Chapter 12: Honesty (2)

I don’t know if it was me providing him with a sense of security, but Wen Ye’s originally trembling body gradually calmed down.

He looked at me wearily and slowly began, “The man who found you is considered half my master now. He’s also a cultivator. The reason we were able to find you is that someone used connections in the Underworld to look through the Book of Life and Death.”

“Wait! Wait! The Underworld?

The Book of Life and Death?

 Dude, are you filming a movie?

 What kind of international joke is this?” I scoffed.

Wen Ye looked serious. “Le Xiaomai, you’ve already seen little ghosts with your own eyes, and you also had a sudden high fever when you were sixteen and could hear many strange sounds. You should know that this world isn’t what people see with their naked eyes. In places you can’t see, in other worlds, there are many things happening that you can’t understand in your entire life.”

He actually knew about what happened when I was sixteen.

I steadied myself, temporarily suppressing my doubts, and asked, “Who was it that looked through my Book of Life and Death?”

Wen Ye shook his head. “I can’t tell you, but she’s the most important person to me. She saved me three years ago and provided me with a place to cultivate. This time, it was because I had to undergo a trial, so she secretly looked through the Book of Life and Death, violating the laws of the underworld and is now in confinement.”

“Confinement?” I said incredulously.

Wen Ye nodded. “I have been cultivating for over five hundred years. When a fox beast has cultivated for five hundred years, it can form a spirit pearl and transform into a human form. After experiencing a thunder tribulation, it can ascend to immortality in its physical body.”

“But my spirit pearl was stolen many years ago, and my magical power was limited, so I haven’t been able to fully transform.”

“For many years, I have been searching for my enemy to retrieve my spirit pearl while hiding and cultivating. I was almost beaten to death by humans several times. Three years ago, I met her in a deserted place, and that’s how I had a place to settle down.”

My brain couldn’t quite keep up with the pace, so I interrupted him, “You’re already five hundred years old? Aren’t you supposed to not be able to transform into a human form without a spirit pearl? So what are you now…”

“Half a month ago, I sensed my spirit pearl, so I searched everywhere for days, but I was ambushed and almost killed by that person. Fortunately, I obtained half of the spirit pearl, so I was able to transform into a human form, but the other half is still in that person’s hands…”

I pointed to his ears, curiously asking, “Is it because you only have half a spirit pearl that you can only maintain this form?”

Wen Ye’s ears twitched, and he frowned, “No, my vitality is damaged now, and it’s difficult to activate my magic power. Once I recover, my ears and tail will disappear.”

“That’s good.” I said this, but in my heart, I was a bit perverted. This form is pretty good, with ears and a tail, so cute.

He continued, “My five-hundred-year tribulation is coming soon. Becoming an immortal depends on this one move. I must find the other half of the spirit pearl before the thunder tribulation.”

“Why do you need me to help?” I tilted my head and asked, “Don’t you have a friend who can look through the Book of Life and Death? Can’t you have them check and find out the whereabouts of the person who stole your spirit pearl?”

Wen Ye frowned. “That person is from the Wu Clan and can evade the search of ghost messengers… Moreover, as a small fox beast, I cannot use special powers to pull strings; otherwise, it would violate the laws of heaven and prevent me from proving immortality and ascending.”

“Her looking through the Book of Life and Death for me this time was already a major taboo. I will handle the rest myself.”

I pulled my hand back in dissatisfaction. “Then handle it yourself! What’s it to me? You don’t want to implicate others, so why implicate me? I’m just an ordinary person…”

Wen Ye looked at me deeply, stating firmly, “You are different, Le Xiaomai. You should know that you are different from others, right?”

“Yeah, my Eight Characters are all yang, so I’m immune to all evil spirits. Not only do I harm myself, but I also harm my closest relatives.” I shrugged, stating bluntly, “You guys knew this before the interview, huh?”

He shook his head. “Besides these things, you can also hear many sounds that others can’t hear.”

“You… how do you know?”

“Have you ever wondered where those sounds come from? Why can you hear them?”

“Where do they come from?” I asked eagerly.

Wen Ye paused, saying each word distinctly, “The Great Wilderness Realm of the Wu Clan.”

“What? What are you talking about?” I frowned at him.

“Le Xiaomai, you have never been favored by your mother since you were a child. Have you ever thought about why?” Wen Ye asked.

Of course, I had thought about it. Before, I thought it was because my Bazi was too strong, and my mother was afraid that I would kill the whole family. Later, I realized that it wasn’t like that.

Although my memories before the age of two are very vague, my mother has always been distant from me. I will never forget those cold, frosty, and loveless eyes.

Combined with what my father said before, I was almost certain that I was born to my father and another woman.

But I’ve always been afraid to verify it. I’m afraid I’ll really have no home.

Just let me hold on to a little bit of illusory fantasy.

“The tattoo on your waist is a mark of the Wu Clan,” Wen Ye said bluntly, shattering my fantasy.

“You!”

I was both angry and annoyed. He really saw everything!

He looked straight at me, without any impure expressions, “My parents came from the Great Wilderness Realm. The person who stole my spirit pearl probably had his eyes on me long ago. Even my parents may have been killed by him…”

Wen Ye stopped, showing fatigue and desolation, with coldness emerging in his eyes.

“Le Xiaomai, you can help me find that person.”

Hot breath brushed against my face, like a feather sweeping across my face, tickling my heart along my pores and blood vessels.

Looking at his sincere and pure eyes, I felt inexplicably annoyed and couldn’t help scratching my head, giving up on myself. “How can an ordinary person like me help you find him? I don’t know anything, and those voices are drilling into my ears. I can’t tell what they’re saying at all! What Great Wilderness Realm? I don’t understand what you’re talking about!”

“That’s your mother protecting you.”

“Huh?” My scratching motion stopped. “Wh-what are you saying?”

Wen Ye admitted frankly, “Your biological mother is a witch and also comes from the Great Wilderness Realm. You are her bloodline left in the human world. The mark on your waist and the bracelet are the best proof.”

“Le Xiaomai, in a sense, you are also a witch.”

The muscles on my face twitched uncontrollably. I said amusingly, “A witch? Why don’t you say I’m a Balala the Fairies? Did my mom graduate from Hogwarts?”

“What are you saying?” Wen Ye frowned in confusion.

I’m not in the mood to explain cartoons and movies to a fox right now. I scratched my head annoyedly, “Aiya, aiya, it’s nothing! I’m telling you clearly that I, Le Xiaomai, can take care of your daily life. Cleaning, laundry, and cooking are no problem, but if you want me to help you find some spirit pearl, I don’t have that kind of ability. Please find someone else!”

Wen Ye stared at me with deep eyes. I was a little guilty at first, but then I thought that the person who stole his spirit pearl could hurt him like this. That’s so dangerous! What if something happened to me? What would my great-grandmother do?

So, I straightened my back and looked at him fearlessly, telling him that I was here to work, not to risk my life.

“Then leave,” Wen Ye turned his head, his profile cold and aloof, his expression indifferent. “I won’t force you.”

I was stunned, and immediately became even more annoyed. I whipped off the air conditioning blanket, jumped out of bed, and put on my slippers, pretending to be very satisfied and nodding, “Okay, as I wish. Thank you for letting me off the hook.”

“Oh, I’ll return the money to Brother Yanzu. As for today… consider it a day of free labor.”

“Whatever,” Wen Ye still turned his head, not even giving me a glance?

“…”

Do you know what adult politeness is?

Politeness is that I wish I could tear the person in front of me into pieces, stuff them into my mouth, chew those hundreds of times, spit them out again, and stomp them into the mud with my feet. In the end, I have to keep smiling and say goodbye in a calm and breezy way.