Yinji calmly told him, "Because I am the chieftain of the Fox Clan. He found out."
Wu Chang was visibly stunned, disbelief faintly written across his face as he asked word by word, "Big Sister is the chieftain of the Fox Clan?"
Yinji nodded. Her lips moved slightly, producing a soft "woo-woo" sound. It was quiet, yet distinctly penetrating, like a chant.
Wu Chang, who had been staring at her, suddenly looked around. Movement was stirring everywhere in the surrounding swamps as Demon Foxes emerged one after another. Each quietly faced this way, gently wagging its tail. There were probably over a thousand of them, surrounding the two people on the grassy mound.
Once Yinji stopped chanting, the Demon Foxes burrowed and churned back into the swamp, all vanishing again in the blink of an eye.
As though waking from a dream, Wu Chang slowly turned back. His gaze upon Yinji deepened. "Big Sister is a fox demon?"
Yinji nodded, silently admitting it.
Wu Chang asked, "The woman Luo Qiu and I like is a fox demon?"
Yinji said, "In your eyes, are humans somehow a cut above my Fox Clan?"
Wu Chang said, "How could Big Sister possibly be a fox demon? If you are a fox demon, then what about the daughter you had with Luo Qiu?"
Yinji herself did not know how to explain it, nor did she wish to. She merely flicked her sleeves lightly, and demon aura began to ripple from her body. The aura she had long suppressed through Fox Clan methods was slowly released—or rather, she was no longer suppressing it.
Wu Chang's pupils contracted sharply. He stared fixedly at Yinji for a long while before suddenly asking, "Why did Big Sister ask me to come here?"
Yinji said, "To discuss cooperation. I