Hu Li make a pot of tea for Di Jun and Fei. The three drink tea under the tree with the bright moon. Hu Li looks happy, Di Jun was expecting to see a sad fox however she looks fine. After a while the two men left and she is alone again.
She is resting in the scroll when she hear a noise. She open her eyes to see an pigeon fly in. It morph to a young boy, he smile with his big eyes, He bow.
"Great white fox, i am here to deliver your letter."
He remove a letter from his shirt. It fly up in the air. He bow again and turn around. He morph back to a pigeon and fly out. At midnight, she step out of the scroll. She reach out for the letter that is floating in air. She don't recognise the handwriting. She open the letter gently.
'Dearest mother.
I am Lu'er. I am staying in the officer lodge house. There is a really comfortable bed here. My colleagues are nice but of course humans there are good and there are bad, I don't avoid them but i stay cautious and aware if they are planning something not good. Even though i am not using my magic, i cannot help to use my magic to deliver this letter. There is no human able to make a delivery from one end of the country to another and to climb up a mountain just to reach you. Thus i am going to use my magic for this. Mother don't worry for me about anything. I will live my life properly. I am working for a great cause and hopefully one day no more human will suffer and all evil will be gone. I will send you a letter every month. Please watch out for it.
your son,
Bai Lu
Hu Li spend another long fifty years alone at the temple. Han Kong and Loon Tong have grown old and tired. Eventually they both passed away one after the other. Both are buried behind the temple. At night, Hu Li will visit them and pray for them. Most of the time she wander around the forest on her own. Sometimes she come across drunkard man sleeping in the forest. She use her magic to protect them till they are awake. While one time she found an injured man. She asked a dog to guide someone to go at the spot to help that injured man. Hu Li waited for the dog's return. It came back with two humans and they all help him to go down the mountain in safety.
Many letters comes from Bai Lu in the capital. He never return to the temple to visit her again. Every year he had a promotion in the office. Everyday he move closer to the imperial office. Hu Li don't understand the fascination behind it but she knows that it is something important to him. Finally the recent letter, he ask her to move to the capital when she is ready. However she is not ready. She is now still waiting for ninety nine more wishes to be granted.
Hong Hong who return to the village, climb up the mountain and reach the temple feeling exhausted. After all those years living in the capital, he had not done any physical work. Plus unhealthy consumption of food, he become fat and old. He have a young son with him. They climb up the long lonely mountain till they reach the gates. Before the gates another hundred steps up to the temple and the beaches to sit on. Hong Hong catch his breath and his young son wipe his own forehead.
"Father! The way up is too far!"
"We have to go! Quit complaining!"
"I am tired and ..."
"When we get there, you would not feel tired at all. It will be all worth it."
"Uncle Bai's mother is living a place that is too far away from cilivazation! How can she climb up and down these slopes. This is crazy."
"Come on last few steps."
"Steps are better than those muddy slopes!"
The two men slowly make their way up and the sun begins to set. By the time they reach the top and sit on the beach. His son is reward with the beautiful sunset before his eyes. Hong Hong after resting well enough he walk into the grand hall. He look at the scroll where the white fox is laying. He bow three times. His son walk in and see the grand hall with some fruits offering. He is puzzled why there is no joss sticks. He follow the lead of his father and knee before the scroll. Just then the sun have gone. Gradually darkness creep into the temple. Slowly the candles light up themselves. Hong Hong is not surprise at this but his son is and he shows that he is terrify on the sight he is looking at. The white fox in the scroll move by opening it's eye first. She stretch it's body and shake it's tail. She finally step out the scroll gently landing on the table in front of her scroll. She squat with one leg up as she stands up. She look at the two men and smile.
"Jie Jie!"
Hong Hong happily greet her with a bow. While his son is terrified and looks very pale. He look behind the scroll now is empty. Just an empty scroll with the chinese characters written on the side of it. Hu Li jump off the table and land in front of them. She continue to smile.
"And who is this little handsome boy?"
"Jie Jie he is my son, Hong Bang."
He look at his son who is looking like he is going to do a back crawl.
"Greet her! And announce who you are!"
"Fa..Father.. i ... i "
"Jie Jie i am sorry, my son is so useless. He is ..."
"I understand. Humans are like this. Fear what they don't know."
She walk near to Hong Hong and look at his son. She continue to smile.
"Are you both hungry? Let me see if i can cook you both a meal. It's been a long time since the last time the kitchen is being used."
"Jie Jie let me help you."
""No no. Go and accompany your son. Let him know that there is nothing to fear if he have done nothing wrong in his life."
She walk out and his son stare at the back of Hu Li till she disappear. He look back at his father with sweat beads fallen on his forehead.