Pretending To Be A Boss

Chapter 87 The First Farm in the Mining Area

Tang Xiaojiu's little face was pinchable and bouncy, with a hint of the baby fat only small children possess.

Qiao Shanshan and Dong Ran had not expected such an answer. Qing JiuYu and Bai Mansheng also felt this answer was somewhat evasive.

But... it wasn't unreasonable.

Even though Bai Mansheng had only just met Tang Xiaojiu, she found the little girl very cute.

It was not surprising to Tang Xian, who could be said to have escaped death.

Just as there are many women in the world whose appearance at first glance can evoke the feeling of first love. They are the ideal lovers in the minds of most men.

And naturally, there are some children who on first sight can make older people think of their own daughters or younger people think of their own sisters.

Similarly, children do not possess as many complicated thoughts as women, especially not the boring and lowbrow kind.

Therefore, among these women, Tang Xian found Tang Xiaojiu the cutest.

The only imperfection was that she was too dumb and could only be a foolish glutton.

"Once you have children in the future, you'll probably be able to understand this fondness better. Alright, now that we've finished talking, it's time to disperse."

Without turning back to say goodbye again, Bai Mansheng slowly left with the Nvwa Snake group.

After the group of calamity-level creatures left, the oppressive feeling in the air also relaxed significantly.

Dong Ran and Qiao Shanshan felt like they could breathe much easier.

The group then slowly exited through the guiding locust trees.

Having already regarded these people as Tang Xian's servants, Qing JiuYu paid them no mind and led them towards the fox clan's stronghold in the Tianque Plains.

Six-tailed foxes are solitary creatures. Even during times of war, the places they inhabit are set at certain distances apart.

They had lived on the Tianque Plains for a long time. When Tang Xian looked over, he found that the forest seemed to have been transformed by this group of foxes.

The large clusters of guiding locust trees must have been at Qing JiuYu's behest.

Through the journey, Tang Xian hardly spoke, echoing the same admonition: Don't say anything, don't ask anything; she will tell them everything on the way back.

Dong Ran and Qiao Shanshan actually started to notice some hints.

But bound by habit and common sense, they ultimately did not dare to think in that direction.

This had nothing to do with wisdom, but the content was simply too subversive.

Qing JiuYu's dwelling was in a cave on a low mountain.

As they neared the cave, even Dong Ran and Akasi could smell the strong fragrance of the Biphasic Orchid.

The interior of the cave was starkly different from the fox den Tang Xian had seen in the forest of trees; it resembled more of a woman's boudoir.

With materials similar to crystal embellished by the Biphasic Orchid, this place had a unique charm.

Qiao Shanshan and Dong Ran, being girls who loved beauty, naturally liked it here. It was quite remarkable to see such a place in a mining area.

Qiao Shanshan and Dong Ran thought about striking up a conversation with Qing JiuYu.

But before they could speak, a glance from Qing JiuYu, full of allure, made the two girls shudder with a sudden chill.

This fear seemed even more intense than when they were in the forest.

The two girls stopped in their tracks, the words on the tip of their tongues, but ultimately they remembered Tang Xian's warning: Don't say anything, don't ask anything.

So, they sat down next to Akasi, silently watching Tang Xian and Qing JiuYu converse in whispers.

Because the cave was so vast, they couldn't clearly hear what the two were discussing.

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"When do you plan to lead the fox clan away?"

Tang Xian found that Qing JiuYu enjoyed comforts even more than he did.

The interior of this cave even had a mountain spring brought inside.

"We'll set off the day after tomorrow. With the beast tide migrating, the Blood-Red Wasteland seems more suitable for us," Qing JiuYu said as she leisurely filed her nails.

"By the way, why do you have more and more humans around you?" Qing JiuYu asked.

"Do you really dislike humans?" Tang Xian washed his hands with the spring water and turned to look at Qing JiuYu.

"Although they are weak, they can be very cunning and cruel. I've heard from the ancient apes that human history has always been filled with slaughter against their own kind."

Tang Xian nodded his head.

"The slaughter among animals is also not uncommon. Humans killing humans generally don't eat each other, while the slaughter among animals is often accompanied by consumption."

Qing JiuYu slightly frowned and said,

"Sometimes I think you're just a human."

Tang Xian was unconcerned. Since he had managed to deceive Qing JiuYu safely during their first meeting, there would be no more trouble later on.

"The biggest difference between animals and humans lies in wisdom. Once you have the wisdom of humans, you will also walk the old paths that mankind once trod."

"Wisdom does not reduce greed or the wildness of survival; it only hides these traits, revealing them at the most lethal moments."

Tang Xian thought about finding some different food to eat, as eating fish all the time wasn't great.

"Your words are hard to understand."

"You don't need to understand. Relative to you, I am probably like a transmigrator or someone who has been reborn, or like an experienced netizen meeting someone from a village that just got internet. We're not on the same channel."

Qing JiuYu didn't understand what Tang Xian was saying, but she found him interesting. She silently took note of some of his words.

"Are there no other creatures around here?"

"A lot of creatures left with the migration of the beast tide, but if you head east, you can still find some other beasts."

"Are there pigs, chickens, cattle, sheep, or anything like that?"

"We don't have what you're talking about, but there are a few Mountain Taming Beasts to the east."

Tang Xian was familiar with those creatures, a type of massive goat-like creature.

Although large in size, they were only elite-level creatures.