“Forget it. Let’s not talk about all this. Our Young Miss has just returned and I need to report to the Grand Chieftain. Qing Yu, make arrangements for Young Master Jun to stay in the Fiery Blaze Hall. Young Master Jun, allow me to take my leave.” Having to deal with the impudent Lin Feng the moment he got back, Xiong Ba was feeling might displeased. Fortunately Jun Xie had not taken offense and that had made him feel a little more relieved.

Jun Wu Xie nodded.

Feng Yue Yang left to return to his residence while Xiong Ba escorted Qu Ling Yue to the Grand Chieftain’s residence , and Jun Wu Xie followed Qing Yu to enter the Fiery Blaze Hall.

Qing Yu was the Fiery Blaze’s Deputy Clan Hall Chief and although he was not comparable to someone who was thirty, forty years of age, he handled matters in a calm and composed manner, who well complimented and toned down the explosive Xiong Ba.

Led by Qing Yu, the members of the Fiery Blaze Clan very soon knew that a young guest had appeared in their Clan Hall, and they were cordial and friendly towards Jun Xie.

“Young Master Jun can reside in this room for this period. I will arrange for someone to send some food over and you can get some rest in the meantime. If there is anything you need, you will just need to tell any of our brothers within the Clan Hall.” Qing Yu said with a smile. In regards to the highly resourceful Jun Xie, he held Jun Xie in great esteem and admiration.

“Thank you.” Jun Wu Xie nodded.

Qing Yu left quickly after.

Jun Wu Xie sat down in the room and the little black cat naturally leapt up onto the table before her. Lord Meh Meh on the other hand, was rubbing itself against the side of Jun Wu Xie’s ankles instead.

“Meow.”

[That rat called Lin Feng seems to hold great animosity against you.]

The little black cat stared at Jun Wu Xie as it licked its paws lazily. Even it had noticed the enmity Lin Feng held towards her.

“Don’t bother with him.” Jun Wu Xie did not even deem Lin Feng to be worth her notice and if Lin Feng did not aggravate her, she could not be bothered with him.

“Meow~?”

[What do you intend to do next?]

“Wait.” Jun Wu Xie said, her eyes narrowing.

In order to resolve the crisis the Thousand Beast City was facing, the only way to break out of it was to find the people they have abducted. Only after those people have been rescued, would the people from the Twelve Palaces no longer have a handle to be used as a threat upon the Thousand Beast City.

“Hua Yao and the others have been split up to go to several places outside the Thousand Beast City and according to what Qu Ling Yue said, at the end of the month, another batch of prisoners would be brought here to the Thousand Beast City while they will bring back the batch of people who have been released this month. Once they see those prisoners being brought in, Fei Yan and the others would know from which direction they came from and when they leave, they will be able to follow them.”

Before the enemy moved, Jun Wu Xie did not intend to alert the snake in the grass. She would just try to gather more clues from within the Thousand Beast City.

There was at least one point that she needed to ascertain now. And that was how many people from the Twelve Palaces were here in the Thousand Beast City and whether her companions and the Thousand Beast City would be able to take them on.

“Meow.”

The little black cat swished its tail and did not say anything more.

From what it could see, Jun Wu Xie was playing a dangerous game at that moment. The prize if they were victorious was great, but at the same time, failure would similarly bring to them grave danger.

Xiong Ba led Qu Ling Yue towards the Grand Chieftain’s residence.

The current Grand Chieftain of the Thousand Beast City, Qu Wen Hao, was approximately fifty years of age, father to Qu Ling Yue. His face was pleasantly bright, his eyes penetrating and alive. If not for the two streaks of white hair at his temples, just judging from his countenance alone, one would place him at most to be thirty years old.

Qu Ling Yue had just stepped into the Grand Chieftain’s residence when Qu Wen Hao immediately came forward.

“Father!” The moment Qu Ling Yue saw her father, the taut string that had been stretched within her heart immediately loosened.

“Glad to have you back, glad to have you back.” Qu Wen Hao said, his pleasant and bright face revealing a comforted smile.

Qu Wen Hao had given his entire life to the Thousand Beast City and he had been over thirty when he had her daughter Qu Ling Yue with his wife. Even though Qu Ling Yue was a girl, but Qu Wen Hao had showered all his attention and fatherly love to Qu Ling Yue, and despite the current dire straits the Thousand Beast City was currently facing, he was still doing everything he could to protect this daughter of his.

“Chieftain.” Xiong Ba said as he knelt down on one knee.

Qu Wen Hao nodded with a smile and said: “I have greatly troubled Chief Xiong this time.”

“Chieftain is too kind. Being able to bring Young Miss back safely, your subordinate is greatly satisfied.” Xiong Ba said.

“Come sit down.” Qu Wen Hao pulled Qu Ling Yue to the side to take a seat, anxiously looking his daughter up and down. When he saw the rosy cheeks on Qu Ling Yue’s face and was completely unlike the news he had previously heard from the Fire Country where she was gravely injured, his heart filled with joy and relief, but he could not help himself as as questions grew in his mind.

“Ling Yue, you are fully recovered from your injuries?”

Qu Ling Yue glanced at Xiong Ba before she told her father everything that had happened in the Fire Country.

When Qu Wen Hao finishing hearing everything, a strange look came onto his face. He had not thought that Qu Ling Yue’s initially supposed grave injuries, would turn out to be secretly induced under the arrangements of Fire Country’s Emperor! The moment he heard that his daughter had suffered such torment because of the Fire Country’s Emperor’s selfish desires, Qu Wen Hao was enraged. Fortunately Qu Ling Yue immediately told him of the change of regime in the current Fire Country and Qu Wen Hao’s rage was overtaken with several gasps of shock he gave.

“Is all this true?” Qu Wen Hao stared wide eyed in disbelief. From Qu Ling Yue’s words, he realized that the current Fire Country’s rulership had completely changed. The Emperor had been forced to abdicate, while the Empress’, Prime Minister’s and the Fourth Prince’s heads were publicly displayed in shame over their city’s gates!

The Fire Country was the biggest country and they had not found anyone who was their match for many years. So, who would have thought that the one who had completely taken them down this time was not another country, or another power, but was a completely unknown young youth!

“Every single word I said is true, and I witnessed it all with my own eyes.” Qu Ling Yue reaffirmed as she nodded her head.

“Such an intelligent person exist under these Heavens? That is really very shocking to know. That kind of resourcefulness and his extraordinary spirit power level. It is all just too unbelievable.” As the Grand Chieftain of the Thousand Beast City, Qu Wen Hao had seen much in the ways of the world. He had many quite a lot of the strange happenings and extraordinary people of the world before, but he had never encountered a youth so well equipped with both brain and brawn.

Just fourteen to fifteen years old and he was able to toy with the mightiest country in the land within the grasp of his palm? And his spirit powers had reached the green spirit level as well? That was inhuman! That person could only be a demon!

“Young Master Jun is quick witted and nimble minded, and he possesses extraordinary power. He is truly the most extraordinary talent that your subordinate has ever seen in his life.” Xiong Ba praised generously when talking about Jun Xie. To possess such gift and not be proud nor impatient, not rash like many youths at that age, it was indeed very rare to see.

“Hearing the two of you heaping such praise on him, I am rather keen to meet this Young Master Jun myself.” Qu Wen Hao said with a laugh.

Qu Ling Yue was delighted and she immediately said: “Then your daughter is of the same mind as father. Young Master Jun is currently here in the Thousand Beast City as a guest and is currently put up in the Fire Blaze Clan Hall by Uncle Xiong.”

“Oh? Then Xiong Ba you have to make sure that you treat our guest well.” Qu Wen Hao said with a laugh.

Qu Ling Yue and Xiong Ba exchanged a glance with each other. They could see that Qu Wen Hao held admiration for Jun Xie and after thinking about it another moment, Qu Ling Yue suddenly leaned over to Qu Wen Hao’s ear and whispered into it.

Qu Ling Yue and Xiong Ba exchanged a glance with each other. They could see that Qu Wen Hao held great admiration for Jun Xie and after thinking about it another moment, Qu Ling Yue suddenly leaned over to Qu Wen Hao’s ear and whispered into it.

The benign smile on Qu Wen Hao’s face froze instantly and as Qu Ling Yue’s explanation went on further, the shock within his eyes seemed to grow more and more intense.

“Ling Yue! This time, you have been too brazenly bold!” Qu Wen Hao could not believe what he had just heard with his own ears. Qu Li Yue had actually revealed everything that was happening in the Thousand Beast City to Jun Xie and had even invited her to come to the Thousand Beast City to help them!

Although Qu Wen Hao greatly admired Jun Wu Xie for her great intellect and resourcefulness, but from all that he had heard, Jun Xie was just a young little youth. The crisis that had struck the Thousand Beast City had accumulated over a few years and they had even secretly thought up and attempted many ways to resolve it themselves but it had all been to no avail. And Qu Ling Yue was now actually placing all her hope onto a youth who was of such a young age, which in Qu Wen Hao’s eyes, was entirely too big a risk for them to take.

Qu Ling Yue bit on her lower lip and said: “Father, if there is any other way for us, your daughter wouldn’t have chosen to take such a big risk as well, but…..”

“Preposterous! If this is found out by your Great Grandaunt, do you know how big an incident this would turn out to be? About that map, only the four Clan Hall Chiefs and I are supposed to know anything about it. She doesn’t know that you are aware of its existence. If she finds out that you have leaked information about this outside, she will surely not let you off easily.” Qu Wen Hao was getting a headache the more he thought about it. His daughter had always been sensible and obedient from young and the fact that she had decided on such a highly risky course of action had greatly shocked him.

“If I dare to do this, then I am not afraid of her finding out. Father! Do you really want us to continue on like this? Where we have to watch mother and all the others suffer? We have not even seen mother for quite a long while….. I really miss her a lot.” Qu Ling Yue lowered her head, her voice suddenly choking.

Although that person would release a group of people to come back here every month, but she had seldom let Qu Ling Yue’s mother return. In the past five years, they had not even seen Qu Ling Yue’s mother once. That person seemed to be doing it on purpose, only allowing those people who came back to relay news of the Grand Chieftain’s wife to still be safe, but never letting her come back to her husband’s and daughter’s side even a single day.

In Qu Ling Yue’s mind, it was still imprinted with memories of her mother from when she was much younger, and although they have not seen each other for a long time, blood was afterall still thicker than water, so how could she not miss her mother?

Qu Ling Yue’s words caused Qu Wen Hao’s heart to wrench up painfully. All that he had loved in this life the most, had only been his wife and daughter. But his wife was now being held hostage, and he did not even dare hope for a reunion now. Just to have them see each other for a moment, had become an extravagant wish.

This separation between husband and wife, was a needle lodged tightly in Qu Wen Hao’s heart!

“Have you ever considered, that if this was made known to your Great Grandaunt, how terrifying the consequences would be? She would not only not spare you and Jun Xie, she wouldn’t let all those people she has imprisoned off easy as well! If she were to in a moment rage, harm those people, how am I going to answer to all our brothers in this city?” Qu Wen Hao said in a pained voice, his eyes tightly shut. It was not that he hadn’t once considered staking everything they had in retaliation, but he had to consider the fact that the people captured was not only his own wife alone.

Once, the people in the Thousand Beast City had thought of fighting back and they had really done it that one time. But the next day, those people who resisted found their wives and children’s bodies strewn before the main gates of the Thousand Beast City. That bloody and gory scene that day, stayed fresh in the minds of the people till today.

In order to ensure the safety of their family members, they had no choice but to submit themselves to that person’s orders. The people were neither weak nor timid, but they had to capitulate in exchange for the safety of their family.