Master of Ten Thousand Foxes

Wan Bocheng and Yang Zhan turned back again, giving Bai Mo a grateful look, thanking Expert Bai Mo for showing mercy and leaving their brother something to eat!

...

The newly arrived super beautiful exchange student from Sakura became an instant headline on West University’s campus network, even making waves on regional channels of short video platforms like Quick Shake!

But none of this had much to do with Bai Mo.

At this moment, he was sitting in his office, holding his fox apprentice Honey Peach Cake, looking through the expert database, searching for literature in the "Root System" domain.

Only this last "Root System" domain was left to forge the final tripod of Sequence Six!

"Hmm... there aren’t that many."

Scrolling through the research results, he noticed that plant root systems weren’t exactly a popular research field. Very few people study it, and the achievements and articles on it aren’t plentiful.

He clicked into one article, ready to read, when suddenly a message popped up on the computer.

[The Sakura Kingdom’s visiting delegation’s ship has landed in Dongguo District]

[Miyamoto Rokuzo brought thirty ninjas, thirty wandering swordsmen, thirty divine attendant witches, and thirty Yin Yang Masters ashore together]

Ninjas?

Wandering swordsmen?

Divine attendant witches?

Yin Yang Masters?

Bai Mo had a vague impression; this seemed to be... Sakura Kingdom’s own declaration to the outside of their four extraordinary pathways?

[The visiting delegation is already on their way to West State]

[But the ship was strange. After docking at the port, it barely resupplied before hurrying off back to sea]

[The Dongguo Immortal Committee has already divined. Following the instructions of the hexagram, after some research, they decided to let the ship leave]

"Hmm?

"Traveling by sea from the Sakura Region to Dongguo isn’t particularly close. Wouldn’t their ship need to restock fresh water and food? Wouldn’t the crew need to go ashore to rest?"

He picked up the hot tea on the table, took a sip, and contemplated... Should he have Su Baitao take a look?

After all, it’s the first contact with Sakura Region. Before this, he had no understanding of that place.

As he pondered, suddenly his spiritual sense was touched, and it was Su Baitao actively sending a message.

"Boss, I went to take a look at the ship that left Sakura Region.

"Something’s not right!"

Oh?

Bai Mo held his teacup, hugged his apprentice, and leaned back in his chair, closing his eyes.

His view switched to Su Baitao’s side, and there she was, stealthily nestled in the dark corner of the ship’s cabin.

In her vision, there were bodies lying all over the place, haphazardly scattered!

Bai Mo vaguely recognized a few faces among these bodies...

"Red Blood Secret Sect’s fugitives?

"They ran to attack Sakura Region’s ship?

"What are they trying to do?"

What they’re trying to do is irrelevant.

The key thing is this manner of death...

Each corpse, arms wrapped around shoulders, body twisted, were all twisted like pretzels.

Each corpse had a pale face, shriveled skin, looking like towels wrung dry.

Su Baitao’s voice came through.

"They were all drained of their blood!

"Their hearts, blood vessels were completely clean, not a drop of blood left!

"Even their blood-producing spleens were crushed into pieces!"

Bai Mo nodded and turned his view back, disconnecting.

"This... is somewhat sinister.

"But they killed, were Red Blood Secret Sect’s fugitives... Were... um... does Red Blood Secret Sect know? Maybe find a way to notify Red Blood Secret Sect?"

...

Dark clouds covering the sky, fierce winds howling.

Excavation site.

A huge pit surrounded by Big Mouth Flower excavators.

Inside the pit, foxes were busy, either wielding shovels or pushing carts, clearing out dirt.

They’ve dug up a big catch this time!

A gigantic stone slab, spanning over a thousand meters, lodged in the earth, freshly excavated!

Looking around, it seemed like a plaza paved entirely with stone slabs!

After clearing away the soil, stone patterns could be seen.

But this exposed side bore no text, it couldn’t yet be considered literature.

From the massive cracks in the stone slab, Quanquan Hu, White Ears, and Black Ears emerged, brushing off dirt from their bodies, squatting nearby, looking bewildered.

They had just gone down to explore this gigantic stone slab.

"Yingyingying?"

"Aooaooao?"

More foxes gathered around, surrounding Quanquan Hu and the others, inquiring about the situation below.

Quanquan Hu raised his fox claw, rubbed his ears, and furrowed his brows.

"Ying ying yin ao ao..."

The good news is... the underside of the stone slab has inscriptions, it’s documentation!

"Ao ao ying ying ying..."

The bad news is... the stone slab is severely eroded and weathered, prone to cracking and breaking, and the inscribed side is fragile and easy to crumble and rot.

The group of foxes looked at each other, all lost in thought.

They were no longer the naive foxes they once were.

Over the years, under the guidance of their mentor, they had excavated numerous relics day after day, and by today, they had all become archaeological experts!

Based on their rich experience, such a vast stone slab, less than two meters thick, weathered for millions of years, and fragile, was upside down in the soil.

Like a giant crispy pancake made in the cafeteria... very hard to pick up intact.

If picked up with claws, it would break, crack, and crumble.

But pancakes aren’t afraid to break, aren’t afraid to crack, even if they crumble, you can still lick them back into your mouth.

Not the stone slab!

Once the stone slab breaks, cracks, or crumbles, it would destroy the documentation carved on the surface.

The archaeological experts at Fox Mountain knew full well that those documents had already been eroded and weathered for millions of years, their inscriptions were very faint. They couldn’t be damaged again.

How should they excavate this?

The foxes chattered in their language, gesturing and discussing with each other.

"Ao ao, ying ying ying?"

... Find the mentor?

"Ying ying ying ao ao ao..."

... Is there a way to not bother the mentor?

"Ao ao ying ying ying..."

... Can we first cut these stone slabs into small pieces? Bring out the Vengeance Sword?

The foxes looked at the stone slab beneath their feet and shook their heads.

Certainly, they could cut it into small pieces, but the Vengeance Sword wouldn’t work.

The stone slab was too thick, and the Vengeance Sword wasn’t long enough.

Quanquan Hu, who was furrowing his brows in deep thought, suddenly glanced sideways at Chixue Qianshan not far away.

He saw this guy sneakingly hiding in a crevice of the stone slab, only letting the Sword Soul peek out and glance over here.

Hoo...

The wind blew, lifting the foxes’ fur, and the place fell silent.

A group of foxes quietly glanced sideways at the sneaky Immortal Sword not far away.

They exchanged glances and then looked at the massive stone slab beneath their feet, instantly thinking of a good idea!

...

Swipe...

Bai Mo’s patrol car cut through the wild wind, racing along the road of Fox Mountain.

"Ying ying ying!"

The driver in overalls was very excited!

The mentor’s car was equipped with the latest special springs from the workshop, with an added layer of shock absorption, making the bumpy road of Fox Mountain much less jarring!

Bai Mo sat in the back of the car, holding a tablet, writing and sketching, occasionally pausing to think, organizing his years of research on plant root systems. After all, he had been planting Immortal Grass on Fox Mountain for three years, constantly battling the harsh soil environment, and had gathered quite a bit of insight.

"The dimensional changes of citrus Immortal Grass root systems in saline-alkali soils are like this..."

He searched his memories while scribbling notes with a brush.

At the same time, he felt a bit puzzled inside.

"Considering the excavation progress, they should have reached the documentation in the Root System Domain by now, right?

"Why haven’t they excavated it until today?"

The functional zoning of the Cyan Moon Pill Palace was basically arranged according to sequence paths.

The outermost layer was filled with various herb fields and workshops for low-sequence immortals and slaves to inhabit.

Further inside were the Sequence Six research institutes for each domain.

So far, research institutes for the other five domains had already been excavated.

"What’s the deal with this remaining Root System Domain research institute?"

Swipe...

The car stopped at the excavation site.

Bai Mo rolled down the car window and poked his head out.

First, he saw an enormous stone slab in the pit, almost like a plaza!

"What on Earth is this?"

Then he saw a group of foxes gathered around the Immortal Sword Chixue Qianshan, speaking in their language and gesturing.

Above the Immortal Sword, the Sword Soul floated out, forming a figure that looked like an old man, boasting with a flushed face.

"Among the Swordsmanship I’ve learned, there’s a move called [Stone-Cutting Sword Qi], where the Sword Qi passes through and slices the stone material with a cut as smooth as water-polishing!"