Yan?
"Zisai" and "Fu Qiong" froze for a moment. Once they understood, they turned toward the nine-tailed girl, their gazes suddenly filled with confusion.
Yan had been the leader of the Nine-tailed Fox Clan during the Primordial War!
After they had been brought to Qingqiu in that era, they had never seen Yan from beginning to end, but they had heard Pei Ling and the others mention her. And the reason they were trapped in this past era was inextricably linked to the leader of the Nine-tailed Fox Clan!
However, the person she truly meant was not Yan, but Yan's older sister...
This nine-tailed girl wanted to replace the real Yan!
Yet they had no idea whether the Nine-tailed Fox Clan leader in the Primordial Wilderness, who called herself Yan, was the real Yan, or whether it was the nine-tailed girl before them.
As their thoughts raced, "Zisai" and "Fu Qiong" saw that the nine-tailed girl remained standing quietly where she was, her white robes fluttering, showing no sign of attacking. "Zisai" asked again, "There's an island shaped like a drop of water in the great lake in Qingqiu."
"Is there some secret on that island?"
At this, the nine-tailed girl spoke slowly. "That island is where the successive Lords of Qingqiu have secluded themselves to cultivate."
"It is also used to entertain distinguished guests of the clan or envoys from the upper realm."
"Besides that, the island..."
"Was also where I first discussed the Dao with that exceptionally clever member of the Human Race."
"Fu Qiong"'s eyes flickered slightly as he continued, "What secrets does the Qingqiu shrine hold?"
"There is a courtyard inside the shrine. A Jade Tree grows there, and there is a well beneath it."
"What is that well?"
"And what secrets does it hold?"
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