The whole family went mad, but the junior sister turned the tables and her luck soared.

After the Tiger Clan finished discussing their response, Yun Yici glanced at Wan Nian, who was sitting at the back without saying a word.

She brought up what Wen Fuyue had said: "Master just said that Senior Bai Wu has found out Wan Nian's background. I wonder what the situation is?"

If Wan Nian's parents were from the royal family of Qingqiu, she might have stayed in Qingqiu.

When Wan Nian heard himself mentioned, a hint of nervousness inevitably showed in his eyes.

Wen Fuyue also remembered this matter.

He explained, "Wan Nian must have been the son of the previous Fox King."

"At that time, Qingqiu was in turmoil, and he was stolen. Because the Fox King and his demon companion both perished, no one investigated his disappearance and assumed that he had died in the internal strife."

"Fellow Daoist Bai Wu said that after so many years, there are no blood relatives in the Wan Nian lineage, so there is no way to investigate this matter."

"However, if Wan Nian wants to stay, she can stay in Qing Qiu. She is willing to give her the position of elder and let Bai Ruo teach her."

Wan Nian was weak-willed, and having Bai Ruo, a fox clan priestess, by his side to teach him was a way out in Wen Fuyue's eyes.

However, Wan Nian could no longer hold back her tears.

"I......"

He wanted to say that he didn't want to stay in Qingqiu, as he didn't know any of these fox people.

He was born and raised in the human world, and he prefers to be with humans.

Moreover, Mu Yunjian is also a demon cultivator, so why can Mu Yunjian return to the human realm with them but he can't?

However, looking at everyone's gaze, Wan Nian knew that he did not have the right to be willful.

He couldn't express his true thoughts, only whispering, "I...I understand."

After finalizing two important matters, everyone went about their own business before leaving Qingqiu.

Wen Fuyue accompanied Ning Tinglan through her tribulation, while Rong Xuan busied himself with his puppet.

With a clear understanding of the situation, Mu Yunjian became a quiet and handsome man from that day on.

Yun Yici never heard him speak again.

She began to understand why Mu Yunjian in the original story had never used such a powerful talent.

The villain has a lot of lines.

I ask you, which book has a villain who doesn't say a single word?

The happiest person was the emperor, but after teasing him a few times and finding that Mu Yunjian really didn't say anything, he also found it boring.

It seems that the imperial edict reached some kind of deal with Bai Wu, and he accompanies Yun Yici to and from the Demon King's Palace every day.

Yes, Yun Yici wasn't idle either.

She would take Wan Nian to find Bai Ruo every day so that Wan Nian and Bai Ruo could get to know each other better.

When Wan Nian listened to Bai Ruo's teachings, she accompanied the divine tree as she had promised.

This was something she had promised the sacred tree.

Bai Wu had some reservations about this, after all, their precious mother tree had inexplicably gone bald and was in a position to rest quietly.

However, when the divine tree saw Yun Yici arrive, it was overjoyed. Gradually, Bai Wu also changed her attitude and prepared cloud beasts every day to take Yun Yici and the other two away.

The emperor rarely saw the divine tree, but he saw Bai Wu more often.

However, Bai Wu gradually changed her attitude, from initially hoping for the imperial edict to now feeling a headache whenever she saw him.

There was no way around it; the imperial edict really could extract her treasures.

The emperor was also very discerning, always choosing the most expensive items.

Her private treasury is about to become the warehouse for imperial edicts.

As for what the imperial edict offered for trade, it was something he had robbed—no, collected—from the Demon Realm; it was an extremely profitable business for him.

Yun Yici had no idea what the Emperor was up to. Every time she came to see the Divine Tree, the Divine Tree would have Bai Ruo dismiss all the maids and guards.

The other fox demon cultivators will only return after Yun Yici and the others have left.

Seeing that there were no outsiders, Yun Yici unrolled the scroll and let Zhujian and Xiaoba out to play with the divine tree.

Zhujian and Xiaoba squatted on the branches of the sacred tree. The sky was clear, and she told them her stories from the human world.

The divine tree longed for it. One day, she asked Yun Yici, "If Xiaoci wants to return to the human world, will Xiaozhu also go back?"

As for Xiao Ba, he is still a child, has not yet taken human form, and unlike the Emperor's decree, he does not have a companion fire. Without anyone to protect him, he could easily be forcibly taken as a servant.

However, given Zhujian's age, Shenshu secretly hoped that Zhujian could stay in Qingqiu with her.

After she takes human form, she will travel to different realms with Zhujian.

The tiny Candle Dragon landed on a branch of the divine tree, and the warm sunlight filtered through the sparse leaves, casting dappled patterns of light on her.

Upon hearing Yun Yici's account, Zhu Jian said, "Mingwu should be returning to the human realm, and Xiaoci is also going to the human realm, so I'll go and see what's going on."

The divine tree sighed and said, "I see."

Zhu Jian touched the branches of the divine tree with his little paws and said, "If you take human form sooner, you can come with us."

"However, I will definitely come back in the future. This is my home."

The divine tree's growth period was no shorter than that of Zhujian; a hundred or a thousand years seemed like a mere instant to her.

Hearing Zhujian say that, the sadness of parting vanished instantly.

Yun Yici said, "Senior Mingwu is unaware that Zhujian is alive. We plan to tell him when we return to the human realm."

It wasn't that Yun Yici intentionally concealed it, but rather that Zhulong had just appeared in the world and immediately dismembered himself in front of everyone.

If news of Zhujian's degeneration were to leak out, then it's possible that more than one Huzheng would ambush and kill them.

So, just to be on the safe side, Yun Yici didn't tell anyone.

The divine tree understood Zhujian's predicament and stopped dwelling on the matter.

However, she relinquished a portion of her condensed life essence to Zhulong, which meant her transformation into human form would have to be postponed again.

The three of them—the Divine Tree Zhujian, Xiaoba, and the Divine Tree itself—were immobilized. Zhujian had sealed himself away for ten thousand years, and Xiaoba had only been born a short time ago.

So most of the time Yun Yici talked and they listened.

As they listened, the dragon and the bird lazily fell asleep on the tree branch.

The divine tree was delighted. She looked at Yun Yici, who was sitting cross-legged under the tree, and called out, "Xiao Ci, come and sleep too."

"Aruo has called everyone away, no one will come."

"I'll call you if anyone comes."

The divine tree shook its leaves, signaling Yun Yici to come up.

Yun Yici said worriedly, "I'll crush you."

The divine tree laughed at her: "How could that be? My lifespan is the same as Zhujian's. If she can carry you, so can I."

Despite the divine tree's insistence, Yun Yici had no choice but to leap onto the thickest branch of the trunk.

If Bai Wu saw this, she would definitely be furious. The Fox Clan wouldn't even pluck a single leaf from the Qingqiu Mother Tree!

The divine tree swayed its branches, and Yun Yici felt as if she had returned to her mother's arms when she was a child.

No wonder Xiao Ba and Zhu Jian like climbing trees and always fall asleep in them.

Yun Yici only intended to jump up briefly and then come down, but unexpectedly, she felt sleepy in broad daylight and, in a daze, actually fell asleep.

When she closed her eyes and opened them again, she saw that the black candle in front of her, which was used to worship Buddha, was different from before.

The Buddha's once smooth and round head now has fine, black stubble.