Possibly because everyone hadn't had a good rest for several consecutive days and were too tired, they didn't notice when the snow fox approached Yin Chen and the others. Thus, the snow fox grew bolder, extending its little paws to rummage through their belongings.
However, Leng Ruo Li and Jun Mo Han, who were sleeping in the tents, were not deeply asleep. They hadn't rested in their spatial dimension tonight precisely to lure out this snow fox.
When the snow fox slowly entered the cave, Leng Ruo Li and Jun Mo Han detected the movement. But the two decided not to startle it, intending to catch it after it walked further inside.
Unexpectedly, after failing to find any food on Yin Chen and the others, the snow fox moved deeper into the cave.
"Jun Mo Han, the snow fox has been following us for almost half a month, hasn't it? Shall we follow it into the cave and have a look?" Leng Ruo Li said in a low voice.
Jun Mo Han nodded in agreement.
Next, to avoid waking everyone, Leng Ruo Li and Jun Mo Han quietly and slowly opened the tent, walked out, and followed closely behind the snow fox for half an hour before reaching the depths of this mountain cave.
The temperature at the depths of this mountain cave was so low it could freeze people to death. Compared to the temperature outside the cave entrance where they had just been, there was a difference of more than forty degrees. Even Jun Mo Han, with his profound internal energy, could not withstand the biting cold. Fortunately, Leng Ruo Li had an Ice Fire Bead on her, which allowed them to reach this point (the depths of the cave).
Inside the cave, there was a cold pool shrouded in mist, emitting a bone-chilling coldness. The Leng King and his consort could not see clearly into the pool. Leng Ruo Li guessed that the extreme cold in the cave was greatly related to this cold pool.
The snow fox stopped in front of the cold pool, turned around, and looked at Leng Ruo Li and Jun Mo Han, chirping "Ji ji ji ji..."
"Alas, so this fellow deliberately led us here," Leng Ruo Li sighed and said.
"Li'er, you can understand what the snow fox is saying?" Jun Mo Han asked, his face full of shock.
Uh...
"This, I don't know why, but I can understand some animals when they speak," Leng Ruo Li replied with a silly laugh.
First, she talked to a tiger, and now she was talking to a snow fox. Wouldn't Jun Mo Han think she was a demon?
Unexpectedly, the little snow fox scornfully mocked, "The animals whose speech you don't understand have too low a spiritual essence. They are not worthy of speaking with their master."
Leng Ruo Li: "..."
"Little snow fox, who are you calling your master?" Leng Ruo Li asked, surprised.
"It's you! It's just the two of you here. And he, the man, doesn't understand me. If not you, then who? My previous master told me that the human who can climb to the summit of Tianyun Mountain, survive, and understand the snow fox's speech would be my future master. Many people have ascended Tianyun Mountain over these past few hundred years, and only you meet these conditions. Therefore, from now on, you are my new master," the little snow fox chirped.
Leng Ruo Li was momentarily stunned by the snow fox's words.
Oh my god! This little snow fox has lived for hundreds of years, which means it's become a fox demon!
"Little snow fox, can you transform into a human?" Leng Ruo Li asked curiously.
As soon as she finished speaking, the snow fox's pair of eerie green eyes rolled at Leng Ruo Li.
Does its new master seem a bit dim-witted? What should it do?
This is truly giving it a headache!
"Master, I'm not a monster, so how can I transform into a human?" the little snow fox replied somewhat exasperatedly.
Besides, even if it could transform into a human, it would require at least a thousand years of cultivation. It had only cultivated for less than three hundred years, so how could it possibly transform into a human?
"Haha..."
"I was just asking, don't be angry!" Leng Ruo Li said, laughing heartily as she looked at the snow fox.
Jun Mo Han, standing beside Leng Ruo Li, watched the human and the fox converse incessantly, feeling quite speechless. This world was truly too fantastical, where humans and animals could communicate. And Leng Ruo Li didn't hesitate to let Jun Mo Han know her little secret.
"Little snow fox, what are you bringing us to this place for?" Leng Ruo Li asked with a puzzled expression.
"Master, aren't you here at Tianyun Mountain specifically to find that Snow Root Orchid?" the snow fox said.
"Yes! How did you know?"
Leng Ruo Li was once again shocked by the snow fox.
"My previous master also told me that my new master would definitely be climbing Tianyun Mountain to collect the Snow Root Orchid," the little snow fox said proudly.
"Do you know where the Snow Root Orchid grows?" Leng Ruo Li asked in surprise.
"Of course, I do! But if you want me to tell you the exact location of the Snow Root Orchid, you must give me some benefits, like the grilled fish you made. I'd love to try it," the snow fox said, licking its lips with a look of extreme craving.
"You want to eat grilled fish? It's inconvenient for me to make it for you right now. How about I take out a roast chicken for you to eat?"
Leng Ruo Li remembered that she had kept a roast chicken in her storage space and decided to give it to the snow fox.
Upon hearing Leng Ruo Li offer it a roast chicken, the little snow fox nodded eagerly. While it wouldn't be grilled fish, a roast chicken would be excellent. Ever since its master passed away, it hadn't eaten meat for hundreds of years.
The climate of Tianyun Mountain was frigid, and there wasn't a single living creature visible nearby, let alone a meat meal.
Seeing the little snow fox's pitiable appearance, Leng Ruo Li immediately took out the already roasted chicken from her system space and handed it to the snow fox.
The little snow fox took the roast chicken with its paws, then half-leaned on the ice, devouring the roast chicken ravenously.
"Mmm, mmm... So fragrant... It's truly delicious, sob sob... This fox hasn't eaten meat for hundreds of years."
Alas, this little snow fox hadn't eaten meat for hundreds of years, which was quite pitiable. However, she was very curious about what it had been eating to survive all these years.
"Little snow fox, I'm asking you, what do you usually eat to survive?" Leng Ruo Li asked curiously.
Unexpectedly, Leng Ruo Li was met with a foolish gaze.
"I'm a spirit fox! When I'm hungry, I can absorb the spiritual energy from Tianyun Mountain. I can also eat delicious meat like you humans. However, compared to spiritual energy, I prefer meat, hee hee..." the snow fox replied cheekily.
It ate the roast chicken extremely quickly, finishing a three to four-pound roast chicken in less than five minutes.
When Leng Ruo Li and Jun Mo Han looked at the pile of chicken bones on the ice, they were both stunned.
This small snow fox was too much of an eater! Normally, a three to four-pound roast chicken could fill three people.
This made Leng Ruo Li feel a headache coming on. Damn it, she had encountered another foodie.
Alas...
"Little snow fox, can you tell me where the Snow Root Orchid is now?" Leng Ruo Li asked with a headache.
"Yes! It—it grows in the middle of this cold pool," the little snow fox turned around and pointed at the cold pool with its little paws.
"You're saying the Snow Root Orchid grows inside this cold pool? But this cold pool is covered in cold air, and we can't see it," Leng Ruo Li asked, bewildered.