《The Adventure of Holy Beast Bai Xiaoli》C1. A Holy Fox in Distress Is Inferior to a Chicken
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"Boom!"
A huge crack appears in the inky sky, so big and so quick, spanning from the east to the west.
From this crack, several shadows show up and drop to the ground, with the sharp siren ringing in the air.
Among those noisy sounds, there's a sad screech, "How can you bully me by numbers? You three bastards? Wait and see how I am going to defeat you..."
Bang!
Suddenly, the screech stops. and the chains composed of black symbols, covering a white "ball" which falls just like a stretch of shining silk, get into the "ball" as quickly as possible, while the white "ball" doesn't notice the scene.
The write "ball" falls to the ground on all fours. It is a really small, cat-like animal, with just half of common size of a cat. There is some blood on its fur, and several wounds are really deep, as if the bones can be seen. Those wounds torture this poor animal, making it feel like being cut into pieces. The flesh blood continuously gushes out and the heavy blood smell fills the air.
The white animal stretches its legs, wants to stand up, but it really hurts when it touches the broken leg, and it can't help crying again.
It trembles in pain, and suddenly senses the secret smell approaching it, so it looks back, and its fur stands straight with rage.
"What? Three vs one is despicable enough, and now you want a gang fight, do you? It's such an indecent act!"
As its curse continues, the small, cat-like animal adopts the best policy of escaping from the danger at once.
"Let's wait and see. As soon as my wound is cured, I'll be back and swallow all of you!"
"No! I will toast your meat and crush your bones before I eat you!"
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The wounds of the white animal are serious enough. It needs to find somewhere safe to hide and rest.
Luckily, it finds a deep mountain, and there's a safe hole in it, which makes it assume the best place to stay.
So the small animal turns into a human being. (Since now, HE will be used to refer to it.) He sits cross-legged, gets ready to let his power called "Chi" into his wounded body.
To his surprise, he cannot even feel a tiny bit of "Chi", "God, where is it?"
Worse than that, even another important thing "Tian Dao" (laws and principles of the world) cannot be sensed here!
"Not only the 'Chi' has vanished, but the 'Tian Dao' is nowhere to find!"
"Oh, no, it must be kidding..."
Sad and desperate, he sits there still. But an idea comes into his mind, "Since Tian Dao doesn't exist here, I can be the owner of this mountain, right? No one is around and nothing can control me. Yes! The Tian Dao has disappeared, which means I AM FREE! Hahaha… Ah! My wounds…"
Bai Xiaoli is his name, he still needs time to cure himself, and then he will be the master of this area and make an inspection tour of his land!
"What about the 'Chi'? I have to use the magic stone to replace it."
"It should be in my secret castle."
Unfortunately, Bai Xiaoli finds his castle locked. It is covered by thousands of chains composed of black symbols which makes it a forbidden place, so he cannot get anything from it.
"What the hell! Why can't I get into my own place?"
Bai Xiaoli cannot believe it; he tries hard again and again, but fails every time. He finally realizes one thing----his castle is not in his control anymore, since the key has been in someone else's hands."
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Inside his castle, there are mountains of treasures. He has spent much effort in collecting them since childhood, the magic wine and meat, which are all his favorites, as well as various kinds of medicine and magic stones. But all of them are locked!
Bai Xiaoli feels desperate. His happy life vanishes just within a minute. So he lies on the ground, thinking about the delicious meat and wine, his mouth watering and his belly screaming!
This is spiritual hunger, not physical, because he is immortal through years of practice, which means there is no need to eat or drink, but for him, he just has the desire of gluttonousness.
"I'm hungry..."
"I'm in great pain."
"I want meat."
"I want to drink."
Bai Xiaoli just lies on the ground and passes out with longing for food and drink. He is planning to recover his physical strength but when he opens his eyes, two years have passed.
Bai Xiaoli stretches himself, and checks his wounds, but to his surprise, there's basically not any change of his body except his physical wounds.
The strength and magic power seem gone forever. "Why does everything go like that?
What happened? My cultivation is gone, no..."
Bai Xiaoli screams and looks at the shabby hole, desperate and confused at the same time.
He is a Gumiho (namely nine-tailed holy fox), decent and illustrious, but today he is in such an embarrassed situation--no food, no drink, no 'Chi', and 'Tian Dao' is also gone; he has no power, no home, no magic stone... He is so miserable with nothing!
"Guuloooo~"
Bai Xiaoli stares in bewilderment, startled; he sits up suddenly, gazing at his belly.
That's where the sound comes from, lastingly and overwhelmingly.
Bai Xiaoli is quivering and feeling dizzy due to hunger.
"Oh, to be sure, this is real hunger instead of spiritual one; it is so R-E-A-L!"
"Guuloooo~"
He just doesn't understand, "How can he live like this? Starving to death?" It's been a long time for him to have such a feeling, a real feeling of hunger.
Against the wall, he stands up, having to condescend to go hunting. But beyond his expectation, there's a big chicken, as big as a cow, just outside the cave!
No, it is not a common chicken, but a fighting chicken with iron wings. When Bai Xiaoli looks at it, he meets its gaze. Immediately with its wings unfolding, its body moving forwards and its neck stretching out, the big chicken shows an aggressive stance.
"Oh, what a brave creature! How dare you fight with me? Don't be proud of your big size, you silly chicken!"
Bai Xiaoli stands akimbo, poses a stance as he really is--a "holy beast", keeps his chin up and speaks proudly, "Here is a chance for you. Get the fire ready to cook yourself, or I will show you the way."
"Gagugugu~"
The chicken with iron wings jumps higher, aims at his head and tries to give him a peck; its beak looked as strong as the steel. "Oh, no..." This sharp beak can definitely leave a hole in his head! Considering this, Bai Xiaoli runs away immediately.
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