Chapter 477: with translation of chapter title

From the arrow striking the beast, to the nine-tailed fox spirit appearing and being burned, to the heavenly thunder striking down, this whole process was very brief.

Once the heavenly thunder arrives, those guys will retreat again, and we also need to dodge.

So, I must kill as many as possible within the limited time.

Draw the bow fully, release, recall the arrow feathers, draw the bow fully again…

I have to say, during the initial period when I obtained Feng Wu, Li Qingying's sparring practice was remarkably effective; even though those fellows were being chased all over by Hu Yulin below, I still managed to hit every shot!

Beasts fell one after another, their boar-like hides bursting open, and the spirits of the nine-tailed foxes appeared one after another…

Hu Yulin also cooperated very well; although he seemed to be running about randomly, he was actually circling continuously around that area of the ancestral tomb.

This ensured that those beasts were ultimately shot dead around the area of the ancestral tomb.

Linghai Forbidden Ground

As the thunderbolt struck the nine-tailed fox spirit, it also affected the ancestral tomb's ground.

Yin Mountain Fox Clan

Heavenly Tribulation

Seven thunderbolts fell in succession upon the ancestral tomb's ground, where a blood mist quickly rose and lingered for a long time.

After this wave of thunder passed, we had intended to launch another attack and, by the way, approach the ancestral tomb's ground to scout, but a low rumble of thunder boomed overhead, and the three of us simultaneously stepped back.

Cultivation

Third Heavenly Thunder

Heavenly thunder, accompanied by lightning like a spiderweb, struck straight down at the ancestral tomb's ground with tremendous force, not inferior to the heavenly thunder Liu Junyan endured while undergoing tribulation in the Linghai Forbidden Ground.

Liu Junyan was also covered in wounds at that time; if he had not finally obtained the White Dragon's inner elixir, he would have had to lie in bed for a long time to recover slowly.

We held our breath and focused intently, staring fixedly at the ancestral tomb's ground, fearing to miss any detail.

White Dragon Inner Elixir

Immediately after, a second heavenly thunder struck down, louder than the first, shaking heaven and earth.

At that moment, a figure stumbled out from the Yin Mountains, and I instinctively drew my bow and aimed at him.

"Wait!" Hu Yulin called out to stop, "Xiao Jiu, don't kill him; he is our fox clan's great elder."

While speaking, Hu Yulin had already rushed forward, supported the old man, and brought him over to us.

The old man had white beard and hair, and bore an air of immortal grace.

But at this moment he was covered in blood, his complexion sallow, one leg dragging, his injuries extremely severe.

He seized Hu Yulin's arm, opened his mouth, wanting to say something.

But as soon as he opened his mouth, a large clot of blood vomited out, extremely frightening.

It looks like he's also hanging by a thread.

At the same moment, the Third Heavenly Thunder fell.

Hu Yulin infused some true qi into the elder's body, and the elder recovered somewhat.

He kept tightly gripping Hu Yulin's arm, his voice like a thread: "Yulin... we've been deceived, the ten-tailed fox... the ancestral grave... it's all a scam, the Fox Immortal... the Fox Immortal can't even survive."

At this moment my heart felt as if a hand had clenched it tightly, a tugging pain.

Hu Sanmei...

"Nonsense!" Hu Yulin's emotions grew more agitated: "Back then her inner dan was completely shattered, yet she stubbornly clung to life? Even with only one tail, she is just as powerful; I will find a way to save her!"

The Grand Elder shook his head wearily: "Yulin, the so-called nine-tailed fox Heavenly Punishment and curse are all a scam; this is a trap set by someone with ill intent against our Yin Mountain Fox Clan, using this method to seek a yin fox with the same constitution as the original ten-tailed fox. The Fox Immortal... she is, up to now, the only one..."

Boom!

We were all stunned by this news.

Hu Yulin shook his head firmly: "No, impossible—I will save her! Even if I have to sacrifice my life, I will definitely rescue her! The Yin Mountain Fox Clan cannot be without her; I... I..."

If it weren't for having to support the Grand Elder's body, I estimate Hu Yulin would have already rushed into the depths of the ancestral grave.

At the moment he turned his head, Liu Junyan slapped his shoulder hard, sternly saying: "It looks like this Heavenly Tribulation is aimed at Hu Sanmei; if you rush over now, you'll just be giving away your life for nothing, serving no purpose."

"Yulin, you must stay calm; from now on the Yin Mountain Fox Clan can only rely on you."

The Grand Elder seems to have begun a final rally; his spirit and energy look somewhat better than before.

He sat up, stared at Hu Yulin, and said earnestly: "The so-called ten-tailed fox is actually a paradox; in this world there truly is no fox that can grow ten tails—nine tails is already the mandate of heaven."

Liu Junyan asked: "Then what exactly was the ten-tailed fox back then?"

"After all these years, I only figured it out tonight." The Grand Elder explained: "The classification of the fox clan is broad; besides dividing by fur color, there is actually a little-known group called the Yin Fox."

Yin Foxes are born in the Yin Realm, extremely rare; they cultivate Yin Dan and Merit. It is said that a single ordinary Yin Dan can offset a hundred years of Yin Lifespan, and with a slightly higher grade, the amount of Yin Lifespan multiplies.

The ten-tailed fox back then was likely a yin-yang harmonious body; the yang fox can cultivate at most nine tails, and adding the yin fox's tails, not to mention ten tails—without the Heavenly Tribulation, even eighteen tails would not be impossible.

In just a moment, two more bolts of heavenly thunder fell.

The Grand Elder's body began to twitch slightly; he could barely hold on.

From his words we could actually grasp the main point.

The Fox Immortal's cultivation has always been accompanied by the bolstering of Merit.

A yin-yang harmonious fox, unconsciously, not only cultivates the yang fox's Xiūwéi, but also the accumulated Merit bolstering the yin fox side also enhances its Xiūwéi.

The ten-tailed fox back then should have been a yin-yang harmonious body.

As for how many yang fox tails and how many yin fox tails she actually grew, no one can say.

Over these years, the Heavenly Punishment and curse of the nine-tailed fox of the Yin Mountain Fox Clan have actually been screening for yin-yang harmonious bodies.

Only nine-tailed foxes with an ordinary constitution will be killed by the Heavenly Punishment and curse.

And like Hu Sanmei, whose inner dan was shattered yet still retained one tail of the nine—that tail is actually the yin fox's tail, and also the mark of the yin fox!

Hu Sanmei is a yin-yang harmonious body.

At the moment her inner dan was shattered, her constitution had in fact already been completely changed.

In a sense, Hu Sanmei was already a yin fox a hundred years ago.

Just that her condition back then was very unstable, her temperament was also fierce, she went around courting death, constantly being battered by various Heavenly Tribulations, to the point that she couldn't even leave Yin Mountain.

But this actually protected her in a roundabout way.

Man proposes, heaven disposes; after a hundred or so years of rest, she finally recovered.

The moment she could walk out of Yin Mountain signified that her yin-fox constitution had stabilized.

This is why the other party, after lying low in Wangting Mountain for so many years, chose recently to abandon Wangting Mountain and completely infiltrate Yin Mountain.

Because, the time has finally ripened……