Gu Ning squatted down and looked into the eyes of the pale little girl. He curved his eyebrows and asked, "Little girl, what's your name?"

The little girl subconsciously lowered her eyelashes, "My... my name is Ah Hu."

As she finished speaking, her expression grew darker, and she tugged at the corner of her clothes helplessly, "You...are you here to arrest me?"

She mustered up the courage to look at Gu Ning. Perhaps because Gu Ning looked young, his smile was not aggressive. She tentatively begged for mercy, "I didn't hurt anyone. I don't have any magic power at all."

As she spoke, she raised her hands in front of her. Her hands were thin and small, covered in grease. They were a little swollen from years of washing dishes, and looked quite pitiful.

"Ah Hu?" Gu Ning's heart softened, "Who gave you this name?"

Ahu Ahu, doesn’t it mean fox spirit?

As soon as she finished speaking, the stall owner who had finally found a free spot on the side started shouting, "It's me, it's me, what can I do for you immortals?"

The proprietress who had just made wontons for Gu Ning was a plump middle-aged woman. She rushed forward in two or three steps, wiped her hands on her apron, and smiled, "I picked up this child a few years ago. He is immature and I hope you will bear with me if he has offended me."

She glanced at Ah Hu calmly and skillfully blocked her behind her.

"No, we just think this little girl is furry and cute." Meng Jia stepped forward and bowed to the proprietress.

"Is that so?" The boss breathed a sigh of relief, and all the muscles in his body relaxed. He winked at Meng Jia and others, and walked away silently.

Gu Ning looked thoughtfully at the little girl who was squatting in front of the sink again. After thinking for a while, he took out a string of candied haws from his arms and gently placed it next to the little girl, "Sweet."

Then, she stood up and rushed to Meng Jia to listen to the gossip.

Ah Hu paused while washing the dishes, and his gaze suddenly moved from the bright red string of candied haws to Gu Ning, and a little light appeared in his usually dim eyes.

She...they were not here to arrest her, but to give her candied haws?

"I picked up this little fox at sea. At first I thought it was a dead fox." The proprietress organized her thoughts and spoke slowly.

"I was fishing at the beach at the time, and suddenly I saw a white object floating towards me. When I got closer, I realized it was a furry fox."

"I caught it with a net, thinking that whether it was dead or alive, a fox's skin would always be more valuable than fish and shrimp in the sea. At that time, the fox was dead. Isn't that amazing?"

Died?

After hearing this, several people looked at each other, and all of them heard something unusual in it.

"Madam boss, how did you know that Ah Hu was dead at that time?" Gu Ning raised his eyebrows, looking like a curious baby.

"Oh, it was already frozen like a lump of ice, with all its hair sticking to its body. It was so hard that I couldn't even knock it. How could it be alive?"

Gu Ning nodded obediently, "Yes, such an icy lump cannot survive even if it is an animal."

"Yes." Gu Ning's words made the lady boss want to tell more stories. "I smashed it hard on the ground for a long time, but I couldn't get rid of the ice on it. So I thought of taking it home and roasting it. If the ice is melted, the fur will be warm, right? Then I can sell the fox skin for money."

"Yeah, yeah!" Gu Ning nodded rapidly, "That's the truth."

"Who would have thought!" The lady boss's eyebrows flew up instantly. "Guess what? The next day I was next to the fireplace and saw it come alive!"

The lady boss exclaimed in amazement, "It scared our whole family. I almost fell down on my butt."

"A fox demon! This must be a powerful fox demon!" The lady boss glanced at Ah Hu and lowered her voice, "So we immediately went to find the immortals from the Fu Sheng Sect for help. But when the immortals arrived, the little white fox had already turned into a crying baby."

"Don't you think it's funny?" The proprietress laughed.

"Shouldn't it be handed over to the Fu Sheng Sect to deal with? Why is Ah Hu still staying in your house?" Fan Sisi asked.

When encountering a monster, the immortal cultivators will definitely not ignore it, not to mention that it is a place protected by the Fu Sheng Sect. Naturally, they will control all the monsters and evil spirits in their hands.

"I wanted to hand it over." The proprietress scratched her head embarrassedly, "At that time, the little brat in our family had just been born. When he cried, it was so loud that it shook the earth. I... had never seen a delicate and weak little baby girl cry like this..."

Fan Sisi: ...

Being soft-hearted is a big taboo!

"So I picked Ah Hu up and asked my husband to bring her some rice porridge. Who would have thought that she would eat so cutely, with a pair of grape-like eyes blinking and smiling at me..."

The lady boss's gentle eyes fell on Ah Hu, "She is really too young, and the immortals of Fu Sheng Sect didn't find anything wrong with her, so... I boldly let her stay."

Her eyes fell on Meng Jia, with a hint of tentativeness, "I know that if Ah Hu is taken away, he may die. Even if he survives, he will be locked up in a dark place forever."

Meng Jia didn't say anything, just nodded silently.

Her guess was correct. It was impossible for a sect of immortal cultivation to keep a monster, let alone an obviously very strange monster.

The biggest possibility is to nip the danger in the bud.

Fan Sisi did not refute. She came from a family of immortal cultivators and was taught from a young age that she should not be overly compassionate.

The karma of the immortal cultivators is likely to have a huge impact on the world. The karma that doesn't matter, the connections that shouldn't be involved, and the people who shouldn't interfere in your life should all be cut off.

"Right." The lady boss smiled. "That immortal said that I don't understand what karma is, but I'm just an ordinary fisherman, how can there be any great karma for me?"

"So I asked the immortal to keep Ah Hu. Every month, an immortal would come to teach Ah Hu and check if she had any bad thoughts... In fact..."

The lady boss lowered her voice, "Ah Hu is a very good child. The children in the fishing village don't play with her, and they beat and scold her, but she doesn't know how to fight back. She always rushes to help me, and I have never seen her disobey..."

Gu Ning's eyes fell on the tiny fox. "When kittens are wandering outside, they all feel insecure. Some of them will bare their teeth and show their sharp claws, while others will become weak and cowardly, trying to please others to survive."

"What the fairy said makes sense. Ah Hu is different from us after all." The proprietress sighed, "I have been wondering how long we can live and how long Ah Hu can live. If one day we are all gone and Ah Hu has not learned any survival skills, what should she do..."

After that, the proprietress sighed deeply, then raised her eyes to look at Meng Jia again, "Fairy, do you have any way to teach Ah Hu?"

Meng Jia pursed his lips and said, "The way fairies practice is different from ours."

"Is that so?" The lady boss looked worried again, "Can you find Ah Hu's family and let her go home?"

"That's possible."

There is a demon world for demons, and Qingqiu Mountain is where the nine-tailed fox rules and where the largest number of foxes live.

Meng Jia nodded, and the proprietress instantly breathed a sigh of relief, "That's great."

After receiving Ah Hu's information, several people slowly walked to other places, discussing as they walked.

"So...what is the relationship between Ah Hu and Bai Ashuang?" Ye Shuming scratched his head. "Why does it feel like she was abandoned? But from what Bai Ashuang said, Ah Hu must have died at birth."

"No, no, the lady boss said Ah Hu was originally dead, but somehow he came back to life..."

Ye Shuming muttered a few words and successfully got himself into trouble. He looked at the others in confusion and said, "Hey, why don't you guys analyze it? My brain is not enough."

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