Zhao Rong did not go too far, but returned to the street where Su Xiaoxiao had walked.
He walked around, bought some things, and then returned to the remote bookstore at the end of the street.
When Zhao Rong looked from a distance, there seemed to be a small figure waiting for him at the door of the bookstore. However, when Zhao Rong approached, she disappeared again, and she must have entered the bookstore again.
Zhao Rong came to the door of the bookstore. She was standing in front of the counter to pay, holding two new books in her arms and a small red purse that looked like a fox in her hand.
He stopped at the door and waited. She didn't look at him. She put down the small book box, put the books and the small purse into it, and then picked it up again, bouncing twice as if trying to weigh it.
Seeing her going out with a small bookcase on her back, Zhao Rong handed over the little fox-shaped candy man in his hand. He also stretched out his right hand behind his back and handed her the large and small boxes he was carrying.
These were the mung bean cakes that Su Xiaoxiao had coveted when she went shopping before, the small jewelry that she had noticed, and the hair ribbons whose color caught her eye...etc.
He bought them all for her without missing a thing.
"No." Su Xiaoxiao passed directly by him with a stern face.
Zhao Rong turned to look at her back and smiled. He seemed to be still angry, but not as angry as before. The look in the candy man's eyes just now was obviously greedy.
What a duplicitous little fox demon, he retracted his hand with a normal expression, continued to hold the candy man and the box containing the gadgets, and followed.
This temporary prosperous town was not big. Zhao Rong and Su Xiaoxiao reached the end of the road in no time. The two of them had a tacit understanding not to turn back. After leaving the town, they walked forward, as if as long as there was still a road ahead, the two of them would reach the end.
It seems like it will go on forever.
A certain little fox demon still didn't talk to him, but it could be said that it finally came to his side. Zhao Rong could even raise his hand to hold her shoulder now, but the little fox demon who was still angry would definitely not let him go.
, so I didn’t ask for trouble.
Besides, he was holding a little candy man in his hand for her, and he knew that she would always eat it.
Then the two of them kept walking without saying a word. After getting away from the crowds of the town, the forest road leading to nowhere became increasingly dark. There were more and more dark clouds tonight, and the stars in the sky were sparse, with only a faint haze.
The moonlight allowed him to occasionally turn his head and see clearly the cute face of the little fox demon whose curves softened.
The forest became deeper and deeper, and the road became darker and darker. The two of them began to see some things emitting light blue light in the distance. This was very attractive in the dark wilderness. The little fox demon was no exception. He stretched his head and looked around.
He paused, turned his steps slightly, and walked towards the place where there was a faint light.
Zhao Rong followed with the fox-shaped candy man in his hand.
When the Confucian scholar and the fox demon, one large and one small, walked into the dim light, they saw in front of them a small valley, or a sunken basin, covering an area of about one hectare.
It is very strange to see such a terrain in a deep forest, and what is even more strange is that there is only one tree planted in this small basin, and around this tree, there are patches of green plants planted regularly in other places.
These green plants are the same kind of plants. They are like low-hanging lamps on the dark grass, emitting a light blue shimmer, making the light in the basin much brighter.
At the same time, there are also dots of photons floating out from the ‘light blue lamps’.
Like stars or fireflies, they float nimbly in the valley, as if they were born with it.
This kind of luminous green plants are currently being planted regularly, divided into evenly distributed fields, and filling the entire basin.
Zhao Rong recognized the green plants below that seemed to be artificially planted.
It is called neon grass, and it has the effect of stopping bleeding, removing blood stasis, and repairing wounds. It is a common elixir in the fairy market on the mountain, and it is also one of the ingredients in many best-selling elixirs for healing wounds.
As for the tree surrounded by the neon grass growing in the basin, Zhao Rong didn't recognize it. He just looked like a peach tree, but it was long and crooked, not good-looking, and there were a few peach-like peach trees hanging on it.
of fruit.
Zhao Rong stood with Su Xiaoxiao on the edge of the basin and looked at it quietly for a while.
Su Xiaoxiao, whose eyes were filled with the sight of flowing fireflies, was focused on something different. At this time, he turned his head and looked at the terrain of the basin in the deep forest and the movements on the left and right.
"I thought there wouldn't be fireflies in late autumn," the little fox demon said. This should be the first time she spoke in a normal tone after the two quarreled.
"This should be a spiritual field planted by a certain fairy family nearby. There are magic array barriers around it. The climate inside is warmer than outside." He said.
He had seen this kind of spiritual field cultivated by immortals when he lived with the Lin family in Lanxi, Zhongnan Mountain. As a former Taoist blessed land, Zhongnan Mountain was a fertile land that was very suitable for the growth of elixirs and fairy grass. Lin Wenruo's Lanxi Lin family was also a sacred place.
He is a big dog owner, and he often takes him around in the spiritual field in his back garden. I don’t know if it’s Versailles, but I don’t take him to the back house of his eighteenth-room beautiful concubine. Isn’t it all a ‘field’?
?Even a gentleman like him is wary... Anyway, Zhao Rong is quite familiar with Lingtian.
After he finished speaking, the little fox demon fell silent, probably because she remembered that she should be angry with him.
"Do you want to catch fireflies? Well, it may not be fireflies, but it should be similar to it." Zhao Rong said. He felt that this stupid girl should really want to catch it. He remembered that when they were at the Lin family in Lanxi, the two of them had the same yard.
She had caught a lot of them in her hands and frightened him when he came back in the middle of the night. Among the "stars" floating in the room, the little fox demon boasted that she was the number one firefly killer in Qiantang Mountain, and there was no firefly that she could not catch.
.
"I'm an adult."
"No, it doesn't matter the size. The little fox demon likes to fight fireflies, just like cats eat fish. Is there anything more natural than this?" He said with a serious face.
"This, this is someone's spiritual field, it's not very good." She seemed to be quite satisfied with Zhao Rong's statement and nodded in agreement, but her tone still hesitated.
Zhao Rong originally thought that she would ignore him and turn around and leave, but she ignored him anyway. It seemed that she really wanted to catch fireflies.
"It's okay. I'm familiar with Dali here. You go ahead. Just be careful not to trample on other people's elixirs. Go ahead. We won't steal the fruits or pick the elixirs. We'll just catch a few fireflies." He said.
, walked a few steps forward, glanced at some magic circles arranged on the edge of the basin below, raised his right hand, and gently patted the gray pipe on his waist.
The mouth of the bag opened by itself, and the gray mist slowly flowed out of the bag, like flowing clouds, into the basin below.
In an instant, the entire magic circle barrier suddenly emerged, radiating blue light. However, the moment it came into contact with the gray smoke, the light dimmed.
The gray smoke was like running water, covering a circular area of about ten meters in diameter on the huge barrier. Then, without even taking a breath, the blue barrier was covered with gray fog and a hole opened, like a corroded gap.
A descending mountain road leading into the basin is right within this gap.
Su Xiaoxiao stood beside Zhao Rong, biting her lip and watching.
"Go ahead and catch the fireflies. I'll watch them here for you." After doing this in an understatement, he turned around and said, "By the way, wait a minute... take this candy man. If you don't eat it, your teeth will be bitten."
, I don’t know if you like the pattern of this little animal, but it’s my favorite anyway... Oh, and these gadgets, I think you like them too, so I bought them all for you.”
He handed over the little fox candy man in his hand, and also handed over the boxes containing snacks and jewelry.
"Hold these for me." She hesitantly took the little fox candy man, but did not take the small boxes. At this time, she added, "Well, please help me."
Hearing the little fox demon still saying "please", Zhao Rong was a little helpless, but he still nodded and continued to help her carry it.
She seemed to glance at his expression and said, "You...don't you come down and catch fireflies together? I can teach you."
Zhao Rong was stunned.
He should be less angry with me...he thought to himself.
"Forget it tonight, I'm a little tired from running. You can go ahead. I'll just watch you here." Faced with the invitation from the Qantang Mountain Fox Clan's best firefly hunter, he shook his head slightly. "The little bookcase wants me.
Can you hold it for you? I mean you're going to be running around later, and carrying it might get in the way."
"No need." She jumped twice, looking confident that this fox could handle it easily.
"Okay." He smiled and nodded. "Go ahead, I'll wait for you there, and remember not to step on other people's elixirs."
Zhao Rong pointed to a high slope not far away, overlooking the entire basin, and walked away.
The little fox demon carried a small bookcase on her back, ran down, passed through the barrier gap opened by the gray smoke, and entered the basin spiritual field. She first walked around the basin, eating the fox-shaped candy man in her hand and looking at it.
Watching the fireflies floating gently in the spiritual field.
Zhao Rong couldn't help laughing as she looked at her on the high slope. Below, she walked around the spiritual field, finished eating the candy, and even licked the wooden stick clean without throwing it away. She put it into a small book box. However,
Carrying a small bookcase on her back, she ran toward the gathering place of "blue fireflies" in the spiritual field and pounced on the fireflies.
Zhao Rong was a little worried at first that Su Xiaoxiao wouldn't be able to catch him. Well, he was quite suspicious of her title as the 'Qantang Mountain Fox Clan's No. 1 Firefly Catcher'. It was well known that those who claimed to be the best fireflies were
The one who received the hardest beating was the first one to receive the lunch box.
Besides, she was usually so stupid. It was hard for him to believe that besides eating, sleeping, and sewing, she had such a powerful job.
However, the facts that followed in front of him proved that the Qantang Mountain Fox Clan's top firefly fighting master was not just someone he boasted about.
In the spiritual field, a little fox demon in red clothes carrying a small bookcase jumped up and down, pounced and grabbed, like a fish in water...
"I didn't expect that she is really a master." Zhao Rong said to himself with a smile. This was also the first time he had seen her, and he was patiently accompanying her.
"Tch." Gui curled his lips.
Zhao Rong didn't take it seriously and looked quietly at the fiery red figure below.
After "killing everyone" in the spiritual field and catching a whole circle, the little fox demon put his hands together, as if he was hiding a secret treasure, ran back and came to Zhao Rong.
"Guess how many there are?" she asked him with wide eyes.
"One hundred." He thought seriously and said seriously.
"No, my hands are not that big, but these fireflies are indeed smaller than I have ever seen. I caught a lot of them, enough..." She shook her head, and then announced the answer, "...
Yes... I still remembered it just now, it's your fault for interrupting me."
As she spoke, she loosened her hands, and a blue "Galaxy" bloomed from her palms, surrounding Zhao Rong, floating lightly, like the Milky Way flowing.
"There are so many, so beautiful." He said in shock, and then took another look, "Well, they really don't look like fireflies. They may be small things that grow with the elixir."
"How about we go down and catch it together, and I'll teach you." the little fox demon said, with bright eyes.
"No, I'll just watch you. You go down and play. I'll watch you here." He said, taking out some pastries bought in the town from the box and handing them to her, "Are you hungry after running?
point."
She took the pastry and looked down at it.
"I'm not angry with you anymore."
"I know. Come down quickly. I feel like someone is coming to drive us away. Go down and catch us more."
At this time, the little fox demon suddenly stood up on tiptoes and kissed Zhao Rong.
It's lips.
He was stunned, feeling a little sticky on his lips, and took a sip. It was the candy she had eaten before.
Zhao Rong also tasted it.
So sweet, he thought.
After the little fox demon secretly kissed her like a dragonfly, he put his little hands behind his back as if nothing happened, looked up at the sky, and said: "It seems to be raining... It has started to drizzle."
"I know."
What she did next almost made him smile like a brilliant chrysanthemum... The little fox demon in red reached into Zhao Rong's sleeve, took out a small sachet, and put it
He put it on his waist again.
"You don't want it anymore?" he asked.
"I'll let you wear it for a while longer, then return it to me when you return to Duyou City."
"Okay. Go down quickly. The barrier below should be able to block the autumn rain..." He nodded.
But the little fox demon still stood in front of him and refused to leave.
Above the two of them was the autumn rain that was gradually falling.
"Zhao Rong, are you a gentleman? Even if you say something, it's hard for four horses to chase you? Are you really not going to leave? After seeing me off, will you go back to find Sister Lingfei?" she asked.
"It's hard to chase a horse," he corrected.
"I know, it's hard to catch a horse and it's hard to catch a horse... Are you really not leaving?"
"Yes." Zhao Rong nodded, not lying. He urged: "Go down quickly, those fireflies have emerged again."
Su Xiaoxiao looked at him and stuffed the pastry into his mouth, "You eat~"
Then she sucked her fingers, carried the small book box, and jumped down again, returning to the spiritual field. She walked around the spiritual field again, and saw a location suitable for catching fireflies. She was happy
ran over.
On the way, she also looked back at Zhao Rong, who was watching on the high slope, and waved to him.
He waved to her too.
Then,
It started raining heavily.
The rain was very heavy. Zhao Rong suddenly understood the meaning of the word "heavy rain". He felt that the person who created this idiom was really not making it up. The autumn rain above his head was so damn heavy that he was soaked.
His whole body was wet, almost as if he had been fished out of a pool. The rain shelter in front of him was close at hand, but he didn't go in. He was soaked all over, but he didn't care anymore.
Zhao Rong was very happy at this time, really happy. He was so happy that he wanted to shout out. He looked at the little fox demon catching fireflies below, it was so cute.