The woman smiled leisurely and said: "You should believe now that your companions can't save you, right? Do you hate it?"
"Hate!" I simply sat down cross-legged: "But I don't hate her!"
"Hate! But don't hate her?" The woman whispered: "This is the second time I have heard this sentence. The first time..."
The woman clapped her hands gently while talking to herself. The illusion in front of my eyes suddenly dissipated, and I also saw Xia Qingqing in the distance.
She stood not far from me, with her back to the illusion, taking a step with one foot, looking as if she was going away.
The woman asked again: "Are you disappointed that your companion didn't save you?"
I pointed at Xia Qingqing's hand and said: "Her hand is still pressing the hilt of the sword. Although people running away may hold down the weapon, they will never raise their chests and raise their heads. Xia Qingqing is going to break the illusion. It's just that. , he just didn’t get anywhere.”
I simply put down my arms and looked at the woman calmly: "I lost!"
"No, you win!" The woman raised her thumb and said, "You gave Xia Qingqing what she most wanted, trust. You don't have to worry about Xia Qingqing, she is accepting the inheritance of the Fox Clan. She will regain her consciousness soon. , how about we two chat?"
"Very happy!" As soon as I opened my mouth, the scenery around me changed into a teahouse. The woman opposite me was still shrouded in hazy smoke, but she slowly brewed fragrant tea in front of me.
The woman didn't say a word to me while making tea. I was also quietly admiring the other person's movements, completely forgetting that I was still in a fantasy world. Perhaps this is the charm of the fox clan, they can give people peace.
The woman picked up the tea cup and sniffed it gently before saying: "I haven't had tea for a long time. I can create everything with illusions, and I can even confuse myself. However, my will will be reduced by one point every time I use it. For hundreds of years, I don’t even dare to taste the tea, now I have to leave, I should have a luxurious time, right?”
I frowned slightly and said, "Are you a ghost?"
"Haha..." The woman laughed and said: "There are no ghosts in this world, at least in my opinion. Those so-called ghosts are just some thoughts left by people with super mental power in the world. Those thoughts are like It's a candle, and sooner or later it will burn out, which is what you often call it vanish into ashes. Do you understand what I'm saying?"
I nodded and said, "I understand. I have encountered a shaman. My elder brother once told me that the secret of shamanism is human willpower."
"Yeah!" The woman nodded and said, "Shamans are indeed amazing beings."
I took advantage of the situation and asked, "Are you from the fox tribe?"
"Yes, I am a fox tribe, a real fox tribe." The woman said word by word: "But I am not a fox spirit. The fox tribe is also a human being, and the fox is our totem, not our prototype."
I couldn't help but be shocked and said: "You mean, the Fox Clan is a group of human beings who are born with super mental power?"
"You can put it like this!" The woman nodded and said, "We take fox as our ancestor and take fox as our name. You can call me Qinghu."
I couldn't help but frown. According to Qinghu, they worship totems like many other ethnic groups. But where did the legend of the vixen come from
Qinghu said: "How much do you know about vixens?"
I was silent for a moment and then said: "As far as I know, before the Han and Tang Dynasties, the fox was always regarded as a sacred animal, even comparable to the four elephants. Until the Han and Tang Dynasties, the fox was also regarded as an auspicious beast. After the Song Dynasty, the fox's status It took a sudden turn and turned into a monster that specializes in cholesterinating people's hearts. After "The Romance of the Gods", the vixen became a disaster for the country and the people, and a synonym for seducing men. That's all I know."
"You're right!" Qinghu nodded and said, "The Fox clan suffered a disaster during the Song Dynasty. After that, under the arrangements of thoughtful people, the reputation of the Fox clan became notorious."
Qing Hu asked back: "Are there any fox tribes outside now?"
"Yes!" I said bluntly: "I came to the Xingtian Forbidden Zone just to settle accounts with the Fox Clan."
I originally didn't intend to reveal my true purpose for entering the Xingtian Forbidden Zone, but sitting in front of Qinghu, I couldn't bear to hide the other person's thoughts at all, so I told him everything I knew.
Qinghu snorted coldly: "Those people deserve to be called the Fox Clan, they are just a bunch of puppets."
My eyes suddenly opened and I said, "You mean, what I encountered was not a real fox tribe?"
Qinghu said: "The real Fox Clan has been extinct long ago. This is the burial place of the Fox Clan and the Three-Eyed Clan."
"Both the Fox Clan and the Three-Eyed Clan were once prosperous. We had terrifying power, but we had no intention of competing with the world. We always hid in the mountains and rivers, living in isolation from the world. At that time, we were with the Fox Clan. I and the Three-Eyed Tribe know each other’s existence but have never interacted with each other.”
"Until one day, our two tribes had a conflict due to a grudge. Later, the conflict began to get more and more intense until it involved both of our tribes. As a result, both of us suffered losses and each returned to our ancestral land to recuperate."
Qinghu paused slightly when he said this: "The Fox Clan had a very strong premonition of danger. At that time, the elders of the clan may have foreseen that the Fox Clan would experience a disaster, and quickly dismissed a large number of young disciples and informed them You are not allowed to enter your ancestral land again.”
"After many years, those fox disciples who were dismissed finally couldn't help but walked back to their ancestral land. What they saw was only ruins."
Qing Hu said in a low voice: "Not only was the ancestral land of the Fox Clan destroyed, but the Fox Clan who stayed in the ancestral land were also missing."
I couldn't help but interrupt when I heard this: "Since you said that the disbanded Fox Clan returned to their ancestral land many years later, how did they know that the people who stayed in the ancestral land were missing?"
"Good question!" Qinghu praised me before saying, "The Fox clan will not let the bones of their clan members wander outside. No matter what method is used, they will bring the bones of their clan members back to their ancestral land for burial."
"The ancestors of the Fox tribe who later returned to their ancestral land saw that the Fox tribe's cemetery had been forcibly excavated, and all the corpses had disappeared. It was through this that the ancestors deduced that all the tribesmen who stayed behind were either killed. , or they will all be captured."
I frowned slightly: "Did you think of the Three-Eyed Clan?"
"Yes!" Qinghu nodded and said, "The first thing our ancestors thought of was the Three-Eyed Clan. But when our ancestors led the Fox Clan into the Three-Eyed Clan's ancestral land, they found that the people there were also empty."
"Si" I couldn't help but take a breath: "You mean, someone destroyed the Three-Eyed Clan and the Fox Clan at the same time?"
"It's not destruction but capture!" Qinghu sighed: "But at that time, the ancestors of the Fox Clan didn't know that it was not the Three-Eyed Clan who captured the people. The Three-Eyed Clan also encountered the same thing. Our two tribes were almost at the same time. , misunderstood the other party, and ended up kicking off a century-old massacre."
"That battle ended with the Fox Clan winning, but the Fox Clan also paid a heavy price. The last members of the Three-Eyed Clan were forced to retreat into a secret realm, and the leader of the Fox Clan at the time also made a move that she regretted. The decision of my life is to return to Qingqiu ancestral land and open the Fox Clan’s underground palace.”
When I heard this, I suddenly interrupted the other party: "When you said that the Three-Eyed Tribe retreated into the secret realm, did you mean the secret realm of Guanjiangkou?"
"Yes!" Qinghu nodded and said: "Although the clan leader at that time roughly guessed the whereabouts of the Three-Eyed Clan, he did not continue to pursue them. Because... forget it, it's better not to talk about those things."
Qinghu aside, I can also guess that the woman spelled out by the stone strips in the secret realm of Guanjiangkou should be the leader of the Fox clan at that time.
In the battle between the two clans, the Fox clan won, but there was probably no real winner in the confrontation between them.
Qing Hu continued: "Not long after the Fox Clan returned to their ancestral land, they really encountered the disaster of annihilation. At that time, the leader of the Fox Clan suddenly received the news that the entire Three-Eyed Clan was destroyed and the Three-Eyed Clan leader was kidnapped. , and suddenly realized. It turned out that the secrets told by the Three-Eyed Clan Leader were true. She immediately led the Fox Clan out to rescue the Three-Eyed Clan Leader. However, we were ambushed by the other party, and the entire Fox Clan was annihilated. "
Qinghu took a deep breath and said: "Most of our fox tribe did not die in the battle, but were captured into the Xingtian restricted area. After we entered the secret realm, we found out that the three-eyed tribe was also captured into the secret realm. .”
"The grudges between the two races, the love and hatred, are all fake. It's just someone secretly manipulating the situation behind the scenes. What they want is to uproot our two races."
When I heard this, I couldn't help but feel shocked: I have never encountered the Three-Eyed Clan, but I have experienced the cleverness of the Fox Clan. Those who arranged the plan can destroy the whole Fox clan, which shows that they are calculating and powerful.
Qinghu couldn't help but laugh at himself: "It's ridiculous that our Fox clan claims to be resourceful, and the Three-Eyed clan claims to be all-powerful, but we are fooled around by others."
"How much price did our two tribes pay in the century-old war?"
"Today the Three-Eyed Clan infiltrated into the Confucian scholars and devalued the Fox Clan as worthless; tomorrow the Fox Clan will rack their brains to ruin the reputation of the descendants of the Three-Eyed Clan. The vixen comes from the hands of the Three-Eyed Clan, and the unfaithful scholar comes from the pen of the Fox Clan. Isn’t that funny?”
I clearly saw Qinghu showing a bitter smile, but I couldn't answer her question because I didn't find it funny at all. Instead, I felt an inexplicable sadness for the two of them.
But Qing Hu said to himself: "Our two races are like willful children. If you punch me, I have to kick you back. No one stopped to think carefully about the source of the conflict."
"At that time, the two clan leaders were the most likely to understand the grudges between the two clans. They also had countless opportunities to make the two clans shake hands and make peace, and even work together to uncover the mastermind behind the scenes. However, they lost the opportunity time and time again."
Qinghu suddenly stopped when he said this: "Are you smart enough to guess the reason? I want to hear the truth from you."