While the elder was still hesitating, another elder stood up.
"Miss Bai, I never have to spit out the peel or seeds when I eat any fruit, so, so could you possibly give me the fruit peel?"
"Huh?" Bai Qingqing was taken aback: "You don't peel or spit out the seeds from any fruit?"
What to do with durian?
However, to be honest, she's been here for so long and has never seen a durian in this world.
What a pity.
"This is an old problem, it's been going on for many years. I feel very uncomfortable if I don't eat." The elder of the Yue family nervously clenched his fingers, not daring to even breathe.
He knew that saying this was too risky.
but……
That's the peel of a low-grade spiritual fruit.
He had never even seen it before.
Oh no, this is the first time he's ever seen this in his lifetime.
"Then here you are." Bai Qingqing handed the kiwi peel to the elder of the matchmaking family.
This is the first time I've ever seen someone eat fruit to this extent.
"Thank you, Miss Bai." The elder of the Yue family accepted the kiwi peel with both hands, his voice almost cracking with excitement.
Yue Linxuan, the elder of the Yue family who had just taken his first bite of a kiwi, was now filled with regret and wanted to slap his thigh.
That old bastard stole his lines.
He also loves to eat fruit pits and peels.
“Um…” Yue Linxuan pursed his lips and clenched the Qing Shuang Ling Yu fruit in his hand: “Miss Bai, I am also used to eating the peel.”
Upon hearing this, the other elders of the Yue family also nodded hurriedly.
Yue Qingfeng cleared his throat and said, "My dear... Qingqing, we have been trapped in the secret realm for the past 100,000 years, so we have developed a good habit of thrift."
"Thank you for your hard work." Bai Qingqing nodded, indicating her understanding.
After all, they've been trapped for 100,000 years.
Didn't you see that there were only a few green dates in the fruit platter that was just served to the guests?
They have truly suffered over the years.
Yun Zhan couldn't help but lower his eyes and smile faintly.
When we have a family gathering in the courtyard, many people eat the fruit peels and pits.
It's just that Miss Bai has never discovered it.
"Was that time-space stone just now the time-space secret realm that trapped my Yue family for 100,000 years?" Yue Qingfeng changed the subject and asked.
“That’s a stone demon,” Bai Qingqing said. “It wants to advance its level by raising you.”
"Keeping them as pets?" Yue Qingfeng pursed her lips.
“When that stone demon trapped you, it was too weak to actively absorb spiritual energy, so you had to sacrifice yourselves,” Bai Qingqing explained.
Sacrifice...
The elders of the Yue family exchanged glances, their eyes filled with solemnity and unease.
Could it be that the clan chief's wife and this stone demon are in cahoots?
After all, she had calculated that she needed to infuse the boulder with spiritual energy every thirty days.
But she had already passed away while trying to calculate that sliver of hope.
Moreover, she had the best relationship with the clan chief.
We can't let the clan leader be implicated too, can we?
The elders of the Yue family were all somewhat uneasy and anxious.
One elder, unafraid of death, asked directly, "The clan chief's wife suggested channeling spiritual energy into the boulder. Could it be that she's trying to harm us?"
"Nonsense!" Yue Linxuan exclaimed, his beard bristling and eyes wide.
"The clan chief's wife's prediction has come true. The boulders are full, and the descendants of the Yue family have appeared. Aren't you all saved now?"
"Furthermore, the clan chief's wife exhausted her lifespan and soul in order to find this sliver of hope."
"How could you suspect and slander the clan chief's wife?"
The elder's face paled, and when he looked up and saw Yue Qingfeng's narrowed, dangerous eyes, he trembled.
He just had a moment of madness and said something he didn't mean.
Can we pretend he never said anything?
"I... I didn't mean that," the elder stammered, almost bursting into tears.
He certainly didn't want to be chopped down by the clan leader.
He hasn't lived enough yet.
“The clan chief’s wife did nothing wrong, nor did she say anything wrong,” Bai Qingqing suddenly said.
Everyone looked up at Bai Qingqing.
“That stone demon kept you to steal your spiritual power for advancement. If you hadn’t offered your sacrifices, it would have killed you long ago,” Bai Qingqing said.
"So, the clan chief's wife made us offer sacrifices to save our lives?" another elder of the Yue family asked, clutching his chest.
“Sacrifice can only temporarily save your lives,” Bai Qingqing said. “Once the stone demon has fully completed its advancement, you will still be killed by it.”
"Then, isn't what the clan chief's wife deduced a dead end?" another elder asked, pursing his lips.
"How could it be a dead end?" Yun Zhan finally couldn't help but ask, "Didn't Miss Bai come to save you? Aren't you already saved?"
The elders of the Yue family looked at each other.
That's true.
They are now saved.
Bai Qingqing glanced at them, her gaze carrying an overwhelming sense of pressure.
All the elders of the Yue family except Yue Linxuan felt their legs go weak and almost slipped off their stools.
My heart was pounding wildly.
Cold sweat poured down his forehead.
"Based on the extent of the sacrifices the clan chief's wife ordered you to make, that stone demon will need another 100,000 years to complete its advancement."
"At the cost of burning her soul, she roughly deduced that a descendant of the Yue family with the bloodline who could save you from the secret realm would appear in 100,000 years."
"Then she burned her lifespan to deduce the approximate spiritual power and time required for the stone demon to advance, thus giving you a two hundred thousand-year respite."
"You will be safe for the next two hundred thousand years, and your lifespan will not be lost."
"To give you hope, she specially burned her sea of consciousness to create a measuring ruler, which is the golden light outside the boulder."
"When the golden light reaches its peak, it basically means the day she predicted has arrived."
All of this was told to her by Xiao Hao.
In the end, she couldn't help but sigh to herself.
This clan chief's wife truly embodies great righteousness.
Burning one's lifespan will result in death. Burning one's soul will result in no afterlife.
Even if a wisp of soul survives the burning of one's sea of consciousness and is sent to be reincarnated, it will still result in a significant defect in the next life.
Clap clap clap.
The elder who had just raised the question suddenly knelt on the ground and then slapped himself hard across the face with both hands.
"I'm a bastard, I deserve to die. The clan chief's wife has made such a great sacrifice for our clan, and I just doubted her."
"Chieftain, I am not human. Hit me, punish me."
Without hesitation, Yue Qingfeng raised his foot and kicked the elder in the chest.
The elder grunted.
He flew up and crashed into an ancient tree outside the council hall, instantly causing the tree to crack.
The elder also coughed up a mouthful of blood, and his aura immediately weakened.
"Considering that you have realized your mistake and repented, I will not kill you," Yue Qingfeng said calmly.
"Thank you, clan chief." The elder finally breathed a sigh of relief.
It's just a minor injury; it'll heal with rest.
As long as I'm alive, that's all that matters.
Luckily, I knelt down quickly.
But what happened to me just now? Why did I suddenly blurt out those things without thinking?
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