Start practicing from Mr. Fox

Chapter 33: Don’t say anything polite
A fox in the bushes had already smelled the scent of a stranger and poked its head out from its hiding place.

After discovering it was a squirrel, it opened its mouth, licked its lips, and was eager to pounce.

But seeing that they were holding something and there was a person in front of them, they didn't dare to act rashly.

Soon the moonlight fell, and when they recognized that it was Chen Ji in front of them, the wild foxes lost interest and lay down obediently to continue basking in the moonlight.

Some of them were smart and immediately ran deeper into the cave.

The wise fox had instructed that if he saw this person coming back, he should inform him immediately.

Although I don’t know what to do, but as long as I promise some benefits, it must be good.

Soon, a large group of foxes came rushing over, shouting loudly from afar.

"Sir is back!"

Chen Ji saw a few familiar foxes in front of the fox group and waved with a smile.

"Did the gentleman bring us some delicious food?"

“Are these edible?”

A group of foxes looked at the snack behind Chen Ji, stuck out their tongues, and drooled.

Bai Ba rolled over like a ball and approached the osmanthus cake, wanting to take a bite.

Unfortunately, Chen Ji was faster.

Grab its neck and lift it into the air.

This is also a method I learned from Miss Bai. When the fox is disobedient, just pick it up and scold it like a cat.

"Bai Ba, Bai Ba, why are you so greedy?"

"This is for my fellow Daoist, not for eating!"

"Hey, ah! It's fellow Taoist?"

Bai Ba stretched out his voice and looked at me with aggrieved eyes.

"Such a delicious osmanthus cake, but it's not meant to be eaten? What a pity."

"But I really didn't know that Osmanthus Cake could also be cultivated to become a Taoist fellow."

"Osmanthus cake is edible, but the Taoist friends below are not. You are too impatient."

Chen Ji grabbed the osmanthus cake again, revealing the big squirrel underneath.

Bai Ba opened his eyes wide and was shocked.

"Hey, why are there other fellow Taoists here? What are you doing following Mr. Chen? Are you planning to rob him of these snacks?"

Chen Ji was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

Bai Ba's thinking is truly unique.

What kind of good monster would specifically block the road and rob snacks? He raised his hand and flicked Bai Ba's head.

"Bai Ba, don't be rude. This is an old friend of Senior Huai."

"Senior Huai."

The white fox opened its mouth wide, not daring to speak anymore, and even raised its paw to pinch its mouth.

"Mr. Chen, I didn't mean to say that. Can you please tell them to tell Senior Huai not to tell Miss Bai about this? Otherwise, Miss Bai will be angry and I won't be able to eat."

Chen Ji was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

Bai Ba's thinking is really strange. He could just ask Squirrel not to say anything, but he insisted on bringing up Senior Huai.

I’m afraid Miss Bai won’t know this.

"Speaking of which, where's Miss Bai? Did she go down the mountain again?"

"Well, Miss Bai went down the mountain not long after the sir went down, and she hasn't come back yet."

"What a pity. I was thinking of asking her to try some of these snacks."

Chen Ji said subconsciously.

When I was buying snacks, I didn't know what to buy. I thought Miss Bai should like sweets like ordinary girls, so I bought a lot.

It’s a pity that he’s not here now.

However, these snacks are high in sugar and are not easy to mold.

Foxes also practice the art of freezing water into ice. They work hard to cast spells and make a few blocks of ice to make a refrigerator, which can preserve water for several days.

Maybe it will taste better after being refrigerated. I should be able to wait until Miss Bai returns to the mountain.

"What's the pity?"

As Chen Ji was thinking, a familiar voice came from behind him.

When he turned around, he saw Miss Bai appear behind him.

She was dressed in white as snow, with a pair of fox eyes that were bright and charming. The ends of her eyes were like wolf hair dipped in cinnabar, with a blushing aftertaste. She looked at herself quietly, smiling like a spring mountain.

"Miss Bai, what a coincidence!"

Chen Ji put down Bai Ba and bowed with a smile.

I was just thinking about how to preserve the snacks until the owner came back, but I didn't expect that the owner had already arrived.

"Miss Bai, did you hear everything? Please don't punish me!"

Bai Ba squeezed to Bai Girl's feet, curled up into a ball and wailed.

Miss Bai picked up Bai Ba again and poked its head hard.

"You really need to change your temper. You've learned the art of taking medicine like this. You want to eat everything you see, but that's not possible."

"No one will bully you on the mountain. But if you encounter a demonic Taoist priest at the foot of the mountain and he tries to trick you with food and drink, you might end up falling into evil ways if you're not careful."

"Bai Ba dare not!"

The white eight-headed dragon is shaken into a rattle.

"Then don't be so greedy next time. Apologize to your fellow Taoist quickly."

After landing, Bai Ba stood up and tried to bow like a human, but he was too fat to do the movement. So he simply lay on the ground, opened his mouth and took out a large piece of Polygonatum.

"Bai Bafang was just rude. Please don't blame me. This piece of Huang Jing is my apology."

"Don't worry, I've practiced a special technique. This Huang Jing is clean and hasn't been touched by saliva."

The squirrels looked at each other, gathered together and whispered for a few words before accepting the Polygonatum and taking out a pine nut.

"These are pine nuts from an old pine tree struck by lightning. They're also very good."

"Thank you, fellow Daoist!"

Bai Bayi bit the pine nut in one bite before looking at Miss Bai.

"Miss Bai, this is something a fellow Taoist gave me. Can you take it?"

"Take it, and go get some of the wild fruits you usually pick to treat fellow Taoists."

"Go now!"

Bai Ba's eyes narrowed into lines, and he rolled away on the ground. Only then did Miss Bai look at the squirrels.

"I know you guys. Back then, you seemed to be living in Senior Huai's body. After you became a demon, you haven't been here since."

"I was going to come originally, but when I found out that Senior Huai was living with the fox, I didn't dare come."

The big squirrel repeated the reason he had told Chen Ji.

"Did you ever exchange pine nuts for Polygonatum at the demon gathering? I remember that."

Miss Bai nodded, also a little surprised.

"If I had known that you couldn't make it, I should have asked you to make something better."

The big squirrel blushed.

"At the time, I didn't know foxes were so good. I only heard other demons say that fox demons were cunning. I was afraid of passing off inferior goods as good ones, so I didn't dare to exchange them for the good ones."

Miss Bai was stunned. She didn't expect the squirrel demon to be so straightforward.

He paused for a moment, then smiled again.

"So now you know there are good things about foxes, right?"

"really."

"If you have extra pine nuts in the future, you will definitely come directly to Miss Bai to exchange them."

"Okay, next time you come, just say you're looking for me, and they'll bring you here."

Miss Bai smiled and nodded, then took Chen Ji and Squirrel to meet Senior Huai.

Chen Ji also witnessed Senior Huai's ability to obtain information from the plants and trees in the mountains.

Haven’t arrived yet.

Senior Huai has already revealed his face and is waiting for them.

Seeing them from afar, they shook the branches and leaves to greet them.

"Mr. Chen is back, and you little guys are finally willing to come back?"

"Hello, Senior Huai!"

"Whoosh!"

Just as Chen Ji said hello, he caught a glimpse of a few squirrels running towards Senior Huai, taking two steps at a time and rushing up to the branch of Senior Huai.

Its slender claws scratched at Senior Huai's branches and tumors, and it kept shouting.

"Not bad, not bad, you still remember my preferences."

Senior Huai sighed with comfort, stretched out his branches, and shook his leaves.

The squirrels were also very happy.

Talking about things that happened in the past when they hadn't met.

Miss Bai looked at Chen Ji with a smile in her eyes.

"Mr. Chen said he went down the mountain to find a way for the fox to transform and see people. Did he find it?"

"found it."

Chen Ji then suggested that Fox go down the mountain to open a herbal medicine shop, observe people and practice the method of seeing qi.

"This method is indeed excellent, but..."

Miss Bai nodded, but then shook her head.

"The foxes haven't even reached home yet. If they come down the mountain and show their true form, they'll probably scare the people who come to see the doctor. If they provoke the monks and Taoist priests who come to exorcise the demons, there will be other troubles."

“This thing can solve it.”

Chen Ji took the painted leather umbrella from behind.

Miss Bai's expression suddenly changed.

"Such a terrifying ghost aura. Where did you get this from?"

"It was given by the old abbot of Qingfeng Temple."

Chen Ji then told about how he and Yan Chixia caught ghosts, met Lu Pan, went up the mountain to collect debts, and fought magic.

"You haven't had a leisurely day down the mountain. I haven't seen such a lively scene in a whole year down the mountain."

Miss Bai teased.

"No wonder I didn't see you coming down the mountain. It turns out you left on the talisman boat."

"what?"

Chen Ji was stunned for a moment, not understanding how Miss Bai knew he was going up the mountain.

"I went down the mountain to do some shopping and passed by the town. I happened to see you leaving with that sword cultivator."

Miss Bai said casually.

After saying that, he changed the subject.

"Your experience is related to Mr. Su, so you should tell him about it!"

"Exactly."

So the man and the fox entered the library again.

Mr. Su had also finished his class at this moment and was floating in the air, practicing something unknown.

He asked the same questions when he saw Chen Ji.

Chen Ji answered as usual, but he talked more about the master of the temple, and Mr. Su listened very carefully.

"Is he well?"

"Looks a lot tougher than you."

"Humans are naturally better than ghosts. It would be best if they could live longer, otherwise they might die before me next time I come looking for them."

"Does Mr. Su have any old grudges with the temple master?"

Chen Ji asked.

"Why do you ask that?"

"He was quite dissatisfied when he talked about the hundred taels of silver, saying that you deliberately cheated him."

"Let go...don't talk about etiquette!"

Mr. Su almost cursed out loud, but restrained himself.

"Old Niubi is inferior in skills and yet he speaks such arrogant words. Next time I come to Qingfeng Temple, I will make him lose face!"

"So, what exactly happened back then?"

Not only Chen Ji, but even Miss Bai spoke out of curiosity.

(End of this chapter)