Chapter 278

Chapter 278: Did You Come Here Just For Me?
The event ended early, and Yu Zhao was getting ready to take the little foxes back to Qingqiu Mountain.

Before that, she had received invitations from various clans, but she politely turned them all down. By the time they actually set off, it was already about two hours later.

They had not walked for long when another group somehow appeared behind them.

At the front was a big spotted leopard, swaggering along with its head swaying.

Before Yu Zhao could say anything, the little foxes were already chattering noisily.

“Go away! Stop following us!”

“It is Hua Tu again! So annoying, quick, let’s chase him off together!”

“But he helped save us this time too.”

“So what? He bullied us before!”

“…”

Yu Zhao reached out with two fingers, pinched Xiao You’s puffed-up cheeks, and turned his little head forward.

“Three-Eyed Leopard is your neighbor. It is normal that your paths overlap on the way back. Do not worry about it, and do not try to stop them,” she said.

“But…” Xiao You swallowed the rest of his words under Yu Zhao’s calm gaze, then muttered: “Fine. As long as he does not bully us, we will not cause trouble for him.”

“With me here, he will not dare cause trouble.”

“Mm! I believe you!”

After the kidnapping incident, Xiao You and the others’ favorability toward Yu Zhao, as well as their trust in her, had shot straight up. They accepted her words without question.

So Xiao You called out to them, and the other little foxes all quieted down as well. They stopped paying attention to the Three-Eyed Leopard group behind them and continued trudging after Yu Zhao, every now and then pulling a small dried fish from their pockets to pass the time.

“Strange, why did those little foxes stop cursing us?” Hua Tu’s companion asked in confusion.

“They were definitely stopped by Yu Zhao. They really listen to her now.”

“Speaking of that, why is Yu Zhao together with a Nine-Tailed Fox?”

“Who knows.”

Hua Tu stayed silent and did not join the discussion, walking alone at the front of the group.

In truth, he was also wondering why Yu Zhao was so close with that Nine-Tailed Fox. He kept feeling there was a huge secret behind it.

[Should I personally make a trip to Qingqiu Mountain and ask clearly?]

No. If he went to knock on their door, that cub-protecting Nine-Tailed Fox would probably beat him back down the mountain before he even set foot on it. The chieftain would have to go in person instead.

When the chieftain went out, someone of their own kind had to follow. He would, of course, volunteer without hesitation.

Qingqiu Mountain.

Quan Ye opened his eyes and stared at the ceiling, not sure for a moment if he was dreaming or awake.

[I’m still alive?]

He cautiously raised his arm.

It was solid and strong.

There were no torn wounds.

Not even a single scar.

Was this really his arm?

“Ha, haha, hahahaha… ugh… ugh…”

Quan Ye started laughing, then suddenly broke into tears.

He had truly thought he would die here.

It had hurt too much.

Way too much.

Even the Lightning Punishment on the Cliff of Reflection was not one ten-thousandth of what he had just gone through.

There were several times when he had even wished he could just die and stop suffering again and again.

Luckily, it was all over now.

He was still alive.

Quan Ye lay on the wooden board for a while, letting himself adjust, then finally got up to wash and put on a clean, tidy outer robe.

The moment he stepped out the door, countless messy bits of information rushed toward him like a flood.

The smell left behind by foxes after they played.

The tracks of Insect Beasts that had passed by.

The faint sound of butterflies beating their wings.

Every movement of the demonic beasts within a hundred miles could not escape his notice.

Only then did Quan Ye completely believe what Su Ming had said.

He was a Human-Demon Hybrid.

Half of the blood in his body came from the Demon Race.

And his bloodline was beyond precious.

Now that he had absorbed that bloodline, he had been reborn.

Quan Ye only felt a moment of loss before it was quickly replaced by swelling ambition.

If his bloodline was this rare, did that not mean his future was limitless? Those still-unintelligent demonic beasts would bow to him respectfully when they saw him and treat him as their master, right?

Thinking of how he had been tied to a tree and humiliated by that Nine-Tailed Fox, Quan Ye could not wait to test his guess and vent his anger.

But before he could put anything into action, he sensed a presence moving toward him, one that could not be more familiar.

[She is here too!?]

Quan Ye no longer had any time to think about revenge. He ran quickly down the mountain, his mind filled only with that person’s figure.

“Yu Zhao! Did you come here just for me? I am here!” he shouted.

Following the voice, Yu Zhao looked over and saw Quan Ye charging down the mountain like a mad bull.

From Quan Ye’s condition, she could tell he had already survived the greatest tribulation of his life and had successfully absorbed the Azure Dragon bloodline.

But Yu Zhao was puzzled.

[Why does he think I came here for him? Did that beating on the Floating Island snow mountain still not knock his head clear?]

“You are not allowed to come over here!”

“Stinky man, stay away from Yu Zhao!”

“Yu Zhao! Yu Zhao, save us!”

The little foxes had never liked Quan Ye. When they saw him rushing over, their first reaction was to drive him away.

A few of the more hot-tempered little foxes even rushed forward, trying to block Quan Ye.

“Humph.”

Quan Ye gave a cold snort, and the pressure in his body spread out silently.

The little foxes were like prey meeting their natural enemy. Their legs went weak, and they fell to the ground with a thump, shaking all over.

Seeing this, Quan Ye was extremely pleased with himself.

His bloodline power could indeed make all beasts submit.

Given time, he would definitely become the true Lord of All Beasts. At that point, even Yu Zhao would have to bow at his feet.

Yu Zhao frowned slightly.

Since Quan Ye liked to crush others with his aura, she would let him experience the same thing.

The pressure of a Nascent Soul cultivator slammed down on Quan Ye like a huge mountain.

Quan Ye’s body reacted faster than his mind. When the pressure fell, all his muscles bulged, and his body swayed a few times, but he actually forced himself to withstand it.

He stared at Yu Zhao in disbelief and asked: “You formed your Nascent Soul?”

Yu Zhao did not answer. Instead, she used her spirit power to pull each of the little foxes up from the ground.

The little foxes instantly clung to Yu Zhao’s legs, sobbing and looking as if they had suffered the greatest injustice in the world.

Quan Ye ground his teeth so hard they creaked.

A bunch of mangy foxes actually dared talk to Yu Zhao. How hateful.

Yu Zhao shook her head.

It seemed Quan Ye’s head had not cleared at all. It had only gotten more muddled.

“Come on, I will take you back to see the chieftain,” Yu Zhao said to the little foxes.

“Chieftain…”

Quan Ye instantly thought of that hateful woman who had tied him to a tree and beaten him with a wooden stick.

A sudden fear rose in him.

[Does Yu Zhao know what I went through? Will the chieftain of the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan tell her? If she finds out, what will she think of me? Will she distance herself, look down on me, even hate me…]

No, Yu Zhao could not meet that vile woman.

“Yu Zhao! You cannot leave! I am your senior brother! Let me go first! Yu Zhao! Come back! Yu Zhao! If you do not come back, I will not acknowledge you anymore!” he shouted.

Quan Ye yelled at the top of his lungs, but Yu Zhao’s figure only grew farther and farther away.

Quan Ye’s grand ambitions had not even begun, yet Yu Zhao had already plucked them down and smashed them to pieces on the ground.

He could eavesdrop on every sound within a hundred miles, yet he could not get anywhere near the summit of Qingqiu Mountain.

That was the lair where the clan chief of the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan lived.

It was also a forbidden place that he could not spy on.

“Arghhh! Yu Zhao! Come back!”