"Your sister?" Zhang Menglong looked at Xiao Qian's innocent eyes, "Little girl, you live on the fringes of this Demon Beast Dynasty, even a group of kobolds can bully you, you probably only know some gossip at best, right?"

"Big brother looks down on people!" Xiao Qian pouted, "Although our tribe is very weak now, in the past, we were one of the top ten races in the entire Demon Beast Dynasty!"

"Oh?" Zhang Menglong looked Xiao Qian up and down, really unable to see what was so formidable about them. Of course, if it was about charm being in the top ten, Zhang Menglong could agree, after all, even King Zhou couldn't resist a fox spirit.

"Our Split-tail Fox race is just in decline now, but long ago, we were called the Nine-tailed Spirit Fox. Although our race's bodies aren't strong, we've inherited a unique ability, even the most top-tier races fear us by three points!"

"Nine-tailed Spirit Fox? That name sounds a bit impressive." Zhang Menglong laughed, "Then tell me about your sister."

"My sister is the Clan Leader of the Split-tail Fox race. Each generation's Clan Leader undergoes a process with the previous leader to integrate the power and memories in our lineage. Although the Nine-tailed Spirit Fox bloodline is very thin now, much of our knowledge has been passed down since ancient times."

"That's quite interesting," if that's the case, maybe this Clan Leader of the Split-tail Fox race does know something.

"Kong Lan, what do you think? After all, finding your dad is your business."

Kong Lan hesitated for a moment, even though the chances were low, he didn't want to miss any opportunity to find clues about his father, "Then let's go check it out together."

"Alright!" Zhang Menglong said, "Xiao Qian, lead the way!"

"Great, if you visit our tribe, my sister will definitely be very happy." Xiao Qian spread the news, and the other Split-tail Foxes all showed joyful smiles.

Because Zhang Menglong's strength gave them a great sense of security, even though it was an invitation to visit the tribe, along the way he could protect them, and they would no longer suffer similar attacks from kobolds.

In an instant, Zhang Menglong and Kong Lan were on their way to the tribe, surrounded by a group of youthful Split-tail Foxes.

These Split-tail Fox girls not only lacked any strange odors but also exuded a body fragrance full of spiritual energy. They all spoke softly, with graceful figures, and some of the girls would occasionally and deliberately brush Zhang Menglong's arm with their bodies.

One can't entirely blame King Zhou; who could resist this?

Along the way, Xiao Qian chatted with Zhang Menglong, revealing that there are a dozen or so tribes in this area, and since most of them are relatively weak, everyone tends to be peace-loving and supportive of each other.

But a few years ago, a Demon King suddenly came from inside the Dynasty and occupied several nearby tribes, including the kobold tribe. Since then, the Split-tail Foxes had to be cautious when foraging or doing other things.

This time, while they were out picking fruits, they encountered a patrol team under the Demon King. Although this team captain was just an Eighth Grade demon, even the current Clan Leader of the Split-tail Foxes, Xiao Qian's sister, was only a Ninth Grade demon, let alone these little foxes.

So, they naturally became captives of these kobold demons, and several clan members were killed in the process of resisting or fleeing.

In ancient times, these low-level Sub-humans would have been so terrified of the Nine-tailed Spirit Fox that they would have been rolling over, let alone enslaving them.

Zhang Menglong understood that the so-called Demon King was probably outcompeted in the core area of the Demon Beast Dynasty and had come to the fringes to flaunt power and avoid competition.

"Tsk, corporate-level understanding," Zhang Menglong praised himself, but even the Demon King is such a failure; the core area of the Demon Beast Dynasty must be more dangerous the closer you get to the center.

"Big brother, we're here!"

After a journey, Zhang Menglong finally arrived at the Split-tail Fox tribe. It truly was a "tribe," with all constructions built from rocks and wood, looking quite dilapidated, and the population didn't seem very prosperous either.

"Hmm?" Xiao Qian's ears twitched, being a Demon Beast, she had an instinctive sense of danger. Normally, when they returned, the children and elders from the tribe would come out to greet them, but today the whole tribe seemed very quiet.

"Big brother, something seems to have happened in the tribe!" Xiao Qian quickly ran toward the village.

Indeed, the tribe was clearly ravaged, with many structures destroyed, and even some bloodstains still on the ground.

After searching through the entire tribe, she found no one, and seeing such a scene, Xiao Qian was nearly in tears.

"Don't worry, there should be people," Zhang Menglong released his consciousness and swept it, detecting several congregated auras beneath an old well.

"There's someone below," Zhang Menglong peered in, "Friends below, are you alright?"

In the well were one or two hundred Split-tail Foxes huddling together. Hearing the unfamiliar voice, they held each other even tighter.

"They're ignoring me." Zhang Menglong shook his head.

"Is there anyone below? It's me, Xiao Qian, we're back." Xiao Qian shouted into the well.

"Sister Xiao Qian, it's Sister Xiao Qian!"

"They're back!"

Finally, from inside the well, came a few young voices.

With the help of Zhang Menglong and Kong Lan, they pulled the people out of the well. Although they looked thin and frightened, they didn't seem to be hurt.

"Grand Elder, where's my sister? What happened here?" Xiao Qian held onto an elderly Eighth Grade Split-tail Fox and asked. That a tribe's Grand Elder only had this much power showed how weak the Split-tail Foxes really were.

"It was Leita's tribe. They found us," the Grand Elder sighed, "Anyone in the village capable of resisting was killed by them. Your sister, to protect us hiding, went with them willingly."

"What?" Xiao Qian's face turned pale.

"Xiao Qian, who is this Leita?"

"Leita is the most powerful Demon King around here," Xiao Qian said with a sob in her voice, "He's always wanted to capture my sister to be his forced concubine, but my sister rather dies than submits. We've changed homes several times to avoid him, but he still found us."

"Big brother, I'm begging you to save my sister. If she's captured by him, her fate will be terrible."

"What kind of character is this Leita?" Zhang Menglong asked.

"Sir, Leita is a shape-shifting giant brute bull. I've heard he's already an intermediate Demon King. There's no one around here who can deal with him."

"Intermediate Demon King? That's just the Second Realm of Heaven Breaking," Zhang Menglong sneered, "Do you know where their tribe is?"

"I know, it's on Thunder Sound Mountain," Xiao Qian got a crude handmade map from their Grand Elder, but it was enough to roughly identify the location of Leita's tribe.

Zhang Menglong looked at the desolate village and felt a bit of hesitation.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

A group of massive machines appeared in the open area of the village, excavators, breakers, construction robots...

"Build me a French-style town." Zhang Menglong entered a command.

Under the shocked gazes of the Split-tail Foxes, these machines began to rebuild the village.

"Wait here," Zhang Menglong told Xiao Qian, "Kong Lan and I will go rescue your sister. When we return, I'll make you iron plate beef brisket!"