"Fox!"
I looked at the forest and the group of wild cats running towards us.
Old Mo heard this and looked puzzled, "Wh-what fox? No, are there only wild cats?"
I looked at the panicked wild cats.
Although they were running towards us, they were scattered, as if not coming for us.
It seemed more like they were fleeing for their lives.
I suddenly suspected this.
And replied to Old Mo, "That's the sound of a fox. These wild cats seem to be fleeing for their lives!"
Old Mo was stunned and didn't quite understand.
By this time, the wild cats had also approached us.
However, most of them darted past us on either side, ignoring us.
At most, they shot us a few glances.
The sheer number of these wild cats far exceeded what Old Mo and I had anticipated.
In just a short while, over a hundred wild cats had passed by on both sides.
But more wild cats were continuously emerging from the depths of the forest.
Besides running and meowing, the "ying ying ying" sound of the fox from the depths of the forest also began to echo.
Before long, I saw a snow-white fox on a tree branch not far away.
Under the Sky Eye, the fox was very conspicuous.
It stood on a distant branch, watching the fleeing pack of wild cats.
It let out a few more "ying ying ying" calls.
The next second, a pack of mountain foxes emerged densely from the nearby forest.
They were chasing and biting the wild cats...
Old Mo and I saw it clearly.
We were both dumbfounded.
This sudden swarm of wild cats was being chased here by a pack of foxes.
Old Mo and I froze for a moment.
Because wild cats were all around us.
These wild cats, of various colors, fled like a tide.
The foxes were also desperately chasing behind them.
As soon as they caught up to a wild cat, they would bite its neck and kill it.
If there was any resistance, a group of foxes would surround it.
The meows of the wild cats and the low growls of the foxes continuously echoed around us.
Hundreds of foxes were chasing hundreds of wild cats.
Wherever they went, there were wild cat corpses...
Even though I grew up in a mountain village, I had never even heard of such a thing, let alone seen it.
Old Mo and I stared at these beasts in shock, our movements ceasing for a moment.
The pack of wild cats and foxes also passed in front of us and disappeared to the other side shortly after.
Seeing the large groups of foxes and wild cats disappear, Old Mo and I both took a deep breath.
But at this moment.
The white fox that had been standing on the tree branch suddenly appeared.
It tilted its head back and walked slowly towards us.
Its pair of vivid green eyes gave Old Mo and me a creepy feeling.
Old Mo and I both hunched our necks and watched it.
This white fox was not afraid of people.
It walked right in front of us, sniffed us with its nose a few times.
Then it set its gaze upon me.
Villagers said that foxes have spirits, and white foxes are even more spiritual.
Seeing it staring at me motionlessly, I didn't know what it meant.
So I smiled at it, "Fox spirit, do you need something from me?"
The fox responded with a few "ying ying ying" calls.
The next second, it stood up like a human.
With one of its front paws, it pointed to my left wrist.
Seeing it point to my left wrist, I instinctively looked.
This was where I hung the ghost's longevity money and the fox's claw.
I narrowed my eyes, "Are you pointing at this claw?"
I raised my left hand and showed the fox claw...
The white fox nodded at me, just like a human.
It let out a couple of "ying ying" sounds.
It seemed this white fox could tell that my claw was not ordinary.
At this point, I no longer treated it as a common beast.
I spoke to the white fox, "This was given to me by Hu San Tai Nai for self-defense after she asked for my acknowledgment."
The white fox clearly understood human speech.
After I finished speaking, it suddenly turned its head and let out a few "ying ying" fox growls towards the forest behind it.
Its voice was very sharp and carried far into the mountains.
Old Mo and I didn't understand what the white fox was doing.
Old Mo even panted and asked me, "What does this fox want to do?"
"I don't know!"
I shook my head.
But the next second, a gust of demonic wind suddenly appeared around us.
It blew around us with a "hoo hoo hoo" sound.
The surrounding leaves swirled, filling the air.
Seeing this sudden change, Old Mo and I immediately became vigilant.
Old Mo even gathered his breath and questioned the white fox, "What do you want?"
After saying this, he forced himself to be ready to fight again.
My expression also slightly darkened.
But before I could ask, a wisp of gray mist suddenly condensed in front of the white fox.
Immediately after, an old woman wearing a gray cloth gown, a gray cloth headscarf, and holding a fox-head cane appeared before us.
The moment this old woman appeared.
Old Mo's heart tensed, feeling somewhat frightened.
But my expression instantly changed, filled with surprise.
At the same time, I let down my guard.
Because I recognized her.
It was the fox granny who asked for my acknowledgment on Longgang Mountain and gave me the fox claw.
The one who helped me survive the night at the ghost temple.
I opened my mouth wide in astonishment.
The old fox woman, however, suddenly let out a few "ge ge ge" laughs at me.
Then she spoke to me, "Young man, we meet again!"