One
"Cracking, crackling"... The big raindrops kept falling on the grass blades, and the heavy blades could not bear the force of the rain, and they drooped down like a frustrated person with his head down. The sky was pitch black, and the ground was pale with the flashing thunder and lightning. On the ground, on that windy lawn stood countless demon hunters holding weapons, most of them were already injured, and a few of them were already unable to support them, half kneeling on the ground.
On the mutilated wall opposite, Rofeya continued to summon strength, tightly holding a middle-aged man's neck, his face turned blue and he almost broke his breath.
This is a human being, wearing a mask, and the face underneath is full of lies.
How she once believed in every word that so-called friend said, in his smile, in his every move, in his promise... But in the end, he betrayed her! It turned out that he was the one who pierced her ears with ear studs and almost killed her! It turned out that he approached her time and time again, just to destroy her, so that she could no longer live in this world!
Seeing that the middle-aged man was about to fall to the ground, a ray of light suddenly struck from behind, and Luo Feiya jumped and jumped onto the only section of the fence that did not collapse. The young monk who rushed from behind raised his hand, holding between his fingers the earrings she gave Shuo Zelian before.
It seems that they all want to kill her! The bright red of Luo Feiya's eyes deepened, and a dark black force swirled around her feet, like a vine growing wildly, spreading all over her body little by little.
"That's the power of Shan Hai Jing, stop her quickly, she wants to get rid of the shackles of paper and ink!" Zheng Linchen, who walked out of the woods on the other side, frowned. The monsters that run out of the "Shan Hai Jing" will be constrained by paper and ink, and cannot use more powerful power. If these monsters forcefully break through the shackles, they will be unimaginable later, and will even be implicated in the "Shan Hai Jing". Once the pages are scattered Open, all the monsters will escape, with disastrous consequences.
For so many years, he has never seen a monster escaping from a book that can fight against the constraints of paper and ink. He does not know what the monster will become after breaking through the constraints. The only thing he knows now is that he absolutely cannot Let Kyuubi break through the constraints, stop her anyway!
The young monk stretched out his hand and threw the ear stud into the air. The tin rod in his hand was lifted, and the fine curse overflowed from his lips: "The god sleeping in the flames, You Hongzhuo is hotter, and the abyss is deeper. , Your body and my body, your death and my death, your eyes are given by me, and by my command! Get up!"
The earring turned over in the air and fell silently to the ground.
Zheng Linchen was taken aback, and then saw the young monk standing on the opposite side cursing: "This earring is fake!" He turned and looked at him a little angrily. Zheng Linchen was also confused... fake? Was it deceived by the boy Shuo Zelian? Damn it!
Shuo Zelian was sitting by the railing on the top floor of the library, looking into the distance from here, the furious demon hunter probably wanted to kill him immediately. With fingers spread out, the earring in his palm still lay there peacefully. The red jewel was wet by the rain, and the crystal liquid slid down from it, running coldly down the arm and into the sleeve.
In fact, his placket was already soaked, and the cold that flows into his sleeves may not be the temperature of the rain, but the temperature of this earring.
He has two earrings, both of which were left to him by his mother. The two are almost exactly the same. One of them is handed down from the mother's family for generations, and the other is specially made by the mother for pairing. If you don’t look closely at these two earrings, you can’t tell them at all, but if you lift them up in the air and face the white light, you can see that there is a layer of transparent and bright liquid in the gemstone to which the earring is attached , The fake one has nothing.
He knew that he didn't want her to die, and he didn't want her to be taken into the book. Although I didn't know him for long, he couldn't easily erase such a living person from his memory. The earlobe was still aching, and the words kept lingering in her ears. She once looked at him with such deep eyes and said to him: "Give you back this ear stud! As well as the one you hurt me 16 years ago. Give it back to you with the pain!"
Sixteen years ago, heh, it was the little fox that was hiding in the corner, shivering all over. He remembered that at that time, before his mother took him to buy cakes, his mother was walking behind with an umbrella. He ran ahead alone, and when he looked back, he saw the fox hiding in the corner. By the way, he thought it was a puppy at the beginning. Her eyes were very bright. He could see her eyes clearly despite the rain and fog.
"Mom, look, there is a puppy here!" He seemed very happy when he remembered, and immediately reached out and pointed at her. As a result, she grinned and let out a low growl to prevent him from approaching. Mother came up from behind holding an umbrella: "That's a fox, not a dog."
He was taken aback: "Hey? I thought it was a dog."
Is it a fox? He hasn't touched a real fox yet. Without knowing why he moved, he quickly grabbed her by the tail with his hands and feet and lifted it upside down: "Wow, it's really a fox, the tail is so big!"
Although the furry tail was soaked in rain, it was unexpectedly soft, and there was a warm temperature. She began to struggle desperately under her hands, like a crazy little beast. Oh, yes, she was originally a little beast, a fox. Originally wanted to play for a while, his mother called his name: "Lian, I'm leaving now."
He knows that these little animals are not allowed in the family. It seems that this rule has been handed down from his mother's generation. But he didn't want to let her go easily, so he took off one of the studs on his left ear and buckled it on her ear without hesitation. Probably because of the pain, she struggled for a while. He thought it would be better for a while, but he didn’t know that the little animal had been in a windy and rainy environment afterwards. In addition, the ears could not be well anti-inflammatory and the wounds were quickly wounded. Becomes more serious. Perhaps it was at that time that she began to hate him, and she has been hating him until now.
But as she said, she never really wanted to avenge him, she just wanted to give him back the pain that day.
two
The weapon carried by the young monk was not summoned. Zheng Linchen's first reaction was to immediately grab Lofia, who was about to break free from the bondage of paper and ink. If she waited until she really broke through this last layer of bondage, the consequences would be disastrous!
He bent his index finger to draw an arc in the air, and the arc instantly turned into thousands of blades and rushed towards Luo Feiya. At this moment, I suddenly heard a crisp wind bell, and the blades that came across were shattered and scattered in the air.
A glowing green spot appeared in the woods behind him, and as the wind bell got closer and closer, the spot finally became clear. It was a man dressed in white with a cocoon-shaped lamp in his hand, slowly walking out of the woods. He has long silver hair covering his back, and his shoulders are covered with pure white fox hair. With every step you step on, you can see the water splashes on the ground swirling and translucent butterflies, and even the flower bones with the head down bloomed in an instant. fragrance.
It was the man I met in the Qinfang, who possessed an unblemished and powerful power-the fox patriarch Youxuan.
"I'll take her away." A cold sentence fell from the sky, and he didn't even speak. Zheng Linchen knew that he could never resist this person with his power. After thinking about it, he shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands: "I have no objection."
White fingers touched Lophia's face, wiped away the trace of blood splashed on her face, and then hugged her into her arms: "I will take you back to the forest. The human world is not suitable for you."
Luo Feiya's blush eyes finally faded, and the nine tails behind her disappeared. She opened her eyes: "Nan Muji..."
"Nothing, I will save him." He responded lightly.
When he heard that he was okay, Rofeya's heart relaxed: "You... must save him."
"Yeah." He replied, and stepped out from the broken wall in his arms. Lophia lay on his shoulders and glanced at St. Delia College for the last time. Perhaps she would never return to this human world.
Nan Mujie's injury was not optimistic. I thought You Xuan promised to save him and he would wake up soon, but only after returning to the forest did he find that he was seriously injured. Luo Feiya no longer wanted to believe what a human said, and no longer wanted to go to that human world. She hugged Nan Mujie tightly and desperately pleaded with You Xuan: "You save him, patriarch, you Save him."
"Feiya," You Xuan put down the cocoon lamp in his hand, squatted down, and gently brushed her hairline with her fingers, "You promise me that you will never leave this forest again."
"I promise you, I promise you never leave this forest again!" She clenched Nan Mujie's blood-filled shirt, "I promise you that whatever happens to you, as long as I'm still alive, I will only stay here. In the forest, I will never leave!"
It was assured that the cocoon lamp placed on the ground by Youxuan burst into a ray of light in an instant, blooming like a white lotus, a white flame in the center was constantly flashing, and countless crystal clear butterflies flew out from it, hovering in the south. Around Mu Ji.
Nan Mujie's pale face finally gradually blushed, You Xuan stood up, the blooming cocoon lamp has changed back to its original shape, he lifted it up, and said to Luo Feiya: "If you take a few more days off, it will Recovery."
"Yeah." Luo Feiya didn't say much, still looking at Nan Mujie who was still unconscious with some worry.
The other foxes in the forest learned that the patriarch had brought Lophia back, and came to her one by one, and comforted her one by one, "Feiya, the world outside the forest is too dangerous. Don't go anymore." "You After we left, we were so worried about you." "Yeah, yeah, the patriarch has grayed his hair in a hurry." "His hair is a bit white at first." "..."
Luo Feiya tightened her shoulders, and her eyes trembled slightly without saying a word. But she knew that in this world, the most trustworthy and safest place for her was only with her companions.
three
Nan Mujie's body gradually recovered, but what was unexpected was that he lost his memory, and he didn't even remember that he was a demon. After he recovered, he became a very ordinary puppy, often gnawing on a bone. Moreover, he never knew Luo Feiya anymore, as long as he saw her, he would run far away.
More often, he likes to drill around in the bushes. There is a large desert in the fox forest, and he often digs holes in the desert. Luo Feiya followed him, watching him carefully, as if he had followed her back then.
Did he forget everything because he was badly injured, or did he not want to remember everything in the past
Luo Feiya stood a dozen meters away from him and watched, watching him running happily, watching him biting a bone and shaking his head desperately to tear the cartilage off, watching him find a tree trunk and soak bubbles from time to time. Urine, watching him fall asleep on the sand with his feet upside down.
Nan Mujie should hate her, or be afraid of her. As long as she leaned over, he would avoid it. But when the other foxes came to him, he was not scared at all, and even played with them.
A fox who had been taking care of Lophia came to her in human form and walked to her: "Fiya, don't worry, he will avoid you, indicating that he still remembers you and has some impression of you."
Luo Feiya stared blankly at Nan Mujie, who was playing happily with other little foxes: "He is afraid of me."
Because she once left him repeatedly, she used to scold him and beat him, she used to think he was bothered by him for arguing, and she used to bully him, so even though he has lost his memory, he still avoids her. That's because he is afraid of her.
"Perhaps it's a bit uncomfortable. He has forgotten everything, but still remembers you." The fox beside him patted Lophia's shoulder gently, "Don't worry. In the future, he will try to accept you. "
Try, accept her
It's as if he insisted on following him at the beginning, even though he was disgusted and irritable, he finally accepted him. Now she turned upside down, she wanted to approach him carefully and follow him as he did at the beginning, and finally let him familiarize himself with her breath and slowly accept her.
"Papa, papa", the sky suddenly rained, and the raindrops gradually became denser, crackling and falling down like broken beads. A group of foxes immediately dispersed and hid in their respective tree holes. Only Nan Mujie was still squatting on the spot. He looked up at the sky strangely, and then curled up and fell asleep.
She remembered that when she saw him for the first time, he was like this, curled up into a ball, hiding in a paper box.
Suddenly, she ran over, turning back into a fox lying next to him. The soft fox's tail covered him, blocking the rain falling from the sky. The dog's ears moved, Nan Mujie opened his eyes, turned his head and glanced at Luo Feiya who was lying beside him, did not hide away, did not approach, just stared for a while, then closed his eyes and fell asleep.
On that rainy day sixteen years ago, she lay beside him in the same way, covering the bodies of the two little beasts with warm tails...
On the sixth floor of the library of St. Delia College, Zheng Linchen held a red wine glass and tasted it carefully. He squinted his eyes and looked out the window. The young monk standing behind him has been silent, finally bringing the weapon over, but he didn't expect it to be unable to activate it. The young master of the Shu family hid the real ear studs, but gave them a fake one. It looks like...
"He was confused by the nine tails." Zheng Linchen shook the cup, his voice low.
"The nine-tailed tail was in St. Delia Academy for so long, but you didn't find it." The young monk clenched the tin rod tightly. "If it can be found earlier, the latter things will not happen, and there will be a hunt for the demon together. Demons, they won't suffer such severe injuries either."
Zheng Linchen sneered: "She is much gentler than Qiongqi sixteen years ago. She hurt so many of you, but didn't kill you. Back then, you hunted monsters at St. Delia College, why did you let her go? At that time, Kyuubi had no power to fight back. You didn't fail to see through her, thinking she was just a little demon."
Yes, at that time, he did not see through the fox demon... She has such clear eyes, just looking at you, it will make you unable to start. But who would have thought that there was a nine-tailed body in such a body, which could destroy the entire city at any time.
"From the young master of the Shuo family, I will go to lobby and let him give you the key to unlock the weapon." Putting down the wine glass, Zheng Linchen raised a faint smile, "I will have to trouble your demon hunting organization to send more hunters by then. Demon, go to the fox forest together."
"Go to the fox forest? Do you want to start a bloody battle again?" The young monk frowned, "Since Kyuubi has escaped into the forest, as long as she doesn't come out to harm humanity, we can open our eyes and close our eyes. If you break in The fox forest launched a battle, and the consequences were unimaginable."
Zheng Linchen held down the blinds of the blinds with his fingers and looked down at the scenery outside the library. From the sixth floor, he could almost include most of the St. Delia College in his eyes: "You can go back and ask your abbot, if it is. Will he choose to leave Kyuubi indulging like this, or bring her back from the forest?"
In an instant, the entire floor was quiet, and the wind outside the window blew the falling billboard, making a "click, click" sound. The young monk trembled slightly: "Sixteen years ago, you had killed many demon hunters in search of her."
"So, you can't let her leave easily anyway. The demon who came out of the "Shan Hai Jing" must finally return to the "Shan Hai Jing". If you can't go back, you can only kill her..."
The tin rod in his hand suddenly moved, and the young monk had already walked downstairs: "I will go back and discuss with the organizer, please Mr. Zheng must convince the young master of the Shuo family to hand over the key to unlock the weapon."
"That's natural," Zheng Linchen said with a smile, "Remember to arrange a few more people. You also saw the demon who took the nine tails. His power is above you and me. Even ten demon hunters may not be able to. You can deal with him. If you want to win, you must win thoroughly. I don't want the tragedy of 16 years ago to happen again."
The tragedy sixteen years ago... The only response to him was the banging sound of the tin rod loop, wow, wow, wandering in the empty corridor.
four
Zheng Linchen tried various methods to get Shuo Zelian to hand over the ear studs, but Shuo Zelian was not moved by him. Zheng Linchen even agitated him by moving out his dead mother's last wish and persuading him that he was unwilling to hand over the ear studs.
Because he knew that once it was handed over, Lophia would really have to die or be taken back into the book. He didn't want her to die, and he didn't want her to go back to the book. He still remembered the way she ate beef. Her eyes were shining like light bulbs. She laughed, cried, and lost her temper. In his eyes, she was a flesh and blood girl.
Even if it was a demon, even if it was a ray of ink from the book, he felt that she was alive.
Maybe Luo Feiya hates him very much, but he doesn't care, he just doesn't want to see her bleeding again, he doesn't want to see her painful again, even if she is Kyuubi. If he was asked to hand over the ear studs, then he would become an indirect murderer. They would use the ear studs to launch weapons to kill Lofia or bring them back to the book.
So no matter how Zheng Linchen persuaded him, how he threatened or frightened him, he would never hand over the ear studs. What she said to him at that moment, the cold eyes she looked at him at that moment, the fire was overflowing, and he would never forget the appearance of her lying on the ground! The most important thing is that Luo Feiya has never hurt human beings. No matter how much he hates him or wants to retaliate against him, no matter how many humans bully her or betray her, she didn't want to kill them! Besides, since she has escaped for sixteen years, why can't she indulge for a while and simply let her escape for a lifetime? In these sixteen years, the world has been in peace, and Rophia hasn't hurt anyone... No, maybe as she said, it has always been just human beings that keep hurting her!
Zheng Linchen has nothing to do, he can't say to Shuo Zelian, he can only find Shuo Zelian's father.
Shuo Zelian's father was a businessman. Like him, he had done a lot of business, so there must be a common language among the businessmen.
Using his family relationship, he made an appointment with Shuo Zelian's father. Soon, they met, but Zheng Linchen discovered that this famous man in the business world was just as stubborn as his son. Sixteen years ago, his wife died in a battle against Qiongqi, so he hated the book-keeping clan very much. Because it was the book-keeping clan who proposed to capture Qiongqi alive, and proposed to bring Qiongqi into the book immediately, his wife was implicated.
The meeting was not pleasant. In the office, he didn't even have a cup of tea, and even his voice was a little humble: "Mr. Shuo, I want to talk to you about the earrings in your son's hand."
"The people in the hunting demon organization have already talked with me once, you can't get it from him, it has nothing to do with me." The man didn't even lift his head, he just corrected the documents himself.
The corners of Zheng Linchen's mouth twitched: "That's it... The main reason is that the earring is very important. Only with it can you deal with the nine tails."
"To deal with? How many do you have to deal with? It used to be Qiongqi, now it is Kyuubi. How many people have you killed for that book!" The voice suddenly increased a lot, and the man stood up, "I heard that The nine-tailed fox has returned to the forest. Now you are still taking someone to catch her? If you hurt someone again, what will happen to their family? How would you explain their children?"
"If you don't catch her back, more people will be injured. There are some things that you can't do if you don't want to do it. Some exist, and it's not that they won't hurt people if they don't." Zheng Linchen raised his eyes and said in his heart. It is clear that Kyuubi let them go that day because she didn't want to hurt people, but she came out of the "Shan Hai Jing" and must go back to the "Shan Hai Jing", otherwise, one day...
In the fox forest, Nan Mujie's attitude towards Luo Feiya finally improved. As long as it was rainy, he would allow her to approach, and then waited for her furry tail to cover him. Sometimes Rophia slowed down, and he would stare at her upset, or he would shrink behind her and hide under his tail.
Luo Feiya didn't know whether he should be happy or sad. It seemed that in Nan Muji's eyes, only his tail was what made him happy. If it's sunny, he will hide away again, a little closer, he will run away.
You Xuan has been very busy lately. Since returning to the Fox Forest, Luo Feiya has never seen him again. The foxes around take good care of her and will distribute food to them. Every time Luo Feiya eats these foods, he thinks of the beef in the ramen. Although it is a bit smaller and less, it is delicious to her. Nothing is good for human beings, only food is the best, she thought.
Nan Mujie approached Luo Feiya for the first time on a sunny day without rain, at noon one day. Luo Feiya likes to take a nap, especially in summer, when the weather is hot, she becomes lifeless, just want to lie down in the shade of the tree to enjoy the cool. At that time, the other foxes were busy preparing food for the evening. It seemed that they had been doing this all day, and they had been preparing food since they got up. And she can eat and drink, so she doesn't care about it. At this moment, she was falling asleep, and suddenly there was a mass of things next to her. When she opened her eyes, she found that it was Nan Mujie.
He likes to snuggle next to her on rainy days, because the weather is cold and the rain is damp. But in this broad daylight, and it was so hot, he also rushed forward. Is it because he still remembers her
Luo Feiya moved in his heart, stretched out his paw and scratched his ears, he immediately raised his head and stared at her vigilantly, staring straight at Luo Feiya unable to move. After a while, she asked carefully: "Do you remember me?"
After waiting for a long time, and seeing no response from him, Luo Feiya was disappointed, and she simply turned her head and continued to sleep. At this moment, she heard a voice coming from her head, and raised her head. It was a young boy with long turquoise hair, a long body, and a cyan clothes. The eyebrows moved slightly, and a wave of water was drawn: "He is no longer a demon. ."
"What?" Luo Feiya immediately stood up from the ground.
The young man grinned and stuck his tongue out: "Don't understand? I said he is no longer a demon. When You Xuan rescued him, he took away his inner alchemy. Now he is just an ordinary dog. . Even if you ask him again, he won’t answer you, idiot."
"Who are you?" Luo Feiya protected Nan Mujie beside her. She could tell that he was also a demon, and he was a snake demon. It's just that there are usually only fox monsters in the fox forest, and other animals are not fairies. How could a snake monster suddenly come in
Seeing her vigilant, the boy smiled happily. He quickly turned and fell to the ground: "What are you afraid of? You are a fox and I am a snake. I should be afraid of you. Could it be that you are still afraid? Did I eat you?"
"This is our site!" Rofeya warned.
Other fairies broke in, and there would be no good things, especially snakes. Foxes and snakes are old enemies. When they were young, snakes would steal the fox cubs, but when the fox grew up, they would catch snakes and eat them.
Fives
But this snake monster had no scruples. Not only did he break into their fox's territory, he also stood in front of her and talked to her (no way, Lophia was shorter than him). Luo Feiya was afraid that he would hurt Nan Mujie, the fox hairs all over her body stood up, and she glared at him with grinning teeth, "Get away!"
"Oh, don't be so fierce, I want to help you." The green-haired boy raised his mouth, then leaned over her ear, "Look, You Xuan took away your good friend's inner alchemy, as long as Go and get that inner alchemy back, and he can turn into a demon again, and the previous things can be remembered together."
"Lie! The patriarch would not do such a thing. He saved Nan Mujie. Because Nan Mujie was injured so badly that he couldn't remember the past. As long as he remembered it, he could transform into a human form again!" Luo Feiya pushed him away from her eyes.
The boy hit the tree trunk with his back, but stood up straight again unscathed: "You're such an idiot. Your good friend didn't hurt his head. How could he not remember the past because of his injuries? You Xuan. I have never wanted you to leave the fox forest, and your good friend is not of the fox clan at all. He is a monster from the human world, so You Xuan must think that your good friend brought you into the human world. Now the opportunity Here, he took out his inner alchemy in the name of saving him, and your friend is no longer a demon, just an ordinary dog."
"Lie!" Luo Feiya clenched her fists in anger, wishing to punch her. But the young man with green hair was very happy, because he saw the hesitation in her eyes, and saw that she had begun to be suspicious of You Xuan: "I didn't lie. If you don't believe me, you can go to You Xuan to verify it yourself. Go and ask him. , Why did your friend be like this? He hasn't told you that your friend is no longer a demon. I must be afraid that you will get angry if you know the truth.
When he said this, Luo Feiya felt even more "thump" in her heart. Yes, even if Nan Mujie was seriously injured, it might not be what he looks like now. At that time You Xuan said that he would be cured, but he didn't say that he would remember nothing after he was cured.
"Humans are the ones who can lie the most. We snakes never lie," the young boy with a smile stretched out his hand and brushed Lophia's long hair. "I don't want you to be kept in the dark. You Xuan is nothing. Good people."
The last sentence irritated Luo Feiya, she slapped his hand away: "At least in my eyes, he is a good person! Even if he really did something to hurt Nan Mujie, there must be his reason, I I will ask clearly, and I will never believe what you say!" After speaking, she picked up Nan Mujie and walked away.
The green-haired boy stood there, with a deeper smile on his face: "Heh, it doesn't seem to be too dumb."
Although Luo Feiya dropped those cruel words, the snake monster's voice kept reverberating in her mind, especially the phrase "You Xuan is not a good person", which made her feel uncomfortable like a thorn. Yes, Nan Mujie had been doing well before. Although she was seriously injured, he did not forget her, and she still maintained her human form. It was only after You Xuan healed that she became what she is now.
She didn't know how long she had been walking, but suddenly stopped, took the dog in her hand and looked at it carefully, and asked in a low voice: "Did you really forget me?"
"Fiya." She was talking to herself, and a faint bamboo fragrance passed from behind her. She was startled, and turned her head, it was You Xuan.
He still held the cocoon lamp, but turned off the flame, and walked slowly in front of her. Nan Mujie was so stiffly supported by her, her head writhing innocently, looking around.
Luo Feiya thought of the snake demon's words just now, and immediately raised Nan Mujie: "Can't he remember the past? Someone told me that he is no longer a demon."
You Xuan was still sluggish, but his eyes became deeper when he looked at her: "Who told you that he is not a demon?"
"It's a snake demon." Luo Feiya said.
"Snake demon..." The cocoon lamp in his hand slightly raised, and You Xuan stopped making a sound. Seeing that he didn't answer, Luo Feiya became anxious for some reason. She put down Nan Mujie and grabbed his sleeve: "Is what the snake demon said is true? Nan Mujie is no longer a demon, he changed. Become an ordinary dog because you took his inner alchemy?"
"Do you believe what he said?" You Xuan still didn't explain, but just looked at her.
Luo Feiya lowered her head: "I believe you."
She can only believe in him, in this world, she can't believe in anyone, only in him. Because he saved her, he raised her in the fox forest, he always showed up at the most dangerous time, and he had been protecting her. Therefore, no matter what You Xuan did, she could only trust him.
However, she needs an explanation: "I just want to know, what happened to Nan Mujie? If he was just injured, how could he forget the past? Even if he really forgets the past, he won't even be a demon. Forgot it?"
You Xuan just looked at her like this, her eyes were reddened one after another, and she should be anxious. He suddenly put away the cocoon lamp, flicked his long sleeves, and turned his back: "I did accept his inner alchemy, and he is no longer a demon."