As Qin Ruqing’s eyes darted towards the wolf king’s gaze, she jerked in surprise, instantly severing the spiritual connection from the small bird.

Without even bothering to retrieve the bird, she gestured quickly to the Ancestor and the others, swiftly flying away.

The wolf king had only been instinctively cautious.

After looking towards the disturbance, seeing only a bald, clownish little bird perched there with a few fallen leaves, it withdrew its gaze and resumed licking the little fox without further concern.

Meanwhile, Qin Ruqing flew several miles ahead, finding the area behind them calm.

She eased her pace, eventually slowing down and stopping on a tree.

Following closely behind, the Ancestor was initially startled by Qin Ruqing’s actions, fearing they had alerted a major beast ahead.

But seeing Qin Ruqing now, it seemed not.

She seemed inexplicably excited, her almond-shaped eyes wide open, appearing nervous yet not quite.

She couldn’t believe what she had just witnessed in her mind—domineering affectionate wolf king and the fair and beautiful little white fox!

Interspecies romance!

She never expected that demons nowadays would be so trendy and unique.

The Ancestor finally asked, “Qingqing, what did you see?”

Qin Ruqing returned to her senses and described what she had seen.

“There’s a wolf pack, roughly about a dozen adult wolves besides the Golden Core stage Wolf King, and there’s also a little fox…” Qin Ruqing paused inexplicably at this point, her lips twitching very slightly, suppressing a smile. “Ahem… that little fox should be the Wolf King’s partner, also at the Foundation Establishment stage.”

The Ancestor’s focus, however, wasn’t on the little fox. “You said the Wolf King has grown a third eye, glowing green?”

Seeing Qin Ruqing nod, the Ancestor sighed. “That makes sense then. The green-eyed Wolf King mutated and developed a third peculiar eye, with the Ice-Fire Dual Grass as the key material for refining his eyes. In the future, he could break through using this, no wonder it clashed with the Cold Flame Beast.”

Qin Ruqing added, “But judging from the fact that the Tiger Demon’s injuries weren’t serious, the two demons should have only just started fighting.” Her mind subconsciously started spinning, unable to resist the urge to strategize.

“If these two demons could have some deep-seated grudge and fight to the death, it would give us a chance to take the grass…”

Otherwise, even if the Golden Core stage demon was injured, it was not something the Qin family could handle right now.

“Ancestor, I think we can temporarily ignore the Tiger Demon and focus on tailing the Green-eyed Wolf King.”

The Ancestor looked at her. “Why, do you have any ideas?”

Qin Ruqing smirked and teased, “Wait and see how things go. After confirming, it won’t be too late to decide.”

Naturally, the Ancestor and the others had no objections.

Whether Qin Ruqing’s temperament was steady or not, her speed of thought was something few in the Qin family could match.

Thus, after waiting a while longer and confirming that there was no movement from the wolf pack, Qin Ruqing and the others retraced their steps to their original stakeout spot.

The poor bald little bird was still perched on the large tree branch.

Qin Ruqing’s spiritual thread extended forward like a fine line, cautiously snaking up the trunk, reaching the lifeless little bird.

After a moment, the spiritual connection dissipated.

The limp little bird suddenly fluttered up, its eyes rolling, a fleeting glimpse of human-like understanding flashing through them.

The Green-eyed Wolf King is undoubtedly the leader of this wolf pack, commanding about ten underlings, each of whom qi refining beast.

This is quite normal because on the outskirts of the dense forest, foundational establishment beast, while not particularly high, still allows one to establish themselves as a king.

Compared to his underlings, the Green-eyed Wolf King’s wife, held in his arms, is notably more noteworthy.

She appears to be a Iris Spirit Fox, named for the tuft of peach-colored fur on the tip of her fluffy, erect tail, which curls elegantly like an iris flower, hence her name.

From her name alone, it’s evident that the Green-eyed Wolf King’s wife is fair-skinned and beautiful, and beyond that, she possesses strength herself.

This Spirit Fox is at the foundational cultivation stage and could establish herself independently as a minor ruler on the outskirts of this dense forest.

If fate permits, achieving the Golden Core stage and growing to become a ruler like the Green-eyed Wolf King, commanding a dozen underlings and even a dozen handsome foxes, is not an impossible dream.

Therefore, the Green-eyed Wolf King treasures the Spirit fox greatly, keeping her close every day, grooming her fur.

Whenever the Spirit fox goes out to play for a while, the Green-eyed Wolf King becomes extremely anxious, howling and urging his underlings to go find his wife.

However, when his underlings find the Spirit fox, they cannot get too close to her or exchange qi with her, or even groom her fur, as the Green-eyed Wolf King would become angry.

He is wary of any male creatures approaching her, behaving like a jealous Wolf king

Besides patrolling its territory and licking Spirit Fox’s fur, the jealous wolf king’s daily life involved teaching its underlings and sneaking around near the Twin Springs Mountains where the Big Tiger lived, hoping to steal the Ice-Fire Dual Grass if possible.

However, it was evenly matched with the Cold-Flame Tiger Beast, and neither beast was eager to fight to the death.

They usually just roared at each other, exchanged a few blows when provoked, suffered minor injuries, and then the wolf king would leisurely retreat.

It didn’t seem like a very ambitious wolf king; instead, it seemed more love-struck, preferring to cuddle with Spirit Fox every day.

The above is the conclusion drawn by the little bird from its covert observations these days.

Oh, it’s worth mentioning that because the Spirit bird has been circling in this area for a long time, although its feathers have almost all fallen off, it still attracted a male bird with rather unusual tastes.

The curious male bird watched the little bird for two days and then began to dance a courtship dance.

The little bird’s eyes, the size of black beans, flashed with a moment of speechless light, and it extended its wings to give the male bird a slap.

Now, the little bird is being played with by Qin Ruqing, with not a single feather left on its bottom.

It has been three days since they arrived in the dense forest, and they are resting at a tea stall in the town below the distant mountains.

Qin Ruqing consolidated the information she had gathered and asked the ancestor a crucial question, “Ancestor, why doesn’t the Green-Eyed Wolf King engage in a life-or-death battle with the Cold Flame Tiger Beast? I see that it looks rather lackluster, not even putting much effort into fighting with the Tiger Beast, and it also needs the Ice-Fire Dual Grass, right?”

Instead, Qin Ruqing noticed that Spirit Fox had a greater attraction to the wolf king.

Over these past two days, the Ancestor had also attached her spiritual consciousness to the spiritual tool little bird’s body to investigate the situation of the wolf pack.

Therefore, she had some understanding of the wolf king and explained, ‘That Green-Eyed Wolf King’s third eye has just differentiated…'”

“After a long time, and considering that the Ice-Fire Dual Grass assists in the next stage of its cultivation, its current cultivation achievements are not yet solidified, so why would it rush into the next stage?”

“Oh, I understand. It’s because its own strength isn’t there yet, so it doesn’t currently need the Ice-Fire Dual Grass. Therefore, it sneaks around the Big Tiger’s territory every day, at most thinking about ‘The Art of War,’ rather than forcing it.”

Qin Ruqing rubbed her chin, “So you mean, it won’t work to use the Ice-Fire Dual Grass to cause these two animals to hate each other…”

She smiled, not looking disappointed but rather excited, “Then we’ll just have to focus our attention on that Beautiful SpiritFox!”

“Daughter, do you have a plan?” Qin Deming asked curiously.

Qin Ruqing innocently smiled, “Since we want the Cold Flame Tiger Beast and the Green-Eyed Wolf King to fight, we might as well stir up trouble and let the Big Tiger personally give the Green-Eyed Wolf King a ‘green hat’! I mean, those big eyes on its head look just like a green hat.”

Let the Cold Flame Tiger give the Green-Eyed Wolf King a green hat??

The Ancestor and the others all looked at Qin Ruqing in unison.

What an extraordinary and bizarre line of thought! Could an ordinary person think in this direction?

Qin Dexin smiled knowingly, with a hint of surprise and curiosity, “How do you plan to get the Cold Flame Tiger to give the Green-Eyed Wolf King a green hat?”

Qin Ruqing squinted her almond-shaped eyes, her tone crisp and bright as she raised a finger, “Step one, seduce Spirit Fox!”

The Ancestor: ?

Qin Deming: ?

Qin Dexin: ?

…

After three days of meticulous preparation and planning, Qin Ruqing finally returned to the original dense forest, and the Green Hat Plan officially began!

In the wolf pack, after the wolf king finished disciplining its underlings and patrolling its territory, it finally strolled towards the Twin Springs Mountains of the Cold-Flame Tiger Beast, starting its daily plan to steal grass.

Actually, its thinking was quite cunning: ‘I come here every day, maybe one day I’ll find a loophole!’ It might be lucky to steal once, but if I come every day, it’s inevitable (fist pump)!

After the wolf king left, Spirit Fox rested by the river on its own.

After a while, it couldn’t resist and began sneaking out of the wolf pack.

This was also part of Spirit Fox’s daily routine.

It was strictly guarded by the wolf king, which didn’t allow it to interact with any male monsters, let alone male foxes.

Inter-species romance had always been a big issue in the wolf king’s heart.

Privately, the wolf king believed that Spirit Fox preferred white fur, while it itself was just a black-furred wolf with three eyes.

Therefore, it was impossible for Spirit Fox to talk to the wolf underling, and it was even more impossible to talk to a male fox.

Over time, Spirit Fox became very lonely, so it often slipped out to play while the wolf king was out stealing grass.

It dared not leave the territory, just wandered around the perimeter, then quietly returned without the wolf king ever finding out.

The wolf king actually guessed right about Spirit Fox’s preferences.

Spirit Fox did indeed prefer white fur.

One reason it went out wandering was that occasionally, other white male foxes would mistakenly enter its territory…

Although they would soon be chased away by the wolf king.

Just like today, it seemed that another white fox had entered the territory.

Initially, Spirit Fox was curled up under a bush eating something, its exclusive resting place where the wolf king had prepared many rare delicacies for it.

Of course, there were both meat and vegetarian options, various spiritual foods from heaven and earth, and some monster cores with a bloody smell.

Spirit Fox was happily munching away when suddenly, she caught a whiff of a divine fragrance.

Held in the Wolf King’s hand, she had tasted many rare fruits of heaven and earth, even the cores of foundation-stage monsters, but none had a scent that tugged at her soul like this one…

It wasn’t necessarily the most fragrant, but it seemed to have an extraordinary allure.

Realizing she had been following the scent, Spirit Fox had already walked a fair distance.

Then, her narrow fox eyes widened as before her appeared a bewitching fox tail.

The tail looked incredibly soft and fluffy, pure white without a hint of other colors, except for a tuft of fiery red at the very tip.

Spirit Fox instinctively glanced at her own tail.

Hmm… the fox across from her seemed to be a Fox Iris Spirit too, but why was its tail tip bright red?

It seemed even more attractive than hers.

The large tail hid beneath a banana leaf, proudly standing tall, its red tip curling like a little hook, as if saying, “Hey pretty girl, come play with me!”

Drawn by the fragrance, Spirit Fox couldn’t help but drool at the sight of that tail.

Just as she took a few steps forward, the tail swiftly disappeared into the banana leaves.

Spirit Fox’s expression changed, hesitated for a moment, then chased after it.

In the distance, Qin Ruqing hid behind a large tree, her spiritual awareness focused intensely on Spirit Fox as it eagerly moved forward.

Yes, she had put on new skin.

Phase one of the Green Hat Plan: lure Spirit Fox away from the wolf pack’s territory.

Although the Wolf King was off stealing grass and Spirit Fox had slipped out to play, her range of play was still within their territory.

From Shuangquan Mountains to the wolf pack’s territory was just upstream and downstream of a stream, but who knew how keen the spiritual senses of Golden Core monsters were, or how fast they could move?

Therefore, the safest and most conservative plan was to lure Spirit Fox out and away from the Wolf King!

For this reason, Qin Ruqing had specially asked Tang Zifeng for a new skin(fur).

Fortunately, the power of the sugar-coated cannonballs was still effective, and Tang Zifeng was quite accommodating, asking what she wanted.

Qin Ruqing said she wanted something that looked like a Fox Iris Spirit, with a focus on the tail, huge and fluffy.

Oh, and not peach-pink at the tip (not bold enough), but rather a bold red.

At that moment, Tang Zifeng looked at her with eyes that were hard to describe.

But Qin Ruqing was straightforward, as if saying none of them understood.

Sometimes, colors that humans find attractive may not be the same in the eyes of animals.

Knowing this, Tri-flower and Tortoiseshell cats are considered the most beautiful in the feline world, and birds seek mates with bright feathers.

So, Qin Ruqing felt that pink was a bit lacking in meaning and insisted on a bold red!

However, when Qin Ruqing received the actual item, she found that “bold red” had been replaced with “bright red.” Tang Zifeng didn’t quite understand what “bold red” meant.

Oh well, Qin Ruqing reluctantly accepted the bright red.

At this moment, a little white fox with a tail as red as blood darted swiftly through the forest, with Spirit Fox closely following.

She dared not let her get too close; after all, this imitation spirit tool was just that—an imitation.

Foundation-stage monsters were quite intelligent, and it wouldn’t be good if they caught on to something.

So the Spirit fox scampered like a stray fox that had gotten away with something, madly darting forward.

Finally, they reached the boundary of the wolf pack’s territory.

Spirit Fox instinctively stopped.

The little rogue fox ahead also stopped, not turning around but just swishing its tail coquettishly at Spirit Fox.

“Hey pretty girl, does my tail smell good? Is it pretty? What’s so good about sticking around with those boring gray-tailed wolves? Come play with me.”

Spirit Fox smelled that fragrance again and started drooling.

After a brief struggle in her eyes, she finally stepped out of the territory and chased after it.

Up ahead, Qin Deming and Qin Dexin, who had been waiting in ambush, were both alert but internally twitching:

This… this was actually working!!

Meanwhile, Qin Ruqing, hiding in the branches of a big tree, couldn’t help but giggle.

After all, her tail had been specially treated.

Not only had the color been changed, but a little extra something had been added.

Otherwise, how could it enchant Spirit Fox like this?

Spirit chased after it for a while, feeling something wasn’t right and wanting to turn back, but it was already too late.

A specially made black cloth suddenly descended upon her, and as she struggled, she realized there were two presences outside the cloth that were just as strong as her.

The cloth itself seemed to exude a strange aura.

She tried to communicate with the Wolf King for help, but her consciousness was fading.

In the blink of an eye, she passed out.

Qin Dexin wrapped up Spirit Fox in the black cloth, lifted her up, and waved towards Qin Ruqing’s direction.

Qin Ruqing knew then that they had captured Spirit Fox.