Fifteen years later......

When he returned to the temple after completing the course in the bamboo forest, Ember rode on the back of the Nine-Tails and swayed up the mountain. At the age of twenty, Ember had already grown into what a young man should be, and the color of his deep phoenix eyes became more and more clear, and the blood red of his left eye and the dark color of his right eye were still ominous. The lines of his fair face began to become distinct, no longer the fleshy mound of his childhood, and the harsh training carved him into a tall figure of a male model like a carving knife.

"Daughter-in-law, the old man said that I would be able to go down the mountain in a few days. When the time comes, you can say goodbye to this hard cultivation life!" Shi Shen excitedly raised his hands in the air, looking like he was celebrating his victory.

"It's telling you to go down the mountain to do tasks, not to ask you to play. Nine-tails replied nonchalantly, and couldn't help but slander in his heart: He is still a child's character when he grows so big, and he really wastes such a good-looking face.

It didn't notice that it had unconsciously become accustomed to him calling it his daughter-in-law, and he had been calling it that way since the moment he had been tricked fifteen years ago, and this shouting had been fifteen years. At first, it would stare at him and ignore him, but after a long time, it got used to the title as it shouted and shouted.

"Eh, daughter-in-law, why have you practiced for thousands of years and still haven't cultivated into a human form?" is another question that is asked every day.

The nine-tails glanced at him, and he was no longer able to complain in his heart, and he had to ask again every day, does this guy have amnesia? But he still replied patiently: "Because I saved people and injured the Yuan Shen before, and my cultivation was ruined, I came to Guangyuan Mountain to rebuild." ”

That's what it said, and Shi Ember probably thinks so too. It didn't say: I didn't come to Guangyuan Mountain because the immortal qi of the Immortal Mountain was helpful for cultivation, but because you were here.

"Hehe, my daughter-in-law is kind, and she doesn't hesitate to hurt the spirit in order to save people. ”

“……”

Nine-Tails laughed dryly, indicating that he reluctantly accepted his praise. How could he have known that its primordial spirit had been destroyed in his previous life to save him? Seeing him happy like that, obviously he doesn't know.

"Hey. Nine-Tails sighed helplessly.

gave everything for his beloved, but he didn't know it. His smiling face at the moment seemed to it to have an inexplicable ironic pain.

And the boy who was riding on its back and shaking it was obviously not aware of the helplessness on its face.

"Daughter-in-law, then you have to cultivate your human form as soon as possible. Shi Shen leaned into its ear and said mysteriously.

"Why?"

"Because, I prefer to hold a fox more—" He hugged its neck, and a bewitching smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, "Sleep with a beautiful woman." ”

“……”

The corners of Ninetails' mouth twitched, is this guy afraid that others won't know that he sleeps with me in his arms at night?

They walked the mountain road of Guangyuan Mountain every day, and one person and one fox walked leisurely like this for fifteen years. He was no longer as lost in the mountains as he was at the beginning, everything seemed smooth and everything went naturally. After a while, they were back at the temple.

"Hey, the old man is not upright today, and he won't come to the door to pick me up. Shi Ember jumped down from the fox's back, patted the white fur on the fox's back, and looked around but didn't see Aurora. I guess the old man must have gone to drink tea in the back room.

"Let's go. Shi Shen said softly. Nine-Tails let out an "um" and followed him into the back room.

Today's Guangyuan Mountain has guests, which is a rare thing.

As a pure land of fairy mountains, Mt. Guangyuan has everything that surrounds the forest, flies in the sky and runs in the river. The strange creatures have cast a mysterious color on this green mountain, and in addition, the mountains are already full of vegetation and few paths, so it is easy for people who are not familiar with this place to get lost in this dangerous mountain. Therefore, not many people have dared to visit this immortal mountain for more than ten years.

There have been people who have successfully climbed the mountain, but Aurora said that it was Shi Shen's own brother, who came here to visit him, and it seemed that he was also a god.

"Yo, a guest?" Shi Ember walked over and politely stretched out his right hand.

There are many people who come to Mt. Guangyuan as guests, but they are all people who can go to heaven and earth. It was the first time he had seen an ordinary human in an urban suit like today.

The man in the suit also stood up from the wooden chair and shook his outstretched right hand in a friendly manner, and both of them smiled at each other. After shaking hands, Shi Shen took out a gesture of the host's house and pointed to the wooden chair behind the guest: "Sit." The guest pursed his lips and smiled, and then sat down dignifiedly.

After a bunch of polite words, Shi Ember Thief smiled and threw a look at Aurora, obviously saying, "Look, although I snore in your etiquette class, I can really deal with it easily." Then he sat down with Aurora's approving smile.

To be honest, Shi Yan's actions today were extremely enthusiastic, and the Nine-Tails, who was standing enthusiastically on the side, were so shocked that they couldn't speak.

It quietly trotted up to him, tiptoed into his ear and whispered, "You don't know him, do you?"

Otherwise, how can you look like you see an old acquaintance?

Shi Shen smiled, hugged it to his lap, stretched out and rubbed its head, and did not answer.

Seeing that he didn't speak, the Nine-Tails didn't ask much, so he had to lie quietly on his lap and let him stroke his hair.

"Since Ember Shao is also back, let's express my thoughts by the way. When the man in the suit saw Shi Ember sitting down, he asked straight to the point, "I don't know what Ember thinks?"

Although I don't know why the man in the suit respectfully called him Ember Shao, Shi Ember was still very happy to hear it. Ember less ...... Hey, is there a sense of déjà vu of a wealthy young master?

Aurora shook his head with a smile and said to the man in the suit, "Where is there someone who asks him if he is doing it as soon as he sits down?" Ember probably doesn't even know what happened, how do you ask him to answer?"

After speaking, he looked at Shi Shen and explained with a smile on his face: "The president of the Xu Group has recently encountered * trouble, and this gentleman is here to invite you down the mountain." ”

Shi Shen nodded, he had also gone down the mountain to do tasks before, but the old man was not as verbose as he was today, this time he suddenly said so much, maybe there was something really wrong with this mission.

At this time, the three heavenly beasts outside the house swayed in, and for a while, the few living creatures in the entire temple gathered in the lobby.

The crane in human form was dressed in an ink-colored robe, and its long hair was like a fairy. The whole person stood there, like an ancient scholar.

"I'm against Ember going down the mountain. Xianhe was the first to object: "He has been staying on the mountain since he was born, and this Guangyuan Mountain is an ancient mountain, which is completely different from the modern style of the human city, and Ember will not adapt to it." ”

Aurora nodded in agreement.

The green snake crawled onto Shi Shen's wooden chair and hung it around his neck. She has a different theory from the crane, or rather, she likes to work against the crane: "How beautiful the human world is, why don't you let Ember go? The beauties there are so ......"

Before the word "more" could be spoken, Nine-tails threw a knife in the eye, which frightened the green snake and quickly changed her words, and if she said another word, she would be caught by it and torn to pieces.

"Even if it's not for the beauty, you have to go down the mountain to rise and gain knowledge, right? Nest on the mountain all day long, and don't become a frog sitting in a well and watching the sky when the time comes." The green snake looked at the aurora with a flattering face: "Master, am I right?"

Aurora nodded in agreement.

The green snake threw a "hehe" look at the crane, and the latter became anxious: "Master, why are you so unassertive?" I said that you didn't let Ember go down the mountain, and you nodded, and she asked him to go down the mountain, and you nodded too. Do you dare to be a little more casual?"

"Hmm. ”

Aurora watched the two of them finish arguing, thinking that she should also stand up and say a few words.

I nod my head in recognition of your eloquence and ability to argue. The old man's face slowly became serious: "Ember is an independent individual, whether he goes down the mountain or not is up to him, where is your turn to fight here?"

The old man is really an ancient god, and when he is serious, he speaks without anger and authority, and his aura is so powerful that people dare not refute.

The sunlight outside the house crept in through the dense woods, shining like a stage spotlight on Shi Ash's face. It seems that everyone is waiting for him to make the final decision on his own.

He sat there, letting them argue, and was not in a hurry to stand up and say something, just quietly stroked the white hair on the back of the Nine-Tails.

He has been to the human world, and naturally there is no such thing as not being used to it. He had never seen the crane so excited when he went down the mountain before, and he vaguely felt that after going down the mountain this time, he might not come back. But he had to go to the human realm, for whatever reason. Now he was thinking about whether he could take away the Nine-Tails who had not cultivated into a human form, he had lived for twenty years, and he had been with it almost every day. He can endure the strangeness of the new world outside, but he will never get used to the days without the Nine-Tails by his side.

The breeze rustled silently through the woods outside the house. The branches swayed gently, shaking off a few verdant leaves, and spreading them decorated on the forest ground.

"Okay, your own path, you choose. It's useless for others to too much. Your feet are on you, and you still have to go down on your own. Aurora stood up and said to Shi Ash: "Anyway, you remember, if you go down the mountain this time, you may not have so much time to come back in the future." What you have to face at the bottom of the mountain is not as simple as daily tedious training. You can also choose not to go, grandpa will support you. ”

Nine-Tails, who had been lying on his lap, raised her head to look at him. Shi Ember smiled, and everyone's eyes were focused on him. If you don't say something in a nutshell, it will only make the atmosphere very awkward.

It jumped off his lap and waited for Ember to make a decision. He stood up and reached for the contract that the man in the suit had placed on the wooden table. The neat A4 paper was written in five-size Song script: "The contract shall be effective from the beginning of the contract until the death of Party A of the contract." "The contract here is written as the president of Xu's Group.

"Until your president dies? How old is Mr. Xu now?" Shi Shen kept thinking about the meaning of "death" on the contract. There is too much non-directional aspect of the word.

"Thirty-two years old. The man replied dryly.

"Thirty-two, doesn't this mean a deed of sale?" Shi Shen picked up the contract and flipped through it left and right.

The contract was a draft and the remuneration was not written out in detail. The real contract should be with President Xu, and the man showed him this probably just to let him know about it temporarily, so that it could be faster when he went to the group to sign a formal contract.

"Are you going to make me a bodyguard with this lifetime contract, or is it ......?"

"Mr. Xu said, you are hidden in Baiwu City. I will come back to you when I need a task, and when I don't have a task, you can control your time freely. ”

"Oh~"

Shi Shen nodded, this working time sounded comfortable. Isn't it just to be a killer who is ready to call for a long time?

"How is the remuneration calculated?" Shi Shen asked, he didn't care about what he was doing, the salary was not rich, and the key was whether the salary was abundant.

As soon as the man heard him talk about the issue of remuneration, the stone hanging in his heart immediately put down, as long as the other party mentioned the remuneration, it means that he has the willingness to cooperate.

Mr. Xu said that it was too hasty to write such a thing as remuneration on the draft, saying that it would be discussed in person when you went to the company. The man replied: "Mr. Xu is very generous and willing to spend money." Although he did not explicitly state the reward, I am sure that he would never treat Ember Lesser badly. ”

"Then ask your Mr. Xu to draw up a contract, and I'll come in a few days. ”