Thank you, quayA, for the ko-fi~
In Bo Han’s acting career, the only kissing scene he ever had was with a six-year-old child.
He played the child’s father. At the moment of life-and-death separation, he kissed the child’s forehead.
Although Bo Han never filmed passionate kissing scenes, he believed his acting skills were more than sufficient to handle such simulated kisses with ease.
As their faces drew infinitely closer, Feng Qi’s expression visibly grew more and more unpleasant.
Seeing his reaction, Bo Han raised an eyebrow defiantly.
“Feng Qi, is my face not good enough?”
His face, that of a nine-tailed fox, was captivating enough to bewitch even demons.
Feng Qi’s apparent disgust felt like a direct challenge to his dignity as a fox.
“I have a family. It’s inappropriate for us to be this close.”
Bo Han and his demon were at odds.
But Feng Qi and his partner were deeply connected.
As a phoenix with a family, he believed maintaining distance from others was a fundamental principle.
The two of them held their positions. From the outside, it looked as if they were passionately kissing.
Feng Qi endured it for a while but eventually couldn’t hold out any longer.
“Bo Han, isn’t it done yet?”
“Is he even coming?”
Feng Qi asked twice in a row, feeling that if they continued “kissing” like this, it would start to look fake.
After all, just “kissing” without anything else seemed unnatural.
Just as Feng Qi was about to break, their window suddenly rattled violently.
Something was slamming heavily against it.
Feng Qi and Bo Han had taken precautions beforehand.
Despite the intense shaking, the seemingly fragile window stubbornly refused to break open.
Feng Qi had already separated from Bo Han.
He stood by the window, fully alert: “Your partner is here!”
Bo Han: “He’s not my partner!”
Bo Han had always considered himself a single fox!
Although he and this demon had been physically involved, there were no feelings between them!
As soon as Bo Han finished explaining, the window was smashed open.
Feng Qi and Bo Han had intended to confront the demon outside all along.
Naturally, they wouldn’t keep him blocked outside forever.
The moment the window shattered, a sharp, murderous intent surged directly toward Feng Qi.
Feng Qi made no move to defend himself, standing perfectly still.
Bo Han immediately stepped in front of him.
“Chi Shui! Stop!”
Bo Han shielded Feng Qi firmly behind him, summoning his fox tails to protect him.
Two of his tails had been severed, leaving only seven of the original nine.
The tails of an adult nine-tailed fox were entirely different from those of a young fox cub.
Bo Han’s tails were enormous, fluffy, and carried immense destructive power.
In contrast, Rong Rong, the little fox cub, had short, chubby tails that could only sweep the floor like tiny mops.
“Chi Shui, I have questions for you!”
Bo Han didn’t bother explaining that he and Feng Qi had only been acting.
He demanded directly, “Where did you take my son and the little phoenix? Give them back to me!”
The demon, confronted by Bo Han’s interrogative tone, was so enraged that his form twisted, no longer maintaining a complete human shape.
He was in a state of extreme fury.
If not for the nine-tailed fox’s tails enveloping Feng Qi completely, the demon would likely have gone berserk, fighting Feng Qi to the death.
Seeing that the enraged demon was in no state to communicate rationally, Feng Qi finally spoke up:
“Bo Han and I weren’t kissing. It was all an act to lure you out.”
“I have a partner.”
Feng Qi’s voice was calm and steady, carrying a convincing power: “I also have a little phoenix.”
“Chi Shui, if you have any grievances, take them up with the adults.”
“Rong Rong and my little phoenix are both still young. Adult matters shouldn’t involve them.”
“Please return them to us.”
“That’s right! Give me back my Rong Rong! Chi Shui, I’m warning you. If anything happens to Rong Rong, I will never let you off.”
“If he’s gone, I won’t live on alone either. And before I die, I will make sure you’re ground to dust!”
Bo Han’s words were fierce.
His tone was utterly serious when he said this.
If his little fox was gone, he could never continue living alone in this world.
Both fathers were demanding their children back. Chi Shui, the one being confronted, had calmed down considerably compared to before.
He stood in place and coldly uttered a sentence.
“I didn’t take them.”
He had wanted that little fox to disappear. But when he arrived, neither the little phoenix nor the little fox was in the room.
“How is that possible?!”
Hearing that Chi Shui hadn’t taken the two young ones, Bo Han instantly lost his composure: “If you didn’t take them, then how could they have gone missing?!”
“Chi Shui, tell me the truth!”
Bo Han had speculated extensively earlier. When he concluded that Chi Shui had taken the little fox, he had actually felt somewhat relieved.
He was confident that with Chi Shui, the two young ones wouldn’t be in mortal danger.
But now, Chi Shui hadn’t taken them…
Bo Han was going insane.
“Where is my little fox?!”
Bo Han’s eyes reddened. With a trembling voice, he demanded of Chi Shui: “Where is my little fox?!”
“Chi Shui, go find him!”
Bo Han and Feng Qi had already searched extensively earlier.
Relying solely on their own strength to find the young ones would undoubtedly require considerable effort.
With one more person, they would have more help.
Moreover, Chi Shui was no ordinary individual.
Realizing this, Bo Han, with reddened eyes, walked directly up to Chi Shui.
Word by word, he told Chi Shui: “Rong Rong isn’t a little fox I had with someone else.”
“He is your bloodline!”
“It’s precisely because of a father like you that my Rong Rong was born deficient in spiritual power!”
“Chi Shui, you owe Rong Rong.”
Bo Han’s words did not awaken any paternal love in Chi Shui, a demon, toward Rong Rong.
Demons and humans are entirely different.
Humans have a sense of responsibility and understand their duty to protect their families.
Most humans also feel protective toward their offspring.
But demons do not.
Chi Shui, as a demon, certainly did not.
His attitude toward a little fox he had never even met was extremely indifferent.
He didn’t care about the little fox’s safety.
But Bo Han, this fox, was different.
After Bo Han once again tied his own life and death to the little fox, Chi Shui finally moved.
He turned and vanished from Bo Han and Feng Qi’s sight.
Watching him disappear, Feng Qi asked Bo Han: “Did he go to look for our sons?”
Bo Han, as if drained of strength, slumped into a chair.
He nodded.
“He went to search.”
With Chi Shui involved, even if there were gods or other demons here…
They had nothing to fear.
Although Chi Shui had already set out to search for the young ones, the two fathers couldn’t stay idle at home.
They left the room again to continue searching together.
As they passed through the village entrance, Feng Qi accidentally bumped into someone.
It was Yu Ye, dressed in a full set of outdoor gear.
The temperature here dropped quite low at night.
Yu Ye’s jacket looked damp, probably from dew.
“What are you doing here?”
Feng Qi was surprised by his arrival. “I spoke with Yu Yi during the day. He didn’t mention you were coming.”
In Feng Qi’s impression, Yu Ye, the eldest of the Yu family, had always carried an air of arrogance.
But now, as Feng Qi observed him, he noticed mud stains on Yu Ye’s pant legs.
He seemed a bit disheveled.
Yu Ye, however, didn’t seem to mind his current appearance.
He didn’t respond to Feng Qi’s earlier remark either.
Instead, he asked, “Where is Xiao Hong?”
Feng Qi didn’t hide the truth. “Xiao Hong is missing. Both he and Qing Hao have disappeared.”
“Yuan Yuan and Rong Rong are also missing. Bo Han and I are about to go look for them.”
Yu Ye: “?”
Yu Ye: “What?”
Yu Ye had come to check on the foolish dragon.
But now, not only the dragon but even the young ones. Four of them had gone missing at once?
No, that wasn’t right.
Yu Ye asked, “Did you see Yin Shuang, the one who came to see you during the day?”
Feng Qi: “…”
Feng Qi: “No.”
Well, add another name to the missing list.
With dragons and young ones disappearing left and right, Yu Ye pondered for a few seconds before asking again, “Does Li Sheng know?”
Feng Qi shook his head.
Li Sheng was searching for medicine for him and had gone somewhere far away.
Even if Feng Qi informed him now, he wouldn’t be able to make it back in time.
So, Feng Qi planned to wait until dawn to notify him.
The group didn’t linger long at the village entrance.
Every second Feng Qi and Bo Han delayed, their restlessness grew.
They soon resumed their search for the young ones.
And Yu Ye followed them.
The three headed straight into the forest. The area was dense with woods. Once inside, they split up to search.
Yu Ye stayed with Feng Qi.
As a mere mortal, going off alone could be dangerous if any unexpected situations arose.
Feng Qi didn’t let him act alone.
As they searched through the woods, the forest around them was cloaked in darkness.
But in the eyes of Feng Yuan and Rong Rong, the woods were still bright and sunny.
The two little ones were dressed in red outfits, with a red dot painted on the center of their foreheads.
After being all dressed up, Feng Yuan even asked for a mirror.
“So pretty!”
Admiring his reflection, Feng Yuan couldn’t resist preening a little.
After checking himself out, he held the mirror up for Rong Rong.
“Rong Rong, you look pretty, too.”
Feng Yuan handed the small mirror back, his chubby face beaming with pride. “We’re the prettiest little ones ever!”
Rong Rong wasn’t as vain or confident as him.
He just clung to Feng Yuan’s clothes, staying close and quiet.
Once they were fully dressed, Feng Yuan was taken to another place.
There, he finally saw his dragon uncles.
Both Chi Rong and Qing Hao had taken human forms.
They were dressed in red wedding gowns.
The dragons’ appearances were, without a doubt, striking. Chi Rong’s human form was exceptionally beautiful even among dragons.
His red wedding gown seemed more elaborate and luxurious than Qing Hao’s.
As soon as Feng Yuan saw his two dragon uncles, he rushed over.
“Uncle! Yuan Yuan finally found you!”
Feng Yuan buried his face against his dragon uncle’s leg. Now that he was with a familiar adult, the little one’s vanity vanished.
He burst into tears with a loud “Waa!”
“Uncle, Yuan Yuan was so scared! Yuan Yuan wants to go home.”
Clutching Chi Rong’s leg, Feng Yuan cried his heart out.
He cried for a long time, but Chi Rong showed no reaction.
Feng Yuan sensed something was wrong.
In the past, whenever he pretended to cry, the dragon uncles would be heartbroken.
This time, he was genuinely crying, yet Chi Rong didn’t comfort him.
Realizing something was amiss, the little one lifted his tear-filled eyes to look.
At a glance, he could tell.
Uncle Red Dragon was under some kind of control. His face was completely expressionless.
“Uncle, wake up!”
Feng Yuan shook Chi Rong vigorously, trying to snap him out of it.
Under Feng Yuan’s cries, the controlled Chi Rong gradually began to regain his senses.
However, his clarity didn’t come from Feng Yuan’s tears.
Instead, it was because the control over him had been lifted.
His spiritual power was unusable. He couldn’t even transform into his dragon form.
The envoy who had come to fetch the bride smiled and told him—
“Both of your statuses are somewhat worthy of the Divine Lord.”
“From now on, you must serve the Divine Lord well.”
Hearing the envoy’s words, Chi Rong instantly understood that the reason he was no longer controlled was so that the envoy could deliver his instructions.
If he had remained dazed, he wouldn’t have been able to listen.
“What Divine Lord? There are no living gods left nowadays!”
Although Chi Rong was a sea dragon, he still had common sense.
Historical events like the God-Demon War were common knowledge among dragons.
After the God-Demon War, there were simply no living gods left in the world.
He had already experienced the power of the so-called “god” in this forest.
That entity wasn’t alive!
This was a dead god!
A dead god is a demon.
This creature, calling itself the Divine Lord, clearly didn’t want to be a demon.
But its current actions—forcing dragons into marriage—were even more wicked than a demon’s!
Chi Rong bluntly exposed the true nature of this “god”.
His bluntness earned him another round of control over his body.
All the words he wanted to say were trapped in his mouth, unable to escape.
“Two honored consorts, please behave yourselves.”
“The Divine Lord must not be offended.”
After delivering another round of admonishments, the envoy took Feng Yuan and Rong Rong away first.
He felt that these two dragons were still not obedient enough and needed further measures to make them more agreeable.
As for these two fresh, young boys, they could be sent to meet the Divine Lord first.
When Feng Yuan was taken away, his chubby little hands clung tightly to Chi Rong’s wedding robes, unwilling to leave.
“I want to stay with Uncle!”
Both Feng Yuan and Rong Rong tugged at Chi Rong’s clothes, but their small hands were eventually pried away.
As they were taken away, both little ones cried loudly this time.
They met the “Divine Lord” before the two dragons in wedding attire.
The Divine Lord was dressed in white robes, surrounded by a radiant white light.
White light, white robe. It all looked quite holy.
But Feng Yuan couldn’t even make out his face clearly.
“Phoenix, fox.”
The Divine Lord recognized the identities of these two young ones.
Even after recognizing them, he showed no intention of letting them go.
He took a deep breath, his voice tinged with nostalgia.
“In the past, when the Yellow Emperor defeated the Flame Emperor and returned triumphantly in his chariot, a phoenix led the way.”
“I saw the phoenix at the foot of the mountain, and my heart was stirred with awe.”
Recalling the phoenix he had seen in ancient times, the Divine Lord’s tone was filled with emotion.
After murmuring about the phoenix for a while, his gaze fell upon the little phoenix.
Feng Yuan stared back at him with his wet, black bean-like eyes.
The two locked eyes for a few seconds.
A few seconds later, the Divine Lord grabbed the little phoenix with one hand and the little fox with the other.
He smiled.
“The phoenix and nine-tailed fox of old are no more.”
“With how weak you are, you shouldn’t exist either. You disgrace their legacy.”
The Divine Lord stated his reasons with lofty righteousness.
In truth, he simply wanted to devour these two little ones.
The young phoenix was highly nourishing.
The little fox had no spiritual power and offered no such benefits.
But like the young phoenix, the little fox was soft and tender, looking quite delectable.
Without giving the young ones a chance to struggle, the Divine Lord opened his mouth.
At this critical moment—
An overwhelming black mist suddenly surged toward him.
Within the mist, a demon, resurrected after perishing in ancient times, tightly gripped the “Divine Lord’s” neck.
“I despise gods the most.”
“Since you insist on playing the part of a god, you may die once more.”
The demon’s voice in the black mist was utterly flat, yet it sent shivers throughout the Divine Lord’s body.
The Divine Lord could sense that this demon before him was far more powerful than he.
He was merely a demon that had slowly emerged long, long after the gods had perished.
But the one before him now was utterly terrifying.
The Divine Lord wanted to beg for mercy, to explain that he was not truly a god.
But it was already too late.
The demon before him gave him no chance to speak.
The “Divine Lord” was directly devoured.
He didn’t even have time to let out a single scream.
After an unknown length of time.
The black mist coalesced once more. All the terrifying tentacles and excess body parts are gradually reshaping into a normal human form.
As the black mist completely dissipated, a handsome man dressed in black walked toward Feng Yuan and Rong Rong.
Feng Yuan was currently huddled together with Rong Rong.
The two little ones, who had nearly been eaten, were both teary-eyed and trembling.
Rong Rong buried his little face in Feng Yuan’s body, not daring to lift his head.
Feng Yuan bravely raised his head.
Looking at this unfamiliar uncle, his tiny, milky voice quivered.
“Are… are you going to eat us, too?”
“We don’t taste good.”
“Uncle, please don’t eat us. We beg you!”
Sam Williams On TYMIMA Chapter 152