Chapter 68: The Fox Demon’s Defeat

Bai He felt a deep pang of pity.

Such a good girl and yet she had been tormented by a demon to this state.

"Don’t be afraid, I’m here!"

Hua Xuedie bowed her head slightly to Bai He. "Thank you."

Every word was heard by Sima Qian, of course, but he never imagined that Hua Xuedie would see him this way.

"Xue’er, I truly like you."

"I know you like me, but I cannot accept your love. I am just an ordinary person. I don’t want to be with you. Please leave me alone. Let me be the one at fault, alright?"

Tears covered Hua Xuedie’s face.

Perhaps she had loved before, but now, all she felt was fear.

"Xue’er, we were once so in love. Why did it come to this? Is it because... I am a demon?"

Hua Xuedie answered honestly. "Yes, it’s because you are a demon. If you were just an ordinary person, no matter how ordinary, I would be with you. But you are a demon. That’s impossible."

Bai He could understand what Hua Xuedie meant.

Demons were otherworldly to humans.

Being together was impossible.

Forcing it, as Sima Qian had done, would never bring happiness.

"You’ve seen it. Your lady, no, Miss Hua, this is how she sees you. It was only your one-sided desire. Fox demon, return with me to the Lingguang Sect for proper reform. I think the Demon Cave is the place you belong."

Sima Qian looked defeated, his smile both pitiful and bitter.

"Lingguang Sect? You’re from the Lingguang Sect. No wonder! You’re an elder of the Lingguang Sect?"

When he said this, Sima Qian doubted, if Bai He was an elder of the Lingguang Sect, perhaps he was a bit too weak.

"I am. What, do you look down on me? You’re tied up now, and you still dare to look down on me?"

Bai He bristled.

What he disliked most now was anyone claiming he was weak.

"Even as an elder of the Lingguang Sect, you are still impressive. Xue’er, I may have to leave. Perhaps this lifetime, I will never see you again. But I truly like you. If there were a chance, I would live an ordinary life with you, quietly, for the rest of my days. Unfortunately, that is a luxury I cannot have. Xue’er, could you... at least speak to me?"

Sima Qian looked at Hua Xuedie who kept her head lowered.

He almost begged her to lift her eyes to look at him.

But Hua Xuedie did not move.

Sima Qian’s eyes filled with grayness and despair...

So that was it.

Sima Qian had never imagined it would come to this.

He laughed silently to himself.

"Shiyuan, contain him."

Ye Shiyuan took out a bottle and sealed Sima Qian away.

Only then did Sima Qian’s laughter abruptly stop.

"Miss Hua, it’s fine now. He won’t disturb you anymore. You can go see your parents now."

"Thank you."

Hua Xuedie ran out of the room.

Bai He let out a soft sigh, feeling a little dazed.

Surely, he hadn’t done anything wrong, had he?

"Host, you need not carry any psychological burden! Everything you have done is right!"

Hearing this from Mo Zhu, Bai He felt slightly relieved. Yet Sima Qian’s gray and lifeless eyes continued to linger in his mind.

He had never seen such an expression in Sima Qian’s eyes before.

Could Miss Hua’s words really have left such a deep impression on him?

Bai He did not understand.

"Master, let’s go."

After collecting his emotions, Bai He smiled at Ye Shiyuan. "Mm, let’s go."

Along the way, Bai He remained silent.

Taking advantage of the darkness, Ye Shiyuan spoke. "Master, were you moved by the love story between the fox demon and Miss Hua?"

Ye Shiyuan remembered that Bai He seemed to like reading storybooks.

He had heard that those storybooks contained similar scenes.

Seeing Bai He’s unusual mood, he subconsciously connected the two.

"Ah? Moved? How could I be moved? Shiyuan, do you think they should be together?"

Ye Shiyuan shook his head. "Of course not. In those storybooks, at least the love is genuine, not forced upon someone."

Yes. Ye Shiyuan had hit the nail on the head.

Bai He immediately agreed. "Exactly. Miss Hua was not happy at all in that so-called love. It’s the fox demon who was too obsessed."

"We once loved each other."

Although trapped in the bottle, the fox demon could not help but speak.

"That was in the past. A person’s identity is also one of the reasons another person likes them... Fox demon, if you had been honest with Miss Hua from the beginning about being a fox demon, would she have liked you?" Bai He asked in return.

The fox demon fell silent instantly.

Deep down, he knew the answer: it was impossible.

If Hua Xuedie had known his true identity from the start, she would have been so scared that she would have run away.

She was a timid girl.

Bai He took out a talisman and affixed it to the bottle, completely silencing the fox demon.

Back at the inn, everyone had returned.

Ye Shiyuan had used a spell to notify them.

Bai He then placed the bottle on the table.

Gu He looked at him in slight disbelief. "Junior Brother, you really captured it?"

Bai He replied confidently, "Of course. Fourth Senior Brother, if you don’t believe me, you surely believe Shiyuan, right? He would never lie."

Ye Shiyuan added, "Yes, Fourth Elder. Master used the demon-binding rope to restrain the fox demon, and then I easily sealed it into the bottle. If you still don’t believe it, you can see for yourself."

Whether he believed it or not, Gu He still had to take a look for himself.

He opened the bottle and the fox demon quickly flew out.

No doubt, it was the same fox demon that had lost a tail just moments ago.

Before Sima Qian could speak, it was sealed back into the bottle once more.

"This one, I will keep."

Hmph.