Chapter 1326: Chapter 153: Eight Desolate Clan Competition

Eight Desolate Clan Competition?

That old fox Hu Qianqiu, what new scheme is he trying to pull this time?

As soon as she heard "Eight Desolate Clan Competition," Yun Sheng frowned. This was not within her expectations.

Yun Sheng had originally thought that once she became Holy Daughter, things could finally wrap up. She’d been on the Bahuang Continent for so long, going through twists and turns all the way, barely getting a chance to catch her breath.

Especially lately—ever since Bo Bo being the Abandoned God was exposed—on their way back to the Hu Capital, they’d been treading on thin ice the whole time.

And there was also that Divine-level Witch Artifact in Hu Linglong’s hands, still waiting for Yun Sheng to investigate.

She hadn’t expected this old, sly fox Hu Qianqiu to stir up trouble out of nowhere and suddenly announce this Eight Desolate Clan Competition at a time like this.

On top of that, he even postponed the Holy Daughter’s enthronement ceremony. That way, Yun Sheng’s status couldn’t be officially acknowledged, and she couldn’t enjoy the power that a Heavenly Fox Saintess should have.

Though she had become the Heavenly Fox Saintess, without the enthronement ceremony, her title wasn’t legitimate in name or in truth. For Yun Sheng, such a situation wasn’t honor at all, but a humiliation.

No wonder. All the way through the selection process, Yun Sheng had offended quite a few people: Hu Qianqiu, Hu Qiansui, and the Great Witch Doctor, and even those elders on the Elder Council who rejected Mixed Blood Heavenly Foxes had plenty of opinions about this dark horse, Yun Sheng.

If it weren’t for the fact that the Jiuluan Young Clan Leader favored Yun Sheng, Hu Qianqiu wouldn’t have suddenly changed sides at the last moment to speak up for her.

After Hu Qianqiu announced the news of the Eight Desolate Clan Competition at the Heavenly Fox Temple, he immediately summoned Yun Sheng, Yu Shang, and several others and headed together to the Heavenly Fox Palace.

As soon as they entered the Heavenly Fox Palace, they saw eight people waiting there.

Yun Sheng immediately understood: no matter whether she or Yu Shang won today, Hu Qianqiu would have both of them participate in the Eight Desolate Clan Competition.

For the Eight Desolate Clan Competition, each tribe had to send ten people, regardless of gender. Besides her and Yu Shang, Lu Yunshuang was also one of the contestants.

As for the other seven, they were all young Pureblood Sky Fox men and women. Yun Sheng had never seen any of them before, but judging from their proud faces, they were clearly young experts of the Sky Fox Tribe.

"Everyone, you are the elites selected from my Sky Fox Tribe to participate in the once-every-ten-years Eight Desolate Clan Competition. The Eight Desolate Clan Competition is the grandest contest among the Beast Clan on the Bahuang Continent. Those who can compete are the elite among elites. You and your families should feel proud for this opportunity." Hu Qianqiu used his usual trick, opening with a rousing speech.

At the mention of the Four Characters "Eight Desolate Clan Competition," those young warriors of the Sky Fox Tribe all straightened up in high spirits. Clearly they had been looking forward to this clan competition for a long time.

"But due to various reasons, our Sky Fox Tribe has rarely achieved any results in the competitions over the past several thousand years. Our failures in the clan competitions have caused our Sky Fox Tribe’s territory to be repeatedly seized by other tribes." Hu Qianqiu’s tone abruptly shifted; his face was full of apparent grief and indignation.

Old fox, putting on an act again.

If Yun Sheng hadn’t already learned from Hu Sheng and Hu Ruolan what kind of person Hu Qianqiu was, she really might have been fooled by that face of his.

"The Sky Fox Tribe is short on talent. And before this clan competition, some other Beast Clans even want to use this Eight Desolate Clan Competition to challenge our Sky Fox Tribe’s identity as part of the Eight Desolate Beast Clan. I hope you can defend the dignity of our Sky Fox Tribe in the competition and achieve an unprecedented record." Hu Qianqiu’s eyes gleamed, his voice ringing loud and clear.

There was a kind of invisible charisma in his words that made those Sky Fox Warriors, whose heads were already dizzy with dreams of glory, roar out in thunderous response.

Yun Sheng couldn’t help secretly sighing. Hu Qianqiu might be lacking as a father and a husband, but if someone like him crossed over to the modern world, he’d be a textbook politician.

"Rest assured, Clan Leader, we will definitely uphold the honor of the Heavenly Fox and drive off those Beast Clan fools who don’t know their place."

"We’ll let the Sky Fox Tribe blossom again and become a Middle-level Beast Clan."

Watching those young warriors, as if they’d been injected with chicken blood, all scrambling to declare their "loyalty" to the Sky Fox Tribe, Yun Sheng’s eyes remained cold.

The only ones whose reaction was similar to Yun Sheng’s were Lu Yunshuang and Yu Shang.

Clearly, the two of them weren’t buying Hu Qianqiu’s speech.

Hu Qianqiu was very satisfied with his own rousing speech just now, but when he saw those three odd ones standing off to the side with a "none of this has anything to do with me" attitude, he couldn’t help but feel anger rising.

"As everyone knows, each generation’s Heavenly Fox Saintess is the symbol of the Sky Fox Tribe. In this Eight Desolate Clan Competition, as the new Holy Daughter, Yun Sheng—Yun Sheng, you will lead the other experts of the Sky Fox Tribe to participate in the competition." Hu Qianqiu suddenly said.

Have her be the one in charge?

Hearing that, Yun Sheng was about to refuse, when Lu Yunshuang, beside her, shook her head at her.

Yun Sheng swallowed down her displeasure.

"What the hell is she, that I should take orders from her? She’s dreaming." Yu Shang finally spoke up from the side.

This time, she’d lost to Yun Sheng, but she and Yun Sheng were both Seven-tailed Heavenly Foxes. Why should she listen to Yun Sheng?

It wasn’t just Yu Shang; those Sky Fox warriors also looked clearly displeased.

They were all Sky Fox Nobles and Noble Family’s Young Masters, absolutely Pureblood Sky Fox, and every one of them thought they were the strongest of all.

Among the ten contestants, Yun Sheng was the only mixed blood, and yet they, these noble Sky Fox Nobles, were supposed to take orders from a mixed-blood mutt? If word got out, wouldn’t it be a complete joke?

But with Clan Leader Hu Qianqiu standing right there, they didn’t dare erupt. They only glared at Yun Sheng before leaving one after another.

Yu Shang also shot Yun Sheng a vicious look and stormed off.

"Yun Sheng, Ruolan misses you very much. Come to the harem later." Hu Qianqiu gave Yun Sheng a meaningful glance, then turned and left.

"Yun Sheng, you can’t go against the Clan Leader’s will. While you were away, Lady Ruolan was imprisoned, and my clansmen were also locked up." Once Hu Qianqiu had left, Lu Yunshuang hurried over. She didn’t even have time to congratulate Yun Sheng on her victory as Heavenly Fox Saintess before anxiously delivering the bad news.

Lu Yunshuang’s face was full of urgency. Her grandfather and several elders of the Ice Fox Clan had been detained. She’d been forced, with no way out, to participate in this Eight Desolate Clan Competition.

That old fox Hu Qianqiu had long since known that with Yun Sheng’s unruly nature, she wouldn’t listen to him even as Heavenly Fox Saintess.

So he’d made his preparations. Knowing Yun Sheng was close to Hu Ruolan, he’d thrown away all notion of marital affection and arrested Hu Ruolan.

"That damned Hu Qianqiu." Yun Sheng hadn’t expected Hu Qianqiu to be this despicable.

She had been planning to take Hu Ruolan away from the Heavenly Fox Palace, but now it seemed that plan would have to be shelved for the moment.

"If we don’t do as he says and win in the clan competition, our families will be in danger." Lu Yunshuang urged Yun Sheng.

Yun Sheng thought it over for a moment and decided she should just go straight to Hu Qianqiu and get things clear.

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