Chapter 1317 The Old Demon

"I'm sorry, if I hadn't offended you back then, my eighth uncle wouldn't have noticed you. He wanted to see what kind of woman could take me as his apprentice."

Qi Yun's voice was low and dejected.

"Moreover, Huan Yu colluded with Meng Zhongjun. She knows that you have a special constitution. Even if my Eighth Uncle doesn't want you as a furnace, he will still refine you into a pill. I'm the one who dragged you down."

Song Chunxue straightened her hair and suddenly smiled.

Qi Yun panicked even more, lowering his head even further. "I'm sorry, Master, you may punish me as you see fit. I will do everything I can to protect you. Just say that you have a special constitution and your period lasts for ten days. You can delay it as long as you can."

She wanted to laugh even more, but it seemed that the louder she laughed, the more upset Qi Yun would be.

"I didn't expect that you foxes would actually like the mortals down the mountain. But then again, even if they're old, they're still much younger than you. We're still quite green."

Qi Yun scratched at the rabbit-skin armrest under his hand. "Master, you can still laugh? I feel so ashamed now. Actually, we demon cultivators who don't interact with the outside world, even though we've gained intelligence and started cultivating, still do many things... still act like beasts."

Surprisingly, he was quite self-aware.

However, these words did indeed make Song Chunxue unable to laugh.

It's difficult enough to deal with bad people, let alone strong but unreasonable beasts, and if they become spirits, they'll be even more stubborn.

Besides, her heart had been targeted back in Yongcheng, so it might be difficult for her to leave this place.

"Where's my senior brother? Is he alright?"

“Junior Uncle is alright, but I don’t know why Master’s Worry-Free Sword couldn’t get in. I underestimated Eighth Uncle. His cultivation is very high now. I hope he just wants to… be curious about your appearance, and after he doesn’t like you, let you leave.”

Song Chunxue raised an eyebrow, "Want to taste my flavor?"

Qi Yun prostrated himself on the ground, sobbing sadly, "Please, Master, can we turn the page on the past? I was no different from an ordinary beast back then, please spare me."

Bringing up embarrassing things is even more shameful than running naked.

He didn't even dare to raise his head.

Song Chunxue sat up straight and suddenly realized that she had no strength at all, and she couldn't even use the skills she had painstakingly cultivated.

"They gave you medicine. If you don't take the antidote within a month, your master will lose half of his cultivation."

What?

This was as outrageous as robbing her purse, and Song Chunxue couldn't help but feel a chill run down her spine. "Why would they leave half of it?"

Given the nature of these fairies, why would they be so kind?

Qi Yun covered her head with her hands, "Because Uncle Ba said that a virtuous woman tastes good."

Damn it...

"Is there any antidote?" She tried to calm herself down, but found her breathing becoming more and more rapid.

"Yes, but it will take a few days."

Seeing Qi Yun's uneasy expression again, turning his head away and not daring to look at her, Song Chunxue knew that he was hiding something from her.

How do I find it?

“I should be able to find it with Huan Yu, but,” he scratched his forehead, “it would require my sacrifice.”

"Huh?" Song Chunxue laughed, "Then you've made a profit. I'll wait for my good disciple to exchange for the antidote."

Wow, I've really learned something new.

However, even humans can't escape those few things in the end, let alone animals.

Actually, their thinking is quite simple.

Song Chunxue closed her eyes. Damn it, she should have known better than to go out today.

The master and his apprentice looked up at the sky, utterly despondent, and remained silent for a long time.

"When can you get the antidote?" Song Chunxue suddenly asked curiously. "What does your eighth uncle look like? Is he handsome? Does he look young?"

"What?" Qi Yun's eyes widened. "You're going to offer yourself up too?"

Song Chunxue rubbed her chin. "If he's handsome, dashing, and debonair, I might give it a try."

Qi Yun crawled over on his hands and feet. "Master, please don't do anything rash. If Lord Xie regains his memory in the future, I'm worried that I'll tear you to pieces. Unless absolutely necessary, it's best to keep your innocence. You're not a demon, so you must keep yourself pure."

How kind of her! He himself isn't even morally upright, yet she, as his teacher, is expected to be?

Reversing the Heavenly Stems.

"Then let it drag on. Go and get me a new antidote." She urged, "Anyway, Huan Yu is good-looking, so you won't lose out."

“But she wants to marry me.” Qi Yun shook his head. “I don’t want to get married.”

"Then you should try to coax her first. Be clever for your master's sake. If it weren't for you, would I be here?" If Wuyou could come in, everything would be much easier.

However, she still has the Overlord.

The Overlord may have been hiding all along. If he is like Wuyou, she has no trouble getting out.

But we must wait until our cultivation is restored.

His apprentice will have to suffer the hardship.

What a terrible, ill-fated relationship!

Where is she? Still sleeping?

Suddenly, a voice came from outside.

"Oh, I forgot!" Qi Yun said quickly, "Actually, there's another way. Although we're all demon cultivators, we've gained intelligence and can read and write now, so we still have some sense of propriety and shame. We won't compete with a younger person for a partner. If you insist on offering yourself, then you don't need to choose that old man, my eighth uncle..."

As they were talking, the low wooden door was pushed open, and the man came in.

"Oh, you're awake," he said, sitting cross-legged, stroking his beard and looking Song Chunxue up and down. "You're not so ugly now that you're awake, you're barely edible."

"..." Song Chunxue laughed angrily, "You mean you can't bring yourself to bite the people you've captured? Then let me go! We old mortals are already inferior to you cultivated demons, let alone fox spirits."

“I think the maids in your cave are much prettier than me.” As she spoke, Song Chunxue’s tone became more and more sincere. “The main reason is that I am considered old among mortals, and having given birth, I am not as good as the younger ones.”

The sharp-eyed man in black narrowed his eyes slightly, scrutinizing Song Chunxue with interest. "You think I haven't tried it before?"

"……"brute!

"Qi Yun, come out here." The man said irritably, "Since you can't bring yourself to eat it, I will. All mortal cultivators smell sweet; I haven't tasted them yet."

Qi Yun blushed and pointed to herself.

Song Chunxue said expressionlessly, "Then I'd rather choose him. He's a bit old, but it'll all be over in the blink of an eye."

"Huh?" Qi Yun was stunned for a moment, then suddenly his eyes reddened, and he knelt on the ground and wailed, "I'm sorry, Master, I deserve to die, Master, I'm sorry, I should have let you go with Lord Xie, sob sob sob, I'm sorry, Master, I won't let anything happen to you, Master."

He clung to Song Chunxue's wrist, snot streaming down his face, "That old hag doesn't deserve Master, I'll stop him even if it costs me my life, sob sob..."

"???"

The old witch sitting at the door looked at her heartless nephew with a complicated expression.