Chapter 114: Pinning Down the Imperial Concubine, Taking the Reward (First Update, Seeking)

A karmic connection?

What kind of karmic connection?

Ren Yidao had absolutely no time to ponder this karmic connection being forcibly shoved into his mouth at this moment.

Is this karmic connection of yours ripe?

Did you poison it!!?

What are you trying to do to this little fox of mine!!?

But his struggle was still too late.

Ren Yidao channeled his mental energy to resist, but that force was not blocked at all.

Not mental energy?

Next, that force seemed to have been stimulated, suddenly accelerating its speed.

Although that force was gentle and harmless, it was unreasonable, rushing straight along his brow center toward his Consciousness Sea.

But before that force could truly reach the Consciousness Sea, the Divine Statue at the very center of Ren Yidao's Consciousness Sea reacted.

That Divine Statue, whose face could not be clearly seen, raised its head, slowly opened its eyes, and looked toward the flying light.

A pair of indifferent eyes lit up in the depths of the Consciousness Sea.

The next moment, that flying light rebounded at an even faster speed.

"Ah!"

Withdrawing her finger as if electrocuted, Ran Guifei looked in shock at her finger, which had turned charred black.

"What is going on?"

What she had just unleashed was not some Thunder Method, but a strand of Inheritance Qi from the Qi Gazing Technique; how could it possibly have been bounced back?

Could it be that human and demon cultivation techniques are not compatible?

Sss—

Accompanied by the sound of burning, a sharp pain came from Ren Yidao's brow center.

At the same moment, the Fox Tail Clone remaining in the room felt the same sharp pain.

The scar in the center of his brow, left behind when he stepped into the Earth Realm and severed his connection with the past Divine Statue, slowly split open once again.

But no blood flowed out; what erupted from the fissure was a dazzling, eye-catching light!

"Ahhh!"

Because of the sharp pain, the clone fell to one knee, almost fainting entirely.

Stimulated by the sharp pain in the brow center, the main body's white fox form erupted with a ferocity suppressed for many years.

His eyes turned into vertical pupils, a sharp glint flashed within them, and a fierce light burst forth.

Roar!!!

With a low roar, he violently broke free from the Imperial Concubine's restraint, and the white fox lunged directly at her!

"Wait, wait a moment!"

Ran Yeting wanted to raise her hands to block, but it was already too late.

They were too, too close!

Clang!

"Ah!"

Amidst Ran Yeting's exclamation, she was pinned directly beneath the white fox.

The white fox, which had been no larger than an arm, was now massive, over six feet in length, its fierce and violent temperament completely different from its previous petite self.

Its two front paws pressed firmly against Ran Guifei's arms, forcing her into an unseemly posture with her hands held above her head.

Ran Yeting wanted to struggle, but she suddenly realized she could not move at all.

Looking at the drastically changed Fox Demon before her, Ran Yeting suddenly realized one thing.

This Fox Demon was not the kind of kind little demon with newly awakened intelligence that she had imagined.

Such physical strength... this was very likely a Fox Demon that had already stepped into the Earth Realm!

How did it sneak into the city?

Even if it could take human form, it should definitely still retain characteristics of a Demon Beast.

Moreover, wasn't there a Demon-Revealing Mirror at the city gate to break the Demon Race's Secret Technique for taking human form?

But setting aside its identity as a member of the Demon Race, she had also seen with her own eyes this white fox allowing her daughter to stroke it, using that to comfort her...

However, fortunately, Ran Guifei was not some noble lady who had never ventured into the world; she could sense the Fox Demon's current emotions.

Although the other party was angry now, it had no murderous intent toward her.

Angry, but not insane.

The white fox was still restraining its own ferocity.

She did not resist, but instead spoke slowly without provoking the other party:

"Don't be afraid, I truly have no malice toward you."

"I don't know what happened to you either; I originally only wanted to give you a strand of Inheritance Qi."

"Although I don't know what went wrong, you shouldn't have been harmed."

Shut up.

There really isn't a single word of truth in a woman's mouth.

The white fox bared its teeth fiercely and glared viciously at Ran Guifei, but in the end, it did not bite down.

After all, this was still her Junior Sister's mother, and could be considered her sister-in-law.

Hmph!

The scar between his brows was still stinging faintly, but the burning sensation now was somewhat different from before, and he felt a subtle sensation in his heart.

There, it seemed that some new changes were about to occur.

But Ren Yidao was not one to suffer a loss, always one to settle a grudge on the spot.

It released Ran Guifei's arms, but just as she prepared to rise, it caught her off guard and snatched a hairpin from her hair with its mouth.

It possessed no special power; it was merely an ordinary ornament.

Ren Yidao had no interest in women's hairpins; it was simply a habitual "a thief never leaves empty-handed."

Hmph, this is my reward, I'm taking it!

"Ah, you..."

Flaunting its triumph, the white fox leaped off her, jumped onto the table in one bound, and disappeared through the window in another.

Goodbye to you!

Watching the white fox, which had returned to its previous size and was still holding her hairpin in its mouth, disappear outside the window, Ran Guifei was both annoyed and amused.

"Hehe, what a little fox that has never seen the world."

Looking at the various treasures in her boudoir, she shook her head repeatedly.

If you really wanted to take revenge on me, couldn't you have just taken anything else? You had to snatch a hairpin from my head.

"However, this is also fine."

Ran Guifei smiled as she gathered her loosened hair behind her back and whispered:

"Although the process was a bit different, a bond of kindness should have been formed."

No matter how much Ran Yeting disliked the Ran Family, she could not erase the fact that she was a member of the Ran Family.

And the Ran Family, since ancient times, had not relied on military exploits to be enfeoffed as Marquis or appointed as generals.

They relied on their eye for talent.

They were an anomaly among the noble families, always rising through investment.

Discovering excellent talent, and then providing them with massive investment in the early stages.

When Ran Yeting was young, she gambled once; she placed her chips on Li Long.

That time, she bet correctly and became a favored Imperial Concubine above ten thousand people.

And now, she wanted to gamble once more.

Ran Yeting chose to place a new round of chips on this little white fox she had just met.

The Ran Family's Qi Gazing Technique is very special, not like other physiognomy techniques that can directly provide a general answer.

The Qi in the eyes of the Ran Family is divided into animal shapes with different meanings, and even the same animal can have vastly different destinies.

Some people have Qi above their heads like a tiger; they can serve as city guards below, or defend the borders as generals above.

Some people have Qi above their heads like a snake; they can be village thugs below, or serve as officials in the imperial court above.

In her eyes, Li Long's Qi was a golden giant dragon, coiled above the entire Wentian.

But as for this little fox, Ran Guifei actually found it somewhat difficult to understand.

Above the white fox's head was a multi-tailed white fox that looked harmless.

No matter how she looked at it, Ran Guifei could not count the number of tails, because they were constantly changing.

But regardless of how many there were, it was definitely not an ordinary omen.

"The bond of kindness is formed; I hope you will take good care of Ling'er and Yi'er in the future."

Ran Guifei dispersed her internal energy, returned to her usual lazy demeanor, lay down on the bed, and slowly closed her eyes.

But she quickly opened her eyes again and blinked rapidly.

"Uh, how is it supposed to get out of the palace?"