Yunmeng Marsh, Hidden Dragon Island.

At this moment, Ying Long had reverted to its original form, several meters large, frolicking in the lakes around the island.

Rarely seeing the reclusive Ying Long show such a childlike side, the Xuansu Clan couldn’t help but laugh from a distance.

Because playing with Ying Long now is one of Li Boyang’s two attendants, Silver Horn.

Silver Horn was holding that huge Silver Gourd.

Continuously releasing streams of Sword Qi from the gourd, causing ripples upon ripples of water.

And Ying Long dodged and turned constantly, completely unfazed by those Sword Qi.

This was the daily interaction between Ying Long and Silver Horn.

As the only two in the Yunmeng Marsh whose minds were alike.

Their entangled fate could even be traced back to five years ago when Ying Long was just born.

Originally dissatisfied with being treated as Golden Horn’s sister.

After Ying Long’s birth, Silver Horn naturally considered herself his elder sister and led this little dragon into mischief everywhere.

Fortunately, Ying Long was not as mischievous as Silver Horn, coupled with the careful guidance of the Xuansu Clan.

He showed a lot of restraint, and rarely exhibited any improper or offensive behavior.

[Is he the reason you’re willing to abandon your identity and mission, content to be confined to this isolated island?]

As the Xuansu Clan watched Ying Long and Silver Horn with a smile on her face, a slightly cold voice suddenly echoed deep within her.

In an instant, the smile on Xuansu Clan’s face froze.

Unfortunately, not giving her more time to think, the voice sounded again.

[If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes...]

[It’s really hard to imagine the renowned Wind and Thunder God would turn into this.]

[Willingly degrading into a prisoner of the Celestial Beings, even having offspring with a mere mortal.]

Realizing the voice’s owner was unaware of the Red Eye Tripod, Xuansu Clan quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as it wasn’t about the Red Eye Tripod, Xuansu Clan cared little for the anger and ridicule in the other party’s words.

[Fuyou, I’m not familiar with you, am I?]

[Just manage your subordinates, my affairs are none of your concern.]

The voice, equally coldly rebutting, and yet Xuansu Clan’s gaze never left Ying Long and Silver Horn.

She wondered if it was her illusion, but she felt their movements seemed to slow, their focus not as sharp as before.

[Indeed, you and I do not belong to the same order.]

[You are a subordinate of Yu Guo, I am under Kang Hui.]

[But both Yu Guo and Kang Hui serve Gonggong, and we are both subordinate gods of Gonggong.]

[Now that Yu Guo is missing and Kang Hui is dead, we must cooperate.]

Upon hearing this, Xuansu Clan only responded with a cold smile.

[Cooperate? I see it as exploitation!]

[You want me to track Celestial Erosion Monarch and the whereabouts of those treasures?]

[Even seize those treasures that can grant wishes?]

[How many treasures have you collected so far?]

[So many treasures, can’t they fulfill your plans?]

These words rendered Fuyou silent.

For he never imagined that Xuansu Clan, though trapped on this island, was so acutely aware of external happenings.

[How did you know about the Soul Jade of the Guhuo Bird?]

[The Celestial Beings and Celestial Erosion Monarch shouldn’t possibly tell you such classified information.]

With a broader smile on her lips, Xuansu Clan said nothing more, merely shaking the newspaper in her hand slightly.

[Sometimes, just a simple clue is enough to deduce the truth.]

[Plus, I’m all too familiar with your tactics.]

[So familiar that just some traces allow me to guess your actions.]

At this point, Xuansu Clan didn’t forget to reverse-taunt.

[Don’t forget, I can be the ’Forbidden Palace Envoy’ who lurked independently for a thousand years!]

[Isn’t that the reason you’re seeking me out now?]

Known externally as the "Wind and Thunder God," secretly serving as the "Forbidden Palace Envoy," Xuansu Clan was far from being as docile as she appeared now.

The docility Xuansu Clan displayed was only in relation to Li Boyang.

When faced with inscrutable Celestial Beings whose power far transcended hers.

Any intelligent god would behave as docilely as Xuansu Clan.

Like now, merely through some clues in the newspapers, sharply analyzing the actions of gods like Fuyou.

This was merely Xuansu Clan’s instinct developed over a millennium, she hadn’t actively searched for related information.

One could merely say, the mountain people’s current range of activity had long exceeded the Hundred Lands Mountain Range.

Sea of Trees, Great Xia, East Sea, Huai River, North Netherworld, Kunlun...

Wherever there was human activity, there were traces of the mountain people’s activity.

Through the unique medium of the "rune newspaper," the mountain people also compiled the information they gathered.

Honestly, if there had been such a newspaper where you could "know everything without leaving your home" earlier.

Xuansu Clan might not have had to wait until the last moment to successfully convey the message "Wu Yi intends to target Yu Guo."

[Those Soul Jades were left by the Guhuo Bird upon death, containing the divine powers of the Huai River Witch from a thousand years ago.]

[Among these, the Soul Jades formed from the deaths of the Daughter of the Celestial Emperor and the Night Traveling Maiden are the most powerful.]

[To fulfill our plan, those two Soul Jades are indispensable.]

Hearing Fuyou say this, Xuansu Clan immediately broke in with a cold laugh.

[Your plan, nothing to do with me.]

[I’m not interested in what you’re trying to do, don’t come to me either.]

[This time, seeing as you’re a minister of Gonggong, I won’t report you.]

[But if you come to me next time, don’t blame me for telling everything I know to the Celestial Beings.]

The voice paused slightly, and Xuansu Clan’s tone was filled with seriousness.

[You know, I’m capable of doing such a thing now.]

Of course, Fuyou heard the earnestness in Xuansu Clan’s words, and he knew she truly had the capability to carry it out.

If that weren’t so, Fuyou wouldn’t have only chosen to contact Xuansu Clan in the last moment.

[I really didn’t expect that Celestial Being to be so charming...]

[In just a few short years, it made the once resolute and outstanding ’Forbidden Palace Envoy’ submit.]

As her gaze inadvertently swept over the frolicking Ying Long and Silver Horn.

Xuansu Clan, this time without hesitation, decisively reached for her own heart.

As if an illusion, Xuansu Clan almost effortlessly extracted a golden scale from her heart, then crushed it instantly.

[Provocation tactics don’t work on me. I have always been loyal to Yu Guo, not some Gonggong.]

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