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An inappropriate sound of drooling rang out. Gu Liyan looked toward the source of the sound and saw a young man with a blue face, fangs, and bloodshot eyes staring intently at him. Gu Liyan subconsciously frowned and thought to himself: Why did they add the vampire bat lineage to the mix?

Seeing that Gu Liyan had noticed him, Qingya licked his lips and said to Gu Liyan in his hoarse voice, "Delicious! Delicious! It's really delicious!"

Gu Liyan glared at Qingya and said coldly, "If you look again—"

Before Gu Liyan could finish speaking, a middle-aged man sitting upright beside him glanced at Gu Liyan and interrupted him, coldly asking, "Old Gao, who is this kid? Why doesn't he have the aura of a demon?"

The middle-aged man's voice was neither too loud nor too soft, but it was clearly heard by all the demons present!

"Humans?"

"Could they be ordinary people from the foot of the mountain?"

"Hmph, humans and demons are both scoundrels who collude with each other in evil!"

Gu Ling Shuang frowned, displeased for some reason with the demons' insults towards Gu Li Yan. She stood in front of Gu Li Yan and said, "This person is a friend of my Bai clan, Gu family. Anyone who dares to speak ill of him should be careful, or I will lose my temper!"

As soon as Gu Ling Shuang finished speaking, the surrounding noise subsided considerably. Seeing that it had been effective, Gu Ling Shuang looked at Gu Li Yan triumphantly, her face full of praise. However, the latter's gaze remained fixed on the dashing middle-aged man sitting on the stage in the distance.

Gao Lang noticed Gu Liyan's gaze fixed on the stage and hurriedly stepped forward, lowering his voice to speak, "Young Master Mo Li, that is Huo Ling, the leader of the Fire Fox lineage elected this year by the Bai Clan. If nothing unexpected happens, he will be in power this year as well..."

Gu Liyan sized up Huo Ling, and Huo Ling noticed Gu Liyan's gaze at the same time. Their eyes met for a moment, and the atmosphere became heavy. All the demons dared not breathe and dared not look at him, as if they were afraid of being caught in the crossfire.

"Your scent is very familiar."

Huo Ling took a deep breath and looked at Gu Liyan before slowly opening his mouth.

Gu Liyan smiled slightly, "Perhaps we've met before..."

Huo Ling beckoned to the servant beside him, "Go and prepare a feast for this Young Master Mo!"

Upon hearing this, all the demons were taken aback.

"Lord Huo Ling, how can we give a place to someone of unknown origin at the gathering of all demons?" The man sitting to Huo Ling's left squinted at Gu Liyan and said coldly, "With all demons gathered at Thousand Absolute Mountain, how can we allow a mortal to be here? If you ask me, we should kick him out!"

Before Gu Liyan could speak, Gao Lang stepped forward and said, "Lord Mo Li is acquainted with Lord Gu Chengyan of my Bai Clan. He has come not only to pay homage to Lord Gu Chengyan, but also to contribute to the development of the Bai Clan of Qianjue Mountain. How can we turn our guest away!"

Upon hearing Gao Lang's words, Huo Ling frowned slightly and asked in confusion, "Gu Chengyan? Who is that?"

Gu Ling Shuang then said, "Gu Cheng Yan, the Thousand-Faced Fox, is the last patriarch of my Bai clan."

Huo Ling frowned, shook his head, and said, "The Thousand-Faced Fox Gu Cheng said that? Impossible! As far as I know, although there is such a person among the Bai Clan's heirs, he has absolutely no right to inherit. He is just a little demon with impure blood!"

Upon hearing this, Gu Ling Shuang's expression changed, and she looked at Gu Li Yan, questioning, "Mo Li, is what Clan Chief Huo said true?"

Gu Liyan frowned as he watched Huo Ling. He hadn't expected that someone of his father's generation would be in charge of things now. He couldn't completely hide what had happened back then.

Huo Ling squinted at Gu Liyan, "So you're saying the last clan leader was named Gu Chengyan?"

Gu Liyan smiled faintly and could only agree, "It is I."

"You..." Before Huo Ling could continue questioning, his gaze suddenly sharpened as he saw the jade flute in Gu Liyan's hand. He abruptly stood up from his seat, pointing at the jade flute and exclaiming in astonishment, "You, this jade flute of yours is..."

Gu Liyan smiled bitterly, knowing that he could no longer hide it, and could only nod, "It is truly the tragedy of the Jade Flute."

"Is that jade flute a very powerful magical artifact?"

Everyone's gaze fell on the long wound in Gu Liyan's hand, their faces filled with suspicion.

Huo Ling stepped down from the stage and excitedly waved to Gu Liyan, "Kid, come here, let me see you!"

Gu Liyan smiled slightly, and in the next second he appeared in front of Huo Ling. The demons who had previously doubted Gu Liyan all shut their mouths when they saw this move.

Huo Ling gazed at Gu Liyan, his purple eyes drawing them closer.

Huo Ling said excitedly, "Good, good, good, now that you're back, then..."

Gu Liyan interrupted Huo Ling, "Clan Chief Huo, Mo Li has only returned this time to rebuild Thousand Absolute Mountain. I beg Clan Chief Huo to give me another chance. I have nothing else to offer!"

Huo Ling saw Gu Liyan's concerns, thought for a moment and nodded, "Since that's the case, then very well. While I still have one day left to exercise my authority, I hereby declare that Mo Li has the right to freely enter and leave Qianjue Mountain, and will permanently have the right to use his own room in Qianjue Mountain!"

As soon as Huo Ling spoke, the members of that branch of the race stood up:

"Hmph, my wolf clan has worked diligently for the Bai clan, yet we don't even have the right to freely enter and leave Thousand Absolute Mountain. Why should this kid be qualified as soon as he arrives! I, Wolf Jin, will not allow it!"

Huo Ling's face darkened as he saw Lang Jin step forward. He slammed his hand on the table and shouted, "Lang Jin, although today is the gathering of all demons to re-elect the clan leader, don't forget that I, the clan leader, still have the right to exercise this power for one day! Do you know what it means if you dare to question me, the clan leader?"

Lang Jin sneered, "What does it mean? All I know is that although on the surface my wolf clan has become a part of the Bai clan, you original Bai demons, ask yourselves, when have you ever considered us as your own people!"

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