After breaking up with my girlfriend, I became a Great Sage of the Demon Clan.

Zhuque, sitting at the very front, chuckled.

"OK OK."

Zhuque clapped her hands, drawing everyone's attention to herself except for Zhou Yan.

"We can talk about your business later. I'm getting impatient waiting here, and I can't hold back my questions anymore. Su Yue and Feng Baiping, right? Can you tell me about it..."

The temperature in the entire conference room rose.

Feng Baiping and Su Yue clearly felt their bodies getting hot. If it were just the environment that was hot, they wouldn't have thought much of it, but since their own bodies were getting hot, it meant that their bodies were also affected by the Vermilion Bird's innate divine power.

This means that if a fight were to break out in the future, Suzaku would have a more than 70% chance of winning. →'＠∵%4—★

A threat, a blatant threat. The Vermilion Bird, who has roamed the human world for a hundred years, has always acted in such an overbearing manner.

"...How did your Qingqiu clan disappear?"

Before Zhou Yan arrived, Jiu Feng had already fought with Su Yue and Feng Baiping. Zhu Que, as Zhou Yan's superior and a major shareholder in Luo Men City, had no choice but to come to Dong Yang Zhou and suppress these three guys.

Then came the questioning.

There's not much to say about Jiu Feng, but Su Yue and Feng Baiping explained that they came from Qingqiu, were saved by Zhou Yan (a Bai Ze), and now wanted to see him.

During the conversation, it was also mentioned that Qingqiu had suffered a great calamity, and almost all of Qingqiu's fox spirits had died out.

Zhuque had heard Bai Rusu mention this before, but at the time it was inconvenient to ask about Qingqiu Cave Heaven (as the leader, it was not appropriate to inquire about the assets of his subordinates), so Zhuque didn't think much of it.

Now that she heard that the victims had been resurrected and Zhou Yan had arrived, Zhuque became interested in learning more.

"Actually, we don't know much about this either."

Su Yue pondered for a few seconds before responding.

"Initially, we discovered..."

Zhou Yan suddenly interrupted.

"This intelligence is toxic."

Zhuque and the others looked at Zhou Yan, who said bitterly.

"Because I am Bai Ze, I have come into contact with a lot of intelligence. If I were to categorize this intelligence, some of it would simply be information, while other intelligence would be poison..."

"Hearing it will poison you, understanding it will corrupt you, Lord Suzaku, and..."

Zhou Yan thought for a moment, then pulled the somewhat bewildered Jiu Feng into his arms.

"Dao Yun, if you want to hear this, you'd better be prepared for resurrection."

Suzaku became somewhat interested.

"Toxic intelligence will be contaminated. Interesting..."

Zhuque tapped the surface of the conference table with his fingers.

"Go ahead and speak, I'm prepared."

Su Yue, the Fox King of Qingqiu, closed her eyes.

"I don't know when it happened, but I suddenly realized that there were fewer foxes in my pack..."

After the fox clan of Qingqiu leaves their mark on the Nuwa Stone, they will continuously strengthen the mark by cultivating the secret techniques left by Nuwa. When the mark is strengthened to the point that it is comparable to the divine status of a true god, they can establish themselves as kings, lead a group of foxes out, and be called the Fox King.

Su Yue is the current ruler of the oldest royal family, the queen who left the mark of resurrection in the Nuwa Stone. As for the Fox King Su Yinjun, he was a fox king who cultivated to the realm of immortals a thousand years ago, and was a junior of Su Yue with whom she had a good relationship.

Besides Fox King Su Yinjun, there are twelve other Fox Kings in Qingqiu, each leading their own race in Qingqiu Cave Heaven.

For ten thousand years, Qingqiu had lived a peaceful life until one day, Su Yue suddenly discovered that the fox population in her home city of Qingqiu seemed to have decreased significantly.

"In our Qingqiu City, there are more than 300,000 foxes that have not yet taken human form, and more than 10,000 foxes that have already taken human form."

Su Yue said.

Zhou Yan nodded secretly. He had been to Qingqiu City. Judging from the size of Qingqiu City and the rice fields outside, it could definitely accommodate more than 300,000 foxes. In fact, it was such a waste to have only more than 200,000 people in such a large area.

"Normally, foxes in human form lead the foxes who haven't transformed, clearing land, farming, and managing the city. Then one day, we suddenly realized we didn't have enough foxes in human form to manage the foxes who hadn't transformed."

Su Yue's expression was grave. Lu

"At first, I thought that a fox, coveting the beauty of the human world, had run away from Qingqiu to tease the scholar."

"But upon checking the fox's mouth, they discovered that there were no missing people inside."

Zhuque nodded slowly. Si

"This is interesting. Has their existence been erased?"

Feng Baiping replied.

“After that, I started paying attention to our clan and made a record of every fox. Then I found that our children started to disappear. Some we remembered, some we didn’t. Some we remembered, some others didn’t. Some we recorded, but we couldn’t verify that there was no such person.”

"The scariest thing is that one day we discovered that the fox population had increased by two compared to the previous day's count..."

Zhou Yan, Zhu Que, and Chu Daoyun's expressions changed drastically.

The missing ones are understandable, but the extras...

What is it?

Countless terrifying images flashed through Zhou Yan's mind.

"Cough cough..."

Chu Daoyun suddenly turned her head and coughed up blood at Zhou Yan.

The Vermilion Bird's expression also became a little strange, but it didn't say anything.

Zhou Yan patted Chu Daoyun's back as he asked.

"And then, were the extra guys verified?"

Feng Baiping said bitterly.

"Of course we verified it, but we found that none of the extra foxes were correct."

Zhou Yan: "..."

Su Yue looked up at the ceiling, her face blank.

"This extra fox mouth was just a flash in the pan. After that, the foxes of Qingqiu disappeared one after another at a speed that we could not stop. I invited the other fox kings to discuss it, and the next day we found that even several fox kings had disappeared."

"We began to beg Nuwa for help."

Zhou Yan leaned forward.

Did the goddess Nuwa save them?

Su Yue lowered her head, her beautiful, clear eyes meeting Zhou Yan's.

Zhou Yan was taken aback to find that Su Yue's eyes were filled with an indescribable tenderness as she looked at him. This queen, who had been so domineering just moments before, now had a gentle and charming look, like a little wife.

"It was hopeless, but it was also saved."

Zhou Yan: "..."

It's not hard to understand. "No saving" refers to the time when Qingqiu was ravaged and Nuwa watched the entire Qingqiu perish without offering any help.

"Saved" refers to the goddess Nuwa sending herself to save the fox of Qingqiu.

They pulled Feng Baiping, Su Yue, and Su Yinjun out of their own, Bai Rusu's, and Su Xiaowan's life experiences.

Chapter Twenty-One: The True Lord of the Mysterious Dao of Qingyuan

"The fox that suddenly disappeared?"

Suzaku rested his chin on one hand, lost in thought.

The currently known forbidden zones for humans, such as Penglai Island, Ten Thousand Miao Mountains, Kunlun Heavenly Palace, and the Abyss Underworld, are all places of gods and immortals in mythology, and many of these places are not connected to the human world. However, in reality, these places are already connected to the human world, and places like the Abyss Underworld can even be freely entered and exited by awakened beings.

For this reason, the Vermilion Bird and other divine beasts also investigated why the human forbidden zones had become like this, especially the fact that Kunlun Immortal Palace was without gods and Penglai Island was without immortals. This was quite puzzling.

Even now.

Zhuque then discovered that it wasn't just Penglai Island; Kunlun Immortal Palace, Ten Thousand Miao Mountains, and the Abyss Underworld were also affected, and Qingqiu Cave Heaven had suffered a calamity, with all the fox spirits inside dying.

If we take the fox spirits of Qingqiu as the standard, does that mean that all the underworld gods, the heavenly gods, the immortals of Penglai Island, and the powerful sorcerers of the Hundred Thousand Miao Mountains have also disappeared without a trace?

What exactly happened that year?

Zhuque's eyes rolled to the corner of his eye, and the direction was towards Zhou Yan, who was dressed in black (in burnt clothes).

Zhou Yan caught Zhuque's gaze and shook his head.

"I don't know what happened back then."

Zhuque did not believe it.

"There are things that Bai Ze doesn't know?"

Zhou Yan looked troubled.

"I know some secrets, but those secrets almost killed me, so now I only dare to know some, well, secrets that are within my capacity to bear."

This didn't seem like a lie, and Zhuque nodded slightly, saying nothing more.

On the other side, Su Yue, the Fox King of Qingqiu, tapped the table with her index finger.

Zhou Yan glanced knowingly at the female fox.

The female fox raised the corners of her eyes slightly, revealing a hint of allure and a haughty, superior air amidst her dignified demeanor.

The elegant demeanor of the noblewoman was executed with textbook precision.

Seriously, if this were in some Japanese anime or manga, the last page would have Ahoegao apologizing.

Zhou Yan pondered for a moment before speaking again.

"I won't abandon Qingqiu..."

In any case, now that he had rescued the foxes of Qingqiu and taken the Nuwa Stone, Nuwa's intentions were clear.

only……

"I can't handle things in Qingqiu right now."

Zhou Yan tried his best to make his gaze sincere, but after he said that, Su Yue and Feng Baiping opposite him lowered their eyelids slightly, and their dissatisfaction was clearly visible.

As fox spirits thousands of years old, this visible attitude is simply their way of expressing their stance to others.

"...It's not that I want to shirk responsibility, it's that I really can't."

Zhou Yan recounted how, in order to deal with Zhao Wenhe, he had no choice but to promise the Mirage Dragon King Alona that he would rescue her from Mount Ling.

"...That's basically the situation."

Zhou Yan shrugged.

"I probably have a little over five years to deal with Arona's affairs. If I don't finish dealing with them, I'll die."

"The matter of rebuilding Qingqiu is the will of Goddess Nuwa, and it is very important, but please put it after the matter of Aruna."

Su Yue countered with a question.

"Since the person is about to die, shouldn't you consider leaving a seed before you die?"

Zhou Yan: “(?_?)”

"No no no..."

Zhou Yan rubbed his forehead.

"If I only think about procreation, my attention and energy will be diverted."

The higher the level of an awakened being, the harder it is to have children. Even if a true god like Zhou Yan wanted to have children, it would be extremely difficult even if he reached 100% awakening and pushed his supernatural powers of "all things are empty, all things are permissible, one thought can exist, and one thought can not exist" to the limit.

So if Zhou Yan wants to leave a child before he dies, he'll probably have to spend the next five years completely absorbed in women.

Feng Baiping also asked.

"Aren't you afraid that five years will pass, and you still won't be able to save Aruna, nor will you have left any descendants?"

"That's not the case."

Zhou Yan looked sorrowful.

"If I find myself absolutely unable to complete the rescue mission between six months and a year before I took the oath, I will try..."

Zhou Yan took a deep breath.