Cultivation Simulator: Starting From The Empress' Palace

Zhao Fujin’s eyes curved with a smile, and she genuinely liked the white fox locked in the iron cage, so she crouched down, wanting to play with it.

But the white fox was like a cat with its fur standing on end, tail raised, taking a defensive stance, baring its teeth, and making a sharp sound.

”Be good, I won’t hurt you.” Zhao Fujin said in a friendly tone.

”Elder sister, its leg seems to be injured.”

Chen Mo pointed to its back right leg.

The white fox’s fur was pure white and looked extremely soft, with a pair of lively big eyes that didn’t seem wild at all. However, the fur on its back leg was completely red.

”Really.” Zhao Fujin followed Chen Mo’s pointing and then frowned, ”This clearly is an injury from that evil spirit.

Younger brother, let’s take it back and apply some medicine to it.”

Zhao Fujin very much wanted to open the iron cage and hold it in her arms to stroke its fur, but seeing it baring its teeth, if she touched it directly, she figured she would likely get bitten.

Girls just love these fluffy things.

And a fox isn’t such a fierce beast; it wouldn’t endanger Zhao Fujin’s safety.

Chen Mo nodded and then said, ”You take it with you, elder sister, and I’ll take this corpse puppet out to Lord Liu.”

Zhao Fujin nodded.

The two of them left the cave.

Outside the cave.

Liu Tan was pacing back and forth, feeling extremely anxious, and as the night deepened, he became more worried about their safety.

If something happened to them.

He wouldn’t just lose his official hat.

His head might roll too.

”I can’t wait any longer; you come inside with me.” Liu Tan gritted his teeth, clapped his hands, and planned to go inside and take a look.

”Rustle rustle...”

At that moment, movement came from inside the cave, causing their already anxious hearts to become even more on guard.

Upon seeing Zhao Fujin, Liu Tan let out a long breath and greeted her with a flattering smile, ”Immortal Master Zhao, are you alright?”

Seeing Zhao Fujin shake her head, Liu Tan completely relaxed, then asked, ”Then... did Immortal Master Zhao see the evil spirit?”

”It’s with me...” Chen Mo walked out from the cave, threw the corpse puppet he was holding to the ground, and said, ”Lord Liu, I’ll leave this evil spirit to you. Make sure to send it to the Capital quickly; this is a serious matter.”

Chen Mo and Zhao Fujin won’t return soon; they still have a date to go to.

”Understood.” Liu Tan nodded.

...

Not long after Chen Mo and the others left, an old Taoist appeared outside the cave, leading a donkey and wearing tattered clothes.

Looking at the footprints outside the cave, the old Taoist’s face turned sullen.

Upon entering the cave and seeing the mess in the stone chamber, he also discovered traces of the Thunder Technique.

Following the aura left inside the stone chamber, the old Taoist began performing a method.

...

The night was deep.

Qingfeng Tower.

Watching Liu Tan and his men leave, Chen Mo took out a divine statue from his sleeve.

This statue was made of gold, heavy with solid gold.

It was given to Chen Mo by Liu Tan before he left.

Chen Mo wasn’t one to refuse such things and accepted it directly.

”Why’d he give you a golden divine statue?” Zhao Fujin had naturally also seen Liu Tan slipping it to him.

”Maybe it’s to thank us for capturing the evil spirit for him.” Chen Mo weighed the statue and then laughed, ”Lord Liu really knows how to be an official...”

”Yes, he even arranged a room for us and prepared healing medicine.” Zhao Fujin said.

Chen Mo: ”...”

Seeing Zhao Fujin misunderstood his meaning, Chen Mo also chuckled and shook his head, saying, ”Let’s go, check on that white fox.”

…

In the room, the lamps flickered dimly.

Chen Mo opened the iron cage and said, ”Don’t move; I’m going to apply medicine to you. Don’t bite, alright?”

Saying this, he didn’t care whether it understood and, at the moment he opened the iron cage, pinched the back of the white fox’s neck, pressing it onto the table.

The white fox struggled immediately.

”Younger brother, don’t be so rough; you’ll hurt it!” Zhao Fujin pouted, then gently stroked the white fox’s fur, saying, ”Little fellow, my younger brother is applying medicine, he won’t harm you. Once you’re healed, we’ll let you go. Stay still now...”

Perhaps it understood, or maybe because Chen Mo was checking its injury to help, it stopped moving, lying obediently on the table, its eyes showing a surprisingly human-like blush of shyness.

”Good girl.” Zhao Fujin gently petted the white fox’s head.

But Chen Mo furrowed his brows, as he discovered the injury on the fox’s leg was not an ordinary wound.

The wound was blackened, with the flesh around it decaying, clearly a poisoned wound.

What puzzled Chen Mo was how the fox, poisoned so severely, could survive until now and still seem quite spirited. It was a miracle.

And since returning from the cave, until now.

At least an hour had passed.

The poison remained only in the fox’s leg and hadn’t spread into its body, truly remarkable.

”Elder sister, this white fox is poisoned, and it’s no ordinary poison. The antitoxic pill might not work. I’ll try forcing it out with True Qi. If it doesn’t work, while the toxin hasn’t spread upward yet, an amputation is necessary to save its life.” Chen Mo said.

When Chen Mo mentioned amputation, the white fox desperately shrank its leg back in fear.

Zhao Fujin’s face tightened, then she tickled the white fox, saying, ”Poor little thing.”

Chen Mo then started to expel the poison from the white fox.

Grasping the fox’s injured back right leg, he infused True Qi into the leg, attempting to drive the poison out from the wound.

Yet the poison exceeded Chen Mo’s expectations.

It took nearly half an hour, consuming more than half of his internal True Qi to finally expel the poison.

Chen Mo’s face was covered in sweat.

”I can’t do it anymore; it’s killing me. What kind of poison is this, so hard to expel...” Chen Mo panted heavily.

Zhao Fujin wiped the sweat off Chen Mo with a handkerchief.

After resting for a while, Chen Mo bandaged the wound with a cloth bandage, then petted the white fox’s head, saying, ”Little one, you’re really lucky.”

Perhaps understanding Chen Mo’s effort, the white fox showed a human-like touch of shyness, then rubbed its head against Chen Mo’s hand.

Seeing this little guy was so intelligent, Chen Mo froze for a second, then said, ”Hungry? I’ll go get you something to eat.”

Saying this, he walked towards the door.

”Take a good rest,” Zhao Fujin said playfully to the white fox and then stood up, following Chen Mo: ”Younger brother, wait for me...”

Just as Zhao Fujin left the room and closed the door, Chen Mo pinned her against the wall with an arm.

Liu Tan had booked Chen Mo and them in a top-quality guest room, so there weren’t many people around.

Chen Mo raised Zhao Fujin’s chin with one hand, familiarly reaching for her hip with the other, smiling, ”Elder sister, I only bothered treating that white fox for you, how are you planning to thank me?”