Chapter 249: “No way, I am a noble Nine-Tailed Fox! …At least two bags!”
“Wait a minute, what are you doing?”
Bai Feng’s mouth twitched slightly.
Is she thinking that as long as I pat her head, she’ll get cake?
Even if that theory’s true, you shouldn’t sell your maidenly dignity just for a bite of cake!
Tian Yan slightly turned her gaze aside: “I just want you to touch it…”
“…So, you want to eat cake?”
“…”
Tian Yan said nothing, but leaned her head forward a bit.
That already made her intention obvious.
Bai Feng felt a little powerless to complain: “Your Holy Maiden identity is crying out here!”
“So, do you want to touch it?”
Tian Yan pushed her head further forward and asked seriously.
“…Guess I’ll give it a try?”
Seeing Tian Yan so determined, he hesitated for a few seconds, then extended his hand slowly — he’d never touched a Holy Maiden’s head before, though technically it shouldn’t be much different from touching anyone else’s, it just felt… different.
Half a minute later, Bai Feng withdrew his hand. Just as he expected, the texture was pretty much the same as that of Little Qi and the others, mostly a psychological thing—thinking of Tian Yan’s Holy Maiden status gave him this strangely wonderful feeling inside.
The only downside was Tian Yan didn’t seem to react much; after a bit, it kind of lost its fun.
“Is that enough? Or do you want to stick around for a bit longer?” Tian Yan raised her head, looking a bit puzzled.
“…”
Are you still addicted to being touched, huh?
“No, that’s enough. Just touching Tian Yan’s head is enough for me to brag about it for a lifetime.” Bai Feng waved his hand, then put the Nine-Tailed Fox down. “Wait here a moment, I’m going to make you a cake.”
Tian Yan watched Bai Feng’s back, lowered her head, and stroked her chin. She could feel that Bai Feng was pretty interested at first, but within seconds, he quickly got bored of her (referring to the head-petting).
She knew very well that doing this once or twice was fine, but after a few times, Bai Feng would definitely get annoyed. So, for future cakes, she had to think of a way to keep Bai Feng interested forever.
……
“So quick! We’re already setting out!”
Bai Feng, trailing at the back of the team, stretched lazily. When the Spirit Sealing Sect disciple asked if he was leaving with everyone, he was still busy baking Tian Yan’s cake. Almost immediately after they finished gathering points and collected their gear, they packed up camp and headed out.
He didn’t slack off either—his divine sense was already deployed, scanning all around. Any approaching monster beast would be detected right away.
He sneaked a glance at Tian Yan, who was munching on a cake roll, and casually asked her, “By the way, can you figure out what the mastermind is up to?”
“Can’t just deduce directly.” Tian Yan shook her head. “That guy’s identity isn’t simple, and he’s been keeping a low profile. I’ve tried to analyze him several times, but all failed.”
She took a bite of the cake roll, then suddenly changed the subject: “But I can infer his actions indirectly—though it’s more troublesome.”
Bai Feng nodded thoughtfully.
A person with such an unusual identity—could it be connected to Tian Yan Fairy?
Then he looked down at the Nine-Tailed Fox at Yun Yue Yao’s feet, reached out, and picked it up.
Immediately, the Nine-Tailed Fox struggled: “Let me go! d*mn human! Just because you touched my tail, you think that’s okay? And now you wanna hold me?!”
Yun Yue Yao’s gaze sharpened at once, thinking this impolite little fox needed a lesson.
But Bai Feng didn’t care. He was stroking the fox’s head while saying, “One bag of fox food.”
The Nine-Tailed Fox hesitated, then lifted its head, glaring with a hero’s dignity: “No way, I am a noble Nine-Tailed Fox! …At least two bags!”
“Deal.”
Bai Feng instantly pulled out two packs of feed. The fox snatched them up, feeling like it was a bit shortchanged.
Whatever, next time it’ll ask for a little more.
The Nine-Tailed Fox curled the feed with its tail, then the supplies vanished into one big tail bundle.
From afar, Li Zhi Yi watched this scene with envy shining in her eyes. She also wanted to touch a Nine-Tailed Fox!
She sighed, reached out, picked up her little wolf, and stroked it while secretly eyeing Bai Feng holding the Nine-Tailed Fox.
After a while, Bai Feng stopped rubbing the fox’s head, lowered his voice, and said seriously, “The identity of the mastermind isn’t simple. It might be related to Tian Yan Fairy. Do you have any clues?”
“Nope, if I did, I would’ve told you all already.” The Nine-Tailed Fox nibbled on its fox food, shaking its head.
“Then one more question—why did your parents disappear?”
“Don’t know, my grandma didn’t tell me. But I guess it’s because of the collapse of the Secret Realm. Since I was born, many powerful seniors have gradually vanished. By the time I got sealed, there weren’t many strong spirit beasts left in the realm.”
Bai Feng nodded slightly; that explanation made sense, since this Secret Realm could now only hold cultivators at the middle stage of Transformation God.
But he was still curious about where those vanished spirit beasts went. It didn’t seem simple—they just disappeared, but not just lost forever.
He thought for a moment, then gave up. He kept alert, scanning the surroundings, but strangely, the road was quiet—no monster beasts at all.
This unnerved him a little.
“Looks like we’re almost there.”
Bai Feng picked up the makeshift map and examined it carefully. Once they crossed this forest, they’d reach the meeting point.
He then looked up at a tree nearby—this tree felt weird. It didn’t seem like a normal tree, and even the bushes next to it looked a bit strange. Unless he used divine sense, he probably wouldn’t notice it.
But before he could take a closer look, the tree suddenly started talking: “Brother Bai, good noon! Finally, you’re here!”
Bai Feng: “……”
What the heck is this?
He repeated inspecting several times before confirming that this strange tree was actually a disguise by a disciple of the Heavenly Sword Sect.
He’d heard that Heavenly Sword Sect disciples had invented all sorts of strange tricks while playing Chicken, but this was nuts!
“Brother Bai is here?”
Suddenly, a green head popped out from the bushes next to the tree. The creature showed its green teeth and greeted Bai Feng: “Good noon, Brother Bai!”
…….
He was wrong. This was actually more surreal. What kind of stuff did you all invent?
Bai Feng gave a simple greeting to the two Heavenly Sword Sect disciples, then calmly continued toward the gathering point. Along the way, he kept noticing more and more bizarre Heavenly Sword Sect disciples. He even wondered if the entire forest was artificially created by them.
After Bai Feng walked away, the big tree said to the bushes:
“As expected from Brother Bai, the one who created the Netherworld Secret Realm, he saw through my disguise immediately.”
“Yeah, I was still worried that those Sealing Spirit Sect formation masters would set a trap, but with Brother Bai here, we’re safe. Once we’re inside his formation, if the enemy dares to come, they’re bound to suffer a crushing defeat!”
