Little Sorcerer, Divine Doctor

Chapter 1234 - 61: Same Blood, Different Fates

The woman’s pleas did not elicit any sympathy from the soldiers.

"Madam, please don’t make it difficult for us. The clan leader is entertaining distinguished guests. If he sees you like this, he will punish us again," the Sky Fox soldiers coldly pushed the woman away.

"How dare you treat the clan leader’s wife like this!" the maid behind the woman scolded.

It turned out that the woman who looked exactly like Hu Jiusheng was none other than Hu Ruolan, the wife of the Heavenly Fox Clan Leader.

In the Sky Fox Tribe Country, there was no Emperor; the clan leader and the Elder Council held the highest authority. The identity of the clan leader’s wife was akin to an Empress, supposed to be of high status and power.

However, this woman before them had no status in the Heavenly Fox Palace.

Over the years, Hu Qianqiu had taken many Sky Fox beauties into the palace, paying no heed to the so-called clan leader’s wife.

The specific reason was that this clan leader’s wife, once hailed as the most beautiful in the Sky Fox Clan, had given birth to a useless daughter.

And this useless daughter, after becoming a Holy Daughter, was rumored to have been sold to the Wuji Continent, losing her purity.

Even though the clan leader had always sealed this news, it had long spread within the Heavenly Fox Palace.

After the news spread, the clan leader’s wife, who was already unfavored, was even more overlooked.

Even some of the newly taken beauties dared to bully her directly.

Hu Ruolan longed for her daughter and repeatedly begged Hu Qianqiu to send someone to the Wuji Continent to find out her daughter’s whereabouts, but each time, Hu Qianqiu ruthlessly refused.

"That useless girl is not worth wasting manpower on searching for," Hu Qianqiu’s ruthless visage was clearly remembered by Hu Ruolan.

Nevertheless, she remained unyielding, going to see Hu Qianqiu every few days.

"Hu Ruolan, haven’t you made enough fuss? If it hadn’t been initially tested that you were a Five-Tailed Heavenly Fox, I wouldn’t have married you. Don’t forget, in terms of identity, you are nothing but an orphan girl," Hu Qianqiu said coldly as he walked over.

Hu Ruolan was an orphan girl.

She was born in the wilderness and adopted by the previous Old Clan Chief of the Fox Clan, and she grew up as a childhood friend with Hu Qianqiu.

In those years, Hu Qianqiu chose Hu Ruolan from among countless marriageable girls because of her gentle beauty, docile personality, and Five-Tailed Heavenly Fox bloodline.

Hu Qianqiu was affectionate with her for a time, especially after she gave birth to Hu Sheng, who had the Six-Tailed Heavenly Fox bloodline.

But all of this changed once it was discovered that Hu Sheng was a useless girl.

As the clan leader, Hu Qianqiu having a useless daughter became his greatest disgrace.

He had harbored a grievance over this matter for nearly twenty years.

Perhaps owing to that useless girl, despite Hu Qianqiu filling the harem with many beauties over the years, none of his children possessed a high-level Heavenly Fox bloodline.

Not to mention a Six-Tailed, there wasn’t even a Five-Tailed.

Hu Qianqiu blamed all these on Hu Sheng.

In the first few months of Hu Sheng’s disappearance, Hu Qianqiu felt a sense of relief.

That useless girl finally disappeared, which was some form of liberation for him.

However, later on, it emerged that she had been sold to the Wuji Continent.

Even though Hu Sheng was a useless girl, her beauty was just like Hu Ruolan’s—charming and outstanding. A Heavenly Fox woman falling into the hands of human men had but one fate.

Thus, upon learning Hu Sheng was sold to the Wuji Continent, Hu Qianqiu considered her as good as dead.

"Qianqiu, I ask for nothing else. I only beg you to send someone to inquire about Hu Sheng’s whereabouts. Last night, I dreamed that Sheng’er said she had returned," tears fell from Hu Ruolan’s face like strings of broken pearls.

Her personality was weak. When the Old Clan Chief was still around, she at least had someone to rely on.

The Old Clan Chief was worried she’d be bullied, thus he specifically appointed Hu Qianqiu to take care of her. The early days of their marriage were alright, but ever since Hu Sheng was deemed useless, everything changed.

Her beloved husband spoke to her coldly and took in many beauties.

To all this, Hu Ruolan bore no grudge, silently raising her daughter and living a life of quiet companionship with her daughter in the Heavenly Fox Palace.

However, her daughter disappeared suddenly.

This was like the collapse of the sky for Hu Ruolan.

Over the years of her daughter’s disappearance, she cried daily.

Hu Qianqiu said her daughter had long been dead, but last night, she dreamed her daughter Hu Sheng stood alive before her.

She was still the same as before, gently calling, "Mother, Sheng’er has returned."

Bound by blood, Hu Ruolan firmly believed her daughter would not deceive her—she must have returned.

"Dreaming, Hu Ruolan, give up. I will send not a single soldier to find her. I truly regret not killing her after it was found she was a useless girl! Now, the Old Clan Chief of the Jiuluan Clan is a guest at the Heavenly Fox Palace; do not cause trouble. Otherwise, I will drive you out of the palace!" Hu Qianqiu barked cruelty, ordering someone to escort Hu Ruolan back to the palace.

Hu Ruolan looked at the grand palace with an icy heart.

Hu Qianqiu had never truly cared for her and their daughter.

"Gui Zhi, pack my luggage," having shed too many tears, Hu Ruolan’s eyes were dry, unable to shed a single drop.

She believed herself to have had that dream for good reason.

"Madam? What are you doing?" Hu Ruolan’s maid was baffled.

"I’m leaving the Heavenly Fox Palace. This place is no longer a home for me," Hu Ruolan replied with a tragic smile.

Hu Qianqiu was solely preoccupied with his prestige as the Heavenly Fox Clan Leader, and with the Heavenly Fox Saintess Selection in full swing, he would never care about their daughter, Hu Sheng.

Leaving the Heavenly Fox Palace, be it the Eight Desolates or Wuji Continent, even if gambling her life, she would find Hu Sheng’s whereabouts.

That evening, the master and maid packed their luggage and left the Heavenly Fox Palace quietly.

Standing at a side gate of the palace, Hu Ruolan hesitated a little.

After marrying Hu Qianqiu, she hadn’t left the Heavenly Fox Palace for decades.

The Hu Capital was no longer what it used to be, and for the moment, she didn’t know where to go to find their daughter, Hu Sheng.

In confusion, Hu Ruolan wandered around the streets of Hu Capital with her maid.

It was around evening, and the bustling streets of Hu Capital were filled with people.

Due to the Heavenly Fox Saintess Candidate Selection Ceremony, Hu Capital was crowded with people from other capitals and outsiders.

Walking among the crowd, thinking of her daughter from the dream the previous night, Hu Ruolan felt a pang of sorrow, unintentionally losing track of her maid Gui Zhi.

"Hey, watch where you’re going! How dare you bump into me!"

Before Hu Ruolan realized it, she had found herself on a completely unfamiliar street, in the hustle and bustle, colliding with a man with a rough face.