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Today is the day for the awakening ceremony. Almost all the nine-tailed foxes of Qingqiu Kingdom have gathered in front of the Su clan's ancestral land, quietly waiting for their ancestors to properly arrange the venue for the awakening ceremony.

"It's alright, isn't it?"

Hearing Su Yan's remark, the fox mother glanced around and complained, "The foxes you see now are mostly from the Qingqiu and Tushan clans. Many of our foxes haven't come home yet."

The number of nine-tailed foxes attending the clan meeting was around eighty-three. This was all the members of the nine-tailed fox clan that could be gathered at present. If calculated according to the number of nine-tailed foxes currently existing in the clan genealogy, there are only one hundred and twenty-eight recognized nine-tailed foxes in total.

There were originally 135, but seven were lost due to the corruption of the Nightmare Suppression Technique. According to the family tree, those seven were almost a generation apart.

So much so that when Su Yan goes home now, she doesn't see any older brothers or sisters at all; they are either peers, uncles or aunts, or younger brothers and sisters.

The fact that the number of foxes can be maintained at over a hundred is entirely due to the long lifespan of the divine beast race. If it were a race with a shorter lifespan, such as humans, it would be questionable whether even a few nine-tailed foxes would survive.

Unless there is a sudden event or unexpected situation resulting in the loss of members, the number of members generally will not change.

"They've fallen on hard times."

A Qingqiu fox with a detached expression and sharp eyes, holding a blade, twitched its ears and looked at its mother and Su Yan, saying, "From the peak of our clan's number of over a thousand, our clan members have actually been decreasing. Without any opportunities, the number of our clan members will only continue to decrease."

Divine beasts and exotic beasts mainly rely on longevity to maintain their population size. Except for the arrogant insects, the number of divine beasts and exotic beasts in the cultivation world is decreasing.

Looking across the cultivation world, only the Pride Insect Clan has consistently maintained a growth curve in its population.

"This is a disgrace!" The fox from Qingqiu sighed slowly as he finished speaking.

"You all know that the numbers have been declining, so why not bring those with high blood purity into the Nine-Tailed Fox clan? Maybe one day, they can produce a genus-attributed individual like Princess Xia Yu." The fox mother gave the fox who interrupted a deep look and shut him down with a single sentence.

The fox from Qingqiu was slightly taken aback, turned its head, and said with a slightly weak voice, "Alas, the ancestral laws cannot be changed. Although we have been losing members, the probability of a return to our ancestral form is not as high as our efforts."

"Moreover, our Qingqiu clan has the highest birth rate among the three clans!"

Qingqiu Shi's words circled around, slightly regaining some confidence, before immediately refuting Fox Mother.

Of the three ethnic groups, your birth rate is the lowest in Su. How dare you criticize us who are having so many children?

Qingqiu looked at Su Yan, who only had one tail, with a slightly disgusted expression.

"boom--"

Su Yan noticed Qingqiu's disdain and immediately showed off her four tails. Qingqiu's fox face froze for a moment, then she turned her head away, completely ignoring the unreasonable Su.

"clap clap"

The patriarch of the Su family emerged from the old mansion, clapped his hands to draw everyone's attention, and slowly began to speak:

"All foxes, come inside. The people of Qingqiu will block off all the major roads in Qingqiu Kingdom. Anyone who tries to break through the pass and attempt to escape to Jishan will be killed without exception."

Although Qingqiu Kingdom is the home of the Nine-Tailed Foxes, it is inhabited by all sorts of beasts, all under the protection and jurisdiction of the Nine-Tailed Fox clan. However, the Nine-Tailed Foxes don't usually cause trouble. Apart from the Su Clan Foxes who are roaming the cultivation world, the other foxes live a leisurely life in their own little corner of the land.

Only in very rare circumstances will the Nine-Tailed Fox, as the ruler of the Qingqiu Kingdom, summon all the beasts of Qingqiu.

At the command of the Su Clan Ancestor, all the beasts of Qingqiu immediately entered a state of seclusion. After all the foxes had entered Peach Blossom Spring, the Su Clan Ancestor even closed the gate to the dream world.

Arriving at Peach Blossom Spring, the place remains as dreamlike as ever, filled with the comforting scent of herbs.

A meteorite with a diameter of over five kilometers was placed in an open space in the peach orchard. The surface of the meteorite was as smooth and clean as if it had been carved by a knife and axe, and it stood quietly in the open space of the peach orchard.

The two heroes of Qingqiu, the patriarch of Tushan, the lord of the night, the lord of the day, the patriarch of the proud insect clan, and the chief of the moon rabbit clan were already waiting beside the meteorite, quietly waiting for the awakening ceremony to officially begin.

The tribes that originally followed the Queen Mother of the West, as well as the representatives of the tribes that the Queen Mother of the West had gathered before she went into slumber, have all gathered here to await the legendary goddess.

The Queen Mother of the West is a legendary goddess with a thousand faces. She is a ferocious goddess who is half-human and half-beast and in charge of plagues and executions; she is also a lucky goddess who controls the elixir of immortality and possesses infinite creation and life-giving abilities; and she is also a goddess of unparalleled beauty with a heavenly grace.

Her greatness and beauty are beyond description or summarization, even with all the words available.

"Mother, could you stand on your tiptoes? Those Qingqiu foxes in the front row are too tall, I can't see them at all." Su Yan stood upright on his fox mother's shoulders, stretching his legs to try and see the divine splendor of the Queen Mother of the West when she awoke.

But those Qingqiu foxes in the front row, I don't know what they eat to grow so big, one or two of them are as tall as oxen and as big as oxen. Standing next to them, even at 1.8 meters tall, they look petite. After transforming, they are all about 2 meters tall, firmly pressing down on the fox mother by half a head. As a result, even when Su Yan stands on tiptoe, it is difficult to see what is happening in front of him.

"Click-click-click—"

Although Su Yan couldn't see what was happening in front of him, the awakening ritual didn't stop for a moment.

The four ancestors of Qingqiu, Tushan, and Yousu opened up their own universes and attached themselves to the black Dao patterns on the meteorite, beginning to invade the blessed lands built by the universes hidden within the Dao patterns.

After searching the cosmic space, the other celestial beings who were watching from the sidelines also joined forces, opening up the cosmic space and attaching it to the blessed land, and together they forcibly dug a hole in the hidden blessed land.

Myriad divine lights emerged from the void. The Su Clan Ancestor seized the opportunity of the cave's opening, raised his hand, and poured all the immortal spiritual energy he had recently collected into it.

Before the celestial energy could spread, all the celestial beings withdrew into their own universes and closed the cracked gates of the blessed lands again to prevent the celestial energy from leaking out.

"Aren't the ancestors going to take a look? What if the one in that cave isn't the Queen Mother of the West?" Seeing the ancestors all working together to pour all their immortal energy into the cave, a very rebellious thought suddenly popped into Su Yan's mind.

What if the thing living in the cave isn't the Queen Mother of the West?

It's not that Su Yan suspects the dragons of sending false information, but he feels that those old monsters are so shrewd. If they encounter a lonely Holy Spirit, and the Holy Spirit is worried that he might never wake up before going to sleep, is it possible that they deliberately make some kind of disguise in front of his sleeping place?

To disguise oneself as a Holy Spirit and deceive the beings under the Holy Spirit's command to provide sustenance for oneself?

After all, I'm all alone now, and I can't even get welfare. On the other hand, your family is so large and prosperous. It wouldn't be too much for me to mooch some off you, would it? After all, you have a lot of family members, so you won't miss out on a few more breaths of divine energy.

"?"

Su Yan's words startled the crowd who had been looking at the meteorite with anticipation. They subconsciously turned around and looked at the little fox whispering in the fox mother's ear. A question mark slowly appeared in their eyes, and then question marks flew everywhere.

"If you can't speak properly, shut your mouth!"

The patriarch of the Su family, standing in front of the sacrificial altar, rolled his eyes and loudly rebuked:

"What hermit crab fallacy! Although our ancestors never saw the Queen Mother of the West, we could still recognize her aura and power of creation. How could they possibly worship the wrong grave when offering sacrifices to their ancestors, giving wandering ghosts a chance to eat offerings for nothing!"

Your grandmother worshipped the wrong grave!

Although we are old, we are not so blind as to fail to recognize the divine power and aura of the Queen Mother of the West. What nonsense are you spouting!

The beautiful eyes of the Su family patriarch widened, and she glared fiercely at Su Yan, who was talking nonsense.

Realizing he had said the wrong thing, Su Yan's face showed embarrassment, which slowly slid down Fox Mom's shoulder to the ground, trying to make himself less noticeable.

but!

"Cuckoo-"

At that very moment, a loud rooster crow pierced through the barriers of space and emanated from the recently closed Universal Paradise, echoing throughout Peach Blossom Spring.

Upon hearing the rooster crow, everyone's expression changed drastically.

The space around the meteorite began to distort, and myriad divine lights emerged from a point in the void, gradually spreading out to unfold a vast and boundless universe. A large red rooster with a seven-colored tail feather and some resemblance to a peacock ran out from the universe.

It took a step and cried out, spreading its wings as if it were about to take off, but it did not actually fly.

Upon seeing the free-range chicken, the heart in the large chest of the Su family patriarch clenched violently, and he almost lost his balance and fell to the ground.

Why?

Long's father, who had been hiding in the crowd and trying to keep his presence as inconspicuous as possible, was also taken aback by what he saw. He frowned as he watched the scene and muttered something under his breath.

Dragon Father knew the Black Dragon King's character very well; she was a woman of her word. Since she had given the information about the Queen Mother of the West's slumbering place to the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan in exchange, she was naturally very confident that she could verify the authenticity of the information.

But what's with this chicken? Even if this big red chicken looks unusual, the Queen Mother of the West could never be a rooster! The gender doesn't match up!

What's with those expressions?

The big red rooster flapped its wings and looked at the nine-tailed foxes who looked bewildered or shocked. It immediately spoke up unhappily, "You don't want me to wake you up? Why do you seem to be expecting something amazing?"

"Didn't Old Fox tell you that I was in charge of guarding the place where the Empress slumbers? Let Old Fox out here, and I'll give him a good kick on his peach-shaped buttocks! Such an important matter, and he didn't even explain it to his own juniors before going into slumber!"

A large red rooster flapped its wings and leaped out of the open cosmic space, landing on the altar. It manifested as a pale-faced Taoist boy with double pupils, glanced around at the foxes, and said with a displeased expression:

"Although I have been away from the Western Border for many years, I am still a general under the Empress's command. How come you don't even recognize me after all these years?"

"I am a general under the Queen Mother of the West, and I travel the world on behalf of the Queen Mother: the Chongming Bird!"

After introducing himself with a disgruntled expression, the big red rooster looked at the fox, the golden crow, and the jade rabbit and said, "Where did your ancestors go to have fun? They know I'm not good with words, so why don't they come out and tell me what happened?"

Chongming's claim that he was not good with words was not false, because he often offended people with his words, frequently asking questions about people's family genealogy, men, women, and children. Therefore, Chongming would not get involved unless it was a major issue.

The people in Peach Blossom Spring looked at each other in bewilderment. The two heroes of Qingqiu, suppressing the discomfort of their sudden cardiac arrest, looked at the Chongming Bird and began to explain the whereabouts of the Nine-Tailed Fox God Ancestor, as well as the fact that the cultivation world had not yet returned to the Immortal Realm.

"What? Old Fox was actually ambushed? And now Bai Ze has sliced ​​him up?"

"I knew it! I felt like the spiritual energy around us was a bit off. I thought we had just returned to the Immortal Realm and the spiritual energy hadn't been replenished yet!" Chongming Bird listened to the explanation from the Qingqiu Twins with a look of surprise.

"We beg the Ancestor to take action."

After the two heroes of Qingqiu explained the whole story, they looked at the Chongming Bird and asked it to take action to retrieve the Nine-Tailed Fox God Ancestor.

"No"

To everyone's surprise, Chongming, who had just been shouting "Old Fox!", raised his hand to interrupt the earnest request of the Qingqiu Twins, shaking his head and saying:

"Although I am also worried for the old fox, I will not take any action until I return to the Immortal Realm. My responsibility is to guard the door of the Empress's bedroom. Before I complete the task assigned by the Empress, I will not waste any of my strength to do anything unnecessary."

The meteorite is the slumbering place of the Chongming bird, and the Queen Mother of the West slumbers within its body. The Chongming bird is essentially the Queen Mother's bodyguard. The Chongming bird will not do anything until it ensures the Queen Mother's safe awakening.

"Don't worry, Old Fox has taken the number one divine medicine in the world. Even if Bai Ze slices him up and distributes him all over the streets, or even if he dies without leaving a trace of his flesh, he can still come back."

The Chongming Bird seemed to realize that its words might have been a bit harsh, and then it began to explain.

........................

As the Chongming Bird emerged from the meteorite, the meteorite, which was originally about five kilometers in diameter, cracked open, and the spiritual artifact hidden inside fell out. The Chongming Bird put the storage ring back on its finger, casually found a place to sit cross-legged, and without any politeness, had the foxes bring up good wine and food.

Once a cultivator reaches the Earth Immortal realm, from a physiological perspective, they no longer need to eat; obtaining nutrients from the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is sufficient.

Eating and similar behaviors are considered hobbies or habits rather than physiologically necessary behaviors, and the Chongming bird clearly falls into the former category.

"Don't even look at my storage artifact. The immortal crystals inside were given to me by the Empress. The reserved immortal crystals are my reserve energy."

The Chongming bird, which was drinking and eating heartily, looked at the celestial beings sitting around it and said:

"If I waste immortal crystals carelessly, I'll be able to escape when those old women come knocking on my door, instead of staying here to be slaughtered. Of course, you don't need to be disappointed either. Anyway, I'm just sitting here doing nothing, and I can point fingers at you anytime I want."

"After all, I am a god-like being. Standing at the highest point of cultivation, pointing fingers and giving orders is a piece of cake for me. I'm not afraid of you coming. I'm just afraid that you'll be too sensitive and I'll make you cry."

Although Chongming's words were long-winded, the people still vaguely understood some things.

It seems that the Queen Mother of the West had enemies. Before she went into slumber, she had already set up a plan: she chose not to awaken for the time being, leaving all the resources to the Chongming Bird and the Nine-Tailed Fox God, so that they could recover to their peak first and serve as her guards to awaken her long-dormant self and help her recover her strength.

The place where the Queen Mother of the West sleeps is hidden on the body of the Chongming Bird.

However, when the topic turned to the enemies of the Queen Mother of the West, Chongming naturally chose to change the subject and stop talking about it.

Its large beak resembled that of a cicada. A hint of apprehension was clearly visible on its cheek, but it was merely apprehension without any fear or worry.

"Do foxes still have the habit of kneading?" Chongming Bird looked at Su Yan, who was nestled in the arms of the Su Clan Ancestor, and casually changed the subject, saying, "How strange. When the old fox is resurrected in the future, we must slander him properly. Hmm? Or mock him for not having kneading?"

"No."