Master of Ten Thousand Foxes

"What beast?"

Bai Mo looked closely.

"Taotie? A Bronze Taotie, clawing at those containers?"

The Taotie, as big as a bull, clawed out a water jar container, hugged it with its front paws, and opened its bloody mouth, "crack" and bit into it!

Like biting into a cookie, it crunched and ate up the container in just a few bites.

The container’s fragments transformed into runes and scattered, then disappeared.

Bai Mo was puzzled!

The depths of the Immortal Realm truly are profound!

A conspiracy spanning millennia, the Alchemy Path in Douluo Heaven has deceived countless immortals, stealing so many containers just to feed this Bronze Taotie?

Whose handiwork is this?

And what exactly is this Bronze Taotie?

Bai Mo remained silent, quietly maneuvering the Fire Cloud, constantly adjusting the angle to get a clearer view of the Taotie.

The two fox apprentices in his embrace instantly muted, closed their mouths, and nestled silently against their master.

"Oh, it matches, was this beast really responsible?"

He saw the dark yellow saliva dripping from the Taotie’s mouth corner, its color identical to the beast face on the inner wall of the Alchemy Furnace!

Even the beast face pattern, though crudely drawn, was none other than this Bronze Taotie’s face!

Swish!

Bai Mo suddenly reached out to cover the Purple Bellflowers in Little Flower Arm’s embrace, preventing them from making sound.

At that moment, the Purple Bellflowers were vibrating wildly, evidently detecting pollution!

The outer petals of the Bellflowers were shaking madly, even developing cracks, and began oozing sap!

Four fluffy fox claws quickly came over and covered the flower tightly.

Foxes are indeed cunning!

Although they didn’t know exactly what was happening, they followed their master’s actions!

Bai Mo looked up again, looking into the distance.

The Bronze Taotie was rolling on the ground, emitting a joyful yet maddened howl!

"Sss... sss..."

Amidst the rolling, Bai Mo saw its left eye socket, devoid of an eyeball, only a dark, greasy, filthy abyss!

The Bronze Taotie, as it rolled on the ground, suddenly emitted a heart-wrenching cry, sounding like a human child!

"Wuwu... wuwu..."

Amidst the rolling, Bai Mo saw its right eye socket, devoid of an eyeball, only a clear blue light, within the glow countless tiny runes resided, seemingly containing infinite knowledge!

...

Bai Mo, steering the Fire Cloud, took the remaining immortals away from the container mountain.

"What exactly is this creature?

"Has it been polluted?

"When was it polluted?

"How many years has it been eating containers in Douluo Heaven? How many has it devoured?

"What level is its strength at?

"Who is its master?

"What does its master intend to do?

"It seems insane, is it crazy already?"

Riddles upon riddles!

Bai Mo couldn’t fathom the truth of this Bronze Taotie, and decided not to contemplate further for now.

He maneuvered the Fire Cloud, flying straight towards the largest Alchemy Furnace with his two apprentices!

The Alchemy Furnace stood tall on the mountain, as large as a Bronze Hall.

The cover of the furnace resembled the hall’s door.

Bai Mo flew above the furnace mouth, placed his hand on the edge of the cover, feeling the cold, hard cover, applying steady force.

Boom!

The cover slid open a crack, revealing the interior of the furnace chamber!

"Let’s see if inside here is clean?

"If it lacks that dark yellow saliva, let’s bring it back to Fox Mountain."

This Alchemy Furnace is enormously large, unless it’s a Pot, it cannot be transported.

This Douluo Heaven, being a sacred site of the Human Race’s Immortal Dao, perhaps shouldn’t even trap a Pot?

With such thoughts, Bai Mo peered inside the furnace chamber.

There he saw deeper, thicker mist.

He slightly focused his divine sense, piercing through all the mist, then scanned the inner wall of this Alchemy Furnace.

After searching for a long while, he truly found no beast face pattern, the entire inner wall was pristine and new.

But...

"What on earth is going on?"

Bai Mo’s gaze turned peculiar.

The inner wall of this Alchemy Furnace appeared normal, but was actually coated with a smooth, even layer of Taotie Saliva!

This coat was applied too well, too uniformly, too smoothly, even the hue matched, blending seamlessly with the Alchemy Furnace’s color.

Bai Mo clung to the mouth of the Great Tripod, inhaling sharply.

"Who could it be? Who dares covet even the Pot?"

...

Whooo...

The fierce wind roared, the night grew darker.

In the dormitory hall, fox apprentices gathered in circles, either boasting and chatting, or practicing fists and swords.

Hu Hufeng and Piaopiao Xue, along with a group of foxes, gathered around a bizarre Nine-Eyed Alchemy Furnace.

This Alchemy Furnace was only the size of a bucket, and at the moment, it was lit beneath, making chaotic noises inside, "pop pop bang bang".

The foxes formed a circle, staring at the Alchemy Furnace, full of anticipation!

This was the Alchemy Furnace that Hu Hufeng had crafted after studying in Douluo Heaven, using the new style he learned there!

The biggest advantage was that it was relatively small and easy to clean.

Just right for making popcorn!

As the noises inside the furnace grew denser, the foxes lit up with excitement, their eyes shimmering one by one!

"Ying ying ying?"

"Ao ao ao?"

Hu Hufeng carefully held a copper rod and cautiously opened the valve on the furnace door.

Instantly...

Bang!

With a loud noise, popcorn exploded and flew everywhere, a rain of popcorn fell across the entire hall!

The foxes instantly cheered and bounced around, dancing circles around the Small Alchemy Furnace!

"Ying ying ying!"

"Ao ao ao!"

"Ying ying ying!"

...

Not far away, in the corner of the hall, Bai Mo sat cross-legged on the ground, also tending to his Alchemy Furnace!

He guarded the blazing fire that roasted the large Alchemy Furnace, sometimes using Divine Sense to adjust the temperature, sometimes tossing ingredients into the furnace with a wave of his hand.

"Haven’t opened the furnace for alchemy in a long time."

But there was no choice this time; the needed concoction was somewhat complex, so he had to personally take charge.

In his arms, he held a wine jar, precisely the daughter red left behind by Marquis Qing Yue, which was excavated from the warehouse earlier.

"This jar of wine fermented for over ten thousand years truly comes in useful."

Bai Mo waved his hand, and with a squeaky friction sound, the furnace lid moved aside.

Then he tore open the wine seal with another wave, controlling the fog-like wine vapor to form a stream, diving into the furnace.

...

Night enveloped.

In a dilapidated hall, a few Bronze Wind Lamps were hanging.

On the table, piles of Silk Books lay stacked.

Jiao Su sat across the table, adjusted the glasses on his nose, listening to Ancient Immortal Master lecture.

"...Don’t think too much; what you need to do is to gain as much influence in the Immortal Grass Industry as possible.

"Once you can make decisions, everything we do becomes easier.

"Do you understand what I mean?"

Across the table, Ancient Immortal Master was thin, with a lean face and an elegant demeanor.

"Influence represents control over resources.

"When you speak with weight, we can devise ways to seize as many resources as possible."

Jiao Su quickly nodded.

"Master, I understand."

Ancient Immortal Master rolled up the Silk Book, grinning.

"You don’t need to worry about cultivating.

"For Sequence Seven cultivation, I can sort it out for you.

"I can even acquire the Knowledge Container of Sequence Six for you."

Jiao Su was slightly confused.

"Knowledge Container?"

He had heard his master mention it, knew about that thing.

"Isn’t that supposed to be learned bit by bit until perfection, then forged?

"How can you get it for me?"

Ancient Immortal Master smiled.

"I’ll help you steal the container!

"Just like organ transplantation, some use organs they grew themselves, some use transplanted organs.

"Though transplanted ones have many issues, they can’t compare to original ones.

"But...it’s better than none!"

Jiao Su was even more puzzled.

"Where...where can you steal it?"

Ancient Immortal Master stood up, walked to the hall entrance, and saw the Bronze Altar outside the door.

"Use it to steal."

This was something Jiao Su had risked much using his worldly resources to secretly find a factory to help his master forge.

"Isn’t this a sacrificial altar for Douluo Heaven?

"Does Douluo Heaven have extra Knowledge Containers that can be retrieved?"

Ancient Immortal Master chuckled.

"Don’t ask so much!

"Just do well in the worldly affairs; leave the rest to your master."

He looked at the altar, eyes filled with reminiscence and longing.

"Haven’t been to Douluo Heaven for over ten thousand years.

"Back then, with the Douluo Immortal Thief Society, I wonder how many are left?"