Fang Xin left the street and didn't go anywhere else to hang out.

  He went back to the old Hu's house, wiped his face with a hot towel, took out a book and read it carefully. He had actually memorized all of it, as for the thickness of the text, there was no exaggeration. However, in order to understand the subtlety and grand meaning inside, it would still take years of effort - is this what makes a scholar so easy to obtain?

  While reading, I came up with various interpretations and savored them carefully. By the time it was late at night (around 9 pm), a candle had burned down to a small stub, and I undressed and went to bed.

  Just fell asleep, past midnight, till dawn, suddenly a loud noise startled him awake, he let out a cold laugh, his hand already on the hilt of his sword.

  However, after a while, no one came, slightly surprised, took out the jade Ruyi, stuck it on his forehead, and suddenly, everything within a thousand miles could be seen and heard.

  But saw two people standing on the roof of the house, confronting each other.

  "How dare you block my way?" a man shouted in anger, and it was precisely that Taoist.

  "The Taoist priest is a virtuous man, and I didn't dare to block him. However, this is the Hu family's shop for 120 years, and when it was first built, they made a vow to provide convenience and safety for traveling guests. If the Taoist priest has business here, he can wait until he leaves the inn." A young girl stepped forward and bowed: "It's just a small effort, only for a few days, please fulfill my family's wish, and everyone in the Hu family will be grateful to the Taoist priest."

  "Hey, you're a monster from another tribe. Originally, when you appeared in the mortal world, you should have been executed. If it weren't for seeing that you have some merit, I would have killed you to fulfill heaven's will. If you don't leave quickly, don't blame me for taking the path of execution."

  "Master Dao, my family has made a vow and still needs thirty years to fulfill it. Please, Master Dao, you must break the vow for us." The girl begged again: "If this great vow is broken, heaven's will will be moved, and there will certainly be calamity. I beg of you, considering how difficult it is for us to cultivate, please spare my family a way out."

  "This beast is truly ignorant of life and death!" The Taoist was furious, seemingly summoning a god. A moment later, a golden-armored deity appeared, pointing at the girl and saying: "Seize her and execute her!"

  The Golden Armor God suddenly moved, pounced forward, and the girl helplessly took out a sword from somewhere. In an instant, the three of them engaged in battle. However, this struggle was extremely cautious, not to be seen by ordinary people.

  Fang Xin sneered, drew out his sword, and slowly ran his fingers over the blade. Instantly, a faint blue glow appeared on the sword, emitting a chill aura. This world was different from the main world. Various powers could take shape here. The so-called fourth stage referred to the formation of condensed energy, not just a simple concept. Currently, Fang Xin's fourth-stage sword technique had reached this level. By concentrating his spirit and gathering his energy, he could produce a wisp of sword aura. In the main world, one would have to cultivate a sword embryo to see such a wisp of sword aura, which was only possible at the fifth stage.

  Do not underestimate this sword energy. Without it, one is helpless against intangible things. With it, one can cut down ghosts and gods, let alone the fact that this body is filled with the power of later earth, so in the sword intent, great might is born.

  A green light shone on his face, and two flames ignited in Fang Xing's eyes. This was the sign of holy power condensing.

  But thinking about it, the sword energy dissipated. Whether it was the Taoist or the Golden Armor God, they were not easy to cultivate, especially the Golden Armor God, who had received a divine appointment and possessed divine power bestowed by the heavenly symbols. If this kind of hidden, post-terrestrial sacred power-infused sword energy were used to slash them, although it wouldn't be fatal, it would still cause damage to the god's true body, which was not ordinary. What's the point of that?

  Seeing the three people fighting, the girl was gradually unable to hold on. Fang Xin remembered the divine spell from that day and also obtained the technique of summoning the Golden Armor God. Among them, there was a method for recalling him. So he silently recited it, but there was no response. It seemed that the laws of the two worlds still had some differences. He slightly furrowed his brow, thought for a moment, and added the power of Hou Tu's sacred energy.

  Houtu Niangniang, even if this world doesn't control the six paths and doesn't open life and death, it is still an existence at the level of Huangtian Houtu. The magnitude of its power is boundless, containing sacred energy. In an instant, the golden-armored god who was fighting was stunned, then the golden light began to dissipate, seemingly about to return to its original form. That Daoist didn't know what was happening and was greatly shocked, repeatedly chanting incantations, but usually when he chanted a hundred incantations they would be effective a hundred times, yet now they were completely ineffective. Just as the golden light flashed once, it had already vanished without a trace. In the midst of panic, he was struck by a sword and let out a mournful cry, hastily retreating.

  Although she had repelled the enemy and escaped, this young girl did not have a hint of joy on her face. With a faint sigh, she said: "It turns out that Master is also an extraordinary person, I was just being too anxious."

  Fang Xinkai came out and said, "Come in and talk."

  The girl looked at him, under the moonlight, and saw that her skirt was fluttering like jade. She lightly jumped up and landed on the ground.

  She walked into the room with a calm expression and lit the candles.

  Fang Xin smiled and said: "Still asking for the young lady's name!"

  She was carefully measured, but felt that the woman in white dress, skin as snow, extremely beautiful, eyes dark and mysterious, cold like frost, this is not intentionally so to him, but it's usual habit, however still can't cover up a hint of charm from her bones.

  It's a fox spirit, but at first, I didn't feel any demonic aura. Only after careful consideration did I realize that there was a hint of Buddhist merit surrounding my body, transforming the demonic energy and making it imperceptible again.

  The girl was also observing, but she felt that the other party's body had a profound and unfathomable sacred power gathering inside, far surpassing the ordinary magicians she had seen. However, it was being kept hidden, not revealing even a hint, and if one didn't look closely, it would be hard to notice this level of magical power. If it weren't for the fact that it was already tightly locked within his body and hadn't been released, she feared that she would have fallen under his control. A flash of light flickered in her eyes, and a hint of doubt flashed across her pupils as she let out a soft sigh: "My surname is Hu, I'm ranked sixth, you can call me Hu Lüyun from now on, Miss Hu still wants to thank you for saving her."

  Although this matter was actually brought about by Fang Xin, she didn't dare to say it. The sentence on the roof just now had a hint of resentment, and thinking back now, she regretted it even more and didn't dare to question him, instead wanting to thank him, she bowed down.

  "This matter is up to me, not you. However, I've never seen the Hu family's shop earn any good deeds." Fang Xin smiled and said warmly: "You're doing a great job, I really appreciate it, don't have to be suspicious or afraid."

  After hearing this, Hu Lü Yue finally let out a sigh of relief: "Thank you, sir, for your understanding. My family has been running an inn for 120 years, ever since my mother made a vow to provide convenience to travelers and treat them fairly, only earning what we deserve, and using the money earned to repair roads, distribute porridge, and provide medical care, thus accumulating some merit to dispel this evil energy. Our whole family of over ten people has benefited from it, and once we complete 300,000 good deeds, we can rid ourselves of this evil energy and avoid being struck by lightning, even if we are still spirits... Who would have thought..."

  She suddenly gritted her teeth and knelt down: "The method used by the Taoist just now is a orthodox divine transmission, which cannot be resisted by my family. Just now I blocked him because of my family's vow, but also planted a calamity. Please, sir, save me once, if so, this humble girl is willing to serve as a maid and attend to you front and back."

  The beautiful girl knelt on the ground, Fang Xin was not seduced by her charm, but instead felt pity for her. This matter was indeed caused by Fang Xin himself, and he had not yet fallen to the point of pushing the responsibility onto the fox spirit who was struggling to survive under the heavens. He said: "You have indeed not harmed anyone's life? Not taken their blood as food?"

  "I report to you, sir, that we were born of the beast tribe. In our youth, we could not survive on moonlight alone and had to consume some blood food, but mostly it was domesticated animals or wild beasts, never harming humans. After 500 years of cultivation, we can eat moonlight as dew, and even this has become rare. Please, sir, have a clear understanding."

  He looked at her and said, "Well, this matter originated from me, and I also can't stay for long. Let's do it this way: I'll leave a volume of scripture, which is the Scripture of Hou Tu Niang Niang. If you serve and recite it day and night, you will be blessed." As he spoke, he took out a volume of the Scripture of Hou Tu. The moment the scripture appeared, it seemed to sense the demonic energy, and immediately emitted a brilliant light with supreme majesty, pressing down on the fox spirit below, which cowered on the ground, unable to lift its head. Fang Xin stroked the surface of the scripture, speaking warmly to the fox spirit kneeling on the ground: "The goddess transforms into six paths, great compassion and great kindness, sacred light illuminates all, nothing is excluded, even birds and beasts are included. As long as you can cultivate with a sincere heart, accumulate merits, and do not harm human morality, what is there to fear? If not, you will certainly be punished."

  As soon as these words came out, although they were directed at the fox spirit, the light of the scriptures shone brightly but gently, and a thread of sacred light also appeared on the body of the fox spirit. The two intersected, and although there was still pressure, it did not cause harm.

  Hu Lüjūi heard this and repeatedly kowtowed: "Thank you, Your Ladyship, thank you, Sir."

  Not daring to stand up and receive it, he crawled a few steps on his knees, with both hands raised high.

  Fang Xin placed the sutra in her hands, and the text indeed shone brightly as she received it. She was overjoyed when she took hold of it, and upon taking a closer look, she burst into tears of joy.

  At this time, the Jade Ruyi suddenly shook violently. The fox's joyful expression was quite strange, and Fang Xin felt a bit surprised. Not wanting to look at it anymore, he said, "You all wait for now. It's not yet dawn, we'll talk about it tomorrow."

  The fox spirit nodded and retreated.

  Fang Xin only then took out the Jade Ruyi, but found it very strange. The merits on the Jade Ruyi had increased by a large margin, with more than 300 added. He couldn't help but think: "Strange, how can there be so many? Even if I saved hundreds or thousands of people, it shouldn't have increased this much!"

  For a while, I couldn't understand and couldn't sleep. So I lit a candle and read books. The long night was tedious, but the meaning of the scriptures was rich. After finishing reading one article, the candle had burned out and it was almost dawn.