Chapter 137 Catching the Fox
They were naturally happy to exhaust the beast so that they could capture the fox alive.

Just when a few people thought that the operation was a success and everyone was smiling.

The Snow Cloud Fox kept running and jumping in the maze, trying to find a way out and escape from the light curtain space. But no matter how hard it struggled, it could not break through the four intertwined flags.

Senior Brother Wang and the other three showed joy on their faces and clapped their hands to congratulate each other on the success of the trap.

Then they came to the edge of the maze and quietly observed the Snow Cloud Fox trapped inside.

Senior Brother Ma held a sword in his right hand, ready to repel the Snow Cloud Fox's attack at any time.

Senior Sister Yin's figure was erratic, and she was on guard against other monsters approaching.

"This guy is agile and his strength should not be underestimated. We must act carefully and find the right opportunity to subdue him." Senior Brother Wang relaxed his brows and watched the Snow Cloud Fox running around in the formation.

Kui Huan nodded, holding seals with both hands, and adjusting the strength of the maze formation from time to time, for fear that the Snow Cloud Fox would suddenly find a flaw and escape.

Yin Mo leaned against the shade of a tree in the distance, with a faint smile on his face, staring at the movements of the Snow Cloud Fox intently.

The Snow Cloud Fox had been running around in the maze for a few minutes, and gradually began to show signs of fatigue. Its movements became slow, and it occasionally stopped to catch its breath, no longer as agile as before.

After running for a while in the yellow fog, the little fox suddenly swayed a few times, fell to the ground, and never stood up again.

Kui Huan and Senior Brother Ma looked at each other in confusion. "Why did this guy suddenly lose his strength? Is he dead?" Senior Brother Ma muttered, stroking his beard.

Senior Brother Wang frowned and thought, and also felt that something was wrong.

Senior Brother Wang narrowed his eyes and walked up to the crowd: "Didn't you notice that this Snow Cloud Fox is moving strangely, as if pretending to be tired. I think it might be planning something!"

"Conspiracy?" Several people were shocked and re-examined the Snow Cloud Fox's actions. They saw it lying on the ground motionless, without any sign of conspiracy.

“Maybe it’s really tired. After all, it’s trapped in the formation and unable to escape, which consumes a lot of energy,” Kui Huan analyzed.

"We have to confirm its condition as soon as possible. It will be troublesome if it is really dead." Yin Mo reminded.

Senior Brother Wang's face darkened and he said calmly:
"Don't remove the restrictions. Let's continue to maintain the formation. Junior Brother Ma, go down and see what's going on. This maze formation can only trap the enemy, but cannot hurt anyone. This fox beast is cunning by nature, and it is probably just pretending to be dead."

He carefully warned the short and fat young man.

After hearing this, the other three felt relieved. "I'll go down and take a look." Senior Brother Ma drew out his sword and walked towards the Snow Cloud Fox with a serious expression.

Yin Mo raised the corner of his mouth slightly, glanced at this person with a smile, and said nothing. It was unknown what he was thinking.

Although Brother Ma is short and fat, his movements are quite fast.

In a moment, he had descended into the yellow fog and walked a few steps to the side of the little fox.

It still lay motionless on the ground, seemingly exhausted. Senior Brother Ma approached cautiously and poked its body lightly with the tip of his sword.

The Snow Cloud Fox didn't respond at all. Senior Brother Ma became even more confused and poked it a few more times, only to find that it seemed to be dead.

He was cautious, and without saying a word he grabbed the white fox's tail, then shook it a few times to reassure himself.

As a result, the white fox was like a dead object and had no reaction at all.

At this moment, the short and fat young man became a little panicked. He quickly put the belly of the animal to his ear and listened attentively.

After a while, the panicked voice of Senior Brother Ma was heard from the yellow fog.

"Brother, please come down quickly. This demon fox is cold and has no heartbeat. It seems to be really dead."

"What, what's going on?" Senior Brother Wang and the others' faces changed drastically. In just a few minutes, the Snow Cloud Fox died silently, which was really puzzling.

"It seems that it is really gone. We have to quickly remove the formation and check its condition carefully. Maybe we can find a clue." said one of the short and fat young men.

Yin Mo maintained a mysterious smile, and his eyes revealed an unspeakable meaning.

He said to Senior Brother Wang and the others, "We shouldn't jump to conclusions too early. We should check the situation of the Snow Cloud Fox first before making any plans."

After hearing what Yin Mo said, Senior Brother Wang and others felt a little relieved.

"Brother, let's remove the magic circle and go down to take a look. Our spiritual power can't sustain the restriction for long." Kui Huan said anxiously.

Although the monk with the pale golden face surnamed Xi didn't say anything, his eyes showed worry. After all, if the monster beast died, it would not be worth many spirit stones.

They decided to dispel the maze first and then carefully check the situation of the Snow Cloud Fox.

"Okay! Let's remove the formation first. Junior Brother Ma has already caught the beast anyway." Senior Brother Wang hesitated for a moment and nodded in agreement.

The others nodded in agreement and rearranged the magic tools to dispel the maze formation.

After hearing this, Yin Mo touched his chin as usual and did not say anything against it.

He stood aside, still with a strange smile on his face.

Suddenly, several people muttered something and pointed at the ground one after another. Several rays of light shot out from the mist and turned into several formation flags, which fell into the hands of the four people.

The yellow mist dissipated instantly.

A short and fat young man was revealed standing on the grass, placing a finger under the little animal's nose, testing something.

Seeing this, Senior Brother Wang and the other two all landed with gloomy faces. But Yin Mo stood there without moving, and even after looking at the white fox a few times, a strange expression appeared on his face.

Gradually, the light curtain began to loosen, and the power of the maze formation was gradually weakened. Kui Huan and Senior Brother Ma carefully entered the formation and slowly approached the body of the Snow Cloud Fox.

With the formation lifted, everyone was finally able to closely observe the Snow Cloud Fox's corpse.

Only then did they realize that the Snow Cloud Fox had no external injuries on its body. It looked like it was asleep, but there was no sign of life left.

Senior Brother Ma squatted down, got close to its furry neck, and sniffed its breath.

After a moment, he stood up and shook his head solemnly: "It is indeed dead. I can't find any signs of life."

"How is this possible?!"

Senior Brother Wang, Kui Huan and the others were all pale. They still couldn't believe that Xueyun Fox had died inexplicably. There must be something fishy going on!
"How could the Snow Cloud Fox die?" Kui Huan frowned, with a hint of disbelief in his voice.

Yin Mo stood aside, his expression still calm, but there was a strange light flashing in his eyes.

He stared at the corpse of the Snow Cloud Fox quietly, with a smile on his face.

"Damn, this damn thing is really out of energy. Is it all in vain this time?" The short and fat young man said as he took his fingers away from the white fox's nose, blurting out a swear word in extreme anger.

After saying this, he looked up at the three people coming down from the sky, with a look of sullenness on his face, and was about to say something else. However, the expressions of the three senior brothers Wang above him changed drastically at the same time, and they shouted in unison:
"Be careful."

"The demon fox is alive."

"It's playing dead!"

Three different words, expressing the same meaning.

The short and fat young man was surprisingly smart. His expression suddenly changed when he heard that. Without thinking, he waved his hand and a white talisman appeared between his fingers. He slapped it hard at the little beast whose tail he had grabbed.

His action was obviously a little late. The arm holding the talisman was only half extended when he felt a sudden tearing pain in the palm that was grabbing the fox demon.

He yelled, and his fingers loosened involuntarily. The white fox in his hand slid steadily to the ground with a "slide".

Just now, the fine hair on the Snow Cloud Fox's tail stood up in an instant, becoming as hard as needles, piercing the short and fat young man's palm, leaving it full of holes and bleeding.

The three people above saw this scene and rushed towards the small animal with its limbs falling to the ground in shock and anger.

But the white fox had finally gained freedom, so why would it wait to die there? It leaped forward, transformed into a white shadow and shot out more than ten feet away. After a few jumps, it plunged into the bushes not far away.

Senior Brother Wang and the others were in a hurry and moved very quickly. The three of them surrounded the bushes like a gust of wind, then each released a magic weapon and slowly began to search.

But after a moment, the three of them were stunned.

There was nothing in the bushes except a pile of rocks. I had clearly seen the Snow Cloud Fox jump in, but there was no trace of it.

The three of them stood there in a daze, not knowing what to do.

It turned out that it escaped through an underground stone vein, which led to a tall isolated peak at the foot of the mountain.

"Hey! Where is Junior Brother Yin going?" After Kui Huan came to his senses, he subconsciously looked up at the sky and cried out in surprise.

The others then discovered that Yin Mo was controlling the magic weapon and flying quickly away.

Senior Brother Wang and others were completely confused.

At this moment, Yin Mo's voice rang in their ears.

"Brothers, don't panic. That little creature used a trick to sneak underground. I am tracking it with a magic weapon. As soon as it comes out of the ground, I will capture it alive."

After saying this, Yin Mo's voice disappeared, and he rode his flying sword towards the edge of the swamp, gradually moving away.

After hearing what Yin Mo said, Senior Brother Wang was filled with surprise and joy. After calling out to the others, he couldn't wait to follow Yin Mo's figure and soar into the air.

Kui Huan and others followed closely behind.

"Junior Brother Ma, is your palm okay?" In a hurry, Senior Brother Wang did not forget to turn around and ask the short and fat young man.

“Fortunately, there is no poison on the fur of that thing. It’s just a superficial wound.” The short and fat young man fell to the back and muttered with shame on his face.

After all, it was because of his carelessness that the monster escaped. And that was even when someone warned him about it.

This made the young man surnamed Ma feel very embarrassed.

"It's good that you're okay. Let's catch up quickly. Although I don't know what magic weapon Junior Brother Yin uses to chase the fox hiding underground, we should all catch up quickly." Senior Brother Wang said with a forced smile.

After hearing this, Kui Huan also turned around, nodded repeatedly, and said in amazement:
"But then again. This Snow Cloud Fox that evolved into a demon beast is really too smart! It even pretended to be dead to the point that even Senior Brother Ma couldn't tell it apart. It's really shocking."

The short and fat young man who was holding his injured palm felt his face turn even redder when he heard this.

Fortunately, at this time, Senior Brother Wang spoke up and said a few words for him.

"You can't blame Junior Brother Ma for this. Even if I had taken action, I would have been tricked in that situation. This Snow Cloud Fox is just too cunning."

After hearing this, Ma Qing looked at Senior Brother Wang with a hint of gratitude, and finally felt better.

Just as San was speaking, the young man with a pale golden face named Xi, who had been chasing closely, seemed to have seen something incredible and blurted out.

"Everyone, look! Junior Brother Yin has gone into the rock wall. What should we do next?"

The others were startled when they heard this and looked forward, only to find that they had reached the edge of the swamp. A few hundred feet away, there was a huge mountain whose top was invisible. Facing them was a steep black cliff that looked like a knife.

And Yin Mo, who was just in front, disappeared without a trace.

The four of them stood in front of the cliff, staring at each other, and even Senior Brother Wang was dumbfounded.

……

Yin Mo was indeed inside the mountain wall.

The cave was dim, damp, cold, and filled with an uncomfortable atmosphere.

There seemed to be several forks in the cave. Yin Mo used his spiritual sense to explore and quickly determined that Xiaobai was taking the road in the middle, so he quickly followed.

At this moment, he was holding a wolf-head jade ruyi in his hand, and his whole body was emitting a light yellow light. Not far in front of him was a yellow little wolf several feet in size, paving the way for him to perform the earth escape technique.

Wherever the weapon spirit passed, all the soil and rocks automatically moved into invisible positions. Yin Mo followed slowly behind the little wolf, with an intriguing look on his face.

And where his spiritual sense covered, a white spot of light was dozens of feet below, running forward desperately. It was the little white fox.

With his magical powers, the Snow Cloud Fox's act of pretending to be dead could naturally not be hidden from his eyes and ears.

Even if the fox spirit took advantage of a small rock vein in the bushes and sneaked away, it could not escape his spiritual surveillance.

If it was an ordinary low-level monster, Yin Mo would have naturally reminded the disciples of Hidden Sword Peak long ago, thus doing them a favor.

But what surprised Yin Mo was that as soon as the fox showed its head, he discovered something unusual.

There was a kind of spiritual energy fluctuation on this beast that Yin Mo found somewhat familiar.

He was surprised and after thinking about it carefully, he was surprised to find that the fox had the same pure and spiritual aura as the incarnation of the Nine-bend Spiritual Ginseng, the white rabbit.

Yin Mo was naturally extremely surprised, thinking that he had discovered another incarnation of some spiritual creature from heaven and earth.

But after he used his spiritual sense to carefully observe the white fox's body again, he became confused again.

Because the pure and spiritual energy of this beast is too little.

Compared with the Nine-bend Spiritual Ginseng, there is a huge difference, not even one tenth of it.

(End of this chapter)