Transforming into a stunningly beautiful fox spirit, leaving a scar on the heart of a prodigy.

"Hey, system."

Su Xiaojiu kicked the water listlessly.

Glistening water droplets splashed up and landed on her smooth calves, sliding down her beautiful skin.

【exist. 】

"Is that silly tiger still watching?"

[The target, Bai Yin, is located 45 degrees to the left and rear of the host, at a distance of 50 meters, behind a bush.]

"Tsk."

Su Xiaojiu changed her posture.

She deliberately raised her wet right foot and swung it in the sunlight.

The nine fox tails that were originally hidden behind it also began to sway restlessly, stirring the water surface with a splashing sound.

"Since he likes to watch, let him watch to his heart's content."

Behind the bushes.

Bai Yin clung tightly to the tree trunk in front of him.

The fingertips were deeply embedded in the tree bark.

The dry sawdust pierced his fingertip, but he didn't notice.

Too white.

That foot.

And there was the fox's tail undulating in the water.

My throat is terribly dry, as if I've swallowed a handful of burning sand.

Bai Yin swallowed subconsciously.

As a tiger demon who had fought in the Western Continent for many years, he had seen countless bloodshed and ugliness.

But what I'm seeing now...

It was so clean that it was almost blinding to him.

Bow down.

He saw the Taoist robe he was wearing.

Dark red bloodstains were hardened on the clothes, emitting a nauseating stench.

There were still bits of flesh from those unfortunate cultivators stuck in the crevices of his fingernails.

Dirty.

An unprecedented sense of shame struck him.

Such a filthy beast, let alone approach him, even a glance would seem like a desecration to the girl.

"call--"

Bai Yin suddenly turned around.

The movement was so loud that it startled the birds in the trees.

He dared not look again, nor even linger, and fled into the depths of the dense forest as if escaping.

[Ding! Target Bai Yin has left.]

Current favorability level: 25 (interest).

Su Xiaojiu stopped kicking the water.

She watched the retreating figure in a panic and pursed her lips.

"They ran away already?"

"A little kitten with lustful thoughts but no courage."

……

Three miles away, there is a deep pool beneath a waterfall.

puff.

A huge splash of water erupted.

Bai Yin jumped into the icy pool.

He frantically scrubbed the Taoist robe he was wearing.

Once, twice.

Damn bloodstains.

No matter how I wash it, I can't get it off.

"hateful."

Bai Yin irritably tore off his Taoist robe and slammed it onto a stone.

He was shirtless, revealing his strong, scarred muscles.

He rubbed his skin vigorously with rough sand until the flesh, stained with blood, turned bright red and even bled.

not enough.

It's still not clean enough.

He submerged his head in the water and shook it vigorously.

Until I was completely exhausted, until I could no longer smell any blood on my body, only the crisp, watery vapor remained.

Bai Yincai climbed ashore.

He used his magic to evaporate the moisture.

He put on the old, faded Taoist robe again.

He walked to the water's edge and used the reflection to tidy his somewhat messy long hair.

The pair of round tiger ears on its head twitched restlessly.

He reached out and pressed it down.

It bounced up again.

Press and hold again.

"trouble."

Bai Yin cursed under his breath and gave up trying to argue with his ears.

He took a deep breath, turned around, and walked towards Yunmengze.

My steps were much heavier than when I came.

With each step I took, my heart beat a fraction faster.

……

Sunset West Mountain.

The entrance to Yunmengze Valley.

Bai Yin has already circled around there eight hundred times.

He paced back and forth anxiously, his hands behind his back, like a primary school student waiting for the teacher to check his homework.

The tiger's tail behind it was taut and straight, occasionally lashing the ground and kicking up a cloud of dust.

"What should I say?"

"Am I Baek In?"

No, that's too stiff.

"Is the moon beautiful tonight?"

Bai Yin looked up at the dark sky.

That's incredibly stupid.

Just as he was struggling with the thought of biting off his own tail.

rustle.

The sound of light footsteps came from inside the valley.

Bai Yin's body stiffened instantly.

He turned around abruptly, his movements stiff as a rusty puppet.

The girl came out.

She changed into a clean black dress, her long hair casually draped over her shoulders.

The moonlight shone on her, incredibly soft.

Su Xiaojiu stopped in her tracks.

She looked at the boy in front of her, who was clearly well-groomed but still seemed somewhat untidy.

That faded Taoist robe.

Those hands that were still dripping wet.

And those tiger ears, pressed tightly against his scalp.

puff.

Su Xiaojiu laughed out loud in her heart.

This tiger is surprisingly innocent.

"that……"

Bai Yin opened his mouth.

The opening lines I had rehearsed countless times in my mind vanished the moment I saw her.

My mind went completely blank.

All that remained was the deafening sound of the heart pounding against the chest.

dong dong.

dong dong.

"you……"

He stuttered.

The mighty demon of the Western Continent, the ruthless killer Tiger Fiend, actually stuttered in front of a little fox.

Su Xiaojiu tilted her head.

She walked up to him with her hands behind her back, skipping and hopping.

Those azure eyes curved into crescent moons.

"hello."

Her voice was clear and crisp, with a touch of girlish charm.

"My name is Su Xiaojiu."

She leaned closer, her nose almost touching his chest.

"If you didn't come here to hurt me."

"So you're here to watch the stars with me?"

boom.

Bai Yin felt like something had exploded in his head.

twenty years ago.

It was also a night like this.

And it was this same inexplicable person who barged into his world.

The disheveled Taoist priest enlightened his mind and gave him the opportunity to seek the Tao.

And now.

Twenty years later.

The girl named Su Xiaojiu stood in front of him, smiling broadly.

That instant.

Looking into her eyes, which reflected the starlight, Bai Yin felt as if the entire Milky Way had lost its color.

"I……"

His Adam's apple bobbed, and his voice was terribly hoarse.

"Yes."

"I came to see the stars."

I came to see you too.

Bai Yin silently added a sentence in his mind.

Su Xiaojiu smiled even more happily.

She reached out and naturally took Bai Yin's rough, large hand.

"Let's go then, I just found a great spot to stargaze."

Palms touching.

Warm.

soft.

Bai Yin trembled all over, as if struck by lightning, and froze on the spot, afraid to move.

He let her lead him as they walked towards the mountaintop.

"that……"

"Um?"

My name is Bai Yin.

"I understand, Xiaobai."

"...It's Bai Yin."

"Okay, Xiaobai."

The wind blows across the hills.

Two figures sat side by side.

Bai Yin straightened his back, sitting upright as if he were facing the wall in contemplation.

In fact, he didn't even look at the stars in the sky.

His peripheral vision was entirely focused on the girl swinging her legs beside him.

"It's so beautiful."

Su Xiaojiu pointed to the Milky Way on the horizon and sighed.

"Um."

Bai Yin responded.

"nice."

He was talking about people.

A cool night breeze, carrying the fresh scent of grass and trees, swept across the hillside.

Bai Yin sat even more stiffly.

Because Su Xiaojiu found sitting tiring, she leaned to one side, putting most of her weight on his shoulder.

In that instant, the muscles in the body of this Western Tiger Demon tensed up, becoming as hard as a rock.

He held his breath, gripping the fabric on his knees tightly with both hands until his knuckles turned white, afraid that if he breathed too hard, he would blow away the delicate little fox beside him.

"Hey, Xiaobai."

The girl's soft, sweet voice boomed in my ears.

"...Yes." Bai Yin's throat tightened.

"Why do you smell so fishy?" Su Xiaojiu sniffed and sniffed his sleeve with some disgust.

Bai Yin's face flushed bright red, and even his tiger ears hidden in his messy hair seemed to burn.

To wash away the bloodstains, he soaked in the pool for a full half hour. Apparently, the fish in the pool also suffered, as he washed them as well.

"I... I'll wash somewhere else next time." He struggled for a long time before finally managing to utter this pathetic sentence.

Su Xiaojiu couldn't help but burst out laughing.

She stuck out a finger and poked Bai Yin's stiff arm muscles: "Relax, I'm not going to eat you. It's clearly you, the big tiger, who's scarier, isn't it?"

Scary?

Bai Yin subconsciously shrank back, trying to hide himself in the faded Taoist robe.

He feared that his malevolent aura would offend her, and even more so that his blood-stained hands would soil a corner of her dress.

[Ding! Target Bai Yin's heart rate has exceeded 200. Host is advised to prepare nitroglycerin tablets.]

The system notification sounded at an inopportune time.

A sly glint flashed in Su Xiaojiu's eyes.

She stopped teasing him and instead looked up at the starry sky.

The starry sky is reflected in the deep mountains and ancient marshes.

In Bai Yin's eyes, the starry sky was nothing compared to the shadow cast by the eyelashes of the person beside him as they fluttered.

He awkwardly moved his palm, trying to touch her fingertips, but stopped when he was still an inch away. His fingers curled up, and in the end, he only held her hand loosely at her side.

A mountain breeze swept through, and all was silent.

Only a clumsy tiger guards his moon.

This scene is just as the poem says:

After washing away the blood of Asura in the icy pool, it folds its wings and claws and sits on the mountain crevice.

I dare not raise my voice to startle the jade fox, and instead treat the fierce tiger as a fool.

All the stars in the sky are colorless, only a sliver of moon can be seen on earth.