I Just Wanted To Live but I Somehow Became Better Than the Protagonist - I Just Wanted To Live but I Somehow Became Better Than the Protagonist chapter 192

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Just Wanting to Live Well but Surpassing the Protagonist – 100 It’s Him!

The spirit foxes had been strengthening their patrols these days, they didn’t know that the illusion formation that had been operating safely for decades had an opening somewhere, and had even been discovered by humans.

The sky was slightly bright, it was the time when most creatures were most likely to let down their guard.

Two spirit foxes formed a team, and were idly chatting.

Their cultivation was only at the late stage of Crystallization, and they didn’t notice the two shadows quickly approaching behind them. Their heads were heavily struck, their eyes went black, and they lost consciousness. Soon, the two foxes that were originally talking were knocked unconscious.

“It really is a spirit fox!” The young cultivators were all excited, according to Bao Longtao, there were hundreds of spirit foxes here, they had a good chance of getting a spirit pet that belonged to them.

After seeing the spirit fox, and feeling that it wasn’t a trap, City Lord Xiang Gao’s expression wasn’t so serious anymore, he began to arrange for people to scatter and surround the spirit foxes, trapping them and catching them all in one go.

Because two spirit foxes had already been captured, the Golden Core cultivators seemed to see countless spirit stones beckoning to them, they were also very proactive, more than 20 Golden Cores quickly dispersed, while the Crystallization cultivators followed behind the city lord. The encirclement operation was of great importance, it was impossible for the Golden Cores to bring the Crystallizations, who would only get in the way.

After the operation began, this forest quickly transformed from tranquility to noisiness.

In addition to the spirit foxes, there were other fox spirit beasts living here, even though they didn’t have the aptitude of spirit foxes, after following the spirit foxes for so long, they had long considered them as their leaders, and were still very loyal.

Seeing the foreign enemies invading, the foxes frantically cried out, the spirit foxes resting in the center of the forest heard the sounds, and immediately became vigilant.

Those who were patrolling outside, who hadn’t been discovered and captured by the Golden Core cultivators, also quickly rushed back to the center.

Soon, thousands of foxes gathered together, forming a defensive line.

The Golden Cores also began to close in, although there were only 20 or so of them, their cultivation suppressed the foxes, who were unable to break through the encirclement for the time being.

“Humans have actually appeared…” The spirit fox elders, who didn’t quite believe it before, were now filled with shock. Although Hua Liangchen and Hua Ningyan had mentioned this matter beforehand, they believed more in the magic formation laid down by the Grand Elder, because the Grand Elder had led them to live in peace for hundreds of years.

Hundreds of years of peace and quiet had given them a near-blind trust in the deceased Grand Elder.

“What do you want to do, humans.” Hua Ningyan’s father, who was also the current patriarch, Hua Zelei, stood at the forefront. He was tall and burly, his white hair was slightly raised at the moment, making him appear even more imposing.

“This spirit fox is not bad!” The cultivators all looked at Hua Zelei with their eyes shining.

With a cultivation at the mid stage of Golden Core, and an appearance that was not inferior to the wolf clan’s ruthlessness, Hua Zelei was simply the ideal spirit pet.

Even City Lord Xiang Gao was very moved when he saw it, his aptitude was mediocre, and it was already quite difficult for him to break through from the mid stage of Nascent Soul, he felt that at most, he could only reach the late stage of Nascent Soul, but if he could obtain a spirit fox like Hua Zelei, and cultivate it, perhaps it could break through to the Divine Transformation stage.

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In this way, even if he died, their Xiang family would still have a Divine Transformation spirit fox guarding it, ensuring that Qi Rong City would remain strong for the next thousand years.

“You should be the patriarch of the spirit fox clan, right.” Xiang Gao also walked out from the crowd, instantly releasing the aura of a Nascent Soul cultivator, creating pressure: “We didn’t come here with any other intentions, we just want to recruit you as spirit pets.”

Because Xiang Gao’s cultivation was much higher than Hua Zelei’s, his attitude didn’t need to be polite at all, and even carried the dignity of a superior.

After all, if the master didn’t have majesty, the spirit pet wouldn’t respect them, and might even turn around and kill their master, so Xiang Gao’s attitude was very tough: “We don’t want to kill, I hope you don’t do anything foolish.”

“Spirit pets? Us?” Hua Zelei laughed out loud: “Although our lineage has declined quite a bit after leaving the main lineage, it’s not just any human that has the qualifications to make us acknowledge them as their master.”

“Knowing that you have no chance of winning, why bother?” Xiang Gao knew that it was impossible to subdue them with just a few words. Although the cultivation of the spirit foxes present wasn’t very high, they were intelligent creatures, and generally weren’t willing to submit to others.

“Death is better than living on your knees.”

As if responding to Huazhe Lei, the spirit foxes also took on a confrontational stance. Having lived so freely for so long, they were unwilling to follow humans, and they had no favor for humans.

“Are you sure?” Xiang Gao raised an eyebrow, and soon several Golden Cores brought forth a dozen or so unconscious spirit foxes.

“Third Uncle! Fifth Uncle!” Among the group of spirit foxes, a relative quickly called out, “Release them quickly!”

As the City Lord, Xiang Gao had a rather iron-blooded approach. He believed that killing a chicken to scare the monkeys was the right approach. Those dozen or so spirit foxes didn’t have very high cultivation, so killing them as a warning was very appropriate. “If you don’t obey, they’ll die.”

Seeing that the spirit foxes were silent, Xiang Gao waved his hand, signaling the Golden Cores to take action and kill a few of them to put pressure on the spirit foxes and break their psychological defenses and resistance.

“Hold on!” Ye Yong saw this and quickly dispelled the effect of the spirit binding tool and revealed himself.

Ye Yong originally planned to wait until the City Lord and the others had forced the spirit foxes into a desperate situation before he would appear to resolve the conflict. If he was even a second late, it wouldn’t be a desperate situation, but rather an endless stalemate.

Don’t be fooled by the fact that most of the spirit foxes on the scene were cute. In fact, they were very proud. Killing those unconscious spirit foxes wouldn’t make them feel scared, but instead would ignite their determination to fight to the death.

Ye Yong finally understood why in the novel, the Hua Ningyan clan was exterminated, while the one who escaped, Hua Ningyan, returned to take revenge after she had cultivated to become a powerful demon cultivator. It turned out that the City Lord’s approach was too radical. From the beginning, he thought that he had victory in his grasp and didn’t pay any attention to proceeding step by step.

If it were Ye Yong, he would definitely hold those spirit foxes as hostages and not touch them. And the spirit fox clan was already at a disadvantage, so they wouldn’t take the initiative to attack. At this time, using the safety of the hostages to gradually wear down their will to resist was the right way to go.

What was the point of killing a few hostages right away? Spirit foxes weren’t like humans. Their clan was very united. Seeing their companions die would make them angry, and when they were angry, they would fight back. After they fought back , the City Lord’s team would also retaliate, which would lead to more spirit foxes dying. The more spirit foxes that died, the crazier the ones that didn’t would become, which would result in an endless stalemate.

Of course, the City Lord was a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator. As the lord of a city, he was like an emperor within his own territory, second only to one person and above ten thousand others. It was normal for him to be arrogant when facing beings weaker than him. His approach wasn’t actually wrong. The only mistake was that he had used it on the spirit foxes, choosing the wrong target.

Ye Yong’s appearance instantly attracted the attention of everyone/fox present.

After all, his appearance, clothing, and bearing were fundamentally different from those of the wealthy children who had come along. It was like a phoenix facing a group of chickens.

“Who is Your Excellency?” The City Lord frowned slightly, and many thoughts surged through his mind.

“It’s him! Father, that human saved me!” Hua Liangchen also immediately recognized Ye Yong. “I’ll never forget the stench on his body!”

Ye Yong, who had been planning to make a grand entrance, rolled his eyes when he heard this. He had only dispelled the shielding effect of the spirit binding tool’s aura, but he had forgotten to remove the beast repelling incense.