The Snail Princess and Her Benefactor

Hua Chao heard the Shiba Inu spirit whispering in the gatehouse, which scared her so much that her hair stood on end and her palms were sweaty.

Ling Mi's hands were clenched in her own hands, and they were also trembling slightly, with her palms also covered in sweat.

The two were so frightened that they stood still and dared not move. Hua Chao could only hunch his body and half-crouch outside the gatehouse.

He listened quietly to the noises in the house, afraid that he would make any noise and wake up the Shiba Inu.

The Shiba Inu has very sensitive ears and will detect the slightest sound. If he notices it, everything will be over.

Fortunately, this Shiba Inu was just making a fuss and didn't cause any more trouble. After a while, the sound of it snoring came from the gatehouse.

“Snoo…Snoo…”

Hua Chao felt slightly relieved.

After a while, Xiaohong's figure appeared at the door, and she gestured to Hua Chao and Ling Mi to follow her.

When the two men went out the door and looked again, they saw a desolate wilderness filled with black and purple smoke. It was silent all around, and even the moonlight in the mountains was a cold purple-black color.

Xiaohong walked quickly forward, Hua Chao and Ling Mi followed closely behind her. They didn't dare to say much and could only push their feet hard to try to keep up with Xiaohong's pace.

Hua Chao and Ling Mi are just ordinary mortals now. To keep up with Xiao Hong's hurried pace, Hua Chao really has to use all his strength.

Walking quickly in the wild mountains and ridges, Hua Chao's feet were soon rubbed sore. The newly bought cloth shoes on her feet almost felt loose, and the shoe on her right foot kept falling off.

Hua Chao had to slow down and lift his shoes from time to time, which slowed down his pace and he often couldn't keep up with Ling Mi and Xiao Hong.

They didn't dare to take the main road in the mountains, so they could only run down the mountain along the small path. Not long after running, Hua Chao suddenly felt pain in her feet. The severe pain made Hua Chao tremble all over. She looked down and found that her right shoe had been lost at some point.

After walking barefoot in the thorny grass for a long time, his foot was covered in blood, and even the grass under his feet was sticky with Hua Chao's blood.

Even so, Hua Chao remained silent. She bit her lower lip lightly and endured the pain as she continued to walk quickly, trying to keep up with Xiaohong in front of her.

Ling Mi followed Hua Chao closely behind him, and their feet made a hissing sound. Those thorns and weeds would not scare Hua Chao and Ling Mi.

Although they are now in mortal bodies, they are still the Sixth Princess, the daughter of the God of the Jing River, and the little mountain flower fairy in their hearts. How could they stop just because of such a tiny bit of thorn grass?

He was not afraid of the dangerous mountains of swords and seas of fire, and the Black River Octopus and the nine-headed snake monster could not stop Hua Chao's progress.

Now it is just a small thorn forest, and Hua Chao is not afraid of it.

After passing through the thorn forest, Xiaohong slowed down her pace, walked to an old pine tree, and stopped to wait for Hua Chao and Ling Mi to follow.

"Xiao Hong, you finally stopped to let us rest! Although I can't see you, I really want to see what you look like. Are you beautiful?"

Lingmi followed Hua Chao to the pine tree. Although she couldn't see Xiaohong, she was very impressed by this little female ghost whom she had only heard about from her sister.

Although she is just a little ghost, what Xiao Hong did is something that many immortals cannot do.

In order to repay her kindness, she risked her life to tell them to escape from the dangerous place. This time, she even went deep into the fox cave to rescue Hua Chao and herself. This courage alone made Ling Mi look at her with new eyes.

"Sister Hua Chao, please also thank Xiao Hong for me!"

Hua Chao pulled Ling Mi to sit on the rock under the pine tree: "Yes! I know, I will thank Xiao Hong very much, don't worry, you can rest here first. Observe the movements around carefully, we will rest here for a while and then set off. We can't stay here too long!"

Hua Chao turned to Xiaohong and reached out to smooth her hair. The Xiaohong in front of him was now wearing light pink clothes, looking very elegant and pretty.

"Xiao Hong, how did you find the fox cave to save us? Aren't you afraid of being caught by the fox demon?"

Xiaohong's eyes turned red, and she whispered, "Sister, what are you talking about? Sister is Xiaohong's great benefactor. If you hadn't helped Xiaohong deliver the letter to my family, when would I have been able to avenge my blood feud?"

Xiao Hong wiped the tears from her eyes and continued, "Now that I have avenged my great hatred, my wish has been fulfilled. Even if it means that you, my sister, will die, Xiao Hong will not hesitate at all."

Hua Chao pulled Xiao Hong over and hugged her tightly: "You absolutely cannot do this. Xiao Hong, I saved you so that you can be reborn as a human being, not so that you can give up your soul for me. You can never have such thoughts again, do you hear me!"

Xiao Hong's eyes were filled with tears: "Hehe... Sister, I was just saying that. Look, we are all fine here now!"

"It's no use talking about it. You must understand this clearly! I saved you, but you got into trouble because of me. I won't forgive myself. You haven't told me how you knew we were caught by the fox demon, and how you entered the fox cave and found us."

"Since the day I separated from you, ..."

After Xiaohong separated from Hua Chao, she went back to her hometown to wait for reincarnation. However, the ghosts and goblins who were familiar with Xiaohong knew that Hua Chao was Xiaohong's benefactor. If it weren't for Hua Chao, Xiaohong would not have known about her vengeance to her family, let alone avenge her.

Those little demons also admired Hua Chao and Ling Mi very much. After the fox demon captured Hua Chao and Ling Mi and brought them to the mountain, they hurried to tell Xiao Hong.

Hearing that her benefactor could not escape the fox demon's pursuit, Xiaohong went to the fox demon's cave in Longyin Town overnight. The last time Xiaohong was captured by the fox demon and taken to the mountain, it was those familiar little demons who helped her escape.

This time, it didn't take much effort to find Hua Chao in the cave, and that was because a few familiar little demons helped her secretly.

They also secretly marked the maze leading out of the cave, otherwise it would be impossible to walk out of the alley, let alone escape from the fox cave.

"Who are those people you know? We should thank them."

"Sister, don't mention this now. We haven't escaped from the fox demon's sphere of influence yet. We need to take a break before setting off again."

Xiaohong stretched out her hand and turned Hua Chao's clothes into her own pink clothes.

"Sister, quickly change into the clothes I conjured for you, so that I can distract the fox demon from chasing you. But my conjuration power is weak, it can only last for a short while."

"How can I become like you? That would be putting you to death. I don't agree!" Hua Chao stretched out his hand and tried to take off his clothes.

Xiao Hong stretched out her hand to stop him: "Sister, you can't do this. After all, I am just a little ghost and can escape quickly, but you are mortals. How can you escape the pursuit of the fox demon? Just listen to me and we will meet at the foot of the mountain later."

"Catch them!..."

…………

"There they are..."

Before Hua Chao and Xiao Hong could finish their conversation, they heard bursts of ghostly howlings coming from afar.