Chapter 1: The Red Seal
Demon Domain, the center of the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan's territory, is a semi-cave-like building, winding around the peaks like waves.
On the highest peak, there was a magnificent palace, the room of which was dimly lit, with vines hanging low and moss-green, and a small pool in the corner, which was full of smoke and aura, and the whole palace was as natural as a paradise.
A bewitching woman, lazily sitting on the bluestone next to the waterhole, holding the snow-white fox in her arms, is frolicking and coquettish.
"Mother, I've been cultivating for thousands of years, why can't I still transform into a human form?" the fox's eyes were quite smart, and he actually spoke like a human.
The woman reached out and stroked the little fox's head, and the jade hand slid over a red mark on his forehead, pausing slightly.
"My little fox, my mother doesn't know. ”
"There are a few Dan beasts in the clan that have turned into human forms, and my daughter has been cultivating for so long, but she is not as good as ordinary clansmen, what is my difference?" The little fox lowered the tips of his ears, and his eyes were full of spirituality, and there was a trace of loneliness, as if he was self-deprecating and seemed to complain.
The woman's heart ached when she saw her appearance, and she picked up the little fox and put it on her chest, and her beautiful cheeks gently rubbed the little fox's forehead.
"Mother!"
"If you don't tell me the truth, I'll leave the clan and find a way to transform myself!"
After the little fox finished speaking, he jumped out of the woman's arms lightly, and his fluffy tail drew an elegant arc, turned around and ran straight out of the door.
The beautiful woman was not in a hurry, but saw that her figure did not move, like a snow jade arm gently grabbing in the direction of the door, and the little fox who was about to open the door, with a light body, followed the arm traction and flew into the woman's arms.
"Don't mess around, although my mother doesn't know the reason, she has already sent someone to the human race, and I think there will be some way to find it!"
The little fox blinked slyly, a satisfied smile on the corner of his playful mouth.
But all this can't be hidden from the beautiful woman. The woman shook her head and sighed, and walked to the not-so-bright window with the little fox in her arms, and she gently pushed open a heavy lattice, looking at the greenery, her gaze wise and far-reaching.
"Fox, look at those clansmen outside, many of them have not been transformed, and they are also living happily!"
"Well, they're happy, but the daughter isn't!" the little fox said with a roll of her eyes.
The woman sighed and glanced down at the little fox: "In the Demon Domain, our Nine-Tailed Fox Clan is not strong. The reason why you can settle in a corner is not only your strength, but also your brains. The intelligence of the fox clan is the second in the demon world, and no demon clan dares to say that it is the first, but compared with the human race, the intelligence of the fox clan is as sad and ridiculous as a clown jumping off the beam. ”
The woman's face was solemn, and she paused for a moment before continuing: "The fox clan envies the intelligence of the human race, and in the past thousands of years, many shapeshifters have been sent to the human race to steal habits, of course, more often than not, to find a solution that can solve your physical problems. But fox, do you know? The people who have gone out over the years have been able to come back less than one in a hundred. ”
The little fox tilted her head to look at her mother, her dark and bright eyes full of questions.
The woman's voice was a little low: "Those who did not come back are all dead, dead at the hands of men." ”
There was silence in the room for a while, and the mother and daughter were both speechless, and after a while, the little fox asked weakly, "How did they die?"
"Demon pills, fur, bones and blood, everything is the treasure of human cultivation!" The cold air in the woman's eyes was filled with murderous intent.
The little fox couldn't help but shudder, involuntarily retracted his head into his tail, and looked timidly at his mother, who was not quite the same as Ping.
The woman looked down at the little fox, and her fierce gaze gradually softened: "Fox, you have to remember that human nature is always greedy. If you set foot in the land of people in the future, you must not reveal your identity because of their rhetoric!"
The little fox nodded ignorantly, but in his heart he despised humans to the extreme. Although there are many brutal people in the demon world, who rely on devouring their own kind to improve the demon element, they are all limited to the Dan beast, which one of the demons who can transform is not the future hope of the demon domain? If which one dares to violate the bottom line, the powerful beings in the demon domain will definitely not let him go.
This person's cultivation is really hateful, and he is even more annoying than the Kui Wood Wolf Clan, which is the most infamous in the Demon Clan. But human beings are so bad, why do the demon clans still want to turn into humans?
As if to see through the little fox's thoughts, the woman continued: "Of course, there are good people among the human race. Transformation is just a shortcut to the long path of immortals, and only by transforming into a human demon can you become an immortal!
"Fox, you haven't been to the human world, you don't understand the horror of people, human beings are short in life and weak in the flesh, they can step on the threshold of cultivation in a few years! ”
Listening to his mother's words, the little fox only felt bitter in his mouth. Decades, for the demon, it's not enough to make it advance once, this difference ...... It's too big, if human beings also have the lifespan of demons, then in this world, can there still be demons?
The woman looked at her devastated daughter with pity in her eyes. She raised her hand and touched her little head, comforting: "Everything has a reason for its inevitable existence, and you don't have to worry too much. ”
"For example, the mark on your forehead is not something you were born with. ”
The little fox was attracted by his mother's words, and he couldn't take care of his previous worries.
"When you were born, my mother liked to hold you like this. At that time, my mother was still young, and her heart was full of happiness. ”
"But one day, a drop of blood fell from the sky, and it pierced the roof and landed right on your forehead. Since then, this red mark has been linked to your blood. ”
"Although you haven't been able to transform over the years, the demon yuan has not stopped growing, maybe, this is also an opportunity!"
"Chance, I think it's a disaster, it's almost like that! I really don't understand how my mother thinks so. The little fox muttered in her heart, and jumped to the windowsill with some annoyance, her heart was full of entanglement.
The woman ignored the little fox's willfulness and talked about the past to herself.
"Since then, my mother and your father have been paying attention to your body, and we haven't noticed anything wrong, until you were more than two hundred years old, and we didn't find the slightest clue. ”
The woman glanced at her petite daughter and said with pity, "Your body has hardly grown over the years. ”
"Well, not only has it not grown up, it seems to be getting smaller and smaller, and most importantly, it can't be shaped. After the fox finished speaking, he flicked his tail with a depressed face, and sighed secretly, not only did he not transform after using it for thousands of years, but he also did not grow an extra tail.
"Mother has studied with your father, Xu Yes...... It has to do with the red mark on your head. ”
The little fox's expression changed when he heard this, so many years of hard work were ruined by a drop of blood. A ruthless intent spread in the bottom of his heart, and the tip of the little fox's claws flashed white, and he dug into his forehead.
There was a crisp sound, and the woman's fingers pressed gently on the little fox's paws.
"It's useless, this mark is connected to your blood, you just dig up your scalp, and it will still grow. ”
The little fox felt a pang in his heart, was there no other way?
The mother and daughter didn't notice it at this time, and the sky outside became a little dim, and several imperceptible fluctuations intertwined in the sky.