âWas Liliya saved?â Aâsang asked nervously.
âShe was. After the Divine Envoy saved Liliya, she gave us food and weapons, and also a type of divine stone that could make the Gaga Grass grow better.
Our tribe started off very well at the beginning until Liliya discovered that the Divine Envoy was quarreling with her companions about the Gaga Grass. Before long, the two companions of the Divine Envoy disappeared, and only a cold and dark man remained.
Liliya told me that the Divine Envoy was very strange. She asked us to stop planting the Gaga Grass and plan a route of escape instead. Not long after she said this, she disappeared.
I brought the clan members to capture the Divine Envoy, but my head suddenly felt like it exploded. Since then, Iâve been muddleheaded and led the clan members to search for iron ore and the human-rabbit hybrid clan. When I awakened, here I was,â Aâte said, hugging his head painfully. âItâs all because I was too careless, mistakenly trusting those foreigners.â
âNot all foreigners are evil. Miss Yun is a good person. I believe that as long as we follow her, weâll be able to get Liliya back one day,â said Aâsang as he patted Aâteâs shoulder calmly.
Yun Jiuge heard this and whispered to Zi Shang, âThis human-fox hybrid is rather good, at least he thinks logically.â
âHeâs not bad!â Zi Shang couldnât deny it.
âBy the way, earlier Aâte said that the Divine Envoy and her companions were arguing. Was it Nangong Li and Baili Moyun?â Yun Jiuge asked, turning to look at Zi Shang. She knew that Nangong Li, Baili Moyun and Nangong Yue were not together.
âCall Aâte out to ask him and youâll know,â Zi Shang said. He was fed up with eavesdropping and opened the door to call Aâte and Aâsang out.
âMiss Yun, I apologize for my rudeness just now,â Aâte said and bowed deeply towards Yun Jiuge.
âI forgive you,â Yun Jiuge replied, nodding elegantly. She asked, âYou said that youâve seen the Divine Envoy and her companions? What do they look like?â
âThe one woman and three men are all very good looking,â Aâte said. He racked his brain, but couldnât think of any adjectives to describe them other than âgood lookingâ.
âDonât describe, just show them. Close your eyes and imagine what they look like,â Aâsang said and patted Aâteâs shoulder.
Aâte obediently closed his eyes. His eyebrows became furrowed, and there was a bitter expression on his face.
Aâsang put his hand on his forehead, and Golden Light shifted slightly to become a curtain of light.
In the curtain of light, there was a woman and three men. The woman was wearing a sky-blue gown. She had fair skin, picturesque eyes and an exquisitely small chin. Her nose was straight and delicate, and the corners of her red lips were slightly raised as if she was smiling. Just looking at her made one feel a sense of pleasure. It was Nangong Yue.
Standing next to her was Nangong Li, Baili Moyun and an enlarged version of Qiu Sen.
âIt really is them,â Yun Jiuge said. She had been speculating, but was able to confirm it now after seeing the image.
âYour ability to read memories is very good,â Yun Jiuge praised him.
âThank you for the compliment,â Aâsang answered shyly.
He didnât want to reveal this ability at first, but for Liliya and Aâte, he had no choice but to use it.
âCan you show us the quarrel between the Divine Envoy and her companions?â Yun Jiuge asked again.
âLet me give it a try,â Aâsang said. He moved his fingers slightly, and the pattern on the curtain of light immediately changed.
A petite, fair-skinned, human-wolf hybrid girl who looked like a porcelain doll, appeared on the curtain of light. She said to Aâte in a low voice, âElder Brother, yesterday I heard Lord Li and Lord Moyun arguing with the Divine Envoy. They said that pregnant women shouldnât eat Gaga Grass. Iâve a bad feeling about this, letâs not grow Gaga Grass anymore. Letâs go find Aâsang...â
âAâte only has this memory of the quarrel,â Aâsang said. He sounded exhausted and the Golden Light on his hands gradually faded. It took a lot of effort to read memories, and he had reached his limit.
âItâs enough.â Yun Jiuge nodded and said to Aâsang, âYouâve passed the test. Tomorrow, bring your clan members on time for the awakening. After that, accompany us on our missions. Aâte, Advisor Jun will tell you the content of the mission.â
Yun Jiugeâs gaze landed on the extremely nervous Aâte. She said coldly, âIf he can complete the task, Iâll consider helping him to awaken another clan member.â
âYes, thank you, Miss Yun,â Aâsang said and nodded quickly.
He was well aware of the current situation of the human-wolf hybrids. Awakening one of them would take more energy than awakening an entire clan. This was a very generous reward.
âGo find Advisor Jun!â Yun Jiuge said. She waved to dismiss Aâsang and Aâte.
âThe human-fox hybrid clan is very useful indeed. I was right, wasnât I!â Zi Shang said and raised his eyebrows. Previously, Yun Jiuge had doubted him.
âYes, youâre always right,â Yun Jiuge replied, in admiration of Zi Shang.
âRest early. After you awaken the human-fox hybrid clan tomorrow, weâll set off immediately,â Zi Shang said. He rubbed Yun Jiugeâs hair and brought her to rest.
Early next morning, Yun Jiuge personally presided over the awakening plan of the human-fox hybrid clan.
The process of awakening was very smooth but unfortunately, other than Aâsang, the rest of the human-fox hybrids only had ordinary illusion skills. After that, they were organized into exploration teams by Zi Shang. They were responsible for inspecting and investigating the surroundings together with the human-eagle hybrid clan.
This time, Yun Jiuge mainly brought members of her guards to explore the Gray Castle, including human-rabbit hybrids Da Meng and Maya, human-eagle hybrids Aâfei and Aâze, Aâsang and Aâte.
âLetâs go to the human-leopard hybrid clan and Lizard-like therianthropesâ territory first to take a look. Youâll be sitting on Aâfei,â Zi Shang said as he made Aâfei and Aâze larger. Yun Jiuge and he sat on Aâze, while the other human-beast hybrids sat on Aâfei. They flew towards the human-leopard hybrid clan and Lizard-like therianthropesâ territory.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
Yun Jiuge didnât know if she was mistaken, but she felt that the death energy in the Secret Realm was getting stronger and stronger. The lands were dry and cracked, just like the skin of a toad.
Among the yellow grass and trees, there lay many beasts. They were covered with black scars of death and smelled bad.
âIf Miss Yun didnât build Yun City, our human-beast hybrids would be just like them,â Aâsang whispered to Aâte.
Aâte didnât reply but just looked at Yun Jiuge with a trace of fear and gratitude.
He had gone to the jail to see the rest of his clan members. Although the clan members were numb while under control, at least they were alive. There was still hope.
âThereâs the human-leopard hybrid clanâs territory. Hold on tight, Iâm about to land,â Aâzeâs voice drifted over, and he landed quickly.
Yun Jiuge, Zi Shang, and the others jumped off their backs. The surroundings were filled with piles of rubble. The only evidence of human-beast hybrid tribes living here was some smooth stones lying around.
âAâte, see if you can find any clues,â Yun Jiuge said. She walked around but couldnât find anything special.
âOkay,â Aâte immediately bent down and turned into a large wolf, with his red-brown hair shining brightly and gray-brown eyes radiating a sharp light.
He sniffed around the pile of rocks and quickly determined a target. Using his paws to pry apart a large rock, he dug out a large bundle of neatly arranged packages from underneath. Inside, there were many broken skins and old stone bowls.
âThis is what the human-leopard hybrid clan and Lizard-like therianthropes left behind. Theyâd agreed to migrate together,â Aâfei instantly said.
Yun Jiuge browsed through the items.
In general, the human-beast hybrids would bury things that they didnât need before they migrated.
On one hand, those items might be useful in the future. On the other, it helped to conceal their traces. It seemed that the human-leopard hybrid clan and Lizard-like therianthropes were very orderly as they were leaving.
âAâte, can you find which way they left?â Zi Shang asked, looking up.
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