On Fox Mountain.
The sky was unchanging, covered with dense clouds.
In the grand hall, Bai Mo sat behind a bronze table, holding a tablet, writing and drawing as he deduced a pill formula. Seeing the tablet's battery was low, he picked up a nearby power bank and charged the tablet.
"This prescription is almost understood.
"Once the Milo Ginseng matures, I can try refining it."
Suddenly, footsteps were heard at the entrance of the hall, and four fox disciples appeared, carrying something, running joyfully to show their master.
"Is it another treasure picked up from the ruins?"
Bai Mo put down the tablet, smiled and patted their heads, taking the treasure they had found.
"Oh?"
This was a piece of damaged beast hide!
It had a rugged texture, similar to crocodile or lizard skin. But it was clearly not, as it was much thinner and softer, like silk when held.
"Such counterintuitive texture and material."
This wasn't a medicinal material, Bai Mo didn't recognize it, but it had endured through the ruins for ages, so it was certainly extraordinary.
Bai Mo unfolded it, turned it over to look at the back, and was amazed!
The backside was transparent!
Bai Mo spread it on his palm, looked at it, and couldn't see the beast hide, nor his palm, but saw the bronze table underneath it.
In other words, this thing worked like the Invisibility Cloak in Harry Potter!
Covering his hand with it made the hand invisible.
Bai Mo tried covering his arm, and sure enough, the arm became invisible!
"It really is an Invisibility Cloak!
"There are still such treasures in the ruins?"
Bai Mo beamed, and the fox disciples who had offered the treasure also grinned, showing smiles on their fox faces. Recently their strength had increased, allowing them to explore larger areas. Many places they previously dared not visit, they could now venture into. The treasures they could collect grew in number.
Bai Mo wanted to cover himself with the cloak, unfolded it, but found it was too small. The damaged beast hide wasn't big enough.
Frowning, he handed it to the fox disciple.
"Can it cover you?
"Try it?"
The fox disciple had already tried it and confidently took the beast hide, covering its head, carefully adjusting its tail and paws. Soon it was completely covered. The whole fox disappeared, hidden from sight!
Bai Mo reached out and felt he could still touch it, even stretching his hand under the beast hide.
His divine sense could detect it too.
But with naked eyes, only the light appeared to warp slightly.
"This is good!
"Haha."
He asked the fox disciples to store this Invisibility Cloak in the warehouse.
Bai Mo returned to the bronze table and continued researching the pill formula.
After an unknown time, he put down his pen, took a sip of water, and had another insight. Nodding, he was about to continue deducing when suddenly he heard footsteps. Another fox disciple came offering a treasure!
This time, eight scavenging fox disciples came.
These fellows didn't need to watch over the medicinal herbs in the fields, so they teamed up to scavenge the ruins. Today they found a bronze box and brought it to show their master.
"What's so special about this thing?
"Does it need to be shown specifically to the master?"
Bai Mo took the bronze box and placed it on the table. After examining its form and the rusty patterns, he asked.
"Oh, is this a small medicine box?"
Upon opening the box, Bai Mo was startled!
A box one foot square, its interior had a space three feet square. Could it be a space-type Mustard Seed Containing Mount Sumeru immortal treasure?
"It's my first time seeing this, truly magical."
The fox disciples also gathered around, serious-faced, studying the small medicine box with their master.
They had already suspected something was off!
Bai Mo unleashed his divine sense completely, cautiously, tossing paper and pen from the table in and quickly retrieving them. Then tossing in the tablet, herbs, and such, retrieving them… After a series of experiments, he understood that this was indeed a space-type immortal treasure! The exterior was one foot square, but the interior had a three-foot square space. Otherwise, it didn't differ. It didn't affect gravity or time, and herbs stored inside didn't stay fresh.
Bai Mo exclaimed in wonder:
"If physicists saw this brought into the modern world, wouldn't they go mad?
"Folded space… How many years ahead is this of the current physics world?"
The fox disciples didn't understand its value.
But seeing their master's expression, smiles appeared on the fox faces!
If the master liked it, then it was good!
...
Night fell, and West State City lit up brightly.
A grand banquet was held in the Immortal Technique Committee's restaurant.
This was a western-style buffet banquet, with tables piled with lamb chops, crabs, pastries, fruits, along with Chinese hot dishes like braised spare ribs, beer duck, twice-cooked pork, and trendy overseas potato salad and tomahawk steak.
A giant banner hung on the wall… "Farewell Professor Zhang! Thank you, Professor Zhang!"
It turned out Professor Zhang had completed the deployment of the medicinal field and was about to leave West State City. The Immortal Technique Committee decided to hold a banquet to farewell him, inviting senior committee members, expert consultants, and directors to make it a social gathering.
Of course, Bai Mo attended, bringing his lucky disciple of the day, White Tail Tip. This fellow was covered in red fur, with only the tip of his tail white, currently pulling his master and pointing at the table's empty serving dishes, slightly anxious on its fox face.
"What's wrong?"
Bai Mo looked at the serving dish.
"Ah? The dish for roast chicken?"
There were still steaks, king crabs, and lamb chops left, only the roast chicken dish was empty.
Bai Mo twitched his mouth.
It seems foxes really love eating chicken…
But!
He leaned down, whispering to White Tail Tip, "If you want to eat chicken, I'll buy it for you later. Today we have a buffet, try everything, eat more expensive stuff!"
White Tail Tip wagged its big tail, hesitated for a moment, looked at the king crab and lamb chops, these things… It seemed it hadn't tasted them either, and his master was right!
Soon, Bai Mo and White Tail Tip, master and disciple, human and fox, each carried platters full of various dishes to the edge of the dining area.
Along the way, many people chatted while drinking red wine, looking fashionable and trendy.
Seeing Bai Mo holding a full platter had them slightly contemptuous. But realizing who Bai Mo was, they swiftly hid their contempt, covering it cleanly. At present, in the Immortal Technique Committee, expert consultants were the strongest force below the chairperson, and they couldn't afford to offend.
Arriving at the table, Bai Mo and White Tail Tip sat down to begin eating.
Suddenly he felt something seemed missing.
"Hey?
"Where's Fang Xiaoyu?"
For such freeloading events, this fellow would accompany and freeload together.