Chapter 100: Volume 1_Chapter 100   Demon Lord x Nine-Tailed Fox x Orthodox Sect Leader (5)

Volume 1_Chapter 100   Demon Lord x Nine-Tailed Fox x Orthodox Sect Leader (5)

This is also too painful; I truly don't know how the boy can bear it.

Almost, her monster soul would have been completely wiped out.

The boy awoke, smelled the bloody perfume filling the air, then heard her breathing was faint, his expression startled, he hurried forward, but the cold iron behind him tightly bound his body, preventing him from taking a step forward.

"Zhi, Zhi!"

Jiang Zhi slowly awoke, and intermittent sobbing sounds fell by her ears.

In the cramped, deep cavern, it felt somewhat eerie.

She unsteadily sat up from the ground and said irritably, "I'm not dead yet."

Hearing her voice, the boy's crying stopped, he sniffled, and carefully asked, "Zhi, Zhi, what happened?"

Jiang Zhi rubbed her cold arms, exhaled a breath of cold air, and leisurely said, "I'm fine, don't worry."

"But, but, is..." he whispered, full of worry.

"I accidentally bit my tongue in a dream just now, drawing some blood." Jiang Zhi interrupted him, relieved that he couldn't see, otherwise he would surely cry nonstop.

I didn't expect the child villain to love crying so much; he's practically a crybaby.

Whatever she said, the boy believed without a hint of doubt, his brows and eyes relaxed, he smiled and said, "Zhi, Zhi, silly."

Jiang Zhi: "......"

He's pushing his luck!

She was awake and felt no sleepiness; she glanced at the boy, who was obediently sitting with his head raised, and asked, "Do you feel any discomfort?"

The boy seemed puzzled as to why today's torment ended so quickly, he scratched his head and said, "No matter."

His face was full of smiles, and he continued, "I am very happy because Zhizhi has come."

Jiang Zhi met the boy's sun-like bright smile, froze for a few seconds, and pressed her lips together.

Thinking of Fu Xue from ten thousand years later, even if she had lost all her memories, she had never seen a smile as genuine and heartfelt as the boy's.

What caused it?

The loneliness of a thousand years? Or the intense torment each night?

Just looking at him, he hardly seems like a villain.

"Ah Xue, your smile looks beautiful." Jiang Zhi couldn't help but extend her finger, pinch his cheek, and said, "You must smile more from now on."

The soft fingertip touched his skin, a temperature he had never experienced before.

He stared blankly, raising his forehead, letting her knead, after a while obediently nodding.

Since Zhizhi likes it, he will always smile for Zhizhi to see.

—

In the illusion realm, she cultivated while telling stories to the boy; each night when the cold poison flared, she would transfer it using monster elixir.

Gradually, she became accustomed to the torment of the cold poison, her body retaining an undiminished chill.

These boys don't know.

"Zhizhi, I really want to see you."

Over these days, his speech became increasingly fluent.

He extended his snow-white, slender fingers into the air, probing, wanting to depict her face.

Jiang Zhi raised her hand to cover his hollow eyes; spiritual energy flowed and transformed into a pair of virtual transparent eyes.

"Can you see?"

She could use a spell to let him see temporarily, but couldn't make it completely clear; his vision would be very blurry, like that of a severely nearsighted person.

The fingers soon withdrew; the boy was somewhat reluctant, but quickly drawn by the faint light ahead, in his hazy vision he vaguely saw a face.

He wanted to move closer to see clearly, but was held back by the cold iron behind him; he could only strain his eyes open, yet still couldn't make out her face.

"Zhizhi...... very beautiful." He remained very happy, the curve of his raised eye corners resembling a crescent moon.

Jiang Zhi's body leaned forward slightly, moving closer to him, and she said with a bright smile, "That's natural."

The title of peerless fox spirit is not undeserved.

The boy looked for a while, the spell quickly faded, and darkness returned before his eyes.

His fingers involuntarily tightened, firmly suppressing the surging desire deep within.

Good... I really want to keep looking.

Zhizhi

—

The divine punishment awakened the sleeping Jiang Zhi, and bolts of lightning like purple dragons instantly illuminated the entire abyss.

Above the abyss, the God Lord descended divine punishment, lightning filling with killing intent, attempting to utterly slay the demon clan's son, Fu Xue.

All of the Three Realms regard him as the greatest hidden danger, unwilling to let him live in this world.

The lightning struck the Ultimate Cold Iron Chains; the boy's body could not withstand it at all, he lay on the ground, breathless.

Although Jiang Zhi knew these lightning bolts would not kill the boy, she still felt frightened and wanted to resist for him.

The boy, clinging to the last thread of consciousness, said to her: "Zhizhi……run……"

He did not want Zhizhi to lose her life because of him.

Jiang Zhi gave him a deep look, then immediately lifted her gaze toward the sky above the abyss.

One could faintly see the God Lord's cold and unapproachable countenance.

She furrowed her brows.

This is all Fu Xue's memory, not reality.

But……

Jiang Zhi realized she was about to leave the illusion, and everything before her eyes was slowly changing.

The boy lying on the ground also seemed to sense something, raising his head toward her.

"Zhizhi… are you looking for… my grown‑up self?"

Jiang Zhi suddenly looked at him, her expression momentarily stunned.

The boy raised a weak smile and whispered: "I… actually… always… knew."

"Zhizhi… me from ten thousand years later… okay?"

Jiang Zhi froze.

The boy got no response, a hint of loss appearing in his brows and eyes: "Sorry… sorry, he let you down…"

The surrounding scene began to shift, and the boy's body on the ground gradually turned transparent.

"If… if only I could have met you earlier… Zhizhi…"

"That would have been nice."

The words grew fainter and faded from her ears.

Jiang Zhi completely left the illusion, her body reverted to its original form, and she fell into a deep sleep.

—

【Ten years later】

Jiang Zhi woke from her sleep, opened her eyes, and a sharp voice reached her ears.

"Hurry up with the preparations, the auction is about to start."

"Chief, this fox won't wake up; will it affect the price later?"

He spat and said, "Nonsense, this is a top‑grade cauldron nine‑tailed fox; even asleep, its value could be ten million nine‑grade spirit stones."

Nine‑grade spirit stone, the highest grade of spirit stone.

"So expensive!" The fawning voice sounded excited, "I've never seen such a costly auction item at an auction before."

"Hmph! Keep watching; if she wakes, inform me immediately."

"Okay, Chief."

After waking for a while, Jiang Zhi looked through the cage's gap at the two people; the chief was at the Spirit Transformation Stage, while the other was at the Golden Core Stage.

She hadn't expected that the sleep the system spoke of would be a full ten years.

In these ten years, many things happened: the male lead Huo Xiubai had become the sect leader of the Sword‑Riding Sect, while the antagonist Fu Xue had regained all her memories, becoming stronger than before when she was punished by the Heavenly Dao.

Dealing with the male lead is easier than crushing an ant.

But Brother Seven brought her good news: after Fu Xue regained her memories, she retreated to the Demon Realm for closed‑door cultivation and had not done anything evil.

All memories from when she turned human ten years ago have been completely forgotten by Fu Xue.