Chapter 351 - 350: God’s Capital, Trade

With Fu Yao’s statement in mind, Li Jing naturally wouldn’t be vague.

He now recounted the information he knew about the Fox Master and the fact that the Fox Master had quietly taken over the base of the Demon Beast Union.

Fu Yao was very composed.

She sat in front of the incense table, listening to Li Jing’s words without interruption.

After Li Jing narrated everything, he looked at Fu Yao.

"As for the Fox Master’s real name, I don’t have a clear understanding. I wonder if Clan Chief Fu has any ideas?"

"I have a rough idea."

Fu Yao nodded and spoke as gently as an orchid.

"Our Lingnan Fox Clan has always been open to outside fox demons, which indirectly results in the occasional influx of malicious fox demons that corrupt the atmosphere of Yun City. Such fox demons are never tolerated and are always expelled. To avoid these expelled fox demons from tarnishing our reputation, we usually keep a close watch on them silently after they have been expelled."

After that, she continued.

"The Fox Master you mentioned, Li Inspector, should be Guang Xin who joined the Lingnan Fox Clan about fifty years ago and was expelled not two years later for forming factions and acting tyrannically. Six other Seventh Realm fox demons were expelled along with him. The incident was quite big at the time, and I have a profound memory of it."

Upon hearing Fu Yao’s narration, Li Jing raised an eyebrow.

The Yun City Fu Yao mentioned was undoubtedly the town he was in at the moment.

She mentioned that the Fox Master once formed factions within the Lingnan Fox Clan and was expelled along with six "like-minded" Seventh Realm fox demons.

He had previously speculated about these things but had not spoken of them.

After all, speculations are only speculations.

He can’t make assumptions based on them in front of Fu Yao, the chief of the Lingnan Fox Clan.

Now that Fu Yao has revealed information that almost perfectly aligns with his speculation, it proves that she has definitely identified the right person.

So.

Apart from the Fox Master, there indeed are six other Seventh Realm fox demons supporting him.

This, was very fascinating.

However, there was one thing that Li Jing was somewhat concerned about.

If Fu Yao was able to instantly connect the information he gave with the real name of the Fox Master and his accomplices, it was likely that she not only had a deep impression of the seven Seventh Realm fox demons led by the Fox Master but had also discovered something different during her observation after their expulsion.

Just as he was thinking about this, Fu Yao continued.

"Yun City has been established for almost two thousand years, and countless fox demons have been expelled over the years, but without a doubt, Guang Xin and his comrades were the most troublesome. Because these seven are strong and have a vicious nature, they could cause chaos in the world."

"Our Lingnan Fox Clan has a peace treaty with Longyu. Naturally, we couldn’t just let things be after expelling them. After their expulsion, I had sent people to keep a close eye on them."

"Keeping an eye on the seven Seventh Realm fox demons is difficult, they are very familiar with our style of the Lingnan Fox Clan. Not long after they left, they escaped from Longyu to God Church Country, thereby shaking off my people."

After stating these three points, Fu Yao paused before continuing.

"It’s a territory of God Church Country that our Lingnan Fox Clan can’t step foot in. Among the treaty we signed with Longyu, one clause is to assist in defending against the invasion and minor actions from God Church Country. You should understand God Church Country, Inspector Li. Ever since the establishment of Longyu, they have never ceased their actions. They often provoke the border of Longyu, especially in the chaotic era when Longyu was just established, the actions of God Church Country were particularly frequent."

"Since the year, most of the minor actions of God Church Country have been repelled by our Lingnan Fox Clan. Some of the large-scale actions that we couldn’t fend off were then taken over by Longyu. To fulfill the treaty, our Lingnan Fox Clan has always been at odds with God Church Country, with a history of nearly a thousand years. They are constantly studying how to deal with us, with powerful ascetics stationed at the border all year round."

After explaining these points, Fu Yao sighed softly.

"To our Lingnan Fox Clan, God Church Country is a forbidden area. We wouldn’t set foot in it unless necessary. If Guang Xin and others were able to cross the border to reach the territory of God Church Country, it’s clear that they had reached some sort of agreement with God Church Country. Otherwise, being fox demons, they wouldn’t have been accepted."

Upon hearing Fu Yao’s narrative, Li Jing’s eyebrows slightly frowned.

The several aspects Fu Yao mentioned suggested that the development of the power behind the Fox Master started from God Church Country.

Why they were accepted by God Church Country wasn’t difficult to discern.

After all, Fu Yao was straightforward.

For a thousand years, the Lingnan Fox Clan had been resolving troubles from the God Church Country for Longyu on the borderline.

The two sides were not only incompatible, but the God Church Country had always been studying how to deal with them.

If Fox Master and the other six provided some information casually, the God Church Country would naturally welcome these traitors.

Not only would they be welcomed, they could even be royally treated as guests.

The seven fox demons, led by Fox Master, had been expelled for nearly fifty years.

It is unclear how much influence they have gained during this time.

The key is that their development may not have been without the strong support of the God Church Country.

In other words.

No matter how the power behind Fox Master has developed outside its territory, its base must be in the heartland of the God Church Country, and it is likely to maintain a certain connection with the God Church Country itself.

This is a bit troublesome.

The key is that it involves a whole country.

The good news is.

Although the God Church Country is not weak, it basically can’t do anything right and occasionally does some strange things.

The support that Fox Master and others can get from the God Church Country is relatively limited, at least not expanding indefinitely.

About this...

Li Jing wondered if he should stop here.

But that thought was quickly extinguished by him.

He was very concerned about those six Seventh Realm fox demons.

The possibility that the power behind Fox Master was supported by the God Church Country was indeed a tough problem.

But at the same time, Li Jing was also quite looking forward to seeing how they had developed.

After nearly fifty years of development, could they have dragged many fox demons, even other demon beasts, into their fold?

After a brief silence, Li Jing looked up.

"After Fox Master and others went to the God Church Country, what kind of development did they have, Clan Chief Fu, do you know about this?"

"I do know a bit."

Clan Chief Fu gave a nod.

"Our Lingnan Fox Clan, stationed on the border between Longyu and God Church Country, is not just eating and waiting to be provoked. We have always been doing intelligence work, and for a long time, the Intelligence Department of Longyu has been cooperating with us to better deal with the God Church Country."

As she spoke, she said, with a light voice.

"According to the information I have, Guangxin and others have established a city similar to Yun Cheng in the barren desert in the north of the God Church Country, named God’s Capital. They absorb a unique type of Fox demon in the area, the God-Church Fox, in a manner similar to our Yun Cheng, and deliberately transformed a large number of God-Church Foxes when the city was initially established."

Upon hearing Fu Yao say this, Li Jing had an odd expression.

Fox Master and his followers had quite a knack for things.

Mimicking the operating mode of Yun Cheng, they set up a Fox Demon City within the God Church Country?

This damn thing wouldn’t have happened without the support of the God Church Country.

With this information in hand, Li Jing became even more determined to make a trip to the God Church Country.

In just fifty years.

The Fox Demon power that Fox Master and his followers have established, it definitely wouldn’t match up to the thousand-year development of the Lingnan Fox Clan.

Fu Yao has just mentioned this before.

The establishment of Yun City dates back two thousand years ago.

Longyu Country was only founded a thousand years ago...

Their development here has been at least twice the history of Longyu.

How can fifty years be compared to two thousand years?

But that does not stop Guangxin and his team from making a significant push.

Originally, Li Jing had his eyes set on the Fox Master and his group, or rather he was craving for a few Seventh Realm fox demons.

Now, he has developed a craving for experience.

He could never set off a World Thunder Punishment in Yun City.

But what kind of constraint would he have when he reaches the territory of God Church Country?

Within the borders of God Church Country, there’s no place that would welcome the people of Longyu.

If he decided to go there, he couldn’t present himself as a citizen of Longyu, let alone an official dignitary.

Going to a foreign country to create a forbidden skill,

Even if it’s on the wastelands, that’s definitely breaking a taboo.

But as long as no one knows it’s him, that’s okay, isn’t it?

The more Li Jing thought about it, the more eager he became, he turned his kindly face to Fu Yao sitting across from him.

"Clan Chief Fu, do you know the exact location in the north of God Church Country where the Fox Master and the others have built their city?"

Fox demons are naturally intelligent.

The Fu Yao sitting across from him appears to be a young girl of eighteen, but as someone in the Eighth Realm, she’s nearly a thousand years old.

People become wiser with age.

And isn’t the same true of demons?

As soon as Li Jing asked, Fu Yao immediately figured out that this man in front of her was planning to stir up trouble in God Church Country.

To be honest, Fu Yao was quite happy to hear this.

The Lingnan Fox Clan has always had no fondness for God Church Country, which is always at odds with them.

Even without the treaty with Longyu, they would be opposed to God Church Country.

If someone could go and make a disturbance, that would be perfect.

If it were an ordinary person, Fu Yao wouldn’t think that he had the ability to stir up trouble against a nation’s power.

But Li Jing was different.

This man had directly conversed with the Heavenly Path.

In her thousand years of life, Fu Yao had only seen one such existence.

No matter what Li Jing was capable of, she wouldn’t be surprised.

The problem is...

What is Li Jing’s identity?

An on-duty patrol...

If he were caught within the territory of God Church Country, it wouldn’t be a simple case of illegal entry, he would definitely be treated as a spy.

Not to mention that this guy clearly wants to go and cause trouble, what if he’s caught...

But at the moment, Li Jing seems to be unafraid of trouble.

After looking at Li Jing carefully, Fu Yao couldn’t help but glance at Yulian who was sitting next to him.

This woman, she didn’t say a word since they started their conversation and was content to sit there quietly.

Now that Li Jing wants to mess with God Church Country, Yulian still does not bat an eyelid.

This, to be fair, Fu Yao was a bit uncertain about these two.

If two people are traveling together, shouldn’t there be one sensible one?

The man doesn’t understand.

Shouldn’t the woman understand too!

If she were of a different status, Fu Yao wouldn’t mind.

The problem was, she was the clan chief of the Lingnan Fox Clan.

If she provided information that led to Li Jing causing some stir in God Church Country, if Longyu got into trouble and started investigating, she would definitely be hit with a massive responsibility.

So.

What should she do?

Fu Yao hesitated.

Li Jing was a sensible man.

He knew that Fu Yao could read his intentions.

And he could also roughly guess her fear of taking the blame.

A person is chief of a clan, it’s understandable she has reservations.

But he must have this information.

The question is...

How can he persuade Fu Yao to disclose what she knows?

After some thought, Li Jing started to propose.

"Chief Fu, how about we make a deal?"

"A deal?"

Fu Yao furrowed her brows.

"I will stay in Yun City for a day, allowing you to study the residual Heavenly Path Qi on my body, and during that time, I will cooperate with you as much as possible."

Li Jing smiled.

"..."

Fu Yao.

This condition was extremely tempting.

She didn’t hold any hope initially, but Li Jing suddenly became "considerate".

Biting her red lips lightly, Fu Yao hesitated for a moment, before slowly raising two fingers.

"Two days."

"Agreed."

Li Jing nodded promptly.

Fu Yao seemed pleased by this simple agreement.

But immediately after.

She felt that she had "asked for" too little.

The Heavenly Path Qi, was not an ordinary thing after all.

In two days, she was afraid that she might not come up with something substantial.

But since the words had been spoken, it was wrong for her to take it back.

On this end, Li Jing and Fu Yao quickly completed their "transaction" and turned their heads towards Yulian.

"Xiaoyu, do you want to have fun in Yun City by yourself, or...?"

"I’ll stay by your side."

Yulian responded softly.

"I’m very interested in what the Heavenly Path Qi is. Clan Chief Fu’s cultivation shares the same origin as mine, observing it may be greatly beneficial to my future cultivation."

"Alright."

Li Jing nodded, then turned to Fu Yao again.

Fu Yao seeing this, explained.

"The city built by Guangxin and his accomplices is on the border between the God Church Country and the Northern God Kingdom, where there’s also an illusion art in place. If you don’t understand the way of formation, trying to find the exact location might be...."

Before Fu Yao could finish speaking, Li Jing gestured dismissively.

"No problem, knowing that there’s an illusion art in place, I have ways to find it."

Seeing him so confident, Fu Yao didn’t utter any more superfluous words and confirmed.

"So, shall we consider our transaction established?"

"Of course."

Li Jing shrugged, made a you can start now gesture and asked.

"I have no idea what the Heavenly Path Qi is, Clan Chief Fu, how should I cooperate?"

"No rush, I need to prepare in advance."

Fu Yao responded, hesitated, then asked.

"It may be somewhat troublesome for me to arrange everything by myself. Can I invite some helpers?"

"No."

Li Jing refused decisively.

"The trade involves only you and me, it has nothing to do with others. I don’t want to be observed."

Upon hearing this, Fu Yao clicked her tongue but didn’t object, and got up to leave.

"Let’s go to my place first."

"Okay."

Li Jing stood up.

This time, he was going all out to gain experience.

One must live up to one’s words. That’s his principle.

As he put it, he didn’t want to be observed.

The helpers Fu Yao was talking about were nothing more than the few top monsters of the Lingnan Fox Clan besides her.

Being observed by a group of fox demons, was not a good thing at all.

Who knows how many of them are females....

...

A moment later.

Li Jing and Yulian followed Fu Yao to a secluded courtyard in Yun city.

Wu Ming followed them there too.

But he did not enter the courtyard, he stayed at the entrance.

Fu Yao led Li Jing and Yulian into the courtyard and into the inner hall, she stopped and turned around.

"Son Li, you can first go and take a bath in my room, no rush. Miss Yulian, you come with me, I have a lot of things to prepare, I need your assistance."

No doubt, Fu Yao was rather real.

She had been calling Li Jing Li Inspector before, but now she had formally changed her address to "Son Li".

Leaving that aside.

Originally, Yulian only wanted to watch, but she didn’t expect that Fu Yao would seek her help.

This was a rare opportunity.

Staying by Li Jing’s side, she was curious as to what method Fu Yao had in mind.

Being able to participate would be great.

However, Yulian didn’t readily agree, instead she looked at Li Jing with a questioning gaze.

Seeing this, Li Jing readily nodded.

With his consent, Yulian softly responded.

"My cultivation is shallow, I may not be able to help Clan Chief Fu much."

"Not at all, you just have to lend me a hand."

Fu Yao laughed.

"The opportunity is rare, so I might as well give you some guidance. If you can grasp three-tenths of the setup later, you will have at least a sixty percent chance of crossing the tribulation when you step into the Seventh Realm in the future. If you can grasp five-tenths, the Seventh Realm tribulation is of no significance."

Upon hearing these words, Yulian’s eyes shone brightly.

Fu Yao’s confident assertion couldn’t be mere bragging.

This time, she must learn well.

Hearing Fu Yao say that, Li Jing also looked a bit strange.

Close to the Ninth Realm, in the late stage of the Eighth Realm.

Just three-tenths of a setup could give a Six Realm monster a sixty percent certainty in crossing the tribulation?

That sounded rather formidable.

Crossing a tribulation, was dangerous for both human and monster cultivators alike.

The condition for human cultivators was a bit better.

After all, they usually face the conventional Thunder Tribulation at the physical level. If the body couldn’t withstand it, they could rely on magic skills and tools to resist or even scatter the Thunder Tribulation.

The Spirit Tribulation that monsters had to face was absurdly dangerous in comparison.

On one hand, the Spirit Tribulation is on the spiritual level, rendering the physical strength that monsters boast about virtually useless.

On the other hand, although the Spirit Tribulation is physically visible, its essence is formless and insubstantial, making it impossible for most monsters to break it down.

What are monsters good at?

Physical strength.

You try to smash the formless and insubstantial Spirit Tribulation with a fist, isn’t that nonsense?

They neither understand Magic Skill nor can they control spiritual objects.

Only some monsters with unique talents may have the ability to deal with the Spirit Tribulation.

Therefore, in terms of facing the tribulation, the mortality rate of monsters, which have a far higher tolerance in battles than human cultivators, is extremely high, even several times higher.

Jiu Li, ever since ’sticking’ with Li Jing, has been living well but still suppresses the heavenly tribulation. The essence of this is to avoid the risk of his own demise as much as possible.

This part is a bit of an unexpected gain.

...

Fu Yao, as the Clan Chief of the Lingnan Fox Clan, knows how to enjoy himself.

In his house, there’s a bathing pool made entirely of white jade from an obvious spiritual object.

In the pool is a cool spring water billowing with a spiritual rhyme.

That’s not all.

Many bright red petals are scattered in the clear spring.

Upon seeing these petals, Li Jing honestly finds them quite dislikable.

Backed by his Seventh Realm cultivation.

A glance is all it takes for him to confirm that both the pool and the water are special, but the petals are ordinary.

But at this time, he has no choice.

Cleaning himself up is Fu Yao’s demand.

Since he had initially agreed to cooperate, he doesn’t have much of a choice.

But won’t you know it.

Once he entered the bath, he could immediately feel it.

The strands of spiritual rhyme permeating the bath constantly flowed through him into his body during soaking.

In addition to having an excellent nourishing effect on his body, it increased his body refining activity route by 20%.

What does 20% mean?

This is equivalent to accelerating his cultivation efficiency by 20%.

Li Jing is not cultivating.

But this is only limited to the Orthodox Immortality Path cultivation.

The body-refining route in his body is always self-operating and constantly improving his physical strength. Although the effect during the period is not as significant as leveling up by killing monsters, this effect is constantly accumulating.

This bath is worth taking for a longer time.

Anyway, Fu Yao needs time to prepare, he is not in a hurry to leave.

...

Unknowingly, more than an hour passed.

Li Jing lay comfortably in the bath, feeling his body constantly growing.

While enjoying himself, Fu Yao’s voice rang in his ear via transmission.

"Son Li, could you please come to the clearing?"

Upon receiving this message, Li Jing reluctantly got up, dressed neatly, went out and headed towards a separate courtyard with a "Clear" plaque.

He had just entered the courtyard when he saw Xiaoyu standing indoors with the gate wide open. Her face was flushed and she was only wearing a sheer veil.

Fu Yao was standing aside, dressed similarly.

Seeing this, Li Jing stopped abruptly.

The sheer veil Xiaoyu and Fu Yao are wearing is unique, not like the other veil Fu Yao had worn before.

Inside the veil, something similar to fog is swirling.

But that’s not the point.

The point is.

Under the gores around them, it’s clear there’s nothing.

If it weren’t for the fog-like thing swirling inside the veil, Li Jing would have seen everything with just one glance.

This situation is a bit provocative.

Li Jing, being a normal man, feels a bit overwhelmed.

You know what.

The two in front of him are a pair of Beauty Foxes, who mainly attack with charm.

Charm has no effect on him.

But he can’t resist these two beauties!

Seeing Li Jing enter the clearing, hesitate, and nearly lose his eyes, Fu Yao murmured impatiently.

"Hurry up, and stop dawdling. There’s nothing special, isn’t a human’s body just like this?"

"..."

Li Jing has nothing to say.

Fu Yao’s words make sense.

People are!

Doesn’t it just come down to this?

But doesn’t it also depend on the person too?

Avoiding placing his gaze on the two of them as much as possible, Li Jing stepped inside the house.

Before he could even stand still, Fu Yao waved her hand and closed the door.

"Take off your clothes, don’t leave the underpants on either."

"..."

Li Jing.

No!

This doesn’t seem right!

As he was in a state of confusion, Fu Yao rolled her beautiful eyes.

"I didn’t ask you to strip completely, leave your underwear on."