Chapter 112 A Grand Gathering of Humans and Demons Causes Chaos in the Mountains
"Qingyu! These little tigers keep following us!"
The scholar's clear voice drifted over, but all that could be seen by the stream was Wen Chuan alone... fishing?
Wen Chuan watched them stroll over leisurely, followed by three tiger cubs. They were at a distance that was neither too close nor too far. Cai Cai huddled tightly in Lin Fanxiang's arms, still afraid of the tiger's aura.
"Hey... where's Xiao Qingyu!"
Wen Chuan smiled and glanced up at the locust tree. "There it is."
Zhang Xuan yelled and ran over, and in no time he saw Qing Yu—
The woman in red lay leisurely on the tree, using her wrist as a pillow and the tree as a couch. The afternoon sun was warm but also dazzling. She even covered her eyes with two leaves while sleeping.
Zhang Xuan looked up and smiled, "Really sleeping or just pretending?"
"Why sleep if you haven't eaten?"
Two green leaves gently drifted down. Qingyu opened her eyes, a smile playing on her lips. Her dress shimmered, and with a confident stride, she leaped down from the tree in the blink of an eye, her body enveloped in the fragrance of locust blossoms.
"Boiled fish, roasted bird, wild vegetables, locust flower cakes..."
She walked along reciting the words, exchanged a smile with Lin Fanxiang, then playfully teased the vegetable in her arms before turning around and saying, "How about we eat this tonight?"
The scholar nodded and smiled as he stood by the stream and looked at Wen Chuan. "You just changed your clothes, so you're not going into the water."
The implication is that you should be in charge of catching the fish.
"brake!"
Wen Chuan stuck a fish into a wooden fork. The young man looked up, expressionless, and said, "I'm covered in water, I can't start a fire."
As he was basking in the sun with Qingyu in his arms, Qingyu suddenly felt hungry and, with a few words, urged him to go down into the stream to catch fish.
The woman declared confidently, "It's been so long since I've eaten fish from this stream. Tonight I want to eat fish, braised fish, and fish soup!"
...
Qin Tianshu: "..."
Zhang Xuan put his arm around the scholar's shoulder and laughed, "Okay, brother, go start a fire and build a pot, I'll go hunt birds... but I'm not sure which birds are edible... and wild vegetables too..."
The scholar glanced at him and said, "What can you do? All you do is laugh."
Zhang Xuan said "Hey" a few times, "Don't say that. At worst, I'll do whatever you ask me to do. I'm happy to be your assistant!"
Lin Fanxiang walked to the tree, and the woman gently placed the vegetables on a lower branch of the locust tree. The chick was really frightened today; she stroked it and smiled tenderly.
"Anything is fine with me. I remember there are some things in the carriage. I'll go get them later."
Qingyu yawned as she watched this scene. The sunlight was lovely, warming everyone. She laughed, "Look at you all, you think you'd go hungry here..."
As she spoke, she strolled over to the three tigers behind her and sighed with a smile, "They really are little tigers."
It's small, with a round head and wide ears, a furry face, and distinct light yellow markings all over its body that exude a sense of power. Its eyes are amber, clean, and primal, and it even has a small "king" character on its face. It looks incredibly cute.
"Awoo awoo awoo!"
—I've already asked my brother! He said I can't beat you, but wait, you'll be able to later!
"Awoooooo!"
—Yes, yes, yes! Brother is right!
Qingyu crouched down, smiled, and tapped their round heads. Her powerful demonic aura remained, but it was gentle and wouldn't provoke the little tigers.
"Seeing you all reminds me that I was classmates with quite a few little tigers. They were your older brothers and sisters, so I am your older sister too."
"Classmate?"
Zhang Xuan and Lin Fanxiang went into the carriage to unload things, while Qin Tianshu moved straw and stones in the back, with Teng Man helping him. He smiled as he listened to Qing Yu's words.
"Little Qingyu is amazing. She can be classmates with a tiger. She's no ordinary demon."
"Of course, Qishan, I'm very familiar with every area."
Qingyu stood up with a smug look on her face, raised her eyebrows, and smiled at them.
"The fox from Qingqiu, the brown bear from Xunling, the monkey you fought with is from the neighboring Golden Fruit Mountain, the two water deer demons from Gan Gui Lake who fought with Zhang Xuan, two exceptionally beautiful older sisters, and me..."
She paused, then lowered her eyes and thought for a moment.
"Quanyun Mountain is the territory of the Leopard Clan... I've been away for so many years, something must have happened... Sigh, I'll go ask tomorrow, after all, I haven't been back for six or seven years."
Moreover, Wen Chuan had already seen that blood-dripping guillotine.
That's a star.
The stars hidden in Quan Xiao's eyes.
...
The little tigers came to play for a while and then left. They couldn't beat these people, and they were small and cute, so Qin Tianshu and Zhang Xuan kept coming over to check on them and talk to them, which made them very angry.
(They don't understand animal language, so they just chat randomly, making all sorts of noises like "woof woof woof".)
Oh right, speaking of which, there's also Cai Cai. Cai Cai was really scared to death at first, but luckily Qing Yu came over and gave it some demonic energy, and then touched it and the tiger, turning the little chicken from the tiger's meal into "grass and trees" in the tiger's eyes.
Before they knew it, evening had arrived. The glow of the setting sun cast its light across the ground, the fragrance of locust blossoms wafted through the air, and young people under the trees lit a fire and chatted.
"Brother Monkey, didn't you say you weren't coming?"
Golden Monkey was swinging along Grandpa Locust Tree's vines, chuckling to himself, "I asked around, and the Mountain Lord was asleep, so I came!"
"Hey handsome scholar, wanna eat a peach?"
Qin Tianshu smiled and said, "I won't eat."
The monkey was the first to escape the illusion. It ran over to him, covered his face with monkey hair, and then ran away, not even caring about the little monkeys. This made him very angry.
"Tsk tsk tsk—flower, want some peaches?"
Qingyu sat on the vine swing that Grandpa Locust Tree had just built that afternoon, swinging back and forth. Just as the girl was about to speak, she felt the air was moist, and she smiled, "Pretty sister is here."
Lin Fanxiang sat down next to her and asked curiously, "Are they the two who fought with Ah Xuan by the lake?"
"ah?!"
Zhang Xuan called out as he grilled the fish, "They, they, they...she..."
Wen Chuan was passing by with his things when he patted him on the shoulder and said, "Flip the fish over."
"What's wrong, young boy? Are you afraid of us?"
A charming voice rang out, and the golden monkey, supporting the vines, roared, "Shui Zhu is a big silly girl, and Shui Bi is a little silly girl, oh ho ho!"
"You stinky monkey, what are you saying? One of these days I'll flood your Golden Fruit Mountain!"
"Come on, come on, I'm not afraid of you!"
"Don't be angry, sister. Tomorrow I'll throw all the peaches from Golden Fruit Mountain into the lake so the monkeys won't eat them!"
"Shui Bi! You've really gone astray! You naughty girl!"
A moist aroma wafted over, and Zhang Xuan grilled fish while protecting the fire, while Qing Yu called out to a monkey and two deer not far away.
"What are you doing today, busy eating? Let me tell you, come back, the fire is about to go out. I'll flood Jinguo Mountain first, then fill Gangui Lake!"
"Tsk tsk tsk, you naughty girls, a bunch of naughty girls!"
Qin Tianshu stood by the stream, holding a fan handle to his ear, and muttered, "Noisy, noisy, noisy."
Cai Cai: "Coo coo coo coo coo coo".
Just as Wen Chuan was about to speak with a smile, he saw a fox approaching from not far away?
He nudged Qin Tianshu's arm with his own and looked up, saying, "That's..."
The scholar glanced over and exclaimed, "Whoa, isn't that... Su Zhen?"
Lin Fanxiang sat leisurely on the swing, and the girl said, "It's Su Xuanzhen."
The third son of the Fox King of Qingqiu, a nine-tailed white fox.
Zhang Xuan hissed and reached for his knife, "I remember him, it was him—"
"Alright, alright, stop thinking about the past. I heard he got beaten up pretty badly by the Fox Lord..."
Qingyu stood up and said something to Zhang Xuan, then walked to the front to look at the white fox. She poked the golden monkey eating peaches and playing with vines nearby.
"Brother Monkey, weren't you just telling me that Su Xuanzhen was about to be beaten to death? He looks perfectly fine to me."
Shui Bi clicked her tongue by the locust tree, leaned against her sister Shui Zhu, shook her head, and gossiped, "That's right, we all heard about it that day. He married that Miao girl and even became her son-in-law. No wonder the Fox King wanted to kill him."
Shui Zhu laughed, "They said it was about some treasure. Qingqiu was quite lively the other day, otherwise we wouldn't have known that Xiao Hua was back."
Golden Monkey, tugging at Tengman's head, said, "I'm telling you, it's because the marriage didn't go through. The fox clan is incredibly proud, especially the Nine-Tailed Foxes. They went through so much trouble, so many people and foxes died, and it still didn't work out—"
"It didn't work out! It didn't work out! Oh hahahaha!"
Shui Zhu rolled her eyes as she leaned against the big tree. That stinky monkey is always gloating and making a racket.
As they were talking, wisps of smoke drifted by, and the white fox transformed into a handsome young man in an instant... Indeed, he had dark circles under his eyes, scars on his face, and walked with a limp, looking quite miserable.
He didn't shy away from it at all; as he walked, he sat down next to the flames, right in front of Zhang Xuan.
Zhang Xuan asked calmly, "Why are you here?"
Su Xuanzhen lowered her eyes, looking utterly lifeless. "What, kill me?"
"you!"
Zhang Xuan had just put down the knife handle when his hands started itching again, but Qin Tianshu pressed his shoulders down and pushed him back down.
Qingyu shook her head and laughed. The woman strolled over and sat down next to Zhang Xuan, who was grilling fish. "You came to have a good meal with us before you went to your death. You're something else."
Speaking of Su Xuanzhen, she was a kind white fox. When Qingyu came to Qingqiu to play, she often fought with Su Xuanzhen. Anyway, when she was a child, Su Xuanzhen was indeed the gentlest and most beautiful white fox in Qingqiu.
Otherwise, Qingyu would have nothing better to do than run to Qianshan late at night to wish him a happy marriage.
If it were a bad monster or an enemy, Qingyu would have whipped him away long ago.
Su Xuanzhen wanted to speak, but he coughed a few times before he could even open his mouth, almost spitting blood.
"Wow! Am I going to die? Give me the spirit!"
With a "chua," the golden monkey hung upside down on the locust tree, staring at Su Xuanzhen with wide eyes. In the end, it didn't scare anyone, but Cai Cai was frightened!
Cai Cai: "Gu gu gu goo goo ga ga!"
Shui Zhu slapped the golden monkey, but instead of hitting it, she got her hand covered in fur. The golden monkey didn't cry out, but she did—
"You're shedding so much, really!"
"Ouch! You brushed off my fur! Ouch!"
"Your hair!"
"My hair!"
"..."
Various dangerous demonic energies exploded, and Cai Cai was so frightened that she ran away with a gurgling sound. Lin Fanxiang got up and chased after her. Qin Tianshu and Wen Chuan discussed what to eat for dinner. Zhang Xuan was also muttering in front of the flames, cursing at Su Xuanzhen. Su Xuanzhen ignored him with a long face, or she would raise her head and crane her neck, saying, "Come on, come on, kill me."
Qingyu calmed her breathing. "It's alright, it's alright. One monkey, two deer, and one fox—I can handle them, I can handle them."
"Huahua, Huahua! Sister Huahua!"
A tiger's roar rang out, silencing everyone.
A large tiger came running this way, and as it ran, it transformed into a tiger-headed and chubby-faced little boy. Indeed, he had a tiger-like face and was wearing a yellow hat embroidered with the character "king." He looked about fourteen or fifteen years old, but he didn't have any murderous aura; instead, he had a lot of naive charm.
Dan Huai Ren was fast; he arrived in front of Qing Yu in a flash. The young boy grinned and said, "Sister Hua Hua! Am I late?"
Shan Huai Ren, the ninth child of the Mountain King, transformed into human form at three months of age and was raised as a human. His strength, intelligence, and age are unknown.
It should be considered that the human is eleven or twelve years old, right?
Qingyu looked at him and smiled, "Huai Ren? You've grown so much!"
My goodness, Huai Ren was only a tiny little thing when she left, and now he's so big.
Dan Huai Ren chuckled and nodded vigorously, "No, Father even said I'm too short, almost like a person!"
The people present: "..."
Su Xuanzhen surprisingly spoke up, the young man's voice was cold, "The Mountain Lord usually treasures you like the most, why did he let you out today?"
Shan Huai Ren wasn't angry. The young boy smiled, looking sunny and cute, "My sister is back, of course I have to come out."
“He’s nothing like my brother, who was kicked out of the Miao village, then kicked out of Qingqiu, and finally came to my sister’s place to freeload off her.”
Su Xuanzhen: "..."
Hahahahahahahahaha!
"What a good child!"
"Hehehe, Huai Ren's getting mischievous!"
Zhang Xuan burst into laughter upon hearing this, and the golden monkey chuckled along with him. Then, for no apparent reason, they all started laughing. Of course, they were also mindful of Su Xuanzhen's last bit of face, so their laughter was just excessive, not excessive.
Qingyu was watching Huai Ren with delight when Wen Chuan appeared behind her. She took Wen Chuan's hand and smiled at Huai Ren, "Perfect timing, let me show you around—"
A golden butterfly fluttered in gently, stirring up a "gentle" breeze. The flames suddenly veered off course, and Su Xuanzhen jumped up instantly, shouting, "Fire! Fire! Who fanned this wind!"
Qin Tianshu: "Come to the stream!"
Shui Zhu was even faster under the tree, and the woman lazily waved her hand, "No need for those—"
"Splash—"
"puff……"
Su Xuanzhen stared blankly, mouth agape. The young man blinked, tears streaming down his long eyelashes. Silently, he shed a tear.
The crowd and demons who had been laughing at him just moments ago fell silent. It wasn't because he was soaking wet, but rather because... had he just cried?
"Wow, the fire's out!"
Only the golden monkey, with its curved eyes, hung upside down on the locust tree branch, leisurely breaking the silence.
Su Xuanzhen suddenly laughed. The young man casually wiped his face, then smiled and said, "The Butterfly Clan?"
In an instant, the eight-tailed white fox swiftly shot out, heading straight for the golden butterfly perched on the flowers and leaves not far away—
The new queen of the Swallowtail family, the Golden Swallowtail, the queen of female butterflies, is named Li Huan.
Without any grudge or enmity, they stirred up trouble and acted as if anyone could insult him!
Li Huan flapped her wings, feeling that whether it was fire or water, it was best if the nine-tailed fox died!
Wait a minute, why are there eight tails...?
"Wow, they've started fighting...wait, this kid's missing a...tail..."
Wow, this is no joke, this little fox has its tail cut off...
Shui Zhu glanced at the golden monkey and said, "Can you please shut up? You're so noisy all day long."
Well, the fire was out, so Zhang Xuan simply stood up, still holding the grilled fish in his hand. He went to the edge of the swing and ate and watched the show with Lin Fanxiang, whispering to each other.
Cai Cai was picked up by the scholar, and Qin Tianshu swiped its wings and sighed, "Qishan is a very complicated place."
For some inexplicable reason, Wen Chuan started chatting with Huai Ren. Little Huai Ren was very curious about this human swordsman who had just fought with his father and even won, and kept asking him how he did it...
Qingyu watched them "the white fox chasing butterflies," "the monkey and deer gossiping," "eating fish and watching a play," "holding a chicken and sighing," and "the man and tiger chatting aimlessly"...
The girl finally counted the number of demons on her fingers—
A monkey, two deer, a fox, a tiger, a butterfly...
She suddenly snapped out of her reverie, looked around, and said...
"You guys came here to freeload... all empty-handed?"
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