Chapter 68
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Chapter 68: The Grand Finale
Hua Qing carried Cancan to the Nine-curved Underground Palace. The golden light shining from Cancan brightened up the entire palace. Perhaps because of this, the guiding fireflies did not come close, only flying around in the distance, seeming curious but hesitant.
Hua Qing brought Cancan to the depths of the palace. There was an ice chamber where only severely injured immortals would rest, not as a prison but for recovery.
Hua Qing placed Cancan on the ice bed in the palace. He tidied up her hair gently and said, "This time, I’ll be with you as you grow."
The golden light suddenly disappeared, and Cancan’s body turned into a small fox. It was just born, with eyes barely open. Hua Qing touched it, held it gently, and said, "Cancan, will you come with me to help fix the mess I made when I was under a spell?"
The little fox didn’t know much, it just felt cold and snuggled up to him. Hua Qing smiled.
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Hua Qing stepped down as the Shu Mountain Sect Master and handed over Shu Mountain to Martial Uncle Mu Bai. He accepted punishment for his mistakes and rested for ten years. However, he still lived on Shu Mountain, holding a small fox every day, helping Martial Uncle Mu Bai with all matters related to Shu Mountain.
At first, everyone found it strange, even though they knew it was Cancan. But as time passed, they got used to it. Sometimes they would give the little fox celestial fruits. It would turn around, eat greedily, burp, pat its belly, and fall asleep with a gentle purr.
If the little fox liked anyone, it was Yu Xiu. Only when Yu Xiu gave it fruits, it would lean on Yu Xiu to eat and then snuggle into her arms to sleep.
The others were not allowed.
The little fox was adopted by Hua Qing when it was young, grew up in the enchanting Shu Mountain, and ate celestial fruits every day. However, it grew slowly, looked a bit silly, only perking up at the sight of delicious food.
Only Big Green, looking at Cancan this way, said to Hua Qing, "It was like that when it was young, very foolish, wasn’t it?"
Hua Qing smiled kindly and said, "No, very good. Very good and cute. She was so innocent and lovely when she was young."
Seeing Hua Qing like this, Big Green finally felt relieved. He had always been a bit worried and wary of Hua Qing, even though Snowflake Glass had disappeared forever. But he was still afraid that Cancan might get hurt.
Luckily, as Cancan grew day by day, slowly everyone forgot about the past. They only remembered that there was a little fox at Shu Mountain, a little fox that they watched grow day by day and nurtured as it grew bigger each day.
It went from not being able to open its eyes at the beginning to gradually growing bigger.
One day, she suddenly exclaimed, and Shu Mountain shook as everyone rushed to watch. From then on, Cancan worked hard to speak, gradually increasing her vocabulary.
She said, "Big Green is a silly wolf."
She said, "Yu Xiu is a beautiful lady."
She said, "The headmaster is an old man."
One day, she said, "Brother Big Green’s sword will smile…"
Big Green himself hung the Green Jade Sword back to the Demon Realm because the Demon Realm needed to recover from the damage caused by Hua Qing many years ago, and it would be even more difficult with the Green Jade Sword back.
Many, many years passed, so many that no one could remember how many. One morning, Hua Qing took Cancan to the back mountain for a bath. Cancan, a little fox who didn’t like baths, always put up a big fight before getting clean. Since she could talk now, this situation remained.
Hua Qing held Cancan’s feet, about to throw her into the water. Cancan yelled, "You are the naughtiest fairy from Shu Mountain, only you would bully me. Everyone else loves me. Help, Yu Xiu save me! Brother Big Green save me! Sect Leader save me! Ahua… Little White… Qingyun… please come save me, Hua Qing wants to kill the fox!"
"Plop," the sound of the little fox being thrown into the water. Cancan struggled in the water and angrily said, "Hua Qing, you are a big bully!"
However, Hua Qing was stunned.
Cancan became even angrier, "What are you looking at? One day, I will… Ah…" Cancan suddenly fainted, scared by her own thoughts.
Hua Qing snapped out of it and quickly pulled her out of the water. But at that moment, his face seemed as red as a beet. The one emerging from the water was no longer the little fox, but a young girl named Hu Cancan.
She had finally turned into a human!
After carefully wrapping Cancan up, Hua Qing carried her back to the room. Along the way, everyone was shocked, trying to catch a glimpse.
Hua Qing stopped and smiled softly, "Do you want to keep watching?"
Perhaps Hua Qing’s expression was not good, so everyone quickly shook their heads, but their eyes kept meowing.
When they returned to the room, Cancan slowly woke up, she got up in a hurry, hugged Hua Qing’s neck directly, shouting, "Hua Qing, I turned into a human, did you see it? I can turn into a human! I can really be just like you all." She was so excited but her face showed extreme joy.
Hua Qing looked at her like that, as if he could remember the first time she transformed, he gently dried her hair, smiling all over, "Yes, you have become a human. From now on, you will become even more powerful."
Cancan was excited, her eyes didn’t even blink, she asked, "Really? Will I become very strong? Will I be as strong as you all?"
Hua Qing smiled and nodded, "Yes, of course you will, my dear Cancan is the best."
Even though she had transformed back into a human, even though all those past events no longer existed for her, Hua Qing never minded, she had a fresh start after a rebirth. But, what did it matter? In his heart, no matter what form she took, she was still that kind, warm, and happy little fox.
Little fox Hu Cancan, the Hu Cancan he liked.
"Hua Qing, I like you the most," the praised Hu Cancan also confessed loudly to Hua Qing.
Hua Qing suddenly remembered the time they were watching fireflies together in the Demon Realm, and Cancan made a wish. At that moment, he heard her.
She said, "Even if we both die, go through reincarnation, and start over, I will still fall in love with you at first sight."
She also said, "Hua Qing, I will protect you, even if it costs me my life."
Turns out, she really could do everything. In an instant, Hua Qing suddenly smiled, held Cancan’s hand, and with a deep bond in his smile, said, "I like you too, I’ve liked you for a long time. So much so that… I myself don’t even know since when."
Cancan’s face turned red instantly. She fidgeted and glanced at Hua Qing, "Is that… true?" Her voice barely above a whisper.
Hua Qing embraced her, and Cancan suddenly felt something on her wrist. She raised her hand to see a sparkling green bracelet. She tilted her head, "It’s so pretty, is it for me?"
Hua Qing nodded seriously, "It’s for you, to protect you."
Cancan hmphed, pushed him away, hands on her hips, "But shouldn’t it be you who protects me?"
Hua Qing burst into laughter, looking warm and affectionate. He lowered his head slightly, then raised it, earnestly saying, "Yes, this time it’s my turn to protect you! I will protect you for eternity, shield you from harm."
Cancan immediately became happy, pouting her lips, and charmingly said, "I will protect you just the same, I actually hide my abilities."
Hua Qing raised an eyebrow, "Oh?"
Cancan was a bit embarrassed and angry, she nudged him and said, "Don’t you believe me? I really have hidden talents, I’m very skilled. I’m a little fox who grew up in Shu Mountain. Wait a minute, you haven’t said it yet, you haven’t said if you really like me!"
She widened her eyes, ready to pounce if he said "no."
Hua Qing pinched her nose, and Cancan pouted, "Tell me, tell me!"
Hua Qing chuckled softly, his eyes full of sincerity, "I really do! I really like you!"
Cancan pinched Hua Qing’s nose, leaving him puzzled, "What does this mean?"
Cancan’s eyes wandered, she murmured, "I heard a story the other day, it said if you lie, your nose will grow long. I’m afraid yours will grow, so I’m helping you by pinching it."
Hua Qing, "Hehe!"
Cancan immediately put her hands on her hips and said, "You dare to tease me! Hua Qing is a silly goose!" Quickly, she covered her nose again.
Hua Qing looked at her quietly for a while, then burst into laughter.
Cancan said, "You’re annoying, why are you making fun of me."
"Just teasing you."
"No!"
"No teasing you, my silly little fox, oh dear, how did I end up raising such a silly little fox!" Hua Qing said lightly.
Cancan was angry, she bit his shoulder, and then angrily said, "Watch me not hit you! Let me tell you, even a fox’s patience has its limits, hmph! Apologize to me, apologize to me every day, apologize to me ten thousand times. If you miss a day, I won’t forgive you, got it? Got it, got it or not!"
Hua Qing’s tone became lighter, "Oh, I originally wanted to take you down the mountain to catch monsters. Since you insist on apologizing every day, let’s stay at Shu Mountain and apologize every day."
"Okay… oh, wait, I want to go down the mountain, I want to go down the mountain to catch monsters…"
"No, let’s stay and apologize every day."
"I don’t want to, I want to catch spirits! Let’s go down the mountain to catch spirits! You said you would take me down the mountain to catch spirits, you can’t change your mind, changing your mind is bad, Hua Qing is a very good person, my favorite good person. Let’s go down the mountain!"
"But you yourself are a spirit! What are you catching?"
"Catch bad spirits, spirits can be good or bad, we don’t catch good ones, but we can’t let bad ones go. Let’s go down the mountain, I want to catch spirits, you promised me…"
On this day, everyone at Shu Mountain wore smiles, warm smiles. It seemed like they could hear the sound of bells ringing in their ears, "Let’s go down the mountain to catch spirits…"