379: Chapter 389 The Little Fox Demon Forces a Smile! An Inescapable Deadlock on the Divine Mountain!

When Bai Qiuqiu returned to the Immortal Cave, her two snow-white fox ears drooped listlessly, and her fox tail, which usually wagged incessantly, dragged lifelessly on the ground.

Su Xuan turned his head and watched her quietly.

Bai Qiuqiu seemed to have no one to confide in regarding the depression in her heart.

She walked to the stone bed, sat beside Su Xuan with her knees hugged to her chest, and rested her chin on her knees, as if speaking to Su Xuan, or perhaps just talking to herself.

"I don't know who my parents are. Ever since I can remember, I have stayed within the clan. Aside from this forest behind the mountain, I can't go anywhere."

"I am very curious about the outside world, but I have never seen it, and I cannot imagine how big it actually is."

Bai Qiuqiu turned her head, a layer of mist covering her clear eyes: "It would be great if you could speak... Then you could tell me about it."

Bai Qiuqiu's cultivation had only barely reached the Guixu Realm, which, before Su Xuan was injured, would have been an existence no different from an ant.

However, her ability was quite miraculous; that extremely pure wood-attribute Origin was actually able to slowly nourish Su Xuan's Saint Realm Physical Body.

Bai Qiuqiu seemed to want to distract herself and began continuing the task she hadn't finished earlier.

As she used her small hands to crush medicinal herbs and apply them to Su Xuan, she kept talking about the interesting things from her childhood.

Su Xuan listened quietly, not minding at all that the little fox was talkative.

It was just that he couldn't help but sigh inwardly: if this girl named Bai Qiuqiu were truly set loose outside, she would likely be eaten by those old monsters out there, leaving not even a scrap of bone, in less than a day.

The two of them had clearly only just met, and she didn't even know if he was a good or bad person, yet this silly girl had poured out all the information and details she knew, like spilling beans.

"Primordial God Mountain... Monster Realm..."

Su Xuan quickly recalled in his mind the Star Domain map that his father, Su Feng, had given them before their departure.

"It is still within the territory of the Brilliant Star Domain, but it should belong to a border region isolated by an ancient barrier..." Su Xuan calculated inwardly.

In the following days, Bai Qiuqiu continued to leave early and return late every day.

A sliver of immortal power had finally recovered within Su Xuan's body, and he was now able to move.

This morning, the Clan Chief came to the outside of the Immortal Cave again.

"Qiuqiu, come out! Today you must go to the ancestral grounds to learn the rituals for the deity sacrifice!" The Clan Chief's cold voice rang out.

Bai Qiuqiu took a deep breath, patted her cheeks, and walked out of the Immortal Cave: "Clan Chief, I'm coming."

Inside the ancestral shrine of the Qingqiu Fox Clan.

Bai Qiuqiu was required to change into a cumbersome and heavy dark red sacrificial robe, and kneel before a ferocious-looking Azure Dragon stone statue.

"Kneel! Pull in your stomach! Your head must be bowed into the dust!"

An old fox woman responsible for teaching etiquette, holding a rattan whip covered in barbs, shouted sternly: "You are about to be sacrificed to the Primordial God Mountain! From now on, you are a servant of the God Mountain! Put away that naive look of yours; what you must learn is absolute humility and obedience!"

Bai Qiuqiu bit her lip and knelt on the ground as required, but because of the prolonged kneeling, her body couldn't help but sway slightly.

"Crack!"

The old woman mercilessly lashed the rattan whip onto Bai Qiuqiu's back. A bloodstain instantly seeped through the thin sacrificial robe. Bai Qiuqiu shuddered all over from the pain, but she clenched her teeth tightly and did not make a sound.

The Clan Chief, standing to the side, watched coldly without a shred of pity, and instead spoke coldly:

"Qiuqiu, you are an orphan without parents, and it was the clan that spent spiritual fruits to raise you. Now that the Primordial God Mountain requires it, if you don't go, are you expecting those Yao Race members who have parents to worry about them to go instead?"

"Having enjoyed the protection of the Fox Clan, now is the time for you to sacrifice yourself for the clan! Put away those messy thoughts of yours; if you anger the Primordial God Mountain, our entire clan will have to be buried with you!"

Every word and sentence was chilling, extreme moral kidnapping!

Bai Qiuqiu buried her head deep into the ground, tears falling silently onto the cold stone floor. Her voice trembled, but she could only submit: "Qiuqiu... understands."

By evening.

Bai Qiuqiu dragged her exhausted body back to the Immortal Cave.

The moment she stepped into the cave entrance, she quickly wiped the tear stains from the corners of her eyes with her sleeve, took a deep breath, and squeezed out that mindless, brilliant smile on her face once again.

"Little Mute, I'm back!"

She limped to the side of the stone bed and, as usual, took out the spiritual fruits she had gathered, trying to hide her abnormality.

"Do you know? A silly bear came to the back mountain today wanting to steal spiritual fruits, but it got bounced away by the Formation and fell on its back with its limbs in the air; it was so funny..."

She spoke with a forced smile while preparing to change Su Xuan's medicine.

However, when she bent over slightly, the clothes on her back tugged at the wound caused by the rattan whip, causing her to gasp in pain, and a layer of cold sweat instantly broke out on her forehead.

Su Xuan watched her quietly without speaking.

Just then, a round head suddenly poked in from outside the Immortal Cave.

It was the Yao tiger, Fatty Hu.

Fatty Hu looked around, and after confirming the Clan Chief was not there, he snuck in, his face full of anxiety and reluctance.

"Qiuqiu! I heard my dad and the others whispering about it today!"

Fatty Hu lowered his voice, his tone full of terror: "You cannot go to that Primordial God Mountain! I heard that everyone who went before has disappeared!"

Upon hearing this, Bai Qiuqiu's hand, which was changing Su Xuan's medicine, jerked, and the medicinal herbs in her hand fell to the ground.

"The Clan Chief and the others clearly know! They are intentionally pushing you out to die because you don't have parents to protect you!" Fatty Hu was so anxious he was jumping up and down.

"Qiuqiu, while the envoy still has some time before arriving, run away! Escape into the Ten Thousand Desolate Mountains!"

Bai Qiuqiu's face was as pale as paper.

She stared blankly at the herbs on the ground, remaining silent for a long time.

Finally, she shook her head in despair and smiled bitterly: "Escape? Where can I escape to? The Monster Realm is completely locked down. If I escape, the Clan Chief will hand over your younger sister to take my place... I cannot harm you all."

Hearing this, Fatty Hu's eyes instantly turned red. He slapped himself hard, hating his own weakness, and finally ran out of the Immortal Cave in tears.

The Immortal Cave fell into deathly silence once again.

Bai Qiuqiu crouched on the ground, burying her face deep between her arms, her thin shoulders trembling violently.

She did not want to die. She really did not want to go to that terrifying Primordial God Mountain.

However, this cruel fate was like an invisible net, tightly choking her throat, making her feel desperate even in breathing.

Just then.

A warm, broad hand landed somewhat stiffly on her head.

Bai Qiuqiu lifted her head in astonishment, her face covered in tear stains.

Without her knowing when, Su Xuan, who had been lying on the stone bed, had actually forced himself up and was sitting on the edge of the bed.

Su Xuan looked at her expressionlessly.

Because of the Silence Spell, he still did not speak.

But in his cold eyes, for the first time, a look other than slaughter appeared.