Heart Protection (Back from the Brink)

CHAPTER 35

Yan Hui didn't know what Tian Yao was thinking when she was talking with the fox demons' souls. She just talked to the head fox demon: "I want you guys to help. Are you willing or not?"

The fox demon didn't even hesitate. She looked right at Yan Hui: "What do you want us to do?"

The eyes of every fox demon were filled with raging hate. It was like that hate could consume their souls.

Yan Hui pointed at Tian Yao, who was standing outside the array. "I want you all to shield me and him."

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Midnight.

The bustling Yong Zhou City finally settled down.

However, the activity within Heavenly Fragrance hadn't died down yet. The courtyard was lit with lanterns, illuminating the area with a dull yellow. The fox demons were imprisoned on a flat patch of ground. Each fox demon was imprisoned in their own metal cage. The surrounding were free from any cover. If a fox demon were to stick out a leg, the patrolling xian disciples would be able to see.

The xian disciples would whack the sides of the metal cage: "Why are you moving around? Do you want to go reincarnate?!"

The fox demon could only withdraw their leg back within the cage and curl up into a ball, waiting for their time to die.

That empty space was filled with nothing but stifling fear.

Suddenly, a group of people wearing different clothes than the disciples walked in. The fox demons in the cages immediately became even more scared. They all knew the arrival of these people meant another fox demon would be taken away tonight.

Bai Xiao Lu was huddled up in the corner of her cage. She looked at the three people approaching her direction with great fear. The people ended up standing in front of the cage next to her.

"Unlock it," ordered the head person. Another person immediately took out the right key from a large rings of keys. The key was inserted into the lock. Bai Xiao Lu saw the eyes of the fox demon next to her widen, lips turning pale. The fox demon was so terrified, his body started to spasm.

When the fox demon was grabbed by the people, Bai Xiao Lu buried her head in her arms. She couldn't bear to look anymore.

"Mother, mother......" She didn't know how many times she had cried out in her mind, but there was no response.

Suddenly, a breeze blew through the leveled area. It brought an unusual chill into the prison area. Bia Xiao Lu, whose head was still buried, suddenly heard clanging from the cages. It was this small wind that caused the cage doors to rattle.

Every single cage door rattled, filling the area with clanging.

The xian disciples only thought this was strange. They looked around but didn't see anything out of the ordinary. The fox demons here had their neidan removed. They didn't even have a wisp of demonic aura.

However, the cage doors continued to rattle. The noise was getting louder and louder. It was like an invisible thing, filled with wrath from another world, was continuously yanking on the doors.

The xian disciples were terrified. For a moment, there was chaos. They looked around in panic, not knowing what was haunting them.

In their alarm, no one noticed two disciples had already been knocked out in a dark corner. They were stripped out of their clothes, stuffed into a sack, and left in that corner.

Yan Hui and Tian Yao switched into the disciples' clothes. They snuck into the disciples' midst and pretended to be panicked. Shuffled around the cages, Yan Hui looked all around for Bai Xiao Lu.