"Long Long." The little fox began to tremble. "Are they here to catch us?"

"Of course not." Long Long took Long Hu's hand and quickly rushed to the nearby cloth shop.

The two bought traditional feathered clothing at the cloth shop, which was embroidered with various colorful flower and bird patterns.

Long Long also made two bamboo hats to block the sun and dust. The edges of the hats had translucent veils made of fluff hanging down, which made the face behind them vaguely visible.

The two left the cloth shop and continued on their way.

The dragon fox keenly noticed that Long Long deliberately avoided taking the main road and went into some alleys.

Moreover, the direction in which the two men were moving was deliberately contrary to the location of the ship's port.

"Long Long." She screamed in fear, and then asked in a low voice, "Who is chasing us?"

"We have to leave this city as soon as possible." Long Long answered the question irrelevantly.

However, the dragon fox understood:

The ones chasing them were not the feathered army that covered the sky and the sun, but the Blue Bird Clan that ruled this city.

Thinking about the questioning and attitude of the two monks in the restaurant, Long Hu finally thought of the key.

The giant-horned captain of that merchant ship is none other than a member of the horned deer tribe!

Considering that the other party didn't even disguise his antlers, he would have been noticed by the Feather Clan monks in the city before he took a few steps in the city!

At that time, all the sailors on the ship will be arrested and interrogated.

Not to mention, the two of them boarded the ship halfway, and from any angle, they were the most suspicious type - once you enter prison, your life and death are in the hands of others, and no one cares whether you are a spy or not!

As soon as the two of them left Nanfeng City, several Feathered Monks came out of the City Lord's Mansion and circled over the city to search for suspicious monks.

Another team of Feather Clan monks rushed to the four city gates.

After confirming that two people, one tall and one short, wearing hats and veils, had left the north gate not long ago and entered the distant Dusk Woods, this team of Feather Clan monks did not dare to delay and quickly sent one of them back to report the news, while the rest spread their wings and flew towards the Dusk Woods.

In the underground water dungeon of the City Lord's Mansion, the humanoid deer demon captain had been tied to a stone pillar with an iron chain through his scapula and was being tortured.

"Although we are talkative, we are never soft-hearted when doing things." The mayor of Nanfeng City was a middle-aged female from the Feather Clan. She stretched out her claw-like hand and grasped the deer demon's head in her palm. "I'll give you one more chance."

"Tell me the whereabouts of Prince Qilin."

"I don't know!" Captain Bighorn shouted in despair. "I don't know!"

"Heh." The city lord murmured.

Her voice was like a sob, and when it entered Captain Bighorn's ears, it was like a needle stirring in his mind.

The deer demon captain, who could not endure the devilish sound, soon rolled his eyes and fell into coma, limp as mud.

The city lord calmly retracted his claws, thinking that although the horn tribe had thick skin and flesh, their resistance to sound spells was pitiful.

What spell should I try next?

She was daydreaming when suddenly a Feather Clan monk hurried in and whispered something in her face.

A sixteen or seventeen-year-old snake boy and a thirteen or fourteen-year-old fox girl? The city lord was slightly startled, and then sneered.

The Qilin Prince that was being sought appeared to be a boy of about eight or nine years old, accompanied by an old man.

Although his appearance did not match those of these two people, most fox girls were petite, so it was not difficult for Prince Qilin to disguise himself with illusion.

As for the young snake boy, he responded to the monk's questioning with caution, and immediately realized the danger afterwards, quickly disguising himself and escaping with his companions... How could he be compared to an ordinary demon?

It is very likely that it is the old man beside Prince Qilin!

"Let the Feather Hunting Team go out." She immediately gave the order coldly.

Soon, the elite monks of the Bluebird clan took off from Nanfeng City and headed straight for the dusk woods in the north.

…

Long Long brought the dragon fox and traveled through the forest for several days, and immediately understood why this place was called "Deep Dusk Woods".

The forest here is so dense that visibility in the forest is dim. It feels like dusk during the day and you can't see your hand in front of you at night.

Fortunately, he had been deep into the jungles of southern Xinjiang several times and was very familiar with hiking in similar environments, so he did not feel any discomfort.

From time to time, strange sounds were heard from the sky above my head. It seemed that some Feathered Clan monks were flying rapidly through the air.

At this time, the dense canopy of trees above their heads, which had originally blocked out the light, actually became the best natural cover for the two of them.

Ever since the dragon fox started fleeing, it has been extremely frightened. It even dared not to maintain its transformed state. Instead, it reverted to the appearance of a little fox and huddled in Long Long's arms, trembling.

Long Long could only touch her fur from time to time to calm the little fox down, and he felt miserable in his heart.

He had read many books in Guixu Palace and knew that the transformation tribulation of the demon race was actually more difficult than the Dan formation tribulation of the human race.

But the problem is... there are too many monsters.

Flowers, trees, birds and animals all have the opportunity to absorb the essence of the sun and the moon and become monsters - this is a number so large that it is jaw-dropping.

With this base number, no matter how difficult the transformation tribulation is, the overall number of demon true masters that can be cultivated is much greater than that of the human race's Jindan cultivators.

Even a small force like Nanfeng City can easily send out twenty or thirty transformed monks, leaving Long Long with no courage to fight against them.

Forget it, I’m tired, let’s run away.

He found a giant tree nearby, dug a hole in the trunk with the Dragon Roar Sword, and then went in with the little fox to rest for a while.

This dragon fox is really useless. I ran with her so steadily that her body was shaking so badly. What is there to be afraid of?

I don't understand. I really want to punch her.

“Long Long, Long Long!” The little fox saw that he was motionless, and cried out in a crying voice, “What’s wrong with you? You’re not going to die…”

Her tears were dripping down, and Long Long was so frightened that he quickly wiped her tears:

"I'm fine, what's wrong with you?"

"I remember..." The little fox grabbed his shoulders with his claws and sobbed, "My mother was like this back then..."

"She was badly injured... a lot of blood, and she took me with her and ran away in the woods for a long, long time..."

"Then she brought me to a cave and held me there motionless..."

Long Long covered his mouth with a complicated expression and did not answer.

He finally understood why Longhu's mother was hunted down back then, and had to flee to the bottom of the Nanlan River with Longhu, where she sat in meditation and died in a cave.

No wonder Longhu has such a strong fear of being taken away by someone.

"Don't be afraid." He said softly, "I'm not hurt."

"Have you forgotten? I promised your mother that I would take you to the North Sea Netherworld."

These words seemed to have magical power, so that the little fox immediately stopped sobbing and said in a trembling voice:

"Mom said... lying is wrong, so you didn't lie to me, did you?"

Long Long: ...

I was wondering! How come my dragon fox is so smart, but it is so easy to be deceived?

It turns out that my mother-in-law didn’t teach me well enough!

What does it mean that because "lying is wrong", others cannot "lie to her"? Isn't that funny?

Haven’t you ever heard of “white lies”, “the art of expression”, or “necessary evil”?

"I didn't lie to you." Long Long hugged the tearful little fox and said seriously.

"You won't abandon me, will you?" the little fox asked in a trembling voice.

"Well, I will never leave you." Long Long said solemnly.

[Persistent character, synchronization value +1. ]

[Persistent character, synchronization value +1. ]

[Persistent character, synchronization value +1. ]

The long-lost reminder sound of the synchronization value rising suddenly rang in my ears frequently.