Immortality Path: From the Blind Man at the Pharmacy
Chapter 263 - 151, 152. Xuanwu Swallowing the Moon, Crushing the Elusive Monk (Big Chapter - Seeking Subscriptions)_2

Chapter 263: 151, 152. Xuanwu Swallowing the Moon, Crushing the Elusive Monk (Big Chapter - Seeking Subscriptions)_2

Once a "Mysterious Fox", forever a "Mysterious Fox".

If Song Cheng’s soul were that of a Mysterious Fox, then... all the noble families would recognize him as such.

This was also why Song Cheng had stopped hiding when he went with Su Mengzhen to save her "brother-in-law" and "nephew"; it was pointless because his identity was too apparent...

The fact that he was a Two-tailed and could help Su Mengzhen in such a way, and being called "Uncle", who else could he be but Song Cheng?

But if it had been a Xuanwu that appeared that day, then... even if he himself were honest about his identity, no child of the noble families would believe him to be Song Cheng.

Because it would be absolutely impossible.

Yet, this impossibility for Song Cheng was entirely possible.

Through his own efforts, he had changed the status quo step by step, thus acquiring a significantly higher-tier Divine Soul.

At this moment, as Song Cheng looked at the giant Xuanwu and the Six-tailed Profound Fox on the ninth floor of the Ninefold Ghostly Tower, he understood... from now on, he could freely switch between the two souls.

...

...

Song Cheng was in high spirits.

In the past six months, he had completed the Reappear, gathered power to comprehend the "Three Aspects", and mastered the "Xuanwu Ghostly Soul that is almost indestructible under the moonlight".

His strength had once again overwhelmingly surpassed the strongest individuals he had ever encountered.

’No, perhaps not.’

Suddenly, Song Cheng thought of the Mysterious Doctor he had met in the Reappear World, the old man who had taken away the perfect son of the Leopard People.

He couldn’t help but sigh, "This world is truly too deep."

Fortunately, even to the most well-informed beings, he must seem no more than a "Two-tailed Xuan Fox who can Reappear for a slightly longer time", rather than an entity who "masters the Three Aspects, possesses the Nether Pagoda, and the Six-tailed Twin Ghosts Mysterious Turtle".

He wouldn’t attract too much attention.

However, no matter what, it was time for him to return home now.

But for some reason, his thoughts suddenly turned to Su Mengzhen again.

The beautifully cold and frivolously low, dignified yet flirtatious, icy hot, both noble and vulgar, with her pallid skin so smooth and cold, looking down on men with her prideful beauty...

The racing heartbeat in front of Yu, pretending as if nothing had happened...

The desperate pleading of the King of Li Mountain, trying to please her to no avail, receiving only her indifferent attitude in return...

The fierce and strict maternal figure she portrayed in front of Yan Baixiang, the young prodigy of the Yan Family...

And that dreamlike blissful experience in the mountain spring...

Song Cheng felt his heart rate inexplicably quicken and couldn’t help thinking about that woman again.

He and she were neither husband and wife nor lovers, but there was this secretive and expectant relationship between them...

Besides them, no one in the world knew of this relationship.

Song Cheng didn’t want to break this relationship by force, nor did he want anyone to know about it.

That, he thought, was probably what Su Mengzhen was hoping for too.

And it was precisely for this reason that he craved so much, even developing a kind of racing-heart, love-stricken urgency and anticipation for their next meeting.

As he thought this, Song Cheng headed towards Hanping Village.

While he was on his way, suddenly, a faint call for help reached him from a distance.

"Uncle Song, save me."

"Mr. Song, I can’t Visualize the Head of the Su Family, but please, for her sake, show yourself just this once. Even if I die here, please save my son, save Baixiang... Baixiang admires you greatly."

Song Cheng was taken aback.

Someone was Visualizing him.

And it seemed to be the father and son from the Yan Family.

If it had been someone else, he wouldn’t have wanted to bother, such as occasionally odd Visualizations from the "Mysterious Lady" which he ignored.

But the father and son of the Yan Family were still connected to Su Mengzhen, and he was willing to listen.

As for the reason "why the Head of the Su Family couldn’t be Visualized," Song Cheng could guess.

Sister Su had just broken through the Reappear Calamity and was now fully focused on understanding the Three-Tail Technique, naturally not hearing any outside commotion.

Once he understood this, he listened closely.

After hearing the continuous chatter of the Yan Family father and son and combining it with some news brought by Zhao Hua a few months ago and his own conjectures, Song Cheng roughly pieced together the situation.

In general, it was a severe conflict between two houses of the Imperial Family.

The King of Li Mountain had offended the wife of King She, who also happened to be the Empress Dowager’s own brother. King She, in turn, made life extremely difficult for the King of Li Mountain.

The Empress Dowager, who controlled the court politics yet was an outsider, did not bear the surname of the Imperial Family nor that of the other side, the Yan, but the surname Feng.

As another outsider, Empress Dowager Feng naturally sided with King She.

This was also the reason the King of Li Mountain was assigned to confront the Six Towns.

But in all fairness, the forces under the King of Li Mountain had some capable people; they held their ground back and forth against the Six Towns.

However, while representatives from the noble families came to the Six Towns’ side, no one went to the King of Li Mountain’s side, which led to him being trapped in Soul Severing Valley with no way out. Had it not been for Su Mengzhen and Song Cheng’s intervention, it’s feared the King of Li Mountain would have been annihilated along with his army there.

After passing through Soul Severing Valley, the King of Li Mountain wanted to return to the Imperial Capital, but he was ordered to continue garrisoning north of the Wu River.

Garrison it is, then.

The King of Li Mountain was resolute: no more crossing the river, just strict defense.

But then, rumors began to spread outside, alleging that the King of Li Mountain intended to rebel...

As a result, the King of Li Mountain, to prove his innocence, sent envoys to the Imperial Capital for explanation while also trying to secure local forces for self-preservation...

The local forces he tried to ally with then believed he truly intended to rebel.

If you’re not rebelling, why would you ally with them?

Thus, the local forces, to extract themselves, went ahead and reported the King of Li Mountain.

And so the King of Li Mountain was stunned, leading his troops to fight against the approaching forces sent to quell the disturbance, and here’s the thing... aside from those who were loyal to him, the rest of his troops crumbled and surrendered on contact.

Infuriated, the King of Li Mountain took his son and personal soldiers and fled south...