Niu Youdao suddenly understood. So it was a favor Shang Song had left behind. No wonder that silver fox had immediately shown mercy after sensing his connection to Shang Song.
It also cleared up the doubt in his heart. No wonder the silver fox had conveniently fallen asleep at such a crucial moment—there had been such hidden circumstances behind it.
The black fox man suddenly sighed again. "Perhaps our fox clan really was being sentimental. The old clan chief later said that she did not blame Luo Qiu! What else could a man who could use his own daughter as a hostage be but a heartless beast?" His words seemed to imply that he could not understand what Yinji had been thinking.
Niu Youdao stood with his sword planted before him and made no comment. He had never drawn clear lines between right and wrong in such matters. Whose view was right, whose was wrong, who hated whom, who blamed whom—many things could not be explained clearly. Everyone had their own position and their own angle from which they viewed things. There was no point in being overly particular about who was right and who was wrong. He had always judged matters on their own merits.
But there was one thing he could be certain of: the Luo Qiu of those early years had likely truly fallen in love with Yinji!
Of course, it was enough to understand certain matters. He had no mind to dwell on this further, but there was something he was quite curious about. He asked, "Since the old clan chief's essence blood could let you take human form, then after the old clan chief's life was preserved, couldn't you return the essence blood to her?"
The black fox man said, "If that worked, would we