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 Chapter 3164: Su Mou's True Purpose

As this Ancient Battle Secret Realm ended, the forces of various clans gradually dispersed, and the world outside the Ancient Battle Secret Realm became quiet.

As they returned, Lin Moyu's title of "sir" would surely spread throughout the entire beast race.

A human at only third-level Dao Venerable being respectfully called "sir" by the leaders of the ten royal clans together.

Such a strange thing would surely become a topic of conversation for countless beast clans.

Lin Moyu accepted Su Mou's invitation to visit the Celestial Fox clan as a guest.

Lin Moyu bid farewell to Jin Mie and boarded the Celestial Fox clan's flying ship.

The flying ship broke through the void, moving extremely fast.

This was a rare flying treasure, reaching eighth-level Dao Venerable grade. Its speed was considerably faster than Lin Moyu flying at full power.

On the flying ship, Lin Moyu stood at the bow, looking into the distance.

In the distance were mountains hidden in clouds and mist. The mountains rapidly enlarged in his vision, then were quickly left behind, shrinking until they disappeared from view.

The Celestial Fox clan was located at the westernmost edge of the Northern Continent, close to the Realm Sea, and also one of the areas closest to the Western Continent.

Lin Moyu wanted to go to the Western Continent. The shortest route was actually to cross straight through the Celestial Fox clan's territory.

Su Mou stood beside Lin Moyu, smiling, "Actually, this time several clan leaders all wanted to invite Mr. Lin as a guest. But this old man took the initiative first, so they didn't dare speak up."

Lin Moyu could see that the other clan leaders also wanted to invite him, but Su Mou spoke first.

Among the ten royal clans, Su Mou's status as clan leader was very high. Once he spoke, the others no longer said anything.

Su Mou continued speaking, "Actually, they were giving this old man face. After all, this old man is quite a bit older than them. Their previous clan leaders were also this old man's good friends. Counting back, they're all this old man's juniors."

Lin Moyu said, "I see. No wonder I felt those clan leaders all respected you very much."

Su Mou said, "This old man has just lived a few more years, it's nothing. Actually, this old man should have retired long ago, but..."

Su Mou sighed lightly, his eyes showing some regret.

Lin Moyu realized that something must have happened in the Celestial Fox clan.

For someone of Su Mou's age to still occupy the position of clan leader was actually very unreasonable.

In the beast races, a clan leader's term was at least ten thousand years, at most a hundred thousand years. Even the longest serving should change after two hundred thousand years.

Su Mou had sat in the clan leader position for over five hundred thousand years, enough time for two changes of leadership.

But the Celestial Fox clan had never changed leaders. Su Mou had always been the clan leader. This was very abnormal.

Probably this time Su Mou inviting him to their clan also had some other reasons.

Lin Moyu said, "Clan Leader Su, if you have something to say, just say it directly. If I can help, I'll do my best."

Su Mou said, "To be honest with Mr. Lin, this old man inviting you over this time indeed has something to ask of you."

"Previously this old man had given up thinking about that matter, because it was too difficult, almost hopeless."

"Until meeting Mr. Lin, it gave this old man hope again."

"Our Celestial Fox clan is the wisest clan among the beast races. Even the Green Wind Wolf clan is quite inferior compared to us."

"At the same time, our inheritance is also extremely special."

Su Mou told the whole story. Like an aged elder, he told an ancient tale.

Possibly fearing Lin Moyu wouldn't be willing to help, Su Mou was very frank and didn't conceal anything.

Lin Moyu could feel that Su Mou wasn't speaking carelessly. He neither exaggerated nor omitted, only stating facts.

Every clan has its own history. Through Su Mou's narration, although he hadn't yet entered the Celestial Fox clan, the outline of the Celestial Fox clan became clear in Lin Moyu's mind.

The Celestial Fox clan was the oldest clan among the beast races, and also the first clan to follow the Beast Emperor, older than the other royal clans.

There weren't ten royal clans from the beginning. They grew one by one, with the Celestial Fox clan being the first.

Over countless years, the Celestial Fox clan had also experienced several disasters, but ultimately passed through them all safely.

The Celestial Fox clan had its own special abilities, allowing it to turn danger into safety time after time.

This time, the Celestial Fox clan encountered difficulties again, greater than any previous time.

Even though the Celestial Fox clan was currently at the peak of its power, with five top ninth-level Dao Venerable powerhouses including Su Mou.

There were even more eighth-level Dao Venerable powerhouses. In terms of number of experts, one Celestial Fox clan could match two other royal clans, and still have some left over.

For the Celestial Fox clan, this should be a time of prosperity.

But it was in this situation that an internal crisis appeared.

The crisis came from their special inheritance method.

In the Celestial Fox clan, to become clan leader, one must undergo the ancestral land's test. Only after gaining recognition could one become clan leader.

This point was actually very similar to the Lightning Purple-Striped Tiger clan.

What the Celestial Fox clan's ancestral land tested, besides one's own strength, was also luck.

Only with sufficient luck could one pass the test.

The Celestial Fox clan claimed to have five ninth-level Dao Venerables, but actually now only had three.

Two ninth-level Dao Venerable powerhouses had become trapped in the ancestral land while undergoing the test, their life or death unknown.

After the incident, Su Mou went to look in the ancestral land. He saw that there was a problem with the ancestral land, but couldn't find the root of the problem.

He also couldn't rescue the two people trapped in the ancestral land.

Later he went to find the Beast Emperor. The Beast Emperor also came to look, but even the Beast Emperor had no solution.

However, the Beast Emperor used a secret technique through a karmic treasure to obtain some vague answers.

To resolve this crisis of the Celestial Fox clan required a person with extremely strong luck.

The Celestial Fox clan had always befriended people with good luck. Among the people they knew, there were quite a few with excellent luck.

Su Mou had also sought people. He found four in total, but none worked. Two returned without success, while the other two died directly in the ancestral land.

These were already the four people with the best luck they could find.

With no choice, Su Mou could only give up.

He also could only continue sitting in the clan leader position.

But this crisis wasn't as simple as he thought.

In the recent ten thousand years, the ancestral land underwent some strange changes, becoming more and more dangerous.

Many Celestial Fox clan members who entered had problems.

The lightest were severely injured, the heaviest died, and some became trapped in the ancestral land, unable to escape.

In the Celestial Fox clan, those who could enter the ancestral land were all seventh-level Dao Venerable existences or above.

Only by entering the ancestral land and receiving its baptism could one continue advancing beyond seventh-level Dao Venerable.

Once the ancestral land had problems, it also cut off the Celestial Fox clan's path of advancement.

Now the Celestial Fox clan still had three ninth-level Dao Venerables and many eighth-level Dao Venerables.

But if this continued, no new ninth-level and eighth-level powerhouses would appear in the clan.

With inheritance cut off, after several hundred thousand years, when their generation passed away, the Celestial Fox clan would be removed from the royal clans, even inferior to some small clans.

After listening, Lin Moyu asked softly, "Even with the Beast Emperor's luck there's no way?"

Su Mou said, "Although the Beast Emperor's luck is strong, it's still not quite enough. This old man doesn't know the exact reason either."

"Moreover, the Beast Emperor can't use full power. Once using full power, he might shatter our ancestral land."

"Then our Celestial Fox clan would be finished."

The Beast Emperor indeed had the strength, but he also couldn't shatter the Celestial Fox clan's ancestral land just to solve the problem.

That wouldn't be saving people, but harming them.

Su Mou said, "As long as Mr. Lin can save our clan from this crisis, whatever conditions you need, just name them. This old man will certainly do his utmost to fulfill them for you."

Lin Moyu thought for a moment, but didn't immediately agree, "Let's wait until we get there and I see for myself before deciding."