dognovel Chapter 153 Azure Celestial Fox
Chapter 153 Azure Celestial Fox
Ning Xiaoxi's heart tightened. Ten cities, so many years of war—the Celestial Master Pavilion only recorded the events, not the specific number of casualties. Only the one incident with over 26,000 casualties was recorded. Would the county annals record the number of casualties? No, she was a Celestial Master; she had no right to check the county annals.
The King of Youzhou advanced to the border over a hundred years ago, so let's trace back further. After turning two shelves, we finally found the horizontal board of the Great Xia Dynasty, number 799. The board had three rows, each with twenty squares, and each square was filled with nine flat boxes. Ning Xiaoxi felt a chill run down her spine. So many things related to demons had happened in this one year?
On the fourth day of the twelfth month of the 799th year of the Great Xia Dynasty, Zhang Ming, the owner of a tofu shop in the West District Market, was corrupted by residual demonic energy. He killed his wife and three daughters with a club and injured five neighbors. He was then killed by his subordinate, Lin Yulin. On the sixth day of the twelfth month, Li Sanbai, the butcher of a pork shop in the West District Market, was corrupted by residual demonic energy. He killed his three sons and elderly father with a knife and injured two neighbors. He was then killed by his subordinate, Lin Yulin. On the ninth day of the twelfth month, Yu Mei, the owner of a cloth shop in the West District Market, was corrupted by residual demonic energy. She strangled her three-year-old son and then hanged herself. On the fourteenth day of the twelfth month, Dai San'er, a waiter at a porridge shop in the West District Market, was corrupted by residual demonic energy. He poured boiling porridge on a customer, Hu Fu, causing him to become maimed. He was subdued by five customers and taken to the palace, where he was sentenced to be hanged. On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month, the owner of a candied fruit shop in the West District Market, was corrupted by demonic energy. He poisoned his candied fruit with arsenic, causing the deaths of seven people. He was detained by the Celestial Master Pavilion, confessed to his crime, and was sentenced to be hanged.
Ning Xiaoxi examined them closely. The boxes here now bore month and market markings. Each flat box could hold three wooden slips, and in December alone, the western market had five records related to demons. Looking at the long shelf beside her, she realized how rampant and tyrannical the demons had been in the past!
Ning Xiaoxi put the box back, walked to the desk, and added two pieces of firewood to the brazier. She took out a pot of hot soup and a bowl from her bosom, ladled a bowl for herself, and drank it in small sips. She placed the pot of soup next to the brazier, using the fire inside to slowly heat the soup.
I got up and walked to where I had been. Looking up, I saw the top horizontal board read "Great Xia 796." Turning into another passage, the top one read "Great Xia 789." Turning into yet another passage, I saw the horizontal board in front of me read "Great Xia 781." The box was labeled "November West District Market." I opened it, glanced at it, and saw it recorded events related to demons. Not what I was looking for, I put it back.
Continuing their search, they turned through two more passages. On the horizontal board in front of them was written "Da Xia 743". They took out a box with "August North City War Zone" written on it.
Ning Xiaoxi squinted, opened the box, and looked at the words on the top wooden slip.
On August 25th, 743rd year of the Great Xia Dynasty, twenty li from the northern war zone, a rabbit absorbed the remaining demonic energy of a celestial fox and attacked soldiers leaving the city, killing three. It was then killed by a vanguard squad accompanied by a celestial master. On August 27th, thirty li from the northern war zone, a horse absorbed the remaining demonic energy of a celestial fox and, carrying a scout knight, crashed into a mountain wall and died. On August 30th, twenty-two li from the northern war zone, a wolf absorbed the remaining demonic energy of a celestial fox and attacked a supply convoy, but was killed by the accompanying celestial master.
Celestial Fox?
At fifty years old, a fox can transform into a woman; at one hundred, it becomes a beautiful woman, a divine sorceress, capable of knowing events a thousand miles away. It is skilled in bewitching and enchanting, causing people to become confused and lose their minds. At one thousand years old, it communicates with the heavens and becomes a celestial fox.
[Recorded as a celestial fox, meaning it's a fox that has lived for a thousand years?]
A thousand-year-old fox may be called a celestial fox, but a celestial fox doesn't necessarily only live for a thousand years.
[Are you saying this celestial fox has lived for thousands of years?]
Before it becomes a celestial fox, its age can be determined. Once it becomes a celestial fox, unless it reveals its age, no one will know its age.
[There must be a difference between living for a thousand years and living for two thousand years, right?]
They're all vixens anyway.
Ning Xiaoxi finally realized what was happening and asked in confusion, "Tuanzi, do you know it?"
[That seductive vixen; if it weren't for her, I wouldn't have even considered creating an alt account.]
Wow, a huge melon fell down!
Is this Tianji's lover? His wife?
This section records the remaining demonic energy, which means there will be kill records. Scroll back further.
How was this celestial fox killed?
[I left his body the moment that guy decided to follow the Celestial Fox, and I don't know what happened after that.]
Ning Xiaoxi's finger, which was pointing at the box, paused for a moment. [You left his body, and he's still alive?]
[Of course, if he lives, all his abilities will be taken back, turning him into an ordinary person with a maximum lifespan of only one year.]
Ning Xiaoxi raised an eyebrow. What would happen if all her abilities were taken back now, and she were made to live like an ordinary person again? She suddenly felt a little afraid to think about it. Three months—she had only been a Celestial Master for three months, and she had already adapted so well? Imagining her previous life, it felt like a lifetime ago!
Was she greedy for the exorcist's powers? No, she just wanted a simple life. Did she like this bizarre and fantastical world? No, she was born under the red flag and disliked demons and monsters.
But that was the her of the past; now...
Ning Xiaoxi's finger on the box moved. When you haven't experienced something or had the chance to experience it, you feel that it's not what you want. But once you experience it, you find that you can get addicted!
Completely disregarding his wide grin that almost reached his ears, he picked up a box, glanced at the wooden slips inside, and saw that they still retained traces of demonic energy. He then flipped through the boxes, starting with the first one of the months, and continued flipping forward month by month.
Records from August of the 736th year of the Great Xia Dynasty state that on the first day of the eighth month, the White Fox Clan led 30,000 half-foxes out of Mangshan. Vice Pavilion Master Feng Tianying led the Twelve Heavenly Generals in pursuit, cooperating with the Youzhou King's army. They annihilated four Heavenly Fox Elders of the White Fox Clan and discovered the whereabouts of the Azure Celestial Fox and the traitorous Seven Star Elder. The King decided to build Fufang City in the Mangshan Mountains.
On the second day of the eighth lunar month, Vice Pavilion Master Feng Tianying led the Twelve Heavenly Generals and Eighteen Earthly Fiends to pursue the remnants of the White Fox Clan, annihilating two Heavenly Fox Elders and slaughtering hundreds of fox demons.
On the third day of the eighth lunar month, Vice Pavilion Masters Feng Tianying and Ma Tianfang led the Ten Heavenly Generals and Twelve Earthly Fiends to pursue the remnants of the White Fox. They encountered the Nine-Headed Serpent and fought fiercely for two days and two nights, killing the Nine-Headed Serpent. The fertile fields were burned, the land was flooded, and the poison spread for thousands of miles.
On the eighth day of the eighth lunar month, Pavilion Master Shi Lingyun and Deputy Pavilion Master Ma Tianfang led the Six Heavenly Generals and Seven Earthly Fiends to the edge of the North Sea, where they annihilated the Azure Celestial Fox, the Seven Star Elders, the Fox Clan, and killed all the half-baked members of the Mangshan faction.
Ning Xiaoxi gripped the wooden slip in her hand tightly. Killing the Nine-Headed Serpent had spread its poison for miles. Was this the reason why not a blade of grass could grow there? Looking at the simple lines of text, the characters were clearly and concisely drawn, yet each word was stained with blood.
Looking further ahead at the shelves, Fufang County has been established for less than two hundred years. What are those densely packed boxes in front of it containing? And how could there be so many records?