Gu Boqing suddenly stabbed with his sword, Dugu Zhishui's eyes were sharp, not only did he not dodge but faced him head-on, his body slightly avoided the sword blade, his right hand instantly choked Gu Boqing's wrist, and with a force in his hand, the sword turned and went straight to Gu Boqing's neck.

Before Gu Boqing could react, he was already choked by his own sword, and the blade of the sword was less than a finger's width from his skin.

Dugu Zhishui pinched Gu Boqing's wrist joint, Gu Boqing was in pain, and the long sword was taken off. Dugu Zhishui took the long sword and threw it into the scabbard casually, he just wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, when suddenly a powerful aura approached quickly, and in a moment, a white shadow rushed in from outside the door.

Dugu Zhishui suddenly pounced on Gu Boqing and avoided a blow. The room was instantly dusty, sawdust was splashed, and the floor was smashed. A half-human-tall white fox showed its body, and if you looked closely, this white fox actually had three tails. The white fox let out a howl, and the little flower fox who had not known where to hide before sprang out again, wagging its tail and running to the white fox.

"Three-tailed white fox!" Dugu Zhishui was shocked in his heart, "Have you already cultivated to the peak of the Martial Sect......" He grabbed Gu Boqing's throat with two fingers, dragged Gu Boqing up from the ground, hid behind him and said helplessly: "I really just want to talk to you, I want to know what is going on." ”

Gu Boqing's face turned red, and he could only make a uh-uh sound. The white fox's eyes showed anxiety, and from time to time there was a puffing sound in his nose, and he seemed to be very angry. It roared at Dugu Zhishui a few times, one front paw constantly digging the ground, as if ready to pounce at any moment. Dugu Zhishui was surprised by the white fox's humanized emotions, and felt that this white fox was more spiritual than ordinary demon beasts.

"If you say yes, nod. Dugu Zhishui said to Gu Boqing.

Gu Boqing nodded with difficulty.

"Don't play tricks, you can't escape the palm of my hand. Dugu Zhishui simply let go of Gu Boqing.

Gu Boqing covered his neck and coughed violently a few times, and took a few big breaths before gradually regaining his composure. He turned to face Dugu Zhishui and asked, "You are so strong, you are a promising young talent wherever you put it, why would you be willing to be someone else's accomplice for a little bounty?"

Dugu Zhishui laughed at himself, "I'm just a mountain village man, not a young talent." I don't like restraint, wouldn't it be nice to make my own money and spend it myself. ”

The white fox seemed to be angry with Dugu Zhishui, and kept staring at him vigilantly. Dugu Zhishui smiled at it, "I really don't have any ill will towards your master, I just had some misunderstanding." ”

Gu Boqing turned around and made a downward gesture to the white fox, as if to persuade it not to be angry anymore. "Dabai, there was indeed a misunderstanding just now, since I'm fine, don't pursue it anymore. Gu Boqing said softly: "The valley will not be peaceful soon, their target is you, you quickly take Xiaohua and other little foxes to find a place to hide." ”

The white fox hesitated a little, it pointed at Gu Boqing with its mouth, and handed over an inquiring look, as if to say, "What about you?"

"I can't hide, this is my home, I can't let you face all this alone. Gu Boqing smiled, "I still have something to talk about with this friend, you can leave quickly." ”

Not......

The white fox screamed softly, turned around to leave, and before he left, he looked back at Dugu Zhishui, and seemed to be still not at ease with Dugu Zhishui. Gu Boqing waved his hand, and the white fox picked up the back of the neck of the little flower fox and turned around and left.

Dugu Zhishui had the opportunity to take a closer look at this not too big room. It was supposed to be a study, about three feet square, and the one at the door had been slapped into a deep pit by the white fox's claws, and the wooden floor had been reduced to debris. Facing the door is a bookcase, on one side of the door is a bookcase, and on one side is a picture case, with paper and pen and various colors of paint placed on the table. There are many paintings hanging on the walls around it, most of which are pictures of beautiful women. Seeing these paintings, Dugu Zhishui suddenly felt a little strange. This beauty picture and the white fox got together so coincidentally?

"You may be seated. Gu Boqing cleaned up the paper, pen and paint, and led Dugu Zhishui to sit down next to the painting case.

"What do you want to know?" asked Gu Boqing.

"The Li family's target this time is the white fox just now?"

"Don't you know?" Gu Boqing frowned slightly, as if he felt that Dugu Zhishui asked knowingly.

"I only know that they want to catch a martial sect-level demon fox, and I really don't know that this demon fox was raised by you. ”

Gu Boqing shook his head solemnly, "To be exact, I didn't raise it, and I am not its owner." ”

Dugu Zhishui was a little surprised, and asked, "Why are you so close to you if you didn't raise it?"

"I have the impression that there have been white foxes in the valley for as long as I can remember, and my mother once said that the white foxes in the valley have existed since the ancestors were alive. Gu Boqing's eyes were dilated, as if he was reminiscing, "I had no playmates when I was young, it was the white fox in the valley that accompanied me throughout my childhood, and after my mother died, they were my only sustenance in this valley." To me, they're not just monsters, they're my family. ”

"Family?" Dugu Zhishui was a little incomprehensible, in his impression, the demon beast had always been bloodthirsty and brutal. Even if some demon beasts have a slightly more docile personality, but the beast is a beast after all, unless it can cultivate into a legendary divine beast and thus turn into a human form, otherwise there is a difference between humans and beasts, how can people become family members with demon beasts?

Gu Boqing shook his head and said, "I don't know either. ”

"This valley is so secret, there is a misty forest guarding it outside, the Li family should not be able to enter easily, so how do they know that there is a white fox in your valley and also know that it belongs to the Martial Sect level?"

Gu Boqing looked at Dugu Zhishui, as if he was hesitant to say something, and after a while, he told him about the relationship with the Li family and the cause and effect of the whole thing.

Dugu Zhishui heard Gu Jiali and Zeng Kui, and couldn't help but sigh a little in his heart. At this moment, he suddenly found that the little flower fox that had been taken away by the white fox had actually run back again. Its small mouth holds a fruit about the size of its head, when it walks forward with its little short legs, because the fruit is too big, in order not to let the fruit mop the ground, it can only desperately tilt its head upward, because it can't see the road, it can only walk crookedly forward, and when it enters the door, it accidentally falls into the big pit that its mother filmed before, causing it to hum, that look indescribably funny and cute.

The little flower fox came to the side of the painting, threw the fruit on the ground, ran to Gu Boqing's thigh and rubbed it, and pointed to the fruit on the ground with his head. Gu Boqing touched its head dotingly, and it looked indescribably gentle, as if he was treating his own child.

Dugu Zhishui was infected by this magical scene, and it had never seen such a spiritual demon fox. Seeing Gu Boqing pick up a fist-sized fruit from the ground, wipe it casually, and take a bite, Dugu Zhishui actually said in a ghostly manner: "Little fox, I'm half a guest anyway, won't you give me a fruit?"

Dugu Zhishui didn't expect that he would say such a thing, and he didn't expect that the little fox seemed to understand his words. It tilted its head and looked at him for a moment, as if to consider whether the human had a point. After a while, it suddenly turned its head and walked away without looking back, and somehow, Dugu Zhishui felt a little disappointed. He looked at the beauties around him with interest, and Gu Boqing looked at him while chewing the fruit, looking like he had no intention of comforting him.

When he first saw the picture of the beauty on the wall, Dugu Zhishui's eyes suddenly lit up, but as he looked at it in turn, his brows gradually wrinkled, and the deeper and deeper the wrinkles. It wasn't until he looked at the whole wall that he asked, "Did you paint this?"

"Yes. ”

"Your painting skills are very good, when I first looked at these paintings, I felt extremely delicate and beautiful, but ......" Dugu Zhishui considered his words, "When I look closely, I always feel that there is something missing from the beauties in these paintings." After some thought, I finally realized that this painting seemed too lifeless, and at first glance it was not a real person. ”

"That's what you say. Gu Boqing shook his head and smiled bitterly: "There is nothing on the surface, but there is no god." ”

"If you want to have both god and form, you must first look like, and then you can seek godlikeness. Your basic skills are very solid, but you still lack enough understanding. ”

"Do you know how to paint?" Gu Boqing said in surprise.

"I don't understand. Dugu Zhishui shook his head, "But I also went through a similar process when I learned swords. When Master taught me swordsmanship, at first he wanted me to directly observe the meaning and forget about it. But without foreshadowing, I couldn't directly comprehend the sword intent, because it was too obscure and abstract for me, and I didn't know how to express it. It's like a person who can't even write but insists on writing a piece of calligraphy. Later, I could only start from the form, first seek the likeness, understand the sword intent little by little, and then use the sword in my hand to depict what I know and think. All the laws in the world have something in common, and this is true of kendo and painting. ”

"Taught. Gu Boqing bowed.

"I once heard a story about the white fox in Qingqiu, and there was a painter in that story who seemed to have the surname Gu?" Dugu Zhishui suddenly looked strange, "You...... It can't have anything to do with that person, does it?"

Gu Boqing put down the fruit in his hand and said, "It's the ancestor." ”

Dugu Zhishui was stunned for a moment, "What is said in that story is true? That great painter really has a strange relationship with the white fox in Qingqiu?

"Legends are just legends after all, and they can't be counted. Gu Boqing shook his head, "I don't know much about the ancestors, but I know that the experience of the ancestors back then was by no means as simple as the story said. As for whether the ancestor really had an indissoluble bond with the Qingqiu White Fox, I'm afraid no one in this world knows. ”

"That'...... Is your ancestral picture album ...... "The Illustrated Guide to Women in the World"?"

Gu Boqing nodded.

Dugu Zhishui suddenly became interested, and asked with a longing face, "Can you lend me to appreciate it?"

"This ......" Gu Boqing was a little embarrassed.

"Forget it, I'll just say it casually. Dugu Zhishui saw that his face was full of embarrassment, and waved his hand with a smile, "It's just a joke, I just heard that this album is full of beautiful women, so I want to see it, men's common diseases are at work." ”

Gu Boqing was a little embarrassed and said: "It's not that I'm stingy, it's just that the album left by my ancestors has been passed down for many generations, and it has long been fragile when I come here, and many places have been damaged, even if I have only seen it a few times." ”

After talking, half an hour had passed unconsciously, and Dugu Zhishui felt that he had no need to stay, so he got up and prepared to leave. At this moment, a childish humming and chirping came again, and Dugu Zhishui looked up, and the little flower fox actually walked leisurely with a fruit the size of a head in his mouth. It shook to Dugu Zhishui's side, and threw the fruit on the ground with a click, signaling that it was for him.