Chapter 18 (1/2)

This chapter starts the second volulish title Love You Forever and really does spend a lot of ti called love I think it’s safe now to reveal my personal preferences in this novel, I kept it close to the vest so I don’t influence readers and everyone can forical expansive world they inhabit My favorite character in the novel is Xiang Liu By far Xiao Yao is easily ht even be equal to howLiu’s complexity and depth but for the way her character kinda faltered forat tiny differences in straws because ultimately I love all the leads so so much for their vivid and unique characters Zhuan Xu is totally my boo and I’ll be the first to defend all his actions because boy has had it rough and to survive and rule the world in the end isn’t an easy road to walk down Even though I’ him with Xiao Yao is like a recipe for co the best choice for the girl in the end, and really his sweetness and perseverance is incredibly sorthy

Who doesn’t want a man who does whatever you want and you actually believe hi for you I tend to find Jing mostly dull as beans to read in the novel but that doesn’t lessen my love for hi in sparks with Xiao Yao but what they share it a desire to live a long long life together, and I root for thethat ro but a lifetime dedication is precious indeed The probleuys in Xiao Yao’s life love her in their oay, and it’s hard not to wish there was three of her so each one gets a Xiao Yao and everyone gets a happy ending If folks can put their personal character preferences aside in deciding whether or not to keep reading this novel, I guarantee the journey truly is rewarding and the wondrous world Tong Hua created unforgettable Chapter 18 takes all the characters froendary Sheng Nong Mountain This chapter also is the first real scene where Xiao Yao is in the saet to see Xiao Yao spend quality ti out with such auys forever

Chapter 18 – Green Plu Mountain was located in the center of the Middle Plains The vistas were beautiful and awe-inspiring, with twenty-eight peaks in total The North was connected to the center of the military outpost in Zhe Province, the South linked to the rich lands of the Yen Province, the East was protected by the Dan River, and the West was the famous Zhi Yi Castle

Zhi Yi was once the capital of the Sheng Nong Kingdo and Xuan Yuan The riches faded and the people suffered A hundred years ago, Sheng Nong tribe’s Little Zhu Rong was tasked with beco the entire Middle Plains He convinced the Qing Qiu Tu Shan clan’s Grand Madaain Little Zhu Rong’s as the daughter of the Chi Sui clan leader, and the Chi Sui clan was the head of the Four Great Clans, so with the support of the Chi Sui and Tu Shan clans within a short ti place in all of the Middle Plains

Xiao Yao and Zhuan Xu arrived in the Middle Plains aMountain to do his official duty, but instead he stayed in Zhi Yi Castle and wined and dined every day and night This news traveled back to Cang Lin and Yu Yang and they felt even more relieved

It wasn’t until the Yellow Emperor sent an envoy to chastise Zhuan Xu did he reluctantly deca Mountain’s Zhi Jin Summit had Zhi Jin Palace, the residence of each Flame Euards stationed there were very careful and the Palace reood condition Zhuan Xu and Xiao Yao lived in Zhi Jin Palace and to give respect to the Flame Emperors of the past, neither wanted to live in the residences where the Flame Emperor or Flame Empress used to live They picked two s Princess and Prince once lived

Despite being sent by the Yellow E Mountain and was still nonchalant and goofing off He had two beautiful personal maids, one refined and the other seductive, both orld class beauties

Every night Zhuan Xu would party with histhe day So Thank God when Zhuan Xu left Xuan Yuan Castle, the Yellow E officials that understood architecture so they handled all the renovation details and went to Zhuan Xu for the final yes or no

No one dared touch Zhi Jin Palace so after much discussion it was decided to start from the side courts first All Zhuan Xu needed to do was tour the renovation sites and offer casual co the entire Palace renovation, the workers and the materials were the two main necessities The Tu Shan clan provided all the best quality materials at a reasonable price and the officials conferred and urged Zhuan Xu to buy everything fro happened, they could go ask the Tu Shan clan to deal with it

Zhaun Xu heard this and drowsily said sure

Everyone thought Zhuan Xu horing all night so he had no energy during the day, but in reality Xiao Yao was helping hi addiction

The two beautifulZhuan Xu, the refined one was Jin Xuan, the seductive one was Xiao Xiao The first tinized her as a true beauty, but the once ordinary looking Xiao Xuao turned out to be an incouise makeup

Jin Xuan was Zhuan Xu’s infor data The seductive Xiao Xiao was one of the personal guards that Zhuan Xu trained and one of his best Xiao Yao sighed, one really can’t judge another on looks Xiao Xiao was unwavering in her loyalty to Zhuan Xu, if he handed her a knife she would slit her throat immediately at his one nod As for Jin Xuan, Xiao Yao didn’t knohat Zhuan Xu was thinking She wasn’t as trusting of people as Zhuan Xu, but if he chose to keep Jin Xuan beside him, then she chose to trust Jin Xuan for noell

Every night, Zhuan Xu would be locked in a sealed safe rooht he wasaddiction was greater than even he anticipated It controlled his mind and when the addiction flared up, he would howl in a screa at his own flesh, even sla into the wall to harm himself

Zhuan Xu allowed no one to see this most deplorable side of him except for Xiao Yao

An addict in detox usually chose to tie himself up, but Xiao Yao knew Zhuan Xu didn’t want to tie himself up If he didn’t use his oill power to detox from the addiction, then he would coo down this path was correct So when Jin Xuan handed her a dragon tendon rope, Xiao Yao turned her down “He doesn’t need it The only rope that can tie hiht, Xiao Yao and Zhuan Xu would hide in the sealed safe roo hi Zhuan Xu to tell her stories, anything to divert his attention When he couldn’t control himself, she would use her body to press down on hi thehis attacks But the ain consciousness He laid on the ground with his ar All of his strength was used to co addiction and he was as weak as an infant

Xiao Yao held him and for whatever reason, she started to hu to her, others her aunt sang to Zhuan Xu Many lyrics she had forgotten so she hu, Zhuan Xu would survive another attack and gradually calm down until he fell asleep

As he dreamed, there were tears in the corner of his eyes and Xiao Yao felt hers et as well

Inside this sealed room, Zhuan Xu seemed so weak She was as well They were once the most precious treasures in their moms arms Carefully protected and loved If their , would they regret abandoning the addiction, and every day he had to handle official matters

Whatever inforive instructions to Xiao Xiao She would spread the inforuards

Jin Xuan could tell Zhuan Xu was sending orders to his secret guards for so his subordinates run the entire Palace renovation, but in truth Jin Xuan knew that he had carefully inspected each and every court and residence in the Palace and used his shaking hands to take personal notes

Jin Xuan saw for, all became destroyed by the addiction But Zhuan Xu continued to battle the addiction and still handle official matters Jin Xuan finally understood what Xiao Yao said: the only rope in this world that could bind Zhuan Xu was his willpower

After surviving the hardest few days, Zhuan Xu used his incredible willpower to control even the pain He never showed any weakness in front of Xiao Yao again, and even if the addition came, he would put his arm in his mouth and viciously bite down to stifle the pain

Drops of blood trickled down but Xiao Yao appeared not to notice and continued talking After the pain passed and Zhuan Xu laid spent on the ground, then Xiao Yao would walk over and apply ht, Zhuan Xu’s pain lessened until he would have no expression whatsoever He would sit there and quietly listen to Xiao Yao talk or sing and that was enough for him to deal with the pain

Two months later, Zhuan Xu successfully detoxed from the addiction

It wasn’t until even the res in his system were completely flushed did Xiao Yao relax at last

Zhuan Xu continued his for the day, only Xiao Yao, Jin Xuan, and Xiao Xiao knehat he went though

Jin Xuan once promised Zhu Yu that she would treat Zhuan Xu as herhandsorew to respect him and was in awe

A few boxes were placed before Xiao Yao and Zhuan Xu said “That Tu Shan Jing has gone crazy!”

He opened the boxes and inside contained one hundred and five bottles of wine From when she and Zhuan Xu arrived in the Middle Plains, it had been exactly one hundred and five days

The first day they arrived, Jing asked to see her But Xiao Yao needed to helped Zhuan Xu detox so she declined until she had ti was very obedient and never asked to see her again Only every fifteen days, he would send a box of plum wine exactly in the amount of the days that passed

In the past, Xiao Yao could drink all this wine But she was helping Zhuan Xu detox so she didn’t dare drink She put it all away and now the wine cellar had hundred of bottles

Zhuan Xu took out a bottle “What kind of pro likes to play with fifteen as if re”

Xiao Yao opened a bottle and gulped it “A few months of no wine, I sure miss it”

Zhuan Xu played with the bottle in his hand and casually said “Missing wine is fine, don’t miss the person”

Xiao Yao made a face at him “Send word for me that I can see him now”

Zhuan Xu stared at the bottle in his hand and his lips were pressed in a tight line

Xiao Yao called “Zhuan Xu?”

Zhuan Xu appeared to snap out of it and opened his bottle and drank it before saying with a s when she opened her eyes and saw a astral projection of a little nine-tailed fox sitting next to her pillow staring intently at her

Xiao Yao laughed and put on her clothes as she got up “Where is your h the wall and Xiao Yao opened the door and ran after it

There were many courts in Zhi Jin Palace and it had been hundreds of years since any were lived it so it appeared desolate The little white fox jumped and lead Xiao Yao down a quiet path until it reached a forest where a white crane was elegantly waiting for her

Xiao Yao recognized it as Jing’s winged ride nareeted Li Li before vaulting on its back

The Sheng Nong air space was controlled by a spiritual power grid that prevented people fro as it was at low altitude and avoided the guards, then it was safe

Li Li took Xiao Yao to one of its peaks shrouded in clouds There was a waterfall that ended in a large pool, and not far froe of a sharp cliff drop

Jing stood there wearing a green robe staring at the sky Standing still and silent under the ant and true

The white crane descended and the little white fox ran into Jing’s sleeve and disappeared

Xiao Yao ju, wasn’t expecting to see you for a few days”

Jing stared at Xiao Yao and couldn’t speak Since their Xuan Yuan Castle parting, it had been seventeen months since he last saw her The first months he was prepared since he knew Zhuan Xu needed to plan how to come to the Middle Plains, but these last three s to do and couldn’t see him, but his heart worried that she didn’t want to see hier missed hi?”

Jing replied “You said last tiro”

Xiao Yao so pick leaves”

Jing finally relaxed and smiled

Xiao Yao asked “Was it hard to coht barriers to the outside but lax within Tu Shan clan can enter easily now and walk around the whole mountain Only Zhi Jin Palace where you and Zhuan Xu live is tightly guarded I don’t want to alert the guards so had little fox go get you”

Xiao Yao suddenly realized “You have been close by this whole ti Mountain could he receive word in the httime

“Yes, I came a few times already to inspect the Palace renovation and looked around all the peaks I chanced upon this place and saas very remote and quiet and really liked it”

Xiao Yao looked around “This place is nice, ringed by cliffs on three sides and only one path down theMountain would live in a wooden hut?”

“I asked the guards and no one knows All they know is that this peak is called Cao Ao Crest and is a Sheng Nong forbidden area”

Xiao Yao’s face changed and she rushed into the hut while Jing walked on the outside of her to shi+eld her from the cliff side

She opened the door and inside looked untouched A rug was on the pallet, there was fresh fruit on plates on the table, two vases sat on the ith fresh flowers in it The hut was very simply decorated and warm, like it’s ownersaid “When I found this place, I tidied it up a little but it wasn’t dirty before The owner reat spiritual powers Even after thousands of years, the spiritual essence gathered here is still strong so this hut hasn’t aged at all It’s hard to believe there would be solanced around – everything was thethe owner didn’t like luxury and only wanted to live easily

Xiao Yao sat on the pallet “Do you knoho the owner of the hut is?”

Jing could tell Xiao Yao knew “Who?”

“That most infamous, vicious, brutal devil h the books in the Sheng Nong library and read that the Sheng Nong Flame Emperor deemed Cao Ao Crest a forbidden area because of him”

There were a lot of demons, beasts, and monsters in the vast wilderness that were called brutal and vicious, but to earn the “most infamous” moniker there was ever only one such person “Qi Yo?”

Xiao Yao nodded with a sht he craved power and wealth but ould have known his residence in Sheng Nong Mountain is so si knew Xiao Yao’s ized “I didn’t know this was his residence Let’s leave!”

Xiao Yao shook her head “Why make it difficult for oneself over someone who has been dead for hundreds of years You like this place, I like this place, let’s treat this place as our…ho was a bit red-faced since he did have the sa the place up

Xiao Yao walked to theand looked at the vases of flowers “Did you pick these?”

“Yes”

Xiao Yao smiled “Have you been well? Did you find the spy?”

“I did, your idea was great, it was Lan Xiang”

These personalsince he was small so there was a lot of affection so Xiao Yao said “Did you decide to forgive her?”

“She wouldn’t reveal who she betrayed me for so I don’t want to kill her but can’t keep her I had Jing Ye take her away but Jing Ye greith her since they were s to her Lan Xiang co looked sad “Actually I knoho she betrayedYe send her away to end her value to the person using her, and if my brother had no use for her and didn’t contact her, then she would forget my brother”

Xiao Yao re in on the waves with the sun shi+ning on hi’s quiet stillness, and it was even more attractive to a woman

Xiao Yao asked “You don’t want to kill Hou?”

“Even though mother was always unfair, but since birth he never treated ot no love from mother, so he placed all the fae but acted like an older brother and dad surrogate, always taking care of ot complimented he would beam with pride I once asked him why and he said that even if he hurt, I was his beloved younger brother and he was proud ofbrothers that were the envy of all He really was an exceptional older brother for four hundred years Xiao Yao, I can’t kill hiuilt, because he knew his choice would bind him and bind Xiao Yao

Xiao Yao walked over and put her head on his shoulder “I complain that you’re too soft-hearted, but actually…I would rather you be soft-hearted” She was surrounded by too randfather, her dad, Zhuan Xu, two maternal side uncles, all those cousins, even herself They were all ruthless, which is why Jing’s soft-hearted natureembraced Xiao Yao and she kept her head on his shoulder and they stood there

“Xiao Yao, what is it?”

“Zhuan Xu had matters that needed my help so I’ve been so busy and so tired lately Not my body tired,a mistake and always busy but it made me think a lot of the past It’s unbelievable that Zhuan Xu and I didn’t have parents, and yet here we are, both of us grew up”

Jing held her “If I knew you were tired, I wouldn’t have cohed “The heart being tired isn’t cured by sleep” She looked out at the pool and took his hand “Go play in the water with me”

It was Suht in She swa it wasn’t too deep but it was ht so before she hit botto sat on a rock s at her

Xiao Yao rapped her head “I’m so stupid!” She took out the fish aot me this treasure”

Xiao Yao sprawled on a rock splashi+ng water with her feet “Let’s go play in the ocean next time It’s so beautiful in the bottoet boring”

“Sure”

Xiao Yao thought about Xiang Liu and buried her face in her ar Liu or Fang Feng Bei right now Suddenly she grabbed Jing’s arm and pulled him into the water “Go to the botto to answer before putting the fish a

She pulled Jing doith her but the pool was so deep there was no botto powers couldn’t stand too long underwater so Jing grabbed her hand and pointed to the top indicating he was going up

Xiao Yao shook her head and wouldn’t let hiing color but he allowed Xiao Yao to continue to pull him down She wrapped her arms around his neck and put her lips on his to pass hi’s body stiffened and he was so shocked he started choking

Xiao Yao quickly gave hi’s entire body was stiff but he descended with her until they hit botto up He seeth to swiet another breath of air but he didn’t Jing used his one breath andon the rock

Xiao Yao asked angrily “Why?”

Jing stared in the distance and said in a low voice “Because you didn’t haveand walked towards the hut She didn’t have much power so she took her off wet clothes and dried herself before huddling in the blanket “You can co sat down on the pallet and took a towel to dry her hair and then a coo, Xiao Liu took care of shi+ Qi like this, and shi+ Qi used to take care of Xiao Liu like this Gradually the mood warhed “In the pasteach other every day, not once every few years Sometimes when I want to talk to people now, I can’t find the said “In the future Tu Shan clan can often co Mountain so its easy forMountain so it’s easy for you to co us Zhuan Xu wanted to come to the Middle Plains and there was a Palace here that needed to be renovated Zhuan Xu and Ibusinesses like you guys so the Tu Shan clan becoo” Xiao Yao glanced over “Did Feng Long and Zhuan Xu con you onto doing all this?”

Jing replied “No, it wasn’t them, I wanted to do all this”

Xiao Yao s you since the Palace needs to be renovated so rather than give money to others why not to the Tu Shan clan With your connection withbut now he can return the favor so it is a relief for hiht Feng Long had grand ambitions and wanted to ith Zhuan Xu to build an empire But what he wanted was simply to be close to Xiao Yao But if he said it no one would believe him So let others think he wants more money and now Zhuan Xu steered some money his way, he feels

Jing looked at Xiao Yao and srabbed his hand and bit it hard “A hurt in his hand but was happy in his heart “Yes”

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The second day, Zhuan Xu was already up when Xiao Yao ca breakfast when Xiao Yao sat down and silently started to eat

He asked coolly “Went to see Jing?”

Xiao Yao grinned “Yup”

Zhuan Xu said “I know he means more to you but he’s not Ye shi+ Qi any I received news that the Grand Mada to quickly assuht of his entire clan on his back and can’t do whatever he wants Jing and Fang Feng Yi Yang is engaged and the Fang Feng faive up a chance to e yourself in head first!”

Xiao Yao’s smile faded and shemore when he saw the way she was

After dinner, Xiao Yao took out a box “For you!”

Zhuan Xu opened it and it was a furry doll that was a spiritual object made with the tail of a Nine-tailed fox He tossed it back “I don’t want it!”

“Gege, you have to take it! I asked Jing to make this for you It combined spiritual power and this doll can only transform into you You need to use it to create a substitute, and one so real even Jin Xuan and Xiao Xiao can’t tell the difference iry at the Nine-tailed fox who hurt me, but that just means you need to use it to protect yourself now If you are protected, I can worry less!”

Actually, Zhuan Xi didn’t want it not just because it was from the Nine-tailed fox, but more because another man made it for Xiao Yao But he sa serious she was and his heart softened No matter who made the doll and what it was made from, inside contained all the care she had for him He had to survive so that he could continue to take care of her Zhuan Xu reached out his hand

Xiao Yao put the doll in his hand and he gripped it “I have so for you too”

Zhuan Xu handed a scroll to her “This contains all the background infor Bei”

Xiao Yao was stunned for aover the background report

The report started fro Bei’s life was exactly that of a second son in a large fa the spiritual powers, but because his brother and sister were even better and they were born of the first wife, no matter how hard he worked his brother and sister were always ahty years ago, the teenage Fang Feng Bei ran away fro debts He went to the North Pole to look for ice crystals He was gone for al time to be away from home for the Gods, but because he went to a place that was dangerous beyond comprehension, his family assumed he died there Who could have expected he would suddenly return holory