"Chen Hui, is this the good child you adopted?"
"How dare she curse an elder to her face in broad daylight? What kind of manners is that!"
"I can understand you wanting a daughter, but don't just bring in any kind of trash. Otherwise, it will ruin the Gu family's aristocratic reputation and make outsiders laugh for no reason."
The latter's cheekbones were high, coupled with naturally downturned eyes. At this moment, with her eyebrows raised, that sharp, mean spirit was unrestrained, directly assailing them. She hadn't expected to be cursed by a child, and the expression in her eyes was indescribably fierce.
"Yu Xiuying, clean up your mouth!"
Facing her aggressiveness, Chen Hui could no longer suppress her anger. Her relationship with this cousin had never been close; they barely saw each other once a year. This time, she had suddenly run over and spouted a bunch of useless nonsense. Chen Hui considered herself good-tempered and too lazy to bother with her, but now she dared to curse her daughter?
Chen Hui was utterly out of patience! She sneered, "You really shouldn't disbelieve my daughter's words. Let's just wait and see; there will be a time when you come begging for your life."
"As for now? The Gu family doesn't welcome you. Get out immediately!"
At this moment, she was too lazy to pretend any longer and simply tore off all pretense.
"Good... good... very good!" Yu Xiuying was so enraged that she laughed instead. She glared fiercely at the two of them, then turned and walked out without looking back.
At the same time, she swore in her heart that she would have the Goddess punish these ignorant and unenlightened mortals.
...
As the person left, the choking foul odor in the hall instantly dissipated by more than half.
Yaoyao's tightly furrowed brows also relaxed little by little, and a genuine smile appeared on her small face.
This subtle emotional change did not escape Chen Hui's eyes. She suddenly realized that her daughter's words just now seemed to have been deliberately aimed at that person. And now, seeing her so relaxed, could it be that the other party was so annoying to her daughter?
Chen Hui thought for a moment and couldn't help but ask.
Yaoyao, seeing that her little action had been discovered by her mother, had no choice but to confess, "That auntie has a very strong foxy smell, Yaoyao doesn't like it."
"Foxy smell? Why didn't Mama smell it?" Chen Hui didn't expect her daughter to give this reason and was stunned. Her face was a little strange, because, speaking of which, she had spent much longer with that person than her daughter had. Normally, if her daughter could smell it, she shouldn't have been unable to, unless that thing wasn't human!
Chen Hui's expression also became serious, "Yaoyao, are you saying there's something unclean about her?"
It seemed only this answer could explain why her daughter had said those words beforehand.
Yaoyao shook her head when she heard this, "Not exactly unclean things, that's just a wild fox that hasn't achieved enlightenment!"
Seeing her mother's confused gaze, Yaoyao explained without reservation. The 'wild fox' she spoke of was actually a Fox Immortal from the Five Great Immortals. The latter, like ordinary Fox Immortals, had cultivated Daoist power and magic. The only difference was that the latter had not gone to Mount Tai to be tested by the Goddess. Therefore, they could not be considered true Fox Immortals.
Wild foxes, without the guidance of the Goddess of Mount Tai, had incomplete cultivation systems and could only learn from the Yellow, Willow, Gray, and White Immortals to become household guardian spirits. However, as the most orthodox existence among the Five Immortals, Fox Immortals possessed arrogance.
Therefore, most expedient Immortals were also wild foxes. They would impersonate wild gods, bewitching ordinary people to worship them, thereby skipping the slow cultivation inherent in being a household guardian spirit. After all, cultivating with the faith and luck of mortals, their cultivation speed could even far surpass that of orthodox Fox Immortals.
And to make ordinary people believe and dedicate their luck, they first needed to satisfy their many messy desires. Only then would people regard "it" as a true god. However, even true gods cannot satisfy all the demands of their believers, let alone wild gods. Their cultivation was insufficient, and many matters they handled were merely superficial, without fundamentally changing the root cause. On the contrary, one could say the situation became worse.
Just like Mama's cousin, she looked younger. But in reality, that wild fox was overdrawing her life, forcibly compressing a lifespan that should have lasted seventy or eighty years to less than sixty years.
"She asked for too much, and her lifespan is almost exhausted." This was also why Yaoyao said she was going to die soon. She spent all day with that fox, so she carried its scent. Unlike malicious spirits harming people, the appropriation of her lifespan was voluntary. One willing to beat, one willing to be beaten. Even if Yaoyao wanted to intervene, there was no way to salvage the lost lifespan.
As for her whole family having bad luck? That was even simpler, because she had turned her entire family into followers of that wild fox. How could there be anything good about believing in such an unknown wild fox,
especially when their value had almost been completely drained? At most, they would be completely abandoned this month. Once the wild fox left, all those seemingly perfectly fulfilled wishes would reveal their problems. Losing everything and their families being destroyed would happen in an instant.
...
"This... Is it... that serious?" Chen Hui frowned deeply as she listened. Although she had thought that the "Goddess" the other party worshipped might have issues, she hadn't known it would be this serious.
"Believing in gods and revering spirits is inherently a high-risk endeavor." Yaoyao explained earnestly. The reason she explained it so clearly was to let her mother understand the gravity of the situation.
Of course, she then added that true gods, those bestowed by heaven and earth, could be believed in, such as the God of Wealth. And to discern, it was actually very easy: the current true gods left traces in heaven and earth, which are their corresponding mythological stories and allusions.
Furthermore, true gods held high positions, and the pleas of mortals were difficult for them to hear. Simply put, they were not easily responsive. If it met these two criteria, it was basically a true god.
However, if that were the case, worshiping or not worshiping wouldn't make much difference. It just allowed one to find some comfort in their heart, thereby gaining more motivation. Because, gods, from beginning to end, were guiding people to rely on themselves.
"Looking at her, whatever we say, she won't hear a single word of it. So let her be!"
"Good words cannot persuade the doomed!" Chen Hui thought of the other party's sharp and stern demeanor just now and couldn't help but shake her head.
"Mhm!" Yaoyao nodded, effectively agreeing with this viewpoint. Villains will be dealt with by other villains; this was also fate's decree. However, she hadn't expected that without her seeking out that wild fox, it would actually deliver itself to her doorstep!
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