Chapter 1134: The World Honored One Observes the Future

"What? You're constables?" Yue Changhe was greatly surprised.

"I always thought you were chasing me because I possess both human and demon bloodlines. I believed the two major forces you represent valued the rarity of my lineage, which is why they sent you to capture me for inhumane research, or to use me as a linchpin in human-demon relations."

When Yue Changhe first saw the hawk-eyed man and the big monk approaching aggressively, they immediately demanded to know if he was human or demon, forcing him to choose. Realizing they were no good, he ran for his life.

The hawk-eyed man hissed, "Your understanding doesn't seem entirely wrong."

Lu Yang secretly nodded; he had actually thought the same, which was why he had stepped forward to make a few polite remarks.

However, there was no need for Yue Changhe's small frame to be the linchpin between the two races. The current linchpin was the "Economic Alliance Treaty of Great Xia, the Buddhist Kingdom, the Demonic Realm, and the East Sea." Lu Yang had even witnessed Emperor Xia, Zhu Tian, and Ao Ling negotiate this treaty while he was recovering in bed.

Upon learning of the alliance, the Buddhist Kingdom proactively joined.

"Nonsense! I explained the reason the moment I met you! You're just trying to evade capture!" the big monk retorted angrily. He had crossed more than half of the Buddhist Kingdom chasing Yue Changhe, wearing out two pairs of cloth shoes until their seams split. Even he was getting frustrated.

"You clearly said you wanted to take me to the Western Paradise!"

"I said I'd take you to Xitian Temple! You ran before I finished speaking!"

Yue Changhe scratched his head awkwardly. "It's your Xitian Temple's name that's poorly chosen, you can't blame me. Wait, something's still not right. What crime did I commit that you're arresting me?"

"You kidnapped the Nine-Tailed Fox clan's little princess, and you're still trying to deny it?"

"I kidnapped that little girl?" Yue Changhe's eyes widened, displaying an expression that read, "I knew you bald monks didn't like me and wanted to frame me." With the Living Buddha present, he wasn't afraid of the big monk resorting to force.

"That little girl clearly snuck out of her clan herself, running all the way from the Demonic Realm to the Buddhist Kingdom without even a single spirit stone. If I hadn't found her, she probably would have starved to death."

"That girl was incredibly difficult to please. She ate delicacies every day and almost bankrupted me."

"Later, she told me she was the Nine-Tailed Fox clan's little princess and asked me to take her back, promising to repay me ten or even a hundred times over once she was home."

"I figured since my parents had secretly given birth to me, I was undocumented and couldn't leave the Buddhist Kingdom through official channels. So, I had the little girl write a letter to her family, asking them to send someone to pick her up quickly."

The hawk-eyed man's expression changed. "Did you read what the Nine-Tailed Fox clan's little princess wrote in the letter?""No, I didn't. I just figured it would be fine as long as the Nine-Tailed Fox clan picked her up."

The hawk-eyed man took out a letter and showed it to everyone. The handwriting was shaky and looked very childish:

"Mom and Dad, I'm currently staying with a big brother in the Buddhist Kingdom. I'm very safe. Big brother says he's undocumented, has a very special identity, and can't leave the Buddhist Kingdom. He asked me to write to you to pick me up. Oh, and bring lots and lots of spirit stones when you come."

"...No, wait. So the Nine-Tailed Fox clan thought I kidnapped that girl? Then why didn't they take action when they came to pick her up?!" Yue Changhe was stunned. The Nine-Tailed Fox clan was a major force in the Demonic Realm; they could crush him with a single finger.

The hawk-eyed man put away the letter and said seriously, "Originally, when the Nine-Tailed Fox clan came to pick up the little princess, they saw how weak you were and intended to make a move. But then they reconsidered, thinking that someone with your low cultivation couldn't possibly be the mastermind. There might have been an ambush, so they just paid the money and settled the matter quickly."

"Didn't that girl explain properly to her family?" Yue Changhe gnashed his teeth. The next time he saw that little brat, he would definitely give her a good lesson!

"Reportedly, the little princess awakened her second tail on the way back and has been in a deep sleep ever since, not yet awake." The hawk-eyed man's tone grew stranger as he spoke; it seemed Yue Changhe wasn't lying.

Lu Yang had heard about the Nine-Tailed Fox clan. Nine-Tailed Foxes are not born with all nine tails; they awaken them gradually. The more tails awakened, the higher their status within the clan.

There are three ways to awaken tails: one is through innate talent, where they awaken naturally with age; another is through external interference, such as consuming rare treasures or passing fox clan trials; the third is through a change in their state of mind, such as experiencing first love.

"Little Changhe, so you were here."

An ancient voice reached everyone's ears. A hunched old man, leaning on a staff, appeared in the temple. No one knew how he had appeared, except for Immortal Fairy, Lu Yang, Ao Ling, Jiang Lianyi, Qing He, Jin Caiwei, and Yun Mengmeng.

The hunched old man ignored the others, strolling leisurely through the ancestral temple. He circled Yue Changhe, sighing, "He truly resembles Young Yue Fang when he was younger..."

Yue Changhe looked as if he faced a formidable enemy, staring intently at the old man. He adopted a posture ready for attack, and slowly uttered two words: "Grandfather."

"For the sake of that 'Grandfather,' if you obediently hand over the jade pendant your father left you, I can overlook the impure human blood flowing within you and spare your life.""Spare my life?" Yue Changhe sneered.

"You killed my father for that jade pendant, and now you'd let me live?!"

The hunched old man regretfully shook his head. "You are as stubborn as your father. A small fortunate encounter, and you disregard the clan, falling for a human woman and defiling the bloodline of my Bi Yuan clan."

"Humans are the wisest of all spirits, and demons also have True Immortals. Bloodlines are not superior or inferior..."

The echo of Lu Yang's recent words reverberated through the temple, startling the hawk-eyed man and the big monk.

So, when the World Honored One spoke those words, he wasn't speaking to them, but to the hunched old man. Looking down upon past and present, foreseeing the future—was this merely a glimpse of the World Honored One's power?

"Who's speaking?!" The hunched old man's hair stood on end; he couldn't find the source of the voice.

"Daring to play tricks in front of me, you have a death wish!" The hunched old man roared, releasing the pressure of a mighty Integration-stage cultivator. His Bi Yuan clan was naturally endowed with immense strength; few cultivators of the same rank could match his power!

"Alas, benefactor, to murder your own son is truly depraved."

Lu Yang extended a finger and tapped the hunched old man's forehead. The old man froze.

To the hunched old man's eyes, it wasn't just a finger; it was as if the heavens had collapsed, crushing the temple and mercilessly suppressing him!

"My dear grandson, so you were hiding here. Your grandfather had quite a search for you." A ghostly voice echoed, and another figure appeared in the ancestral temple.

"Hand over the cultivation method your mother left you. I can leave you with a complete corpse, unlike your mother who ended up with nothing left." The hawk-eyed man and the big monk simultaneously recalled Lu Yang's first words upon appearing:

"This humble monk originally had no desire to appear in this world, but since three benefactors have entered this humble monk's temple and are involved in a dispute, this humble monk naturally must intervene."

Could it be that the three benefactors the World Honored One referred to were not them, but rather Yue Changhe, his maternal grandfather, and his paternal grandfather?!