Chapter 76: Tu Shan's Nine Wives

  I and Jin Gang were stunned by the scene in front of us, at a loss for what to say.

  In the end I plucked up the courage and spoke "Do you know us?"

  The woman in white on the wheelchair had a disappointed look on her face, "Don't you remember me, True Person?"

  When I heard her say this, I suddenly reacted and she might know Fengfeng Daoist. Is she also a figure from over 1,000 years ago?

  "Miss, don't you know Fengfeng Daoist?" I calmly asked back.

  "Are you not him?" The white-clad woman's cherry lips parted slightly, with a deeper sense of disappointment in her words.

  "The immortal has ridden the crane to the west over a thousand years ago, we three are just passing travelers." I said half truthfully and half falsely. The woman in front of me spoke without malice, this I was certain of.

  "Does he have his divine consciousness on you?" The white-clothed woman's eyes were sharp and she spoke accurately.

  I nodded in agreement, taking a step forward. "Miss, the three of us really didn't mean to offend you, and that old man earlier was also injured by mistake. Please dispel the illusion and let us out." The woman in front of me had a white aura, but she could effortlessly move the explosives thrown by the Golden Cannon dozens of meters away, showing her profound skills. It would be better to resolve this with words rather than resorting to martial arts.

  "Third Uncle disobeyed his ancestor's teachings and lost an eye, but I won't blame you for that." The white-clad woman raised her sleeve slightly, and in an instant the scene before them changed.

  The village in the memory of Jin Gang Cannon suddenly disappeared, replaced by a ancient building with Sui and Tang dynasties style, although slightly damaged, but very clean. The white-clothed woman who came out earlier was from the largest one among these wooden buildings.

  "Thank you, farewell!" I cupped my hands in respect. The woman in front of me, although her aura didn't reveal the depth of her cultivation, but based on my intuition, neither I nor Jin Gang Pao were a match for her.

  "Wait." Just then, Jin Gang Pao took a step forward and shouted at the woman in white, "Who just stripped her clothes? Hand over the person, or I'll destroy your nest today!" Mu Rong Zhui Feng's previous words had made Jin Gang Pao furious.

  "This young lady's clothes are disheveled and her face is covered in dust, these few women will help her bathe and change." The woman in white on the wheelchair slightly raised her hand, and several middle-aged women walked out from behind the crowd.

  "Whatever... let's just go, old chap." Jin Gang Pao originally thought that Murong Zhui Feng had been insulted by someone, but it turned out to be a few old ladies, and he also knew he was overthinking, muttering to himself in embarrassment.

  "Hold on!" We turned around to leave, but the woman in white behind us called out to us. "We, the Suishan clan, have always been known for our hospitality and etiquette. Today, we have been remiss in our duties. Please stay with us for a few more days, and let me, Bai Jiujiu, play hostess properly!"

  "What did she mean?" Jin Gang Pao didn't understand the white-clothed woman's intention and tilted his head to ask me.

  "She wants us to stay for a few days." I couldn't help but smile wryly. This white-robed woman who called herself Bai Jiu Yu seemed to be the leader of this group of foxes, and it went without saying that her true form was also a fox. Who dared to accept a fox's invitation? But not accepting would make her turn hostile.

  I stood still and replied it wasn't, but not replying also wasn't, hesitating and unable to make up my mind.

  "Don't worry, you two true immortals. Although the two of you don't acknowledge yourselves as people from the Taoist sect, I, Jiuyou, have not a single word that is insincere. Don't decline, please." Bai Jiuyou said with sincerity and kindness.

  "That gray fox led us into a trap and planned to harm us, how do we know you're not in cahoots with him?" Jin Gang's words were straightforward. But it was good that he spoke his mind, what he said was exactly what I was worried about.

  "Third Uncle exerted the Immobilization Technique to trap the two True Persons without any intention of harming them, and was also severely reprimanded by me earlier. To be honest, Third Uncle's actions were actually for my sake, so Nine You is indeed implicated in this matter." White Nine You's wooden wheelchair detached from the crowd behind her and stopped three feet away from us, looking me up and down. "May I ask if True Person is also a practitioner of the Observation of Qi Sect?"

  I nodded silently. It was strange that the white wolf standing beside me had no hostility towards this Bai Jiu Yu.

  "Can you tell me the way to Zhen Ren Dao?" The distance was getting closer, and the view became more vivid. Bai Jiuyou's beauty was absolutely not of this world, because she was too perfect.

  "We have no more successors in our school of observing the air, he and I can be considered the last ones, so I don't have a Dao number." My hand pointing to the Vajra cannon answered Bai Jiuyi's question.

  "May I ask what is your secular name?" This Bai Jiuyue seemed to be very interested in me, and was determined to get to the bottom of it.

  "Family name Yu, first name Feng, if you're not busy, Miss, we'll take our leave." I felt a bit uneasy under her gaze and hastily made an excuse to make a quick exit.

  "Since the two of you insist on leaving, I won't keep you here. However, your Taoist robes are quite worn out and dusty. As it happens, there's a hot spring nearby that you can use to bathe. Why not take a short rest and leave at noon instead? Would that be alright?" White Jiuyue insisted on keeping me, but what was even harder to resist was her mention of the "hot spring". It had been so long since I'd taken a bath, both I and Jinguang Cannon were stinking.

  "I'm sorry for the trouble." Under his enthusiastic hospitality, I also became less polite.

  Bai Jiuyi's face showed joy, and she retreated into the crowd in a wooden wheelchair. "The two true persons please go ahead with the clan people to take a bath first. Jiuyi is not convenient to move around, and we will set up a banquet in the main hall to wait for you."

  "Hahaha~" Watching Bai Jiu Yu walk away, Jin Gang Pao couldn't hold back his laughter and burst out laughing.

  "What's so funny?" I asked with a frown.

  "Lao Yu, I think this fox spirit has taken a liking to you, asking all sorts of questions, and it's only a matter of time before she asks if you're married or not!" Jin Gang Pao said, getting more and more outlandish. "Your mom isn't urging you to find a girlfriend? You'd better bring her back home, or your mom will be in tears!"

  "You take her back, can your mother smile?" I said exasperatedly, pointing at Murong Chui and dropping a sentence. After finishing, I ordered Bai Lang to guard the original place and followed the guiding man to the hot spring.

  Jin Gang Pao also wanted to follow, but I stopped him and let him accompany Murong Zhui Feng outside. It's always good to be cautious, especially when we're not even dealing with humans right now!

  "Brother, who was that young lady just now?" I asked the young man waiting in the distance. The hot spring is small and the water temperature is not very high. But I soaked in it with great comfort.

  "That's our clan elder." The young man replied casually.

  "It's really not easy to become the head of the tribe at such a young age." I washed my hair with hot spring water, and since I hadn't had a chance to get a haircut for a long time, my hair had grown so long that it almost covered my eyes.

  "She is over a thousand years old..."

  "Huh?......"

  After a simple bath, I found that the young man who led the way was holding a large wooden tray in his hand, on which a white robe was neatly stacked. "True person, your clothes should be washed and ironed. This is what our clan leader gave you."

  I hate it when others call me "real man", my current moral integrity doesn't deserve those two words. "Call me big... or just call me brother" The guy in front of me looks young, but his age is definitely older than mine, originally wanted to be called "big brother", thought about it and changed his mouth.

  "I have a change of clothes." I said, taking out another set of clothes and putting them on.

  After washing up with the golden cannon wheel, we first placed Murong Zhui Feng and Bai Lang in a clean place. Then, led by the young man, we entered the grand hall. Bai Jiu Yu was already waiting there. What surprised me and Jin Gang Pao was that the gray old fox from before had transformed into human form and was kneeling in the center of the main hall.

  "Third Uncle, get up. The True Person of the Wind has arrived." Bai Jiuyi was still leaning on her wooden wheelchair, and upon seeing our arrival, she said softly to the old man who was kneeling.

  "Hei San Chang has often offended before, I hope you can forgive him!" The old man stepped forward and bowed to me and Jin Gang Pao. His left eye was already bandaged, it seemed that the previous shot had blinded one of his eyes.

  "This is nothing, nothing." I and Jīn Gāng Pào were stunned by him. It's really hard to say who would win or lose in a real fight, how did he change so quickly?

  "Thanks for not holding a grudge against me!" Hei San's face showed joy, and Bai Jiu Yu in the wheelchair next to him also smiled at us with gratitude.

  Hei San stopped talking and quickly walked to the front of the main hall, north side, in front of a jade stone statue, knelt down and whispered something. The distance was too far to hear clearly.

  "True Man, please don't mind, the nine of us should thank you, but unfortunately, our bodies are not well, and we can't perform the grand ceremony. True Man, please forgive us!" Bai Jiuyue said, slightly raising her jade arm, "True Man, please take a seat!"

  I only then noticed that in the main hall's south end, an old-fashioned eight immortals table had already been placed. Upon closer inspection, on top were eight dishes of vegetarian dim sum, to be honest, they didn't look very good, the dishes weren't delicate and the dim sum wasn't well-formed.

  "I suppose you already know, we are not like the seven orifices, our daily food is mainly blood food, not good at cooking, Zhenren Haihan." Bai Jiuyue's hand pointed to the cup plate with a hint of shame. Only humans have seven orifices, Bai Jiuyue hinted that she was not human.

  "The White Clan's hospitality is indeed generous, both of us are disciples of the Intercepting Teachings Sect, without distinction between physical forms." I returned the courtesy. The Intercepting Teachings Sect indeed has many practitioners of different kinds, one of whom is Long Xianfeng, the third disciple of the Three Saints True Person.

  "Please!" Bai Jiuyao's smile grew thicker as she raised her hand to invite the guest. It was clear that my few words had delighted her greatly.

  I and Jin Gang Pao didn't stand on ceremony, and sat down with a big smile. The wheelchair that Bai Jiu Yu was sitting in quietly pulled up close, taking the lower seat as accompaniment.

  "Hey, call him over here." The cannon master pointed at Hei San Chang, who was still kneeling in front of the statue.

  "Very well, I'm afraid I won't be able to make the trip, my hands can't even hold a kettle. Let Third Uncle accompany our guest instead." Bai Jiuyue said as she invited Hei Sanchang over.

  Hei San Chang walked over with a hint of embarrassment, not saying a word, and poured wine for me and Jin Gang Pao. He then poured himself a cup and said, "You two don't hold grudges, which means Hei San Chang didn't do anything to shame his ancestors. I'll drink a toast to you." After finishing the drink, he seemed quite straightforward.

  I and Jin Gang cannon hastily followed suit and drank up the wine in the cup. The wine was green, with a low degree of alcohol, smooth and mellow on the palate, it should be a well-stocked fine wine.

  The dishes were not exquisite, but the wine was good. Even I, who don't know how to drink, managed to down a few cups. White Jiuyou in her wheelchair only symbolically took a bite of the pancake and smiled as she watched us eat and drink.

  Hei San often got along well with me and Jin Gang Pao, in a good mood, and didn't care about the wound on his eye. He kept urging me and Jin Gang Pao to drink, later seeing that I really couldn't hold it anymore, he went to urge Jin Gang Pao instead, you one cup me one cup, drinking happily.

  "Little brother, don't be arrogant, this wine is the Amber Drunkenness of Emperor Dazhou, I personally stole it out......" Hei San Chang seemed to have drunk too much and started talking nonsense, ignoring Bai Jiu Yu's frowning gaze, I couldn't help but secretly smile at the sight.

  "My grass, this is what the emperor drinks. I have something that the chairman drinks too." Jin Gang Pao said, taking out the Maotai from my bag "Come, try some of this." This time it made me frown.

  Maotai is no worse than ancient wine, the alcohol content of modern wines are all high, this bottle of Maotai in my bag is highly potent, by the time the bottle is empty, people will be knocked out.

  It's all over, looking at this situation, Jin Gang Cannon won't wake up for a while, let alone noon, and it's estimated that it will be gone by midnight.

  "It's true!" Bai Jiuyi slightly waved her hand and covered the completely drunk Hei San Chang's large tail, her face revealing a hint of anger. It seems that what was shown on TV about foxes revealing their true form after drinking too much is actually real.

  Just as I was lost in thought, Bai Jiuyi finally spoke up. "Jiuyi has some words she'd like to say to Zhen Ren, may I request an audience?"

  It just so happened that I also had a lot of questions to ask her, so when I heard her proposal, I hesitated for a moment and nodded.

  Bai Jiu Yu smiled and revealed her pearly whites "The real deal, follow me..."