"It's a nine-tailed fox! But it looks like it was just born!" Little Scissors exclaimed excitedly.
"So cute!"
At first glance, Lu Shi, a hardcore beauty enthusiast, was completely captivated by the nine-tailed fox's alluring appearance and involuntarily took a few steps closer to the cage.
"I've heard that foxes that have become spirits can transform into human form. This nine-tailed fox looks very powerful, so it can... hehehe!" Lu Shi thought to himself.
"Master, your thoughts are so complicated, you could become the new king of filth!" Little Scissors responded with disdain.
Lu Shi completely ignored Xiao Jianjian's complaints and reached out to stroke the nine-tailed fox's tail fur that was sticking out of the cage.
But her hand stopped in mid-air.
Because the little fox suddenly opened its eyes and stared at Lu Shi in confusion.
Those squinting fox eyes are absolutely adorable.
"Who are you?" A cute little girl's voice rang in Lu Shi's mind.
It was a female fox!
Lu Shi was even happier.
"I've come to save you from this sea of suffering."
"What is the Sea of Bitterness?" the little fox asked again, still confused.
"Oh, it's this cage you're in right now!" Lu Shi continued, adopting a coaxing tone towards a child.
"But I've lived here as long as I can remember! So this place is called the Sea of Bitterness!"
The innocent voice made Lu Shi facepalm.
What tragic past did this little fox have?
"Do you want to leave this cage?" Lu Shi continued to try, refusing to give up.
"Of course I want to, but I can't get out of this sea of suffering!"
"How could that be? I'll do it!" Lu Shi refused to believe it and reached out to force the unlock. She had done this before.
"Master, stop!" Little Scissors excitedly stopped her, "This cage is entirely made of spatial and water magic, and its strength is even greater than the outer door. You can't open it. Don't touch it, or it will trigger an alarm, and that will be troublesome."
"Is there no other way?" Lu Shi didn't want to give up.
"Yes! You can use a contract to summon this fox, making it your contracted summoned beast, and then guide it into your consciousness space, and you will naturally be able to escape."
Upon hearing this, Lu Shi was overjoyed and asked the little fox:
"I can help you get out of this predicament, but you'll have to stay with me from now on. I promise, as long as I have meat to eat, I'll save you some soup."
"Why can't we eat meat together?" the little fox asked innocently. "I can eat whatever I want in the Sea of Bitterness."
"I was just giving an example. I'll give you whatever you want to eat. Is that alright?" Lu Shi quickly replied.
"Yes, I believe you." The little fox nodded innocently, even in a human-like manner.
Lu Shi's hands lit up with silver light, and a contract star map appeared.
The little fox stretched out its right paw and touched the center of the star map.
The moment they touched, both of them shuddered.
Then, the nine-tailed fox disappeared from the spot.
Then, Lu Shi felt a tremor in her consciousness space, and the little fox appeared next to the little person in her consciousness, curiously looking at the little person.
At the same time, Little Scissors swayed its body and shook at the little fox.
"Hello!"
"A monster!"
A pair of chubby paws struck the scissors, sending them flying.
"It's my magical artifact cheat, so you two must live together peacefully from now on!" The little consciousness reached out and stroked the little fox's head, trying to soothe it.
"Wow, my master is so beautiful!" The little fox stared at the tiny consciousness.
After a period of chaos, the space of consciousness finally quieted down.
"Beautiful sister, let me out for a bit." The little fox licked the little human's hand affectionately.
With a thought, Lu Shixin summoned the nine-tailed fox to the ground outside.
It jumped and hopped excitedly, its nine tails swaying behind it.
Lu Shi looked at the fox frolicking like a puppy and smiled like a loving mother.
However, she couldn't laugh for long.
Suddenly, the little fox rushed to the large box under the stone platform, raised its right paw, and lifted the lid, instantly revealing a silvery light shining from inside.
Magical artifact.
It was a box full of magical artifacts! Although their quality didn't seem high—they were all low-grade—they were still magical artifacts at least!
Just as Lu Shi was sighing, Little Jianjian could finally eat to her heart's content.
An astonishing scene unfolded.
The little fox suddenly opened its mouth to a terrifying arc and swallowed the entire box whole in one gulp.
Yes, all of them.
Then, it quickly moved to the second box, lifted the lid, glanced at it, opened its mouth, and swallowed it whole again.
"No……"
That sound wasn't from Lu Shi, it was from Xiao Jianjian.
Just as the little fox swallowed the third box, the fourth box mysteriously disappeared.
The little fox burped, its body disappeared, and it went directly into Lu Shi's consciousness space.
Then, its nine tails wagged in unison, waving back and forth at Little Scissors. "Monster, the pretty sister said I could eat whatever I wanted! How dare you steal my food?"
"Damn it, you stole my magic weapon and you still dare to talk back to me! I'll cut off all nine of your tails today!" The little scissors quickly grew larger, opening and closing with a snapping sound.
"Both of you, stop right there!" the little consciousness screamed.
The sound was so loud that both the beast and the sword stopped.
"Why did you eat the magic artifact?" the little consciousness asked, pointing at the little fox.
"Pretty sister, I'm hungry. I'm still growing, and no one has given me any food before. I'm so hungry! But this little fox stole my food!" The little fox pointed at the scissors, looking aggrieved. Its adorable expression almost made Lu Shi call out and let it eat.
"You bastard, you promised to compensate me for the magic weapon. Now that your contracted beast has eaten it, how are you going to compensate me?" Little Scissors was also very indignant.
"Alright, alright! Little Bai ate three boxes, and you ate one. Everyone enjoyed it, so I think we should just call it even. Shake hands, consider it a reconciliation." Lu Shi felt a bit like a kindergarten teacher, working with two children who never grew up.
The little fox stretched out its right paw, looking aggrieved, and offered it to Little Scissors.
Little Scissors reluctantly stretched out one of its scissor legs and symbolically touched it.
"Pretty sister, I'm full and going to sleep! Don't disturb me! When I wake up, I can help you fight. I feel like I can learn a lot of fighting skills while I'm sleeping." As the little fox spoke, it closed its eyes, lay down in its consciousness space, and even started snoring.
Eat and sleep, typical childlike nature.
"Forget it, let's not bother with it. It's consumed so many magical artifacts, enough to bring this nine-tailed fox to its nascent stage." Little Scissors closed up and floated to the side.
"Newborn stage? What rank of magical beast is this little white thing?" Lu Shi asked, even more curious.
"This nine-tailed fox is a being beyond the 10th rank. But it should have just been born. It has now consumed three boxes of magical artifacts and is beginning its evolution into its nascent stage. Magical beasts of this level usually receive inherited magic upon advancement." Little Scissors seemed to know a great deal about the habits of magical beasts.
"Beyond the 10th rank? That's as powerful as the Beast God we saw in N County."
"It's possible in the future. But the owner of that paw has clearly reached maturity, or even is very close to being fully grown. This fox still needs to go through the birth and infancy stages before it can reach maturity. As for reaching full maturity in the future, I'm afraid you, master, won't have a long enough lifespan to wait for it."
"So, does that mean Xiaobaibai is really amazing?" Lu Shi automatically ignored Xiaojianjian's last sentence.
"In its early stages, it can be compared to 5th or 6th tier magical beasts; in its juvenile stage, it can be compared to 7th or 8th tier magical beasts; and in its mature stage, it can fight and kill 9th or 10th tier magical beasts. As for the ultimate form, that is the pinnacle of magical beasts, and they are generally referred to as... divine beasts."
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