Chapter 38: Cocooning
After a few days of getting along, Qin Yun really fell in love with this humane jasper snow fox.
His temperament has a generous and generous side, otherwise he would not have half sold and half given Qin Mingzhu the green leaf grass he had worked so hard to collect, and he has always taken things outside his body very seriously.
So seeing that the little fox was so eager, Qin Yun would not be stingy.
Yo!
The jasper snow fox was so happy that it almost jumped up, it stretched out its little head and opened its mouth to grab the wolf king Neidan in one bite, and swallowed it with a grunt.
Swallowed it?Qin Yun was taken aback.
Even if it is a low-level demon beast's inner pill, it is not something that can be swallowed directly, and if you want to exert the effectiveness of the inner pill, you must refine it into an elixir.
Of course, this is for people, and spirit beasts and demon beasts may be another matter.
After swallowing the Wolf King Neidan, the Jasper Snow Fox curled up on the ground.
Its belly gradually swelled at a speed visible to the naked eye, revealing a painful expression, and its limbs twitched a little uncomfortably to watch, and its long tail flicked weakly.
Just when Qin Yun was worried about it, the little fox suddenly opened its mouth and spewed out a mouthful of white mist.
This white mist with a strong icy aura instantly spread, completely covering its body, and the temperature around it dropped sharply.
As time passed, the fog became thicker and denser, and finally turned into an oval-shaped ice cube shaped like a large cocoon!
Through the solid ice, the jasper snow fox wrapped inside can be faintly seen.
It closed its eyes tightly and seemed to fall asleep.
Qin Yun didn't know what happened to it, but it must have something to do with the Wolf King Neidan.
But intuition told Qin Yun that the little fox was not in danger.
After thinking about it, Qin Yun lifted the ice cocoon and put it on the corner of the room and placed it carefully, for fear that the ice would melt away by the fire.
The snow fell and stopped, and stopped and fell, and time passed silently.
The days in the mountains were lonely and cold, but Qin Yun's days were very fulfilling.
What he feared didn't happen.
The Blazing Heart Method broke through to the fourth layer under Qin Yun's hard work without distraction, condensing seven true fires.
His strength realm advanced to the peak of the second heaven, and he had opened up the twenty-seven meridians of his body one after another, and only nine acupuncture points were left before the third heaven.
During this time, Qin Yun did not continue to explore the world of Xiao Qiankun, but concentrated on cultivating the Heart Technique and the Thousand Miles of Divine Travel.
The first three heavens of the Qi Refining Realm are the easiest to break through, and the next layer is sad, if you don't quickly complete the promotion and accumulation in the early stage, then the future achievements are very limited.
Qin Yun's cultivation progress was not fast among the Qin clan's disciples, but he was steadily advancing without taking pills, which was different from the vast majority of people.
After that near-death battle, he deeply understood the huge gap between himself and the Seven or Eight Heavenly Martial Artists, and his cultivation became more and more diligent.
Unconsciously, in the midst of the heavy snowfall, Qin Yun spent the New Year and his birthday.
According to the customs of the vast Kyushu, a man can hold a coming-of-age crown ceremony at the age of sixteen, and can officially marry a wife and have children to reproduce, which is considered a real man
The coming-of-age crown is extremely important for a man and is usually celebrated with great pomp and affection.
It's just that Qin Yun doesn't have many friends in Qianchao City, and he is even more insignificant in the clan as a newcomer, and now he is guarding the mine in the deep mountains, so it is impossible for him to celebrate his adulthood.
However, Qin Yun didn't care, winter went to spring, and in more than half a month, he could complete the task of guarding the mine in winter and return to Qianchao City.
On this day, Qin Yun was practicing qi luck in the room when he suddenly heard a crisp cracking sound in the corner of the room.
His heart moved, and he immediately got up to check.
I saw that the ice cocoon, which had been placed in the corner and had not moved for a month, had cracks like spider webs on the surface, and the clattering sound of ice cubes breaking came and went.
Is the little fox coming out? Qin Yun felt a burst of joy in his heart.
In the past month, he has been worried about this little guy, worried about whether it will be frozen in it and never wake up again.
Syllable!
The ice cocoon broke apart, and the ice was scattered to the ground.
A white shadow jumped up like lightning and threw itself into Qin Yun's arms.
It's the Jasper Snow Fox!
Although it has been in the ice cocoon for a month, it looks very good, its size seems to have become a little larger, and its eyes are more and more agile and cute.
Qin Yun noticed that its eyes, which were originally as green as emerald, had turned ice blue, but the depths of its pupils faintly flashed with a touch of green, which was even more beautiful.
The little fox rubbed his head around affectionately, and Qin Yun couldn't help but reach out and caress back and forth.
Coldly, this little guy suddenly turned his head and opened his mouth to bite the back of Qin Yun's hand.
Qin Yun didn't have the slightest defense, and was bitten through his skin by its sharp teeth, and red blood immediately flowed out.
"Yikes!"
Qin Yun couldn't help but shrink his hand, the jasper snow fox bit not heavily, but the pain was not painful, he was just surprised how this little guy could suddenly attack him.
However, the little fox immediately let go, and stretched out his little pink tongue to carefully lick the wound on the back of Qin Yun's hand, licking away all the blood stains.
A hint of apology flowed from its eyes, and Qin Yun could completely feel it.
It's just an accident! Qin Yun didn't take it to heart, even a domestic pet is wild, let alone a wild spirit beast.
But the strange thing is that after such an experience, he actually has a sense of flesh and blood connection with the little fox in his arms, and can sense its inner emotions.
It wasn't until later that Qin Yun knew how lucky he was.
Spirit beasts like the jasper snow fox are usually extremely difficult to tame and raise, especially the spirit beasts that have opened their spiritual wisdom would rather die than succumb to being pets.
And not long after this jasper snow fox opened its spiritual wisdom, after meeting Qin Yun, it was treated well by Qin Yun, and even gave it the wolf king Neidan.
With the help of the Wolf King Neidan's effectiveness, the Jade Snow Fox successfully completed a promotion, which made it feel more dependent and grateful to Qin Yun in its heart, and willingly recognized Qin Yun as the master.
With blood as the medium, it bites the back of Qin Yun's hand is the process of recognizing the master, and from then on, it will never abandon Qin Yun, life and death!
It is definitely rare for a spirit beast to take the initiative to recognize its master, and by coincidence, coupled with Qin Yun's kindness and generosity, it has been recognized by the Jasper Snow Fox.
Of course, the current Qin Yun didn't know his luck, he touched the little head of the jade snow fox, thought about it and said, "I'll give you a name, can I call it Xiaoyao?"
Xiao Yao!
Qin Yun gave it this name because the little fox always called "Yo You", and the word "夭" is also very good to take its homonym.
The jasper snow fox obviously liked the name too, and it nodded vigorously and called a few more times.
Qin Yun smiled, his heart was happy and peaceful, and he couldn't help but pick up the little fox and kiss it on the forehead.
"Xiao Yao!"
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Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it has entered February.
Spring comes much earlier in the southern part of the Manglong Mountains than in the north, and the thick snow melts in the sunlight, and there are more streams in the mountain forests.
Hungry black bears emerge from their hibernating burrows in search of food, birds in the woods sing to their heart's content, and the breath of spring comes to every corner of the mountains with a fresh breeze.
A team of hundreds of horses slowly marched along the rugged and steep mountain road.
The spring is cold, there is still unmelted frost between the crevices of the rocks, and the mountain roads are slippery, everyone must be very careful, if you are not careful, you may slide under the cliff wall, which is definitely a place to die.
Baa!
Suddenly, a mountain goat scurried down the mountain wall.
The pack horse, who was at the front of the team, was startled, and the people immediately stood up.
The knight on horseback reacted very quickly, immediately clamped the horse's belly firmly with his legs, and pulled the reins to press the pack horse down violently.
Sou!
A feathered arrow shot like lightning, hitting the culprit in the neck!
"Who?" roared the knight, drawing his sword.
"It's me, Steward Wang, you're finally here!"
Lang Lang echoed, and a young man in a strong suit appeared at the end of the mountain road with a hunting bow in his hand.
The knight looked at it and smiled: "Haha, it turned out to be you, and I almost scared Lao Wang to death!"
The young man in the power suit was naturally Qin Yun, and the knight on horseback was the steward of the Foundry Hall who brought Qin Yun to the black iron mine in the first place.
This middle-aged steward, surnamed Wang, is rough and talkative, and has a decent relationship with Qin Yun.
He returned to the black iron mine with the horse team today, which means that Qin Yun's three-month winter guard mission has officially been completed.
Although Qin Yun was able to endure loneliness, he was still very happy to see the person who replaced him appear.
And Steward Wang's heart was a little more surprised.
For more than ten years, he has picked up and guarded the mine There are a lot of Qin children, and those children of the winter hunting mine have been alone in the mountains for a few months, and their state is generally relatively poor, and they are all out of shape when they see the end of the mission.
There are those who cry with joy, those who point to the heavens and the earth, and those who collapse and fall to the ground with relief, but they have never seen someone as calm and calm as Qin Yun.
There was a smile of joy on his face, but he was calm and calm, as if he had only been in the mountains for three days, not three.
Steward Wang knew some of the reasons why Qin Yun was sent to the black iron mine, although he didn't want to get into trouble by having too deep a relationship with Qin Yun, but Qin Yun's bearing still made him feel greatly impressed.
This son is definitely not a thing in the pool!
It was precisely because of this idea that he became more and more polite to Qin Yun, and the first thing he did when he arrived at the mine was to handle the task handover.
"Steward Wang, a wooden house here was crushed by snow last month!"
Qin Yun, who had completed the task, explained to Steward Wang: "I saw that the pillars were all hollowed out by termites, so I simply cleaned them up, you see this matter."
"This is a trivial matter, I'll let people build another one!" Steward Wang didn't have the slightest suspicion, and waved his big hand: "Qin Yun, let's go back to Thousand Tides City together tomorrow!"
"Okay!" Qin Yun agreed with a smile.