The Long Journey to Immortality

However, Fox Mountain was interrupted by Fang Lin, who had just arrived in the area, before he could finish speaking.

Fang Lin said, "Fellow Daoist Fox Mountain, I also know about this old story, but the hidden details are not something you knew when you were still in human form."

“I originally intended to discuss this matter with you privately in a few days, but I didn’t expect you to bring it up today to question Brother Fengyang.”

"Never mind, I'll act as the referee today. I'll trouble Brother Fengyang and Fellow Daoist Hushan to have a good talk about this matter."

"After all, your grandfather, Hu Qingyan, and I are acquaintances. I don't want to see you make enemies with Brother Fengyang, who is also your grandfather's old friend, because of a misunderstanding."

"The story of that day is not as simple as you think, or rather, it is completely different from the story you imagine."

Fang Lin quickly drew Fox Mountain's attention to him with just a few words.

Fox Mountain was stunned.

The effects of the alcohol wore off in the blink of an eye, and he was stunned because he had actually lashed out at a Nascent Soul Realm expert.

It was because they heard something different from what Fang Lin, such a prominent figure, had said.

Hearing Fang Lin say this, Feng Yang, who was being watched with curiosity by the many magical beasts attending the banquet, felt embarrassed to remain uninvolved any longer.

He spoke lightly, but there was no hint of perfunctoriness in his words.

"Fox Mountain, many things are not as simple as you think."

“That day, your grandfather, Hu Qingyan, came to me because he wanted to entrust your tribe, especially you, to my care.”

"Who would have thought that on that day, I had just parted ways with him when he was attacked and his head was separated from his body."

"You were still young then, having just taken human form and begun to develop your intelligence, and you didn't understand human relationships or worldly affairs."

"Naturally, they believed the elders in the clan, thinking that I killed Hu Qingyan because of a disagreement."

At this point, Fox Mountain nodded blankly and said, "That's what my parents said."

After speaking, Fox Mountain turned to look at the elders of his clan who had come with him not far away.

But he found that the elders in the clan seemed to be completely oblivious to what was happening there, not even raising their heads, and were busy picking up food and eating meat.

This behavior filled him with doubts, making him increasingly believe what Fang Lin said: there was something hidden in the matter he had been obsessed with for two hundred years.

"If I'm not mistaken, it must have been a dragon or a magical beast related to dragons that went to your clan to deliver the corpse."

Feng Yang leaned back, which didn't look like a confrontation at all.

Fox Mountain nodded again and said, "Yes, although my memory of this matter is vague, it is indeed true."

"Alright, it seems you can listen to reason. So today I will tell you everything."

"Whether you believe it or not, after you've listened, go wherever you want and don't get in my way again today."

Feng Yang was, after all, a Nascent Soul Realm expert, and had no intention of wasting too much time talking to a junior.

Chapter 457 The Truth of the Past

Fox Mountain listened to Feng Yang's words and said nothing more, only bowing.

However, he was not as calm as he appeared.

He was prepared to hear a story from Fengyang that was completely contrary to the facts he knew, but which was plausible.

All the guests who came to the banquet also focused their attention on the two of them.

In particular, another group of foxes came to human territory.

The fox-woman with a fluffy white tail temporarily abandoned the human cultivator she was getting along with, stretched out her snow-white neck, and looked forward to hearing some extraordinary news from Feng Yang.

The person who was most indifferent to this matter was the uncle-like member of the same clan who had come to the human territory with Fox Mountain.

He seemed to have his senses blocked, indifferent to the events happening not far away that concerned him, Fox Mountain, and his clan, and continued drinking and eating as if nothing was wrong.

Han Lu had some guesses in her mind after seeing the behavior of this fox clan elder.

"Perhaps it's because he already knew that Fox Mountain had been deceived in this matter? And he knew the truth?"

Han Lu's deduction is reasonable, but the specific reasons and results will depend on Feng Yang's subsequent words.

Therefore, as an observer from 100,000 years in the future, she was quite looking forward to hearing what kind of story Feng Yang would tell her next.

A story completely opposite to his killing of the Fox Mountain elder in a fit of rage.

Unfortunately, while everyone was eagerly anticipating the story, Feng Yang chose to tell Fox Mountain his story via telepathy, a rather secretive and private method.

Fengyang twitched slightly, and a wealth of information was transmitted to Fox Mountain's brain through divine sense.

He had barely begun when Fox Mountain's expression changed several times, clearly indicating that he had heard something extraordinary.

This is like a play reaching its climax only to have two poorly performing actors come on stage to perform a mime.

This left the onlookers, who were expecting a thrilling spectacle, quite disappointed.

Some of the more irritable monsters even wanted to loudly jeer and provoke Fox Mountain, this newcomer, to lose his composure once again and bring this matter, which Feng Yang considered private, into the open, so that these slightly drunk onlookers could have a good time and satisfy their curiosity.

Unfortunately, this matter is not only related to Feng Yang, a great master at the Nascent Soul stage, but also to Fang Lin, the second-in-command of the human race, who is also involved.

These magical beasts had all gained sentience, and they dared not offend the two of them for the sake of a little curiosity.

Everyone could only hide their disappointment on their faces or in their hearts, some drinking and some eating, but they also strained their ears and stimulated their five senses, hoping to hear a few words through the wind to relieve the itch in their hearts.

Han Lu, who was even more curious than the other guests, was not disappointed at all.

Because she knew that, with the power of the Moon Pearl, she would most likely find out the truth about this matter after the banquet.

After all, Feng Jiao was also there looking completely bewildered, unaware of what connection her father, Feng Yang, had with Fox Mountain.

Fengyang brought his daughter here to train her to be a qualified successor.

Naturally, Fengyang couldn't keep this from Fengjiao. Most likely, after the event, he would tell Fengjiao everything in private.

However, if we're talking about disappointment, the most disappointed person present was Fang Lin, who had taken the initiative to get involved in the matter.

Although he was one of the few people present who knew the truth, he wanted to amplify the matter so that the guests at the banquet would learn of the cruelty of the dragons and thus win their hearts.

Unfortunately, he couldn't inform Feng Yang beforehand, so he could only watch silently as Feng Yang used this private method to tell Fox Mountain, a story known only to a few.

The story was short; even though Feng Yang wasn't good at storytelling, he only spoke for a minute using telepathy.

In just one minute, Fox Mountain, who was completely different from his pre-transformation self two hundred years ago, heard a story from Feng Yang that was not simple at all.

As he grew older and this trip allowed him to understand from a higher perspective the story that Fengyang hadn't explained to him in detail.

As soon as Fengyang finished transmitting his voice, he immediately looked at the uncle who was calm and composed not far away.

Although Feng Yang, as a master of the Nascent Soul Realm, was unlikely to be deceived by the patriarch of the True Spirit Clan, he still harbored a slight skepticism about Feng Yang's story.

After all, Fengyang was the murderer in the old story.

Fang Lin saw through Fox Mountain's thoughts and said, "Fellow Daoist Fox Mountain."

Fang Lin now completely regarded Fox Mountain as the offspring of his old friend, and his tone of voice was different from usual.

“I know this matter very well. What Brother Fengyang said is true. This is the truth.”

With Fang Lin's guarantee, Fox Mountain's last remaining doubts were dispelled.

Leaning slightly to apologize to Feng Jiao, Hu Shan quickly returned to his uncle's side.

Without any hesitation, Fox Mountain grabbed his uncle, who was over a hundred years older than him but had the same cultivation level, and pulled him away from the table, where they were enjoying their meal, to a private place to explain things in detail.

The farce that began like a sudden storm ended in such a way that it was truly unexpected for many people.

However, most of the magical beasts and cultivators who were able to come here were people who had seen a lot, and they did not take this matter too seriously.

Apart from Feng Jiao, who was still bothered by the matter, everyone else present acted as if nothing had happened.

The banquet lasted for a little over an hour and a quarter of an hour. As Feng Yang took the initiative to lead Feng Jiao away, the other magical beasts also took their leave one after another after they had finished eating and drinking.

Although the Alliance wasn't mentioned much at the banquet, the envoys from various races in Warcraft still leaned slightly in favor of the human race.

As Han Lu had predicted, even though Feng Jiao didn't ask about it, Feng Yang brought up the politically charged "murder case" to Feng Jiao as soon as he returned to his residence.

The story wasn't complicated, and Han Lu, who was listening nearby, quickly figured it out and understood the ins and outs.

At that time, Fox Mountain's grandfather, Fox Qingyan, was a powerful expert at the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm, but his days were numbered.

There are only three years left before the tribulation of lightning arrives, but his body is already old and frail due to the approaching end of his lifespan. Although his realm is high, his strength has dropped to the Nascent Soul level.

As the only Nascent Soul Realm expert in his own fox clan, Hu Qingyan naturally wanted to find someone to entrust his affairs to, so as to prevent his clansmen and younger generations from suffering after his death.

So Hu Qingyan approached Feng Yang, whom he knew well. Relying on their friendship and the many benefits he promised, he persuaded Feng Yang to agree to help his clansmen and younger generations after his death.

Unfortunately, by then, the prototype of the human-dragon war had already emerged.

In the eyes of the Dragon Clan, Fengyang was clearly a true spirit destined to side with the human race.

In order to intimidate the many neutral magical beasts, the Dragon Clan, unable to deal with Feng Yang, turned their attention to Hu Qingyan.

After the attack and assassination, they would take the corpse to the fox clan to frame them.

The method of framing them was very low-level, as if they were afraid that Hu Qingyan's clansmen would not know that it was the Dragon Clan who carried out the killing to establish their authority.

Fearing the power of the dragons, Hu Qingyan's descendants could only be told the stories fabricated by the dragons and actively distanced themselves from Fengyang, obediently becoming one of the many clans that depended on the dragons.

As for younger generations like Fox Mountain, it was the influence of the story that caused them to harbor resentment towards Huan Feng and Feng Yang.

Han Lu could understand, but Feng Jiao couldn't immediately grasp why the fox clan had made such a choice.

However, with her father, Feng Yang, working part-time as a political science teacher, Feng Jiao quickly understood the helplessness of the weak in surviving in this desolate place.

Having figured this out, Feng Jiao couldn't help but feel sympathy for the young man from Fox Mountain, whom she had a fairly good impression of.

Looking at Feng Jiao's expression, Han Lu understood Feng Jiao's thoughts almost immediately.

An amazing idea popped into her head.

Chapter 458 Feng Jiao's True Love

"Could it be that Feng Jiao will end up with this Fox Mountain who fell from the sky in the future?"

Han Lu looked at Feng Jiao, then at Feng Yang, and felt that this idea made more and more sense.

Judging from the situation at the banquet, Fox Mountain clearly no longer regards Feng Yang as an enemy, and Feng Yang will naturally put aside some of his airs as a Nascent Soul stage expert and take care of his old friend's grandson.

Feng Jiao clearly had a good impression of Fox Mountain, and the expression on her face at this moment seemed to Han Lu as indicating that she was quite interested in and had some ideas about Fox Mountain.