There were powerful figures above them.
Their reputation intimidated those in the middle.
And below, they lacked the corresponding strength.
If the Nine-tailed Fox Clan could not even stabilize the situation under such comfortable conditions, it could only mean that the Nine-tailed Fox Clan truly was an A Dou that could not be supported, unfit for any great task.
Lu Yuan had a clear understanding of his own position.
Hu Jiu Jiu was his master's wife.
Therefore, helping the Nine-tailed Fox Clan was, in truth, helping Hu Jiu Jiu.
In other words, he was not the parent of everyone in the Nine-tailed Fox Clan.
There was no need, no reason, and no possibility for him to care for the Nine-tailed Fox Clan as though they were his children. Besides, even if he truly had children, he would never create an absolutely comfortable environment for them. Spoiling a child was like killing a child. While that saying was unsuitable in certain cases—for example, ordering a ten-year-old child to stir-fry food in a wok under the lofty excuse of training their life skills, where this theory of spoiling a child being akin to killing one did contain some absurdity—provided conditions allowed, he would not let his children grow up steeped in honey. A child raised in honey would, upon truly facing the storms of the outside world, first have their edge blunted. No matter how good their background was, it could only serve as an air cushion to soften a fall while climbing; it could not replace their hands and feet or help them reach the summit. Thus, if one day he died, and his children had grown up steeped in honey, then when they again faced a danger that could bring even him only death, they probably would not even have