Chapter 448 - 447: Why Did I Say That Out Loud?

Chapter 448: Chapter 447: Why Did I Say That Out Loud?

Chapter 447: Why Did I Say That Out Loud?

Not far away, in the middle of the "Plants vs. Zombies" battlefield, the green-skirted girl acting as healer for a bunch of bizarre plants blinked her eyes.

As the Netherqueen’s personal maid and "little sister," the obedient Xiao Guai knew quite a lot about the things her Elder Sister had been doing in secret these days—she even knew about some of the scandalous affairs... the inside stories.

So, from the very beginning, she had been secretly paying close attention to what was happening on Netherqueen’s side.

But the way things were developing now didn’t quite match what her Elder Sister had told her—or what she herself had imagined.

’Why is Elder Sister fighting that Demon Sect Holy Saint who was summoned here by spirit-calling?’

Oh—correction. It wasn’t a fight. That Demon Sect Holy Saint was being single-handedly thrashed by her Elder Sister.

Had that guy angered Elder Sister?

The little Tree Netherkin shrank her neck.

Although Elder Sister rarely got angry, once she did—she was terrifying! It was like she turned into a completely different fox!

She still remembered the old days, back when Elder Sister hadn’t yet been suppressed by the former emperor of the Immortal Nation, when the two of them were still living in the Netherland.

At that time, she had just formed her demon core and reached the Golden Core realm. She’d finally gained the ability to take Human Form, and so, as her nominal elder sister, the Netherqueen had taken on the task of teaching her how to transform into a flawless human.

Unfortunately, Xiao Guai had absolutely no talent for it. Even under the Netherqueen’s patient instruction, she could only barely manage to take human shape—and there would always be something that "leaked" through.

Leaves and branches mixed in with her hair, super-cool bark gauntlets, and when her spiritual energy control slipped, flowers and fruit would even bloom on her little head.

But that wasn’t so bad, really—everyone had things they weren’t good at, and the Netherqueen was very patient with her.

What she shouldn’t have done, though, was lose her patience.

She decided it wasn’t a big deal to have a few traces of her Origin Form left—her branches were hidden in her hair anyway, and no one would notice unless they looked really closely. Those tiny flaws were hardly a problem, right? No need to waste her playtime with Ah Lu, Ah Que, and Ah Qi just to fix them.

Xiao Guai didn’t want to keep learning, and besides, her Elder Sister loved her so much that she wouldn’t make things difficult over such a small matter.

After all, there were plenty of other Netherkin who couldn’t take proper Human Form—Ah Lu, Ah Que, Ah Qi, weren’t they all living just fine? It was Elder Sister who was overreacting!

So she went to Elder Sister early that morning with this brilliant theory.

She still remembered how Elder Sister screams that day had lasted from dawn till dusk.

While in Human Form, her poor bottom had been whipped with a vine until it nearly leaked sap... and that vine had been pulled from her own body! How heartless!

After that day, Xiao Guai finally succeeded in shaping one of the rare perfect Human Forms among the Netherkin race. Though her looks couldn’t compare to the flawless, transcendent beauty of Elder Sister herself, by human standards she was definitely a budding little beauty.

It was also thanks to this perfect human appearance that she’d been assigned to take part in the plan to rescue the Netherqueen—specifically, to operate in the royal city alongside her Elder Sister’s incarnation.

Remembering the most humiliating day of her life, Xiao Guai couldn’t help but shiver. She subconsciously patted her now nicely rounded bottom and breathed a sigh of relief.

Then her eyes sneaked back toward her Elder Sister’s direction.

—Huh?

The little Tree Netherkin froze.

For just a split second, she could have sworn she saw a pair of delicate, pink fox ears sprouting from Elder Sister’s head... but in the blink of an eye, they vanished again.

’Was that just my imagination—because I was thinking about that day?’

Due to that past event, even if Yao Ji also took on a Human Form with some "flaws," Xiao Guai still wouldn’t dare to raise a hand against her.

If she got herself beaten and being screamed all over again, she’d have no face left to show back in the Netherland!

’Come to think of it, what exactly did that Demon Sect Holy Saint do?’

’I remember Elder Sister being in quite a good mood before—she even seemed to be looking forward to meeting him... though her behavior was a bit strange. Every now and then she’d space out for a long time, as if she were lost in some kind of emotional dilemma or deep thought...’

That was clearly the look of a maiden awakening to love—ugh, forget it, just thinking about it makes her chest hurt.

Who knows what kind of honeyed words that brothel-crawling fraud of a man fed her Elder Sister.

Hmph. Men! Serves him right to be getting thrashed by Elder Sister!

If she weren’t so afraid of pain, she’d have already snapped off one of her branches to lend her sister some bonus damage!

. . .

Luo Wusheng, meanwhile, was a little stunned.

In the vision reflected within his "eyes," the breathtaking woman opposite him fluttered her lashes and slowly opened her bewitching eyes.

As she did, a pair of fox ears covered in fine pink fur rose atop her head, and nine fluffy tails unfurled from behind her.

Faint multicolored light coiled around those tails—each shimmer seemed to contain laws that defied the world itself. A single glance could steal one’s soul, whispering madness into the mind.

"Do you like what you see?"

Netherqueen’s voice sounded directly in Luo Wusheng’s mind.

"It’s beautiful!" he replied sincerely.

"And... compared to my usual Human Form?"

"They’re both beautiful!"

"Tell me the truth."

"...If I say this one’s better, am I going to get hit?"

No need to ask—he already knew the answer.

While in her Humanoid Form (Half-Fox state), Netherqueen’s face twitched slightly.

As expected, her Young Master’s tastes were far from ordinary.

Good thing she could still meet such... perverted preferences— No! Why should she want to meet them?!

This form was humiliating!

As the Netherqueen, she had always taken pride in showing only her most perfect, flawless self. Before meeting this man, she had never once revealed such an indecent appearance before anyone!

And to make matters worse, Xiao Guai had almost caught sight of her just now... Luckily, she had reacted quickly enough to throw up an illusion in time.

Then, the same man who had just spoken without thinking suddenly blurted out again—this time, with a noticeable delay.

"In my eyes, Big Sister Yao Ji, you’re beautiful no matter what form you take—just like how the moon in the heavens waxes and wanes, yet is always."

’Crap! Did I just say that first part out loud? Uh...’

Luo Wusheng fell silent.

This sudden bout of unfiltered honesty was, at this moment, practically equivalent to unleashing a full Divine Transformation realm spell toward him.

The little fox gazed quietly at him.

If it hadn’t been for that first sentence, she might have overlooked the fact that he was still dodging her question.

Now, however, it seemed that "correcting" her Young Master’s aesthetic preferences would be a very long—and probably hopeless—task.

Sighing softly, she decided not to dwell on such minor matters. Her eyes shifted toward the strange, jelly-like creature curled up in front of her.

A true picture of cowardice.

Watching that pitiful form, Yao Ji rolled her eyes.

"What are you doing? Come here already! Does the Young Master not want to know why your consciousness is here—and why you’ve turned into that?"

"Hurry up. The time you can remain after being spirit-called is limited. If it weren’t for the deep link between you and that... thing, as well as the restriction I left behind in the Demon Moon years ago, I wouldn’t have been able to summon you at all."

As she spoke, one of her fox tails reached forward.

That tail’s glow was faint and dim, yet from within it one could faintly hear the cry of a phoenix.

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