An Unexpected Turn

Don't even think about it!

Looking at Lord of Du Mountain, Yin Yunze said irritably, "Since you want a child so badly, why didn't you have one sooner? And why does it have to be me! Can't you find someone else? There are so many here—"

"No!"

As if enraged by Yin Yunze's words, Lord of Du Mountain said fiercely, "Absolutely not! Finding other partners will lead to the deterioration of our bloodline! Those people—none of them are qualified to be the parents of my children!"

"Oh----"

Although Yin Yunze does not deny that some bloodlines do indeed bring huge advantages.

Even the divine body, being Innate Holy Spirit, is itself a beneficiary.

However, Yin Yunze also strongly disliked this idea of prioritizing bloodline superiority.

In Yin Yunze's view, Lord of Du Mountain's reaction only indicated...

All she wanted was a child with superior bloodline, not simply to continue her bloodline.

After all, even though they are both mythical beasts, wouldn't the union of Nine-Tailed Fox and a Wind and Thunder Wing-Shaking Tiger degrade their bloodline?

No wonder, even though Yin Yunze is now a girl, this tigress still relentlessly pursues and clings to her.

After all, in Lord of Du Mountain's eyes, no other demons were worthy.

Standing up and looking down at Lord of Du Mountain, Yin Yunze sneered, "Speaking of which, you're so self-righteous—is your bloodline really that pure? Compared to your ancestors, your bloodline is already extremely inferior—"

"You----"

Looking at Yin Yunze, Lord of Du Mountain's pupils trembled violently, and two lines of tears flowed uncontrollably down his cheeks.

"I knew it! You didn't want to have children with me because my bloodline isn't pure!! You've been refusing because you think I'm a bastard, a good-for-nothing—isn't that right! Waaah—"

"My dad abandoned me and my mother because I'm a good-for-nothing! And you are too! You look down on me—you think I'm only fit to be food—then you might as well eat me! You bad fox, just eat me!"

Yin Yunze's casual remark seemed to tear open Lord of Du Mountain's deepest wound.

Immediately, Lord of Du Mountain, utterly disregarding his image, began to writhe and weep on the ground.

Seeing Lord of Du Mountain wailing and crying on the ground like a real child, even a mortal like myself felt a little numb.

It was only through Lord of Du Mountain's tearful account that Yin Yunze learned the truth.

Lord of Du Mountain's father was a true Wind and Thunder Wing-Shaking Tiger, possessing the ability to control the power of wind and thunder.

However, Lord of Du Mountain's mother was just an ordinary tiger.

Therefore, Lord of Du Mountain, after the union, only inherited the wind power from her father's wind and thunder power.

For some unknown reason, Lord of Du Mountain's father disappeared after she was born.

Although Lord of Du Mountain's mother also damaged her foundation by forcibly giving birth to Lord of Du Mountain, this alien species.

Although Lord of Du Mountain's mother never blamed Lord of Du Mountain for this, some of the lesser demons under his command would gossip about it.

It was only after chatting with those lesser demons that Lord of Du Mountain understood his situation.

From then on, Lord of Du Mountain believed that it was because she failed to inherit the power of wind and thunder that her father abandoned her and her mother. Furthermore, she felt that the union of a mythical beast and an ordinary monster never ended well.

After Lord of Du Mountain's mother passed away, Lord of Du Mountain became even more determined to uphold this idea.

As the saying goes, unhappy people spend their whole lives healing from their childhood.

Lord of Du Mountain was such an unfortunate tiger.

Because of this childhood experience, Lord of Du Mountain has an extremely deep obsession with having children and bloodlines.

Perhaps it is because of this obsession that, even after more than four hundred years, Lord of Du Mountain is still that little tiger trapped in his childhood.

If others said his bloodline was impure, Lord of Du Mountain wouldn't think much of it; it was just like a snarling stray dog. At worst, he could just kill the one who was gossiping.

Although Yin Yunze was all show and no substance, at least his appearance and aura were very pure.

It would be strange if Lord of Du Mountain didn't break down after being attacked from the lungs by Yin Yunze, a Nine-Tailed White Fox with pure blood.

"Hey, don't cry----" Looking at Lord of Du Mountain rolling around on the ground like a caterpillar, completely losing her composure, the mortal body felt that she was even more troublesome than when fighting her original form. "I, I was wrong, okay!"

Hearing Yin Yunze say that, Lord of Du Mountain sniffed and said in a muffled voice, "Then, then you're willing to have a child with me?"

"Having a baby, that's..."

Yin Yunze naturally wouldn't agree to this.

Aside from the fact that such a hasty agreement is difficult to accept.

On a more practical level, Yin Yunze's identity as a Nine-Tailed White Fox isn't entirely reliable.

Even if it's out of goodwill, grant Lord of Du Mountain's request.

If you can give birth to a child with pure bloodline, that's fine, but if the child is born with a degraded bloodline, that's even worse.

Yin Yunze found it hard to imagine what Lord of Du Mountain would become by then.

It would be terrible if helping someone ended up harming them.

So, you still look down on me—

Upon hearing this, Lord of Du Mountain couldn't help but sob softly again.

However, while sobbing, Lord of Du Mountain secretly glanced at Yin Yunze and the others without leaving a trace.

After all, he is Lord of Du Mountain, who has lived for three hundred years, not that little tiger anymore.

When the wound is first touched, it will definitely hurt. But it shouldn't be like a child crying uncontrollably.

After a good cry and some comforting from Yin Yunze, she naturally calmed down.

Lord of Du Mountain only cried here, half-jokingly, because he noticed that Yin Yunze seemed a little bad at dealing with people.

Seeing Lord of Du Mountain sobbing, the mortal body silently glanced at the divine body.

What should we do next?

"Didn't you say you'd do it yourself?" Seeing the mortal body's disheveled appearance, the divine body silently laughed: I'm watching your performance!

You're amazing for making an eight-year-old cry!

She's not an eight-year-old! Hey, you don't want me to just leave this body and dump everything on you, do you?

In response, the mortal body could only threaten the divine body to help find a way to appease Lord of Du Mountain.

A smile played on his lips, and his divine body was about to convey something more when suddenly everything went black.

The next moment, a piercing pain came from his eye sockets, causing the divine body to cover his eyes and scream in agony.

"Hey, what's wrong with you!"

Feeling the genuine pain emanating from the Subordinate Deity body, the mortal body disregarded everything else and hurriedly asked.

"I don't know, I suddenly can't see! My eyes hurt so much!"

Despite the excruciating pain, the divine body released its grip, blinked, but still saw nothing.

This is a strange feeling, as if even the concept of darkness doesn't exist.

The mortal couldn't help but widen his eyes, feeling a slight pain in them as well.

The god's originally emerald eyes had vanished.

Where the eyeballs were originally, only a pair of empty black holes remained.

Two lines of bloody tears flowed from these two hollows.

"Not good!"

Seeing this, Lord of Du Mountain forgot about crying and hurriedly said, "Qingnü, someone is attacking your golden body! They're using the connection between your golden body and you to harm your physical body through methods that damage the golden body!"

Upon hearing what Lord of Du Mountain said, the divine body disregarded the need to verify the truth and transformed into a stream of light, returning to the divine statue.

Just as the mortal was preparing to Earth Vein Power to rush over and help, he heard Lord of Du Mountain shout, "Qingnü, we can talk about our child later. Let go of me, I'll help you deal with this madman who hurt you!"

What kind of time is this to be pulling on the child like that!

Yin Yunze was truly speechless when it came to Lord of Du Mountain's behavior.

However, after a slight hesitation regarding Lord of Du Mountain's request for help, Yin Yunze decided to trust Lord of Du Mountain.

After all, there are no irreconcilable conflicts between the two sides.

In fact, as the father/mother of the child that Lord of Du Mountain was supposed to have, Lord of Du Mountain was naturally on Yin Yunze's Yin Yunze.

As long as Lord of Du Mountain's obsession with having children persists, it is unlikely that she will actually harm Yin Yunze.

After all, Lord of Du Mountain herself said that she had waited here for more than three hundred years before finally meeting Yin Yunze, this Nine-Tailed Fox.

Unless Lord of Du Mountain is willing to wait several hundred years, he probably won't become Yin Yunze's enemy.

This unexpected turn of events could actually become an opportunity for Yin Yunze and Lord of Du Mountain to improve their relationship.

Of course, for safety's sake, Yin Yunze still said, "You swear that after I release you, you will not harm me in any way!"

Upon hearing Yin Yunze's request, Lord of Du Mountain swore without hesitation, "I swear in the name of Lord of Du Mountain! In this life and the next, I will not harm Qingnü in the slightest! I will only love her and protect her! Heaven and earth bear witness! If I break this oath, may I be shattered to pieces! May my soul be scattered!"

6

Although he felt the oath was a bit cheesy, Yin Yunze still used the oath Forge Oaths, placing it on Lord of Du Mountain.

At the same time, Yin Yunze untied the Vajra rope and said, "Alright, since you've helped me this time, our previous grudges are wiped clean!"

What about after that?

He asked the question instinctively, but Lord of Du Mountain also understood that now was not the time to talk about it.

With a roll on the ground, Lord of Du Mountain transformed from a petite girl back into the enormous winged tiger.

Lord of Du Mountain lowered his head towards Yin Yunze and said softly, "Qingnü, sit on my lap, I'll carry you across!"

With a quick thought, Yin Yunze abandoned the faster way back and actually jumped onto Lord of Du Mountain's broad back.

"Qingnü, sit down."

With a push of his feet and a flap of his wings, Lord of Du Mountain carried Yin Yunze into the air, asking at the same time, "Which direction is your temple?"

Although flying on a tiger was novel, Yin Yunze knew this wasn't the time, and replied, "Don't go to my temple, take me to Qingling County!"

After all, just think about it, who has such a deep grudge against Yin Yunze that they would dig out Yin Yunze's penises to vent their anger?

Unsurprisingly, it was the City God's men who did this.

Although the divine body has lost its eyes, it is still a god and would not lose its vision as a result.

He possessed a set of Dark Heavenly Lightning Flag, which could also be worn by Guo Jing Golden Core Stage cultivator, as Pure Fox Robe in critical moments.

Even if the City God came, he couldn't get away with it against the divine body.

Therefore, in terms of pure combat, there is no need for mortals to interfere.

Yin Yunze is more worried about now is that if the divine body fails to capture that person, the person will escape back to the City God.

Yin Yunze was confident he could fight the City God outside, but entering the City God's Dao Field was truly courting death.

It would be better to bring Lord of Du Mountain along and see if we can block that person's escape route.

Upon hearing Yin Yunze reveal the destination, Lord of Du Mountain flapped his wings, summoning a whirlwind that enveloped him.

The next moment, Yin Yunze saw that a sonic boom cloud had appeared around her and Lord of Du Mountain.

Although it was said that it borrowed the Authority over Storms, in a sense, it was also breaking the sound barrier with the physical body.

Seeing the strange sight of the sonic boom clouds around him, Yin Yunze couldn't help but feel fortunate. Luckily, he had acted decisively earlier and prevented Lord of Du Mountain from actually taking to the air, and the Demon-Summoning Banner had indeed been effective against Lord of Du Mountain.

Otherwise, given Lord of Du Mountain's unique skill of breaking the sound barrier with his bare body...

Unless a lightning array is unleashed, even ordinary Evil-Slaying Mystic Lightning would likely be unable to strike Lord of Du Mountain.

However, while such speed-type powerhouses are certainly troublesome as opponents, they are incredibly reliable as teammates.

While the mortal body and Lord of Du Mountain were on their way to Qingling County, the divine body had already found the murderer who had gouged out her eyes.

Emerging from underground, Yin Yunze did not hesitate to use the Demon-Summoning Banner as a spear, its sharp tip aimed directly at Judge Li's brow.

Having absorbed the souls of so many Land God, this spear also possesses a soul-slaying effect, so there's no fear of it failing to harm Judge Li's soul.