On the road, a group of foxes walked silently. The seven-tailed old fox walked in the front, Hu Lan followed behind her, followed by three teenagers, and the nine-tailed little white fox followed at the back of the team with his head down.

The seven-tailed old fox turned his head slightly and glanced at Hu Lan and asked, "What's the matter?" Where did you get that? ”

Hu Lan hurriedly replied, "In Jiulian Mountain, I saw a poor Qi who wanted to eat them, so I used an illusion ......."

The seven-tailed old fox smiled meaningfully, "Poor Qi, poor Qi, I'd rather offend Poor Qi than bring them back...... You're such a good father. ”

Hulan sobbed silently and silently followed behind her mother.

"Are you Terrans?" The nine-tailed little white fox sniffed vigorously at the tall young man walking in front of him and said, "Very powerful, very intelligent Terran? ”

Di Qingchuan looked down at the fluffy little fox at his feet, and said softly, "Hmm, we are human." ”

"Then why don't you have spiritual power?" Husang sniffed harder, "Hmm...... Not at all, really. ”

Di Qingchuan thought for a while and said, "That maybe...... Possible...... We're not good at spiritual power, so we're ...... That's all there is to it. ”

"Not good at it?" Husang sighed and said, "It's okay, I'm not good at it." "You can...... Practice a lot...... That's it. “

"More practice?" Husang smiled bitterly and said, "They all said, don't waste your efforts if I'm not that material." yes, if you're not good at it, you're not good at it. ”

Looking at the lonely fox mulberry, Di Qingchuan suddenly said, "But, isn't it cool to turn not being good at it into being good at it?" ”

"Turn not being good at it into being good at it...... Very cool......" Husang muttered to himself, his originally listless eyes had a glimmer of light, he looked up at Di Qingchuan and said, "My name is Husang." ”

"My name is Di Qingchuan, and he is ......"

"I'm Ke Zhenshi!"

"Hello, I'm Rui Geng."

"It's home." Hu Lan said, "Welcome to the Spirit Fox Tree House. ”

On the way from the entrance of the village, they had already seen so many fox nests in strange trees and ancient trees in Linghu Village, but until this time, the three of them knew what the real "Linghu Tree House" was. Among the green thousand peaks, a vigorous ancient tree dozens of zhang high plunges into the sky. The canopy of the tree is luxuriant, the rattan is hanging down, the clouds are flying and the fog is around, the flowers cover the wilderness, the cicadas and insects in the trees are constantly singing, and the warblers and birds are endless; Looking further down, the trunk is thick and stocky, and the bark texture is criss-crossed; The surrounding earth is full of purple gas, and fungi and ferns glow with colorful light under the sunlight of the forest. This ancient tree has a sense of transcendence, and compared to the surrounding woods, it seems to be in a class of its own.

With a wave of Hulan's paws, among the ancient trees, the doors and windows carved with rhombic wood grain appeared, led by Hulan, and the three of them followed behind the seven-tailed old fox and walked towards the tree house. As soon as they got close to the threshold, a strange fragrance hit, and the three of them only felt that their minds were clear, their bodies were light, and their pain was lost.

Rui Gong stretched out his arm to see that the broken wounds were visibly healed at this time. When I was surprised, I found that there was a cave here.

In the hollow of the tree was a pavilion, like a house. The first thing that came into view was a room-like hall, very spacious, with a round table made of ancient wooden stumps in the center, and five chair-like things around it; Three feet above the ground, a few fragrant and tender green bluegrass trees hung on the wooden wall; Behind the hall are two slightly open yellow-and-white doors on each side, on which are finely carved openwork foxes; If you look closely, you can see that there are flickering lights flowing in the texture of the walls of the house, even if there is no direct sunlight coming in, it will also reflect the room brightly, which is very magical. A rope staircase made of soft rattan can be faintly seen through the window leading to the second floor.

The three of them were dumbfounded, "This is your home?" Your fox's home? ”

Husang suddenly came to his senses, and said triumphantly, "That's right, my home, beautiful!" ”

"Pretty is pretty, but how does it look like our human house?" ”

Hu Lan smiled and said, "For the sake of this house, Hu Sang has thoroughly studied the travelogue of the fox fairy feather, and it took us a lot of thought and energy to make it, and it is also the only room in this Linghu Village!" ”

Ke Zhenshi said, "How did you do it?" Do you use tools? ”

"Tools? Of course not, don't forget that we are spirit foxes. Hu Lan stretched out his paws, and a silver-gray light pointed to a tree stump in the corner of the hall, only to see Hu Lan's paws flying up and down, and in the blink of an eye, the tree stump was carved into the shape of three Terran teenagers holding hands, Hu Lan smiled, "A meeting gift for you." ”

None of the three of them answered, and when they were a little embarrassed, Di Qingchuan suddenly asked, "Wait...... That one...... What is the travelogue of the fox fairy feather? ”

Hu Lan rolled his eyes, and was about to answer, Hu Sang preemptively said, ""The Story of Le You in the World" is a travelogue written by Hu Xianyu after he went to the human world, which describes in detail what he saw in your human world, such as ......"

"Fox Sang," the seven-tailed old fox, who had been silent, suddenly interrupted, "take them around and see your treasures." ”

"Okay, Grandma." Husang said to the three people with a look of realization, "Yes, I almost forgot to show you my baby, you must be very kind when you see it." As he spoke, he walked through the hall, pushed open a door, and led the three of them to the second floor.

On the second floor is a tree-hole promenade, through which a wooden door ends. Husang pushed open the door and brought the three of them in. The room seemed to be a storeroom, with the skins of unknown animals, the bones of never-before-seen animals, the strange branches and leaves, the shining stones and metals, and the decorations and weapons, all neatly arranged, and many on the walls.

Ke Zhenshi carefully picked up an animal wing-like thing and asked, "These are your treasures?" How does it work? ”

Fox Sang said, "Are you Terrans or not?" Why don't you even know the book? ”

"Books?" Rui Gong smacked his tongue and said, "This doesn't look like a book no matter how you look at it." ”

"This is a book, at least you humans call it a book", Husang pointed to the wings in Ke Zhenshi's hand and said, "Look carefully, there are words on it." ”

Rui Gong and Di Qingchuan leaned over to take a closer look, and the thin wings were full of strange graphic lines and patterns, as if they were scribbled by illiterate children. They looked at the other things, and they all had similar things engraved on them.

Ke Zhenshi looked at Husang suspiciously, "Is this a text or a painting?" I don't understand it at all! ”

"This is ...... Hieroglyphs? ”

What is a hieroglyph? What do you Terrans call words? ”

"We do have hieroglyphs, but they were used by humans thousands of years ago, and most of today's 'books' are virtual and electronic. ”

"Thousands of years? It's not a long time. "The book is virtual now...... What does virtual electronics mean? These books in our family have been passed down from generation to generation in my family. Grandma said that words and symbols are good things, they are all made by ancestors who have seen and heard all their lives, learned what they have learned, what they have learned, and what they have gained in their lives, and injected spiritual power into different utensils. ”

Rui Gong took the wings from Ke Zhenshi's hand, looked at them carefully, and said, "This is the same as our human books, but the carrier is different." ”

"So that's what happened! I remember. Ke Zhenshi suddenly became excited, "Those very old words are engraved on stones, bark, bamboo, etc., and then there is paper, paper books, and then there are e-books, and the backward things like paper books are replaced, and they only deserve to exist in museums from now on." ”

He walked over to the wall, picked up a large, rune-engraved banana leaf, and pretended, "Hehe, but I've seen a lot of this kind of thing, I think I snuck into the basement of the library where my dad worked, and saw a lot of rare items in it." To be honest, in my experience, there is actually nothing to see on it, it's all messy, and I'll give you some high-end goods when I have the chance......"

"What are you talking about?" Hu Sang's gloomy voice sounded from behind him, and as soon as Ke Zhenshi turned his head to look back, Hu Sang had already rushed to his eyes. The nine-tailed little white fox stood upright, his paws rested on Ke Zhenshi's shoulders, his eyes glared, and his pointed fox face approached Ke Zhenshi's face, only to see him bared his teeth and grinned, "What kind of mess do you say?" A strong beastly aura sprayed on Ke Zhenshi's face, and he fell backwards with a scream, sat on the ground with his butt on his ass, his teeth chattered, and stumbled and said, "No...... Not...... What the...... I'm not in ...... I'm not saying you'......"

Rui Gong grabbed Husang's shoulders and pulled him down, "That's not what he meant, Husang, calm down first." ”

"Husang, what's wrong?" Hearing the scream, Hu Lan rushed into the house at once, and saw Ke Zhenshi who was thrown to the ground by Hu Sang, Rui Geng who was holding Hu Sang tightly, and Di Qingchuan who was at a loss, and suddenly said with a fierce look in his eyes, "What did you do to Hu Sang?" ”

Rui Gong suddenly let go of his hand and stood up.

Di Qingchuan said in horror, "No, no, I don't know...... I didn't do anything. ”

Dad's words brought Husang back to his senses, he took a deep breath, stepped back from Ke Zhenshi and said, "It's me who is too impulsive." ”

Ke Zhenshi hurriedly got up from the ground, put the banana leaves that fell on the ground, and said, "Yes...... I'm sorry...... I mean this stuff, this book is really great......"

Seeing this scene, Hu Lan already understood eight or nine points in his heart, and he returned to normalcy and said, "These books are all Hu Sang's treasures, and they are full of strange things, they are old, and no one in the clan is interested. This kid never gets tired of looking at it, he cherishes it very much. ”

The three of them nodded in unison without daring to breathe.

Hu Lan said again, "Go downstairs and prepare some food for you." ”

Back in the hall, there were a lot of fruits and vegetables on the round table of the ancient wooden stump, which were filled with large leaves. At the round table, the seven-tailed old fox had already taken his seat, and when he saw them coming down, he said, "Please take a seat." ”

The three human teenagers staggered into their seats, looked at the table full of melons and fruits, and then looked at the three foxes sitting next to them, and no one dared to make the first move.

Hu Lan said, "Why don't you eat it?" ”

Hu Sang suddenly said, "Fox Xianyu said that the human race likes to eat cooked food, and it is so. ”

The three of them looked at each other, not knowing how to answer.

Hu Lan plucked his ears and said, "I'm sorry, it happened suddenly, I didn't prepare in advance, so I can only entertain you with these things first, and I will let you have a good meal in the evening." ”

The three of them pushed and shoved, and no one would reach out to take it, and when they were hesitating, a soft voice came from outside, "Hulan, I heard that you found three Terrans?" Where are they? Immediately afterwards, a pure white female fox with three flowing and handsome tails and a red and white five-tailed female fox burst in in a hurry, and stopped when she saw the three people at the table. After saying hello to the seven-tailed old fox first, the five-tailed little female fox was about to step forward, but the three-tailed female fox stopped her, and then cautiously walked to the side of the three and sniffed, looked at it for a while, turned to Hu Lan and raised his eyebrows and asked, "This is the legendary human race?" Did you bring them home? ”

"Mom, they're the guests Dad brought back. ”

Hu Lan explained, "I met Poor Qi Batian on the road today and attacked them, and when I saw them in danger, I came to their rescue. But don't worry about that yet," he was a little embarrassed, "Didn't you study the food of the human world with Husan?" Love cooked food or something? The most important thing now is to put our guests ...... first No, it's our friends who entertain well, and the hospitality is happy. As he spoke, he winked at the three-tailed she-fox. Rui Gong and Di Qingchuan, who were sitting opposite Hu Lan, took in all of this.

The three-tailed she-fox walked out of the tree house for some reason, and after a while, walked in with a fragrant roast chicken and placed it on the table.

Since Da fell from the cave of Qifeng Mountain, the three of them had not seen such tempting food for several days. The gurgling sound came from Ke Zhenshi's stomach, and he couldn't care about anything at this time, so he went up and tore off a chicken leg, desperately stuffed it into his mouth, and muttered while eating, "Even if I die, I want to be a full ghost." Soon, a chicken leg was in his stomach, and he looked up and asked, "Don't you eat it?" ”

Rui Gong and Ke Zhenshi swallowed their saliva and shook their heads. Ke Zhenshi ripped off another chicken leg and swallowed it, and on the dinner table, he devoured it alone. It's just that, while eating, my heart began to ponder, and the movements in my mouth slowed down, and I took a few more bites, and finally stopped moving.

Hu Lan smiled, "Have you eaten enough?" ”

When there was a loud bang, Ke Zhenshi put the chicken bone in his hand still on the table, slumped on the chair and patted his belly and said,

"I'm full, since I have eaten your chicken, then I Ke Zhenshi will admit it, if I want to kill or chop, I will lose a bowl of big scars on my head, and I will still be a good man after twelve years...... But you'd better leave me a whole corpse...... It would be nice if it could be lighter......"

Fox Sang laughed and said, "Your human race is really interesting, no wonder Fox Fairy Feather likes your world so much." ”

Ke Zhenshi ignored him and continued, "Hmph, having said that, I, Ke Zhenshi, will die to understand!" Fox, what do you want to do when you brought us to Linghu Village and brought us back to your house? ”

The five-tailed fox fox Lan swept back and forth on the three of them, lowered his head and thought for a while, "Our Spirit Fox Clan has a deep relationship with your human race, as early as ancient times, many ancestors of our Spirit Fox Clan have been to the human world, and the most famous is the fox fairy feather, that is, the one you saw at the entrance of the village. ”

"In the stream at the entrance of the village, that stone statue of a fox dressed in human clothes? ”

"Yes, that's right. Fox Fairy Feather has been to the Terran world a few times, and he likes it very much, even if he returns to our world, he often appears in human costume, so most of the images he exists in this world are like the one you saw before. He also wrote a book ......"

Rui Gong wondered, "Why does he like the human world?" What's so good? ”

"You don't know," Hu Lan paused, "It's just a myth passed down from the ancestors, saying that the fox fairy feather originally only had one spiritual power, and then he accidentally strayed into the human world, and with the help of the human race, he broke through the limit, and when he returned to our world, he had become a nine-tailed fox fairy." After speaking, his eyes looked at the three of them steadily.

The three-tailed female fox and the five-tailed little female fox were originally bored combing their fur, but when they heard this, they suddenly looked at the fox mulberry, and the nine-tailed little white fox was looking at his father in a daze.

Hearing this, looking at the reactions of the few foxes on the table, and thinking about what happened after entering the Spirit Fox Village, Rui Gong somewhat understood why the five-tailed fox in front of him was willing to sacrifice his life to save them, it turned out that it was all due to that messy legend. No matter how ridiculous the legend is, as long as these foxes are true, it is true, but the three of them have no special abilities, and they are not mutants or genius scientists, so how do they know how to help the fox? When the time comes, the foxes will find that they are useless, and they are afraid that they will unload the mill and kill the donkey. Instead of passively being a lamb to the slaughter, it is better to talk more and find clues back to Taowu Village.

Thinking like this, Rui Gong hurriedly asked, "What do you mean by the Terran world, your world?" ”

Hu Lan smiled slightly, "In the legend of the Spirit Fox Clan, the Human Race belongs to another world. And we are not in the same world. ”

"What does it mean that they are not in the same world?"

Hu Lan continued, "I can't tell you the specifics. But I have only heard that the universe is so big that the world we live in is only a possibility; There are also countless possibilities, accompanied by the light of the One, falling in the vast universe like a sky full of stars. ”

Ke Zhenshi didn't understand what Hu Lan meant at all, he was surrounded by clouds and fog; He scratched his head and asked, "Why do you foxes talk so quietly?" I don't even understand what you're saying. ”

Hulan touched his beard and frowned, not knowing how to explain the "world" to them.

The seven-tailed old fox suddenly spoke, "Let's say so. Your world should also have the sun, stars, and moon, right? The sun, stars, and moon we see are not the same. ”

"What?" Ke Zhenshi and Di Qingchuan said in unison, "How can there be two suns and moons?" ”

Rui Gong pondered, "Are you talking about parallel worlds?" Are we living in two worlds where we don't intersect with each other? Are we now in your world? ”

The seven-tailed old fox said: "It should be about the same meaning, I don't know how to explain and express it in your world." ”

Rui Gong asked tremblingly, "You said that your ancestors went to the human world...... Do you mean that this is not the human world? There are no humans here? Can you tell me what the hell is going on? ”

"Yes, humans don't belong in our world. There is a part of our world that knows of your existence, but you have almost never heard of us. Because our world is completely isolated from your world, only a person like Fox Fairy Feather who is favored by the gods will discover the secrets of the two worlds because of fate, and come and go freely. However, since then, no living being has ever been to your world and knows how to get in and out of both worlds. It was as if the passage in and out of the two worlds had been sealed by the gods. ”

Ke Zhenshi seemed to have suddenly woken up from a dream, and shouted loudly, "How is it possible? Isn't this the plot of a fictional movie? How can such a thing be true? What parallel world, what passage, what gods, how can there be such a thing? ”

Hu Lan smiled slightly, "Aren't you surprised that Qi Qi and I can talk?" In your world, we foxes can't speak, can we? That's what the legend left by the fox fairy says. ”

"But...... But...... You could also be ...... in the circus."

"The circus? Is it your Terran organization? But you can also see, except for the three of you Terrans, there are no other human spirit beasts here. ”

Ke Zhenshi stopped talking, and after a while, Di Qingchuan asked, "So, I'...... I...... We, are we not going back? ”

Hu Lan rolled his eyes and said, "Although I don't know what's going on, it seems that you did come to our world from the Terran world. As for how to get back...... It's a bit of a tricky thing to do. ”

"So what are we going to do? Are we going to stay here for the rest of our lives? "A completely strange world with no friends or connections?" ”

The five-tailed little female fox spoke, "But did Fox Fairy Feather mention how he discovered the connection between the two worlds in the first place?" Isn't there a way to connect the two worlds? ”

Hu Lan said, "Fox Fairy Feather has turned your world into a 'Terran World', and our world has become a 'Mountain and Sea World'. However, as for how to travel from the Terran world to the mountains and seas, he did not say anything. ”

Hu Sang interjected, "I've read "The Story of the World" dozens of times, and Fox Xianyu only records what he saw and heard in the human world in the travel book. ”

Ke Zhenshi looked at Husang and asked word by word, "Is there really none?" You won't miss it, will you? ”

"Of course not, if there were, I would have ...... it a long time ago" Halfway through the words, the nine-tailed little white fox stopped his mouth, looked at his father with a thief's head, and said no more.

Hu Lan looked at Hu Sang deeply and said, "You can ask the twelve elders of our spirit beast for this question. They must know how you can get back to the Terran world, it's just ......"

Ke Zhenshi hurriedly asked, "Just what?" ”

The three-tailed female fox said, "It's just that the elders never easily meet low-level creatures. ”

Ke Zhenshi said, "What? You mean we're lower beings? What the hell are these twelve elders, dare to ...... like this"

Rui Gong interrupted, "Who are the Twelve Elders?" ”

"The Twelve Elders are the messengers of the twelve gods who are in charge of our spirit beasts, and the elders are well-informed, powerful, virtuous, fair, and virtuous, and very benevolent, and you will know when you see them." Hu Lan touched his beard and said, "I can take you there." The Spirit Fox Clan is also a famous family, and for thousands of years, many ancestors in the clan have served as elders in the Spirit Realm. As I have introduced, the Twelve Elders will know everything about you. ”

The seven-tailed old fox said slowly, "But it's an eventful time now, so the elders must be busy with the affairs of the Lingwu Secret Realm at this moment. ”

Ke Zhenshi said, "Lingwu Secret Realm? Where? How does it sound like a tourist attraction? ”

"The Lingwu Secret Realm is one of the five major energy fields," Hu Sang suddenly became excited, and his eyes lit up, "That is a place that can give birth to a phoenix, and it is definitely not a place where ordinary creatures can enter casually." ”

Ke Zhenshi's face was full of question marks, "Huh? Phoenix? How did this come out with a phoenix? ”

"You don't even know about Phoenix?! This is the most concerned thing in the world of mountains and seas! Hu Sang said excitedly, "Sixty days, the elders have calculated that within sixty days, the new Phoenix Emperor will definitely be born in the Lingwu Secret Realm, which is the top priority event in the Mountain and Sea Realm!" Who wouldn't want to be able to witness a once-in-a-5,000-year event! ”

Di Qingchuan whispered, "But...... But I saw it...... So what? ”

The seven-tailed old fox glanced at him and said, "The kid doesn't know what to do, and he is fearless. ”

Di Qingchuan's face turned red, and he whispered something. Seeing this, Hu Lan relieved the siege and said, "In the realm of mountains and seas, the phoenix is transformed by the light of Taiyi. Every 5,000 years, a pair of phoenixes are born. First there is the phoenix, then there is the phoenix. Every time at this time, the entire mountain and sea realm will undergo earth-shattering changes, the balance of power between darkness and light will be broken, and all the order of this world will be reconstructed! ”

"The birth of a bird can cause such a big change?"

"Because the phoenix represents light and new life!"

Hu Sang's words made the three human teenagers have goosebumps, although the words of these foxes in front of them are like a fantasy, but the various terrifying and strange things they have encountered in the past few days have made them unable to distinguish the truth from the false in this world.

After being silent for a long time, Rui Gong said, "We just want to know now, how to return to our human world from your mountain and sea realm, the twelve elders you just talked about......

"Oh, Elder Twelve, I can take you there," Hu Lan changed his words, "You also heard it just now, this is a difficult trip, so it's okay to take you there, but you need to promise me one thing." If you can fulfill your promise, then I will take you to the Lingwu Secret Realm to find the Twelve Elders, and you will never break your word. ”

Hearing this, Rui Gong "chuckled" in his heart and shouted that it was not good. In his ears, he heard Ke Zhenshi ask, "Promise you one thing?" What's up? ”

Hu Lan smiled slightly, "I have something to say directly, I also told you just now about the legend of the fox fairy feather who became a nine-tailed fox fairy after traveling through the human world, if you can help my son......"

Husang suddenly shouted, "Daddy! I don't need to! You're too tired to go, I can take them to the Lingwu Secret Realm. ”

Hu Lan sighed and said with a serious face, "Hu Sang! Don't think I don't know what you're thinking. It can't be up to you. What kind of place is that Lingwu Secret Realm, you people who have no spiritual power, you can go wherever you want! ”

Hearing this, Husang suddenly wilted.

The three-tailed female fox said angrily to the fox, "Look at what you say all day long? ”

Hu Lan knew that he had said the wrong thing, so he softened his tone and said, "Anyway, it's getting late now, you guys should rest first, and we'll talk about it tomorrow." ”