Bai Xue?
Yang Xue instantly concealed her figure and stood aside, carefully sizing up this real White Bone Demon.
Where had Bai Xue been all these years? What exactly had happened back then?
Moreover, now that the real White Bone Demon had returned, how should she conduct herself? What identity should she claim when facing others?
Would Bai Xue's appearance bring any disadvantages to her?
All sorts of doubts welled up in her mind. She watched as Bai Xue walked past her and headed straight for the man not far away.
Xuan You was clad in a black battle armor. He stood quietly in front of the granite pillar, looking down at the movements of the soldiers and generals below the mountain.
He had changed a lot.
The once amiable and smiling face now only showed simplicity and coldness. The contours of his facial features were more distinct, and there were unpredictable storms in his eyes.
"You're here," Xuan You said when he saw Bai Xue. He hooked his lips and pulled her into his arms. His slightly squinted eyes in the sunlight added a bit more profundity. He kissed Bai Xue on the face a few times. "Well, have you made up your mind to be my woman?"
Yang Xue's eyes widened in shock, her three - view shattered.
This philanderer! His true nature was hard to change. He had already cast Yue Bai aside so quickly!
This black leopard had made his skin so white. Was it to cover up his black heart?
To hear their conversation more clearly, she took a few steps forward and stared at every micro - expression on Xuan You's face.
Bai Xue leaned against him completely, beaming with joy. "It would be the greatest fortune of my three lives to be the king's woman."
Xuan You's tone showed no sign of happiness or anger. "Good. Then let's hold the wedding ceremony tomorrow. How about that?"
Bai Xue looked up, overjoyed. She held his face and kissed him. "Really?"
"Of course it's true." He grabbed Bai Xue's hand and pulled her into his embrace. "Don't move. Let the king hug you properly."
"Your Majesty, since you already have me, what about Miss Yue Bai..."
"She doesn't have much time left. I don't want to send her back to Qingqiu." His face darkened slightly. "Don't you dare to make things difficult for her."
Yang Xue was extremely shocked. Why did Yue Bai not have much time left? Hadn't she found a way to relieve the situation back then?
What about the child she had adopted...
Bai Xue was sensible. She patted his chest coquettishly. "I was just asking. Don't be angry, Your Majesty~"
"Tsk tsk... This voice is really annoying. It makes one want to dig out a big green mountain." Yang Xue couldn't help but complain about Bai Xue in her heart. She wondered what Xuan You saw in her. Was a pretty face really that important?
"You go back first. I want to be alone for a while." After a moment of tenderness, Xuan You sent Bai Xue back.
Yang Xue let out a sigh of relief. Looking at that face that resembled hers, she felt so uncomfortable that she wanted to scratch herself all over.
Just as she was thinking that she could follow Xuan You to find Yue Bai after he went back, suddenly she saw Xuan You walking towards her.
She straightened up abruptly, staring tensely at his steps, thinking that he couldn't possibly see her.
"Since you're here, why don't you show yourself?"
"..." Yang Xue held her breath. He must not be talking to her.
"Yang Xue, if you don't come out, I'll come over." Xuan You looked in her direction and smiled wickedly. "Didn't Sun Wukong ever say that you have a unique fragrance on you? I've never forgotten this smell in the past three years. I'll never mistake it."
"..." Yang Xue quickly turned around, grabbed her clothes, and smelled them carefully. There was no smell at all.
"Have you been to the Thunder Sound Temple?" His expression suddenly darkened. He walked towards her quickly. "Why do you have the incense he usually uses on you?"
This... This is a dog's nose.
Yang Xue dispelled her magic, raised her hand to stop him from moving forward. "Your nose is comparable to Yang Jian's..."
"Don't compare me to a dog. I don't like it." Seeing Yang Xue appear, Xuan You suddenly smiled. He pulled her into his arms and was about to give her a bear hug.
"Don't hug me!" Yang Xue pressed her hands against his chest and deftly avoided his arms. She wrinkled her nose in disgust. "You're full of a sweet and greasy fragrance. How much do you like my face that you've cast Yue Bai aside and want to make this woman your wife..."
"Are you jealous?" Xuan You raised his chin and looked at her complacently. "If you can leave Sun Wukong behind, I can announce to the world tomorrow that you'll be the mistress of the Great Green Mountain."
"Humph, I'd be blind to be with a philanderer. Why would I want a leopard when I can have the loyal and innocent Great Sage!" Yang Xue took two steps back in disgust. "Did you really recognize me by the smell?"
He put down his arms, and the smile on his face remained.
What Yang Xue didn't notice was that at this moment, he was truly happy. The smile reached his eyes, and there was a hint of sadness hidden in them.
It was just that Xuan You was usually too arrogant, and it was hard for ordinary people to imagine that he could have such emotions.
"I won't tell you," he turned around and walked in front. "Since you're here, I'll take you to see Yue Bai. And there are also Mao Mao and Xiao Rou. They're my right - hand men now. They had a baby last year. They'll surely be happy to know you're here."
Yang Xue looked at Xuan You, who was so different from before. She didn't understand why he wanted to keep Bai Xue in this way.
Moreover, the Avalokitesvara would come soon. If she took Bai Xue away, wouldn't Tathagata have another condition to control her?
"Xuan You, there are many ways to keep her. Why do you have to make her your woman?" Yang Xue stood still. "Where has she been all these years? Do you know that Tathagata has sent the Avalokitesvara to take her..."
"Because she looks a lot like you," his smile disappeared. He turned around and repeated seriously, "Although she's not as innocent as you, her smile is not as nice as yours, and she's as vicious as a snake and kills people without batting an eye, but her face resembles yours by seven or eight points. Since you chose Sun Wukong back then, and now there's someone who looks like you, why can't I keep her by my side?"
"..." Yang Xue stopped in her tracks, looking at him in shock, trying to find some other information.
He lowered his head and laughed. "What, don't you believe that I'm so obsessed with your face?"
Yang Xue pursed her lips. "You're crazy!"
"It's just human nature. Why do you care so much?" He walked towards her again, patted his chest proudly. "That's just how men are."
Yang Xue looked at him in confusion, as if the trace of loss in his eyes just now was her illusion.
However, this Xuan You seemed more normal.
She shook off his arm with a dark face. "Why do you have to cause so much trouble instead of being a good mountain king? Do you think you can compete with the Jade Emperor?"
"Although I'm not as powerful as Sun Wukong, I'm not bad either. What's so good about being a mountain king? If I can become a demon king and unite the demon world, I can marry any woman I want in the future. There are so many beautiful demons in the demon world..."
"Philanderer!" Yang Xue walked in front, indignant. "I don't understand why Yue Bai is so infatuated with you. No wonder she'd rather adopt Xiao Shan than have a child with you."
Xuan You suddenly stopped. His face was full of gloom. He grabbed Yang Xue and dragged her to a corner. He pressed her down aggressively. "What's wrong with me? Why can't she have my child! I wasn't like this back then. She owes me! And you, how dare you trample on my true feelings like this? If you make me unhappy, I may not dare not to snatch Sun Wukong's woman!"