Our group entered the largest stone under the leadership of the soothsayer, but there was a cave inside. For a moment, I once again witnessed the illusion of the nine-tailed fox clan. It seemed that the cave could only accommodate a few people, but we actually entered the door.
, only to discover that it was actually a magnificent palace, three feet in diameter, like a dream.
In the main hall, a platform made of pure silver leads directly from the door to the steps leading to the main seat. There are two pools on both sides, with different shapes. Inside are colorful liquids that slowly disperse mist. The liquid can glow.
Gorgeous but not dazzling, the entire hall is reflected in colorful colors. In the middle of each pool stands a pillar that is also made of sterling silver. The pillars are uneven and convex. Only when you look closely can you see that they are the carvings of rare and exotic animals.
It's so lifelike, you're in a trance, and you don't realize that a pair of crystal clear eyes have looked towards you.
On the throne opposite, a man with gray hair on his temples and an extraordinary appearance was sitting proudly. His eyes were the same as those of the diviner, but he was much more calm and sophisticated. His skin was also delicate and fair, and could not be found.
A little flaw. This must be the leader of the Nine-tailed Fox Clan. But except for him, there is no one else in this luxurious hall, which makes it feel too empty.
"Yuan'er, you are too presumptuous!"
As soon as we stepped into this hall created by illusion, we heard a slightly older voice, which was completely inconsistent with the beautiful and delicate face.
"Grandpa..." Ruyuan walked up to us, bowed, and called in a low voice.
"Where have you been hanging out? You've been gone for more than half a year!" the clan leader said sternly, but he didn't really mean to be angry.
"I..." Ruyuan hesitated, lowered her head and began to smooth her hair on the temples again.
"Sir, please first see who this is."
Zisang, the diviner, felt embarrassed when he saw Ruyuan, so he intentionally changed the subject and turned his attention to Jisu who was behind us.
As soon as Zisang finished speaking, the patriarch who was sitting on the throne disappeared in an instant, and then he heard a muffled groan. When he turned around, he saw that Jishu had fallen on the sterling silver floor of the hall, and behind us, suddenly,
There was already standing a man in a snow-white robe, with long snow-like hair hanging down, as light as a silk.
Zisang didn't know when he stepped aside, bowed slightly, and showed respect.
"Grandpa!" Ruyuan was also a little surprised.
This technique of spatial teleportation is actually completely invisible to people, and it damages the skill in an instant without even having time to react. It is really powerful.
The patriarch turned his head, his slightly furrowed brows showing his unquenched anger. He looked at Ruyuan coldly, with too many meanings in his eyes, but it could not help but give off a chill.
"What? Do you sympathize with him?" The firm tone made Ruyuan feel a little at a loss.
"No...no..."
"It was him who killed your mother!" The patriarch's eyes returned to Jishu again, and at this time, blood was already flowing from the corner of Jishu's mouth, and he could barely breathe.
Ruyuan's eyes wandered and she said nothing.
"Why is the patriarch so excited? This man is Ruyuan's biological father after all." Seeing that the atmosphere was getting colder, I interrupted.
"Who is she?" For a moment, I felt a sharp gaze fall on me.
"Grandpa, she is my friend." Ruyuan explained quickly, as if she felt that the patriarch had not yet calmed down from his anger.
"Friends?" He said in an extremely questioning tone, "I, the nine-tailed fox tribe, never believe in any friends!"
After saying that, I immediately felt that the cold atmosphere in the entire hall suddenly increased. It seemed that my arrival was not welcomed.
"It seems that the patriarch has put me in the same category as this one, right?" I smiled slightly and glanced at Jishu, who was lying on the ground and humming softly.
"Presumptuous!" My anger suddenly rose, and I was caught off guard. A white figure suddenly appeared in front of me, and I almost didn't have time to react.
But when I summoned the spiritual power barrier to block it in front of me, I still felt a strong vibration, and my arm also felt a dull pain. This sudden fluctuation caused internal injuries, and there was a surge in my body, but I suppressed it forcefully.
Living.
"Grandpa!" Ruyuan exclaimed and rashly stepped forward to block in front of me.
The patriarch suddenly withdrew his move and looked at her angrily.
"Yuan'er! You are so presumptuous!"
"Grandpa, she is not a bad person!"
"Hmph! Know people, know faces, but don't know hearts!"
"The patriarch's view is too narrow." I tried my best to adjust my breathing.
"Yinluo, please stop talking..." Ruyuan whispered to me.
I glanced at her and continued to say to the stubborn clan leader: "Thanks to my kindness for sending back the nine-tailed fox clan's holy relics, I was treated like this."
"What did you say?" The patriarch pushed Ru Yuan aside with his arm, still glaring at me angrily.
I slowly stretched out my hand and handed over a brocade bag.
The patriarch stared at the brocade bag in my hand, his expression changing from confusion to surprise, and then to anger. He seemed to be able to see the things inside through the brocade bag.
"Be bold!"
The hall was suddenly filled with anger.
"The patriarch doesn't have to be like this. The sacred object has been destroyed. I came here just to hope that the patriarch can find a way to repair it."
"Who is it? Who is so bold!" The patriarch's anger seemed to be difficult to recover. He roared in the hall, but Ruyuan lowered his head silently and remained silent.
"Patriarch, please calm down..." Zi Sang said cautiously, but he glanced sideways at Ru Yuan, his brows knitting together.
"Why is the patriarch so excited? This sacred object has been given to others by the nobles a long time ago. Strictly speaking, this jade Ruyi no longer belongs to the nobles."
In an instant, I felt a sharp gaze directed at me without concealing it.
"Yuan'er, tell me quickly what's going on?"
After a while, the clan leader seemed to have calmed down slightly from his anger, and then turned his attention to Ru Yuan.
"Yes...it's sister..."
"Sister? What sister?" The patriarch's brows furrowed even more.
"It's...my twin sister, Ruyu..." The last name Ruyuan said so quietly that it was almost inaudible.
"What?" The patriarch's eyes widened, looking incredulous, but immediately, his eyes showed a trace of helplessness and pain, "What a sin..." the patriarch sighed indifferently.
He turned around, and the aura exuding from his body suddenly changed from the previous arrogance to a heavy loneliness. He slowly walked towards the throne on the steps, his long snow-white hair trembling slightly behind him.
At this moment, I suddenly realized that his tyranny and domineering seemed to be a cover-up. Although he was the leader of the clan, he failed to protect his daughter. If he was really ruthless, Zhuyu secretly combined with the demon hunter,
How could he still give her a chance? If he was really ruthless, why would Ruyuan call him "Grandpa" now? What about the clan leader? If he was not the clan leader, maybe the demon hunter wouldn't be the first one to do it.
He chose his daughter. If he were not the clan leader, he would not have to force his daughter to make a choice between life and death between the interests of the clan and his own love.
"Grandpa..." Ruyuan also seemed to notice his desolation. She slowly raised her head and looked at her grandfather's back with some distress.
At this time, the patriarch stopped, and Zi Sang stepped forward to help him, slightly horrified. The patriarch's last few steps were messy, and each step was heavy and forced.
"No problem..."
The patriarch turned his face to Zisang and nodded slightly, and then I vaguely caught a glimpse of the twisted and painful expression on his face.
"Grandpa!" Ru Yuan also noticed something and quickly stepped forward to support him.
At this scene, I suddenly felt that although the patriarch always had a face that showed no sign of aging, he was actually an old man who had gone through many vicissitudes of life.
At this time, the patriarch slowly turned around. Sure enough, his face was paler than before. Although I tried my best to hide it, I could see the ups and downs in his breathing.
"Grandpa, what's wrong with you? How could this happen?" Ru Yuan seemed very surprised and worried.
"Who are you? How come you have Yu Ruyi in your hands?" The patriarch did not answer Ruyuan's question, but looked at me, but his eyes were no longer as aggressive as before.
Thinking of his tough and impulsive attitude just now, I secretly thought: Is this the usual greeting method of the nine-tailed fox clan? Or maybe, after being deceived again and again, they have become suspicious and sensitive to everyone.
"Does the patriarch really not remember me?" I looked at him intently, and when my gaze met his deep yellow eyes, I faintly felt a flicker in them.
"It's you!" The clan leader was surprised, which made other people present even more surprised.
"Grandpa...do you know...Yinluo?" Ruyuan looked particularly incredible.
At this moment, Zi Sang's expression changed, and a smile flashed across his lips.
"It turns out she is the daughter of the forest owner of Yuyu Forest." Zisang said calmly.
I nodded, looked at Ru Yuan's still bewildered look, and then continued: "Yes. When the clan leader came to Yuyu Forest with his clan members, hoping that my mother would take them in, my mother not only refused to take them in, but also wanted to kill them all.
I couldn't bear it for a moment, so I let you go behind my mother's back."
I paused, looked at Ru Yuan carefully, and then said: "It's just that I didn't see the patriarch's daughter Zhu Yu at that time." It is precisely because of this that I am not in Zhu Yu's memory.
It's natural that Yuan doesn't know me. I said this to explain to Ru Yuan who was a little surprised.
"Originally, Zhuyu also met your mother with us, but just seeing your mother's attitude, I vaguely guessed her plan, so I asked Zhuyu to take the clan members to leave the Yuyu Forest at night, not wanting them to just leave.
, your mother set up a barrier to trap us. It turns out that you were the one who secretly let us leave the Forest of Depravity that day..." The patriarch looked at me with a more relaxed look at this time.
Then he looked at the brocade bag in my hand again and said: "This Ruyi jade was indeed given to your mother by my clan. Our clan has always disdained to take back things given to others, so you don't have to give this thing back."
Bring it back again. What's more, this thing has been destroyed. Even if you give it back to me, it will be useless..."
"Patriarch, is there no way to repair the nobles' sacred objects?" Finally, we got to the point of this trip.
"Repair?" The clan leader looked at me with some surprise, "Now that the matter is over, it doesn't hurt to tell you. This thing is a divine object. How can I repair it with the power of my demon clan?"
"Fantasy..." I muttered silently, already having some answers in my mind.
I thought for a moment and said, "This jade Ruyi is indeed the jasper hairpin of the Wushan goddess."
Ruyuan turned to look at me. Although Yaizhen had previously concluded that it was a relic of the goddess, she still seemed to be waiting for the clan leader's confirmation.
"That's right. For some unknown reason, the previous clan leader added a layer of jade outside the jade hairpin to make it look like jade Ruyi, but the real jade hairpin has always been in Ruyi." The clan leader nodded heavily, "That's all.
This thing is not an auspicious thing for our clan. If it were not for it, our clan would not be in such a depression. Now that it is broken, it is not necessarily a good thing."
"Since it is really a divine object, it seems that even the clan leader can't do anything about it..." I suddenly felt a little disappointed. Sure enough, as Yazhen said, even the nine-tailed fox demon can't repair this jade Ruyi?
The clan leader shook his head again, but couldn't help but turned his head and saw Ji Shu, who had been left alone by us, and there was suddenly a lot of anger in his eyes.
Jishu seemed to have no strength, his eyes were open but motionless, as if he was watching our every move with cold eyes.
The patriarch put aside Zisang and Ruyuan who were supporting him and walked slowly towards Jishu.
"You!" The clan leader glared at him fiercely, as if blaming all the unwillingness and anger on him. This inevitably reminded me of the past life of the nine-tailed fox clan and the demon hunter that Ru Yuan had mentioned to me before.
Hatred.
"You monster! You have destroyed the lives of all my people, and I want to avenge them!" For some reason, Ji Shu suddenly became excited. He barely supported his body with his elbows, but because he was still restrained,
Still unable to move, he struggled for a moment and then fell down again.
"Revenge?" A cold smile came from the clan leader's old voice, "How dare you talk about revenge?!" Word by word, the clan leader seemed to want to nail this sentence to Ji Shu.
Jishu gasped for air, it seemed that the patriarch had not calmed down just now.
"If it weren't for you, how could Zhuyu betray me? How could I just watch her die!" The patriarch became more and more excited as he spoke, and blue veins appeared on his forehead.
I thought again of what Ruyuan once said to me in Zhuoyun Xiaozhu.
"Five hundred years ago, you, the founder of the demon-hunting clan, slaughtered our clan for no reason and caused the destruction of our Qingqiu Kingdom. Our Nine-tailed Fox clan has just fallen to this point. The previous clan leader, my father, also lost his life at the hands of you, the demon-hunting clan.
, then I won’t avenge this kind of hatred? I, the Nine-tailed Fox Clan, have always lived in seclusion in Qingqiu, and have never entered the human world without permission to cause trouble. How come we have to endure this disaster of annihilation? You hunted the ancestor of the demon clan in order to make a name for yourself.
To establish his own ethnic group in the world, he wantonly killed our Qingqiu citizens. I remember this account firmly! He killed my father and my eldest sister who was pregnant! Do you know that my eldest sister
The child in the womb is exactly the one who betrayed the heart! Don’t you mortals have a saying? ‘Tiger poison cannot eat its seeds’, but he is worse than a beast! If my father hadn’t been deceived by him due to his negligence,
How could we, the Nine-tailed Fox Clan, have suffered such a misfortune after trusting you hypocritical and despicable mortals? At first, he came to our Qingqiu Kingdom with the so-called relic of the goddess, the 'jasper hairpin', and dedicated this thing to his father.
He showed his loyalty and tried every means to please my eldest sister, coaxing my father into marrying her to him. Unexpectedly, he later turned out to be so cruel that he used the treasures he offered to kill his father-in-law and his wife! If it weren’t for me and some people who were there
The tribesmen who survived his massacre found hiding places and hid. Now there will be no nine-tailed fox demon in the world... Now you actually tell me that you want revenge? How ridiculous!" The patriarch's breathing became very serious.
Hastily, I poured out all the grievances between the two clans in one breath. I didn't expect that the grievances between the nine-tailed fox demon and the demon hunter had lasted for hundreds of years. I and everyone else were stunned on the spot, even the special skills
It seems that he did not expect that his ancestor would do such a thing.
"Impossible...impossible...how could my ancestor be such a person..." Ji Shu thought about it for a long time before saying in a daze, but it was more like talking to himself.
The patriarch was too excited. As soon as he finished speaking, his body swayed slightly and he almost fell backwards. Seeing this, Ruyuan quickly stepped forward to support him from behind, but at this moment, Ruyuan's eyes revealed a lot of sadness and resentment.
.
"Patriarch...your body..." Zisang said worriedly from the side.
"Uncle Zisang, what happened to grandpa?" Ruyuan asked softly.
Zisang just shook his head and remained silent.
"The clan leader must be suffering from excessive consumption of spiritual power, right?" I said indifferently.
"Excessive consumption of spiritual power?" Ruyuan looked at me in surprise.
The patriarch did not respond, but gently put Ru Yuan aside and walked towards the throne on the steps again.