"Great immortal, let me explain," blushing, Little Xin jumped to Xiao Kai's side. Her eyes filled with affection as she demurely lowered her head, "Because the spiritual energy of immortals in this world is becoming scarcer, the progress of cultivation for both cultivators and demon cultivators has slowed down. There used to be many demons in this world, but they are now on the verge of extinction. For example, our Eighteen Holes fox clan was also a renowned force in the demon world, but now there are barely forty members left. The reason we have been able to cultivate successfully from generation to generation is because our ancestors left us a veritable treasure - the cold jade bed."
"The cold jade bed is made from the cold jade beneath the polar ice for thousands of years, containing extremely abundant spiritual energy, which belongs to the Yin category and is perfect for the constitution of our fox clan. Cultivating on the cold jade bed for one day is equivalent to a year of usual cultivation. My sister, Xiao Yue, and I, as well as Xiao Yue, who was captured, all relied on this treasure to cultivate and assume human form. In recent decades, the spiritual energy in the world has become even scarcer. If we did not have this treasure, almost no creature would have the opportunity to reach human form. So, the only way for our fox clan to continue multiplying is to utilize the spiritual energy of the cold jade bed."
"But now, the cold jade bed has finally been destroyed, and our fox clan is on the brink of extinction." Little Xin gnashed her teeth, "In order to continue multiplying, we can only seek help from the tiger clan because there is another cold jade bed within the tiger clan.
"Wait," Xiao Kai asked in surprise, "How did the cold jade bed get destroyed? It couldn't have been destroyed for no reason."
"The destruction of the cold jade bed is inexplicable. This is what fills us with despair," Hu Yunyu said with a pale face. "My grandmother’s life is nearing its end, and her vitality is gradually withering. In recent times, my grandmother has been using the cold jade bed, but two days ago, as my grandmother was absorbing the spiritual energy, clouds suddenly billowed within the cave, and the accumulated spiritual energy within the cold jade bed was inexplicably sucked out by some unknown force, dispersing in the direction of Huangshan. In the blink of an eye, the entire cold jade bed became ordinary, devoid of any lingering spiritual energy. My grandmother fell on the bed and has been unable to get up since then."
Hu Yunyu looked quite frightened, "Great immortal, as you know, this kind of treasure contains immense energy beyond the power of any force in the world to destroy. We can only attribute this to ‘heaven's will’. But... but we never engage in worldly affairs, never harming the natural order. Why does heaven want to exterminate our fox clan?"
Xiao Kai couldn't help but ask, "When did this happen, two days ago?"
"In the evening," Hu Yunyu confirmed, "I remember it very clearly. It was the evening of two days ago, the night of the Gathering of Spirits at Huangshan."
Xiao Kai felt a chill and was at a loss for words.
The evening of two days ago was the time he and Xue Feng had ventured into the spirit veins in the night. He had destroyed numerous immortal tools under the cliff, but he could not have imagined that, even hundreds of kilometers away from Huangshan, another cold jade bed had been turned into waste.
He was the initiator of the "extinction of the fox clan."
"Great immortal, let me continue," Hu Yunyu said, "We have no choice but to seek help from the chief of the tiger clan, the most powerful demon within our Eighteen Holes alliance. Due to the tiger king’s supreme skill called the 'Heavenly King's Open Stone Palm,' the entire Eighteen Holes refers to him as the King of Heaven."
"Hush... It turns out to be a monster; I thought he was a deity," Xiao Kai breathed a sigh of relief and felt much more at ease.
He may be very weak in front of cultivators, but he is still extremely powerful in front of monsters, not to mention the fact that the four old guys in the Wordless Heaven Book are all exemplary monster catchers, and the great ancestor of monsters, the King of the Thousands of Monsters, is currently in seclusion in his precious book.
Hu Yunyu found his comments reasonable and replied with a smile, "Although the King of Heaven is powerful, he is no match for a great immortal. We sent someone to seek his help yesterday. He made three demands."
"Those must be quite strict," Xiao Kai nodded, "please continue."
"The first demand is for us to provide three young and beautiful virgin foxes," Hu Yunyu looked somewhat guilty, "Originally, we planned to send Little Xin and the two pairs of sisters, no choice but to sacrifice them for the survival of the fox clan..." She glanced at Xiao Kai and seeing no displeasure on his face, continued, "The second demand is for the fox clan to from now on obey the tiger clan and become subservient to them, which we had to agree to. As for his third demand, it is for a Creation Dan. Although this is extremely difficult, we have no choice but to take the risk."
Xiao Kai couldn't help asking, "Is this King of Heaven more difficult to deal with than Xue Feng?"
He mentioned Xue Feng's name directly, as a spur-of-the-moment remark, without any ulterior motive, but in the ears of the many foxes, it made them wholeheartedly believe in the identity of the high-ranking expert before them.
Since he dared to mention the name of the current head of the top cultivation sect, then the identity and status of this expert must be unimaginably high.
"Compared to the leader Xue Feng, the King of Heaven is far from being qualified," Hu Yunyu sighed, "but we would rather secretly make a Creation Dan from the Emei faction than clash with the King of Heaven, and we definitely wouldn’t dare to forcibly seize the cold jade bed from the tiger clan, because the clans within our Eighteen Holes are too familiar with each other."
Xiao Kai finally roughly understood the situation, "So, do you know why the King of Heaven wants the Creation Dan?"
"Isn't it for his Heaven King's Open Stone Palm," echoed the twins, "Report to the great immortal, the King of Heaven's Heaven King's Open Stone Palm is just a step away from reaching its peak. Besides the legendary treasures, the only things that can help him complete the last step are the top-grade spiritual herbs from the major factions, such as the Creation Dan from Emei, the Cloud Mist Powder from Huangshan, the Nine Dark Pill from Qingcheng, and the Heaven Fragrance Powder from Liuyun Villa. We went to steal the Creation Dan from Emei on the King of Heaven's intelligence."
With the situation explained up to this point, it was essentially concluded. The only thing left was for Xiao Kai to make a decision, and the fiery gazes of the many foxes were fixed on him, making Xiao Kai blush. Especially Little Xin, who had just pressed up against him on the pretext of something, and the twin foxes, who gazed at him with admiration, probably unmatched by any man in the world.
"Uh... what are you going to do now?" Xiao Kai awkwardly scratched his nose and finally squeezed out a sentence.
"There's no way now," Hu Yunyu quickly summarized the current situation, "we didn't obtain the Creation Dan, Xiao Yue has been captured by the Emei faction, and the King of Heaven will definitely not give us the cold jade bed. We are weak and powerless, and it seems impossible to turn things around. Alas, our fox clan should probably come to an end."
Although her words sounded pitiful, there was little desolation in her tone. Instead, she was full of anticipation, looking at Xiao Kai with infinite hope.
Xiao Kai did not disappoint her, "Actually... the Creation Dan is not a problem..." with a flip of his hand, the bright red pill appeared in his palm.
Immediately, there were low exclamations from below, "God, it really is a Creation Dan!"
"Could it be... could he be giving it to us?"
"Ah, I must be dreaming; so fortunate..."
"Thank the ancestors for blessing us; he really is the savior of the fox clan predicted in the prophecy!"
Xiao Kai said, "The Creation Dan is of no use to me, so I can give it to you. However, I suspect that even if you hand over the Creation Dan, you will not be able to obtain the cold jade bed."
Hu Yunyu's face changed, "Why?"
"Because..." Xiao Kai sighed, feeling that reality was indeed cruel, "if I'm not mistaken, the cold jade bed at the King of Heaven's place should also have turned into waste."
The faces of all the foxes changed drastically!
They had been vacillating and struggling, but had never thought of this issue. Only when Xiao Kai raised the issue did they carefully consider this possibility.
Why would our cold jade bed be destroyed, while the cold jade bed in the tiger king's place remains unharmed?
"What... what are we going to do?" Hu Yunyu was truly anxious this time, having forgotten her earlier caution. She even grabbed Xiao Kai's arm, "Great immortal, do you have any solution?"
"Don't worry, don't worry," Xiao Kai gently patted her hand, "Although I can't think of a better way, I will do my best to help you, Besides, the cold jade bed in the Heavenly King's place may not really be destroyed."
"Then... should we still give the miraculous pill to the Heavenly King?" Hu Yunyu had completely lost her initiative, now relying on Xiao Kai as a lifeline.
Xiao Kai smiled instead, "You need to calm down first, no matter what plans we have, you have to let me out first, and then we can talk about it slowly."
It was then that Hu Yunyu noticed that the large stone slabs that had fallen in the hall had not been removed. She clapped her hands a few times, and several huge stone slabs slowly rose to the top of the cave, revealing the spacious and bright hall.
Just then, a muffled rumble suddenly came from above!
"What's going on?" Xiao Kai was surprised.
"Xuefeng is here," the old man was also a little nervous, "It's really strange, he actually found this fox den."
Just as he said a few words, another rumble was heard, this time, much more intense than the last, Xiao Kai could even feel a sudden tremor on the top of his head!