After she was born, she had no idea about the dangers of the world and she walked around the whole forest which was her birthplace aimlessly. But as she grew up she noticed that she was different from all the other beasts living in the forest. All the beasts around her were mindless and mostly acted based on their instincts but she was different.
This fact made her feel special. She also had an inherent ability to hide her presence very well and that allowed her to survive in this dangerous forest even with her weak body. It also allowed her to observe the other beasts closely with this ability of hers.
Just like this, this little fox started to realise many things. She was not the only beast who was able to think and understand. There were other beasts like her but all of them were way stronger than her by a large margin. But even among the stronger beasts, there were some who still relied on their instincts rather than using their brain.
All of this was very confusing for this little fox but it did not worry too much about it. She was still young and small so with enough time, she would be able to understand more things. But then when she grew up a little bit something very bad happened with her.
She had a vague sense that her special ability to hide her presence actually came from her blood but now the power from her blood suddenly started to get out of control. She tried her best to hold that power back but was unsuccessful in that attempt. In no time she became incredibly weak and even lost her special ability.
Since that day a very hard period of time started for this little fox. Because of her weak body, it was never able to hunt properly. Before this she was able to get by using her hiding ability to steal food but now that was something she was not capable of doing anymore.
So she tried to survive by just eating berries and nuts from the trees and she used the knowledge she had gained from her previous experience to hide from other powerful beasts. It lived for quite some time just like that but just when she was getting used to this kind of life, the forest where she was living was attacked by a bunch of hairless monkeys called humans.
These humans were extremely cruel and started to capture or kill the beasts wantonly. There were a few humans who were able to easily defeat the powerful beasts from the depths of the forest. She tried her best to run away with all her might but with her weak constitution she was unable to run too far and was caught by one of these despicable humans.
When she was captured she was extremely scared. But she knew that if she tried to resist with her weak body, then she might immediately be killed. So she tried her best to keep a cool head and observed the situation while acting like a regular beast.
She had seen humans before and had seen them fighting over rare things. So she was sure if they noticed that somehow she was special as she was intelligent even with a weak body, then she might face a terrible destiny. So for the time being, she did her best to act like a regular beast while trying to find a chance to run away. There was a chance that she might be treated well for her rarity but these humans looked too cruel and she was not willing to bet on that slight possibility.
She had the intention to somehow run away, but the cage where she was kept was very hard and she got no chance to do that. But while waiting in the cage, she listened to the conversion of the humans and learnt a lot of things.
She could understand the language spoken by both beasts and the humans from her birth. She had guessed that the reason for that was also most probably her bloodline but she was not sure. But as knowing more about the place where she was going might be useful for her future planning, she listened to everything very attentively.
What she heard made her to almost faint in fear. She was not sure what a demonic sect was but it was definitely a terrible place. And she also learnt that in that sect she would be sold to the disciples of that sect who would either use her as a cultivation resource or would just eat her as a little snack. In both of these futures she would be brutally killed which was definitely not something she wanted.
But the more she heard, the more she felt like this was the end of the line. Even the powerful beasts that she looked up to were easily restrained and made into slaves for these humans. That was a future even sadder than dying, at least this little fox felt that way.
So after hearing some more and finding no way to escape this fate, she decided to rest for the time being. She completely left herself to her fate and became very inactive. The fear of death and worry about her situation had made her extremely tired and her weak body was unable to hold on anymore. She even felt that if she died before she was bought by someone then that would be a good thing.
So just like that, she was brought to the sect and was displayed in a shop. But then she noticed that the shop where she was getting sold did not have much traffic and she had a little hope in her heart that she might not be sold and would be released in the wild, though she knew that it was just a delusion her tired mind was coming up with.
While staying in her cage, she observed the disciples of this sect. This little fox's observation skills were very good as that was exactly what she had been doing since the day she was born. Her heart sank a bit more in despair as she noticed that almost all the disciples here were giving off an evil aura.
Then she suddenly noticed a boy who was different from the rest. With her innate instinct she felt that this boy was different from the rest and probably would not kill her brutally. So even before she realised she acted just like all the other beasts and followed her instincts. She whimpered slightly and called out to this boy.
Immediately she felt that what she did was very dangerous and started to shake in fear. There was no way this boy would notice her in this hustle and bustle. But a miracle happened and this boy actually noticed her and bought her. She was still a bit scared as she was not sure if this boy also wanted to kill and eat her or not. But she still tried to act like a normal beast to not attract any more attention.
And that was how this little fox met her master.