"Hahaha, this woman actually wants to leave, how stupid of her."
"I really don't know what Xuan Tu saw in her."
"What do you think Xuantu's expression would be if we ate her right in front of him? It would be quite a sight, wouldn't it?"
A group of subterranean tribes, still harboring a thirst for food, seized the opportunity to bring it up again.
Styx: "Miss Xin, I will send you away after this is over. There's no rush now."
He remained as polite and courteous as ever.
Xin Sui felt nauseous at their pretentious act.
She didn't want to stay any longer and turned to leave.
Chengxue followed.
Just as Xin Sui was about to close the door, she quickly stopped the door and said, "Wait, I have something to tell you."
Xin Sui thought for a moment and then let her in.
"Can I still call you Sister Lily?" Cheng Xue stood in front of her like a child who had made a mistake.
Xin Sui said calmly, "Whatever you say."
She can call her whatever she wants, it's none of her business.
Noticing her coldness, Chengxue quickly explained, "Sister Lily, I didn't tell anyone about what happened in Eden, and I didn't mean to sneak into the Twin Sunset Alliance to gather information."
This surprised Xin Sui.
"Oh, really?"
Seeing that her expression had softened, Chengxue continued, "Actually, not all subterranean races want to invade the surface, like me."
"We are internally divided into three factions: one faction is the attacking faction, represented by Elder Black, also known as Styx."
"They advocate occupying the surface of the earth, enslaving humanity, and making us, the Inner Earth race, the masters of the surface."
"One faction is the peace faction represented by Elder Bai Zhongkui, and I belong to this faction."
"There is also a neutral faction that supports both sides and can accept either outcome."
Xin Sui was not surprised; no matter which group it was, the internal voices could never be completely unanimous.
And isn't the novel's plot precisely set off by Zhong Kui, the representative of the pacifist faction?
It was precisely because he disagreed with the plan to invade the surface that he gave the Six Paths Divine Box, the most precious treasure of the Earth Core Clan, to Shui Miaomiao, who is also the mother of the male protagonist Shui Duoduo.
This led to the series of events that followed.
"Aren't the most aggressive faction the largest?"
Cheng Xue nodded. "Most of them are the aggressive faction. The peaceful and neutral factions combined are less than one-fifth of the aggressive faction."
"I came to the ground for two reasons. First, to follow Elder Bai's instructions and do my best to stop Elder Hei and his group's plans. Therefore, I will not reveal anything about the Alliance."
"Another one is to find Elder Bai's bloodline."
Xin Sui feigned surprise: "How come Elder Bai's bloodline is on the ground?"
Whether it was because Chengxue was too naive or too unguarded with Xinsui, she told her directly.
"Elder Bai once married a human and entrusted the sacred artifact of the Earth Core Clan to that human woman, telling her to take it away."
"Elder Black suspected that the human woman had given birth to Elder White's offspring, and that the sacred artifact was likely in the child's possession. So he created the Blood Butterfly, which could use Elder White's blood to find the child."
"Elder Hei and the others seemed to have discovered the sacred object and the child's whereabouts before, but they ultimately failed to find them."
Xin Sui: "Thank you for telling me all this. Can you stay with me tonight?"
She was afraid that if Chengxue wasn't there, those subterranean races would break in and eat her.
Chengxue nodded: "Of course I can. Even if you hadn't said anything, I would have stayed. Don't worry, with me here, they definitely can't hurt you."
"Although I am not a priest in name only, at least I have a title, so they dare not lay a hand on me."
Xin Sui: "What is a priest?"
Cheng Xue: "The priests are actually servants who serve the gods. There are seven of them, named according to the colors of the rainbow. For example, Red Serpent is also known as Red Frost, and I am Yellow Sparrow... Purple Nether."
Xin Sui: "Zi You is also a priest?"
Chengxue: "Yes, it wasn't him at first, but the Purple Crane Priest. He died in an accident, and the position of High Priest was inherited by Ziyou."
That unexpected incident must have been that he failed to seize Xuan Tu's body and was instead devoured, right?
With Chengxue by his side, Xin Sui spent the night peacefully.
That entire night, she pondered how to get close to the place where Xuantu was imprisoned and rescue him.
Perhaps we can start with the gluttonous Zi You.
He's a high priest, and he seems a bit unreliable, but his authority must be considerable, right?
However, she gave up the next day.
It wasn't because Zi You didn't take the bait at all, but because—
The breakfast delivered by the mushroom man included a glass of blood, a glass of blood that smelled incredibly delicious.
If the blood at yesterday's banquet was Xuan Tu's blood deliberately added by the Earth Core Clan, who also prepared a portion for her, then what about today's?
There's no reason for the Earth Core Clan to continue giving Xuan Tu's blood to drink.
From the perspective of the Earth Core Clan, Xuan Tu is the object of their hatred, and they can experience the pleasure of revenge by drinking his blood.
At the same time, Xuan Tu is extremely powerful, and his blood contains rich Xuan energy, making his blood an excellent tonic for the Earth Core Clan.
What reason could they possibly have to share with a prisoner like her?
Food in their eyes?
At most, they could use the blood of some unknown person or beast to get rid of her.
This cup of blood could only have been prepared for her by Xuan Tu.
In other words, he's fine!
Chengxue: "Sister Lily, I'll get you something else to eat. Don't bother with this blood and raw meat—"
Seeing Xin Sui pick up the cup and gulp down the blood, he also forked the raw meat on the plate and chewed it in big mouthfuls.
Chengxue was so shocked that she swallowed back what she was about to say.
Xin Sui said nonchalantly, "It's nothing. What's drinking blood and eating raw meat? If they think they can make me submit in this way, they're sorely mistaken."
Chengxue looked at her with a pained expression.
Not all the Inner Earth Clan eat humans; she, for example, doesn't. Her tastes are no different from those of humans.
That's why she knows how uncomfortable it is to be forced to eat these things.
"Sister Lily, don't worry, I will find a way to let Xuantu go and let him take you away."
She couldn't stop Elder Hei's plan, but Xuan Tu could.
If she lets Xuan Tu go, wouldn't she have indirectly completed the task that Elder Bai gave her?
Xin Sui was very curious: "Although your views differ from those of Styx and the others, you are all from the Earth Core Clan. Xuan Tu killed so many Earth Core Clan members. Don't you hate him?"
Chengxue shook her head: "If they hadn't invaded the surface, they wouldn't have died. Besides, they didn't die; they returned to the embrace of the mother tree."
Xin Sui didn't know what to say.
From her perspective, it's good that Cheng Xue thinks this way, but from the perspective of the Earth Core Clan, Cheng Xue is simply a hindrance.
For several days in a row, Xin Sui had a glass of blood with her breakfast, which promptly relieved her unusual hunger.
But Xuan Tu remained silent.
The Inner Earth Clan made no move.
The feeling of the sword hovering over her head but not falling made her increasingly irritable.
Finally, one day, Styx came and told her that Xuantu was about to be publicly executed, and invited her to watch.
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