fox fur is not warm

It's early autumn, and the emerald green of the mountains and plains is covered with dots of golden yellow, and the treetops are hung with delicious and sweet fruits. It is a good season for foraging.

This time without the little fox by his side, it was rare for Taotie to open his belly and eat to his heart's content without having to worry about other things.Mountain birds and beasts all have their tongues in their mouths.

When it raised its head from the satiation of eating, the sun was setting to the west, and the sky had already sunk.

After all, Taotie still remembered that there was a little guy in the cave waiting for him to go back. He thought that the little fox could hunt by himself, so this time he didn't look for more mountain delicacies and wild sage for him. The fox brought a few green fruits that it used to like to eat, and prepared to go home.

But when it wanders back to the cave, what do you think, it is facing an empty room.

——The little fox who was supposed to greet Taotie back with joy has disappeared.

Is this still great? !

Taotie first thought that the little guy hid on a whim, but after searching around but found no trace, Taotie guessed that it might be extremely hungry and went out to find something to eat.

Hence, Taotie stood guard at the entrance of the cave, and waited from the sky full of sunlight until night fell, and finally admitted that the little fox was really missing.

The flames illuminating the cave faltered, stretching Taotie's shadow obliquely and hugely, but there was always a gap in the position beside him.

But as for the whereabouts of the little fox at this time, Tao Tie has no clue.It attributes the anxiety and anger in its heart at this moment to the loss of its own food, but it does not want to think about the deeper reasons.

After hesitating for a while, Taotie finally decided to look around first—maybe, that little guy really just lost the time for fun?

In this Mount Gouwu, there is no ghost so bold as to dare to steal under the eyes of Taotie.

……

Just as Taotie was about to leave the cave, he smelled an inauthentic smell in the air - the beast was very sensitive to this smell, and it belonged to the smell of a little fox.

Taotie's eyes lit up immediately, and with joy that he hadn't even realized, he quickly accelerated his pace and ran towards that direction.

It's just that the smell has always been vague, as if deliberately hiding something, it's far and near, and it's not real.

Finally, Taotie stopped in front of an old tree.The tree is more than ten thousand years old, the trunk is too thick for several people to hug, and the dense branches and leaves cut the moonlight to pieces, and the stars are scattered.

The little fox was hiding behind the thick tree trunk, but he didn't know why he avoided it.

Taotie suppressed his doubts, collected his mind, and walked forward.

"Don't come here!" The little fox said tremblingly behind the tree, listening carefully, there was still a cry in that voice.

Taotie paused, and became even more puzzled: What happened to make the little guy panic like this?

Taotie didn't answer, but continued to walk forward without any resistance.

Three steps, two steps, one step... In the end, it is only a short distance away.

Taotie's face was as sinking as water, and his voice could not distinguish between happiness and anger.It said, "You come out, or shall I go to find you?"

The little fox fell silent.After counting breaths, but saw the figure behind the tree flicker, and then saw it stand out.

……

That day, the little fox was idle and bored, lying on the back of the beast, calling Taotie several times in a playful manner, and then asked suddenly, "Taotie Taotie, should I also have a name?"

Taotie was thinking hard about the recipes that he should find later, when he heard this question, he didn't stop and said without raising his head, "Qiaoqiu."

"Hey!" The little fox responded immediately, and immediately realized something was wrong, "...but this is quite different from your name."

"Foxball."

"You all have two words."

"Then it's called Hu Yu."

According to the naming habits of human beings, Taotie gave it a name at will, but never wanted to make the little fox happy.

"Why did you suddenly think of this?" Taotie counted the time, and it was less than an hour since the last meal, so he asked uncertainly, "Are you hungry?"

Hearing this, the little fox's tone rarely showed a bit of melancholy, it buried its head in the long hair around Taotie's neck, and said, "...with a name, you can become a human."

……

Taotie was a little taken aback, it didn't expect that since returning from Nuershan, the little fox had grown so fast, not only had he grown in size, but he had also begun to take shape of the abilities that Nine Tails should have.

Now, it is actually capable of transforming people.

Taotie said, "You raise your head."

Standing in front of Taotie at this moment is a boy, he is completely naked, with long smooth white hair hanging down from his waist.

——It was only then that Taotie realized that the grain he had raised for so long was actually a male fox!

The boy obeyed and raised his head.The facial features on this face have not yet developed, but it still has the usual handsome appearance of the fox clan.There was water in his eyes, his bright black pupils were filled with fear and panic, his vermilion lips opened and closed, but he did not utter a word.

The little fox once thought that one day he would be able to transform into a human being, but he hadn't seriously thought about what it would be like to be a human.

At that time, he just thought it was fun.

Seeing that Taotie remained silent, the little fox had a lot of thoughts in his heart, afraid that the big monster would regard him as a different kind, and he would never stay with him again no matter what.

In fact, this is just the little fox thinking too much.

Tao Tie only thinks that this fox beast looks cute and cute, and the human shape is also very handsome, at the moment when he first saw it, he was really fascinated - but the beast has to firmly deny that he is a glutton.

The little fox—perhaps it should be called Hu Yu more properly now—seeing Taotie not speaking, stared at it for a long time, finally couldn't help it, and shouted, "If you think I am different from you, I will just go."

Taotie laughed when he heard the words, "It's natural for a demon to transform a human being, but now you have a human form, so what about Lao Tao... Hahaha, how can Lao Tao feel that he is different from you."

Halfway through the speech, it couldn't help laughing out loud, and joked, "Your human skin is three points prettier than the original fox, but why don't you change yourself into clothes?"

Hu Yu was still deeply in the sadness of leaving, at this moment he suddenly heard Taotie's hearty laughter, his mind went blank for a moment, and he hesitated to speak.

After a long time, he just argued angrily, "I don't know how to change!"

Taotie: "Huh? I don't know?"

It also thought that this was also from the Zhongshan God religion.

After that, Hu Yu recounted in detail what happened that afternoon.

It turned out that not long after Taotie left, the little fox felt that he was a bit hungry, and he didn't want to wait for Taotie to come back, so he ran out to look for food by himself.

Coincidentally, it didn't go far when it saw a rabbit run over by a hedgehog-like monster. The rabbit panicked and bumped into a tree trunk next to the little fox. It rolled its eyes and passed out. .Xu the little hedgehog knew the identity of the little fox, and after seeing it from a distance, he stopped chasing him and ran away in a hurry.

Wouldn't it be a pity to miss such a heavenly delicacy?The little fox didn't think too much, and ate the plump rabbit.

But not long after eating it, it felt hot all over, and fell asleep suddenly, and when it woke up, it was like this.

It was anxious and frightened, its first thought was to hide as soon as possible, lest Taotie see it.

……

"hedgehog?"

"Maybe, brown and white, about my size, and kind of like a porcupine."

Listening to Hu Yu's description, Taotie vaguely felt that he had seen it somewhere, but couldn't remember it, so he simply ignored it in the end.

It turned its attention back to the little guy, "Is your body still uncomfortable?"

Hu Yu shook his head, and during his movements, he saw two fluffy fox ears protruding from his hair.

"Pfft." Taotie didn't hold back his laughter for a moment.

"?"

Then I saw the three long tails stretching out from behind it again, hanging down to the ground and swaying unconsciously.

Seeing Taotie's more obvious smile, Hu Yu felt even more puzzled in his heart, but before he could utter the question, he heard himself sneezed suddenly, and when he regained his composure, he suddenly changed again. Back to the original fox look.

"Eh?"

The little fox looked at his paws, and then at the long tail behind him, as if in a dream.

Taotie couldn't help laughing at this stupid look, watching him like this, Taotie didn't make a sound to bother him until the little fox regained his strength, then picked up the little fox by the back of the neck and picked it up.

"Go, go back."

Hu Yu swayed leisurely, thinking that being a human is not fun at all.

……

But the change between these two forms is completely out of the control of the little fox's will.

On the second day, when the little fox had regarded a pheasant as something in his bag and was about to pounce on it, he saw it jump, but it suddenly turned into a human form in the air, and then "snapped" , fell to the ground in disgrace.

Little Fox: Never be a human again!

Taotie witnessed the whole process from the side, but when the little fox looked over with a pair of resentful eyes, it lightly moved its eyes away, as if it hadn't seen anything.

……

Ever since the little fox had two extra tails, Taotie's favorite thing to do every day is to count the number of fox tails, counting from left to right, counting from right to left, and then counting from the middle to both sides , seems to be able to count the flowers from it.

At first, the little fox only thought it was a little strange, it said it was itchy, but it didn't look like it, it was just that there was a faint burning somewhere under the abdomen, but it was indeed comfortable.After a long time, it got used to it, and at first it couldn't help raising its tail to dodge, and then let Taotie go.

"Did Zhongshan God tell you when will you become Nine Tails?"

"No."

"Then you know it yourself?"

"I don't know."

"That……"

Seeing that Taotie still wanted to ask questions, the little fox became impatient.It curled its lips, retracted its tail from under the Taotie's claws, avoided it far away, found a secluded place, curled up and pretended to sleep.

Taotie stood on the spot and still called out, "Qiaoqiu."

Little Fox: Can't hear you.