Rebirth in Journey to the West: Sun Wukong

Chapter 440: Chapter 440: The Candidate for Fox Emperor (1st Update!)

Qingqiu was always a mysterious realm, legends told it was the ancestral land of the Nine-Tailed Fox Tribe of the Ancient Demon Clan, an exceedingly beautiful and fertile place. However, after the Divine Enthronement War, the Nine-Tailed Fox Tribe, under the pressure of immortals and gods, concealed Qingqiu so well that no one within the Three Realms knew its exact location, other than the members of the Nine-Tailed Fox Tribe themselves.

At this moment, Sun Wukong and his company stood in the midst of what was said to be the entrance to Qingqiu, situated within the Gobi Desert. Looking around, they saw nothing but scattered rocks and yellow sand, showing no sign of being the entrance to the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom. Ordinary people would never guess such a place could be the entrance to the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom, but Sun Wukong had already activated his Void-Breaking Divine Eye to the fourth phase, the Void-Breaking Starry Eyes stage, and he could see a faint blue spatial entrance three zhang away.

“This is the hidden entrance to the Kingdom of Qingqiu of our Nine-Tailed Fox Tribe. Without the activation of our tribe’s secret technique, even knowing there is an entrance here, one would not be able to find it, let alone enter…”

A beam of golden light shot from Sun Wukong’s eyes, directly hitting the entrance of the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom. The previously hidden faint blue spatial entrance suddenly appeared. Sun Wukong tilted his head to Leng Xuan and stepped into the spatial entrance one after another, leaving behind the grand steward of the envoy who was halfway through his speech, and the envoy members who stood behind, dumbstruck and speechless.

The Great Sage Equalling Heaven, Sun Wukong, was indeed unfathomable!

Sun Wukong didn’t know how the envoys of the Nine-Tailed Fox Tribe were evaluating him. Once he entered the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom, he looked around; it was a small world independent of the Three Realms. The space was by no means small—his vision couldn’t reach its ends.

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“What is that place?”

All he could see was a stretch of lush green, where nature’s spiritual energy neared that of Immortal Spirit Qi and was extremely abundant. Indeed, it was a tranquil paradise, no wonder the Nine-Tailed Fox Tribe had settled here generation after generation. After glancing around, Sun Wukong pointed towards a crimson area, tens of miles away on his left, and asked.

“That is the Ten-Mile Peach Grove!”

Leng Xuan spoke, “It’s the dwelling of the imperial clan of the Nine-Tailed Fox Tribe. My mother once lived there.”

“Imperial clan?”

Sun Wukong raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised, “Your mother was a member of the Nine-Tailed Fox Tribe’s imperial clan?”

Leng Xuan nodded, “My mother was one of the candidates to succeed as the next clan leader of the Nine-Tailed Fox Tribe, the most eligible to inherit the title of the Celestial Fox woman from the Fox Emperor. That’s why she was sent to study under Goddess Nuwa. If it hadn’t been for Jiang Shang, that bastard, framing her, how could she have been charged with the crime of clan treachery and expelled from the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom?”

Seeing the profound hatred in Leng Xuan’s eyes, Sun Wukong couldn’t help but sigh. He patted Leng Xuan’s shoulder gently to offer comfort. Jiang Ziya, after the Divine Enthronement War, disappeared without a trace, most likely returning to the Western Cult under the Guiding Daoist. Later, the Western Cult transformed into Buddhism, and Tathagata Buddha changed the Buddhist Sect. After so many changes, the whereabouts of Jiang Ziya were already unknown. If one were to investigate, probably only Tathagata Buddha at the Western Heaven Spiritual Mountain would be clear, but he was unlikely to easily disclose Jiang Ziya’s location to Leng Xuan.

“Great Sage, Grand Steward Leng, please this way!”

Members of the envoy gradually entered the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom through the entrance. The grand steward who led the envoy motioned Sun Wukong and Leng Xuan forward, guiding them toward the Ten-Mile Peach Grove.

The Ten-Mile Peach Grove backed onto a star-shaped lake called Star Moon Lake, next to a tall cliff that soared tens of thousands of zhang high, piercing the clouds. The Ten-Mile Peach Grove, Star Moon Lake, and the towering cliff formed a triangle; the Imperial Palace of the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom was situated on a small island in the heart of the lake.

“Which Celestial Fox Emperor holds the throne now?”

While passing through the ten-mile peach forest, Leng Xuan asked the envoy Elder.

“The position of the Fox Emperor is currently vacant.”

The envoy Elder shook his head and said, “After the Celestial Fox Lady Bai Mei, the mother of the Grand Steward Leng, was expelled from the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom, another heir, the Spirit Fox Lady Bai Xiao, inherited the throne. But Bai Xiao vanished without a trace a hundred years ago, leaving the entire kingdom in disarray. Without the suppression of the Fox Emperor’s essence blood, the Blood Demon at the bottom of Star Moon Lake is becoming restless. The Elder Council can only join forces to suppress it. There’s simply no time to elect a new Fox Emperor, and indeed, there isn’t a suitable candidate either, as someone with imperial bloodline who is also exceptional isn’t so…”

As he spoke, the envoy Elder suddenly looked at Leng Xuan with a glint in his eyes. How could he have forgotten about Leng Xuan? The Grand Steward Leng before him was the daughter of the Celestial Fox Lady Bai Mei, and her cultivation had already reached the Quasi-Saint Realm. Possessing both the imperial bloodline and exceptional ability—that was none other than Leng Xuan, wasn’t it?

“Elder Qing Zi, is there something on my face?”

Feeling the intense gaze of the envoy Elder Qing Zi, Leng Xuan touched her face with some perplexity.

“Nothing, nothing at all.”

The envoy Elder Qing Zi’s eyes flickered for a moment before he chuckled and continued leading Sun Wukong and Leng Xuan forward. After passing through the ten-mile peach forest, they arrived at the edge of Star Moon Lake. He flicked his hand toward the lake and cast a Dharma Decree, and suddenly a series of lotuses rose from the water, forming a path leading to the center of the lake. Elder Qing Zi gestured with an invitation and led the way onto the lotus path.

“These lotuses are formed from the condensation of Water Spiritual Qi, quite interesting!”

Wukong’s Void-Breaking Divine Eye was essentially in a constant state of the first phase, and he immediately recognized the true nature of these lotuses. They were not real lotuses that grew in the water but were rather formed from the Water Spiritual Qi within the lake. They looked so naturally flawless that one could hardly find a single fault. If it were not for the power of the Void-Breaking Divine Eye that could see through all illusions, one might not have detected it.

Following the lotus path to the small island at the heart of the lake, they entered the Imperial Palace of the Qingqiu Fox Tribe. Upon arriving in the great hall of the Imperial Palace, Sun Wukong and the others saw that the hall’s decor was not particularly lavish, yet it had a unique charm of its own.

No sooner had Wukong entered the great hall than he noticed that there were at least ten different Formation traps crisscrossing the space—Binding Arrays, Illusion Arrays, Killing Formations, and many more. If someone with malicious intent acted recklessly in this hall, these Formations would likely activate all at once, launching an attack on the intruder in an instant. One without significant power might find it difficult to leave the hall alive.

“The Celestial Fox Clan of Qingqiu welcomes the Great Sage Equalling Heaven!”

A clear voice rang out, and five Elders were seated on each side of the great hall. The seat at the far right obviously belonged to Elder Qing Zi, while the one speaking was a man with silver hair yet a remarkably youthful face, seated at the first place on the left side.

“This is our Celestial Fox Clan’s Great Elder, Bai Wushuang!”

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