I am a swordsman in a strange city

Chapter 116 Slaying the Fox Fairy

In the silent underground well, there was only Pei Ju and the woman with a face full of white hair in front of him.

She said that she was also in Qingdai Tower back then, and they studied together under Teacher Han. Although Pei Ju didn't remember her, he still felt a sense of closeness to her, which is why he said those words.

He thought she had resigned herself to her fate, but after saying just a few words, she became like this. This shows that she had not resigned herself to her fate at all; she had been struggling internally and accumulating weight in her heart.

It's like water in a dam that's already overflowing and could burst at any moment.

Pei Ju's words were like digging a breach in her riverbank, or stirring up the river of her pent-up emotions.

It turned her into this person in an instant.

There seemed to be something eerie and bestial in her eyes.

Pei Ju saw a surge of violence welling up in her eyes again; she was trying her best to control herself.

Her body hair stood on end. Pei Ju immediately realized that she was on the verge of a breakdown.

Without thinking, he raised his hand and a small sword appeared in his hand—the Thunderfire Demon-Slaying Sword Token.

A phantom seemed to appear from her body; it was a face with a pointed snout and white fur, not human, but a fox, yet the fox also resembled a human in some ways.

The moment His face appeared, Pei Ju had already swung down the Thunderfire Demon-Slaying Sword Token in his hand.

In that instant, Pei Juxin's heart also jumped up. He had only one thought: to kill the fox spirit who was parasitizing Hu An'an's heart.

The Thunderfire Demon-Slaying Sword Token, in that instant, seemed to bring with it a faint stream of light as it fell.

The moment the sword light touched that eerie, illusory fox face, it seemed as if the sword light could reach that illusion.

The eerie fox face was instantly obliterated, and Hu An'an's face became clear once again.

Hu An'an gasped for breath. Just a moment ago, she felt like she was drowning, as if her nose had been covered and she couldn't breathe.

When he looked at her face again, the white hair that had stood up on her face had already gone back to normal, and her whole demeanor had become listless.

“You’re hurt. Seventh Grandma will come looking for you again.” Hu An’an sat down, lowered her head, and said worriedly.

She seemed to have reverted to being that socially awkward, silent girl, her voice weak.

"I am from the Demon-Slaying Sword Hall, why would I be afraid of these things? Do you know that the more monsters there are, the better my business is?" Pei Ju walked nonchalantly to his seat.

"Really?" Hu An'an asked, whether out of disbelief or instinct, as if she only needed Pei Ju's confirmation.

“Of course, the Demon-Slaying Sword Hall can always make money by slaying demons,” Pei Ju said.

She was silent for a moment, then reached into her pocket and rummaged around for a while, but couldn't find any money. She said, "I don't have my phone with me here, so I can't give you money. I'll give it to you next time."

"Uh, no need, this is a free service between classmates," Pei Ju said.

Hu An'an took out a gold lock from her pocket, turned around and handed it to Pei Ju, saying, "This is gold, consider it payment for this treatment."

Pei Ju held a golden lock in her palm, with the words "Peace" written on it.

Pei Ju shook his head; of course he wouldn't say.

This gold lock clearly held great significance for her.

"Are we not allowed to bring our phones down here?" Pei Ju asked, changing the subject.

"It's best not to bring it, because there's no signal in here, so it's useless. But there's one thing to be careful about: because there's no signal here, you shouldn't be able to receive calls under normal circumstances, but you might receive calls under certain abnormal circumstances." "Oh, receive calls here? What kind of calls?"

"A strange phone call; once you answer it, danger ensues."

"Has such a thing ever happened?" Pei Ju asked.

"Many years ago, when we were exploring the cave using walkie-talkies, a group of us went out. One of our teammates was killed, but the monster used the walkie-talkie to lure the rest of us there."

“It happened here once too. He brought his phone in, and it suddenly rang. He answered it, and then…” Hu An’an paused here.

"What's wrong?" Pei Ju asked.

"Dead." Hu An'an had barely finished speaking when...

Pei Ju was at a loss for words.

However, Pei Ju noticed that she actually didn't have much energy and was quite tired, so he asked, "You seem tired, do you need to rest?"

"Okay, I'm going to rest." Hu An'an turned around and went to the door of one of the rooms marked "Restroom". She turned on the light on the door, opened the door and went inside.

Inside, there was another small room. She opened it, went inside, and crawled under the covers. As soon as she crawled under the covers, her body rapidly transformed into a white fox.

She soon fell asleep.

Darkness engulfed her; within the darkness, something seemed to surround her, forming an invisible cocoon.

Suddenly, he was all alone in the underground well, and he suddenly felt that this dark exploration research group seemed a bit hasty.

Silence can be unsettling, but Pei Ju was used to it. He sat there and saw a cabinet next to him with some books and documents inside. On the long table in the middle were some drawing papers and stacks of sketches.

Pei Ju looked at the paper laid out on top, which contained a map.

This time, he saw the name at the very top, with delicate and beautiful handwriting.

"Map of the Five Immortals Cave!"

Pei Ju was surprised; she was actually drawing a 'Map of the Five Immortals Cave'.

However, in Pei Ju's understanding, when a spirit enters the darkness, that darkness is in a state of nothingness. But then he thought again, he had seen the winding steps leading down the darkness both times he entered it.

Especially that time when he went through a door and into the darkness to see Senior Sister Yu.

However, he didn't see any forks in the road that time, but this time, he saw many forks in the road.

Each fork in the road is marked with symbols. Although it's unclear what danger each symbol represents, some places are marked with red crosses, suggesting that there must be a price to pay for each red cross.

However, this map is clearly not finished yet.

There was also a manuscript next to it. When you opened it, you could see the words "Tongyou" written inside.

He couldn't help but pick it up and sit down to read it.

In the Longxiang Kingdom, Tongyou is a mythical ability, but now it has become a profession, and Tongyou is generally referred to as 'spirit communication'.

In ancient times, this was called "communicating with spirits" or "driving away gods." Even now, there are professions that can communicate with spirits and drive away gods, just like the five immortals in the Five Immortals Cave, who are actually gods who are being driven.

(End of this chapter)