Let me Touch your Tail

Chapter 166

Yan Zhao didn't react in time as the Medicine God's son took the little red fox from her arms and leaped into the water.

A splash sounded behind her, and Yan Zhao turned to look, only seeing ripples spreading out in circles.

Puzzled, Yan Zhao asked, "What's Master going down for?"

Ren Qingyue patted her head. "You'll find out soon."

Upon hearing this, Yan Zhao stopped asking.

Before long, the Medicine God's son broke the surface of the water.

He rose into the air, using his powers to dry his clothes, and by the time he landed, the moisture around him had completely dissipated.

Yan Zhao looked up and saw him holding a small, fluffy creature.

It was the very thing she had just seen underwater.

As she got closer, she recognized it as a fox.

A white spirit fox, covered in wounds, blood-soaked, with its fur stained dark brown.

Bai Jin jumped from Yan Zhao's arms, rushing to the injured white fox, licking the wound on its head.

"Is it really alive?" Yan Zhao exclaimed in surprise. "How did it end up under the pool?"

The Medicine God's son used his powers to seal the fox's chest wound, then took out a pill to feed it before answering Yan Zhao, "It's Tu Shan Yu."

Yan Zhao paused for a moment, then her eyes widened in realization. "Tu Shan Yu?"

So, Tu Shan Yu was also a fox!

As she connected the dots, she glanced at the little red fox licking the white fox's wounds.

Tu Shan Yu and Bai Jin were cousins.

She suddenly understood. "They're all foxes? Then the Fox Emperor..."

The Medicine God's son looked at her, completely impressed by his disciple's intelligence. "Can you guess why they call him the Fox Emperor?"

"Oh," Yan Zhao replied, fully comprehending now.

The Medicine God's son then cast a subtle glance at Ren Qingyue.

Ren Qingyue felt tense for a moment, but nothing happened.

The topic ended there, and Yan Zhao didn't pursue it further.

Ren Qingyue wasn't sure whether to feel relieved or helpless; her identity loomed like a sword over her head, threatening to pierce through Yan Zhao's trust in her at any moment.

The longer it dragged on, the more exhausting it became. The tension in her heart only grew, making the eventual revelation of the truth all the more costly.

To tell one lie meant countless others would have to follow.

Sometimes, she wondered if Yan Zhao unknowingly discovered her identity, perhaps this torment would end.

Yet she also craved that warm, tenuous connection. Even if Yan Zhao remained ignorant, she wanted to stay by her side a little longer.

Thus, Yan Zhao didn't ask any more questions, and Ren Qingyue remained silent.

"There's no danger to his life," the Medicine God's son assessed after checking Tu Shan Yu's injuries. "Someone has cast a healing spell on him. Although it hasn't been very effective, it has preserved his life, likely the work of the Fox Emperor."

From the signs of magic, the Fox Emperor was likely in a poor condition.

In the underwater cave, there was only Tu Shan Yu; they hadn't seen any trace of the Fox Emperor. This suggested that the Fox Emperor had hidden Tu Shan Yu in the cave to avoid detection, then exposed himself to divert any pursuers.