11: Fox Heart's Intrigue

Fox Heart sat opposite Hu Zi; the mother and daughter were face to face, but the atmosphere was frighteningly serious.

"Do you know why, all these years, I have turned a blind eye to White Fox's predicament and refused to save him from life-or-death situations?"

Hu Zi shook her head.

"That is because I was creating the conditions for you to obtain him!"

White Fox was the most beautiful Male Fox in the entire Fox Village. His temperament was cold and noble, and he never compromised unless it was for someone he liked.

If he were just an ordinary Fox Beastman, merely beautiful, he wouldn't be worth her spending so much effort.

However, he was not.

In the Beast World, Beastmen who have not had an Awakening of their Bloodline and have not started to Cultivate are ordinary Beastmen; the combat ability of ordinary Beastmen is similar to that of wild beasts.

Only Beastmen who have had an Awakening of their Beastman Bloodline can Cultivate. beast markings will appear on the faces of awakened beasts. When in a state of preparation for battle or in a combat state, the beast markings will appear on their faces. One to three markings denote a Beast Warrior, and four to six markings denote a Beast General.

Beastman Bloodlines are usually divided into Ordinary Bloodline, Advanced Bloodline, and Ancient Bloodline.

And White Fox was the only beast with an Ancient Bloodline Legacy in Stone Village.

In the Fox Tribe, the higher the grade of the Bloodline, the more handsome the appearance.

And there is no doubt that White Fox is the best-looking Beastman in the Fox Village!

Hu Zi opened her mouth wide and said in surprise: "I understand now. Because Mother wants White Fox's Ancient Bloodline, wants me to have children with White Fox, and wants us to become mates, but White Fox would not agree no matter what, and even mated and had children with an outsider Female. That is why you, Mother, had to take action, ignoring White Fox and leaving him at the lowest point of his life, so that as long as I give him a little bit of warmth, he will come with me?"

"You are not hopeless," Fox Heart said, stroking the beast skin beside her hand. "That is not all. Do you know that the Female who was with White Fox never sold him at all?"

Not only did she not sell him, but in order to ensure that White Fox and his son lived well, she even gifted many things and entrusted her to take care of White Fox.

Hu Zi: A bolt from the blue!

Hu Zi's lips trembled. "You mean to say that White Fox's Female never betrayed him, and he was never supposed to be a Beast Slave?"

Hu Zi clearly remembered that although White Fox was born weak, he had not been weak to this extent before.

It was only after confirming that he had been sold by his female master that he suddenly became dejected, then fell ill several times, and in order to redeem himself, he emptied out his Family savings and became destitute.

Since then, except when facing the Little Cub, Hu Qi, White Fox had almost completely lost his smile.

He became increasingly cold, and the distance between him and others grew ever greater.

Several times when Hu Zi passed by White Fox's Cave, she saw him touching his totem, his fingernails scratching it several times, as if he wanted to self-harm.

He wanted to destroy the totem.

Yet he was reluctant and unwilling to do so.

In the end, it became his bitter obsession.

White Fox really loved her.

Although Hu Zi did not understand how there could be a Male in this world who loved a Female so much.

Even if... she had once abandoned him and sold him off.

But if all this was fake, and it was all a lie fabricated by her mother to strike at White Fox and make him give up on the outsider Female...

Oh my god, this is too terrifying!

Fox Heart glanced at her stupid daughter. "Although White Fox has not had an Awakening, he possesses the last trace of the Ancient Bloodline in Stone Village."

"He is the private property of Stone Village. He can only become the Male of Stone Village! Become your Male! Everything I did was for the village and for our Family!"

"Do you know..." Fox Heart's expression was serious and dangerous, "how Heaven-Defying the Ancient Bloodline of Stone Village is?"

...

"I have never heard of it."

After hearing White Fox's answer, Nan Zhisui sighed.

She felt that this village looked somewhat familiar, and it was inhabited by so many White Fox Beastmen. She wondered if it was possible that it was the same village as her own fox beast husband.

However, her previous memories were very blurry, so no matter how hard she tried, she could not remember and could not confirm it.

So she decided to just ask; if her own fox beast husband was also in this village, she wanted to go see them and make sure they were doing well.

At that time, after she sent her charming and beautiful Priest Apprentice beast husband and their cubs back to Stone Village, she saw with her own eyes that the village chief had arranged the best Cave in the village for them. After the father and son fell asleep, she could not bear to wake them up, so she left them beast skins and most of the supplies she had on hand, and then hurriedly left due to her mission.

She was indeed a Scum Female who abandoned her husband and children. But she would not mistreat her beast husband and cubs.

It was a pity; it was a pity that her beautiful White Fox beast husband was not in this village.

White Fox took in all of her expressions, his eyes shifting.

What was she thinking about?

Was she trying to confirm if he had been sold?

White Fox still smiled self-deprecatingly.

He liked her, and it was he who had actively pursued her. Although the time he spent with her was only a short few dozen days, it was the brightest time of his life.

But since she did not like him and had already sold and abandoned him, why bother coming back to look for him?

White Fox recalled the days they were together. Because of his own Bloodline, after White Fox reached adulthood, he needed to spend three consecutive months wearing the priest garments left behind by his Family, putting on priest makeup, and dancing the priest dance.

During that time, he could not remove his makeup, and he did not have his own name; he only had his title as a priest.

And as a Priest Apprentice, he had not yet obtained a title. Therefore, he had always been nameless.

Yes, on the second day after returning to the village, he could have removed his makeup, become his true self, let Nan Zhisui see his appearance, and told Nan Zhisui his name.

But by the time he woke up, she had already left and had even sold him off.

Just three beast skins; it was sold really too cheaply. It could have been sold for more.

Since that was the case, why should he tell her who he was?

White Fox could not help but smile self-deprecatingly again.

Watching her turn and leave, his heart tightened slightly.

Was she leaving again?

Abandoning them, father and son, once again...

White Fox lowered his head, returning to his previous appearance of lacking Life Qi.