885: Chapter 886 Touring the Sacred Land of Qingqiu

Her tone was sincere, filled with an irresistible warmth. Beside them, Xue Li also tugged on Yao Delong's sleeve, her large eyes full of anticipation: "Exactly! Senior, please stay a few more days! Li'er hasn't had a chance to properly show you around our Azure Hill! Our Azure Hill's Moonlight Spring, Celestial Fox Stele Forest, and Misty Flower Sea are all so beautiful!"

Looking at Yu Yi's sincerity and Xue Li's undisguised expectant gaze, Yao Delong smiled bitterly in his heart. The enthusiasm of the Heavenly Fox Clan was truly... hard to refuse!

His original plan was to get the medicinal ingredients and immediately leave to find a safe place to refine the nine aperture spirit nurturing pill. But at this moment...

"Since that's the case..." Yao Delong reluctantly cupped his hands, "Then I, Long, shall impose for a few days."

"Great!" Xue Li cheered excitedly.

Over the next few days, Yao Delong experienced what it meant to be treated as a "Fox Clan honored guest."

Yu Yi personally arranged a luxurious palace for him to stay in, where the Spiritual Qi was so dense it almost liquefied, and pushing open the window offered a view of most of the Azure Hill Mountain Range. All kinds of spiritual fruits and delicacies containing pure spiritual power were continuously brought to him. Wherever he went, regardless of gender or age, as long as they were of the Fox Clan, they would cast extremely respectful and grateful gazes at him, bowing from afar and calling him "Benefactor Long" or "Great Master Long."

And the daytime became Princess Xue Li's exclusive tour guide time.

This little girl was full of energy, dragging Yao Delong to almost every famous scenic spot in the Qingqiu Sacred Land:

Moonlight Spring: Located in a natural depression at the Peak of Azure Hill Mountain. The spring water was crystal clear, emitting a soft silver glow. Every full moon night, Moonlight Divine Dew would condense in the spring, a supreme treasure for purifying the Divine Soul and enhancing spirituality. On normal days, countless fox cubs of various fur colors played and frolicked in it. Upon seeing Yao Delong and Xue Li, the cubs were not shy; instead, they curiously gathered around, sniffing Yao Delong with their wet noses, emitting adorable "ying ying" sounds, which made Yao Delong laugh.

Celestial Fox Stele Forest: A Holy Land where countless huge, ancient stone tablets stood. Each stone tablet was inscribed with profound fox clan totems, runes, and even Legacy Cultivation Techniques. This was the historical and Legacy site of the Azure Hill Fox Clan. Xue Li chattered excitedly, telling Yao Delong the legendary tales of ancient Celestial Fox Great Masters conquering all directions and protecting their clan, as recorded on the stone tablets. Yao Delong stopped to listen, feeling the ancient will and indomitable Battle Intent lingering on the steles.

Misty Flower Sea: A fantastical place stretching for dozens of miles. Countless strange flowers grew here, capable of emitting hazy, colorful mist and changing forms. Amidst the swirling mist, light and shadow shifted, sometimes like a fairyland, other times like a Demon Domain. Xue Li had a blast playing in it, her bell-like laughter echoing through the flower sea. She even secretly picked a 'Dreamy Iridescent Flower' that could change into seven colors and pinned it to Yao Delong's lapel, proudly saying, "Senior, with this, even a Demon Emperor won't be able to see through your cultivation!"

They also visited Hundred Flavors Valley, tasting various exotic spiritual fruits unique to Azure Hill, all brimming with Spiritual Qi; they went to Flowing Goblet Winding Water, strolling by the crystal-clear stream where gentle Spiritual Qi flowed; they even gazed from afar at the entrance to the Azure Hill Forbidden Ground—the Nine-Tailed Ancestral Land, feeling the vast and ancient aura emanating from within.

At each stop, a group of curious, worshipful, or grateful fox clan members would gather from afar, whispering about the mysterious Alchemy Great Master who saved their king. Many beautiful fox maidens even boldly sent flirtatious glances towards Yao Delong, throwing him charming looks filled with affection, which made Yao Delong quite overwhelmed. Xue Li, on the other hand, bared her teeth at those older sisters like a protective little tiger.

These past few days, Yao Delong's taut nerves had relaxed like never before. Enjoying top-tier treatment, bathing in rich Spiritual Qi, admiring the unique and fantastical scenery of Azure Hill, with a lively and adorable little white fox by his side to keep him company...

This was simply a life like that of an immortal!

He gained immense benefits and was even served as if he were an Old Ancestor... This trip to Azure Hill was incredibly satisfying!

One evening, Xue Li once again pulled Yao Delong to a high cliff called "Starfall Plateau." The view here was expansive, overlooking the magnificent scenery of the entire Azure Hill Mountain Range bathed in the sunset. Golden afterglow draped the continuous mountains in a golden veil, with clouds and mist swirling amidst them, like a fairyland.

Yao Delong stood with his hands behind his back, gazing at this grand scroll of mountains and rivers, his state of mind also seemingly broadened.

Xue Li sat quietly on the grass beside him, her silver fur ruffled by the evening breeze, a satisfied smile on her small face.

While Yao Delong was enjoying an immortal-like life in the Qingqiu Sacred Land, his mind and body more relaxed than ever before.

Tens of thousands of miles away, deep within the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, in the ancestral land of the Howling Moon Celestial Wolf Clan.

"Boom—!"

A furious roar, accompanied by terrifying energy shockwaves, shook a sturdy hall built of obsidian, making it tremble!

"Useless! A bunch of useless trash!"

Old Ancestor Yin Yue's hair stood on end, his eyes were bloodshot, and the violent Demonic Power around him raged like an uncontrolled storm! Kneeling before him were a group of trembling Celestial Wolf Clan elite scouts.

"You staked out Lietian Peak for seven whole days! You didn't even see a ghost! Now you tell me that little thief and that damned white fox ran off to the central Demon Domain through a teleportation array long ago?! Are you all blind?! Huh?!" In his rage, Old Ancestor Yin Yue slapped out with an invisible palm!

"Pfft!"

The scout leader kneeling at the very front didn't even have time to scream before being directly crushed into a mist of blood by the violent Demonic Power!

The smell of blood permeated the air, and the remaining scouts trembled even more violently, burying their heads lower, not daring to breathe loudly.

"Investigate! Keep investigating for me!" Old Ancestor Yin Yue forcibly suppressed his surging killing intent, his voice like the nethermost cold ice, "What exactly is the background of that bastard called 'Long De'?! He appeared out of thin air in a small city of the Azure Sky Barbarian Clan? Then he vanished without a trace? Dig! Dig up his ancestors for eighteen generations! If you can't find his clansmen, then tear apart everyone he's had contact with or is connected to!"

However, the information reported by his subordinates made him so frustrated he almost vomited blood.

"Re...reporting to Old Ancestor...that...that person...is like he popped out of a rock! We used all our hidden contacts, almost searched hundreds of cities near the Azure Sky Barbarian Clan, and even traced further back... Aside from that brief appearance, there are no other traces! No clan background, no past experiences... Truly... truly uninvestigable!"

"Uninvestigable?!" Old Ancestor Yin Yue trembled with rage, his teeth grinding. He, a dignified Peak Demon Emperor, the Old Ancestor of the Howling Moon Celestial Wolf Clan, was actually messed up in a major clan affair by a Demon King of unknown origin, and now he couldn't even find a target for revenge!

This feeling of having power but nowhere to use it was even more unbearable than killing him!

"Central Demon Domain... the territory of the Qilin and Celestial Fox..." Old Ancestor Yin Yue's eyes flickered with cold light, showing both apprehension and unwillingness. His Howling Moon Celestial Wolf Clan could still dominate in their small corner of the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, but when placed in the entire Demon Domain, facing imperial clans like the Qilin and Celestial Fox, who possessed the heritage of Peak Divine Beast Bloodline, his influence was far from enough! It was simply impossible to openly seek revenge in the central region!