Chapter 253 is being edited, right?
Wu Yun: "Boss, there are still some fox demons who are not interested in online discounts and are not price sensitive."
Ning Mingmei said: "Then we can stir up a racial war between the Demon Fox Clan and the Sky Fox Clan, and expose the scandal of several great demons of the Demon Fox Clan being lesbians. Besides, the history of the Demon Fox Clan is only 3,000 years old."
Wu Yun: "Boss, doesn't the history of the Demon Fox Clan have 4,000 years?"
Ning Mingmei pushed his glasses up: "The first 1,000 years belonged to the Sky Fox Clan. Oh, the traditional festivals of the Demon Fox Clan also originated from the Sky Fox Clan. I have already let the group of navy soldiers disguised as Sky Fox Clan speak."
After this beautiful trick was over, there was no one left in the Fox Clan who was doing real work. Even the guards of the forbidden area were distracted at work, thinking only of shopping and fighting after get off work. Massive amounts of spam messages such as “cut a bargain”, “group order” and “war of words” overwhelmed all social channels of the fox clan. The few fox demons who were not interested in either were overwhelmed by the spam messages and chose to stay indoors, cutting off all contact with the outside world. They will come out after this wave is over.
So Ning Mingmei was able to grasp the timing of administering the drug. The sustained-release drug that Gui Ruoxue put into the fox clan's spring water was the latest version newly produced by the Piaomiao Peak laboratory. This medicine can make the entire fox clan fall into a deep sleep, and they will complete the transformation into Bai Bugui during this time.
This should have been a perfect plan. Unfortunately, there is still a variable in this plan.
"The chief priest of the demon fox tribe. He has no interest in fast-moving consumer goods in the human world, and is not moved by the online war of words. This person lives in seclusion, his whereabouts are uncertain, and his mind is deep. Even when he appears in front of people, he wears a mask."
Ning Mingmei looked at the information about the high priest in his hand.
This information comes from Ning Mingmei's intelligence network. It is absolutely the latest and absolutely reliable. However, considering the opinions of the parties involved, Ning Mingmei confirmed the information with Bai Bugui before leaving.
"He was the one who sent you to the isolated island, ordered you to kill each other with other sin foxes, and said that only the strongest could walk out of there alive?"
Bai Bugui said: "Yes."
Ning Mingmei asked, "Was he the one who initially decided to send you to the Qingji Sect?"
Bai Bugui said, "Yes. But later, ten years after I entered the Qingji Sect, it was the priests in the clan who contacted me. I haven't received any news from him for a long time."
Ning Mingmei could feel Bai Bugui's low mood.
Since arriving at the Demon Fox Clan, Bai Bugui has often been silent and often doesn't speak. It seemed that every blade of grass and every tree here could arouse his thoughts.
He could finally become a complete demon fox, but the price was that he would never be able to return to the demon fox clan for the rest of his life - because he finally became a complete traitor. This sounds like a joke from hell.
But Ning Mingmei couldn't possibly interrupt the plan. He asked Bai Bugui: "What else do you know about the high priest?"
"He has three disciples. The eldest disciple is the great demon named You Sutuo. He has a rebellious temperament and likes to travel around. Fortunately, he is no longer a threat to us this time."
"His little apprentice is named You Suhuang. You Suhuang is different from You Sutuo. He has a cheerful personality and is very loyal to the high priest..."
"Why skip the second disciple?" Ning Mingmei sensitively caught this abnormality.
"Because the high priest's second disciple is very different." Bai Bugui hesitated, "I have never seen what he looks like. He is always silent, standing in the dark, wrapped in a robe and wearing a mask... When I met the high priest before, I felt that his fellow apprentices didn't like him very much."
Ning Mingmei had a strange feeling in his heart. This kind of weirdness often brings variables. He asked, "Do you know the high priest's weaknesses? For example, what is he obsessed with?"
"I have indeed studied this." Bai Bugui said, "When I first came out of the isolated island, I spent a lot of time studying the mind of the high priest. At that time, I thought that I would be lucky enough to become his fourth disciple... No, no, no, Master, being your fourth disciple is the luckiest thing in the world!"
Ning Mingmei: "Speak to the point."
Bai Bugui said: "His temperament is unpredictable. However, like other fox demons, he pursues powerful strength."
This sentence sounds as if it is consistent with the intelligence. Ning Mingmei asked again: "Did you see him again afterwards?"
Bai Bugui tried hard to recall: "After Master went into seclusion, I met the high priest. The high priest asked me about the progress of my search for the Demon King's tomb, and I answered truthfully. He let me leave. Speaking of which, he still frightened me a little at that time. I felt that he seemed to be more terrifying than before..."
The high priest's mind was unpredictable. Facing the worried Bai Bugui, Ning Mingmei said, "It doesn't matter, just be careful. But you, Bai Bugui, do you know what the key to our plan is in my mind?"
“…”
"It's you." Ning Mingmei said, "Your will is very important. Bai Bugui, are you determined to survive this transformation no matter what? Does the human blood in your body still make you hate it so much?"
"Master, if possible, I actually want to be a 100% human... but." Under Ning Mingmei's gaze, Bai Bugui looked at the palm of his hand, "I used to feel inferior because I was a half-demon, and later I felt proud of being a half-demon. But whether I am a human or a demon, the past is an important part of my life... It is my experience, my knowledge, and my struggle. I have never changed, but my perception of myself has changed again and again, and the outside world's perception of me has changed again and again."
"I think, no matter I am a half-demon, a demon, or a human, I have a common identity - Bai Bugui." Bai Bugui said, "As long as I know this, I will never feel shaken again. Moreover, as long as I become a complete fox, Master Bai can survive. This feeling is really good, just like..."
I have a family too.
Although Master Bai wouldn't know that she has such a family, right?
Whether in the past or now, Bai Bugui wanted to wash away the part of the human blood in his body because he wanted a home - a home that could recognize him. In the past, he hoped that this destination would be the fox clan. Now, he hopes that his final destination will be the Qingji Sect.
——Even though he just found out that Master Bai might be his relative, even though he wanted to immediately erase the last bit of proof that he had this relative.
The wind blew the wind chimes of the fox clan, and the bells rang. Bai Bugui said: "Master, do you know what the wind chimes of the fox tribe mean? They are the sound of bells that summon relatives to come home. Whether they are alive or dead."
"What does this mean?"
"The fox demons will hang parts of their deceased family members, or the most important things of the deceased, on the wind chimes. Whenever the wind chimes are played, the wandering souls will find their home in the notes in the wind. They then know that it is time for them to go home. When I left the fox demon tribe and went to the Qingji Sect, I thought that the fox demon tribe did not have my residence, nor my wind chimes. When I die, where should I go back to?"
"If I disappear, maybe no one will know."
Ning Mingmei remained silent in the night wind. After a moment, he said, "No."
“…”
Ning Mingmei: "If you disappear, at least the bank and the Qingjizong Housing Authority will know. You must have borrowed a lot of money to buy a house. You used the mortgaged house as collateral for the down payment on the next one, and you also leveraged your investment? You are pretty awesome."
Bai Bugui: “…”
The person died and the loan was not repaid. What a torture it is. But now Bai Bugui at least doesn’t have to worry about no one discovering his remains after his death. Three months after his death and the loan was overdue, both he and his entire address book received extremely warm greetings. By then, even the guy who just delivered spicy rabbit head takeout to Bai Bugui a few times will once again remember Bai Bugui, this outstanding international student.
Ning Mingmei: "Also, you've been out a lot lately, what about those purchasing orders you have? Have they all been sent out on time?"
It is true that some of Bai Bugui’s orders were not delivered on time. However, he felt that as the head of the group, there was nothing wrong with him abandoning those grain-eating people. So he said, "All are sent, all are sent, Master."
"Then, let's get started!"
…
"I never thought that now, I, Bai Bugui, would be cared for by so many people. Let me count the names, Qingji Sect Industrial and Commercial Bank, Qingji Sect Agricultural Bank, Qing Guiyuan, Qing..."
"Senior Brother Bai, even I have heard how popular you are." This was Hua Puff's response.
"Senior Brother Bai, the pre-sale house in Qingguiyuan is mine now." This was Lian Chengyue's response.
Bai Bugui: ...
"Stop making trouble and get down to business." This was Gui Ruoxue's answer.
He frowned slightly and listened to Ning Mingmei's response: "The high priest is not in the priest's house."
It looks like the worst-case scenario has happened. The high priest should be in the forbidden place. Gui Ruoxue said: "It doesn't matter, I will attack by surprise."
Ning Mingmei added: "Su Huang and Yin Zhu are not here either."
Yinzhu is the name of the second disciple.
Lao Shiba and Hua Puff stayed outside the restricted area to keep watch. The remaining six gathered in front of the forbidden area and sneaked in quietly. Under the influence of the drug, all the guards fell asleep. The smooth journey made people realize that three elite monsters were just ahead.
It seems that they had already discovered everyone's purpose, so they were lying in ambush at everyone's ultimate goal - the altar. But how did they find out?
But now that things have come to this, there is no turning back.
"Bai Bugui."
Bai Bugui originally thought he had let it go. But when he finally stepped into the forbidden area, he still couldn't help feeling confused. He looked at the intricate murals and gorgeous furnishings, and realized once again that he was a fox demon, and this could never be his home.
Now that Ning Mingmei had called him, he replied, "Master."
The title "Master" always gives Bai Bugui endless power. At this moment, he closed his eyes and insisted: "Master, I understand everything. No matter how difficult this road is, I will keep going..."
"Did you hear anything?"
Bai Bugui was stunned. He listened attentively, and then his eyes widened.
It's the sound of wind chimes.
Deep in the long corridor leading to the altar, the sound of wind chimes was heard!
At this moment, the voice of Lian Chengyue, who was exploring the way in the front, was heard: "Everyone, we don't need to unlock the mechanisms leading to the altar. They have been opened, and..."
"There is a wind chime hanging where the mechanism originally belonged."
It was a string of purple wind chimes. The bells were as crystal clear as amethyst, reflecting a dreamy light under the dim light in the forest. A few white things, like the baby teeth of young animals, are dotted between the wind chimes.
The vines that blocked the way faded away at this moment. Bai Bugui saw a figure from afar at the altar.
The figure of the high priest.
He stood there, as if he had been waiting for him for a long time. Su Huang had already fainted and was tied to a pillar. Yin Zhu was still wrapped in the tight robe, standing silently in the corner, like a gray shadow.
Through this, Bai Bugui heard words he had never thought he would hear.
“You’re finally here.”
Bai Bugui was dumbfounded and didn't know what to say for a moment. Ning Mingmei was the first to speak: "From what the high priest said, it seems that the high priest does not want to stop us?"
The high priest nodded and said, "That's right. In other words, without my help, your plan wouldn't have been so easy to carry out."
"I don't quite understand what the high priest said. We are a group of passers-by who just want to use the altar of the Demon Fox Tribe. But the high priest is a priest of the Demon Fox Tribe. Now, he allows us to march straight into the forbidden area and even helps knock out his own disciples. It's as if he is determined to let us use the altar freely." Ning Mingmei said, "Is this considered a treasonous act to the Demon Fox Tribe?"
The high priest was wearing a mask, so Ning Mingmei couldn't see his face, but he felt that he was smiling: "Ning Xianzun, there is no need to test me. I think Ning Xianzun must have a clue in his mind at this moment."
Everyone looked at Ning Mingmei in shock. Ning Mingmei said calmly: "But unfortunately, I don't like to be the one who explains. Or, let me raise a question as a breakthrough - how did the high priest know about Bai Bugui's return? Or, what is the meaning of the string of wind chimes that the high priest hung at the door of the forbidden room?"
"This question needs to be answered by Bai Bugui." The high priest turned to Bai Bugui and said, "Bugui, tell me, what is the function of the wind chime?"
"this……"
"It seems that you really didn't remember. The wind chimes of the demon fox tribe can call the souls of the dead - if their bones are bell tongues. At the same time, the wind chimes of the demon fox tribe can also reveal the return of living blood relatives to the tribe members - if the bones of their living blood relatives are made into part of the bell tongue by their own hands. When the owner of the bell tongue approaches, the wind chimes will begin to tremble and make sounds." The high priest said, "Do you understand now?"
"The clapper..."
"That white bell tongue is your baby tooth," said the high priest. "I strung it onto the wind chime myself and it has become a part of it."
! !
Bai Bugui took a step back and completely shut down: "So you..."
"That's right." The high priest looked at him from a distance, "I am your blood relative. Or, you could say that..."
"I am your father."
"How is it possible..."
Bai Bugui's pupils trembled violently. He had just made preparations for a decisive battle with the high priest. But now, the high priest, as the ultimate monster, actually personally cleared out his apprentice, the elite monster, and launched a Star Wars-style attack on him with "I AM YOUR FATHER!" Bai Bugui's health bar dropped to zero in an instant, as did his sanity. He even thought that this might be a trick by the high priest to pollute his mind.
——Why was this truth revealed after he bought so many pre-sale houses in Qingji Sect?
——If he had known this earlier, he could have become a native of the Demon Fox Tribe and a Celestial Dragon! No, that doesn't seem to be the case...
"Priest Bai." Ning Mingmei said, "I think we need an explanation, don't we? Your behavior is beyond our cognition and makes us feel very abnormal."
The high priest said: "It is normal for you to have such a reaction."
He stood there without moving, but raised his head and spoke as if he was looking at the starry sky: "This matter starts from three hundred years ago...Bai Bugui."
“…”
"I admit that I hated your mother." The high priest said, "...for many years."
…
"Before the Bai family gave up on Bai Ruowan, they had tried many times to improve Bai Ruowan's qualifications. Although Bai Ruowan was still weak at that time, she was not locked up in the house all day long. She still had the opportunity to go out, communicate with outsiders, and go to some secret realms with suitable strength... So she also had the opportunity to see me."
"Bai Ruowan and I met during a hunting trip. She lost her way, and so did I. At that time, she didn't know that I was from the demon fox tribe, and I didn't know that she was the daughter of the Bai family."
The meeting between the two was actually a very smooth process.
Bai Ruowan got lost in the secret hunting area with her bow and arrow. She was weak, but fortunately, the high priest was more seriously injured. The high priest comes from the cruel and bloodthirsty fox tribe. He had seen many monks, but never seen such a fragile life.
He is so fragile, as if he would break if he were to pinch lightly, like a drifting flower floating in the water, yet he still calls himself a monk. The high priest looked at her as if she were a joke.
Even if a joke can defeat the strong with the weak, even if a joke seems to be extremely clever. He also still thought she was a joke. Until he was careless for a moment and fell into the trap set by the other party. The moment he left the secret realm, he could no longer escape.
But Bai Ruowan was too weak after all. The high priest broke free from the trap before the Bai family arrived. He followed the family, wanting to know Bai Ruowan's identity. Soon, he felt that the world was even more exciting than he had imagined.
This beauty lamp that breaks when blown actually belongs to the direct descendant of the Bai family.
It’s the Bai family that has a generations-long blood feud with the fox clan.
Bai Ruowan is smart and scheming. But he knew that sooner or later she would be replaced by another healthy and lively child. What’s the use of having only means? So what if you are born looking "noble"? It's nothing more than making wedding dresses for others. All year round, he often sneaked into the Bai family's villa. The Bai family was alert, and he could do nothing else but come and see this joke. He watched her body decaying, lying by the pond in her purple dress.
Her long black hair hung down like the tangled roots of a lotus. Her pale skin was like unmelting snow, and she was plagued by endless nightmares every day.
The high priest still believed that he was just there to laugh at the joke. But the joke was so long-lasting that he watched it through winter, spring, and winter again.
It turned out that the first person to fall into the pond was not her, but her sister. After that, she had a high fever for three days. The fox demons were bloody and brutal, and there were many cases of them eating their own kind alive. Therefore, he did not think that Bai Ruowan was vicious. He just thought that even if she drowned her own sister, it would be useless.
Now she is just a joke. If the Bai family really let this sick woman survive and become the head of the Bai family. Then the entire Bai family will become a joke in the demon world.
So after she recovered from her illness, he just hid himself and watched her boredly from the dead tree. He watched her sitting by the pond, combing her long hair with a wooden comb. Finally, he heard her voice.
"How long do you want to see it?"
It was only at this point that the high priest finally felt happy - she, who was so insensitive to spiritual energy, actually discovered him. Bai Ruowan's eyes were sharper than he had imagined.
He would occasionally show up to meet her. He brought her things that she couldn't get in the deep house, and gave them to her while mocking her. In the eyes of Bai Ruoru, who occasionally saw them communicating, this became proof of "love". To Bai Ruowan's personal maid, this was a hateful scene that caused a dark fire to burn in her eyes.
Although the maid was pretty, she did not have strong spiritual roots, so only Bai Ruowan took her in. She often thought that she was a mortal and her lady was also a mortal. Since they all had short lives, when her mistress died, she would die too, to keep her company.
Then another day passed. The high priest sat on a dead tree, watching her combing her hair by the pond with boredom. Finally, he heard her say, "In a few days, my mother will take me to my aunt's house. They will announce that my sister will become the official young master of the Bai family."
"I'm about to be abandoned. Do you want to take this opportunity to take me out?"
…
"At that time, I thought it was an elopement. I fought desperately to get her out of the carriage on the way to her aunt's house. Dozens of arrows pierced my body and blood flowed out."
"It was not until later that I realized that this was just an exploit. She wanted to use a child, a child that was difficult to kill, to take revenge on the Bai family."
"I was arrogant at the time, so I slammed the door and left. Then something happened in the clan. But when I came back, she had been taken back to the Bai family and died of illness. The child and her maid were nowhere to be found either."
"I have never been able to understand Bai Ruowan. She wanted to leave a child behind to avenge the Bai family, but before she died, she told the Bai family the secrets of the Demon Fox Clan that she learned from me. As a result, five years later, the Bai family was defeated by the Demon Fox Clan, and my people suffered heavy casualties. Since then, I have begun to look for ways to gain greater power for my people. Moreover, I hate her deeply."
"I don't understand what she is thinking. Does she hate the Bai family, but at the same time, she also wants the Bai family to be heartbroken and mourn for her death? Then what am I?"
"Later, I found the child. But since she said she didn't love me, I didn't want to meet him again. Every time I saw his face that looked like his mother's, I felt like someone was telling me how badly I had been deceived. Even so, I still took his fallen teeth away for some unknown reason."
"I made the purple wind chime according to the method passed down within the Demon Fox Tribe. But no one knows that when I looked at the purple wind chime, I was thinking that it would be best if he never returned to the Demon Fox Tribe."
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