Chapter 20 Meng Wuyou: Speak, are you Xuanqing's alt?!
"What are you two sisters looking at?"
Chang Xi approached Danxiao and Qing Xiao with two little ones in tow.
The two goddesses leaned on the railing, gazing into the distance.
In the void, a treasure mirror enshrouded with immortal aura floated, displaying the scene of the Blood Sea within.
This object was the Kunlun Mirror.
As soon as the battle at the Blood Sea began, The Queen Mother of the West leveraged the unique properties of this Spiritual Treasure, anchoring space and time to "broadcast live" the event.
At the Peach Banquet, quite a few goddesses were watching the battle.
"Is it over already?"
Chang Xi arrived just in time to see Ying Long transform into infinite forms, with Fengdu suppressing numerous foes.
In the end, Fengdu suddenly stopped in his tracks and glanced towards West Kunlun.
The image then cut off.
The Queen Mother of the West also conveniently retracted the Kunlun Mirror.
"We've been noticed, huh," the Danxiao Goddess[Ying Long] regretfully withdrew her gaze.
She stood tall and graceful, dressed in a pale golden cloud-patterned, wide-sleeved long dress, exuding an indescribable elegance.
Goddess Qing Xiao[Nu Qing] stood beside her, clad in a green dress with a gentle demeanor, holding a Red Book Jade Scroll in her hand.
"Eh? Is this the little fox from the Shenxiao clan?"
Goddess Qing Xiao also noticed the little fox, Little Jiu, with nine tails, undoubtedly a Qingqiu fox.
"A Qingqiu little fox?"
Ying Long let out a light exclamation, her gaze toward Little Jiu filled with a bit of curiosity.
She bent down and reached out to touch Little Jiu's fox ears.
"Dan... Lady Danxiao!" Little Jiu's cheeks blushed as she tightly clutched Chang Xi's hand, trying to hide behind her.
Ying Long, watching the little one, said with a smiling face, "Don't be nervous, I don't eat children."
Upon hearing this, the blue bird stealthily moved a few steps to also hide behind Chang Xi.
This scene amused Ying Long, who chuckled merrily.
She asked Little Jiu, "Your clan leader mentioned that the Qingqiu foxes are very good at shape-shifting, but you don't seem to have fully transformed."
Ying Long withdrew her hand to avoid making Little Jiu too nervous.
Little Jiu immediately heaved a sigh of relief and whispered, "Our Qingqiu clan is indeed adept at shape-shifting."
As she spoke, she plucked off the ear that Ying Long had just touched and tucked it into her tail.
Ying Long: "..."
What had she just picked off?
"Ah! Little Jiu, your your your… your ear! How can you just take off your ear?"
The blue bird saw this and jumped up in an instant.
She stammered, staring in shock at the newly met friend.
"Ears can always be taken off," Little Jiu calmly replied, now with only one ear left.
She reached out and removed her other ear, then put it into her tail as well.
Goddess Qing Xiao and Chang Xi exchanged looks.
Ying Long stared, perplexed, "Is this how you Qingqiu foxes transform?"
"Um."
Little Jiu nodded.
Then, from the same tail she just mentioned, she took out the ears and placed them back on her head.
Ying Long fell silent for a while.
Then she reached out and felt them.
Her fingertips touched the fluffy ears, which felt the same as before.
They were real.
The blue bird looked at Little Jiu, her eyes shining.
"What about your tails?" Chang Xi too became curious about the little creature.
"The tails can be directly retracted." Little Jiu's tails vanished in a flash.
Ying Long blinked; this seemed quite normal.
"Of course—"
The little fox's tone shifted. "When necessary, they can be used as weapons."
Clang clang clang!!
A flash of white light, and the sound of metal scraping echoed as the nine tails behind the little fox fanned out like a sword umbrella.
"Like this, for example…" Little Jiu formed a spell with her hands.
The nine tails detached from her body and, whirling in the air, transformed into nine Heavenly Swords.
"And like this."
Little Jiu drew a circle in the air with her finger.
The nine tails in the sky immediately shot towards a bare hill in the Kunlun Ruins.
Boom!!!
The fox's tails, like nine pale stars falling to earth, obliterated the small hill.
The little guy has pretty good control over his strength.
The explosive force was confined to one spot, not spreading outward, so no living creatures were harmed.
"Was that just now a tail?" Meng Wuyou noticed what happened here.
Nuwa nodded: "You saw correctly."
"Are all Qingqiu foxes like this?" A flicker of confusion crossed Meng Wuyou's eyes.
"How would I know?"
Meng Wuyou didn't believe her; Nuwa's eyes clearly contained a smile!
"If you don't know, then why did you abduct a little fox?"
Nuwa pondered: "Because, Creation is mysterious?"
Meng Wuyou rolled her eyes at her: "Can you be more evasive?"
"If I don't say anything, you'll ask; if I tell the truth, you won't believe it."
Nuwa watched from afar as the tails in the sky took on various forms.
She spoke leisurely: "Life itself is mysterious, every Divine Being, every race is the creation of heaven and earth."
"Regarding the Dao of Creation, I have some doubts recently, and then I happened to run into a lost little fox."
"What about running into her? Can she solve the riddle of the Great Dao for you?"
Meng Wuyou glanced at Little Nine; the little guy wasn't even as tall as her legs.
Nuwa shook her head: "She can't, but the Nine-tailed Fox race just falls within my scope of investigation."
Nuwa looked at Meng Wuyou seriously: "Don't you think the Nine-tailed Fox's method of transformation is a bit mystical?"
"That is true."
Meng Wuyou nodded, the style of Qingqiu Mountain was quite unique.
So much so that Meng Wuyou subconsciously thought of Xuanqing.
[Could this unique style of Qingqiu have anything to do with Xuanqing?]
Meng Wuyou wondered in her heart.
She had long suspected that there might be a Dao Body of Xuanqing in the Taixu Nine Heavens.
After all, it's common for Innate Divine Beings not to be confined by physical forms, to wander about the Primordial and comprehend the Great Dao through dissolution of the physical form.
And Qing Xiao was her prime suspect!
On the other side, Little Nine concluded her performance.
"There are many more transformations." The illusory tails behind Little Nine swayed and wobbled.
She was holding one as well, just like holding a pillow.
"Qing Xiao taught us, that spells are not constant, foxes have no fixed form!"
Little Nine's face was filled with boundless admiration for Qing Xiao: "I still have a long way to go in terms of transformation!"
"Is that so?" Chang Xi, seeing the Nine-tailed Fox's abilities for the first time, felt a wave of emotion.
Little Nine nodded: "Qing Xiao is much more incredible than me, her tails can... mmmph!"
"Shh~~"
Her slender finger pressed against Little Nine's lips as a goddess appeared, winking at Little Nine.
"Little Nine, if you keep talking, we in Qingqiu will have no more secrets."
"Qing Xiao!" Little Nine showed a radiant smile.
With a swish, she jumped into Qing Xiao's arms.
"Why did you just come?" Meng Wuyou approached Qing Xiao, staring at her intently.
The Goddess Qing Xiao smiled slightly: "Got held up by something."
Meng Wuyou's eyes narrowed slightly: "Is that so?"
"Of course." The Goddess Qing Xiao nodded.
Meng Wuyou scoffed, she simply telepathically communicated:
[Qing Xiao, tell me, are you another's Dao Body?]
"??!!" Qing Xiao's eyes widened slightly.
Aren't you being too direct?
Not going to probe further?
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Note 1: Nu Qing, who oversees the Dao of "Statutes."
Inspired by "Nuqing Sky Law," its full name "Taishang Mixed Hole Red Text Nu Qing Decree Sky Law"
It is one of the many Heavenly Court statutes and regulations in Taoism, including guidelines for the behavior of Heavenly Gods, Mortal World Land Gods of Stove, Underworld Dead Ghosts, Evil Gods, etc. It is a systematic behavior standard for Divine Beings.
Note 2: Ying Long, also known as Geng Chen, War God, World God.
The setting about Ying Long in this text uses the "Ying Long Heaven Creation Theory" and the "Taiyi Primordial Consort Theory."