CHAPTER 143 (1/2)

Wonderful Painting of the Mountains and Seas 23

Xie Xi was too cold to hear what Nine Tails was saying. This temperature was truly something that a flower couldn’t withstand.

Fortunately, Nine Tails lifted him up and transmitted a steady stream of heat to him, easing the stiffness of Xie Xi’s body.

Xie Xi finally wasn’t cold but he still had no strength. He couldn’t change back to human form.

Nine Tails whispered to him. “Are you feeling better?”

Xie Xi, “…” Sorry, roses couldn’t speak!

Nine Tails didn’t want him to respond. He just carefully controlled the heat so that he wouldn’t burn the little rose.

In fact, Nine Tails found it difficult to generate heat. His cultivation was in the yin (cold) direction. If he wanted to generate heat, he had to reverse these exercises. This wasn’t easy and was breaking off his own veins.

A few days ago, Nine Tails never imagined that he would do this for a small flower. He didn’t care about offending his brother Houqing and didn’t hesitate to warm up the flower.

As long as he brought the flower back to the palace, someone else would take care of him. However, Nine Tails couldn’t bear to see the small rose uncomfortable for even half a minute.

Why? They just met. Why did Nine Tails care so much? It was like he was stunned and lost his sanity.

Xie Xi wilted in Nine Tails palm and didn’t bother acting. This powerless appearance wasn’t much different from how he felt.

Nine Tails took him back to the palace and found someone to bring him the Warm Pill.

The foxes sent over a jar that contained a lot of Warm Pills. Nine Tails unexpectedly poured them all out and piled them around the rose like a quilt.

Xie Xi, “…”

The fox, “!” How wasteful! This was their thrifty Ancestor Nine Tails!

Nine Tails asked Xie Xi, “Are you still cold?”

Xie Xi moved his lower petals in a way that meant: Take away the Warm Pill. I feel uncomfortable.

Nine Tails smiled and relaxed. “It’s fine as long as you aren’t cold.”

Xie Xi, “…” A flower was really unable to communicate with the fox!

After turning into a flower, Xie Xi didn’t have much concept of time. He always felt it was a moment when a day had actually passed. This was a lack of energy caused by physical weakness and it entered Nine Tails’ eyes.

The small rose had shut himself off. Nine Tails might’ve saved the flower but the flower didn’t want to face reality.

In the past few days, Nine Tails found countless doctors to check on Xie Xi. The doctors told him, “The flower doesn’t have any problem with his body.”

Nine Tails asked, “Then why isn’t he changing back?”

The doctor sighed, “It is he who doesn’t want to change.”

Xie Xi heard this sentence and really wanted to spit out: Quack! He wanted to transform but he had no strength!

Nine Tails felt melancholy and sighed with reliefThen he picked up his spirits and carefully accompanied Xie Xi.

Xie Xi felt this was useful and liked Nine Tails’ intimate care. Of course, Jiang Xie always treated him well but that guy was essentially a naughty monster. It took him only three seconds to lose his seriousness. He was never as careful as Nine Tails.

Xiao Xie thought that the souls were really cuter than the body.

Seven or eight days passed and Nine Tails brought a bunch of jade bottles. He eagerly said, “It took some effort but I’ve obtained them. It is your favourite drink.”

Xie Xi, “…” Should he pretend to be touched?

How could a flower show such complex emotions? It was too difficult!

This jade dew was estimated to not be a simple ingredient. Once a few drops fell on Xie Xi’s petals, he felt the strength of his body doubling and he changed back to a human body.

Nine Tails’ eyes were bright and his voice was slightly nervous. “Do you want to drink some more?”

Xie Xi was touched by this scene. After all, it was all personal. He looked at the jade bottles and frowned lightly, his face pale. “I don’t want to drink.”

Nine Tails was surprised for a moment. Xie Xi turned away, not having the strength to even look at the bottles.

Nine Tails’ heart was bitter as he persuaded Xie Xi, “These are very good for your body. You…”

Xie Xi shook his head and didn’t say anything. Nine Tails ruthlessly asked, “Are you no longer concerned about the world after leaving Houqing?”

Xie Xi’s lips trembled as he heard this name and his eyes darted around, highlighting his desire to escape.

Nine Tails held down his shoulder and stared at him. “He used you as a substitute for other people. He isn’t looking at you. Do you want to give up your life for such a person?”

These sentences brutally opened the rose’s festering scars. It was cruel but it was also a type of detoxification.

Sometimes things that weren’t said were only evaded. After escaping, there would be an even more explosive outburst after a long time passed. It might be very painful now but it was better than breaking to pieces later!

Xie Xi shook his head, face still pale. “Shut up, don’t say it…”

Nine Tails stared at him. “If you want to live a lifetime being deceived, I can send you back.”

Xie Xi suddenly looked up. “No, I don’t want to go back!”

Nine Tails looked distressed. “Forget him. He doesn’t deserve your love.”

Xie Xi substituted himself into the scene and the emotions quickly fell in place. “It would be nice if he doesn’t deserve it. How good would it be…”

Yes, being worthwhile or not had never been used to measure liking a person.

Who wanted to love someone who didn’t love them back? Who wanted their hearts to tilt towards a destined tragedy? Who wanted to entrust their most passionate feelings towards someone who wasn’t worth it?

If this type of emotion could be controlled by reason, how could there be so many infatuated men and women in the world?

Nine Tails heard him say this and his heart was poked like a hornet’s nest. Yes, if the rose didn’t like Houqing then he wouldn’t be haunted by this.

What if he had been deceived by Houqing for the rest of his life? A small rose’s life was short. Wasn’t it good to have a happy life? Why did Nine Tails want to wake him up? He also wasn’t willing to wake up.

Intellectually, he knew what was best but emotionally it was different. Nine Tails did things for such grandiose reasons but it was still for the sake of his own desires. Finally, there was only an endless abyss that they couldn’t escape from.

The two of them didn’t speak again. They were so close but so far apart as they had their own thoughts.

Xie Xi could basically guess the direction of this drama. He couldn’t bear to see Nine Tails sad and pushed the ‘plot’ forward.