Chapter 705 - 648: The Fox Race’s Privilege

Chapter 705: Chapter 648: The Fox Race’s Privilege

"My King, regardless, this is still a glimmer of hope. Perhaps things aren’t as bad as you think," Elder Snake said worriedly. "If we wait for the Yellow Demon King and the Gray Demon King to lead their armies against She Mountain, it will be too late. Even King Liu Yao would be powerless if he were here."

’Was Demon King Liu that strong?’ Tu Xiao’an curled his lip. ’He still died at my hand.’

When it came to the Snake Race’s impending catastrophe, it was ultimately because Tu Xiao’an, as king, had been too high-profile. He had gravely offended two Deep Mountain Demon Kings, and his killing of the White Demon King had left the leaders of many other races deeply unsettled.

’If I do nothing, it’ll be a bit hard to justify.’

"Elder Snake, since you think it’s necessary for me to visit the Fox Race, then I will go."

’But there’s probably no hope in this trip,’ Tu Xiao’an thought.

Hearing this, Elder Snake was overjoyed. "My King, as long as you go to the Fox Race personally, the Fox Immortal King will surely give our Snake Race some help, for the sake of the previous generation’s King Liu Yao."

Tu Xiao’an gave a noncommittal smile. ’If the Fox Immortal King finds out that Demon King Liu died by my hand, I’ll be lucky if she doesn’t come to settle the score with me.’

"Got it. Give me the location of the Fox Race." Since Tu Xiao’an had resolved to go, he needed to depart immediately, racing against time. He thought for a moment more and commanded, "Protect my mom’s palace well. Don’t let them know what’s happening outside. Even if the sky falls, I want this place to remain unharmed."

"Rest assured, my King."

The palace Tu Xiao’an had arranged for his mom and older sister was in the depths of the Snake Palace. As long as they didn’t step outside, they wouldn’t notice a thing, even if the world was turned upside down.

"I’m off, then."

Tu Xiao’an took a deep breath and summoned back the Golden-winged Flying Horse he had gifted his sister to use for the journey.

According to the location Elder Snake provided, the Fox Race was extremely far from the Snake Race, at least several thousand miles away.

The Fox Race was mysterious, their sphere of influence located in the deepest part of the Yaoling Mountain Range, as if cut off from the rest of the world.

Riding the Golden-winged Flying Horse, Tu Xiao’an soared through the sky above the Yaoling Mountain Range, his mind constantly turning over what arrangements and countermeasures he should prepare if the enemy’s grand army truly did arrive at She Mountain.

In truth, Tu Xiao’an didn’t want a war between the races. Once a war began, it would bring devastation, and countless Cultivated Creatures would die.

If it were king against king, the casualties would be in the single digits, which was no big deal.

Besides, in a one-on-one fight, he feared no one below Rank Four.

Unfortunately, his opponents wouldn’t give him a chance for a fair fight. They wanted to kill him, this snake, and exterminate the Snake Race.

’Sigh, I was too careless. If I’d known that Weasel and that rat would go this far, I would’ve taken down the Gray Demon King back in the Purple Bamboo Forest.’

’As the saying goes, a prideful army is bound to fail. When my Level rose to Level 37, I started to look down on that rat, thinking I could kill the Gray Demon King whenever I pleased, all depending on my mood.’

But he had forgotten that the Gray Demon King was a Deep Mountain Demon King—cautious and meticulous. He wouldn’t just let himself be pushed around, nor would he wait in a rat hole to die.

Tu Xiao’an soared through the sky on the Golden-winged Flying Horse for a full three hours, entering the deepest part of the Yaoling Mountain Range. He soon arrived in the territory of the Fox Race.

There was a mountain peak shrouded in mist, filled with the singing of birds and the fragrance of flowers. Just looking at it with the naked eye made one feel it was incredibly mysterious and unusual.

Ever since flying into this mountain’s airspace, the Golden-winged Flying Horse seemed to be flying in circles, as if it had lost its way.

Tu Xiao’an noticed something was amiss and carefully observed his surroundings. He could see many little foxes playing everywhere.

But this was merely the outer area. The foxes he saw were all at Rank One Awakening, and there were even many ordinary foxes.

Tu Xiao’an was looking for the Fox Immortal King’s castle.

He knew that the Five Great Deep Mountain Demon Kings all had their own Demon King’s Castles. It was a matter of pomp and prestige.

Foxes didn’t just live in fox dens.

As a newcomer, it wasn’t so simple for Tu Xiao’an to find the Demon King’s Castle. The mountain was wreathed in mist, making it impossible to see everything at a glance, even with his Snake Gaze.

The crisp, pleasant calls of foxes filled his ears.

The Golden-winged Flying Horse flew back and forth but couldn’t find a way forward. Tu Xiao’an had no choice but to put the horse away and proceed on foot. Since he was in the Fox Race’s territory, he couldn’t just fly recklessly over their heads. He was here today to ask for help, so he had to adopt a humble posture and show some etiquette.

’If any Demon dared to fly over She Mountain, it would probably be swallowed whole by some powerful Great Snake in the blink of an eye.’

In the mist, Tu Xiao’an walked everywhere, but he just ended up getting nowhere. He suddenly felt a trace of reverence for the mysterious Fox Race.

’This mountain alone is far from simple.’

After wandering for an hour, Tu Xiao’an finally spotted a small pavilion in the distance. Inside, a woman was holding a small fox, whispering to it.

This woman had undergone Transformation, but she was no Rank Three Demon Spirit.

The fox lineage was uniquely blessed. They were animals that could very easily cultivate into Demons. Legends of all kinds of Demon Foxes and Fox Immortals had been common since ancient times.

Tu Xiao’an could tell this woman’s Cultivation Level without even using his Conscious Insight; she hadn’t even reached the level of a Rank Two Demon.

But as for why she could take human form, that was a special privilege of the Fox Race’s Cultivation.

It was said that after fifty years of Cultivation, a fox could transform into a woman, and at a hundred years, into a beautiful woman. After a hundred years, they should be at the level of a Rank Two Demon.

After that, if they crossed a tribulation and reached Rank Three, they would become a divine shaman, able to know of events a thousand li away, skilled in bewitchment, and capable of confusing people and making them lose their minds.

At this stage, the fox’s appearance would become even more beautiful. Whether male or female, they would be stunningly attractive.

Furthermore, as their Cultivation deepened, foxes would grow additional tails. A Rank Three Demon Fox basically had three tails.

A Deep Mountain Great Demon would have four tails, a being at the Pseudo Demon King Level would have five, and a Demon King would have six.

A Deep Mountain Demon King like the Fox Immortal King, who had cultivated for over a thousand years, was a Celestial Fox and already had eight tails.

According to legend, the Nine-tailed Fox was incomparably powerful, a Rank Four existence.

Tu Xiao’an walked towards the woman. Her features were quite refined, and she had a graceful bearing, looking to be in her forties. A white tail was curled to one side behind her, completely unconcealed.

Before coming to the Fox Race, Elder Snake had more or less filled Tu Xiao’an in on some knowledge about them.

The older a woman looked, the lower her Cultivation. The younger and more beautiful a woman appeared, the more likely she was to be a Rank Three Demon Fox.

’Now that I’m seeing it for myself... for a Demon not yet at Rank Two to be able to take the form of a woman is truly impressive.’

"Hello, may I ask where the Fox Immortal King’s Demon King’s Castle is? Could you please point me in the right direction?" Tu Xiao’an asked pleasantly, standing before the woman.

The woman was slightly startled when she saw Tu Xiao’an. "You are..."

This "You are..." wasn’t asking for Tu Xiao’an’s name or identity, but rather that the woman couldn’t tell what race he belonged to, nor could she gauge his depth at all.

A fox of her Level naturally couldn’t see through Tu Xiao’an.

Tu Xiao’an didn’t hide it, stating calmly, "I am the King of the Snake Clan, here to pay a formal visit to the Lord Fox Immortal King."

Ah...!

The beautiful woman shot to her feet, staring in disbelief at the very young and handsome man before her.

’Is he the new Snake King of the Snake Race, the one who’s been causing such a stir in the Yaoling Mountain Range lately, the one renowned for his ferocity?’

’That’s a sky-reaching figure. How could he possibly appear before a little fox like me?’

"Who are you really? How dare you spout such nonsense! My Fox Race has always been the cleverest, so don’t you try to fool me," the woman said with a hint of annoyance after her initial shock.

’What nonsense. The King of the Snake Clan looks like this? And he’s being so polite to a trivial little fox like me?’

’If a great figure like that were to visit, our Fox Immortal King would surely come out to greet him personally. Would he need to find the way himself?’

’So lacking in prestige.’

Tu Xiao’an gave a wry smile. ’Can’t I be down-to-earth?’

’Forget it. It’s impossible to get directions from her; she doesn’t believe me at all. But if I try to find the Demon King’s Castle myself, it’ll probably take forever.’

’Looks like I’ll have to use the simplest, most direct method.’

Tu Xiao’an turned and left the mist-shrouded pavilion. He walked about a kilometer away, and then with a jolt, an incomparably terrifying Snake King aura erupted from him, spreading out in all directions.

The reason he had walked away from the pavilion first was that he was afraid his aura would kill the transformed fox woman on the spot.

As the Snake King’s aura spread, countless sounds of panic and terror instantly rose from the surroundings. The moment the little foxes sensed the aura, their souls nearly scattered.

Tu Xiao’an had already tried to make his Snake King aura as gentle as possible, but there was nothing to be done. His Cultivation was what it was.

He was doing this to send a signal, to let the Fox Immortal King know he had arrived.

If such a terrifying Snake King aura appeared in the Fox Race’s territory and the Fox Immortal King made no move, it would mean she was unwilling to see him.

However, after just a few breaths, a voice filled with utter seductiveness drifted out from the mist.

"Snake Demon King, to what do I owe the pleasure of your visit? What wind has blown you to my humble Fox Cave?"

That voice could only belong to the Fox Immortal King.

Tu Xiao’an’s gaze shot in a certain direction, his pupils contracting, but he saw nothing. He could only call out loudly, "I have heard that the land where the Fox Race lives is a Realm of Bliss, beautiful beyond measure. Now that I am here, I see it is indeed like an Immortal Realm."

’I still know how to lay on the flattery.’

"Hehe... you’re too kind, Snake Demon King. I’ve already sent my seventh sister to guide you. We can speak more when we meet."

"Alright!"

Immediately, Tu Xiao’an saw a devastatingly beautiful woman emerge from the mist. She was graceful and elegant, dressed in pink robes. Her dignified appearance held an indescribable, bewitching charm. Her black hair cascaded down her back, held only by a simple pink ribbon. The color gave her skin a faint rosy hue, making her exceptionally beautiful. Her shimmering phoenix eyes could steal one’s very soul and stir the heart, and her cherry-like lips invited endless fantasies.

"DING... Five-tailed Fox, Level 35."

Tu Xiao’an’s eyes narrowed. Simple data had appeared.

"Greetings, Lord Snake King. This little fox, Mengqi, offers her respects."

A Demon Fox at the Pseudo Demon King Level calling herself a "little fox" was a bit too humble. As she spoke, her eyes rippled with alluring glances, her seductive gaze hooking his soul as she brazenly looked Tu Xiao’an up and down.

"Hello, Miss Mengqi. Please lead the way."

Tu Xiao’an was unmoved by her beauty and spoke calmly.