In the evening, the golden afterglow fell on the river, and the river made a turn of about ninety degrees in this place, and after the bend, the riverbed was raised, and the river became much wider, forming a small bay at the bend of the river.

A dead leaf flows down the water into this small bay, and the water becomes very gentle here, and the water surface in the bay is as still as a mirror.

The dead leaves swirled slowly on the gentle water, causing a slight ripple, but they could not leave this bay for a long time.

The green light flashed, and a little crimson fox jumped from the water onto the shore, holding an emerald green leaf in its mouth, and the little fox shook the droplets on its fur vigorously, and carefully placed the green leaf in a small cloth bag under its neck.

Ah Li took a serious look at the surrounding environment and determined that this place was only more than ten miles away from the Fox Fairy Forest, and she immediately let go of her steps and ran along the river.

The fox fairy forest is located in the northwest corner of Tianmang Forest, where there is no primeval forest that covers the sky, and the scenery begins to become bright and colorful, with beautiful mountains and clear waters, and there is a unique and elegant and quiet feeling.

The fox fairy forest is not far from the shallow hill in front, the shallow hill is not large, only more than ten miles in a radius, the small river is blocked by the shallow hill in the southeast corner of the fox fairy forest, the river water makes a fork, divided into two streams, the name is: long stream and short stream.

After the long stream and the short stream bypassed the shallow hill where the fox fairy forest was located from the east and west sides, they re-merged into a small river, forming a natural dividing line between the fox fairy forest and the outside world.

Ah Li was going to enter the Fox Immortal Forest from the long stream on the southeast side of the Fox Immortal Forest, because there was a small bamboo bridge there, and every fox cultivator who went out to look for elixirs and opportunities came back from the small bamboo bridge.

Because across the bamboo bridge, you can see the familiar shallow hills of the fox fairy forest from a distance, and for the wanderers who have returned from a long-term outing, there is a special feeling of going home.

Green mountains, streams, bamboo bridges, fishing boats, the entrance of the fox fairy forest seems to be a quiet picture.

For three hundred years, every time Ah Li went out and returned to the Fox Immortal Forest, he would see the same picture, no matter what the result of the experience was, his emotions would immediately calm down, and his heart would become warmer.

Every time at this time, Ah Li will silently say in his heart, Fox Immortal Forest, I'm here.

Green mountains, streams, and bamboo bridges can remain unchanged for many years, but why will fishing remain unchanged for 300 years?

A skinny old fisherman, dressed in a hat and a hat, sits quietly by the bamboo bridge and fishes, as if he has not moved for hundreds of years.

The moment Ah Li saw the old man, he only felt that his nose was sore and his eyes were hot, so he immediately accelerated his running speed, shouting as he ran: "Grandpa Yu, I'm back! Ahri is back!"

After the old man fishing by the bamboo bridge heard Ah Li's voice, he was shocked, and slowly raised his head, under the hat was an old, kind fox face, two snow-white long eyebrows hung down on the tip of the eyebrows, and two equally snow-white beards hung down from both sides of the long mouth.

The old man is an old man in the fox fairy forest, and he is even older than the old ancestors, but there was a mistake in the practice back then, and it was difficult to improve his cultivation, so he took the initiative to apply to come to Changxi Bamboo Bridge to guard the southeast gate of the fox fairy forest.

The old man doesn't know how many years of cultivation he has had, although he has not transformed into a human, but except for his appearance, his demeanor and movements are the same as that of an old man of the human race.

When he saw Ah Li, the old man's lips trembled, the fishing rod in his hand slipped down and rolled into the stream, and the old eyes under his eyebrows, which were already a little muddy, became moist and clear at this moment.

The old man stretched out his arms slightly, Ah Li hit his head in the old man's arms, grabbed the old man's front placket with two paws, twisted desperately, and tears in his eyes were like springs.

The old man gently hugged Ah Li, his head trembled slightly, he took a few deep breaths, calmed down a little, and then gently stroked Ah Li's head, and said in a slightly hoarse voice: "Ahri is good to be back, it's good to be back." ”

Tianhuo saw this scene in the canopy, and unconsciously the corners of his eyes were moistened, and he slowly lay down on the stone platform, closed his eyes, and a fat and round Taoist face appeared in front of him.

Ah Li raised his head, looked at the old man with teary eyes and said, "Grandpa Yu, you are old again. ”

The old man looked at Ah Li lovingly: "Grandpa Yu went wrong in his practice back then, and his longevity was about to end, and he was already very satisfied to be able to live for so many years." I only hope that in my lifetime I can see you grow up healthily one by one and be promoted to the transformation stage. ”

Ah Li grabbed the placket of the old man's clothes and didn't let go, shook it and said: "Grandpa Yu won't run out of yang longevity, Ah Li went out this time to harvest a lot, there are many wild elixirs and human elixirs that can help you increase yang longevity." ”

The old man looked at Ah Li lovingly and said, "Ahri is a good boy who is filial, and Grandpa Yu is very pleased." But those elixirs, Grandpa Yu can't use them anymore, you take out the normal share and hand it over to the clan, and keep the rest for yourself, if you want to gain a foothold in the demon world and the clan, you must have enough strength, you kid is too solid-eyed. ”

Ah Li almost patted his little chest and said, "Grandpa Yu, don't worry, I have gained a lot from this trip, even if I take out a large part of it to my ancestors and you, the rest is enough for Ah Li to use for many years." ”

The old man looked at Ah Li seriously and said: "Ahri went out this time, and he really gained a lot! It's only been less than ten years, and he has actually transferred from forging nine to the realm of quenching copper bones, before you have practiced nine turns of forging your body for three hundred years, and you almost became the most qualified fox cultivator in the history of Fox Immortal Forest, for which you have come to Grandpa Yu to cry many times." ”

Ah Li only felt a heat on his face, and felt a little ashamed, he was exposed by Grandpa Yu like this, usually nothing, but now there is more Tianhuo eavesdropping on the side, Ah Li grabbed the old man's beard in shame and did not let go, and said reluctantly:

"Grandpa Yu, you are too bad, last time you promised me that you would never talk about this matter again, your words don't count!"

In fact, today, Ah Li can reach the realm of quenching copper bones, which is also the result of cultivating for more than a day after taking Peiyuan Dan, otherwise it is still the realm of quenching iron bones.

The old man laughed and said to him: "Okay, it's Grandpa Yu's words that don't count, grandpa promises that this is the last time, and he promises not to talk about it again in the future. ”

The grandfather and grandson frolicked for a while, and the old man asked Ah Li: "Ahri, you have been there for ten years, it is late today, don't go back to the fox fairy forest, stay in Grandpa Yu's bamboo building for one night, talk to grandpa, talk about your harvest in the past few years, grandpa likes to listen to you." ”

"Hmm!" Ah Li obediently jumped out of the old man's arms, helped the old man pick up the fishing rod from the stream, and then picked up the old man's fishing basket, and followed the old man to the small bamboo building not far away.

The small building is not big, only less than nine feet square, as simple and warm as ever, there is a small red clay stove in the middle of the bamboo building, there are two pairs of bowls and spoons next to the small stove, there is a small clay clay pot on the stove, it is slowly steaming inside, I don't know what is cooking.

There is a piece of animal fur in the corner of the small building, which seems to be the place where the old man sleeps, and other than that, there are no permanent things in the small building.

After the old man brought Ah Li in, he sat cross-legged in front of the stove, took out a bowl of milky white soup from the casserole with a spoon and placed it in front of Ah Li, looked at Ah Li kindly, and motioned her to drink it quickly.

Ah Li often came to Lao Weng's place to drink soup, so he naturally put his mouth into the bowl, stretched out his little tongue and began to lick the soup, and it was still so delicious.

This is a soup stewed with a unique peach blossom mandarin fish in the fox fairy forest creek, and it will have such a taste after simmering for more than ten hours.

The old man's peach blossom mandarin fish soup is no longer tasted by other foxes in the fox fairy forest except for Ah Li, even the fox ancestor has no appetite to enjoy.

Ah Li quickly finished drinking a bowl of fish soup, feeling unfinished, licking the fish soup on the side of his mouth with his little pink tongue, and pushing the bowl towards the red clay stove with his little paws, looking at Grandpa Yu with an embarrassed expression, it seemed that he wanted to have another bowl.

The old man saw that Ah Li still liked the peach blossom mandarin fish soup as always, and his mood became better, so he took a bowl and gave Ah Li a bowl of fish soup.

"That's right!" Ah Li suddenly remembered that he had brought back a lot of delicacies from the Qingzhou Inn, and couldn't help but exclaim: "Grandpa Yu, I brought back a lot of delicious food this time, I just want you to try it." ”

After speaking, Ah Li took out the table and a half of the delicacies in Qingzhoufang, and almost covered the old man's small bamboo building.

The old man smiled kindly and said, "Ahri, enough is enough, don't take it out again, Grandpa Yu has a poor appetite now, and he can't eat these, you can bring it back tomorrow and give it to those little sisters to eat." ”

In the end, under Ah Li's strong request, the old man picked up a piece of delicate dim sum and took a bite and said: "The dim sum is well done, full of aura, and taking this spiritual meal for a long time is very helpful to cultivation." Ahri must have encountered a lot of opportunities when he went out this time, tell Grandpa Yu about your harvest this time. ”

Ah Li immediately perked up, his eyes were shining, and he sat cross-legged on the floor of the bamboo building, trying to straighten his upper body and said, "Grandpa Yu, the biggest gain I got from going out this time is that I met a monk friend and changed my name!"

The old man asked in surprise: "Oh, what is the new name, it seems that it will not be called 'Little Ahri' in the future!"

Ah Li said happily: "The current name is very similar to the previous name, it is called 'Ah Li', not the 'raccoon' of the fox, nor the 'Li' of separation, but the 'Li' in 'Kan Ligendui', which represents flame and red. Grandpa Yu, do you think this name is particularly suitable for me?"

The old man laughed: "Well, the new name is much stronger than before, there are at least dozens of Ahri in our fox fairy forest, and grandpa will call you Xiao Ah Li in the future."

This new name was chosen very carefully, and your Terran friend helped you come up with it, right? It seems that we have met a good Terran friend when we go out this time. ”

Ah Li was embarrassed by the old man's words, and said coquettishly: "Grandpa Yu, you are laughing at me again! How do you know that my friend is a Terran monk?"

The old man laughed: "Yixue gossip is the supreme wealth left by the ancient emperor for the human race, and only the human race will give this kind of name." Besides, if that Terran monk doesn't have a good relationship with Ah Li, Ah Li won't use his name, I guess that your friend is probably a man, right?"

Ah Li muttered and refused to look up.

The old man sighed and sighed: "The human race is worthy of being the primate of all things, and it is born with the most suitable body for cultivating the Dao, and it is the envy of all races.

Others say that our fox clan is known for its charm and spirituality, but they don't know how many excellent demon cultivators of our fox clan abandon the clan after being bewitched and attracted by the human race, otherwise the fox clan would not be so weak and powerless in the demon world.

Especially our Xuanyuan Fox, the entanglement with the human race is too deep, and we can't escape the fate of being entangled with the human race from the time of the first ancestor. Ah Li, grandpa is worried about you. ”

Ah Li was a little silent, lying at the old man's feet, and said after a long time: "Grandpa Yu, I haven't heard your story for a long time, today you can tell me more stories about the human race and the fox race." ”

The old man gently stroked Ah Li and continued: "I think my fox clan has always been known for its handsome and beautiful appearances of male and female monks, but because of its too beautiful appearance, the transformation fox cultivation in the human race can almost be fake and true, and there are many female fox cultivators who have transformed into shapes, or in order to obtain more cultivation resources, or to experience themselves, refine their exercises, or be trapped by feelings, they have formed a relationship with the Terran monks, and they are deeply trapped in the Terran and cannot return.

Most of them ended in tragedy, which is one of the reasons for the weakness of my fox clan.

Ah Li met a Terran monk before you got married, I don't know what language you use to communicate? It's really an anomaly, Grandpa Yu is very worried about you, afraid that one day you will leave the Fox Immortal Forest and leave Grandpa Yu. ”

Ah Li didn't answer, just lying on his stomach quietly, and the Tianhuo on the stone platform was also lying quietly, the old man's words were heard in his ears without missing a word, and Tianhuo asked himself: "Although I live and die with Ah Li these days, I also think she is very cute, but she is a fox clan, I am a human race, how can I like a fox, just listen to a story." ”

The old man rubbed Ah Li's head and said: "Ah Li, promise Grandpa Yu that before the golden pill is condensed, you will never go to the human race to find your good friend, Grandpa Yu will never let you reunite with your friend through the way of 'painting skin', killing the human race and confusing the monks are all evil ways and harming others and yourself! Ah Li, you must not make this kind of mistake, otherwise your friend will not forgive you!"

Ah Li raised his head and looked at the old man's serious expression, nodded and said, "Grandpa Yu, don't worry, Ah Li will not degenerate into an evil demon, and the Ali Hall will be transformed into a righteous form for you." Grandpa Yu, everyone has been doing well recently, I don't know if the ancestor is sure to be promoted to the Jindan stage this time. ”

The old man cast a complicated look at a hillock surrounded by sparse forests in the distance, and replied: "I haven't been back to the cave of the Fox Fairy Forest for a long time. Grandpa is old, and he doesn't want to care about their idle affairs, so let them toss by themselves. ”

The eldest Ni and the third Ni in the old man's mouth are the three Demon Pill Stage fox cultivators in the fox fairy forest whose strength is second only to the fox ancestor, and they have all reached the high-level realm of the Demon Pill Stage.

Dani is a fox cultivator adopted by the ancestor since childhood, loyal to the ancestor, in recent years, the ancestor has spent most of his time in retreat and cultivation, and the daily affairs of the fox fairy forest are handed over to Dani to deal with;

Erni is the head fox of the largest branch of the Fox Fairy Forest, and before joining the Fox Fairy Forest, she was also known as the ancestor in her own group;

Sanni is the most outstanding of the descendants of the ancestor, and was naturally pushed out by the ancestor's clan to fight against Erni and fight for the interests of his own lineage.

The other four Ni and Wu Ni are all female fox demons who have only been promoted to the demon pill stage in the past hundred years, and they also have their own small circles.

The status of the male fox demon in the group is lower than that of the female fox demon, only Hu Da, Hu Er, and Hu San. Among them, Hu Da is the middle level of the demon pill stage, and Hu Er and Hu San are the first level of the demon pill stage.

Although the status of the male fox demon is low, but the strength is there, Hu Dahu and Hu San are also the objects of several fox ni trying to win over, and the relationship between them is very complicated, and Ah Li is not very clear.

The old man continued: "There is something related to you today. The Great Elder of the Weasel Clan personally visited the old ancestor and said that you strayed into the territory of the Weasel Clan and were injured by fierce beasts, reminding us that the Fox Clan should not cross the border without authorization in the future, which made me worry for a long time. ”

When Ah Li heard this, he stood up angrily: "They wicked people sue first, and they have to shirk responsibility." First of all, a weasel cultivator hooligan came out and asked me to be castrated, they must not be convinced, while sending people here to pretend to be good people, while sending another elder of the demon pill period to chase and kill me, fortunately I am lucky, otherwise I may not be able to come back! Grandpa Yu, what did the ancestor say?"

The old man shook his head and said, "The old ancestor is in retreat, and he didn't personally meet with the Great Elder of the Weasel Clan, Dani sent it away, and then sent someone to inform me and let me worry more, she is worried that the Weasel Clan may be unfavorable to the Fox Immortal Forest recently." ”

Ah Li jumped up and said: "No, I have to go back and report the details to the ancestor, it is not a matter of a day or two for those weasel clans to snatch the fox fairy forest, it is better to be cautious in this matter." ”

The old man held Ah Li down: "Ah Li, you are still so anxious, you will not go out of the customs when you go back to the old ancestor at this time, you will not see it at all, and Dani is a master who has no opinions, talking too much will only make her more worried." Tomorrow at noon, the ancestor will come out of the customs, you can rest here for one night, and it is not too late to go back tomorrow morning. ”

The old man's voice suddenly became low: "Ah Li, the current Fox Immortal Forest is different from the past, Grandpa has to tell you some things first, if you go back rashly to offer the elixir and report the situation, not only can you not help the fox clan and the old ancestor, but also may bring death to yourself." ”

"Erni has been missing for five days, she didn't explain anything to anyone before she disappeared, and the last time she appeared was in front of the cave of the clan directly under the ancestor, so Erni's clan thought that Sanni had attacked Erni and put her under house arrest.

Now there is tension between these two ethnic groups, if it weren't for the fear of each other, and Dani was trying his best to mediate in the middle, I was afraid that the fight would have started a long time ago, and you and they have no kinship relationship, so there is no need to get involved. ”

"And the old ancestor has been unable to break through for a long time, and he has been in a very bad mood recently, and he is very strict with the fox cultivators below, and he will either be punished or scolded if he makes a slight mistake. So now there are some things that everyone solves in private, and no one dares to report them to the ancestors. ”

"Ah Li, it's good that you found the elixir this time, but I see that the old ancestor has recently gone a little crazy mentally in order to promote the Jindan period, you must not take out too many pills and spirit grass, I am worried that the old ancestor will send people to snatch them all, even if she doesn't do it, Sanni will do it, now as long as the old ancestor can be promoted, no matter how crazy things are, Sanni can do it." ”

"Ah Li, you have to learn to protect yourself, the elixir and spirit grass you found by yourself, Grandpa Yu doesn't want it at all. But you have to think clearly with me today, what to offer tomorrow, how much to give, and everything you do must have a degree, and you should know the truth of going too far. Fox nature is greedy, fox nature is suspicious, you will be in danger if you are not careful, do you understand?"

Ah Li nodded a little blankly: "Grandpa Yu, I've only been gone for ten years, and there is a big gap between the Fox Immortal Forest you said and the Fox Immortal Forest in my memory! Aren't we just a group of simple, happy, and united fox cultivators? Why did it become like this?"

The old man sighed: "Alas, this can't be completely blamed on the old ancestor and Nizi, ten years ago, the four demon kings of the Heavenly Demon Forest ordered that in order to fully catch up with the strength of human cultivation, the demon clan should learn from the human race in an all-round way, and fully accept the competition mode and growth mode of the human race.

In the past ten years, the cultivation momentum and overall strength of the demon cultivator have improved a lot, but some of the bad behaviors of the human race have also been transmitted to the demon race.

Many demon cultivators think that the struggle for power and profit is a process of growth and sharpening, emphasizing strategy and cold-bloodedness, and trying every means to step on others to climb up, thinking that only in this way can the real backbone of the demon clan be cultivated.

This is a way similar to raising Gu, and the current Fox Immortal Forest is the victim of this model. ”

"Ah Li, after you go back tomorrow, talk less and do more to see, from now on, you have to learn to see and analyze with your own eyes. There are some things that I haven't even figured out, so I can't teach you more. ”

"Remember, don't talk too much when you go back, learn to protect yourself!"