Chapter 233 Ordinary Cat
After eating, everyone lay down by the campfire to rest.
Xu Chuchu lay between her master and Daju, closing her eyes lightly for a nap, not daring to really fall asleep.
The lakeside is very quiet at night. You can hear the rustling of the evening breeze through the trees and the sound of the lake water gently lapping against the shore.
But Xu Chuchu waited for a long time and did not hear any sound of anyone getting up or walking around.
The silence and darkness slowed down time. Gradually, she felt colder and her meridians began to ache unconsciously.
These problems have been with her since the life-changing injury, but they were never this serious before. They were just occasional, sharp pains when the weather changed.
Maybe it was because she was too tired today, but the pain was particularly intense, and it was accompanied by a chill that penetrated her heart, making her body tremble uncontrollably.
She endured the pain and prayed that others would not notice and use it to cause trouble.
Suddenly, a furry ball of flesh squeezed into his arms, and Daju's uneasy voice sounded in his ears.
"Chu Chu? Are you feeling unwell again?"
Xu Chuchu forced herself to open her eyes and saw Daju's worried cat face. She made a hushing gesture to him, indicating him not to speak.
Daju nodded, then lowered his head and spit out a golden inner pill.
"Master said that the fox demon's inner elixir will be useful to you. Mine should be of some use to you as well... Chuchu, please absorb it." He looked at her hesitantly.
This was the first time Xu Chuchu saw Daju's inner elixir.
Perhaps because he seldom uses his cultivation, his inner elixir is smaller than Chen Zhaozhi's, but its color is brighter and purer.
Foxes are naturally fiery in nature, so the inner elixir warms the body and can therefore cure her illness. The effect of cat inner elixir is less pronounced, but still somewhat useful.
But how could she absorb Daju's inner elixir?
"What are you doing!" Xu Chuchu's voice was hoarse, and she rubbed his head frantically. "If I absorb your inner elixir, won't you lose your cultivation and become an ordinary cat?"
"I'm no different from an ordinary cat." The big orange cat looked a little depressed.
They had been in trouble all day, and despite his immense skills, he had barely been involved in any of the situations, so he was of no help at all.
When breaking through the wall of fire, he accidentally dispersed some of the spirits that everyone had gathered, but no one noticed and he didn't dare to say anything.
When they were crossing the stone forest, he wanted to carry Chuchu to unlock the mechanism and return the favor, but he found that he could not walk or jump well, and could not meet Chuchu's requirements.
This little bit of spiritual power is wasted on him, it would be better to use it to treat Chuchu.
Anyway, these spiritual powers were hers in the beginning.
"Stupid cat, suck it back quickly, or someone else will take it away." Xu Chuchu just thought he was the same as usual, acting as he pleased, and didn't notice his loneliness, but was very touched.
She didn't expect that Daju would be willing to pay so much for her.
"No, suck it quickly!" Daju refused.
"If you don't take it back, I'll be angry."
"You have to breathe it in even if you're angry!"
The two of them were in a stalemate for a long time, pushing the inner elixir back and forth. Suddenly, Daju punched Xu Chuchu in the stomach with a cat punch, and when Xu Chuchu opened his mouth in pain, he stuffed the inner elixir in.
"Alright." Daju was very proud. "Look how smart I am."
The moment the inner elixir entered the body, a tingling warmth quickly spread throughout Xu Chuchu's body. The pain and coldness were quickly relieved, and even his spirit felt much better.
Xu Chuchu kept the inner elixir calmly and did not absorb it.
"Silly big orange." She was not angry and buried her face in the fur on the big orange's back.
The big orange cat chuckled and said, "Then I will be an ordinary pet cat from now on. Chuchu, you must protect me from now on."
"good."
Xu Chuchu’s embrace was familiar and warm, and Daju quickly fell asleep.
Xu Chuchu still closed his eyes to rest, but he looked much more energetic and more focused.
I don’t know how long it took, but a faint fragrance came into my mouth and nose.
She immediately held her breath, just in case it was the incense.
She slowly opened her eyes and saw the face of a young man very close to her. The fragrance was coming from him.
when--
"There's someone!" She hugged Daju and screamed and stepped back.
"who?"
"Where!"
Almost in the next second, everyone jumped up from the ground, full of energy and without any trace of drowsiness from being woken up.
My goodness, everyone just said they were too tired and wanted to sleep, but it turns out no one really slept!
After being surrounded, the young man who suddenly appeared did not show any embarrassment or nervousness. He sat calmly on the ground, looking at everyone with interest.
"You are a fox demon!" Taoist Tian said in one sentence.
In fact, everyone had noticed it without his reminder, because the young man had dark gray hair that was different from ordinary people, and he had a big tail behind him with some brown stripes.
He leaned forward, sniffed, and moved closer to Xu Chuchu.
Seeing his expression, Xu Chuchu asked tentatively, "Xiaohua?"
The flower-tailed fox demon looked up at her and suddenly spoke in human language: "I smell Yaya. Do you have anything of hers on you?"
His voice was hoarse and a little sharp, like a child's, different from demons like Daju and Chen Zhaozhi who grew up in human society.
Xu Chuchu took out the bracelet made of foxtail stems from her sleeve and said, "Are you talking about this? You smelled it, so you came closer to me?"
"It's Yaya's bracelet!" The flower-tailed fox demon stood up, its tail swinging back and forth behind it. "Why is it here with you?"
Xu Chuchu said in a deep voice: "Xiaohua, He Ya is dead."
She stared intently at the flower-tailed fox demon's expression: "Do you know who did this?"
Except for the most vicious criminals, many prisoners are likely to reveal their true colors when they are tortured for the first time. This is also a skill she has learned from judging cases in the past two years.
Xiaohua's face was filled with horror. "What did you say... Yaya died? It wasn't me. I didn't bite her to death!"
"Oh?" Xu Chuchu raised an eyebrow. "But we found your hair on her clothes that day. How do you explain it?"
Xiaohua said innocently, "I went to see her a few days ago and brought her some fruits from our area before leaving. Besides, she is my benefactor, how could I bite her?"
Xu Chuchu wanted to ask more, but Taoist Tian stopped her: "Oh, it's already this late, and you're still trying to solve the case."
"Hello, little fox brother! It seems you often go out to play." He rubbed his hands eagerly at Xiaohua. "We are lost. May I ask which way can we get to He Ya's village?"
"Are you going to the village?" Xiaohua wagged her tail. "We can't get out just by walking. We have to go find Uncle Big Ears. Only he can get us out."
"Uncle Big Ears?" He didn't sound like someone who was easy to deal with.
"Let me take you to find him! Uncle Big Ears is so nice. Sometimes I go out several times a day, but he never gets impatient." Xiaohua said.
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