Dressed as the last nine-tailed fox

Chapter 362 Chapter 356 Bloodbath in the Sky Palace

When dusk fell on Qingqiu, all nine peaks were covered with gauze.

Thousands of wild peach trees are in full bloom along the Qingyu Steps, their splendid beauty burning half of the cliff into clouds. The falling petals fall into the stream and turn into fireflies. Now is the most beautiful season in Qingqiu.

Pei Enze walked slowly along the green jade steps towards the depths of the peach forest. If someone asked him at this moment, even he himself would find it difficult to answer why he appeared in Qingqiu.

Unfortunately, Pei Enze met an 'acquaintance'.

……

"The Crown Prince of the Celestial Clan?" Although Yi Jinan was a 'hands-off boss', he never missed any occasion he was supposed to attend. Therefore, even though he had died once, it was not difficult for him to recognize Pei Enze.

"Why are you here?" Yi Jinan didn't give Pei Enze a good look.

Not far away, Xing Tao'er was about to pick a peach blossom. Hearing the sound, she let go of the branch and turned to look at Pei Enze, "Prince of the Celestial Clan?"

Everyone loves beautiful scenery. The peach blossoms in Qingqiu were in full bloom, so Yi Jinan and Xing Taoer deliberately found a secluded place with few people to appreciate the flowers. However, they did not expect to meet Pei Enze here. Now their good mood of appreciating the flowers was completely disturbed by him.

"Chief Yi, Madam Chief." Pei Enze bowed his head slightly in greeting. When Xing Taoer turned around, there was still a smile on the corner of her mouth. She must have heard something interesting just now, but the smile disappeared completely when her eyes touched him.

Feeling the undisguised hatred directed at him, Pei Enze knew in his heart that he was not welcome in the hospitable Qingqiu.

"I don't mean to disturb you two." Pei Enze said as he stepped back and pretended to leave.

"Wait." Yi Jinan stopped Pei Enze.

Watching himself being surrounded by three walls of air, Pei Enze slowly raised his hands, with obvious helplessness in his tone, "Patriarch Yi, I don't have any ill intentions."

"The people of the Celestial Tribe are the most cunning." Xing Taoer reminded: "Jin An, don't trust him."

Yi Jinan could not deny what Xing Taoer said, and asked Pei Enze again: "What on earth are you doing in Qingqiu?"

Pei Enze was silent for a moment. It was no exaggeration to say that thousands of excuses flashed through his mind. In the end, he decided to be honest and said, "Appreciating the flowers."

"Appreciate... flowers?" Yi Jinan and Xing Taoer obviously didn't believe Pei Enze's words.

"Yes, it's just to appreciate the flowers." Pei Enze nodded honestly. After seeing the red datura flowers, he always felt a faint fishy smell of blood at the tip of his nose, but no matter how he used the cleansing spell, he couldn't get rid of the smell. On the way back to the Celestial Clan, he suddenly wanted to take a look at the peach blossoms in Qingqiu, perhaps the peach blossoms could remove the fishy smell of blood.

Sure enough, after arriving in Qingqiu, the fragrance of peach blossoms hit us in the face, and the fishy smell disappeared instantly.

"At this time of year, the beauty of Qingqiu is well-known throughout the Three Realms. I am also a person who loves beauty. Since I have some free time, I naturally want to come and enjoy the scenery that all the creatures in the Three Realms admire."

Pei Enze's sincerity almost shook Yi Jinan's suspicion. "Just happened to have some free time?" Yi Jinan emphasized and repeated these five words. "According to you, your Celestial Clan is very idle recently?"

Yi Jinan looked Pei Enze up and down carefully. "You are a prince of the Celestial Clan. Why don't you stay in the Celestial Clan? Instead, you come all the way to Qingqiu to appreciate the flowers? If you say that those things didn't happen between our clans, it would be credible. But now, do you think that your reason for coming to Qingqiu to appreciate the flowers is credible?"

"What happened before was..."

Pei Enze was about to explain, but was interrupted by Yi Jinan, "Besides, is the Celestial Clan really free now? As far as I know, Pei Yan hasn't shown up for a long time."

"My father, he..." Pei Enze suddenly paused. He didn't know how to continue. If he told the truth, he couldn't be sure whether Yi Jinan would keep his mouth shut about the affairs of Fuxing City after knowing everything. If Yi Jinan told others about the yellow-eyed monster... Pei Enze didn't dare to imagine it. He couldn't risk the future of the entire Celestial Clan.

But if he didn't tell the truth, Pei Enze couldn't lie to Yi Jinan because of guilt. Pei Enze turned his head and said, "I'm sorry, Chief Yi, I can't say it."

"But..." Pei Enze turned his head back and looked at Yi Jinan seriously, assuring him, "I came to Qingqiu just to enjoy the flowers. I definitely don't have any bad intentions."

Yi Jinan didn't say anything, but the words "disbelief" were written in both his and Xing Taoer's eyes when they looked at Pei Enze.

Pei Enze took a deep breath, then slowly lowered his eyes, "What happened before was the fault of the Celestial Clan and the Nine-tailed Fox Clan. Even if you want my life to atone for your sin, I will not hesitate, but please give me some time."

Yi Jinan frowned and said unhappily: "Why should I want your life for no reason? Even if the Nine-tailed Fox Clan really wants the Celestial Clan to pay with their lives, the life that should be demanded should be Pei Yan's." It is true that Yi Jinan hates the Celestial Clan, but in the final analysis, what he hates the most is the hypocrite Pei Yan. If it weren't for him, all this might not have happened at all.

"You will get what you want."

Yi Jinan carefully looked at Pei Enze's unusually serious expression for a while, and felt confused, "I got what I wanted...?"

It was clearly the warm spring season, but suddenly the whole peach forest became cold. "What do you want to do?" Yi Jinan looked at Pei Enze with a strange look in his eyes. "Are you coming to Qingqiu to find someone to help you kill your father?"

"No, no." Pei Enze denied it quickly and emphasized again: "I came to Qingqiu to enjoy the flowers. Other than that, I really don't have any other purpose."

"I can assure you with my position as the crown prince." Pei Enze raised three fingers, "As long as I am here, the Celestial Clan will never do anything that is detrimental to the Nine-tailed Fox Clan, nor will it involve the Nine-tailed Fox Clan in the vortex of the Celestial Clan's disputes."

"Promise? Ha, how can you promise?" Xing Taoer asked sharply, "In theory, you are just a prince at best. Above you, there is a Heavenly Sovereign."

"Don't worry, it will be gone soon." Pei Enze's expression had long since become indifferent. When he said this, his emotions did not fluctuate at all, as if what he was talking about was just an insignificant little thing.

But it was this sentence that made Yi Jinan silent for a long time. Combined with the previous words, it was not difficult for him to guess what Pei Enze wanted to do. "I didn't expect that you would be more...decisive than Pei Yan."

Seeing Yi Jinan's speechless expression, Pei Enze wanted to explain something, but when the words came to his lips, he still didn't say them. "Changle, I once told me about you."

These words were like throwing a stone into stagnant water, stirring up waves in Pei Enze's eyes, which were as calm as stagnant water. Although he knew that he shouldn't show any strange emotions, Pei Enze couldn't help but ask, "What did she say?"

Yi Jinan looked at Pei Enze deeply, and he did not hide the pity in his eyes. "She said that you are different from Pei Yan. Pei Yan has a black heart, but he insisted that his heart is white, and you deliberately wrapped a layer of black on your heart." Yi Jinan sighed and said, "I understand that Pei Yan is your biological father, and you must have done many things against your will. Changle always said that you are a good child."

"I noticed it when you first entered Qingqiu, which is why I didn't do anything to you and let you walk here." Yi Jin calmed down and continued, "I believe in my daughter, and I hope you will not let her down."

Pei Enze clenched his fist silently, "I won't."

After getting the answer, Yi Jinan took a step back, while Xing Taoer took a step forward. She took over the conversation and asked Pei Enze, "You said before that you wanted to atone for your sins with your life, but are you sincere?"

"nature."

Xing Taoer nodded thoughtfully, "If you want to atone for your sins, then you must feel guilty, right?"

"Correct."

After getting a definite answer, Xing Taoer curled the corners of her lips and said, "The Nine-Tailed Fox Clan does not need you to atone your sins with your life, but you can promise me one thing. If you can promise me, I will settle all the grievances between the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan and the Celestial Clan. Although our two clans are no longer allies, we will definitely no longer be enemies."

I thought Pei Enze would agree immediately, but Xing Taoer saw a hint of hesitation between his eyebrows, which instantly made the corners of Xing Taoer's mouth disappear. "Why, do you think I'm just the wife of the clan leader and can't be the master of the Nine-tailed Fox Clan?"

"No." Pei Enze explained: "I was just thinking, isn't it too little to agree to just one thing?" Xing Taoer is Yi Changle's mother. Just for this reason, Pei Enze believes that Xing Taoer will not let him do anything that will harm the Three Realms or the Celestial Clan.

"It's not a small amount. You can only do this one thing. If you accomplish this one day, you won't be able to do the rest, no matter how small or simple it is." Xing Taoer said with certainty: "For me, this one thing is enough to offset everything that came before."

"Okay, I promise you." After listening to Xing Taoer's words, Pei Enze no longer hesitated and agreed, promising: "No matter what it is, I will try my best, even at the cost of my life."

"If Changle is in danger in the future and is on the verge of death, you must save her once. Even if it costs you your own life, you must use your life to exchange for hers."

"Taoer, is this about Changle or..."

Before Yi Jinan could finish his words, Xing Taoer raised her hand to stop him, "I am her mother and I can make the decision. She doesn't need to know."

Then, Xing Taoer asked Pei Enze solemnly, "Are you willing?"

"I am willing." Pei Enze chuckled, and somehow he said what was in his mind, "Even if you don't ask me today, if there really comes such a day, I am willing to exchange my life for Yi Changle's life."

"You...you..." Yi Jinan hesitated to speak, but still asked the question in his mind, "Do you like Changle?"

"Yes, I like her." Pei Enze admitted frankly, and added: "But don't worry, I know that the person she loves is not me. I will only keep this feeling in my heart and will not cause any burden to Yi Changle."

Xing Taoer winked at Yi Jinan, as if to say, "See, I told you so a long time ago."

"But..." Yi Jinan considered his words carefully and spoke carefully, "If that's the case, then why did you cancel the engagement in the first place?"

"I was born to Pei Yan. This alone doesn't make me a good destination for anyone, right?" Pei Enze smiled, without even a hint of complaint in his tone.

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The Lingxiao Palace was filled with agarwood. After a long time, the bloody smell and the scent of ambergris left by Pei Yan were finally diluted. Pei Enze closed his eyes, leaned back in the dragon chair, and gently rubbed his temples.

"Your Highness." After Bai Mengyu cast a spell to remove the last trace of blood in the palace, she worriedly said, "Are we being too... cruel by doing this?"

Over the years, Pei Enze has been collecting a list of Pei Yan's confidants. After returning to the Celestial Clan, he almost immediately carried out a cleanup of the Celestial Clan. As the names on the list were crossed out one by one, the Panlong Pillars of the Lingxiao Palace were stained with blood. When it was just stained, Bai Mengyu wanted to wash the blood off the Panlong Pillars, but Pei Enze stopped her.

Pei Enze stopped only when the Panlong Pillar was completely dyed red. Bai Mengyu put away her shock and carefully cleaned the Panlong Pillar bit by bit.

The Celestial Clan was in a panic for a while. The Celestial Sovereign disappeared, and the Crown Prince went on a killing spree. However, no one knew what had happened. The door of the Lingxiao Palace was tightly closed, and there was no movement except for the flowing blood.

"Is it cruel?" Pei Enze slowly opened his eyes. He picked up the list on the table, and after making sure that there was no missing name, he snapped his fingers, and the list disappeared instantly.

"But I feel like I'm still a little too kind." Pei Enze raised a mocking sneer and stroked the dragon head on the dragon throne. The cold touch made his fingertips numb. "Based on what they did, if it wasn't for the reputation of the Celestial Clan, how could I let them die so easily?"

"But maybe some of them also have their own reasons. Just like you did before..." Bai Mengyu immediately shut up when she met Pei Enze's cold eyes.

"Just like I used to do?" Pei Enze said what Bai Mengyu hadn't finished saying, "Since you have no choice, why don't you try to resist?"

"I overstepped my boundaries." Bai Mengyu lowered her head.

"Think it over. This is just the beginning. I am only dealing with the people on the list. There are more in the dark. If we want to reverse the current situation of the Celestial Clan, such situations will happen again, or even more." Pei Enze's tone was cold without a trace of warmth. "If you want to stay by my side in the future, put away your womanly kindness. If you want to leave, I will let you go."

Bai Mengyu raised her head and looked in Pei Enze's direction again. She felt that he, sitting up high, was more lonely than before. "I'm not leaving."

She couldn't imagine how lonely Pei Enze would be if she left too, and he was the only one left in the empty hall. She didn't want him to be that lonely.

(End of this chapter)