Chapter 8 The Little Loach
"Hands? Whose hand is this?" Fox Little Fairy thought as she sat up, rubbing her eyes, arms, and legs. "Ugh? How did I become human again?
Senior Master, Eldest Brother, and Second Brother were at least still in human form, so they had to divide the labor between them, taking care of hugging, coaxing, and feeding. Third Senior Brother Shan Xiaohu and Fourth Brother Fox Xiaxia became Fox Little Fairy's playmates, accompanying her as she slowly learned to walk on her two hind legs. Fox Little Fairy learned quickly. She could run, jump, and even climb in less than three days to play on her Master's beloved peach tree.
"Master, even if my sister has turned into a human, her mind should still be that of a 100+-year-old fox; why has she degraded like this now? Can she still turn back into a fox?"
"Don't you want to ask why the three of you were allowed to absorb the spirit bead together that day, yet she still turned into a human form while you didn't?" Master Teacher watched Fox Little Fairy play by the brook while chatting with Fox Xiaxia.
"This sister of yours! Her cultivation method differs from yours because she has a seven-knuckle heart." The Master stood with his arms folded. He couldn't help but sigh; indeed, the Heavenly Reincarnation Cheng doesn't deceive me. Daji set up a poisonous plan to force Bi Gan and dug out his Seven Orifices Linglong Heart as a medicinal cue back then. A generation of loyal ministers died tragically, accelerating the demise of the dynasty. And now, this seven exquisite heart but to the spirit fox clan, sinful fate ah!
After pondering for a moment, Master continued to tell Fox Xiaxia, "Xiao Xian's physique is special, and her cultivation method is different from that of the general Spirit Fox race. Several of you have different cultivation methods, but you are all very talented, and with a little guidance, you can all achieve great things. Although she already had a fox demon foundation of 100 years before, taking off as a human consumed a lot of her essence energy. She still needs to recuperate for some time, but her mind can return to normal, and the knowledge of spells she acquired before can be retrieved one by one, so you don't have to worry too much. But ..."
"But what? Becoming a human is not so simple; there must be other secrets, right? Master, don't sell the lawsuit!"
"You still always say that Fox Little Fairy is resourceful. The most resourceful one is you. You're right; Little Fox is transforming into a human. This is a spell that goes against the heavens; she shouldn't have transformed into a human at this age; otherwise, how come what she turned into was just a baby and not an adult? This spell will backfire on her essence, a spirit bead like the giant bear's, which you all have on each of your bodies. Having this giant bear's spirit bead on her, made from the convergence of tens of thousands of years of spiritual energy, can more or less help her resist it for a while."
"Then what if the spirit bead can't withstand it or if it disappears?" Fox Xiaxia stared wide-eyed in surprise, looking at her Master while worrying that her sister had changed into a person so convoluted. Cultivating an adult may not be a good thing.
"Only she can go through the tribulation alone, and there is no other way. When she is better, I will teach her the method! Go, let's take her back. It's time to eat."
The old deity was initially proper, but Fox Little Fairy is a baby now. With a vertical daydreaming braid, wearing a small flower jacket, giggling at the peach blossom petals floating in the creek, revealing two or three small teeth, a warm sunny smile spreading across her little pink face. If this were a child in an average human's home, it would be a little person to be held on the tip of the heart.
She stretched out her chubby little hands to grab the petals in the water and suddenly saw a small fish flashing past. Her curiosity was aroused, and she reached out to grab it regardless. Once didn't catch, twice didn't catch, she was not willing, too much force directly into the water, I don't know where to get the strength, quickly grabbed the "fish." In the water, she found that this does not seem to be a black and slippery fish, more like a loach, but why does the loach have horns on its head and four tiny claws under its body?
Master and Fox Xiaxia were chatting when Fox Xiaoxian fell into the water without looking, startling them. Master hurriedly used his magic to pull Fox Little Fairy out of the water, dried her clothes, and re-combed her hair. Since the beginning, the fox has not cried; two little fat hands have been tightly clutching the "little loach."
Fox Xiaxia ran over and asked: "My silly sister ah! How did you fall into the water? How did you become more stupid after you became a human?" He sniffed, "What is this? A fishy smell."
"Little loach!" Fox Little Fairy joyfully stretched out her hands, "Fourth Brother, soup!" Fox Little Fairy's language ability had degraded quite a bit, and she could only briefly say a few words to convey her feelings. Having grown up together, Fox Xiaxia instantly understood what she meant. It turned out that Fox Little Fairy had caught a loach and wanted to give them fish soup.
"I've lived here for so long, and I've never heard that there are loaches in Feng Xi Jian?" Eldest Senior Brother walked over in puzzlement.
The black object that looked like a loach was being pinched by Fox Little Fairy, who was almost out of breath. Oh, maybe he was so angry that he was out of breath. In any case, it was half-dead in Fox Xiao Xian's hands, desperately holding on to its corpse.
He Yunfeng fixed his eyes on it; boy, this is not a loach; this is a tiny black dragon! After the little fox fairy turned into a human, she still practiced the ability to catch a dragon with her empty hands. He has a lot of talent! He looked at Fox Little Fairy with a few more kind eyes.
Master picked up the little black dragon and stroked Fox Little Fairy's head while comforting, ''Little Fairy ah! Master knows that you are filial, but this cannot be eaten. This is not a loach, and this is a dragon! If Little Fairy wants to drink fish soup, let Eldest Senior Brother go to the North Sea to catch fish for you ah ..." He smiled and looked down at his eldest disciple, and He Yunfeng had to turn into a white crane and fly away to catch fish for Fox Little Fairy in the North Sea to make soup.
The little black dragon was placed in a clear spring because it is hanging in mid-air by spell cohesion flow, and there are any artifacts connected to the top and bottom of the left and right transparent can see everything outside. He gradually woke up, looked around, and saw some unfamiliar appearance, but the little older man's white eyebrows and white beard were very familiar; who was he? Where to see over?... I need help remembering.
"Little loach! You're awake!" Fox Little Fairy looked at him happily and said, "Master, the little loach is awake!"
Such a big face suddenly appeared before the little black dragon's eyes. Wasn't this the human cub that had almost pinched him to death just now and had called him a loach? He was so scared that he hurriedly swam to the side. He said stiffly, "You are the loach; I am the dragon! You little goblin!"
"Fourth brother, the little loach can talk words and is so smart." Fox Xiao Xian laughed happily as if she had heard some joke. Fox Xiaxia also walked over to the overhanging clear spring, looked at the little dragon, and earnestly said word for word, "You're right. We are indeed little goblins." Then he took his sister to play.
Shan Xiaohu came back from watering and chopping firewood and also practiced a set of fists according to the instructions of his elder brother. He was amazed to see the clear spring suddenly appearing mid-air in the courtyard and the two-inch-long little black dragon inside. Oops, what exciting thing did he miss? How did a dragon come? Kunlun Mountain is the name of the sacred mountain of the world of immortals; the place where Grandpa stayed is good.
So big single Xiaohu had never seen a dragon; he walked around the small black dragon circle after circle, trying to put his claws into the spring, wanting to touch the small black dragon. The little black dragon was like an enemy; what kind of sin did he create? Not only did he lose his memory, but he also fell into such a strange place; what is all this?
"You get up off! Be careful; I'll bite you!" The little black dragon was blowing its beard in the water, but in Shan Xiaohu's eyes, this didn't pose much of a threat. Instead, it made him feel very cute.
He ran to ask his Master, "Master, can I keep that little dragon? Can he be my pet?"
Master Teacher was stewing fish soup for Fox Little Fairy, taking out a small dish and scooping a small amount from the pot to taste when he heard Shan Xiaohu's words. He almost didn't spurt out, raising his eyebrows as he looked at Shan Xiaohu's excited and clueless face:
"You're raising him? As a pet?"
"Right! I'll take good care of him."
"Well, taking care of is something that should be taken care of properly; you rarely have a kind heart; from now on, he'll be yours to take proper care of. If you don't care for him, I'll take you to task!"
"Uh-huh! I will obey the teacher's order!"
Looking at the back of the Shan xiao hu that is happy, the Master of the Nanji Immortal Weng thinks he needs to let Mei Xiangzi give them good make-up cultural lessons; his disciples must not be empty of martial arts but open mind, so illiterate so ignorant, not good, not good.
After dinner, the Master in the peach blossom tree tea cooled, and the second senior brother began to give a few young brothers make-up homework. Today's content is literacy.
The Divine Race and the Demon Race had a typical script. After all, they both needed to cultivate spells and after all, they both lived for quite a long time. In addition to the Divine Race, there will also be various human characters and language, which is understandable. After all, man is Nuwa Niangiang, an ancient god who created the initial human nesting, hunting, fire, defense, etiquette, discipline, witch doctor, farming, casting, etc., but also by the time of the gods directly or indirectly from the teachings of the several gods. After the ancient gods returned to chaos one by one, the descendants of the Immortals did not stop learning this tradition. But the demon realm is different; it is optional to have human knowledge. In the past thousand years, some demon clans have even ordered that their demons be prohibited from communicating with humans, or else they will be punished as traitors. As a result, many demon clans have moved farther and farther away from the human world.
Fox Xiaxia and Fox Xiaoxian used to go to school at home. They worshiped the teacher, but what they learned was only the historical inheritance of the demon race and the god race and some cultivation methods, chants, and whatnot; human culture and history, as well as the text, know nothing about it. Shan Xiaohu is even more empty-headed, like a gourd. Mei was the second elder brother to the three little only from the beginning, one stroke by one stroke to explain the meaning of each word, but also asked them, even if they used their paws to draw, also have to learn how to write.
Fox Xiaxia and Shan Xiaohu were still very serious, listening intently and asking questions when they didn't understand. Fox Xiaoxian was still not very bright and couldn't sit still, but she knew every word as soon as she read it and could memorize how to write and apply it immediately. She listened and started to get confused, little by little, and gradually fell asleep.
In her dream, she returned to the cliff cave that the three of them had stumbled upon in the first place. Those patterns and symbols painted on the rock wall came to life, swirling and splashing in front of her eyes like shooting stars passing by instantly. She seemed to read every word and also understood that that cave was initially left by human ancestors tens of thousands of years ago, and what was painted on there were some details of life at that time: hunting, reproducing, growing old, dying, encountering natural disasters, tribal conquests, livestock and even living human sacrifices. She felt a wave of dizziness as if someone was going to sacrifice her to the gods as well, but What was she now? Was it a fox or a living human being? She was panting in a cold sweat as she woke up with a jolt.
Shan Xiaohu stared at her for a long time and said gravely, "Senior sister, you dared to fall asleep on the first day of your second senior brother's class, so it's true that you're getting more and more abnormal after becoming a human."
"I dreamt about that hole before and understand what those paintings mean. Master, I remember." Fox Little Fairy said in a milky voice. It bowed deeply to Master Teacher and the several senior brothers, "Previously, Little Fairy's thinking was confused, and she did quite a few ridiculous things, so I have to thank Master Teacher and the senior brothers for taking good care of her, Little Fairy would like to thank you here!"
Before these several fellow disciples could express their opinions, the little black dragon in the mid-air pool spoke first: "What is this little girl's origin? Is she a human or a demon?"
The next day, Fox Little Fairy got up early and freshened herself up. Then, she consciously prepared breakfast for her Master and all the senior brothers. Unfortunately, she was now only two years old as a human, small in size and strength, but fortunately, she had regained her mind of over 100 years old when she was a fox and had also become a lot smarter. She realized that humans had a pair of nimble hands, which was the most significant skill God had given humans. With hands, they could accomplish many things they couldn't or were inconvenient to do as foxes before.
After making breakfast, she looked at the scenery around her:
The morning mist faded away.
The golden sunlight poured into the mountain stream.
The dew on the flowers and grasses was evaporating a little bit.
The stream was gurgling.
The water reflected the ten-thousand-year-old glaciers of the Golden Dome of Kunlun.
She felt that her eyesight and hearing were not different from before; in fact, she had seen everything in front of her eyes many times before, but at this moment, strange emotions were sprouting from the bottom of her heart, and an impulse that she had never felt before gushed out. She took a small wooden stick on the ground and wrote crookedly:
Reed reed, white dew for frost.
The so-called Iren is on the waterside.
Fox Xiaxia and Shan Xiaohu looked on from the sidelines, failing to understand what Fox Xiao Xian was thinking. What did she mean by writing this? Fox Xiaxia felt a bit aggrieved; he grew up as the smartest, most favored, and most promising of his siblings, and his sister was the one who was the least preferred. And now his sister's skills were far superior to his, in his opinion. Fox Xiaxia grunted and walked away in aggravation.
Shan Xiaohu didn't have that much heart; he had always liked Fox Xiao Xian, even though his nerves didn't notice. He asked Fox Xiao Xian bluntly, "Senior sister, what do you mean by this? How do you read these words?"
"I'm just lamenting the scenery around me, and then I'm a bit homesick for my parents and where I used to live. Maybe they wouldn't recognize me now if they saw me like this, I'm afraid." She stretched her hands out in front of her eyes, looking towards the sunlight at her pink, hairless hands, and in the light, she could vaguely see the look of blood flowing through her veins. As she watched, she suddenly felt her body burning, a sharp pain hit her chest, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and Fox Little Fairy then collapsed, transforming back into her little fox form.
The little black dragon watched all of this. It turned out that this tiny person was indeed a demon, but he didn't expect it to be such a minor demon. This made him feel amazed as well. But what touched him more was the line of poetry she wrote on the ground. I didn't expect this little demon to be exceptionally talented. Still, it was a pity that her life would be on the verge of exhaustion, and turning back to her original body resulted from using too much essence mana.
Shan Xiaohu was stunned; just as he was about to pounce on Fox Xiao Xian, he was stopped by the little black dragon. "She can't be touched right now. Hurry and find a powerful immortal to take a look." He fought out of the water and jumped out of the pool, his figure becoming quite large, and then he continuously sprinkled water on Fox Xiaoxian to cool her down.