Chapter 781 Nine-tailed Heavenly Fox in the Xuanhuo Altar
This day.

After Su Mingzhe got up, he saw Yan Hong standing at the door of his room. She was graceful and heroic. For a moment, he looked dazed.

Yan Hong, like Tian Ling'er, has a face as beautiful as a jade plate and likes to wear red dresses.

Counting the days, it has been half a month since I left Dazhu Peak. I don’t know if my junior sister misses me now that she is no longer with me.

"Senior Brother Su!"

When Yan Hong saw Su Mingzhe staring at her with a dazed look in his eyes, she thought the man was mesmerized by her appearance, and she felt shy and happy at once.

Speaking of which, Yan Hong is also a girl. As the host, she has been traveling around with Su Mingzhe these days. It is inevitable that feelings will arise between the handsome man and the beautiful woman.

Su Mingzhe heard the call, came back to his senses, restrained his emotions, and said with a smile:

"Junior Sister Yan, you came here so early in the morning, is there something wrong?"

"Brother Su, my master wants you to go to the Mountain and River Palace!"

In the Mountain and River Hall, the elders of the three sects gathered together.

When Yun Yilan saw Su Mingzhe coming over, his face lit up and he laughed loudly:
"This must be Junior Brother Su, he is indeed very brave and handsome!"

Needless to say, Su Mingzhe's appearance is outstanding, with sharp eyebrows, bright eyes, a nose like a hanging gall bladder, and a face like a crown of jade.

Yun Yilan smiled kindly and thanked Su Mingzhe for his recent help with Fenxiang Valley. Then he asked Yan Hong to take Su Mingzhe to the Fenxiang Valley treasury to pick out some treasures as gifts.

Su Mingzhe quickly refused.

He had visited the treasure house of Fenxiang Valley a long time ago, and there were really no treasures that caught his eye.

"You're welcome, nephew!"

Seeing that Su Mingzhe was adamant, Yun Yilan said with some sincerity:
"Nephew, I would like to ask you for a favor. If you don't go to the treasury and pick out a few treasures, I will be embarrassed to ask you!"

After Su Mingzhe heard Yun Yilan say this, he was even less likely to go.

Cannibals are soft and short.

If I take the "treasure" of Fenxiang Valley and fail to get things done, won't I be laughed at?

Thinking of this, Su Mingzhe said respectfully:
"Uncle Yun, the three righteous sects are of the same blood. We will fight against the evil sect together and uphold justice! If there is any need for me in Fenxiang Valley, please let me know!"

"This Junior Brother Su is such a good person!"

Seeing Su Mingzhe's righteousness, Yun Yilan couldn't help but nodded, his eyes full of joy for Su Mingzhe.

Although Yun Yilan is not a good person, it can't stop him from liking good people.

It would be best if everyone in the world was a good person, and he was the only bad person!
Because a good person is a gentleman.

A gentleman can be deceived by his own methods!
Yun Yilan said some more words of gratitude. Seeing that Su Mingzhe was determined not to go, he stopped talking nonsense and said directly:

"Junior Brother Su, the method of opening the 'Heavenly Eye' that you passed down a few days ago is of great significance to my Fenxiang Valley. I would like to ask Junior Brother Su, is there a deeper level to this Heavenly Eye method that can further enhance the effect?"

"Have!"

Seeing that Yun Yilan only wanted a method to open his third eye, Su Mingzhe immediately said indifferently that he did not have it at the moment, but he could wait for a while and create it before passing it on to Fenxiang Valley.

The so-called opening of the "third eye" is actually just a minor technique. Even if it is an advanced version, it does not have much power. There is nothing wrong with passing it on to Fenxiang Valley.

Daoxuan, who was standing by, felt both proud and angry when he heard that Yun Yilan, the dignified master of Fenxiang Valley, actually asked a junior from Qingyun Sect for a "secret technique".

We, the disciples of Qingyun Sect, are teaching you a method to help you find a way to resolve the fire poison, which is already quite benevolent and moral.

Now, you actually want the advanced version of the technique. Isn't this just catching a sheep and fleecing it?
At this time, Su Mingzhe asked:
"Uncle Yun, I wonder to what level you want to elevate this 'Heavenly Eye Opening Method'?"

Su Mingzhe was open-minded, so he did not refuse Yun Yilan's request.

However, the request put forward by Yun Yilan should also have a scope.

Yun Yilan didn't laugh it off, and said seriously:

"Nephew, do you know that our Fenxiang Valley has a sect treasure called the 'Xuanhuojian'?"

"Of course I know this."

Several abbots of Qingyun Sect and several monks of Tianyin Temple couldn't help but look thoughtful and said:
"Master Yun, is there something wrong with Guigu's treasure?"

The status of Xuanhuojian in Fenxiang Valley is equivalent to that of Zhuxian Sword to Qingyun Sect and Wuzi Yubi to Tianyin Temple.

Fenxiang Valley was able to guard the southern border with its own strength. This Xuanhuojian has made outstanding contributions!
If something goes wrong with such a sect treasure, it will probably have a serious impact on Fenxiang Valley!
"To be honest, the Mysterious Fire Mirror was lost three hundred years ago!"

Yun Yilan also knew that the news could no longer be concealed, so he could only smile bitterly and tell the situation:
"Three hundred years ago, the Sky Fox Clan of Huqi Mountain believed a rumor from somewhere that the Mysterious Fire Mirror, our sect's treasure, had the power to destroy the heavens and the earth. They actually used a trick to divert many elders away, and then sneaked into our Fenxiang Valley and stole the Mysterious Fire Mirror!"

"Afterwards, although we captured the leader of the Sky Fox Clan, the Nine-Tailed Sky Fox, and conquered Fox Mountain, the Sky Fox Clan fled in all directions, and the Mysterious Fire Mirror also disappeared and could never be found again."

When Yun Yilan said this, his eyes showed some hatred, even resentment:

"Ever since we lost the Mysterious Fire Mirror three hundred years ago, our Fenxiang Valley has been gradually losing strength in resisting the Southern Frontier, and our disciples have suffered heavy casualties!"

“Junior Brother Su, if you have a better way to search and index objects than the Sky Eye, please help us find the Mysterious Fire Mirror. I hope you will be generous with your guidance. I, Fenxiang Valley, will be grateful to you…”

"Uncle Yun, is the Mysterious Fire Mirror hidden by the Sky Fox Clan in your Fenxiang Valley, or in Huqi Mountain?"

Su Mingzhe looked at Yun Yilan with a strange expression.

If the Xuanhuojian is in Fenxiang Valley or Huqi Mountain, he can also use the "Heavenly Eye" to find it.

However, it is obvious that the Xuanhuojian is not in these two places.

Yun Yilan actually wanted him to help him search the world for the Xuanhuojian.

This is somewhat far-fetched.

Yun Yilan also understood the meaning of Su Mingzhe's words. His face began to become stiff and his eyes became gloomy.

Yes, so many years have passed.

The Xuanhuojian is definitely not in Fenxiang Valley, let alone in Huqi Mountain!

Su Mingzhe saw that Yun Yilan looked unhappy, so he immediately bowed and said:

"Uncle Yun, I'm afraid that you want to use the method of opening your third eye to search for a magic weapon that is nowhere to be found. This won't work."

"However, if we want to find the Xuanhuojian, we don't necessarily have to go find the Xuanhuojian. The same is true if we find the person who holds the Xuanhuojian."

"Master Su, what do you mean by that?"

Yun Yilan saw Su Mingzhe gasping for breath, and didn't care about being angry, and said doubtfully:
"Does Junior-Martial-Nephew Su want to find the Mysterious Fire Mirror by capturing the Sky Fox Clan?"

"If that's the case, I'm afraid this method won't work either."

Yun Yilan said with an unpleasant expression:

"Three hundred years ago, our Fenxiang Valley destroyed Huqi Mountain once and captured many celestial foxes, even their nine-tailed celestial fox. Unfortunately, these celestial foxes were too stubborn. No matter how severely they were tortured, they could not find out the whereabouts of the Mysterious Fire Mirror."

"Uncle Yun, we in Qingyun Sect have a secret method that can index relatives based on their blood relationships. I have slightly expanded the effect of this secret method, and the indexing range has been expanded from dozens of miles to thousands of miles!"

Su Mingzhe's words instantly gave Yun Yilan hope again.

Three hundred years ago, when Fenxiang Valley captured the chief of the Sky Fox tribe, it was known that the chief had a son who was still at large.

Yun Yilan suspected that the Mysterious Fire Mirror was hidden by the son of the Sky Fox Clan leader. Afterwards, Fenxiang Valley also sent people to hunt down the son of the Sky Fox Clan leader many times, but unfortunately, after three hundred years of hunting, they still failed to catch him.

Thinking of this, Yun Yilan looked solemn and bowed to Su Mingzhe:
"Since Junior Brother Su has this secret method, then I'll leave it to Junior Brother Su!"

Afterwards, Yun Yilan took out a red-gold token from his body and gave it to his disciple Yan Hong, asking her to take Su Mingzhe to take over the position of Sky Fox Clan leader.

After Yan Hong took Su Mingzhe out of the Shanhe Palace, they walked for a quarter of an hour, with a look of confusion flashing in his eyes.

All the way to the gate of the forbidden area, I couldn't help but say:

"Brother Su, does your secret method require contact with the person in person before it can be used?"

"Not bad!"

Su Mingzhe saw that Yan Hong seemed reluctant to take him in, and couldn't help but smile:
"Why? Is that nine-tailed fox very fierce?"

"No, not fierce!"

Yan Hong shook her head and smiled bitterly:

"Not only is she not fierce, but she is very beautiful... The Nine-Tailed Sky Fox has already reached the 'Supreme Realm' of the Sky Fox Clan. There is a ban in the Incense Burning Valley that prohibits disciples who have not reached the Supreme Yang Realm from coming to the 'Mysterious Fire Altar'. They are afraid that disciples with insufficient cultivation will be bewitched by her."

The skill of Fenxiang Valley is called [Fenxiang Jade Book].

[Burning Incense Jade Book] is the same as [Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao], divided into three realms, namely Shao Yang Realm, Zhi Yang Realm, Yu Yang Realm.

Su Mingzhe's cultivation level is the Shangqing realm, which is similar to the Zhiyang realm of [Burning Incense Jade Book].

Therefore, Yun Yilan was not afraid that Su Mingzhe would be deceived.

Yan Hong also knew that he could not stop Su Mingzhe, so he could only take him all the way into the Xuanhuo Altar.

Just as the two arrived at the Xuanhuo Altar Hall, before they could even lift their feet and step onto the red rock-polished stone steps, a sharp voice rang out:
"Yan Hong, how dare you bring an outsider to my important place, Fenxiang Valley?"

When Yan Hong heard this, he quickly took out the red gold token given by his master and said:

"Uncle Shangguan, I am here on behalf of my master to bring the disciples of Qingyun Sect to the Xuanhuo Altar so that he can receive the Nine-tailed Heavenly Fox!"

"Nonsense!"

Shangguan Ce said something annoyed at first, then he was silent for a moment, and then he said:
"Since Senior Brother has instructed you to do so, go back. I will hand the Nine-tailed Heavenly Fox over to him!"

Seeing his uncle say this, Yan Hong did not dare to stay. Only when he turned around to leave, he was reluctant to leave and told Su Mingzhe:

"Brother Su, you must be careful and don't be fooled by the Nine-tailed Sky Fox!"

"Don't worry, Junior Sister Yan!"

Su Mingzhe looked gentle. He waited for Yan Hong to leave before walking towards the Xuanhuotan Hall.

The Xuanhuo Altar has three levels in total, each level is three meters high and is gourd-shaped.

When Su Mingzhe entered the first-floor hall, he saw a middle-aged man in a red robe, with red hair and beard and fierce eyes.

The two looked at each other for a while.

Shangguan Cecai slowly stood up and said:

"You must be Junior Brother Su, a disciple of Qingyun Sect, right? These past few days, I've heard several disciples talk about you. You're a good kid..."

Shangguan Ce's voice was a little sharp, but his attitude was gentle.

"Since Senior Brother wants me to hand over the Nine-tailed Heavenly Fox to you, please come with me."

Shangguan Ce said this and made a handprint towards the second floor ceiling.

Su Mingzhe saw a narrow round hole on the ceiling.

Shangguan Ce was the first to fly up from the small round hole.

Su Mingzhe hurried to follow.

When he reached the second floor, Shangguan Ce made another hand seal.

There is also a round hole on the ceiling of the third floor.

The two flew to the third floor again.

There was no door or window on the third floor of the Xuanhuo Altar, so when the two arrived at the third floor, there was only darkness in front of them.

However, both Su Mingzhe and Shangguan Ce have reached the Grandmaster level and have been able to achieve "night vision" for a long time.

Su Mingzhe looked towards the central 'altar', and his eyes suddenly lit up:
"Such a big, white, and beautiful nine-tailed fox!"

Although he had known for a long time that the nine-tailed fox was very beautiful and Yan Hong had warned him about it once.

However, after Su Mingzhe saw the nine-tailed fox for the first time, he couldn't help but be distracted for a moment.

If this is a duel between masters, this moment may decide life or death!
Fortunately, the nine-tailed fox's magical power was restrained and it could not move.

Shangguan Ce saw that Su Mingzhe had lost his mind, but he didn't take it seriously.

After all, the one in front of him was the Nine-tailed Heavenly Fox, known as "the most beautiful spiritual beast in the world".

It is not shameful to be bewitched by the Nine-tailed Heavenly Fox.

On the contrary, Su Mingzhe was only lost for a moment before regaining consciousness.

This surprised Shangguan Ce: "Junior Brother Su, you have great concentration!"

“I’m so ashamed!”

Su Mingzhe felt a little ashamed of Shangguan Ce's praise.

As an old monster who has lived for more than three thousand years, his cultivation has reached the level of Immortal Golden Immortal.

As a result, he was bewitched by a nine-tailed celestial fox that was not a human.

Even if it was just for a moment, Su Mingzhe felt terribly embarrassed!

Shangguan Ce naturally didn't know Su Mingzhe's situation. Seeing him like this, he explained to him:

"Junior Brother Su, this Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox is extremely charming. Of course, she broke into Fenxiang Valley alone, bewitched several elders at the time, and stole the Mysterious Fire Mirror."

"Although she didn't use the Sky Fox Tribe's enchanting secret technique, you were able to regain your senses after just one look. This shows that you have extraordinary concentration."

"Uncle Shangguan, let's get down to business!"

Su Mingzhe felt more and more embarrassed when he heard Shangguan Ce's praise.

After he finished speaking, he quickly bowed and walked towards the nine-tailed fox, ready to get things done as soon as possible.

"Nephew Su, be careful!"

Shangguan Ce did not stop Su Mingzhe. Seeing that Su Mingzhe was about to go up to the altar, he reminded him:

“Junior Brother Su, just go ahead and do what you want. This nine-tailed fox is trapped by the Mysterious Fire Chain, and its magic power is almost gone. And this Mysterious Fire Chain is a strange object from heaven and earth, extremely hard and masculine, and extremely hot. Once it is locked, only the Mysterious Fire Mirror can open it unless you use a secret spell!”

At this moment, Su Mingzhe had already walked to the altar and reached out to the nine-tailed fox that was resting with its eyes closed.

(End of this chapter)