In the ninth year of Wude, the winter of Taibai Mountain came earlier than in previous years.

The cold wind whistled day and night, and the snowflakes were endlessly sprinkled by God, a local tyrant, but in just a few days, long ice picks were hung on the branches of all the trees, like ten thousand pear blossoms blooming, and the entire Taibai Mountain became a sea of ice and snow.

Many animals hibernate, such as bears, snakes, and hedgehogs, which have been dormant in their nests early, and most of them have been stockpiling food for this day since spring, and now it is time to enjoy the fruits. And even animals that don't hibernate are mostly reluctant to come out to forage in this kind of ghost weather, at least until the wind and snow are lighter, unless they are really hungry!

Of course, there will be such a situation after all, and you see, on the hillside not far away, isn't there a furry thing walking around?

This is a fox, a fiery fox, its fur is red and shiny, and it is so striking in this ice and snow.

This fox is Zhou Hongxian, and he has been in this world for a whole month! After a month, he finally became familiar with this place, and also made him understand how to survive as a fox and how to hunt, but some things were lost forever with his crossing.

What he has lost is the memory of his fox body before it was opened, and some people may ask, is this important? As it turns out, this is important! You know, the fox is a semi-hibernating animal, and there must be a nest somewhere that he has painstakingly built to keep him from the cold wind, and maybe there is food in the nest that he used to store, so that he can not be afraid of hunger, but now, these have become luxuries with his oblivion.

He is now a complete wandering fox, although there is a tribe, but just like there are still homeless people in modern cities, there are always such outcasts in the fox group.

The fox pack is also a society, its hierarchy is clear, and unlike the highly civilized human society of later generations, it is still a naked relationship of the jungle. Here, the strong fox can summon the weak fox, and even plunder its gains, if the weak fox wants to resist, the only way to make himself strong is to do this, there is no such thing as compassion here.

It's a pity that Zhou Hongxian is such a weak fox, his current size is among the foxes, he is the kind of little bit, anyone can bully him. It is not only the fox Hachiro who has bullied him, but also other foxes who have opened their minds and are strong, he has resisted recklessly, but only the scaly wounds that fell all over his body, at this time, he was still faintly sore because of the dispute with the fox Hachiro, and a few days ago because of the fight with another spirit fox, he was bitten on a hind leg, so he was still limping when he walked at this time, looking very clumsy.

Zhou Hongxian was a small person in his previous life, but he had the stubbornness of a small person in his bones, and no one had trampled on his dignity, but these bloody lessons made him slowly learn to bow his head, after all, for an ordinary person like him, dignity is not as good as survival after all.

Even if he was the first to discover the food, as long as there was a stronger spirit fox watching from the sidelines, he would choose to give up the food and walk away silently, so he also deliberately avoided other foxes and often came to this group of foxes dozens of miles away to forage for food.

A few birdsongs sounded not far from the forest, and it turned out to be a crow standing on a low tree, a bird that was regarded as ominous, but a rare meal for a fox. However, Zhou Hongxian still shook his head regretfully, because he had an injury to his hind leg at this time, and it was impossible for him to climb the tree as quickly as a normal fox.

However, there is no endless road to the fox, and not long after walking, Zhou Hongxian found a mountain stream in front of him, and there were fish in the stream, but at this time the surface of the stream had frozen into ice. Of course, none of this is difficult for Zhou Hongxian, who is now unable to build fishing tools like humans because his hands have turned into claws, but he can lift a stone and shoot himself in the foot - ah no, such a thing as smashing ice can still be achieved.

With a "poof", the ice shattered, and Zhou Hongxian's fox showed a relieved but weird smile on his face, and then he put his tail into the stream. He's fishing with his tail, and although it looks like it's a little bit salty, most of the fish in this mountain haven't seen anything in the world, so they must be some fat and stupid, right?

The hard work pays off, and sure enough, there are still stupid fish on the bait, and there is more than one, but it doesn't matter if it's fat or not. A few hours later, it was getting late, and in this corner of the deserted mountain forest, the following strange picture appeared:

A petite red fox was crouching in a clearing in the mountains, and in front of it was a rising bonfire, and its pointed face, which was unusually bright by the fire, showed a smile of excitement and satisfaction.

The fox doesn't have a lighter, so how does the fire come about? This is Zhou Hongxian when the sun is hot, using broken ice cubes to shine on dead branches and ignite them, the reason why he did this is to cook the fish. For foxes, it is instinct to drink blood, and Zhou Hongxian had to succumb to these in order to survive a few days ago, but he still prefers human habits in his bones, so after he ate a raw fish pad to pad his stomach, he tried his best to cook the rest of the fish.

At this time, it was getting late, and Zhou Hong now estimated that the fish should be ripe, so he bit a picked branch and went to the stream to dip water and extinguish the bonfire, and then when the ground was not so hot, he quickly cut the soil with his claws, and then dug out the fish wrapped in layers of dead leaves.

Smelling the smell of fish, Zhou Hongxian couldn't help but close his eyes in intoxication, this is the income of his labor, how amazing! Then he quickly picked up a fish and swallowed it in his mouth, well, enjoy! This natural fish is really different from the artificially cultivated fish in the previous life, it is really delicious and juicy!

However, before he could wipe out all the income of his labor, there was a sudden roar in the mountains and forests. This voice came too abruptly, which really scared Zhou Hongxian's heart, and he said in his heart: "What is this, tiger?" ”

Then, as if to prove his guess, the roar suddenly sounded again, and it sounded closer, and Zhou Hongxian finally confirmed in his heart: "This is really a tiger, exactly the same as what I heard when I went to the zoo in my previous life!" ”

Whether it is a human or a fox, the tiger is definitely a terrifying existence, Zhou Hong is now a little frightened, and suddenly he also saw some shadows not far ahead, looking like people, but no, because those shadows were translucent in the afterglow of the setting sun.

"What the hell!" Zhou Hongxian screamed, so frightened that he even spit out half of the fish that had been in his mouth, he didn't even care about the leg injury, not to mention the few remaining fish that hadn't been touched yet, he was so frightened that he just pulled out his legs and ran. Although he is usually not small, but in his heart, it is really much more terrifying than a tiger to see something like an unknown ghost.

Not long after Zhou Hongxian ran away, a fishy wind suddenly rolled up in the open space where he was originally located, and a black shadow in the wind roared at the translucent figures: "You and other ghosts, why don't you stop my prey?" ”

Several translucent figures looked a little cringe, and the shadows swayed: "Qiyu Mountain Monarch, that one just now was not a person, but a fox!" ”

"Nonsense, Benjun obviously saw a bonfire, what is it if he is not a person?"

"The little ghost doesn't dare to deceive the mountain king, it's really a fox, and it can speak, I'm afraid it already has Taoism, so the little ghost is afraid that it is not an opponent!"

There was another tiger roar in the wind, and then the black shadow in the wind said: "What about the fox who has the way, although Benjun prefers human flesh, but the snow has closed the mountain for many days, and no hunter is willing to go up the mountain, Benjun is hungry in his belly, and it is good to have a fox to fight and sacrifice his teeth!" You useless waste, if you are not doing well, you want to prevaricate this gentleman, this gentleman eats you first, and it is good to add a little Taoism! ”

"The mountain monarch spares his life, the mountain monarch spares his life!" A few ghosts knelt down and begged for mercy.

However, suddenly a giant tiger appeared in the wind, with two long fangs in its mouth, and it did not listen to these ghosts' begs for mercy, but swallowed them in one gulp.

There is a saying in "The Record of the Netherworld": "People die as ghosts, and ghosts die as deaf!" And so they disappeared.

Finally, the dark shadow in the wind sighed: "Since I was shot in the nose by that group of hunters the year before last, it really doesn't work at all now, otherwise why would this monarch need you a few useless ghosts!" It's hard to see a living person in the mountains this winter, it's really sad, it seems that I can only find some other prey, hey, this is used to eating people, and other prey always feels not so delicious! ”

"Huh?" Its tone was stunned for a moment, and then there was a sudden tornado on the ground, and a big man with thick eyebrows actually walked out of it, and the big man bent down to pick up the fish that Zhou Hongxian hadn't had time to eat before he escaped, and then stuffed them into his mouth, chewed a few bites and said: "Well, this human flesh is delicious, even the things that people eat are different, the taste is really good, and when Benjun survives the catastrophe, there will be no constraints, and he will be at ease in the world!" ”