Glancing at her companion, Bai Yin felt a sense of helplessness regarding the two of them. She wondered how, after tens of thousands of years, these old foes still couldn't let go of their past grievances. It seemed that the elder from the Qilin Clan they had offended had long since perished in the Three Clans War, yet they still harbored such animosity towards the Qilin Clan. Was this what one might call love... a transfer of hatred? At the same time, she was displeased with their calling her Owl Sound; it was a name she never wished to remember!
Speaking of which, her infatuation with Bai Xu stemmed from their somewhat similar experiences...
"Um... alright, you are the little witch, I’ll follow your lead. Bai Yin is just Bai Yin! However, this time you actually chose to seek help from the clan; our ancestor is quite moved... Your father misses you too and wants you to come back and visit when you can. After all, the Great Ancestor has always favored you; they say he’s been losing sleep over missing you..."
The rough-faced trickster scratched his head, his blunt personality revealing everything without hesitation. Beside him, the sinister man—Zheng—immediately kicked him. The Great Ancestor had clearly instructed them to appeal to emotions and reason slowly, using their ancestor's name as an excuse to coax her back into the clan... Yet this guy took everything literally! He could have just said that the Great Ancestor missed her instead of dragging in her father; it was precisely because of her father that she was reluctant to return to the clan! Wasn’t this stepping on a landmine?
The "father" they referred to was none other than the current leader of the Human-Faced Owl Clan—Owl Flame. And the ancestor was Owl, the progenitor of the Human-Faced Owl Clan. The Human-Faced Owl Clan took its surname from its name, and it could be said that he had existed since the dawn of time as a top-tier divine beast, having cultivated to a level where he could merge with heaven and earth. At that stage, he could even represent a portion of heavenly will! His every word and action embodied divine intent; his anger was divine punishment!
Bai Yin was the sole heir of Owl Flame, destined to be the future successor of the Human-Faced Owl Clan—a high-ranking princess known as Owl Sound! Simultaneously, she was also the most favored junior in Owl's eyes, a cherished gem. If it weren’t for this, how could Mountain River Fan—a treasure of their clan—have ended up in her hands? However, due to some issues between Owl Flame and her mother in earlier years, Bai Yin harbored resentment towards her clan and distanced herself from her homeland. She had even lost her dominant position to Bai Xu without ever contacting her clan again. Of course... she would never admit that it was because she had developed feelings for that scoundrel Bai Xu; it was purely because she didn’t want any ties with her clan!
Yet this time, for Bai Xu's sake, she lowered her pride. After meeting with Qian Mo to discuss matters, Bai Yin used her bloodline Secret Technique to contact her clan—a move that even startled their ancestral spirit. The reason was simple: being able to directly contact the clan through such an important bloodline Secret Technique was extremely rare; only those of high status within the clan would be taught it and would rarely use it unless faced with life-and-death situations. The sudden contact from Bai Yin, who had been away from the clan for hundreds of years without any news, instantly caused an uproar within the entire clan. Thinking something grave had happened to their most promising junior, Owl—who had been in seclusion trying to reach higher levels—didn’t hesitate to break his meditation.
Fortunately, in the end, Bai Yin clarified that she wanted help for Bai Xu in dealing with the Bai Ze Clan.
Although this matter was challenging, the Human-Faced Owl Clan wasn’t afraid of the Bai Ze Clan. While they couldn’t directly intervene, Owl still sent Zheng and Qiao out to assist once. Although they were guests of the Human-Faced Owl Clan, as long as they claimed they were helping Bai Xu in their own capacity, there shouldn’t be any repercussions. This also signified their stance; even if Bai Xu ultimately lost, protecting him shouldn’t be an issue. As for what remained—Owl Flame's son could handle negotiations with the Bai Ze Clan! It seemed that his precious princess had taken a liking to that lucky fellow! Well then, let’s help first and talk later; according to what younger members said about Bai Xu being a prodigy himself, becoming my Human-Faced Owl Clan’s son-in-law wouldn’t be so simple!
Though he didn’t realize that it was actually Bai Yin who had been pursuing him all along...
Thus led to this tense standoff with Zheng and Qiao present.
Feeling the increasingly violent energy flow in the air, Qian Mo signaled for Bai Feng Siblings—who had already activated their military talismans—to gather their beast army; battle... was about to erupt!
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