The clever little fat fox couldn't admit that he would suffer because of his greed. He just wanted to eat something delicious. What's wrong with that?
Gong Mengbi joked: "Just the word greedy is pretty good. If you add the word lazy, it will be hard for the gods to save you."
The little fat fox immediately shouted: "I'm not lazy, I'm very diligent!"
Granny Shi scolded him: "You're not lazy yet. How are you practicing Earth Escape? Can you climb over rocks?"
The little fat fox suddenly wilted and muttered: "The stone is not soil. The stone is so hard that it will get stuck."
Granny Shi shook her head: "Practice hard, and when the Fox Garden is built, you must also study hard. Reading can open your mind, and only by being sensible can you know how to be a human being. If you can't do it well as a human being, you can't do it well as an immortal."
The little chubby fox pulled on Granny Shi's dress and said coquettishly: "I will practice well, and I will be filial to my mother-in-law in the future."
Granny Shi laughed, with a little sadness in her eyes.
She patted the little chubby fox's butt and said, "Go to Hua Niang, read with me, and learn to read."
The little fat fox agreed: "I know." Then he trotted out of the cave.
Granny Shi sighed, looked at Gong Mengbi and said, "I'm getting old. I'm afraid I won't be able to take care of the little fox in Ruyun Peak."
"Hua Niang and Jiu Niang have been with me the longest, and they are the ones I taught the most carefully. I picked up Shi Niang and Cha Lang later, so I don't have that much energy to discipline them, so Hua Niang and Jiu Niang have to spend more time on them. "
"They have been with me for a long time, and I know them well. Although they are talented, their immortality is shallow. They may be able to mix their origins in the human world, or be a mistress in the mountains, but in terms of cultivation, I am afraid it will be difficult to enter in this life. If you are a good person, you are just wandering around in the lower grades, and there is no big achievement."
Gong Mengbi comforted her: "The lower rank is not bad anymore. You and I are only at the eighth rank now. It is enough to protect ourselves."
Granny Shi said: "It's enough to protect yourself, but it's difficult to protect yourself from entering Yunfeng."
Granny Shi looked at Gong Mengbi with deep meaning: "The tigers are all around me, and they will not give up after I die. With their meager abilities, they will only be eaten clean, with no hair or bones left."
At this point, Gong Mengbi should have expressed his stance, such as protecting Ruyun Peak, such as protecting this clan of foxes.
But Granny Shi didn't want to force him to make a promise, or she didn't want to put the responsibility on him, so when Gong Mengbi wanted to speak, she patted his hand and stopped him. The leader said: "When I go, I will send them away. If you can help me in the future, I hope you can help me."
Granny Shi's eyes were gentle: "Foxes like you are born to be extraordinary. Sooner or later, they will jump out of the small Wuning County, jump out of the corner of Longpan Mountain, and fly into the sky."
"I have something to ask of you."
Gong Mengbi felt the hint of entrustment in her sincere words: "Please tell me."
Granny Shi stood up and lightly scratched the stone wall in Izumo Cave. A square brick came out of the stone wall and fell to the ground.
Granny Shi reached out and took out one of the jade boxes and said, "I originally wanted to pass it on to one of the younger generations who would become a master, but the four of them couldn't. Little Yi'er might still have a chance, but I can't wait until he grows up. ”
The little fat fox’s name is Yi, Shi Yi.
Granny Shi opened the box. Inside was a silk book as thin as a cicada's wings, and a strand of silk string.
Granny Shi said: "I once told you the story of the tiger and the old man Qixiu. You should still remember it."
"Remember."
Granny Shi laughed: "Old Qixiu practiced Taoism in the previous dynasty, and now he has achieved Taoism. In the previous dynasty, he was from an official family, but he was implicated in political affairs and fell into despair early."
"Having been accustomed to the wanderings and the treacherous officialdom, he had no intention of returning to the world. After wandering around, he decided to leave the world and practice Taoism in Dalei Mountain in Taizhou. He used flowers, wine, poetry, tea, paintings, foxes and plum blossom harps to practice Taoism. The seven categories are happiness, and these seven categories are called the Seven Virtues, and I call myself the Seven-Cultivation Old Man."
"You know even if I don't tell you, the fox here is me."
When Grandma Shi told this story, the longing and tenderness in her eyes overflowed.
Grandma Shi's name was Menggu. When she was practicing in Dalei Mountain, the old man Qixiu had not yet become a monk. Later, the old man Qixiu began to practice Buddhism and received a lot of help from her. Granny Shi asked him to teach him how to read, and he asked Granny Shi to teach him how to practice.
Because they always meet in dreams, she is called "Meng Gu" by him. Granny Shi obviously approves of this name.
The two of them can be described as an example of a divine couple.
The old man Qixiu is used to seeing the separation between life and death. He is a transparent person and puts his love in the mountains and rivers, never being disturbed.
Granny Shi was devoted to pure cultivation, so she hit it off with him and became a Taoist couple, supporting each other.
Later, the former dynasty was overthrown, and Qingxu Temple was also affected. Taoists went down the mountain one after another, either to follow dragons or to slay demons.
The old man Qixiu also took Granny Shi all the way to play in the world, catching tigers as a foothold, eliminating demons and strengthening people along the way, but he was not burdened by the customs at all.
By now, the old man of Seventh Cultivation has reached the middle level and can be regarded as a wandering immortal.
It's just that although the old man of Seventh Cultivation has a high level of cultivation, he can't live forever. Granny Shi tried to extend his life and even vomited fox pills, but in the end she could not save him.
Because he has taken life and death lightly and is not afraid of death.
After the death of the old man Qixiu, Granny Shi was still taking care of his former residence. Later, the tiger rebelled, stole the inheritance of the old man Qixiu, and fled to Zhilongpan Mountain. Only the silk book containing the cultivation method was kept by Granny Shi. Nothing was stolen.
Granny Shi could not let the tiger ruin the reputation of the old man Qixiu, so she chased him all the way to Longpan Mountain, and finally settled in Ruyun Peak, controlling the tiger from a distance and making him have some scruples.
But Granny Shi is very old, and she lost the Fox Pill while saving the old man Qixiu, so her abilities are far inferior to before, so the tiger is not that afraid of her, he only wants to torture her to death, and naturally the world will be fine and peaceful. .
Granny Shi pushed the jade box in front of Gong Mengbi and said: "There are seven cultivation notes in this box, which are his practice experience and Taoism. I want to leave it to you for safekeeping and find a successor for him in the future." .”
Granny Shi sighed: "His lifelong practice is nothing more than fake things to express feelings, fake heaven and earth to store gods, which requires extremely high vision and clear wisdom. Those juniors are not destined for this, but Xiao Yi'er may have some fate. But it’s hard to say. I can’t let it be lost, so I ask you to keep it for me. If you are willing to practice it on your own, it’s best. If you are not willing, if you find someone who is destined to do it in the future, or if Xiao Yier has the ability to practice it, then pass it on.”
Gong Mengbi looked at the jade box, but felt heavy in his heart.
He did not refuse Granny Shi, but took the jade box in his hand and said, "Thank you very much for the gift, Granny."
Seeing that he accepted it, Granny Shi was happy and said: "Okay, that bunch of silk strings is the silk of the golden spider. It was originally used to change the strings of the plum blossom harp, but the plum blossom harp was stolen by the tiger, and he also gave it to is you."
Gong Mengbi looked at Granny Shi worriedly: "Grandma..."
Granny Shi laughed and said: "Life is short and I have a long life, so be happy for me."
