Snow Color

Chapter 423 The Pillow Book 4

"Zheyan, is there really no other feasible solution to this matter?" Bai Zhi looked at Zheyan with a worried look on his face. The ominous premonition in his heart had become a reality. He had originally hoped that Zheyan would agree to this matter as he wished, but now it seemed that everything had come to nothing.

Zheyan shook his head lightly and sighed, "Fox Emperor, if it was something else, maybe I could help a little. But this matter is really beyond my ability. You have carefully taught so many outstanding children. Xiaowu actually has the corresponding ability, but she is kind by nature and can't bear to do it." At this point, Zheyan couldn't help but think of the little girl who made him love and pity. If it weren't for the little girl behind him who looked reluctant, how could he reject Bai Zhi so easily? In the final analysis, he was just willing to spoil her.

However, no matter how Bai Zhi begged and said a lot of nice things, Zheyan remained firm and showed no intention of giving in. Seeing this, Bai Zhi was very unhappy, but because of his long-term friendship with Zheyan, and knowing that although the two of them had a good relationship, they could not lose their sense of propriety, so he finally suppressed his anger and tried to control his emotions.

In the end, Bai Zhi had no choice but to take Bai Qian to Kunlun Ruins. On the other hand, Xueying chose to stay out of this series of changes and didn't bother to pay attention to it. In her opinion, if Mo Yuan still insisted on accepting this apprentice, then the consequences in the future would only be his own fault.

Meanwhile, Xueying and Zheyan were in a terrible mood after returning to the peach blossom forest. Xueying looked unhappy, with her lips tightly pursed, and was obviously depressed by what had just happened.

"Zheyan, if I hadn't gone with you, would you have agreed to the fox's request?" Xueying looked at Zheyan and he just couldn't figure it out. Now he still didn't know where he had done wrong.

"Xueying, the Fox Emperor is my old best friend! Back then, we traveled the world together and went through countless hardships. Our friendship is extremely deep. And Qianqian is the child I have watched grow up. Although in recent years, due to my busy schedule, I have seen her less often, but this is really not a big deal. So in my opinion, it should be fine. But since you disagree, I won't bother doing anything else." Zheyan said slowly with a smile.

Xueying glanced at Zheyan and said angrily, "You are such a complete fool! Take a look at how much merit you have left before talking about other things." Before she finished speaking, she stopped talking and pointed out the matter directly. This was because this annoying phoenix usually treated her well, and she really couldn't bear to watch him sink deeper and deeper into the quagmire.

When Zheyan heard this, he could not help but feel a little doubtful. But seeing Xueying's serious expression, he did not seem to be joking, so he quickly used his divine power to check his own merits. It would not have mattered if he did not check, but when he did, he was really shocked. He saw that the merits that were originally abundant had now been greatly reduced, leaving very little. You know, Zheyan is a supreme god who has survived from ancient times, and he was also a person who personally participated in the earth-shaking ancient war between gods and demons. The merits he has accumulated are huge, but at this moment, there is such an astonishing loss, how can he not be shocked?

Not to mention that Zheyan had not done anything in recent years, he was indifferent to worldly affairs, hiding in the lush peach forest all day long, not getting involved in the complicated affairs of the outside world. In this way, the merits accumulated by Zheyan were naturally rarely lost. However, now it was surprising that his merits were greatly reduced, how could Zheyan not be suspicious and surprised!

"Xueying, why is this? Do you know the reason?" At this moment, Zheyan finally realized why Xueying mentioned this matter. She must know it well.

Xueying glanced at Zheyan and said unhappily, "Humph, this is all your own fault! Although you didn't do anything, don't forget that someone stayed here before I came. You might as well go out and ask the small animals around you what your image is in the eyes of outsiders. Then we can talk about other things. Also, don't let anyone use your name to do evil things, otherwise they will be blamed on you in the end."

Hearing this, Zheyan frowned slightly, thinking secretly in his heart, and murmured: "Could it be... the person you are talking about is Qianqian?" After all, he knew Bai Qian quite well.

"Why don't you go and ask in private without revealing your identity? If I say it, I'll be considered a villain who speaks ill of others." Xueying shrugged and said.

Zheyan knew that Xueying was always pragmatic and never said anything unrealistic. Therefore, when he heard what Xueying said, he believed it about 70% of the time, but he still needed to check it out in person to be completely sure. With a heart full of worries and hopes, Zheyan stood up without hesitation and prepared to go and investigate the matter immediately. He prayed silently, hoping that the truth was not as bad as Xueying said.

Tuanzi, who was standing by, watched everything that happened, and was filled with doubts and confusion. He blinked his round eyes and asked in a baby voice, "Yingying, why don't you just tell the truth to that person? Isn't it a bit redundant to make him go through so much trouble to investigate?" Although Tuanzi has been traveling in the world for a long time, he still finds it difficult to fully understand the complex and changeable minds of humans.

Xueying smiled slightly, stretched out her hand and gently rubbed Tuanzi's furry cheek, patiently explaining: "Tuanzi, you think things are too simple. If I tell him the truth rashly, what if he refuses to believe me, wouldn't all my efforts be wasted? And if so, it may alert the people behind the scenes, causing our plan to fail completely, which would be a loss!" As she said, she couldn't help but pinch Tuanzi's soft face, feeling the wonderful touch from her hands, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart: Now Tuanzi can finally show his original appearance as a giant panda, but in this world, he has a terrifying name - the iron-eating beast. Looking at Tuanzi's naive appearance, Xueying felt that he was very cute. No wonder he has become a beloved national treasure in modern society!

"If he just goes out like this without any disguise, wouldn't it make him seem even more impulsive and irrational?" Tuanzi frowned and asked Xueying in confusion.

Xueying smiled slightly and answered confidently: "Don't worry, I told him that he needs to disguise himself before taking action. In this way, he can gradually accept the shocking facts in the slow process of investigation. And, believe me, when he realizes the truth of the matter, his first reaction will definitely be to come back and calm himself down to think about countermeasures." Xueying knew Zheyan's character very well, so she said this with such certainty.

After hearing this, Tuanzi nodded thoughtfully, but still seemed to have some concerns in his heart, and muttered softly: "Is it really like this? Well... okay." Although he felt that what Xueying said made sense, Tuanzi always felt that there seemed to be something missing.

At this moment, Qingyang, who had been wrapped around Xueying's wrist, spoke: "Boss, just relax! The master has made such arrangements for a reason." From some point on, Qingyang and Tuanzi actually treated each other as master and servant, and Tuanzi gladly accepted it and managed Qingyang obediently.

"Okay, since you all think so, maybe it is true." Seeing that Qingyang supported Xueying's statement so much, Tuanzi stopped dwelling on it.

Meanwhile, Bai Zhi is carefully hiding his true identity and investigating the incident. He tirelessly shuttles between tribes, not even sparing any small animal, patiently listening to their stories of strange things that he has never heard of before. As the investigation deepens, more and more shocking secrets gradually surface...

After some investigation, Zheyan basically understood what Bai Qian did outside. He finally figured out why the merits he had accumulated were gradually decreasing.

It turned out that when Bai Qian was away, she would attack anyone or anything she disliked without hesitation. Even though the people in the smaller tribes were filled with resentment and dissatisfaction, they did not dare to resist at all because of Bai Qian's noble status and the awe-inspiring name of the Supreme God Zhe Yan. They could only silently endure Bai Qian's wanton insults and beatings.

Moreover, many innocent people lost their lives in Bai Qian's hands. Even the heir of a tribe had to swallow his anger when facing Bai Qian, considering the powerful backer behind her, the Supreme God Zheyan.

As he learned more and more, the expression on Zhe Yan's face became more and more stern, as if it had condensed into a layer of frost, and finally there was no expression at all. When he had a detailed enough understanding of the situation, he turned around and returned directly to the dreamlike peach blossom forest without saying a word.

As soon as I stepped into the peach forest, I heard Xueying's clear and pleasant voice: "Are you back? How is it? Is everything clear to you now?" Although this sentence is presented in the form of a question, the meaning contained in it is obviously an affirmative sentence.

Zheyan nodded slightly and said in a deep voice: "I already know everything." There was a hint of uncontrollable anger in his words, and one could even hear a bit of gnashing of teeth.

"Who made you willing to raise a fox cub for the Qingqiu family?" Although Zheyan is like this now, Xueying does not sympathize with him. This is also his own fault.

"Xueying, you are still making fun of me. I am already in a miserable state now." Zheyan sat down, not knowing how to talk about this matter.

"Zheyan, it's better now. At least after I came, your merits are like a blocked spring, and the rate of decrease has finally slowed down. Although your merits are much less now, it has not caused a particularly big impact." Xueying said softly.

"I just feel like a blind person. I am hundreds of thousands of years old, but I can't see as clearly as you, a child who is just 20,000 years old." Although Zheyan already knew about this, he felt like an overturned bottle of mixed feelings in his heart, and he felt very unhappy.

"Now that you understand, you should know why I want to stop you from sending Bai Qian to Kunlun Ruins, right?" Xueying asked.

"Could it be that Bai Zhi is coveting Mo Yuan?" Zhe Yan frowned and asked in confusion.

"Congratulations, you got it right." Xueying raised the corners of her mouth slightly, revealing a barely perceptible smile.

"But Mo Yuan's personality won't allow him to accept Bai Qian's gift. If I give it to him, maybe he will accept it for my sake. But Bai Zhi and Mo Yuan have no relationship, so he probably won't accept Bai Qian's gift." Zheyan said, but he still felt that something was wrong with this matter. No way, it shouldn't be like that. Zheyan controlled himself, as he knew Mo Yuan's personality very well.

"That's not necessarily true. Don't you understand that Bai Qian is a bit like one person? Lord Mo Yuan will accept Bai Qian. You are not right." Xueying said.

"Looks like someone? Who?" Perhaps because Bai Qian looked very familiar to him, Zheyan did not think of that person at first.

"Who do you think is the woman who can move Lord Mo Yuan?" Xueying reminded Zheyan.

"Who is it... Shao Wan?" Zhe Yan suddenly realized something, but why did he not feel anything strange when he stared at Bai Qian before? Shao Wan, he was very familiar with her. Since she was his best friend, how could he not recognize her? This matter was really strange.

"Finally I understand." Xueying sighed inwardly, how could Zheyan be so stupid? How did he survive in the ancient battlefield? Xueying couldn't help but think, maybe this is really a question worth pondering.

"How do you know this? You should not know Shao Wan, right?" Zheyan felt doubtful. What Xueying knew seemed quite strange. How could she know these inside stories?

"You've asked the key point. I'm still wondering when you'll finally come to your senses and ask me about this." Xueying gently brushed off the remaining food crumbs on her hands and spoke slowly.

"Since you have asked this question, are you sure it's like this?" Xueying looked around. Although they were in the peach blossom forest, it was actually not very safe.

"Okay, go ahead." Zheyan understood, and immediately used his magic power to set up a shield.

"I know that these are naturally what the Heavenly Dao said. I came to this world because of the Heavenly Dao's request. Otherwise, you wouldn't have picked me up so easily and brought me back." Xueying naturally asked the Heavenly Dao about this matter. The Heavenly Dao felt that some people could still be saved, namely Donghua and Zheyan. Mo Yuan didn't matter. The Heavenly Dao had no good feelings towards the Father God who coveted his energy. If Mo Yuan hadn't really done a lot of good deeds and didn't do anything, and had done good things for the four seas and eight wastelands, otherwise the Heavenly Dao would not let him go easily.

Xueying thought about it for a long time, so she decided not to bother herself with doing things, and why not take the easy way? So Xueying asked Tuanzi to ask Tiandao if he could reveal something, and Tiandao agreed. Of course, Tiandao himself was a little reluctant to do something with some people in his world.

"Tiandao? So, you and Tiandao have known these things for a long time?" Zheyan was shocked when he heard Tiandao. This unspeakable existence turned out to be it.

"Of course, do you know why I came here?" Xueying asked back.

"Why? You are asked by Heaven to change these things. If so, there should be disasters in the future." Zhe Yan said. Otherwise, Heaven would not arrange it this way. I just don't know what kind of disaster will make Heaven feel difficult.

"Well, you are right. You should know the saying of three thousand worlds. That's right. Yours is also a world, and it is a reset world." Xueying felt that there was nothing to hide about these things. So she said it out loud, and she also wanted Zheyan to know the importance of the matter.

"Reset?" Zheyan didn't expect it to be like this, reset, if that was the case, what happened to make the Heavenly Dao make such a decision? Zheyan couldn't imagine what kind of disaster it would be.

"Is it related to Bai Zhi?" Zheyan remembered at this time that Xueying had never had any good feelings towards the Bai family of Qingqiu, and even hated them, so he naturally discovered all this.

"That's right. Do you know what the fate of the Qingqiu Bai family was originally under the operation of the way of heaven?" Xueying asked back.

"What is it?" Zheyan was unclear.

"Every race that has no merits and luck is not favored by heaven. As time changes, the fox clan will become a demon clan because they have no outstanding achievements and merits. I don't know if you know that Bai Zhi is actually the best divination artist in the world." Xueying said, but in fact this is also an order of elimination over time. Bai Zhi has neither any merits nor has done anything in the ancient war between gods and demons.

"The art of divination?" Zheyan didn't know about this, so he was very surprised.

"Could it be that he had already calculated the future path of the fox clan?" Zheyan understood immediately and knew why.

"That's right. As the lord of the four seas, it's very clear that his children are not particularly outstanding, and there hasn't been a supreme god yet. On the contrary, the lord of the fox clan, who has done nothing, unexpectedly gave birth to children who are either supreme gods or goddesses. And now, except for Bai Qian, all of them are supreme gods. However, cultivating to become a supreme god requires qualifications and luck and merits. Where did the Bai family get so much luck and merits to support these supreme gods? You should know that the Heavenly King doesn't have these. He manages the four seas and eight wastelands, and has the merits gained from management. But where did Bai Zhi get them from?" Xueying asked these questions and asked Zheyan to think them over carefully.