Interpersonal communication is a painful thing for Ah Li, as a fox orphan, she doesn't have much communication experience, if it weren't for Tianhuo being by his side from time to time, Ah Li felt that he couldn't cope with it, and he didn't know why Tianhuo would understand so much.

In fact, it's not that Tianhuo understands the world very well, just because he is the youngest disciple of the Xuanji faction, and he usually loves to be naughty and mischievous, if he doesn't have any eyesight and doesn't please the elders and senior brothers, he doesn't know how many times they have opened his ass.

Objectively speaking, Tianhuo's communication ability can only be regarded as the most rudimentary, if it is placed in the human environment, it is not worth mentioning at all, but when it is used on the fox fairy forest demon cultivator who has just come into contact with the human culture, it immediately received miraculous results.

Ah Li's overall performance today was very good.

All the elders and companions in the quenching period who had been in contact with her felt that Ah Li's return this time had changed a lot, less of the recklessness and impulsiveness of his youth, and more gentleness and peace, which made people feel like a spring breeze, so the entire Fox Immortal Forest's evaluation of Ah Li increased greatly.

Interpersonal communication is also the most time-consuming thing, Ah Li has only received a few waves of visitors, and the time is not yet available, but fortunately, Ah Li has already cleaned up his nest.

Clean, tidy, without too much clutter, you can rest, you can practice, this is already very satisfying for Ah Li, Ah Li is not a demon cultivator who is greedy for pleasure.

At this time, a fox cultivator in the quenching period came to Ah Li, saying that the ancestor had already left the customs and had just finished dealing with the affairs of the clan, and was now ready to meet Ah Li.

Ah Li followed the attendant of the old ancestor, and soon came to the cave at the top of the shallow hill, which was the largest cave in the fox fairy forest, dry and warm, full of spiritual energy, and there was only one reception hall with more than ten zhang square space.

Ah Li was led to the middle of the hall and stopped, and the fox cultivator asked Ah Li to wait here, and he went to the back hall to ask the ancestor to come out.

Although Ah Li has lived in the Fox Immortal Forest for almost three hundred years, because he was born in an orphan camp before and his cultivation is very low, he has no chance to meet his ancestors, let alone come to his ancestors' caves, and even those elders' caves, Ah Li has never been to them before, and today is a blessing, and he has visited them all once.

The living room of the fox ancestor is excavated twice according to the rock pattern with the help of the original cave, which looks atmospheric, broad, and has the solemnity of the mountain stone.

The furniture in the living room is relatively simple, with almost no decoration, and it is simple to the extreme, not even as grand as the hall of a large human family.

On each side of the parlor there were two rows of tables and chairs made of logs, each row of four tables and chairs, for a total of sixteen seats, which were prepared for the elders' meetings.

Now there are only nine elders in the Demon Pill Stage in the Fox Immortal Forest, including eight in the Fox Cultivation Period, one in Elder Keqing, and one Grandpa Yu who is not an elder, but is suspected of failing to attack the Golden Pill Period, is also eligible to attend, so the sixteen sets of tables and chairs are enough for the elders to use.

There is a five-zhang wide space between the two rows of tables and chairs, which is used for the inquirer and reporter to stand.

The top of the hall is a three-step stone staircase, there is a big stone platform on the stone steps, and a large gold lacquer chair is placed on the stone platform, which is obviously much more delicate than the chair under the hall, inlaid with gold and silver, carved dragons and phoenixes, and gold lacquer is heavily colored, which looks like it was snatched from the house of the human nouveau riche.

The gold lacquer chair is also covered with a pure white fur of unknown monsters, which is estimated to create a high-end and atmospheric artistic conception for the big chair.

With the deliberately raised stone platform and brightly colored seats, whoever sits on it will immediately appear a little more noble than the others present.

Tianhuo scolded the belly of the gold-lacquered chair: "This is why the king of the demon clan is willing to sit on this chair!" In exchange for the human race, not to mention those high-ranking officials and monks, even landlords and merchants with a little wealth will not sit on it, because they are afraid of being ridiculed as nouveau riche. ”

Ah Li was looking around, and suddenly heard an elongated voice shouting: "Old Ancestor has arrived~~~!"

Ah Li hurriedly stood at the foot of the hall in an orderly manner, lowering his head and not daring to look directly at the old ancestor.

Ah Li has lived in the Fox Fairy Forest for many years, and her respect for her ancestors is from the heart.

But Tianhuo didn't have this kind of emotion and feeling, he was just very curious about what kind of appearance the fox ancestor who led the fox immortal forest was.

I saw that the attendant pulled up the curtain between the front hall and the back hall with his mouth, and a fair-skinned lady wearing a black robe slowly walked out of the back hall.

I saw that the noble lady was graceful, concave and convex, and the black robe looked like a famous teacher's tailoring, which made the woman tall and tall, and she did not feel that the robe that mopped the floor was cumbersome, and a pair of white and tender little hands stretched out of her sleeves and stacked them on the abdomen, showing a Wanfu hand shape.

The silhouette of the noble lady is very beautiful and eye-catching, with jet-black hair, a Lingyun bun, and three or four golden steps inserted on it.

She walked very slowly, profoundly embodying the kind of graceful temperament that a noble lady should have, and the golden steps on her bun shook the hanging tassels, and there was almost no shaking at all.

When the noble lady walked on the stone platform, Tianhuo finally saw her whole picture clearly, there was a pair of water-cut eyebrows under Lingyun's bun, and under the eyebrows was a pair of foxy eyes, like a watery deep pool, which made people unable to remove their eyes.

There was a veil under the eyes, which blocked the mouth and nose of the noblewoman, but the veil set off the lady's pair of white ingots and ears even more lovely.

The lady sat elegantly on the gold-lacquered chair, and from the angle of the heavenly fire, she could only see the grace of a swan, with a slender neck and a small, rounded chin.

Such an old ancestor made Tianhuo dumbfounded and amazed, where can she still see that she is a fox demon, as if she is a superb human race beauty, and she really deserves to be the ancestor of the fox clan.

Although the fox ancestor has not completely condensed the golden pill, even now that this veiled appearance appears in front of the human race, it is enough to charm all beings.

Tianhuo saw that the fox ancestor was wearing a veil, and guessed that she had probably evolved eight or nine percent, only the mouth and nose part had not yet evolved completely, and only when the golden pill was finally condensed, she could take off the veil and truly become a noble beautiful woman.

Just as Tianhuo was thinking wildly, the fox ancestor spoke: "Your name is Ah Li, isn't it?" Raise your head and let the old ancestor look at you." ”

The voice of the old ancestor turned out to be very sweet and soft, and it matched her body and appearance seamlessly, and even Tianhuo had to admit that only such a voice could be worthy of such a figure.

Ah Li looked up at the ancestor very obediently, and the moment he saw the ancestor, Ah Li's heart was lifted, his heart contracted suddenly, and he felt that his breathing stopped at this moment, it turned out that the ancestor was born so beautiful!

If he hadn't known in advance that the old ancestor had not yet succeeded in the final formation, Ah Li would 100% think that the old ancestor had completely transformed.

Such a beauty, Ah Li doesn't know how to describe it, Ah Li can say that there are not many beauties, the ancestor should be equal to the Qingfu girl dancing at the leisurely banquet, and the young lady and them are not the same type, anyway, the three of them are very beautiful beauties.

The beauty of the old ancestor made Ah Li feel ashamed of himself, looked at the old ancestor a few times, and immediately lowered his head.

The old ancestor was very satisfied with Ah Li's performance, and continued: "Ah Li, you were brought back to the Fox Immortal Forest by myself three hundred years ago, when you wandered alone in the human territory for two years, dry and thin, if you hadn't stopped me in fox language, I would have thought you were a stray puppy!"

I really didn't expect you to be so beautiful now, you don't need to envy your ancestors, the bloodline of our fox clan is far more noble and excellent than you imagined, as long as you work hard to cultivate, you won't be uglier than your ancestors when you transform in the future. ”

Ah Li didn't expect the old ancestor to be so amiable, far from being as terrible as they described, so he raised his head boldly and asked, "Old ancestor, really?

The old ancestor looked at Ah Li gently and said, "Yes, as long as you put in enough effort and price, you will definitely be as beautiful as the old ancestor, no, even more beautiful than the old ancestor!"

Ah Li, the ancestor can see your efforts, ten years ago, you just reached the forging period, you dared to beg outside Dani's cave for three days and three nights, and finally made Dani soft-hearted and agreed to let you go out to practice, at that time I knew that with such a resolute character as you, the future will definitely be limitless.

Sure enough, in just ten years, you have reached the realm of quenching copper bones, and you will continue to work hard in the future, and the ancestors still want to see each of you juniors succeed in transforming into a successful shape!"

Ah Li was even more moved, she didn't expect that ten years ago, she knelt down and begged Elder Dani, the ancestors all knew, no wonder the ancestors could take care of the fox fairy forest in an orderly manner, and their strength was thriving, Ah Li secretly vowed to contribute to the clan.

The old ancestor continued: "This time I am back, don't go out in a hurry, consolidate the current realm in the clan, and learn how to take care of the affairs of the clan, share the worries of the elders, and when we are old in the future, the clan will be your generation." ”

Ah Li was thrilled when he heard this, nodded vigorously and said: "Old Ancestor, Ah Li knows that Ah Li is not going to leave when he comes back this time, and he must repay the kindness of the old ancestor and the clan for raising him."

Ah Li went out this time to live up to his fate, and found a four-grade elixir for his ancestors -- a 300-year-old mountain ginseng plant, and dedicated it to his ancestors! Ah Li hoped that the old ancestors would complete the transformation as soon as possible, which was Ah Li's greatest wish. ”

After speaking, Ah Li couldn't control his emotions, and tears flowed down directly, these tears contained Ah Li's hardships in the past ten years, and his admiration for his ancestors.

Ah Li hopes from the bottom of his heart that the old ancestor will succeed in transforming into a shape, and only when the old ancestor is strong can he protect the entire fox fairy forest and protect the ethnic group.

The old ancestor was moved by Ah Li's tears, and did not rush to ask about the elixir, but said gently: "Good boy, don't cry, the old ancestor knows that you have worked hard in the past ten years, and if you cry like this, the old ancestor loves and hurts in his heart, be good, don't cry." ”

Ah Li tried to hold back his tears, took out the old ginseng from the Qiankun bag under his neck, ran up to the stone platform, and respectfully placed it in the hands of the old ancestor, who lovingly stroked Ah Li's head to show encouragement. The ancestor's hand was warm and soft, which made Ah Li feel very comfortable.

The 300-year-old ginseng is in excellent condition, without any bumps and bruises, and there is no broken beard, and you can see that it was picked and transported with care.

The old ancestor smiled, although she still has some fourth-grade elixirs in her hands, but the mountain ginseng itself has strong primitive medicinal properties, and it is relatively rare to have a three-hundred-year grade, and the grade can reach the fourth-level intermediate level, which is somewhat helpful for her to break through, and at this time, of course, the more elixirs the better.

The old ancestor didn't pay attention to the mountain ginseng for a long time, only glanced at it a few times and put it on the small table on the side, and then asked Ah Li curiously: "Ah Li, the old ancestor is a little curious." I heard Dani say just now, according to the clan rules, you can move to the cave of the demon cultivation in the quenching period when you come back this time, why don't you go?"

Ah Li was stunned, he didn't expect that his ancestors would pay attention to this kind of trivial matter, and Ah Li hurriedly replied: "Ah Li is used to living in the orphanage camp, and I think it's good there, and I can take care of my younger brothers and sisters in the orphanage camp nearby, so I don't want to move." Ah Li is too capricious, please punish the ancestors. ”

The old ancestor sighed: "How could the old ancestor punish you? It's just that I didn't expect that there would be such a well-behaved and sensible good boy as you in the clan, and it was too late for the old ancestor to be happy!"

If the Fox Immortal Forest wants to continue to grow in the future, it needs a fox cultivator like you who has a public heart and a sense of responsibility, not only can not be punished, but also rewarded. Let me think of what to reward you?"

"What......

The old ancestor didn't seem to be able to think of anything at once, his mouth was broken, and he stood up a little dazedly, looking ahead with a dull gaze.

Suddenly, the old ancestor shook and almost fell, she hurriedly reached out to hold the armrest of the gold-lacquered chair, sat down slowly, and then began to tremble violently.

Ah Li was originally waiting for the reward of the old ancestor with his head down, but suddenly he heard the sound above his head, and when he looked up, he found that the situation of the old ancestor was wrong, so he wanted to rush to the stone platform to help.

The old ancestor lowered his head and made a gesture not to approach Ah Li, Ah Li had to stop, and at the same time, the old ancestor also stopped her attendants from stepping forward to help.

The old ancestor slowed down in the chair for a long time, and finally raised his head, only to see that her previous charming and deep eyes were already bloodshot, the blue tendons on her forehead were violent, her expression became very hideous, and her red eyes exuded a cold and tyrannical aura, which made people shudder!

Ah Li was so frightened that he took a few steps back and screamed out in a lost voice!

Ah Li's cry also seemed to frighten the noblewoman, who was stunned, and her dull, cold, and tyrannical eyes seemed to loosen a little.

The noble lady bent down, her hands clutching her neck, her fingernails almost digging into her flesh, and her throat uttered a low and confused language that Ah Li did not understand at all.

Suddenly, the lady shouted, "Don't think!" and fell straight down on the chair behind her.

The noble lady lay upright for a long time, and finally sighed a long sigh, and sat up slowly, the blood in her eyes faded a little, and her expression was not as hideous as just now, and she said weakly:

"Ah Li, there are some mistakes in the practice of the ancestors, don't be afraid, and don't tell others, otherwise it will cause chaos. ”

Ah Li said worriedly: "Old Ancestor, are you okay?" Ah Li is very worried about you, why don't I call Elder Dani?"

The lady raised her head suddenly, her expression began to become hideous again, and she felt that she was going to choose someone to devour, and roared angrily: "I said no, didn't you hear?"

Ah Li was frightened, gritted his teeth, and didn't dare to make any sound, just silently wept.

The noble lady slowed down for a while, and said to the anxious attendant on the side, "Liangzi, go to my house and bring me a cup of jade elixir." ”

Ryoko immediately ran back to the back hall, and soon carefully brought a food box, respectfully placed it at the feet of the old ancestor, and then took a few steps back to wait.

The lady opened the lid of the food box, picked up a silver cup, lifted the veil a little, and put the glass to her lips and drank it all.

Tianhuo suddenly spoke in Ah Li's sea of knowledge: "Ah Li, be careful, the cup of jade elixir that the ancestor drank is bright red, and I think it looks very like blood." ”

In fact, Ah Li's nose also smelled a faint smell of blood, but she didn't dare to ask anything, let alone think about it.

After drinking the jade elixir, the noble lady closed her eyes and curled up on the big chair, and after a long time, she opened her eyes, and her red and bloody eyes were basically back to normal, but there were still some bloodshots.

The old ancestor regained his grace and luxury, and said lightly: "I'm sorry, Ah Li, the old ancestor was a little uncomfortable just now, and he shouldn't have yelled at you." ”

Ah Li said softly: "Ancestor, you should reprimand Ah Li, but is your body really fine?" Ah Li is very worried. ”

The old ancestor stood up, his hands were flat at his side, and he turned gracefully around on the stone platform, letting out a laugh like a silver bell: "Ah Li, you see, isn't the old ancestor all right? It's just that I've been a little anxious about practicing recently, and I have left some dark diseases, as long as I successfully condense the golden pill, some dark diseases will heal without medicine." I'm really sorry to make us Xiao Ali worried. ”

After speaking, the old ancestor walked down the stone platform, came to Ah Li's side and squatted down, stretched out his hand and gently touched Ah Li's head and said, "Ah Li, are you willing to do something for the ancestor?"

This time, Ah Li felt that the old ancestor's hand was cold and piercing, but he didn't dare to make any uncomfortable expression, and the heavenly fire on the stone platform was nervously about jumping up, he was very worried that the fox old ancestor would take the opportunity to stroking Ah Li and twist Ah Li's neck at once.

Ah Li hurriedly nodded: "Ancestor, despite your orders, Ah Li will go to the soup and fight the fire, and he will not give up." ”

The old ancestor smiled lightly: "If you don't have to go to the soup, there won't be too much danger." The old ancestor wants Ah to leave to secretly investigate the disappearance of Elder Erni, remember that it is a 'secret' visit, and no one can know about this matter until it is revealed, only you and I know, understand?"

Ah Li nodded, and then looked at the male quenching stage fox Xiu Liangzi not far away with some embarrassment, Liangzi rolled a glance at Ah Li fiercely, turned his back, and pretended not to see Ah Li's distrustful eyes.

The old ancestor laughed out loud: "I didn't expect Ah Li to be a ghost! Liangzi is the most loyal to me, he will definitely not say it, don't worry." ”

Ah Li saw that the ancestors had personally guaranteed it, so he naturally could only choose to trust Liangzi.

Ah Li still couldn't help but ask: "Old Ancestor, who do you think is the most suspicious of Elder Erni's disappearance?"

The old ancestor said with a cold glint in his eyes: "Erni is missing, some people in the clan suspect that Sanni did it, and of course there must be some people who suspect that I did it, but they don't dare to say it." ”

"The day after Erni's disappearance, I asked Dani to investigate the matter thoroughly, but Dani's personality was too rough and arrogant, not like a woman's family at all, the matter was not clarified, and it made the city stormy, focusing everyone's attention on Erni's disappearance.

Every day that this matter drags on is a kind of harm to the ethnic group, and it must be closed as soon as possible and give everyone the truth, otherwise the seeds of mutual distrust will be planted in the ethnic group.

In fact, I know that Dani didn't pay attention to investigate, she was afraid that this matter was related to me or Sanni, in case the truth was revealed, I was afraid that I would be embarrassed, and it would be difficult to convince the public in the future, thinking that it would be over if I dragged the limelight. ”

"Dani doesn't care, it's even more impossible for me to let Sanni investigate this matter, otherwise there is nothing in the first place, maybe something will be found. ”

"As for the other elders, they are either confused and only know how to cultivate, or they are secretly selfish and dare not take responsibility, so I have no intention of handing over this matter to them. ”

"It just so happened that Ah Li returned to the clan today, not only did you improve your strength a lot, but also brought back the elixir, which made a great contribution to the clan, and your courage is commendable.

At the same time, you are commendable and loyal to your community, and with this courage and public heart, you are qualified and capable to investigate this matter.

Ah Li, the ancestor trusts you very much, are you willing to claim this errand?"

Ah Li also said: "Old Ancestor, Ah Li will definitely do his best to investigate this matter, but Ah Li is afraid that his cultivation will be limited, and if he does not do well, he will disappoint the old ancestor, and also disappoint the elders and brothers and sisters. ”

The old ancestor shook his head: "You can do this with all your heart, and no one will blame you if you don't do it well." ”

Ah Li said: "That's good, Ah Li received the order, but I don't know who Ah Li can investigate? What level can be investigated at the highest level? ”

The Old Ancestor pondered for a moment and said, "The final outcome of this matter will affect the stability of the race. Ah Li, you might as well conduct your investigation more deeply, the scope of the investigation is not limited, you can investigate the elders, the elders of Keqing, and even myself, as long as you suspect it, you can investigate.

But all the investigations you do have to be done in private, and the evidence collected must not be discovered, can you do it?"

Ah Li nodded and said, "Okay, Ancestor, Ah Li has one last request!"

The old ancestor was a little surprised and asked, "Oh? ”

Ah Li said: "Can the ancestor give Ah Li a token, when Ah Li has conclusive evidence, but can not protect the evidence, it can be used to gather people and prove the identity of the token." ”

The old ancestor thought for a while, took off an ink-colored jade plate from his waist, handed it to Ah Li and said: "You hold this jade plate, and it can prove at the critical moment that I personally arranged for you to do these things, but it can only be used to save your life, and you can't use it to directly obtain evidence."

I hope that until the truth is revealed, it is best not to let people know that I have sent you to investigate this matter, because I am afraid that if the secret is leaked in advance, the case of Erni's disappearance will never be answered. ”