The fox's face was full of wicked smiles, the blade extending out from the cloak and sweeping close to the root of the ear, cutting it painlessly!
...
The box truck sped through two streets before turning at an intersection.
Swish...
The truck suddenly stopped.
In the hidden compartnt of the truck, several people were shaken to the ground!
The speaker in the hidden compartnt suddenly transmitted the driver's voice from the front.
"Everyone quiet down, there's a vehicle inspection ahead!"
The lights went out.
The hidden compartnt was plunged into darkness.
Each human trafficker, so standing, so sitting, so knocked over... so with tear stains, so with blood stains, so with snot... all at this mont covering their mouths.
The hidden compartnt fell into silence.
If they were to et the ghostly child seeking revenge, they might not necessarily die.
But being caught, judged and sentenced by law, then their lives would truly be irredeemable!
Squeak!
They heard a noise as the cold-storage compartnt was opened.
Step, step...
They heard footsteps, the inspectors entering the compartnt.
In the middle of the night, this kind of inspection wouldn't be too strict; hiding in the hidden compartnt, they were all obedient, covering their mouths.
Just at this ti...
Nun Li squatting on the floor suddenly stepped on sothing, instinctively reaching out to touch, touching the bottom of her shoe. She touched a small, elastic leather fan.
What is this?
She was a trafficker; she was very familiar with this sensation, having pulled countless children's ears with the sa feel.
So, what she stepped on was... an ear?
How could an ear be beneath her foot?
Instinctively, she reached to touch her own ear, only to find it empty, touching only the eardrum and a slippery wound.
Soti along the way, her ear was gone...
"Ugh..."
Her face twisted, wanting to cry aloud... yet hastily covering her own mouth!
No sound must be made!
Without an ear doesn't an you can't live!
Absolutely must not be detected by the authorities, must not be caught by them!
...
Side wall of the compartnt.
White Claw and Big Head, cloaked in invisibility.
Ears perked up, head turned sideways, hearing the master's orders, both nodding.
They each revealed a claw.
Thud!
Piercing the side wall of the compartnt.
...This sound made all the traffickers look over in panic.
Screech—
A grating sound emanated, their claws tearing through the tal of the compartnt wall, leaving long scratches.
...This sound made all the traffickers' hearts race! They seed to already hear the sounds of law enforcent officers approaching from outside!
Bang!
It was White Claw, clawing out!
It was Big Head, kicking out!
The two foxes moved simultaneously, one claw and one foot blasting the cut side wall of the compartnt, blowing it off into a massive hole!
A mist silently appeared, taking the two mischievous foxes back to Fox Mountain.
As the hole blasted in the compartnt wall let the night's darkness seep inside, the night breeze blew in, and outside law enforcent officers' flashlight beams shone in!
Officers' footsteps and calls hurriedly rang out!
"Quick, co here! This compartnt has illegal passengers, there's a problem!"
"Hands up, don't move!"
Inside the compartnt, all the traffickers either huddled in corners or squatted on the floor, faces pale as if they've lost their parents, like mice trapped in a hole by a cat trembling without daring to make a sound... it's all over!
They've been caught!
They will face legal judgnt!
They will be... irredeemable!
...
Night fell, the darkness deepening.
The fierce wind blew across the mountains, over the roof of Fox Mountain's dormitory hall.
Yet inside the dormitory hall, it was very lively!
Here a celebration party was taking place, celebrating the master's successful consumption of the Ear-Enlightening Soup, getting closer to Sequence Six!
In the darkness, around the hall's edges, several Bronze Great Tripods were arranged.
Under a tripod, a roaring bonfire burned... Inside this tripod, milk tea was being brewed, emitting a warm and sweet aroma! There were also chunks of taro and black pearls floating and sinking in the milk tea!
A sinister chill emanated from a second tripod, with frost forming on the tripod's walls and dew gathering on its legs... This tripod contained ice cream freshly crafted by the master, and getting closer, you could sll the sweet and chilly milky fragrance!
A third tripod, with its lid gently jiggling, could be heard bubbling inside... This tripod held soda concocted by the brothers and sisters of Fox Mountain: ice grape soda!
Each fox took a dessert they fancied, then rushed to the bed, either snuggling next to the master, sitting in the master's arms, squatting on the master's shoulders, or lying atop the master's head... forming a furry Fox Mountain, engulfing the master, watching the show together!
"Yip yip yip!"
"Howl howl howl!"
"Yip yip yip!"
Bai Mo patted the head of Black Claw in his arms. Baring his teeth and grimacing. Even now, both his earlobes were still wrapped in bandages... The process of taking the Ear-Enlightening Soup involved using the serrated side of the Double-Bladed Grass Leaf Knife, dipping it in the soup, and cutting the earlobes!
"It really hurts."
Bai Mo secretly grumbled, frowning and his cheeks twitching.
Using this pain-soaked Double-Bladed Grass Leaf Knife to cut himself, transferring the pain of ear-cutting from the kidnappers onto himself, was extraordinarily painful!
Even though he anticipated it, he still felt it was hard to bear.
"Luckily, the result was good; using this thod thoroughly solved the addiction chanism of the Ear-Enlightening Soup."
Facing him, the evening's show had just begun.
The perforr was Bai Xingxing, driving the Big Mushroom Ship, coming forward to present a set of Alchemy Master Fist to the master and brothers, operating the massive Big Mushroom Ship, performing the Alchemy Master Fist with even more vigor than when previously beating up the Fire Toad!
"Yip yip yip!"
"Howl howl howl!"
"Yip yip yip!"
The apprentices were all very happy, cheering loudly!
Bai Mo also smiled broadly... partly rejoicing with the apprentices, and partly because he realized his hearing was indeed sharper!
At this mont, he could distinctly tell the subtle differences in the apprentices' yips and howls, detect the joy in their voices, and even hear the slight noises made by Bai Xingxing inside the cockpit of the Big Mushroom Ship.
"Heh heh, this enhancent is quite practical."
Unfortunately, since this enhancent involved the mind, it ultimately carries risks, and Bai Mo was unwilling to let the apprentices try it.
...
The Big Mushroom Ship's performance finished, and the next event was the Pitch-Pot ga!
A copper pot was set up afar, and a group of foxes lined up, curling their tails around small stones, taking turns throwing them into the pot!
Clang!
A stone went in, and the whole dormitory hall instantly erupted in loud cheers.
"Yip yip yip!"
"Howl howl howl!"
"Howl howl howl!"
Bai Mo grinned as he listened, his ears catching the sound of muscles vibrating as the apprentices threw stones. He could hear the slight trembling when the copper pot was hit.
Watching Black Gloves pitch, Bai Mo's ears detected, for so reason, this fellow glaring at the pot, suddenly letting out a subdued growl, as if it and the pot were sworn enemies or sothing?
Whoosh!
Black Gloves swung its tail, tossing the stone.
Clang!
The stone landed squarely into the copper pot.
The apprentices erupted into more cheers!
"Yip yip yip!"
"Howl howl howl!"
...
The fox apprentices had learned many skills by now.
With the Pitch-Pot ga over, another group of fox apprentices leaped out from the audience!
Each grasped a Copper Sword, forming a neat phalanx, and began a sword dance together.
Remarkably, this was a synchronized dance!
Leading was White Claw, holding a flawed Bronze Sword, looking very serious, and chanting calls to the brothers in fox language.
"Yip!
"Howl!
"Yip!"
Bai Mo watched with a smile on his face.
This long sword dance, at first glance, really resembled ancient Immortal Sect disciples performing martial arts!
Though others' disciples wore pristine long robes, fluttering elegantly.
Whereas Bai Mo's disciples were, round-headed and big-bellied, tails wagging.
Watching the sword dance, Black Claw in Bai Mo's arms scooped a spoonful of ice cream, turned around, and raised it to feed the master.
"Yip yip yip!
"Howl howl howl!"
Bai Mo opened his mouth, ate the spoonful, and patted Black Claw's chubby head.
"Heh heh, very tasty."
Black Claw rubbed its head against the master, then suddenly jumped out of the master's arms, gesticulating, and speaking fox language, its brows dancing with excitent.
"Yip yip yip yip, howl howl howl!"
...It too, along with the other brothers, had prepared a program!
Bai Mo froze for a mont, his face expressionless, but internally he suddenly sensed sothing might be off... What program could Black Claw have prepared?
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