again at the Red Flame Fire Fox, which was now a heap on the ground:

"Lying."

"This is the price."

The Red Flame Fire Fox looked at Li Rui in horror.

It was afraid.

It was truly afraid.

It had never seen a human with such strange methods and was almost on the verge of collapse.

"It was the City Lord of Giant Stone City; he wanted me to come here to find the son of the old dragon in the Ten Thousand Mountains, the little white dragon."

Hearing this, Li Rui narrowed his eyes slightly.

The City Lord of Giant Stone City actually wanted to capture the little white dragon?

After some interrogation.

He confirmed that the Red Flame Fire Fox was no longer hiding any information, and then he ended the Red Flame Fire Fox with one palm.

He frowned:

"The Giant Stone City Lord actually wants to capture Little White?"

Giant Stone City is a great city of the East Witch, much more powerful than Savage Bone City, and its City Lord is an Innate powerhouse, with a Monster Lord sitting in the city.

Its strength is unfathomable.

This Red Flame Fire Fox was a subordinate of that Monster Lord.

The Giant Stone City Lord and the Monster Lord wanted to capture the little white dragon; relying on him alone wouldn't be enough to protect it.

But letting the little white dragon return to the Ten Thousand Mountains, I'm afraid it would still be useless.

According to the Red Flame Fire Fox, the Giant Stone City Lord and that Monster Lord didn't know that the little white dragon was here with him; otherwise, they would have just snatched the person directly, why would they need to find someone to probe the situation first?

If it weren't for the Red Flame Fire Fox coveting his body, perhaps a great disaster would have been brewed.

Knowing that the little white dragon had the protection of the Earth Immortal old dragon, they still wanted to take action.

This can only prove one point.

That is, they have a way to deal with the old dragon.

"This matter is a bit difficult to handle."

Li Rui pondered.

Concerning the little white dragon, of course, he couldn't stand by and watch it die. It wasn't a dead end yet, and there was still a possibility of resolution.

'Even an Earth Immortal can't protect it, then there is only one place in the entire Yunzhou that can protect Little White.'

Cleaning up the secret room.

Li Rui walked out of the room and came to a side room in the southeast corner of the Li Canjun's Mansion.

This side room was Little Bai Jiao's residence.

Qinghe had always circulated the saying that Li Canjun Li of Anning Prefecture loved snakes, which was because he specifically left a room for the little white dragon and then slowly let it spread out.

Although it was a monster.

Li Rui still knocked on the door with his fingers first.

Knock, knock, knock.

The dull knocking sound echoed.

Before long, the door was opened, and he saw the little white dragon in its original form lazily opening the door with its dragon tail.

"Big Brother, do you have something for me?"

Having stayed with Li Rui for a long time, the little white dragon was becoming more and more human-like.

Li Rui looked at the little white dragon:

"Little White, do you trust Big Brother?"

Little Bai Jiao: "Of course I do."

Li Rui nodded:

"That's good. Tomorrow I will send you to the Marquis of Annan's mansion as a tribute, you just stay there properly."

(End of chapter)