557 Divine Technique (1/2)
”The White Mountain Lady refers to the white tiger? Did you two know her?”
Fang Yuan asked the fox girls.
”Sister Bai was very nice...she helped us chase many bad people away!”
The younger girl said timidly.
”Bad people like me?”
Fang Yuan rubbed his face and joked, only to see that the two girls agreed with his statement. He could not help but feel slightly embarrassed.
”Heh...a classic example of the fox hiding behind the might of the tiger. Birds of a feather flock together.”
Tigers eat meat, of course. The white tiger had treated the fox sisters well, but she was still a serial killer.
After all, in her eyes, the Shang army was but a large group of walking pieces of meat.
The white tiger had underestimated the Shang army though. She had attempted to prey on the Shang soldiers but ended up becoming their prey instead.
In Fang Yuan's opinion, this was natural selection. The laws of nature dictated that there was no right or wrong in the fight for survival.
Only the fittest could survive in the long term.
”Alright, tell me. How did you two learn these cultivation techniques?”
Fang Yuan glared at the two girls sternly.
The two foxes practised a cultivation technique that was entirely different from the one practised by the white tiger. The white tiger followed the orthodox demon methods of honing the demonic body, refining demonic pills etcetera. These two foxes, however, were abandoning their physical forms in favour of honing their divine souls. This was more reminiscent of the celestial dao practised by humans.
”Grandfather Sang Qing taught it to us…”
The two fox girls were wary at first but fell under the spell of the golden gleam emanating from Fang Yuan's eyes. They ended up telling the whole truth.
”Sang Qing? An old fox? Where is he?”
Fang Yuan's interest had been piqued.
”We don't know!”
The two fox girls shook their heads.
”Grandfather Sang Qing was only passing by and imparted some skills to us by chance...he told us that we could go look for him at the Tu Mountain when we had achieved success in our cultivation.”
”Tu Mountain?”
Fang Yuan nodded. He questioned them further and found out that the two foxes were timid by nature. They had not dared to venture into the world despite having achieved a high level of cultivation. Later, they made friends with the white tiger and became her sworn sisters.
The movements of the Kui Ox had displaced them from their old home and they had been forced to look for a new place to settle down in.
The white tiger practised the demon dao and ate people whenever she felt hungry. In the end, she had suffered retribution for her savagery. Although the two foxes had no intention of avenging the white tiger's death, they wanted to retrieve her remains on account of their sisterhood and all that she had done for them. Little did they know that they would run into Fang Yuan.
”Another two unimportant characters. What a pity!”
Fang Yuan shook his head and giggled.
”It's just as well. The two of you aren't common foxes either...you shall join me from now on!”
Fan Yuan told the fox girls to revert to their animal form.
”Mm, the older sister will be called Big White and the younger sister will be called Little White! From today onwards, I will be your master! Obey me or you won't get anything to eat, is that clear?”
”Nng…”
The two foxes blinked as tears began to fall.
”Don't even think about running away. I've already done something to your divine souls and there is no way that you can escape!”
Fang Yuan gave the foxes a warning before carrying them back to his tent.
”Huh? Master, have you just gone on a night hunting trip?”
Hei Zhong was waiting alone in the tent and shook his head in dismay when he caught sight of the two foxes.
”These two little lumps meat won't even fill up our mouths!”
”These are my beloved pets. Take good care of them. I'll skin you alive if they get hurt in any way!”
Fang Yuan had to warn him.
After all, he was sure that Hei Zhong would barbeque the fox sisters if he was not told otherwise!
”Nng! Nng!”
The two foxes were terrified upon seeing the burly Hei Zhong and whimpered as the both of them curled up into a ball.
”Haha!”
Fang Yuan was greatly amused by the sight.
…..
In the company of his two pets, Fang Yuan began to conduct research on Hei Zhong's technique as well as the white foxes' cultivation technique. He put in all his efforts into studying the world systems of the realm energy practitioners. He would then make Hei Zhong test out his hypotheses. In this way, Fang Yuan made wonderful progress.
Time flew by quickly as Fang Yuan submerged himself in his research.
On this day, they had arrived in the lands surrounding the Shang capital.
”Is this it? The Shang capital?”
Fang Yuan stood on the elevated ground and scanned his surroundings with a fiery gaze.
His physique was more impressive than before and every movement of his had an indescribable majesty to it. There was an otherworldly quality to him now.