Every 20 years of practice, the fox will grow a tail. With Kyubi no Youko, even if the merits are complete, even the immortals in the sky will respect three points.
However, this ninth tail is extremely difficult to repair. When the fox reaches the eighth tail, he will get a hint to help his master realize a wish. After the wish comes true, a new tail will grow, but the old tail will lose one or eight tails. This seems to be a strange endless loop, and it is impossible to cultivate Kyubi no Youko in any case.
There was a pious fox who practiced for hundreds of years and helped many people realize their wishes, but he still had eight tails. He complained to the Buddha, how could he practice Taoism like this?
The Buddha just laughed and didn't answer, so he had to continue his practice.
One day, when it returned to its hiding village in a storm, it met a teenager trapped by wolves. With its good luck, it certainly drove away the wolves and saved the teenagers. Later, it was found that the teenager was the descendant of its first owner.
According to the rules, it needs to help teenagers realize a wish, then shed a tail and grow a new tail to continue its endless cycle.
Teenagers are of course ecstatic. The legend of the nine-tailed fox has been circulating in the local area for many years, and how lucky he is to be the owner of the eight-tailed fox, and there is a wish that can be realized even in luxury!
The eight-tailed fox asked the boy what his wish was, but he couldn't answer it at the moment, so in the next few days, the boy got along with eight-tailed carefully and found that his eyes saw through the indifference of the world and a trace of sadness. When he learned the secret of infinite cycle, he felt pity for this magical fox.
Finally, one day, the eight-tailed fox asked the teenager what he wanted.
The boy thought for a moment and asked, "Can all wishes come true?"
The boy then said slowly, "Well, my wish is that you can have nine tails."
The fox froze, his eyes full of doubts, followed by an indescribable look of gratitude. It leaned down and licked the boy's hand, which was very warm.
As a result, the eight-tailed fox grew a gorgeous ninth tail and became a real nine-tailed fox. The teenager's life was very happy.
The story ends here. So the secret of enlightenment is this. Only when you meet someone who is willing to make it perfect can it have Kyubi no Youko.
In the past, people were selfish, thinking that it was all right to realize their wishes. They never considered the feelings of foxes, but each tail had to be cultivated for hundreds of years.