Inheriting A Divine Cultivation Clan At The Start, All My Juniors Are Empresses

"Sun Miaoxing and Zi Yanran aren’t entirely reliable when they speak. I just listen to them casually because the real situation is only known when I pursue the truth myself. Can we say they completely know what happened back then? That’s impossible... Everyone speaks for their own side."

"That’s understandable."

"If it were me, I would also steer history in a direction favorable to my side when there’s uncertainty."

Yuchi didn’t say anything, continuing to listen to Zi Yanran’s chatter.

Zi Yanran didn’t know Yuchi’s thoughts, but his tone was very infectious, and some of the nearby mythical creatures were already whispering in tears.

He continued, "Black Flame is what you understand as monsters, those extremely ferocious beings. In fact, their existence is due to the Black Mountain Coalition, which devoured and polluted many living beings. It was the Black Mountain Coalition that burned these creatures into such monsters."

"Therefore, there weren’t those kinds of murderous monsters everywhere in Ancient Times. Even if our mythical tribe and your human tribe weren’t friends, there were tales of relationships between the two."

"You better believe it, there were indeed unions between mythical creatures and humans, and they even had children. Isn’t that proof enough that we are of the same kind?"

Zi Yanran evidently thought Yuchi was skeptical, given his very relaxed expression.

Yuchi waved his hand, "No, I believe it."

Zi Yanran was surprised, "You believe it?"

Yuchi nodded, "Yes, haven’t you heard the story of Xu Xian and Lady White Snake? That’s a human and mythical creature coming together."

"And have you heard of reproductive isolation?"

"There’s reproductive isolation, which means different species. No reproductive isolation implies similar bloodlines."

Zi Yanran looked at Yuchi speaking with an earnest air, eyes full of bewilderment—what the heck? He hadn’t heard of it, but to save face among the juniors like Yuchi, he nodded repeatedly, "Heard of it, heard of it..."

Yuchi glanced at Zi Yanran’s awkward demeanor, chuckled, and said, "So according to the elder, the human and mythical tribes were harmonious in Ancient Times, but later, with the appearance of these monsters, the Black Mountain Coalition emerged, leading to monsters resembling mythical creatures. In reality, they’re not mythical beings. It’s because of the pollution of the Black Mountain Coalition, referred to by you as Black Flame."

"Is that right?"

His reading comprehension has always been good.

Zi Yanran nodded, "Yes, yes, so that’s why we use the Black Flame’s body to live on the Lower Three States. Because the Black Flame is very sensitive to aura, if we didn’t use this form to mask our aura, they would discover us and then attack."

"Of course, we are not afraid of them."

"But do you know how annoying these undying Black Flames are? They’re like mosquitoes, attacking wave after wave, annoyingly overwhelming. So inevitably, we choose to disguise ourselves to achieve this windowless effect."

After Zi Yanran finished speaking, Yuchi understood.

No wonder mythical creatures originally looked adorably ugly, but now with the Concealing Array, it’s different. It turns out they despise being discovered by these Black Flames, leading to being hunted by them.

"Exactly."

"Activating the Concealing Array consumes a lot of Spirit Stones, and each activation doesn’t last long. Just with the Spirit Stones I had, it could sustain the array for about two hours. This consumption is much more serious than your human tribe’s Mountain Protection Array."

"So if someone hosts an event to activate such an array, other mythical tribes would be thrilled because our original body is the most comfortable. If you don’t know what that feels like, you can imagine wearing rotten pigskin over your skin."

"We usually don’t dare take it off, only at such times can we unabashedly show our true selves."

Understood, clearly understandable, going bare is most comfortable.

Yuchi understands.

Natural is most natural, and natural is most comfortable.

Understood.

And Zi Yanran chuckled and said:

"So you know why we invited you here for a look? Mainly because I saw that your gaze at us was just bewildered, without any malice, so I felt since we have a chance to chat, at least we should make eye contact. After all, we don’t fear being scolded, but feeling wronged isn’t pleasant."

Yuchi: "I understand the feeling of being labeled."

Zi Yanran: "Yes, this is exactly like being labeled."

"So we self-certify first, as I have a gut feeling you’re bound to visit our Lower Three States. Who knows, maybe when you arrive, we could become friends. Then I’ll take you into Black Mountain for some thrill-seeking... no, for tourism."

Yuchi: "..."

Thrill-seeking! You just said thrill-seeking, didn’t you? Didn’t you? You intend to take me thrill-seeking, right?!"