Hearing Tang Shui’s words, the Six-tailed was clearly stunned for a moment.

’It didn’t understand what Tang Shui was saying. Pull through?’

’Was he talking about it?’

’But it understood its own condition better than anyone. It... was beyond saving.’

"Tang Shui, what are you doing?" the Six-tailed asked, a little uneasy.

It didn’t know what Tang Shui was planning, but Tang Shui had changed in the past two days. He was no longer so "young."

Tang Shui ignored the Six-tailed and instead walked over to Jiang Zuo, who had just come into view. He humbled himself and said, "Fellow Daoist, how are the preparations coming along?"

Jiang Zuo had just spoken with Boss He. Since he no longer had a Trapping Array, it wasn’t suitable to perform the procedure outside, so he needed a house.

So, Jiang Zuo borrowed the house from Boss He—the one that had been burned down but not yet repaired.

Jiang Zuo’s reason for borrowing the house was simple: "It might explode."

Boss He was flabbergasted, but he lent it to him anyway. If it blew up, it blew up. Fortunately, it had already burned down. Worst case, he’d just have to rebuild it.

After borrowing the house, Jiang Zuo came out and saw Tang Shui. He said flatly, "Let’s go."

Along the way, Jiang Zuo glanced at the Six-tailed. ’As expected, only one tail was left, and the method used to remove the others was perfect.’

On the way, Tang Shui couldn’t help but ask, "Fellow Daoist, is the success rate high?"

Jiang Zuo glanced back at Tang Shui. "Success rate? For things like this, there is no success rate in my eyes."

’How was he supposed to interpret that?’

Tang Shui didn’t know, but he knew one thing for sure: this person, Po Xiao, was truly arrogant.

He had asked Gu Jiansheng about Po Xiao, and he had replied with a single sentence: "He has some ability, but he’s impossibly arrogant and has terrible character."

Then he had looked up Po Xiao’s profile. Sure enough, it was full of negative reviews.

Soon, Jiang Zuo arrived at the house. He looked at Tang Shui and said, "Do you have any Arrays? Set up one or two."

Tang Shui then took out some Array Flags and began setting them up. A Maze Array and a Defense Array.

’They were quite ordinary, but they would suffice.’

After going inside, Jiang Zuo had no intention of taking out his Defense Array Stone.

’This Array Stone couldn’t block a single strike from a Tier Three expert.’

He took out an Array Stone for Sealing, and it immediately released a Sealing Array.

"Place the Six-tailed on it."

Without a word, Tang Shui placed the Six-tailed on the Array. The fox’s eyes were filled with confusion; it had no idea what was happening.

It looked at Tang Shui, demanding an explanation.

"I’ll explain once you’re better. For now, just cooperate," Tang Shui said.

In the end, the Six-tailed said nothing and began to cooperate with Jiang Zuo.

The Six-tailed stood obediently in the center of the Array. ’It felt that Tang Shui had been scammed, and scammed badly.’

’But it couldn’t bring itself to say so. It did know, however, that Tang Shui hadn’t given up on it. So there must have been a reason for selling its tails. For example... was he poor?’

’Still, it was upsetting. It had grown those tails its whole life, and they represented its identity as a member of the Spirit Fox Race.’

Jiang Zuo looked at the Six-tailed, then took out a teardrop-like pellet. "Eat this. And try not to roll around."

Before the Six-tailed could react, Jiang Zuo tossed the pellet into its mouth.

By the time it realized what was happening, it had already swallowed the pellet subconsciously. There was no helping it; the thing dissolved the moment it touched its tongue.

It had been about to ask a question, but in the instant after it swallowed the object...

The Six-tailed felt like its entire body was about to detonate. It was literally going to explode.

YOWLLLL...

The Six-tailed shrieked, instinctively wanting to roll on the ground.

Now it finally understood what Jiang Zuo had meant.

’It felt like this thing was going to kill it. It was so painful!’

Seeing the Six-tailed shriek in pain, Tang Shui said worriedly, "Fellow Daoist, is it really..."

"Don’t bother me, or it will die," Jiang Zuo said while drawing Runes in the air. More Sealing Arrays continuously emerged from the Array Stone.

The Arrays stacked one on top of another, sealing the Six-tailed completely.

Tang Shui’s voice came to an abrupt halt. Jiang Zuo’s words had terrified him.

Jiang Zuo’s Sealing Arrays kept stacking, but the energy overflowing from the Six-tailed’s body continuously broke through the Seals, layer after layer.

Jiang Zuo picked up the Array Stone and tossed it toward the ceiling. "Secure it up there."

Without a word, Tang Shui secured the Array Stone to the ceiling. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Then, Jiang Zuo rapidly sketched more Runes, and Sealing Arrays poured down like a waterfall.

’This was the Seal he had spent the most time arranging, yet today, it was proving to be somewhat insufficient.’

The faster Jiang Zuo applied the Seals, the more violently the energy within the Six-tailed’s body lashed out, CRACKLING AND POPPING like a string of firecrackers.

Any more violent and there would be an explosion.

Jiang Zuo and Tang Shui retreated farther and farther away.

Jiang Zuo’s Seal wasn’t overwhelmingly strong, but it was perfect for the Six-tailed’s current condition. It could contain the energy while also allowing it to release the excess.

If all he needed was to seal it completely, Jiang Zuo would have used his Innate Qi long ago.

The Six-tailed was now rolling around on the ground constantly. Pain, suppression, the feeling of imminent explosion—

all sorts of sensations flooded its being. But it was shocked to discover that the energy that once belonged to a six-tailed fox was being continuously fused, as if an immense pressure was trying to compress it from the level of a six-tailed to a one-tailed.

And since it had already lost five tails, it conveniently didn’t feel any rejection.

’So, cutting off the tails... was necessary?’

What shocked the Six-tailed even more was that as its power fused, it felt its condition begin to improve.

The unknown medicine in its body was nourishing it.

’It could live longer now.’

’How was this possible?’

’It had researched for so long but had never heard of such a method.’

’Tang Shui... hadn’t been scammed?’

After personally experiencing the man’s methods, the Six-tailed was convinced. It tried with all its might to stop rolling around. It could still live. It still had hope of living.

Seeing that the Six-tailed had started to cooperate, Jiang Zuo stopped what he was doing and walked out of the room.

Tang Shui was taken aback. "Fellow Daoist?"

Jiang Zuo said flatly, "Let’s go. This place is about to blow."

Tang Shui: "???"

Sure enough, just after they walked out, the constant conflict between the Arrays, which Jiang Zuo had made no effort to harmonize, finally led to Chaos.

With a final BOOM, the villa exploded.

"Come to think of it, this would actually make for a decent attack," Jiang Zuo remarked casually.

Standing to the side, Tang Shui’s face was covered in a cold sweat. He was worried about the Six-tailed.

A short while later, a dust-covered fox walked out from the ruins. It wasn’t injured.

The moment he saw it, Tang Shui smiled.

The Six-tailed quickly ran to Tang Shui’s side and yipped, "Arf..."

The Six-tailed paused, then yipped again, "Arf?"

"Arf? Arf?"

Jiang Zuo said, "Stop yipping. You’ve lost the ability to speak now."

Tang Shui asked, "Fellow Daoist, what’s going on?"

"The price for survival," Jiang Zuo said. "And the effect was worse than I expected. Bring it back to me in three months, and bring a Seventh Grade pill. I’ll extend its life for a year."

"And after that year?" Tang Shui asked nervously.

"After a year? Bring all your wealth, and then we’ll see if I’m in the mood to cure it completely."

’In a year, Jiang Zuo didn’t believe he would still be a mere Tier One Warrior.’

’By then, he would have surpassed countless others. Among the vast ranks of cultivators, he would be one of those at the very peak.’

’Jiang Zuo had absolute confidence in himself.’