When I became a Jade-faced Fox

In the following month, apart from her daily practice, Yu'er ran up and down the Jile Mountain, checking on all the spiritual fruit trees she had planted over the years. She discovered that there were less than twenty trees that had grown into mature ones, with the most common being peaches, apricots and plums. The most surprising thing was that there were three grape plants, but only one red fruit, and it was growing weakly.

My parents are in seclusion, and I don't know what to do with these spiritual fruits. It's the nature of foxes to love to eat grapes. If they can't eat grapes, it's good to drink wine. Yu'er will keep a few for herself, and make the rest into wine for my parents to drink when they come out of seclusion. But what about the remaining peaches, apricots and plums!

When picking the fruits, I only thought there were a few trees. When I brought the fruits back home, I found that they were almost piled up into a small mountain. I saw a little girl in white clothes walking around the three mountains of fruits, turning left and right three times, sighing in worry.

Li Nu and Qing Yu smiled at each other. Li Nu said, "Princess Mo Chou, there are many good things like spiritual fruits, which is naturally a good thing. Qing Yu has a way!" Yu Er turned to look at Qing Yu.

"Princess, you also know that the Fox King and his wife are kind-hearted. Whenever they have something, they will give some to the little demons who have paid homage to the mountain. Since this spiritual fruit cannot be stored, you might as well reward it to them in the name of the princess so that they can be grateful for the princess' kindness." Qingyu suggested.

Yu'er nodded and said, "What Qingyu said is not a bad idea, but will people be interested in this fruit? After all, it is called a spiritual fruit, but in fact it is just a fruit with a little spiritual energy."

"Princess, you are worrying too much. Before we met the Fox King and his wife, we were just ignorant little demons in the mountains. How could we have seen or eaten such spiritual things? Besides, this is a reward from the princess. Not to mention that it is a good thing, even if it is not good, we have to accept it obediently." Qingyu said righteously.

Yu'er shook her head, wanting to say something but stopping herself. Li Nu stepped forward and poked Qingyu, signaling her to shut up. He walked to Yu'er, squatted down and helped her tidy up her clothes. He looked directly into Yu'er's eyes and said, "Princess, you think Qingyu is too overbearing, right? In fact, Qingyu is not wrong. We little demons live near Jilei Mountain. Why do we live peacefully? It's all because we are protected by the Fox King. The princess is kind-hearted and gave us fruits for our practice. Such a great favor should be appreciated by everyone."

"Then send someone to deliver the fruits. For every additional hundred years of cultivation of the demon tribe on the nearby mountain, five more fruits will be given. Various fruits will be sent together. Each of you will also take ten fruits. You can use them yourself or take them back home. It's up to you." Yu'er ordered.

What Yu'er didn't expect was that the nearby demon tribes had all sent back some things. Most of them were jade, medicinal herbs, etc. The rarest ones were the snake sloughs sent by Zhu Qing and the spider silk sent by a spider demon named Zhu Niang. After playing with them for a while, she asked the maids to put them in the storeroom.

After March, when the first snow fell, the Fox King and his wife came out of retreat. However, they did not see their precious daughter at first sight. Yu'er was playing in the heavy snow. She even felt that she was not having enough fun in her human form, so she simply stood in her true form, a chubby white fox, walking in the snow, leaving a row of plum blossom marks on the ground. Finally, she simply rolled in the snow, and she would not listen to the persuasion of Li Nu and Qing Yu.

The couple looked like a perfect match in the snow. When Yu'er saw her parents coming, she rushed over. Before she could get into her father's arms, her mother grabbed her fur on the back of her neck and her limbs fluttered in the air. Yu'er was naturally unwilling, but she couldn't move because her weakness was caught. She could only act like a spoiled child to her father and raised her head to rub his hand. The Fox King shook his head helplessly, and Yu'er completely wilted, and her fluffy hair drooped down.

Yu'er was brought back to Moyun Cave by her mother. When the couple returned to the cave, they saw Madam Zishao loosen her hands and Yu'er somersaulted in the air, landing on the ground as a chubby little girl.

"You little fox cub, you're having so much fun, rolling around. Do you really think you are a few years old? Could it be that your body is too small to affect your brain?" Madam Zishao pointed at the air while speaking.

"Dad, you've come out of seclusion. I missed you so much. I also made some wine, waiting for you. Also, the trees I planted have borne fruits. I've saved some good ones for Dad to taste later." Yu'er crawled into the Fox King's arms and acted coquettishly.

"You heartless boy, you only have your father in your eyes." Madam Hongshao said dissatisfiedly.

"Bad mother, you always bully me. Dad has always been good to me, so of course I will be good to him." Yu'er said while sticking out her tongue and making faces.

Seeing that the mother and daughter were about to fight again, the Fox King hugged his wife with one hand and held his daughter with the other.

"Okay, okay, let's go taste Yu'er's wine together. You and your daughter sometimes make me feel like I have raised two daughters, both of whom have the mentality of children." The Fox King reached out and pinched his wife's nose.

The family of three each held a glass of wine, which was originally a spiritual fruit, and after brewing and supplemented by cultivation, the wine tasted fragrant and mellow, with a strong aftertaste. Yu'er drank half a glass and stopped.

"Dad, I have something to ask you. Have you ever thought about becoming an immortal? Have you ever thought about going back to the Tushan clan's land?"

"Becoming an immortal? It seems that you have been chatting with Li Nu and the others a lot recently." The Fox King rubbed Yu'er's head, and Yu'er seemed to hear an almost inaudible sigh in a trance.

"I told you that you are stupid, but you still don't believe it. Use your fox brain to think about it. Ever since the calamity between wizards and demons, the demon race has been burdened with karma, no longer loved and protected by heaven and earth, the inheritance has been cut off, and cultivation has become increasingly difficult. Later, my fox race caused such a trouble in the Battle of the Gods, and our reputation became even worse." Madam Zishao's voice became lower and lower.

"In order to quell the anger of Goddess Nuwa and the people's resentment, dozens of elders of my Tushan fox clan and Qingqiu fox clan imprisoned themselves in the clan land, and the clan secret realm was also isolated from the outside world. My fox clan became increasingly declining. The inheritance was almost cut off. If it weren't for some books and elders, I'm afraid we would have become an ordinary demon clan. So why don't we become immortals? If we become immortals, we will only be insignificant immortals, or even become mounts. Instead of this, it is better to find a cave to practice and become a free demon king." The Fox King slowly explained to Yu'er.

"As for whether to return to the Tushan clan, you must go back. You have already passed the transformation thunder tribulation. Whether to follow your parents' path or cultivate to become an immortal, your parents can't make a decision. You might as well go back and ask the ancestors for their opinions."

Yu Er nodded. "Then when are we going back? I've never been back there. Is it nice there? Will the ancestors like me?"

"It's less than two months until the Human New Year. Let's pack up some things. We haven't visited the Human Tribe for a long time. It's a good opportunity to take Yu'er out to play while we travel. We can return to the tribe in early spring of March. By then, we can catch the grand scene of men and women courting in the tribe. Yu'er can also go and get to know the brothers and sisters of the same generation."

"Great! Let's go home! Let's go home!" Yu'er jumped for joy. The Fox King and Madam Hongshao smiled at each other. Yes! Let's go home! Finally, we're going home!