sinovels Chapter 727 Fox Gathering
Chapter 727 Fox Gathering
Chapter 727 Fox Gathering
"Master, we are here to clean up."
"come in."
Erqiu and Sanqiu stood in front of the corridor, each holding a pile of rags, watching Gong Mengbi who was picking rose petals in a bamboo basket.
"What is the Master doing?"
Gong Mengbi said, "If it rains again, the flowers will wither. I thought that instead of letting them wither in the rain, it would be better to pick them and make them into fox talismans, which would be a good use of them."
"What is the Fox Talisman?"
"Do you know what a talisman is?"
Erqiu and Sanqiu shook out the rag, pushed it to wipe the damp wooden board, and replied, "I heard it is a secret text for communicating with ghosts and gods."
"That's not wrong. The Fox Talisman is the secret text for communicating with foxes."
"To draw a fox talisman, you need to ask the Goddess of Mount Tai and the Jade Fairy to be the masters, and use the Heavenly Fox Court to cast a spell. But if you draw the talisman, it is not appropriate to use the name of the Heavenly Fox Court. You can probably only write the name of the fox god or fox fairy you know."
Erqiu and Sanqiu pushed the rags to Gong Mengbi's side and asked expectantly, "Can we draw fox talismans, too?"
"Have you learned the fox language?"
Erqiu and Sanqiu nodded and said, "I think everyone can recognize them."
Gong Mengbi said: "Then there is no problem."
Erqiu and Sanqiu knelt beside Gong Mengbi and asked, "Can we see how the master draws the fox talisman?"
Gong Mengbi picked out two soft red petals and drew a fox symbol on each petal with a slender brush tip. He then handed the fox symbol to Erqiu and Sanqiu and said, "That's about it."
Erqiu and Sanqiu took the petals as if they had found a treasure.
Gong Mengbi picked out the withered flowers in the basket, then picked up the bamboo basket and sprinkled them into the drizzle.
"Please, all foxes, come and see me soon!"
The petals in the bamboo basket were splashed out all at once, but they did not fly along the force of the splash. Instead, they flew out of the bamboo basket and hung in the air, like a butterfly flapping its scaly wings and dancing in the air.
Under Gong Mengbi's command, the petals began to spin, revealing Gong Mengbi's fox seal.
Amid the dumbfounded expressions of Erqiu and Sanqiu, the fluttering petals were like a flock of butterflies, floating back to the corridor from the rain and brushing past them.
The wind raised by the flock of butterflies blew Gong Mengbi's robe. The petals were stained with Gong Mengbi's scent and rushed into the rain again, transforming from nimble butterflies into nimble swallows, shuttling through the rain like lightning and flying in all directions.
Gong Mengbi put the bamboo basket back on the ground.
Second and third hills looked towards the bamboo basket and saw only one petal stuck on the edge of the basket. As they watched, the petal pulled its soft body out of the gap, and then also turned into red light and disappeared in the rain.
In just a blink of an eye, apart from the faint scent of roses lingering in the air, there was no trace of the petals anymore.
"Are these all fox charms?" Sanqiu muttered to himself, feeling dazzled.
Gong Mengbi said: "This is also a fox talisman, but it is different from ordinary fox talismans. I am issuing the decree in my own name, so it is much simpler."
"The skill of talismans is often not learned when drawing them, but rather in daily life. You two don't need to study them in depth, just a basic understanding will be enough."
"Yes!"
Erqiu and Sanqiu put away the flower talisman and deftly used a rag to wipe away the condensed moisture and dust in Gong Mengbi's room.
Whenever these two boys have some free time, they will help out in the Fox Courtyard. Today is the first time they have been assigned to clean Gong Mengbi's house.
During this rainy season, even if the doors and windows are closed, moisture will enter the house and it needs to be cleaned every day, otherwise it will get moldy before the rainy season ends.
"Where are the five ghosts?"
Five shadows appeared out of nowhere from the corner. Erqiu and Sanqiu were startled, and then they realized that these were Gong Mengbi's retainers, and the Fox Temple usually called them Mr. Five.
Gong Mengbi ordered: "Prepare the dojo and gather the foxes at Shouyue Tower in three days."
Erqiu and Sanqiu felt their hearts beating faster and had a hunch that something big was going to happen.
Gong Mengbi looked back at them and said, "You go too."
Three days passed in a flash.
Especially in this gloomy rainy season, there is no sunlight, the days and nights are gloomy, and time has been wasted in a trance.
The Fox Courtyard was empty early in the morning. From the teacher to the fox prisoner, no one was seen.
Gan Rou and Ning Dai were ready to go, and quietly walked out of the Fox Courtyard carrying their rain gear.
But before he could even leave the house, his peers called out to him, "Are you going to Wuhuan Peak?"
Gan Rou turned her head and saw that with the call, all the windows in the fox house opened, revealing fox heads looking at them.
Gan Rou pursed her lips and said, "Yes."
"Wait for us!"
The fox house suddenly became restless, with bellybands and shorts flying everywhere. In a few moments, all the neatly dressed foxes climbed through the windows or doors and gathered around the two sisters.
Gan Rou said dejectedly, "Who wants to go with you? Can't you just move on your own?"
Two beautiful fox girls put their arms around Gan Rou's shoulders, one on each side, and said, "Who told you that Junior Sister Gan Rou is the most popular person around the Master recently?"
Ning Dai stretched out her hand and pushed the fox girl off Gan Rou's right shoulder, saying, "Senior sister, you are the senior, you should be the one leading the team, let Gan Rou go quickly."
The fox girl then hugged Ning Dai in her arms and said, "Don't be so formal."
"I don't know why the Master wants us to go to Wuhuan Peak. Is that his cave?"
Gan Rou became interested and asked, "Is the Master's cave at Wuhuan Peak in Longpan Mountain?"
The fox girl said, "That's right. Master Kang and his friends used to go there often, and we just heard about it."
A few fox girls led the way in front, and just as they left the Fox Courtyard, fine rain began to fall again.
"What annoying weather." The fox girl opened her umbrella and said, "Be careful, don't fall."
Rows of foxes, some holding umbrellas and some wearing straw raincoats, turned into long gray shadows in the misty rain and headed towards Longpan Mountain.
In the distance, you can vaguely hear the howling of foxes.
If there was someone who could understand fox language, perhaps he could hear their more detailed conversations, or even their complaints.
"Why are you two weasels here too? Is this a fox gathering?"
"The Master asked us to come."
"Ah, that's amazing! It was specially authorized by the Master."
It is still a long way from Huziyuan to Longpan Mountain. Because of its location, Huziyuan is not far from the county town.
A row of foxes walked in the rain, and the water flowing on the road reflected the foxes' shadows.
Sister Fox warned: "If you encounter pedestrians or go to a village, you must conceal your body shape, do not bump into pedestrians, and do not deliberately scare people."
A fox poked his head out from the back of the team and said, "Senior Sister, I don't know the art of shadow concealment yet."
Senior Sister Fox said, "It's hard to tell if you're not falling behind. If you really can't hide it, it doesn't matter, just stay calm."
"In Wuning County, being seen is not a big deal."
(End of this chapter)