This time, all he'd done was punish a human a little, and he'd ended up attracting such a menace.
Fuzhu was at a loss for words.
Xiao Xiao took one last look at the demon, eyes closed and bathed in moonlight, its form seeming all the more ethereal and otherworldly. A flicker of admiration crossed his eyes.
He couldn't help but marvel. What a beautiful demon.
Then a thought suddenly crossed his mind.
Did all beautiful demons have the ability to bewitch people and toy with them at will?
Fuzhu's ability to conjure nightmares, Fei Fei's ability to create illusions, the Nine-tailed Fox's charm...
Did the more beautiful something was, the more likely it was to have thorns?
Xiao Xiao pressed a finger to the corner of his eye, which was twitching faintly, and his lips curved slightly.
"Goodbye, Fuzhu."
"...Yoyoyo."
It wasn't until the human was almost out of sight, disappearing into the gap, that Fuzhu let out a soft cry.
Actually, this human wasn't all that... annoying?
Then Fuzhu lowered its head and saw that part of its horn was missing from its reflection. Its mind changed in an instant. Not a chance!
Damn human!
Fuzhu, bathed in moonlight, soon closed its eyes again.
It would focus even harder on its cultivation, hoping to grow a new little horn where the broken one had been as soon as possible.
The lake, lively for a while, returned to its usual quiet.
"Thanks, Goudiao."
At the foot of the barren mountain, Xiao Xiao said with a smile.
The shadow up ahead stirred, then fell still.
The moonlight shifted, illuminating the place that had been shrouded in shadow.
There was nothing there.
Xiao Xiao turned his head slightly. "Fei Fei, thanks for your