Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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“Do you know what to say?” the person behind her said.
The implication was clear: one wrong word, and she would be splattered with blood.
You Xu was startled, not by the threat, but by his closeness to her ear, the warm breath tickling her earlobe, his low, magnetic, husky voice alluringly beautiful.
Caught off guard, her eardrums felt like they were melting.
Just as she was stunned, the person outside knocked on the door again and said, “Miss?! If you don’t speak, we’ll have to rudely barge in to search.”
The person behind her said in a domineering voice, “Speak.”
“I was asleep just now and didn’t hear anything. I opened my eyes now and still don’t see the demon you’re talking about,” You Xu said. “You should search elsewhere. Thank you for your trouble.”
“We’re truly sorry to disturb Miss’s rest,” the person outside said. “Please rest well, Miss. We’ll take our leave.” The group outside was still whispering: “I saw the demon escape in this direction with my own eyes. It couldn’t have disappeared into thin air.”
“Alright, we’ve disturbed Miss’s rest. If Miss gets frightened and falls ill, we won’t be able to bear the Valley Master’s blame.”
“Let’s search elsewhere. We must not let the demon escape.”
The lights outside gradually faded and the noise gradually disappeared. The room returned to silence, and only then did You Xu hear his suppressed breathing.
He was seriously injured.
In that split second, he had the power to kill her, but he couldn’t trust her now, so the claws around her neck remained.
“Let me go first,” You Xu said, half-kneeling, half-sitting, her legs numb.
Shen Jue didn’t move or speak.
You Xu: “I can help you leave Medicine Spirit Valley safely.”
Shen Jue sneered: “Why should I trust you?”
“Believe it or not,” You Xu said, “Without me, you can’t escape Medicine Spirit Valley. Let me go first, I won’t scream.”
Hearing her confident tone, Shen Jue released her, stepping back a little, but still maintaining a distance where he could kill her with a single claw.
You Xu turned around and saw a large fox, half a person’s height, pure white, with thick, fluffy fur. From its neck to its heart, it was stained red with blood, like red plum blossoms blooming on snow, the contrast between red and white stark.
Under its cautiously scrutinizing gaze, You Xu quickly read the timeline.
This world could be simply divided into three categories: demons, demon hunters, and humans. Demon hunters were naturally opposed to demons. Those with the ability could cultivate to become demon hunters, so humans were protected by demon hunters.
Demons had an absolute advantage in ability, but it was not so easy for them to survive. It was a dog-eat-dog world. The Heart-Eating Fox clan, though small in number, once dominated the demon race. They loved to eat human hearts, and their own hearts could revive the dead, heal the wounded, and increase their power.
Possessing such a treasure was a crime. Both demons and humans coveted the hearts of the Heart-Eating Foxes, using every means to obtain them. The Heart-Eating Fox clan gradually declined until today, with only Shen Jue remaining as their sole descendant. With his clan wiped out, young Shen Jue was left without protection, constantly hunted from childhood, until finally turning to the dark side. He set up a ten-thousand-person altar, taking the hearts of ten thousand people to greatly increase his demonic power, killing countless people and causing chaos and bloodshed throughout the world.
After briefly reading the timeline, You Xu’s hands kept trembling.
“No, host,” 78 asked doubtfully, “Why are your hands shaking? Are you scared?”
“Look at his fur, so fluffy and fine,” You Xu said excitedly to 78, “It looks really nice to touch. I can hardly resist reaching out my divine right hand to him.”
78: “…”
If it weren’t for his slightly narrowed fox eyes and dangerous gaze, she might have already pounced, using both hands.
His fur was the best she had ever seen, especially his long fox tail, which looked like a long ball of cotton candy.
“…” Shen Jue felt a chill run down his spine from her gaze. He had seen greedy eyes, fearful eyes, and cunning, calculating eyes, but he had never seen eyes that gleamed with joy, lips that held a smile, and hands that trembled like this.
Was she scared out of her wits, or was she plotting against him?
78 couldn’t stand it anymore: “Host, mind your image! Your status is quite noble, okay?”
In this world, You Xu’s identity was the younger sister of the Medicine King You Jingyan. You Xu’s mother suffered a difficult childbirth and passed away shortly after giving birth to her. Her father, heartbroken, also died soon after.
You Jingyan, fifteen years older than You Xu, was originally an outstanding demon-slaying master among his peers, poised to become the highly anticipated demon-slaying master. However, his sister You Xu was frail and sickly, nearly dying young. So he began researching alchemy and even acquired the spiritually rich Medicine Spirit Valley, to the point that his servants had two modes of operation: bending over to plant herbs and reaching out to slay demons.
Later, You Jingyan mastered pharmacology, raised You Xu, and even developed many unorthodox medicines. At the height of his fame, the Medicine King of Medicine Spirit Valley was renowned, and he was sought after by both demons and humans— after all, everyone gets sick or injured sometimes.
Therefore, no one dared to say a word against You Xu’s arrogance.
You Xu: “Okay, I’ll be careful.”
Then she turned to Shen Jue and said, “Come on, open your mouth and show your teeth.”
“?” Shen Jue looked at her, not moving.
You Xu pulled out the side of her neck where he had scratched her, but it wasn’t bleeding, and said, “I’ll give you a bite.”
“…” Shen Jue fell into deep thought. Was there no normal person left? Couldn’t they have a normal conversation? Why wasn’t she afraid of him, and even tried to put her neck in his teeth? He didn’t like eating necks.
You Xu practiced the virtue of self-reliance and took it upon herself to pry open his mouth.
The injured Shen Jue was already in a somewhat irritable state, thinking of simply biting her to pieces, but the moment this thought popped into his head, it was inexplicably suppressed. He explained to himself that, considering she might be able to take him out of here, he would reluctantly spare her life.
So, with a look of utter despair, he opened his mouth to cooperate with her, and also to see what tricks she would play. If anything was amiss, he could kill her instantly.
You Xu poked his teeth with her fingertip and exclaimed, “Wow, so sharp!”
Shen Jue: “…” He was about to lose his temper.
“Open your mouth wider,” You Xu pressed her neck against his, “Bite lightly, just enough to draw some blood.”
78 was so scared that her match head almost fell off: “Host, his blackening value is 70! Aren’t you afraid he’ll chew you up like a braised duck neck!”
You Xu raised an eyebrow: “Wow, you’re a stick figure and you even know about braised duck neck.”
78 was surprised by her novel focus: “I’ve eaten it before using other hosts’ points…”
She didn’t dare to imagine eating braised duck neck in someone else’s mind. You Xu suddenly felt that the way it had soaked its feet in her mind back then was actually acceptable.
A sharp pain from the teeth stabbing her neck came from her neck. You Xu then took the opportunity to half-hug him and rubbed his body vigorously with both hands. Her hands instantly felt a fullness as if they were wrapped in fur, like touching a fluffy cloud.
It had been a long time since she had petted such fur. So You Xu was so excited that she trembled all over.
Shen Jue: Look, you’re trembling with fear. Why are you pretending not to be afraid of me? You’re clearly scared to death!
78 finally understood. Preventing him from using his claws and forcing him to bite was all for the sake of getting close enough to pet him. What a noble spirit to sacrifice oneself for petting!
Soon, Shen Jue relented.
You Xu looked up at his inexplicably arrogant expression, silently lamenting the fleeting nature of time; the lingering sensation of touch made her itch with desire.
She composed herself, opened the containment bracelet on her left wrist, and said to him, “Come in.”
In this world, many storage spaces were made into portable devices, most of which could only hold inanimate objects. The one You Xu held was a superior artifact given to her by You Jingyan, capable of holding living beings.
Shen Jue’s gaze turned cautious again, his claws already instinctively raised.
If she used a secret technique to seal the containment bracelet, or placed some kind of trap inside, he wouldn’t have a chance to retaliate.
You Xu knew he wouldn’t trust her so easily; after all, no one would entrust their life entirely to a stranger right away. She smiled, “I’ll give you time to think it over. It’s almost dawn.”
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