After transmigrating, I cultivated immortality by smelling the scent.

Chapter 70 Capturing the Nine-Tailed Spirit Fox

The next morning, Ye Xiaobai and Li Xinyan arrived near the mine to wait for Zhou Liang to appear.

Sure enough, not long after, Zhou Liang brought several Qi Refining stage disciples to the mine for their routine inspection.

After Zhou Liang entered, Ye Xiaobai quietly followed him into the mine.

Zhou Liang and his team did not exhibit any unusual behavior along the way; they simply conducted a routine inspection of the mine's daily mining operations.

Half an hour later, Zhou Liang finished his daily patrol and then left the mine to go back.

"Did he know we were following him?" Li Xinyan asked curiously after watching Zhou Liang leave.

"We've already spoken to Gao Bo, so it shouldn't be like that, right?" Ye Xiaobai said, looking puzzled.

"Could it be that the two of them are covering for each other?" Li Xinyan asked uncertainly.

“He’ll be coming to patrol again tomorrow, let’s follow him and see!” Ye Xiaobai suggested.

"Okay, that's all I can do for now."

……

The next day, Ye Xiaobai and Li Xinyan arrived at the mine early again, and then received some surprising news.

The spiritual veins in the mine have been damaged again.

"When was it discovered?" Ye Xiaobai hurriedly asked the mine gatekeeper.

"The miners who came to mine this morning discovered it as soon as they started mining!"

Afterwards, Ye Xiaobai and Li Xinyan didn't bother waiting for Zhou Liang and went straight into the mine to check the new location of the damaged spiritual vein.

They arrived at their destination quickly. Ye Xiaobai and Li Xinyan carefully examined the surrounding damage and found that it was the same as the previous damage.

"The signs of damage are similar to those we found before. Could it be Zhou Liang's doing?" Li Xinyan asked suspiciously.

"Probably not. We followed him all day yesterday, and he didn't do anything strange," Ye Xiaobai said calmly.

"That's really strange." Li Xinyan was even more puzzled.

"Huh, what's that smell like a demonic beast?" Ye Xiaobai suddenly smelled the scent of a demonic beast and said softly.

"What did you say?" Li Xinyan asked, not having heard Ye Xiaobai clearly.

Just then, Zhou Liang and the others came to inspect the mine again. Upon hearing that the spiritual vein had been damaged, they rushed over immediately.

"You two must be Junior Sister Li Xinyan and Junior Brother Ye, right?" Zhou Liang asked, looking at Ye Xiaobai and the other person.

"Exactly."

"So? Did you find anything special?" Zhou Liang thought that the two of them had already investigated the damage to the spiritual veins and should be able to find something.

"The scent of a demonic beast is detected!" Ye Xiaobai said directly.

"No way, we've already dealt with the monsters within a 30-mile radius!" Zhou Liang said, puzzled.

"Have all the demonic beasts been killed?" Ye Xiaobai asked, thinking that they probably hadn't all been killed, or that demonic beasts from other places had come over.

"So, it's true that during the siege of the demon beasts, a cunning nine-tailed spirit fox escaped. But that spirit fox was only at the second rank back then. Could it be at the third rank now?" Zhou Liang said in disbelief.

"I'm afraid that's the case!" Ye Xiaobai estimated that this was the only possible outcome.

“If it’s a third-tier demonic beast, even the three of us at the Foundation Establishment stage might not be able to kill it, especially if it’s determined to escape.” Zhou Liang was naturally worried that the spirit fox would get away again.

"Don't worry about that. I have a third-tier formation here—the Illusionary Shadow Formation. Controlling this spirit fox shouldn't be a problem," Li Xinyan said proudly.

"That's wonderful!" Zhou Liang said excitedly.

Afterwards, Li Xinyan began setting up an array along the path leading from the spiritual vein to the exit. Zhou Liang, thinking that the spirit fox wouldn't return immediately, went back first, intending to notify him to come and encircle and destroy it once traces of the spirit fox were discovered.

After Zhou Liang left, Ye Xiaobai asked, "Senior Sister, how come there's a third-tier formation right next to you?"

"It's all because you guys used the formation to wreak havoc in the secret realm before. I decided then and there that I should prepare one for myself. So after leaving the secret realm, I bought this Illusionary Tracing Formation," Li Xinyan explained.

"Oh I see."

"You still dare to talk? Where's your formation? Why are you so reluctant to show it off?"

"My third-tier formation is so badly damaged that it's practically unusable. I haven't had time to buy a new one yet."

"Hehe, then let's see my formation display its divine power!" Li Xinyan said proudly.

"I hope the Nine-Tailed Fox didn't escape?" Ye Xiaobai joked.

"Hmph, once I catch it, it'll be my spirit pet. Don't try to take it from me!" Li Xinyan thought that catching a nine-tailed spirit fox as a spirit pet wouldn't be bad.

"Alright, alright, I won't compete with you!" Although Ye Xiaobai also wanted to catch a suitable spirit pet, and this rare nine-tailed spirit fox was quite good, he couldn't compete with Li Xinyan for a spirit pet.

"That's pretty much it!"

……

For two days in a row, Ye Xiaobai and Li Xinyan waited for the spirit fox to appear, and they were both thinking of giving up.

On this day, Li Xinyan set up the illusionary maze as usual, and then waited for the spirit fox to appear.

"Junior Brother Ye, is the spirit fox not coming?" Li Xinyan said, yawning.

"Senior Sister, I bet the Spirit Fox will come!" Ye Xiaobai said confidently. She believed the Spirit Fox wouldn't abandon a spiritual vein.

Sure enough, as Ye Xiaobai and the others were talking, the scent of the spirit fox demon beast entered Ye Xiaobai's nose.

"Keep your voice down, it's coming!" Ye Xiaobai whispered to Li Xinyan.

"Where is it?" Li Xinyan asked in surprise.

"Shh!" Ye Xiaobai quickly gestured for Li Xinyan to be quiet, and Li Xinyan immediately quieted down.

A golden fox entered the mine with light, graceful movements, its three long tails curled slightly into an arc, swaying behind it.

With three tails, it is indeed a third-tier demon beast.

A cunning glint appeared in its eyes as it scanned its surroundings for any danger. Once it was sure there was no danger, the spirit fox slowly walked to the location of the spiritual vein, its eyes immediately lighting up with joy. It then lay down on the spiritual vein and began absorbing its spiritual energy.

"Now is the time to act!" Ye Xiaobai immediately called Li Xinyan to come out and surround the greedy spirit fox.

As soon as Ye Xiaobai made a move, the spirit fox noticed him and immediately turned and fled, because it knew that there were many humans around and it was not a good place to fight.

With a single leap, the spirit fox instantly moved more than ten meters away. Ye Xiaobai knew he couldn't catch up without using his flying sword, but flying on a sword wasn't convenient in the mine, so he could only follow behind.

Fortunately, a formation had been prepared in advance; otherwise, it would have been difficult to catch this cunning fox.

"Senior sister, quickly activate the formation!" Ye Xiaobai shouted loudly.

“It’s already started!” Li Xinyan said.

When Ye Xiaobai ran to the side of the formation, he found the spirit fox trapped inside, jumping up and down, sweeping and bumping around, and was furious.

"Junior brother, this spirit fox is mine!" Li Xinyan said happily. Seeing that the spirit fox was already trapped in the formation, she knew that once its demonic energy was almost depleted, she could remove the formation and capture it.

"Congratulations, Senior Sister, on acquiring such a beautiful spirit pet!" Ye Xiaobai said with a smile.