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Chapter 26 – Meeting: Dong Hua and Bai Fengjiu
Removing his trusty Canghe sword from a golden summoning matriz of his weapon, he wields it and spins it skillfully with his fist, and then fiercely moves in a certain direction under the astonished gaze of others who look at each other at the abrupt action and equally unexpected.
A minute later, the three of them widen their eyes when they realize they were behind and decide to run after Dong Hua.
However, they feel a sudden pressure on their bodies from the immense spiritual powers thrown against them by the notorious demon master as they hear him exclaim in an authoritative manner and in a tone that brooks no challenge, "Don't come that way!"
They consent, terrified, even though the man could not see them, and then go in the direction of other demonic sources, questioning themselves why he went to the source that was weaker.
After all, if he was interested in enslaving a demon, someone so powerful would want equally powerful demons and not the weakest of all.
Shrugging, they look at each other and agree which direction they would go so that they don't interfere with any of their hunting.
Dong Hua moves quickly and arrives at a part of the snowy mountain that has collapsed, and then sees several rocks stacked on top of each other mixed with snow, at the same time as there are pieces of trunks as well as branches, and as he assimilates the devastating scenery that comes from of an avalanche, he hears a faint groan coming from beneath the pile of debris along with the emergence of a crimson puddle.
For some reason, that sound restricted his heart as if an invisible hand was squeezing it.
With determination, he plants his sword in the ground and makes seals, causing several lateral matrices to appear while a larger matriz appears above the rubble and is responsible for protecting the place from further landslides by providing a powerful shield.
From the other formations in the surroundings that floated in the air displaying complex designs, several shining golden spheres emerged created from pure spiritual power while the fact that they were of the metal element was visible, and then, they shot against the rocks, effectively breaking them, with it continuing this method for some time until it turned them into dust, avoiding hitting the stones lower down because it sought to avoid further damage to the buried demon.
Then, these matrices disappear, to later make other seals and another matriz appears that generates a constant and equally strong wind that blows the rock fragments away.
After removing the fragments, he begins to remove the other stones using his sword imbued with spiritual power to increase its resistance and cutting capacity by making it an extremely sharp blade.
The larger ones were cut using his faithful spiritual sword and then, in relation to the smaller ones, he manually removed them after using his spiritual power to increase his physical strength, making the pieces of stone no longer a challenge, with the notorious demon master continuing to remove the pile until he spots a crimson fur.
Taking even more care in removing the debris, Dong Hua continues removing it and throwing it to the side in an even slower process to avoid increasing damage to the buried fox demon.
Several minutes later, the demon master manages to effectively remove all the stones and is fascinated by the beautiful crimson fur that was shining, as well as the nine tails.
However, the stupor he feels at seeing such a beautiful demon is cut short by the moans of pain and the red pool beneath the furry body.
Promptly, he makes seals and conjures a magical formation that floats obediently beside him and follows his every step.
With extreme care and kindness, the man takes the fox's body and places it on top of the matriz, and then moves away from the place after canceling the formation that protected them from the precipitation of stones.
A few minutes later, Dong Hua sees a cave and makes new seals, condensing a glow that appears between his hands in a circular shape and after pressing lightly between his hands as he approaches his body, he launches the sphere with symbols inside it into the air, then expanding it while controlling it with just one hand, thus creating a powerful barrier in the surroundings for both the other demons and the other demon masters because he didn't like the idea of them seeing the fox.
In the cave, he gathers some branches and creates fire with one technique while creating another to remove the smoke from that place by creating a small formation that sucks the gases and throws them outside, and then magically conjures his suitcase through of a seal, then removing medicines, as well as splints and bandages, and he was relieved to see that he still had Ningxue Wan, a high-level medicine that was great for recovering anyone's internal damage.
Taking advantage of the fact that the fox is unconscious, the notorious master of demons begins to treat it, marveling at the softness of its fur because it seemed like it touched the purest silk, in addition to being dazzled by the red coat that shone in the light of the flames and which made her even more beautiful, in addition to finding her slender body delicate, and then questioning himself why a fox with a crimson cloak was in a snowy place.
After all, in that vast white space it stood out, making any attempt to remain camouflaged impossible.
Normally, demons with coats of this color were seen in hot forests to help with natural camouflage, although they were proficient in the art of transformation and illusion because foxes and badgers were considered natural specialists and therefore had more affinity with these techniques than others species of demons.
After gently bandaging the side wound in the chest area, he checks the fox for other, deeper wounds.
After a meticulous assessment, the man finds that there are only scratches and claw and teeth marks that were superficial, with some of them concentrated on her tails indicating that they had tried to contain her by biting her tails.
The demon master felt immense sadness when he saw how injured the beautiful nine-tailed fox was and as he observed the number of tails he knew that foxes with nine tails were powerful. The more tail a fox had, the more powerful it was and as he reflected on this while concentrating to determine its demonic power, Dong Hua realized that the power level did not match what was expected and only confirmed that it fought hard despite of the injuries on her body, leading her to an exhaustion of her powers and her resistance, making him understand the weak demonic power he felt from her from a distance.
After giving Ningxue Wan a pill in her mouth, making her swallow it, he becomes thoughtful and decides that he should eliminate the witnesses to the power of her tails because something told him that he should do so and confessed that it was an unsettling feeling.
What he didn't know was that there was a person using invisibility and whose power was enough to prevent him from being detected.
Initially, he observed from a distance until he decided to intervene, inspiring this idea in him as he felt with his powers the other demon masters approaching the other demons while he was happy that they had met again.
Dong Hua makes incense appear and deposits some specific herbs, then positioning it next to the fox's snout, in addition to conjuring some seals and creating golden chains that surround it, but without tightening it while avoiding injuries.
Satisfied to see that she could not escape, he takes his sword and leaves, planting it in the ground outside just to make more seals and strengthen the barrier before moving away towards the other sources of demonic power.
The notorious demon master did all this because even though the fox was very weak, he didn't want to risk losing it because if it woke up, it would definitely try to escape and couldn't condemn it even more when the demon felt the spiritual power in that place and that she was effectively trapped within a powerful barrier that could only have been conjured by someone with spiritual power.
After all, the instinct of any demon in this situation would be to flee and therefore, they needed to be careful.
Quickly, he approaches the fountain and observes five demons fighting each other. There were three huge spiders and the sound of their pincers clicking was audible while the other two were scorpions, one black and the other brown. It was a battle of five because they were fighting among themselves and as he approached silently, trying to suppress his spiritual power as much as possible, he heard the argument between them as they exchanged attacks with each other.
"That fox is mine!"
"No, she's mine!"
"I saw her first!"
"I captured her first after hunting her for several days!"
"You had your chance and it ran away!"
"So what? We agreed that she would be the one to capture her first. If she lost, that's her problem!"
"That doesn't stop me from trying to hunt her again!"
"Of course I do! It's my turn!"
"Who said that?"
"I!"
"It doesn't count!"
"You bastard! How dare you?"
"She will be mine now!"
Dong Hua was feeling immense hatred for the conversation and for remembering the damage to the beautiful fox who was currently unconscious in the cave.
Taken by an unprecedented fury, he performed a complex sequence of seals, creating a formation of three layers of matrices beneath his feet that expanded immensely at the same time as the demon masters approached the demons that were the size of an elephant.
Then, they stop arguing when they feel an immense spiritual power that alarms them and before they understand what was happening as well as the origin of this overwhelming power because they were too focused on their fight and discussion, they are stunned when they see three matrices appear that have disappeared from the ground below Dong Hua only to appear on top of them while the nearby demon masters were shocked by the level of the technique used while also knowing that only one person was capable of using a technique of that level.
With a final seal, the matrices glow in power and before the stunned demons have any reaction, they are summarily obliterated as the purifying sacred wave generated by the technique obliterates any object in its path, forcing spectators to conjure barriers to stop them of being hit by the wave of power that spread to the sides as well as the deadly projectiles that flew quickly in the air from the countless debris resulting from the explosive destruction.
The white-haired master just calmly conjured a barrier while a cloud of dust and debris rose into the sky, with the escape of several demons and animals visible to everyone at a considerable distance.
After making sure that they were summarily obliterated, he left while the other demon masters fell to their knees on the ground, stunned, because they were digesting what they had witnessed.
They knew he was powerful, but they didn't know how powerful he was and they questioned whether this was the level of notable demon masters or whether this was above notable ones.
Ignoring the other demon masters who were nearby as well as the fact that he could be punished by the Demon Platform Leader for preventing them from capturing those demons or for using such a powerful technique without warning others, Dong Hua returns to the cave after fishing in the nearby river and is relieved to see that the fox was still unconscious.
Therefore, he cancels her restrictions and sits on a rock in front of her again, feeding the fire with some sticks he brought while feeling knocks on his barrier, indicating that the others wanted to enter.
They are promptly ignored because the notorious demon master knew that the others were not crazy enough to try to break his barrier.
After all, with their level it would be impossible for them to break it even if they combined their powers.
Some time later, the knocking stops and he smiles to himself, taking a stick and placing some fish to roast while the fire crackles.
Then, a few minutes later, Dong Hua notices that the fox moves after its eyelids tremble and when it tries to stretch, it yelps in pain and curls up in a fetal position with its nine tails covering its snout while it quickly opens its eyes his eyes only to close them due to the excruciating pain that spread through his body, and then he saw her nose sniffing the air and then her eyes widening again as she looked at him at the same time as she felt his spiritual power, causing her to try to cower against the opposite wall as she identified him as a master of demons.
However, his movement only intensifies the pain and the demon shrinks, curling up behind her fluffy tails while the very evident tremor in her body was visible as well as the purest fear in her eyes as she observed him through the cracks in her eyes tails while identifying the fact that she was trapped within a spiritual barrier.
The notorious demon master displays his gentlest smile and says, "I brought you to the cave. You were buried under rocks and I believe you were running away from those spiders and scorpions. I gave you medicine. If you are in pain you need to take the medicines again, in addition to avoiding moving as much as possible."
He takes a bottle and shakes it over one of his open palms, making a white, sphere-shaped pill come out, and then hands it to her, who looks from him to the hand extended in front of her while showing distrust in her eyes because she had been taught from a puppy to never trusting a demon master because the demons who did so paid bitterly with their lives or worse, with slavery.
"I already gave it to you before. It's the medicine called Ningxue Wan. It's a high-level medicine used by demon masters and there are slight variations depending on where it's made from. This one comes from the Demon Platform and it's very good. Go heal both your external and internal injuries. It is not used on demons, even those who are slaves to demon masters, because the rule is to leave them powerless against their owners, but, I want you to recover and so , I'm giving it to you."
The nine-tailed fox is still worried and he turns the bottle over in his palm again, another pill coming out, showing that they are the same and then swallowing one of them and after opening his mouth and showing that he swallowed it, he extends it to her again.
Slowly, the demon moves her tails away and slowly, still showing fear in her eyes and posture, goes to his hand and takes the medicine delicately with her tongue, and then he takes her other hand and extends a wide pot of water after take a sip and swallow, opening your mouth and showing that you have drunk.
Then, he deposits it next to her as she approaches and picks it up with one of her tails, and then turns the contents into her mouth at once, ending up choking.
She starts coughing and stays like that for a few seconds until she feels gentle pats on her back and when she looks back, she notices the demon master's gentle and worried eyes.
However, taken by fear, the beautiful fox cowers again in the opposite corner and he sighs, speaking then as he returns to where he was and checks if the fish are okay, "If I wanted to do something to you I would have done it when you were unconscious and not would have treated you."
"You capture demons to enslave them with a curse on us demons."
"Yes. You're right" He sees her being surprised and after adjusting one of the burning wood better, Dong Hua raises her face and speaks calmly while internally happy to know that it was a female, "That's an indisputable truth. I don't I have to lie about that. Furthermore, I also owe you honesty about your current situation."
"What do you mean sincerity?"