Chapter 184 - Stealing A Lamp In The Middle Of The Night (2/2)

“You..” White Fur got a start. His fur stood on end and a female voice rang out, “Why are you here!” When did this person come into the room? How could she have escape its notice.

There was a look of panic on White Fur’s face. Suddenly it growled fiercely, “Give me the lamp!” Then its body emitted a red beam of light and its two tails elongated once again. Wrapping its tail over Shen Ying’s hand, which in turn was holding onto the lamp, it turned and tried to escape through the window.

It tugged hard, thinking to drag both Shen Ying and the lamp with it, but found that it was unable to… move.

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How could this be possible!?

It muttered a wind spell and then tugged even harder. But… nothing moved.

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All it got for its effort was a tearing sensation at the tip of its tail. White Fur curled up in pain.

Shen Ying glanced at her hand that was entwined with a furry tail. She frowned in disgust and instinctively pulled her hand away.

White Fur, who was still trying to pull its tail away, instantly lurched forwards, its four claws still clinging onto the window sill. Bang! White Fur, together with the window sill, crashed into the room.

The force of the impact caused it to roll forwards until it reached Shen Ying’s feet, whereupon it passed out.

Shen Ying: “…”

What was this thing?

A beast reared by their Sect… for their supper?

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Ten minutes later.

“Demon?” Lonemoon rushed in upon hearing the commotion. Picking up the little white animal, he said, “This is only a second-level demon! What is happening?” Turning to Yu Hong, he asked, “How did this weak demon beak into our sect?” It had even slipped into Shen Ying’s room.

“I… I don’t know,” replied Yu Hong, shaking her hand.

“Are you telling me that none of you managed to spot such a conspicuous demon?” Lonemoon began to doubt the effectiveness of the newly set up arrays.

“There are many animals reared by our disciples. I’m not sure exactly when this demon infiltrated our sect.”

Lonemoon’s mouth twitched. “I thought that the animals you are rearing have not developed intelligence?” Did they think that he did not know that these animals were Shen Ying’s backup food source in the event that he reduced their food allowance. “This is obviously a fox. A two-tailed Spirit Fox!”

“Fox?!” Yu Hong exclaimed, glancing at the ball of fur. No wonder they had not discovered its presence. “I thought it was a rabbit demon.”

Si Yu: “I thought it was a goat demon.

Bitao: “I thought it was a pig demon.”

Shen Ying: “Mmmn. It looks meaty.”

Yi Qing: “Master, shall I get a knife?”

“Hey, that’s enough!” Lonemoon glared at them. “Do you guys have anything in your brain other than food?” He knew that demons that had developed intelligence in the immortal world were either someone’s pet or was related to an immortal demon. It definitely had an owner!

Lonemoon conjured a seal to awake the fox demon.

“Where did you come from and why do you want to steal this lamp?” He asked, pointing to the jade lamp on the table.

The fox demon was still a little dazed. Shaking its head, it subconsciously shifted its gaze to the lamp on the table. Instantly, its eyes widened. “Lamp! My…” Then it pounced towards the lamp.

It clutched the lamp fiercely with its two paws. Before it could pick the lamp up, it suddenly gave a loud whine and released its paws. The fur on its front paws started to turn black. There was a faint smell of burnt flesh.

Shen Ying: “…” I warned you it was hot. Do you want to be roasted? I prefer steaming.

Lonemoon frowned and immediately placed the fox demon back in its original position. Then he asked again, “Tell me the truth. Why would a Wind Spirit Root Fox Demon like you steal an old lamp?”

It was only then that the Fox Demon realized the predicament it was in. It looked timidly at them and curled up into a ball. It made no reply but kept looking at the lamp on the table.

“You refuse to tell?” Lonemoon’s face darkened. “If you won’t tell, I’ll look for your master and ask him.” He then conjured a contract display seal and waved it towards the fox. Whether they were spirit pets or relatives of a demon immortal, all demons that had reached immortal level in the immortal world had a contract seal, to prevent them from being mistakenly attacked. It was easy enough to find out who its owner was.

The white fox trembled. It seemed to realize what Lonemoon was trying to do and cried out in alarm, “Don’t! Don’t … This has nothing to do with my master. He doesn’t know about this. Don’t look for my master!”

“Then why do you want to steal this lamp for?”

“I… I…” Its voice grew increasingly weak and it trembled even more. It was unable to give an answer.

“Yu Hong, fetch Lan Hua from the back palace.” Lonemoon instructed. He could not be bothered to listen to this fat fox. This lamp was one of the objects that he had dug out from the pile of immortal artifacts. Not knowing what it was, he had placed it Shen Ying’s room, to use as a light source. Now it seemed that the lamp had other uses.

“This is a Spirit Convening Lamp!” explained Lan Hua, who had just been dragged in by Yu Hong.

“Spirit Convening Lamp?” What was that?

“It’s used to gather all remnant souls.” Lan Hua said with a careless air. “There is nothing much useful about it, unless someone’s soul is missing. But this lamp can only gather the remnant soul of mortals. It cannot recall the souls of immortals who are critically injured, the most it can do is to recall a part of its primordial spirit.”

“There’s actually an artifact that can recover immortal souls!” Lonemoon was surprised. From what he knew, souls that had left the body were almost impossible to recover. The souls of mortals were particularly fragile, and would disintegrate once it was expelled from the body.

“Who said this is an immortal artifact?” Lan Hua looked at Lonemoon as if looking at an ignoramus.

“Not an immortal artifact?” Then what was it?

“It’s an authentic Ten Directions Divine Armament that I found in Yu Feng immortal city!”

Shen Ying: “…”

Lonemoon: “…”

Yi Qing: “…”

You even have a divine artifact! Is there anything else you haven’t given Shen Ying?

Heh heh… So Shen Ying had been using this divine artifact as a lighting source?

The uses of this Ten Directions Divine Armament were indeed wide-ranging!