Chapter 99: Tied Hair as Husband and Wife, Mutual Love Without Doubt

【You have long been accustomed to some of the Human Race's rites, propriety, and sense of shame.】

【In front of outsiders you must wear clothes; that's the most basic thing, and White Dragon seems not to understand.】

【"I won't wear any!"】

【Without the spirit-energy drain of a dragon body, White Dragon seems to have become defiant again, lifting its head and chest and speaking to you.】

【Daily interaction mode has been activated.】

【Host, please choose an interaction.】

【1. Teach her to dress.】

【2. Help her dress.】

【3. Ignore.】

A jade‑white body, as pale as snow, swayed before your eyes, but Lin Chuan dared not stare longer.

The face of the person before you is far too familiar.

It's Ye Xue!

【In the Forbidden Love dream reincarnation, Lin Chuan adopted Ye Xue, a Half‑Demon of the Half‑Demon Tribe abandoned by others and linked to his own miserable fate,】

【Later Ye Xue joined the Half‑Demon Camp, eventually awakening a Dragon bloodline and becoming the Founder and First Leader of the Spirit Clan.】

【From the Forbidden Love dream reincarnation alone, Lin Chuan has always treated Ye Xue as a little sister, with no romantic thoughts whatsoever.】

【Until the Forbidden Love cycle ended, when Tu Shan Jiao Jiao sacrificed a soul, there was still no transgressive act between them.】

【Later, during the revival of Tu Shan Jiao Jiao in Qingqiu Shi San Zhou, Mo Sangyu exposed Ye Xue hidden in the void, and he realized something was amiss.】

【Although Ye Xue at the time coldly said she was just passing by, everyone knew it wasn't sincere.】

【Dog System! You're causing trouble again, aren't you?】

【According to Lin Chuan's original plan, having Mo Sangyu, Yun Zhi Yi, and Tu Shan Jiao Jiao as the three ladies provided enough romantic ties.】

【He does not want to entangle more romances in the dream.】

【He hopes no new romantic ties will arise.】

【But the Dog System again meddled, helping him rekindle a past bond and successfully pulling Lü Ya and Ye Xue into the mix.】

【Reject! Strongly reject!】

【Selection complete.】

【You don't turn away; ignore White Dragon.】

【White Dragon is proud and dismisses your words.】

【You maintain this state for a long period.】

【Within the Forbidden Land, spirit energy grows thinner, and the hope of leaving becomes ever more dim.】

【Deprived of spirit energy, you seal your realms at an extremely low level, approaching Transform to Mortal.】

【The harsh environment of the Forbidden Zone strains your livelihood.】

【On a cold night, White Dragon appears before you naked, trembling, "Um… could I borrow a piece of clothing to wear?"】

【You smile, "Sure."】

【You painstakingly open the Space Ring, take out a set of clothes, and give them to White Dragon.】

【White Dragon says, "You've changed; you actually smiled at me."】

【Instinctively you retort, "Haven't you also changed? To meekly ask me for something you once sneered at."】

【The words hang, and both of you freeze in surprise.】

【You realize something: as your cultivation declines and you shed demonic power to become mortal, your perception of the seven emotions and six desires sharpens.】

【Your joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness increasingly spill over, hard to control.】

【White Dragon is the same.】

【This is a fact you both must acknowledge.】

【Because of this, you can draw near, sit together and talk, no longer seeing each other as mortal enemies.】

【In the difficult environment, you become each other's friend, the only friend each has.】

【You experience mortal seven emotions and six desires, that occasional helplessness when emotions dominate.】

【During this time, you exchanged your names.】

【In your respective hometowns, your name was 'Xue Mo Chuan', and her name was 'Tian Long Xue'.】

【Now that you are mortals, you decide to take a mortal name.】

【You look at the small forest you now reside in, name it, and take the name Lin Chuan.】

【She looks at the pitch‑black night, as carefree as you, and takes the name Ye Xue.】

【Life in the Forbidden Zone grows ever harder.】

【Fortunately, while some spirit power remains, you keep a reserve, stock enough supplies, and raise some small animals for emergencies.】

【Seeing your practiced manner, Ye Xue asks, "Lin Chuan, have you ever been mortal before? How are you so proficient?"】

【You drift into a daze, involuntarily recalling the little maid still in the Blood‑Painted Star Domain.】

Within the Forbidden Zone there is its own realm, making it impossible to gauge the true flow of time; you don't know how long has passed outside.

【Perhaps… the little maid has long since died.】

【Even though you gave her a miraculous spirit pill to extend life, the suddenly hostile environment still makes survival difficult.】

【"Lin Chuan, what's wrong? Did I say something wrong?"】

【Ye Xue senses your odd state and asks again.】

【After Transform to Mortal, you care more for each other, no longer cold, adding a touch of tenderness; in this setting, you are each other's sole solace.】

【"It's fine."】

You shook your head, unwilling to say more about Xiao Ya Huan.

At this moment, you are unexpectedly melancholy.

The closer you get to Mortal Dust, the more you can understand Xiao Ya Huan's heart, the more you can feel her sincere devotion to you.

You finally realize how precious it is to regard another person as your entire life.

At least you cannot do that.

Yet you are fortunate to have someone who treats you this way.

Only… it seems you lost her.

Ye Xue, being considerate, no longer disturbs you and returns to her own house.

A few days later, you finally recover from the sorrowful mood; you have never been affected by emotions so profoundly.

In the days that follow, you occasionally miss Xiao Ya Huan.

This feeling could become a memory, but at the time it was already bewildered.

As time passes, she becomes increasingly vague in your mind, and you may even be unable to recall what she looks like.

What replaces her, deeply etched in your mind, is Ye Xue, who spends day and night with you.

Affection whose origin is unknown, once it starts, goes deep.

In this Forbidden Zone world where only the two of you exist, your daily interactions over sunrise and sunset gradually kindle love.

During this period, you argue, quarrel, share laughter and warmth, sit shoulder‑to‑shoulder on a mountain to watch sunrise, and walk hand‑in‑hand to watch the sunset.

You fall ill, age, and the mortal separation of life and death seems to draw ever nearer to you.

Precisely because of this, you can appreciate the value of true feeling.

You gradually forget the ideal of leaving the Forbidden Zone, no longer day and night fantasizing about the grand goal of scaling the summit.

The world's rebirth seems no longer related to you.

You drift away with the rise and fall of the old era, ultimately failing to board the ship to the new era.

One night, Ye Xue fell ill again.

You held her through the entire night, and she said to you, "Lin Chuan, let's get married; I want to marry you."

"Bound by hair as husband and wife, love and affection never doubted."