Becoming a fox fairy from Liaozhai

Chapter 834 Inspection Documents
The rain was getting heavier, and the strong wind was blowing the crabapple blossoms and the willow catkins swaying, making the air seem a bit chilly.

Three young men in brocade clothes came through the gate of Fox Hill amidst the flying flowers. The gatekeeper Fox didn't recognize them. Seeing these men in brocade and furs, coming through the mist curtain, he couldn't tell their depth. He didn't dare to neglect them, so he stepped forward and respectfully stopped them, asking, "Dear guests, please stay. This is the Fox Taoist Temple in Wuning County under Mount Tai. I wonder why you are here?"

The three young men looked a little anxious, but they were not angry when they were blocked. They said politely, "We are also the deans of Fox Court, and we have come to see Mr. Mingfu."

The fox guarding the gate was not surprised, and just said, "So you are also looking for a teacher. I wonder if you can tell me your name so that I can report it to the dean."

Being stopped outside the mountain gate, the deans could only wait. One of them sighed and said, "If it were in the past, we wouldn't have to be so humble to see Gong Mingfu being stopped outside by the gatekeeper."

"Be careful with your words." Another person reminded: "We have something to ask of you, so we should respect the etiquette and observe the rules."

"Shut up! You are on someone else's territory, so you can't talk about the owner like this."

The young man had no choice but to shut up, but there was still some dissatisfaction on his face.

The leading young man looked around Fox Hill and said, "If you have such ambition, you might as well take a good look at the Fox Court in Wuning County. Gong Mingfu must have his own way to be rated as the best."

After he reminded them, the other two began to look around the scenery of Fox Courtyard. Wherever they looked, they found that it was in accordance with the way of nature, full of wildness and innocence, and they had already experienced the true wonder of Taoism.

It is not difficult to develop Fox Hill into such a blessed land. The difficulty lies in that with limited support from Tianhuyuan, we can achieve this level using poor land and despicable foxes.

If you are not stingy with treasures, even barren land can be transformed into a blessed land. Everyone has this ability.

But who would spend such a price to build a fox temple? When would it be possible to recover the original amount? With such conditions, even if you don't use it for your own practice, wouldn't it be good to support your close relatives and nephews?

While he was thinking about it, the welcoming fox had already welcomed them into the fox courtyard according to Gong Mengbi's order.

When I entered the Fox Courtyard, I found that the foxes here were of a completely different spirit and energy. They were high-spirited and full of energy, and they were not ordinary people at all.

The three fox fairies exchanged glances while looking at each other, and when they arrived at Gong Mengbi's fox house, Mr. Qing took over the responsibility of entertaining the guests. Mr. Qing wore a green scarf and green clothes, and was dressed completely like a servant.

But these fox fairies couldn't figure out the true nature of this servant who was both a ghost and a god, which made people feel awe-inspiring.

After entering the courtyard, I saw Gong Mengbi sitting cross-legged in red clothes under the corridor, talking with six fox fairies.

As soon as the two sides' eyes met, the three fox fairies showed surprise and doubt, while the fox fairy opposite showed a tacit smile.

Gong Mengbi invited them to sit down and said with a smile: "In the past, my house was deserted and few people came, but today it is very lively."

The fox fairies have already identified each other's identities. They are all the deans of the Fox Courtyard. Some are of prominent birth, while others are of humble birth. But here, the fox fairies of humble birth are more comfortable, while the ones of prominent birth are still shy.

One of the deans who was born as a wild fox said with a smile: "No one comes to visit you for no reason. Normally, I would like to get closer to Mr. Mingfu, but I can't find a suitable opportunity. Today, I just happened to take advantage of the Tianhu Academy's inspection and evaluation to ask Mr. Mingfu for advice."

The three new fox fairies then realized that the deans here all had the same idea.

Gong Mengbi said, "I am naturally overjoyed that you are willing to come to my humble abode, but today is the Qingming Festival, and I just happened to have a Taoist method that has reached a critical point, so I am afraid that I will not be able to answer your questions for the time being. If you don't mind, just wait for a few hours, and when I finish my practice, I will come and tell you."

Dean Yehu said, "I can wait. I came at an untimely time. I hope I won't disturb your practice. Maybe I can come visit you another day?"

Gong Mengbi looked up at the sky and said, "I won't disturb you. The method I practice is called the Eight Wind Method, which takes the winds from the four seasons and eight directions, and its nature also changes eightfold. Today, the Xun Qi generates wind, which is called the Qingming Wind. I will go to the Ninth Heaven to collect it and will be back in one or two hours."

"It only takes one or two hours. There's no need to wait." said the fox fairy named Su.

Gong Mengbi nodded and smiled, saying, "Mr. Qing, let me take care of the guests. I will be back soon."

He stood up and saluted, saying, "Please wait a moment, Gong, I am sorry for the impoliteness."

Several fox fairies stood up to see him off, and saw him using the strong wind to perform escape techniques. To the naked eye, one could see his red clothes blending into the wind like washing gauze, and disappearing in the wind in the blink of an eye.

"What a profound Eight Winds Dharma."

While the fox fairy surnamed Su was still watching, the fox fairy surnamed Huangfu beside him had already exclaimed in amazement.

They looked up at the sky, but could not see any human figures. However, they could feel the strong wind and the flow of air, as if they were floating in the wind.

This is not a real feeling, but the influence of Gong Mengbi's practice has on them.

But in a flash, this feeling disappeared, and when I looked up at the sky again, I could feel nothing.

The fox fairies withdrew their gaze from the sky and fixed their gazes on each other, and immediately felt a sense of distance and awkwardness.

The wild fox didn't care at all and said, "How was the review? Yesterday, the Heavenly Fox Academy sent a message that I was only rated as a medium-low grade. They listed 18 of my shortcomings and asked me to correct them quickly within half a year. After a year, they will assess how well I have corrected them. I was so anxious that I came to find Mr. Mingfu early in the morning."

Several other foxes also explained their situations. The fox deans simply took out the inspection documents to compare and asked, "You have this one too?"

"I don't have this one. It seems I'm doing a good job here."

"Tell me how you did it."

The young men from the noble families were still reserved when they were talking, but when they started discussing, they could not sit still anymore and did not care about face anymore, they all came over to take a look.

When the wild fox asked about it, they took advantage of the situation and took out their inspection documents to verify each other, trying to see how to solve the problem.

The several young men from aristocratic families who came here all came from prominent families, but within the families there were still branches and main trunks, as well as side branches and separate branches.

Among the many deans of the Fox Court, half of them were from aristocratic families. Some of them were instructed by the master to build the Fox Court to take the opportunity to explore the situation of the Sky Fox Court. There were not many such people. Most of the fox immortals felt that they saw an opportunity and thought they could take advantage of the opportunity to improve their status in the clan and the Sky Fox Court.

Those who joined the Fox Academy in its early stages, even though their starting point had already far surpassed that of the wild foxes, it is probably not entirely true to say that they have any status within the clan.

In other words, these are all friends.