Immortality Path: From the Blind Man at the Pharmacy
Chapter 214 - 129, 130. This time, he took Yune away (big Chapter - subscribe)_5

Chapter 214: 129, 130. This time, he took Yune away (big Chapter - subscribe)_5

Wine Prefecture was a prefectural city close to the state city of East Sea State and Northern Snow State.

This place had already endured the ravages of Six Towns and was now defenseless.

Dogs and cats of all stripes took advantage of the vacuum to crown themselves kings... Sadly, bigger and greedier beasts had already come from afar and set their sights on this piece of fat meat.

Zhao Hua said, "There are remnants of the Six Towns within the city, I merely responded to the Imperial Court’s call, to exterminate them. This is legitimate and justifiable."

"Yes, General."

That soldier hurriedly departed.

...

...

The end of the year.

For some reason, people felt particularly at ease once inside the prefectural city.

Even within the An Residence, there was an atmosphere of peace and harmony.

The multitalented Ling was leading the maids in making dumplings, while the Fox Immortal Su, who had indulged in Ling’s body, watched the dumplings from the side.

Lately, most of the refugees from various counties had arrived, the remainder trickling in. Even if they entered the city, they would first be assembled in one place, and only after confirming that there were no Ghost Servants would they be allowed in...

Or if the numbers were even smaller, they would be taken care of directly with Manifestation Water.

In the rising steam, freshly made chicken dumplings were boiling in the pot, and within moments, the dumplings were served at the table, coming into the hands of Lord Fox Immortal.

"Mom... Ma... I want to eat..."

Fox Immortal Su felt a movement beside her thigh and looked down to see Ting.

She had a particular fondness for this clingy child.

Thinking that the child would be the older sister to her future offspring, her affection grew even stronger.

Affection was mutual.

Fox Immortal Su loved Ting.

And Ting loved Fox Immortal Su.

In fact... Ting was even more partial to Fox Immortal Su than to Song Cheng.

The reason was simple; Song Cheng had lately resumed his "disappearing act" and "seclusion mode."

Throughout the year, Song Cheng had been busy.

First busy with "solidifying his relationship with Su Ningyu and joining the Su Family," then "searching for Yune," followed by "feverish unconsciousness, constant nightmares," then "transcending tribulation," "going to the prefectural city"... and now he was in prolonged seclusion.

A child’s memories are quite vague.

At the beginning of the year, Ting was quite attached to Song Cheng, but he had virtually disappeared from her world over the year. Her memory of her father was now dim, her recollection of his face unclear.

However...

Song Cheng was also helpless.

He had to be in seclusion.

He discovered that after surviving the Reappear Calamity, the "Nine-Tailed Fox Spirit Sutra" seemed to have opened up a new world for him, allowing him to cultivate subsequent parts, and not just with Three Tails.

In this Chaotic World, especially in the north where the Ghost Tide surged, Hua and his senior brothers had led the bulk of the troops away, leaving... a greater responsibility on his shoulders.

To protect his family, he must cultivate every second to become stronger.

So, he would rather not spend much time with his daughter and loved ones for the time being but would rather completely assimilate any Cultivation Techniques available to him.

His daily routine was to comprehend, to break through, again and again!!

...

...

This year, as soon as winter arrived, the weather turned bitterly cold, with quiet snowflakes falling.

Those deep pits seemed to become forbidden zones of life, with not even insects, let alone animals, anywhere nearby.

In the soil, those tiny life forms were all dead.

The land was covered with snow, and snow capped the houses in various prefectural cities.

This evening.

The wind was fierce; the snow, wild.

Chenyang Prefecture seemed to be a city drowned in a sea of snow.

However, the guards at the city gate dared not rest, and in the fortress towers on the city wall, they watched the vicinity with firelight below.

"With this year’s weather, those ghostly things might come again..." a soldier said while warming his hands by the brazier.

"There’s no way to live in peace," another soldier said, "I heard that the defending army has moved south from Hanping Prefecture. Hanping Prefecture must be in a worse state than us."

The others also joined in the conversation, each contributing to the discussion.

"I heard the Northern Region Blade King is still in Hanping Prefecture; he hasn’t gone south."

"What use is one person? Facing the vast Ghost Tide, it takes thousands of troops just to barely hold it back. Even if the Northern Region Blade King is powerful, he’ll be like a pebble thrown into the ocean against the Ghost Tide, gone in an instant."

"Ah, I wonder when this Ghost Tide will be cleared..."

"I, too, wish to go south. This north... it’s the domain of evil spirits. I heard they’ve come to take back what’s theirs. We’re just the ones who’ve stolen their land."

In the brazier, the charcoal wood crackled with a "pop pop" sound. The red flames, fanned by the wind blowing through the fortress’s holes, fluttered and swayed, causing the shadows of those inside to flicker and stretch unpredictably.

The soldiers were only focused on whether anyone was approaching from outside the city but no one noticed that the snow falling from the sky was a bit odd...

Among the white snow, there was a good amount of joss paper mixed in.

Joss paper mingled with the shredded remains, like rotten flesh.

The flesh, along with the joss paper, was swept into the city by the fierce wind. When it landed, it attracted to each other like magnets, slowly taking human shape, and then transformed into persons in white...

Rotten flesh turned into beautiful women, into young masters, into all sorts of people...

One of the beauties twisted her waist and walked towards the fortress.

...

In the depths of a gambling den in Chenyang Prefecture, however, about a dozen people were gathered.

These were the prominent figures of the prefectural city.

They had gathered together now, watching a painting.

A painting of a Ghostly Fox.

The owner of the gambling den was staring at the painting in shock, muttering, "I remember it had three tails before, but how... has it suddenly turned into four tails?"