Mountains and seas 16
"What's going on? Your mother, ......" Shen Xiang looked at the black lines spreading from the depths of his white clothes, and whispered tentatively.
"It's all her fault, a half-demon like me shouldn't have been born at all......"
- Twenty years ago, Qingqiu
"Heng Ji, you are too powerful, how many years have our Qingqiu Red Fox Clan not produced seven tails?" Yinye leaned on Heng Ji's arms and stroked her hair: "Listen to my mother, the seven-tailed fox can become an immortal if he succeeds in the tribulation." If you become a fox fairy, the position of the next patriarch will definitely be you. ”
A little fox crouched at Heng Ji's feet, and its red tail swept its ears: "What's so good about becoming an immortal?" I've heard that all the immortals have to open the valley, and they can't eat anything delicious. ”
When Yinye heard this, he was dissatisfied: "What do you know? Our family is the worst cultivator in you, and we haven't cultivated to a human form for three hundred years. ”
"I won't cultivate, I'm a fox by nature, why should I be a human?" After Zi Su finished speaking, she got up and shook her hair: "You guys slowly cultivate immortals, I'll go and see if my sister-in-law's lunch is ready?" ”
Silver Leaf bared her teeth at Shiso's back, but her ears drooped when a warm hand touched her hair.
Heng Ji smiled softly: "You two, you can't really be noisy for a day!" ”
A kingfisher flew in front of the two: "Heng Ji, the elders have sent you to discuss matters." ”
After hearing this, Heng Ji immediately turned into a ray of purple light and walked through the forest and entered a cave.
There was a group of brown-clothed old men standing in the cave, they were the elders of the fox clan. And a touch of pink in the middle is extra prominent, and Heng Ji recognizes her: it is the peach blossom demon Suzune.
The leader of the elder said to Heng Ji: "Heng Ji, you will go through the tribulation in a few days, do you know what you have to face?" ”
"Change back to your original form, survive the thunder tribulation in the world, and survive the tribulation after the thunder tribulation."
The elder was on crutches, silent for a moment, and a dull breath came out of his nose: "Very good, the sound of the bell is the most familiar in the world. This time, you can go to Peach Blossom Town, she may be able to take care of one or two. ”
Heng Ji looked at the smiling bell on the side and nodded: "Yes." ”
- Peach Blossom Town
"Here we are." Suzune carries a red fox into a temple, and the fox immediately jumps out of her arms.
Heng Ji shook her tail, revealing the seven tails, and looked at the statue of the god in the temple. It was a statue of a goddess waving a flower branch, which she had never seen before: "What is this?" ”
"It's our goddess of the flower world - Ji Ya, the people here worship the god of flowers, and our peach blossom clan has guarded this place for generations. I am the patriarch, and I live in the statue of the god to receive some incense, and protect the people here for the flower goddess. After Ling Yin finished speaking, he floated into the statue: "There are usually many people here, and people are heavy, and Lord Lei Gong is not easy to detect your breath." Usually you just hide behind the statue, and be sure to keep your seven-tails in order not to be discovered by humans. ”
After hearing this, Heng Ji scratched her face with her paws and jumped on the idol in a few steps. She hid behind the idol and found a place to lie down: "Flower Temple...... So what do these people ask for? ”
"Everyone asks for something different, some people ask for marriage, some people ask for money, and even some people ask for children." Suzune reminded: "I won't be there all the time, you should be careful when I'm not there." ”
After staying for half a month, the catastrophe never came. Not to mention the thunderstorm, not even a drop of rain.
It seems that she can't be clever when it comes to cultivation, she is hiding in the temple, and she will definitely not be able to wait for the thunderstorm. If you don't succeed after a month, you'll have to wait another 500 years.
Heng Ji thought, and while Suzune was away, she jumped off the idol and jumped out of the flower temple.
The bazaar was full of people, so she had to jump on the beams of the houses and weave through the tiles of the houses. Passing by a restaurant, she sensed a strong smell of foxes. To smell this, there must be more than a dozen, and it is very dense.
I have heard in Qingqiu that humans like to hunt foxes, peel their skins and eat meat, and make their fur into clothes.
To save, or not to save? After all, they are of the same family.
But she didn't have any mana at all now, and if she was discovered, maybe there would be another dish on the table.
In the entanglement, Heng Ji heard the whimper of the fox in the cage not far away, and finally relented. She walked down the corner and sniffed the smell to the back kitchen. There were people in and out of the back kitchen, and she could only hide behind the woodpile to observe. Suddenly, she saw someone constantly carrying some bamboo baskets inside, and Heng Ji took advantage of the guy's inattention to hide in one of the bamboo baskets. It contained some cabbage and turnips, all freshly dug out of the ground, and you could smell the aroma of the earth when you got closer.
Hearing the sound of the storeroom door closing, Heng Ji opened the lid of the bamboo basket and jumped out. The animals in the house were boiling when they saw her, and Heng Ji walked to the cage and found that there were many animals locked up here.
"There's a fox, she's not locked up!"
"How did you get in?"
Heng Ji said to them, "Be quiet, I am here to save you." ”
The earth dog in the other cage heard it and said excitedly, "Then save us by the way." ”
"Yes, yes."
"Please......"
For a while, a room full of birds and animals begged her for help. But there are so many of them, they must have been discovered before they escaped.
"If you don't save us, don't even think about going out." The earth dog barked a few times and threatened.
Heng Ji frowned when she heard this: "I'll try to find a way." ”
The cages are locked with special locks, and you have to get the key to open them. But whose will the key be? Shopkeeper or buddy? Looking for them next to each other, I guess they have been slaughtered before they have been found. Just as she hesitated, the door was pushed open without warning. A black figure hid in the storeroom, the man was completely black, and even his face was covered with a black mask. Heng Ji noticed that there was a bulging bag around his lean waist, and the contents were about to come out.
Is he, a thief?
The uncovered dark eyes also looked at her, one person and one demon, looking at each other.
Seeing that she didn't move, the man in black glanced out at the gap and breathed a sigh of relief. He leaned against the wall and gasped a little, and made a silent gesture at her: "Little one, don't make a fuss and invite people." ”
Heng Ji bared his teeth at him, and then there was the sound of footsteps outside the door, and his red ears moved slightly, and Heng Ji jumped on the beam. The man in black also seemed to sense the movement outside the door, and climbed onto the beam of the house on the bamboo basket beside him. Heng Ji saw that he was about to lean over, and was about to bite him, but he was dragged into his arms, and a slender but somewhat rough hand covered her mouth, gently but forcefully imprisoning her.
Heng Ji struggled in her tobacco-scented bosom, and just after she showed her ears, she heard the door open.
Three people rushed into the room, the leader seemed to be in charge, and he looked at the two handymen behind him dissatisfied: "What about the people?" ”
One of them said in fear, "That's how you ran in this direction?" How could it be ......"
The steward immediately scolded: "Then why don't you go and find it?" If you don't get your things back, see if the owner doesn't pick your skin? After saying that, he looked around, so frightened that the gentleman on the beam of the room and the little guy in his arms held their breath, and cold sweat broke out on their bodies.
"There are still these fresh goods, I quickly disposed of them and sent them to the kitchen, and they have been urging for a long time." After saying that, a few people went out of the room.
Heng Ji breathed a sigh of relief, but the top of her head suddenly lit up. She looked up and saw that the tiles above her head had been uncovered at some point. The man holding her said, "Let's go out together, little one?" ”
Only then did she see those eyes, which were a pair of eyes with clarity and sincerity. It's a pity, from a thief.
Heng Ji broke free of him and jumped off. The thief was stunned, then smiled with relief. He half-squatted at the skylight and looked at him slightly: "Goodbye to the rivers and lakes." With that, there was no one.
Heng Ji looked at the animals in these cages that were looking at her, one head and two big. Suddenly, there was a pain in her head, and something hit her and she fell to the ground. Heng Ji fixed his eyes: it was a key!
This direction...... It's him?
Heng Ji looked at the skylight, and it was empty.
How does he know, what am I thinking? Why help me?