Chapter 77: Fox Entertains Guests
Jia Xiaoren looked at the various details of the stone fox sculptures that Zhao Qing had posted and sighed, "This modeling must have cost a lot of money!"
Bai Chenxue typed excitedly, "Can I join two sects at the same time? This Chiyuan Sect is a paradise for those who love Furui! I can, I really can!"
Wang Ergou complained: "Wake up! The one who captured us and prepared to eat us is a fox demon!"
Bai Chenxue still refused to give up and struggled, "I can sacrifice myself to be an undercover agent!"
"Your apprentice is hopeless. You can't keep him anymore. Find someone else."
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On the other side, Hu Zijun had already brought Baili Shuang and Zhao Qing into Chiyuan Cave.
Behind the stone gate, there is a different world.
Although Fang Xianyu had always known that Chiyuan Cave was a small paradise, she had never been there. She was not familiar with Xinyue Xingjun, so why would she go to his lair for no reason? Seeing him now, she was a little surprised.
Although Chiyuan Cave is called a "Cave", it turns out that it is not a scene full of caves as Fang Xianyu thought!
After crossing the stone gate, the first thing you see is a thriving "spiritual field". Unlike humans who like to cultivate fields in an orderly manner, this medicinal field seems to have no end in sight, and there are no ridges or canals to be seen.
The things planted in the "Spiritual Field" are varied, including various kinds of spiritual herbs and plants, shrubs and berries, and even dozens of sparse fruit trees scattered everywhere. It is difficult to count the varieties alone at once.
In the whole "spiritual field", some foxes were diligently digging the soil and catching insects, while others were carrying baskets that were almost as big as their bodies to pick fruits. Although none of the foxes had transformed, they all seemed to be busy. At first glance, it looked chaotic, but upon closer inspection, it was actually quite wild and interesting.
Seeing Baili Shuang and Zhao Qing looking around curiously, Hu Zijun led the way on his cloud and introduced: "This place is called 'Wild Fox Plain'. It was originally where the foxes that our ancestors took in lived. Later, they learned to grow herbs from you humans, and some even learned some alchemy techniques. Our ancestors thought they liked it, so they specially collected a lot of seeds and books for them. Who would have thought that they actually studied a lot of interesting elixirs and food to celebrate our ancestors' birthday. Over time, this place has become like this."
Baili Shuang flattered: "The fox knows how to be grateful, which shows that the atmosphere in Chiyuan Cave is very good."
"You are too kind," Hu Zijun said modestly, but with a proud look on his face. When they arrived at a "village", he said, "Please wait for a moment. I will go and invite my elders."
Baili Shuang responded, and Hu Zijun called the little foxes in the village to entertain the guests. Some of them squatted in front of a strangely shaped big stove, trying to spit fox fire to light a fire to make tea. There were foxes with fruit baskets on their heads and vegetable baskets in their hands, carrying food to a nearby stream to wash. There were also a few foxes who worked together to carry tables and chairs to Baili Shuang's side. They were so tired that their tongues were hanging out and they were breathing heavily.
Then, a fat fox said enthusiastically in a delicate voice: "My two Taoist friends, please sit here and rest for a while. The tea and fruit will be ready soon!"
Zhao Qing glanced at the foxes who had been trying to light the fire for a long time but failed, and at the other foxes who had fallen halfway while carrying fruit baskets and all the fruits fell into the grass. She secretly dug out a three-bedroom, two-living-room house with her toes in her shoes.
Baili Shuang was very polite. She took Zhao Qing and sat down, saying, "I will only wait for a short while. Fellow Taoists, there is no need to worry so much."
The fat fox shook his head and said seriously, "How can that be possible? Aunt Zijun never brings anyone to the cave. Since you are here, you must be an honored guest!"
As he said this, he turned around and jumped, ran to the stove on all fours, and scolded: "You are so stupid! After so long, you don't even know how to use fox fire!"
After the training, its eyes widened with pupils dilated, it took a deep breath, puffed out its cheeks, and swept its tail back and forth on the ground several times before it spit out a fist-sized amount of fox fire.
The fox fire flew into the stove, trembling and trembling, as if it would go out at any time. The foxes immediately hurriedly put their mouths to blow, and finally blew the fire a little bigger. At this time, the smallest fox ran over with a pottery pot in its mouth. After gently putting the pot down, it asked in a baby voice: "Sister, what kind of tea do humans drink? I just saw that the tea hidden by Aunt Zijun seems to have worms! Humans should not eat worms, right?"
"Of course not! As for tea... uh..."
The fat fox was a little confused about the knowledge he had been asked. He leaned down, pressed his ears back, and dug the ground in annoyance. Then he said, "You guys boil some water first. I'll go look for it!"
The foxes responded one after another, and seven or eight of them sat around the stove. Even though they were so hot that their tongues were sticking out, they stared at the copper kettle on the stove without blinking.
The foxes washing the fruits were even more unbearable to watch. They either held the baskets or carried the baskets. After finally washing the fruits, they tripped over each other and dropped the fruits on the ground, making the foxes following them grimacing with anger. In desperation, the foxes had to pick up the fruits again and carry them back to the stream to wash them again.
Zhao Qing, who watched the whole process from the side, was almost dumbfounded. She never thought that the foxes in the Chiyuan Cave next door would be so silly - where were the beautiful and charming vixens? ?
Fang Xianyu, who was also seeing such a scene for the first time, could not help but smile.
Soon, the foxes who were washing fruits carefully brought baskets full of fruits. The baskets were filled with red, green, purple, and other colorful fruits. Zhao Qing took a closer look and found that there were almost no ones he recognized.
A fox enthusiastically took out an egg-sized purple-blue fruit from the basket and stuffed it to Zhao Qing, saying, "This one is delicious. Fellow Daoist, try it!"
"Ah, thank you..."
Zhao Qing thanked him and took a tentative bite.
The skin is a bit sour and astringent, the flesh is translucent dark brown, sweet and delicious, tastes like plums and tastes like blueberries. The core is a bit like a grape seed, evenly distributed in the core of the fruit, but the texture is soft and will break when bitten, and it is also wrapped with a very sweet water.
The fox holding the fruit for her stared at her expectantly with his light golden eyes: "How is it?"
Zhao Qing quickly praised: "Delicious!"
"This, this! This is delicious too!"
The fox stuffed several kinds of fruits into Zhao Qing's arms one after another, and each time he looked at her expectantly with his bright fox eyes, making her burp while eating.
"No, I can't eat anymore. I'm so full, but it's really delicious! Thank you!"
When Fox heard "I can't eat it anymore", his ears drooped for a moment, but when he heard Zhao Qing praise it as "delicious", he stood up happily again, narrowed his eyes, and grinned: "You're welcome!"
Seeing how innocent and cute the little fox was, Zhao Qing couldn't help but lower her voice and asked carefully, "By the way, can I touch your ears?"
"Why!?"
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