Chapter 325

The fox stood on the table, tilting its head close to him, staring at him without blinking with those amber-like eyes, and from time to time looking down at the ancient book, then looking at him.

I don't know what it wanted to see from it.

The anxious things had been worried about in the previous month or so. Lin Jue was not anxious at this time. He temporarily closed the ancient book and asked it:

"Have you fed the Silver Ghost during this time?"

"Fed!" The fox withdrew its gaze, sat upright, and said, "I even gave the elixir it spat out to Xiao Xiao Shimei and Little Flower to eat! Yours are all kept, put in a bottle!"

"Hmm…… hmm?" Lin Jue said to it, "That is my junior sister, not yours."

"She is called Xiao Xiao Shimei!"

The fox said to him with a determined expression.

"She is not called Xiao Xiao Shimei."

"You call her Xiao Xiao Shimei!"

"I do call her Xiao Xiao Shimei, but she is not called Xiao Xiao Shimei. Only I can call her Xiao Xiao Shimei, and a few senior brothers can call her that."

"……" The fox thought for a moment, and its expression became determined again. "The fox can also call her that!"

"You cannot."

"Ying?" The fox was stunned, showing a confused look. "Then what do I call her?"

"This……"

This actually stumped Lin Jue.

"When you went to the Red Leaf Temple on Fengshan, what did Little Flower usually call Xiao Xiao Shimei?"

"Meow!"

"Then you call her Xiao Xiao Shimei……"

Lin Jue was too lazy to think and too lazy to care.

Anyway, it wasn't calling him.

The fox didn't answer either, just relaxed its sitting posture, bent down, and licked its fur calmly, occasionally glancing at Lin Jue, but its posture and expression at this time were no different from speaking—

I just said I should call her Xiao Xiao Shimei, and you were still arguing with me.

That was probably what it meant.

Lin Jue ignored it, got up, walked to the room, and saw the small elixir bottle on the shelf by the bed. He took it and looked, and there were indeed two elixirs inside.

Looking back, the fox was still following him, tilting its head and staring at him with a serious face, as if questioning why he didn't believe what it said.

"I see there are a few."

Lin Jue explained and poured out one.

The courtyard was quiet and empty at this time.

Lord Luo didn't know where he had gone or what he was doing. Anyway, he didn't see him, so Lin Jue simply took this Spirit Origin Elixir to the quiet room and sat directly on the meditation cushion.

"I want to cultivate, protect the Dharma for me."

"Ying?"

"I have comprehended the Great Yin-Yang Method. This is the first time I am cultivating. After I am proficient, I will teach it to you," Lin Jue said. "To prevent accidents, don't let anyone disturb me."

"Poof……"

The fox suddenly grew larger, becoming much larger than an ordinary mountain tiger, almost the size of a water buffalo. Coupled with its long and fluffy fur, and its five tails naturally spread out behind it, it looked even more huge. When it lay down, it felt like it occupied half of the quiet room by itself.

"Five tails now……"

Lin Jue looked at it and muttered to himself.

Previously in the scripture pavilion, he had also seen descriptions of Jun Niangniang Jun Niangniang Yao Hua and the nine-tailed fox: it is said that in ancient times, there was not only one nine-tailed fox, and all famous nine-tailed foxes were not of the same clan or lineage, but each formed a separate lineage. Therefore, they were almost all distributed in different places in the Divine Land, and not only were there differences in appearance and body shape, but there were also differences in ability and supernatural powers.

Jun Niangniang Jun Niangniang Yao Hua had great supernatural powers.

It is said that when Jun Niangniang Jun Niangniang Yao Hua grew seven tails, she had already attained the truth and the Dao, equivalent to a human Master, a mountain immortal, a Nine Heavens True Lord, and a Great God. And when she grew nine tails, she became a person of great ability and a great sage.

Should his own Fuyao also be like this?

Lin Jue compared its cultivation with his own current cultivation and the rumors of attaining the truth and the Dao, considering that each subsequent tail of the fox grew slower and slower, it was about right.

He didn't worry, swallowed the elixir directly, spread the ancient book on his lap, and held the last page with his hand.

Although his own Fuyao grew more and more jumpy and stubborn, and sometimes argued and talked back to him, it was still very reliable at critical moments.

A "sound" suddenly rang in his heart.

Lin Jue listened silently while combining the insights he had gained over the past month or so, thinking and savoring, and practiced for a while in his heart before tentatively starting to cultivate according to the Great Yin-Yang Method.

The fox lay in place, its five tails patting the ground slightly, looking outside from time to time, and looking at him from time to time, its expression serious and focused on its work.

The spiritual rhyme of heaven and earth slowly gathered here.

The mystery around the Daoist gradually increased.

It was morning, and the Yin-Yang spiritual rhyme was not much different. Yang was slightly better than Yin. As time passed, Yang qi gradually grew and Yin qi gradually disappeared.

The sun rose higher and higher, illuminating the capital. People walking on the street couldn't help but frown and squint, or use their hands or fans to shade their eyes on their foreheads.

Even in early autumn, there were still cicadas that hadn't left, chirping on the crabapple tree in the courtyard, their voices hoarse.

More than two hours later, it was noon.

At this time, Yang qi was extremely prosperous and Yin qi was extremely weak.

The fox couldn't help but turn its head and look at him in confusion.

Usually, whether it was this Daoist, Xiao Xiao Shimei, or even the master and many senior brothers on Fuqiu Peak, none of them would cultivate at this time. But at this moment, the mystery around the Daoist did not decrease.

It was the time when the "autumn tiger" was showing its power. The sunlight outside almost made people unable to open their eyes, and it was a few degrees hotter than midsummer. Including the streets outside, except for a few bottom-level commoners who had no choice, not many people dared to walk on the road. In such weather, Yang qi was attacking like fire.

The fox yawned.

Not long after, there was movement outside.

That Master Fan came over, carrying food and wine. But as soon as he entered the round gate of the small courtyard, he saw the open quiet room, the huge fox lying on the ground with a serious face, and the Daoist sitting cross-legged beside it. He really didn't hesitate at all and turned and left.

Not long after, there was movement again.

It was a few sparrows that landed on the tree.

Lin Jue still didn't open his eyes.

The fox also didn't leave his side.

The spiritual rhyme surrounding Lin Jue became more and more mysterious and dense, even leaking out of the quiet room and into the courtyard. Even under the crabapple tree in the courtyard, two blurred figures seemed to appear, curiously looking over quietly, and taking advantage of the Daoist's cultivation at this moment, absorbing the mystery of the spiritual rhyme at this time.

There were more and more sparrows on the tree, of various kinds, adding colorful colors to the crabapple tree.

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Gradually into the afternoon, there were city gods flying over from the sky, as if they had come to check, but the fox stood up and glared at them vigilantly, and the two divine officials fled in a panic.

It wasn't until twilight that Lord Luo returned.

Lord Luo came over to take a look, said two words to it, and then went back to do his own things.

It wasn't until dark that Lin Jue opened his eyes.

Turning his head to look, the fox was still lying in place, almost without moving.

"Thank you for your hard work."

Lin Jue said, then stopped looking at it and turned to focus on himself.

It is worthy of being the Great Yin-Yang Method.

After losing the restrictions of the Lesser Yin-Yang Method, the cultivation efficiency of the Great Yin-Yang Method at the same time was indeed greatly improved.

If one cultivated the Lesser Yin-Yang Method, one could only achieve a cultivation effect comparable to the Great Yin-Yang Method at the two moments of dawn and dusk every day when Yin and Yang were equally divided.

But that was only for a moment.

It was a truly extremely short moment.

Leaving these two moments, whether before or after, the efficiency was not as good as the Great Yin-Yang Method. The further away from these two moments, the greater the difference in efficiency. By the time it approached noon or midnight, one simply couldn't cultivate.

But the Great Yin-Yang Method maintained the cultivation efficiency of these two moments almost all the time, and was not restricted by time. Whether it was midnight or noon, one could cultivate, and there was such efficiency.

The difference in cultivation speed was indeed not small.

Personal experience made Lin Jue even more surprised.

And this was still at the stage where he was just learning the Great Yin-Yang Method and practicing while listening to the ancient book's explanation. Coupled with the fact that he had to overcome his original cultivation habits—after all, the two were contradictory in many places—and the fact that the human energy in the capital was too heavy and the spiritual rhyme was mixed, it was not a good place for cultivation. Calculated this way, the difference was even greater than what he experienced today.

And this was different from Xiao Xiao Shimei obtaining the Five Elements Spiritual Method.

Xiao Xiao Shimei's cultivation talent was in the Five Elements, but what she originally cultivated was the Yin-Yang Spiritual Method. Although switching to the Five Elements was a good thing, she would inevitably lose some cultivation.

Switching from the Lesser Yin-Yang Method to the Great Yin-Yang Method would not.

And Lin Jue's first thought at this time was—

If only Master had a few more years.

But there was one more point worth comforting, which was that although Master had already passed away, the senior brothers were all fine.

They should be mostly fine.

Therefore, the second thought was that after he was proficient in cultivation, he would definitely pass it on to his senior brothers.

"Hoo……"

Lin Jue stood up.

This should be the greatest harvest since coming to the capital, and it was also his main purpose for coming to the capital.

……

A few days later, the crabapple in the courtyard was even more lush and green in this early autumn season.

And having received the news of Lin Jue's return, Wan Xinrong, Daoist Tao, and that person surnamed Lei came to visit one after another. Master Fan also came here and set up a stove to boil tea for them.

Lin Jue knew that this fellow Daoist Wan had quite an idea of following him ever since he helped him avenge his wife's murder and picked him up on Fengshan. And that person surnamed Lei had a very direct personality; he probably saw his ability and felt that following him would have fame and a future, so he came to pay a visit.

Daoist Tao didn't know if there was such a reason, but the two sides fought side by side, and after Lin Jue disappeared for a long time, it was reasonable for him to come to the door once.

This was the most basic human relationship in the capital.

Master Fan on the side made a good pot of tea, added tea for them one by one, and said to him:

"Didn't you always want to find that eccentric expert of the Gathering Immortals Mansion who practices the Divine Walking Technique, fellow Daoist Lin? Now, thanks to the blessings of all fellow Daoists, he has returned from the northwest. He admires you very much, fellow Daoist Lin, and is willing to exchange another spell with his own ability."

Lin Jue was stunned after hearing this.

On the table, a white fox the size of a fingernail was standing on the edge of the teacup, lowering its head to steal Lin Jue's tea. Hearing this, it also turned its head to look at Master Fan.

It was rare for Master Fan to be so attentive.

However, now that his own fox had learned the shrinking technique, and he himself was about to obtain it, coupled with the method of summoning beasts and birds, it would be a thousand miles a day. The need for a method of traveling was much smaller than before.

Fortunately, different spells have their own wonderful uses, and Lin Jue was still very happy to collect them.

It would have been even better if it had come earlier.

(End of chapter)