Yin Huan had been in low spirits the whole way. Her eyes were slightly closed, and her long eyelashes trembled from time to time, as if she was deep in thought. She only opened her eyes after the car had come to a complete stop outside Fushan Town.

Looking at the familiar, layered mountains in the distance, her listless little face suddenly brightened, and with a flick of her little tail, she immediately came to life.

"Let's park the car here and head up the mountain," Yin Huan said cheerfully, looking at the familiar scenery outside the tinted glass window.

"Why don't we rest in town for the night?" Qingmang released the accelerator, stepped on the brake, and took out the car keys. They had plenty of time and didn't need to rush up the mountain.

Silver Ring shook her head, rejecting the Green Python's suggestion.

Upon arriving here, Silver Ring couldn't wait any longer. She was born and raised in this mountain range, and she knew every object and scene here very well. Not to mention at night, even with her eyes closed, she could accurately find her old cave.

The group got off the car and, under the cover of night, headed into the mountains.

The crescent moon hangs askew on the treetops. Under the heavy moonlight, the undulating mountains resemble a ferocious beast lurking in the darkness, baring its fangs and claws, with a strange and ferocious appearance.

Silver Ring flicked its tail, the gloomy look on its little face vanishing instantly. Its fluctuating emotions came and went quickly.

Due to their demonic nature, they are always fickle and unpredictable. This is true of every demon.

Silver Ring smiled, perhaps because she was back in familiar territory; she was brimming with a vitality that Green Python and the others had never seen before. After crossing a steep mountain ridge, her eyes lit up, and she pointed to a dark, impenetrable forest ahead, saying:

"Su Yi, Su Yi, do you still remember this place? It was here that I met you." The group walked through the forest at a moderate pace, and as they walked, Yin Huan introduced this place, which was her hometown, to everyone.

Looking at the dark end that the silver ring pointed to, Su Yi narrowed his wolf eyes, as if he had thought of something, and a trace of sorrow flashed across his eyes.

Fuding Mountain... This was the last place he and the wolf queen visited together.

At that time, the wolf queen had just survived the tribulation of lightning, shedding her beast form and transforming into a human. Overjoyed, he took her out of the mountains for a trip. During their travels, the wolf queen happily told him that they had a child.

Perhaps because he had just survived the heavenly tribulation and the child's sudden arrival, Lang Wu's demonic energy was somewhat unstable. At that moment, he remembered what the old ghost had once said. The old ghost had told him that on Mount Fuding, there was a kind of herb that was very useful to the demon race, which could not only heal the demon race's physical body but also restore their demonic energy.

Pregnancy is extremely difficult for demons; for the child in the womb to develop safely, it must absorb the demonic essence from the mother. In order to stabilize the wolf queen's demonic essence, he changed course and brought the wolf queen to Fuding Mountain.

At that time, Silver Ring was injured by humans, and what she needed was the medicine that the Wolf Queen needed.

However, Mount Fuding is very large, and there is more than one of those medicinal herbs. At that time, the wolf queen was pregnant, and he was overjoyed. In order for the child to be born safely, he was unwilling to kill any living creature.

His child was born a demon, and his demonic path would surely be longer than that of his father. He wanted his child to come into this world clean and pure, without any karmic burdens.

Unfortunately, the child he had been so eagerly anticipating died in the womb, never even having the chance to breathe fresh air.

For over two hundred years, he had waited for this moment, and just when things were about to come to fruition, in the end...

It was his incompetence as a father that led him to fail in protecting his wife and children. If he had been stronger, perhaps everything would have been different.

Su Yi's emotions were barely perceptible; the sorrow in his eyes flashed and disappeared without alerting anyone. No one knew his story with the Wolf Queen. In prison, all they knew was that he had been imprisoned for accidentally killing a mortal.

Yin Huan was unaware of this, so her next words once again stirred up memories that Su Yi was unwilling to recall.

“I remember, there was a gray wolf with you when you came to Fuding Mountain. Was that your mate? I smelled your scent on her. By the way, I haven’t asked you yet, where is your mate? Now that you’re out, do you want to go back to Mount Hua to see her?” Yin Huan knew that Su Yi had been imprisoned for twenty years. The gray wolf must have missed him terribly during that time.

Anyway, the timing of this trip is uncertain. Su Yi and his partner have been separated for so long, it would be good to go back and visit them to put Grey Wolf's mind at ease.

Upon hearing Yin Huan's words, Su Yi closed his wolf-like eyes tightly: "She's dead."

"What?" Silver Ring exclaimed in shock, her eyes filled with disbelief.

Dead? How could he be dead?

Isn't the gray wolf a demon? Demons have long lifespans, how could it die?

Back then, although the gray wolf was not as handsome as Su Yi, it was extremely strong and walked with an indescribable elegance. It was healthy and full of vitality.

How could it have disappeared in less than three hundred years?

At that time, the two wolves, one in front of the other, ran and played hand in hand through the forest, their bond extremely strong.

The wild goose lost its mate, and Su Yi...

Yin Huan was somewhat bewildered. Her eyes flickered slightly, and she felt a little awkward, unsure how to comfort Su Yi. Looking at the deep, unyielding sorrow on Su Yi's face, Yin Huan secretly regretted her words: I should have known better than to bring it up.

"Su Yi, I'm sorry, I didn't know..." Silver Ring's cerebellum drooped slightly.

Su Yi gave a pale smile: "This is none of your business. Let's go!"

"Oh," Yin Huan responded softly, then led everyone deeper into the mountains and forests.

After this incident, the atmosphere became quiet for a moment. Yin Huan also lost the will to introduce herself to everyone, and silently led the way with her head drooping.

The night was deep and still, and from the depths of the mountains, a sudden fluttering sound of birds rang out. The birds that had been resting on the branches at night seemed to be startled and darted into the night sky.

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