Bai Zihao was biting his nails. He was a little anxious.
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Jin Feiren had been bitten by a Flame Wolf in the secret realm of Extreme Flame in order to protect him. His injury was on the leg and it was quite serious. Although he used an elixir to control the spread of the flame poison and it was possible to slowly neutralize it, being burned by the raging fire every day was not at all a pleasant experience and he needed to endure this kind of agony for two full years. Bai Zihao felt so guilty that he painstakingly waited upon Jin Feiren every day, enduring Jin Feiren’s increasingly violent temper…
A Ten Thousand Years Water Spirit Orb could suppress the pain of the flame poison but this thing was extremely rare and it was also a consumable item. They searched for a long time without any result.
Fortunately, the Ten Thousand Years Water Monster appeared in Yueyin Lake and was successfully hunted down by the Myriad Gu Sect and the Medicine King’s Valley…
Jin Feiren had been feeling hesitant about the Medicine King’s Valley all these years. He never thought that Yue Wuhuan would succeed in seducing the Medicine King Xianzun, becoming his direct disciple and being very much loved. He was well-aware of what he had done to Yue Wuhuan and had no misconception that this lunatic bore no resentment against him. But what Yue Wuhuan thought was not important, what Song Qingshi thought was.
It stood to reason that Xie Que was the chief culprit. The Golden Phoenix Manor regularly bought slaves and this didn’t violate the laws and ethics of the immortal realm. Normal people wouldn’t go looking for trouble over this kind of thing. After all, even if he hadn’t bought Yue Wuhuan, Yue Wuhuan would have been sold to a brothel and with his beauty, his end would not have been any less tragic.
However, the Medicine King Xianzun’s brain was not normal. He often didn’t act according to common sense and no one could tell what he would do.
As much as possible, he really didn’t want to touch the Medicine King’s Valley. Although the Medicine King’s Valley was very small, had little power and it’s master didn’t like to socialize, Song Qingshi was the number one doctor in the immortal realm. He’s been around for so many years, the people he had saved were spread out amongst almost all of the big sects. Even if everyone didn’t like him, they didn’t want to not be able to find him should they meet with some sort of mishap. Moreover, they had no way to replace the rare pills that the Medicine King’s Valley produced.
Although getting seen by the doctor depended on his mood and you needed to pay a consultation fee, a life, once lost was something that you couldn’t get back with any amount of money.
Elder Niu of the Five Mountain Sect already had half a leg through the gates of the underworld and it was Song Qingshi who pulled him back. In his heart, Elder Niu always carried this debt of gratitude.
Madam Ling Miao of Vast Sky Island obtained the Ever Young Pill and regained the beauty of her youth. She sang his praises to the high heavens.
There were many, many examples like these…
Although Yue Wuhuan has gone crazy these past years, he has still been very evasiveness towards the Golden Phoenix Manor and he has not revealed any intention to exact revenge.
The Medicine King Xianzun was at Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul, had innate poisonous fires, had the inheritance of the elder of the Nie Clan and rarely went out. Who knows how many cards he has up his sleeve? The price of removing him was too high and it might even provoke the scoundrel from the Myriad Gu Sect.
If he preemptively attacks the Medicine King’s Valley because he was overly suspicious, afraid of a former slave and afraid of things that haven’t even happened yet, he would just be making a spectacle of himself and he stood to gain little advantage. It would also affect his reputation. It wasn’t worth it…
Jin Feiren was very conflicted as to what to do…
His Flame Wolf injury gave him the perfect chance to sound matters out.
He sent Bai Zihao along with lots of generous gifts to show his goodwill. He ordered Bai Zihao to obtain the water spirit orb. He wanted to see what the attitude of the Medicine King’s Valley towards him was.
……
The setting sun was like blood and Yue Wuhuan finally appeared in the courtyard.
Wearing a voluminous robe of red brocade, with the wing-like golden mask on his face, beautiful phoenix eyes and that upright figure…
He was as gorgeous as a real phoenix, much more beautiful than when he was in the Golden Phoenix Manor.
Bai Zihao looked slightly awkward. He wanted to call out a greeting, perhaps say a few words to harken back to their shared past but he didn’t know what to say.
Before he was sold to the Golden Phoenix Manor, he had lived in a small village with simple folk customs. He had never thought that there was such a thing in this world as men submitting to another’s control. Jin Feiren had taken a fancy to him and forced him to learn to serve men. The first person he saw had been Yue Wuhuan. The scene at that time…had him, who had never experienced worldly affairs, extremely scared. He cried and wanted to escape, but he couldn’t. He was forced to look at his future. He was almost driven to despair.
Yue Wuhuan raised his head from the hell he was in, glanced at him and couldn’t help but smile.
Bai Zihao didn’t know what he was smiling at but he was fascinated…
He had never seen such a beautiful person; like an otherworldly bewitching flower blooming upon heaps of ugly white bones in the abyss of sin. His captivating beauty could make people forget all the filth. His perfect body drew everyone’s attention. He knew that he shouldn’t look but he couldn’t help but look. There was even a faint strange sensation in his body.
Later, he had realized that this was desire. He had desires for men…
A crack was pried open on the shackles around his heart, a fissure appeared in his self-esteem…
The next time Jin Feiren kissed him, he gave up his fierce resistance and tried to endure it all.
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He secretly brought food and medicine, wanting to give them to him…
The guard knew that he was the favored pet. After receiving some profit, he turned a blind eye to them.
He managed to slip into the dungeon without a hitch. He saw Yue Wuhuan lying on the icy stone bed, his long black hair scattered haphazardly. The red shark silk robe was stained with blood. He was dirty beyond recognition but his expression was very relaxed. He was humming a song in a low voice. The tune was very familiar, like a lullaby that every mother would sing next to her child’s cradle…
Yue Wuhuan saw him come in and got up, full of suspicion.
Bai Zihao silently stuffed the things in. He wanted to say something but couldn’t think of any words that wouldn’t seem paltry.
Yue Wuhuan saw the things. As though he had seen something very amusing, he couldn’t help laughing. He appraised, “Stupid.”
Bai Zihao was inexplicably laughed at. He didn’t know what he had done wrong.
“I have seen too many people like you, bemoaning the state of the universe and pitying the fate of mankind. It’s ridiculous. You should quickly learn how to serve that person with your body. After all, it’s those whose looks he values as a rarity, those who are mild-mannered and those who behave and listen to what he says, who suffer less. Don’t worry, I think your body is suitable for these things,” Yue Wuhuan gently picked up the medicine bottle with his fingers, turned it over casually and then said tauntingly, “Didn’t you have a reaction when you looked at me that day? Where did you get a reaction? Come, tell me. Or would you like to let me guess… Do you have a feeling for submitting to another’s control?”
His little secret had been found out. His face was torn off and trampled on the ground.
Bai Zihao flushed with anger. He stood up and cursed, “You! How can you not recognize other’s good intentions?”
“Take these back. I don’t need these,” Yue Wuhuan threw the food and the medicine bottle back to him and said in a mocking tone, “You keep it. You’ll need it when you finish serving that man.”
Bai Zihao grabbed his things and ran away from the dungeons, feeling embarrassed. He thought this person was extremely repugnant.
Yue Wuhuan gave him a cold look, then lay down again without speaking.
The third time he saw him was on the Langgan Terrace. Yue Wuhuan was unexpectedly attacked by the demon tiger and when he was in imminent peril, was rescued by the Medicine King Xianzun.
He almost scared out of his wits and he was relieved to see Yue Wuhuan being taken away…
That night, he became Jin Feiren’s exclusive domain and then he was horrified to find that every word Yue Wuhuan said was right. Even though he was treated roughly, he had feelings about this kind of thing. He then began to submit slowly, became obedient slowly. He mastered how to ingratiate himself until his downfall was complete. Jin Feiren was a conceited and arrogant man. He liked to conquer not only the body but also the heart.
In fact, as long as you could follow him, admire him, life would be much better.
Bai Zihao did this completely. He practically regarded Jin Feiren as his own Heaven, so he got the greatest amount of doting.
When the Mad Daoist attacked, he blocked a fatal attack for Jin Feiren.
Jin Feizhen fell in love with him, trusted him and removed his status as a slave. He gave him various precious cultivation resources and provided him with a lot of privileges. He never needed to accompany other men and was rarely punished. He was allowed to go study like the other disciples and obtained the qualifications to practice cultivation. Moreover, he got a lot of concessions and benefits as part of the negotiations with the Song He Sect.
Bai Zihao told himself this was what it was to be loved. This was happiness.
He was already very happy.
But no matter what, he couldn’t forget about Yue Wuhuan’s matter.
Once Jin Feiren completely trusted him, he began to secretly investigate about Yue Wuhuan. The more he investigated, the more perplexed he became. Obviously when he first entered the Golden Phoenix Manor, he was heavily favored by Jin Feirnen. He could have lived a good life by serving only one person. Why did he fall to this point? Obviously he had such beauty but he fooled with his life until it was almost no different with that of the cheapest slave, unrestrainedly serving any random guest. What for?
Bai Zihao couldn’t understand but he couldn’t help thinking…
Suddenly there was a day when he woke up from the bed riddled with scars and he understood.
This was his resistance against Jin Feiren…
He was telling Jin Feiren that he would never give in or give him his heart. Even if he was made to accompany countless guests to be debauched, even if he suffered all kinds of humiliation and abuse, he would rather be the cheapest slave and serve anyone with his body than be Jin Feiren’s alone!
So, he became a thorn in Jin Feiyu’s heart.
Jin Feiren never mentioned his name but for a long time he had been looking for a young man similar to him.
Bai Zihao was not jealous and simply admired him a bit…
Because this was something he couldn’t do.
Later, he heard that Yue Wuhuan had become the Medicine King’s Valley’s disciple and was favored by the Medicine King Xianzun. It seemed that life was going well. Even later, he heard that he had been disfigured somehow and he had some mental problems. He was bruised and scarred but he was still free…
The slaves of Golden Phoenix Manor never liked Yue Wuhuan very much because he was so beautiful and his temperament was incompatible with everyone. They all mocked him as stupid. They laughed at him for falling into disfavor, for outliving his good days, for making a rod for one's own back.
Bai Zihao never took part in these conversations. It was like there was no one else in his quiet world except for Jin Feiren.
The white bird in the gorgeous cage quietly admired the wings that flew in the sky.
It must never be discovered by the owner…
……
Yue Wuhuan walked towards Bai Zihao with a smile. He handed him the brocade box with the water spirit orb. “Take it back and go report the success of your task.”
Bai Zihao took the brocade box, a great weight was lifted off his shoulders. He thanked him again and again.
“No need for thanks,” Yue Wuhuan said with a smile, “I heard that you will be Manor Lord Jin’s Doaist companion in a few days. Let me congratulate you in advance. My Master doesn’t like attending social functions but the Medicine King’s Valley will be sending a gift. Is there anything in particular that you would like?”
Hearing this, Bai Zihao gave a faint blush. “No need for such politeness.”
“I should. I think that it was a good thing that I saw you back then.” Yue Wuhuan glanced at the scars on his neck and gave his blessing in a very sincere tone. “You have managed to get the Manor Lord of Golden Phoenix Manor to have a change of heart. This is also a good thing. He must like you very much, like you to the bottom of his heart.”
Bai Zihao gathered the collar of his robes close. He said, embarrassed, “Well, I like him just as much.”
Yue Wuhuan sincerely praised, “You were born to be a couple.”
“Thank you,” Bai Zihao looked at his mask, thought for a long time and couldn’t help asking, “Your face, what exactly…”
“It’s nothing,” Yue Wuhuan took off the mask, revealing the hideous and brightly colored marks. He smiled, “There are a lot of poisonous things in the Medicine King’s Valley. I was unlucky and accidentally encountered an improved version of the Devil Mask Snake Venom. And because Master was in closed-door cultivation, it was left untreated and it became like this.”
Bai Zihao was so scared that he took two steps back. He finally regained his composure and said sympathetically, “You’ve become like this…How will you be favored in the future?”
In the Golden Phoenix Manor, everyone said that he was able to cling to the Medicine King Xianzun using his beauty and body. Now that his beauty was gone, wouldn’t he be abandoned?
Yue Wuhuan put the mask back on. “My Master does not dislike it.”
Bai Zihao was slightly relieved and praised, “He’s truly a good person.”
From now on, he wouldn’t ever say that the Medicine King Xianzun was a weird person. At least, he had a very good conscience and was not the kind to seduce and then abandon.
Yue Wuhuan knew that Bai Zihao had a cowardly nature. He had been locked up in the Golden Phoenix Manor for so many years. He hardly had any contact the outside world and he also didn’t dare to interact with the outside world. His mind was filled with Jin Feiren’s words and he behaved according to the norms of Golden Phoenix Manor. He had long lost a normal person’s ability to judge. This was true for most of the slaves in the Golden Phoenix Manor. Yue Wuhuan was not surprised at his manner.
Yue Wuhuan’s main reason for coming was to ask him about other matters.
Back then, when his Master visited Golden Phoenix Manor as a guest, he had been prepared to die on Langgan Terrace and so he hadn’t concerned himself about any other things. At that time, Bai Zihao was next to Jin Feiren and he must know about most of the matters then…
He mentioned the matter a little bit and then asked Bai Zihao, “Did Manor Lord Jin invite this person back then?”
Bai Zihao earnestly thought about it. “Yes, but he left without saying goodbye. The Manor Lord was very upset and complained about it for a long time afterwards.”
Yue Wuhuan smiled with satisfaction.
He once again sincerely gave his blessing for a loving relationship and then turned and left.
Bai Zihao put away the water spirit orb. He took a deep breath and turned back to the house. However, when he walked by the window, he saw the Medicine King Xianzun jump down from a tree. He stood worriedly in front of Yue Wuhuan, checking him up and down. It was as though Yue Wuhuan had come from a land filled with tigers and wolves and he was afraid Yue Wuhuan was missing a chunk of flesh.
Sure enough, the Medicine King Xianzun doted on him very much.
Bai Zihao smiled and shook his head. When he was about to close the window, he saw the Medicine King Xianzun lift up Yue Wuhuan’s sleeve. He seemed to have discovered something. Yue Wuhuan looked embarrassed and wanted to withdraw his hand but the Medicine King Xianzun pulled it out and refused to let go.
What exactly happened?
Bai Zihao curiously released his mental probe and quietly checked.
He saw several superficial scratches on Yue Wuhuan’s wrist. It was nothing serious, just skin-deep. The wounds have even began to heal.
Yue Wuhuan explained, embarrassed, “Master, I accidentally scratched it. It’s nothing serious…”
“If you see blood, you must apply medicine to avoid infection,” Song Qingshi insisted. He took out some herbal plaster for wounds from his mustard seed bag. He lowered his head, applied it very carefully and then wrapped the wound with gauze. His movements were gentle, as if he was afraid of accidentally hurting him. After handling everything, he told him earnestly, “Be careful in the future, don’t get injured. It will hurt…”
Bai Zihao stared dazedly at them…
Because Song Qingshi kept his head down, Yue Wuhuan he couldn’t see his expression.
Bai Zihao, though, saw those clear eyes and they were full of bottomless sadness.
Did he feel distressed over that little bit of pain?
Why?
Bai Zihao suddenly felt like his heart was being seized. A bit of confusion from this understanding appeared.
He was a little confused but he didn’t understand what he was confused about…
Finally, Bai Zihao left the town and embarked on the road back to the Golden Phoenix Manor.
Jin Feiren saw the water spirit orb and used it to suppress the flame poison. He then happily carried him to the bed to bestow to him his reward…
This was the same madness as usual, the same roughness as usual, the same pain and happiness as usual.
He told Bai Zihao over and over again, “I love you, I love you the most.”
Bai Zihao looked blankly at the top of the cyan-colored canopy. Suddenly, a disrespectful thought that had never before crossed his mind, appeared.
If you love me……
Why are you willing to hurt me?
……
A tear slipped quietly from the corner of his eye, fell onto the pillow and disappeared.
Bai Zihao was biting his nails. He was a little anxious.
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Jin Feiren had been bitten by a Flame Wolf in the secret realm of Extreme Flame in order to protect him. His injury was on the leg and it was quite serious. Although he used an elixir to control the spread of the flame poison and it was possible to slowly neutralize it, being burned by the raging fire every day was not at all a pleasant experience and he needed to endure this kind of agony for two full years. Bai Zihao felt so guilty that he painstakingly waited upon Jin Feiren every day, enduring Jin Feiren’s increasingly violent temper…
A Ten Thousand Years Water Spirit Orb could suppress the pain of the flame poison but this thing was extremely rare and it was also a consumable item. They searched for a long time without any result.
Fortunately, the Ten Thousand Years Water Monster appeared in Yueyin Lake and was successfully hunted down by the Myriad Gu Sect and the Medicine King’s Valley…
Jin Feiren had been feeling hesitant about the Medicine King’s Valley all these years. He never thought that Yue Wuhuan would succeed in seducing the Medicine King Xianzun, becoming his direct disciple and being very much loved. He was well-aware of what he had done to Yue Wuhuan and had no misconception that this lunatic bore no resentment against him. But what Yue Wuhuan thought was not important, what Song Qingshi thought was.
It stood to reason that Xie Que was the chief culprit. The Golden Phoenix Manor regularly bought slaves and this didn’t violate the laws and ethics of the immortal realm. Normal people wouldn’t go looking for trouble over this kind of thing. After all, even if he hadn’t bought Yue Wuhuan, Yue Wuhuan would have been sold to a brothel and with his beauty, his end would not have been any less tragic.
However, the Medicine King Xianzun’s brain was not normal. He often didn’t act according to common sense and no one could tell what he would do.
As much as possible, he really didn’t want to touch the Medicine King’s Valley. Although the Medicine King’s Valley was very small, had little power and it’s master didn’t like to socialize, Song Qingshi was the number one doctor in the immortal realm. He’s been around for so many years, the people he had saved were spread out amongst almost all of the big sects. Even if everyone didn’t like him, they didn’t want to not be able to find him should they meet with some sort of mishap. Moreover, they had no way to replace the rare pills that the Medicine King’s Valley produced.
Although getting seen by the doctor depended on his mood and you needed to pay a consultation fee, a life, once lost was something that you couldn’t get back with any amount of money.
Elder Niu of the Five Mountain Sect already had half a leg through the gates of the underworld and it was Song Qingshi who pulled him back. In his heart, Elder Niu always carried this debt of gratitude.
Madam Ling Miao of Vast Sky Island obtained the Ever Young Pill and regained the beauty of her youth. She sang his praises to the high heavens.
There were many, many examples like these…
Although Yue Wuhuan has gone crazy these past years, he has still been very evasiveness towards the Golden Phoenix Manor and he has not revealed any intention to exact revenge.
The Medicine King Xianzun was at Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul, had innate poisonous fires, had the inheritance of the elder of the Nie Clan and rarely went out. Who knows how many cards he has up his sleeve? The price of removing him was too high and it might even provoke the scoundrel from the Myriad Gu Sect.
If he preemptively attacks the Medicine King’s Valley because he was overly suspicious, afraid of a former slave and afraid of things that haven’t even happened yet, he would just be making a spectacle of himself and he stood to gain little advantage. It would also affect his reputation. It wasn’t worth it…
Jin Feiren was very conflicted as to what to do…
His Flame Wolf injury gave him the perfect chance to sound matters out.
He sent Bai Zihao along with lots of generous gifts to show his goodwill. He ordered Bai Zihao to obtain the water spirit orb. He wanted to see what the attitude of the Medicine King’s Valley towards him was.
……
The setting sun was like blood and Yue Wuhuan finally appeared in the courtyard.
Wearing a voluminous robe of red brocade, with the wing-like golden mask on his face, beautiful phoenix eyes and that upright figure…
He was as gorgeous as a real phoenix, much more beautiful than when he was in the Golden Phoenix Manor.
Bai Zihao looked slightly awkward. He wanted to call out a greeting, perhaps say a few words to harken back to their shared past but he didn’t know what to say.
Before he was sold to the Golden Phoenix Manor, he had lived in a small village with simple folk customs. He had never thought that there was such a thing in this world as men submitting to another’s control. Jin Feiren had taken a fancy to him and forced him to learn to serve men. The first person he saw had been Yue Wuhuan. The scene at that time…had him, who had never experienced worldly affairs, extremely scared. He cried and wanted to escape, but he couldn’t. He was forced to look at his future. He was almost driven to despair.
Yue Wuhuan raised his head from the hell he was in, glanced at him and couldn’t help but smile.
Bai Zihao didn’t know what he was smiling at but he was fascinated…
He had never seen such a beautiful person; like an otherworldly bewitching flower blooming upon heaps of ugly white bones in the abyss of sin. His captivating beauty could make people forget all the filth. His perfect body drew everyone’s attention. He knew that he shouldn’t look but he couldn’t help but look. There was even a faint strange sensation in his body.
Later, he had realized that this was desire. He had desires for men…
A crack was pried open on the shackles around his heart, a fissure appeared in his self-esteem…
The next time Jin Feiren kissed him, he gave up his fierce resistance and tried to endure it all.
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He secretly brought food and medicine, wanting to give them to him…
The guard knew that he was the favored pet. After receiving some profit, he turned a blind eye to them.
He managed to slip into the dungeon without a hitch. He saw Yue Wuhuan lying on the icy stone bed, his long black hair scattered haphazardly. The red shark silk robe was stained with blood. He was dirty beyond recognition but his expression was very relaxed. He was humming a song in a low voice. The tune was very familiar, like a lullaby that every mother would sing next to her child’s cradle…
Yue Wuhuan saw him come in and got up, full of suspicion.
Bai Zihao silently stuffed the things in. He wanted to say something but couldn’t think of any words that wouldn’t seem paltry.
Yue Wuhuan saw the things. As though he had seen something very amusing, he couldn’t help laughing. He appraised, “Stupid.”
Bai Zihao was inexplicably laughed at. He didn’t know what he had done wrong.
“I have seen too many people like you, bemoaning the state of the universe and pitying the fate of mankind. It’s ridiculous. You should quickly learn how to serve that person with your body. After all, it’s those whose looks he values as a rarity, those who are mild-mannered and those who behave and listen to what he says, who suffer less. Don’t worry, I think your body is suitable for these things,” Yue Wuhuan gently picked up the medicine bottle with his fingers, turned it over casually and then said tauntingly, “Didn’t you have a reaction when you looked at me that day? Where did you get a reaction? Come, tell me. Or would you like to let me guess… Do you have a feeling for submitting to another’s control?”
His little secret had been found out. His face was torn off and trampled on the ground.
Bai Zihao flushed with anger. He stood up and cursed, “You! How can you not recognize other’s good intentions?”
“Take these back. I don’t need these,” Yue Wuhuan threw the food and the medicine bottle back to him and said in a mocking tone, “You keep it. You’ll need it when you finish serving that man.”
Bai Zihao grabbed his things and ran away from the dungeons, feeling embarrassed. He thought this person was extremely repugnant.
Yue Wuhuan gave him a cold look, then lay down again without speaking.
The third time he saw him was on the Langgan Terrace. Yue Wuhuan was unexpectedly attacked by the demon tiger and when he was in imminent peril, was rescued by the Medicine King Xianzun.
He almost scared out of his wits and he was relieved to see Yue Wuhuan being taken away…
That night, he became Jin Feiren’s exclusive domain and then he was horrified to find that every word Yue Wuhuan said was right. Even though he was treated roughly, he had feelings about this kind of thing. He then began to submit slowly, became obedient slowly. He mastered how to ingratiate himself until his downfall was complete. Jin Feiren was a conceited and arrogant man. He liked to conquer not only the body but also the heart.
In fact, as long as you could follow him, admire him, life would be much better.
Bai Zihao did this completely. He practically regarded Jin Feiren as his own Heaven, so he got the greatest amount of doting.
When the Mad Daoist attacked, he blocked a fatal attack for Jin Feiren.
Jin Feizhen fell in love with him, trusted him and removed his status as a slave. He gave him various precious cultivation resources and provided him with a lot of privileges. He never needed to accompany other men and was rarely punished. He was allowed to go study like the other disciples and obtained the qualifications to practice cultivation. Moreover, he got a lot of concessions and benefits as part of the negotiations with the Song He Sect.
Bai Zihao told himself this was what it was to be loved. This was happiness.
He was already very happy.
But no matter what, he couldn’t forget about Yue Wuhuan’s matter.
Once Jin Feiren completely trusted him, he began to secretly investigate about Yue Wuhuan. The more he investigated, the more perplexed he became. Obviously when he first entered the Golden Phoenix Manor, he was heavily favored by Jin Feirnen. He could have lived a good life by serving only one person. Why did he fall to this point? Obviously he had such beauty but he fooled with his life until it was almost no different with that of the cheapest slave, unrestrainedly serving any random guest. What for?
Bai Zihao couldn’t understand but he couldn’t help thinking…
Suddenly there was a day when he woke up from the bed riddled with scars and he understood.
This was his resistance against Jin Feiren…
He was telling Jin Feiren that he would never give in or give him his heart. Even if he was made to accompany countless guests to be debauched, even if he suffered all kinds of humiliation and abuse, he would rather be the cheapest slave and serve anyone with his body than be Jin Feiren’s alone!
So, he became a thorn in Jin Feiyu’s heart.
Jin Feiren never mentioned his name but for a long time he had been looking for a young man similar to him.
Bai Zihao was not jealous and simply admired him a bit…
Because this was something he couldn’t do.
Later, he heard that Yue Wuhuan had become the Medicine King’s Valley’s disciple and was favored by the Medicine King Xianzun. It seemed that life was going well. Even later, he heard that he had been disfigured somehow and he had some mental problems. He was bruised and scarred but he was still free…
The slaves of Golden Phoenix Manor never liked Yue Wuhuan very much because he was so beautiful and his temperament was incompatible with everyone. They all mocked him as stupid. They laughed at him for falling into disfavor, for outliving his good days, for making a rod for one's own back.
Bai Zihao never took part in these conversations. It was like there was no one else in his quiet world except for Jin Feiren.
The white bird in the gorgeous cage quietly admired the wings that flew in the sky.
It must never be discovered by the owner…
……
Yue Wuhuan walked towards Bai Zihao with a smile. He handed him the brocade box with the water spirit orb. “Take it back and go report the success of your task.”
Bai Zihao took the brocade box, a great weight was lifted off his shoulders. He thanked him again and again.
“No need for thanks,” Yue Wuhuan said with a smile, “I heard that you will be Manor Lord Jin’s Doaist companion in a few days. Let me congratulate you in advance. My Master doesn’t like attending social functions but the Medicine King’s Valley will be sending a gift. Is there anything in particular that you would like?”
Hearing this, Bai Zihao gave a faint blush. “No need for such politeness.”
“I should. I think that it was a good thing that I saw you back then.” Yue Wuhuan glanced at the scars on his neck and gave his blessing in a very sincere tone. “You have managed to get the Manor Lord of Golden Phoenix Manor to have a change of heart. This is also a good thing. He must like you very much, like you to the bottom of his heart.”
Bai Zihao gathered the collar of his robes close. He said, embarrassed, “Well, I like him just as much.”
Yue Wuhuan sincerely praised, “You were born to be a couple.”
“Thank you,” Bai Zihao looked at his mask, thought for a long time and couldn’t help asking, “Your face, what exactly…”
“It’s nothing,” Yue Wuhuan took off the mask, revealing the hideous and brightly colored marks. He smiled, “There are a lot of poisonous things in the Medicine King’s Valley. I was unlucky and accidentally encountered an improved version of the Devil Mask Snake Venom. And because Master was in closed-door cultivation, it was left untreated and it became like this.”
Bai Zihao was so scared that he took two steps back. He finally regained his composure and said sympathetically, “You’ve become like this…How will you be favored in the future?”
In the Golden Phoenix Manor, everyone said that he was able to cling to the Medicine King Xianzun using his beauty and body. Now that his beauty was gone, wouldn’t he be abandoned?
Yue Wuhuan put the mask back on. “My Master does not dislike it.”
Bai Zihao was slightly relieved and praised, “He’s truly a good person.”
From now on, he wouldn’t ever say that the Medicine King Xianzun was a weird person. At least, he had a very good conscience and was not the kind to seduce and then abandon.
Yue Wuhuan knew that Bai Zihao had a cowardly nature. He had been locked up in the Golden Phoenix Manor for so many years. He hardly had any contact the outside world and he also didn’t dare to interact with the outside world. His mind was filled with Jin Feiren’s words and he behaved according to the norms of Golden Phoenix Manor. He had long lost a normal person’s ability to judge. This was true for most of the slaves in the Golden Phoenix Manor. Yue Wuhuan was not surprised at his manner.
Yue Wuhuan’s main reason for coming was to ask him about other matters.
Back then, when his Master visited Golden Phoenix Manor as a guest, he had been prepared to die on Langgan Terrace and so he hadn’t concerned himself about any other things. At that time, Bai Zihao was next to Jin Feiren and he must know about most of the matters then…
He mentioned the matter a little bit and then asked Bai Zihao, “Did Manor Lord Jin invite this person back then?”
Bai Zihao earnestly thought about it. “Yes, but he left without saying goodbye. The Manor Lord was very upset and complained about it for a long time afterwards.”
Yue Wuhuan smiled with satisfaction.
He once again sincerely gave his blessing for a loving relationship and then turned and left.
Bai Zihao put away the water spirit orb. He took a deep breath and turned back to the house. However, when he walked by the window, he saw the Medicine King Xianzun jump down from a tree. He stood worriedly in front of Yue Wuhuan, checking him up and down. It was as though Yue Wuhuan had come from a land filled with tigers and wolves and he was afraid Yue Wuhuan was missing a chunk of flesh.
Sure enough, the Medicine King Xianzun doted on him very much.
Bai Zihao smiled and shook his head. When he was about to close the window, he saw the Medicine King Xianzun lift up Yue Wuhuan’s sleeve. He seemed to have discovered something. Yue Wuhuan looked embarrassed and wanted to withdraw his hand but the Medicine King Xianzun pulled it out and refused to let go.
What exactly happened?
Bai Zihao curiously released his mental probe and quietly checked.
He saw several superficial scratches on Yue Wuhuan’s wrist. It was nothing serious, just skin-deep. The wounds have even began to heal.
Yue Wuhuan explained, embarrassed, “Master, I accidentally scratched it. It’s nothing serious…”
“If you see blood, you must apply medicine to avoid infection,” Song Qingshi insisted. He took out some herbal plaster for wounds from his mustard seed bag. He lowered his head, applied it very carefully and then wrapped the wound with gauze. His movements were gentle, as if he was afraid of accidentally hurting him. After handling everything, he told him earnestly, “Be careful in the future, don’t get injured. It will hurt…”
Bai Zihao stared dazedly at them…
Because Song Qingshi kept his head down, Yue Wuhuan he couldn’t see his expression.
Bai Zihao, though, saw those clear eyes and they were full of bottomless sadness.
Did he feel distressed over that little bit of pain?
Why?
Bai Zihao suddenly felt like his heart was being seized. A bit of confusion from this understanding appeared.
He was a little confused but he didn’t understand what he was confused about…
Finally, Bai Zihao left the town and embarked on the road back to the Golden Phoenix Manor.
Jin Feiren saw the water spirit orb and used it to suppress the flame poison. He then happily carried him to the bed to bestow to him his reward…
This was the same madness as usual, the same roughness as usual, the same pain and happiness as usual.
He told Bai Zihao over and over again, “I love you, I love you the most.”
Bai Zihao looked blankly at the top of the cyan-colored canopy. Suddenly, a disrespectful thought that had never before crossed his mind, appeared.
If you love me……
Why are you willing to hurt me?
……
A tear slipped quietly from the corner of his eye, fell onto the pillow and disappeared.
