Chapter 1156

"What, you guys are actually constables?" Yue Changhe was greatly startled.

"I always thought you were hunting me down because I carry the bloodlines of both humans and demons, and the two major powers behind you valued the rarity of my bloodline, which is why you sent people to capture me back for inhumane research, or to use me as a pivotal figure in human-demon relations."

When Yue Changhe first saw the eagle-eyed man and the great monk arriving aggressively, asking right away whether I was human or demon, forcing me to make a choice, it was clear they weren't easy to deal with, so he ran for his life without hesitation.

The eagle-eyed man hissed: "Your understanding isn't actually wrong."

Lu Yang nodded silently in the shadows—actually, he had thought the same, which was why he stepped forward to say a couple of formal lines.

However, there was no need for Yue Changhe, with his small frame, to be the pivotal point between the two races; now the pivotal point is the "Treaty of Great Xia, Buddha Kingdom, Demon Realm, and East Sea Economic Alliance." Earlier, while lying in bed recovering from injuries, I witnessed Xia Di, Zhu Tian, and Senior Senior Senior Senior Senior Ao Ling discussing this treaty—I was even a witness to it.

Upon learning of the treaty, the Buddha Kingdom proactively joined the alliance.

"Nonsense, I already explained the reason when I first saw you—you're just evading pursuit!" the great monk angrily shouted, having chased Yue Changhe across half the Buddha Kingdom, wearing out two pairs of cloth shoes; even he was fuming.

"You clearly said upfront you wanted to take me to the Western Heaven!"

"I said I was taking you to Xītian Temple—you just didn't listen fully before running off!"

Yue Changhe awkwardly scratched his head: "It's your Xītian Temple's poorly chosen name—can't blame me." "Wait, that's still not right—what crime did I commit for you to arrest me?"

"You kidnapped the little princess of the Nine-Tailed Fox clan, and now you want to deny it?"

"I kidnapped that little girl?" Yue Changhe widened his eyes, showing the expression "I knew you bald donkey disliked me and wanted to frame me." The Living Buddha is here—he doesn't even fear this great monk resorting to violence.

"Clearly, that little girl ran away from her clan on her own, all the way from the Demon Realm to the Buddha Kingdom, and when she fled, she didn't even bring a single spirit stone—if I hadn't picked her up, she might have starved to death."

"That little girl is truly hard to serve—she eats mountain delicacies and seafood all day, nearly eating me into poverty."

"Later she told me she's the little princess of the Nine-Tailed Fox clan, asking me to send her back, and once she returns, she'll repay me tenfold or even a hundredfold."

"After thinking it over, I realized my parents secretly gave birth to me—I'm a black household, can't leave the Buddha Kingdom through official channels—so I had that little girl write a letter to her family, urging them to send someone to pick her up quickly."

The eagle-eyed man's face showed an odd expression: "Did you see what the Nine-Tailed Fox clan's little princess wrote in the letter?" "Nope—anyway, as long as the Nine-Tailed Fox people take her back, that's fine."

The eagle-eyed man took out a letter and displayed it to everyone—the handwriting was crooked and childish:

Dad Mom, I'm now living at an older brother's house in the Buddha Kingdom, very safe. The older brother says he's a black something, his identity is special, he can't leave the Buddha Kingdom, so let me write to you to come pick me up. By the way, when you come, bring lots and lots of spirit stones.

"No—wait, so the Nine-Tailed Fox clan thinks I kidnapped that little girl, then why didn't they act when they took her back?!" Yue Changhe was bewildered—the Nine-Tailed Fox clan is a major power in the Demon Realm, a single finger from them could crush me.

The eagle-eyed man put away the letter and said seriously: "Originally, the Nine-Tailed Fox clan wanted to take action when retrieving the little princess because they thought your strength was too low, but after reconsidering, since your cultivation is so low, you're definitely not the main culprit—maybe there are ambushes nearby—so they just paid some money and settled it hastily."

"Did that little girl not explain properly to her family?" Yue Changhe gritted his teeth—when I see that little girl again, I will definitely give her a proper scolding!

"Apparently, the little princess awakened a second tail on her way back and has remained in a dormant state ever since." The eagle-eyed man spoke with an increasingly strange tone—Yue Changhe's account doesn't sound like a lie.

Lu Yang had heard something about the Nine-Tailed Fox clan: they are not born with nine tails, but awaken them gradually—the more tails awakened, the higher their status in the clan.

There are three ways to awaken: one is innate talent, natural awakening with age; second is external interference, such as consuming heavenly treasures or undergoing fox clan trials; third is a change in mindset, such as the first stirrings of love.

"Little Changhe, so you were here all along."

A hoarse voice reached everyone's ears—the stooped, cane-carrying old man appeared in the temple. Aside from the Immortal Maiden, Lu Yang, Senior Senior Senior Senior Senior Ao Ling, Jiang Lianli, Qing He, Jin Caiwei, and Yun Mengmeng, no one knew how the stooped old man had appeared.

The stooped old man ignored everyone, walking leisurely in the ancestral temple courtyard, circling Yue Changhe, and couldn't help but sigh: "Truly alike—when Yue Fang was young, he looked just like this."

Yue Changhe stared at the old man as if facing a great enemy, adopting a ready-to-attack stance, and slowly spat out two words from the corner of his mouth: "Grandfather."

Out of respect for that "grandfather," you obediently hand over the jade pendant your father left you—I won't mind the dirty human blood flowing in your veins, and I'll spare your life." "Spare my life?" Yue Changhe sneered.

"You killed my father for the jade pendant, and now you dare say you'll let me live!"

The stooped old man shook his head regretfully: "You're just as stubborn and insensible as your father—when you encounter a bit of luck, you don't put the clan first, you fell for a human woman, and defiled the bloodline of my Bi'yuan clan."

"Humans are the foremost among all spirits, demons also have true immortals, bloodlines have no superiority or inferiority..."

The echo of Lu Yang's earlier words rang through the temple, startling the eagle-eyed man and the great monk.

It turned out that when the Buddha spoke those words, it wasn't directed at them, but at the stooped old man. Surveying ancient and modern times, foreseeing the future—this is but a fragment of the Buddha's power?

"Who's speaking!" The stooped old man's hair stood on end—he could find no source of the voice.

"Dare to play tricks with gods and ghosts before me—you don't know death!" The stooped old man flew into a rage, releasing the overwhelming pressure of a great power who had achieved bodily union—his Bi'yuan clan is naturally endowed with infinite strength; among cultivators of the same level, few can match his strength!

"Well spoken, benefactor who killed his son—truly devoid of heavenly conscience."

Lu Yang extended a finger and pressed it to the stooped old man's brow—the stooped old man remained utterly still.

In the stooped old man's view, that was clearly not a finger—it was as if the heavens had collapsed, smashing the temple, mercilessly suppressing him!

"Good grandson, so you were hiding here—truly made Grandfather search high and low." A ghostly voice came, and another figure appeared in the ancestral temple.

"Hand over the cultivation method your mother left you—I can leave you a complete corpse, so you don't end up like your mother, with not even a bone left." The eagle-eyed man and the great monk simultaneously recalled Lu Yang's first words upon appearance:

"This humble monk did not wish to appear in the world, but since the three benefactors entered my temple and had a dispute, I naturally must intervene."

Could it be that the "three benefactors" the Buddha spoke of were not these three, but rather Yue Changhe and his maternal grandfather?!