Uncle

Xiao Xue's Four Treasures belong to the fox clan, and Yan Zhuixing took them to auction, so there must be a connection between them. Could the corpse here be a Snow Fox clan from the Far North? After Yue Qianchou finally brought Bai Suzhen out to verify the matter.

Seeing the corpses of her kin on the ground, a trace of sorrow flashed across Bai Suzhen's face. Yue Qianchou understood from her expression and didn't need to ask any more questions. He casually flicked out more than a dozen fireballs, instantly turning the fox clan's corpses into ashes.

After Yue Qianchou recounted the general course of events, Bai Suzhen hurriedly entered the cave without a word. Yue Qianchou had no choice but to follow. Upon deeper inside, they discovered it was actually an abandoned Spirit Stone mine, abandoned for countless years. Unfortunately, they didn't find a single living person. In a large mine shaft, the corpses of Fu Xian Island and the fox clan lay scattered everywhere. Bai Suzhen searched around and surprisingly found a fox clan member on the verge of death.

Seeing Bai Suzhen supporting the old man and sparing no effort to save him, Yue Qianchou sighed, "This place is not safe to stay any longer. Let's go back and talk about it later."

When the three reappeared, they were already inside the earliest bamboo hut in Utopia. Because this was their original residence, and Hao Sansi's grave was located in the backyard, it had almost become one of Utopia's forbidden areas. After helping her to place the fox Clan Elder onto a bamboo bed, Yue Qianchou couldn't bear to look at her anxious appearance any longer. He took out a 'Ruyi Pill' that shimmered with seven-colored light and said, "Use this! I believe that as long as he has a breath left, he can be saved."

Bai Suzhen was stunned for a moment. She knew how precious the 'Ruyi Pill' was. After hesitating for a moment, she took it and turned to help the dying old man take it. Having finished what she needed to do, she could only leave it to fate. If even the legendary 'Ruyi Pill' that could bring the dead back to life couldn't save him, then there was nothing she could do.

Seeing her staring blankly at the old man on the bamboo bed, Yue Qianchou walked to her side and comforted her, "Sister, don't worry! He'll be alright. By the way, do you know him?"

"He is my uncle!" Bai Suzhen said blankly.

"Uh..." Yue Qianchou was completely speechless.

So the two of them did nothing but quietly keep watch inside the bamboo hut. The "Ruyi Pill" made from the "Youtan Poluo Flower" was indeed incredibly effective; a dying Demon Race awoke in just one day. When he opened his eyes and saw Bai Suzhen standing by his bedside with a concerned expression, he exclaimed in surprise, "Ling'er! Weren't you dead?" Yue Qianchou knew that "Ling'er" was Bai Suzhen's former nickname.

"Uncle, it's me," Bai Suzhen said with a smile.

"Where is this?" The man looked around, and when he saw Bai Suzhen's attire, he exclaimed in surprise, "Xiao Xue's Four Treasures? How did they end up on you?"

Bai Suzhen shook her head without answering, and instead frowned and asked, "Uncle, why aren't you staying in the clan? Why have you come to the Huaxia Empire?"

"It was all because your mother forced me to do this." The man gave a bitter laugh, touched the wound on his abdomen that was almost healed, and asked in a daze, "You saved me?"

"It wasn't me, it was him who saved you," Bai Suzhen said, pointing to Yue Qianchou beside her.

The man glanced at Yue Qianchou and tried to struggle to get up to thank him, Yue Qianchou quickly pressed him down and said with a smile, "It was nothing, no need to be polite. Just focus on recovering."

"Is he your man?" the man asked doubtfully. Bai Suzhen and Yue Qianchou exchanged a glance. The former smiled noncommittally, then frowned and asked, "Uncle, you said my mother forced you. What exactly happened?"

The man shook his head with a wry smile and recounted the events in detail. It turned out that Bai Suzhen's mother, Xue Qingmei, had been forced to step down as Clan Leader for her daughter's sake, and harbored resentment ever since. A hundred years ago, she seized power and wreaked havoc within the clan, forcing the male Clan Leader who had succeeded her to flee in disarray, eventually reaching the Huaxia Empire. He, named Xue Qingkong, was one of that male Clan Leader's subordinates and naturally fled to the Huaxia Empire as well.

After hearing about the female Clan Leader's series of ruthless methods, Yue Qianchou looked at Bai Suzhen in astonishment, thinking to himself, "Your mother isn't as gentle as you say!" But thinking about it, it makes sense. A mother may show her daughter the positive side, but how many daughters would say anything bad about their mothers?

"Senior, how did you get involved with Yan Zhuixing of the Hundred Flower Palace? Why did he auction off the Xiao Xue's Four Treasures?" Yue Qianchou asked.

"When we arrived, Yan Zhuixing wasn't even born yet! If we're talking about getting together, it was with his father, Yan Bugui." Xue Qingkong smiled wryly as she recounted what had happened since then.

The male Clan Leader of the fox clan originally led six or seven hundred people in flight, but Bai Suzhen's mother was ruthless and determined to eliminate any future threat, sending men to hunt them down. The number of those fleeing dwindled to three or four hundred until they reached the territory of another empire. There, the pursuing fox clan encountered resistance from the local Cultivation World, allowing the remaining survivors to live. However, they dared not linger in that empire and secretly infiltrated the Huaxia Empire.

Hiding behind the Huaxia Empire, the group wanted to return to seek revenge but were no match for Xue Qingmei. They wanted to develop their influence and accumulate power locally, but the human Cultivation World was very hostile to the Demon Race, and they were afraid that they would bring about their annihilation if they were not careful. Just when everyone was disheartened, Yan Bugui, who had already married the Hundred Flower Fairy, appeared.

It turned out that Yan Bugui inadvertently obtained a demon-revealing Demon-Illuminating Mirror crafted by a Divine Craftsman. When he met them, he discovered through the Demon-Illuminating Mirror that they were actually a group of fox spirits. Unlike others who rejected Demon Race, Yan Bugui befriended them and did everything he could to help them. When Yan Bugui learned of their origins and discovered that they possessed the long-lost Great Art of Natal Soul Stripping, he immediately devised a brilliant revenge plan for them: to control human cultivators and, after accumulating enough power, return to the Far North to seek revenge.

After hearing Xue Qingkong's words, Yue Qianchou asked suspiciously, "Yan Bugui that kind?"

"Yes! Back then, we were blinded by hatred, and by the time we realized it, it was too late," Xue Qingkong sighed. "After realizing he was using us, we immediately wanted to turn against him, but little did we know that he had already poisoned us with the 'Bone-Attaching Poison' of the Myriad Demon Palace. After he activated it, we were in a living hell. From then on, we had to take the antidote once a month. Anyone who dared to disobey his orders... the Clan Leader died from this poison. The scene of his death was simply too gruesome to bear. All the bones in his body were poisoned away, and he was like a pile of mud on the ground. We watched him slowly die."

The two exchanged a glance, realizing that the Clan Leader he was referring to was the male Clan Leader who had led them to this place, and that he was already dead. Seeing that he still looked shaken, Bai Suzhen frowned and said, "Uncle, you don't need to worry anymore. I gave you the 'Ruyi Pill' made from 'Youtan Poluo Flower' to heal your injuries, and the poison in your body should be cured."

"Youtan Poluo Flower?" Xue Qingkong exclaimed in surprise. She then used her internal energy to examine her body and found that the deadly poison that had been clinging to her bones was indeed gone. She then smiled with inexplicable joy.

Bai Suzhen turned to Yue Qianchou and asked, "It seems that the Pill Formula Tablet of Elixir Recipes contains an antidote to completely cure 'Bone-Attaching Poison'?"

"Not bad! But we're still missing one medicinal herb as the main ingredient. However, the jade register records that it should grow in the Demon Ghost Domain." Yue Qianchou knew she wanted to help her clansmen cure the bone-attaching poison, but the Youtan Poluo Flower's was too precious, and using it specifically for antidote would be too wasteful, especially since not all of those hundreds of people were her uncles. He touched his nose and smiled, "Sister, don't worry! Leave the matter of curing your clansmen to me. I'll go to the Demon Ghost Domain one of these days and ask the Ghost General to help me find it."

Bai Suzhen nodded; words of thanks were no longer necessary between them. Yue Qianchou, however, suddenly remembered something terrifying and frowned, saying, "Senior Xue, do you mean that you started using the Great Art of Natal Soul Stripping on Yan Bugui a hundred years ago? Doesn't that mean he has been secretly accumulating strength for a hundred years?"

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