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Chapter 39

Shao Ling gasped as he regained his consciousness. He looked around at the forest with anxiety written all over his face. It was still the dark and eerie forest he and Lian Ren went to. The image of Lian Ren's past self was still vivid inside his head, giving him a strange heavy feeling enveloping around his chest in an unknown reason.

Lightly caressing his head, Shao Ling looked down and saw that Lian Ren was still unconscious on his thighs. Shao Ling heaved a breath of relief as he subconsciously raised his left hand and touched Lian Ren's cheek. His face was cold as usual. Now that Shao Ling has regained his past memories, it still pains him seeing Lian Ren in his arms. However, he knew that everything that happened back then was his fault, and there will be no chance to turn back time again and undo what he did.

With a throbbing pain in Shao Ling's chest, he gently tapped Lian Ren's left cheek twice and whispered softly, As expected, there was no response.

Shao Ling shifted his gaze at the nine tailed fox who was actually sitting atop of the tree and was watching them.

The nine tailed fox shifted his fiery gaze at the unconscious Lian Ren and his pale face let out a scowl,

Shao Ling ignored him and continued to tap Lian Ren's cheek lightly. Little by little he was sensing Lian Ren's aura in his spiritual core and seems like Lian Ren is slowly regaining his consciousness. The nine tailed fox laid on the branch of the tree and rested his hand on his chin and continued to watch Shao Ling with an indifferent gaze. Later on, Shao Ling heard a hysterical laughter coming from the nine tailed fox and glanced at him.

The nine tailed fox said with a scoff.

Shao Ling replied with a sharp gaze.

The nine tailed fox was offended by his words and jumped down the tree, wearing a frown on his pale and gloomy face. His large and fluffy nine white tails spread out as he walked towards Shao Ling's direction and the tiny bells tied as a bracelet on his ankles made a small ringing sound as he walked. Slowly, a white eerie divine energy started to leak out on the edges of the nine tailed fox's body as he approached Shao Ling with a frown.

Every word coming out from the nine tailed fox's lips let out a heavy aura around the forest, but Shao Ling stood still and stared at him with a straight face while holding Lian Ren in his arms.

Shao Ling's response was silence. The nine tailed fox laughed once again and bended down, roughly sliding his index finger on Shao Ling's chin.

As the nine tailed fox talked, a hysterical smile was shown in his face, as if he was slowly going crazy at the thought of what he's saying.

The nine tailed fox's hysterical smile still remained in his face as he bended more and tightly held both Shao Ling's shoulder,

Shao Ling roughly shoved his both hands with a glaring face, azure blue spiritual qi slowly started to illuminate on the middle of his right palm as he pressed it to the nine tailed fox's chest, blowing him away. The huge impact shook the ground of the forest and some of the dark corrupted trees fell down. The silence went on for a while until the debris of the fallen trees were strongly blown away as the nine tailed fox slowly stood up, leaking with hostile divine energy all over his body.

The nine tailed fox let out a low growl, his sharp claws grew even more along with his sharp and long fangs. Although his behavior is monstrous, the divine beauty still remained on his pale and lifeless face. With his monstrous sharp claws that emits hostile divine energy, the nine tailed fox was about to strike Shao Ling until Shao Ling spoke, and what he said made him froze.

The nine tailed fox froze for a long moment, not realizing that his monstrous form is slowly going back to normal as it shrunk slowly. Shao Ling stared at him for a while, he noticed that the nine tailed fox's lips twitched and his eyes gave a hint of remorse for a brief moment.The nine tailed fox asked with a slight hint of bewilderment.

Shao Ling replied with a calm tone.

The nine tailed fox was flustered and slowly backed away,

The nine tailed yelled back.

Shao Ling said with a sharp tone, his soot black eyes slightly glistened from the ray of moonlight as he continued on his words,

The nine tailed shouted, pulling up his hair and started to get anxious.

Shao Ling's words seemed like sharp and poisonous knives that penetrates the nine tailed fox's chest. The nine tailed fox continued to back away, hysterically pulling out his hair as the vivid image started to pop out inside his mind. Nostalgic words rang inside his ear that made him lose his balance and lie flat on the cold and dark ground.

"Wow it's a white fox!"

"It's cute and fluffy!"

"Oh wait! It got nine tails!"

"Whoa!~"

"Let's tell father to keep it!"

"I knew we would count on you, Lady Ming!"

"Hehe! Of course!~"

The nine tailed fox was only a significant life form. But with the power of a Divine God, the nine tailed fox gained a divine form, which it became a familiar of divine beings that protect and helps them regardless with loyalty and devotion to its entire life.

And a young god who wears white and gold elegant clothing. Embedded with silver and ruby accessories on his shoulder, waist and wrists. And a white roses that he always bring with him as well as the one on his left chest as a brooch. The young god was a bold but gentle person. With a soft slim face, long black hair that was tied in a low ponytail, big and bright charcoal eyes, long and round nose and small lustrous lips. It was as a face of a child in a matured body.

The fox likes to dance atop of the waters of the lotus lake far from the temple once the night descends. Every night, it's magical movements and the sway of it's tail and lustrous appearance would bewitch anyone who witness it. But no God has ever come to the abandoned lotus lake, for it was known to be a lake full of heartbreaks and mischief.

It was an enchanting night. The fox was happily dancing by the lotus lake, along with the stars that shone brightly by the night sky while the lotus flowers spin gracefully by every steps that the fox took. The young god passed by the lake lotus in search for his missing dagger, and saw the spectacular view by chance. Without realizing, the young god stayed, never took his eyes off the fox even for a second, as he watched every graceful moves the fox made.

It was as if Yue Lao, the God of Love and Marriage, had tied a red strings on each of their ankles that always kept them seeing each other. As if the destiny was in their favor, the two started to notice each presence one another, until the thin red string tied around their ankles shone even more brightly and thickens as they got close to each other.

Every night, the fox dances at the lotus lake as usual. But the once lonely and empty place was not gone with the young god watching him with appreciation and admiration, as if the fox was the greatest treasure that the young god could posses. Every night, more lotus flower started to bloom, as their love also sprout like a flower that has bloomed from the spring.

Sweet and flowery words of love, gentle and warm touches, breaths and breathing becoming one, the two of them shared and experienced it each other. There were no secrets left, for they had seen and said it all.

"Wang'er, you're so beautiful." The young god said in a gentle voice as he caress the fox's face.

"Really, Ah-Yang?" The fox replied with a smile.

"I will never love anyone but you."

But some love, in the end, Yue Lao can't protect it for long and it will depend on where the red strings are attached, on whether they will fight for it or let it go.

Just like how flower withers if it was plucked recklessly. It will run dry if no one will take care of it. Just like a flower, love is fragile and can break easily without care and attention.

"Congratulations, Que Yang!"

"You two look good in each other!"

"I think your offspring will be as excellent as both of you."

"Lady Ming is really beautiful!"

"Thank you." With a sweet gentle voice and unparalleled beauty, the girl who wears a beautiful red wedding robe and a veil on her long blonde hair was truly a person worthy of the praise.

"You overpraise us." Que Yang said with a smile.

"No need to be humble!"

There the fox was, standing amidst of the joyous gods, watching the very man he loves marry the woman who saved and adopted him back when he was only a small life form.

As the night came, the two met each other by the lotus lake again. "A-Ah-Yang...." The fox's voice was trembling.

".........."

"You said you love.... That you......"

"I can't believe you took it seriously." Que Yang said in an indifferent tone.

"W-What?" The fox was in tears. Every word Que Yang spat was like a sharp needle that stabs him.

"How could i love a God's familiar? You are to serve me. You know that you can't climb higher than that."

"But i thought we were..... I...... Heuk...."

"What are you doing now?" Que Yang showed a face of bewilderment, "Dance for me, Wang'er."

The fox held his tears and bit his lip. Understood what Que Yang was trying to say, he finally knew the boundary that he mustn't step from and showed him a smile. As the last request of his love one. He still danced gracefully in the young god's eyes. But sadness and grief was visible to his face.

In the end, like a discarded unusable tool, the fox was thrown in the lower realm by the man he love the most.

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