Divinity and Demonhood Divided

However, before the Nine-Tailed White Fox could finish speaking, she fell back into a deep sleep after her consciousness was extracted.

"Who are you calling naive! Don't think that just because you've become your original form you can—"

Pulling his consciousness back to his physical body, Yin Yunze couldn't help but retort, then fell silent.

"It seems that arguing with myself is indeed childish—no, what I'm doing is—"

The next moment, as it separated its consciousness again, the Nine-Tailed White Fox opened its eyes once more, looking indifferently at itself before it.

Yin Yunze, however, said very seriously, "Hey, I think we've gone crazy!"

After waiting a while, and seeing that the Nine-Tailed White Fox remained silent, Yin Yunze couldn't help but frown and ask, "Why aren't you saying anything?"

"Sigh." Looking at Yin Yunze, the Nine-Tailed White Fox said helplessly, "I'm afraid that if I open my mouth, you childish brat will steal my consciousness again."

Upon hearing this, Yin Yunze couldn't help but frown. "Who are you calling a childish brat!"

"See, I wasn't wrong!" The Nine-Tailed White Fox couldn't help but curl her lips, looking as if she had expected it.

Taking a deep breath, Yin Yunze frowned and said, "I didn't mean to argue with you."

"I also think it's incredibly stupid to argue with yourself, especially when you're under the same control of your own consciousness." Looking at Yin Yunze, the Nine-Tailed White Fox said helplessly, "You're being a bit too impulsive."

"You're the one who's too lifeless."

Upon hearing the Nine-Tailed White Fox's words, Yin Yunze immediately objected, retorting, "You! Why didn't you dare to just casually create an iceberg and smash that City God? You felt like you couldn't go on living, and you only dared to kill a little ghost to vent your anger!"

"You know, if you had thrown an iceberg at that City God back then, smashing it to pieces! Not only would it have been satisfying, but it might have forced the City God out! Who knows, it might have even sown discord between the City God and the Heavenly Wheel Sect, making them fight each other—"

"What kind of look is that! I know they're secretly colluding, but some things can be done in private, but can't be said openly! Besides, the City God thought we had someone backing us—"

"Being hesitant to act for fear of unintended consequences, you might not even be on anyone's side! If you had been bolder, you wouldn't be in this predicament now! If you had done as I said, you wouldn't be lying here unable to move, listening to my scolding!"

"At least I'm still alive."

The Nine-Tailed White Fox, however, had a different opinion. "If I had been bolder, as you say, I might not be in this situation now! You can't rule out the possibility that the City God and the Third Prison Warden joined forces—are you trying to kill me to reclaim your original form—okay—I'm overthinking it—"

"I didn't even say you stole my original body's position, and you're already suspecting me!" Rolling his eyes, Yin Yunze shook his head and said, "Okay, with such a big disagreement, it's confirmed, something's definitely not right between us!"

"It's probably a problem with the allocation ratio."

Squinting, the Nine-Tailed White Fox voiced her guess. "It's probably still the fault of the Power of Incense Offerings —I guess my body has a higher proportion of rationality. So I need to be calmer and more composed, while you need to be childish and impulsive—"

"Don't think I didn't notice you were subtly insulting me! And you still have the nerve to call yourself calm and composed!"

Glancing sideways at the Nine-Tailed White Fox, Yin Yunze curled his lip and said, "We're all the same person, don't act like you know more than me! Simply put, assuming the Nine-Tailed Fox is perceived by believers as possessing both divine and demonic qualities—"

So you, an Innate Holy Spirit, have acquired a portion of the Nine-Tailed Fox's divinity! And I, as a pitiful mortal avatar, am forced to bear the demonic aspects of the Nine-Tailed Fox! That's why I, a dignified seven-foot man, have been reduced to this state!

Rolling her eyes, the Nine-Tailed White Fox was too lazy to respond to that, and instead said, "Therefore, if it were just existing alone, it would be fine. Firstly, there's no comparison, so neither of us would feel any problem. Secondly, a complete consciousness can suppress most of the influence of the body."

According to your logic, assuming the two bodies respectively possess divine and demonic qualities, then consciousness represents the human aspect. Therefore, when consciousness is entirely within my body, it's a state of being both human and divine. But if it's entirely within you, it's just being human—"

Under Yin Yunze's death stare, the Nine-Tailed White Fox still didn't utter a word.

After all, this essentially means even criticizing oneself.

After a pause, the Nine-Tailed White Fox continued as if nothing had happened, "When existing alone, humanity can suppress the body's divinity and demonic nature. However, when consciousness is divided and controls two bodies simultaneously, the suppression is insufficient, and the divinity and demonic nature will in turn influence humanity's judgment."

"And it's quite possible that there's still a mutual repulsion between divinity and demonic nature. So much so that even if a single consciousness is controlling us, and we know very well that we are actually one person, we can still engage in meaningless self-talk, or even mutual arguing, like we are now."

"After all, we don't need to say these words aloud at all; we can understand each other simply by thinking about them. But subconsciously, we still use language to distinguish ourselves from each other."

After a moment of silence, Yin Yunze asked, "So, isn't this just schizophrenia?"

After a moment of silence, the Nine-Tailed White Fox said helplessly, "Alright, it really is schizophrenia! So, I think we should try to avoid these kinds of conversations in the future, otherwise it might interfere with our physical health and make us go increasingly insane! You should get down to business! Didn't you want to obtain the divine status? Come and get it."

"Wait a minute, you can't fight back now anyway, no rush." Yin Yunze said seriously, his face grim. "There's still a possibility that we'll both appear together in the future, so I think to differentiate us, from now on you'll be called God Nine-Tailed Fox! And I'll be—"

"That's so childish!" The Nine-Tailed White Fox sighed again. "How come I didn't know I had such a troublesome personality? Even if you want a code name, at least come up with something you can actually say! Can you even call this code name out in front of other people?!"

"Yeah, it was a bit embarrassing, I couldn't really call out—"

Yin Yunze scratched his head and put it another way. "Let's keep it simple. You're called Divine Body, and I'm called Mortal Body."

"According to your theory of gods and demons, you shouldn't be called a demon—" the Nine-Tailed White Fox blurted out instinctively, then paused, "Indeed, you're right! Those kinds of names are too lofty, after all—"

"I am but a mortal!"

Reaching out and poking the divine body of Yin Yunze, the mortal Yin Yunze grinned like a fox who had stolen a chicken, saying, "Now who's more childish!"

Rolling its eyes, this time the divine body didn't argue, but simply voluntarily withdrew from consciousness.

The next moment, Yin Yunze froze on the spot, then couldn't help but cover his face with his hands. "These two guys are so damn childish!"

After standing there for a while, Yin Yunze finally recovered from the shame of arguing with himself for so long.

Determined to avoid controlling two bodies simultaneously, he slowly reached out and probed into the body of the divine form before him.

The divine body, which had a physical form, was now like water, allowing Yin Yunze to invade it.

The next moment, Yin Yunze quickly discovered the location of the Land God Divinity, which was in the heart area.

Changing his position, Yin Yunze reached into the heart of the divine body.

Just as Yin Yunze was reaching for the Land God Divinity, she suddenly heard a loud shout from behind her, "Villain! What are you doing to the Goddess!"

Hearing that familiar voice, Yin Yunze didn't think much of it at first, but then he sensed something was wrong. "Hey, wait a minute!"

The next moment, a whip with tremendous force lashed across Yin Yunze's back.

The thick clothes were completely unable to stop this whip that contained the power of water and fire. The whip ripped through the thick clothes and left a whip mark on Yin Yunze's back. At the same time, the burning of Fox Fire and the piercing cold of frost were also added to the wound.

"Ouch! It hurts so much! It hurts like hell!"

He gasped in shock as Yin Yunze was whipped so hard he rolled around on the ground, Yin Yunze fox ears and tail popping out from the pain.

Before attaining godhood, Yin Yunze was merely a slightly special mortal.

"Mother, Your Majesty?"

Upon seeing the familiar fox ears and nine tails, Zhao Zixuan froze on the spot.

Lying on the ground, trembling slightly and completely losing his composure, Yin Yunze looked up at the somewhat helpless little fox girl and grinned, saying, "Zhao Zixuan, you've really got guts! You actually dared to whip me with the whip I gave you!"

Seeing Yin Yunze's somewhat disheveled appearance, the little fox girl was at a loss for what to do.

Her gaze swept back and forth between the divine body and Yin Yunze, the little fox girl's crimson pupils trembling violently, somewhat unable to comprehend the situation before her.

"She is me." To avoid being struck again, Yin Yunze separated his consciousness and had his divine body speak, saying, "Xuan'er, your blows hurt a lot."

"I----"

Upon discovering that the person she had slapped was indeed Yin Yunze, the little fox girl rolled her eyes, collapsed to the ground, and fainted from fright.

"What kind of mess is this?!"

Yin Yunze's eye twitched slightly; he hadn't expected this to happen.

Withdrawing his consciousness from his divine body and enduring the pain in his back, Yin Yunze didn't delay this time and directly extracted the Land God Divinity from the Subordinate Deity body.

The next moment, after merging this divine essence into his mortal body, Yin Yunze once again gained the authority of the Land God of the Clear Creek Basin.

After skillfully harnessing the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi to heal Heal Wounds and Cure Illness whip wounds on his back, Yin Yunze suddenly paused in surprise.

"It seems that the Power of Incense Offerings can also Heal Wounds and Cure Illness— "

Using the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi should have been the alternative, but because he was so skilled at it, Yin Yunze subconsciously forgot about the Power of Incense Offerings.

No longer dwelling on that, Yin Yunze drew upon the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, transforming it into Heal Wounds and Cure Illness that landed on the divine body.

However, before this Heal Wounds and Cure Illness could truly take effect, it was shattered by the black lightning that faintly appeared within the divine body.

Although he had expected it, Yin Yunze still sighed upon seeing this situation.

If the injury from the Mystic Lightning was so easily healed, then Prince Jing's corpse wouldn't have needed to retreat back to Tomb of Prince Jing.

In other words, as Innate Holy Spirit relying on the power of will, the divine body can slowly heal all injuries as long as incense is offered continuously. In addition, it is inherently pure and good, and is not subject to the restraint of the Mystic Lightning's evil-dispelling power.

If it were anything else, it would probably have been reduced to ashes by that Six Ke Mystic Lightning Formation long ago.

Even so, if his divine body were destroyed and his consciousness severely damaged, Yin Yunze didn't know how long he would need to sleep to recover.

The only certainty is that even with a five-fold increase in time flow, by the time this mortal body awakens normally, it will most likely have starved to death.

Thinking this, Yin Yunze's gaze fell on the little fox girl again, and then on the little fox girl who was Heal Wounds and Cure Illness.

Although she was whipped, the little fox girl was ultimately driven by her loyalty to her master, and besides, if she hadn't risked her life to carry Yin Yunze back—

Mystic Lightning's restraint towards the little fox girl was far more severe than Yin Yunze's.

Faced with this loyal little fox spirit, what could Yin Yunze do even after being whipped? He could only choose to forgive her.

"Hmm----"

As Yin Yunze recklessly poured Heal Wounds and Cure Illness spells onto the little fox girl, she groaned as the itching from her healing wounds brought her back from unconsciousness. Then, with her only intact left eye, she saw Yin Yunze dressed in strange clothes (a men's down jacket).

"Waaah... Your Majesty, this lowly servant deserves to die! How dare I offend Your Majesty's divine body!"

Letting out a pitiful whimper, the little fox girl, remembering what had happened before she lost consciousness, immediately knelt down and slammed her head heavily against the ground.

However, the next moment, the little fox girl found that she had bumped into something soft.

Upon closer inspection, the little fox girl discovered that Yin Yunze had actually used his hand to stop her from hitting the ground.

He lifted the little fox girl's head, looking at her now smooth face and her still pale right eye.

While Heal Wounds and Cure Illness can restore scars, they are incurable for injuries as severe as amputation.

Therefore, there is nothing that can Heal Wounds and Cure Illness the little fox girl's right eye, which was damaged by the Mystic Lightning.

"Nothing is more meritorious than saving your master." Reaching out to scratch the little fox girl's chin, Yin Yunze said softly, "You saved my life, so don't demean yourself like this again! Xuan'er, tell me, what do you want? I will do my best to satisfy you!"

Comfortably squinting her eyes, the little fox girl shook her head slightly upon hearing this, saying, "I am already grateful that Your Xuan'er will not punish Xuan'er or expel Xuan'er from the family. How could I dare to ask for anything more!"

"My life isn't that cheap!" Yin Yunze said again, "Speak, what do you want! This is an order, you can't refuse!"

Hearing Yin Yunze say this, the little fox girl blushed and whispered, "Xuan'er has no other requests, only that Your Majesty spend more time with Xuan'er on a daily basis. If you can carry Xuan'er Majesty when you go out, and if Your Majesty can hold Xuan'er in your arms when you're free, Xuan'er will be content!"

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Yin Yunze was speechless upon hearing this.

No, you're not important to me even if I give you a chance!

Your mindset is limited to being my mount or my pet?

However, based on Yin Yunze's perception, the little fox girl was speaking from the heart.

To be Yin Yunze's Yin Yunze, and then to occupy his embrace like a cat, seemed to be the greatest happiness for the little fox girl.

"Okay, I agree."

What else could Yin Yunze say but to give in to the little fox girl?

It just goes to show that everyone's pursuits are different.

Different perspectives lead to different pursuits.

Unlike Yin Yunze, who was bombarded by modern information, the little fox spirit, whose life was adrift in the first half of her life, had a very, very small world.

If it weren't for Yin Yunze's orders, the little fox girl's world might have consisted only of this temple and her eleven sisters.

Some people aspire to be like the Kunpeng soaring through the sky, while others only want to be like the turtle wallowing in the mud.

Their identities are certainly different, but is the Kunpeng soaring through the sky truly happier than the tortoise wallowing in the mud?

Sometimes, those who are content are the ones who find lasting happiness.

At least, Yin Yunze is definitely not as happy as the little fox girl right now!