After walking down the mountain for a while, I suddenly heard a cry:

"Ah~"

Lin Jue was startled and instinctively clenched the hatchet.

But he saw a clouded leopard jumping out of the forest and coming to him.

"!"

Lin felt wary for a while, but also confused.

This clouded leopard looks familiar.

At the same time, he lowered his head and looked at the little thing in his hand.

They don't look like the same species.

Just as he was thinking about it, two people walked out from behind Clouded Leopard.

One is the senior brother in the Taoist temple, and the other is the fourth senior brother in the Taoist temple, the one who is good at gathering animals and regulating birds.

"Junior brother, why do you climb so high up the mountain to chop firewood? And why haven't you come down the mountain so late?"

"Two senior brothers."

Lin Jue then put away the hatchet and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Because there are not many dead branches this season, and the firewood at the bottom of the mountain has been chopped almost, so I had to walk up the mountain. And because I saw the beautiful scenery on the top of the mountain, I was greedy for the scenery, so I climbed up and sat down." Lin Jue paused at this point.

After a moment, he picked up the cub in his hand and said, "But in

But I happened to see a little cub that had lost its parents on the mountain. I don’t know what happened. I was far away and waited for a long time, but I didn’t see its parents coming. I had to think about taking it back to the Taoist temple, otherwise it would be on the top of the mountain.

Even if it is not eaten by other wild animals, it will be blown to death by the wind."

"Baby?"

The fourth senior brother looked at his hand and concluded with just one glance: "It's a fox cub."

"Fox cub?"

"There are no foxes on this mountain, only in the depths. I don't know how they came here." The fourth brother, who practices the method of gathering animals and regulating birds, obviously understands these things very well and has a very kind heart.

If you are destined, just take it back to the Taoist temple. I will ask my friends in the mountains to ask around at night to see who has lost their cubs. If so, just send it there tomorrow morning."

"That would be great."

Lin Jue was not surprised——

Since practicing the method of Wood Escape requires being in harmony with vegetation, it is easy to understand that practicing the method of gathering animals and regulating birds requires maintaining a kind heart towards birds and beasts. What’s more, there have always been wild beasts that have spirits and can smell.

Legends about people's good intentions and evil intentions are more trustworthy than plants and trees.

"Let's go down the mountain."

"good."

Lin Jue couldn't help but mention the little fox cub and took a closer look. It turned out that the fox looked like this when he was a child.

Then he followed them down the mountain.

"We thought you got lost in the mountains or were bewitched by spirits."

"It's not as if I'm lost, but I've been worried about whether this little fox cub is a trick used by the mountain spirits to fool me."

"If there is a spirit in this mountain that deceives people in this way, we will definitely find a way to deal with it!"

"Aren't you also lying?"

"Ha ha……"

The little thing stayed in Lin Jue's hands.

The clouded leopard followed them with its tail raised. This scene made people in the mountains look at it, and they might think it was an expert.

Just walking, the fourth brother's clouded leopard seemed to have discovered something, stopped and turned to look into the distance.

"Ah~"

A shout.

The fourth senior brother also stopped and looked at it.

"Brother Yun, what's wrong?"

"Ah~"

One person and one leopard actually asked and answered each question.

Lin Jue looked at it with curiosity.

This big, colorful cat looks quite majestic, but I didn't expect its meow to be so strange.

"What's wrong, senior brother?"

"It should be a wild beast in the mountains."

The fourth senior brother smiled slightly and continued walking down.

Bring the firewood and return to the temple soon.

There were still a few cats lying on the stone steps at the door, lazily enjoying the afterglow of the sunset. The thin black dogs were sitting upright and somewhat majestic. They were not afraid of the clouded leopards walking among them. They wanted to interact with each other.

They were already familiar with each other, but Lin Jue came over with the little fox cubs, making them curious for a while.

Most of the senior brothers were waiting in the outer courtyard. The old Taoist also put a futon under the pine tree in the outer courtyard and sat cross-legged. For some reason, he seemed to have aged a lot after only one day in the temple.

After the three of them came back, he opened his eyes:

"Why did it take so long to come back?"

"Going back to Master, because the scenery on the mountain is so good, I happened to meet a fox cub again, so I sat on the mountain for a while and watched the scenery for a long time."

"You are quite cheerful."

"It's just that I have never seen such a beautiful mountain."

"The days are still long, just don't get tired of seeing them in the future...but when did we have foxes in Fuqiu Peak?"

The old Taoist raised his eyes and looked at his hands.

I saw that little gray thing with its tail curled up to cover its vitals, and it was caught in Lin Jue's hand. He looked at him with an honest expression on his face, which made him feel pity.

"I don't know. Fourth senior brother said that I would ask friends in the mountains to ask tonight. If I can find out, I will send it back tomorrow."

"It doesn't matter. It's fate that we met him. I'm sure he's a stutterer. Even if I can't find where he came from, I'll just put him back on the mountain when he's grown up." The old Taoist just glanced at it, then withdrew his gaze, stood up and picked it up.

He walked to the inner courtyard with his futon, "It's time to eat."

This little fox cub was so small that Lin Jue was afraid that the cats in the courtyard would treat it like a mouse, so he carried it into the dining hall.

"Don't run around, wait until I finish eating."

It's strange to say that after listening to his words, the little thing really stayed there. I don't know if he was honest or timid. He just kept staring at him with a pair of dark eyes and followed him around, silently.

It makes no noise and doesn't run around.

It looks so small that it can be crushed to death with just one foot.

"This little thing is pitiful. Go get him a tile to use as a bowl, and get him something to eat first." The old Taoist said slowly.

"What does it eat?"

"Foxes will eat anything."

"good."

Lin Jue went to find a piece of clean tiles under the eaves of the outer courtyard. There was a pile of tiles here, which should have been unused in the previous construction of the house. When he came back, he saw that food had been placed on the table.

It was exactly the same as last night, not only the dishes were the same, but even the sticky rice was almost the same.

The nutrition is sufficient, but the taste is lacking.

How else can we talk about the hardships in the mountains?

"It's cool outside, I'll eat outside, you can do whatever you want." The old Taoist filled up the rice, picked up some vegetables, and walked slowly outside, like an ordinary old man in the village.

"I'll go out to eat too!"

"I'll go too!"

The two senior brothers took the bowls outside one after another.

Lin Jue thought for a moment, then scooped up the rice as well, put some vegetables on each side, then walked out with the bowls and tiles in hand.

The little fox actually ran with him, running very clumsily.

Just crossing the threshold can be difficult for it.

The threshold is even higher than that.

When Lin Jue walked outside the dining hall, he happened to see the sun setting. The sky was full of clouds. It was inevitably a little dark in the courtyard. The two senior brothers were chatting under the pine tree with their bowls in their hands. The old Taoist man was holding his bowls alone and looking into the distance, watching the sunset.

There are heavy mountains like ink and ink, and I am chewing food in my mouth, not knowing what I am thinking.
To be continued...