When I became a Jade-faced Fox

"You don't have to see me off. Let's say goodbye now." Yu'er said goodbye in front of the mountain gate.

"Thank you again, young lady." The group bowed.

Yu Er bowed and said, "The mountains are high and the road is long. We will meet again if we are lucky."

Yu'er, who set out facing the rising sun, would never have imagined that Xu Boyuan was lying on his bed at this moment, looking out the window, silently wishing him a safe journey.

"Is this Huaguo Mountain?" Yu'er's injury had healed and she was walking and playing. In her impression, Huaguo Mountain should be a very beautiful place, but here, apart from a waterfall, the surroundings were very desolate.

"I followed the direction the Great Sage told me to go, and there was no little monkey there!"

Yu'er walked in and noticed some movement. A wrinkled little monkey tried to run away when it saw Yu'er.

"Little monkey, wait a minute, I have something to ask you." But the little monkey ran faster and could not be seen for a while, so he rolled on the ground.

Yu'er stretched out her hand to pull him up, but he lay on the ground, protecting his body, trembling. "No, don't catch me, don't catch me, Grandpa save me, Grandpa Monkey King save me."

"Don't be afraid, I am the one your Great Sage sent to see you."

"Grandpa Great Sage," the little monkey suddenly climbed up and got too close, scaring Yu'er, "Why doesn't Grandpa Great Sage come back on his own? We miss him so much."

As he spoke, he was about to cry out of grievance. Yu'er felt so sad that she rubbed his head.

"Hey, where did this monster come from? Let him go." An old white-haired monkey, holding a big knife, pointed it at Yu'er.

"Grandpa, Grandpa, these are the people invited by the Great Sage to come and see us." As soon as the little monkey saw the old monkey, he jumped up happily.

The old monkey was still very alert, "I've never seen you before."

"You haven't seen me, but I know you. Your Great Sage once told me that when he was in Huaguo Mountain, there was an old white-haired monkey following him all the time. This sword of yours was captured by him when he defeated the Devil King after returning from his training."

Sun Wukong and Yu'er were drinking and chatting happily. They mentioned the Flower-Fruit Mountain and their monkeys and grandchildren more than once. Every time they mentioned them, they seemed to be hesitant to talk. If they saw this scene, they would probably be sad.

"Yes, yes!" The old monkey was happy to hear that it was right, but he still couldn't let it go.

"About thirty years ago, I met your Great Sage. We had a long chat and a drink together. He mentioned that he was worried about you and had no choice but to ask me to come and see you." Yu'er took the initiative to tell the reason.

"I knew that the king would not ignore us, wuwuwuwu. My king!" The old monkey covered his eyes and wailed.

Yu'er sighed in her heart, it was not easy for everything. Sun Wukong was a man of great skill and courage. In the past, with his protection, the Flower-Fruit Mountain was prosperous, but now it seemed that he was forgotten.

"To be entrusted by our king, you must be a close friend of our king. Please forgive me for the visit of such a distinguished guest." The old monkey led the way for Yu'er.

The little monkeys were all skinny and small, and they brought the fruits they picked to Yu'er.

"You guys eat, don't be so formal." Yu'er picked up one and took a bite, then put the food and fruits she brought on the table.

The little monkeys wanted to reach out, but they looked at the old monkey and did not dare to move.

"Eat, then go to sleep for a while."

The old monkey took the initiative to clear up Yu'er's confusion, "I've been talking for a long time, but I still don't know the name of the distinguished guest."

"You are older than me, so just call me Yu'er."

"No, no, no, no, that won't work. Your distinguished guest is of the same generation as our king, so you should address her as Jade Queen."

Yu'er outlined what happened from the old monkey's narration. After Sun Wukong was captured, someone set fire to the Flower-Fruit Mountain, and the demon kings fled.

The fire killed many monkeys and all the trees on the mountain were burned. The survivors were starving, so they ran away again.

What's even more pitiful is that the hunters around discovered that some monkeys would not die, namely the monkeys whose names were crossed out by Sun Wukong in the Hall of Yama. So they began to capture them in large numbers and sell them to the dignitaries.

"That's how it is. After bits and pieces, only these monkeys are left. In order to avoid being caught, they try not to go out."

Yu'er was very sad. Not dying didn't mean she wouldn't feel pain, hunger or fear. She couldn't imagine how they had survived these hundreds of years.

"It's okay, I'm here. I will naturally try my best to protect you. Do you know where the captured little monkeys are? I will go and rescue them." Yu'er took the initiative to take responsibility.

"They are scattered. I have no idea. Ever since I found out about this, I have been keeping them under control and won't let them go out." The old monkey looked at the little monkeys in the cave.

Yu'er stayed here for three days and found a blessed place suitable for them to live, with water source and also helped them to grow many fruit trees. Before leaving, she scattered some seeds on the surrounding mountains, hoping that the mountains would be lush and green again.

"I have to go..."

"Empress Yu, don't go, don't go." The little monkey circled around Yu'er.

"Listen to what I have to say. I have used a spell to set up a barrier. After I leave, the barrier will seal off Huaguo Mountain, allowing him to recuperate with you."

Yu'er handed a jade talisman to the old monkey and told him to put it away after she left. As long as the talisman was not broken, no one could enter the Flower-Fruit Mountain at will, but even so, they could not leave.

"We don't want to go out either. This is good enough. We will guard the Flower-Fruit Mountain and wait for the king to come back." The old monkey held the talisman in one hand and stroked the little monkey beside him with the other, his face full of love.

"Okay, when I come again, I believe your king will be back too."

"Empress Yu, you must come back earlier." The little monkey looked at Yu'er eagerly.

"it is good."

Yu'er looked at them again, "Don't worry, you are all fine, and your king must be happy too."

Yu'er suddenly felt that she should go back to her clan. She hadn't seen her parents and ancestors for a long time, and wondered how they were doing.

Suddenly I thought that my mother is probably at the age of 2,000 now, and I haven't received any news from home. I was eager to go home.

She really rode at full speed all the way, and Yu'er felt that her flying sword was about to fly out of sparks, but in the end she was turned away at her own doorstep.

Not only were his parents not there, but his uncle and aunt were also not there, and even his cousin Hongrui had been out for several days and had not returned.

Yu'er sat on the steps in front of her house, a little dumbfounded. The ancestor practiced cultivation all year round and it was impossible for him to go out. But if the door was not open, it meant that he was in seclusion, and she couldn't just knock on the door rashly!

Knocking on someone's door when they are in seclusion means a matter of life and death, such as an explosion in the clan's territory, or an attack by foreign enemies that the younger generation cannot defeat.

Yu'er thought that if she went to knock on the door, nothing serious would happen, but she would be inevitably beaten.

Forget it, forget it, no matter how much I think about it, I’d better go and take a look.

Good! One more rejection!

Yu'er simply left a note and the gifts she had prepared over the years for each of her relatives before leaving leisurely.

She was originally very worried about her mother, but then she calculated carefully and found that her mother was probably almost 2,100 years old, which was already past her prime.

During these hundreds of years, she hadn’t felt any discomfort or had any sudden surges of emotion, which showed that her mother was fine.