In fact, Ah Li has a headache about the rules of naming Fox Xianlin by age, and after every New Year's Festival, when he sees a very familiar companion, he will always call someone else's name wrong.

This happens for a month in January every year, and after everyone is familiar with each other's new name (age), they change their name again after another eleven months.

Sure enough, after the male fox of the dark whistle screamed, he began to correct Ah Li seriously: "Sister Sanyi, you called my name wrong, I am now the 159th brother, you forgot that you have been out to practice for ten years, is it only you who are older, and I am not older than the younger brother." ”

Ah Li felt like she couldn't cry or laugh, and she also said to Brother 159 seriously: "Brother 159, my sister has changed her name to Ah Li now, don't call me Sister 312 in the future, it looks like I'm old." ”

Before Ah Li's words fell, the cries of "Sister Trinity" and "Sister Ahri" came down from the hillside.

A large group of little fox cultivators in the forging period and the general wisdom period rushed down from the shallow hills, these little fox cultivators are the same as Ah Li, they are all brothers and sisters in the orphan camp, they have no direct ethnic group, they are all rescued from the vicinity of Tianmang Forest by the demon cultivators of the Fox Immortal Forest, and they are all orphan fox cultivators who have lost their ethnic groups or parents and have cultivation qualifications.

Many of them have lived with Ah Li for more than a hundred years, and Ah Li is the eldest of them, and has always taken care of them like big sisters, they support and take care of each other, and their relationship is as deep as that of a brother and sister.

Seeing these younger brothers and sisters, Ah Li's eyes turned red, she had not been in the Fox Immortal Forest for the past ten years, and there was no way to take care of them, so they had suffered, Ah Li felt very ashamed.

In fact, Ah Li went out to experience it was also a helpless move, affected by the seal between the eyebrows, Ah Li was considered to be one of the fox cultivators with the worst qualifications in the Fox Immortal Forest, without strong strength or potential to support, he would not be able to get more cultivation resources, and there would be no resources to take care of these younger brothers and sisters.

Ah Li thought about it for a long time, and after he reached the forging period, he immediately applied to go out for training, either to break through the roll call outside, so that he could be promoted to the bone quenching period quickly, so that he was qualified to come back to take care of these younger brothers and sisters, or simply die outside, so that Ah Li would not have to watch these younger brothers and sisters suffer with his own eyes.

There is a price to go out to practice, if you reach the bone quenching stage and want to return to the clan again, you must at least hand over a fourth-grade pill or elixir to the clan, which can be regarded as making up for the cultivation resources consumed by the clan to cultivate her, which is what they commonly call 'shares'.

If there is no such example, if she does not contribute to the community, then after leaving the community for so long, the community will not be able to accept her again.

It seems like a cold rule, but this is a helpless move to maintain the cohesion of a clan and improve the strength and heritage of the clan, and every fox cultivator has to follow such rules.

In fact, this regulation also has a use, that is, to deter fox cultivators who are about to leave the clan and go out to cultivate, so as to prevent a large number of fox cultivators from going out to practice and affect the overall strength of the clan.

Because the elixir or elixir of the fourth grade is not so easy to obtain, the station of most ethnic groups can only grow one to three grade elixirs due to the restrictions of aura and other conditions, and the four-grade elixir can only be found outside.

However, most of the places where this elixir can grow are occupied by middle and high-level demon cultivators, and if you want to obtain the four-grade elixir with the cultivation of the bone quenching stage or the forging period, you can basically only try your luck.

And the four-rank pill is not to be considered, the demon cultivators below the demon pill stage can't speak, and they can't communicate with the Terran monks, how can they exchange for the pill.

An elixir like a three-hundred-year-old mountain ginseng was accidentally discovered by Ah Li after ten years of hard searching, and he waited for several years to pick it after it reached the vintage, which was considered luck.

So Ah Li came back earlier than everyone expected, in fact, many fox cultivators thought that Ah Li was very likely to never return, and only the brothers and sisters in the orphanage camp firmly believed that Ah Li would come back sooner or later.

Soon these little ones rushed to Ah Li's side, and Ah Li touched his nose with every brother and sister, which was a unique way of greeting from the Fox Fairy Forest Orphan Camp.

These little fox cultivators were very excited when they saw Ah Li, and they asked Ah Li questions in a gossipy manner, and the noise was so noisy that Ah Li's head was about to explode.

Ah Li had no choice but to jump on the boulder, and in the strange eyes of this group of orphans, Ah Li said loudly: "Brothers and sisters, I am back, I will not be called Sister Trinity in the future, and I will not be called Sister Ahri, you will call me 'Sister Ah Li' in the future, and this name will never change again." ”

"Well, that's a nice name. ”

"Sister Ah Li, you have become beautiful!"

"Sister Ah Li, you came back so soon, have you reached the bone quenching stage?"

The gossip sound sounded again, and Ah Li felt that his head was loud for a while, and said loudly: "Everyone, don't quarrel first, listen to me." ”

The orphan fox cultivators under the stone were quiet, and Ah Li continued: "Brothers and sisters, Sister Ah Li has been gone for ten years, and there are many interesting and interesting experiences to tell you, but I can't finish talking about it for a while, I just came back, and I still need to visit the old ancestor and a few elders, so I won't play with you today." ”

All the orphans felt a little disappointed, and Ah Li saw that everyone was downcast, so he had to say again:

"Sister Ah Li just doesn't have time today, so it's okay to come back and tell you stories for a few days and nights when I'm done. Sister Ah Li has brought gifts to each of you, and after you receive the gifts in a while, hurry up and go back to practice, good~. ”

When they heard the gifts, most of the little foxes burst into laughter.

Ah Li counted the number of people, including one hundred and fifty-nine, and there were only forty-three little foxes, Ah Li frowned and asked, "One hundred and fifty-nine, why are there so many people left in the orphan camp?

159 nodded, he was one of the older and higher cultivators in the orphanage camp, and he also took on the important position of a secret whistle, so he naturally knew the situation in the orphanage camp.

159 said: "Sister Ah Li, you are not in the past ten years, our orphanage camp has dropped from 57 people to 43 people, and 14 younger brothers and sisters have left us for various reasons. After saying that, 159 bowed his head in shame.

In fact, the reduction of the number of orphan camps is not to blame at all on the head of 159, there are 10,000 ways for demon cultivators to die, mistakes in practice, failure in hunting, mistaking poisonous weeds, inadvertently offending superior demon cultivators, etc., all of which may make them die early.

Ah Li didn't specifically ask how the fourteen younger brothers and sisters died, these years of experience made Ah Li understand that only cherishing the people in front of him is the most important thing, this is reality, not ruthlessness!

Ah Li decided to give each of his younger siblings a Gathering Spirit Pill, although a pill was not very helpful to them, but because of the lack of attention in the orphan camp and the lack of cultivation resources, many orphan fox cultivators had never seen what the pill was like.

Ah Li asked the 159 little fox cultivators to line up, take out the Gathering Spirit Pill, and put a Gathering Spirit Pill on the little paws of each fox cultivator.

Most of the little fox cultivators looked at the Gathering Spirit Pill curiously, studied it, and whispered from time to time.

"This is the elixir of the human race?

"That's it, how did the Terrans turn the spirit grass into round balls?"

"I heard that it was fried on the fire with a large pot stand!"

"Nonsense, that's called alchemy, it's not fried!"

"You're just talking nonsense, you haven't seen the Terran alchemy, it's also hearsay!"

"I've seen it, I once accidentally saw Elder Sanni's alchemy, which was burned in a Dan furnace, not fried!"

“......”

Of course, there are also some anxious little fox cultivators, who directly threw the Gathering Spirit Pill into their mouths, and a fragrance hit the nose, which melted in the mouth, turning into a warm current and directly entering the stomach, which immediately filled the little fox with energy, and the little fox exclaimed:

"This pill is so powerful, as soon as I took it, I felt that a warm current went directly to the dantian, and a pill can withstand the effect of meditation for more than ten days. ”

"Really?" the other little foxes also threw the elixir into their mouths, causing a chorus of exclamations and admiration.

Some of the little foxes were still unsatisfied, looking at Ah Li with blank eyes, hoping that Ah Li could share another spirit pill with them.

Ah Li's eyes were red when he saw it, it was really not easy for these poor children to live, and they were so well-behaved.

Tianhuo stopped Ah Li's impulse in time, otherwise Ah Li would have to finish the pill.

Ah Li reluctantly said to the orphans: "No, this Gathering Spirit Pill is to open everyone's eyes, it can't replace practice, and it can't be eaten as a meal, you just eat one, hurry back to the cave to guide and dissolve the medicinal power, don't waste the effect of the elixir." ”

In the end, Ah Li sent away the reluctant little fox cultivators, and finally gave a sigh of relief.

Far away on a shallow hill, in front of a large cave, stood two foxes, one thin and one fat, it was Elder Sanni and her daughter, Fat Ya.

Now the fox cultivation in the quenching period of the fox fairy forest has also become popular to name himself, the female fox cultivator uses 'ya', the male fox cultivator uses 'zi', the daughter of elder Sanni has good nutrition since childhood, and she is much fatter than the average fox cultivator, and Elder Sanni stood in front of her daughter, and she went a few laps smaller.

Just now, the experience of the orphan fox Xiu welcoming Ah Li and Ah Li distributing the pill to the orphan fox Xiu fell in the eyes of the mother and daughter.

The fat girl said with some taste: "Hmph, that three-one-two, the qualifications and talents are so poor, I didn't expect to be so prestigious among that group of orphans." even took a name without 'Ya', what is the name Ah Li, it's ugly to death!

And she still has no rules, she went out to experience and got good things, and when she came back, she didn't hand over the clan for the first time, but privately distributed it to that group of orphans, I think someone needs to teach her the rules. ”

Fat girl and Ah Li are about the same age, ten years ago's cultivation was much higher than Ah Li, Ah Li just arrived at the forging body, she entered the quenching period, I didn't expect Ah Li to go out and come back for ten years, has become the quenching copper bone realm, and the fat girl is just the quenching silver bone realm, it is inevitable to be jealous.

Sanni glanced at her daughter lightly: "Are you jealous, right? It's not that I don't let you go out to practice, it's that you are greedy for comfort, and now you see others growing up faster, do you regret it?"

The fat girl was almost like thunder: "Mother, don't be kidding! Am I jealous of that waste who has only entered the forging period for three hundred years? No matter how hard she works and has adventures, she is still a small realm lower than me, and she is not qualified to compare with me." ”

Sanni didn't plan to take care of her daughter more, turned around and entered the cave, and her voice came from afar: "When I was in your grade, without so many resources as you have now, I was already in the realm of quenching gold bones, you don't want to compare with her, and compare with me when I was young!"

The fat girl rolled her eyes at Sanni, but she didn't know how to refute it, so she had to twist her fat body back to the cave with hatred.

Ah Li sent off all his younger siblings and used the two empty pill jade bottles to fill each of the Pei Yuan Dan, which was prepared to meet Elder Dani and Sanni for a while.

Elder Dani is a rather strong fox cultivator, different from the fat girl's obesity, Elder Dani is full of strong muscles, his body is at least two Ah Li's size, and the red hair on his body has a dark cyan light, which looks extremely strong.

In fact, most demon cultivators will begin to deliberately imitate the human race after the demon pill period, especially in some small demon cultivation groups, or in the rural demon cultivation group, in order to show the difference between themselves and the low-level demon cultivators of the race, after the demon pill period, they will begin to practice hard to practice standing upright, wearing human robes, and imitating human speech and behavior.

At this time, Elder Dani was dressed in a black suit, with a red cloak around his neck, and sat on a large chair with a tiger stool under his feet, looking like a bandit leader at first glance.

Ah Li entered Elder Dani's cave mansion and greeted the elder respectfully without squinting.

Elder Dani returned the salute heroically, and asked Ah Li a few questions about the experience, and Ah Li answered truthfully, Dani was quite satisfied with the results of Ah Li's experience, and encouraged Ah Li a few words, so that she could come back in the afternoon to meet the old ancestor, and by the way, to offer the elixir.

Personally meeting every fox cultivator who has been promoted to the bone quenching period is a rule that the ancestors themselves have put down, which is a ritual that will allow each fox cultivator who has been promoted to the bone quenching stage to enhance their sense of belonging and trust in the ethnic group.

Dani was not a good talker, but after saying a few more words, and after finding that there was nothing to say, she was ready to send Ah Li away.

At this time, Ah Li stepped forward and offered a Peiyuan Pill, although it was only a third-grade intermediate pill, which was of little help to Dani, but it was more than enough to reward his subordinates, children and nephews.

Dani's senses for Ah Li immediately improved a lot, and she mentioned a few words to Ah Li, telling her some things to pay attention to when she met the old ancestor in the afternoon.

Ah Li was grateful, grateful to Elder Dani, and grateful to Tianhuo for teaching her so much.

Coming out of Elder Dani, Ah Li went to visit Elder Sanni again, but the fat girl didn't want to see Ah Li and avoided it.

Elder Sanni's outfit is not as exaggerated as that of Elder Dani, and it seems that the direction of Elder Sanni's future transformation is a cold and noble lady.

According to the process of the Heavenly Fire Sect, Ah Li briefly introduced the process of this experience to Elder Sanni, and seeing that Elder Sanni was not interested, Ah Li hurriedly closed the topic and offered Pei Yuan Dan.

Sanni took the jade bottle, opened the cap and smelled it. Well, it's really a good third-grade mid-level elixir, and my daughter can just use it, it seems that this Ah Li is still very eye-catching, just by virtue of this, his stubborn daughter can't compare.

Sanni's attitude is also much better, more enthusiastic, gave Ah Li some encouragement, and told Ah Li to gain a lot this time, or don't be in a hurry to go out to experience again, mainly to consolidate the realm, as the old man of the fox fairy forest, I hope Ah Li can stay in the group, take on more affairs, and share worries for the development of the group.

Ah Li was naturally full of promises, and finally politely said goodbye and left.

As soon as Ah Li left, the fat girl turned out of the back hall, snatched Pei Yuandan from her mother's hand, and said sour shit luck, and did not forget to complain about Ah Li's stinginess.

There was still a period of time before the ancestor left the customs, and Ah Li returned to his residence in the Fox Immortal Forest, the so-called residence was just a big cave where dozens of orphaned fox cultivators lived together.

Because Ah Li is the eldest sister, she has a bit of privilege, and in the big cave, a small cave was opened, because it was dug by the orphan camp companions for Ah Li, it was just an irregular small cave, no more than five feet in size, but it was Ah Li's favorite home.

In the Fox Immortal Forest, the ancestors' cave mansion is the highest, occupying the uppermost cliff of the entire shallow hill, below is the cave of the elders of the demon pill period, and then below are some small caves of the demon cultivation in the quenching bone period, there are only two or three rooms, in fact, it can't be called a cave mansion.

The fox cultivators in the forging period and the wisdom period live with their own foxes who belong to the same branch but have not opened their minds, and their cave is under the demon cultivation in the quenching period.

The cave in the orphanage camp is at the bottom of all the caves, close to the terraced medicine garden, cold and damp, and the conditions are not good.

There were some messy items left behind by Ah Li's room before Ah Li went out to practice, and for ten years, the younger siblings in the orphanage camp had not touched them.

None of Ah Li's miscellaneous items are valuable, a small clay pot with water, a bowl with a small corner, a clay lamp with lamp oil that has long dried up, and a cotton thread twist I don't know where to throw it.

A horned rabbit skin that has been used for I don't know how many years, and a tattered cloth tiger, which was given to her by a fox cultivator sister who has a good relationship with Ah Li, when she was in the wisdom period, said that it was used to let her practice courage.

In fact, Ah Li has always wanted a girl's puppet, but her sister said that it was for witchcraft and funeral, and she resolutely refused to find it.

Ah Li looked at the dusty room, took a deep breath, drummed up the demonic energy, and even took a few breaths to blow out the dust in his cave, and then prepared to take out the moldy horned rabbit skin to dry.

At this time, a hardened male fox came running: "Ah Li, you're back, I'm a sunspot, do you still recognize me?"

Ah Li hesitated and recognized it, Heizi was also a fox cultivator from the orphan camp, and said happily: "Heizi, you have already quenched your bones, you are so powerful, are you in a position now?"

Heizi raised his head and said proudly: "Ah Li, I am now under the account of Elder Dani, and I am responsible for the deployment of some daily materials in the Fox Immortal Forest, I am very good!"

Ah Li was happy for every promising fox cultivator who came out of the orphanage camp, and also praised the sunspot a few words.

Kuroko saw that Ah Li was cleaning the cave, and couldn't help but say, "Don't clean your garbage cave, you are already in the bone quenching period and are eligible to change your residence."

You come with me, and I will take you to choose a place to live, which is just below the elders' sunny cave, which is dry and comfortable, second, you can inhale the morning dew and bathe in the sunset, which is beneficial to cultivation, and third, you can get closer to the elders, in case you are supported by the elders, there will be many benefits. ”

Ah Li heard Heizi say that the orphanage camp was a garbage cave, and he was a little disliked, and said lightly: "Heizi, I think it's very good here, it's close to my younger brothers and sisters, if you have something, you can go and get busy first." ”

After speaking, Ah Li continued to clean his room, and Kuroko suddenly felt a little embarrassed, and hurriedly said:

"Ah Li, I'm not saying that the orphanage camp is bad, how can I forget my roots? In this way, since you like to live here, I will have someone send a new horned rabbit skin over later, and your piece is moldy and cannot be used.

Knowing that you have something to do in a while, I won't bother, go to my cave house for a small gathering in the evening, I called a few former orphan camps, and now they are all partners in the bone quenching period, you must come at night!"

Soon, a brand new horned rabbit skin was sent, in good condition, high quality, it seems that the sunspot has indeed been appreciated by Dani, with a lot of power, Ah Li is still very grateful to him, although the sunspot is a little philistine, but the love is still there, and the person is still a good person.

Then several groups of visitors came, most of them were former orphan fox cultivators, and now they have all reached the quenching period, and they are also companions of the evening gathering, and their feelings for these orphan fox cultivators are still relatively deep.

Ah Li received them one by one, including two pregnant female fox cultivators, and Ah Li also specially presented the Gathering Spirit Pill.