Chapter 120

The Yin is too much, let's go together.

Chapter 120 It's too Yin, let's all attack together!

[List of Yokai Included]

[Included: Mysterious Yin Body (Ghost)]

Over 1,700 years ago, you fought for the cat demon for days and nights, but eventually, exhausted, you were pierced through the heart by the first Xuan Yin Yin body...

The cat demon shed tears of blood for your death, a grief that shook heaven and earth. The white tiger bloodline, belonging to an ancient great demon, was revived, shaking all directions.

The cat demon had only a given name and no surname, so you gave her the surname "Bai," and her full name was Bai Nuoyan. Afterwards, you lay dead in her arms, severely wounded and covered in blood, never to rise again.

She could have slaughtered the invading enemy, but she was determined to save you, enduring excruciating pain, giving you eight of her nine lives to pull you back from the brink of death.

Her hair turned white overnight, and she dragged her frail body to a safe place far from trouble before falling into a long slumber.

But you woke up.

The cat demon granted you nearly three hundred years of lifespan, so this trip wasn't entirely fruitless. You even considered taking away the cat demon's last remaining life... but you weren't entirely without feelings for her, so you chose to spare her life.

But she's useless now. Sparing her life is the greatest mercy you can show. Everything else is irrelevant to you. Use magic to erase all feelings for her from your mind...

At this moment, the original Xuan Yin body, still relying on instinct, found you, but did not kill you; it simply took you away in your weakened state...

Your cultivation level has greatly decreased, making you no match for him.

[You understand that the plan to train Bai Nuoyan into a demon king has failed, and you have decided to completely abandon this cat demon and instead focus your research on the Xuan Yin body.]

[The other party is the Daughter of Heaven, rootless and adrift, her body exuding a chilling, poisonous aura that no one dares approach. She was born solely to kill you. Are you certain that this is Heaven's punishment for your defying the heavens in your cultivation...?]

Years of battles have made you realize the ignorance and naivety of the Xuan Yin Yin Body. You decide to use the same method you used to bewitch the fox demon to tame the Xuan Yin Yin Body and make it work for you...

You learned from ancient texts that the fusion of Yin and Yang can create an inextinguishable celestial lamp, capable of seizing the will of Heaven...

Your goal is to transform the Xuan Yin body into a lamp, to peer into the will of Heaven, and to find the origins of humanity and demonhood, as well as the laws of time and space...

For this, you will spare no expense.

You realize that most of the secular sects are extremely wary of her, so you decide to start from there, to change her mindset, to make her realize that once you die, she will be the next one to be attacked by everyone...

Furthermore, the cold poison in her body warrants further investigation.

[...Timeline rewinding in progress]

Putting aside his own background, Zhang Chen now roughly knew the origins of the Ghost Lady, but he still needed to verify it.

【…】

When Zhang Chen opened his eyes, he felt a chill throughout his body, as if he were in an ice cellar.

"woke up?"

Shen Nianxi, dressed in a flowing white dress, looked at him with indifferent eyes.

Zhang Chen was really not used to it, after all, the future Shen Nianxi always looked at him with a lecherous gaze, practically wearing the words "I" on her face.

"This is where I usually cultivate and reside. It is made of Tianshan Xuanbing (a type of ice). Your cultivation level is not as high as before. If you dare to exert your power on the Xuanbing, the cold poison will corrode your body."

"I will keep you for three days to ask you some questions. If your answers satisfy me, I will keep you longer to fulfill one of your last wishes."

"If you don't answer well, I will take you to the capital in three days, explain to the Emperor of the Celestial Empire, and have you beheaded and displayed to the public."

"So, no matter how good or bad my answer is, I'm going to die?" Zhang Chen asked.

"It's Heaven's will to destroy you."

"What's your name?"

"Shen Yuanxi."

"Your name is beautiful, and you're good-looking too... You live up to your name," Zhang Chen said.

"Thank you." Shen Yuanxi walked to his side, looking down at him. "You too, you live up to your name."

Zhang Chen was lying on the ground. Looking up from below, he could barely see Shen Nianxi's chin, as it was blocked. He could only smell the faint, cool fragrance emanating from the girl's body.

Wait a minute! Why has my little Southern potato, Xixi Jiang, gotten so big?

The potatoes have sprouted.

But looking at it from the side, the feet are still quite cute. It turns out that high heels existed in ancient times, and they were even made of crystal.

The arch of the girl's foot is an arc that even the best painter could not capture.

"What are you looking at?"

"foot."

Shen Yuanxi frowned slightly. Her special constitution made it difficult for almost anyone to get close to her. However, this man in front of her was able to approach her because his constitution was incompatible with hers.

Although it was a feeling she had never experienced before, she still felt that what Zhang Chen was doing was really indecent.

"What's so interesting about that? Is this your path of cultivation?"

"Foot massage is also a way of life," Zhang Chen replied. "May I sit up?"

"It's up to you. As long as you don't use your internal energy, I'll keep my word and let you stay for three days," Shen Yuanxi said.

"So I can do whatever I want for these three days?"

"Here, that's only natural." Shen Nianxi looked at him expressionlessly. "What do you want to do?"

"Let me massage your feet," Zhang Chen suggested tentatively.

Why?

"It's very beautiful."

"Hmm." The girl didn't think much of it, took off her shoes, and stepped barefoot into Zhang Chen's palm.

It feels cool to the touch and a little sticky, like ice cream in winter.

To be honest, Zhang Chen was surprised by the naivety of this medium-sized Shen Nianxi.

According to his memory, his original intention was to use this contact to dispel Shen Yuanxi's wariness within three days and arouse the girl's curiosity about the relationship between men and women.

Because Shen Yuanxi was a celestial maiden, she was born from a crack in a rock just like Sun Wukong. She was adopted by the Jade Maiden Sect and poisoned countless fellow disciples and elders from childhood to adulthood. No one dared to get close to her anymore, and she had almost forgotten what it felt like to interact with people.

This includes the question Shen Yuanxi was about to ask him: "Zhang Chen, you were clearly pierced through the heart by my sword, your life force cut off, so how were you able to be saved?"

This was what puzzled her, though only superficially.

"The cat demon had nine lives, and she gave eight of them to me, which is why I was able to continue living."

"Why did she save you?" Shen Yuanxi asked again. "With her talent, cultivating for tens of thousands of years wouldn't be difficult for her. Why would she give up her long life for this?"

"Maybe it's because she likes me, love, deisiki, you know?"

"I don't understand, but I want to understand." Shen Yuanxi asked bluntly, "Have you had sex with her?"

"without."

"Then why do you say she loves you? Sexual intercourse is love, isn't it? Besides, you are of different races, and you can't even have offspring, so how can you talk about love?"

"Isn't love that transcends race even more beautiful?" Zhang Chen said with a smile.

"Um..."

Shen Yuanxi rested her chin on her hand in deep thought, then suddenly trembled. She lowered her eyes and said, "My soles are not very tolerant of itching, so please be gentle."

"Sorry, sorry, it's a habit. I used to massage your feet all the time when I was in high school."

"high school?"

"Uh, in some kind of elementary school, back then you would often drop your pen on the ground and ask me to pick it up for you, and I would touch you while I was at it."

"I have no such memory." Shen Yuanxi's brows furrowed even deeper.

"You'll have it later." Zhang Chen smiled, trying to observe Shen Yuanxi's body with his [Beast Eyes].

Compared to the future Shen Nianxi, the person in front of her seems more complete.

Zhang Chen couldn't tell until he saw her in person, but now that he had a comparison, he could tell that Shen Nianxi was practically a half-finished product. Apart from being a bit cunning, she was incomplete in every way.

Yuan You's words to him that he shouldn't do anything embarrassing with Xi Xi might be related to this situation.

So, given that Yuan You is the soul of Xuan Yin's physical body, could it be the soul of Shen Yuan tide in front of us?

Could it be that, as the system records... they really turned Yuan Xi into a sky lantern?

He had just brought out a sky lantern from the Buddhist temple, and when he saw the lantern, he felt an instant connection with it, so he asked Rat Boss to take the lantern away.

He didn't think too much about it at the time; he just felt that hanging such a beautiful lamp in the bedroom could increase Miss Fox's attack speed.

Tu Shan Han Su is good in every way, except that she likes to savor every bite slowly and carefully, unlike Li Yinuo who gulps it down.

Zhang Chen personally leans towards the latter.

"Smack!"

Suddenly, Zhang Chen was stepped on the head by the girl.

"?"

"Rumor has it that your crown contains Dao essence." Shen Yuanxi said, withdrawing her foot and wiping it with a tuft of grass in disgust. "Now it seems, it's just a head full of oil."

"Yuan tide, why did you want to kill me?" Zhang Chen asked with a bitter smile.

"I was born to kill you."

"Who told you that?"

"No one told me that this was fate."

"But have you ever thought about why only I can touch you, while no one else can? If this is fate, shouldn't it be that I, like everyone else, die if I touch you?"

Shen Yuanxi froze, her peach blossom eyes widening in confusion.

"Being alone since birth, being respected by others, and being estranged from them, must not be an easy thing, right?" Zhang Chen asked again.

The girl hesitated, her toes curling nervously, her brows and eyes drooping slightly, revealing a hint of sadness.

No matter when, Xixi-chan's childhood was always just as tragic.

However, Shen Nianxi, two thousand years later, has a bittersweet feeling to comfort herself, while Shen Yuanxi, in the present, can only process it alone in her confusion.

"Don't you feel that everyone in the world is using you as a tool? Heaven wants you to kill me, the mortal world wants you to kill me, and the demon realm uses you as a tool to kill others. And you? Have you ever considered your own thoughts?"

"...What you say makes sense." Shen Yuanxi sat opposite him. "But this is my mission. The fact that you can touch me is simply because of your exceptional abilities."

"According to your logic, it's fate that I was able to touch you."

"You are a woman, and you also need to get married and have children. Just like when you asked me what love is, you were curious why the cat demon risked his life to save me."

"So, you are actually a wife sent to me by heaven, but you have been misled into thinking that you are going to kill me," Zhang Chen said.

"..." Shen Yuanxi remained silent. Seeing the other person's eager eyes, she was unsure whether Zhang Chen was desperate to survive or speaking from the bottom of his heart.

"Absolutely impossible," Shen Yuanxi finally retorted. "My body has an instinctive hostility towards you."

"Every time I see you, my dantian sinks, causing my meridians to become blocked and making it difficult for my spiritual energy to circulate. This is extremely fatal for a cultivator."

"If I am truly your destined wife, why do I have such a weakness?"

"Have you ever owned a dog?" Zhang Chen asked.

"I've seen it before, so what?"

"If a puppy trusts you enough or loves you enough, it will expose its softest belly and show you its most vulnerable side, and act cute towards you."

"The same applies to you. Because you are the wife that God gave me, you can't help yourself when you see me. But what exactly is this 'sinking of the dantian'..."

"I don't know." Shen Yuanxi was somewhat moved by his words. "In short, I feel very uncomfortable."

"Even if what you say is true, I do not wish to be your wife now. I bear the expectations of the world and must send you to the execution platform."

"You have the cold poison in your body, don't you? If you stay away from the Xuanbing for too long, the cold poison will relapse."

"Do you think your cold poison is something you were born with?" Zhang Chen asked.

"If you want to wear the phoenix crown, you must bear its weight," Shen Yuanxi said. "This is the consequence of my talent matching my abilities."

"No, this is the poison you were given since childhood, because the world fears you and is afraid that you can control everything."

"How can you prove it?" Shen Yuanxi asked.

"Let me kiss you, and I'll prove it to you."

"...Kissing will make me pregnant, that's not allowed."

"?"

"Who told you that kissing can lead to pregnancy?"

"hearsay."

That's stupid enough.

"You can choose yourself, anywhere is fine."

Shen Yuanxi, as if possessed, stuck out her toes.

"Change it to another one, although I'd like, but it's not elegant."

Shen Yuanxi stretched out her little hand again.

Zhang Chen took her hand in his, kissed it, and infused it with a wisp of yang energy.

A moment later, feeling a warm touch on the back of her hand, Shen Yuanxi subconsciously squeezed her legs together, a hint of surprise showing in her beautiful eyes.

"A wisp of the cold poison has been dispelled," she said.

"Do you believe me now?"

"How did you do that?" Shen Yuanxi looked him up and down.

"I told you, you are the wife God sent me, it is only right that I can heal you."

Shen Yuanxi paced back and forth, considering her words carefully, and said, "I cannot completely trust you; I will verify your words myself."

"Furthermore, your answer does not satisfy me; I still do not understand what love is."

"However, since you have removed some of the cold poison from me, I can grant you one of your last wishes."

The young girl waved her hand dismissively. "What was your last wish?"

"I'll take you to see the outside world," Zhang Chen said.

"Why do you say that?"

"Because of this cold poison, you have never left the house since childhood. Even when you do go out, it's only to hunt me down."

"Don't you want to know what God wants you to do? Is it really so you can kill me?"

Shen Yuanxi gazed at him. "I cannot stay outside for long."

"Let me out first. Your cold poison can't be cured in a day. I'll go out and find some herbs for you. I'll go at sunrise and come back at sunset. I'm not lying to you, how about that?"

The girl hesitated for a moment, then bit her tongue until it bled and pressed it against Zhang Chen's forehead.

"The blood from the tip of my tongue contains a deadly poison. If you had returned even a moment later, you would have died from the poison."

Zhang Chen smiled and said, "Okay."

"Please go ahead." Shen Yuanxi opened the ice door for him.

"Nianxi, you are really beautiful."

"Hmm? I know..." Shen Yuanxi didn't hear clearly that he said Nianxi.

She stroked her belly and watched the boy leave, wondering why she let him go.

She felt a deep sense of guilt for the sword that pierced Zhang Chen's heart, and seeing the cat demon's mournful cries only intensified her sorrow.

That's why I took the risk of keeping him here today.

"wife..."

Shen Yuanxi closed the door and lay down on the ice bed, but suddenly felt the urge to urinate... But strangely, she had already abstained from grains, so why would she need to urinate...

I don't know what to do.

She forced herself to close her eyes and had one dream after another.

In her dream, she, in the future, sacrificed her life to protect Zhang Chen, just like that cat demon, and perished in the ghost fire. Her heart was burned into a wick that would never go out, leaving only an empty shell of a corpse.

In her dream, she clearly knew that Zhang Chen had ill intentions, yet she still had no regrets.

Thus, it seemed that many lifetimes had passed. In each lifetime, the heavens would send down ghost fire to burn Zhang Chen to ashes, and in each lifetime she would shield Zhang Chen from this calamity.

Amidst the will-o'-the-wisps, her soul is separated, destined to perish in every lifetime.

The first heart burned into the wick, the second into the oil, the third into the paper, and the fourth into the shade...

A long, long, long time passed, until the man suddenly realized his mistake and decided to go to the Buddhist temple to retrieve her heart from the clutches of fate...

Shen Yuanxi woke up with a start. She gently touched her chest and could still hear her heart pounding.

"You're finally awake. Quickly, give me the antidote." Zhang Chen had returned at some point.

"Oh..." Shen Yuanxi, confused, detoxified him and then smelled a fragrance.

"Want some roasted chestnuts?" Zhang Chen peeled a chestnut for her.

"Is this what herbs are?"

"No, we couldn't find any herbs, so we could only buy some chestnuts."

"Mmm...delicious. Is that white powder on the chestnuts?"

"Uh...that's a sauce that makes food taste better."

Shen Yuanxi thought the chestnuts were delicious.

The next day, Zhang Chen went out again, while Shen Yuanxi remained asleep in the ice cellar.

When he returned, Zhang Chen still hadn't found any herbs, but he had plenty of chestnuts.

Shen Yuanxi felt that the chestnuts weren't as delicious as yesterday's without the powdered sugar.

On the third day, Zhang Chen brought back chestnuts with icing sugar. This time, the icing sugar was very thick, and it made her mouth feel sticky, but it smelled delicious.

The agreed-upon three-day deadline had arrived, but out of consideration for Chestnut, Shen Yuanxi decided to extend the timeframe until Chestnut's cold poison could be cured.

A week passed quickly.

Zhang Chen would come back and describe what he had seen and heard outside to her. He would tell her that the Mid-Autumn Festival was coming soon, the mooncakes would be delicious, and the moon would be especially round. She hadn't observed it closely yet and only thought that the moon was always pointed.

Mid-Autumn Festival is here, and mooncakes are delicious, but she only likes the kind with a lava filling.

The moon was indeed very bright and round, but since her cold poison was afraid of moonlight, she didn't go to see it and only listened to Zhang Chen's description.

Zhang Chen said the moon wasn't as pretty as her.

January has passed.

She'd given up on poisoning Zhang Chen, because she'd found that even without it, he'd still come back to her.

We still couldn't find the herbs, but the chestnuts were still delicious.

Zhang Chen went to Ning'an and said that the people there were very kind and honest. He said that once her cold poison was cured, she should definitely settle there.

She thought it was possible, but only if she killed Zhang Chen; that was her mission.

Zhang Chen smiled and said that he could kill him, but only if he gave birth to a big, healthy son.

She hesitated for a long time.

Three months passed, and the following year arrived.

Zhang Chen returned with firecrackers, saying that it was New Year's Day outside, and this year was a rare year of peace, with no war between humans and demons.

She didn't hear what Zhang Chen said next, but she felt that the sound of firecrackers was very loud, and she would inexplicably laugh along with Zhang Chen.

That night, she ate her New Year's Eve dinner, and as her name suggests, the food was all about the New Year.

That kind of sugar-coated rice was delicious, and she liked it a lot, but for some reason, Zhang Chen didn't eat a single bite.

The ice cellar was cold, but the New Year's Eve dinner was warm. Zhang Chen didn't go out and stayed with her for a nap.

She felt the ice bed was very hard.

Half a year passed, and she had a very wasted spring. Spring is the time to plan for the year, but she did nothing but eat and sleep every day and did not cultivate.

She thought she couldn't continue down this path of depravity; she suspected Zhang Chen was deliberately trying to lull her into a false sense of security.

She decided to begin her spiritual practice.

The chestnuts were delicious on the first day of my training.

On the second day of my retreat, the sweet soup was delicious.

On the third day of his cultivation, Zhang Chen found some delicious food on him, and he loved it.

On the third day of practice, it feels very comfortable to cover yourself with a blanket when you want to practice.

On the fourth day of her cultivation, Zhang Chen brought back a comic book, and only then did she realize how vast the Celestial Empire truly was.

On the fifth day of cultivation, it was quite comfortable to hold Zhang Chen between my legs while sleeping.

After countless days of cultivation, Zhang Chen began to ask her about the supernatural power of teleportation arrays. She didn't know it either, but she knew where the ancient books were.

A year passed, and autumn arrived again. She had forgotten why she had brought Zhang Chen to the ice cellar.

It seems like they captured Zhang Chen to provide her with food and drink, she thought.

But Zhang Chen said that he had finally found herbs that could cure her cold poison.

She suddenly didn't want to treat the cold poison.

After the cold poison is cured, she must kill Zhang Chen; this is her mission.

However, Zhang Chen held a rehabilitation ceremony for her and gave her some herbal medicine while she was asleep.

She was angry, but the healing ceremony was fun and she felt comfortable.

She followed Zhang Chen out of the ice cellar. Zhang Chen's ability to become invisible led her out of the heavily guarded forbidden area.

The cicadas chirping, fireflies, and warm breezes of summer are all wonderful.

She wasn't unfamiliar with such experiences, but she had never felt so comfortable. She didn't know if it was because her cold poison had healed, or because Zhang Chen was by her side.

Zhang Chen took her to visit the market in Ning'an, where she ate freshly roasted chestnuts.

I didn't add icing sugar this time, but it still tasted great.

The fireworks at the market were as bright as the starry sky. Zhang Chen said he wanted to look at them more, because the market wouldn't look like this two thousand years from now.

The midsummer evening breeze is filled with the aroma of chestnuts.

Zhang Chen complimented her again, saying she was very beautiful.

But fate still discovered her relationship with Zhang Chen.

Will-o'-the-wisps fell from the sky.

Zhang Chen said that it was still not too late to draw his sword and kill.

She refused.

She watched Zhang Chen rush into the sea of ​​fire, utterly devastated. She should have become Zhang Chen's wife long ago.

She gritted her teeth, determined to shield Zhang Chen from this calamity, just like she did in her dream... even if it meant being shattered to pieces.

But Zhang Chen pushed her away and told her that they would meet again amidst fireworks like today.

The memory spread like wildfire for over a thousand years.

"Can you feel it now?"

In the night market, Yuan You carried a bag of roasted chestnuts, looked at Shen Nianxi, and her eyes sparkled.

Shen Nianxi was stunned, then shook her head. "There seems to be something in my mind, but I can't see it clearly."

"A person is divided into three souls and six spirits. You are the six spirits, and I am the three souls."

"The heavenly fire burned our souls apart. You fell into reincarnation, and I fell into the Yellow Springs. After reincarnation, you were supposed to become heartless, but in every life I will come to find you, and we will merge. We will be burned by the heavenly fire again to protect him from the calamity."

"If we were to unite with him, it would attract heavenly fire."

"Now, you've fallen in love with him first," Yuan You said with a smile. "Well, he's done it."

"Nian tide?"

"ah?"

"Do you know what it means for our dantians to be connected?"

"yes..."

"One person gets pregnant, two people have a child."

Yuan You looked towards the end of the night market, where a young man was slowly walking towards her.

"Shall I go first, or you go first?"

Shen Nianxi felt like she had lost her values.

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