Wandering Gods of Day and Night

No one could have imagined that this foolish boy was the key to breaking the stalemate at Mingjiang Prefecture.

"Hua Zi, come back."

Mu Hua had barely taken a few steps before Yun Ziliang pulled him back.

Lao Yun questioned, "Hua Zi, how many miles is the Chenmu Sky Pit in Mingxi from here? Are you planning to walk there on foot? It would take forever."

"Well, I..." Mu Hua hadn't considered this point.

Sister Cui had already adjusted her emotions, sighed, and transformed into a gigantic four-tailed fox, wrapping Mu Hua with her tails, saying, "Hua Zi, I'll take you to the Mingxi Sky Pit."

The Fox Clan runs like rolling clouds—not quite reaching Heaven and Earth Extreme Speed, but their speed is still extremely swift.

Yun Ziliang blocked Sister Cui's path, saying, "You shouldn't go alone."

"Why is that?"

Sister Cui asked.

King Xishan also didn't understand and looked at Yun Ziliang.

Lao Yun said, "If Hua Zi is going to the Chenmu Sky Pit in Mingxi, he must be guided by Xuanzi. The summit of Snow Mountain is the highest in Mingjiang Prefecture, while the Chenmu Sky Pit in Mingxi is the lowest—the extremes of east and west in the Dragon Seeking school, the most intricate 'counterposition'."

Two opposing positions: extreme high against extreme low, extreme east against extreme west. In this configuration, after breaking the mirror, Xuanzi's incense will be reversed and multiplied. In a short time, four sticks of incense will become eight. Currently, he has five sticks; when multiplied, it will exceed nine.

Yun Ziliang said, "Since it's all about opposing positions, Xuanzi has to station himself at the summit of Snow Mountain to elevate the stance, before Hua Zi enters the pit. He can't go anywhere else."

"I'll take Hua Zi to the Mingxi Sky Pit; there's no need for Brother Zhou's help." Sister Cui said again.

"What I mean is, I can discern the 'counterposition', and Zhao Qingxiao can as well." Yun Ziliang said, "If Zhao Qingxiao intercepts you and Hua Zi on the way to the Mingxi Sky Pit..."

Hearing this, King Xishan finally understood. Yun Ziliang had thought it through, and he sighed, saying, "Regrettably, my abilities haven't been restored yet. Otherwise, I could take you to Mingxi. Though I can't defeat Star Covering or Zhao Qingxiao head-on, I could manage an escape."

Yun Ziliang told King Xishan, "You cannot escort Sister Cui and Hua Zi—but your tens of thousands of Snow Mountain Fox Clan can."

At this, King Xishan suddenly realized—if a giant fox wrapped up Hua Zi, while other foxes provided cover, all rushing toward Mingxi Sky Pit together.

Tens of thousands of foxes running along hundreds of paths, Star Covering and Zhao Qingxiao wouldn't know which fox to intercept.

"Snow Mountain Fox Clan, escort my brother Hu Muhua into the Snow Mountain Sky Pit."

Tens of thousands of foxes simultaneously received the command, squeezing together like snow layers, sweeping over Mu Hua's head. Once the cloud layer had flown past, Mu Hua was nowhere to be seen.

Out of these many foxes, who knows which one wrapped Mu Hua with its giant tail, rushing toward Mingxi Sky Pit.

After the fox troop left East Market Street, the street became spacious, and there were more alleys.

The leading group of three foxes—Fox Slave, Fox Scholar, Fox Clown—ran individually along small roads, big roads, alleys, dividing the fox group into three forces.

Upon reaching the next intersection, the fox group continued to split, transforming from three forces into nine.

After passing four or five intersections, the fox group had formed hundreds of teams, painting the streets and alleys of Mingjiang Prefecture white.

Mu Hua was hidden within one of these small teams.

...

After the fox group left, East Market Street became quiet. King Xishan asked Yun Ziliang, "Will this method succeed?"

"Absolutely."

Yun Ziliang replied, "With tens of thousands of foxes running on the ground, how could Star Covering or Zhao Wuya know which fox might be hiding Mu Hua?"

"Ah, do your best, leave the rest to fate."

King Xishan leaned against the ruined wall and drifted off to sleep.

...

The fog was spreading,

"Zhao Qingxiao, is what you say true?"

"The method of opposing positions is to trigger the mirror person to break the boundary. From my calculations, Zhou Xuan needs his mirror person to break the mirror in the Mingxi region. Mingxi has many pits and lowlands, hard to differentiate which pit specifically, so that mirror person must be intercepted midway, preventing the mirror break."

Zhao Qingxiao said this.

Being a disciple of the Tunnel Armor Sect, he understood the mountain and water positions in Dragon Seeking, yet his expertise was limited—not truly professional compared to Yun Ziliang.

Thus, he knew about the concept of 'counterposition', but was ignorant about the specific mountain configurations, far inferior to Yun Ziliang in that aspect.

He only knew it was generally in lowlands or pits of the Mingxi District; without precise location, he couldn't intercept at the endpoint—leading to uncertainty of where that endpoint actually was.

"Compared to intercepting the mirror person, it's quite troublesome. Why don't we just go to Snow Mountain and kill the Young Master directly?"

Star Covering asked.

"The Young Master has already stationed himself at the mountain eye; the mountain's momentum has begun. Killing him is far more difficult than destroying the Ancestor Tree Golden Bell."

Zhao Qingxiao shouted.

"Then go intercept the mirror person."

Star Covering concealed within the fog, traversing through like lightning. Yet all she saw was a city full of white foxes,

connected piece by piece, group by group, rushing towards the Mingxi District along various routes.

"Which one should I actually kill?"

She attempted to use Mist Eye to spot the mirror person's location, but each fox curled a single tail—any of those giant tails might be hiding the mirror person.

"I'll simply eliminate all of them in one go."

Star Covering, moving like lightning, attacked repeatedly, and within moments, dozens of small blood-red flowers bloomed throughout Mingjiang Prefecture.

Continuously, white foxes were decapitated.

The decapitated foxes still tightly curled a single tail, only when Star Covering approached, broke the tail, and pried it open, could the presence of the mirror person be confirmed.