Young Master, come and possess me - Chapter 26

   

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Young Master, Come and Possess Me!   

Chapter 26: The reason why Li Hai Jiao died

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It took them about two hours to arrive at the ice cave on the high mountain, and Fox only rested once throughout the journey.

"It's so cold here," Tang Cheng Cheng stepped repeatedly on the snow while she rubbed her arms with both hands. Her body trembled in the cold.

"We should have worn an extra padded jacket before coming here." The big coat just wasn’t warm enough.

"Then you might as well just bring the quilt."

"Can we?"

She gazed at him hopefully, wishing that they could really go back and get the quilt right away.

Fox glared at her.

They then entered the ice cave and walked about a hundred steps before an ice wall blocked them from advancing.

"What should we do?"

Tang Cheng Cheng knocked on the ice wall twice,

"This ice wall looks really thick. It will be hard to break, right?"

“We don’t need to break it." Fox said casually.

Fox only put his palm on the ice wall and started to chant a spell. A big hole started to form right underneath his hand not long after.

"Wow—" She couldn't help but be in awe of his powers.

"This wall was designed by me so only I have access to it." If he didn’t do this, what if some bugger stumbled upon his “raw material” that he needed for his flute and stole it?

"Oh, so this is what it’s for." Realization suddenly hit Tang Cheng Cheng.

Young master’s demonic power seems to be quite strong. Not only could he fly, he could also create ice walls like this.

If her wanted to kill her, it would just be as easy as if he was stepping on an ant.

She shuddered as she thought about it.

They walked through a long and narrow passage and the deeper they went, the thinner and colder the air became. Tang Cheng Cheng couldn’t bear the coldness that seemed to seep into her bones. Her teeth even started to chatter because of it but it didn’t seem to bother Fox at all. Fox didn’t even shake one bit.

"Young, Young Master... It's so cold... so dark... I almost couldn't see you anymore."

Her hands lunged forward in a frantic grasp, and as soon as she took hold of his clothes, she immediately came over and leaned on him.

"I'm going to freeze to death," Her voice sounded hopeful after that, "Is there any way you can make me warm?"

"Didn’t you say that there should be a firm line between men and women?" Why is she approaching him now?

"No... no one is here looking at us anyway." She had already accepted her fate.

She had already given him both her chastity and innocence so that she could live. Who cares about whether there should be a line between a man or a woman now.

"Humph."

Fox snorted softly as he put his right palm upwards. It illuminated the path in front of them and warmed her body too.

"You should have lighted it before this," Tang Cheng Cheng’s fears of dying disappeared as she complained bitterly, "I almost fell down just now."

"Your guts seem to grow bigger day by day. How dare you complain about me now?" Fox glared at her angrily.

Tang Cheng Cheng had long gotten used to him glaring at her fiercely then giving her that annoyed gaze every alternative day. He won’t be able to hurt her before their souls changed back anyway and so her courage fattened up just like this.

There should be no problem for him to accept her as his maid if he still feels that she is a useful person anyway——although she couldn’t really show her merits now. Anyway, she still doesn't need to worry about her life at this moment.

"Ai ai ai, don't be stingy on the fire. It's too cold here."

She grabbed his wrist and pretended as if she was transferring her imaginary power to make the fire burn even brighter.

Fox snorted and kept on moving forward. Their surroundings suddenly lighted up so Fox extinguished the fire in his hand. Tang Cheng Cheng’s gaze immediately fell on Li Hai Jiao’s body that was lying on an ice bed. He looked as if he was deep asleep.

"Ah..." Tang Cheng Cheng strode forward, "It's really Young master..."

The man on the ice bed was born with an elegantly handsome white jade appearance. He had a pure and clear complexion as if the angels had carved out his features lovingly. His features were even more refined than what she had seen in the bronze mirror everyday.

"Young master is even better looking in person..."

Tang Cheng Cheng muttered to herself and was unfortunately overheard by Fox.

He snorted as he went to her in big strides.

"What did you just say?"

Tang Cheng Cheng's heart jolted then she quickly shut her mouth.

Did she accidentally say what she was thinking out loud?

“Your ugly girl soul was the one that dampened my original beauty and you still dare to say that Li Hai Jiao is better looking!"

"What does this have to do with me?"

"The beauty and ugliness of the soul affects the appearance of the physical flesh. Do you really need me to teach you this?"

"How will I know such a thing when I am just an ordinary human!"

She paused for a while then asked curiously.

"What did you look like originally?"

He couldn’t have looked like a seductive demon from the start, right?

"I’m a thousand times better looking than Li Hai Jiao." He scowled.

"Before you die, I'll show you what I really look like."

"Before I die?" Her ears only picked up those words "Didn't you say that you will let me be your maid?"

How can he go back on his promises just because he’s a demon?

“The maid that I had saved is making me unhappy, so its only natural that I kill her straightaway!” His expression was fierce while he glared at her full of murderous intent.

"If I don't want to see your Nine Tails and your real face. Does that mean that I don’t have to die?" Tang Cheng Cheng tried to flip his words around.

"In your dreams!"

"Is it really this hard to negotiate further on this?"

Tang Cheng Cheng felt that she was fated to live a hard life. It would have been better if nobody saved her from the start.

"By the way, do you have a name too?"

"Why are you asking this?" Fox glared at her coldly.

"I'm just curious. You have lived for a thousand years so you must have a name, right?"

“You are a lowly being and you dare ask for the name of a divined one?” Fox kicked her so that she was kneeling on the ground.

"Yea, yea, yea, I'm a lowly being, I'm not qualified!"

If he didn’t want to say it then don’t. Why must he hurt her every time she opens her mouth and even kick her too.

"We don't have much time, do you want to find clues about young master's death first?"

"Who told you to talk nonsense and waste my time."

"You..."

Forget it, time is precious, she didn't want to argue with him anymore. "Then please take a look at him."

Fox visually observed Li Hai Jiao's physical condition, and there was no obvious outer wounds on his body.

There were no traces of blood on his clothes, so he was not injured by sharp blades or other objects.

He tore off his belt then pulled open his collar. Tang Cheng Cheng, who was beside him, covered her eyes in a panic and turned away.

"Why didn't you warn me before taking his clothes off?" Tang Cheng Cheng complained.

"It's not as if you have never seen a man's body before this!"

"I... a girl is only allowed to see one man's body throughout her life!" and that was her husband.

But her only chance was stolen away by Fox, woo woo woo.

"Nonsense!" He was fed up with the mortal red tape.

Fox took off Li Hai Jiao's inner shirt and pants then inspected the naked body one more time. He didn’t find any signs of trauma on his body at all.

Before Li Hai Jiao died, he had asked him to find his murderer. He didn't think too much about it at the time. He thought Li Hai Jiao was probably poisoned, drugged, stabbed or died by some other insidious means. Yet he would definitely have those traces on his body if he was murdered by those methods.

He thought about the unknown black mist. Perhaps it was not a common technique to assassinate someone?

Fox closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, his pupils sparkled with golden light. He carefully scanned through Li Hai Jiao's body again, and sure enough, at the lower left side of his chest, there was a shadow the size of a thumb floating in his body.

"It looks like he was killed by a curse."

"Killed by a curse?" Tang Cheng Cheng asked curiously. She then turned her head and saw Li Hai Jiao’s meat pole by chance. It had freeze till it became pale and greenish and it scared her so much that she shut her eyes immediately.

"There must be someone who hated Li Hai Jiao so much that they cursed and took away his life."

Li Hai Jiao was an angel in his past life so he did not die immediately after he was cursed. He even had enough time to haggle with Fox before he passed on to his next life.

"But I've never heard of anyone having a grudge against Young Master." She even heard that the young master has a clean reputation and takes care of himself well.

"That's why he asked me to find his killer. Maybe he had already suspected someone, but he died before telling me who it was."

"So the person you are looking for, doesn’t only hate the young master, but also know how to kill someone by cursing them? "

"Yes."

"Oh..." She nodded, finally comprehending his words.

"Why are you saying ‘Oh’? Do you know how to find it?"

"No." She shook her head as fast as a vibrating drum.

"Don't act rashly before our souls change. Since the other party is using curses to kill, we have to be extra vigilant. We must never be separated, understand?"

"Understood." Tang Cheng Cheng nodded vigorously.

"By the way, young master, you mentioned that this curse needs a life sacrifice to work. Does this mean that the person who set the curse had already died?"

"Or gave up something extremely precious to them."

If a person wants something, they have to pay the price.

"The person who casted the curse should still be alive, but it won't attack in the next two days."

"The person should have used their most precious possession as a price."

Fox nodded his head once, "It's time to go back."

The moment he thought that he would have to fly for another two hours, he felt tired.

He not only felt the vast decline on having only 30% of his usual mana, it was really exhausting to cast other spells too.

They walked back the same path, then passed through the barrier of the ice wall, and finally exited the cave. The two of them suddenly felt the sky and the ground shifting again. Their souls had changed back once more.

"Are we back again?" Tang Cheng Cheng was surprised as she looked at the big hands that obviously belonged to a man.

"So the time limit is only three hours." It's not even half a day like the legend had mentioned.

"That... we have to do it again, right?"

They are going to be intimate in the middle of the mountains?

Blush infused her cheeks at the thought of it.

"Then how do you expect to go back?" Did she really expect them to walk?

"Take off your pants." Fox ordered.

"Ugh..."

Life is hard.

"But it's so cold, I can't even take off my clothes." She grasped the warm coat tightly, reluctant to leave it without protesting.

"That's why I told you to only take off your pants."

They just needed to fuse their upper and lower mouths, then it will complete the change!

"In that case..."

Tang Cheng Cheng's expression changed suddenly as she stumbled and fell over, crying out in pain.

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