Volume 1, Chapter 35 – I Don’t Want to See Her Again

Fox demons are all beautiful. Regardless of gender, they are lovers and dao companions that countless people dream of.

However, no one would be willing to accept a fox demon who cannot engage in dual cultivation with others.

Nor would anyone be willing to become dao companions with a fox demon who cannot conceive offspring again.

A fox demon unable to cultivate, whose strength is forever stuck at a single tail, would only attract endless trouble despite having a pretty face.

In this world where the strong are revered, unable to cultivate, unable to grow, it means her path forward has been completely severed.

This little fox demon was like an orphan abandoned by the world. No one to cherish her, no one to care about her, destined to be forsaken.

The filthy eternal mark was a mark of shame.

And also the beginning of all tragedy.

Not to mention, she still had to raise the offspring left behind by that villain.

Perhaps, every time she sees the child she conceived in the future, she’ll recall that painful night.

This was the little fox demon’s future life.

A life marked by an eternal imprint would be this miserable, unable to be changed.

Song Shiyuan felt her body trembling, not only because of the fear of death.

But also feeling grief for that little fox demon.

Why?

She’s just a fox demon, isn’t she?

Even if it’s because of you that this fox demon became like this.

But what does that matter?

Fox demons are cunning and love toying with people’s hearts most.

Just like that villain said earlier, you’re a sword cultivator. Why do you care so much about whether a fox demon lives or dies?

Don’t tell me you’ve actually fallen for a fox demon?

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Song Shiyuan felt her brain go briefly blank.

She really was about to suffocate!

“Sister Xian’er! Don’t!” The little fox demon’s worried voice came. “It’s Axi’s problem.”

“Axi did wrong, thought wrong.”

“Don’t blame her.”

Song Shiyuan heard the little fox demon’s voice.

The little fox demon was speaking in her defense?

Even though she’d harmed her to this extent, she was still willing to speak for her?

Song Shiyuan felt her eyes becoming somewhat sour.

“You shut up!” Hu Xian’er scolded angrily, though the force on her tail lightened considerably.

Lu Zhuxin blinked. She felt like these two minor character fox demons around her who hadn’t used much ink were apparently not simple characters.

Song Shiyuan gained some breathing room and barely managed to recover her breath.

She opened her eyes. What she saw was still Hu Xian’er’s cold face.

“Her Majesty has long since calculated the timing of her heat period. Her heat period should originally have arrived three months from now.”

“Why did her heat period inexplicably arrive three whole months early?!”

“Tell me, what did you do to her?”

“Why did you bring her to your room?”

Faced with Hu Xian’er’s furious questioning, Song Shiyuan had nothing to say, no way to defend herself.

“It’s all my fault…”

Song Shiyuan found it difficult to speak.

She couldn’t say that everything was because of her selfish exploitation, that everything stemmed from her ignorance and foolishness.

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“Heh! So you know it’s your fault?” Hu Xian’er continued. “But do you think your fault is only this small?”

“Anyone who’s read those classics would know how dangerous the initial heat period is for a fox demon!”

“When her initial heat period arrived, why didn’t you take her back to her own room?”

“If she were in her own room, she could activate the restraining formation in the room at any time to help resist the lustful restlessness brought by the initial heat period!”

“Taking a step back, even if she truly couldn’t endure the lustful restlessness, you could have taken her to Red Spring Pavilion. There are people specifically responsible for handling fox demons’ heat period lustful restlessness at Red Spring Pavilion!”

“But what about you? Look at what you did! You left her there alone!”

“You left a fox demon fallen into heat period lustful restlessness alone in a room without a restraining formation to deal with heat periods!”

“Sister Xian’er… this isn’t her fault. Axi herself doesn’t like the smell of Red Spring Pavilion…” The little fox demon’s weak, tearful voice came.

“You shut up!” Hu Xian’er scolded Lu Zhuxin again.

Lu Zhuxin blinked.

She didn’t seem to have written this many lines for Hu Xian’er, right? After explaining the consequences of the eternal mark, her role should have ended.

These were all scenes Hu Xian’er added herself.

This acting skill has such explosive power!

Though, this way might be even better. The little fox demon doesn’t need to say anything.

Having Hu Xian’er, the Fox Palace steward, say it instead is actually more convincing.

On the other side, Song Shiyuan was speechless.

She couldn’t defend herself, she was powerless to explain.

Yes, she truly didn’t know these things.

But at this moment, any explanation was the most pale and powerless cover-up for her own mistakes.

“So, do you understand now? Female sword cultivator.”

“It’s all because of you that she became like this!”

Hu Xian’er continued speaking, her tail once again unconsciously applying some force.

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“Moreover, don’t think I don’t know what you wanted to do by bringing her here.”

“Those little schemes in your heart. I can see through them at a glance.”

“It’s your ulterior motives! Your sinister intentions! That harmed her into becoming like this!”

Song Shiyuan remained silent, her eyes tightly closed.

Regarding Hu Xian’er’s questioning, she couldn’t refute it and accepted it completely.

Seeing Song Shiyuan’s appearance of accepting any beating or scolding, Hu Xian’er’s face showed an even colder sneer. “Sword cultivators of Lingxiao Sword Sect are truly hypocritical and pretentious, yet stupid as pigs.”

Song Shiyuan opened her eyes, her face pained. “This… is my… cough cough my fault. It has nothing… cough cough… to do with Lingxiao Sword Sect.”

Hu Xian’er’s eyes narrowed slightly as she stared coldly into Song Shiyuan’s eyes. “You’re quite principled. Even in such a state, you’re unwilling to bring shame to your sect?”

Song Shiyuan could see the killing intent within and could feel the force on her neck gradually increasing.

It seemed Song Shiyuan’s earlier words had touched some emotion in her.

Song Shiyuan felt her neck was about to break.

Was she really going to die here?

This way… perhaps it’s for the best.

At least she wouldn’t have to see that child’s appearance again.

This way, Song Shiyuan’s heart wouldn’t hurt anymore.

Just then, Song Shiyuan heard Hu Xian’er’s ice-cold whisper.

The voice was very small, like whispering softly in her ear, only she could hear this sound.

“If not for Her Majesty… keeping you has its uses. You and your damned martial brothers and sisters would have already been personally disposed of by me long ago.”

“According to my thinking, for the mistakes you committed earlier, killing you ten thousand times wouldn’t be enough.”

Song Shiyuan’s spirit jolted. Was this fox demon threatening her?

Suddenly, Song Shiyuan felt the pressure on her neck release. Hu Xian’er actively let go of her.

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Song Shiyuan fell to the ground, covering her neck, gasping for air.

She looked at Hu Xian’er with a complex expression.

But Hu Xian’er didn’t look at her, merely sweeping her sleeves.

She passed Song Shiyuan and walked out.

“You should feel fortunate for your current identity. Otherwise, you wouldn’t even have the qualification to breathe in Fox Palace.”

What did this fox demon mean?

Song Shiyuan didn’t understand.

She touched her aching, strangled neck and looked up toward the little fox demon sitting on the bed wrapped in the blanket.

“Little fox demon… I…” Song Shiyuan’s mouth tasted bitter.

She discovered that even at this moment, she still couldn’t say any words of comfort.

At this moment, all language seemed so pale and powerless.

How to comfort her? Comfort her that she’ll have children in the future? That there will be a solution? That someone will be willing to take her in and continue loving her?

Song Shiyuan saw the little fox demon before her look at her with an incomparably complex gaze.

In those eyes that had originally been innocent and naive, at this moment they contained meaning Song Shiyuan couldn’t understand.

Was it reluctance to part?

Or perhaps, resentment?

Song Shiyuan couldn’t understand.

Even if the little fox demon truly resented her, hated her, this was as it should be.

The little fox demon moved her pale lips, speaking to Hu Xian’er who had already gone out the door. “Sister Xian’er, take Axi away from here…”

“Axi now…”

“Doesn’t want to see this person again.”