While Shi Yi and the Stone Emperor were chatting, in an inconspicuous corner of the palace, two beautiful women stood together, discussing Shi Yi.
"He's quite good. He's neither servile nor arrogant, not even a hint of fear when facing the pressure of the human emperor."
"It's just that he's so young. Father doesn't know what he's thinking. Even if he wants to arrange a marriage, wouldn't it be the same to do it in a few years?"
"You're not much older than him. Besides, the Fire Country's emperor has betrothed his only princess. Stone Country naturally can't be left behind. You're already the closest in age to him."
"You make it sound so simple, but will he accept me?"
"Whether he accepts it or not isn't his choice. Right now, he needs the protection of Stone Country and even Fire Country. Whether he accepts it or not, you and the Fire Country princess are both his."
"You're right. Whether he accepts it or not isn't a choice for either of us. Neither he nor I can decide for ourselves. We have no right to choose."
It was obvious.
These two exquisitely beautiful women were the Sixteenth Princess of Stone Country, and Fairy Yuechan from the upper realm. Their relationship seemed quite good in private.
The Sixteenth Princess was a given. Under the Stone Emperor's arrangements, she was nominally betrothed to Shi Yi. Shi Yi could have her bearing his child at any time, should he wish it.
As for Fairy Yuechan, she came from the Heaven Mending Sect of the upper realm and was the Saintess's secondary body.
From childhood, she was sent to the Eight Domains of the lower realm to temper her cultivation, hone herself, and walk the mortal world.
"At the mercy of fate."
A flicker of unknown emotion flashed in Yuechan's eyes. She suddenly realized that she was also at the mercy of fate. Some things were beyond her ability to resist or choose.
She was the main body, and she was the secondary body. The main body cultivated in peace while the secondary body walked the mortal world. In the end, the secondary body would completely abandon its self and unconditionally merge with the main body.
Why? Why should she have to abandon everything and merge, while the main body could reap the benefits without doing anything?
Did she not know that with this method of primary and secondary bodies, the secondary body also possesses its own independent consciousness?
Shi Yi, of course, didn't know someone was thinking about him. Sighing about his lack of control, he had already bid farewell to the Stone Emperor and was on his way back to King Wu's Mansion.
However, on his way home, he encountered a beaker.
"Little brother, why are you all alone? Have you gotten lost?"
A woman, striking a pose, suddenly blocked Shi Yi's path.
If Shi Yi hadn't reacted quickly, he would have bumped right into her. But upon realizing what had happened, he found that reacting too quickly wasn't necessarily a good thing.
"Don't deliberately add the word 'little'. I understand, and I'm not lost."
Shi Yi shrugged. He just didn't understand why women liked to add the word "little" before the word "brother."
Also, isn't this way of striking up a conversation too direct? Are you afraid I won't realize you have ulterior motives?
"You're a little devil. Sister is talking about your age. Where did you little brother's mind wander off to?"
The woman stretched out a slender, jade-like finger and poked Shi Yi's head. She found him very interesting. He was only eleven, but he was already concerned with a man's dignity.
"I didn't think too much. You're overthinking it. May I ask, what business do you have with me, honored guest?"
Shi Yi wasn't angry after being poked on the head; instead, he asked about the woman's purpose. Since she had stopped him on the road, it meant she definitely wanted to ask him something.
"Little brother, not long ago, the incomplete Dao Scripture appeared in the Wild Domain. Three golden lotuses bloomed, and the sound of the Dao permeated Stone Country. You wouldn't say you didn't know about this, would you?"
The woman's eyes lingered on Shi Yi. She seemed to have seen through him.
"I know," Shi Yi said calmly.
His face was calm, showing no emotion, which made the woman doubt her judgment for a moment.
But soon, the woman reaffirmed her thoughts. She didn't believe that Shi Yi had nothing to do with the incomplete Dao Scripture.
"According to my investigations, little brother left home five years ago and just returned from the Great Wilderness not long ago. The incomplete Dao Scripture appeared in Stone Country soon after. Sister doesn't believe this is just a coincidence."
The woman smiled seductively, her smile capable of toppling kingdoms. Her voice, enchanting and soul-stirring, made one's bones feel weak.
In front of her, even the most resolute man would be unable to muster any resistance at this moment.
The woman was truly alluring.
She didn't even need to do much. Her voice and smile alone could make her a demon concubine, capable of causing a ruler to fall into the abyss without realizing it.
"You suspect me?"
Shi Yi's tone was still so calm.
She could burn all she wanted; he was immune to her burning.
There was no other way.
Since Shi Yi had successfully opened the Ten Heavenly Caves, and thirteen supreme Dao Scriptures suppressed his soul and consciousness sea, he hadn't felt unsettled in a long time.
What was the Dao heart? He didn't know. He only knew that a small trick like seduction and fever wouldn't work on him.
Unless it was Willow Deity herself who took action, it might be somewhat effective. He might even cooperate, it wasn't impossible.
But this woman in front of him…
Shi Yi was completely unfazed.
This wasn't to say that Shi Yi wasn't interested in women.
From then on, he became a man of no desires.
Shi Yi being immune to charm, or rather, to a "fever," didn't mean he was immune to women.
He wasn't just interested in women; he was very interested.
"Suspecting... If you insist on putting it that way, then I suppose you could understand it like that."
The woman was somewhat surprised by Shi Yi's firm Dao heart, but quickly felt it was normal. After all, Shi Yi was a Double-Pupiled One, a natural Saint. How could he be obsessed with women?
If that was the case...
Was that whole thing about being precocious, just an act?
The woman suddenly found Shi Yi a little frightening.
This was not a man she could control.
"Then keep your suspicions!"
Shi Yi glanced at the woman and turned to leave. Some things were better left unsaid. He really wasn't interested in discussing the Scripture of Salvation with her.
Actually, he knew in his heart that many people were secretly searching for the Scripture of Salvation, and some suspected him. But no one had been as direct as this woman.
Even just now, the Stone Emperor had talked at length, a lot of nonsense, subtly trying to inquire about the Scripture of Salvation.
But Shi Yi had acted openly and honestly. If you want to suspect, then suspect. This actually made the Stone Emperor and the woman dispel some of their doubts.
"Little brother, are you leaving already? Sister wanted to chat with you some more!"
The woman was stunned. She looked at herself, then at Shi Yi's departing back, unable to believe her charm had decreased to this extent.
It had always been her who left first.
No man had yet taken the initiative to leave.
"No thanks, we have nothing to talk about. Besides, I don't even know who you are," Shi Yi said without turning his head.
"Sister is from the Heavenly Fox Clan. If you go out and ask around, who doesn't know the Heavenly Fox Fairy?" The woman, who was indeed the Heavenly Fox Fairy, directly brought out her alternate persona.
Unlike Yuechan.
She hadn't cultivated the main and secondary body technique, only having a main persona and an alternate persona. The main persona was her true body, and the alternate persona was a spirit body. Usually, she appeared as her spirit body, the Heavenly Fox Fairy.
A spirit body was different from a dharma body. A dharma body was a non-human race that transformed into a human form, while a spirit body was a clone. Spirit bodies were primarily nurtured through the Heaven and Earth, and generally possessed strength one realm lower than their true self.
"Heavenly Fox Fairy?"
Shi Yi scratched his head. He remembered her. Wasn't she that witch?
The Witch had two identities: her true self and a Heavenly Fox avatar.
But why didn't she have a tail?
Although he couldn't figure it out, Shi Yi didn't bother to turn around and confirm where the Heavenly Fox Fairy's tail had gone. Knowing who she was was enough; there was no need to pry into every detail.
However, Shi Yi didn't know this.
The reason she lacked a fox tail was because she had run her mouth in the Virtual Spirit Realm, angering the real Fairy Yuechan, who then destroyed the Witch's Heavenly Fox avatar.
Although death in the Virtual Spirit Realm only damaged one's essence, energy, and spirit, the Heavenly Fox spirit in the real world also suffered, preventing her fox tail from growing.
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