Chapter 7 Not Really Laughing
It wasn’t until his head was pulled painfully that Bai Xuci regretted it.
He should’ve reduced the amount of carrots…
His body was almost becoming a ball.
“Okay.” A faint reply came from above.
Bai Xuci excitedly raised his rabbit head and kicked his back legs.
“Thank you, Master!”
Xuanli felt he had come for nothing; he had originally planned to sneak away, but then he thought.
How did this foolish rabbit survive so long in the master’s hands?
Hmm, let’s observe.
So he silently bowed his head, trying to reduce his presence.
…
“You’re very familiar with humans.” Fan Yue’s eyes drooped slightly, staring at the little youkai hanging in his hand.
This was a statement, not a question.
His kicking movements stopped; Bai Xuci felt a sense of danger.
Although this story didn’t mention much about the youkai world and the great demon king, his intuition told him that youkai didn’t like humans.
After all, they were food.
And cultivators specifically hunted youkai.
Being killed by one’s food…
That was quite shameful.
“I—” Bai Xuci’s ears were being pulled painfully; he unconsciously moved his head.
Fan Yue noticed.
So, very considerately, he switched hands to hold the rabbit.
“…”
“What do you think of humans?”
Bai Xuci had intended to make something up, but the other asked a specific question, and his brain started working.
“They’re pretty good.”
The hall fell silent…
Xuanli now really wanted to grab some melon seeds and watch this little youkai’s self-destructive journey.
First, he audaciously replaced the “thinking meat,” then sneakily peeked over the screen.
Tsk tsk, an uncultured youkai.
Fan Yue seemed amused, and said with interest:
“This king has never seen a youkai so pro-human. You…”
“Are the first.”
Bai Xuci choked; he said that because he was human in his previous life.
“Master, let me explain.”
He kicked his leg, turning himself to face the demon king, intending to struggle and explain.
“You seem to have a good relationship with the woodcutter in the back mountain.” A slow, unhurried assessment.
Bai Xuci’s heart skipped a beat; how did the other know? There was no youkai activity there.
It was his secret base!
Fan Yue was very interested because the species on Mount Lin weren’t particularly abundant.
And they were strange-looking and rather ugly, which he didn’t particularly like.
Occasionally, he saw a rabbit sitting on a rock at the top of the mountain.
It would sit there for a whole day.
He investigated and found that it couldn’t even transform.
But those red eyes were very spiritual…
With nothing to do, he observed for several days.
When a sudden change occurred, with humans robbing below, Fan Yue clearly noticed the rabbit’s emotions fluctuate.
Finally hunting?
He waited leisurely, seeming to see if this incompetent little thing would bite.
Then his golden eyes narrowed sharply.
He saw Bai Xuci after he had transformed.
…
Bai Xuci felt his head was going to explode; how should he explain?
Was there any way to avoid death?
He angrily twisted his rabbit body, turning towards Xuanli.
Red-eye staring skill activated!
Hey, didn’t you say you’d take me away? You can’t go back on your word!
Xuanli had come to watch the show; suddenly turning his head made him feel a little embarrassed.
N-no one expected the master to come down suddenly, right?
He couldn’t help.
Before Bai Xuci could watch for long, he felt the hand on his ear move slightly.
He was forced to slowly turn back.
“Xuanli.”
“Master, I’m here.” Xuanli immediately became serious and bowed.
“Let’s go.”
Bai Xuci: “…”
Xuanli: “…”
Fan Yue didn’t think there was anything wrong with his words; he just lowered his gaze at the rabbit in his hand, feeling his interest hadn’t diminished.
Suddenly, he didn’t want to kill it.
Let’s keep it for a while.
The hall quickly returned to its original state, with only two youkai remaining.
Bai Xuci felt like a little cricket, specifically for the master’s amusement.
When he was happy, it was fine; when the master was unhappy, he could be crushed with a finger.
Now…
He quietly raised his eyes and made eye contact.
Um, a little awkward.
Bai Xuci kicked his leg, turning himself around, leaving a silent back, so he wouldn’t be so embarrassing.
But the hand on his ear seemed to be deliberately doing the opposite; with a gentle force, Bai Xuci spun counterclockwise.
So, before he could turn back,
He turned back again.
“You don’t seem afraid?”
Fan Yue found this little youkai extremely interesting; he had never left Mount Lin, yet his mannerisms were human-like.
His transformation was excellent; he even learned human expressions perfectly.
He truly had talent.
But it was also truly strange.
“I’m afraid.” A very honest tone.
Bai Xuci didn’t think there was anything wrong with his swapping the meat; even if they roasted him whole, he wouldn’t kill anyone.
Firstly, he couldn’t, secondly, it was impossible.
Although he looked like a youkai, he was still human at heart.
He couldn’t tear himself apart.
To avoid attracting attention among the youkai, he could only try to accept their views; to avoid forgetting his human nature, he could only help humans as much as he could.
In short…
For a while, he was very emo.
Depressed to the point of sitting on the mountaintop all day.
“Master, we’re all youkai, can’t you just not kill me?” This was said with great grievance but also with an attempt to reason.
Bai Xuci actually felt quite sad; he had finally accepted that he was a rabbit and had planned his later life.
Why kill him again?
This cultivation world was so unfriendly; he ate only carrots all day!
Eating vegetarian all the time, and still no reward.
Bah!
I’ll never come to this broken place again in my next life.
“Why—”
“There are so few youkai; Mount Lin doesn’t even have brown rabbits; my whole litter only had me, thirteen of them!” Bai Xuci said sadly and painfully.
“All eaten by snakes!!”
His tone suddenly rose.
“I can only befriend a scorpion…”
His tone gradually lowered.
“And now you want to kill me; then there will be no rabbits left on Mount Lin!”
His tone rose again.
Fan Yue’s lips gradually curved upward, bringing the rabbit closer.
Tears blurred his eyes.
“So?”
“So—” Bai Xuci wanted to wipe the tears he had squeezed out with his hand, but looking down, he saw his rabbit legs and gave up, “So, Master, you can’t kill me, I haven’t found a partner yet, and maybe I can add to Mount Lin’s youkai population.”
Fan Yue’s gaze drifted downward, his eyes probing.
Bai Xuci kicked his leg with all his might, turning himself around, saying shamefully: “Master, I’m a male!”
“Oh, you can’t give birth.”
A light and airy sentence.
Bai Xuci immediately bristled; what did that mean? Why was he being discriminated against?
“Then, killing you means there’s one less.”
“Then there’ll be no more rabbits…” he mumbled softly.
Fan Yue was listening idly when he suddenly saw that the rabbit’s ears were red from being pulled, and they were a little slippery.
So he let go.
Bai Xuci’s eyes widened, thinking he had finally escaped.
Then the rabbit was lifted by the scruff of its neck.
His ears immediately drooped.
“Why is your magical power so weak? You haven’t cultivated in three years?” Fan Yue asked calmly.
Bai Xuci heard the implication and became angry.
It was easy to say, he suddenly arrived in this broken place, and who told him how to cultivate?
The original text only said, “He spent more than several months and finally broke through to the Divine Realm…”
What nonsense was this? How did he break through, with what?
How would he know!
“I don’t know how.” A resentful reply.
The only time he learned to transform was when Lin Da Niang’s family unintentionally triggered it.
At the time, he was only thinking of saving people; he almost forgot that his original form was a rabbit; jumping into the air, he suddenly turned into a human.
But at that time, he had white hair and red eyes; he probably looked like a ghost.
Because of this, the kidnappers were so frightened that they ran away.
When Bai Xuci looked back, Lin Da Niang’s family were all huddled in the carriage, not looking here.
He was a little flustered, thinking his hair was too white; it had to be black.
It had to look human…
Then, miraculously, he could actually change his hair and eye color according to his will.
Later, he naturally became acquainted with that family.
…
However, Bai Xuci later discovered that he couldn’t transform for too long.
There was a time limit; otherwise, he would “bang” turn back into a rabbit. Also, he couldn’t have any major emotional fluctuations; otherwise, he would also “bang” turn back into a rabbit.
In short, it was quite useless.
Normally, in his rabbit burrow, Bai Xuci was too lazy to transform.
He would only hastily transform when he went out.
As for Qu San always saying that his transformation was very good, Bai Xuci couldn’t understand.
He once squatted by a puddle and carefully observed himself, tapping his chin in confusion.
Wasn’t this his original appearance? The only difference was the hair and eye color.
What was so strange?
“Doesn’t know how?” A truly surprised tone.
Bai Xuci felt a pain in the back of his neck, inwardly wanting to complain.
Was this demon king fated to meet him? He had to chat with him?
Kill, but doesn’t kill.
Release, but doesn’t release.
Why were youkai’s thoughts so hard to guess!
“I really don’t know how.” Bai Xuci hung his rabbit head.
He thought that the demon king, as the leader of the mountain, probably wouldn’t tolerate the existence of useless youkai.
Especially one that danced in front of him.
Bai Xuci trembled his rabbit legs, missing his rabbit burrow.
There was a stone bed and blankets!
“Master…”
Just as he was about to say something, Bai Xuci suddenly felt a sharp pain in his brain; the other was probing his spiritual sense.
Layer by layer, peeling it away…
Bai Xuci could clearly feel the other looking at his memories, very leisurely flipping through them.
A blatant invasion.
The images overlapped; it was his time on the mountain, then his laughter with Lin Da Niang’s family, then him huddled in his blankets sleeping.
Bai Xuci’s consciousness was resisting, but he couldn’t stop it; his memories poured out.
Almost every detail on Mount Lin was seen clearly.
What was the demon king doing?!
A sense of panic surged; if he probed further, that would be his past life.
No, no.
Bai Xuci didn’t know where he got the strength; a faint white light flashed, and he broke free from Fan Yue’s hand, then—
He landed on the floor with a plop.
Panting in terror…
Bai Xuci looked down and found his fingers supporting the floor, staring blankly at his white hair.
He pinched it and found that he wasn’t dreaming.
What was going on? He… he could transform again?
He looked straight at the culprit, tilting his head like an animal’s instinct.
“Fu Ling, take him away.” As soon as the words fell, a person in dark clothes left.
Bai Xuci lay on the floor, still not understanding.
Why.
Why give him magical power…
Not… not kill him?
As Bai Xuci was led away by the female youkai called “Fu Ling,” his mind was still spinning.
He just walked forward blankly.
“Your name is Bai Xuci, it’s a good name.” The female youkai, with fragrant aura, looked back, her eyes showing appreciation.
Her skin was extremely white, like fine porcelain.
Smooth and soft.
No wonder the master liked it.
Bai Xuci felt uneasy, slightly uncomfortable.
What was wrong with the name? It was his original name; anyway, youkai didn’t have specific surnames, so he just used his old one.
“Sister, are… are we going out?” He asked in a puzzled tone.
They had been walking for a long time; logically, shouldn’t they be taking him out?
Why were they winding around; this didn’t look like the way he came!
After asking this question, the female youkai covered her face and laughed, teasingly saying:
“How can you go back? This little youkai is very strange; isn’t it good to be favored by the master?”
Bai Xuci was thunderstruck; his mouth slightly open, his incomprehension reaching its peak.
Why??
No, why??
He… he was just a rabbit spirit; who had he offended!
Was it necessary!
Kill him if you want, why keep him!
“Well, you’ll stay here for now, and you’ll serve the master with me in the future.” The female youkai was still smiling.
Bai Xuci got goosebumps all over.
And he felt, he wasn’t really laughing.
…