Chapter 1242: Chapter 69: Exposed Identity

The Clan Leader’s Wife?

Hu Linglong’s shout drew everyone’s attention, even those who hadn’t noticed, towards Hu Ruolan.

Although Hu Ruolan was the wife of the Clan Leader, she led a reclusive life, so not many outside knew her true appearance.

Due to Hu Sheng, Hu Linglong was always very hostile towards Hu Ruolan.

How could the Clan Leader’s wife be walking with a young man? Suddenly, everyone began to gossip.

"Hu Linglong, what nonsense are you spouting? This lady is here in Hu Capital to find her daughter," Lu chastised.

He had come to Hu Capital in disguise, and with Hu Linglong’s outburst, everyone would know who he was.

This woman was still as annoying as ever.

"Find her daughter? Brother Lu, isn’t her daughter that useless Hu Sheng, who has already become a disgrace to the Sky Fox Tribe and now is nothing more than a plaything for the Human Clan?" Hu Linglong gazed disdainfully at Hu Ruolan’s delicate face.

Hu Sheng resembled Hu Ruolan a lot, and with that face that attracted men like moths, she always played the pitiful card.

"You mustn’t talk about Sheng’er like that. Sheng’er is not useless," Hu Ruolan said. Every word from Hu Linglong felt like a dagger, piercing her deeply.

Her daughter was missing, and Hu Linglong still insulted her so.

There were earlier accusations that her daughter’s disappearance was linked to Hu Linglong.

Even a clay figure has a temper, and Hu Ruolan, infuriated, began to scuffle with Hu Linglong.

Hu Linglong wouldn’t even bat an eye at Hu Ruolan.

Even though she was the Clan Leader’s wife, Hu Qianqiu had long since lost interest in her.

"Get lost, you unwanted old woman," Hu Linglong said, her fingers twitched as she grabbed onto Hu Ruolan’s hair, reaching for her face.

"Stop." Despite not knowing how Hu Ruolan became the Clan Leader’s wife so suddenly, she was with him, and Lu wouldn’t allow Hu Linglong to harm her.

He moved to stop Hu Linglong, but right then, a sharp slap resounded.

A brutal and precise slap landed on Hu Linglong’s face.

The slap was so sudden that Hu Linglong only felt a stinging pain on her cheek as she was forcefully thrown back, embarrassingly falling to the ground.

An alarmed Hu Ruolan was quickly protected by someone who took her in.

"Sheng’er is not useless." Hu Ruolan’s face was full of tears as she mumbled defiantly.

"Madam, it’s all right now." A soft female voice brought Hu Ruolan back to reality. She looked up to see a Heavenly Fox Candidate Saintess standing before her.

Although her face was veiled, her eyes were filled with worry and concern. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

Such a look Hu Ruolan had only ever seen on her own daughter’s face.

The figure of the young woman in front of her, her silhouette, was so much like her daughter whom she longed for day and night.

"You, you are... Sheng’er," Hu Ruolan couldn’t help but reach out with trembling hands, pulling away Yun Sheng’s veil.

"!!"

Yun Sheng hadn’t expected Hu Ruolan’s sudden action, and it was too late to stop her.

The veil fell and a breathtaking face was revealed to everyone present.

Those who had seen the former Heavenly Fox Saintess Hu Sheng couldn’t help but gasp.

Hu Ruolan’s eyes were full of adoration.

Sheng’er, it really was her Sheng’er.

Lu was completely stunned, staring dazedly at Yun Sheng.

This can’t be a dream, it’s her. Compared to a few years ago, this beauty’s aura and cultivation were even more superior; she was Yun Sheng.

"It’s you, Hu Sheng. You actually have the audacity to return," Hu Linglong, head askew, her cheek swelling high from Yun Sheng’s slap, said in shock.

But none of this compared to her shock upon seeing Hu Sheng.

This woman, how could her presence be so haunting, how had she returned to the Bahuang Continent?

"It’s the Holy Daughter, isn’t this the long-missing Holy Daughter?" The people from the Sky Fox Tribe Country, including the Third Elder, were stunned.

"No, you’re not Hu Sheng. You must be an imposter." Hu Linglong realized upon a closer look that this woman couldn’t be Hu Sheng.

She looked exactly like Hu Sheng, but her demeanor, her cultivation, couldn’t possibly belong to that useless girl.

"She is Sheng’er. Hu Linglong, stop slandering," Hu Ruolan said, clutching Yun Sheng and refusing to let go.

Her daughter had been missing for so long, but had finally returned.

"Madam, let me explain," Yun Sheng said. Watching Hu Linglong bully Hu Ruolan, she already knew Hu Ruolan was Hu Sheng’s poor mother.

She had intended to speak with Hu Ruolan after the written test to inform her about Hu Sheng’s ashes.

But Hu Linglong’s vile behavior, publicly humiliating and hurting Hu Ruolan, was unbearable to watch.

"Sheng’er, mother knows it’s you. I dreamed that you would come to the Heavenly Fox Temple. Here you are. Let mother see if you’re hurt or suffering. Mother is useless, making you endure so much," Hu Ruolan completely disregarded Yun Sheng’s words, touching Yun Sheng’s face and holding her hand.

"What exactly is going on here? How did this half-blood Heavenly Fox become the Holy Daughter?" Most shocked were the Candidate Saintesses from Fengdu and Cangdu.

Especially Qin Yue and Chen Qi, who had earlier mocked Yun Sheng’s background, never imagining she would be the Clan Leader’s ’daughter.’

Even the Third Elder looked embarrassed. If Yun Sheng really was the missing former Heavenly Fox Saintess, then this year’s selection would become a laughingstock.

The grand preparations Hu Capital had made for the Heavenly Fox Ceremony would be wasted efforts.

And then there were the Candidate Saintesses who had traveled from other capitals, and those who were assassinated along the way, how to address these issues?

"She can’t be Hu Sheng. She’s a mixed blood. You forget, Hu Sheng is a pureblood. This woman is a mixed blood and must have used some method to impersonate Hu Sheng. Her intentions are sinister, and she must be captured," Hu Linglong was in a state of panic.

No matter who she was, she could never be allowed to become the Heavenly Fox Saintess again.

"This matter needs to be thoroughly investigated, or it will be too unfair to the other Candidate Saintesses." Yu Shang expressed similar dissatisfaction.

If not for this woman, Yu Shang had absolute confidence she would become the Heavenly Fox Saintess this time.

Everything was disrupted by the sudden intervention of this mixed-blood Heavenly Fox.

"That’s right, cancel her candidacy as a Saintess and capture her," the other Candidate Saintesses echoed.