Our group entered the largest stone under the guidance of the diviner, but there was a hole in it. For a while, I saw the illusion of the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan again. It seems that the grotto can only accommodate a few people, but when you really enter the door, you find that it is a magnificent palace, with a diameter of three zhang, like a dream.

In the main hall, a platform made of sterling silver leads from the gate to the steps to the main seat, and there are two pools on each side, with different shapes, and the inside is a multicolored liquid that slowly disperses the mist, which can shine, brilliant but not dazzling, and reflects the whole hall in a colorful way. In each pool there is a pillar that is also made of sterling silver, the pillar has concave and convex, and only when you look closely can you know that it is the carved form of some rare beasts, lifelike, a trance, and you don't realize that there is already a pair of crystal smart eyes have looked at you.

On the throne opposite, a man with gray temples and extraordinary instruments sat proudly, his eyes were the same as those of the diviner, but they were much more calm and spicy. His skin is also delicate and fair, and he can't find a single blemish. This is the patriarch of the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan. But apart from him, there was no one else in this luxurious hall, and it felt somewhat too empty.

"Yuan'er, you are too presumptuous!"

As soon as we stepped into this hall, which had been made by illusion, we heard a slightly old voice, which did not match the beautiful and delicate face.

"Grandpa......" walked up to us as if by chance, saluted, and whispered.

"Where have you been, and you've been gone for more than half a year!" the patriarch snapped, but he didn't mean to be angry.

"I ......" as if he was fated, lowered his head and began to brush the hair on his sideburns again.

"My lord, let's see who this is. ”

Seeing that he was embarrassed, he deliberately changed the topic and moved his eyes to the skill behind us.

As soon as Zisang's words fell, the patriarch who was originally sitting on the throne disappeared in an instant, and then he heard a muffled snort. Turning our heads, we saw that Gishu had fallen to the sterling silver floor of the main hall, and behind us, there was already a man dressed in a snow-white robe, with long hair like snow falling down, and a trace of lightness.

Zisang didn't know when to step aside, bowed slightly, and was respectful.

"Grandpa!" Ruyuan was also a little surprised.

This spatial teleportation technique is undetectable at all, and it also injures the skill in an instant, and there is no time to react, which is really powerful.

The patriarch turned his head, his brow furrowed slightly, showing that he had not calmed his anger. He looked at Ru Yuan coldly, his eyes were mixed with too much meaning, but he couldn't help but feel a chill.

"What, do you sympathize with him?" the hard tone made Ru Yuan a little confused.

"I didn't ...... There is no ......"

"It's him, killed your mother!" the patriarch's gaze returned to Jishu, and at this time, the corners of Jishu's mouth had overflowed with blood, and even his breathing became very difficult.

Ruyuan's eyes wandered, not saying a word.

"Why is the patriarch so excited? After all, this person is Ruyuan's biological father. I saw that the atmosphere was getting colder, so I interjected.

"Who is she?" for a moment, I felt a sharp gaze fall on me.

"Grandpa, she's my friend. Ruyuan hurriedly explained, she seemed to feel that the patriarch had recovered from his anger.

"Friend?" said in an extremely questioning tone, "My Nine-Tailed Fox Clan never believes in any friends!"

After saying that, I immediately felt that the cold aura in the entire hall had suddenly increased a little. It seems that my arrival was not well received.

"It seems that the patriarch has made me a category with this one, right?" I smiled and glanced at Jishu who had fallen to the ground and hummed quietly.

"Presumptuous!" Anger suddenly rose, and suddenly, a white figure appeared in front of me, and I almost didn't have time to react.

But when I summoned the spiritual power screen wall in front of me, I still felt a strong vibration, and my arm also felt a faint pain. This sudden fluctuation caused internal injuries, and there was a surge in my body, but I forcibly suppressed it.

"Grandpa!" Ruyuan exclaimed, and he recklessly dodged in front of me.

The patriarch jerked back his move, glaring at her.

"Yuan'er! You are so presumptuous!"

"Grandpa, she's not a bad person!"

"Hmph! I don't know my heart!"

"The patriarch's view is too narrow. "I tried to regulate my breathing.

"Yinluo, don't say any more......" Ruyuan whispered to me.

I glanced at her and continued to say to the stubborn patriarch, "It's a shame that I kindly sent back the sacred relics of the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan, and I was treated like this. ”

"What did you say?" the patriarch pushed Ruyuan aside with his arm, still glaring at me angrily.

I slowly reached out and handed over a brocade bag.

The patriarch stared at the brocade bag in my hand, his expression changing from confusion to surprise to anger. He seemed to be able to see through the bag.

"Bold!"

The hall was filled with rage.

"The patriarch doesn't have to be like this, the holy relic has been destroyed, and I came in the hope that the patriarch can have a way to repair it. ”

"Who is it? who is so bold!" the patriarch's anger seemed to be difficult to retract, and he roared in the main hall, but Ruyuan silently lowered his head and said nothing.

"Patriarch, ...... you calm your anger" Zisang said cautiously, but he squinted at Ru Yuan, and his brows couldn't stop frowning.

"Why is the patriarch so excited? To say that this holy relic has long been given to others by the nobles, strictly speaking, this jade ruyi no longer belongs to the nobles. ”

In an instant, I only felt a sharp gaze shoot at me without concealment.

"Yuan'er, tell me what the hell is going on?"

After a moment, the patriarch seemed to have eased slightly from the anger just now, and shifted his attention to Ruyuan.

"Yes...... It's my sister......"

"Sister, what sister?" the patriarch's brow furrowed even tighter.

"That's it...... My twin sister, Ruyu ......" The last name Ruyuan said so quietly that she was almost inaudible.

"What?" the patriarch's eyes widened, looking incredible, but immediately, there was a trace of helplessness and pain in his eyes, "Evil obstacles......" the patriarch sighed indifferently.

He turned around, and the aura emanating from his body suddenly changed from the previous unstoppable toughness to a heavy loneliness. He walked slowly to the throne on the top of the steps, his long snow-white hair trembling slightly behind him.

At this moment, I suddenly realized that his domineering and domineering seemed to be a cover-up. Although he was the patriarch of a clan, he was not able to protect his daughter. If he was really ruthless, how could he give her a chance when Candle Jade secretly combined with the demon catcher in the first place? If he was really ruthless, how could Ruyuan call him "grandpa" again at this moment? What about the patriarch? If he wasn't the patriarch, maybe the demon catcher wouldn't have chosen his daughter first. If he is not the patriarch, he does not have to force his daughter to choose between life and death between the interests of the whole clan and his own love.

"Grandpa......" Ruyuan also seemed to see his downfall, slowly raised her head, and looked at her grandfather's back with some distress.

At this time, the patriarch stopped, and Zisang stepped forward to hold him up with a little horror. The last few steps of the patriarch turned out to be messy, and every step was very heavy and reluctant.

"No ......

The patriarch turned his face sideways and nodded slightly at Zi Sang, and I vaguely caught a glimpse of the distorted and painful expression on his face.

"Grandpa!" Ruyuan also sensed something, and hurriedly stepped forward to help him.

At this scene, I suddenly felt that although this patriarch would always have a face that did not look old at all, he was actually an old man with vicissitudes of life.

At this time, the patriarch slowly turned around. Sure enough, his face was paler than before, and despite all the best efforts to hide it, I could see the ups and downs of his breathing.

"Grandpa, what's wrong with you? How can this be?" Ruyuan seemed to be surprised and worried.

"Who are you?How can Jade Ruyi be in your hands?" the patriarch did not answer Ruyuan's question, but looked at me, but there was no longer the aggressiveness in his eyes.

Thinking of his tough and impulsive attitude just now, I thought to myself: Is this the usual greeting of the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan? Or maybe after being deceived again and again, they have become suspicious and sensitive to anyone.

"Patriarch really doesn't remember me?" I made my eyes fixed on him, and my gaze met his deep yellow eyes, and I vaguely felt them flicker.

"It's you!" the patriarch's surprise made the others present even more surprised.

"Grandpa...... Do you know ...... Yinluo?" Ruyuan is especially incredible.

At this time, he saw Zisang's expression change, and a smile flashed from the corner of his mouth.

"It turned out to be the daughter of the lord of the Lush Forest. Zisang said calmly.

I nodded, looked at Ruyuan again, and then looked at Ruyuan's still overwhelmed look, and then continued, "Yes." When the patriarch took the clan to the lush forest and hoped that my mother would take her in, my mother not only refused to take me in, but also wanted to kill them all, I couldn't bear it for a while, so I let you go behind my mother's back. ”

I paused, looked at Ruyuan carefully, and then said, "It's just that I really didn't see the patriarch's daughter Candle Jade at that time. "It is precisely because of this that there is no me in Candle Jade's memory, and it is natural that Ruyuan doesn't know me. I said this to give an explanation to Ruyuan, who was a little surprised on the side.

"Originally, Candle Jade also met your mother with us, but seeing your mother's attitude, I vaguely guessed her plan, so I asked Candle Jade to leave the Lush Forest with her clan at night, not wanting that as soon as they left, your mother set up an enchantment to trap us. It turns out that you are the one who secretly let us leave the lush forest that day......" The patriarch looked at me at this time, and his gaze softened even more.

Then he looked at the bag in my hand again, and said, "This jade ruyi was indeed given to your mother by my clan, and my clan has always disdained to take back what was given to others, so you don't have to bring it back." What's more, this thing has been destroyed, and even if you return it to me, it will be useless......"

"Patriarch, isn't there a way to repair the nobles' holy relics?"

"Repair?" the patriarch looked at me in surprise, "It's over, and it's okay to tell you." This thing is originally a divine object, with the power of my demon clan, how can it be repaired?"

"Artifact ......," I said silently, already having some answers in my mind.

I thought for a moment and said, "This jade Ruyi is really the jade hairpin of the goddess of Wushan." ”

Ruyuan turned her face to look at me, although Jairus had also concluded that it was a relic of the goddess before, she still seemed to be waiting for the patriarch's confirmation.

"Not bad. At the beginning, the former patriarch didn't know why, and inlaid a layer of jade outside the jasper hairpin, making it look like jade Ruyi, and the real jasper hairpin has actually been in Ruyi. The patriarch nodded emphatically, "That's it, this thing is not an auspicious thing for my clan, if it weren't for it, my clan wouldn't have ended up in such a depression, and now it's broken, it may not be a good thing." ”

"Since it's really a divine thing, it seems that even the patriarch can't do anything about it......" I was suddenly a little lost, and sure enough, as Jaireyes said, even the nine-tailed fox demon couldn't repair this jade Ruyi?

The patriarch shook his head again, but he couldn't help but turn his head sideways to see the skill that had been hanging out to the side, and there was a lot of anger in his eyes.

As if he had no strength, his eyes were open, but he didn't move, as if he was watching our every move in front of him with cold eyes.

The patriarch put aside Zisang and Ruyuan, who were holding him, and walked slowly towards Jishu,

"You!" the patriarch glared at him fiercely, as if blaming him for all his unwillingness and anger, which inevitably reminded me of the old feud between the nine-tailed fox clan and the demon catcher that Ruyuan had mentioned to me before.

"You wicked, you have killed my whole people, I want to avenge them!" Somehow, Jishu suddenly became excited, and he barely supported his body on his elbows, but he still couldn't move because he was still restrained. He struggled for a moment, and then fell again.

"Revenge?" the patriarch smiled coldly in his throat, "You dare to speak of revenge?!" word by word, the patriarch seemed to want to nail this sentence to Jishu.

Jishu gasped for breath, and the patriarch didn't seem to have eased up just now.

"If it weren't for you, how could Candle Jade betray me, how could I watch her go to her death!" the more the patriarch spoke, the more excited he became, and the green tendons on his forehead faintly burst out.

I thought again of what Ruyuan had said to me in Zhuoyun Xiaozhu.

"Five hundred years ago, the ancestor of your demon hunting clan killed my clan for no reason, causing the destruction of my Qingqiu country, and my nine-tailed fox clan fell to this point. The previous patriarch, that is, my father, also died at the hands of your demon hunters, so I won't report this kind of grudge? My nine-tailed fox clan has always lived in seclusion in Qingqiu, and has never trespassed into the world to cause chaos, so how can I bear this disaster of extermination? In order to make a name for himself in the world and establish his own race, the ancestor of your demon hunting clan wantonly killed my Qingqiu people, and I have firmly remembered this account! He killed my father and my eldest sister who was already pregnant! Do you know that the child in my eldest sister's womb is exactly this negative person! Don't you mortals have a saying, 'Tiger poison does not eat children,' but he is not even as good as a beast! If it weren't for my father's negligence and being deceived by him for a while, and believing in you hypocritical and despicable mortals, how could my nine-tailed fox clan suffer such a fate? Jade hairpin 'came to my Qingqiu country, dedicated this thing to my father to show his loyalty, and also flattered my eldest sister in every way, coaxing my father to give him the eldest sister, but unexpectedly, he was so cruel that he killed his father-in-law and wife with the treasures he offered! If it weren't for me and some of the clansmen who survived his slaughter to find a hiding place and hide, there would be no nine-tailed fox demon in the world now...... Now you are telling me that you want revenge, it is ridiculous!" The patriarch's breathing became very short, and he poured out all the grievances between the two clans in one breath, and he couldn't imagine that the grievances between the nine-tailed fox demon and the demon catcher had lasted for hundreds of years, and I and everyone were stunned in place, and even Jishu didn't seem to expect that his ancestor would do such a thing.

"Impossible...... No way...... How could my ancestors be such people......" Jishu thought about it for a long time before he said in a trance, but it was more like talking to himself.

The patriarch was too excited, and as soon as he finished speaking, his body shook slightly, and he almost fell backwards. Seeing this, Ruyuan hurriedly stepped forward and supported him from behind, but at this moment, Ruyuan's eyes revealed a lot of sadness and resentment.

"Patriarch...... Your body ......," Zisang said worriedly.

"Uncle Zisang, what's wrong with my grandfather?" asked Ruyuan in a soft voice.

Zisang just shook his head and didn't say anything more.

"The patriarch must have been caused by excessive consumption of spiritual power, right?" I said indifferently.

"Excessive consumption of spiritual power?" Ruyuan looked at me with some surprise.

The patriarch did not respond, but gently brushed aside Ruyuan and walked to the throne on the steps again.