The space suddenly became extremely hot, and the deep ghostly aura brought by the Eight Extreme Wolf King's bone skull short club, as well as the cold air, were all swept away. Liao Xiaojin opened his eyes to see a pure flame that was almost transparent hitting the bone skull short club two feet away from his head, the high temperature of the flame had burned his hair to a crisp. Liao Xiaojin didn't know where he got the strength from, let out a strange cry, and rolled out three zhangs away with a lazy donkey roll, barely avoiding becoming a monk, thus Liao Xiaojin's hair was also burned off by a quarter.
Bang! The skull staff was burned by the flames and suddenly exploded. The Eight Extreme Wolf King was shocked, this white bone shadow flute was carved from the bones of a dead person who had been accumulating grievances for 300 years. It took three years to successfully refine it with secret methods, not only was it as hard as jade, but also emitted a cold aura that could invade the enemy's body when they were slightly careless, making their true yuan unable to move freely. Moreover, the skull on top of the flute could emit sharp and shrill ghostly cries when dancing, disturbing the enemy's mind, it was indeed a formidable magic treasure. But now it was damaged, the Eight Extreme Wolf King was shocked and furious, but when he saw the pure and transparent flames, he suddenly let out a sharp cry, even more piercing and unpleasant than his own white bone shadow flute's strange howl. "Three Flavors True Fire! Oh my god!" The Eight Extreme Wolf King covered his head and ran away. This Eight Extreme Wolf King was arrogant, but not to the point of being fearless, someone who could emit Three Flavors True Fire was at least a high-ranking master in the early stages of Nirvana. Although he had formed a demon core, according to the cultivators' division of strength, he was at most just an ordinary person in the later stage of Qi Refining. Although it seemed like only one step away, the difference in strength was clear to the Eight Extreme Wolf King, and he was afraid that it was like heaven and earth apart.
"Want to run!" A cold voice entered the ears of the Eight Extreme Wolf King, who desperately charged forward but was blocked by an invisible barrier. The Eight Extreme Wolf King let out a loud roar and spat out a fire-red fist-sized bead that forcefully shattered the invisible barrier. He fled with his tail between his legs, disappearing in the blink of an eye, not even bothering to take his life-saving internal elixir with him. After all, losing the internal elixir would only result in losing half of his powers, which could be regained through bitter cultivation. But if he lost his life, there was no other way except to reincarnate again.
"Master!" Looking at Zhou Qing putting away the fiery inner elixir, Liao Xiao Jin jumped up and exclaimed, "Master is wise and powerful, I knew Master would save me!"
"Nonsense! This is my second yuan Shen, my true body is still at home! You quickly bring that woman back, be careful not to let anyone follow you!" Looking at Zhou Qing saying this, Liao Xiao Jin's eyes widened like a water buffalo. "This second yuan Shen is too abnormal! This is another self!"
"Stop staring! Hurry up!" Zhou Qing used the Three Flavors True Fire to burn away the remaining blood and clothes, only then did he disappear into the darkness as a faint yellow light. Liao Xiao Jin also picked up Mei Hu and disappeared from sight.
"Master! You're being too cautious, aren't you? That wolf spirit was so scared it wet its pants and still dared to come!" Looking at the large-scale hiding aura arrays set up by Zhou Qing around the villa, Liao Xiao Jin couldn't help but whisper a sentence in admiration of Zhou Qing's meticulous thinking. Zhou Qing gave him a white eye and didn't say anything, walking straight into the practice room, sitting down cross-legged, followed by Liao Xiao Jin.
"That wolf spirit is quite arrogant! If you had transformed, there would have been a good fight. How careless can you be? If I hadn't arrived in time, wouldn't you have fallen into Yan Lao Wu's hands?"
"Hehe," Liao Xiao Jin dryly laughed. "I won't fall into Yan Lao Wu's hands. At the very least, if I were to meet someone, it would be our own Dui Yin, not him."
Zhou Qing was too lazy to bother with idle chatter: "What's this woman's background?"
"I don't know," said Liao Xiao Jin. "From what that wolf spirit said, it seems like some internal matter of the demon alliance. That wolf spirit even mistook me for someone from Shu Mountain. Ah, let's wake her up and ask her!"
Liao Xiao Jin pointed at the woman lying on the ground.
"No need to wake her up, she's already awake! Get up, miss!" said Zhou Qing.
"What kind of person are you?" Mei Hu knew about Liao Xiao Jin. Seeing that her fake fainting had been discovered by Zhou Qing, she retorted back to him. "A fox spirit?" Zhou Qing's eyes flashed with golden light as he silently activated his second yuan soul and saw through Mei Hu's true form. "You can see my original shape?" Mei Hu was shocked, suddenly realizing that her chest felt a bit cool, and upon looking down, she found that her undergarments were exposed, causing her face to turn bright red as she tightly hugged herself with both hands. Zhou Qing casually reached out and produced a man's jacket in his hand. "Put it on!" Zhou Qing handed the clothes to Mei Hu. Looking at this ordinary-looking yet mysterious man, Mei Hu suddenly felt an inexplicable feeling in her heart. In reality, Zhou Qing had cheated by quietly splitting off his second yuan soul to go next door and grab some clothes, using a concealment symbol to erase any signs of his actions before sending the clothes back to himself, creating the illusion that they appeared out of thin air.
"This is nothing. Don't mention seeing through your disguise, even if it were a more difficult task, my master would still be more than capable of handling it. My master is a high-ranking expert in the Nascent Soul stage!" Liao Xiaojin said.
"Divine Transformation Master?!" Mei Hu naturally knew what Divine Transformation Master represented. His brain temporarily short-circuited. He repeatedly kowtowed to Zhou Qing without stopping. Zhou Qing was suddenly startled: "What are you doing? Are you sick?" "I hope Senior will accept me as a disciple, so I can avenge." Mei Hu continued to kowtow nonstop.
"Halt! What revenge, what taking an apprentice? I don't understand a word!" Zhou Qing was so shocked that he almost jumped up. "Good grief, saving a beautiful young girl and unexpectedly she's not only a fox spirit but also a madwoman!"
"I'm a fox spirit, and I'm the daughter of the patriarch of the Mei Hu tribe. My name is Mei Hu." Mei Hu began to explain. "Huh? The Mei Hu tribe?" Zhou Qing recalled the records of the Mei Hu tribe in the "Practitioner's Compendium" . "It's said that the women of the Mei Hu tribe are all very beautiful! Looks like it's true!" Zhou Qing thought, looking at Mei Hu.
"Right, what's this about revenge? What is it, did someone wipe out the entire Fox Demon clan or something?" Liao Xiao Jin asked with a raised eyebrow.
Her eyes flashed with a hint of hatred: "Since over a decade ago, the mountains and forests were massively destroyed, we demons couldn't stay there anymore. So most of us came to live in cities just like ordinary humans. However, human cultivators are really too numerous. They frequently clash with demons, so for self-protection, ten years ago demons established the Demon Alliance. Simply put, it's a call for demons to unite and maintain balance with human cultivators."
"Ah!" Liao Xiao Jin's mouth was wide open. "What's so strange about it! Humans have their own paths, and demons have theirs! In ancient times, humans, demons, immortals, and devils all coexisted together!" Zhou Qing scolded Liao Xiao Jin, "Then shouldn't your Huli tribe have joined the Demon Alliance too?"
"Well, our Kitsune clan is not fond of conflict by nature, but we had no choice but to join the Yokai Alliance because relying solely on our own power was impossible for us to survive in human society. However, five years ago, a yokai with extremely high abilities suddenly appeared in the alliance, and he won over almost half of the powerful yokais, promoting him as the leader of the alliance. Originally, our yokai alliance didn't have a leader; when something happened, it was discussed by the three elder leaders. But since that yokai became the leader...he did do some good things at first, but later..."
"Is it that later on you became overbearing and completely changed? Is it that the enemy of your Fox clan is that demon leader?" Liao Xiao Jin said. "How did you know?" This time it was Mei Hu who was surprised.
"Ah! All the bad guys are like this, it's all too predictable!" Hearing Liao Xiao Jin's words, Mei Hu's originally gloomy heart flashed with a hint of sunlight. Just as Zhang was about to say something, he knew that Zhou Qing had thought for a moment before suddenly speaking up: "I understand what you mean, isn't it that you want me to be your master and then go find that monster to take revenge? That monster must have taken a liking to something from the Mei Hu tribe. The only thing worth taking from the Mei Hu tribe is the 'Hook Chen Tian Shu'. I suppose that's what the monster is after?"
"What! You also know about the 'Hook Chen Tian Shu'?" Mei Hu was shocked, her hands tightened around the object in her arms. "It's over, I just escaped from the wolf's den and now I'm entering the tiger's mouth. This person also knows about the 'Hook Chen Tian Shu', why wouldn't they come after me? Is my entire Mei Hu clan going to be exterminated?" Thinking this, Mei Hu's face turned pale white, her body trembling with fear.
Seeing Mei Hu like this, Zhou Qing hurriedly said: "Don't misunderstand, this 'Hook Chen Tian Shu' is a good thing, but it's not useful to me either. Besides, I won't stoop to the level of fighting with you over something for a woman." "Master, what is this 'Hook Chen Tian Shu'? Why have I never heard you mention it before?" Liao Xiao Jin asked again, having heard another new term.
"This 'Hook Chen Tian Shu' was passed down by the Hook Chen Emperor, in ancient times when humans, demons, immortals and monsters coexisted. The situation was chaotic, so to change this chaos, the three great saints of that time, Tai Qing Chun Shuai Taishang Laojun, Yuqing Tongtian Lingbao Daoren, and Yu Huang Dadi, signed a divine list together. They established the heavenly realm for immortals, demons and monsters with spiritual powers to live in. To manage the heavenly realm, these three great saints also set up four emperors, 365 gods who managed the many immortals, demons and monsters of the heavenly realm. This Hook Chen Emperor was the only monster among the four emperors, while the other three emperors, Beidou Zhenwu Dadi, Nanji Ziwei Dadi, and Yu Huang Dadi were all immortals. This 'Hook Chen Tian Shu' was passed down from that time, recording the secrets of ancient monsters. Unfortunately, it's written in the ancient language of monsters, so no one can understand it now." Hearing Zhou Qing say this, Mei Hu let out a sigh of relief and explained..."
Zhou Qing was also stunned, his own manual didn't record it in detail, but he knew that the Mei Hu tribe had a heavenly book like this. He didn't expect it to be truly passed down from Emperor Gou Chen.