There is a beast in the bright morning.

Chapter 234 Staying Overnight

Shota went out to clear his head because he was heartbroken, and his friend Maki, the tanuki, was worried about him, so he went out with him.

However, Shota and his friends hadn't gone far when they encountered the Sky Tree undergoing its tribulation. A violent storm in the mountains blew their tent away.

"Shota-kun, the tent has flown away, and the rain is getting heavier. What should we do?" Maki looked helplessly at the tent that was flying further and further away.

Shota sighed, "I didn't expect to encounter such heavy rain at night. I was careless. But it's okay."

"Ah, Shota-kun, tell me quickly, I'm all wet and cold."

Seeing the expectant look in Mu Sang's eyes, Shota's lips curled up slightly: "It's very simple, as long as you turn into stone, there won't be any problems."

As he spoke, Shota suddenly transformed into a squatting stone fox right in front of Maki.

"Huh? Then, then I..." Maki was shocked. Shota, you've turned into stone and you're not afraid of rain anymore, but what am I going to do?

"Mu Sang will soon turn into stone too, and stones feel nothing."

Upon hearing Shota's words, Maki realized that he was a tanuki and could also transform: "Oh right, I can transform too!"

However, Mu Sang was clearly too happy too soon. A leaf on Mu Sang's head turned into a stone raccoon.

But after a short while, Maki-san cried and said to Shota, "No, Shota, my transformation is just an illusion. I can still feel the cold, icy rain slapping my face..."

"Huh, it's just all show and no substance?"

Shota realized that Maki's transformation was different from his own; it didn't actually turn him into stone, but was just an illusion, so there was no way to avoid the rain.

So Shota had no choice but to change back to his original form: "Well, let's find somewhere to shelter from the rain quickly, otherwise Maki-san will get sick."

"Shota, waaaaaah!" Mu Sang looked at Shota gratefully. As expected of the fox he admired, he was both wise and warm-hearted.

Shota was unaware of Musang's thoughts; all he wanted to do was find a place to shelter from the rain, preferably a cave.

And so, braving the heavy rain, they walked and walked, and before they knew it, they arrived at the cave where Bixie, Tianlu, and Huajiao were.

"Look, Mu-san! There's a cave over there. It looks like a good place to take shelter from the rain. Let's go in and take a look!" Shota didn't expect that they would be so lucky and find a place to take shelter from the rain so quickly.

Mu Sang said cautiously, "Shota, is there an owner in that cave? Would it be a bad idea for us to just barge in like this?"

Shota patted Maki-san on the shoulder and said calmly, "It's alright, Maki-san. We're just taking shelter from the rain. I think the cave owner will understand."

After thinking about it carefully, Mu Sang realized that Xiang Tai was right. They weren't doing anything; they were just taking shelter from the rain. Besides, it wasn't even certain whether the cave had an owner.

After bolstering his courage, Mu Sang nodded in agreement to go to the cave to take shelter from the rain: "Okay, okay! I'll listen to Shota!"

Shota and Maki arrived at the cave entrance and walked inside while talking.

"Excuse me, is anyone home? It's raining heavily tonight, could we take shelter from the rain?"

"Excuse me, we're just here to take shelter from the rain."

Meanwhile, in the cave, Pixie, who had gone to bed early because he was bored from the rain, was woken up by Shota and Musang.

After Bixie climbed off Huajiao, the first thing he saw was Xiangtai and Musang at the cave entrance, and he instinctively assumed that they had come to take over his territory.

Shota and Maki were stunned, not expecting that there were actually beasts in the cave.

Just then, Bixie suddenly grew larger and took the initiative, biting Shota and Musang in one bite: "You trespassers, are you here to take over our territory? You've come to the wrong place, I'll eat you up."

"Wait, wait a minute! Don't eat us! We don't taste good at all!"

"Hey? Wait a minute, Mu Sang and I are just here to take shelter from the rain, we're not trying to take over any territory."

No matter how Shota and the others explained, Pixie had no intention of letting them go. "Two little brats, how dare you disturb my sleep? I'll just eat them up."

Fortunately, the commotion they made woke up the peppercorns nearby.

Huajiao noticed that the two beasts Bixie was biting in its mouth looked somewhat familiar; it seemed like he had seen them at the Deer Man's shop before.

Seeing that Shota and Musang were about to be swallowed by Pixie, Huajiao quickly shouted, "Wait, Pixie, they seem to be employees of the Deer Man Shop. I know them."

Upon hearing what Huajiao said, Shota nodded frantically: "Yes, yes, yes, we are all employees of the Fourth Boss's family, and we are all friends."

Bixie didn't budge just because Huajiao knew Xiangtai and the others. Instead, he said, "You know them? So what? If you don't want to eat, I can eat it myself."

"Huh?!" Huajiao was taken aback, but he could tell that Bixie wasn't joking.

But seeing Shota and the others being eaten, Huajiao couldn't bear it and could only continue, "No, Pixie, I'm begging you, please don't eat them."

"Should we plead for mercy?"

Bixie had already decided to befriend Huajiao, so in the end, out of respect for Huajiao, he decided to let Xiangtai and Musang, those two little meatballs, go: "Consider yourselves lucky, Huajiao is pleading for you, tsk!"

Although they were almost eaten by the evil spirit, Xiangtai and Musang didn't dare to get angry at all. After all, they were no match for the evil spirit. Together they were not even as big as one of the evil spirit's claws, so they had no right to be angry.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit awkward, Huajiao quickly tried to smooth things over.

“Bixie, since you and your brother are going to stay at Boss Si’s place, we’ll all be friends from now on. It’s not a bad thing to get to know each other.”

Huajiao then took the initiative to act as a middleman, introducing them: "Bixie, these are Xiangtai and... and..."

Huajiao looked at Musang and thought for a long time, but couldn't remember Musang's name, and suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

Fortunately, Shota came to the rescue in time, pulling Maki and saying, "My name is Shota, and this is Maki. We come from the same place. We're staying with Boss Si for now."

“Bixie,” Bixie said indifferently.

This left Shota and the others somewhat confused about Bixie's attitude, and they didn't dare to ask any more questions.