Chapter 208: Chess Piece and Chessboard (2)
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
He was a little worried that Wu Luo would go back on his word. Fortunately, Wu Luo kept his promise and didn’t continue to attack him.
It was rumored that the most important thing for cultivators was karma. Once they made a promise, even without the restriction of the blood oath, they wouldn’t dare to violate it easily. From the looks of it, it was most likely true.
When he came back to his senses, Lin Shen looked at the red fox.
As soon as he relaxed, he realized that the light in the fox’s eyes had dimmed a lot. The luster of its fur wasn’t as bright as before, and it looked very tired.
Clearly, it wasn’t as easy to trap Wu Luo as it sounded.
“Thank you!”
The red fox shook her head, hesitated, and asked, “Aren’t you curious about my background?”
Lin Shen smiled. “You’re from the Fox Tribe, right?”
Although Lin Shen had never heard of the Haoshan Fox, apart from the demons of the five demon tribes, there was clearly no one else who could make Wu Luo remember its name.
“You’re indeed a smart young man!”
Without knowing it, the red fox had also changed the way she addressed Lin Shen.
“Alright, stop flattering me. You probably need my help with something, right? Just say it.”
In fact, Lin Shen had already guessed it.
If it was just for the sake of a meal, the red fox would at most tell him information about Wu Luo. Why would she risk her life to help him escape from Wu Luo’s pursuit?
No matter how kind-hearted a demon was, they wouldn’t sacrifice themselves for others.
Therefore, Lin Shen guessed that the red fox most likely had something to ask of him.
Hearing Lin Shen’s words, the red fox was really surprised. A strange light flashed in her eyes as she looked at him.
She stopped being pretentious and spoke frankly.
“I do have something I need your help with!”
“Go ahead,” Lin Shen said calmly.
“Two months ago, my clan was attacked by a group of human cultivators. Many of my clansmen were captured alive. Only I managed to escape with a few of my clansmen.”
“Don’t tell me you want me to help save your clansmen?” Lin Shen raised his eyebrows.
The red fox stared at Lin Shen. The answer was obvious.
Lin Shen didn’t reply immediately. He thought for a moment and asked, “Do you know the identities of those attackers?”
The fox nodded. “They’re from the Nine Suns Sect.”
Lin Shen was speechless.
“You want me, a member of the Nine Suns Sect, to save some demons captured by the Nine Suns Sect? What a strange idea!”
However, the red fox then explained,
“I’m not making things difficult for you. It’s just that I’ve captured a few people for interrogation. Although they came from the Nine Suns Sect, their actions weren’t under the orders of the authorities. Instead, they were following orders of the heads of their clan!”
Lin Shen’s expression changed, and he said in a low voice, “The attackers are from the Yan family, aren’t they?”
The red fox was stunned and asked curiously, “That’s indeed the case. How did you know?”
Lin Shen didn’t answer. His eyes flickered.
As expected!
In the past few months, there had been no news of the Nine Suns Sect targeting the Fox Tribe, but someone had attacked them.
The Fox Tribe had always kept a low profile. They lived deep in the Dragon Abyss Mountain Range all year round and only the Yan family carrying out a mission in the mountain range could attack the Fox Tribe without being discovered.
However, why did the Yan family attack the Fox Tribe instead of repairing the White Tiger Mountain Cave Abode?
Moreover, from what the red fox said, the Yan family had captured a large number of fox demons alive. What were they trying to do?
The more Lin Shen thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong.
The Yan family was obviously plotting something!
Lin Shen glanced at the red fox and suddenly asked, “Although the Fox Tribe is ranked at the bottom of the five great demonic tribes, you’re still a powerful demonic tribe. How could you be so easily defeated by the Yan family?”
The Yan family had already weakened, and their strength was only slightly better than the preeminent clans.
Even if the five great families were still at their peak, they could forget about exterminating a demonic tribe by the force of a single family.
The entire Nine Suns Sect had to go all out to exterminate the Tiger Tribe.
Even if the Fox Tribe was inferior to the Tiger Tribe, it wasn’t something that a mere Yan family could deal with.
A human-like bitter smile flashed through the fox’s eyes when she heard this.
“Young Master, you might not know this, but our Fox Tribe is different from the Tiger Tribe, Python Tribe, and Bear Tribe. We never had any desire to fight for power. We only want to live in seclusion in the Dragon Abyss Mountain Range. In order to better hide our whereabouts, 300 years ago, the Fox Tribe was divided into more than ten smaller tribes and found various places to live. The Haoshan Fox is one of them.
“Our tribe only has about a thousand members and only three cultivator masters. In order to capture us, the Yan family sent seven to eight cultivator masters at once. We weren’t their match at all!”
Lin Shen was enlightened. He didn’t expect there to hear such a secret.
No wonder the Fox Tribe was the most secretive among the five great demonic tribes. It turned out that they were scattered.
With a smaller target, it was naturally easier to hide.
However, there was also a shortcoming. Once the nest was discovered by enemies with ill intentions, it would be much harder for the smaller tribe to resist an attack.
The Haoshan Fox was an example.
“Why did the Yan family want to capture you?” Lin Shen then asked.
The Yan family was currently in charge of repairing the White Tiger Cave Abode. They would definitely not run to the depths of the mountains to kill demons out of boredom. Furthermore, they had chosen a demon like the spirit fox that was difficult to locate, let alone capture alive!
There must be some secret behind this!
At the mention of this, the fox’s expression suddenly became much more solemn.
“According to my investigation, the Yan family must have discovered an underground spirit cave!”
An underground spirit cave?
Lin Shen was stunned.
The so-called spirit cave could be seen as another form of Cave Abode..