Chapter 13: You dumb Sect Master, I like you just a little bit.

“It’s… a fox clan?!” The scruffy-bearded man was shocked. “One… two… three… four… and nine tails, a nine-tailed fox? You’re not human? Interesting… truly interesting. A demon-clan member hiding in the Sword Sect, what on earth are you planning?”

Su Li’er narrowed her eyes slightly.

“Hiss… I’ve never played with a fox in my life, hahaha.” The scruffy-bearded man raised a hand and formed a hand seal.“Beast, aren’t you going to crawl over obediently? Do you need this great master to beat you into submission?”

Su Li’er’s expression remained unchanged. Crimson patterns, like enchanting spider lilies, spread from the corners of her eyes.

Her eyes were the pure stamen of a flower.

“What’s going on? There’s a strange sword intent spreading?” The scruffy-bearded man was startled. “Is it the stone wall? Trying to scare people at a time like this…”

—Thud.

A dull sound hit the ground.

“What was that?” The scruffy-bearded man quickly looked down. “An arm? Where did this severed arm come from to scare this great master!? …No, wait? My… my arm!? How did my arm get cut off! Ahhhh…”

“Hmph.” Su Li’er chuckled lightly.

“It was you!? You sneak-attacked this great master?” The scruffy-bearded man’s bloodshot eyes widened as he formed a hand seal. “Technique—Heavenly Sword…”

—Plop.

The sound of a finger falling to the ground.

“My finger… how did it break off on its own? What’s going on, what happened!?” The scruffy-bearded man finally looked around in a panic. “Who is it? Is someone hiding nearby and sneak-attacking? Who is it!? Come out!”

“Puhahaha.” Su Li’er couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

“Beast, what are you laughing at?” the scruffy-bearded man roared.

—Plop.

The sound of a finger falling to the ground was heard once again.

“What the hell!?” The scruffy-bearded man’s eyeballs were about to pop out, his expression twisted in pain. “My finger… it’s breaking off on its own?! Why…”

At the same time, the stone wall carved with mysterious Dao patterns trembled slightly, shaking off countless motes of dust.

“The stone wall is shaking?” The scruffy-bearded man was dazed for a moment, then he became panicked and angry. “It was you? You beast, you can actually trigger the Dao patterns to sneak-attack this great master?”

Su Li’er smiled faintly, her eyes narrowed, her tone light. “Dao patterns? Who needs that kind of thing.”

The scruffy-bearded man opened his mouth, at a loss for words.

Su Li’er turned her head to look, a flash of immortal light in her eyes. All the techniques in the world dissolved before her discerning eyes, with nowhere to hide.

‘I see.’

‘So these are… the Dao patterns left by the supreme powerhouses. No wonder I felt like I was being watched from the very beginning.’

‘So boring.’

‘What’s there to comprehend in this kind of thing?’

“Beast, what are you looking at? Are you worthy of looking at the Dao patterns of the human race?!” the scruffy-bearded man said. It seemed the expert hiding in the dark had already left… he had to complete his mission quickly to avoid any accidents.

—Buzz.

The floor of the entire tavern vibrated.

The Dao patterns carved on the stone wall gradually lit up, like a swarm of fireflies.

An unparalleled sense of suffocation spread, the air disappearing bit by bit.

A complete mural emerged.

It was a pair of eyes of all shapes and sizes… human, demon, immortal spirit, and even many races she had never seen before… at this moment, all of them revealed a fierce light.

The scruffy-bearded man retreated step by step and fell to the ground, surprised and dazed. “This…! The manifestation of ten thousand immortals? A record only found in the classics, it’s actually real?”

Soon, his surprise turned into confusion.

“What’s going on? Is something big about to happen…” The scruffy-bearded man shouted with all his might. “Have you taken a fancy to this great master’s aptitude? Hahaha, I’m here! Ten thousand immortals, I’m here!”

—Plop.

Accompanied by a ringing in his ears and the world spinning.

The scruffy-bearded man’s head was separated from his body.

“You guys think he’s annoying too.” Su Li’er closed her eyes and rubbed her fox ears. In her spider lily-like eyes, a mysterious immortal light swirled. “I have no reason to help you with your matters. I have already killed him. Don’t be long-winded. If you keep making noise, I’ll slaughter you all too.”

“Who… are you talking to?” The scruffy-bearded man sat paralyzed on the ground, his face pale, breaking out in a cold sweat.

“Oh?” Su Li’er glanced back.

In an instant, time and space froze. The dust that had been stirred up hung stiffly in mid-air.

“Who on earth… are you?” The scruffy-bearded man’s lips trembled as he looked in disbelief at the dust frozen in mid-air, and not far away, the misty stone wall, that petite figure, that pair of eyes like spider lilies… and also like immortal treasures…

‘No!’

‘This nine-tailed fox… is very strange! Extremely terrifying… is this stone wall because of her? Did it appear because of her?’

Because he was afraid of her… that’s why he used the celestial mist to hide himself.

‘My hand, my head, they were all… cut off by her, with just a single glance.’

‘Even this dust, this time has been frozen, all because of her…?’

‘With just one glance?’

‘What kind of… technique is this?’

‘I’ve never heard of it…’

“A magic treasure that can bring the dead back to life?” Su Li’er’s eyes curved slightly, revealing a satisfied smile. “Just in time. He died too quickly, it wasn’t enough fun.”

“You! You… you you you don’t come over here! Don’t come over!” The scruffy-bearded man kicked his legs and scrambled backward, his face showing extreme fear as he mumbled incoherently, “Monster… monster, you’re a monster…”

“A monster?” Su Li’er pondered for a moment, then chuckled lightly. “Where did your arrogance from just now go?”

“I… I was blind! I… I was bewitched. It was my fault. I sincerely apologize! Please don’t kill me!” The scruffy-bearded man fell to his knees with a thud, his tears and snot flowing.

“And?” Su Li’er asked.

“And?… Right, right, right, there’s more! I’m a bastard! I’m a big bastard! Everything just now was because my brain short-circuited! My brain has never been fully developed since I was a child!” The scruffy-bearded man began to kowtow with a thud, thud, thud.

In a short while, his head was bleeding.

“And?” Su Li’er’s smile vanished, a coldness spreading across her face.

“I… I… there is, there is, of course there is! I’m willing to slap myself a hundred times… no, ten thousand times for the words I used to curse Sect Master Song just now! Until you are satisfied!” the scruffy-bearded man said quickly.

“That’s enough,” Su Li’er said.

“That’s enough… is it enough? Thank you… thank you, Immortal Fox Sister! Thank… eh? Why am I… so dizzy.” The scruffy-bearded man’s head was separated from his body in an instant, his remaining strength mumbling some inaudible words.

Until his breath completely disappeared.

Only then did Su Li’er sigh regretfully, her eyes drooping slightly. Then she stared at the fierce and malevolent eyes in the mist on the stone wall.

A deep sense of fatigue washed over her. “I will help you out. But… after I fall unconscious, you must ensure Song Ruoxue’s safety. She cannot be harmed in any way, understand?”

—The mist on the stone wall gradually faded.

“Immortal Art—Broken Mirror Mended.”

Su Li’er formed a hand seal and fell powerlessly onto the sofa, leaning against it. Her eyelids grew heavier and heavier.

‘Overdrawing my lifespan to use my power… it’s used up so quickly.’

‘Is there not even a single day of lifespan left…’

‘Damn it, I’m not resigned.’

‘I’m really not resigned… I’ve held on for so long, how can I leave at a time like this.’

‘I’m sorry, Sect Master. Little Li’s lifespan has run out… In the end, I never told you the truth. I’m so sorry…’

‘But, Little Li didn’t approach you just for the sake of lifespan. It might have been at the beginning, but lately, Little Li has been feeling stranger and stranger. I think I’ve started to like you a little.’

‘Ah, I can’t kiss you anymore.’

‘I really, really want to kiss you, you dumb Sect Master.’

‘Forget it.’

‘Little Li is tired and wants to sleep.’

‘At least in the end… let Little Li be a little more dignified.’

Her heavy eyes closed. Su Li’er’s head drooped like a puppet’s. The fox ears and nine tails on her body gradually retracted.

She once again transformed into the appearance of the sweet little junior sister.