Chapter 1: A baby at the gates!

"The monk takes good care of me on the way to Mt Tai Shan. He's almost like a caring mother and this thing gives me shivers on my fox tail.

I swear on my fox tail that I am not going to travel together with a monk as long as I still have to live in this world. If this monk's tenderness can make me bumps on my skin, then what can I say about the coldness of the taoist masters toward the creatures of my kin. They're so ignorant that they can't make the difference between evil, good and a passer by! For them all the nonhuman creatures are evil and must be sealed or killed, we all enter in the same category, "demons", as if every nonhuman creature will harm the human world sooner or later.

At least the monks have more compassion but he still wants to hand me over to some people like that even though he knows that I am not human but just got inside one."

Suddenly, the monk starts talking, cradling the crying child in his arms.

"Shuuu...shu...shu...., stop crying little fox, I know that you're upset on me but this is for your own good! This child was already dying, it could not have been saved by anyone. At least in this way his parents will not have to suffer the pain of separation and you will be reborn into this body. It's a win to win situation! But I have to send you to Mt Tai Shan because you're not an ordinary human and without proper guidance you can harm the ones around you if you go astray one day. Once you grow up, your fox powers will also awaken and this can create problems. Don't worry, my friend on the mountain will take good care of you! He will be your new master from that day on, so be a good girl and don't mess around too much! He can help you continue your cultivation to reach the immortality stage.This is what you always wanted, right?"

Hearing these words, the little fox calms down and stops crying.

"Hmmm....,I hope you're right you dilly-dally monk! I don't want to find myself imprisoned into a nine level pagoda or my 'core foundation' to be shattered into thousands of small pieces and discarded through the three realms. That way I will not be able to ever reincarnate."

After a long journey, the monk finally stops at the entrance of the mountain and leaves the newborn before the gates.

"Why are we stopping now, old monk? Why did you put me down from your arms? The ground is cold in comparison with your arms!"

The eyes of the child were intensely looking at the monk with curiosity inside them.

"I have told you that I'll bring you to Mt Tai Shan and here we are. This is Mt Tai Shan."

"Don't tell me that are you going to leave me here alone in this wilderness? What if some wild beasts eat me? All of your efforts until now will be wasted like that! Nooooo!!!! You stupid old monk!!! I don't want to be eaten by something frightening! Please take me back into your arms! I beg you! I won't say you're stupid anymore!"

While the child keeps crying, the monk sends a message into a flying lotus flower inside the mount's barrier of protection.

"I can't trespass the barrier of the mountain, only the members of its sects can do it, so I'm going to send them a message to come and pick you up from the gates. This huge bell will keep you safe from dangers, so stop crying and obediently wait here! (he forms a bell of energy with his power and places it over the baby) We must part here little one. If the fate will allow us, we will meet again in the future! Take care!"

Saying these words, the monk leaves and disappears through the forest.The child keeps crying more angrily that before but no one can hear that because the monk is already far away in the distance.

"You stupid monk, you stupid monk, I don't want you to leave me here alone! What if they're not coming? What am I going to do then? Come back! Don't leave me...."

Exhausted because of all that struggle, the little life falls into a deep sleep under the warm light of the bell.

Meanwhile, a master from a sect from Mt Tai Shan receives the pink lotus bud that opens into his palm and reads the monk's message. He fastly asks his youngest disciple, Su Jianci, to go and find the baby in front of the gates.

The young boy, hearing that he will have a junior sister soon, enthusiastically bows in front of his master and runs down as fast as the thunder, actually creating a thunderstorm around the mountain and messing up every senior that was passing near this thunder.

In front of the gate, he find the baby girl shielded by a golden bell. When he touches it, the bell shrinks and turns into a small one, attaching himself at the baby's right hand. He takes the sleepy newborn in his arms and goes back to his master. He does not reaches his master's place and the baby suddenly wakes up because of his fast running. The little fox opens her eyelids widely and her eyes become so big that they could go out of their orbits. She can not believe that she's meeting this person again.

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