Chapter 709.

South City.

At dawn, Xu Qi’an lay in a large, fluffy, comfortable bed, covered in a light fur woven from silk unique to the south.

The night concubine sidled up next to him, with a languid posture of a servant helping up a delicate and powerless man.

“After living in the capital for many years, I’ve gotten used to everything of the human race, and after returning to the Southern Border, I felt that the life of the demon race in the past was crude and not fine enough.”

Night Ji gave a sigh of emotion and said, “I thought that Your Highness would burn down the southern city and rebuild the Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom with a single fire.”

The Nine-Tailed Sky Fox retained the twenty-seven cities built by the Westerners as the strongholds of the Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom.

Such a decision actually required a great deal of vigor, as not all demon races were able to transform into forms, and not all of them preferred to live in human towns.

Gathering in the mountains and living recklessly in nature was the ideal life of many demon clans.

So the Nine-Tailed Sky Fox, while retaining the twenty-seven cities, divided the areas of activity of the various groups of the demon race in various parts of the Southern Border.

In order to ensure a sufficient supply of soldiers and that they could be quickly put into battle and at their disposal, the area divided was not far from the twenty-seventh city.

However, most of the current Demon Clan, resided in the city, because the war had just stabilized, and because they needed enough Demon soldiers to manage the Western Region’s Human Clan.

“Your Nymphet is a very sensible woman, no, a female demon. Retaining the city and emulating the human system will be more beneficial to the demon race.”

Xu Qi’an laughed.

Under the light fur, the slippery and warm petite body was close to him, and the Night Hime sighed as she unknowingly seduced him:

“Your Majesty’s concern is that the western countries do not want prisoners, so whether these westerners are killed or kept is the question.”

When the West came to the southern border of the “great open land”, migrated tens of thousands of people, set up cities in the southern border, to enjoy the herbs, timber, mountain treasures, etc. in the 100,000 mountains.

Now, five hundred years later, the twenty-seven cities plus the neighboring villages and towns had a total population of up to a million people.

Of these, some died in battle, some fled back to the West, and many more became prisoners.

The countries of the West had to accommodate so many people, first of all food was a problem, secondly housing, field allocation and so on.

The willingness to take it on is highly questionable.

“It’s impossible for someone like her who takes one step and thinks of ten to not have a countermeasure.” Xu Qi’an laughed.

The Night Lady struck a small woman’s pose and curried favor:

“Xu Lang’s wisdom is not inferior to that of the Empress.”

It is still the most enjoyable when I am with Floating Fragrance, she knows how to please me, unlike the State Master, who will only drain me ……….. Xu Qi’an lamented.

Not only the national master, Mu Nanjia ah, Linan ah, Li Miaozhen ah, Huaiqing ah and so on, these women are the oddities of the times, either holding pretty and murderous, or pampered, or more chivalrous than him, or a female schoolmaster who makes him feel inferior.

When he thought about how he had longed for a boring life of three wives and four concubines when he had first arrived in this world, Xu Qi’an felt a great deal of emotion within himself.

The life of being a great lord remains distant when you mix to the transcendent realm.

It’s hard to say that ideals are precious because they are always out of reach.

Seeing that she had succeeded in pleasing her lover, the night concubine smiled flirtatiously and continued:

“Your Highness said that recapturing the Ten Thousand Demon Mountain is only the first step, and that the Demon Race will have to follow up by staging troops on the border, so that they can help the Central Plains hold the Buddhist Sect at bay. It’s just as well that this Westerners can serve as a militia, making the best use of what they have.

“We can’t keep them for nothing, and the Demon Race lives rashly, not as preoccupied as the Human Race, and doesn’t need slaves. Only the nobles in the human race are self-conscious of their superiority, and they speak of rules and enslave their servants to show off their status.”

If the demon race stops after retaking the Hundred Thousand Mountains, then the Buddha Sect can send troops to aid the rebels in Yunzhou.

So the battle between the Demon Race and the Buddhist Sect is not yet over, recapturing the Southern Border is the first step, and the follow up has to be staged at the border, posing as if they will invade the Western Region at any time.

This is the only way to make the western countries wary and not dare to send troops to the Central Plains on a large scale.

Now that’s a hold.

Xu Qi’an nodded, “Not a bad method.”

He looked at the veil above his head, thought for a moment, and transmitted his voice:

“What is the relationship between you, Bai Ji, and Qing Ji, and the Empress. You sisters, you shouldn’t be mere foxes.”

This …….. Nightime hesitated and transmitted her voice:

“I knew you’d see it sooner or later.

“There are nine of us sisters in total, Bai Ji is the youngest, and is indeed not a mere fox, yet more noble than a fox. We are the sub-souls of the Empress.”

Xu Qi’an froze, “Split soul?”

Human beings have three souls: heaven, earth, and man, and the meaning of “split soul” is one of the three souls, if I understand correctly.

Nightgear explained:

“The Nine-Tailed Sky Fox is born with twelve souls, one for each tail in addition to the three souls. Upon reaching adulthood, the nine split souls will detach from the body along with the tail and transform into nine attendants.

“That’s why the last Lord of the Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom had at least nine personal elders, nine tails in fact.

“The Nine-Tailed Sky Fox’s tail has a major effect, it can be molded into a physical body, so for us nine sisters, as long as our souls don’t perish, our physical bodies can be replaced and reshaped at any time.”

Ah, it turns out that I used to catch the corpse, and now it s a cross tail ……… Xu Qi an s face is complicated.

“What other natural aptitudes does she have?” He waited for an opportunity to probe the Nine-Tailed Fox.

Truth be told, the night ji had struggled, after all, this was the nymph’s secret, but when a woman was in bed, her mental defenses were the weakest, and she soon elbowed her way to the outside, divulging the Nine-Tailed Fox’s innate aptitude to Xu Qi’an.

The nine divergent souls were one of the natural aptitudes, and the Nine-Tailed Sky Fox had three other natural aptitudes, which were:

Soul Regeneration, Sprint …….. The last talent aptitude was unknown, which required the Nine-tailed Skyfox to step into the first grade before it could be controlled.

Doing this math, the Nine Tailed Sky Fox has four natural aptitudes, and is worthy of being a demon king with a body that is uniquely endowed with the spirit ……….. Xu Qi’an’s thoughts flickered, thinking of the day when the Nine-tailed Heavenly Fox had used a woozy sound to crack the chanting of the Duyue Luohan.

That would be Dementia.

He then asked again:

“No wonder Bai Ji’s natural aptitude is Blast, what’s yours?”

The Night Hag smiled:

“Lang Xu, since we reunited in the Southern Borderlands, do you feel that you are becoming more and more enamored with your slave, and more and more unable to leave the Southern Borderlands.”

Oh, the original is the charm in the soul regeneration ah, you don’t say I really didn’t feel, all blame Mu Nanjian, and she stayed for a long time, idle charm I have completely immune ……..

Xu Qi’an rolled over, his arms propped up on either side of Night Ji’s waist, looking down at her with a matching look of infatuation, saying:

“So that’s how it is, no wonder this silver gong is thinking about Miss Floating Fragrance night after night.”

The night concubine was extremely flattered and filled with joy.

In a few moments, the bedspread began to shake rhythmically.

………..

Mu Nanjian hugged Bai Ji and strolled through the square of Nanfa Temple.

The place was full of wreckage, with the main hall collapsing, Buddha statues toppling over, and the square paved with lapis lazuli slabs covered with cracks and potholes.

Demon soldiers were everywhere, weapons in hand, instructing the Westerners to repair potholes in the plaza and rebuild collapsed temples, with heckling and whips.

Mu Nanjian knew that repairing Nanfa Temple was the order of that Nine-tailed Fox, and according to Bai Ji, it was to make the demon race remember the shame and practice hard.

“Elder Bai Ji.”

“Greetings to Elder Bai Ji.”

The demon soldiers encountered along the way respectfully saluted towards Bai Ji in Mu Nanjia’s arms.

Shirahime politely responded to the demon soldier’s greeting with a childish “mmmmm” and “ah ah ah”.

“If you little things are elders, won’t I be the Demon King, old me?”

Mu Nanjian rubbed Bai Ji’s brain and scoffed.

She looked around with interest at the demon soldiers, some of them were in beast form, some of them were human but retained some of their beast features, such as goat horns, eagle claws, scales and so on.

It was very interesting for the reincarnation of the flower goddess.

Originally, she was quite afraid of the demon race, because when she went north, she was chased by the northern demon barbarians causing a shadow in her heart.

It was later discovered that the male demons didn’t even look at her properly.

For a moment, Mu Nanjian couldn’t figure out if the appearance was too plain and uninteresting, or if the demon race’s concept of beauty was different from that of the human race.

Bai Ji suddenly whispered:

“I may have to stay on the southern border.

“The Empress asked me to follow Xu Yinluo to monitor whether he had properly unsealed the Shenshu stump, but now that the Empress has been restored, the Shenshu stump is pieced together and complete, and the last of the right hand is inside him.

“I have no reason to follow him anymore.”

The shallow smile at the corner of Mu Nanjia’s mouth gradually lost its arc.

Bai Ji raised her head and said:

“Auntie, are you unhappy?”

Munanjian sighed:

“I was willing to go with him in the beginning, thinking that even if I were to wander the world in all directions, I would finally have a companion, and the journey wouldn’t be too lonely. But in these two months, half of my time was spent in the Treasure Floating Pagoda.

“Luckily, with you with me, it’s not too lonely. If you had stayed in the southern border, how lonely I would have been.”

Loneliness flashed in her eyes, her face despondent.

As he was speaking, a crisp, clean voice came from behind him:

“Shirahime!”

Mu Nanjian turned around with the little fox in her arms and saw a tall woman covered in a light veil with her skirts flying.

“Sister Kiyohime.”

Bai Ji cried out delicately.

Qing Ji beckoned, and Bai Ji jumped out of Munan Gardenia’s arms and flew towards her sister, whom she hadn’t seen for a long time.

Mu Nanjian frowned slightly, somewhat reluctant.

Qing Ji leaned down and picked up Bai Ji, her fox charming eyes curved, and then nodded gently towards Mu Nan Gardenia, staggering past.

Mu Nanjian’s gaze followed her back, wanting to speak, when she suddenly saw Bai Ji’s head sticking out from the blue-skirted woman’s shoulder, and lifted a paw, waving it.

The whirlwind was pressed back by the blue-skirted woman.

Mu Nanjian smiled, silent for a moment, sighed gently.

……….

The top of the Ten Thousand Demons Mountain.

The silver-haired, fox-eared, flirtatious royalty stood proudly on the edge of the cliff and said:

“Two thousand six hundred miles south of the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, there is an island filled with colored silkworms, and I named it Silkworm Island.

“There is a valley to the north of Silkworm Island, and the Spectral Silkworm clan lives in the valley. The miasma and poisonous gas that drapes over the island is extremely heavy, and the poisonous gas in the valley can even paralyze transcendental powerhouses. The Underworld Silkworms like to eat murderers with strong qi and blood, and they will use their food to weave nets to catch sea beasts in the sea.

“However, with the Seven Extinction Compass accompanying you, the poisonous gas or the colorful silkworms that are all over the island cannot threaten you.”

There is an extremely high level of intelligence, highly poisonous, and the silkworms are very difficult to wrap ………. Xu Qi’an listened very carefully.

The silver-haired demoness raised her hand, and a roll of animal skin maps floated into the air:

“This is the map I made last night.”

Xu Qi’an took the map and asked instead of immediately unfolding it and viewing it:

“How did you know I was going to resurrect Wei Gong.”

The Nine-Tailed Sky Fox’s delicate red lips pursed and smiled daintily:

“The old white-bearded guy said so.”

Supervisor Zheng ah ……… Xu Qi an didn t have doubts anymore, helplessly:

“It’s a pity that I didn’t capture Du Yu or Asura, my Demon Sealing Nail is still there. After this battle, the Buddha Sect’s fear of me has multiplied, so I really don’t know when I’ll be able to find an opportunity to pull out the Demon Sealing Nail.”

After the Transcendent Battle at the South Dharma Temple, Du Yu and the others knew that he was going to pull out the Demon Sealing Nail and were extremely cautious, and Xu Qi’an didn’t manage to find an opportunity to capture either of the two.

Whether it’s a doohickey or an asura, it’s the best of the second grade.

Repulsing is fine, capturing alive is too difficult.

“Then wait for the future to follow my mother in attacking Alanta, and at that time, there will be a way to take out the Demon Sealing Nail.” The Nine-Tailed Sky Fox squinted against the wind, her silver hair flying.

My filial piety has deteriorated ah …….. Xu Qi’an spat.

The sooner he touches the devil sealing nail, the sooner he can cross into the second grade, drag a decade or eight years, there is no point in unlocking the devil sealing nail ………. Xu Qi’an sighed silently and said:

“By the way, I have one more request!”

………….

After lunch, Xu Qi’an held the small mare, with Mu Nanjian sitting on the horse’s back, and the two of them walked along the spacious streets of the southern city towards the only well-preserved northern city gate.

The other three gates, which collapsed into ruins during the fighting, are now being rebuilt.

Along the way, many streets and houses were also being repaired, and Westerners in plain clothes, carrying bamboo baskets, stones, and lumber, labored amidst the chiding and whipping of the Demons.

“Why don’t they run away?”

Mu Nanjian subconsciously stroked the little white fox in her arms, but touched a blank, her eyes flashed with despondency, but it was well hidden.

“When they are in the city, they will be enslaved at most, and when they are out of the city, in the 100,000 mountains, they will be eaten by the demon race at any time.”

Xu Qi’an didn’t seem to notice her abnormality, leading the filly and continuing on.

Mu Nanjian gave an “oh” sound and looked at the scene on both sides of the street with disinterest.

The two quickly arrived at the city gates, and Xu Qi’an said:

“Our next stop is to go out to sea, to a place called Silkworm Island, it’s very dangerous there, so I have to trouble you to go into the Floating Pagoda again. By the way, help me cultivate some poisonous herbs.”

Munanjia sighed lightly:

“Xu Qi’an, I want to return to the capital.”

Xu Qi’an froze, “Back to the capital?”

Mu Nanjia didn’t dare to look at him, don’t turn her face away and whispered:

“I’ve often wondered if you’ve really thought about how I feel. Have you ever thought that I would be bored and lonely even if I stayed in the Floating Pagoda? It’s not that I don’t want to stay in the tower; you’re out there answering the enemy, and I can’t help, so naturally I can’t add to the chaos.

“I just, just feel like you never cared what I thought, how I felt ………”

As she spoke, her eyes were inexplicably moist.

Suddenly, she heard Bai Ji chirp in exasperation:

“Auntie, then take me back to the capital.”

Mu Nan gardenia habitually touched his head, hmmm: “Take you back to the capital ……….”

The latter half of the sentence Xia however stopped, Mu Nanjian incredulously lowered his head, looking at the Bai Ji in his arms.

“How did you follow up.” Mu Nanjian was surprised and happy, frequently looking back.

“The Empress said for me to continue following Xu Yinluo.” Bai Ji said delicately.

It didn’t really matter who she followed, as she was close to people on both sides.

Mu Nanjia raised her head fiercely and looked at Xu Qi’an, “You ……..”

Xu Qi’an held the filly and continued to walk forward, saying:

“I know you’re bored and would be happier with a little cub around.”

Then, without good humor, he spat:

“Really, you have to go back to your mother’s house (the capital) whenever you are aggrieved, pretentious bitch.”

After a pause, he whispered:

“When the world is at peace, you won’t have to follow me around, just give me a little more time, it won’t be long.”

Mu Nanjia skimmed her head again, her eyes curving.

…………

The sky in the West is clear and blue, and the landscape is a bit more rugged than in the Central Plains.

Majestic eagles soaring in the blue sky below, meadows on the rolling wilderness, cattle and sheep yodeling, distant snow-capped peaks, red rock jagged.

The top of Alanta’s mountain is covered with snow that does not melt for years, like an old man with white hair, sitting on the vast and sprawling land of the Western Region.

To the never-ending sound of chanting, Asura passed through a hall and Buddhist temple, stepped onto a path, and then a few moments later, came to a bubbling pool of water.

Duo Yu Luohan sat cross-legged on the lotus platform, which floated on the water, with his hands clasped together and his eyes closed as he meditated.

“Bodhisattva Guangxian is working with Bodhisattva Liuli, contacting Bodhisattva Galaxia.”

The ugly, handsome and heroic Asuro murmured.

What the three Bodhisattvas talked about must have been the matter of the loss of the southern border and the subsequent strategic plan of the Buddhist Sect.

Duo Luohan opened his eyes and, after a slight pause, said:

“You go to the Devil Suppressing Stream and explore whether the bones of the Shura King are still there. I’ll go to the Zen Forest to meet the Buddha.”