Chapter 24

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Chapter 24

"What are you talking about?!"

Zhong Wei originally just wanted to give Hu Xiao Bai a verbal warning, but hearing that, her emotions became a bit uncontrollable. The soft whip that was wrapped around her waist was directly pulled out and swung fiercely at the fox monster trying to disrupt her thoughts.

But the whip missed as Hu Xiao Bai dodged it. "Fox fire!"

Blue flames rushed toward her, and Zhong Wei instinctively dodged. The tail behind the opponent took the chance to curl around the whip, putting Zhong Wei’s weapon in the fox monster’s hands.

"You are really different from Immortal Master Yun. Does she know your true nature?"

When Zhong Wei mentioned Yun Chuyou, she temporarily stopped and looked at the fox demon with a fierce gaze, her light brown eyes faintly glowing red.

Zhong Wei stared angrily at the fox demon, "My parents and sisters are all human. Don’t think you can trick me with such a cheap lie!"

Hu Xiao Bai was clearly someone who knew the truth; he asked Zhong Wei, "I already told you that you are half-demon. Your biological father is indeed human, but what about your mother?"

A blurry image of a woman appeared in Zhong Wei’s mind. She didn’t have a strong memory of her mother because she died when Zhong Wei was very young.

Everything related to that woman came from the words of those around her.

A lowly but very beautiful dancer, gentle and meek in nature, was always scolded as the offspring of a seductress because of her mother’s humble status.

But Zhong Wei had never thought that this seductress could be taken literally; her mother was actually a real fox demon. No, this cannot be true, "My mother is definitely human! If she were a demon, how could she be a human’s concubine!"

Zhong Wei stared at Hu Xiao Bai’s ears and tail, trying to convince herself, "Demons in disguise have ears and tails, but I have never shown any unusual traits."

Hu Xiao Bai shook his big fluffy tail, and when he touched his ears, his furry tail and those snow-white fox ears disappeared, making him look just like an ordinary person, "Do you mean like this?"

He just liked to keep his beautiful big tail, of course, it was also to please his future master, after all, Immortal Master Yun really liked his true form and had glanced at his tail a few times without realizing it.

When he was with Yunniang before, his tail and ears were also hidden away; otherwise, how could he go to town to sell fruits and herbs looking like this? The woman selling roast chicken liked handsome young men, but she definitely would not want to sell roast chicken to a fox demon with three big tails.

Changing the subject, Hu Xiao Bai brought the conversation back from himself to Zhong Wei, "Miss Zhong, although we fox demons are creatures with magic and live longer than humans, we can still die, get hurt, and feel weak just like people."

"People can be good or bad, smart or foolish, and the same goes for creatures; your mother had her Demon Pearl taken from her and then gave birth to you, losing most of her life, so it is not surprising that she couldn’t resist the Zhong family."

Zhong Wei immediately asked, "How could she have her Demon Pearl taken?"

Hu Xiao Bai smiled, his face pure, but that smile held a hint of mockery, "Just now, the young lady was mocking me as a tempting creature, and now you believe what I say; perhaps I’m trying to trick you."

Before Zhong Wei could get angry, Hu Xiao Bai continued, "After all, your birth father is a son of a wealthy family, with delicate skin and a very nice appearance; when he was young, he had a face that could deceive anyone, even a poor scholar could fool a silly fox, let alone your father."

This is also a story about a fox repaying kindness; Young Master Zhong was injured in the mountains and saved by a beautiful young lady. One thing led to another, and they had a fleeting romance. The young man promised sweet words and good vows, but the Zhong family would never allow a mysterious mountain girl to be the rightful wife of their heir.

The demon does not care much about titles. Foolishly, she entered the courtyard until her husband fell ill and needed the Demon Pearl to be saved. The Demon Pearl made by a demon cultivator is equal to most of her power. If she does not willingly give it up, this life-saving Demon Pearl will turn into a deadly poison.

The fox demon gave up half of her Demon Pearl, but she did not save her husband’s life; she saved her husband’s wife.

That’s right; the one who initially got the strange illness was not Zhong Wei’s biological father, but his wife, who had a noble status. The latter came from a prestigious family and helped Lord Zhong gain a good future, and she had already given birth to a pair of lovely dragon and phoenix twins with Zhong Wei’s biological father.

However, because she gave birth to these twins, she harmed her body, weakened her health, and her beauty faded; her life may soon come to an end.

The wife of Lord Zhong came from a noble family, so she naturally knew that spirits and gods truly existed in this world. She wanted to live and got a way to save herself from a certain Taoist priest who was honored in her family.

The so-called hero saving a beauty, love and fate at first, was actually a carefully planned scheme. The fox demon opened the Demon Pearl to save someone, losing most of her power, and since she was also pregnant and was drained of a lot of life force, it was normal for her to die without any resistance.

Zhong Wei felt a surge of anger, his face turning red, "I should kill her."

She hated herself for acting too lightly today at the Zhong family; she should have made her biological father suffer a thousand cuts.

Hu Xiao Bai was a bit surprised, "Aren’t you the one who doesn’t believe you are a demon? Why do you believe everything I say now?"

Before, they shouted at him and called him a monster, but now they fully believe his words. This really puzzles Hu Xiao Bai because he did not use any charm on Zhong Wei.

Zhong Wei’s eyes were dark, "When I was nine years old, I was sold by the Zhong family."

A small illegitimate daughter, even if treated unkindly by her legitimate mother, should not be unable to accept a child. If it were a poor family, it would be understandable, but the Zhong family is not as powerful as the Yu family; they are wealthy enough to care for a little girl.

This is one of the strange things; another strange thing is Zhong Wei’s hidden secret. When she first entered Qingxu Sect, she was very afraid of thunder and rain. Thunder would easily give her nightmares.

In her dreams, there are mountains of corpses and seas of blood, with severed arms and legs everywhere. The faces of the deceased are very familiar to her; they belong to the group of human traffickers who tried to sell her far away.

The traffickers have hearts of stone; having received such a large sum of money, how could they let go of her, a thin little girl with yellow hair? They followed the old paths, and such experienced traffickers would not easily make mistakes.

The traffickers drove a rather worn-out cart and disguised their identities; they were not a merchant caravan loaded with valuables. Even if the mountain bandits wanted to rob them, they would not be so cruel.

What terrified these people to death was never bandits, but her, pushed to the limit and awakening the remaining demon power in her body!

But after killing these people, she was also exhausted. When she finally woke up among a pile of bodies, her mind wove together a non-existent story of being deceived by bandits.

This is the secret that Zhong Wei has kept in her heart; she has always pretended to be a pure victim, a poor little beggar.

Before today, she didn’t understand why she had such powers. After listening to Hu Xiao Bai, Zhong Wei realized that she was actually a demon, or to be precise, a half-demon who was feared by humans and scorned by other demons.

But she had never felt the demonic power inside her; even a half-demon should have some features of a demon. And one more thing, how did Hu Xiao Bai know so much?

At this moment, Hu Xiao Bai seemed to have mind-reading abilities, "That’s because I know your mother, Hu Xiaohong."

Zhong Wei’s expression changed; Hu Xiao Bai, Hu Xiaohong, could it be that this fox demon in front of her was her uncle? Although Hu Xiao Bai looked very young, he was a three-hundred-year-old fox demon.

"Hu Xiaohong and I are not sisters; my mother could not give birth to such a pure fox." Hu Xiao Bai’s words made Zhong Wei realize that she had just spoken her thoughts out loud.

She looked displeased, and then heard Hu Xiao Bai say, "We lived in the mountains together for a while. I am a fox from Blue Mountain, unlike your mother, who is just a wild fox from the hills."

Blue Mountain is the holy place of the fox demon tribe; if it weren’t for an accident, he wouldn’t have ended up in the Mortal World. Names seem to be given to transformed fox demons, like Hu Xiaohui, Hu Xiaolan, Hu Xiaohua, Hu Xiaocao, Hu Xiaoyun…

"You are just a half-demon; Blue Mountain will not accept half-demons," Hu Xiao Bai said. "When you were little, you often went hungry, and I have helped you before."

Hu Xiao Bai did not like Hu Xiaohong and thought that this foolish fox, tricked by mere mortals, was embarrassing for their kind. He also did not feel fond of the half-demon Zhong Wei.

Zhong Wei had a complicated expression. When she was little, she was locked in the yard, and her stepmother often stole her food. But she could often find some sour wild fruits and occasionally some cold chicken wings.

Hu Xiao Bai would never give roasted chicken to a half-demon he did not like; giving Zhong Wei two tiny chicken wings was already generous.

"You have the blood of that dirty man in you, just like him, you are not a good thing, always causing trouble for the kind fox who saved you." Hu Xiao Bai shrugged. Fortunately, he was a generous fox and did not plan to hold a grudge against Zhong Wei.

"Oh, there is one more thing," Hu Xiao Bai said. "Even though Hu Xiaohong is called Little Red, she is a white fox, a very talented snow fox. When she died, she left the remaining half-demon pill and the precious Water Spiritual Root for you."

If it weren’t for her high talent, how could a wild fox in the mountains gain intelligence and have good skills?

A mother fox loves her children deeply. Knowing that her half-demon child would not be welcomed by either tribe, she used her own half-demon pill to try to enhance her child’s demon bloodline.

Zhong Wei’s hands trembled slightly, her eyes red. She did not have a demonic pill or the precious Water Spiritual Root, but her older sister, who had everything, possessed the same Spiritual Root.

Yun Chuyou, who was meditating and training indoors, suddenly received a notification from the strange system:

[Female Supporting Character Evil Value +60!]

[Warning, Warning! The Female Supporting Character Zhong Wei’s Evil Value is too high!]