The fairies I flirted with in the game became real?!

Mrs. Liu took the lead in speaking, and Li Damu’s eyes struggled, his expression hesitant for quite a while.

Finally, Li Damu also clenched his teeth and said,

“Alright! Since our Mu Yang has grown up now, there’s no harm in speaking out about this matter!”

Li Damu took a deep breath, as if he was bracing himself, and told Li Muyang,

“The grave outside the city doesn’t house your deceased elder brother. What you heard in Jiuyuan City is correct, your mother and I have only ever had you as our son.”

“And buried in that lone grave, is none other than your two-year-old corpse!”

Li Damu spoke this string of words rapidly.

After saying these words, he seemed to have lifted some heavy burden; his whole demeanor relaxed as if a weight had been lifted.

But his frank disclosure only added to Li Muyang’s shock.

Could it really be that he himself was buried in that grave?

Then who was he now…

Li Muyang’s expression was one of astonishment and confusion as he looked towards his parents. Mrs. Liu, with a pale face and sorrowful eyes, said,

“That happened when you were two years old, before we had moved into the city and were still living in the mountains. Your father had not yet developed any significant abilities; we were poor, and just as you had learned to speak, you fell gravely ill.”

“During that half month, your fever worsened, and you even fell into a coma where no amount of calling could awaken you.”

“Your father and I were poor, and even after spending all our money, the medicine we gathered could not cure you.”

“Seeing your condition deteriorate and having no more money to spend on medicine, your father and I pondered deeply and finally decided to seek help from the Fox Immortal in the mountains…”

Mrs. Liu recounted this past event in a low, dreamlike tone.

It was as if she had returned to those days filled with poverty, desperation, and sorrow, her eyes filled with melancholy.

Li Muyang, who had no memory of these events, slightly furrowed his brow.

“The Fox Immortal?” He repeated the title his mother used, searching through the original host’s memories, but he found no information related to the Fox Immortal.

The original host had freely grown up in Jiuyuan City and had never heard of any Fox Immortal.

Li Damu spoke in a low voice, “The Fox Immortal was a legend in the countryside around Jiuyuan City from long ago. Back then, it was said in Jiuyuan City and the surrounding counties that there was a Fox Immortal in the forests. If faced with difficulties, one could seek help from the Fox Immortal.”

“The Fox Immortal would charge a fee to help you through these troubles.”

“Your mother and I had heard of this legend long ago, but by that time, I had already started practicing martial arts, and I knew a little about the Cultivation World. I knew there were no Immortals in this world.”

“Whatever was hiding in those mountains was likely a fox spirit that had come from who knows where, not daring to go to more populous areas, and hence resorting to tricking people in rural places like Jiuyuan City.”

“These roaming little demons are often greedy and terrifying; it is absolutely necessary not to become entangled with them.”

At this point, Li Damu sighed.

Li Muyang then understood the subsequent events, “…But seeing my condition worsen and the family running out of money, with no other options left, you chose to seek help from that Fox Immortal?”

Li Muyang became even more perplexed by Li Damu’s words.

A little monster that hides in the countryside deceiving ignorant men and women, would it have such power?

Li Damu’s gaze turned complex as he looked into the distance, seemingly recalling the situation at that time, a trace of fear flashing in his eyes.

He rubbed the goose bumps on his arms and said, “It was a moonless deep night when your mother and I quietly left the village and entered the deep mountains alone.”

“We, as the local legend says, went to a forest full of green vines in the mountains, knelt down among the trees, bowing our heads while pleading for the Fox Immortal to help us.”

“The wind back then was very cold, as if scraping against my arms with a knife, and I still can’t forget that strange wind that night. It was the height of summer, yet the wind coming from the forest was cold enough to make one shudder.”

“Your mother and I knelt in the forest bowing our heads fiercely, all night long, praying for the Fox Immortal to save you.”

“It wasn’t until dawn was about to break that we quietly returned to the village, staying by your side.”

“And your illness had not improved at all…”

Li Damu finished speaking somberly and lowered his head.

Liu took over her husband’s words and continued, “We didn’t see the Fox Immortal, and according to the local saying, this meant the Fox Immortal was unwilling to help us and therefore refused.”

“So we went home, planning to sell the family’s fields to get money to buy good medicine in Jiuyuan City.”

“This was a last resort, but your father and I had no other choice, we couldn’t just watch you die.”

“But on that very night, while your father was out discussing the selling of our fields, I was alone at home when I suddenly heard the cry of a fox outside, followed by a strange voice calling my name that I had never heard before…”

Liu narrated the events of that night and, at this point, couldn’t help but shiver.

A weak and helpless countrywoman hearing strange voices calling her name outside her door in the dead of night… such an experience is absolutely a night terror.

“I didn’t know who was outside, I dared not open the door, I could only hide behind it and ask who it was.”

“But the voice outside stopped speaking, and all I heard were the strange, giggling laughter of a fox, and a child’s crying that was barely audible.”

“Soon, the crying of the child outside grew louder and louder, becoming noisier and noisier.”

“And I found that you inside the house were getting hotter on the forehead and weaker in breath…”

Liu looked deeply at Li Muyang and said, “In the end, you lying in bed had completely lost your breath, becoming cold and still, unresponsive to any shaking.”

“And the child’s crying outside was so loud it hurt the ears, exactly like when you were a child…”

“I didn’t know what was happening, but the voice outside then called out mine and your father’s name.”

“The voice said, ‘Li Damu, Liu, I’ve saved your son, come and take him home quick.'”

“I was terrified out of my wits, but for some reason, my body uncontrollably opened the door and ran out, seeing a naked child lying at the gateway of our home.”

“That child was about two years old, chubby and fair, crying very loudly, reaching out for a hug the moment he saw me. But after I picked him up, I found that he couldn’t speak, only making cooing noises, like a newborn baby…”

Li Muyang’s face changed slightly at Liu’s words.

“This two-year-old child is…”

“That’s right, it’s you,” Li Damu said, “According to the countryside saying, after being helped by the Fox Immortal, one must never let others know what the Fox Immortal has done for them, otherwise the Fox Immortal will take everything back.”

“So, your mother and I secretly buried your original body and no one knows about it.”

“We were afraid of you being taken back by the Fox Immortal…”