Fox Demon Cultivation Manual [ BL ]

Chapter 9

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The dust had yet to settle on the streets, and there were few passersby around, so Song Ci was able to catch sight of Rong Bai with just a glance.

He trotted over and slowed down when he was behind Rong Bai. He smiled pleasantly as he tried to ingratiate himself with Rong Bai. “Immortal Rong, thank you for your help earlier.”

Rong Bai made nothing of it and said, “You’re welcome. I wasn’t doing it to save you anyway. It was just that the puppy was blocking the way.”

The wolf pup that Song Ci had been dragging yelped twice when it heard Rong Bai’s words. It glued all four limbs to the ground, making a small show of resistance.

Song Ci automatically disregarded the second half of Rong Bai’s reply. With a thick skin and the resolve to cling on to Rong Bai to the very end, he asked, “Where are you heading?”

“Yu Shi Peak, Mo Yao Immortal Sect.” Rong Bai replied.

“We happen to be going the same way!” Song Ci had already thought of a solution. No matter where Rong Bai was going, he would be going the same way. However, he had never expected it to be Mo Yao Immortal Sect.

When it finally hit him, his expression changed, and he muttered, “Why Mo Yao that kind of lousy place…”

“You’re going the same way?” Rong Bai’s voice interrupted his thoughts. “You are a demon. Why do you need to go to Mo Yao?”

“Naturally, we have matters there. Since we are both going to Mo Yao, how about we become companions? It’s better than traveling alone.” Deep down, Song Ci was thinking, it was not just Mo Yao. As long as it was somewhere Rong Bai wanted to go, even if he wanted to traverse mountains of daggers and seas of flames1, Song Ci would follow him until he agreed to take him into the Demon Capital.

Rong Bai laughed when he heard that. His expression with those arched eyes was just like a smiling fox. He said warmly, “You are clearly a demon, but you always love to stick around me. Aren’t you afraid I’ll subdue you to enforce justice on behalf of heaven?”

The tension Song Ci had felt mostly disappeared when he saw Rong Bai’s smile. He pouted and put on an aggrieved look as if he was going to cry. “Immortal Rong, you may not know it, but I’ve become what I am now all thanks to that cruel and tyrannical Demon King.”

His voice was loaded with accusations, and there were both grievance and resentment in his misty eyes. His expression was vivid.

Rong Bai raised his eyebrows when he heard Song Ci. He asked lazily, “Oh? What did the Demon King do to you?”

“I was originally the son of a renowned clan that had produced generations of officials in Xi Liang. For twenty years, I’ve behaved morally and conducted myself with integrity. I’ve never committed evil.” Song Ci sniffed. He had so many complaints now that he had started to talk. “But somehow I was hexed by the Demon King and became what I’m now. I’m neither human nor demon and I shake with terror everywhere I go. The Demon King is really abominable.”

“So the reason you want to access the Demon Gate is…” Rong Bai’s expression remained unchanged after hearing Song Ci’s rants. He was still smiling.

“Of course, to slay the Demon King, raze the Demon Capital to the ground and restore peace to the Human Realm.” Song Ci replied indignantly. But after saying that, he felt that his boastful talk had gone too far, so he gave a cough and added, “Even if all else fails, I must still get the Demon King to turn me back into a mortal. Otherwise, I’ll fight him to the death!”