Chapter 27: Tushan Clan, Nine-Tailed Fox

"Wu You, you're awake?"

Xiao Yaba's gaze is still so gentle.

Her face no longer shows the former childishness; it is filled with charm and countless allure, a temperament innate to the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan.

Her body has also grown robust.

Lying in her embrace gives you a feeling of a mountain bearing down.

Until now, you finally understand why many Human Race heroes in stories always fall in love with the opposing Demon Tribe.

Her beauty strikes straight to the heart!

Even Lin Chuan's subconscious is moved by it.

Some things truly aren't all King Zhou of Shang's fault.

Demons aren't all bad demons.

An involuntary thought has arisen in your heart, and it cannot be erased.

Humans also have many bad people.

This is your personal experience.

"Wait!"

After a long while, you finally react, "You... you can speak?"

"Hmm."

She looks at you with a clever, smiling charm.

At this moment, it's you who gets nervous, not knowing what to say.

It is rumored that the Nine-tailed Fox Bloodline is extremely rare, powerful, and holds a very high status among the Demon Tribe.

Your heart has always been insecure, feeling unworthy of her.

Now it is even more so.

Her features are picture‑perfect, stunningly beautiful, her eyes filled with growing affection; she leans forward and kisses your lips.

After kissing for a long time, you both part.

You ask anxiously, "Now I... what should I call you?"

She blinks, tentatively replying, "Wife?"

You stand dumbfounded, your face suddenly turning bright red.

You originally intended to ask her name, but her single word 'Wife' shattered all your mental defenses.

You want to pin her beneath you, making her your wife.

Reason, however, tells you that you cannot.

Lacking One Soul One Po, you cannot live past eighteen; you shouldn't hope for true love, leaving only a scar in the beloved's heart.

"I will say your true name, as a name of the Demon Tribe!"

You force your voice to become cold and sharp.

You try to act as if you despise the Demon Tribe, making her disheartened and leave, because you don't want to waste her life.

"Tu Shan Jiao Jiao."

She says her name as a member of the Demon Tribe.

"Human and demon walk different paths; we cannot be together. You should go."

Your voice grows even colder.

You thought she would be angry, but instead she lets out a giggle, her delicate cheeks blooming like flowers.

Tu Shan Jiao Jiao says, "The Nine-Tailed Fox Clan's greatest skill is mind reading; you cannot deceive me."

You freeze on the spot, struck by a Dimensional Reduction Strike.

After a long while, you manage to speak, asking, "Why? I am not worthy of what you did."

Tu Shan Jiao Jiao replies, "There aren't that many whys; emotions and fate are inherently inexplicable."

You lower your head, unwilling to meet her gaze, "But... I'm about to die."

Tu Shan Jiao Jiao smiles, "Who says you're dead? I won't allow you to die."

The Nine-Tailed Fox Clan's Divine Power is vast; perhaps there truly is hope to extend your life.

You also don't want to die.

"Let's go, I'll take you back to the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan."

Tu Shan Jiao Jiao stands up, tightly grasping your hand.

The parallel under that day's sunset is the youth you have never lost.

You chat all the way.

You ask, "Jiao Jiao, did you know from the start that you were of the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan, or did that blaze awaken your bloodline?"

"It's a long story."

Tu Shan Jiao Jiao recounts the whole chain of events to you.

Eighteen years ago, Tu Shan Jiao Jiao's parents were attacked; to preserve the bloodline they fled here.

The assailants pursued relentlessly, and at that time Jiao Jiao's mother was about to give birth, unable to continue fighting and fleeing.

Jiao Jiao's parents made a ruthless decision.

Jiao Jiao's father turned his life into a barrier, blocking the attackers' assaults for three days and three nights, ultimately perishing.

Under this protection, Jiao Jiao's mother successfully gave birth to Tu Shan Jiao Jiao.

Unfortunately, the assailants were too powerful; Jiao Jiao's mother, knowing she faced certain death, only sought to protect her daughter and preserve the bloodline.

To keep her daughter from being discovered, Jiao Jiao's mother sealed her Nine-Tailed Fox bloodline and used a secret technique to send it away.

This is the whole story's background.

Tu Shan Jiao Jiao also only learned all this after the seal was lifted and the Bloodline Awakening, from the Deity Thought her mother left.

Before that, she lived in the Yin Po Tribe as a Half-Demon.

Tu Shan Jiao Jiao said, "The Deity Thought left by my mother did not tell me who the murderer was; I suppose she does not want me to seek revenge."

You also do not want Jiao Jiao to take revenge.

At least not now.

Jiao Jiao's parents were originally among the super‑strong, yet they still fell in that murder.

Thus one can see how powerful the murderer was.

Across the Human Race and Demon Tribe, there are few strong ones capable of reaching this level.

At the end of that incident, a Clan Elder of the Tu Shan Clan forcibly broke out of the barrier, pacified everything, and that Elder also fell because of it.

After that incident, the Tu Shan Clan's Nine-tailed Fox became increasingly scarce.

After a long journey, you and Tu Shan Jiao Jiao returned to Tushan.

Tu Shan Jiao Jiao's return sparked violent turmoil within the Tu Shan Clan; all cultivators of the clan thought she was dead, never expecting her to come back now.

You and Tu Shan Jiao Jiao heard a piece of news.

The Tu Shan Clan is electing a new heir to be cultivated as the future Tushan Emperor, and Tu Shan Jiao Jiao's involvement adds some change to the situation.

"Tu Shan Jiao Jiao, why did you bring a Human Race member to my Tushan?!"

A Clan Elder of the Tu Shan Clan issued the question.

Obviously, this group intends to cut you open, using it to accuse Tu Shan Jiao Jiao.

The war between the Human Race and Demon Tribe intensifies; although the Tu Shan Clan remains neutral, pressure from other Demon Tribes prevents it from sheltering any more Humans.

Tu Shan Jiao Jiao bringing you back undoubtedly breaks this rule.

Facing the question, Tu Shan Jiao Jiao's reply is only one sentence.

"If you revive my husband, I am willing to withdraw from the heir contest!"

At that moment, the whole venue erupted in gasps.

No one expected Tu Shan Jiao Jiao to make such a decision; even you were surprised, which made your heart grow more guilty.

Your affection for her deepened further.

In the following days, you truly understood Tushan's situation.

It turns out Tu Shan Jiao Jiao is a once‑in‑a‑millennium genius of the Tu Shan Clan, whose gestation day summoned auspicious omens from heaven and earth.

This is very similar to you.

The difference is that you bring the Hundred Ghosts Night Parade, the Netherworld Phenomenon of Corpse King Opens the Way.

Tu Shan Jiao Jiao herself has great talent, many old followers left by her parents, and still has a large number of supporters in Tushan.

If she raises her voice from a height, secures the heir position, and then cultivates in seclusion for a while, she will surely become the future Tushan Emperor.

To save you, Tu Shan Jiao Jiao chose to abandon all this.

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Tu Shan Jiao Jiao·Nine-tailed Celestial Fox