Chapter 251

Chapter 251: Does the White Peacock Clan’s Promise Still Count?
Bai Ling knew Yu Zhao’s identity and also understood her relationship with Master Qing Yan.

Although the outside world rumored that Yu Zhao and Master Qing Yan’s line had long severed all ties, from what Bai Ling knew, Yu Zhao did not seem like a heartless, ungrateful person. So he decided that Yu Zhao had come for Quan Ye.

Yu Zhao shook her head and denied it: “Clan Chief Bai Ling, the descendant of the Azure Dragon Clan I spoke of is not Quan Ye, but someone else.”

Bai Ling was stunned. Waves rose in his usually calm eyes, and he asked: “Who is it?”

Yu Zhao took out an egg: “It.”

Bai Ling and Bai Mei both stared, eyes wide.

“This is a demonic beast egg I got by accident. Inside it hides a trace of Azure Dragon blood,” Yu Zhao said slowly.

Speaking of this, the fact that she could tell the demonic beast inside carried Azure Dragon blood even before it hatched was thanks to Quan Ye from her previous life.

Back then, Quan Ye had awakened his Azure Dragon bloodline ahead of time and had been sent by Master Qing Yan to Spirit Mountain.

While waiting for Clan Chief Bai Ling to prepare medicine for him, Quan Ye was often influenced by the power of his blood and would lose his reason, suddenly going berserk and hurting others. The people of Lone Moon Peak and the peacocks on Spirit Mountain all disliked him.

It was Yu Zhao who stayed by his side day and night to take care of him, enduring countless hardships and tears.

Yu Zhao took part in the entire process of his Marrow Cleansing and Bone Forging and Reforging the Flesh.

It was no exaggeration to say that her understanding of the Azure Dragon was deeper than that of demonic beasts like Bai Ling.

The moment she saw this demonic beast egg, she felt that the faint aura inside was similar to the aura Quan Ye had after awakening.

Even if there were only a ten percent chance, Yu Zhao would still have come to Spirit Mountain to try her luck, much less now that she already had seventy percent confidence in her heart.

Bai Mei stared at it for a long time and frowned in confusion.

There was no sign of life at all. It was clearly a dead egg.

Even if it really was a descendant of the Azure Dragon, so what? A dead descendant had no value and could not possibly lead the Demon Race back to glory.

Bai Ling stared fixedly at the demonic beast egg, his palm gently rubbing its shell, his expression solemn.

Yu Zhao waited quietly.

She did not know how long had passed before Clan Chief Bai Ling let out a soft sigh: “You are right. I did sense the bloodline of the Azure Dragon Clan within it.”

Bai Mei was greatly shocked.

Then regret and pity appeared in her eyes.

Clan Chief Bai Ling lowered his hand and continued: “Unfortunately, this egg has gone too long without hatching. The little beast inside is already on the verge of death.

“To hatch it, we would need to prepare a large amount of heavenly materials and earthly treasures, and someone would need to assist through the entire process.

“More importantly, after it hatches it will still face the risk of dying at any time.

“If anything goes wrong, all the effort I put in will go up in smoke.”

Bai Ling felt that rather than pinning all hope on a demonic beast egg whose life or death was uncertain, it was better to choose the physically stronger Quan Ye.

After all, the process of Marrow Cleansing and Bone Forging was extremely painful. Only a robust body cultivator like Quan Ye could more easily endure it to the end.

“Clan Chief Bai Ling, have you ever considered what you will do to keep him if Quan Ye wakes up and is unwilling to serve the Demon Race?” Yu Zhao calmly asked.

Though she called it a hypothesis, it was actually something that had happened in her previous life.

Half of the blood in Quan Ye’s body belonged to a demonic beast, but he was more used to interacting with people and used to thinking of himself as a cultivator.

So after he stayed on Spirit Mountain for a while and completely absorbed the power in his bloodline, he had asked Bai Ling for leave to depart.

Bai Ling had poured so much effort into Quan Ye and naturally refused to let him go.

But Quan Ye’s master was Master Qing Yan, hailed as the number one person in the cultivation world, and his sect was one of the top great sects of the cultivation world.

Under this twofold pressure, Bai Ling did not want to let him go, yet he had to.

In the end, after many rounds of negotiation, both sides barely reached an agreement.

Quan Ye could keep his identity as a disciple of Lone Moon Peak, but at the same time he would also be a Beast King candidate of the Demon Race. If the Demon Race ever faced a crisis, he had to step forward to face it together with them.

Yet after Quan Ye became a Beast King candidate, the number of times he went to Spirit Mountain could be counted on one hand.

He did not fulfill his duties. Instead, he used his bloodline suppression to often order the lesser demons of the Demon Race around and even helped cultivators bully the Demon Race.

The many demons were full of resentment and complaints.

All the spirit herbs accumulated over so many years had led to such an outcome. Yu Zhao did not believe that Bai Ling would feel no resentment.

So what she needed to do was to tell Bai Ling in advance about the possible future, and let him make his choice again.

Would he risk choosing someone he could not control, or stake everything on extinguishing all potential problems and keep the descendant of the Azure Dragon bloodline firmly in his own hands?

Bai Ling pondered for a long time, then his gaze turned firm: “What you speak of is all hypothetical. I cannot gamble with the entire Demon Race.”

He still insisted on his original choice.

After all, unlike Yu Zhao, he did not have memories of a previous life and was more willing to think of things in a better light.

Maybe Quan Ye valued freedom and was tired of sect life, and would choose to stay and live with them. It was not impossible.

Yu Zhao gave him a complicated look, then took a bright-colored feather out of her storage space.

When Bai Ling saw the feather, his expression tightened.

“Why do you have a phoenix feather in your hand?”

Yu Zhao did not answer him directly. Instead she asked in return: “Does the White Peacock Clan’s promise still count?”

“Of course it counts,” Bai Ling said in a deep voice. “Anyone who holds a phoenix feather can exchange it for one wish.”

“My wish is for you to give up on Quan Ye and do your best to save it.” Yu Zhao pointed at the demonic beast egg and spoke with absolute determination.

This feather was one of the twelve treasures she had exchanged from Su Ming back then.

The feather’s master was the last Fire Phoenix of the cultivation world and also the Ancestral Patriarch of the White Peacock Clan.

Back then, when the Fire Phoenix ascended to the upper realm, it left behind three feathers.

The three phoenix feathers became the supreme treasures of the White Peacock Clan, but after several great wars, the phoenix feathers were unfortunately lost.

After the White Peacock Clan stabilized, they announced to the world that anyone who could return a phoenix feather would have one wish fulfilled with their full power.

In her previous life, it was with this phoenix feather that Su Ming became friends with the White Peacock Clan.

Yu Zhao did not need to make friends.

She only hoped that Bai Ling would keep his promise and agree to her request.

Bai Ling frowned and asked: “Do you hate Quan Ye that much?”

Yu Zhao let out a cold laugh and said: “I do not hate him.”

To hate someone, you first had to have hope in them.

Yu Zhao had long lost interest in Quan Ye.

The reason she was getting involved so actively was that she did not want Quan Ye to carry the identity of a descendant of the Azure Dragon and yet do nothing.

One had to know that being a descendant of the Azure Dragon was not just a loud title. He also had to shoulder the important duty of continuing the bloodline.

Bai Ling had an ancient book in his hand.

In that ancient book was written that the offspring of the Azure Dragon and the Fire Phoenix Clan were the existence closest to gods.

After learning of Quan Ye’s identity, Bai Ling could not help wondering whether a union between the White Peacock Clan and a descendant of the Azure Dragon might give birth to an offspring closest to becoming an immortal.

To test this guess, he sent out Bai Mei, one of the outstanding talents among the younger generation of his clan, to invite Quan Ye to form a union.

As expected, she was rejected by Quan Ye. He even cursed Bai Mei as shameless and inhuman.

Later, Bai Ling personally went to see Quan Ye, but he still remained unmoved. When he became annoyed, he even hid on Lone Moon Peak and refused to come out, leaving Bai Ling helpless.