I walked out of the hall with Nangong Feiyan in a daze and jumped down the mountain peak, but saw a small square in the valley with a Bagua copper furnace about till the height of the fire. The fire was booming and the blue smoke was surging. A person in front of the furnace was constantly busy with something.

I saw this man sometimes adding something to the Bagua furnace, sometimes standing still and thinking. Sometimes he was laughing strangely, but when he looked closely, there was a large iron chain tied to one of the feet, and the end was connected to a huge rock that was probably ten thousand pounds. The man's range of movement was bound to this small place.

When I got closer, I realized that this person was Ma Jiu, the bone refiner.

Only then did I remember that Ma Jiu was taken to Fox Valley by Nangong Feiyan before, but I didn't expect it to be here.

Nangong Feiyan took me down in front of the Bagua Furnace and shouted in front: "Ma Jiu, do you think who is here?"

But Ma Jiu stared at the stove without moving, his hands constantly wiggling, as if he was studying something. His focused expression and expression were like a scientist.

Nangong Feiyan shouted a few times before he finally heard it. Then he raised his head and looked at us, his expression was a little dull, and he was stunned for a moment before he realized. A strange look appeared in his eyes. He looked at us just and then lowered his head hurriedly.

He seemed a little shy. I sighed in my heart and said with a smile: "Ma Jiu, I have been away for many days. How can you work here to reform?"

Actually, I was right, it was just labor reform. Ma Jiu didn't say anything. He grabbed something from a bag and slapped it into the Bagua furnace. He saw a buzzing sound from it, and the flames rushed up, and the sky was filled with flames. The blue smoke spread and rose into the sky.

This guy seemed a little dissatisfied. Nangong Feiyan stepped forward and said, "Ma Jiu, how have you practiced the Ziyun Pill?"

Ma Jiu looked up at the sky and then said slowly: "It is very troublesome to refine Ziyun Pills, and it takes 49 days to produce a furnace. From the last time, I have collected all the ingredients and just one month has passed. Let's go back and wait. I'm anxious and can't eat hot tofu, nor can I make good elixirs."

His tone was very calm, but he had burns on his face. When he said these words, he could not see any expression at all.

But what is Ziyun Pill?

Nangong Feiyan was not in a hurry and nodded, "Okay, I will come naturally on that day. If you can really refine Ziyun Pill, I will make the decision and let you go free."

I hurriedly glanced at Nangong Feiyan and finally caught him. Why did I let him go?

Ma Jiu was still expressionless, but his face seemed to have twitched twice, then turned around and stopped talking.

Nangong Feiyan didn't say anything else, pulled me and whispered: "Okay, let's go."

"But, he, he can't..." I pointed at Ma Jiu and said, but Nangong Feiyan ignored me and took me to fly up in the air again and headed far out of the valley.

In the air, I looked back and saw that the Bagua copper furnace was still emitting green smoke and flames. Ma Jiu stood alone in front of the furnace, his motionless figure looked like a statue.

This trip to the Fox Valley made me feel confused. Nangong Feiyan took me out of the valley quickly, passed through a fog, and soon arrived outside the Fox Valley. After slowly landing, I turned around and looked back. The fox valley that was just like a fairyland was gone, and there was still an ordinary mountain in front of me.

I was so surprised that I was so secretly surprised. Nangong Feiyan looked back at the vast mountains beside her, sighed softly, and turned around and said, "Let's go, Xiaotian."

"Where are we going?" I asked subconsciously.

She was silent for a moment, shook her head and said, "I don't know either, so... go back to school first."

I frowned and asked her: "What the hell are you doing, your mother..."

Nangong Feiyan shook her head: "She is not my mother."

"She is not your mother? What does it mean? Then she is..."

She interrupted me and said, "Stop talking, it's too close to Fox Valley, let's talk about it when we go back."

As she said that, she looked back at the mountain again, smiled sadly, as if she was telling someone, and said softly: "Mom, I will come back again, I will definitely not disappoint you. The bloodline of the Nine-tailed Heavenly Fox will never be cut off."

I looked at Nangong Feiyan, her eyes were firm, and her words showed a decisive determination.

I was a little uneasy.

...

Along the way, we didn't call a taxi, nor did she use her magic to fly against the wind, but walked slowly back with me. While walking, she told me what happened to her these days and a secret she had hidden for many years.

She told me that she had been busy a few days ago, dealing with some affairs within the clan and dealing with some people coming from the Northeast Main Hall.

It turns out that since the accident happened in the Fox Valley these days, several groups of people have come from outside the pass. The monsters in the world are family, especially the Tianhu clan is the best among the Fox Fairies. As the leader of the Northeast Wild Fairy, Master Hu San had known what was happening here for a long time, so he sent people to visit Fox Valley for condolences.

Although Hu Gu did not want them to interfere with this matter, everyone was a fellow practitioner and was kind-hearted. In addition, the Tianhu clan also had a close relationship with outside the pass, so Nangong Feiyan has been busy with reception these days and had to run back to class during the day, which was really busy.

These people who came to express their condolences left one after another. The last wave was the old man with white beard, Mr. Hu Jiu. He has a high seniority, and Nangong Feiyan also has to respectfully call him Uncle Jiu.

Since Mr. Hu Jiu came, he has lived in the Fox Valley for many days. He always looked at Nangong Feiyan, so he could say that he was inseparable. Therefore, I met him before entering the Fox Valley and was led to see Nangong Feiyan by him.

I asked Nangong Feiyan why Master Hu Jiu was indifferent to her? Why did he look at her?

She sighed and said, "Because, neither he nor Mrs. Yan want me to enter Yuqing Cave and see my mother."

When I heard her say this, I felt a stern. What is this? Isn’t Mrs. Yan her mother? Why did she say that Mrs. Yan didn’t let her enter Yuqing Cave because she didn’t want her to see her mother?

This sentence is a bit like a tongue twister. I asked her, was it because Mrs. Yan was in seclusion and didn’t want you to go in?

She shook her head and said, Mrs. Yan is Mrs. Yan, my mother is my mother, and they... are not the same person at all.

Ah, I was even more surprised, and I felt a buzzing in my mind. What does this mean? Mrs. Yan is not her mother?

I tentatively said again: "What do you mean is that Mrs. Yan is not your biological mother? Uh, I know this. Didn't she say that last time? You picked it up, but don't mind. After all, she has been doing well to you for so many years..."

She smiled bitterly and said, "Don't talk nonsense. Since you went to that cave, I believe you should have already known it. I don't hide it from you. The current Mrs. Yan is actually not Mrs. Tianhu, nor the nine-tailed Tianhu of the past, and naturally it is not my mother."

I was surprised and said, "It's actually like this? Then who is she? What's wrong with your mother?"

"She is...my mother's sister, Yan Qingxue. I have called her Aunt Xue since I was a child, that is, the person who introduced me to the school."

"Uh, are you saying that she is our vice principal?" I was shocked. Although I had met one person from afar and had no interaction, I suddenly heard her say that Mrs. Yan, who had met me twice, was actually our vice principal, and she still thundered me...

Nangong Feiyan smiled faintly: "Yes, you can also call her vice principal, and my mother, in fact, has been in that Yuqing Cave, ignorant and lonely, and has been lying alone for more than a hundred years."

I listened to her speech in a daze and was completely stunned. According to her words, her mother, the real Madam Tianhu, has been lying in Yuqing Cave for more than a hundred years, and was ignorant. Could it be that Madam Tianhu has been dead for more than a hundred years?

However, the last time that Mrs. Yan was in front of Liu Wuyan in the Battle of Fox Valley, she was clearly...

I looked at Nangong Feiyan in surprise and blurted out: "Last Fox Valley Battle, Mrs. Yan, could she be...she actually..."

I was already a little incoherent. Before Nangong Feiyan could finish my words, she nodded and said, "Yes, you guessed it right. Aunt Xue was originally an eight-tailed Heavenly Fox, so the saying of breaking one by herself was to fool Liu Wuyan and the damn Master Fuyuanzhai."

"Then if you say so, the Nine-tailed Heavenly Fox actually exists?"

"The Nine-tailed Heavenly Fox has always existed. Do you still remember what I said in the mountains just now? The Nine-tailed Heavenly Fox's bloodline will never be cut off."

She said softly, her voice was very small, but she was so determined.

"You, then what you mean is that you won't be thinking..." I was completely confused. I thought of Nangong Feiyan's intention, but I didn't know what to say.

"Haha, you guessed it again. Actually, Aunt Xue and Master Hu Jiu wanted to stop me, but I didn't want me to do this, but I had to do this, because, do you know, only the Nine-tailed Heavenly Fox can fight against the Lord of Fuyuanzhai. A hundred years ago, my mother, that's how I... left..."

Before she finished speaking, her voice trembled, and I suddenly understood everything.
Chapter completed!