Volume 1, Chapter 40 – That Woman

Lu Zhuxin gently lifted her small hand to support her chin.

“A Nascent Soul stage sword cultivator can’t suppress it… then what level of sword cultivator would be able to?”

[The System doesn’t know. Please explore this yourself, Host~]

This dog system really deserved a beating.

Lu Zhuxin had reason to believe that this dog system had a grudge against her from a past life.

In this life, it had come for revenge.

“If a Nascent Soul stage sword cultivator can’t suppress it, then I’ll go find a higher level sword cultivator.” Lu Zhuxin pondered.

In her mind, she went through the original text she had written once again.

Then discovered it would be very difficult to find a suitable candidate.

The original male lead, Song Shixuan, was a sword cultivator. Lu Zhuxin couldn’t have possibly written a whole bunch of female sword cultivators.

For female sword cultivators of the same generation, having Song Shiyuan was already enough.

But Song Shiyuan was only at Nascent Soul stage, which definitely wasn’t sufficient.

Lu Zhuxin needed to find a higher level sword cultivator.

“Hu Mei’er.” Lu Zhuxin asked Hu Mei’er, “If I need to find a sword cultivator to use as a temporary mark, how strong would they need to be?”

“Why is Your Majesty suddenly asking this?” Hu Mei’er looked confused. “You’ve always been very averse to sword cultivators getting close before.”

“The past is the past, the present is the present.” Lu Zhuxin’s face didn’t flush and her heart didn’t race.

“I’m sorry, Your Majesty. Mei’er doesn’t know this either.” Hu Mei’er’s face showed disappointment, as if saddened by her inability to answer the Fox Monarch’s question.

“With each additional tail a fox demon grows, the gap becomes extremely large, especially the last two tails. Mei’er only has seven tails while Your Majesty has nine, so Mei’er cannot casually speculate about Your Majesty’s situation.” Hu Mei’er said with an apologetic expression.

“If Your Majesty truly wants to try…”

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“To be safe, Your Majesty should probably still seek an Eighth Realm sword cultivator.”

Saying this, Hu Mei’er suddenly thought of something. She mustered her courage and risked being scolded to advise Lu Zhuxin, “But Your Majesty, rashly making contact with an untrustworthy Eighth Realm sword cultivator is a very dangerous matter.”

“I know.”

Lu Zhuxin rubbed her forehead.

An Eighth Realm sword cultivator…

Speaking of Eighth Realm sword cultivators, the first person Lu Zhuxin thought of in her mind was a certain woman.

That woman, like Song Shiyuan, was also a sword cultivator who appeared early in the story. But unlike Song Shiyuan, Lu Zhuxin had very few direct descriptions of her.

Most of her scenes were depicted from others’ perspectives, painted through indirect strokes.

Mysterious, aloof, noble, powerful, an unapproachable flower on a high peak. These were the labels Lu Zhuxin had attached to her in the original text.

A character who lived in the worldview’s background.

Song Shiyuan and Song Shixuan’s master.

The Supreme Elder of Lingxiao Sword Sect, the current Dao Leader of the Sword Sect, Immortal Venerable Qingzhi.

—Qu Qingtang.

Lu Zhuxin rubbed the space between her brows. Others might work, but this woman alone would not.

Lu Zhuxin couldn’t handle her yet.

It wasn’t that she was afraid, mainly that she couldn’t beat her.

The nine-tailed Fox Monarch’s strength was formidable. In Lu Zhuxin’s setting, there were only two people she absolutely couldn’t defeat.

One was the current Demon Venerable, the other was Qu Qingtang.

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The Demon Venerable she purely couldn’t beat.

Qu Qingtang was because sword cultivators naturally countered fox demons, and she was the strongest sword cultivator.

Sword cultivators always harbored ill intentions toward fox demons. Naturally, Lu Zhuxin would keep such a powerful and troublesome existence at a respectful distance.

Lu Zhuxin wasn’t like Ming Zhaoxi, battle-hardened.

Moreover, Lu Zhuxin was a pacifist.

With her small, delicate frame, how could she withstand an Eighth Realm sword cultivator’s ravaging?

So this idea wouldn’t do.

“Is Your Majesty worried about the heat period?” Hu Mei’er looked at Lu Zhuxin. “Sister Xian’er is already handling this problem.”

“Your Majesty currently only has signs of the heat period coming early. It’s common for heat periods to take another year or half a year before arriving.”

“There’s still plenty of time.”

Eh! This child was really honest. Lu Zhuxin hadn’t even asked yet.

Lu Zhuxin rubbed her forehead. “Yes, indeed there’s no rush. There’s still plenty of time.”

One must eat food bite by bite, handle matters one at a time.

Lu Zhuxin’s two attendants were even more capable than she had imagined.

This was also something Lu Zhuxin had set in the original text. The attendants in the Fox Palace were absolutely loyal to the Fox Monarch. The Fox Monarch was like a guardian deity to the entire fox clan. No matter what the Fox Monarch said, they wouldn’t doubt it.

Therefore, Lu Zhuxin dared to be so relaxed in front of them, not considering at all how great the gap was between herself and the former Fox Monarch’s character.

“The heat period matter can wait for now. It’s just lustful restlessness. If Ming Zhaoxi could endure it, I have no reason not to withstand it.” Lu Zhuxin spoke to herself. “It’s no big deal.”

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Lu Zhuxin seemed to hear the System let out a very disdainful “hmph.”

Lu Zhuxin didn’t pay attention to it.

She decided that before the heat period arrived, she would first handle Song Shiyuan’s matter properly.

Perhaps there would be enough time?

According to Lu Zhuxin’s earlier speculation, the karmic connection between Song Shiyuan and the original male lead hadn’t been completely severed.

First, the bond between them might not have been completely cut.

Second, Song Shiyuan hadn’t completely fallen in love with the little fox demon.

Lu Zhuxin could confirm that Song Shiyuan had favorable feelings toward the little fox demon.

She liked the little fox demon.

Otherwise, that night, Song Shiyuan might have been crushed by immense guilt. She would have been dispirited, her expression dejected, but she absolutely wouldn’t have lost control and wept.

She cried because her heart ached.

Her heart ached because she had already developed certain feelings for the little fox demon in her heart.

It was just that these feelings, this liking, perhaps hadn’t yet reached the degree of love.

Moreover, Song Shiyuan’s emotions at this moment were more guilt and remorse.

The emotions of remorse and guilt wrapped that fondness up tightly. Even Song Shiyuan herself couldn’t perceive her own feelings.

This favorable impression and liking wasn’t strong enough yet, still couldn’t be called love.

For Lu Zhuxin to make Song Shiyuan fall in love with the little fox demon, she needed to gradually amplify this love.

“Just how should I do this…”

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Lu Zhuxin supported her chin with both hands and began to think.

Song Shiyuan now knew of the little fox demon’s love for her, and knew the little fox demon had been heartbroken because of this love.

Because the wound in her heart came from the betrayal of the one she loved.

This heartache was even more despairing than physical wounds.

“Just this alone isn’t enough.”

“I need to make that girl understand just how intense this love is.”

“And just how far the little fox demon is willing to go for her love.”

“Only by knowing her goodness, receiving her grace, will she fall in love with her.”

“Not just with a pale confession.”

Lu Zhuxin’s small hands rubbed her small face. She was assisting her own thinking.

“After that previous scene, Song Shiyuan couldn’t possibly suspect the little fox demon anymore.”

“This is good.”

“But I also can’t let her obtain the little fox demon’s forgiveness so easily.”

“Things obtained easily are hard to make people treasure.”

“So, a few more twists and turns are still needed.”

An excited gleam appeared in Lu Zhuxin’s eyes. She had already thought of the next script.

“Moreover, severing the ties between her and Song Shixuan and making her fall in love with the little fox demon… Can be done simultaneously!”