Chapter 550: Seven-Tailed White Fox

Seeing off the several immortals who came to congratulate and build connections, half of whom were acquaintances, Lin Jue also relaxed.

He then looked outside the courtyard, his gaze as if it could penetrate the courtyard walls and trees to see those imperial guards.

Thanks to them for these three years, otherwise, who knows how many people would have gathered outside the courtyard to watch the fun, who knows if anyone would have crowded the door, if anyone would have climbed the wall. In short, even the noise caused by kneeling, praying, or calling the names of gods would have affected the peace.

Gods naturally have ways and abilities to block these people, but whether it is other clever tricks or spells, they are actually not as simple and effective as the imperial guards.

Even the mysteries of spells might have the opposite effect.

Anyway, upright gods will not hurt people at will, and they are nothing more than wanting to pray to the gods for peace, or wanting to see the true face of the gods, none of which are great evils. If gods use spells to stop them, it makes them feel the wonder of the spells and confirms that there are truly gods inside, then attracting more people to come.

So Lin Jue said:

"Many thanks to you all for guarding day and night. We are leaving now. Please tell the Emperor and your superiors that there is no need to guard here anymore."

The voice drifted out with the clear breeze.

What he didn't say was that guarding here was equivalent to living in an immortal realm with rich spiritual charm and sufficient mysteries every day, breathing spiritual energy with every breath, and even today there were a few scattered immortal energies. It was a rare and beautiful job in itself—perhaps these imperial guards had gradually sensed it. After all, although there had been shift changes in these three years, wind and rain were inevitable, but not only had they not been sick again, but their bodies and spirits were actually

getting better every day. Apart from this courtyard where gods lived, could there be any other reason?

Upon hearing this, the many imperial guards felt a sense of relief, but also had a look of regret, unable to help but look back into the courtyard, but naturally, they couldn't see anything.

Another clear breeze rose in the courtyard, and Lin Jue, the Xiao Xiao Shimei, or Ziyun, Xu Yi, and Pu Mei, and even the youngest disciple Xian Zhu, all turned into clear breezes and left.

In the blink of an eye, the courtyard was empty again.

Empty, and clean, as if everyone had never been here.

Mount Feng already had two immortals.

"Xiao Xiao Shimei, you always complained that my thunder cloud was pitch black and not good-looking. Now that you have achieved the Truth and attained the Dao, you can also control ordinary clouds and mist, so I will also give you a cloud."

Lin Jue pulled down a cloud.

This cloud was the same as the cloud given to him by that Daoist Yuzhuan back then. Although it was an ordinary white cloud, it was very beautiful and highly condensed. After shrinking to a size of one zhang, it was even more like cotton. It was the kind of cloud hanging behind a mountain peak or in the sky, which a leisurely person lying on the ground could look at and be dazed for a while, feeling joy in their heart.

"I also chose this cloud in the sky. Before Xiao Xiao Shimei finds your five-colored auspicious cloud, you can drive this cloud first. Anyway, I have already taught you the method of driving clouds."

"This cloud is not bad! Come here!"

The Xiao Xiao Shimei shouted, and the white cloud flew over, gathered under her feet, and directly lifted her up.

"Soft..."

The Xiao Xiao Shimei knew the method of driving clouds.

Previously, she had not achieved the Truth and attained the Dao and could not stand on ordinary clouds and mist, but Lin Jue had given her a token and shared a thunder cloud with her, which she had used to practice.

Now that she had achieved the Truth and attained the Dao and had immortal energy, being close to the nature of heaven and earth, she was even more handy at controlling ethereal things like clouds and mist.

She immediately drove the cloud into the sky and flew a few laps.

One moment she rose with the wind from the cloud, and the next she jumped down from the high sky and landed on the cloud, playing happily.

After a long time, she landed.

"Alright, alright, wait for the disciples to see and laugh at you," Lin Jue said with a smile. "And it's not like you haven't experienced this feeling before."

"I have experienced it, but how can the illusionary realm compare to the real one?" the Xiao Xiao Shimei replied. "Besides, having been out for so many years, I have almost forgotten it."

"Master! What illusionary realm?" Ziyun on the side couldn't help but be curious.

"You don't need to worry about it."

"Oh! Then what does it feel like to achieve the Truth and attain the Dao?"

"Free! Incomparably free! It's like feeling that your body can be lighter than the wind, and you don't need to do anything, just the wind blowing can take you anywhere!" the Xiao Xiao Shimei answered her. "And you can feel the cold and heat of the weather as if it has nothing to do with you anymore, and rain and snow cannot affect you. Your spirit is clear, your eyes are bright, as if you will not be tired, and you are always full of energy. It is the most comfortable and free state!"

The disciples and grand-disciples listened and were full of envy.

Xu Yi, Pu Mei, and Xian Zhu looked at Lin Jue even more. So this was the kind of life Master had been living all these years.

"You all should work hard..."

Lin Jue looked at them and met his Xiao Xiao Shimei's eyes.

Now, whether it was Lin Jue or the Xiao Xiao Shimei, their guidance to the disciples was undoubtedly much more attentive, but it was just unknown how many of them would eventually achieve the Truth and attain the Dao, and how many would turn into yellow soil before the current dynasty.

"Senior Brother, I am going to find my seven-colored auspicious cloud."

"One moment you say five-colored auspicious cloud, the next you say seven-colored auspicious cloud. Is it five-colored or seven-colored?"

"They are all the same, whichever comes to mind first."

"As you wish." Lin Jue nodded. "Let Ziyun stay with me and cultivate with Xu Yi and the others. Anyway, now that we are gradually entering a golden age, there are not many demons and ghosts down the mountain. Nine out of ten people who go to your Daoist temple to worship and pray are seeking fame, wealth, and status. I think it's fine to close the door."

"I'll leave a wooden board. If there are demons causing trouble, tell them to write it on it, and Ziyun can go and take a look every few days," the Xiao Xiao Shimei said. "It just so happens to practice the Unrestrained Technique."

"That works too."

Several people didn't speak anymore.

Whoosh, a clear breeze! There was no one on the top of the mountain.

In the pavilion, the fox was listless, walking toward Lin Jue, bumping into him with its head, and then looking up at him:

"The fox is a bit wrong."

"What's wrong?"

"In the courtyard, when refining pills, the fox absorbed Xiao Xiao Shimei's immortal energy, and coupled with serious cultivation, it's a bit sleepy, and its butt is itchy," the fox said to him. "It seems to be growing a tail."

"Then take a nap. It just so happens that I want to go into seclusion to realize the Dao, so I'll just guard you on the side."

"Okay~"

The fox nodded weakly, fell down on the spot, and lay on its side.

Lin Jue sat down beside it.

There is truly no time before an immortal.

Just like in the illusionary realm, the fox slept for three years.

Lin Jue also sat cross-legged beside it and realized the Dao for three years.

The only difference was that at the beginning, the fox was as small as the colored civet, so that when playing with the colored civet, it wouldn't look like it was bullying it. But after only three days, it slowly let go of the control of the transformation technique in its sleep and grew bigger bit by bit. Even though this pavilion was far higher and larger than ordinary houses, like an imperial palace, it was filled to the brim by it.

Even its tail hair squeezed out from the windows and the doorway.

Looking from afar, one would think that the pavilion on this cliff was covered with white hair, and it was overflowing.

And it was still growing.

Lin Jue had no choice but to find a way to move it out, place it in the deep mountains, and use magic to build a huge stone pavilion to shelter it from wind and rain, still sitting beside it to cultivate.

Three years later, the fox grew its seventh tail.

Seven tails of a fox, that is an immortal.

That day, there were still auspicious clouds and rosy light, and celestial phenomena.

There were still immortals who were closer coming to watch the fun.

Even all the demons and mountain monsters on Mount Feng seemed to have sensed it, either turning their heads to look in this direction or foolishly looking up at the sky.

It was just that Fuyao was a demon after all, and the nine-tailed fox was also a demon. Immortals everywhere knew the character and preferences of the current Celestial Emperor, so no one came to congratulate.

At the same time—

In a deep mountain in Huizhou, a gorgeously dressed god had sat for I don't know how many years, motionless, but suddenly opened his eyes today.

In Qingyan County, Qinzhou, a figure was applying makeup, and also opened her eyes and turned to look in this direction.

And in other places, there were demons who sensed it.

All were demon immortals who had achieved the Truth and attained the Dao.

In the deep mountains with rosy light and auspicious clouds, there was a fox in the middle, but its face was serious, without any immortal style at all.

It sat upright in the deep mountains, as big as a small hill. First, it curiously looked up at the rosy light and auspicious clouds in the sky, then turned its head back to look at the seven tails fanned out behind it, and even couldn't help but reach out its claws to flick the one that had just grown.

With its claws hooked, it took it in front of it to look carefully, just when it thought it was going to see something, it suddenly opened its mouth and took a bite.

While playing, it suddenly straightened up, hit the pavilion cover built of mountain stones on its head, and hurriedly shrank its head, looking up at the top of its head.

No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like a demon immortal or a demon king.

On the contrary, a Daoist sitting not far away, on the edge of the pavilion, sat as still as a rock, quite imposing.

"Woke up?"

A leisurely voice came over.

"Woke up!" the fox said. "Why is it already daytime?"

"Naturally, it's daytime."

"The fox slept for a day!"

"Slept for a thousand days."

"A thousand days!!"

"Why so surprised?"

"How long did I sleep in there?"

"Where? In the illusionary realm?" Lin Jue said. "It was about the same time, with a slight discrepancy."

"Also that long?"

"Why?"

"It also felt like a day!"

"You..."

Lin Jue reached out his hand, wanting to touch it, but when he raised his hand, he didn't know how to touch it, so he said again: "Become smaller."

The fox listened and quickly became smaller.

Lin Jue touched its head:

"You have grown your seventh tail, but I haven't finished realizing my Dao. It's your turn to guard me."

"Okay!"

Looking at this huge stone pavilion located in the deep mountains, it was a good place to shelter from the sun and rain. Lin Jue didn't return to the pavilion, still sitting cross-legged here, closing his eyes.

Sun rises and moon sets, clouds and mist are ethereal.

The rosy light in the east brightened and dimmed, the evening mist in the west rose and retreated, green grass grew in the cracks of the stone pavilion in spring, reflected in the fox's glass-like eyes, the mountains were lush and green in summer, the mountains were full of red leaves in autumn, and in the cold winter

the entire Mount Feng and the stone pavilion, including the fox playing outside, were covered with snow.

Daoist Jiang came to admire the autumn.

The disciples came to deliver food.

Xiao Xiao Shimei also found the seven-colored auspicious cloud and came to show off in front of him.

And in the three spells of "Taking Life and Granting Longevity," "Breaking and Reconnecting," and "Dispersing and Re-gathering," Lin Jue's realization gradually deepened. He hadn't reached the time in the illusionary realm when he began to realize immortality, but his realization was even deeper than in the illusionary realm, and his foundation was naturally more solid. ===== CHAPTER 551 =====