Yang Xue blinked. From Yue Bai's expression, she caught a whiff of something unusual.
Could it be that the so - called Bai Xue, using this appearance, had done something confusing and despicable?
She was most afraid of taking the blame!
Yue Bai's sobbing made her heave a slight sigh of relief.
It turned out that Bai Xue, knowing that Xuan You and Yue Bai had been together for hundreds of years, was jealous.
Moreover, since Yue Bai lived in the main palace and was served by special attendants every day, Bai Xue took advantage of Xuan You's absence and dressed up as Yang Xue. She dragged the sick Yue Bai, who was lying in bed, to the ground and beat her until she spat out blood.
Out of her former guilt towards Yang Xue, Yue Bai didn't suspect at all that it wasn't Yang Xue who beat her at that time.
"You don't know how arrogant and domineering that Bai Xue is every day, relying on that face! Auntie is really strange. How could she still stay by that bad man Xuan You's side," Qing Qing said indignantly. "Thank goodness Dong Zhu and I brought her here. Otherwise, I don't know how much more bullying she would have suffered from them."
Yang Xue realized a problem. Her current face was indeed beautiful, but it wasn't her own.
In her previous life, although she wasn't ugly, she was far from this face that was charming but not coquettish, and enchanting but not vulgar. If one day she returned to her original appearance, would the Great Sage be scared away?
"Cough, cough cough..." Yue Bai's coughing brought her back to reality.
Yang Xue quickly sat down beside her bed. Seeing that her condition was very serious, she reached out and felt her pulse. "Don't get excited. I'll try my best to save you."
"Cough..." She wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth with a handkerchief and said weakly with a smile, "Don't bother. I know I'm beyond salvation. Even if I could be saved, the method would basically be exchanging one life for another. Now I have nothing to be attached to. Maybe it's better to just disappear like this."
"Auntie...呜呜..." Qing Qing cried and grabbed Yue Bai's hand. "Don't leave us. Grandma will definitely be sad. Don't you want to stay by her side?"
Yang Xue looked solemn. She could almost clearly feel that Yue Bai's current physical condition was extremely bad. It was really the end of her days. There wasn't much healthy flesh on her body, and all kinds of ailments had gathered together. Even magic pills wouldn't work much.
However, she had the Heavenly Book. If she formed a spiritual contract again, Yue Bai's life would be connected to hers, and she would gain corresponding abilities from her. Although she couldn't be completely cured, at least she wouldn't die.
Yang Xue told Yue Bai the truth. Whether she would accept it or not would depend on her own choice.
"Auntie, auntie, accept it quickly. Where else can you find such a good thing?"
As soon as Qing Qing finished speaking, an old woman with white hair rushed in from outside. "Of course she should accept it! As long as she can live, no matter how Miss Yang saves her, we can accept it. From now on, Qingqiu will be your backer!"
"Mother!" Yue Bai shed tears. The only person she felt sorry for in becoming like this was her mother.
...
Sun Wukong was getting extremely anxious. He paced outside for two hours before Yang Xue finally came out.
"Xue'er!" Hearing the sound of the door opening, he quickly ran over, grabbed Yang Xue's hand and said, "You finally came out. If you didn't come out any later, this Great Sage would have rushed in to find out what was going on. It's a simple matter. Why did it take so long?"
He knew Yang Xue's plan and knew that this matter wouldn't take much time.
Seeing the Great Sage's anxious look, Yang Xue smiled and coquettishly said, "I've made the Great Sage wait for so long. How about I cook some delicious food for the Great Sage when we get back?"
"Yeah, okay." Hearing this, Sun Wukong instantly beamed with a smile, thinking that it was worth waiting for so long.
Qing Qing's grandma, the white - haired old woman, was the Fox Emperor of Qingqiu. She looked only about forty or fifty years old, but she was already two thousand years old.
She was grateful to Yang Xue for saving Yue Bai and wanted to reward her handsomely, but Yang Xue politely declined.
Yang Xue hated things to be complicated. She even refused their offer to accompany her out. She just wanted to leave quietly with the Great Sage.
Yue Bai's condition improved. The power of the Heavenly Book was amazing. It actually cured half of her chronic ailments. The root cause had been removed, and the rest would be up to their own recuperation.
Yang Xue didn't let them know about the existence of the Heavenly Book to prevent any unexpected problems.
Standing at the foot of Daze Mountain, Sun Wukong looked dejected. Holding her hand gently, he asked, "Where does Xue'er want to go?"
"Let's go back to Huaguo Mountain." Seeing the worry in his eyes, Yang Xue smiled slightly and said, "It's really rare to see the Great Sage looking so worried."
"Nonsense. In the past, I was afraid of nothing. I could go up to the sky and down to the underworld. Even if I died alone in the netherworld, it was just death, and there was nothing to be afraid of. But now it's different. This Great Sage also has a weakness and something to be afraid of. I've started to be hesitant, so of course I'll be worried." Sun Wukong tapped her on the head. "You, on the other hand, are not afraid of anything now."
Yang Xue burst out laughing and buried herself in his arms. Before she knew it, her eyes were blurred, and a string of hot tears rolled down from her eyes.
She sniffed. "Great Sage, when you say such tender words, can you be a bit gentler? It feels like you're arguing. I'm really touched, okay?"
Sun Wukong patted her on the back, rested his chin on top of her head, and said with a low - pitched smile, "Since you're so touched, how about you marry me?"
"..." She suddenly stopped. Was he proposing in a round - about way?
"Xue'er, I..."
Just as Sun Wukong was about to say something, suddenly a gentle breeze blew, and a familiar figure appeared in front of them.
Looking at the Guanyin Bodhisattva on the lotus throne, holding the vase in her hand, Yang Xue couldn't help but complain, "Guanyin Bodhisattva, why did you come at this time? The Great Sage was just saying something very important to me."
Guanyin looked puzzled and innocently blinked her clear and bright big eyes, as if waiting for her explanation.
"Why did the Bodhisattva come? Is there something wrong?" Sun Wukong cleared his throat and asked nonchalantly.
His heart was pounding. It had taken him a lot of courage to say those words just now. Who knew that Xue'er didn't respond, and he almost ran away again.
Thank goodness. The merciful Guanyin Bodhisattva had appeared and saved him from this "awkward" situation.
"Tang Seng refuses to return to the Western Heaven. He is walking towards the direction of the Tang Dynasty on foot. I hope the two of you can step in," Guanyin said. She came not only for business but also on the orders of the Tathagata, so it was quite urgent.
"Bodhisattva, how did you know we were here?" Yang Xue stroked her chin and said quietly, "Didn't you say that even the Tathagata couldn't know where I was?"
"..." Guanyin was speechless and didn't know how to reply.
"And that God of Wealth. Did he secretly leave a charm on you too?" Sun Wukong held her palm and casually made a spell gesture. "Disperse!"
"Okay. They won't be able to appear in front of you casually anymore." How dare they play tricks on his Xue'er? Even the Guanyin Bodhisattva wasn't allowed to.
"Wukong, Tang Seng is crucial to us. If he doesn't come back, the prosperity of Buddhism in the Western Heaven will be hopeless. I hope the two of you can go with me and persuade him to change his mind."
Seeing the rare ugly look on her face, Yang Xue calmly said, "Bodhisattva, you clearly know Tang Seng. If he can't reconcile with his own heart, even if he goes back, he will only be more reluctant to go on the journey to the Western Heaven to fetch the scriptures."