Ziheng actually turned back to his original form and fell into a deep sleep. No matter how he called, there was no response.
"This...what is going on?" Dabai asked in confusion.
Erbai explained carefully, "I've heard in my tribe before that some great demons and exotic beasts with powerful bloodlines and profound magical powers will transform back into their original forms and fall into a deep sleep when they are seriously injured. While sleeping, they will begin to heal on their own and will not wake up again until their injuries have healed."
"Master Qilin, this should be the case, so we don't need to worry too much."
Dabai heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this. "That's good. Since the adults can heal themselves, then there's nothing for us to worry about, right? Why don't we take this opportunity to go down the mountain and look for the princess?"
Although the chances of surviving after falling off a cliff are slim, I have to go down and look for him. Maybe... he is still alive?
As long as there is a glimmer of hope, they can't give up!
Erbai replied calmly, "You can go, but only you can go alone."
"Why?" Dabai was puzzled.
Erbai explained carefully, "Master Qilin has fallen into a deep sleep and is completely defenseless. If he were to be attacked by someone right now, it would be troublesome."
"That purple mist has been watching us closely. If we leave here together, there's no guarantee it will return and take advantage of the opportunity to attack us. So we must leave one of us behind to protect you."
Dabai nodded in agreement after listening to it, "That makes sense. Then you stay here to protect the master, and I will go down the mountain to find the princess."
After reaching an agreement, the two foxes each performed their duties, one guarding Ziheng and the other going down the mountain to look for Wenwan.
After Dabai ran down the mountain quickly, he carefully explored the edge of the mountain.
But after searching for a long time, I still couldn't find Wen Wan's shadow. I don't know if she was hanging on the cliff halfway or for some other reason. She couldn't fly in the clouds, so there was no way to explore her.
In short... no news is the best news. Her disappearance at least means that there is a possibility that she is still alive. Maybe she had other encounters along the way. At this time, we can only pin our hopes on Wen Wan herself.
After Dabai returned empty-handed, he and Erbai worked together to protect Ziheng.
By the way, they have always lived next to the lower forest, and recently a new Taoist temple was suddenly built. It seems to be called "Jingming Sect".
I heard that the people in the Taoist temple are all very good-looking and their Taoist magic is very strong. People often come to them to exorcise ghosts and catch monsters, and the temple is very popular.
But when more people come, it becomes a bit noisy, and the mountains and forests are not as quiet as before.
Although they had some complaints about this, they did not jump out to do anything. After all... the foxes with low magical powers had no right to care about others, and they might be caught if they made trouble. It was better not to hang around the Taoist temple for no reason.
It just so happens that I have to stay on the top floor to take care of Ziheng recently, so I don’t need to go down for a while. It’s rare for life to return to its former peace.
*****
Inside Qingshi City.
A girl of seven or eight years old was squatting on the street looking pitiful. The girl was pretty but her face was a little dirty.
The clothes she was wearing were light pink, and the fabric looked very fine, not cheap at all. Perhaps because she hadn't changed them for a long time, they looked dirty, torn, and very untidy.
But the most surprising thing is that the dress doesn't fit her figure very well, and it looks like a child has stolen adult clothes.
She held a jade pendant tightly in her hand, rubbing it back and forth constantly. The word "wenwan" was clearly engraved on it.
In fact, she herself felt very strange. She didn't know how she managed to wear such an ill-fitting set of clothes, nor did she know where the jade pendant came from.
She woke up at the foot of a mountain next to Qingshi City. When she woke up, she was wearing this obviously large pink dress and holding the jade pendant with her name engraved on it in her arms.
But her mind was blank and she couldn't remember anything. Whenever she tried to recall, her head started to hurt.
So she could only guess her identity, but there was actually nothing to guess, because the only thing that could identify her identity was the fox jade pendant in her arms.
She thought...her name should be Wen Wan.
It is easy to find your home once you have a name. You can just go to the nearest town and ask, or ask someone in the government office to help you find it.
In terms of dealing with people, she has a maturity different from that of a seven or eight-year-old child. She actually thinks she is very strange, and even thinks she may be a monster, because... it seems that she knows these things by nature, and she doesn't need to learn them slowly.
But no matter how much I thought about it, I still couldn't figure it out, so I just stopped thinking about it.
He went directly to the nearby Qingshi City to inquire about his home, but after asking for a long time, he could not get any useful information. He could only go to the government office to seek help, but he was rejected again.
More than ten years ago, a horrific incident occurred in Qingshi City. Most of the residents in the city died overnight, but the murderer could not be found. Over time, rumors of hauntings spread.
Once the reputation of being haunted spread, not only did no one dare to live there, but even no one was willing to be an official there.
Later, the imperial court forcibly sent a group of officials who had made mistakes here, and then resettled some refugees who had suffered disasters in other places. Only then did Qingshi City slowly return to its former bustle.
But...these officials who were forcibly sent here were all hired officials of the fourth or fifth rank in the court. They looked down on this poor and remote place, so they were very lazy in their work.
He didn't even have the patience to listen to her and threw her out as if she was a little beggar talking nonsense.
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