Crossing the Palace Fighting Fox Harem

Chapter 247 Dark Clouds and Rain

"Don't, don't make noise..." Xuanjizi's voice was panting, and he seemed very tired. It was understandable, he had been chasing the fox demon around on the roof for almost half an hour, and he should be exhausted.

"Can you do it? Do you want me to find you some help?" Shui Furong looked anxious.

"Okay, Furong..." At this time, Ji Anni had also come to Shui Furong, and looked up at Xuanjizi on the roof with great sympathy.

Xuanjizi cleared his mind of distractions, put his fingers to his lips, and chanted some spell in a low voice.

Before he could finish the spell, the golden fox demon pounced on him with great ferocity.

"Ah!" Xuanjizi let out a scream, and his already exhausted body began to shake violently under the attack of the fox demon.

Seeing Xuanjizi about to fall off the roof, Ji Anni shouted anxiously, "Be careful!"

But it was too late to say "be careful", Xuanjizi rolled down from the roof like a ball.

Fortunately, the eaves are not high and there is a lawn right below.

Although Xuanjizi fell down, he was not injured. After crying "Ouch" twice, he bravely got up from the ground.

Ji Anni hurried over to help him up and asked, "How is it? Are you okay?"

At this time, the two guards at the entrance of Taoyuan also came to help. They helped Xuanjizi up and asked, "Master Taoist? Are you hurt?"

"You can't blame others for your own poor skills." Shui Furong's sharp tongue made Xuanjizi's face turn blue with just one sentence.

Xuanjizi bit his lip and made no argument. Perhaps he himself hated his own incompetence.

"The fox demon is about to run away!" At this time, a guard pointed at the fox demon and shouted.

"Where are you escaping to!" Xuanjizi was about to catch up again.

Ji Anni tried to stop him but failed, Xuanjizi had already flown onto the roof.

"Master! Use water!" Ji Anni suddenly shouted at the critical moment. She didn't know why she shouted such a strange thing, but she subconsciously thought that this fox demon might be very afraid of water.

"Water..." Xuanjizi was stunned for a moment.

At this moment, a dark cloud suddenly gathered above their heads.

The sky, which was already dark, now became even darker, as if it had been sprayed with ink by a squid.

"What's wrong? What's wrong?" Shui Furong subconsciously moved closer to Ji Anni and shook Ji Anni's arm.

Anyone could see that the black cloud that suddenly gathered overhead had an unusual origin. It was as if it had been summoned by something and had covered the entire palace in the blink of an eye.

Suddenly, the palace was filled with gloom, surrounded and shrouded by dark clouds, which brought an indescribable sense of oppression, as if it was the end of the world.

There was no thunder, no lightning, no sign at all. Just a loud "crash" and heavy rain began to fall from above.

The rain was so fierce that it was rare in a century. It was like a hole in the black clouds and it kept falling down unstoppably.

Ji Anni and Shui Furong were still standing in the yard. When the heavy rain came, they were immediately soaked like two drowned rats.

It took him two or three seconds to react and he hurriedly hid under the eaves.

Xuanjizi was still standing on the rooftop confronting the fox demon. As the rain began to fall, the fox demon immediately screamed and jumped down from the rooftop. The fox demon wanted to run away, but after being soaked by the rain, it could not run anymore. Its body gradually shrank, making a creepy "hissing" sound, as if it was corroded by the rain.

It's really strange. Rain water is not sulfuric acid, so why does the fox demon make a "hissing" sound after being caught in the rain?

Just as Ji Anni was wondering, the fox demon, struggling to death, fell at her feet.

Xuanjizi was afraid that the fox demon would hurt Ji Anni, so he quickly jumped off the roof and protected Ji Anni behind him, and reminded her responsibly: "My lady, be careful! This demon is very powerful!"

"What's so great about that? You're almost dead!" Shui Furong lifted the hem of her skirt and poked the fox demon lying on the ground with her toes.

"Empress!" Xuanjizi was frightened and broke out in a cold sweat. He hurriedly stopped Shui Furong, glaring at her and warning her.

"What are you afraid of? It's already dead." Shui Furong continued to tap the fox demon's head with her toes.

After the fox demon struggled for a few times, it actually shrank. It shrank smaller and smaller, and finally turned into a piece of paper.

"What is this?" Ji Anni was stunned. If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, it would have been hard to believe that such a fierce and agile fox would turn into a crumpled piece of paper after being drenched by the rain.

What's even stranger is that this piece of paper... is actually in the shape of a fox...

It was as if someone had deliberately cut pieces of paper into the shape of foxes and then let these fox spirits into the palace to cause trouble.

Needless to say, this is either witchcraft or Taoism, but what is the purpose of the person who casts the spell?

"This, this is..." Xuanjizi stared at the wet paper on the ground, his face changed drastically, as if he suddenly understood something.

"What's wrong? Do you recognize this piece of paper?" Shui Furong immediately saw what clues Xuanjizi was hiding in his heart.

"No, I don't know him..." Xuanjizi shook his head in panic. The more he was eager to deny, the more he seemed to have something to hide.

Shui Furong was about to ask more questions when suddenly a flame appeared under his feet, scaring him and he screamed.

After a closer look, I found that the flame was caused by the burning of paper.

The piece of paper that quickly turned into ashes was actually the wet paper in the shape of a fox.

Not only was the paper fox strange, but the flames were also strange. It was raining heavily, but the flames were not affected by the rain at all, burning bright red in the pouring rain, which was a bit weird.

In the end, the paper fox turned into ashes and was washed away by the rain flowing on the ground, leaving no evidence.

After the fox demon disappeared, the rain stopped and even the black clouds quickly dissipated.

Everything happened in the blink of an eye. If my clothes weren't still wet and sticking to my body, I wouldn't have believed it had just rained.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, are you okay? Are you hurt?" The two guards came to their senses and rushed over worriedly.

"I'm not hurt, just wet. Don't worry." Ji Annie smiled at them.

"Ladies, please go into the house and change your clothes quickly, or you will catch a cold." The guards said worriedly.

At this time, Shui Furong stared at the place where the fireball had just burned with a serious expression, and murmured in a low voice: "This is called destroying the corpse and eliminating the traces..."

Someone must have let the paper foxes into the palace to cause chaos, and when he saw that his magic was broken, he burned the paper foxes to avoid leaving any evidence of his crime.

Although there is no physical evidence now, there is still a witness...

Shui Furong's sharp and alert eyes immediately turned to Xuanjizi, and she asked in a harsh tone: "What exactly did you want to say just now? Do you know the origin of this paper fox?"

Xuanjizi lowered his head and did not answer. This attitude made people suspect that he knew the inside story but deliberately concealed it.

Seeing this, Ji Anni could no longer remain silent, and helped Shui Furong to ask, "Master, what did you see just now? You are the only one who understands Taoism here, can you at least tell us how this paper fox appeared?"

Xuanjizi still refused to answer, and only said: "My lady, please stop asking me, I know nothing."

It seems that he has made up his mind and refuses to reveal a single word.

At this time, Shui Furong said, "Although I don't understand Taoism, I have heard others talk about something called 'Paper God'. It is when a Taoist practitioner pours his spiritual power into a piece of paper, and then the paper can be transformed into a living thing."

This reminded Ji Anni of a ghost movie she had watched before, "Painting the Fairy" starring Joey Wong and Yuen Biao.

It seems like someone folded a paper crane, and then the paper crane came to life. I guess the same principle applies to this paper fox?

Thinking of this, Ji Anni said to herself: "No wonder it is so afraid of water, it turns out to be made of paper..."

This can explain the fox demon's strange behavior of not jumping out of the window but breaking through the door.

"But why is it raining suddenly?" Shui Furong looked up at the sky.

The dark clouds in the sky had dispersed, and the moon and stars were sparse. It didn't look like there had just been a heavy rain.

At this time, Xuanjizi finally spoke up and explained to them: "The black cloud just now must be the rain-calling magic used by Taoist Yuan Rong."

"Rain-calling spell?" Ji Anni touched her chin. "It seems that Taoist Yuan Rong has also seen the weakness of foxes, so he summoned black clouds to bring rain. This is really a good idea. As long as it rains, all the foxes in the palace can be eliminated."

Because I just heard from the head of the guards that more than fifty foxes appeared in the palace at the same time. If we kill these foxes one by one, it will take two or three days, right? But after seeing that the foxes' weakness is water, Taoist Yuan Rong attracted black clouds and rained down torrents. In the blink of an eye, all the foxes in the palace were killed. It was really an efficient and good method.

Thinking of this, Ji Anni couldn't help but admire Taoist Yuan Rong and murmured, "It seems that he really has some skills."

"What do you mean 'somewhat' capable? He is very capable." Shui Furong was a loyal admirer of Taoist Yuan Rong. While expressing her gratitude to Taoist Yuan Rong, she also did not forget to mock Xuan Jizi and said with a curled lip, "Especially compared to someone..."

Xuanjizi whispered, "Calling the wind and rain and the lightning spell are both very profound Taoist methods..."

The implication is that as a rookie he doesn't have that ability yet.

Shui Furong continued to mock him, "Alas, we are all cultivators, why are our levels so different? Fortunately, Taoist Yuan Rong called for heavy rain in time, otherwise..."

"Furong..." Ji Anni tugged at his sleeve, signaling him not to say anything more. Xuanjizi was quite pitiful, chasing the fox demon for most of the day, even if he didn't get any credit, he still worked hard.

Xuanjizi knew that he was not very skilled in the art, so he did not argue with Shui Furong and just kept his head down in silence.

Ji Anni quickly changed the subject and asked, "By the way, I think you said something about the 'Thunderbolt Curse' just now?"

These three words sound very familiar. If I remember correctly, Yun Zhen also said these three words on the execution ground.

At that time, a red fox jumped out to help Ji Anni block the knife, and then the red fox used its own blood to draw a strange pattern on the execution platform. After recognizing that the pattern was a spell, Yun Zhen was surprised and whispered the three words "Thunder Curse". Then a thunder fell from the sky and split the entire execution platform into pieces.

Ji Annie thought: If the lightning spell is an advanced spell that can only be performed by masters of Taoist Yuan Rong's level, then the fox's ability... wouldn't it be comparable to Taoist Yuan Rong's?