Master of Ten Thousand Foxes

This dance is too strange!

A group of people dancing together adds even more bizarre magic.

Beside Bai Mo, Small and Big Eyes and Butterfly Knot each held a roasted sweet potato, widened their eyes, and nodded.

"Ying ying ying!"

"Ao ao ao!"

It really is too ugly!

What Xiangliu’s dance, Yaqi’s dance, ancestor’s dance... none can compare to the dance of Fox Mountain!

Speaking of which, hasn’t it been a long time since I’ve danced for Master?

Should I perform a segment for Master?

The two foxes excitedly looked at each other, then at the roasted sweet potato in their paws, furrowed their brows, decided to finish the sweet potato before dancing!

"Ying ying ying!"

Small and Big Eyes tore off a piece of golden crispy skin oozing with honey, offering it to Master’s mouth.

Bai Mo smiled and opened his mouth to eat it.

"Ao ao ao!"

Butterfly Knot carved out the hottest, moistest, honey-filled core of the roasted sweet potato, stuffing it toward Master’s mouth.

Bai Mo smiled and took a bite.

"You eat, you eat, I’ll peel one myself, you don’t need to feed me."

As he said this, he reached into the plate to take a roasted sweet potato.

Just about to peel it, he suddenly looked up, watching the scene in mid-air.

"Isn’t this witch dancing around kind of off?

What’s going on with the feathers behind her ears?

Are they decorations?

Were they there just now?

Why am I just seeing them now?"

...

Beside the bonfire.

The song stopped, the dance continued.

The melodious sound of the shakuhachi drifted into the mountain wind.

The ancient and crisp rhythm of the drum accompanied footsteps keeping rhythm.

The witch dancing in the queue seemed to feel her ears itching, wanted to scratch, but didn’t dare!

She could see Mr. Miyamoto at the front, waving a paper fan to command the rhythm, looking very serious!

What she didn’t know was that in the sky twenty thousand meters high, the Fire Toad’s eyes were deforming, focusing on the space behind her ears!

Miyamoto Rokuzo in front also casually cast his gaze over, catching sight of the newly sprouted feathers behind her ears!

They were two tufts of black and white mixed feathers growing respectively from behind her left and right ear roots, poking out, at first glance, making it look like her ears had grown larger.

Deep in Miyamoto Rokuzo’s eyes, the Snake-tailed Ancient Immortal’s eyes widened, breathing heavily, speaking excitedly.

"Haha, hahahaha, it’s real, it’s real!"

Miyamoto Rokuzo controlled his expression, but couldn’t hide his inner joy!

The bonfire jumped behind him, casting shadows in front of him.

His shadow turned into a grim dancing outline of an eight-headed serpent!

...

Inside the Bronze Hall, Bai Mo and his two disciples clearly saw the witch’s enlarged ears in the image.

Seeing the feather stalks indeed growing from behind this woman’s ears!

Even in those feather stalks, one could see the threads of blood extending from this woman’s body.

"What’s going on here? It’s strange."

Bai Mo furrowed his brows.

The two disciples also opened their mouths wide, instinctively reaching their front paws toward their own triangular ears on top of their heads, reassuring themselves as they felt their ears still soft and fluffy.

They tried to secretly learn some dance moves to enrich the fox dance, luckily they didn’t, otherwise, they would have turned ugly!

"Could it be... is there something special about this dance?

Or did Miyamoto Rokuzo secretly alter her?

Or did the previous alteration meet some condition to make progress tonight?

Or is there something special about this Niu Bi Mountain, this Cyan Dragon Pan Temple?

There shouldn’t be?"

When Miyamoto Rokuzo proposed going to this mountain, the Immortal Committee had already checked, and found nothing.

The key is that the Fox Mountain also sent disciples to investigate, and found nothing... Bai Mo believes his disciples would never miss anything good. If they can’t find anything, it can only mean this Niu Bi Mountain is ordinary, really has nothing special.

Bai Mo adjusted the Fire Toad’s perspective, scanned Miyamoto Rokuzo’s followers again, but saw their ears behind were very clean, only the witch had feathers growing.

Of course, whether feathers or horns grow is someone else’s business, Bai Mo can’t control it.

He’s just puzzled.

"What on earth is it?

It’s strange."

...

In the morning, West University campus was shrouded in a thin layer of fog.

The students either put on their windbreakers or wool coats, arming themselves.

Bai Mo stood by the roadside in a white coat.

On his shoulder squatted his fox disciple, Little Hua Bei.

It leaned against its master’s head, raised its chin, and squinted its eyes.

Word was Wu Qingyun went for cultivation today, and the master temporarily got a new bodyguard.

Also, the master needed to follow the bodyguard to work in a different place for the time being.

Little Hua Bei was slightly displeased.

Is it necessary?

Does the master need a bodyguard?

With it around, that’s enough!

It swung its large tail, scanning left and right, only to hear a "swish" sound as a dirty off-road vehicle stopped before its master.

The window rolled down, revealing a head wearing a straw hat and sunglasses.

"You must be Expert Bai Mo?

"I’m your bodyguard for today.

"Let’s get the ugly words out first: I have pretty big rules, and I hope you’ll remember them.

"First, you must obey all orders from the bodyguard.

"Second, your meals must be checked by me first.

"Third, no kissing or hugging the bodyguard; those are inappropriate actions.

"If you really want to kiss or hug, you need to apply in advance.

"Of course, I’m quite easygoing, and generally, such applications can be approved."

It turned out this bodyguard was a woman, who took off her sunglasses to reveal sweet, smiling eyes, it was none other than Su Yaoyao!

Bai Mo gave a sheepish smile, opened the rear door intending to sit, but found it filled with boxes, fruits, books, and other miscellaneous items, leaving no room for a person.

Su Yaoyao in the front seat apologized.

"Oops! I accidentally filled the back, so Expert Bai Mo will have to sit with me in the front. Hee hee."

...

Swish...

The off-road vehicle left West State, heading straight into the West Ridge Mountain Range.

On the way, they brushed past several engineering vehicles, undoubtedly hired by Miyamoto Rokuzo.

Bai Mo sat in the passenger seat, holding his disciple, taking a glance at Su Yaoyao driving.

She had dyed her hair back to black, in large wavy curls, and wore a pocket vest and canvas overalls, looking both sharp and spirited.

Her skin remained as tender as always, like egg white.

"Why aren’t you staying in Silver City properly? Why did you come back to West State?"

Su Yaoyao, holding the steering wheel and looking ahead, replied matter-of-factly.

"Because I missed you!

"And I need to come back for a project, hee hee.

"Over in Silver City, there are other Sequence Seven members on guard, it’s safe there. Plus, no one in that place dares cause trouble."

Bai Mo nodded.

"What project are you doing?"

Su Yaoyao stepped on the gas, rushed up a high slope, driving the vehicle over rocks and branches, over bumps and hollows, amidst crunching sounds, steering onto a mountain road.

"Why the rush in asking about the project?

"Shouldn’t you first ask if your sister has gotten fatter or thinner all this while?

"Shall I stop the car so you can give your sister a hug to feel it?

"Huh? What’s with your expression? Do you want to nod? Do you really want a hug?

"Pfft!"

Su Yaoyao’s face was full of cheekiness.

"As for the project, we’ve arrived!"

The car slowed down, gradually driving into a small courtyard.

Bai Mo actually already heard the bird calls of "coo coo coo" and saw, remarkably, pigeons in white or grey colors, flying in the sky!

"Your project is to raise pigeons here in the West Ridge Mountain Range?"

Su Yaoyao nodded, stopped the car, and got out together with Bai Mo.

"This place is somewhat different.

"Two months ago, someone caught two very special wild pigeons in West Ridge.

"Animal experts from the Immortal Committee studied them and confirmed these two pigeons mutated.

"After much effort tracing back, we finally found this place.

"Those two pigeons mutated right here!"

There were pigeon coops and busy staff not far away.

"Coo coo coo!"

A pigeon flew towards Su Yaoyao, landed on her raised arm, and affectionately rubbed its beak against her sleeve.

"Look, this pigeon has mutated. See the small tufts of feathers on both sides of its head."