fox fur is not warm

Taotie turned around to leave with the little fox, but heard Zhong Shanshen call out: "Fox."

"Huh?" The little fox was sitting comfortably on Taotie's head. Hearing Zhong Shan's call to it, he felt puzzled, but he seemed to understand something in a flash—the human relationship taught in the blood inheritance made the little fox sensible. Quite a lot.

The little fox realized that it was not appropriate to leave like this, so he jumped back to the ground and walked up to Zhong Shanshen.

The little fox said sincerely: "Thank you, I will repay you."

Zhong Shanshen still narrowed his eyes, as if nothing in the world could be seen.These few days of getting along let the little fox understand the temperament of the big monster in front of him, and he doesn't feel that this move is contemptuous, but he is a little curious about how Zhong Shanshen can see things clearly without making mistakes when his eyes are closed all day long.

"No need." Zhong Shanshen accepted the thanks with a nod, but suddenly asked, "Have you ever been to Qingqiu?"

The little fox has a vague impression of the name of this place.It thought about it carefully, shook its head and replied, "Never."

Zhong Shanshen frowned, and glanced in Taotie's direction again.The little fox didn't know why, imitating Zhong Shanshen's appearance, looked back and forth between the two, but didn't see why.

God Zhong Shan tidied up the bunch of herbs in front of him, and asked, "Did you know about the birthday banquet held by Suzaku yesterday?"

The little fox shook his head, "I don't know."

Hearing such a reply, Zhong Shanshen breathed a sigh of relief as if a stone had fallen from his heart, "I don't know, that's fine."

Zhong Shanshen continued, "Don't go to Qingqiu during the year."

"Remember."

After all, Zhong Shanshen took a deep look at the little fox, then left the bewildered fox behind and walked deeper into the cave, but within a short while, it dissipated before his eyes like a wisp of smoke.

……

Taotie has been paying attention to the little fox since Zhong Shanshen called the little fox to him. Seeing Zhong Shanshen leave now, he stepped forward to the little fox.

It lowered its head and lightly touched the little fox's head.Taotie saw that it looked dazed, and guessed that Zhong Shanshen must have said something, so he asked, "What's wrong?"

"God Zhong Shan... first asked me if I knew about Suzaku's birthday banquet yesterday, and then warned me not to go to Qingqiu this year. After the banquet, will I not be able to see Tu Qi again?"

Taotie was taken aback for a moment, recalling what happened when he met Qiongqi earlier, "Do you want to go to the banquet, or simply want to meet Tu Qi?"

The little fox struggled in silence for a moment, then replied in a low voice, "I want to. You said, there are delicious things at the banquet, and Tu Qi...is also delicious."

Taotie didn't think there was anything wrong with the little fox's answer, and asked again, "Then do you want to go to Qingqiu?"

"I think, but I don't think so."

"Go as you want, where does 'not think so' come from."

"But..." The little fox remembered the look Zhong Shanshen gave him before.

Taotie knew what the little fox was thinking, so he simply hunched it on his back.

Taotie carried the little fox firmly, and said with a smile, "Don't be afraid. With Lao Tao protecting you, who would dare to bully you?"

"Hmm!" The little fox laughed when he heard this.

……

On the way back to Gouwu Mountain.

"By the way, how did you know God Zhong Shan?"

"The glutton once saved its life."

"Eh?"

When did fierce beasts learn to be merciful and benevolent?The little fox slandered silently, but forgot that he had been raised by Taotie for so long with good food and drink in the name of "preserving food".

Taotie replied calmly, "At that time it was still a little monster, it seemed to have offended some big monster, was hunted down all the way and was injured. Lao Tao saw that the big monster was more delicious, so he put It is used to fill the stomach."

What happened later is self-evident, but Zhong Shanshen's life was saved by accident.

Hearing this, the little fox felt a little guilty, "This time it saved me again...then are you clear?"

Taotie was cool, and said disapprovingly, "Where did the 'Liangqing' come from, it didn't owe me anything at all."

In this way, the little fox will not ask more questions on this topic.

Maybe it was because the journey was too far away. Not long after, the little fox asked again suddenly, "You saved Zhong Shanshen when he was still a little demon. How long ago was that?"

But Taotie was stopped by the question, he was taken aback, tried his best to recall, and said, "I can't remember, it must be when Lao Tao just woke up from sleep."

"Then..." The little fox suddenly dragged his tune, and asked with a smile, "How old are you?"

"Thousands of years. Maybe Qiongqi can remember this clearly. Lao Tao is a little older than him."

The little fox never thought it would be this answer.It thought carefully about the year and month of its own birth, and compared the two, it couldn't help but be amazed.

After thinking about it, the little fox smiled and called Taotie, "Old man."

Taotie, who had been walking steadily before, staggered when he heard such an address, laughed dumbfounded for a moment, became stubborn again, and imitated the tone of a little fox and called out, "Little brat."

The little fox didn't like this name, and was afraid that the beast would look down on him because of his young age, so he bit the side of Taotie's neck with a "owwow", but when the tip of his teeth touched the flesh, he suddenly felt a little bit unbearable. , the original bared teeth were abruptly turned into ear-to-eye grinding.

"Stupid old man!"

……

Along the way, there were little foxes playing and laughing, but it wasn't too boring.

Halfway through the feasibility, suddenly there is a sudden change.But hearing a muffled growl, countless birds in the forest were startled, and after a few breaths, the bushes not far away were vibrated violently, making rustling noises.

Taotie was probably a giant python in the forest or some other spirit without long eyes, its expression sank, it bowed its head, and was about to teach the attacker a lesson, but saw the little fox leaping lightly and landed in front of it .

The little fox believes that he is now the three tails, his strength has greatly increased, and he is invincible in the world.

It bent down, bared its sharp teeth, and shouted before Taotie, "Who is doing this? Come out!"

In response, a brown-black ball rolled out of the bushes.

—It was a porcupine.The body shape of this porcupine is almost the same as that of a little fox, it is covered with bristles, its fangs protrude from its lips, if one ignores its poor body which is smaller than that of Taotie, it can barely be considered terrifying.The porcupine was panting heavily at the moment, and it was unclear whether those staring eyes were looking at the little fox or Taotie.

The porcupine felt regretful after recklessly getting out of the bushes: Originally, he only wanted to block the road and rob, but he unexpectedly encountered such a big monster!

It doesn't know Taotie's identity, but it can easily guess that it is not easy to get along with, so it is anxious and afraid at the moment.It was about to make an excuse to run away, when it heard a crisp voice reminding itself.

Hence, the porcupine noticed the white-haired fox standing in front of Taotie.

In normal times, this kind of cubs could be hunted to feed themselves, but now the big monster behind it showed an appearance of pampering and protecting the cubs.

So he was so frightened that the porcupine swallowed back the saliva that was about to flow out.

Then, the porcupine saw the little fox showing its sharp teeth.It subconsciously glanced at the Taotie behind the little fox, and as expected, it received a ruthless warning look, which was full of coercion and frightened it almost collapsed to the ground.

"No offense! I'm leaving now, I'm leaving now!"

This porcupine has a hoarse voice and is very talented. At first glance, it really seems to have a muffled thunderous sound, and I think it is based on this to bully the little demons passing by.It's just that it didn't match the momentum, the porcupine hurriedly finished this sentence, and then rolled into the bushes like a ball like when he came here.

This time there was no more bluffing, but within ten breaths, the trembling bushes were silent.

Seeing this, the little fox put away his intimidating appearance, and triumphantly asked Tao Tie for credit, "Look! I drove him away."

Taotie thought it was funny, but followed what it said, "Qiuqiu is really powerful."

The porcupine hiding aside with lingering fear: "..."

……

Let's talk about what happened after the fox returned to Mount Gouwu.

All the monsters in the mountain thought that "Grandma Linghu" had passed away. They were afraid that the Taotie would be too sad and vent their anger on themselves, so they all took out the most devout gestures to pay homage. The demons no longer need to worry about Taotie's moodiness, this way can be regarded as a merit.

For a moment, the entire Mount Gouwu fell into an atmosphere of depression.

But when the first harpies saw Taotie come back with a live little fox, the scene came to an abrupt end, and the mourning spirit was wiped out in an instant, and compared to before, it was actually a few more Very thriving appearance.

Ever since the little fox got really sick after eating pheasant meat, Taotie was afraid and didn't dare to let it get meaty, so he only fed some fresh water and wild fruits all day long.

Only use the fruit that is full of aura and carefully selected as food-this kind of practice becomes harsh treatment in the eyes of the little fox.

someday.

Taotie, who was taking a nap in the afternoon, was woken up by a slight noise. It followed the sound and saw that it was a little fox. He was about to close his eyes indifferently, but found something not quite right.

Why is there blood stain on this little guy's lips?

Worrying about it coughing up blood, Taotie is now fully awake.It walked towards the little fox, just in time to see the flustered expression on the little fox's face.

"what happened to you?"

The little fox managed to catch a wild pheasant, and saw Taotie wake up after eating half of it.It didn't know why it didn't want Taotie to know that it was hunting secretly, so it had to swallow the remaining half whole.

"No, it's all right." The little fox said halfway, when the swallowed bone stuck its throat, it coughed several times before spitting out the foreign object, but immediately hid the "criminal evidence" under its paws, pretending Act as if nothing had happened.

This time Taotie understood, and felt both annoyed and amused, just as it was about to speak, it saw the little fox suddenly coughing again.

This time, it was accompanied by black sparks popping out.The faint black flame fell to the ground, jumped a few times, and then went out with a "呲——".

Taotie knew that the nine-tailed fox could breathe fire, so he just asked, "When did it start?"

Afraid of offending Tao Tie, the little fox said coyly, "...the day we returned to Gouwu."

It's been more than half a month.

Taotie didn't say a word, just raised and rubbed the fluff on the top of the little fox's head, then turned and went back.

The little fox was a little panicked, and hurried forward, circling around Taotie, "Are you angry?"

"No."

"Don't be angry with me, I'll tell you everything in the future!"

"..."

The little fox's dinner that day was another wild pheasant piled high on the mountain.

After that, Taotie no longer intentionally tabooed it, eating and drinking was all up to the little fox's liking.

……

The days passed steadily like running water.

One day, the little fox was too lazy to go out foraging with Taotie, and Taotie didn't force him, so he let him wait in the cave.Who would have thought that, within an hour, when Taotie returned to the cave, he would never find the familiar white figure of the little fox.