Chapter 4022 Familiar Stranger

I was already quite surprised when the slovenly Taoist priest appeared in my sight, but I never expected that the eight-tailed fox would also appear in front of me. It was truly outrageous.

The eight-tailed fox was about to pounce on me when I pointed the Heavenly Swamp Spear at her. Seeing my fierce expression, she looked at me with a mixture of grievance and surprise: "My little husband, what's wrong with you? Why are you treating me like this? Even though I've been gone for a while, you don't have to treat me like this. Don't you care about me anymore?"

As she said this, tears welled up in the eight-tailed fox's eyes, which made my heart ache.

For some reason, a somewhat melodramatic line suddenly popped into my head: "If she sheds a single tear, I'll slaughter a city."

But it absolutely cannot be Mixue Ice Cream, because there are still many people waiting to drink it.

I shook my head to keep myself clear-headed. No matter how real or touching it seemed, I couldn't let myself lose my senses, or I'd be dead.

"Stop talking nonsense, you weasel. If you're so capable, fight me for real. What's the point of these illusions?" I pointed the Heavenly Swamp Spear at the eight-tailed fox, took a few steps back, and dared not let her get close to me.

At this moment, the tears that had been welling up in the eight-tailed fox's eyes finally began to flow uncontrollably.

"My dear husband, what's wrong with you? Are you still upset that I left without saying goodbye? I really had my own reasons. You're not still angry with me because of this, are you?" The eight-tailed fox cried like a pear blossom in the rain, and my heart ached for her so much.

At this point, my mind went even more blank, and I even began to doubt whether this was an illusion created by the Wong Tai Sin.

How did Wong Tai Sin know what the eight-tailed fox looked like, and how did he know that the eight-tailed fox had left me?

Could it be that the one in front of me is really an eight-tailed fox, and she has come back to find me?

Just as I was wondering what was going on, the disheveled Taoist priest next to me said angrily, "Old Wu, you've gone too far! Your wife came back and asked me to bring her here to find you. We've been traveling for a long time and finally found you, and you treat her like this? I think we can't be brothers anymore."

"You're talking nonsense! If my wife comes back, doesn't she know where I am? Why would you bring her here to find me? I'll stab you to death first!" I said angrily.

"My dear husband, what's wrong with you..." The eight-tailed fox sighed and moved closer to me again.

I'm tense all over, not daring to relax for a moment. I pointed the Heavenly Swamp Spear at the Eight-Tailed Fox again: "Don't come any closer, it's all fake. Whoever comes closer, I'll stab them to death first!"

Just then, another person suddenly came out, repeatedly calling my name: "Little Calamity, Little Calamity..."

I looked closely, and this time it was even more outrageous—my own mother from Jiushan Village had appeared in my sight.

If the slovenly Taoist priest and the eight-tailed fox appeared, I could barely accept it, but it was absolutely impossible for my own mother to come from Jiushan Village.

I'd rather believe the sun rises in the west than believe the woman standing before me is my mother.

There's absolutely no way she could have traveled from such a far place to the old forests of Changbai Mountain.

I don't know why that weasel could conjure up my mother. Isn't this a joke?

I have to say, looking at my mother, I felt a surge of warmth in my heart. Since leaving home at the age of nine, I could count the number of times I had seen her on my fingers.

Even though I knew she wasn't real, I was still very happy to see her.

"Little Jie, Little Jie, how can you talk to your wife like that? Have you forgotten that she has protected you since you were very young? If it weren't for her, you would have died long ago. Quickly apologize to your wife." As she spoke, my mother walked to the Eight-Tailed Fox's side, grabbed the Eight-Tailed Fox's arm, and walked straight towards me.

Seeing my mother approaching me, I really wanted to take out the Heavenly Swamp Spear and point it at her to stop her from getting closer, but I never dared to point it at her.

She's a fake, but she looks exactly like my mother. I feel that pointing the Heavenly Swamp Spear at her would be utterly rebellious.

Because I have always felt deeply indebted to my mother.

Having left home at a young age, I was unable to fulfill my filial duties. Every year, she would wait for me under the old locust tree at the village entrance. Each time I saw her, I noticed a few more strands of white hair.

Watching my mother lead the eight-tailed fox by the hand, approaching me step by step, I so wished that this moment was real.

But even something as simple as this is a luxury for me.

Many people envy me for making a fortune every day, and for making money through shady dealings as easily as drinking water. But who knows how difficult it is for me to be a son and to be able to spend every day with my wife?

As the mother and daughter drew closer to me, I was momentarily dazed, and my eyes became misty with tears.

Before long, they came to my side. The eight-tailed fox still had tears in her eyes and called me "idiot, what are you looking at?"

The voice was exactly the same as the eight-tailed fox's. Before I could react, my mother suddenly reached out a hand and plunged a dagger directly into my heart.

It didn't hurt, because I was wearing a golden armor with runes, and the dagger was intercepted.

I didn't hide because I wanted to convince myself that the facts were all fake, so that I could kill these familiar strangers without any psychological burden.

The illusion of my mother pierced my heart, and when I saw that the dagger had not pierced my heart, I was filled with terror.

Immediately afterward, the eight-tailed fox in front of me also made its move, wielding a dagger and stabbing it towards my neck.

"Die!" I roared, and thrust the Heavenly Swamp Spear in my hand into the illusion before me.

This time, it pierced directly through the illusion's body, giving a very realistic feeling of a magical weapon piercing through the body. The Heavenly Swamp Spear pierced through the flesh and bones, and then the illusion on the other side even spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Xiao Jie... why did you attack your mother..." She stretched out a blood-stained hand, trying to touch my face.

However, at this point I had no scruples. I not only used the Heavenly Swamp Spear to send the person on the spear flying, but also kicked the Eight-Tailed Fox.

At that moment, the illusion of the slovenly Taoist priest behind me also made a move, wielding a lightning-struck wooden sword, and thrust it toward my back.

I immediately reversed my spear and launched a counterattack, aiming directly at the heart of the illusory figure of the slovenly Taoist priest.

This blow pierced right through his body, and the disheveled Taoist priest opposite him coughed up blood: "Old Wu...you..."

"What do you mean, 'you'? Go to hell!" With a flick of my hand, I sent the illusory image of the slovenly Taoist priest flying far away.