Tang Xuejian was not opposed to the immortal asking for the Five-Poison Beast. In her eyes, as long as she could save her grandfather, that was enough.
"Immortal sister, although I am willing to give you the Five-Poison Beast, I… I don't know where it is," she said.
In truth, only the head of the Tang Clan knew the location of the Five-Poison Beast. It was, after all, the clan's greatest secret.
Yae Miko turned back and smiled. "Finding the Five-Poison Beast is actually very simple."
She flipped her hand, and the Kagura Suzu was already in her palm.
"Go, help me find the location of the secret passage."
With a flash of purple lightning, fox spirits materialized. They were the size of normal foxes, and each had a rich expression, not at all like magical constructs.
Hearing Yae Miko's command, the foxes sprang into action, spreading out in all directions to begin their search for the secret passage within the Tang Clan Fort.
According to Su Han's briefing, the Five-Poison Beast was in a secret passage, but he didn't know the specific location. If Yae Miko hadn't accepted the mission today, it would have had to have been Mona, who could use her astrology to find the passage's location.
Jing Tian watched as the lightning-formed foxes departed, his jaw on the floor. This power was countless times stronger than that "White Tofu" Daoist.
Watching the fox spirits skittering about, Xuejian asked in surprise, "Sister, these foxes are…"
"These? They are yako, sealed within the Kagura Suzu—foxes who would otherwise bring harm to humans, demons, and ghosts. Among us foxes, there are many different ranks. These yako, by their very nature, are born to be enslaved by us Nine-Tailed Celestial Foxes."
As she spoke, Xuejian caught a glimpse of a white tail flashing behind Yae Miko.
Nine-tails. This is a Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox!
It was common knowledge that a fox demon's strength was judged by its tails. And nine-tails… that was the level of an immortal!
At this moment, Yae Miko looked towards a certain direction and smiled faintly. "It seems we've already found the enemy's location."
"That fast?"
The two of them followed Yae Miko's steps and arrived at Tang Kun's study.
A single fox spirit was sitting in one spot, yipping softly. The secret passage was clearly here.
"You found it?"
"Mm. I can feel the flow of air coming from below."
"But how do we open it?" Xuejian asked, confused. She truly didn't know there was a secret passage here.
Yae Miko smiled. "Naturally, we'll have it open it. Go on, open the passage."
The fox spirit nodded, turned, and drilled into the ground.
A moment later, they heard the kaka sound of a mechanism, and a passageway appeared before them.
Arriving inside, they could see several pillars of water, gathered together to form a "Five Dragons Guarding" formation. In the middle was a small platform.
Yae Miko saw the thing that looked like a potato and smiled. "So this is the Five-Poison Beast. It looks pretty good. It seems to have fallen asleep due to a lack of power. Let big sister help you out."
Zzzt. A wisp of lightning appeared on Yae Miko's fingertip. At the same time, her eyes transformed into demon pupils, a purple light glowing within them.
The power shot out in a beam and was quickly injected into the Five-Poison Beast's body.
"Such powerful energy! Who is helping me?"
Having received Yae Miko's power, the Five-Poison Beast awoke ahead of schedule. It floated in the air and finally locked its gaze on Yae Miko.
"Little one, it was I who granted you power. From this day forward, you are my servant."
"…"
"What, you're not willing?" Nine fox tails drifted behind Yae Miko.
Sensing the murderous aura in the air, the Five-Poison Beast instantly transformed into an adorable little creature and quickly floated in front of Yae Miko, affectionately rubbing against her hand.
"Greetings, Master."
"Mm, that's more like it." The lightning disappeared, and Yae Miko's charming smile returned.
The nearby Xuejian and Jing Tian had black lines on their foreheads. If it hadn't been willing, it probably would have been zapped into charcoal, right?
Seeing Yae Miko subdue the Tang Clan's ultimate treasure, Xuejian urged her, "Sister, can we go and save my grandfather now?"
"Mm, of course. Let's go."
This mission had made her very happy, as she had obtained a cute new little pet. When she had time to train it later, it would surely be much better than those dull shrine maidens.
The three of them went outside, but before they had even left the main gate, Jing Tian saw countless Poison-Men rushing in from outside, at least a hundred of them.
"This is bad! These are all people from the city! The entire Yuzhou is out of control!"
"Sister, let's run!" Xuejian's scalp tingled. How were they supposed to fight so many Poison-Men? If they were injured, they would also be turned into one.
"What's there to be afraid of? They're just a few mortals," Yae Miko said, walking forward, completely unconcerned by the ferocious-looking Poison-Men. Even as they lunged at her, she did not stop.
"This is bad! The immortal is going to be hurt! Let's run!" Jing Tian said.
"What are you afraid of? This immortal sister definitely has a way to deal with them." Xuejian did not leave, but instead stared at the Kitsune's back. Perhaps these Poison-Men were terrifying to them, but in her eyes, they were just ants.
At this moment, Yae Miko spoke.
"Although I don't know the principle behind these Poison-Men, a chaotic power is rampaging within their bodies. Be gone."
She gently flicked her Kagura Suzu. A bolt of lightning transformed into a long serpent and pounced towards the Poison-Men. As the lightning flashed, all of the Poison-Men were marked with a Tomo-e seal. Whenever they tried to struggle, a wisp of lightning would flash, instantly neutralizing their movements.
It had to be said that Yae Miko was the perfect person to handle this mission. Not only would she not harm them, but she could also stop them from continuing their evil deeds.
Jing Tian was shocked. "This is so much more powerful than the Soul-Calming Curse!"
"Nonsense! The Soul-Calming Curse can only soothe them; it can't restrain their movements like this!" Xuejian rolled her eyes at Jing Tian. Even a fool could tell which was stronger. Compared to that rigid Daoist priest, this Kitsune was the truly powerful one.
The two of them bickered all the way as they quickly caught up to Yae Miko.
Looking at the familiar scenery, Xuejian was surprised. "The Pili Sect is inside the city?"
"Mm, it should be a gambling den. I hear it's called the 'Dasan
yuan'?"
"What? It's that place!" As a person of the streets, Jing Tian naturally knew what the Dasanyuan was.
After rushing all the way, Yae Miko and the others soon arrived in front of it. As expected, there were even more Poison-Men here. However, a white-faced Daoist priest was currently fighting them.
"White Tofu! So you're here!" Jing Tian called out.
"So it's Brother Jing and Xuejian. And this person is… a demon!"
After controlling the Poison-Men, Xu Changqing turned to greet Jing Tian, but the moment he saw Yae Miko, his expression changed dramatically. He never thought there would be a demon in the city.
In this world, especially in the perception of the Mt. Shu sect, humans and demons were irreconcilable. All demons were evil.
Seeing the Daoist priest's wary expression, Yae Miko stroked her hair and said with a smile, "What's wrong? Do you have a problem with me?"
"My master taught me that demons are nothing good." Xu Changqing drew his sword and lunged directly at the fox demon.
"Then did your master ever tell you that the price for recklessly challenging a strong expert is your own life?" Yae Miko easily dodged the attack, and at the same time, sixteen Sesshou Sakura sprouted up around her.
"Hmph!" The fox spirits let out a low growl and launched their attack.
Xu Changqing reacted very quickly, hurriedly using his sword technique and destroying six of the spirits. But the remaining ten slammed directly into his body, and the terrifying lightning poured into him.
With just one move, Xu Changqing knelt on the ground. This demon's strength is so great!
"Kneel and apologize to me, and This Guuji will forgive your transgression. Otherwise, you will face the wrath of the Adeptus-Fox!"
Thunderclouds rolled in the sky. Xuejian saw one fox tail after another appear behind Yae Miko, as her robes began to float, and terrifying lightning danced in the air.
She's angry! This foolish Daoist didn't even ask who she was and had just attacked. She really didn't know what kind of people the Mt. Shu sect was.
During this time, Yae Miko's strength had increased a great deal. She had been nourished by the meat of the Fire Qilin and Stormterror, and had also been cultivating the two types of Haki, even slowly beginning to comprehend the power of infusing her spirit into Conqueror's Haki. Dealing with an existence like Xu Changqing was very simple.
Seeing the Kitsune's boiling killing intent, Xuejian quickly ran and stood in front of her. "Immortal sister, please spare Xu Changqing this once! He's just a blockhead! He thought you were a bad demon; he didn't know you had saved us!"
"Oh? And being a 'blockhead' is an excuse to attack others at will? What kind of logic is that? If I didn't have great strength, I'm afraid I would have been injured by that one sword strike. I really don't know what kind of person his 'master' is. Just because I'm not human, he can attack me? I think I'd better teach him a lesson he won't forget."
Faced with Yae Miko's words, Xuejian was speechless.
And Xu Changqing, hearing what Xuejian said, also knew that he had been impulsive. He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and said, "Senior, what must I do for you to forgive me?"
"Mm, how about this. If you can save one hundred demons, then I will forgive you this time. You should know, in Inazuma, the only way to atone for challenging me is with death."
As the Guuji Yae of the Grand Narukami Shrine, she could joke around, but her dignity could not be lost.
"Cough… thank you, senior, for your magnanimity. I, Xu Changqing, am willing to atone for my sins."
Hearing that he didn't have to die, Xu Changqing let out a sigh of relief.