The room looks quite large from the inside, but the usable area inside is very small, suggesting that part of the space is used to house the children.
The weak voice she had just heard came from the sickly man in front of her, who was barely able to sit in his chair. He was looking at her with resentment and unwillingness in his eyes, while he covered his mouth and coughed incessantly.
Ye Shuang was too lazy to argue with him; such a fool could only fool herself. She casually chose a chair and sat down, resting her chin on her hand as she looked out the door. This young man's strength was not bad; the outcome would be decided in a short while.
Sure enough, a moment later, the white figure was struck in by his palm.
Seeing that the little demon still wanted to go out and fight, Ye Shuang gently stepped on it, and the little demon was trapped by her spiritual power and couldn't move: "Are you ever going to stop? Do you really think I don't exist?"
At this moment, the young man had already sheathed his sword, entered the house, and stood behind Ye Shuang. He said in a low voice, "It was my lack of strength that made me need the immortal's help in the end."
Ye Shuang raised her hand to indicate that it was alright: "Find out where those children are and send them back."
The boy began to explore, but Ye Shuang looked at the little demon and said, "A hundred-year-old spirit fox, fallen into a fox demon for her husband, isn't that a pity?"
"There's nothing to regret, it was all my own choice." The fox demon looked at her tearful husband and smiled weakly. "I'm sorry, I may only be able to accompany you this far."
"My lady, please wait for me in the underworld. I will be there soon. We will meet again in the next life." The man weakly reached out his hand to the woman, but he could not move it at all.
If Ye Shuang didn't know how many children's lives this man had sacrificed to be alive, she probably would have been truly moved by his sincerity. However, at this moment, she only wanted to take revenge on this man, so she said, "Ah? Don't you know? When a spirit beast falls into demonhood, its soul will be scattered after death, and it will disappear from this world. You mortals don't even have an afterlife, let alone a lowly fox demon?"
These words directly provoked the man, turning his eyes bloodshot. He pointed at Ye Shuang, speechless for a long time, and finally coughed up a mouthful of blood before collapsing onto the table, lifeless.
Only at this moment did a single tear slide from the fox demon's eye. Ye Shuang chuckled, "If your husband knew that you didn't love him at all, that you were just using his identity to abduct more children, and that he owed all his illnesses to you, how wonderful do you think his heart would be?"
The fox demon suddenly turned its head, its fox face now revealed, and its cold voice held no trace of affection: "He's just a mere mortal. He should be content with the years of careful companionship I've given him."
Ye Shuang turned her head, glanced at the boy who was still standing there in a daze, and then turned her gaze back to the fox demon. She slowly said, "When a demon transforms into a human, it is only in appearance. It is impossible for it to have human emotions, let alone love. In the future, when you encounter a demon beast, remember not to be soft-hearted. Every demon beast will have someone killed in its hands."
"Yes, thank you for your guidance, Immortal." The young man bowed again solemnly.
Ye Shuang nodded casually, using her spiritual power to drag the fox demon out of the room. She delivered the final blow to her in the courtyard, watching her slowly breathe her last, her body turning into specks of white starlight. Only then did she look at the already dead man in the room. Just a mortal, yet he dared to dream that a fox demon would fall deeply in love with him?
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