Chapter 330
When the four cabins turned into a grand two-story courtyard, the little fox grew an eighth tail. It no longer wandered in the wilderness, but lived with the transformed big tea tree Jiamuying, hunting and farming. It also inexplicably learned a lot of knowledge that could make the fox's head explode.
"I don't want to learn anymore!" The little fox rolled itself into a ball with its eight snow-white tails. From the ball came the cub's tired sounds, "Woo woo woo, I'm just a weak, pitiful and helpless cub. Why do I have to learn so many things!"
"When you grow your ninth tail, you will no longer be a cub." A wicked hand tore open its tail ring and said slowly and venomously, "It's almost there. I promise you will have more work to do after you transform."
Little Fox: “…”
It said quietly: "What you said makes me feel that I might as well be a cub for the rest of my life."
It is still Jia Muying's creditor! How can a creditor be forced to study?
"I'm applying to go out and play——" The little fox's eyes were filled with tears, "If it really doesn't work, I can dig the soil."
It really couldn't learn any more, as those spiritual strips looked like heavenly books. It would rather learn to use an abacus with its fox paws.
Looking at its miserable little appearance, Jia Muying guessed that it had indeed reached its limit. He seemed to remember that there was also a cub that learned to cry like this, but he couldn't remember its face for the time being.
"Study until lunch," Jia Muying said, "and then you can go out and play in the afternoon."
"Great!" Upon hearing the good news, the little fox's eight tails all stood up. "Can we have lunch now?"
Jia Muying: “…”
He sighed and said, "Study for another half an hour."
The expression on the little fox's furry face instantly changed into a very figurative one (.ò - ó.).
"I protest!"
"The protest is rejected."
After finally getting through this long half hour, the little fox had lunch and washed the dishes. He could not wait to sneak into the woods—the mountains were filled with the air of freedom!
It looked around in the mountains, and unknowingly strayed from the area where it usually stayed. Thinking of the new acceleration formation it had learned, the little fox became curious and used it directly on itself.
Because it didn't control the input of spiritual energy well, the whole fox flew up, and with the sound of "AOOAOAAAHHHH", its eight tails shrank into a bundle behind its body.
Where on earth is the formation going to take it?
When the dizzy little fox stopped, it arrived at an unfamiliar area. After looking around, it came to a conclusion—it was lost.
The spiritual energy accumulated in its body was completely used up. It took a long time for it to recover on the spot before it gathered some spiritual energy to send a message to Jia Muying.
Fox, I'm so lost~
After Jiamuying said that she would come to find it later, the little fox, having resolved its worries, strolled around in the new place. With the place where it lived as the center, it searched all the mountains within a radius. There were only a few dozen kinds of prey, and it was rare for it to run so far, so it decided to explore the new delicacies on the mountain.
On the premise that Jia Muying would come to pick it up, the little fox let go and hunt. This kind of wild boar was something he had never seen before, so he caught one to taste; this kind of chicken had beautiful feathers, so he used it to make shuttlecocks; this kind of deer looked delicious, so he had to have a taste; this fast-running wild goat, he would eat one...
The little fox hunted as it walked. Its eight tails formed a semicircle behind it. Each tail was wrapped with its carefully selected prey. It looked like a moving chariot.
After sweeping all three mountains in this new territory, even though the little fox was picky, there were still too many prey on its tail to put them all down. It smacked its lips and thought that it could come to this place more often in the future. It didn't matter if it didn't have enough spiritual power, because Jiamuying would not ignore it.
Hehe, it's really the smartest little fox in the world!
The compact fox found a place with a good view to stop and rest. His head was filled with the joy of harvest, and only then did he realize belatedly that after sending the distress signal, he had to wait nearby and not go far.
Thinking of his wanderings in the three mountains... the little fox licked his paws, feeling a rare sense of guilt.
Jia Muying is so knowledgeable and knows so many things. I think even if it is in a mess, I should be able to find it quickly.
When people are embarrassed, they will pretend to be busy. The fox is the same. The little fox threw all the prey on its tail to the ground and piled it into a small mountain. Without prey, it shook its snow-white fur and decided to prepare a gift of compensation and apology before Jia Muying came. Although there were a lot of prey, they were all hunted for its own greed, and it was embarrassed to give them out as gifts.
Jiamuying might come at any time, and the little fox felt a little more anxious. It lowered its head close to the ground, its nostrils twitching, trying to find something to appease Jiamuying.
Just like that, the little fox sniffed around from one end of the mountain to the other. On a slightly sloping patch of grass, the little fox let out a low "eh".
There is a faint, fragmentary smell here.
The little fox is always very active. After confirming that there is something that interests it, it immediately starts digging with its claws, with its eight tails helping it. Mud flies everywhere. When it comes to digging, the fox is super professional!
It quickly dug a deep hole in the ground, and the little fox sank completely into it, with no trace of it left. Only the mud that kept being thrown out of the hole proved that there was still a living thing inside.
When the tip of its claw touched something hard, the little fox felt the faint fragrance suddenly become stronger - it had found something!
It slowed down its movements and dug out a...big white egg?!
Little Fox: "???"
What kind of creature's eggs are buried more than 20 meters deep?
The puzzled little fox climbed out of the deep pit with the big white egg dug out from the pit rolled up by its tail. The light in the pit was dim, and after coming out it discovered that there were some delicate faint patterns on the big white egg.
It looks pretty good.
The little fox swallowed his saliva as he thought, since it looks so good, it must taste good too, right?
Then it will give this big white egg to Jiamuying, and let Jiamuying roast it for their midnight snack. Isn't that killing two birds with one stone?
In order to make this gift look more decent, the little fox carefully used his tail to wipe the dust off the eggshell of the big white egg, and put some soft grass leaves underneath it. After this care, the egg looked more delicious.
It wrapped the big white egg and the soft grass leaves under the egg with its tail, went to the place where the prey was placed before, put the big white egg next to the prey, and then squatted next to the egg and waited for Jia Muying obediently.
Maybe because it finally fixed its coordinates, Jia Muying came over within half an hour. Seeing the thin layer of sweat on his forehead, the little fox first pounced on him, then used its tail to wipe his face frantically.
Jia Muying, who was caught off guard and had his face covered with fox fur, was about to say something, but his mouth was full of fur when he opened it. He could only wait for the little fox hanging on him to stop first.
After all, the face area is limited. No matter how long the little fox delayed, it could only put down its tail in disappointment. Looking at the messy hair on Jiamuying's forehead, it stretched out its claws guiltily for him to scratch it, but the more it scratched, the messier it became.
Jia Muying pinched its rebellious paws, and then pulled a few snow-white fox hairs from her face: "Have you thought about the content of your trick?"
"I've thought about it. You listen to me first. No, you listen to my difficulties first..." The little fox almost said what Jia Muying said, but he realized that something was wrong and immediately changed his words. "Look at where we live. There are prey all around us. Although I'm not tired of it, I'm afraid you will be. So I immediately used the acceleration formation I learned some time ago to choose this mountain and hunt on the mountain to give you a new taste!"
Jia Muying glanced at the fox's tail, which was wagging constantly, showing its guilt clearly, and said calmly, "So all these prey were caught for me?"
"Yes, yes, yes!" The little fox nodded like a garlic, pretending to wipe away tears and said, "You finally understand my painstaking efforts!"
"I didn't expect you to be so thoughtful." Jia Muying seemed to be touched. He waved his hand and collected the prey that looked like a small mountain, leaving no one behind. "Then I will eat these prey from now on, and the ones stored at home will be left for you to eat. I will definitely not let you down."
Little Fox: "......?"
It was dumbfounded: "Don't I eat it too?"
He was even a little anxious: "If I don't eat with you, how will I know which one tastes good? What should I catch for you next time?"
"Don't worry." Jia Muying comforted it, "I will tell you carefully whether each prey tastes good and whether I like it or not."
Little Fox: "...Ah?"
It felt like there was a hole in its heart, and a heavy rain was pouring down from inside, all of which were its tears. If it had known Jia Muying would say that, it would not have said that!
The little fox was so sad when he heard the bad news that his two ears drooped down. That was the delicious new prey he had worked so hard to catch in the whole afternoon!
But now he couldn't take back what he had said, so he could only pat the big white egg beside him with his paws, holding back tears, and trying his best to suppress the despair in his voice: "This is the gift I prepared for you."
Damn it! If Jiamuying had known that he wanted to monopolize the delicacy, he should have roasted and eaten the big white egg when he found it!
The angry little fox slapped the big white egg under its paw vigorously. After a few seconds, he suddenly felt a little puzzled. Why did Jia Muying suddenly stop talking?
It raised its head and looked in the direction of Jiamuying, only to see that Jiamuying's eyes were fixed on the big white egg. His expression was a little strange, as if he was confused, but also surprised. It didn't quite understand.
A lot of fragmented memories suddenly popped up in Jia Muying's mind. He stretched out his hand and subconsciously felt that there should be a red and gold ball acting coquettishly in his palm. The ball felt warm when he held it in his hand, and he would shed tears if he was not satisfied. He was extremely coquettish.
But when he blinked again, his palms were empty, there was nothing, as if it was an illusion.
Jia Muying's fingertips touched the big white egg given by the little fox as a gift. She felt a slight warmth from her fingertips, and the egg shook slightly, as if there was a life inside it.
His reaction was so strange that the little fox's eight tails swung in front of his eyes: "Jia Muying? Jia Muying!"
Jia Muying seemed to be awakened by the little fox's shout. He smiled faintly and said, "Thank you for your gift. I like it very much."
The egg was finally taken back by Jiamuying. Not only did it not become their midnight snack that night, Jiamuying also made a furry nest specifically for the egg, with a heat-insulating formation drawn inside the nest and treasures that replenished spiritual power placed around it.
Watching Jia Muying busying herself with the big white egg, the little fox gnashed his teeth and felt his paws itchy and his tail wanted to twitch.
…
The little fox found that Jia Muying had changed.
Jiamuying used to spend most of his time on it, but now he also divides a lot of his time every day for the big white egg. The little fox often sees Jiamuying interacting with the big white egg, either adjusting the formation for it, telling it stories, or scrubbing the big white egg with warm water to make the delicate patterns on the eggshell more shiny.
Finally, during a class one day, the little fox couldn't stand it anymore: "Can you pay less attention to that big white egg! It's inedible and ugly! Who knows what will hatch out of it!"
"Don't talk nonsense." Jia Muying tapped its head gently, with more intimacy than blame. "You'll know when it hatches. It's very beautiful."
Little Fox: “…”
It should have immediately roasted and eaten the big white egg!
"I understand." It said quietly, "You just don't think I'm fresh anymore, so you want to change me."
Jia Muying didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Where did you get such a mess of ideas?"
"When I was homeless in the wilderness, I often went to human cities." The little fox's expression was full of resentment. "When humans say that children don't get along, it's probably because the elderly are partial to one another."
Jiamuying: "...?"
This time he was really amused by the little fox's train of thought. He pinched the little fox, who was angry in front of the table, under its armpits and picked it up from the table. The little fox stretched out its limbs straight and forcedly cosplayed as a fox prop, with its eight tails unhappily tangled into a pigtail behind it.
"Do you think I'm partial to Da Baidan?" Jia Muying put it on her knees and took out a small comb to slowly comb its hair. "I also think I'm partial to you."
"Oh, you have to wash it twice a day, adjust the temperature of the formation from time to time, pile up any treasures rich in spiritual energy next to its nest, and tell it bedtime stories every night..." The little fox gritted his teeth and listed all the things, "And you are partial to me? I don't believe it!"
"Hmm... you're not right." Jia Muying pondered for a moment and retorted, "You were shy and didn't want to give you a bath. There are more formations carved in your room than its nest. I prepared a lot of spiritual treasures for you, and you have to listen to two bedtime stories every day..."
After Jia Muying listed all these things, the little fox realized that it had indeed obtained more things than the big white egg. If the degree of favoritism was really judged by these, it seemed that it was the one being favored.
The little fox licked his paw, feeling guilty but also a little happy, but he still felt awkward: "These are all your excuses."
Seeing that the little fox had been smoothed over, Jia Muying naturally would not destroy her own stage: "If you think it is an excuse, then it is an excuse."
"Forget it." The little fox's eight tails that were twisted into a knot behind it spread out and swayed slowly. It narrowed its eyes and said proudly, "I won't bother with you."
When today's class was over, Jiamuying went to do other things. The little fox looked around, and after making sure that Jiamuying was not at home, it opened the window of Jiamuying's room and set its eyes on the big white egg beside the bed.
Squatting beside the eggs, with its eight tails raised arrogantly, the little fox enumerated all the good things Jia Muying had done for him in a very Versailles tone, and finally concluded with a scornful smile.
When Jia Muying came back in the evening and was about to rest after washing up, the big white egg, which had been staying in the nest well-behaved and obedient, suddenly rolled out of the nest and rolled directly into Jia Muying's arms.
Jia Muying touched the eggshell and felt a slight sense of grievance.
He asked gently, "What's wrong? Why are you suddenly unhappy?"
Dabaidan couldn't speak, he just rubbed Jiamuying's chest, and his feeling of grievance became even stronger.
Although Jia Muying didn't understand, his first reaction was to coax Da Baidan gently. After Da Baidan gradually calmed down, he pulled the quilt to cover both him and Da Baidan, leaving one end open for Da Baidan to breathe, and tucked in the corners of the quilt.
"Go to sleep———" In the darkness, Jia Muying gently patted the eggshell through the quilt and hummed a lullaby softly, "Good night, baby."
*
The awkward quarrel with Big White Egg started and ended so hastily. The little fox didn't want to argue with his defeated opponent, so he generously let it go, and the matter was over.
Without a cricket as its target and not wanting to learn, the little fox flexed its paws and suddenly realized that it had not been to the human city for a long time. The thought was hard to stop, and the little fox pestered Jia Muying that day, yelling that he should take it to the human city.
Every time it went to human cities, it hid secretly. After all, many humans had learned magic, and some even hunted exotic beasts and plants to make them servants. The little fox was very worried about meeting these people. After all, it was still a cub, and generally exotic beasts and plants would only become powerful after transforming.
But if it brings Jiamuying with it, it won't worry about this problem at all. If anyone is so foolish as to capture it as a servant, Jiamuying's cane will surely beat that ignorant person to heaven!
"Go ahead, go ahead~ I really haven't been to a human city to play in a long time~" The little fox pestered him in various ways, and gave him four hearts with its eight tails, which looked like a white peacock spreading its tail, "Big Tea Tree~ Big Tea Tree I know you are the best~"
"It's not impossible to go." Jia Muying was so obsessed with it that she simply put forward a condition, "After we go back, you have to study the magic well and try to grow a ninth tail as soon as possible."
The little fox is a nine-tailed fox, but the nine-tailed fox is quite special among the alien beasts. All the little foxes that are born with intelligence are candidates for the nine-tail inheritance. Every time the little foxes grow a tail, they will get a little bit of inheritance. Whoever grows the ninth tail first will be the successor of the nine-tailed bloodline of this generation.
After the Nine-Tailed Fox is officially born, other foxes will no longer be able to grow new tails, and their existing tails may also regress over time, unless the current Nine-Tailed Fox dies and the selection begins again.
The little fox really wanted to play in the human city openly. Faced with the requirement of "cultivate well, and roll to death if you can't die", it remained silent in pain. However, it couldn't suppress its urge to play, and finally agreed to this harsh condition with tears in its eyes.
Although the little fox was a little naughty, he always kept his word. Seeing that it had taken the bait, Jia Muying stopped talking nonsense. He collected the teaching materials and said, "Get ready, let's go!"
The little fox glanced towards Jia Muying's room and asked, "You're not bringing the big white egg?"
Jia Muying thought about the way she held the fox in one hand and the egg in the other, and shook her head slowly.
The little fox's eight tails swung happily a few times, and it said proudly, "You didn't bring it with you, I didn't say that!"
"Oh, right—" The little fox jumped off the table in two steps and suddenly remembered something. He turned around and said, "We have to go dig some money first!"
After digging out several large pieces of gold ore from the little fox's secret gold mine, Jia Muying used his spiritual power to refine it and obtained gold nuggets weighing several kilograms. The little fox instructed him to turn the gold nuggets into a pile of irregular small pieces, and told him with experience that this is how humans use it - although it didn't know how to refine it before, it would directly put gold ore in after taking things from humans' homes.
Carrying a bag of freshly minted gold nuggets, Jia Muying carried the little fox to the nearest and most prosperous human city. Under the bluestone brick city wall, the little fox tilted his head back and uttered a surprised "Wow".
In the previous times, it not only had to sneak in but also had to use its tail to roll up the gold ore. How could it have time to observe like now?
Jia Muying brought the little fox into the city. The little fox's eyes were almost not enough. When they walked to the snack street and smelled all kinds of fragrance, the little fox slapped Jia Muying's arm with its tail: "I want to eat this! And that!"
"I want that one, too! And this one too!" It was so anxious that it pointed desperately in the air with its claws, "And that one over there! And the one next to it!"
Jia Muying sighed: "You can't finish it."
"If you can't finish it, pack it up and take it out of the city. I can grow bigger." The little fox said seriously, "I will never waste food!"
If Jia Muying hadn't used a hiding formation on both of them, the sight of a fox with eight tails pointing and talking in human language would have probably scared most of the people on the street.
Considering that the little fox would learn a lot when he returned, Jia Muying had no interest in destroying it at this time. He bought for it everything the little fox had named. Then, the man and the fox discovered in silence that the purchasing power of gold seemed to be a little high.
Jia Muying, who had been waiting for change for quite a while after paying, said: “……?”
Thinking about the gold ore that was placed in someone else's yard as high as a rockery after exchanging it for a big green and red quilt, the little fox said: "......?"
Of course, this was just a trivial episode. The little fox had a very happy time in the human city today, and his belly was so full that it would be even better if he didn't have to practice hard after returning!
When the little fox's eyes sparkled as he was selecting and choosing among the bright red and green fabrics in a cloth shop, Jia Muying, who was a little overwhelmed by the little fox's aesthetic taste, walked to the door and looked at the street to clean his eyes. He used an illusion on the little fox, so ordinary people could only see a young child.
There were many people coming and going on the street. Jia Muying was waiting boredly. Suddenly, a man walked past the cloth shop. He walked very fast and only half of his face was exposed. Jia Muying was sure that he had never seen him before, but an inexplicable sense of familiarity rose in his heart, as if a certain name was about to come out.
"Wait—" he said suddenly.
The person he called turned around in surprise. It was a very young boy's face, full of high spirits: "Eh? You called me?"
Jia Muying nodded first, then shook her head: "I just think you look like a friend I know. Have we... met somewhere before?"
As soon as he said this, he realized that it sounded like some kind of extremely bad routine, but the boy who was questioning gave him a hearty smile: "To be honest, I actually feel the same way!"
He immediately felt that the person in front of him was very friendly, as if they had known each other in the past, but he was very sure that he had never seen this person before.
Some fragmented memories came to his mind, and Jia Muying suddenly felt very sad. He asked, "Are you Bai Ze?"
"Tsk——" The boy put his index finger to his lips, took two steps forward and lowered his voice, "Don't shout so loudly."
"I am not worthy of this identity yet." The boy said, "After I have dealt with more fallen beasts and made great contributions, I can truly inherit the name of Bai Ze!"
The person in front of him was still smiling, but the boy didn't know why, he always felt that he seemed very sad. The boy's schedule was very tight, and he didn't have time to say much. In the end, he just patted Jia Muying on the shoulder and said, "I'm leaving, my friend! We'll meet again if we're lucky!"
He turned and merged into the crowd, and soon disappeared from sight. Jia Muying watched him leave, and a large number of memories surged in his mind, pinning him to the spot in pain, until the little fox patted him with its tail—
"Big Tea Tree! Big Tea Tree, what's wrong with you?!"
The little fox followed the owner of the cloth shop to the warehouse to pick out cloth that suited its taste better, so it naturally did not see what happened in front of the cloth shop. However, the little fox realized that Jia Muying was in a very bad condition.
It suddenly lost the desire to continue choosing. After quickly paying the bill, the little fox didn't want to continue wandering around the city. It just wanted to take Jia Muying back immediately, then put him on the bed and have a good sleep without thinking about anything.
"I'm sorry." On the way back, Jia Muying finally sorted out the memories that suddenly popped up and apologized to the little fox lying on his back, "I didn't let you have fun today."
"It's okay, Big Tea Tree." The little fox rubbed his cheek with his head. "At that time, the shopkeeper and I went to the warehouse to check the fabrics. Did you encounter any unhappy things outside?"
"No." It heard Jia Muying sighed, "It should be... a happy thing, right?"
"Big Tea Tree—" the little fox asked, "Are you going to cry?"
Jia Muying shook her head: "No."
"But you look so sad." The little fox is good at capturing emotions. Its tail gently touched Jia Muying's chest, where a heart was beating slowly. "It's raining so hard here."
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