163 A March Across a Tedious Plains 2 (2/2)

”Who… who is this mortal girl, to know such a secret of the Realm…”

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Yip!

Having recognized the passing of the astounding event of witnessing the first sunset within an expansive plains, the small fox curled against the young girl's bosom, pawing An Fei's chest as it's stomach growled in hunger.

The pitiful little creature even waved its seven tails in desperation, tears nearly pouring from the pair of hazel eyes.

”Ah…” An Fei palpitated, her right hand anxiously flashing to rest atop the small fox's fur, gently caressing the heavenly fur as though to calm the creature's mood.

”Right, you need to eat as well…”

The young girl recognized the underly gravity of her circumstances, especially regarding their food and water supply.

In a plains as large as this and devoid of trees, their first goal was to escape it as fast as possible.

Each pressing day was equivalent to a day that lacerated their remaining supply of nutrition, and would eventually lead to death.

The little raven could rely on the gingko nuts she had harvested from the Wu Ji Forest before encountering the unpleasant guardian beast; An Fei was certain that should the little creature not partake in a mania-infested binge, its food supply could be sustained for a month.

She could retreat within the Sanctum for her meals if necessary, and necessary they probably were…

”…but what do foxes eat?” the young girl blurted, her gaze unfocused and restless.

”Are they carnivores? Or are they capable of consuming herbal nutrition? Can they accept a diverse range of supplements, or is it confined to a strict category?”

A slew of questions barraged the silent and unresponsive twilight atmosphere, and the young girl's mood plummeted by a margin with each question.

The little raven and the small fox's heads drooped at the downhearted expression of An Fei, but compared to the mildly depressed aura exuding from her body, the young girl was pondering over a more drastic question.

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Could she feed the small fox vegetables from the Sanctum?

”It won't explode… probably?” the young girl murmured, causing the little raven's beak to soar to the sky.

Caw?

What will explode?

The little raven tilted its head in puzzlement, only to have its crimson eyes bulge in absolute horror and a tinge of schadenfreude the next moment.

The little creature watched in awe as the young girl decisively plucked several strands of lush grass, presenting it to the small fox with an apologetic sigh.

Yip!?

The small fox's ears bared, the seven tails flaring behind its body in a defensive posture the instant it saw the strands of grass.

”I know, ah…” An Fei consoled the startled and terrified small fox with a gentle rub.

”But I don't have anything for you to eat at the moment… and I once heard foxes are capable of consuming grass as part of their diet, so please… bear with it?”

Yip!?!?

Under the young girl's benign coercion, the small fox pawed the strands of grass with absolute reluctance, eventually picking up a strand and tentatively placing it into its mouth.

Under the expectant eyes of An Fei and a little raven, the pitiful little creature attempted its best not to vomit as it consumed what would be the first meal of a temporary hell.

Unable to restrain a wry smile from blossoming on her countenance at the small fox's expression of wishing for death, An Fei wrapped the creature into her bosom with a peal of laughter.

The young girl directed an arbitrary glance towards the darkened sky, but her pair of scarlet irises widened with surprise the next moment.

There were no stars within the night sky.

The sea of scattered lights she had spectated from the residence in Jiang'an each night, was not present in the backdrop of the sky before her.

The sky instead presented a murky sheet of black, a completely different midnight than what she was accustomed to.