Chapter 293

Wang Ping'an's mind was in many places at once—he amused his mother while controlling the Paper Person, sneaked out the window, and immediately saw a sneaky fox.

Like a weasel preparing to steal chickens, it was doing preliminary observation!

"Is it a fox demon that came down from Nine-headed Mountain?"

Wang Ping'an frowned slightly, about to find a chance to kill this fox demon, when he noticed the aura emanating from it was somewhat familiar.

When he took a closer look, he realized this fox demon was an old acquaintance of his.

It was the guard at the Bei damen of Nine-headed Mountain, and also his first business partner.

It was very enthusiastic in front of him!

He earned his first low-grade spirit stone from it.

If it weren't for the too much money Hu Rui gave him, based on Hu Jiushisan's attitude, he would actually still want to keep doing business with it.

"Why isn't it guarding the Bei damen right now, but ran over here to do what?"

Wang Ping'an's mind filled with myriad suspicions, yet the killing intent toward Hu Jiushisan mostly dissipated; they were barely acquaintances, so as long as it didn't do evil, he would spare its life, he thought:

"Is it sent by the clan chief of the Nine-headed Mountain Fox Clan or by Hu Meiniang, and what is its purpose here—to see if my uncle leaves or what?"

He worried that maybe Hu Jianbo had taken an interest in him; he and Hu Jianbo had little contact, just a passing acquaintance, but some people, even with just a glance, can tell the other is smart.

Even if Hu Jianbo hadn't examined him personally and didn't know his specific situation, from Xuanqing Daozhang's attitude plus Hu Meiniang's bewitching—though it's unclear whether to call it bewitching or speculation—

One would think…

With Hu Jianbo's intelligence, he would surely discover his extraordinariness!

Initially.

Perhaps he feared his uncle's power and dared not harbor any petty thoughts, but after returning to Nine-headed Mountain, once free from his uncle's threats, and with Hu Meiniang possibly bewitching him from the side,

No one can guarantee that his suppressed petty thoughts won't resurface.

Once Hu Jianbo decides, taking advantage of his uncle's absence to secretly abduct him, even if discovered later, he could just pretend to be dead and deny it; even if his uncle causes trouble, at most it would only inflict heavy losses on the Nine-headed Mountain Fox Clan.

It wouldn't go so far as to cause the clan's extermination!

His uncle is formidable, but the Nine-headed Mountain Fox Clan isn't pushover either; they have an ancient ancestor, maintain ties with many powerful demons, and besides, they have the Qingqiu Fox as their backer.

As the saying goes: "Don't look at the monk's face, look at the Buddha's!"

As long as the Nine-headed Mountain Fox Clan doesn't pierce the heavens, there will be no extermination disaster.

Of course.

The premise is that after Hu Jianbo abducts him, confirms his extraordinariness, and to obtain him would rather let the Nine-headed Mountain Fox Clan suffer heavy losses.

"So!"

A flash of inspiration crossed Wang Ping'an's mind as he recalled the concealment jade talisman hanging from his neck; he said solemnly:

"If the clan chief of the Nine-headed Mountain Fox Clan truly intends to sneakily abduct me while my uncle is away, I cannot clash with him; I only need to let him know I am just an ordinary person."

"Even if there is some cost, it wouldn't be enough to make him suffer the heavy losses of the whole Nine-headed Mountain Fox Clan; he would return me!"

Hu Jianbo is the clan chief of the Nine-headed Mountain Fox Clan; whatever he does, he must consider the consequences, unlike those invincible loners who eat their fill while their family stays fed, without worrying about dragging relatives into trouble.

They act without considering consequences at all!

Of course. He does this because, besides being confident that Hu Jianbo isn't a wicked demon, he also has great faith in the concealment jade talisman on his neck, believing Hu Jianbo can't see anything special about it.

The concealment jade talisman is quite extraordinary, but ultimately it's just an elementary talisman; this one on his neck can't be said to be made by a master, but it must be the work of an experienced talisman crafter.

This concealment jade talisman can exceedingly exert the effect of a concealment talisman!

But whether it can work against someone like Hu Jianbo is uncertain.

He does not resist, first because he knows that even if he exerted 200% of his ability, he could not match Hu Jianbo, and second, he would be detected as abnormal by Hu Jianbo.

It might even provoke Hu Jianbo to go to extremes!

Second, his condition is such that even his uncle hasn't noticed anything abnormal, merely thinking he has a chance to become an acquired sword body and an elementary spiritual body.

Even if Hu Jianbo were even more formidable, he likely wouldn't detect his abnormality.

"This old man and old woman, at a glance you can tell they're not Paper Persons!"

Hu Jiushisan hid outside the bedroom of Wang Ping'an's grandparents, jumped onto the window, used a narrow gap, and saw the situation inside.

However.

Hu Jiushisan worried he might have misseen, so he checked carefully again, yet still saw nothing unusual about Zhang Guihua and Wang Lin.

You have arrived at this novel.

They are just ordinary human elders!

Having confirmed these two old folks weren't Paper Person companions, Hu Jiushisan carefully jumped down from the window, sneaked to another lit bedroom, and just as he leapt onto the window sill, he was about to look inside.

At first glance, Hu Jiushisan jumped in fright, almost crying out; he never imagined the mount of the Paper Person companion would be right in this bedroom, lying beneath the infant's bed.

"Could the Paper Person actually be here?"

Hu Jiushisan suppressed his inner excitement and hurriedly examined the bedroom closely.

Crawling back and forth on the bed, like an infant with endless energy…

No need to think; it definitely couldn't be a Paper Person.

Then it must be…

Hu Jiushisan's eyes lit up; his gaze immediately fixed on the woman on the bed watching the infant crawl, laughing continuously, but after staring for a while, the joy on his face gradually faded.

"Is she the Paper Person?"

Hu Jiushisan's fox face was full of strangeness; this thought hadn't lingered three seconds in its mind before it shook its head and denied itself.

Given Liu Dongzhu's current demeanor, there is not a trace to suggest she is a Paper Person companion addicted to slaughter in its eyes.

"Could it be that the woman's husband is the Paper Person companion?"

A speculation arose in Hu Jiushisan's mind, but when his peripheral vision caught Liu Dongzhu again, that speculation instantly collapsed.

It wasn't that he objected to Liu Dongzhu; rather, Liu Dongzhu is just an ordinary woman, her appearance… anyway, in their Nine-headed Mountain Fox Clan, even ordinary doesn't count—she's plain and unremarkable, showing no distinctive traits.

It doesn't know much about the paper Dao friend, but if the paper Dao friend wants to marry and have children, there will be countless possibilities; it absolutely will not and cannot marry such an ordinary woman.

「If this household is not the hiding place of the paper Dao friend...... 」

Hu Jiushisan seemed to think of something, his whole body trembled, he hastily rolled his eyes, looked at Wang Ping'an crawling on the bed, took a close look, and suddenly couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air; his face was full of shock.

(End of chapter)