Chapter 178: Everything for the Continuation of the Clan (First Update)

This was the darkest day for the entire Fox Clan of Zizhushan.

On this day, their homeland welcomed a powerful invader.

On this day, they were forced to leave their homes, abandoning the native soil they relied upon for survival.

On this day, the Fox King they admired most surrendered without a fight, prostrating itself at that person's feet.

It was also on this day that they received their own Human Race names.

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Huji.

This was the new name the Fox King of Zizhushan, forced to bow its head before Ren Yidao, chose for itself.

After rejecting the strange, cringe-worthy names it had chosen for itself like "Fox King," "Fox Lord," and "Fox Demon King," Ren Yidao finally compromised.

"Huji? Although this name has a few points to complain about, it's not impossible, I suppose."

Huji it is, then.

Let it be.

Come to think of it, wasn't that the name of Duke Wen of Jin's mother?

I remember her fate... well, it's not a big problem.

It was just death, after all.

A fox is bound to die!

"Forget it, as long as you like it."

Ren Yidao had figured it out; his earlier excitement had been for nothing.

Although this little fox seemed to have read some books, it was highly probable that it hadn't read many.

At most, it was literate and knew a few idioms; as for higher literary attainment... let's not even mention it.

Although it feigned composure, the clear, foolish look revealed in its eyes was something he had only ever seen in Yu Yu.

(Yu Yu:?)

This little fox's level of education was truly limited.

But that didn't matter.

Being an idol is all about having a pretty face; it's not like it relies on that for a living.

A little packaging is enough!

Besides, no one is going to make things difficult for a little fox.

Even if it is a hopelessly illiterate one, what does it matter?

Furthermore, Huji had lived in the human world before, so it naturally had a name of its own back then.

But that was no longer important.

Let the past be the past.

The current one is neither the Fox King nor the little book boy who once accompanied humans in their studies.

It is just the newly promoted top star of my Fox Tea House!

While Ren Yidao shook his head and sighed, Huji, being stroked back and forth by two young girls, was secretly observing his expression.

Huhu observing. JPG

To avoid Ren Yidao's notice, it could only lower its brows, not letting its true intentions be exposed.

"This is only a temporary bow!"

Although it submitted to Ren Yidao on the surface, Huji's heart had not surrendered!

"For the continuation of the clan, I must endure!"

After being easily swatted away by Ren Yidao, it realized that it had no possibility of defeating the opponent.

Illusion Technique, destroyed with ease.

Close-quarters combat, not a match for the opponent at all.

As for running...

Its own running speed was definitely not faster than the Wolf King's, and now that even the Wolf King had died a miserable death, could it escape?

As for a solution, it wasn't that there truly wasn't one.

But the price was too high.

If Huji had been more decisive, making the decision the moment it realized the problem, and ordering the whole clan to fight to the death...

If it were willing to sacrifice the entire clan, perhaps it could really buy itself a little time to escape.

Following that secret path impassable to humans, it might be able to escape alive and go hide somewhere.

But, if it really came to that, and only it survived out of the entire clan, what meaning would that have?

Since it was unwilling, the path left before Huji really only had one option.

Surrender.

And not only must it surrender, it must do so decisively.

"Only if I am the first to bow my head will they honestly lower theirs."

Because the longer it dragged on, the greater the risk.

Once the timing was wrong, it was inevitable that some clansmen who failed to recognize the gap in strength would do something crazy after being pushed to the edge.

Perhaps that group of fellows had no way to kill the Human Race person before them, or even cause him any harm.

But they could kill the old, weak, women, and children who were even weaker than themselves.

Once fear is ignited into ferocity, everything will become uncontrollable.

They would rather kill their own kin with their own hands than see them become someone else's slaves.

Huji would not let that happen!

Therefore, when Ren Yidao offered a way out, she seemingly made the decision with great difficulty.

Huji appeared to have yielded to the conditions proposed by the other party, but all of this was merely an expedient measure!

"A temporary bow is only for a better tomorrow!"

This was the truest thought in Huji's heart.

Moreover, because this Human Race man could understand the language of the Fox Clan, Huji could not convey her true intentions to her kin.

She had to endure.

Under the incredulous gazes of her kin, she lowered her head.

Huji believed that one day, they would understand her painstaking efforts.

As for the conditions Ren Yidao proposed, in her view, they were nothing more than insincere little tricks.

Heh, it's not as if I haven't been to the human world to see things for myself.

Who would bow their head for three meals a day!

Isn't it just a pile of dry, hard grains?

What is there to be amazed about!

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"Mine!"

"Stop snatching!"

"It's mine!!!"

Watching the surrounding kin already scrambling and fighting over a single chicken leg, Huji fell silent.

However, she did not blame them.

That man truly hadn't lied to her; he really hadn't mistreated them.

She had expected that what awaited her group of foxes would be cold cages, but she hadn't expected to be met with a bright room right from the start.

Furthermore, it was filled with all kinds of food.

The abundance of delicacies before their eyes, so numerous and varied, completely dazzled these country foxes who had lived in the mountains.

Under the temptation of the food, the group of foxes completely let go of the unease in their hearts and swarmed toward the food.

"……"

Not to mention them, even her own heart began to struggle.

Huji, who had only ever mingled in small, rural areas, had never seen such a scene.

"It smells so good—"

What I saw in human society before wasn't like this.

Isn't Human Race food just grains boiled in water, or prey roasted over a fire?

Is this really the same as the things I've eaten before?

These exquisitely shaped foods are completely different from the human food in Huji's memory!

This, this, this, is this really the same food?

Huji stared blankly at the exquisite food before her, smelling the wafting aroma, and felt crystal-clear liquid slowly seeping from the corners of her mouth.

Slurp, gulp.

!!!

After realizing what she was doing, Huji shook her head vigorously and restrained the urge to raise her paw.

"No, I can't, I am the King! I must maintain my image..."

"However, if I don't eat, wouldn't that also be wrong?"

After struggling internally for a while, Huji found a way to convince herself.

"He might be watching us in secret; if I don't eat, wouldn't I be exposed?"