Didn't you go to Teyvat to earn money to support me?

Fox Palace couldn't even struggle; her hands and feet were bound, and it was Raiden Shin who tied the knots with his own divine power.

She was on the verge of tears. She thought that Raiden would definitely not hold a grudge later, and that she would accept that her best friend had married her son when Liang'er grew up. But she didn't expect the grudge to come so quickly! You should at least have brought Torachiyo and Reizenbo along too, they did it too!

But Fox Palace also knew that if Shen Liang were a small cake, they would have only licked the cream and wouldn't have been held accountable by Lei Dian to this extent.

The core reason is that this piece of cake was eaten in Liyue, in a place where lightning can't see it.

This anger will never subside; it's just displaced anger directed at her.

“Liang’er is a big kid now. He… he has someone he likes, which was to be expected. Zhen, you can’t keep Liang’er in your arms forever. Weren’t we prepared for this? Liang’er is going to Liyue to leave our protection and forge his own path.” Fox Palace tried its best to save itself, coaxing him gently. “Zhen, have you ever thought about it? It’s only natural that he brings back a girlfriend. Liang’er is so beautiful and capable, it’s illogical that he wouldn’t meet someone he likes in Liyue, right?”

“But this isn’t about finding a girlfriend,” Raiden’s icy voice reached Fox Palace’s ears. “If Liang’er has someone she likes, she should bring him back to meet me first. I will then prepare a grand ceremony for them and attend his wedding. Instead, she’s cheating on me and I don’t even know it.”

Yes, not knowing is the most infuriating thing.

I don't know how to explain Fox Palace.

In fact, the existence of the virginity mark is a blatant warning. Logically speaking, no one would dare to have designs on Shen Liang. Even if that little wildcat had designs on someone else, no one would dare to make a move because of the pressure of seeing the virginity mark and fearing the lightning.

This is a guarantee of the purity of Inazuma's future crown prince.

Fox Palace secretly harbored some resentment. As the supreme ruler of Inazuma and the mother of Ryo, isn't it a bit inappropriate to mark someone like that?

To put it nicely, it's called caring about your child's future; to put it bluntly, she's not your wife or lover, so this mother is being far too controlling. Boys grow up and have their own crushes; it's their freedom to do what they want. Why are you interfering? Even ordinary parents don't do such feudal and conservative things anymore. Seriously…

Is being overly protective of your child a bit too much?

What's most infuriating is that Shen Liang doesn't seem to realize it at all! Your mother is squeezing your personal space and controlling your life like this, and you're still happily kissing her like that!

But then again.

Even with such bright cinnabar applied, those who dare to break the rules still do!

And what's most terrifying is that cinnabar is completely useless.

The woman who stole Inazuma's beloved wildcat left nothing behind.

“In theory, the person who gets the virginity mark will be marked by the virginity mark, and everything about her will be visible to us, even for several months. No matter where she is or what she does, we can perceive her clearly.” Fox Palace’s voice was timid, afraid that Lei Dianzhen would get angry again. “This technique is made with your essence blood, the most powerful demon god’s essence blood in this world. In theory, there should be no one who can break it.”

Lightning took a deep breath.

“However, the theory is indeed… just a theory. It was indeed my fault for not seeing that person, but I checked my formula and there is absolutely no mistake.” Fox Palace whispered, “It concerns your entrustment, and my most cherished Liang’er. I couldn’t possibly be wrong. I even had a priestess conduct several experiments with the same raw materials, and it was indeed effective.”

"How was it done?" Raiden Shin frowned slightly, her attention diverted. This kind of experiment was being conducted by a shrine maiden? Shrine maidens were supposed to remain pure; surely the Fox Maiden wouldn't force someone to do something they didn't want to do?

"What are you thinking? The virginity mark test has a wide range of applications, including the same sex. It's not difficult for the shrine maidens at Narukami Shrine to find a few with a penchant for virginity marks, so I can guarantee that there's nothing wrong with the virginity mark!"

But emphasizing this point is obviously pointless.

"So, whose problem is it?" Raiden Shin put down his teacup. "Saigu, I'm thinking about whether to establish a new rule for Narukami Taisha, that is... the High Priestess should set an example and must remain chaste for the gods until death, what do you think?"

Fox Palace: "..."

Hearing the malice revealed in Lei Dian Zhen Qing's cold voice, Hu Zhai Gong sighed inwardly.

Raiden Shin is still Raiden Shin, unlike that stubborn, idiotic Raiden. The older sister is so much more cunning than the younger sister! No matter how gentle and considerate a mother is, she's all black inside!

"Let's do it this way. I'll draft the decree now. I am deeply saddened by Ryo'er's defilement of the priestesses. I hereby order the head of the Onmyōryō (Bureau of Yin and Yang), the head priestess of Narukami Taisha Shrine, and the high priestess of the Fox-Sai Palace, to lead the purge, so that..."

"No, no, Sister Zhen! No! I don't want to be a spinster for the rest of my life! This door can't be opened. A shrine maiden can't be a shrine maiden forever. She still has to get married in the future!" Fox Palace shouted in a panic when she saw Raiden Zhenzhen start to pick up her pen.

Huh? You're serious! You're going to rob me of my happiness for the rest of my life? Just because Liang'er lost her virginity, you're taking it out on her? This is absolutely out of rage! The truth is out in the open!

"If I can do it, why can't you?"

Raiden spoke coldly, and Fox Palace looked into her eyes... This best friend's mentality has probably completely collapsed, hasn't it?

What she saw in Raiden's eyes was an unconcealable grief and indignation. Rather than anger at Raiden's negligence in causing the incident to go undetected, Fox Palace saw more of... a similar emotion.

There was a lot of suppressed grief and indignation...

Fox Palace was somewhat speechless; she saw it, a hint of jealousy in her eyes. Despite being thousands of years old, she still harbored the jealousy of a young girl…

No wonder they're so unreasonable.

For Raiden Shin, even though that little wildcat had grown up, he was still her child, belonging only to her. The Fox Maiden, Torachiyo, Reizenbo, all sorts of powerful and lesser demons and shrine maidens, countless girls who were only vaguely close to Shen Liang… none of them could truly pull him away from Raiden Shin's embrace. They might pose a threat, but not much; she could still enjoy the affection and playfulness of her own little wildcat.

But today she finally realized that the child had indeed grown up, and those threats were indeed real. Someone could take Shen Liang away from her without her noticing.

She had never truly prepared to lose Shen Liang; in her mind, those girls were just a distant future... But the future came too quickly. Before she could even think of letting go, someone grabbed her and made her leave.

Even the Lord of Inazuma, Raiden Shin, has everything under his control.

They can get jealous, feel envious, and feel resentful.

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Chapter 120 Do Immortal Species Still Have an Urgent Need to Reproduce?

"Shouldn't you congratulate Liang'er?"

The dereliction of duty by the Imperial Advisor was irreparable, and Fox Palace truly had no way of finding out who the woman who had captured that little wildcat was. At this point, saying anything would only make Raiden Shin angry, so she simply gave up.

"Congratulations for what?" Raiden glared at her.

"Congratulations to our Liang'er for soon being able to wake up every morning to find Gan Yu holding him in her left arm and Fananjiang in her right, while a little fox licking his belly and wagging its tail is hiding under the covers."

Thunder glared angrily at Fox Palace, while the white-haired fox shrugged.

A good life? Okay, that kind of life is pretty good... but I don't like it!

I can't do it if I don't like it!

Although Lei Dian had imagined Shen Liang's future more than once, with her intelligence, she even imagined it very vividly. The little pink fox's head peeking out from under the blankets and staring at Shen Liang coquettishly, licking its lips, was all very lifelike!

She's not stupid. Her own little wildcat and little wolfhound—what kind of zoo are they?—doesn't she know her own little wildcat's personality? In Daoqi, she could see that Shen Liang had long been raised to accept anyone who came. In Yingxiang Mountain, if any pretty little vixen refused to marry, she would suspect that Shen Liang had secretly slipped out again!

Let alone those powerful demons who harbor ill intentions towards Shen Liang, in this tragic environment! Every little female demon in Daoqi who is less than a hundred years older than Shen Liang claims that she and the little prince are childhood sweethearts!

Raiden took a deep breath.

Then her topic shifted in a rather strange way.

"The war on the front lines of the desolate sea is far from over. In Liyue, the Heavenly Principles have already dispatched a high god to the mortal realm," Raiden Shin suddenly said. "Perhaps it's time to put an end to the beginning of this war."

"Really?" Fox Palace was taken aback.

The phrase "ending the war in Kanria" certainly doesn't mean something as simple as just going to the desolate seas to put in some extra effort. Because "ending" generally implies "completely ending," and ending a nation's war doesn't mean "completely ending." "Completely ending" usually refers to... the annihilation of Kanria.

Yes, now that the war has been going on for so long, it's no longer just a simple matter of provocation and friction.

Kanria did not send a large army to its borders, but that was because powerful gods, led by the Rock King Emperor, deterred Kanria's borders, limiting the war to a level below the divine.

But it's clear the balance has tipped. After so much time has passed since the war began, the Sky Isles have finally intervened in the earthly conflict, and a temporary demigod has appeared in Liyue.

It is clear that the goddesses of Sky Island are powerful enough to surpass even the Seven Rulers, and their appearance also signifies an attitude—an attitude that this war must end as soon as possible.

Throughout history, the natural order has always been to promote the peaceful development of the world, and war has never been the main theme of the natural order.

“If we continue to delay, it will be difficult for Shadow to protect too many people. The Desolate Sea Battlefield has already claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people on Narukami Island in the past year. It is a meat grinder, like the Liyue Lava Abyss.” Raiden hesitated. “War cannot threaten gods and demons, but it is a catastrophe for mortals. Perhaps… not just Shadow, I should also join the war.”

Fox Palace looked up at her.

"You'll die if you go to Kanria."

"Not necessarily," Lei Dianzhen said in a low voice, "with Liang'er here."

"Zhen, I've never quite understood why you have such high expectations for Liang'er. He... you've never told us what he's capable of. Admittedly, I saw that he can summon Sky Island, but that doesn't mean Sky Island will fully support us." Fox Palace's low voice was tinged with confusion. "The gods in the heavens don't care about the rise and fall of life on earth. What they value... is the rise and fall of civilizations, you know that, Zhen. Besides, they might not be able to easily defeat Kanria. In the end, it will still have to be the gods on earth who take action."

Raiden took a pot of hot wine from the charcoal brazier, poured himself a cup, thought for a moment, then offered a cup to Fox Palace, and casually used a bolt of lightning to untie the ropes binding her hands.

Fox Palace's expression was complicated.

“My trust in Ryo’er doesn’t mean I believe she can solve all my problems. In fact, in the future I’ve glimpsed, I am indeed a dead god in Inazuma, in the eyes of many, many people.” Raiden Shin said in a low voice, “I thought I was destined to be caught in the web of fate, until I saw Ryo’er, who originally belonged to fate, come to my side.”

"Really, I don't understand."

“I don’t know whether I’ve won or lost in other people’s worlds. But I know that Liang’er is the one who writes his own destiny. My fate is not something I can control; it’s Liang’er’s.” She said, “You know, isn’t there more than one path in life? I used to think that you had to be stubborn in everything you did, because only by doing your best and even breaking through time and space could you find the best solution. But now I think I was wrong. Blindly fighting is not writing your own destiny; that kind of extremism and unyielding spirit is just a song before death.”

Fox Palace glanced at Raiden Shin, thinking to herself, "Sister, what are you talking about? I don't understand a word you're rambling on. You're a god, and I'm just a fox. I don't understand what philosophy you've gleaned from 'a moment'."

But a thought struck her: Raiden didn't seem to be thinking about things like dying... or going to war in Kanria.

As Raiden's closest friend, she had always vaguely sensed Raiden's determination. She seemed eager to end the war by launching a preemptive strike into the Kingdom of Kanria, a near-suicidal act, as Kanria was even tainted by the Abyss, a power capable of confronting the very laws of nature.

But Raiden's tone made it sound like it was some kind of picnic, completely risk-free.

“True writing of destiny means that no matter how destiny goes, it can be corrected to the track it wants to be on.” Raiden said softly, “Those lofty, resolute, and cruel separations of life and death, or saving a collapsing building, all kinds of glorious achievements... are not things that Liang’er should do, because if you always put off until you have to make a choice, it means that you are not in control of destiny, but destiny is in control of you.”

"Whether it's fate or not, someone has to do it..."

Raiden gave her a half-smile, and Fox Palace felt like she'd said something stupid. She frowned in confusion. Logically, her IQ shouldn't be much lower than Raiden's, but... how to put it, ever since Ryo'er was born, she always felt that Raiden was smarter than her.

Perhaps it was because lightning truly possessed something she couldn't understand or comprehend...

“A good doctor treats illness before it occurs, and a skilled warrior achieves victory without ostentatious feats. Liang’er is an insurance policy; whether you succeed or fail, there’s a ‘backup plan’ to ensure a perfect ending.” Raiden Zhen said frankly, “This is the person who controls destiny. Under Liang’er’s meticulously crafted story, there will be no sad or dark tales. Perhaps experiencing sadness and despair will make you grow up, but Liang’er… he always hopes that he will never grow up.”

"But people do grow up, really."

"No, only the weak in fate grow up."

"You grow up and become a strong person."