"Little Taoist priest, you have disappointed me greatly."
At that moment, the woman who had been following Yichan like an invisible person slowly walked to his side.
“Master Yichan, if my presence makes you uncomfortable or affects your life, then I will leave on my own. After all, I am just an orphan girl, and I can take root anywhere.”
Noticing Yun Lian's gaze on her, Yi Chan instinctively pulled her behind him defensively, using his broad body to block Yun Lian's view.
Now that we've rescued you, we certainly won't let you fall back into that misery.
Tears rolled down Yun Lian's cheeks, and the figures of the two people in front of her became blurry.
Yun Lian wiped away the scalding tear and choked out a sob.
"I'm the one who's superfluous. Humans and demons are destined to be different. Shouldn't we have known the answer long ago?"
Yun Lian put down the basin she had just grabbed, and a ball of fire ignited in her palm, quickly burning the clothes and basin on the ground to ashes.
She looked at her eyes, which had always shone with starlight, and found them no longer bright.
Yichan pressed his hand firmly against his chest.
The pain made him furrow his brow and close his eyes tightly.
Why does it hurt so much?
He always felt that he was going to lose something that he would never be able to accept in the future, and that thing must be very important to him.
Yichan tried to see Yunlian's figure, but was blocked by the woman he had just brought.
The woman's arm, still recovering from burns, flashed past my eyes.
That was proof that he had been saved.
Yichan lowered his eyes, his fingertips gripping his clothes so tightly that he didn't even notice the fabric getting snagged from his grip.
His mind went blank, his eyes lost focus, and even his voice became hoarse, unable to utter a single syllable.
Yun Lian wiped away her tears, staring intently at his figure, wanting to get an answer from him.
Yichan could only watch helplessly as her lips opened and closed.
An invisible pressure pressed him to the ground, making it difficult for him to even support himself.
He just stared at her, and as before, resolutely turned and left.
But this time it's different.
It seems she'll never come back.
The mere thought, as it flashed through his mind, gave him a headache that felt like it was being pricked by needles.
Yichan was in great pain, clutching his head on the ground and wailing silently.
Therefore, they didn't see how cold and smug the expression on the delicate woman he brought back was at that moment.
When Yun Lian went to a secluded spot, the pain on her face disappeared, and instead she bared her teeth and brandished her claws.
"Ugh, why didn't anyone tell me that my face would hurt if I cried too much in the cold weather?"
003 chuckled: "Host, you've worked hard~ Host, when can we reclaim that lousy system?"
"No rush, it'll be more fun once Zen realizes something's wrong."
What's the point of a sudden collapse?
She wanted to watch Yichan consciously sink into depravity, to witness her inevitable death.
That must have been a lot of fun!
A short while after the woman appeared, Yun Lian and 003 both heard the woman's conversation with the system.
She is a wandering soul from another world. She was frightened by that woman and developed into a dual-soul entity, surviving by maintaining the plot with the system.
Their anxiety stemmed from Yichan's different behavior from the original story, so they went so far as to use others to come to Yichan's side, just so that Yichan could torment and hurt the little fox just like in the original story.
Not long after Yun Lian left, Qing Xin came to Yun Lian's side.
He knew the time was right almost as soon as he glanced at Yun Lian.
Qingxin's voice was filled with joy.
"Where are you going, little demon? I'll give you a ride."
Upon hearing that nauseating sound, Yun Lian quickly switched to a pained expression.
"Liars, you are all liars, I will never trust any Taoist priest again."
Qingxin saw that she was determined not to get on the carriage with him.
He jumped down and walked beside Yun Lian.
"Humans are divided into good people and bad people, and demons are divided into good demons and bad demons. No matter when, you can't condemn everyone with one blow. You can't assume that all Taoists in the world are the same just because you've met a bad Taoist."
"Look at those flowers, they're blooming in all their vibrant colors. Even if a few don't bloom well, it doesn't mean all the flowers in this area are like that."
"You haven't even had any in-depth contact with me, so how can you be so sure I'm a bad Taoist priest? Little demon, you're biased."
Yun Lian suddenly moved closer to Qing Xin and saw the fleeting disgust in his eyes. She stared at him with a wicked sense of amusement.
"Get closer? But you won't even look me in the eye. How can you prove to me that you're not a bad Taoist priest?"
The fingers beneath Qingxin's robes nearly crushed her palms.
Damn and despicable demon!
If she weren't still useful to him, he would have torn her to pieces!
"It's not that I'm afraid, it's just that happiness came too suddenly, and I wasn't prepared. If you don't believe me, try again?"
Yun Lian felt a secret pleasure seeing him hold back his tears, but on the surface he still looked like he was deeply heartbroken, but was innocent by nature.
"No, let's go our separate ways."
"Where are you going? I happen to have nowhere to go either, so I can accompany you for a walk."
As he spoke, he gulped down a few mouthfuls of wine from the kettle, the aroma of which wafted everywhere, displaying a carefree and unrestrained spirit.
"Without direction, the world is vast, yet there is no place for me in this world. Isn't that ridiculous? Hahaha... I used to naively believe that the place where he is is my root."
"But all of this was just wishful thinking on my part. It's impossible. Humans and demons are destined to be apart, they are destined to be apart..."
Perhaps, as a demon, I was never meant to receive love.
Qingxin sighed and took off her coat, draping it over her thin shoulders.
For a moment, he felt a pang of sympathy for her.
She bore a resemblance to someone I knew.
Humans and demons have different paths...
These four simple words represent a mountain that many people cannot climb in their entire lives.
"Besides the idea that humans and demons are on different paths, I prefer to hear the phrase 'different paths lead to the same destination.' Whether human or demon, the ultimate goal is to live a better life."
In life, there's no inherent good or bad; it's all just a struggle in this world.
Yun Lian murmured, "Different paths, same destination..."
As she spoke, tears welled up in her eyes.
"Master, you and Yichan are from the same Taoist temple. Could you take me to your temple? I'd like to see where he grew up."
Qingxin never expected that her understanding would actually make her take the bait.
The smile on her lips was impossible to suppress.
“Sure. It just so happens that I haven’t been back to the Taoist temple for many years, and I wonder how my fellow disciples are doing.”
In order to reach the Taoist temple as soon as possible, Qingxin even rented a carriage for Yunlian for the first time ever.
Finally arriving, Yun Lian looked at the dark clouds covering the Taoist temple, her delicate brows furrowed, and she stopped on the way up the mountain.
The closer you get to success, the more anxious you become.
"Why aren't you going up yet? Isn't this the place you wanted to come to?"
A cold glint flashed in his eyes, and he even thought that if she tried to turn back, he would expose his strength to catch her.
Yun Lian was sweating profusely, and her voice was tinged with a sob.
"Master, can demons really enter Taoist temples? What if I'm reduced to ashes before I even get inside?"
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