Chapter 417

Beigong Yun did not directly refuse Qin Feng.

But he also expressed his intention not to involve Qin Feng.

Who was Qin Feng?

A little prince of stubbornness, the kind who wouldn't turn back even after hitting a southern wall.

He had to smash the southern wall to pieces.

If he wasn't told because they didn't want him to know or didn't trust him.

He would absolutely not continue to press and make Beigong Yun feel uncomfortable.

But now it was clear that Beigong Yun didn't distrust him, nor did he not want to tell him, but rather he didn't want to implicate him.

To this, Qin Feng could only say that when encountering such interesting things, he was never afraid of being implicated.

In fact, when they separated outside the mist back then.

When the black-robed person asked Qin Feng to find him in the Royal City, he had probably already made up his mind.

To drag Qin Feng into this vortex.

It was just that the black-robed person didn't let Qin Feng actively find him, but let Qin Feng wait in the Royal City with this jade token for him to find Qin Feng.

It was giving Qin Feng the freedom of choice.

To choose to get involved, or to stay away from the vortex.

Originally, Beigong Yun's personality wasn't that tough.

Coupled with Qin Feng's repeated insistence.

Beigong Yun finally told the whole story.

The beginning of the matter came from a mischievous adventure.

A prank by a fifteen or sixteen-year-old teenager with a ten-year-old child.

There was a forbidden area in the back mountain of the Beigong family, which all family members were forbidden to enter.

Of course, outsiders couldn't even dream of getting in.

As for why there could be a back mountain within the Beigong family grounds in the Royal City.

One could only say that the area of the Royal City was impressively large.

And even though the Beigong family's land proportion in the Royal City wasn't that large, the area was still extremely vast.

It was normal for the family residence to have a few small hills; it wasn't like they had several mountain ranges.

But for a rebellious teenager and a curious child.

Sometimes, the more they were forbidden from entering a place, the more they wanted to go in.

That was the mindset of Beigong Yun and Beigong Shang back then.

Sixteen-year-old Beigong Yun, together with his very close ten-year-old younger brother Beigong Shang.

Sneaked into the forbidden area.

Logically speaking, the forbidden area should have been full of traps.

They should have been attacked or discovered as soon as they entered.

But strangely, their journey into the forbidden area could be considered smooth and unobstructed.

They didn't encounter any traps, any danger, or even the slightest obstacle.

They passed through the path that was a nine-out-of-ten-death trap for outsiders without any hindrance.

And entered the deepest part of the forbidden area.

And from that moment on, their fates were completely changed.

"The Beigong clan is raising Earth Demons; they are courting death."

"But this death they are courting will drag the entire Mobis Kingdom into an irredeemable abyss with them."

When Beigong Yun said this, his heart and eyes were full of pain, but there was not a trace of regret.

"System, what is an Earth Demon?"

The root of everything should lie in this thing called an Earth Demon.

But Qin Feng naturally had never heard of it.

Ding-dong, the player has asked a question, and the system is providing an answer.

[An Earth Demon is a monster from the Southern Frontier, rarely appearing in the Mobis Kingdom.]

[They live by relying on the earth. As long as they stand on the ground, they can absorb the power of the earth.]

[Their power is inexhaustible; as long as the earth exists, they will not fail due to exhaustion.]

[But at the same time, the earth from which they draw power will become parched, cracked, and eventually turn into a dead land.]

[However, they do not necessarily have to rely on the earth's power to survive.]

[Eating monsters and humans can also provide them with the power of life and growth.]

[It's just that during battle, absorbing the earth's power allows them to replenish their strength faster.]

[Earth Demons are a greedy race; as long as their required food is insufficient, they will absorb the earth's power.]

[If humans raise them, they are relatively docile when they have enough food.]

[But once released, they cannot be controlled and can only be left to wreak havoc.]

[In the Mobis Kingdom, once an Earth Demon is discovered, the entire force must be mobilized to hunt and kill it.]

[They are never allowed to absorb power and grow.]

After hearing the system's explanation, Qin Feng finally understood.

Why Beigong Yun and Beigong Shang were determined to go against their own family.

Even to the point of life-and-death enmity.

Because they were both people with great righteousness in their hearts.

Just...

"Such a big matter, you could have asked the Mobis royal family or other families for help. Why make it so difficult for yourselves?"

Beigong Yun must have been driven out for other reasons.

If it were for this, Beigong Yun would have been killed to silence him; the Beigong family would never have let him live until now.

"Ask for help? It's not just the Beigong family involved in this."

"The royal family and the other two major families are all involved, but we don't know who is involved, so no one is trustworthy."

"As for you, you are a pure outsider and cannot have any connection with anyone in the Royal City."

"Xiao Shang also approves of you, which is why we wanted to pull you into our team."

"If you don't mind, may I ask what exactly happened?"

Beigong Yun's expression was really not right when he said that previous sentence.

This made Qin Feng wonder if he should ask.

Wondering if it would touch upon some of Beigong Yun's pain points.

"Something did indeed happen."

"We weren't very old back then, and when we learned about this, we were very scared."

"But I was older, so I knew this was a matter of great importance."

"And those who could raise Earth Demons in the forbidden area must be people of high status and power in the family."

"So I didn't dare to tell anyone, and I instructed Xiao Shang that he must never tell anyone about this."

"Except for my mother."

"Although my mother was a concubine, before her family declined, she was the daughter of a General, and her entire family was loyal and heroic."

"I have seen the lessons she taught me since I was a child."

"So I knew she could never be involved in this matter."

"Of course, there is one most important point: for the Beigong family, my mother was an outsider."

"For such a massive plan, they would never allow an outsider like my mother to participate."

"This is the most important reason why we decided to tell my mother about this."

"It sounds very cold-blooded to say it like this, but it is the truth."