Chapter 197 - Celestial Beast Tanuki Village (2/2)

Little Tanuki nodded. Her eyes sparkled as if thinking about something.

After a moment, Ye Chen brought Little Tanuki and Little Wingsy into a peach forest. The mountain and fields around the village ahead were full of peach forests. It was not the season for peach trees to blossom but these peach trees had blooming flowers.

It was night now. Although Ye Chen’s Astral Body could see in the dark, the scenery always looked different than during the day. He could only imagine how wonderful the scene would look in daylight!

Walking around the peach forest and feeling the fragrance of peach blossoms in the air gave them a feeling of relaxation.

Half an hour, one hour…

Ye Chen gradually discovered something odd. The village was very close at hand but it seemed like they could never reach it after walking forever. They had been walking for an hour but they were still wandering in the peach forest. He immediately came to his senses. This was an illusion array!

“Little Tanuki, does the tanuki clan know how to arrange illusion arrays?” Ye Chen asked.

Little Tanuki nodded and said a few words in beast language.

“Big Sister Little Tanuki said that there are illusion arrays passed down in the tanuki clan, but only tanuki above Mystique Adept Rank can arrange them. Even among the Lianyun Mountain tanuki clan, the strongest is only a Heavenly Adept Rank. No one could arrange illusion arrays,” Little Wingsy translated for Little Tanuki.

Ye Chen nodded. The tanuki clan in this Emerald Cloud Mountain should be regarded as a relatively large branch. They even had three Mystique Adept Rank, which proved their strength was much stronger than Little Tanuki’s clan.

At this time, Ye Chen had sensed a presence heading directly toward them. It belonged to a Heavenly Adept Rank.

They had discovered that outsiders had entered the illusion array!

Since they were coming, Ye Chen also stopped moving and waited on the spot. He was slightly fearful toward a Heavenly Adept Rank mystical beast. In terms of strength, Ye Chen would not be able to go up against a Mystique Adept Rank opponent. He could only rely on disguising himself as a Daemon King to deter them. If he was seen through, it would be troublesome.

“Little Tanuki, Little Wingsy, they’ve sent some people over. Let’s see what they say,” Ye Chen said and waited patiently.

After a moment, an old woman with a walking stick emerged deep in the peach forest. She looked doddering and senile, and if an ordinary person saw her, they would think that the old woman was an elderly who could not even walk. However, Ye Chen knew that this old woman was a Heavenly Adept Rank celestial beast with profound cultivation.

The old woman paced slowly on the walking stick and looked at Ye Chen and Little Wingsy before her gaze fell on Little Tanuki with surprise. She coughed twice and said hoarsely, “You must be acquaintances. I shall bring you to the Chief. Please follow me.”

The old woman turned around and walked to the depths of the peach forest. Ye Chen, along with Little Tanuki and Little Wingsy, followed behind her.

The old woman was polite most likely because she had seen Little Tanuki.

“How long has Granny lived here?” Ye Chen thought for a while and found a topic, wanting to test the waters.

The tanuki which had transformed into the old woman glanced at Ye Chen with some suspicion. Her Psyche unexpectedly could not probe Ye Chen’s strength. She had only sensed a fearful aura from his body.

Little Tanuki was a six-tailed tanuki and she was so close to Ye Chen, which led the old woman to believe that Ye Chen held no hostility to the tanuki clan, so she dared to bring Ye Chen into the village. Three Mystique Adept Rank Elders were overseeing the village, so there was nothing to worry about. If the intruder was a Daemon King, then the illusion array would not be able to stop him.

“I’ve lived here since I was born around five to six hundred years ago,” she said casually. Although she could not see Ye Chen and Little Tanuki’s true bodies, she was quite confident that they were not ordinary humans.

“If ordinary people broke into the illusion array, how would Granny deal with them?” Ye Chen asked as he walked.

“We’ll persuade them to leave.” With the walking stick, she climbed the mountain as easily as walking on flat ground, very different from her previously quivering figure.

Ye Chen nodded. This tanuki clan was unlike most ferocious mystical and celestial beasts. It seemed like they were quite kind to humans.

Ye Chen asked some questions from time to time and the old woman would selectively answer them. She remained silent about the situation of the clan.

“What’s your name?” the old woman glanced at Little Tanuki on Ye Chen’s shoulder and asked.

Little Tanuki did not seem to like the old woman very much. It turned its head and did not answer.

Seeing Little Tanuki like this, Ye Chen was somewhat puzzled. The old woman was very kind. Why did Little Tanuki adopt such an attitude? He answered on behalf of Little Tanuki, “Her name is Little Tanuki.”

“Which branch is she from?”

“Little Tanuki’s home is in the Lianyun Mountain,” Ye Chen said. Little Tanuki’s attitude was a little unfathomable.

“Lianyun Mountain?” The old woman’s eyes dilated slightly as she fell silent.

That was strange. Why did the old woman stop talking after Lianyun Mountain was mentioned? Were there any past incidents between the Lianyun Mountain tanuki clan and the Emerald Cloud Mountain tanuki clan?