Chapter 99: Settling Accounts with Fox City (2) “Fox Ancestor, this matter…”…
Si Ling watched all this indifferently.
Although the Fox Ancestor looked very angry, the trick of scolding his subordinates in person in response to customer complaints in order to calm things down was something that even humans with a lifespan of only a few decades could do adeptly, so it was a bit funny to see it performed to her, a 30,000-year-old ghost.
Si Ling chuckled and planned to go back to the stone bench to sit and watch the show, but just as she turned around, a shrill scream from behind made her turn back abruptly.
As far as his eyes could see, blood gushed from A Ling's mouth and nose. The Fox Ancestor loosened his grip, and she fell to the ground, her fox ears and tail exposed. After a violent coughing fit, her hands transformed back into furry paws.
Being able to serve as an assistant to the Fox Ancestor, she must have been one of the most powerful fox demons in Fox City, but now she only has a few hundred years of cultivation left.
This surprised Si Ling. She looked at Fox Ancestor and said coldly, "I just want an explanation. It seems Fox Ancestor wants to silence me? Could it be that the Three-Tailed Fox Clan stole the artifact from the heavens and is afraid that I will file a complaint?"
Fox Ancestor's charming face had already turned ashen. After hearing Si Ling's words, she took a deep breath and said, "Fox City will give you a satisfactory explanation. As for her—family disgrace should not be made public. Please let me handle it."
Si Ling remained silent. "Because of you, Xuan Chi almost died at the hands of Moloch. I want an extra after-sales service. Isn't that too much?"
Fox Ancestor suppressed her anger and closed her eyes. It was obvious that Si Ling was using this as leverage to blackmail her, but this was truly her own fault. As a black marketeer with integrity, she had no choice but to accept the consequences.
"If you have any requests, just ask." Fox Ancestor took a deep breath, his fist clenched tightly as if he would strike out at any moment, killing A Ling. "As long as it is within the capabilities of Fox City, we will do our best to meet it."
Si Ling: "I want to know the prophecy."
The Fox Ancestor had anticipated this, but the vein on his forehead still twitched violently.
She really wanted the bracelet on Si Ling's wrist, so she used the prophecy as bait. Now she didn't get the bracelet, and the crucial prophecy was taken away by Si Ling, which of course made her unhappy.
Fox Ancestor tried to calm his mind, no longer paying attention to the barely breathing A Ling. He walked gracefully towards the white jade couch and said to Si Ling in a gloomy voice, "Please sit down."
Si Ling and Xuan Chi exchanged a glance and sat on the stone benches facing each other. The Fox Ancestor had a grim expression but still politely poured them tea. A Ling suddenly shouted, "I'm doing this for the Three-Tailed Fox Clan!"
The Fox Ancestor's eyebrows twitched. Si Ling turned his head to look over. A Ling was lying on the ground with difficulty. Her eyes were bloodshot due to her serious injuries, and the bloodshot deepened the indignation on her face. She stared at the Fox Ancestor and said, "You only want to find your mother and sister. Have you ever thought about what the three-tailed fox clan will face?"
"How do you know that the prophecy will not bring disaster!" A Ling asked hysterically.
With a whoosh of wind, the Fox Ancestor cast a spell and knocked her out.
Si Ling's eyes flashed: "Are your mother and sister related to us?"
"No, don't misunderstand me." Fox Ancestor slowly shook her head. Mentioning her missing mother and sister, her expression darkened, but her words remained objective. "That was just her interpretation of the prophecy. Prophecies... as you probably know, with a strong imagination, you can interpret a lot."
Si Ling: "Tell me the prophecy?"
Fox Ancestor hesitated. To avoid further disputes after the sale, she cautiously stated, "I swear that what I tell you is everything I know, without any concealment, tampering, or substitution. If I violate this principle, you can overturn Fox Market or hang us against the walls everywhere in hell, and I have no objection."
Si Ling looked at her expressionlessly. From her expression, Si Ling knew that what she said was true and nodded softly.
"But," Fox Ancestor changed the subject, "you must also understand that prophecies like these, passed down through word of mouth, may have been embellished or distorted over the centuries. There's nothing we can do about it. Neither I nor Fox City can accurately discern the truth from these."
"I know that." Si Ling said impatiently, "Go ahead."
The Fox Ancestor didn't delay any longer, and mentally reworded his words, saying, "It's a very old prophecy. No one can clearly explain its origin, but in short, the general content of the prophecy is..."
"A general who once served the supreme power in the East will return to his former battlefield."
"As the shadow of his wings passed over the land, death and fear returned."
The Fox Ancestor's voice was faint, and although the volume was not loud, it still caused a slight ethereal echo in this underground cave, as if a power that had been chasing it for thousands of years had come and was gently telling an ancient story.
"The causal line spanning time has come to an end. The divine world is about to be reshuffled, and the glory of the ancient gods will shine once again in the world."
"The new order redefines right and wrong, and the guilty receive the justice they deserve."
After hearing this, Si Ling fell silent.
She was prepared for the ambiguous meaning and mystifying style of prophecy, because prophecy always has this quality in any culture.
It is said that this is the way prophets protect themselves in order to avoid being punished by God for revealing the secrets of heaven.
But there were also some things that Si Ling did not expect.
…For example, the Fox Ancestor mentioned “death and fear,” which makes the object of the prophecy seem like a villain.
Si Ling calmed himself down and said bluntly, "The general mentioned in the prophecy is Xuan Chi?"
"It's hard to say." Fox Ancestor shrugged lightly, "I can only say that in my guess, it should be him."
Si Ling: "What's the basis?"
The Fox Ancestor said frankly, "When my sister was still here, we heard rumors of him coming to the West to fight. However, the Three-Tailed Fox Clan wasn't interested at the time, so we didn't inquire too much. So, you see—" She examined Xuan Chi with interest, "Generals, wings, and returning to the battlefield, do they all match up?"
Xuan Chi's heart was a little panicked. The feeling of the truth approaching made him stand up nervously: "You mentioned the war just now. Did the Emperor of Heaven send me here?"
He desperately wanted to know whether he was a traitor or not.
“? It has to be, right?” Fox Ancestor looked at him with amusement.
Obviously, in her understanding, the generals must go to war in accordance with the will of the Emperor of Heaven. She has never imagined that there are other possibilities, so this cannot prove anything.
Xuan Chi sat back dejectedly. Si Ling pondered every word in the prophecy and said, "'The glory of the ancient gods shines upon the world once again'—is it this sentence that makes you think your sister and mother will reappear?"
"Yes," said the Fox Ancestor. "Although we are demons according to today's definition, back then, we were also highly envied divine beasts. To the Western divine world, which has only been formed for a few thousand years, we are worthy of the term 'ancient gods'."
Si Ling noticed that her tone when she said this was extremely firm, almost deliberate.
She knew in her heart that the Fox Ancestor was trying to convince herself. This had been her spiritual support for tens of thousands of years, so she did not question this point of view.
But this also means that the credibility of this view can be ignored.
She posed the next question: "What language did you speak when you learned this prophecy?"
Fox Ancestor laughed: "English."
Si Ling was feeling discouraged when Fox Ancestor said, "However, after learning of this prophecy, we conducted further research and discovered records in Classical Latin and Ancient Latin. Later, we also found an even earlier original Celtic version."
In other words, this prophecy can be traced back to around 1200 BC, more than three thousand years ago.
Si Ling thought about it and nodded slowly: "I want to see these ancient versions of the records."
"Sure." Fox Ancestor agreed generously, "But these are all stored in the old archives, and it will take time to find them. Please leave your address, and I will have someone check it out and send it to you - of course, it's just the rubbing board."
Si Ling nodded and casually threw his hand to the side, and a line of light golden text was printed on the stone wall.
Fox Ancestor glanced at her casually, his gaze fixed on her, and he looked at her with a complicated expression: "Are you at Lucifer's Ghost Academy?" Then he glanced at Xuan Chi, "Are you all here?"
Xuan Chi nodded, and Si Ling said, "Yes."
Fox Ancestor's thoughts raced, her face expressionless as she tactfully prepared to end the conversation: "If there are no further questions, let's call it a day." She gestured towards the unconscious female fox demon not far away. "I have some family scandals to resolve, so I'm truly sorry."
"Okay, goodbye." Si Ling stood up, and Xuan Chi stood up as well.
The two of them took two steps out together. Si Ling paused and said to Fox Ancestor, "I'm sorry for killing through your 48th level guard."
Fox Ancestor chuckled nonchalantly, "We almost caused irreparable harm to our guests due to internal management issues. This is what we deserve."
Si Ling said nothing more and left the cave with Xuan Chi. This time, they took the elevator according to the rules, not only out of courtesy, but mainly because the elevator from underground to the ground did not need to be unlocked by magic and could be used directly.
The Fox Ancestor also left the lowest level of the space after they left. She rarely "inspected work" in person, and her sudden appearance made all the fox demons nervous, especially those in the department that had not yet completed their KPIs. They didn't even dare to raise their heads when they saw her.
Fortunately, Fox Ancestor did not care about these minor issues. She just went through the special channel to check the guards on the 48th floor who were killed, estimated the approximate losses, and ordered her fox demons: "Tell Satan about this, and ask him to help us claim compensation from Lucifer." The businessman's shrewdness made her want to reduce some losses carefully, and the conflict between Satan and Lucifer was used just as she wanted.
In addition to the real financial benefits, out of selfish motives, she also secretly hoped that Lucifer, as the principal, would cause some trouble for Si Ling and help her vent her anger.
But the several fox demons following behind her paused for a moment, and the most experienced female fox demon hesitated and said, "Fox Ancestor, this matter..."
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