Looking at the blood-red fox disappearing into the woods, a thought flashed through the old Taoist's mind - since the yang energy of the fox is very similar to the yang energy of that kind of insect, will their habits also be a little similar?

If there is a similarity, the insect likes to collect insect carcasses, so does this fox also have this habit?

Fortunately, the fox's nest on the cliff was not too high, so the old Taoist priest moved a few stones, then stood up and stood up, and looked into the fox's nest.

This sight shocked the old Taoist priest - he saw that in the fox's den, there were piles of white bones and skeletons, this recess was originally very deep, but now it was almost filled with white bones, and some of the skeletons were still connected with flesh and hair, which made people creepy.

The old Taoist priest guessed correctly, this fox also likes to collect corpses.

It may be that its yang energy happens to have some kind of correspondence with the yin energy of the corpse, forming a subtle attraction to each other, so whether it is this kind of fox or that kind of insect, they are particularly sensitive to the yin energy of the corpse.

But in any case, it was precisely because of this blood-colored fox that the old Taoist priest accidentally found the herbs.

After that, the old Taoist priest ran around in the mountains for two days, but he never found the herbs again, and saw that the dry food and water he brought were about to be consumed.

Every time the old Taoist priest came to this mountain to collect medicine, he would live in the house of a very famous local old squire, and after a long time, he became friends with this old squire.

After coming back, the old Taoist priest did not hide it, and told the old squire about the red fox without concealment.

The old Taoist priest had another purpose in telling the old squire about this—because he felt that the old squire, as a native and knowledgeable, should know more about this blood-red fox than ordinary people. Therefore, it may be possible to give him more information about this bloody fox.

The old squire couldn't help but be surprised at first when he heard the old Taoist priest talk about that kind of blood-colored fox, because for decades, this kind of blood-colored fox had never appeared, and except for people of his age, who might have heard of it, most of the locals had long been ignorant of this blood-colored fox.

The old squire had never seen this kind of fox either, but when he was a child, he had heard his grandfather talk about it.

When the old squire's grandfather was still young, one year, there was a plague in this area, and the inhabitants around the mountains died in villages and villages, and a radius of several hundred miles almost became a no-man's land.

And the grandfather family of the old squire, because they live by hunting, so their family lives in the mountains, and it is in the depths of the mountains, far away from the village, in addition, as soon as they heard about the outbreak of the plague around them, the family also paid special attention, they drank a kind of ginseng every day to boil medicine, so that the family survived the plague safely.

Because they were afraid of being infected, the family tried to avoid going out of the mountains, but in that year, the old squire's grandfather also found a lot of abnormalities in the mountains:

First of all, there was a severe drought that year, and even in the mountains, many of the mountain springs that had been flowing for years dried up quickly, and it was difficult to find a water source within a radius of several miles.

In addition, on the night of each full moon, the moon, which was originally bright and pure, will turn dark red, as if it had been covered with a layer of fog.

In addition, because he had grown up in the mountains since he was a child, the old squire's grandfather knew that in some places in the mountains, cracks would appear on the night of the full moon, but after a while, they would automatically close again.

But since the outbreak of the plague, the cracks have stopped closing.

These were not the strangest things, but what surprised the old squire's grandfather the most was that he found a blood-red fox, which was blood-red all over his body.

Their family has been hunting in the mountains for several lifetimes, and in this mountain, they have seen many strange flowers and plants, but they have never seen such a strange fox.

But the old squire's grandfather knew that this kind of fox would definitely be worth a lot of money, because its blood-red fur was so beautiful. No matter what it is used for, it will be very beautiful, and those who have money will definitely pay a lot of money to compete for this peerless curiosity.

So, he made up his mind that no matter what, he would catch such a fox. But in the process of catching this kind of fox, there was an accident that the old squire's grandfather could never have dreamed of.

For a hunter, when he wants to catch prey, there are only two ways, one is to catch directly, that is, to use a bow and arrow or a hunting dog to catch the prey directly; The other is to lay traps or traps in places where prey often haunts.

Based on years of hunting experience, the old squire's grandfather found that this kind of fox was too fast, like lightning, so it was almost impossible to catch it directly.

After more than a month of observation, he came up with a way to catch this fox, and in the process of capturing it, he had to use his own original "fox trap".

This kind of fox clip, is the grandfather of the old squire, specially made for catching foxes, as an experienced hunter, he knows a lot of beast habits, especially for foxes, he knows what foxes like to smell the most, what food they like to eat, fox walking habits, etc., it is according to these, he developed this special "fox clip", with this kind of thing in the capture of foxes, the effect is very good.

The fox trap is also very learned - only near a source of water that is covered with grass.

Because the path of the fox is difficult to fix, if you just put the clip, the chance of catching the fox is too small, but the fox always needs to drink water, and almost every day, as long as the clip is lowered near the water source, it is easy to catch.

Of course, because foxes are very cunning, it is best to keep the clamps in the grass and never be exposed.

Before the first move, the old squire's grandfather was full of confidence, and he felt that with his vast experience, he would soon be able to catch this blood-colored fox.

But to his disappointment, half a month passed, and he caught a few ordinary foxes, but none of these blood-colored foxes were caught.

What makes the old squire's grandfather even more puzzled is that a lot of "fox traps" have been triggered, but nothing has been caught on them, what is going on? It never happened before.

This made the old squire's grandfather very puzzled, because according to his observation, this blood-colored fox did pass through those places, why did the "fox trap" be set up in those places, but it had no effect at all?

What the hell is going on?

In order to solve the puzzle, the old squire's grandfather brought dry food and water and began to crouch next to the water source. Because according to the scattered red hairs next to the water source, the old squire's grandfather concluded that this was the kind of blood-colored fox that often came to drink.

A whole day passed, and he didn't see the red fox, and after staying up all night, he still didn't find any trace of the bloody fox.

The grandfather of the old squire knew that foxes were very cunning animals, especially wild foxes in the mountains, and their intelligence was far beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

Therefore, when squatting, he is extra careful and tries not to drink water, because as soon as a person pees, it is easy for the fox to smell, and once the fox smells this smell of human urine, he knows that there are people around him, and thus will not come to these places again.

Therefore, even if the old squire's grandfather wanted to pee, he would first dig a deep pit and then urinate in it, and then he would quickly bury it with soil and cover it with some strong-smelling leaves to cover the smell of urine.

But even with such care, a whole day and a night passed, and the red fox was not seen.

But in the early morning of the next day, the sun had not yet come out, and the night had not completely dispersed, and the old squire's grandfather was also a little drowsy, but at this time, the old squire's grandfather suddenly heard a few strange rooster crows, and he was excited and refreshed.

Because he knew that this rooster crow was imitated by the fox, because in this mountain there were no chickens at all, and there were not even pheasants in this area.

So, he suddenly came to his senses, quietly raised his head, and carefully observed the movements around him.

At this time, the old squire's grandfather's whole body was covered with leaves and branches, and he was very well disguised, and even wore a hat made of straw on his head.

And the position he chose can not only hide himself well, but also see the fox passing by. And where this kind of fox passed, he laid four or five "fox traps". As long as that blood-colored fox comes, it will be difficult to avoid these fox traps.

The old squire's grandfather held his breath, and by the hazy morning light, he vaguely noticed that a blood-red thing was slowly moving over, which made his heart beat wildly, yes, it was that blood-colored fox! It's finally here!

I saw the fox walking slowly, fiddling with something with his front paws as he went.

When he got closer, the old squire's grandfather was extremely surprised to find that the blood-red fox was playing with his front paws, and it was actually a fist-sized stone ball!

Before each walk, the fox rolls the stone ball forward with its front paws and carefully follows the path of the stone ball.

Seeing this scene, the old squire's grandfather instantly understood the incomprehensible question - why were many fox clips triggered, but nothing was clamped on them? It was this kind of fox that triggered the clamp with a stone ball.

The old squire's grandfather was shocked, for this was the first time he had seen a fox so smart. This trick may not even be thought of by anyone.

At the same time, he was secretly glad that he was fortunate to encounter such a great drought, otherwise, there would be a lot of water, and this blood-colored fox would never venture here to drink water again, because from its behavior of rolling stone balls, it can be seen that it already knows that the surroundings are full of dangers, but because the water source is too small, in addition, there is no water source around, and it can only venture here again and again.

And it is precisely the lack of water sources that is very beneficial to catching this kind of fox, because as long as you wait for the rabbit to squat next to the water source, you can wait for this blood-colored fox to appear.

The old squire's grandfather really wanted to pounce and catch the fox out at once, but he knew that he must not do that, no matter how fast he reacted, he could not compare with this kind of fox, and rushed over, not only could not catch it, but also startled the snake, then the gain outweighed the loss.

The old squire's grandfather knew better than anyone what this fox meant to him - if he could catch this blood-red fox, he might become rich, and even for the rest of his life, he would not have to hunt so hard.

But how can you catch this bloody fox?