Taoist and Little Fox – 01

Su Tang crouched in the underbrush while holding two stalks of grass in his hands. His big black eyes glistening and his small, porcelain white face flushed, the exaggerated cowlick[1] on top of his head moved as he nervously stared at the man bathing in the stream.

The man’s body embraced the water and as he wetted his hair, the stream water ran down his neck, lingering for a moment at his collarbone before flowing down the sharp and sexy contours of his strong muscles. As the sound of splashing water echoed, Su Tang became exceedingly more nervous.

The man washed for a while, then suddenly turned around. The system exclaimed excitedly: “He turned around, turned around. Quickly get ready. When I yell 3-2-1, you immediately start running!”

“Ooohhh!” Su Tang made a few sounds of agreement and quickly threw away the grass in hand. Taking a deep breath, he transformed in a single shake of his body, changing into a small and fluffy white fox.

Currently, he was a fox demon but before, he was not. The former him should have been a human but unfortunately, he did not have any memories of it as it had been erased by the system.

At that time, the system had captured him to complete tasks and if he did not accomplish them, he would not be able to return home. Su Tang had thrown a tantrum at first before eventually ending up here, crouching in the underbrush and stalking the male lord.

This was the first world he was transmigrated to. The male lord was a small Taoist priest who was actually a half demon, born from a Demon King and a human. Alienated since childhood, he later ran into the female lord, Su Qing, a kind and gentle fox demon, when he had descended the mountain to gain experience.

The two fell in love at first sight and after facing many hardships, they finally got together. Afterward, the male lord awakened his half-demon soul and became the new generation’s Demon King. He then lead the female lord, Su Qing, in ruling the entire Demon World.

The ending for the two was very perfect. Su Tang’s ending, however, was not so great.

He was a small, super-slag BOSS who happened to be the dear younger brother of the female lord. Not only did Su Tang not support the male and female lord, everyday, he would incited disharmony between the two people’s feelings. Wanting to break apart he male and female lord and make himself the next Demon King, he conveniently allied himself with the old demons that had joined hands to killed the male lord’s parents long ago.

Ultimately, Su Tang did not succeed as the male lord snapped the tendon of his hands and feet and shut him up inside of his family’s ancestral Devil Suppression Tower[2].

Su Tang had been scared half to death after hearing the story. Fortunately, the system informed him that there existed a method to remedy it. Only then was he able to suppress his tears.

The remedial method was to become an admirable person by doing good deeds. First, act as the middleman for the male and female lord, allowing the two people to successfully get together. Then, help the male lord to eliminate the final BOSS. After the male lord assumes his position as the Demon King, wait for the male and female lord to embark on the path leading to the pinnacle of life. Only then would Su Tang’s task be complete.

Barely a few days has passed since Su Tang transmigrated and the story was only just beginning. A few days ago, the female lord, Su Qing, met with the clan and was forced a marriage. Unable to endure, she decided to run away and as a result, Su Tang immediately followed, saying that he would help by being her guard. In fact, he was actually just taking the opportunity to complete the task. At present, they were hiding in the western side of Phoenix Mountain. The male lord, however, was walking on the eastern side of Phoenix Mountain. In order to let the male and female lord smoothly meet each other, Su Tang decided to make an effort.

System: “While you are in your fox form, take the male lord’s clothes, then immediately run to the west. By all means, do not let him catch you. So long as the two meet, your task will be more than half completed. This system believes in you. I will begin the countdown.”

Su Tang nodded, staring intensely at the pieces of clothing piled on the shore. Following the system’s shouts of “3 -2-1,” he scuttled out quite a distance with a whoosh, accurately grabbing onto the clothes with his mouth. In addition, he provoked with a loud wail and swung his tail, then began running to the west of the mountain.

Ling Si turned around, just in time to see a flash of white. Reacting very quickly, he jumped directly to the shore and opened a wrapped bundle to see that his magic tools[3] and treasures were still there. Except for the clothes he had taken off, nothing had been lost.

What did the little fox want to do?

Ling Si raised his eyebrows and did not hurry to chase. Instead, he casually took out a different set of clothes that had been prepared beforehand. Just as he was putting them on, he heard a wailing sound coming from behind and once again turned around. Standing on a stone, the small white fox from a moment ago looked at him, baring his teeth.

Furthermore, his black eyes were shining with a layer of mist.

He looked quite pitiful.

Su Tang seriously believed that he was being very wronged right now. Although he had practiced it countless times in his mind before, he had forgotten that the male lord also carried a wrapped bundle, a bundle that also had clothes. At the moment, the other person was not chasing him, probably ridiculing at heart that he was a fool.

Thinking about it, he wanted to cry.

Su Tang, this person, had a defect in which he was particularly delicate and very incline to crying. It’s unknown how much the people in his family indulged him before to make him into such a person, but in short, it would be rather surprising if he did not run into any setback when he would so often, on one hand, become listless, and on another, drop golden peas[4].

The system had already experienced how formidable Su Tang’s crying was and quickly comforted: “Little Ancestor, ah, you, don’t cry. The bundle isn’t in the male lord’s hand so you can rush in again and snatch it…… use deception to get through this. The first step is always the hardest. Your current state is really good so you should go quickly.”

“Oh……” Even without the explanation, Su Tang understood. Nevertheless, he still felt wronged and could only give a cry in response as he unwillingly walked to Ling Si’s side. With drooping ears and tears pooling at the rims of his eyes, his expression showed how much grievances he felt. Those unaware would think that he had been bullied.

Ling Si did not know what the little fox was up to, but he suddenly recalled something his master had once told him in passing. In the past, his master had also met with a little fox. It had pulled at the corner of his clothes to walk more than three miles before he finally saw a dying mother fox that had been pierced with an arrow. Supposedly, did this little fox also want him to save someone?

He reach out his hand, only wanting to touch the little fox. Su Tang endured, ultimately chocking back his sobs and pretended to look pitiful by lowering his head. While pretending, he stared at the bundle at the side of the male lord’s leg. Adjusting into a good position, the system then utter a sound and he quickly bounded forward once again, snatching the bundle in his mouth and running away at lightning speed.

Ling Si was suddenly struck dumb. He then darkly cursed before giving chase, following closely behind Su Tang. This time, Su Tang chose a rugged and uneven path. Though dried up tree roots and rattans were completely tangled together into masses before him, his body was flexible. There were gaps that he could simply thread his way through. But for Ling Si, they were a pain. Not only did he have to watch to his footing, he also had to avoid running into the trees.

One man and one fox raced but Su Tang had already exhausted almost all the strength in his body. Beside him, the system openly barked and babbled, giving him an account on the battlefield’s situation.

“Ai ya ya, the male lord can run very fast, ah. He’s 10 meters away from you, ah. Hurry, hurry, faster, faster, wa!”

“Oh, oh, oh, only five meters away. Little Ancestor, hurry up, ah! You have to go west. Don’t go east, there’s a slope ahead! Hey, hey, hey, you’re going to fall!”

Because of the noises created by the system, Su Tangs mind was in disorder. Unable to react in time, he immediately felt the sole of his feet slipping, his image then resembling that of an unstoppable snowball rolling downhill. Ling Si was also the same. The moment he saw what was happening, he took action, wanting to grab onto Su Tang. Able to manage this much, long arms fished out and the fox’s body was caught. However, directly under his feet was empty space and he immediately afterward rolled down the slope together with Su Tang.

Dazed, the heaven spun and the earth shifted.[5] Ling Si fell rather roughly this time and he sat up with much difficulty. As he sat up, he found that his vision was blocked by a white fog.

He wanted to reach out and feel for his bundle but found that his right hand was being pressed down by something. Forcefully grabbing, he felt something both flexible and soft. The feeling was pretty good, even quite bouncy.

What was this thing?

Ling Si, unable to see what it was, was very curious. He gave it another squeeze, only to hear a sound coming from someone beside him.

The white fog scattered and Su Tang and Ling Si’s eyes connected. One, butt *****, and one, holding onto the other person butt cheeks, not letting go.

“Wu…” Finally unable to endure the injustice, Su Tang sat down on Ling Si’s hand that was holding his butt and started to cry.

“Pervert…” Su Tang, crying loudly, shouted, startling the surrounding birds into flight.

Footnotes:

1. exaggerated cowlick // 呆毛 // dāi máo – lit. foolish hair. Ahoge in Japan; usually a single stray hair on top of the head, indicating someone as a foolish, bumbling or carefree characters.

2. Demon Suppression Tower // 镇魔塔 // Zhèn Mó Tǎ  –  a tower/temple/pagoda which demons/devils/evil spirits are punished and locked inside of.

3. magic tools|法器|fǎ qì – can also be Dharma or Taoist instruments; holy items used in Buddist or Taoist rituals like the ghanta (bell), dorje (vajra), dhamaru (drum), dharma chakra (dharma wheel), bhumpa (ritual vase), etc.

4. golden peas // 金豆豆 // jīn dòu dòu – or golden beans, same thing; describing precious tears. They say a girl’s tears are precious like gold, so you shouldn’t cry so much.

5. the heaven spun and the earth shifted // 天旋地转 // – idiom, to be giddy with one’s head spinning; very dizzy

(t/n: I'm not the one who translated this novel, so i would like to say thank you and credits to the translator and the author of this novel

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