Lady Lam was sitting at the base of the Moonlight Clan.
Her legs were crossed, with her hand supporting her chin.
A few members present were a bit surprised.
Usually, unless there was work, Cherished Dream would be the one stationed here handling matters.
Did the Clan Leader have some business today?
Why did it seem like she was waiting for someone?
Cherished Dream had just finished a mountain of tasks for the clan and dragged a chair to sit alongside Lady Lam.
"There's no need to position a chair facing the entrance like that, go sit at your desk," he said.
Lady Lam laughed.
"No need, it's quicker here."
Cherished Dream shook his head.
"Do you really think Heaven's Pride will burst through the door, you name the price, and he'd immediately make a dea-!?"
BAM.
The door had burst open.
Heaven's Pride indeed barged in.
"500 million," Lady Lam stated.
"Deal." Heaven's Pride nodded.
The transaction systems for both sides immediately opened.
【The Moonlight Clan Leader has transferred Blood Word Territory to Vice Guild Leader of Vong Ngu Guild, Heaven's Pride.】
【Blood Word Territory is now under the ownership of the Nonsense Guild.】
"The money's been transferred. Goodbye."
Cherished Dream was stunned.500 million gold, that quickly?
The fastest transaction in history.
"So? Was it a good deal? Bought it for just 200, now sold for 500," Lady Lam grinned widely.
"Did Heaven's Pride really not even negotiate?" Cherished Dream rubbed his forehead.
Lady Lam shook her head.
"He had no choice."
She opened the news to check.
"MaGold and Mujou were just rejected by the Thousand Tails Yaoguai King from submitting."
"Which means those two will now be on a different side from Heaven's Pride, and they'll definitely use all sorts of tricks."
"Right now, the most important thing for Heaven's Pride is to maintain his forces and morale."
"Blood Word is crucial for Heaven's Pride to remove Nonsense Guild from the Blood-stained List."
Lady Lam pointed to another piece of news.
【A player has become a True Disciple of the Thousand Tails Yaoguai King.】
"And our Snow Moon is currently a True Disciple of the Thousand Tails Yaoguai King."
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"Do you think Heaven's Pride would dare to trouble a guild with a Yaoguai King disciple? Lucky for him, I only charged 500."
Cherished Dream watched as Lady Lam gleefully looked at the balance in her account.
"Alright, Guild Leader, you are formidable."
"Let's go! We should head to the City of Thousand Tails market and find some good stuff for our members!" Lady Lam laughed, giving Cherished Dream a strong pat on the back.
"Alright!" Cherished Dream laughed, happily following along.
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The Heavenly Demon In Black was sitting in her Grand Hall.The Society In Black was gathering many key figures here.
They each presented intelligence reports to him.
Hearing about the affairs from the Thousand Tails Yaoguai King, she could only sigh.
She remembered back when the little fox used to follow him around.
Amethyst had truly once said, she would, for the Heavenly Demon In Black, lead the Yaoguais and Demons.
At that time, the entire Yaoguai Race would be at her command.
She wondered what that little fox might be plotting at this moment.
“Amethyst, what are you planning?”
The Heavenly Demon In Black could only ponder while gazing into the distance.
The current situation of the Demon Race and the Yaoguai Race was extremely chaotic.
The Demon Race, due to the birth of the Demon God, was preparing for war.
The Yaoguai Race, under Amethyst's leadership, was strengthening relations with the Distant Association and seizing human territories.
This calamity, humanity might not be able to avoid.
The Heavenly Demon In Black currently had no intention of intervening in this great war.
However, if it affected Qiu Yu City that Avery Snow left behind, that would be a different matter.
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【Snow Moon: Are you sure?】
【No One: Yes.】
Snow Moon sat dazedly in the Aqua Vulpis Secret Chamber.So, it's not that I was captured as a spy, but there's another reason for this?
She glanced around the secret chamber.
To be honest, it seemed a bit peculiar.
On the walls were countless bas-reliefs depicting foxes jumping on the water.
The bas-relief near where she was sitting showed a fox diving down and then transforming into numerous sea bubbles.
Lifelike as if it were an animated sequence.
Snow Moon began to stand up, looking at each of the bas-reliefs.
If this wasn’t intentional captivity, then there could only be one explanation.
This is a puzzle game - an Escape Room!
Now, Snow Moon's task was to find a way out.
Sometimes the bas-reliefs would repeat.
Oh no.
Snow Moon just realized.
Inside the Secret Chamber, there were smaller rooms.
Each room had exactly 4 different bas-reliefs on the walls.
The bas-relief of Fox Diving into the Lake that Snow Moon had just seen earlier.
The bas-relief of Fox Jumping on the Water.
The bas-relief of Fox Transforming into Water.
And the final bas-relief.
A large fox leading a young fox in bowing to the Aqua Vulpis Ancestor.
Twice.
Once during the day with her mother, and once at night by herself.
After that, the eyes of the Aqua Vulpis Ancestor began to weep.
They appeared on each wall facing a door.
In the prayer room—the room with the statue of the Ancestor—this bas-relief was right behind the statue.
However, the wall with the door had no bas-reliefs at all.
This anomaly was a clue.
All other rooms followed the rule with the bas-relief of the Mother Fox Teaching Her Child at the door.
Only the room of the Ancestor was different.
Surely, this indicated it as the starting point?
When the Thousand Tails Yaoguai King brought her here, it was still daylight.
Now it was night.
If the Mother Fox represented the Thousand Tails Yaoguai King, then in this secret chamber, she was the young fox.
So, should she bow again?
Snow Moon knelt properly in front of the statue of the Aqua Vulpis Ancestor.
She began to bow.
Rumble rumble.
“Huh...!?”
It seemed as if some mechanism was being activated.
The ground trembled slightly.
Immediately afterward, a sound emanated from the statue.
"The first bow is for the teachings of our predecessors."
"The second bow is for self-respect."
"The third bow is to drift on the water, to gaze at the moon and transform."
"The Aqua Vulpis is born from water and vanishes into water."
"Like water flowing for eternity."
"The Aqua Vulpis Tribe shall endure."
After those words, the eyes of the Aqua Vulpis Ancestor began to shine.
Then, water started to flow from those eyes.
"Ah...!?"
So much water!?
An immense stream of water cascaded from those eyes.
In just a moment, it began to flood the ground.
"Ah ah!!!"
What's happening?
Did I do something wrong?
Did I trigger a trap? Am I going to be submerged in this secret chamber!?
A flash.
The bas-reliefs started to glow.
The fox figures on the bas-reliefs emitted a pale blue light.
"Live with the river."
"Dive with the fish."
"Follow the river to the sea."
"Follow the clouds to the sky."
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The ears of the Thousand Tails Fox Yaoguai perked up.
As if she heard something.
She was in her fox form.
A large fox with lavender-tinted fur, eyes gently closed.
Sleeping on her bed.
"This young one isn't bad at all."
The fox's mouth opened wide, letting out a big yawn.
Then stretched her body and continued to sleep.Today has been a tiring day for the Thousand Tails Yaoguai King.
"Father... mother..."
"I wish you both were here to see the day our Aqua Vulpis Tribe comes alive once more."
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"I miss you both."