Chapter 179: So Fragrant (Second Update)

"Correct!"

"That's it, he must be using this kind of thing to seduce my clansmen, in order to dismantle our inner defenses!"

"If I don't eat or drink, that would be opposing him, and would make him alert."

Huji secretly reached a conclusion in her heart.

"Right! I have already surrendered on the surface, so what reason do I have not to eat now!"

Eat!

And I must eat it in big mouthfuls!

I cannot let that man see any clues.

I am enduring humiliation for the sake of the future of my clan.

Everything is for the continuation of the clan!

Having given herself a reasonable explanation, Huji, who had been craving it for a long time, finally made up her mind and took a bite.

Crunch.

!!!

"Mmm—"

A bright light flashed in her eyes; Huji maintained the biting posture, staring straight ahead.

Tibetan Fox Zhang Wuqiong, who had just snatched a chicken leg, passed by triumphantly and happened to meet Huji's gaze.

Ying!!?

Great, Great King!

Is the Great King hinting at me?

Although he was reluctant in his heart, Zhang Wuqiong, who had acted as a guide for once today, already had a guilty conscience, and at this moment, he was extremely terrified.

Is she going to settle accounts with me?

He fearfully put down the chicken leg he was holding in his mouth, lay on the ground, and revealed a fawning smile.

"Heh, hehe, Great King... I didn't lead them through the Array, he walked over there himself."

"I even took them to the east side, wanting to die with them... Great King?"

However, no matter how he showed weakness, Huji did not react at all and still stared straight at him.

"I, I'll leave first?"

He asked tentatively, and seeing Huji had no reaction, Zhang Wuqiong retreated step by step with his tail tucked between his legs in dismay, then quickly burrowed into the fox pack after escaping her gaze.

Run, run!

The Great King is not right, run quickly!

Even though the Tibetan Fox ran away, Huji still did not change her posture.

"..."

After a long while, Huji finally came back to her senses and silently swallowed the food in her mouth.

Eat a bite of this, then taste a bite of that.

Sweet and fresh, soft and crispy, it was perfect in color, aroma, and taste.

"So, this is human food."

Is this the world where the Human Race truly lives?

For a moment, Huji understood.

She finally understood why so many predecessors of the Demon Race had fought one after another to seize the territory of the Human Race.

Perhaps, it was for this bite of food?

Looking at the delicacies in front of her, then thinking about the life she had lived before.

Drinking mountain spring water, eating wild fruit, gnawing on raw meat...

And having to worry about the rise and fall of the clan all day long, what kind of life was that?

Sniff, sniff—

Her nose twitched, and Huji moved her gaze away from the plate in front of her; she looked toward a small jar beside it.

"This, what is this thing!!?"

"How can it be so fragrant!?"

Although it was covered with a lid, the scent seeping out from inside could not escape her nose.

This fragrant smell, what on earth is it?

Holding a "since I've already eaten one bite, I might as well eat to my heart's content!" attitude of giving up, Huji leaped to the side of the jar.

Looking at the characters on the jar, Huji tilted her head suspiciously.

She could read.

Or rather, it was precisely because she could read that she felt strange.

Wine?

"But is this smell wine? Why is it different from what I remember?"

Huji had also seen wine in that small village.

That kind of liquid mixed with murky particles smelled much worse than this.

She had tasted a little bit at the time and only felt that not only was the taste bland, but it was also strangely indescribable.

It didn't taste good at all!

But this jar of wine in front of her seemed very different, didn't it?

It's fragrant.

Without hesitating for long, Huji used her claws to push open the lid of the jar and plunged her head inside.

Gulp, gulp, gulp!

Having decided to completely let go and indulge in eating and drinking, Huji took three big gulps right away.

So delicious!

When that liquid first entered her mouth, it was still very comfortable.

But it quickly turned into another kind of feeling.

Lifting her head from the wine jar, Huji stuck out her pink tongue.

"Ha!"

So spicy!

And it's hot too!

Exhaling rapidly, Huji felt that it wasn't just her mouth that was hot; soon, her entire body heated up.

While panting to dissipate the heat, Huji blinked her eyes, and she suddenly felt that the world before her seemed a bit wrong.

These little foxes, eating is one thing, but why are they starting to spin? Are they dancing...

Puzzled in her mind, Huji tipped over straight to the side and crashed directly onto the ground.

Thump.

"Oh no!"

Huji regained her senses in a daze, but it was already too late; her final thought before losing consciousness was:

"The wine is poisoned!"

That man wants to harm me!

Huji had a dream.

A very, very long, yet not so complicated dream.

In the dream, her clansmen gradually sank into the endless stream of methods used by that man.

Gradually, they forgot their past pride and no longer mentioned the beautiful life they once had at Zizhushan.

Only Huji remained, struggling to persist, bowing and scraping before that man while enduring humiliation to seek an opportunity.

Finally, she really waited for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

It is time to leave here and return to our homeland with me!

But the excited Huji did not receive support from her clansmen.

Not a single fox wanted to leave with her.

In fact, these foxes even tried to persuade her not to be foolish and not to implicate them.

They had fallen into corruption amidst sugar-coated shells and had become that man's most loyal servants.

And the heartbroken Huji did not listen to their advice; before they could report her, she set off on the journey home alone.

She returned alone to that Zizhulin she had dreamed of day and night.

After returning to her hometown, she did not flee again, but ended her own life right there.

Fallen leaves return to their roots.

Then... she woke up.

Waking up from this long dream, Huji felt both her body and spirit were incomparably exhausted.

She did not want to open her eyes, unwilling to face the bleak reality.

Although the dream was even more cruel, it was, after all, just a hollow dream.

But if reality continues like this, it might become even more cruel than the dream.

"In the end, this was also just a dream... Hmm? This scent?"

Her nose twitched, and Huji's eyes suddenly widened.

Where is this!!?

Huji could not care about the dizziness in her mind and rolled over to climb up.

What came into view was not a strange room, but the bamboo house from her memories!

Could it be!!?

Was everything before just a nightmare?

With unsteady steps, Huji climbed up and rushed out of her Zhulu, looking outside.

Then, Huji froze.

Outside the house, it was indeed the purple bamboo she had looked at for many years.

But among the purple bamboo, there stood an extra tall and straight figure with hands behind his back, looking up.

Upon noticing Huji's gaze, he turned his head slightly and revealed an elegant smile.

"You're awake."

"Did you sleep well?"