Ling Xiaoxiao pressed her lips together and smiled. "Right, we'll just do you in, and then there won't be anyone left in the Golden Crow Clan."
Bi Fan furrowed his brow and picked up where she left off. "Then they'd choose a new clan to take the Golden Crow Clan's place and help them carry out their plan to elect a leader?"
She gave the group a noncommittal smile. "That was originally the Great Peng and Kirin Clans' first choice. After all, killing a greenhorn like him would be much easier than persuading the Phoenix Clan to join them."
Jin Shanshan felt cold sweat bead across his forehead. So all these years, his life had been hanging by a thread?
"If that's the case, why would the Great Peng and Kirin Clans go out of their way to recruit the Phoenix Clan?" Xi Boyun asked curiously.
"Because the Old Ancestor of the Phoenix Clan was once close friends with the Golden Crow Great Emperor. She'd warned the ancestors of the Great Peng and Kirin Clans long ago: if they dared to cut off her old friend's descendants, they'd better be ready for her to bathe both clans in blood."
"Ah, so I have such a mighty protector watching over me?" Jin Shanshan raised his head, his eyes full of delight.
"You think she wants to protect you?" Ling Xiaoxiao shot him an exasperated look. "If it weren't for the Golden Crow Great Emperor, she wouldn't even know what you were. You'd better start making something of yourself, or how will you have the face to return to your clan and pay respects to your Old Ancestor?"
He rubbed his head and gave an embarrassed smile. "Either way, with a mighty protector watching over me, nobody should dare lay a hand