Chapter 185 - Sending the Fox beyond Heaven (1/2)

Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

“Great Immortals… please lend me this lamp.” The fox demon seemed to have guessed that everybody knew what the lamp could do. She began to beg, “I… I promise that I will return it in ten days. I beg you!”

“Whose Primordial Spirit are you trying to fix with this lamp?” Lonemoon frowned.

“I… I…” The fox demon looked up at Lan Hua, hesitated, and then looked around guiltily.

Lonemoon was not in the mood to wait for her to come up with a story. He immediately conjured a spell and shot it toward her.

“No!” The white fox panicked and tried to stop him, but it was too late.

In a moment, the mark of a spell appeared on the snow white fur of the fox. On the mark was written: Xin Han.

The white fox immediately became pale.

“Xin Han?” Who’s that? Lonemoon turned around and asked, “Who has heard of this name?”

Everybody was shocked. One by one, they shook their heads.

The white fox on the ground paused and excitement filled her eyes. She seemed to heave a sigh of relief.

“Lan Hua, you’re the oldest here. Have you ever heard of this name?” Lonemoon turned to address Lan Hua.

The oldest? What the heck did he mean?

“It sounds familiar… Xin Han… Xin…” He pondered for a long time and then shook his head. “I forgot!”

“…” What use are you? You’re supposed to have been a Celestial Emperor in the past.

Lonemoon rolled his eyes and frowned even deeper. This is going to be difficult. They had no choice but to ask the newly-appointed Country Emperor Tao tomorrow.

“There’s someone who might know,” Lan Hua suddenly suggested, as if recalling something.

“Who?”

“Wait for awhile, I’ll call him over.” He flew out as fast as the wind and returned in under two minutes. He was dragging a man in blue robes. With a serious expression, he exclaimed, “Him!”

“Exalted Goddess Shen, Fellow… Fellow Immortals, it’s been a long time!” Chu Xuan smiled awkwardly.

Lonemoon: “…”

Shen Ying: “…”

Yi Qing: “…”

“Explain yourself!” Lonemoon pursed his lips and let out a sigh. He was trying to hold himself back from throwing a punch at Lan Hua. “Where did this man come from?” Weren’t you locked up by Chen Ge? How did you get here?

“He… He appeared just last night.” Lan Hua looked wronged. He came across Chu Xuan when he returned to the room the night before. He just had not had the time to chase him out yet.

“Fellow Immortal Lonemoon, you are mistaken,” Chu Xuan immediately begun explaining. “I did not escape. It’s that rascal Chen Ge… Er, he let me go of his own accord. He Chuan paid a price for my release, and agreed never to fight with Feng Cang again. That’s how the issue with the Immortal Execution Array came to a close. We are letting bygones be bygones.” In any case, Celestial Emperor Lan Hua has been found. He would still have opportunities to return his kindness.

What’s more, if he wanted to run, he would not have come here. He glanced at Shen Ying, who was picking at the fur on the white fox. Subconsciously, he retreated behind Lan Hua. For some reason, he felt pain in his body all over again.

“So…” Lonemoon still looked at him with contempt, then turned to glare at Lan Hua. “What has that got to do with you coming here?” Another rice-eater.

Lan Hua looked down to avoid Lonemoon’s gaze. This had nothing to do with him. Chu Xuan came here on his own accord.

“I came to find Mas- the Celestial Emperor,” Chu Xuan answered in a low voice. “Back at the Interspatial Arena, I did not have enough time to say everything I wanted to say, so…”

“So? How long are you planning to stay here?”

“Er… two or three days? Or a few months?” Much depended on the Celestial Emperor.

“Get out!” Both of you!

Lan Hua: “…”

Chu Xuan: “…”

Do you take my Invincible Sect as a halfway house? Why was everyone coming here to seek refuge? Was it not enough that they were harbouring two demons? Why were there still Celestial Emperors who were enemies of the continent? If this carried on, they would become an easy target for all refugees.

“Ahya, Father Niu, he’s a guest. Let’s not bother with the details!” Shen Ying stood up and smacked Lonemoon’s shoulder. She turned and addressed Chu Xuan, “Did you bring immortal stones with you?”

“Huh?” Chu Xuan paused, not understanding what she meant. After awhile, he pulled out several bags of immortal stones from inside his robe and handed them over. “I… I brought a few bags.”

Say so earlier!

Shen Ying’s eyes twinkled. So many stones! She took hold of them and handed them to Lonemoon.

Lonemoon’s expression softened. “Heh… I’ll let you off tonight. You have to go tomorrow!” I’m letting you go on account of your fees.

Chu Xuan: “…”

Why did he feel like they just tagged team to cheat him?

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“Xin Han!” Chu Xuan looked shocked after listening to the fox demon’s story. “Of course I know her. Wasn’t that the child from Yi Shui?”

“Yi Shui Continent?” Lonemoon was shocked as well. “Don’t tell me that Xin Han is the name of the Celestial Emperor of Yi Shui?”

“That’s right!” Chu Xuan nodded. “Don’t you know?” Isn’t this common knowledge of the immortal realm?

Er…

The new sect of the immortal realm made clear that they did not know any of this.

“Yi Shui is Xin Han’s territory,” Chu Xuan said as he nodded. He looked down at the fox demon, frowned, and continued, “But the people from there are weird. They’re cold and not easy to make friends with. They’re not known to mix with people of other continents. I myself have only seen them a couple of times. Among the ten Celestial Emperors, only Chen Ge, that man of many faces, has formed any sort of relations with them.”

So this fox is the Celestial Emperor’s spirit pet! Lonemoon looked down and glanced at the innocent little animal. No wonder it looks so good.

“Since you’re the Celestial Emperor’s spirit pet, why did you still covet the Spirit Convening Lamp?” Lonemoon asked. The fox demon remained curled up in a ball, hellbent on staying silent. “If you don’t say anything, we’ll send you to the Heavens Beyond Heaven and ask Celestial Emperor Xin Han ourselves.”

“No…” The white fox began to panic. Suddenly, she got up and pounced at Lonemoon, attempting to break out of the array. However, she was only a little fox demon that did not even know how to transform. How could she possibly break out of Lonemoon’s array? The fox demon bounced back, revealing a patch of fur that was burnt where she made contact with the array. The pure white fox looked a little burnt on one side. She lay down on the floor, unconscious and whining.

Lonemoon conjured a coma-inducing spell that caused the fox demon to faint. This was a Celestial Emperor’s spirit pet afterall. Lonemoon could not afford to hurt her too seriously. As for the reason that the fox tried to steal the lamp, Lonemoon would have to ask Xin Han himself to find out.

“It seems like we are not going to get an answer from this meeting.” Lonemoon instructed, “Yu Hong, take this fox demon to the array on the rear mountain.”

“Yes!”

“Find a time to send it back to Yi… Wait!” He stopped mid-sentence, his expression turning dark. “Shen Ying, put the fox down. I said you can’t eat it!”

“Chey!”

“Chey your ass! Did you come from Guangdong? Wait… You can’t eat the tail either!”

“…”

Damn it, it looked like he had to send the fox away as soon as he could. Immediately, right now!