Shui Dingdong looked at the beautiful figures of the two butterflies gradually disappearing with some reluctance, and suddenly a burst of child's laughter attracted her attention again. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

She saw two little boys, both of whom were only seven or eight years old, running from the front left, chasing and playing, laughing as they ran.

"Here...... How can there be children? Shui Dingdong was surprised.

"Why aren't there any children?" Hu Lixuan asked rhetorically. Holding the hand of the water dingdong, he slowly descended the hillside to the beautiful peaks under the glow.

This is the first time he has held Shui Dingdong's hand, Shui Dingdong is very sweet and comfortable, and he has to settle down a little before he can continue the previous topic.

"I heard Hu Lijin say that he took off his fox nature and turned into a fox when he was 500 years old with the help of his parents, and he would never ...... When you are 500 years old, you still look like a child, right? ”

"Of course not!" Hu Lixuan replied as he walked. Even though he held Shui Dingdong's hand, his words remained plain, "Didn't he tell you that our Immortal Fox Clan has long since broken away from the fox form, and there is not much difference between us and mortals in the world?" ”

Shui Dingdong looked back and vaguely remembered that Hu Lijin had indeed said such a thing.

As early as when she had just crossed into this era and followed Hu Lijin to Chang'an to find Zhang Min, one day she questioned Hu Lijin having slept with countless female colleagues in the 21st century, Hu Lijin said: "Our fairy fox clan has long been out of the fox form, even if we marry a mortal woman, the children born have some special functions at most, and their appearance will be exactly the same as that of humans, and they will never be monsters!" ”

However, the question is -

"If you really got out of the fox form a long time ago, why did Hu Lijin say that he only took off the fox nature and turned into a fox when he was five hundred years old with the help of his parents?" Shui Dingdong blurted out a question.

"This ...... It's a bit of a hassle to explain! In fact, the vast majority of our fairy fox clan are born in human form, and occasionally one or two are in the form of a fox, and within a month, they will automatically transform into no different from mortal babies. But we are not real human beings after all, if we leave the Immortal Garden Valley and live in the mortal world without hard cultivation, within ten years, we will appear in our original form, and we will still be an ordinary fox. Therefore, we have been practicing diligently in the Immortal Garden Valley since we were children, and every time we increase our Taoism, we will look like we will be a year older. When you are about seven or eight hundred years old, you can grow to the appearance of twenty years old. At that time, you have to go to bathe in the 'Manifest Pool', and if you still do not appear in your original form in the 'Manifest Pond', you can be regarded as truly breaking away from the fox nature and turning into a fox. After that, even if you leave Xianyuan Valley and live in the mortal world forever, you will no longer degenerate into a fox. Only at that time will the fairy queen allow us to go to the mortal world to experience. ”

Shui Dingdong was confused, but one thing she understood was that the fairy fox people who could not appear in the "manifest pool" were closer to humans than foxes from body to heart. Only such a fairy fox clan, after combining with a mortal woman, will give birth to a child who is a human, not a monster alien.

Although he has been "in love" with Hu Lixuan in the past few days, occasionally, when he thinks that he is a fox spirit, Shui Dingdong will still be very uneasy, and it is not until today that he listens to Hu Lixuan's words, and a heart can be regarded as truly realized.

Before walking to the lake, Hu Lixuan stretched out her hand and pointed to the lake, the water dingdong didn't know what he was referring to at first, until two translucent splashes jumped out of the water, she was pleasantly surprised to find that in the clear and transparent lake, there were all kinds of swimming fish, large and small.

There are red, yellow, white, and black. It's just that each one is translucent throughout, and if you don't look closely, you won't be able to find that faint color at all.

"What a beautiful fish!" Shui Dingdong blurted out in exclamation, "You can't bring these fish in from outside, right?" ”

"Of course not!" Hu Lixuan replied, "There are many unique species in the Xianyuan Valley, which cannot be seen in the mortal world at all. For example, these fish, they existed before our fairy fox clan settled here. They are also the only source of meat for our Immortal Fox Clan, and they are very good for us to increase our spiritual power. ”

Shui Dingdong thought to himself that it was fortunate that these fish had not cultivated their human nature, otherwise it would be cruel to use them as food. Thinking in his heart, he felt very sorry for those fish, so he watched the lake for a while, and then Hu Lixuan still led the formalities forward.

"You say...... Generally, he can only grow to twenty years old when he is seven or eight hundred years old, but Hu Lijin said that he completely broke away from the fox nature when he was five hundred years old, is it because he practiced more diligently, or because he ...... His father's and mother's Taoism is relatively deep, so helped him turn into a fox in advance? "Water Dingdong goes back to the previous topic.

"He is not more diligent than others, and he has little to do with his parents, mainly ...... He's a little more talented than the others. Hu Lixuan said.

Shui Dingdong seemed to be quite jealous when he heard his tone, quietly turned his head, glanced at his cold face, and asked him cautiously, "What about you?" You turned into a fox when you were a few hundred years old? ”

"Nearly six hundred years old! From ancient times to the present, only Hu Lijin and Prince Can turned into foxes when they were five hundred years old. I'm a little dumber than them, but I'm not too stupid! Besides me, everyone else is at least 700 years old! ”

Shui Dingdong understood. No wonder Hu Lijin called his second brother, but the two are almost the same in ability. Probably although Hu Lixuan's actual age is younger, the time to really turn into a fox is not much different from Hu Lixuan.

This is probably one of the reasons why Hu Lixuan is quite respectful to Hu Lixuan, but Hu Lixuan has a bad attitude towards Hu Lixuan.

"But...... I have one more question! "The little brain melon of the water dingdong is really imaginative," although this Xianyuan Valley looks boundless, but ...... You are all immortal, for hundreds of thousands of years, why is there no one in the Immortal Garden Valley? ”

"We are not immortal!" Hu Lixuan is very rare, and almost answers her questions, "The lifespan of our clan is basically about two thousand years old. Those who are profound, can reach 3,000 years old. For example, our Immortal King, although he was the first to enter the Immortal Garden Valley and the only one who had received the guidance of the Immortal Master, he had already spent nearly half of his life in the mortal world, so he ......"

"Immortal Master? Do you still have an immortal master? Shui Dingdong asked in surprise and interrupted Hu Lixuan's words.

"This ...... I don't know very well, so don't ask! Hu Lixuan said lightly, and then answered the previous question, "The Immortal King only lived in the Immortal Garden Valley for less than two thousand years before he died. On the contrary, several elders outlived him, and the eldest one lived to be 2,600 years old. Now the oldest in the valley is the fairy queen, and only she is close to three thousand years old. ”

Shui Dingdong listened to the meaning of Hu Lixuan's words, the fairy fox clan entered the Xianyuan Valley, that is, more than three thousand years, and since seven or eight hundred years old can only grow to the appearance of twenty years old for humans, the reproductive period is naturally after that.

It is so difficult to raise a child, and it is estimated that few couples are willing to have more children. In other words, she didn't have to worry about the Xianyuan Valley being overcrowded at all.

"That'...... Where's your mom and dad? Shui Dingdong glanced at him and asked more. Like all mortal women in the world, she also wanted to know as much as possible about the family situation of the man she cared about.

"My father is two thousand three hundred years old, my mother ...... She was in an improper position when she gave birth to me, and she spent too much spiritual power to save me, so she ...... She died at the age of 1,700. ”

Shui Dingdong secretly regretted that he shouldn't have asked more, but seeing that there was not much sadness on his face, he didn't dare to say comforting words.

When I looked up, I had already walked to the foot of the green mountain. I saw that the whole mountain peak was surrounded by clouds. The towering ancient trees are also shrouded in the sun.

Shui Dingdong found that from the foot of the mountain all the way up, some houses were scattered and hidden between the trees, which were not as brilliant and magnificent as the legendary Tiangong Xianque, and all looked like simple and elegant wooden structures.

However, in the eyes of Shui Dingdong, this is really the place where the gods live. The so-called splendor and magnificence are just things that only ordinary people in the world will pursue.

"The Immortal Queen lives in the highest Yuxia Palace, the Red King lives in the Huoyun Xuan below, and the Mo King lives in the Qingyun Palace...... That is, my father! Hu Lixuan said.

Now Shui Dingdong has vaguely guessed that the so-called Red King should be the leader of the Firefox clan, in other words, Hu Lijin is actually a red fox; And King Mo, that is, Hu Lixuan's father, should be the leader of the Black Fox Clan. As for the fairy queen, since the place where she lives is called "Yuxia Palace", I think it should be the rarest white fox.

She thought so in her heart, of course she didn't really ask, but just followed Hu Lixuan to climb up the mountain.

(See Chapter 56 "The Affair in the Soup Spring")