Chapter 111: Volume 1 Chapter 111   Demon Lord x Nine-Tailed Fox x Orthodox Sect Leader (16)

Upon entering the Demon Realm, he happened to meet Hu Xiu Bai, the male lead who had rushed to save the female lead.

Hu Xiu Bai, hovering on his sword in midair, glanced with his peripheral vision at the unharmed Gu Yan'er, and his gaze finally landed on Fu Xue.

"How can I let her go?"

When Fu Xue saw him, her usually calm and composed eyes slowly narrowed; she lifted a finger to pinch the edge of the veil of the girl beside her, blocking all outside gazes.

He knew everything about Zhizhi and Hu Xiu Bai, the Sect Leader of the Cheng Jian Sect, from before.

After getting along for nearly half a year, Hu Xiu Bai had deep feelings for her. The girl even used one of her tails to heal his wounds, and although it also erased his memory, Fu Xue was still deeply jealous.

Why did he lose his memories from ten years ago? Could it also have been erased by the girl?

Jiang Zhi quickly noticed his abnormal behavior and the obvious fluctuations in his emotions.

Now Fu Xue's Love Points toward her have reached 96, only four points shy of the maximum.

To soothe the man's unstable emotions, Jiang Zhi tiptoed and, through the gauze veil, kissed his cheek, whispering softly: "Husband, let her go; let's return."

The girl's fresh, sweet fragrance washed over him, and at the right moment a soft, warm touch came to his cheek, penetrating deeply and shaking his heart and mind.

Instantly it dispelled Fu Xue's inner heaviness and displeasure.

He raised his eyes, looking through the gauze into the girl's pupils, which were filled with reliance on him and tender affection.

Fu Xue's thin lips curled slightly; she lifted a finger, and Gu Yan'er behind her suddenly floated up, landing beside Hu Xiu Bai.

Hu Xiu Bai frowned slightly, surprised that Fu Xue would so easily release Gu Yan'er.

His gaze unintentionally drifted to the veiled girl beside the man, and a faint sense of familiarity welled up in his heart.

A wave of pain also rose in his head; Hu Xiu Bai pressed his fingers to his brow, and his jade-colored pupils were tinged with a faint scarlet.

Seeing this, Gu Yan'er, who had finally come down safely, turned increasingly pale and hurriedly asked anxiously: "Brother Hu, what's wrong? Are you hurt?"

Hu Xiu Bai slightly raised his eyes, tightly staring at the veiled girl, refusing to look away even half an inch until they left his sight; the pain in his chest never lessened.

"Who is she?"

"Why is he so reluctant?"

Hu Xiu Bai tightly pressed his lips; his bloodshot eyes faintly emitted a black mist, "Who… is she?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Yan'er froze in place, recalling the girl's identity, her eyes turning sore as she choked out: "She… she is the Demon Lord's newly wed wife."

She couldn't help but worry: would Brother Hu recall the nine-tailed fox demon?

Clearly it was merely a demon, destined to be a top-tier furnace cauldron for the man's pleasure, yet it made Brother Hu unable to forget.

As expected of a legendary demon creature, this fox's charm technique ensnared not only Brother Hu but even the Demon Lord Fu Xue.

If that fox demon vanished from this world, would Brother Hu awaken, with his eyes and heart holding only her?

Gu Yan'er couldn't help but feel a faint, almost imperceptible joy well up in her heart.

Together with Fu Xue, they returned to the Demon Palace.

The veil covering her head suddenly vanished; Jiang Zhi raised her brow, and her lips met a chill.

The kiss that allowed no evasion came with aggressive force; his distinct-jointed fingers gripped her chin tightly, his tongue tip easily parted her lips and teeth, pressing forward step by step as if to break her bones and devour her.

This kiss differed from any before, exuding a possessive, fierce intent.

He seemed to have been stimulated by something.

"Zhizhi… Zhizhi……"

Fu Xue pressed her down onto the bed, constantly chanting her name; his handsome brows and eyes, like those painted in an ink wash, were shrouded in unease as his teeth nibbled and licked her lips and tongue.

Jiang Zhi released her seven tails behind her, hooking them around his waist, her hands clasping his neck, and she whispered softly by his ear:

"I am here, husband."

"I will never leave you."

Fu Xue seemed soothed by her voice; his actions gradually softened, returning to their former tenderness as he showered her face with countless kisses, missing not an inch; hearing the girl's passionate sounds beneath him, the love in his eyes thickened into substance.

【Villain Fu Xue's Love Points Reach 100】

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After staying in the Demon Realm for a year, Jiang Zhi's body suddenly grew weak, and Fu Xue summoned the Demon race's highest-level witch doctor to treat her.

After the witch doctor finished the examination, she revealed the truth.

The environment of the Demon Realm is unsuitable for demons; ordinary demons who come there only suffer bodily harm. The girl, being an ancient nine-tailed fox, had merely stayed a year in the Demon Realm, yet her meridians were completely shattered, her demon core ruptured and malformed, and he did not know the cause.

Even if she left the Demon Realm, her chances of survival were not high.

Fu Xue held the weak girl in his arms and lightly kissed her forehead.

"Lady, don't be afraid; nothing will happen to you."

Jiang Zhi's whole body ached; her seven fox tails withered away for no reason, leaving only one, and she could no longer maintain her human form, turning into a dull, furry little fox that curled in his embrace, extremely weak, lifting her head to rub against the back of his hand, her voice feeble as a whisper:

"Husband, I… it hurts so much."

Fu Xue held her and fled the Demon Realm as quickly as possible, slowly infusing her with spiritual energy.

The spiritual energy was blocked from entering her body upon contact, no matter how hard he tried.

"Impossible! I won't let you die! Don't sleep, Zhizhi, open your eyes and look at me." Fu Xue's usually calm and indifferent brows and eyes split open a crack, pouring out endless anxiety and panic.

Jiang Zhi could no longer hear his voice; her body went limp, losing all breath.

The demon soul dissipated into the air.

Fu Xue used a magical device to gather those scattered demon souls, but they passed through the device and dispersed into the air, leaving no trace.

The man's demonic aura surged; the bright, warm sunshine above his head suddenly turned into thick, impenetrable black clouds, and bolts of black lightning struck the surrounding trees and grass, instantly reducing them to ruins.

"Even the Heavenly Dao cannot take you away from my side."

The dark, icy voice carried a bone-chilling, icy hatred.

Meanwhile, Jiang Zhi, who had appeared in a small town tens of thousands of li away from the Demon race, heard the system's voice.

【Villain Fu Xue Hatred Value 10】

Jiang Zhi retorted, "Only 10 points?"

777: "Correct."

The villain probably felt that Jiang Zhi's death was not her fault.

Jiang Zhi lay flat on the bed of the small town inn, opening her eyes to see the dark-colored gauze curtain hanging to the side.

She wove a lie of death with six tails.

A lie that even Fu Xue could not see through.

Jiang Zhi had planned this for a long time, just waiting for the Love Points to reach full value.

What she didn't know was that her death allowed Fu Xue to regain all of his previous memories.

Including the memory that she had deceived him, that she was his wife.

It also made Fu Xue doubt the reality of her death.

After staying in this small town for a month, Jiang Zhi wanted to hide for over ten years, then go see Fu Xue and max out his Hatred Value.

As for the task of making him a good person, we'll talk about it after we finish raising his Hatred Value.

But she didn't expect that in just one month, the entire human world would be shrouded in demonic qi, and ordinary people affected by it would have their inner malice stirred, turning into evil puppets like walking corpses.

The evil puppets have no consciousness, only an endless urge to kill.

Jiang Zhi hadn't been lying in bed long when a banging sound came from the door.

Accompanied by a strange "kie kie kie" howl.

Jiang Zhi used a spell to look through the door and saw countless evil puppets outside.

She hurriedly escaped through the window from the inn, stood on the roof, and heard the surrounding cries of misery and wailing.

The entire human world had become a hell, even some cultivators with slightly lower realms were infected by demonic qi and killed everywhere.

All sects and schools sent disciples down the mountain to subdue demons and save people.

777's tone was urgent: "Host, it's bad—the task of turning the villain into a good person has failed!"

"The next world might be a punishment world."

Jiang Zhi froze for a moment, "Even if I max out the villain's Love Points and Hatred Value, I might still enter the punishment world?"

777: "Yes."

Jiang Zhi: "……Too harsh."

This good-person task is fundamentally unsolvable; once the Hatred Value is raised, the villain cannot possibly become a good person.

Jiang Zhi rubbed her head; for now, the most important thing is to stop the villain's harmful actions toward the world.

She headed toward the Demon Realm, but on the way she encountered a team of the male lead deep in danger.

They were also heading to the Demon Realm, solely to eliminate Fu Xue, the great demon lord.

Eliminating him would cause the demonic qi spread throughout the human world to dissipate as well.

But the closer one gets to the Demon Realm, the more evil puppets and demon tribes there are, making it extremely dangerous.

Jiang Zhi had cultivated together with Fu Xue for a year; her cultivation level had now reached the Great Ascension stage, only one step away from crossing the tribulation.

Therefore, by concealing her aura along the way, she passed smoothly through the evil puppets and demon tribes guarding the path.

But the male lead is different; he brought many people, all coming to eliminate Fu Xue.

Jiang Zhi came up with an idea; she changed her appearance and donned the robe of a male rogue cultivator, helping them beat back the evil puppets and demon tribe.

Everyone saw her Daoist robe and realized she was a rogue cultivator.

An ordinary rogue cultivator, with such an unfathomably deep cultivation level, made them feel ashamed.

Jiang Zhi said to the highest-ranking among them, Huo Xiu Bai, "I am willing to assist the Sect Leader in eliminating the demon lord Fu Xue together."

Huo Xiu Bai stared at her utterly unfamiliar face, yet felt a sense of familiarity.

Especially when their clear, impurity-free eyes met, his pupils gradually deepened.

"May I know your name, cultivator?"

Jiang Zhi chuckled lightly, "You may call me Jiang Jiang."

Huo Xiu Bai softly recited the name.

Jiang Jiang……

They set out again, heading toward the demon tribe.

Along the way they encountered many demon tribes, whose cultivation levels were not low, and they gradually became exhausted, with severe shortage of spiritual energy in their bodies.

Huo Xiu Bai formed a barrier enclosing them, saying, "Let's rest here and recover our strength first."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, sat cross-legged, and began to rest and recuperate.

Jiang Zhi didn't feel tired; leaning against a tree, she gazed at the withered, ruined vegetation ahead and the desolate, deathly silent village not far away, her expression growing solemn.

Only then did she realize that in the plot, Fu Xue is a demon lord devoid of any feeling.

He can, out of boredom, release demonic qi to infect mortals, turning them into unconscious evil puppets, and watch them slaughter each other.

But during that year, under her influence, Fu Xue became gentle and refined, with no trace of a killing aura.

He attentively cared for her, never causing her the slightest discomfort.

As the mission target, Fu Xue is the gentlest and most beautiful villain among all her worlds.

But when she disappeared and left, he also became the most cruel and ruthless villain.