The deeper they ventured into the forbidden grounds, the more breathtaking the scenery became.
Huge fish swam through the woods, and mushrooms towered into the clouds.
White cranes danced in the mountains, and a mighty tiger carried riders on its back.
Ouyang and Hu Tutu rode a huge White Hanging-Eyed Giant Tiger, ambling through the mountain forest.
Sitting in front and swinging her feet, Hu Tutu still refused to give up, probing indirectly. "Eldest Senior Brother, what little animal do you like best?"
Ouyang rubbed his chin as though considering it, then said teasingly, "Well, I'm rather fond of little foxes!"
"Ah!" Hu Tutu turned back in delight. Seeing Ouyang's smiling face, she immediately turned away again so he wouldn't see the joy in her eyes.
"Hmph, I like little foxes too! But little foxes don't necessarily like you!" Hu Tutu said, pretending not to care.
Inside, however, she was overjoyed! Senior Brother actually likes foxes! Doesn't that mean he likes me?
Looking at Hu Tutu's happily puffed-up, bun-like cheeks, Ouyang couldn't help reflecting on the saying that a daughter was her father's snug little padded jacket.
There wasn't a word of falsehood in that. Who could wrap themselves in such a little padded jacket without getting all giddy?
"Then, Eldest Senior Brother, are there foxes here?" Hu Tutu asked, steering the conversation along with the current.
"Of course. All kinds of beasts roam Azure Cloud Valley, including foxes!" Ouyang answered.
"Then could you take me to see some foxes, Senior Brother?" Hu Tutu asked, looking at him expectantly.
Is she homesick? Does she want to see her own kind? Ouyang considered this as he watched her expectant face.
Naturally, Ouyang agreed to his junior sister's little request without hesitation.
The two jumped off the tiger, and Ouyang patted it, signaling for it to leave.
With the king of beasts' presence lingering here, ordinary animals wouldn't dare come near.
Once the tiger had gone some distance, Ouyang took a rope from his back basket and began arranging it on the ground.
"Senior Brother, what are you doing?" Hu Tutu watched Ouyang fiddle with the rope while taking out the chicken leg he'd saved for lunch and warming it up.
"I'm making a trap to catch you a fox!" Ouyang said without looking up.
Seeing the crude trap in Ouyang's hands, Hu Tutu immediately felt that her intelligence as a fox was being underestimated. Somewhat disgruntled, she said, "Eldest Senior Brother, how could such a crude trap possibly catch a clever fox?"
Ouyang held the warmed chicken leg to his nose and sniffed it, then placed it inside the rope loop with satisfaction. Taking Hu Tutu by the hand, he led her away from the trap, saying confidently as they walked, "It'll definitely work. I've even caught the Sect Master with this method."
"????" Hu Tutu stared at Ouyang, her face full of question marks. It seemed she'd accidentally heard a piece of the Azure Cloud Sect Master's embarrassing past.
After Ouyang and Hu Tutu left, an animal that had been hiding for a long time emerged from the shadows.
Gray fur, a fluffy tail, and a square face with "vacant" written all over it.
Had Ouyang seen it, he would certainly have exclaimed, "Isn't that fucking Tibetan Fox from the eighth sticker in my WeChat collection?"
The Tibetan Fox circled the trap, a trace of mockery flashing through its eyes.
"A brat at the Qi Refining stage, bringing along a member of the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox clan. I wondered what they were up to, but it turns out they wanted to catch me?" The Tibetan Fox's large, vacant eyes brimmed with wisdom.
"What a pity. How could someone as wise as me so easily fall into such a crude trap? Not to mention, yours truly is an Eight-Tailed Spirit Fox!" the Tibetan Fox murmured with a cold chuckle.
It looked again at the fragrant chicken leg in the middle of that crude trap. As a fox, it was instinctively incapable of resisting a creature like a chicken.
After all, chicken, you were just too beautiful.
Without any precautions, the Tibetan Fox reached a paw toward the chicken leg. The instant it picked the leg up, the rope loop suddenly tightened.
But before an Eight-Tailed Spirit Fox comparable to a Tribulation Transcendence cultivator, it was still far too slow.
Holding the chicken leg in one paw, the Tibetan Fox leisurely brought it to its mouth.
Three-Eyed Plume Chicken is still as delicious as ever!
Just as the Tibetan Fox was savoring the delicacy, the rope that had failed a moment ago suddenly looped around its neck like lightning. Before it could react,
that utterly unremarkable rope bound it tight like a long snake.
Alarmed, the Tibetan Fox circulated its demonic power, intending to snap the rope by force, only to discover in horror that its immense demonic power had sunk like a stone into the sea, completely beyond its control!
Only then did the Tibetan Fox recall what it had just heard Ouyang say:
"I've caught the Azure Cloud Sect Master with this method!"
Was that brat really not joking?
The Tibetan Fox was just about to use its innate divine ability to escape the rope when numbness swept through its body. It collapsed limply to the ground, its consciousness gradually blurring.
Fuck, the rope is a magical treasure! And he even used poison!
Feeling the rope binding its body into an utterly humiliating pose, the Tibetan Fox immediately panicked!
Am I, a mighty Tribulation Transcendence expert, really going to be tied up here in disgrace?
As the rope tightened, the Tibetan Fox was still screaming inwardly with its last scraps of consciousness:
*But I'm at the **Tribulation Transcendence stage!!!***
As though sensing something as a fellow fox, Hu Tutu suddenly raised her head. "Huh? Eldest Senior Brother, did you hear someone shouting?"
Carefully digging up a spirit herb, Ouyang answered without turning around, "Are you hungry? There's food in the back basket."
"Hmph, I'm not hungry!" Hu Tutu fiddled with the flower wreath she'd just woven, put it on her head, then trotted over to the back basket and reached inside to pull out the fragrant roast chicken.
"Ah!" Hu Tutu took a deeply satisfying bite, her little cheeks turning into buns. She looked as happy as a little hamster enjoying its food.
The sky suddenly darkened. Hu Tutu stopped chewing and stared blankly upward. A huge Three-Headed Monster Bird had appeared before her eyes!
A man-eating red gleam shone in its eyes, and terrifying pressure emanated from its body!
"E-Eldest Senior Brother! There's a big bird in the sky! It looks really fierce!" Hu Tutu called out haltingly to Ouyang beside her.
Ouyang carefully cupped the freshly dug spirit herb in his hands. Hearing Hu Tutu's voice, he turned to look at the sky.
The Three-Headed Monster Bird came into view. When he saw the red gleam in its eyes, his expression darkened as well.
This monster bird has awakened its bloodline power and become a Fierce Beast!
"Come here, Tutu. Stay by my side!" Ouyang told Hu Tutu.
Hu Tutu quickly hid inside the back basket, poking her little head out to watch the huge bird in the sky nervously.
The Three-Headed Monster Bird was nearly twenty meters long. All three heads glared viciously down at them, its targets seemingly the very two people below!
As Hu Tutu fretted, she suddenly heard Ouyang's voice:
"Tutu, we've had roast chicken for two days. Want to try some roast bird?"
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