Volume 1, Chapter 87 – Siblings’ Falling Out

“Elder Brother, why…”

“Why would you treat her like this!”

Song Shixuan’s eye twitched. Right now, he also wanted to ask why.

Why would his little sister Song Shiyuan be embracing a fox demon so intimately?

Moreover, this fox demon had been incredibly intimate with Song Shixuan in bed not long ago.

At this thought, Song Shixuan felt his stomach churning.

Yet the sensation of pure yang energy combining with soft pheromones made Song Shixuan feel incredibly comfortable.

The fox demon clan, regardless of gender, all possessed purely yin bodies.

And these purely yin bodies were the best dual cultivation partners for sword cultivators with extremely yang constitutions.

The thought that the other party was a male fox made Song Shixuan feel nauseous.

But thinking about that earlier sensation of yin and yang merging in perfect harmony, Song Shixuan felt somewhat addicted and nostalgic.

When this thought suddenly emerged from Song Shixuan’s mind, his expression became even uglier.

“Song Shiyuan… my dear little sister,” Song Shixuan said. “Hand over that fox demon.”

“Our whereabouts cannot be known by a fox demon. We must eliminate all threats completely.”

Huang Shangshang let out a light laugh. She said, “What fine words about eliminating threats. I wonder if Young Sect Master Song is truly thinking of everyone, or if he’s silencing witnesses to hide his own secrets.”

Song Shixuan shot Huang Shangshang a cold glance.

He recognized this girl, Huang Shangshang, the Young Sect Master of Lingxu Sword Sect.

He had once thought this girl should have already died under demon blades, or been sucked dry by fox demons.

He hadn’t expected this girl to still be alive and well.

Moreover, judging by her tone, it seemed like she knew Song Shixuan’s secrets.

She was probably suspecting that the demons who attacked her were lured there by Song Shixuan, right?

But so what if she suspected?

Song Shixuan hadn’t left any traces. No matter how much this girl suspected, she could never find any evidence.

At most, it would escalate to the sect level and involve some squabbling with Lingxu Sword Sect.

This kind of thing was already quite common among humanity’s Seven Great Sword Sects.

Therefore, Song Shixuan didn’t take Huang Shangshang’s threat to heart.

What worried Song Shixuan more right now was his own little sister.

“Song Shiyuan… what are you doing?” Song Shixuan looked toward Song Shiyuan nearby. He asked coldly, “Are you not even listening to your elder brother’s words anymore?”

Song Shiyuan glared at him coldly.

She gently patted the slightly trembling delicate body of the little fox demon.

The little fox demon in her arms had been quite frightened and kept nestling in her embrace, unwilling to leave.

“It’s alright, Axi… everything’s alright now. I’m right here. No one can hurt you.”

Song Shiyuan gently soothed the little fox demon in her arms, then reached out to take the Chengxin Sword from the little fox demon’s hands.

The Chengxin Sword returned to its owner’s hand, emitting a cheerful sword cry, its blade’s light gently pulsing.

Seeing this scene, Song Shixuan finally understood.

No wonder he had felt that sword looked so familiar when he saw it earlier.

“So that sword is yours!”

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“The natal sword is equivalent to half one’s life for disciples of Lingxiao Sword Sect. How could you give something so important to a fox demon!”

Faced with Song Shixuan’s questioning, Song Shiyuan’s expression still showed no change.

Only her gaze became increasingly sharp.

“Elder Brother, you’ve finally recognized my sword,” Song Shiyuan said. “Then you should understand what Ming Zhaoxi means to me, right?”

Song Shixuan’s brows furrowed.

He vaguely sensed something ominous.

“Song Shiyuan, what do you mean?” Song Shixuan asked. “What exactly are you trying to say?”

Song Shiyuan took a deep breath.

She knew she shouldn’t reveal such things at a time like this.

But seeing the little fox demon trembling in her arms, she felt she had to do something.

“Ming Zhaoxi is my dao companion! The one I love!”

Song Shiyuan raised her sword, its tip pointing at Song Shixuan before her.

Pointing at the elder brother she once most respected and admired!

“Tell me, why would you treat her like this!”

Song Shixuan was stunned.

He never imagined there would be a day when his own little sister would point her sword at him.

“Song Shiyuan… my little sister.”

“Have you gone mad?”

Song Shixuan’s expression was ugly. “You would actually point your sword at your own elder brother, at your own sibling, for the sake of a fox demon.”

“Sibling? Heh,” Song Shiyuan sneered. “Song Shixuan, when you betrayed our fellow cultivators, betrayed our sect members, betrayed me, did you ever think of me as your sister?”

“When did I ever betray you?!” Song Shixuan questioned with furrowed brows.

Among the people here, he had only betrayed Huang Shangshang.

Of course, this wasn’t something he could say directly in front of Huang Shangshang.

When Song Shixuan came to the Fox Palace, he had indeed used some classified intelligence from Lingxiao Sword Sect to gain the fox clan’s trust.

But in reality, the classified intelligence he revealed to the fox clan had been approved by the Lingxiao Sword Sect’s sect master.

That intelligence seemed important, but in truth, it was inconsequential to Lingxiao Sword Sect.

Instead, the intelligence he revealed about other sword sects was more critical.

However, Song Shixuan also understood the limits. The intelligence he revealed to the fox clan wouldn’t cause the human sword sects excessively outrageous losses, at most it would just make their circumstances more difficult.

“Heh…” Song Shiyuan still laughed coldly.

She understood that without concrete evidence, the man before her would never admit anything.

Moreover, even if she made this man confess his crimes here and now, it would serve no purpose.

Without other witnesses or physical evidence, after leaving this place, no one would be able to convict him.

“Song Shixuan, you know in your heart what you’ve done. I don’t need to repeat anything.”

Thinking of that “merit ledger” she had seen earlier with Song Shixuan’s name on it, remembering all those incidents recorded one by one, Song Shiyuan felt her heart ache.

Why had the elder brother she once most admired and respected become like this?

Was it because of that fox demon called “Lu Zhuxin”?

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“Today is the last day I’ll call you elder brother. From now on, you are no longer Song Shiyuan’s brother!”

Song Shiyuan’s gaze was resolute.

“Nonsense! Song Shiyuan, you’ve truly gone mad!” Song Shixuan’s brows knitted tightly.

This little sister was someone he had watched grow up since childhood.

Song Shixuan couldn’t understand why the good little sister who used to follow behind him, sweetly calling “Brother Shixuan,” had changed into this after only a few months apart.

That resolute expression, those eyes filled with fury.

She looked at Song Shixuan as if he had stolen her wife.

Why had a perfectly good little sister become like this? Was it because of that fox demon called “Ming Zhaoxi”?

“Ming Zhaoxi! Did you do something?”

Song Shixuan looked toward the little fox demon curled up in Song Shiyuan’s arms, who had remained silent and trembling all this time.

Song Shiyuan noticed Song Shixuan’s gaze.

Her eyes sharpened as she shifted slightly to shield the little fox demon behind her.

Seeing his little sister protecting that fox demon so dearly, how could Song Shixuan not understand what had happened?

“So it really is because of that fox demon?!”

No wonder… no wonder the Fox Monarch had suddenly sent him a fox slave as a gift.

No wonder the Fox Monarch had a male fox specifically disguise himself to seduce him.

So all of this had been waiting for him right here!

Therefore, Lu Guan had sensed Song Shiyuan’s abnormality and sent him a message warning him to be careful of Song Shiyuan.

In just an instant, Song Shixuan understood everything.

All of this was the Fox Monarch’s arrangement.

“Damn it!” Song Shixuan cursed in a low voice.

That day when he saw that white jade hairpin on that fox’s head, he should have understood!

Song Shixuan remembered that white jade hairpin that had seemed so familiar.

That hairpin was a treasure Song Shiyuan had kept with her since childhood.

In the past, Song Shixuan had wondered why his little sister treasured that ordinary white jade hairpin so much.

Yet it was precisely this treasured jade hairpin that Song Shiyuan had given to a fox demon.

This meant that from the very beginning, that fox demon called Ming Zhaoxi had already seduced Song Shiyuan and become her lover.

But Song Shixuan hadn’t noticed!

Moreover, not long ago, Song Shixuan had not only married his little sister’s lover, but had also pushed his little sister’s lover down on the bed and violated him!

This was where that Fox Monarch’s viciousness lay.

Fox demons most enjoyed toying with people’s hearts.

That Fox Monarch not only made that fox demon called Ming Zhaoxi toy with Song Shixuan’s body, but also made that fox demon toy with his little sister’s heart.

Finally, she wanted to use that fox demon to turn his little sister against him.

Lu Zhuxin! Such a vicious fox!

“Little sister! Listen to me!” Song Shixuan said urgently. “Don’t believe anything that fox demon says!”

“He’s deceiving you!”

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“He’s deceiving your feelings!”

“His purpose is exactly this moment!”

“As a disciple of Lingxiao Sword Sect, you should know that fox demons most enjoy toying with people’s hearts!”

“All of this is the Fox Monarch Lu Zhuxin’s scheme!”

“She wants us siblings to turn against each other!”

“You cannot trust him!”

Song Shixuan held his sword, his face anxious.

“I don’t know what sweet words he used to deceive your heart.”

“But little sister, you must believe me!”

“That fox must be killed right now!”

Song Shiyuan’s movements remained unchanged. The sword she gripped still pointed at Song Shixuan.

“Song Shixuan, stop right there. Don’t come any closer.”

Song Shixuan’s steps halted as he sensed the sword qi emanating from Song Shiyuan’s sword.

He knew that if he approached any closer, his little sister would truly thrust at him.

“Shiyuan,” Song Shixuan’s eyes dimmed slightly as his face showed a pained expression. “Will you truly not even listen to your brother’s words anymore?”

Song Shiyuan frowned. She was very familiar with this man’s appearance.

When she was young and naughty and wouldn’t listen, this man had also used this pained expression to coax her.

Yes, when Song Shiyuan was little, she had been most obedient to her brother.

Song Shiyuan’s eyes lowered slightly.

The little fox demon in her arms stirred.

The little fox demon raised her head. She still wore that red and white fox demon mask.

But through the mask, one could see a pair of fox eyes with tears pooling at the corners, gazing at Song Shiyuan with glistening moisture.

Using a voice only Song Shiyuan could hear, she asked softly.

“Shiyuan… do you believe what your brother said?”

“You know… fox demons most enjoy deceiving people.”

The voice, faint as a mosquito’s buzz, entered Song Shiyuan’s ears.

The little fox’s voice was low, her gaze dim.

Yes, fox demons most enjoyed deceiving people.

Song Shiyuan certainly remembered.

That night, when the little fox demon who had suffered violation had resolutely left from before her, she had also said such words.

At that time, it was because of Song Shiyuan’s distrust that the little fox demon had suffered that terrible thing.

And now, hearing these words from the little fox demon’s mouth again, Song Shiyuan’s heart couldn’t help but tremble.

“No, I won’t,” Song Shiyuan said. “Axi, have you forgotten what you said?”

“You said you could deceive anyone, but you would never deceive me.”

“I believe you, Axi.”

The little fox demon looked at Song Shiyuan with a stunned gaze.

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Just then, a sword wind attacked.

Song Shiyuan blocked it with her backhand. The two sword winds clashed.

Sword qi crisscrossed, and the ground cracked.

Song Shixuan retreated one step.

Song Shiyuan, protecting the little fox demon, retreated two steps.

Her gaze grew somewhat cold.

“Song! Shi! Xuan!”

She enunciated the man’s name before her, one character at a time.

That sword qi just now had been aimed at the little fox demon in her arms.

Song Shixuan had actually tried to kill the little fox demon right in front of her.

“Little sister, you’ve already been completely bewitched by that fox demon!” Song Shixuan’s face was stern. “This creature absolutely cannot be spared!”

“Only by slaying him can you be brought back to your senses!”

“I’m doing this for your own good!”

Before his words finished, Song Shixuan thrust his sword again!

The sharp sword wind still locked onto that little fox demon wearing the red and white fox mask.

“Miss Huang, please help me look after the little fox demon!” Song Shiyuan said to Huang Shangshang, then raised her sword to intercept Song Shixuan’s sword wind.

“Alright!” Huang Shangshang gently pulled the little fox demon over, then asked Song Shiyuan, “Do you need my help? Just say the word if you do.”

“No need.”

Song Shiyuan said softly.

In the next moment, her sword seals flashed continuously from her hand as she engaged Song Shixuan in battle.

Lu Zhuxin watched this scene before her, the corners of her mouth curved in a satisfied arc.

In the original text, this pair of siblings who should have ultimately ended up together were now fighting each other before her, all because of her.

“My, what an interesting scene,” Lu Zhuxin said to the System in her mind. “Systemy, what do you think of this drama of siblings falling out?”

[…]

The System couldn’t be bothered to respond to her.

Lu Zhuxin paid it no mind.

“Calculating the time, things in Mingzhao City should be over. With Huang Xifeng there, there shouldn’t be any problems.”

“I just wonder how many fish will swim over here.”

She murmured in a low voice.

“In any case… this final act shall make these siblings completely fall out.”

Song Shiyuan and Song Shixuan fought with their swords.

Both were disciples of Lingxiao Sword Sect, both studied under Immortal Venerable Qingzhi’s tutelage.

They cultivated the same techniques and studied the same sword moves.

Even their talents and comprehension were evenly matched.

Relying solely on sword technique and skill, it was impossible to determine a victor.