I am the villain in the book

A quarter of an hour later, the white porridge in the pot was gone, and only a few bones remained of the roasted rabbit.

Everyone was full and ready to continue on their way, except for Zhang San, who looked miserable.

Everyone else was fine, but the porridge in his bowl tasted like shit, making it really hard to swallow.

Zhang San certainly didn't have a fondness for eating shit, so in the end, he had no choice but to pour the porridge away and prepare to eat a Bolus Pill to fill his stomach.

But who knew that even this Bolus Pill had a fishy, stinky smell, making him wonder if he really had bad breath.

Fortunately, a Bolus Pill was only the size of a fingernail, so he didn't have to endure the long torment of drinking porridge.

So in the end, Zhang San closed his eyes and barely swallowed the "shit".

Good heavens, if this were in his previous life, Zhang San might have become famous earlier than Lao Ba.

Looking at Zhang San's appearance, Wei Changtian secretly praised the former's "courage" in his heart.

Of course, he knew that this was all Yang Liushi's doing. Although he didn't really care, he didn't want to see Zhang San "eating shit" every day, so he found a chance to whisper to the former:

"That's enough, Zhang San doesn't even know you're a fox demon."

"Hmph! I don't care! Who told him to eat fox meat!"

Yang Liushi snorted softly, her tone indignant.

However, she didn't have any "deep hatred" for Zhang San after all, so she quickly added:

"Alright, it's just this one meal. I know what's important."

"That's good."

Nodding, Wei Changtian asked curiously, "Was that little fox male or female?"

"What is Young Master asking this for?"

Yang Liushi looked wary: "What if it's male? What if it's female?"

"What are you thinking!"

Wei Changtian frowned with a "righteous expression": "I'm just curious."

"Oh."

Yang Liushi covered her mouth and smiled: "Then it's male."

"What do you mean 'then it's'?"

Wei Changtian looked suspicious: "I have a feeling you're lying to me."

"How dare this servant lie to Young Master."

Yang Liushi smiled and walked away.

"It really is male..."

"I'm impressed, she even gets jealous of her own kind..."

Wei Changtian glanced at the figure in the distance, muttered something, and then walked outside the temple to relieve himself.

In the courtyard, Huang Sheng was studying the route for the day on the map, while Zhang San and Lu Huang were cleaning up the pots and bowls.

No one noticed that in the corner next to the main hall, the little fox that had just been let go was hiding in the shadows, carefully observing something.

Its fluffy tail was tightly coiled beneath it, and its black, beady eyes swept over the figures in the courtyard, finally landing on Yang Liushi.

Its nose twitched slightly, and its four little paws shifted hesitantly.

The little fox clearly felt that Yang Liushi was its own kind, so it especially wanted to rush over and be affectionate with the latter.

It even wanted to leave this place with Yang Liushi.

But when it saw the "fierce-looking" Zhang San, it shrank its neck in fright and quickly dismissed the idea.

In any case, the little fox still felt that its own life was the most important thing.

It leaned against the wall and watched silently for a long time.

Then, after an unknown period of time, it seemed to suddenly remember something and suddenly ran towards the depths of the mountain temple.

"..."

A quarter of an hour later.

When the eastern sun completely leaped out of the horizon, the five of them had packed up and were ready to continue on their way.

Although they hadn't slept all night, in order not to delay the battle and to reach Ji Country as quickly as possible, they were destined to have few opportunities to rest for long in the next few days.

Especially during the windless and snowless daytime, it was a good time to travel in the snow-capped mountains, so they naturally had to walk as much as possible.

"Young Master, everything is packed."

Outside the temple, Lu Huang prepared a large package and nodded to Wei Changtian.

The group didn't bring much with them, but it wasn't a small amount either.

And most of it was carried by Lu Huang.

A dignified third-rank general had now been reduced to a "porter", which seemed like a waste of talent.

But there was no other way.

Wei Changtian had a noble status and certainly couldn't carry luggage.

Yang Liushi was a woman, and even more so Wei Changtian's woman, so naturally it was the same.

Therefore, the luggage could only be shared by Lu Huang, Huang Sheng, and Zhang San.

And among the three, the former had the highest cultivation level, so he carried the most.

"..."

"Thank you, General."

Wei Changtian glanced at Lu Huang, said a casual word of politeness, and then prepared to order them to continue on their way.

The weather was good today, and he estimated that they could walk more than expected and reach a high mountain lake called "Fairy Pool" deep in the Tianshan Mountains to rest.

Thinking of this, Wei Changtian couldn't help but think of the "Heavenly Pool" from his previous life.

Speaking of which, he had even traveled to the Heavenly Pool before...

"Let's go."

The beautiful scenery in his mind flashed by, and Wei Changtian quickly collected his thoughts and said, "Captain Huang, you lead the way."

"Yes!"

Huang Sheng responded and took the lead, and the others followed closely behind, intending to leave the mountain temple.

However, at this moment, a soft cry suddenly rang out from the temple.

"Ying!!"

Accompanied by the crisp sound, a snow-white beast shadow suddenly leaped out from inside the temple wall, carrying something in its mouth and heading straight for the five people.

Everyone knew that this was the little fox, but they didn't know what it wanted to do.

If another demon beast had rushed over like this, it would probably have lost its life before it could even get close.

However, everyone knew the strength of this little fox, so they weren't afraid that it would "repay kindness with enmity", but just stood there curiously and watched.

Then everyone saw this little thing rush all the way to Yang Liushi's feet, open and close its mouth to spit out something, and then run back to the mountain temple without looking back.

"Pa ta ~"

The thing it held in its mouth fell on the snow, instantly attracting everyone's attention.

It was a round bead about half a palm-size, pure white in color.

Obviously, the little fox wanted to give this thing to Yang Liushi.

But what the hell was this thing?

Judging from Yang Liushi's expression, she should have never seen this thing before either. She bent down, picked it up, and looked at it for a long time, still looking blank, as if she was thinking about something.

And Wei Changtian's psychological activities after seeing this scene were even more abundant.

Good heavens, is this what it's like to be gifted a treasure by a demon beast???

But why was it given to Yang Liushi and not to him????

Does nothing good have anything to do with him?!

He was the one who saved you from Zhang San's mouth!!

Wei Changtian frantically complained a few words in his heart, but what he was more curious about was what this round bead was.

He glanced at the direction in which the little fox disappeared, and then walked to Yang Liushi's side and asked:

"Demon Spirit Pill?"

"No."

Yang Liushi shook her head and handed the white round bead over: "There are no True Qi fluctuations in it. This servant feels that it's just a white stone that's been rounded off."

"Stone?"

Wei Changtian frowned, took the round bead, carefully observed and sensed it for a long time, and indeed found nothing special about it.

Huh? Could it really just be a white stone?

For a moment, Wei Changtian didn't know whether he should be happy or regretful.

He was happy because this thing was given to Yang Liushi by the little fox. If it had no value, then he wouldn't have "missed an opportunity".

He was regretful because what belonged to Yang Liushi was his. Thinking like this, he had "missed an opportunity" again...

"Here."

Wei Changtian pouted and returned the round bead to Yang Liushi, only thinking that the little fox had treated an ordinary object as a treasure and stopped thinking about it.

After all, this kind of situation was not uncommon.

He had raised a cat in his previous life, which often hid bottle caps, packaging bags, and other things, making it look like a rare treasure...

In this way, the five set off and continued on their way, and their figures quickly became small and blurry.

Yang Liushi ultimately did not throw away the round bead, but kept it in her luggage.

At this time, she still didn't know what this round bead was, let alone what she would gain and lose because of it.

All the questions gradually disappeared into the vast snow-capped mountains under the gaze of the little fox.