Fox Demon Crossing

Chapter 76 A clear conscience

Standing in a high-end cemetery in a bustling city, Xiao Yan stood in front of his grandfather's tombstone, memories flooding into his mind like a tide.

"Xiao Yan, burn three incense sticks for grandpa."

"Ok."

"Uncle Wancheng, I want to talk to Grandpa alone for a while..."

"Okay, then I won't bother you grandpa and grandson for now."

Watching the old man's staggering back, Xiao Yan sighed softly, stared at the tombstone and whispered: "Grandpa, do you know..."

Time passed quietly.

Perhaps it was an illusion, but he always felt that the wind here was a little chilly. Although it was midsummer in July, the wind here seemed to be cold, like a breath of coolness in the heat wave.

Maybe it was just an illusion. After all, this back mountain was the resting place of the Xiao family's ancestors.

As footsteps sounded, Xiao Yan stood with his hands behind his back, without turning back, and said indifferently: "Xiao Wancheng, do you still have the nerve to come here?"

"I am the elder of the Xiao family, why can't I come?"

That’s right, the person who appeared behind him was the current head of the Xiao family, his father’s murderer, and his vicious uncle—Xiao Wancheng.

"Everything I did was for the Xiao family." Xiao Wancheng looked calm and said, "You have also seen that under my leadership, the Xiao family's power has doubled in just a few years. Even if the old man is resurrected, I, Xiao Wancheng, can say with a clear conscience that I have done my best for the Xiao family, and heaven and earth can bear witness to it."

"Don't make such a grandiose statement. There are only two of us here. No need to put on a show. Are you feeling guilty?"

"Guilty..." Xiao Wancheng looked at the tombstone. To be honest, he did feel guilty. He framed his brother and caused him to die unjustly. Once the truth came out, he would not only be infamous for eternity, but also be nailed to the human race's pillar of shame.

Xiao Wancheng responded calmly: "No matter what you say, everything I do is for the future of the Xiao family."

"Xiao Wancheng, let me ask you." Xiao Yan turned his head sharply, staring at him, "Has my father ever done anything wrong to you?"

Xiao Wancheng remained silent.

"Let me ask you again. They say that an elder brother is like a father. You can even kill your elder brother. How can you stand here facing your father's tombstone?"

Xiao Yan pointed at the tombstone and said angrily: "You are only doing this for your own selfish desires and power. You are an unkind, unjust, disloyal and unfilial person. I really want to dig out your heart to see if it is completely black."

“…What’s the point of saying this?”

"Your father's fate is his own fault. I can't watch him destroy the Xiao family that the old man worked so hard to build."

Xiao Wancheng looked up at the sky, his eyes flashing with determination and ruthlessness: "It is better for me to take action than for those ambitious people to attack the Xiao family. Nephew, you should understand your uncle's painstaking efforts."

"If I really wanted to kill you, you wouldn't have been able to escape to Shenhuoshan Villa when you were so weak."

"Nephew, come back and help me. I can guarantee that you will become the next head of the family."

Xiao Yan clenched his fists and sneered. He didn't expect Xiao Wancheng to be so shameless and wanted him to help him. He turned around and wanted to leave.

He was afraid that if he didn't leave, he would not be able to help but attack Xiao Wancheng.

Suddenly, Xiao Wancheng said, "Nephew, do you want to know the cause of your mother's death?"

Xiao Yan stopped and stared at Xiao Wancheng.

Xiao Wancheng laughed softly and said, "Your mother didn't die because of your father's depression, but because she didn't know what was good for her. Second uncle had no choice but to let her go down to accompany your father."

"You, damn it!"

Xiao Yan was filled with murderous intent and could no longer endure it. He punched Xiao Wancheng directly, and the air exploded as he punched it.

Xiao Wancheng dodged hastily, but was still hit in the shoulder and cried out in pain. Xiao Yan was about to take advantage of the victory to pursue him, but saw Xiao Wancheng's mouth corners raised, with a smug look on his face.

He suddenly woke up and realized that Xiao Wancheng was trying to trick him into taking action. However, it was too late.

"Be bold!"

"You shameless thief, how dare you sneak attack Master Xiao!"

"Catch him, don't let him escape!"

Xiao Yan looked sideways and saw a dozen people rushing towards him not far away. He recognized that these people were the heads of some of the Taoist families and important figures.

Oops! I got fooled.

Xiao Yan turned around to look at Xiao Wancheng, only to see him sitting on the ground in a mess, covering his shoulder, spitting blood, looking like he was about to collapse.

Xiao Yan gritted his teeth and wanted to kill Xiao Wancheng who was so close to him at all costs. But thinking of his current status, he couldn't cause trouble for his senior brother.

"Get lost," he said coldly to the group.

"You thief, how dare you hurt the chief envoy of the Black Jade Inspector of the Dao League? We must take you down today!"

"Yes, surrender now!"

Although Xiao Yan did not take these people's strength seriously, he could not act rashly because of their special identities.

"Cough cough cough..."

Xiao Wancheng said weakly: "My fellow Taoists, please don't do anything, let him go. My nephew has a misunderstanding of me. This is the Xiao family's family affair, please don't interfere."

"This……"

Everyone looked at each other and reluctantly made way for Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan narrowed his eyes, looked at Xiao Wancheng deeply for the last time, then waved his hand and strode away.

After he left.

"Master Xiao, are you okay?"

"Cough cough cough... It's okay." Xiao Wancheng couldn't help coughing a few times and said, "Originally, I invited everyone to the Xiao family to discuss the recruitment quota for the Black Jade Supervisor this year. I didn't expect this to happen. I'm sorry to have embarrassed everyone."

"Master Xiao, who was that person just now?"

Others also cast curious glances.

Xiao Wancheng smiled bitterly: "He is my nephew. You should have heard of him. His name is Xiao Yan. He is now the head of the Taoist Alliance's Alchemy Department."

"It's him……"

Everyone suddenly realized, and some of them looked thoughtful.

They had heard of the name Xiao Yan more or less in the Dao League. Although they had never seen him in person, they had heard of this name.

Everyone knows that the Dao League's Alchemy Department has been assigned to the eldest brother of Shenhuoshan Villa. And that Jin Renfeng rarely comes to the Dao League. It is said that Xiao Yan is the actual person in charge of the Alchemy Department.

At this moment, everyone has different thoughts...

"Mr. Xiao, since Xiao Yan is your nephew, then the Medicine Refining Department..."

He only said half of his words, but everyone present was a business veteran, so how could they not understand what he meant.

If they could interfere in the affairs of the Medicine Refining Department...

"I'm afraid not." Xiao Wancheng shook his head and smiled bitterly, "You may not know, his father is my eldest brother, Xiao Ziqing."

"Xiao Ziqing?"

"Sounds like a familiar name."

"By the way, is it Xiao Ziqing from your Xiao family who couldn't resist the beauty of Tushan Fox and secretly colluded with the fox spirit a few years ago?"

"Yes." Xiao Wancheng said helplessly: "Back then, it was me who discovered this matter, which led to my nephew losing his father. Even his mother died of depression because she couldn't bear the blow."

"So that's why he attacked you?!"

"what a pity."

"Yes, if this hadn't happened, we might have been able to place our own people in the Medicine Refining Department."

However, among the crowd, there were a few people whose eyes were shining with shrewdness.

They glanced at Xiao Wancheng vaguely.

I don't know what he was thinking.

"Mr. Xiao, how is your injury? Do you need any medicine to heal it?"

"No need." Xiao Wancheng shook his head. He had avoided the vital points with that punch. Although he might not be able to beat Xiao Yan now with his strength, he would definitely not be unable to take even one move.

In fact, he took Xiao Yan's punch on purpose.

As early as when Xiao Yan stepped into the Xiao family manor, someone had already tipped him off.

Thinking that the business owners would come to the Xiao family manor today to negotiate with him about the recruitment quota for the Black Jade Inspector, he came up with an idea. He did not set out until they arrived at the manor, and sent another person to guide them here.

He waited for the right time and used words to provoke Xiao Yan, creating the illusion that Xiao Yan had attempted assassination.

Sure enough, the timing was just right.

Thinking of this, Xiao Wancheng felt a little regretful. If Xiao Yan was more impulsive, he might be able to unite these business owners and try to keep Xiao Yan.

Given Xiao Yan's current status, it would indeed be a big trouble if he were targeted.

This matter has passed, and with so many people watching, if anything happens to him, the first person to be suspected will be Xiao Yan.

As for using this incident to catch Xiao Yan, Xiao Wancheng could only shake his head secretly. He considered it, but finally gave up.

He could indeed use this opportunity to mobilize Inspector Heiyao to arrest Xiao Yan.

But unfortunately, this is a family matter after all, and Xiao Yan now has a special identity. He is a disciple of Shenhuoshan Villa, and the current chairman of the alliance is still surnamed Dongfang. He does not want to see the matter made a big deal.

Even if the Taoist Alliance has wider jurisdiction.

As long as it does not involve collusion with the demon clan, the Taoist Alliance cannot interfere in their own affairs.

"Ahem..." Xiao Wancheng pretended to cough twice, covered his injured shoulder, and said, "Thank you all for arriving in time, otherwise I might be in great danger this time."

"Mr. Xiao is too polite."

"That's right, we are all one family, why should we separate ourselves..."

"Everyone, please follow me. I have asked someone to prepare the food and drinks. Let's chat all night long tonight."

"Very good……"

So they left the back mountain of the Xiao family.

But they didn't know that at this time, some changes were taking place in the cemetery behind the Xiao family.

Xiao Zhan's name is engraved on a tombstone.

Inside the sarcophagus underground.

A hideous corpse, skinny and covered with only a layer of black skin, wearing a blue Taoist robe, with white hair beginning to grow on its skin. It was clearly a corpse with no vitality, but its nails kept growing against the laws of nature.

A trace of evil spirit was sucked into the sarcophagus.

If Jin Renfeng were here, he would be able to tell at a glance that the corpse was turning into a corpse. Moreover, looking from the air, this place is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the mountain in the middle is the highest.

It was originally a treasure land that gathered the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Unfortunately, the long-term burial of corpses has gradually turned the original place of gathering energy into a place of gathering yin.

Yang energy gathers above, while Yin evil gathers below.

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The conflict between Yin and Yang was not a big deal before, because this world had no concept of becoming a zombie after death.

The dead buried here are at most preserved a little longer than those buried elsewhere.

Now, the concept of zombies has emerged.

Xiao Zhan, who was originally buried here, absorbed the evil energy in the earth veins and was transforming into a white zombie. Moreover, since there was a lot of dead energy underground, the speed of transformation would also be accelerated.

The peaceful Xiao Family Manor had no idea that their crisis was about to come in a way they could not expect...

Time flies, three days have passed.

When Xiao Yan returned to the Taoist Alliance, he originally thought that Xiao Wancheng would take advantage of this incident to bring the Black Jade Inspector to cause trouble for him, so he made some preparations in advance. Unexpectedly, everything was calm for the past three days without any movement.

Night, night falls.

In the Xiao family manor, the lights gradually went out.

Only a few people on night patrol were roaming the streets.

"It's already late at night. Come on, I'll take you two guys to find a good place to rest."

"Captain, I heard that a few chickens at Lao Wang's house seemed to have been bitten to death last night."

"Yeah, I don't know what animal bit him, but I heard that all his blood was sucked out." Another person said, "Captain, do you think it was done by a monster?"

“I’m not sure, but even if it is a monster, it should be a little monster that has just become a spirit in some mountain. In any case, no demonic aura has been detected.” The leader couldn’t help but yawn.

There's no way, I'm just too sleepy.

In addition, the Xiao family manor had never been attacked by invaders for many years, which made them somewhat complacent and felt that they could rest easy.

Think about it too.

It would be a fantasy if a monster attack could happen in the core area of humanity.

"Don't worry, even if that little demon dares to come, the mid-grade magic sword in the captain's hand is not to be trifled with." One of them gave a small compliment.

"that's true."

But before they finished speaking.

"what--"

Suddenly, a sharp and shrill cry was heard from the silent Xiao family manor, breaking the tranquility of the night.

The sharp and shrill cry startled the three people on patrol and they instantly lost all their sleepiness.

"what happened?!"

"I do not know!"

"The sound seems to come from the west."

The captain immediately said, "Let's go and see what's going on."

Wait till they arrive.

There were already quite a few people gathered in the yard.

"Let's let one let, let one let!"