"Master, I'm so sorry. I didn't know that things would turn out like this."
Violet was very apologetic.
"Silly girl, don't say that.
Your clansmen care about you and are just looking out for you.
I won't take it personally,"
Austin said with a genuine smile.
If it were any other race that treated him like this, he would have already made a move and no one
would be left standing by now.
However, he couldn't hate Violet's clan even if he wanted to.
Besides, he could clearly see that those demon foxes did care about Violet.
At this time, Austin and Elmer had left the group of palaces where the nine-tailed demon foxes lived.
"The governing god is really powerful. He has been seriously injured, but he still has such immense
fighting power.
I don't think I can even withstand one move of his!"
said Elmer with a sigh.
"I agree. He is indeed very powerful,"
Austin said with a nod.
"What should we do now?
How about we just leave? Can we do that?
Anyway, Violet has already found her clansmen.
Your job here is done,"
said Elmer.
"No, we have to stay.
They are not safe here. We can't just leave them.
If Chapman finds this place one day, none of these demon foxes would make it out alive.
How can I leave Violet alone here?"
Austin said as he shook his head. He had already played this scenario in his head several times.
"Wow, you are really good to Violet,"
Elmer remarked.
"Well, how about we explore this continent?
Let's see what we can find,"
Austin suggested.
"Okay. Sounds like a good idea."
Elmer was in high spirits.
After all, every cultivator was eager to explore and find treasures everywhere he went.
Then, the two of them set out to explore in one direction.
At that same moment, something happened in one of the palaces where the nine-tailed demon foxes
lived.
"Patriarch, how could you do that to my master?
I don't know if I could have found my way to you and the clan, without his care and protection over the
years,"
Violet said to the patriarch in a somewhat annoyed tone.
Austin was much too important to her.
She was even willing to fall out with the patriarch in favor of Austin.
"Violet, how could you talk to the patriarch in such a tone? Show some respect.
Apologize now!"
Violet's parents scolded her, seeing her attitude toward the patriarch.
"Dad, mom, you don't know our relationship at all. Besides, he has gone through great lengths just to
get me here.
If you treat him like that again, I would rather leave with him than stay here!"
said Violet defiantly.
"Violet, how could you say that?
It's not easy for you to return, but you still want to leave!"
Violet's parents were shocked.
The patriarch didn't say anything and kept looking Violet up and down.
He used his spiritual sense to scan Violet's whole body, especially her Soul Sea.
"Patriarch, please don't blame Violet.
She has just returned after wandering outside for too long. She has not been used to all of this.
Don't worry. We will help her adjust properly.
She will be fine soon. We will make sure of it."
Violet's parents were afraid that the patriarch would scold her, so they apologized profusely.
"Don't worry. I don't blame her. I know exactly what she has gone through.
I just want to find out the reason or source of such an attitude,"
the patriarch said calmly.
"It's really strange.
At first, I thought that maybe Violet was being controlled by some kind of secret skill. That was why she
was willing to call this man 'master'.
However, I see only one spiritual soul mark in her spiritual soul, and nothing else.
With her current strength, there is no way that a mere spiritual soul mark can control her.
Could it be possible that her spiritual soul is not under control?
At worst, the secret skill that this man used on her is so brilliant that even I can't see it,"
the patriarch said, still in confusion.
"That's what you all need to understand. My master doesn't control me.
As a matter of fact, he treats me so well.
There is absolutely no need to control me. I am doing all of this on my own free will!
You just misunderstood him.
If I had known it earlier, I wouldn't have asked him to bring me back to you!"
Violet stamped her feet in anger.
"Violet, we are just confused that you are willingly calling him 'master'!"
her parents explained.
"Dad, mom, you don't know the relationship between me and my master at all. That is what you need to
understand.
Before I found you, he was the closest person in this world to me!"
said Violet.
"Patriarch, what's going on?"
Violet's parents were still confused and looked at the patriarch.
"Violet, come with me.
I want to find out the truth, and you know that I have the means to do that.
If that guy really is using some kind of secret method to control you, I have ways to help you get rid of
it.
If, as you say, your relationship is based on true feelings, then I will personally apologize to him,"
the patriarch reassured her.
"Okay, then how do you want to investigate?"
Violet asked.
"I want to carefully check your memories over the years, down to the tiniest detail.
Then we will find out the truth,"
the patriarch replied.
"Okay, fine."
Violet hesitated for a while, and then she eventually agreed.
She knew that the patriarch wouldn't harm her. He treated her like a pearl in his palm.
The patriarch then waved his sleeve and took Violet away.
At this same moment, Austin and Elmer were exploring another place on the continent.
There was nothing but ruins everywhere.
The gray ground was withered, lifeless and depressed.
It was as if no creature could live under such harsh conditions.
Only the ubiquitous law of reincarnation flowed like water and rippled vaguely in the background.
Half a month had passed.
Austin and Elmer had explored a large area on the continent.
After miles and miles of nothing but dull and rocky land, they finally came upon a vast graveyard.
There were countless tombs in the perimeter.
Every tomb was covered with dazzling runic fragments, which seemed to tell the glory of the one buried
underneath, when he was still alive.
At the same time, there was a very creepy and strange aura silently pervading the area.
From time to time, a faint crowing sound could be heard from an unknown source.
It was creepy indeed so Austin and Elmer were on high alert as they moved through the tombs.
"Semi-governing gods are buried in all of these tombs!"
Elmer suddenly exclaimed.
He himself was a semi-governing god. He had been at this realm for countless years, so he was too
familiar with it.
He immediately sensed the presence of the remains of the semi-governing gods under the tombs.
"Really?
So many semi-governing gods? That's remarkable!
It is estimated that there aren't so many semi-governing gods in the whole Sea of Chaos.
Where did these semi-governing gods come from? And why are there so many of them here?"
Austin was surprised.
Driven by curiosity, the two walked from tomb to tomb and carefully studied them.
Each dazzling tomb released a terrifying energy pressure.
The energy pressure belonged to semi-governing gods.
Fortunately, both Austin and Elmer could withstand it.
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