Nanzhou, Nanping Prefecture.

This place, within the vast territory of Nanzhou, is a prefecture relatively close to the Hundred Thousand Mountains of Southern Border. Because it is too far from the Central Plains, there are not many people here, making it seem somewhat desolate.

But... desolate as it may be, the natural resources are extremely abundant.

Most of these resources are not produced in Nanping Prefecture, but are spiritual objects for cultivation that flow out of the Hundred Thousand Mountains of Southern Border, but they are amazing enough to attract many martial artists from the Jianghu. With the mentality of taking a gamble, they venture into the Hundred Thousand Mountains of Southern Border from here to seek treasures.

That place is very dangerous, the territory of the demon race. Even the outermost area has many tribes that are affiliated with the demon race, but as long as the profit is sufficient, there is nothing that cannot be abandoned.

There are not many local Jianghu forces here, but many are branches established by other prefectures. The martial spirit is extremely prosperous, but few people know that there is also a Jianghu top-tier force hidden here.

The Su family!

This is a hidden family. Except for a few people, no one knows its residence. Even Chen Yuan, who is well-informed, would not know about the Su family if Su Ziyue hadn't confessed.

According to Su Ziyue, the Su family is a force left behind when the demon race retreated on a large scale hundreds of years ago, and has been secretly passing information to the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox lineage of the demon race.

The clansmen all possess the bloodline of the Nine-Tailed Fox...

Since leaving Shuzhou City, Chen Yuan has been rushing to Nanping Prefecture without stopping. He has also contacted Su Ziyue and obtained accurate information about the Su family from her.

Currently, he is on the way.

This trip to Nanzhou is his first time stepping into the southernmost part of the Central Plains. Although it is generally the same as other places, it is essentially a bit different.

The most significant difference is that the population of Nanzhou is very small, which cannot be compared with the Central Plains heartland like Shuzhou, Qingzhou, and Yunzhou. It is about the same as several prefectures like Lanzhou.

The most fundamental reason for this is that Nanzhou has only been established for a few hundred years.

Five hundred years ago, the Xiang family ruled the world. The Martial Emperor at that time had inflated ambitions and was unwilling to be ordinary. In addition, the demon race in Southern Border repeatedly caused chaos, so he directly mobilized the most powerful force of the Great Chu Empire and launched a southern expedition against the demon race!

Before that, the imperial court actually only controlled a few prefectures in Nanzhou. In essence, Shuzhou was the front line, which is why there are so many demon races under the Demon Suppression Pagoda in Shuzhou.

Sword cultivators are unyielding and have a sense of righteousness. It is said that the original intention of establishing Mount Shu was the same as Wudang Mountain, to defend the border for the human race and guard the border, and it has made great contributions to the human race.

Chen Yuan doesn't know if this is true, but if it is, then perhaps the Martial Emperor City in the East Sea is also located on the eastern border of the Central Plains for this reason.

In the process of getting along with Moro, Chen Yuan inquired about the events of hundreds of years ago, and he mentioned the war against the demons five hundred years ago.

In that battle, immortals took action, and both sides gathered more than a million troops. The killing was so fierce that corpses lay everywhere, and the evil aura was monstrous. The four great divine races of the demon race were almost crippled and could only retreat thousands of miles, holding onto the mountains.

In that battle, Shu Mountain, Wudang, Biyou, and other immortal sects, and even the Heavenly Demon Palace, had more or less taken action. It can be said that it was the second race war between the human race and the demon race since the Taizu established the world.

That battle crushed the spine of the demon race, making the demon race dare not look north to the Central Plains for hundreds of years, laying a solid foundation for the current prosperity of the human race.

Lingshan also gained a lot in that battle, secretly snatching many rare demon race alien species from Southern Border. The Qing Lion under Manjusri Bodhisattva was one of them.

However, the Former Chu also suffered great losses in that battle, which damaged its foundation and left hidden dangers for the Sima family's usurpation in the future.

The last time was a great victory for the human race, and all forces shared the fruits of the demon race. Now, through various intelligence sources, Chen Yuan also knows that the demon race in Southern Border is a bit restless.

It is very likely to start another war between humans and demons.

This time, Chen Yuan came to Nanzhou not only to help Su Ziyue, but also wanted to see the strength of the demon race's experts and accumulate some experience for the future.

Nanping Prefecture City.

Chen Yuan changed his appearance, restrained his aura, and disguised himself as a Dan Realm Grandmaster. However, even so, most of the people around him avoided him from a distance after sensing his aura.

A Dan Realm Grandmaster is definitely a top-notch expert, capable of establishing a sect. Even in Nanping Prefecture, where the martial spirit is prosperous, there are not many.

In essence, most of them are still Ning Gang martial artists.

Walking on the wide streets of Nanping Prefecture City, Chen Yuan's divine sense looked around, as if strolling around. After walking for a few quarters of an hour, he was inevitably a little disappointed.

Not to mention the demon race, he didn't even sense the aura of a Huayang True Person, and as for the Child of Destiny, there was no hope at all.

Seeing this, Chen Yuan restrained his thoughts, casually took out the Heavenly Book, and began to connect with Su Ziyue, the Seven Emotions Dao Lord.

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Nanling Prefecture, at the foot of Qiyue Mountain.

There is a relatively prominent family in Nanping Prefecture called the Qiyue Su family. It is very powerful. There is an old ancestor in the family who is at the peak of Tongxuan and is expected to reach the Dan Realm.

It has been passed down for hundreds of years and directly occupies the entire Qiyue Mountain.

The Qiyue Su family is very low-key. Their daily business is to acquire spiritual objects from the Hundred Thousand Mountains of Southern Border, and they are known for their fair prices and honesty.

This attracts many loose cultivators.

Some people were envious of the Su family's wealth and wanted to seize it by force, but they died suddenly at home in a few days. Even Dan Realm Grandmasters were no exception. Therefore, some people also rumored that the Su family had hidden strong strength.

At least, they have the means to kill Dan Realm Grandmasters.

As soon as such rumors came out, they reduced a lot of trouble for the Su family and covered them with a layer of mystery. Few people dared to provoke them, and the Su family rarely moved around outside, so they have always been safe.

What no one in Nanping Prefecture knows is that this Su family is one of the hidden major clans in Nanzhou.

The Qiyue Su family is just a disguise that the Su family put on themselves when they went into seclusion.

At the foot of the mountain is the Su Mansion, while on Qiyue Mountain is the Su family's true power. Su Ziyue is currently in seclusion in a cave halfway up the mountain.

The cave where she is located is quite magnificent, with all kinds of furniture, and it is very large, with an area no less than six rooms.

The cave is lit with night-luminescent pearls. There are several bookshelves, a bed made of exotic cold jade, and a table. It is simple and unadorned, but its value is very high.

Night-luminescent pearls are trivial treasures. The real treasure is the cold jade bed.

This item was taken from the North Sea and flowed out of the Southern Border. Cultivating on it is twice as effective. Two layers of gathering yuan formations are engraved throughout the cave.

If you count the entire large formation on Qiyue Mountain, then there are three layers of formations!

Su Ziyue is wearing a purple dress, and her long hair is simply tied up with a phoenix hairpin. Her long hair is scattered over her shoulders, showing her graceful figure.

The little watermelon is bulging, but the waist is not bent at all. Various temperaments are intertwined. She is also holding the Heavenly Book treasure in her hand, and a blush flashes across her face involuntarily.

Just now, Chen Yuan had contacted her through the Heavenly Book, telling her that he had arrived in Nanping Prefecture and asking her what to do next, whether to directly attack the Su family to snatch people or to proceed slowly and secretly sneak in?

No matter what, the Su family is still her family, who raised her. It is absolutely impossible to kill in, and she has heard that a strong person from the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox clan has come to the Su family.

Fighting a real battle is not advisable.

So, she can only secretly rely on the information she provides to break through the Su family's large formation and help her suppress the backlash. With her current cultivation base, if it weren't for the backlash of her bloodline and cultivation technique, she could secretly slip out even if there was a strong person from the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox clan outside.

It's just a pity that under the backlash of the cultivation technique, her strength is less than 10%, and she cannot leave the cave, otherwise the consequences will be very serious.

Thinking that Chen Yuan is about to come, a hint of shyness flashed across Su Ziyue's face again.

Suppressing the backlash of the cultivation technique requires cultivating with her, and at that time, she will inevitably lose her body to him. Although she doesn't resist much, and she actively asked Chen Yuan to help.

But... she still feels a little wrong in her heart.

She has lived for decades, and this is the first time she has been like this. Usually, she seems very charming, and every move shows her charm, but in fact, she is very conservative.

Over the years, the only person she has a little affection for is Chen Yuan.

At first, it was admiration, then shock and curiosity, and then inexplicable affection. Perhaps the cultivation technique had an impact since then, or perhaps it was other reasons.

In short, when she was burning with fire and in unbearable pain, the first person who popped into her mind was him.

At that time, he was still in Wudang Mountain, having just broken through to Huayang.

Although she asked Chen Yuan to help, she was still quite entangled in her heart and had never revealed the truth. However, after several months of suppression, the backlash of the cultivation technique is about to reach its peak.

It's like a water bag that has been filled and is still accumulating non-stop. If she can't find an outlet to vent, she will inevitably be burst.

While entangled, Chen Yuan contacted her and told her that he had come to the South.

And she took the opportunity to reveal the truth.

But now that Chen Yuan is about to arrive, she is a little hesitant again.

It's not because of anything else, but because of Chen Yuan's promiscuity. If Chen Yuan had always been clean and had not been surrounded by so many women, she would have contacted Chen Yuan long ago.

But if she has to share Chen Yuan with other women, she is a little entangled again.

As a dignified Huayang True Person, a Dao Lord of the Dao God Palace, and a strong person who has dominated the Jianghu for many years, she has to share a man with other women. No matter how you look at it, she feels uncomfortable.

But things have come to this point, and there is no other way.

She can't ask Chen Yuan to abandon all the other women. Not to mention that she didn't say it, even if she did, Chen Yuan probably wouldn't agree.

If she regrets anything, she only regrets not taking Chen Yuan under her skirt earlier.

In the past, her cultivation base was at the peak of the Heavenly Dan, and when she first met Chen Yuan, he was just a small Foundation Establishment martial artist. As long as she wanted to, even if the other party wanted to resist, he wouldn't have the strength.

As for now, the other party's cultivation base and strength have surpassed hers. If they really fight, she feels that she can't last three breaths of time and can only accept it passively.

"Sigh..."

Su Ziyue sighed softly, looked down at the big watermelon, and her eyes were a little melancholy.

Suddenly, her ears twitched, and she heard an approaching aura outside. She frowned:

"Old Ancestor, why are you here?"

Outside the cave, an old man with white hair and beard, wearing a white robe, slightly thin, and with small eyes slowly appeared, holding a beast-headed cane in his hand.

It was the Su family's Refinement God Old Ancestor.

His cultivation base can only be considered as just entering the Refinement God Realm. This was only achieved with the help of the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox clan. Half a year ago, he was just a Yuanshen peak martial artist.

"Ziyue..."

The Su family's Old Ancestor outside the door sighed softly.

Listening to the Old Ancestor's sigh, Su Ziyue felt a little uneasy in her heart and asked in a deep voice:

"Has something happened?"

"Today, that Fox clan expert came to me and told me something."

"What is it?"

"The news that you possess pure divine bloodline and extremely high talent for cultivation has spread to the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox Divine Clan in Southern Border. They..."

The Su family's Old Ancestor hesitated a bit.

"Old Ancestor, just say it."

"They hope that you can return to the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox Divine Clan to cultivate. They will give you the best resources and use the Heavenly Fox Divine Pool to completely wash your bloodline."

"What's the price?"

Su Ziyue continued to ask.

There is no free lunch in the world. She had previously improved her Heavenly Fox bloodline through a sacred object of the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox clan. Now, they actually want to use the Divine Pool, so their intention must be great.

"The price is to marry you to the current Divine Son of the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox clan."

Su Ziyue frowned and immediately refused:

"Impossible!"

"Ziyue, that Divine Son is the most talented existence in the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox clan in recent hundreds of years. He has the true Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox Divine Blood and has been established as the young clan leader of the Fox clan. He has been in closed-door cultivation for more than a hundred years and is now stronger than you. The reason why he wants to marry you is..."

"Enough, Old Ancestor, no need to say anymore. Ziyue will never agree to this matter." Su Ziyue snorted coldly.

"I initially rejected them for you, but... an arm cannot twist a thigh. That Fox clan expert did not back down and gave me seven days to persuade you to agree."

"What if I still refuse?"

Su Ziyue asked.

The Su family's Old Ancestor did not speak, but sometimes, not speaking is the best answer. Their Su family is just a pawn of the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox clan in the Central Plains.

When can a pawn resist the chess player?

He has no choice.

Su Ziyue is also the most talented descendant of the Su family in hundreds of years. She is only forty years old and has reached the Yuanshen Realm. Her future is limitless.

But...

The Su family's Old Ancestor sighed softly.

Su Ziyue was silent for a moment, took a deep breath, and said:

"Old Ancestor, is our Su family really going to be the eternal pawn of the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox clan? Do you know that pawns can be abandoned? The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox clan can abandon the Su family at any time. Only by truly mastering our own power can we stand in the world."

"What do you mean by this?"

Hearing this, the Su family's Old Ancestor's face changed, and he sensed Su Ziyue's killing intent.

"To break away from the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox clan, I can let the Su family leave Nanzhou and go to other prefectures, and I can protect the Su family's safety. It's time to end being rats for hundreds of years."

"No, Ziyue, do you know that the reason why the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox clan supports our Su family as a pawn is because they are sure that we dare not resist? All of us Su clan members have Fox clan blood.

Once it spreads out, there will be no place for us in the Central Plains. Only here, relying on the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox clan, can we thrive. This matter... don't mention it again. I will pretend that you never said these words."

The Su family's Old Ancestor's face was very ugly.

The human race and the demon race have a blood feud. It has always been a situation of endless death. Their Su family is inherited from the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox lineage and has done many things harmful to the human race for them.

Once the fact that they possess demon bloodline spreads out, not only will the imperial court issue an order to exterminate the Su family, but even the sect experts in the Jianghu will not let the Su family go.

Don't look at the human race being divided and fighting for territory, but he knows that when facing the great enemy of the demon race, they can quickly reach an agreement.

Those who are not of our race must have different intentions!

This is an ancient saying circulating in the Central Plains, and it also contains the truth.

The only way out for their Su family, this kind of 'human traitor,' is to return to their ancestral bloodline, break away from the human body, and truly transform into a Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox and be accepted by them.

If not, how could the Su family be willing to be controlled as pawns for hundreds of years? If not, how could the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox lineage trust the Su family?

He knows the stakes and cannot agree to Su Ziyue's words.

Because he will not let the Su family, which has been passed down for hundreds of years, be buried in his hands. The lives of tens of thousands of direct descendants and collateral relatives are all in the hands of the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox clan!

"Old Ancestor is determined?"

"The Su family only has this path, Ziyue. Although I don't want you to marry a demon, this is our only way out. I know that you are resisting, and I will try to delay for a few days as much as possible for you. You should weigh it carefully. If you can figure it out, that would be the best. After all, once you marry the young clan leader of the Fox clan,

our Su family's situation will be greatly improved, and we won't always be pawns..."

The Su family's Old Ancestor continued to persuade.

"What if Ziyue still refuses?"

"Then I can't stop that demon clan expert..."

Su Ziyue's eyes flickered, and a trace of ice-coldness flashed in her eyes. After being silent for a moment, she said:

"What is the cultivation base of that Fox clan expert?"

"Great Saint!"

Demon clan Great Saint!

Su Ziyue frowned slightly. She naturally knew what this meant. This meant that the status of that Fox clan expert was probably very high even in the Fox clan.

It is at the same level as the human race's True Lord!

"Ziyue understands. She will consider it carefully these few days. Old Ancestor, go back." Su Ziyue said indifferently.

The Su family's Old Ancestor nodded. As long as Su Ziyue is willing to consider it, that proves that there is hope. Perhaps, things won't get too stiff.

"Think about it carefully. If you need anything during cultivation, tell me."

After saying that, the Su family's Old Ancestor shook his head and stepped out of the mountainside cave.

"Thank you, Old Ancestor." Su Ziyue said with ice-cold eyes. Behind her, a furry white fox tail grew out of her body, swaying slowly in the void, extremely eerie...

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