"Bastard! Whose Huhu are you pulling?"
Yuyu rushed out from the room, grabbing the Lingren being led by Wang Ya, and at the same time, placed a hand on Wang Ya's shoulder, pushing her stumbling a few steps back.
"Lingren, get behind me, leave this annoying fox to me. Watch as I tear apart her beast costume!"
Yuyu stood in front of Lingren, staring fiercely at Wang Ya who was wearing a fox-headed beast costume.
Everyone in the bar's mezzanine, without exception, was a furry enthusiast, though the level of their enthusiasm varied.
Of all the furry enthusiasts, the most dangerous were those big sisters wearing canine beast costumes.
A fox-headed big sister suddenly pulls a pretty Huhu upstairs, Yuyu didn't even bother to point out what might happen.
"Yu... Yuyu!?"
Seeing the girl in front of them, dressed in a Hanfu, with a butterfly cartoon headpiece on her head, both Ansheng and Lingren showed expressions of shock simultaneously.
It was as if they couldn't believe they kept encountering such familiar faces in this unusual bar.
"Who the hell are you?"
With her face hidden inside the headpiece, Wang Ya was also taken aback by the sudden push. She looked at the angry Yuyu with a face full of questions.
"Who I am is none of your concern! Anyway, the owner of the little fox in the backpack is my friend. You're not allowed to take it away, or I'll shout that someone is stealing something fluffy!"
"If you don't want trouble, then back off! Don't bother my friend!"
Yuyu glanced back and saw Lingren and the little fox both looking startled, then turned forward again to seriously warn Wang Ya.
"Well... Yuyu, the person over there is someone we know. She's a senior from Northwest University, no... she should now be the super genius girl who earned a professorial title."
Lingren snapped out of shock, quickly interrupting the confrontation between Yuyu and Wang Ya, picking up the little fox to explain the misunderstanding:
"Sister Wang Ya said this place isn't safe and planned to take us upstairs to talk..."
Ansheng looked amazed at the girls who were standing in a triangular standoff with each other:
"Wow... quite coincidental, could almost make a table for mahjong. Are we really not considering playing mahjong?"
Running into familiar faces one after another in a specialty bar is such an absurd stroke of fate.
"...Are they familiar?" Yuyu was taken aback, looking incredulously at the little fox and Lingren, as well as the fox-costumed girl:
"A beast costume vixen and a male fox can actually have a normal friendship? Who would believe that?"
"People with dirty minds see dirt everywhere. My friendship with Master Fuli was forged through battles."
Wang Ya's tone was as gentle as ever, lightly picking up her pure white dress as she headed upstairs: "Come up first! It's inconvenient to talk on the mezzanine; otherwise, we might attract those fluffy enthusiasts inside..."
Lingren's expression was a bit peculiar, following behind Sister Wang Ya, while poking the little fox's cheek:
"Why does it feel like the whole world knows you can talk, except us?"
Having poked his head from the backpack, Ansheng looked at Lingren with a face full of indifference and said:
"It's just survivor's bias. Wang Ya was involved in a Spirit Beast incident, and clever me notified the Security Bureau to capture them, saving Wang Ya..."
"And the VIP card from the Fox Kingdom Hotel is something Wang Ya gave us because of that incident."
"People who can befriend me are of two types: ordinary people who don't know I can talk, and those who have been attacked by Spirit Beasts or got wrapped up in Spiritual Particles events—big black eggs."
The little fox looked delighted as she explained a principle to Lingren and Yuyu.
Most people who have heard Master Fuli speak have either tasted the iron fist of the Spirit Beasts or been thoroughly beaten.
They haven't encountered Spirit Beast attacks or gotten cornered and beaten by them, so not knowing Master Fuli could talk made sense.
"...Your life experiences are really rich." Lingren's face turned dark, clicking her tongue silently, momentarily left speechless.
After listening to the little fox's tale, Lingren suddenly understood why Ah Qing always ran into particularly kind people.
Turns out, the root of it all lay with the little fox; those kind people came to repay their debt.
It's practically Reversed Celestial Spirits.
"My gossip can wait until we have free time to chat leisurely."
Climbing out of the backpack, Ansheng quickly perched on Lingren's neck and, after sneaking a glance at Yuyu, lowered her voice and chirped:
"I think I might understand a bit now how Yuyu's boyfriend ended up being lured away."
"No comment..." Lingren sarcastically remarked, standing on the staircase while surveying the bar, shaking her head with a face full of black lines.
This niche gathering bar truthfully was a haven of talents, where even the Sea King would be told to step back, being too simplistic in composition. Here, besides the bartenders, everyone seemed to be either a dog-training master or an inheritor of divine artistry.
Anyone still green would be taken to the neighboring hotel overnight before even stepping inside the door.
Previously, Lingren wondered how Yuyu's boyfriend could end up acting like a horny dog after a visit to the bar.
If it's this bar, then it makes sense.
"Master Fuli, you... how come you're here?" Upon reaching the reserved booth on the third floor, the barmaid came over with a tablet, ready to take the customers' orders.
But as she withdrew her eyes from monitoring the place, she noticed Master Fuli, who was decorating Lingren's neck, and nearly saluted out of instinct.
"?"
Ansheng slowly placed a question mark as she looked strangely at the barmaid before her, dressed in a simple crop top with black pants and boots.
Lingren and Yuyu were both stunned, collectively turning to Master Fuli, flashing a question mark.
What big figure are you?
How come people can recognize you wherever you go?
"It's like this: we're assisting cultivators in a capture mission, and to not alert the targets, we sneaked in half a day earlier..."
The barmaid bent down, flipped her collar, and revealed the Security Bureau badge inside, explaining her identity to Master Fuli:
"After hearing your lecture and experiencing the miraculous effects of the Liquid Spirit Pill, cultivators are full of enthusiasm and have all come out, issuing reward orders within Chang'an City."
"Providing clues of grave robbers can earn 50,000 in bonuses from the Dao League, and providing any Exotic Beast clues could get you 100,000."
"Tonight's target is a group of grave robbers because they have two clay boxes in hand..."
"The Dao League isn't preparing any compensation and instead is asking if we can beat them to death."
Providing clues comes with rewards, but with the grave robbers selling relics overseas, the Dao League intends to freeload entirely.
Cultivators' past self-cultivation was all to be able to hit quicker when needed.
"Then...which wine bottles here are the thickest? Order me twenty of the sturdiest ones."
Ansheng wore a contemplative look, asking the barmaid.
Lingren, Yuyu: "......"
This is what the little fox does on her nightly outings, while shopping?