The Obsessive Heaven Venerable’s Beloved Rabbit Spirit (2)

    “Crown Prince Xuan! You can’t treat me like this! Didn’t you say you would love me forever, no matter what?” Bai Luo watched the retreating figure disappear, and the grievances he had suffered from Jiang Linghan immediately surged out.

    Also, the Beloved System that had bound him was gone. No matter how much he called out in his heart, there was no response.

    Moreover, the fur on his body truly would not grow back. It seemed like an irreversible curse. He had used many spells, even illusions, but they were useless on the areas where the fur had been plucked.

    Bai Luo with his fur was truly beautiful: snow-white, soft, long hair, rabbit ears that a half-demon couldn’t hide, radiating innocent and charming cuteness—the perfect innocent protagonist for a sweet romance novel.

    But now, with a bald head, stripped of the rabbit fur, what good were those cute rabbit ears? The wrinkled, pinkish-flesh skin underneath was actually quite ugly.

    His eyebrows and eyelashes were also gone, causing his appearance to plummet. Coupled with the twenty-five hard kicks he had just received from Jiang Linghan, he didn’t have a single patch of good skin left.

    This was the Forest of Ten Thousand Ghosts. If other ghosts came over, they would only treat this furless rabbit as one of their own.

    He was truly too ugly, but he didn’t feel regretful, because none of this was his fault. It was clearly that Jiang Linghan.

    Wasn’t it just that he refused to lend him the Pure Clarity Elixir to save Chi Zun, the Young Master of the Demon Realm? He could have just said so. Why make things so difficult for him?

    And that Crown Prince Xuan! Decades of affection changed just like that. Why should he suffer this?

    Perhaps Bai Luo and his maid cried too miserably, finally attracting some attention. Ghost Maiden, who was handling business in the Forest of Ten Thousand Ghosts, heard the familiar weeping and quickly floated over to investigate.

    It turned out to be two furless rabbit demons, one male and one female, master and servant. They carried the aura of her master, You Heng. Ghost Maiden relied on this aura to recognize that this was Bai Luo, the young master of the rabbit clan whom her master cherished deeply.

    She then appeared and asked, “Lord Luo, what is wrong? Why are you crying so sadly?”

    Upon seeing an acquaintance, Bai Luo and his personal maid, Xiao Yu, cried even harder, their voices choked with tears: “Sister Ghost Maiden, please, you must ask your master to seek justice for our young master!”

    “Jiang Linghan, the Chief Steward of the Pure Clarity Palace, was displeased that our young master asked to borrow the Pure Clarity Elixir, so he made us look like this. The Crown Prince of the Celestial Clan even accused our young master of lying, broke off the engagement in a fit of anger, and abandoned us here, running back to the Celestial Realm alone.”

    “Our young master is still injured! How could he bear to do this?”

    Xiao Yu’s tragic recounting convinced Ghost Maiden for the most part. After all, this was the fellow her master liked. Her master was willing to do anything for this rabbit, even die. She naturally knew Bai Luo’s importance to their Netherworld.

    So, she kindly comforted them and brought them back to the Nether Palace. When You Heng first saw Bai Luo, he was startled by his bald, swollen, and misshapen rabbit head.

    How did his little rabbit, whom he held in the palm of his hand, turn into this monstrous state?

    You Heng was a complete fanatic for soft fur and good looks. Without a coat of soft fur, the little rabbit was no different from being disfigured in his eyes.

    Moreover, he had severe obsessive-compulsive disorder. If a patch of smooth, flat fur suddenly went bald, exposing the pale, wrinkled flesh underneath, the mere thought of it gave him goosebumps.

    Not to mention Bai Luo now—he didn’t have a single rabbit hair. Those two rabbit ears were truly, truly ugly. The moment Bai Luo saw him, he cried and rushed into his arms.

    You Heng instinctively kicked him away. What kind of ugly thing was this?

    After a second look, oh, it was his precious darling. He quickly instructed Ghost Maiden to help the person up, apologizing despite his nausea, but the sweet nothings he used to say were nowhere to be found.

    His attitude was a complete 180-degree change from before. The sensitive Bai Luo couldn’t help but notice, and he immediately cried even harder: “Ah Xuan doesn’t want me anymore, and even you despise me, don’t you?”

    You Heng wanted to explain, but looking at Bai Luo’s bald rabbit head, he genuinely couldn’t open his mouth. He just let the master and servant cling to each other and cry for a while.

    When Bai Luo had cried enough, You Heng said coldly, “Ghost Maiden told me about your situation. However, your physique is too special, and your divine bone is not fully integrated yet. The medicines and spells of our Netherworld are too cold and dark; using them might harm your life.”

    “I also hate to see you like this. How about I have Ghost Maiden take you to the guest quarters to rest for the night? Once your facial injuries recover, I will personally escort you to Chi Zun tomorrow morning. He has many magical treasures; there will surely be a way.”

    Hearing You Heng’s suggestion, Bai Luo was astonished. Every time he came to see You Heng, hadn’t You Heng always spoiled him rotten? He would even pluck the stars from the sky for him, and he always slept in the master bedroom with You Heng.

    Why, now that he had lost his fur, did this fellow turn against him just like Crown Prince Xuan, acting utterly disgusted?

    He wanted to say more, but You Heng didn’t want to give him the chance, because just one more glance at Bai Luo’s bald rabbit head was enough to trigger an allergic reaction.

    If Bai Luo stayed in front of him for one more second, what if he couldn’t resist the urge to kick the rabbit to death? So, he quickly ordered the nearby Ghost Maiden to drag Bai Luo away.

    “You Heng!” Bai Luo was incredulous. “How could you treat me like this!”

    Getting rid of Bai Luo wasn’t enough. You Heng summoned more Ghost Maidens and issued a strict command: “Ghosts! Clean and disinfect this Nether Palace, inside and out, one hundred times! A thousand times! Ten thousand times!”

    “No, this Nether Palace is unusable. Any Ghost Maiden or ghost creature that has come into contact with Bai Luo is forbidden from appearing before this King ever again. The rest of you, follow this King to a place Bai Luo has never been, and we shall rebuild a palace!”

    “From this moment forth, the rabbit demon clan is forbidden from entering for all eternity! Violators will be executed without mercy!”

    You Heng spoke these words while fleeing the Nether Palace, because his allergy had triggered traumatic stress. Not to mention, he had previously shared a bed with other men just to please Bai Luo.

    How could he, the dignified Ghost King, do such disgusting and ridiculous things? He didn’t even want himself anymore! Damn it! He finally understood what it felt like to be utterly bewitched!

    You Heng’s overnight escape from the Nether Palace caused an uproar in the Netherworld. What kind of ugly creature could scare their universally revered Ghost King like this?

    Later, upon inquiry, oh, it was just that rabbit demon who had bewitched their Ghost King. Then, never mind.

    Because the ghosts, who valued skeletal beauty, never found Bai Luo attractive in the first place. They only regretted the treasures the Netherworld had wasted on Bai Luo.

    After You Heng fled to treat his allergy, he couldn’t even wait for dawn. The Ghost Maiden who had brought Bai Luo back, having been tragically abandoned because her master was traumatized by Bai Luo, impulsively tied him to a flying boat and kicked him into the neighboring Demon Realm.

    The demons of the Demon Realm learned the news and quickly reported the matter to their Young Master, Chi Zun. Upon hearing that his precious rabbit had suffered such a great injustice, what a ghost could endure, a demon could not!

    He rushed to Bai Luo in a flash, but for some reason, the little rabbit without fur was truly ugly.

    However, Chi Zun was the first man Bai Luo had fallen for after transmigrating to this world, so he wasn’t as heartless as You Heng.

    He still retained a little affection, though not much.

    Treating him politely was the last bit of decorum he, as the Young Master of the Demon Realm, could maintain.

    Later, he heard that Bai Luo had only incurred the displeasure of the Pure Clarity Palace’s Chief Immortal because he was seeking a pill to cure Chi Zun’s demonic fire poison, and was thus retaliated against by Jiang Linghan, ending up in this state.

    But unexpectedly, Chi Zun’s reaction was identical to Crown Prince Xuan’s: he didn’t believe it.

    Bai Luo wanted to explain, but he was afraid Chi Zun would react like Crown Prince Xuan, so he had to swallow his words.

    Then, Chi Zun learned that the Pure Clarity Elixir, which was supposed to solve his urgent problem, had been completely drunk by this rabbit demon, and because the rabbit demon’s mortal-demon body couldn’t absorb it, it was simply expelled from the body as impurities after digestion—in other words, rabbit droppings.

    Chi Zun: ………………..

    The silence grew heavier.

    Perhaps he should just let the poison fire burn him to death.

    He seemed to understand why Ghost King You Heng felt the urge to run away overnight.

    But for the sake of appearances, Chi Zun could only pretend to accept Bai Luo’s good intentions, settling him comfortably in the Demon Palace and searching everywhere for a way to restore Bai Luo’s fur.

    Because he really didn’t want to admit that he had once been infatuated with a rodent.

    “Young Master, are you sure you want to die outside the Demon Realm? The Old Ancestor sealed in the forbidden area will break out soon. If you don’t return, the Demon Realm will no longer be ruled by our Red Demon clan.”

    Did they think he didn’t want to? He had no choice. His heart meridian was damaged from saving Bai Luo before, and the magic cultivated by the Red Demon clan carried an incurable demonic fire poison. Only the Pure Clarity Elixir, refined from heavenly treasures by the Pure Clarity Palace, could alleviate it.

    One drop was produced every hundred years, but Bai Luo had consumed it all. To recover that Pure Clarity Elixir would be equivalent to eating feces.

    He was the Young Master of the Demon Realm, not a maggot!

    And what good would the Pure Clarity Elixir do anyway? The Old Ancestor in the Demon Realm’s forbidden area was the strongest being after the ancient Demon God of the Demon Realm fell.

    The Demon Realm’s glory was long gone. All the demons in the entire Demon Realm combined were no match for him. Could he, a little demon lord with a damaged heart meridian, fight him?

    He could not! It was better to die outside the Demon Realm while searching for a way to restore Bai Luo’s fur than to be kicked to death by that Old Ancestor.

    Because if he wasn’t kicked to death by his own ancestor, at least he could meet his demonic ancestors underground with some dignity.

    After Crown Prince Xuan returned to the Celestial Realm, he happened to encounter Jiang Linghan, who was preparing to return to the Pure Clarity Palace. Meeting on the road, the Celestial Crown Prince, who usually wouldn’t look directly at lower-ranking immortal spirits, suddenly changed his ways and actively greeted the immortal maidens and fairies of the Pure Clarity Palace.

    “That High Immortal…”

    The immortal maidens of the Pure Clarity Palace, led by Jiang Linghan, bowed slightly to Crown Prince Xuan in respect, saying in unison, “Greetings, Crown Prince.”

    Crown Prince Xuan felt a little guilty, scratching his cheek with his finger: “That… how was my mother’s mood just now? I originally intended to pay my respects, but I suddenly encountered an urgent matter on the way, so I left without saying goodbye.”

    Jiang Linghan understood and replied, “The Longevity Pill designated by the Heavenly Empress did not require as much expenditure as anticipated. Her mood is excellent. The Crown Prince need not worry so much.”

    “Good, thank you, High Immortal.” Crown Prince Xuan bowed to Jiang Linghan and the others to express his gratitude. It was good that his mother wasn’t angry. After all, he had insisted on getting engaged to Bai Luo despite her objections, which had angered her so much that she refused to see him to this day.

    Even his father, who had tried to speak up for him and Bai Luo, was being ignored. Fortunately, fortunately, he had mended the fence. He thought that in a few more days, his mother’s anger would completely subside. If he went to apologize and admit his mistake then, their fractured mother-son relationship could be alleviated.

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