The fated ones

Chapter 31

Bai zhi remained seated as mo yuan and zhe yan finally left the room. He looked at donghua with a somber expression on his face. After a long silence, he finally asked, "permission to speak freely?"

"you obviously have something on your mind, bai zhi. So would you stop if I didn't give you permission?" Donghua questioned with a raised eyebrow. With the apparent hesitation on his face, donghua put him a little at ease. "if what you are about to say concerns xaio bai, then you don't need my permission. But if it concerns anything else, then mind your words, when you speak."

Bai zhi felt a little relieved on hearing that but the prospect of what he was about to say, still scared him a lot.

"so...you love my granddaughter."

"are you stating that or asking me?"

"don't misunderstand me. I have already seen and been witness to everything that you have done for her since yesterday. I have seen the sincerity behind your affections and I am not questioning that."

"then, get to the point."

"its' not your affection, I'm questioning brother. It's the maturity of the little lassie I am worried about."

"elaborate."

"I have heard before that she has a little obsession for you, puppy love if you will. I just worry that under the influence of that puppy love, she will happily marry you now but with time as she grows up and the puppy love fades, she might come to regret her decision. Again, I am not saying that you won't keep her happy but she is still a kit and you are donghua dijun, the former ruler of heaven and earth, master of the universe. The burden you bear is extremely heavy. Even a love fate does not guarantee that both parties will definitely fall in love. My only fear is that if one day her infatuation with you fades, then she might get trapped in a loveless marriage. I fear for the happiness of my precious xaio jiu, brother."

"so, your whole point of concern is that she is just infatuated with me, correct?"

Bai zhi nodded in response to donghua's question.

"and if she were actually, honestly in love with me, you would have no objections, I believe."

This time, though what donghua said was not a question, still bai zhi nodded his confirmation. This made donghua smile.

"tell me, bai zhi, I have heard that nine-tailed foxes love for life. Is that correct?"

"yes, it is true. Once a nine-tailed fox chooses a mate, it'll never love another."

"hmm... interesting." Donghua mused as he waved his hand towards the table. Bai zhi watched as the blade they had used to cut their hands open, to revive xaio jiu appeared on the table. He was surprised at seeing it again.

"you recognize the blade, don't you?" Donghua asked. Bai zhi nodded his head, feeling perplexed at the energy that radiated from the blade.

"you can feel the energy that radiates from it but you can't place what the energy is, right? You can try holding it if you want to."

With donghua's permission, he tentatively picked up the blade. Turning it over and over in his hand, he could feel the energy of a nine-tailed fox but he was unable to deduce where it came from. He placed the blade back on the table. He faced donghua and said, "the blade has the energy of a nine-tailed fox but none of my kin knows the art of forging blades or practices it. What is this blade, I do not understand"?

"it is the answer that you seek, bai zhi." As donghua said this, he waved his hand over the blade. Under bai zhi's eyes, the blade transformed into a beautiful red foxtail. Stunned, he sat there, taking in the red foxtail in front of him. The red color of it made sure that it could have belonged to only one immortal in the whole universe, the only nine-tailed red fox in all the realms, bai feng jiu. He didn't know if he was angry, sad, surprised, or any other emotion that was going through him right now. So, he did the only thing that came to his mind, he looked up at donghua, his eyes begging for answers.