Chapter 417: Grandfather’s Decision

Who had made his Master feel so humiliated? Who had left such painful memories in his Master’s heart that he did not even want to remember them?

Whoever it was, one day he would make the culprits behind those two incidents regret what they had done until their hearts were shattered with remorse, completely erasing the shadow they had left in his Master’s heart.

Tushan Qing looked at his grandson as he held his disciple’s hand. The concealment that usually covered his eyes disappeared, replaced by honesty and determination.

He knew he was telling the truth. Moreover, this was the most serious attitude he had shown toward anything since they had met.

He immediately felt both heartache for his grandson and intense anger toward whoever had bullied him.

Yet faced with such a serious and determined precious grandson, he could only helplessly call out in a pitiful voice.

"Ah Shou~~~!"

"Grandfather, please."

Thinking about how Tushan Qing descendants had behaved in the original story, Xiao Shou felt that this was not the time to care about dignity. He immediately looked at Tushan Qing even more pitifully, blinking his eyes as though he were about to cry.

Seeing him like this, Tushan Qing felt his heart tighten painfully.

The location of his Eye of Foresight became scorching hot. In an instant, countless images flashed before his eyes.

He saw a man with black hair and brown eyes, with a delicate and handsome appearance and strangely styled clothing, standing protectively before an enormous black fox that was covered in wounds. Its ten tails were uneven, and every single one had been severed.

In the distance, a man and a woman with blurred faces were jointly controlling an incomparably enormous and mysterious gear shaped object.

Surrounding them were enormous stars that continuously rotated and radiated blazing light.

Before he could clearly see anything else, the vision suddenly became blurred and disappeared.

He tried to recover those images, but they had already vanished without a trace.

He immediately understood.

The man’s soul aura was exactly the same as Xiao Shou’s.

And that enormous black fox, covered in wounds with all ten tails severed, was none other than himself.

It seemed that there was some unknown connection between himself and the person before him. Perhaps it was something that would happen in the future, or perhaps it involved some other matter, or even another world.

Because his clothing style was very similar to that of the other two men and women standing opposite him, whose faces could not be seen clearly, all of them looked equally strange and unusual.

Was this the reason why, from the moment he first saw him, his heart had ached unbearably for him, why he wanted to give him the very best of everything, and why he could not bear to see him suffer or feel even the slightest bit of sadness?

He had originally thought that someone must have done something to him, causing him to care so deeply about a descendant he had only just met.

After all, he did not feel this way toward his father or his other descendants. Even the two descendants who possessed Spiritual Roots did not make him feel this way.

Therefore, whenever he could not help treating him well, he had remained secretly cautious, keeping many backup plans in place while constantly examining himself, hoping to find some evidence that he had been manipulated.

Yet there was nothing wrong with him at all.

This left him extremely puzzled.

Only now did he finally understand.

There had never been any question of him being manipulated.

The special feeling and affection he had toward this descendant most likely had its true cause within the things his Eye of Foresight had shown him on its own.

Unfortunately, he had only seen a single scene before the rest became blurred.

But that single scene was already enough.

He now understood that there was another connection involved.

It was not caused by some strange external reason, and that alone was enough.

For the first time, Tushan Qing looked at Xiao Shou without any doubts or reservations.

Seeing his pitiful expression, he helplessly sighed and finally compromised.

"I understand your determination and your decision. Very well. I can agree to let you stay."

"Really? Grandfather, you’re the best!" Xiao Shou could not help excitedly hugging Tushan Qing and kissing his cute baby-like face to express his happiness.

Seeing this, Tushan Shanhe could not help glancing sideways.

As expected of the Terrestrial Fox lineage. Even without being influenced by the instincts of their bloodline, their emotions were still remarkably expressive.

At the same time, Fu Young immediately pulled Xiao Shou back.

He felt aggrieved inwardly.

I only kissed my Master once, and he ignored me for several days. How can he take the initiative to kiss this old man now?

He deliberately ignored the fact that he had kissed Xiao Shou on the lips, while Xiao Shou had only kissed Tushan Qing’s face, and that Tushan Qing was his own elder.

Tushan Qing rubbed his own cheek. Seeing Fu Young pull Xiao Shou back suddenly made the scene extremely irritating to him. However, not the slightest trace of it appeared on his face as he said, "However, I will stay behind to supervise things. If the situation becomes impossible to handle, I will immediately take you away from this realm. What do you think? If you disagree, then I will take you back right now."

"Mm, mm! I’m not an idiot who likes joking around with his own life either. Of course I’ll run if I can’t win! I just don’t want to flee without fighting and become a coward whom even I would despise. However, when we run, don’t forget Young’er. He is very important to me."

Xiao Shou repeatedly nodded. He did not notice in the slightest that the look in Tushan Qing’s eyes had become identical to that of Monk Tongchan.

Fu Young noticed it, but did not care at all. Instead, he deliberately moved closer to Xiao Shou and happily said, "Master is also more important to me than my own life. However, if the situation becomes dangerous, please take. My Master away first. I will find my Master myself afterward."