Chapter 18 The Half-Fox Statue

Immediately afterward, a bright white shadow, like moonlight, shot out from the white fox's body and quickly burrowed into the half-fox statue.

"Wan Qian, I will remember this debt well. I won't let you go."

The white fox's voice came from the statue, and I could feel the deep hatred in her voice.

Indeed, she should hate me. If it weren't for me, she could have continued eating the organs of women, and newborn fox kits and human children. But now, she could forget about all that and find a place to hide.

Although the body of a hundred-year fox wasn't anything special, it could at least accommodate her soul, allowing her to move around like a normal fox. But she could forget about that too.

From today onward, she could only guard that statue, hiding inside, not daring to leave even an inch. Otherwise, if my soul wasn't scattered, hers would be.

Seeing that the sky was already beginning to lighten and the sun would soon rise, I didn't dare to be careless in my current state. I grabbed the faceless woman's features, hoisted the hundred-year-old white fox's corpse, and hurried back towards my own body.

Thank heavens, I was fast enough. Just as the sun was about to touch me, I successfully returned to my body.

Then, I took the white fox's corpse and the woman's features down the mountain.

I knew that after this departure, it would be almost impossible for me to find that ancient temple again. The ancient temple wasn't even on this mountain. It was just that the white fox used a very strange magic to connect the ancient temple with this mountain where foxes gathered. Now that the white fox had her physical body destroyed and was severely injured, she definitely wouldn't show her face again in a short time.

Don't ask me why I only brought the faceless woman's features out, because only this set of features hadn't been digested. The others were still on the altar, but they were already part of the white fox's soul and couldn't be restored to a human. The only one that could be saved now was the faceless woman.

I couldn't help others recover from their losses.

That's just how it is. I'm not omnipotent. At least I've forced the white fox to hide. She won't harm the foxes in the mountains anymore, nor will she harm the living people in the village. That's good enough.

Back at the shop, I handed over the features and the white fox's corpse to Eighth Miss. Eighth Miss asked me how the battle went last night.

I didn't hide anything and told Eighth Miss everything that happened.

Eighth Miss was quite disappointed to hear that the white fox wasn't dead, saying that I really should have completely destroyed her at the time. She was an utterly wicked fox, and destroying her would definitely have been a great act of merit.

I said, "It's not that I didn't want to completely destroy her. When I saw those organs and fetuses she was offering on her altar, I really wanted to completely destroy her. But at the time, I was just a wisp of divine consciousness fighting her there. It was already difficult enough for me to bring down her physical body. I really didn't have the ability to completely destroy her."

"So be it." Eighth Miss was quite open-minded. "It's not bad the way things are now. If no miracle occurs, that fellow will have to stay in the half-statue for at least a hundred years. By then, the half-body will be her form. She can forget about ever becoming a complete fox.

"Just thinking about how the dignified Nine-Tailed White Fox will turn into an ugly half-fox, makes me happy. This is perfect, perfect. It's even better than killing her. Shopkeeper, you're really a talent. You handled this matter so well. Really, so well."

Seeing Eighth Miss so happy, I didn't want to discourage her. From a professional point of view, Eighth Miss's deduction was definitely correct. For these old, highly spiritual demons, it wasn't easy to possess another body after losing their own, because ordinary bodies couldn't withstand their powerful demonic energy.

If possession were so easy, Eighth Miss wouldn't be working so hard at my funeral shop. Wouldn't it be easier to just possess someone?

The reason the white fox was able to possess the hundred-year-old fox was partly because she was lucky enough to find a fox body that matched her extremely well, and partly because of the spiritual power of the half-fox statue. It was already difficult enough to encounter such a good thing once. It was basically impossible to encounter a second time.

So Eighth Miss was right in thinking that she could only stay in the half-fox statue for a hundred years. However, my divination showed otherwise. This fox would come out again.

Although I couldn't figure out what kind of opportunity she would encounter, we would definitely meet again in the future.

I didn't tell Eighth Miss about my divination. I just asked her to help deal with the little foxes in the village. 138read.com

Those foxes were bewitched by the white fox to enter the village. Although they objectively helped the white fox, it wasn't their intention. If they could be sent back to the mountains, they should be sent back to the mountains.

Eighth Miss said there was no problem. Dealing with these matters was very easy for her. Restoring the faceless woman's features and sending the little foxes back to the village were just a matter of wiggling her toes.

I don't know why this elegant Eighth Miss needed to use her toes to perform her magic, but if she said toes, then toes it was, as long as she could get the job done.

The faceless woman stayed at my shop for another night, and by morning, her face had returned to normal. She was indeed quite beautiful, fair-skinned and clean. Although her features weren't particularly exquisite, her skin was good, without any blemishes.

I didn't quite understand the white fox anymore. She didn't take such good skin, why did she insist on getting those less delicate features of the woman?

But after thinking about it, I understood. This woman's eyes slanted upwards, and her mouth and nose protruded. She really looked a bit like a fox. The white fox probably never thought about becoming a human, but wanted to create a perfect fox body, choosing everything according to the fox aesthetic.

The woman thanked me profusely, saying that when she had money in the future, she would definitely send me the 20,000 yuan I asked for.

Originally, I thought she was just saying it, but two days later, she really brought the money over, telling me that her parents were gone and her brother had been taken away by the police.

The woman who was dating her brother was also haunted by a fox spirit. So, the person dating her brother wasn't a woman at all, but the fox spirit on that woman.

After the fox spirit left, the woman immediately broke up with her brother, and no matter what, she couldn't stand him. Even if her brother had a car and a house, it was useless. What she couldn't stand was the person.

Her brother felt that he didn't have enough money, so he went to that section of the road to pick up money again, and was caught by the police, who said he was stealing. The faceless woman didn't know if he was actually stealing, but the police officers said they had evidence.

When her parents heard that their son was in trouble, they got so agitated that they both passed away.

Her brother's property had been frozen, and the little money her parents had was given to the faceless woman. In fact, that money was originally given to the family by the faceless woman, so it was basically returning to its rightful owner. She took the money and came to settle the bill with me.

"Shopkeeper Wan, do you think this is fate? You didn't agree to use their lifespans to restore me to normal, but in the end, they still couldn't survive."

I sighed, "Perhaps, it really is fate. But this way, at least you won't feel guilty."

"Perhaps."

The woman didn't stay long. She gave me the 20,000 yuan and left.

I was just about to read a book when Old Zhao ran in, holding his phone, and asked me if I had seen the big news about the Celestial Master's Mansion.