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nWonderful Painting of the Mountains and Seas 24

nXie Xi fell into Nine Tails’ arms but it was Houqing who coughed up blood.

nThe moment Xie Xi rushed up, Houqing forcibly stopped and suffered a counterattack, causing double of Nine Tails’ injuries to fall on his own body.

nIf he hadn’t done this, the rose would’ve long died. Even so, Xie Xi was falling apart and was half-dead.

nThe difference in strength was too big. The little aftermath alone quickly turned the fragile rose into a dead flower.

nNine Tails panicked. He trembled uncontrollably as he held Xie Xi’s hand. “How are you, 99…”

nXie Xi was still able to speak. “It’s great that you’re okay.”

nHouqing’s body shook when he heard these words. The sharp colours of his eyes were amazing, showing his obvious emotional fluctuations.

nNine Tails’ heart was stabbed. “You… aren’t afraid of death. Thanks to the enchantment, he was post-Houqing in Xie Xi’s eyes. How much did Xie Xi love Houqing that he was willing to die without fear?

nHouqing staggered forward in order to say something to Xie Xi. Xie Xi grasped Nine Tails’ clothes, eyes full of wariness. Houqing stood still, his bleakness blending in with the world of ice and snow.

nNine Tails held Xie Xi and whispered, “it’s fine, don’t worry.”

nHe picked up the little rose and walked towards Houqing. He was staggering past when Houqing stated, “…Give him to me.”

nNine Tails’ hoarse voice was no better than Houqing. “What qualifications do you have?”

nHouqing grabbed Nine Tails’ arm, his hand red with rage as he sounded like a dying lion, “Take him…”

nBefore he could finish, Xie Xi spoke weakly, “Ancestor Houqing… please let us go?”

nThe words completely swept away all of Houqing’s strength. He stared at Xie Xi with blood eyes. “Let you… you told me to let you go…”

nXie Xi closed his eyes in a tired manner. He was still holding onto Nine Tails’ clothes, clinging to him tightly like he was afraid Nine Tails would disappear.

nNine Tails realized what it meant to self-inflict a wound. He was obviously holding Xie Xi but his identity was replaced. He was post-Houqing and Houqing was him. Well, his identity wasn’t actually replaced.

nXie Xi only deeply loved Houqing. Nine Tails was the one with nothing. Nine Tails lost his soul as he left with Xie Xi.

nHouqing stayed in place, staring after them in a stunned manner as his thin lips moved. “Xie Xi…”

nNine Tails heard this name and his back stiffened. He absolutely couldn’t hand over the little rose to Houqing. That man’s heart only had the dead flower god!

nXie Xi heard it too and froze…

nHe guessed that Houqing’s white moonlight might be the flower god but… well… wasn’t he the flower god in this setting? He became his own substitute… he must’ve been infected by Jiang Xie!

nBy the time Nine Tails took Xie Xi back to the palace, Xie Xi had passed out. It was a miracle that he could still breathe with such a heavy injury.

nHe didn’t know how long he had been sleeping. Once Xie Xi woke up again, he heard the conversation outside.

nThe red fox who was Nine Tails’ personal attendant cried out, “Your Excellency, this is absolutely impossible!”

nNine Tails didn’t say anything.

nA green fox doctor added, “You only have two tails remaining. If you tear one of them off on your own…”

nNine Tails opened his mouth. “It isn’t a real tail. I can restore it later after cultivating.”

nThe red fox protested, “You are a pure-blooded nine-tails, how can…”

nHe seemed to be glared at and the red fox shut up.

nThe fox family did have such a practice. Ordinary foxes devoted themselves to cultivation. The higher their cultivation, the more tails they had. However, looking at all of Demon Sea, there was never a fox who had cultivated to nine tails.

nTheir Ancestor Nine Tails was unique in the world. He was born with nine tails and didn’t obtain them through cultivation!

nXie Xi wasn’t surprised when hearing this.

nBefore entering the painting, he knew that Nine Tails had sacrificed his eighth tail to save Xie Xi’s life. Now he knew the original story.

nAnother fox said, “If you cut off the eighth tail, I’m afraid the enchantment…”

nNine Tails’ enchantment would be released if he was seriously injured. Losing his eighth tail, wasn’t this a serious injury? It was having only one breath left!

nNine Tails replied, “It doesn’t matter anymore. He will live and live well.”

nXie Xi felt distressed and helplessly. Fortunately, Jiang Xie never experienced this in reality. Xie Xi wasn’t weak enough for Jiang Xie to give up his life to save Xie Xi.

nHe would work harder to understand Jiang Xie and make real connections on the basis of mutual affection.

nThe next time Xie Xi woke up, he opened his eyes to see Nine Tails.

nNine Tails didn’t look strange apart from being slightly pale. His silver eyes were gentle as he softly asked, “Are you feeling better?”

nXie Xi felt that his body was a bit heavy but it shouldn’t be anything serious. “I’m much better.”

nNine Tails kissed him on the forehead. “Don’t do this in the future.”

n“I don’t care. If Lord Houqing died, I will also…” He didn’t finish talking and stopped.

nNine Tails clearly heard it and the blood in his face disappeared without a trace. Xie Xi was startled. He clearly wanted to say Nine Tails but it ended up as Houqing. Nine Tails’ injury was too heavy and he was barely holding onto the enchantment.

nNine Tails acted like he didn’t hear and changed the topic. “You are too badly injured and your meridians were almost completely broken. You have basically recovered but the strength of the medicine means your body might reject it. It will take time to merge.”

nXie Xi frowned.

nNine Tails couldn’t stay and reluctantly smiled. “You rest. Call me if you need anything.”

nXie Xi avoided mentioning a name again and asked, “Your Excellency, how did you cure me?”

nNine Tail’s body stiffened. “I have many treasures here that managed to cure a small rose.”

nHe didn’t say it and Xie Xi couldn’t bear to ask. Xie Xi knew how much Jiang Xie loved saving face.

nFrom that day onwards, Xie Xi didn’t see Nine Tails when he was awake. Nine Tails hid from him in the daytime and only guarded his side at night.

nXie Xi knew he was there but couldn’t open his eyes. He wanted to say words to comfort Nine Tails but didn’t dare open his mouth, afraid his words would make Nine Tails sadder.

nAfter seven or eight days, Xie Xi suddenly felt a pain in his chest. This was followed by a numbness in his lower body and he lost consciousness.

nHe heard someone come in and Nine Tails asked hoarsely, “What the hell is going on? Didn’t you say that the rejection period has passed?”

nThe green fox replied nervously, “He is a stranger after all. Your Excellency, your strength is too strong and he can’t adapt so quickly.”

n“Is there any way for him to adapt?”

nAfter a series of exchanges, a black fox suggested, “You should send him back to Rose Mountain. Rose Mountain is his birthplace and the soil elements there are homologous to him. It will definitely help his origin adapt to your strength.”

nNine Tails was stunned.

nThe green fox added, “Your Excellency, you absolutely can’t go to Rose Mountain. Your current body…”

nAt this point, Xie Xi was basically clear about what happened.

nThe white rose and Houqing fell in love. The rose found out that he was a substitute and fled Houqing before Nine Tails found him in the ice and snow.

nNine Tails used the enchantment on him to let him forget Houqing and the white rose fell in love with him.

nLater, this was discovered by Houqing and the two men had a big fight. In order to save Nine Tails, the white rose almost died.

nNine Tails sacrificed his eighth tail to save the white rose, becoming extremely weak. However, the strength of the holy beast was too strong and the body of the white rose couldn’t stand it. There was a rejection and Nine Tails had to send him back to Rose Mountain.

nThere was probably no rejection after returning to Rose Mountain but Nine Tails couldn’t stay by his side.

nThe gradual decline of the Enchantment led to the white rose remembering Houqing. He left Rose Mountain to attend the Hundred Flowers event, suffering from the rejection of Nine Tails’ strength again, was seriously injured and then rescued by Azure Dragon…

nIn order to save him, Azure Dragon used a medicine and the side effect gave him amnesia. Thus, the white rose forgot the past and went to the Holy Mountain.

nThis script… there were no problems. Xie Xi felt that the souls didn’t have it easy. They also had to work hard to rationalize Xie Xi’s slag behaviour.

nWhat should Xie Xi do now? Just leave the god’s wisdom? At this time, a prompt appeared in Xie Xi’s lower right corner.

nThe first puppet is completed and is ready to be used.

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