Liuli fell silent, her eyes darting around nervously.
Looking at her, Li Molin added, "If that weren't the case, why did your grandmother keep forbidding you from coming out and forbidding the fox clan from setting foot in the Central Plains? If all four divine beast clans had been hiding in the past, it would have been understandable that the fox clan wouldn't be born. But now that the other three clans have sent their people to walk in the human world, why does your grandmother still forbid the fox clan from being born?"
Liuli slowly raised her head to look at Li Molin, her eyes filled with worry, and said with annoyance, "It really is true... Li Molin, why didn't you tell me sooner? If you had told me sooner, I wouldn't have had to develop six tails in front of those Buddhist disciples. What are we going to do now..."
Li Molin shook his head and said, "You developed six tails in front of the bald monks of Buddhism because you were greedy. Do you think you can blame me?"
He paused for a moment, then continued, "Now that you know all this, you'd better stay by my side obediently. Even if you had gone to the Bodhi Temple on your own initiative, you would be in danger if you were alone now!"
Liuli frowned and complained bitterly, "Li Molin, you've ruined me!"
Li Molin paused for a moment, then said helplessly, "How did I harm you?"
Liuli knew that she would likely no longer be able to freely travel in the Central Plains. Given the Buddhist disciples' hatred for the Nine-Tailed Fox clan, wouldn't she become like a rat crossing the street? Displeased, she blamed everything on Li Molin. She angrily shouted, "It's all your fault! I asked you about the Fox Calamity incident when we were in the swamp, but you wouldn't tell me! You even gave me two immortality pills! It's all your fault!"
Li Molin was quite helpless and said, "You're being too unreasonable. I kindly gave you the only two immortal pills I had left, and I warned you to take them in your spare time. You're just being greedy, so don't blame me."
Liuli let out two mournful cries, saying bitterly, "How could I have eaten both immortality pills at the same time? How could I have eaten them together? Waaaaah..."
Seeing her annoyed expression, Li Molin almost burst out laughing, but he suppressed his laughter and shook his head, saying, "Never mind, let's go."
“Sister, let’s go.” Lingxi walked up to Liuli, bent down to look at her, and said softly, “If it’s really as Young Master Li said, then sister really can’t go to Bodhi Temple anymore.”
Liuli transformed into a woman, hugged Lingxi tightly, her face scrunched up, and wailed, "Lingxi, my life is so miserable, so miserable... I haven't done anything wrong, it's all the grudges our fox clan ancestors made, why should I be blamed... Waaah..."
Lingxi patted her back and comforted her, "Sister, don't be sad. As long as you stay with Young Master Li, you'll be fine."
Liuli continued to wail, saying, "I don't want to go with him! I want to go find the little monk! Waaaaah..."
Impatient, Li Molin walked over, grabbed Liuli's arm, and pulled her into the air.
"Hey, hey..." Liuli was startled. She screamed repeatedly as Li Molin pulled her away, and in an instant they flew far away.
Ji Jue, Lingxi, and Langyuan exchanged a glance, then flew up at the same time, closely following behind Li Molin and Liuli, and disappeared into the distance one after another.
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Having spent a long time mining black iron at the mine, the demons built several simple stone houses around the mine. That night, Liuli, Li Molin, and the others each stayed in a stone house, while the remaining demons simply found a place to lie down and sleep. At this time, the entire mine was filled with the sound of snoring, making it exceptionally lively.
Each stone house was small, containing a simple stone bed built from flat stones. There were no blankets on the bed, only a layer of dry grass. Liuli lay on her back on the stone bed, her hands behind her head, staring blankly at the ceiling in the darkness. Lingxi, in the form of a white cat, was curled up beside Liuli, fast asleep, emitting soft purrs.
The clear snoring from outside made it even harder for Liuli, who was already preoccupied, to fall asleep. She stared wide-eyed, her mind a jumble of thoughts, all related to Shichan.
What is the little monk doing now...?
Now that the little monk knows I'm a nine-tailed fox, will he hate me too and want to kill me...?
Is the little monk thinking of me too...?
I like the little monk so much, I'm sure he'll like me too...
He must really, really like me. My grandmother said I'm the cutest and most beautiful nine-tailed fox in the world. How could he not like me?
I love the little monk so much, I want him to stay with me forever and ever...
"No!" Liuli suddenly sat up.
"Meow!" Lingxi was startled. She jumped up and looked at Liuli warily.
"It's alright, it's alright." Liuli quickly reached out and hugged Lingxi, holding her in one arm and gently stroking her soft fur with the other, saying softly, "It's alright, Lingxi, go to sleep, go to sleep..."
Lingxi let out a muffled "meow," her eyes slowly closed, and she gradually drifted back into sleep.
After a while, seeing that Lingxi was fast asleep, Liuli gently placed Lingxi on the bed and then quietly got out of bed herself. She put on her shoes, tiptoed to the door, gently pushed open a wooden door, and went out.
She came outside and was about to leave, but after hesitating for a moment, she turned and walked towards another stone house next to her.
She arrived at the stone house and gently pushed open the wooden door. The stone house in front of her was very similar to the one she lived in, and a man in black was lying on a stone bed.
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