Dark cumulus clouds slowly drifted in from the distant end of the sky. The wind grew stronger among the winding foothills. From the nearby village came the noise of farmers returning home and children leaving school.
The red fox blinked and looked at the scene somewhat lonely, its long fluffy tail swaying and occasional whimpers coming from its closed long snout.
The fox wails.
Once upon a time, she and her sister flew through the mountains and forests. Although they were monsters, they were free. In order to practice, they would look for woodcutters in the mountains, lone merchants, and scholars taking exams, and transform themselves into beautiful women to absorb their yang energy.
Just as people hunt them for their fur, the principle is the same.
I just don't understand, for the same thing, why the final fates are all different. Have those hunters who killed them for their fur been punished
Unfortunately, her sister is no longer with her, and she is now punished to guard this land and help those who meet with misfortune in the nearby mountains, but she is still restrained.
boom-
There was a rumble of thunder in the sky, and a bean-sized raindrop fell on the tip of her nose. She propped herself up and heard the merchants traveling on the mountain road ahead shouting loudly and waving whips to drive their donkey carts.
"Come on!" "It's going to rain!"
"The shaft of the carriage has sunk into a pit. Don't worry, those behind us!"
A fox shadow nimbly jumped to the nearby bushes and watched several people pushing a donkey cart full of goods. There was a man in front pulling the reins and pulling a donkey hard. The wheels under the frame were stuck in the mud, rising and falling several times and almost coming up, but finally fell back, preventing the other vehicles traveling behind from passing.
Seeing that a heavy rain was about to come, some people couldn't help but feel anxious.
"The rain is falling!"
"The one in front, try harder, okay?"
Someone in front of him turned around and yelled, "Then come on! What are you yelling about?!"
In the bushes, a red fox watching this scene opened its fox snout and blew a breath at the donkey cart whose shaft was stuck in the mud. Originally half of the wheel was in the hole, but it seemed as if it was given an invisible push and moved up easily.
"Haha, he finally came up, it must be the spirit of Hong Lian!"
"Let's come and worship when we pass by in a few days. I heard it's quite effective."
“… Go find a place to shelter from the rain first, and walk quickly. Don’t block the people behind you.”
In the sparse rain, a few people who were shouting and laughing drove their donkey carts hurriedly away to the end of the mountain path. The red fox demon hiding in the grass exhaled, drooped its ears, and prepared to leave to take shelter from the rain in the mountains.
I have helped people like this more than ten times. At first, I felt a little excited about helping others, but later on, I thought more and more about my past life.
The most enjoyable thing is to look at the expressions of these people as they enjoy themselves under me and then have their essence sucked dry.
'You want to go out...'
The red fox that was walking towards the forest suddenly stopped, its soft paw pad pressing on a branch, its long tail hanging in the air. She quickly turned her head to look at the surrounding woods, where raindrops were hitting the leaves and falling.
'Only you can hear it.'
Amid the sound of the growing rain, the faint words seemed to ring right beside my ears. The red fox's fur stood up one by one, and it arched its body, baring its teeth and making a low "ho ho" growl.
After a moment, the voice came again.
"I have no hostility. Don't be nervous, little fox. Tell me, do you want to leave and return to the carefree life in the mountains?"
The red fox hunched its body, bared its teeth and looked around vigilantly: "Who are you? What are you doing here sneaking around? Do you know that this is Qixia Mountain? If Mr. Lu finds out that you are trying to cause trouble, he will put you in his gourd."
'Oh? Like your sister?'
The voice was light, but the tone was frivolous, like blowing air softly in the red fox's ear.
'… Are you afraid? I have cultivated myself into a demon with so much hardship, but in the blink of an eye, I turned into a pool of thick water. Are you afraid?'
Even knowing these things... The red fox stood up with its fur standing on end, its body shaped like a human, and with a wave of its sharp claws, it tore a hanging branch into several pieces and dropped them to the ground.
After taking two steps, the fox looked around, revealing fangs on both sides of its muzzle: "Who are you? Come out!"
'Hehe... Don't be nervous, I have no ill intentions, but I won't show myself here. There's a temple over there, and your sister is watching the surroundings... If you want to leave here, why not come to the mountain where Lu Liangsheng often stays.'
"I won't come."
"You will come. If you want to leave here, you can only find me. Otherwise, you will stay here for a hundred years, or even longer."
Ignoring the red fox's growl, the voice said this and then disappeared out of thin air without surging in her heart.
Wow!
It was raining heavily, and the sound of rain hitting the woods covered up everything that could be heard around. The red fox turned into a fox again and walked into the damp and cold cave.
Looking at the tree roots sticking out from the edge of the cave dripping with water, I stopped and stood there for a long time. I turned my head and looked outside the forest. In the lead-blue rain curtain, the rain lines connected the sky and the earth, and the winding mountains in the distance looked mysterious.
'go out… '
She cast her eyes on the white ropes on her limbs, her pupils shrank, and her claws sank into the mud. After a moment, she turned around and spread her limbs, dragging her long tail to rush to the fields. Braving the heavy rain, she crossed the Lujia Village on one side and ran towards the Qixia Mountain in the west. She ran along the muddy mountain path, and the yellow mud washed by the heavy rain splashed on her fur.
Soon, he stood on a big rock on the cliff in a rather embarrassed manner, looking at the old pine trees and the thatched cottage on the edge of the cliff.
"I am coming."
"I knew you would come, little fox, come into the hut."
The sea of clouds rolled in the mountains. Birds taking shelter from the rain on nearby branches watched a red fox jump off a big rock in the rain. They stared at the thatched cottage over there vigilantly. They knew that it was the thatched cottage where Lu Liangsheng lived. Even if the people had left, there was still magic power to maintain it, so they dared not approach it easily.
He walked carefully to the gate of the fence, looked at the door opposite, opened his mouth and spoke in a low voice.
"I'm just outside the yard."
'Haha, what a cowardly little fox you are.'
With a creak, the door slowly opened, and a figure sat facing the bronze mirror, a peach wood comb slid through her strands of black hair, and the green gauze of her dress outlined her graceful figure. Her eyes, which were slightly glanced away, had a bewitching look as she stared at the fox outside, her red lips slightly upturned.
"Can you rest assured now? Come in. I am very familiar with the restrictions here."
"Your look!"
The red fox walked a few steps into the yard and stared at the beautiful woman who was dressing up inside. He felt a sense of familiarity, as if he had seen her somewhere before, but he couldn't remember where she was for a moment.
She looked around and saw that it was just as the other party had said. The restriction set up by Lu Liangsheng seemed to have opened a gap, allowing her to enter.
"You said you could let me leave, now you can sue..."
At the door of the thatched cottage, Red Fox turned back and was about to say "Can you tell me..." when the voice suddenly stopped. The woman reflected in his eyes suddenly opened up like a peeled skin and spread out in the air. The beautiful face of the woman was still printed on it, smiling at her.
"you?!"
The moment a scream of fear burst out of the fox demon's mouth, the door of the thatched cottage slammed shut, and a flat leather bag pounced on her, wrapping her tightly like a huge ball of meat.
The red fox struggled and howled inside, kicking its limbs, leaving traces of struggle on its paws.
Soon, the struggling sound disappeared, and the round skin bag wrapped around the fox body slowly took the shape of a woman. She stood up from the ground, slightly parted her legs, stepped lightly on the ground with her bare feet, and when she stepped out of the threshold, she was wearing light and exquisite embroidered shoes, and she was wearing long red gauze sleeves. Her facial features were delicate and exquisite, with a touch of vermilion dotted between her eyebrows.
I pushed open the door, opened my palms to catch the rain falling from the eaves, and felt the coolness.
"hehe… "
"Hahaha-"
The woman waved her long sleeves, sweeping away the rain curtain, and flew lightly over the mountains, passing over the mountain village shrouded in rain below. Suddenly, a ray of Dharma light lit up in the temple outside the village.
The Painted Skin in the air waved its hand to deflect the light.
"Just stay in the temple and be your clay sculpture. Lu Liangsheng is mine! Hehehe..."
A sharp voice chuckled, and the Painted Skin turned around and flew away, disappearing in the lead-blue mountains and rain in the blink of an eye.
…
At the same time, in Shangyong in the north, the sun was shining brightly and cicadas were chirping one after another. Lu Liangsheng led his old donkey to the outside of Shangyong City and walked into a tea stall.