“If that’s the case, I can just think of him as a heartless man and let it go. But he… he’s not like what he seems on the surface at all. He’s very shrewd, so much so that even I, who have been by his side for several years, don’t know anything about him.”
"It was only when he told me himself that I realized it was all a scheme from the moment he saved me."
The fox demon continued.
“From the very beginning, when I appeared before him in my true form, injured, he recognized me and knew that I was the fox whose cultivation had been damaged because of him.”
"But at that time he had only been cultivating for a few years, while I had an inner core protecting me. If his cultivation was high enough, he could shatter my inner core and take my life directly, but he couldn't."
"He knew I was there to seek revenge, and he knew he couldn't beat me, so he took a risky approach... He didn't kill me, but saved me."
"His decision to save me was made after careful consideration; he was betting that my Dao heart was still intact."
"As you know, if one's Dao heart remains, one can still cultivate and seek a title again. Although the years may be long, there will eventually come an end. But if one's Dao heart is destroyed, then it is truly the end."
Perhaps it was because no one had listened to it for hundreds of years, or perhaps it had been trapped here for hundreds of years, with no one knowing the bitterness and resentment in its heart, the fox spirit continued.
"He bet right, and I took the bait too."
“He would bring me food every day, calling me ‘little fox’ and taking great care of me. He even found herbs to heal my wounds. He did a wonderful job.”
"He breathed a sigh of relief when he learned that I no longer hated him, after all... if I had wanted to kill him back then, it would have been easy."
"Later, just as I said, after I fell in love with him, I transformed into human form and stayed by his side. At first, he didn't know that I was a fox, but when I returned home and was exorcising a demon for the people of the town for the first time, he was injured by the demon."
"Seeing this, I secretly intervened to save him, killed the demon, and took him away."
"The moment he opened his eyes, he saw me in human form. That's when he noticed something was amiss. Before he fainted, he saw nine tails, which are unique to foxes. When he woke up, I was beside him, and he had the scent of a fox on him. All the evidence pointed to me as the fox. From that moment on, he knew my identity."
"But he didn't expose me, nor did he reveal the truth. He continued to keep me by his side as his maid. Whenever he went to exorcise demons, he didn't bring anyone else, only me. I originally thought that I was different from others in his heart, which was why he brought me along, but..."
“He said it himself, that he brought me along for an extra layer of protection. I like him, and I wouldn’t stand by and watch him die, much less let something happen to him.”
“He is admired by people outside. They call him Master Yi and praise him for surpassing his master, even more powerful than him. They worship him like an immortal. But little do they know that all his good reputation is because of me. Every time he exorcises demons and ghosts, I am the one who secretly helps him solve the problems. He doesn’t do much at all.”
"He's only been cultivating Taoism for a few years and learning magic for a few years. How could he possibly have the ability to deal with those powerful demons? He only gained that ability later through secret cultivation."
"When he has the ability to deal with a great demon on his own, the first one he will deal with... will be me."
The fox demon gave a sad laugh, its body weakened by the loss of its tail, and transformed into its true form.
A fox with snow-white fur came into Jiang Yuan's view.
“At that time, I questioned him, and after he pointed out that I was a demon, he told me the whole truth, and then he ambushed me… I was wary of others, but not of him. I was seriously injured and should have died then, but… the servants of the Yi family happened to appear at that time and asked him about his marriage. Yi Changsheng had accumulated countless merits.”
“If he were to kill a mortal, he would lose countless merits. When the servant appeared, Yi Changsheng withdrew the killing formation, and I fled upon seeing this.”
"From then on, I was heartbroken and disillusioned with him. I felt no love for him, only hatred."
"But... the marriage line didn't disappear because of this, but instead grew longer and thicker. The thicker the marriage line, the deeper my connection with him is. But I no longer love him, so how could the marriage line grow so wildly?"
The fox demon lifted her eyelids, her silver-gray eyes reflecting Jiang Yuan's figure.
Jiang Yuan frowned, her expression changing slightly.
“I wanted him to truly fall in love with me, so I didn’t force him to form a marriage line. But he… used some methods to force me to form a marriage line in order to make me mistakenly believe that he also liked me and that we were destined to be together. His purpose… was to make me willingly let him kill me.”
"Killing me will not only allow him to obtain my inner core, but also enhance his reputation and make him more revered by the people. After all... I am a great demon."
"The greater his reputation, the more people will worship him, and the faster he can accumulate merit by killing powerful demons."
"In this way, he can become an immortal even faster."
Jiang Yuan remained silent.
It seems that the person who is praised by the world and is still worshipped by his fellow believers is actually such a person.
"That was what I originally thought, until I met that girl from the Zhu family, I realized that Yi Changsheng's purpose was not just that." The fox demon's tone changed, and its voice turned cold. Even when mentioning the name Yi Changsheng, it gritted its teeth.
"The girl from the Zhu family is kind and gentle by nature. After I escaped from the Yi family, I accidentally entered the Zhu family and went into her room."
"When she saw me, she was not afraid at all, and she hid me in the house."
"I should hate her, hate her for being with Yi Changsheng, that's why I'm like this, but... she's too good, so good that I can't bring myself to hate her at all!"
“I hid in her room to heal for half a month. During that time, I discovered the peculiarity of Miss Zhu. Wherever she was, no evil spirits dared to approach. After asking her about her birth chart, I found out that she was born with a yang body and was not afraid of ghosts or monsters. On the contrary, those unclean things would hide or be afraid when they saw her.”
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