Afterward, Lou Yunxiao carefully bandaged Little Fox Ning's wounds.
Only then did he tend to his own injuries.
He took off his clothes, held the bandage between his teeth as he applied medicine, then changed into clean clothes and lay down beside Little Fox. Yet his brow remained furrowed.
The little spark of happiness he had felt earlier had merely been an attempt to find joy amid suffering.
He knew full well that as long as the demon poison remained, Ning Ke could undergo demonization again.
And when he had examined Ning Ke's body earlier, he had discovered some hidden injuries...
He could sense that the demonic power circulating through Ning Ke's eyes and one of his tails was extremely weak.
Lou Yunxiao thought of his own eyes.
Back then, Ning Ke had told him that A Ke was his clone.
Naturally, that clone had been one of his tails.
And each of a Nine-Tailed Fox's tails was a life... A Ke's death in the Underground Palace was likely the true reason this tail had become insubstantial...
Even though he knew A Ke might have saved him because of the bond they had shared ten thousand years ago.
In the end, the one who had benefited was his present self, ten thousand years later.
These were all injuries A Ke had suffered for him, hardships he had endured for him.
Lou Yunxiao lowered his eyes and carefully brushed his fingers over Ning Ke's insubstantial tail. There was no soft fur beneath his touch, only a phantom of demonic energy barely holding its shape.
Back in the Demon World, Ning Ke had spoken so lightly of his clone's death. He had even lied, claiming he had lost nothing.
He had told Lou Yunxiao not to take it to heart.
But in