Chapter 6 Deliberately Spinning
Although Bai Xuci was inwardly cursing, he diligently performed his talent show for the demon king.
Had he never seen ears before?
It was so annoying.
“Release.”
Hearing the familiar command, Bai Xuci felt like the Samoyed they used to have.
Whenever guests came, his parents would have it shake hands.
By the end of the day, the dog was exhausted.
Now…
It was about the same?
He listlessly released his ears, sniffed, and wondered when he could return to his rabbit burrow.
He should have told Qu San he was sick and asked him to come instead.
He could just give the guy some compensation.
Bai Xuci hung his head, listlessly waiting for the next command.
After all, under the eaves, one had to bow one’s head.
“You—” The voice from above was hesitant.
Fan Yue watched the rabbit below display a very vivid expression; it looked up at him.
Its eyes were like crystal-clear rubies.
Bai Xuci originally wanted to listen carefully to what the other was going to say, but he never heard the rest of the sentence.
However.
Why was the other staring at him like that?
It was terrifying.
“Mas—”
A pair of hands reached out, and Bai Xuci immediately recalled from the book, “crushing the skull with bare hands, wet things slipping through his fingers.”
“!!”
He unconsciously stepped back, stammering, trying to speak, but it was too late…
Because Fan Yue’s hands had already come up.
“Master.” His tone was slightly panicked.
“Bang!” The other ear sprang out; he hadn’t released it properly; it had been a one-eared rabbit.
Fan Yue’s expression softened slightly, and he withdrew his hand.
Hmm, symmetrical now.
Bai Xuci didn’t understand why the great demon king only touched his hair; he touched his head in a daze.
The good news was… uh… his skull was intact.
“This place isn’t suitable for conversation.” The other said indifferently.
Bai Xuci furrowed his brow, carefully looking around, finding no one around, not even the snake youkai attendant he had seen earlier.
It was extremely quiet.
“No one’s here?” Bai Xuci said naturally, a little puzzled.
But as soon as he finished speaking, before he could fully turn around, he felt a wave of black mist engulfing him, and he was swept away.
…
“Cough… cough… cough” Bai Xuci leaned against the pillar behind him, tugged at his clothes, and coughed uncomfortably.
This… this demon king didn’t even give a heads-up! He just took him away?
Was he an object?
He shook his head uncomfortably, feeling a wave of nausea.
It was absurd; he had experienced motion sickness, but never teleportation sickness.
“Why are you like this?” Fan Yue’s tone was flat, but a hint of confusion could be heard.
He seemed unable to understand Bai Xuci’s current state.
It was just a change of location; why such a reaction?
Bai Xuci thought, he wanted to know too; why did his throat feel like it was filled with sand?
It was itchy and painful, and his breathing was difficult.
It must be the black mist!
Other righteous sects disappeared cleanly; the great demon king’s method involved a black mist effect.
Clearly, the air quality was substandard.
“Sorry, Master, I… cough… my magical power isn’t very…” Bai Xuci tried to explain properly, but before he finished speaking, he suddenly “bang” transformed back into a rabbit.
He had been sitting leaning against the pillar; now, there was only a sprawled-out rabbit.
His red eyes widened in shock; he couldn’t believe his magical power had run out at this critical moment.
Bai Xuci nimbly changed from a sprawled position to a four-legged stance, then closed his eyes and tried to transform.
No change; the fur on his tail trembled from the movement.
He tried again.
No effect.
“…”
He nervously lifted his rabbit head, looking at the one beside him.
He should have checked the calendar; otherwise, why was everything going wrong?
Fan Yue showed no significant emotional fluctuation; he merely reached out and examined the little youkai.
Then his eyebrows subtly rose.
A thin layer of spiritual energy, his magical power was barely enough to sustain his human form for four hours.
His eyes slowly drifted over, his expression changing.
Bai Xuci was currently just a rabbit, his eyes were located on the sides of his head, and his vision was quite obstructed.
He had to lean sideways to look up and see what was happening.
But just as he adjusted his position, he found the demon king staring coldly at him.
There were even ripples swirling around his palm.
“!!”
He quickly lowered his rabbit head, pretending nothing had happened.
He couldn’t see him.
“How could there be someone like you on Mount Lin…” a not-so-friendly tone.
Bai Xuci turned his rabbit head, and the two ears on his head bumped together, one of them folding over.
Fan Yue’s eyes moved.
Perhaps feeling uncomfortable, Bai Xuci slightly moved his ears, and the folded ear returned to its original shape.
Standing upright.
It was quite energetic.
The concerned gaze was withdrawn.
Bai Xuci straightened his posture, feeling he should show more respect to this leader of the youkai.
After all, the protagonist of the righteous sect was still growing.
“Master, did you summon me for something?” Bai Xuci respectfully addressed him, wanting to know what he was here for.
He wasn’t killed nor released; it was too torturous.
Fan Yue’s golden eyes rolled, slowly bending down, reaching out to grab the two ears.
Lifting them up.
Bai Xuci felt his eyelids were tightened, it was very strange.
He finally experienced the pain of a little girl having her hair combed by her mother.
He restlessly kicked his legs, trying to loosen his ears.
But he failed, and his altitude kept increasing.
The rabbit’s fur practically exploded.
“You’re very familiar with humans?” Fan Yue asked unhurriedly.
Bai Xuci’s struggling movements froze; his red rabbit eyes glanced at the demon king, then looked a little guilty.
Should he lie or not?
“N-not familiar.”
Fan Yue held the little rabbit with one hand, his eyes thoughtful; then he looked at the fluffy thing in his hand.
Soft, quite bouncy.
He felt a sense of loss…
“Xuanli.”
A kneeling black shadow appeared nearby. Bai Xuci’s body swayed in mid-air; he saw the monkey spirit.
Perhaps because he saw a “familiar face,” Bai Xuci was somewhat excited.
Take him away, take him away for interrogation!
But because his rabbit ears were in Fan Yue’s hands, his body spun around. Before he could meet the monkey spirit’s gaze, he slowly spun back.
Meeting a pair of golden eyes.
“…”
Therefore, with great effort, he kicked his legs, finally turning back.
Xuanli also looked up and saw the pair of frantically blinking red eyes.
“…”
How could he be so silly? Couldn’t he guess why the master summoned him?
“Take him away and kill him.” A light and airy sentence.
Bai Xuci was thunderstruck; he couldn’t believe his ears!
Kill? Kill?
No, was it that casual?
Just… asked a question, and that’s it?
To be executed?
Bai Xuci felt that even if he lived as a youkai for a lifetime, he wouldn’t understand their way of thinking.
When he thought he would be killed, he wasn’t.
When he didn’t think he would be killed, he was.
“…”
Xuanli looked up at his master, preparing to take the rabbit.
But.
Why didn’t he let go?
Fan Yue showed no expression, just watching the rabbit make a great effort to spin again.
Turning around, its rabbit legs still dangling in mid-air.
“Master, did I do something wrong?”
“Tell me, and I can try to correct it!”
Trying to save his life.
Fan Yue looked at the rabbit’s appearance and suddenly found it quite novel.
On Mount Lin, there was actually such a youkai that resembled humans…
“Nothing.”
Two noble words.
Bai Xuci: “…”
So why kill him? Purely for amusement?
A tingling sensation still came from his ears.
It was very uncomfortable.
“But Master, why do you want to kill me? I… I’m still useful…”
Bai Xuci was unwilling to give up; after all, he had diligently been a youkai for so many years, and he was about to reach the point where the protagonist would fight the demon king; dying now would mean all his efforts were wasted.
Following the usual plot, the reason for not killing someone is usually because they have some value.
What value did he have?
“I… I’m good at cooking.” Bai Xuci had already become incoherent.
“I can also clean rooms.” At least he could tidy up his rabbit burrow.
“I can also… also…”
Bai Xuci became less and less courageous as he spoke, even feeling ashamed.
He couldn’t do anything… at least in the youkai world.
After all, youkai didn’t need cooking skills, nor did they need to clean rooms, and they certainly didn’t need any human skills.
“Why don’t you continue?” Fan Yue asked with interest.
Bai Xuci’s legs swung back and forth in the air, looking rather dejected.
“Master, I’m indeed useless, but why do I have to die?” He asked quietly, his tone despondent.
Xuanli knelt aside, feeling speechless, thinking that this little youkai must have a problem with his brain.
Since he was so closely connected with humans, why wouldn’t he be killed?
At most, out of consideration for the banquet, he would be interrogated and then killed.
The other actually believed him.
“Why not kill him?”
Hearing this, Bai Xuci felt very tired.
Did they really have to ask and answer one question at a time? Couldn’t they answer each other’s questions directly?
“Because, because—” He tried to explain, but his body swayed, turning around just as he spoke.
Then he made eye contact with Xuanli.
“…”
“…”
Silently waiting for the spinning speed to finally make eye contact with the demon king.
“Because there’s no reason!”
Fan Yue: “I kill people and creatures, I don’t need a reason.”
His body slowly turned again…
Bai Xuci was utterly speechless; the demon king grabbing his ears was one thing, but could he at least hold them a little better?
Couldn’t he maintain a basic balance?
Spinning, spinning, he would get dizzy too!
“Master.”
Turned again.
“I think I have potential.”
Turned back again.
“Give me another chance, alright?”
Turned again.
Xuanli began to wonder what he was doing here; why, no matter how he looked, the master didn’t seem to intend to give him the rabbit?
He said he was going to kill it, but… anyone could see it.
This was deliberate spinning.