A huge picture of star beasts was spread out on the ground, and the images of twenty-eight star beasts all showed their true appearance on the paper, each one was vivid and lifelike.
Xue Li was still in a daze when she heard the words of the Wolf Queen. At this moment, she saw such a divine picture containing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. She couldn't help but be shocked. She looked up and saw the picture of the Snow Wolf Treading on the Wind belonging to Zi Lan's series, and the picture of the Nine-tailed Fox Perching in the Moon belonging to her own series.
The snow wolf in the painting is obviously larger than the average wolf. It has a sturdy and majestic body, a pair of beautiful wolf eyes that are calm and sharp, and has the aura of a divine wolf. It looks very similar to Zi Lan's eyes.
As for the painting of the nine-tailed fox perched on the moon, it was also beautifully drawn, but it looked a little strange from Xueli's perspective. She had never seen other nine-tailed foxes, and suddenly seeing her own image in a painting from a third-party perspective made her feel embarrassed and a little weird.
The nine-tailed fox in the painting is lying on the crescent moon with its eyes narrowed. Its nine snow-capped tails hang down from the crescent moon, making it look lazy and relaxed. However, the coloring of this painting seems to be somewhat different from that of the other twenty-seven mythical beasts in the divine picture.
The wolf said, "Have you noticed that the color of this nine-tailed fox painting seems to be a little darker than that of other mythical beasts?"
Xueli replied: "Yes, it has faded a lot, and looks very old."
This is a divine picture after all. Although no one knows how many years this picture of the divine beasts of the stars has existed, the colors of the other divine beasts are very bright, as if they were newly painted. Only the picture of the nine-tailed fox looks particularly old and pitiful. The moon is dim and even the lazy white fox in the painting adds a bit of sadness.
Although Xue Li had seldom thought in the past that she should have had a large ethnic group, she felt a little uncomfortable when she saw that her own ethnic group was so desolate.
The Queen of Wolves answered her, "This is because the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan suddenly disappeared a thousand years ago. Since then, the Nine-Tailed Fox images on all the star beast maps have also changed. Before you came, there was a cross on the map automatically. It was because you appeared in the Ninth Heaven that the Nine-Tailed Fox Map showed its full appearance again, but it has not yet fully recovered to its original state."
Xue Li was stunned when she heard this.
After a long pause, she asked in confusion, "Where did the rest of my tribe go? How did the Nine-Tailed Fox Tribe disappear?"
"have no idea."
The wolf queen shook her head helplessly and said, "No one knows anything. No one knows any clues. When people come to their senses, this incident happened suddenly."
She paused, and then continued, "I called you over here to ask you something about this matter. Xueli, do you know anything about the Nine-tailed Fox Clan?"
Zi Lan had asked her this question in the fairyland before. Xue Li didn't realize that there was something else behind Zi Lan's words at that time. Only now did she understand why Zi Lan looked at her with such complicated eyes.
However, Xueli's answer was the same as before. She said blankly, "I don't know... I was picked up by my aunt in the wilderness when I was young. I was too young at that time and have no memory of other things. If there is any memory... I only vaguely remember a song, as if someone hummed it while holding me in their arms a long time ago."
The wolf queen asked, "What song?"
Xueli said: "I can't explain it clearly."
She looked at the Wolf Queen inquiringly, and after receiving the Wolf Queen's affirmative look, Xueli cleared her throat. Although she liked singing in the Little Wonderland, it was at home after all, and the little animals all praised her unconditionally. Now, she was singing in front of the Wolf Queen, and Xueli was really a little embarrassed.
She opened her voice nervously and sang softly.
Xue Li's singing skills are not very good, but her vocal condition is good, her voice is clear and beautiful, and it is still quite pleasant to the ear.
The Wolf Queen listened carefully, and after hearing most of it, she couldn't help but exclaimed, "Is this the complete "Looking for the Moon"?!"
"Searching for the Moon?"
Xueli blinked.
Zi Lan often fell asleep after coming back from outside. The Wolf King and Wolf Queen were afraid that pushing him too hard would be detrimental to his recovery, so they did not ask him repeatedly. Zi Lan had spoken in a hurry before and did not explain such details clearly.
Not only the Wolf Queen, but the Wolf King was also shocked when he heard such a song.
The Wolf Queen said, "This is an ancient fairy music that has long been lost. No one can play it now. Only fragments have been passed down. But yours is complete..."
At this point, the Wolf Queen couldn't help but ponder, "But the part of 'Looking for the Moon' you sang seems to be different from the one that has been passed down..."
Most of the parts that Xue Li sang were the same as the fragments of "Looking for the Moon" that have been handed down, and you can tell it is "Looking for the Moon" at the first listen. However, there are a few places that are different from the known tune, and judging from Xue Li's humming ability, it doesn't seem like she was out of tune... However, it is a lost ancient fairy music after all, and we don't know if the fragments that have been handed down are correct. The Wolf Queen couldn't explain this kind of detail clearly, and just mentioned it casually.
Xue Li had never even heard of the so-called circulating clips, and was even more confused. She had no idea what the Wolf Queen referred to.
She thought for a long time, then took out the jade key that she carried with her and could open the fairyland and showed it to the wolf king and queen.
The Wolf Queen carefully took the jade pendant in her hand and examined it. She was amazed at the workmanship of the jade pendant and said, "It is really a fine piece of jade! Such precious jade is rare even in the entire Nine Heavens!"
The Wolf Queen also realized that the jade was used to bring good luck to newborn sons and daughters, but apart from Xue Li's name, there was no obvious content to indicate the identity. Nowadays, few people can understand the language of the Nine-tailed Fox Clan, and the Nine-tailed Fox Clan was not taken into consideration when the communication pill was made. The Wolf King and the Wolf Queen could only guess and understand half of it.
But after examining it for a long time, the Wolf King said, "Looking at the pattern on this jade pendant, it must be from a military family, and it is definitely not an unknown family. It is most likely a very prestigious immortal king or god of the Nine-tailed Fox Clan."
This was a new development. Given the age and experience of the Wolf King and the Wolf Queen, several names suddenly emerged in their minds. However, these were all immortal kings and gods from the Nine-tailed Fox clan thousands of years ago. Given Xue Li's age, and the year the Nine-tailed Fox disappeared, it was still difficult to match it up with the name. Even if the Nine-tailed Fox clan really still existed somewhere, no one could be sure what the situation in their clan was after so many years.
The Wolf King and the Wolf Queen dug out all the documents related to the Nine-tailed Fox Tribe from a thousand years ago, even including all the letters between the Snow Wolf Tribe and the Nine-tailed Fox Tribe, and asked Xue Li to look at the possible candidates.
They introduced them very carefully, for fear of missing any information, and also for fear of saying too much and making Sydney believe that one of them was her parents. If it turned out later that they were not her parents, Sydney would inevitably be disappointed. So they had to try their best to introduce them one by one objectively and generally.
"This General Xiang Le is a famous warrior of the Nine-tailed Fox Clan. He fought no less than 8,000 battles in the great war that the Immortal Realm conquered the Demon Clan many years ago. He can be said to be brave and good at fighting. A thousand years ago, he and his wife already had three sons. The youngest son just celebrated his full moon. If it were this general, you would probably have several brothers who are much older than you."
"This General Tianjin is a young general. He just started wearing armor a thousand years ago, but his family has three generations of famous generals. He himself is also very talented. If he had the help of his elders, it is very likely that he could have obtained such a jade pendant. He had not married a thousand years ago, but if your parents had married and had children at normal age, his age would be the most suitable among the known people."
"General Chi Lin is a female general of the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan with a very high reputation. She is as brave as any man and her crescent-shaped sword is unrivaled in the world. When she wields it, a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers cannot get close to her. She has been married to a civil servant of the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan for three hundred years, and they are deeply in love."
The wolf king and wolf queen told Xueli about all the nine-tailed fox tribe generals they could remember. In her mind, she thought there were not many people, but if she really counted them carefully, there were actually more than a dozen of them, not excluding all possibilities. The genealogy of the various tribes of the star beasts was ancient, and if she really counted them carefully, she would find that there were indeed many extraordinary people.
But when they pointed to one of the names, the Wolf King and the Wolf Queen paused for a moment, and both showed expressions of particular admiration on their faces.
Xue Li saw the change in the expressions of the Wolf King and the Wolf Queen and asked in confusion, "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with this Immortal Lord?"
"nothing."
The Wolf Queen said with a hint of admiration in her tone, "This is General Changyun. He should be the most famous among the immortals listed above. He is older than both me and the Wolf King. If it were still today, he would be almost four thousand years old. Although he was still young during the great war between immortals and monsters, he became famous in one battle. The scene of him breaking through a million troops with a sword containing wind is still talked about today. He is also very elegant, a rare elegant man among the generals. The Nine-tailed Fox Clan is not naturally good at fighting among the various tribes of divine beasts and immortals. This is a rare generation of immortal generals in the fox clan. The Wolf King and I were also fascinated by him when we were young. It's a pity that when the Nine-tailed Fox Clan disappeared, this general also disappeared. Now a thousand years have passed. Time is so long. The young immortals have changed again, and now fewer people talk about him."
At this point, the Wolf Queen paused for a moment before continuing, "I heard that General Changyun is also married, but somehow, such a famous general got married in an unusually low-key manner, and we don't know who his wife is. The Nine-Tailed Fox Clan may know more about this, but we outsiders have no clues."
After she finished speaking, the Wolf Queen looked at Xueli expectantly and asked, "How is it going? Do you have any clues?"
Xueli tried hard to read, but it was her first time to contact the past of her own people. The content provided by the wolf queen was just a verbal introduction of the identity and a few simple names, without even a portrait. Even though the wolf king and the wolf queen said it in a very exaggerated way, Xueli looked at the words on the paper but didn't feel much reality. She just felt like looking at strangers and listening to other people's stories. She couldn't guess who her family was.
Xueli replied in confusion: "No, I don't know."
The Wolf Queen was a little disappointed when she saw this, but she also knew that Xue Li was still young at the time, so it was normal that she couldn't recognize her, so she could only sigh with regret.
She said, "That's fine... But you can take these things back, just in case you remember anything while you're looking at them."
Xueli said a little guilty, "I'm sorry, I couldn't help at all today."
Xue Li's tail couldn't help but droop.
"You were too young at the time, so it's normal that you can't remember. This is not your fault. Just finding you is a major progress."
The Wolf Queen patted Xueli's shoulder gently, but when she said this, her expression became a little serious again.
The Wolf Queen said, "Xue Li, you don't know that the disappearance of the Nine-tailed Fox tribe back then might be a matter of great importance... Taking the disappearance of the entire Nine-tailed Fox tribe as the starting point, over the past thousand years, many members of each of our twenty-eight star-holding beast tribes have disappeared, and the disappearance methods are mostly similar. This is a very abnormal situation. Now that the star beast map of the Nine-tailed Fox has changed, I think the beasts of each tribe have discovered the abnormality. The Wolf King and I plan to invite the star-holding beasts of the other twenty-six tribes to come to the Wolf Tribe to discuss this matter in a while... Although there is still some time before the meeting, because Zi Lan is also very important in this matter, we have to let Zi Lan recover from his injuries first, but we will also invite you to come, so it is better to tell you in advance."
Xue Li had just come into contact with the affairs of the Nine Heavens and was unfamiliar with everything, but she was willing to try it out. In particular, she was curious about the twenty-eight tribes of star-controlling beasts, so she quickly nodded and agreed.
The Queen of Wolves looked at Xueli with satisfaction, patted her shoulder again, and said, "Thank you for your help. You can rest assured to stay in the Wolf Palace during this period. Zi Lan will be left to you. I believe he also hopes so."
The Wolf Queen finally changed the topic, and the atmosphere changed accordingly, seeming to be a lot more relaxed than before.
"You are too polite, Lady Wolf Queen."
When Xue Li heard the topic of her living in the Wolf Palace come up, she quickly smiled humbly at the Wolf Queen.
The Queen of Wolves thought for a moment and said, "There are not many rules in the Wolf Palace. Just live as you like. But I have discussed with the Wolf King, and there are three places that I need to tell you about in particular."
"First, in the Wolf Palace, you can ask for anything you want, including changing your house, moving the garden, or getting some herbs or food. If you want something, just tell the Wolf Officer."
Xue Li was shocked by the level of tolerance in the first clause. She opened her mouth to refuse, saying that she had all her daily necessities and was very satisfied with the current arrangement. She asked the Wolf Queen not to be so polite and generous to her. It was too grand and made her feel uncomfortable.
However, the Wolf Queen smiled before she could say anything, "Don't be so hasty to refuse. Don't be afraid. I'm not being so generous to you for no reason. This is not out of courtesy, but because you stayed here specifically to treat Zi Lan. Lan'er has had the cold since her mother's womb. None of the many medical immortals in the Nine Heavens could cure her, but now she can finally recover. This is a special reward to thank you for treating Lan'er."
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