Master of Ten Thousand Foxes-Chapter 191 - 128: The Protective Talisman from Expert Bai Mo Turned Out to Be Worthless? (Part 2)
"I received one too. But it's useless, so I threw it away, hahaha."
Huh?
Su Yaoyao's expression froze, feeling very frustrated!
Two boxes of premium water basin lamb, with extra meat, together costing nearly a hundred bucks! Only exchanged for a souvenir from the high-level convention? A souvenir thrown away by others?
Lost big!
...
Night falls, the mountain wind howls.
At the volcano crater on the mountain top, the light is dim. Suddenly, two beams of flashlight come shining through... It turns out Xue Yong and another committee member, holding flashlights, routinely climbed to the top, inspecting the volcano crater.
As soon as they climbed up, they felt the hot wind blowing.
Looking at the crater, it seems like a small lake on flat ground, with bright red magma "bubbling" and "cracking" explosively.
"What's there to inspect here?"
The flashlight beam sweeps everywhere.
"The committee is making a big fuss."
The two people joke around, approaching the edge of the magma lake.
"The starry sky in this mountain is indeed bright!"
Raising their heads, they can see the stars twinkle across the sky.
Seeing wisps of clouds floating with the wind.
The two circle around the magma lake once, and prepare to leave.
Xue Yong walks behind, suddenly noticing, inside the magma lake, seems there is something?
His flashlight beam shines over, shockingly sees a hand stretching out from the magma!
It's an old hand, slender, thin, full of wrinkles and age spots.
His face twists in fright... But then he sees that hand drifting above the magma, gently waving at him, seemingly friendly. It stretches over, posing to shake hands.
Oh?
Shake hands?
Xue Yong, as if driven by a ghostly force, steps forward, squats down, stretches his arm, reaching out to grasp the old hand.
His hand is rough and large, tempered from long practice in martial arts, rough-skinned, clutches tightly with the old hand, squeezing a few times, as if reuniting with an old friend long gone.
He doesn't notice that, on the old hand, a wrinkle, surprisingly, as if it comes alive, silently crawls to his hand, leaving it on the back of his hand.
And thus...
The old hand loses a wrinkle.
Xue Yong's hand gains a wrinkle.
"Xue Yong, what are you doing?"
The accompanying Immortal Technique committee member senses something strange, turns around to look.
"Why are you squatting there? Did you find something?"
Xue Yong is dazed for a moment, waking as from a dream.
That hand just now, and the handshake gesture, seem entirely absent from his memory, as if the memory was interrupted, as if a small segment of memory was extracted, deleted...
"Oh?
"Nothing, just saw it wrong."
He stands up.
"Let's go, let's go, patrol's over, back to sleep.
"Still have to cultivate in dreams, let's hurry."
The magma lake has already returned to normal, "bubbling," "cracking," where is there any old hand? As if it was just an illusion, as if it never existed.
And thus, Xue Yong leaves, with a new wrinkle on the back of his hand, together with his partner.
...
An hour later, new committee members come to inspect the mountain top.
This time, Su Yaoyao and Red Treasure... Turns out this sentry post is newly founded, manpower is still insufficient. Su Yaoyao volunteered to schedule herself into the patrol list.
She holds a flashlight, illuminating the path for herself and Red Treasure.
"Red Treasure, the more I think, the angrier I get!
"What does Bai Mo mean?
"Giving me such a protective talisman, what does that count as?
"Is it because of the incident last time in the banquet hall that he's still not over it?"
Peacock Red Treasure frowns, totally not understanding these matters.
One person, one bird, circle around half the magma lake.
Peacock Red Treasure is suddenly attracted by the stones beneath it, lowering its head to peck at the stone with its beak.
Su Yaoyao notices, inside the magma lake, seems there's something?
"What's that?"
She opens her eyes wide, shining the flashlight over.
Seeing the flashlight beam reveal inside the magma lake, emerges an old hand! Slender, thin, full of wrinkles and age spots!
Her face changes drastically, about to be frightened... Suddenly sees, that hand floating on the magma surface, waving at her, poses to shake hands, very friendly, inviting her to shake hands.
"Oh?
"Shake hands?
"Shaking hands is fine."
As if driven by a ghostly force, she steps forward, squats down on the edge of the magma lake, stretches her arm, reaching her slender, white tender hand, as tender as spring onion stalks, towards that old hand, ready to shake...
Suddenly!
The protective talisman in her shirt pocket, Bai Mo sent "West Zhou University of Technology" commemorative coin, seemingly senses something, releases a thin wisp of medicinal vapor, penetrating the clothes, spraying onto her face.
"Ah-choo..."
She lets out a huge sneeze.
Rubs her nose, waking as from a dream.
Suddenly, she realized, why am I crouching down?
Why am I crouching by the magma lake?
Looking at the magma lake, she saw the glowing red magma bubbling "gurgle gurgle" and cracking "pop pop". Nothing else!
Bang!
A drop of magma splashed, almost hitting her hand, but she quickly pulled her hand back to avoid it.
"What's going on?"
Next to her, the Peacock Red Treasure also turned its head over.
"Goo goo goo!"
Su Yaoyao stood up, took a few steps back, away from the shore, and stared intently at the magma lake.
"Red Treasure, what just happened?"
Red Treasure shook its head.
It was just off playing with volcanic rocks and knew nothing!
Su Yaoyao snorted with frustration, but she also understood the nature of her own Immortal Beast... This peacock, most of the time, really wasn't reliable.
Could it be her illusion just now?
"No...
"I would never crouch by the magma lake for no reason.
"There's something wrong with this magma lake!"
Instinctively, she pulled out the Protective Talisman from her pocket, swiftly putting it around her neck, as if this could give her a sense of security.
Then she flipped onto Red Treasure's back.
"Quick!
"Now!
"Immediately!
"Let's go!
"Fly back to the Committee!"
...
On Fox Mountain, it's daytime.
The rippling waves of the swamp reflected the looming dark clouds in the sky.
By the swamp's edge, more than a dozen fox disciples were busy opening a Bronze House.
The Living Thorn Cactus Medicine Field of Pang Youyou was just entering its resting period, so it came here to partake in the manpower-strapped Bronze House opening task.
"Ow!"
It held a small bucket of Erosion Potion with its left paw, a brush in its right paw, furrowing its brow, feeling this was quite a troublesome task...
The first step of opening is to apply a circle of potion to the Bronze House, corroding it to thin the Bronze Wall.
The second step is to saw the house, cutting out a circular outline.
The third step is to slowly knock it with a hammer, following the outline, to knock out a door.
Only after completing these three steps can the opening be done steadily without damaging the documents inside.
Currently, only more than a dozen fox disciples are responsible for the opening task.
Their capacity isn't enough... Currently, by the swamp's edge, over a dozen Bronze Houses are lining up waiting for opening.
While brushing the potion on the house, it wrinkled its brow and suddenly thought of a good idea.
"Ying!"
Its eyes lit up, ears perked up, smiling crookedly revealing its canines, looking at the Black Star beside it.
"Ow ow ow.
"Ying ying ying."
Black Star, tightening the saw's screws, didn't notice it speaking.
It raised its voice.
"Ow ow ow!
"Ying ying ying!"
Black Star was startled, shivering, then looked up, seeing Pang Youyou.
"Oh?"
It grinned sheepishly, stepping forward to hug Pang Youyou, feeling quite embarrassed.
But Pang Youyou paid no mind, waving its front paw, looking very excited, expressing its idea.
"Ying ying ying!
"Ow ow ow!
"Ying ying ow ow!"
While speaking, it finished brushing the potion on the house, completed the work, then put down the bucket and brush and "whoosh whoosh whoosh" turned around and ran off up the mountain to find the master!
...
Inside the Bronze Hall.
Bai Mo was guiding Peach Blossom Eyes on herbal cultivation techniques.
"...So don't water it!
"This thing is a bit peculiar; you need to drip water directly into its flowers, letting the petals drink it.
"It might be a bit troublesome; later go to the warehouse, find Bai Liandan'Er, let it help you find a dropper...
Peach Blossom Eyes listened earnestly, nodding obediently, remembering the master's instructions in their heart.
With such a large industry on Fox Mountain, there's always a lot going on daily; besides researching documents, Bai Mo also needs to guide the disciples, providing technical support.
Suddenly, with a "whoosh whoosh", Pang Youyou dashed into the hall, running to the Bronze Table, queued up waiting for Peach Blossom Eyes to leave, then stepped forward to seek help, gesturing with its front paws, speaking in its fox tongue.
"Ying ying ying!
"Ow ow ow!
"Ying ying ow ow!"
