《Demon Kings Pet》


 1 Chapter 1

    The buzzing alarm sounded through the halls of the university as the mass of people made their ways out of the dorms and out into the parking lot. There was no pain, but that might have had more to do with this being a drill instead of an actual emergency.


    A small figure hurried passed the large mass of people, some times being shoed by someone taller who hadn''t seen them before bumping into them, letting out a soft ''sorry''.


    Ai Yui was short for his age and rather small in size. Being only 4 foot 8 inches. He often was overlooked and would be pushed and shoved around by those who weren''t really watching where they were walking.


    He hated these drills because it always ended up as a challenge just trying to get out into the hall from his dorm room!


    Letting out a sigh, Ai finally stepped out into the parking lot and went to find a spot with fewer people to wait until the roll call was done and he could return to his room and finish his homework.


    Being a scholarship student that relied on his good grades to pay for his lasses, he didn''t have time to be out here standing about not focusing.


    Sure, if he didn''t have to worry about losing his scholarship he''d have been happy to use this time to go out and just enjoy the beautiful day. But life wasn''t so simple for him, if he failed to keep his top score, then he would be forced to leave the school of his dreams and return back to his parents house and do what they''d wanted him to do, which was private lessons and online schooling before entering his fathers business to begin learning on how to run it for when he took over the ownership.


    He had no wish to take over his father''s company, nor did he want to go back to the house that had trapped him inside for almost all of his life. He worked hard to enter this school and was only able to attend because it was a prestige school, along with the fact that he didn''t have to pay to go.


    They might have been wealthy due to his father''s company, but his parents belied that earning money for yourself was important, that and they wanted to control his life, so it was easier to do so if he didn''t get money from them whenever he wanted. His childhood wasn''t anything he liked to remember.


    His mother was strict with what he ate and wore. Some times she would for some odd reason dress him up like a doll, and treat him as if he was a ''daughter'' instead of a son. His father would always lecture him whenever she did this, making out to be his fault for being ''weak'' and looking like a little girl than a boy.


    He hated his parent''s treatment of him. But what can one do? You didn''t get to choose who were your parents, and they never really abused him physically. Maybe the mental abuse would be great if you actually took the time to look into it, but no one bothered with that.


    He hurried inside and started to finish up his paper. It wasn''t until he had begun to put up his books and notes that his roommate finally returned. Glancing to the door as the male entered, Ai Yui felt his heart hurt a bit while looking at the large male with a strong build. He basically looked like a muscle builder.


    He wasn''t too bulky that he''d seem like the hulk, but enough that he had a manly feel. Sadly his face was subpar in looks. Or he''d be one of the hottest guys in school from Ai Yui''s viewpoint


    "You finish the work? Can I see?" he asked as if it was normal to copy someone''s work. He often did this, though Ai Yui always rejected him flatly. "You need to do it yourself instead of running off to work out. You can''t always rely on others to do the work for you," he said with a frown. Dashi just laughed as he went to his side of the room and plopped onto the unmade bed. "So mean~" he teased before pulling his shirt of that was wet with sweat. He was about to toss it when he got a glare from Ai so he just sat it at the end of his bed, "Lighten up." he muttered.


    Ai Yui ignored him and went to sit on his own bed, pulling his legs up and pressing them over one another. He reached up to pull his hair that was rather long up into a sloppy bun.


    He wanted to get it cut, to make it short like how a boy''s hair should be, but his mother forbids it, and often would request pictures or video calls to make sure he didn''t cut it. The reason she gave was it was something her family did, until marriage you weren''t allowed to cut your hair, not even as a boy.


    His father had argued for a short while before giving up so that he didn''t have to listen to his wife nagging. "Ai, did you hear about the new game coming out?" Dashi said while putting on a clean shirt.


    Ai tilted his head and glanced at the male, seeming confused. Normally he didn''t care about games, but when he was a kid he tried one to play, he managed to enjoy a good few months into the game before his father found out and put him on house arrest. Even now he still didn''t have a private laptop or phone. Both were from his parents and had locks on them so he couldn''t install anything without their permission.


    It was for school work only. It wasn''t that bad before, but when they found him playing the game this was the end result. Dashi laughed remembering about his issue.


    "well, it''s different from the laptops, its a virtual reality game. It''s separate, you put the helmet on and sensors and apparently you can be in the game as if it was all real. Feeling, smelling, tasting. All of it. What more is they are giving away free helmets to people who win a contest." he seemed annoyed about the contest which in turn confused Ai Yui


    "What is it? The contests. I mean, you seem so unhappy." he stated as if confused. Dashi sighed before lying back on his bed. "It''s a writing contest." the other said as if dejected. "You have to write up a scene for the game to use, something like that they will use and make into an animation. They want it to be written, and they have separate sections so some can do art while others just write, the top 3 from each group will get a helmet. I can''t draw or write!" he laminated


    Ai blinked a few times before tilting his head. "Anyone can apply?" he asked in a soft tone. He normally always did as told, and would try his hardest to not leave any reason for his parents to lecture him.


    But he was in college now, he wasn''t stuck in their home and as long as he didn''t use the things they provided for him and stayed on top of his school work, then they couldn''t stop him from playing again right? This was his chance, he has to do something for himself! He felt so happy.


    Dashi sat up and looked at the smaller male with a look of smugness "Of course, I had the info if you wanna apply. If you when then I an maybe use it ah!" he said as if this was his plan all along. Ai Yui ignored him before getting the info he needed.


    He asked Dashi about the game and learned about what settings and characters would be in it. Then he started out typing out his scene.


    Being a top mark student had its perks, Ai was able to write out a very detailed and elegantly worded scene that even Dashi enjoyed reading and wanted to see put into motion. After making sure the structure was correct and there were no typos he sent it into the contest along with his information and mailing address.

 2 Chapter 2

    Within the last few weeks, Ai Yui had been making sure that he had everything he would need to do finished so that he could focus on working out a way to get the VR helmet. He wasn''t too hopeful that he would win the prize, so he was trying to find a tutoring job that would help him earn enough money to buy one. Dashi had said he was silly and he should just ask his parents for money, being as they were wealthy. Despite knowing how strict Ai''s parents were, he still thought they''d, at last, give him some kind of money for spending expenses. Didn''t parents usually do that? What more if they weren''t tight on money?


    Ai Yui ignored him and just continued searching the bulletin board. He saw several requests for tutors but most were gaged for upperclassmen. Though he was the top student of his year, that was still only for his class year. He couldn''t assist senior students on assignments since he wasn''t even in those lasses to learn the material! Sure he could probably figure it out, but what upperclassman would want a lowerclassman to teach them?


    Thankfully though he found a request for someone to help with basics in cooking. It wasn''t a tutoring job bo rather a job for someone to help with daily meals and cleaning around the dorm room. This was odd because normally students did this themselves, why pay for someone to cook and lean for you? What more the person even requested that the person MUST be male, so it was a godsend for him! Guys were even less likely to enjoy cleaning and cooking as he had done. Though it was more due to his mother''s influences.


    He took the tab from the lower part of the paper and headed towards the dorm room that it listed. Hopefully, the spot wasn''t full and he''d be able to start work soon. Even if he didn''t manage to get the money by the time the winners got the headgear for the VR game, he''d at least be able to buy one soon afterward right? Excited for the first time in a long tie, Ai Yui hurried along the halls the dorm room.


    After reaching the room in question he quickly knocked, light and soft but still loud enough for someone inside to hear if home. Waiting, he stood with his hands clasped before him, a slight smile on his face. He had his hair pulled up into the normal messy bun and his glasses hung on his nose, making his already small fae seem even smaller with the large rimmed glasses. When the door finally Opened, a male that was almost two feet taller than him opened the door, looking straight over his head while looking around confused.


    "I came because of the request for a helper in leaning and cooking?" he said in a soft tone, still embarrassed for just standing there staring a moment ago.


    Saoi Hiro stared down at the small figure before him. He wasn''t sure what a girl was doing here in the male''s rooms, but when they finally explained he frowned even more. "I said that it was for males only..." he said as if slightly annoyed. To be honest, he disliked girls because they always tried to trick him somehow into dating them. Always fake and never did they really understand how he was. Making up this farce as to how he was the perfect price. He had placed the notice so he could get help with his daily need. He was to busy to clean his room and he was rather bad at cooking and hated to go out for food. Always being followed by a pack of girls.


    Ai Yui blinked a few times before his face became slightly read with a slight pout. "I am a boy..." he said as if he had been horribly wronged. This caused Saoi to scrunch his eyebrows together as if confused. Clearly, the person before him was small and adorable, like a little fairy. "Um...sure?" he said as if unsure. Ai Yui sighed before pulling out his ID Card and handing it over, pointing at the location of his gender. "See? Male!"


    Saoi took it and glanced over the ard, he seemed to need a long while to look at it before finally giving a light laugh. "Okay okay. A male I get it" he said giving the ard back. Ai still pouted slightly as he put his card away. "So are you still looking for the help?" he asked. He really wanted the job, even if this person had called him a girl, and refused to believe him until proof was given. How hateful!


    Saoi shifted slightly, rubbing the back of his head as he shifted, opening the door. His gloomy look was gone and a giving way to an awkward look as he waved the smaller male in, he really couldn''t understand how a boy could be so cute looking. To be honest, if he didn''t have such a dislike of girls due to the way they asked, he''d rather liked how Ai Yui looked. Saoi himself was always more open when around guys, so he wasn''t like the ''ice price'' the girls referred to him as. What more The boy seemed to not even know who he was, seeming unaffected with being around him. Even a few guys had trouble talking to him face to face. Saoi was the star in the Kendo club.


    Ai Yui related some as he hurried into the room and glanced around. It was really a pigsty! There was empty carry out all over the place, and books were just tossed here and there. what more the clothes that were all over the floor seemed to haven''t been washed for a while! He quickly turned to look at the larger male with shock. "Ah?! Did you get robbed?" he asked as if it wasn''t normal for a boys room to look like this.


    Saoi coughed as he shifted awkwardly to sit down on the bed, the only spot in the room free of junk. "No, I''m just to busy to keep up with cleaning. Besides exams and what I have to do for my club, I also have a sort of part-time job? Well, 2 of them to be honest." he said as he glanced around his room "Plus I can''t cook. So that''s there too...I dislike having to eat out all the time, its really a bother."


    Ai Yui pressed his lips together feeling a bit sorry for his words. "Well. If you are still looking for someone I can start now," he said. He really couldn''t'' fathom being so busy that one wasn''t able to at least keep one room somewhat orderly. But then again he mainly only studied... Plus he forced his roommate to do what he could to keep the room orderly enough.


    Saoi smiled as he nodded. "Please! Oh, and while you clean I''ll rush to the store to get stuff for dinner. If you don''t mind doing that too? Just make a list. You can make enough for two if you want to eat here as well. Might as well eat if you cook it" he said.


    Ai Yui nodded, that seemed fair. "Okay, here," he said while taking out a note pad from the pile of junk to his side, he found a pen on the table and began to make a list of what he needed for a meal tonight before handing it over. "Will that be okay?" he asked hopefully. He didn''t want to make a list of something to outrages, he might be ooking it, but not paying for it.


    Saoi nodded before heading out with the list after putting his shoes on. While he was gone, Ai Yui got to work on making sure the room would be spotless. He disliked how filthy it was ah!


    And as such the next few weeks passed with Ai Yui cleaning and cooking for Saoi in the afternoons once a week. He managed to save up some money but nowhere enough money to afford the VR headset. Sighing he made his way to his room after finishing the dishes after dinner with Saoi. It became normal to eat there after work, he would make several meals to last the week until he came to clean again. So he didn''t need to worry about always rushing over every day. His cooking was praised to the heavens by Saoi who seemed to really enjoy it.

 3 Chapter 3

    Ai Yui stood there holding the headgear for a while before he seemed to realize that he really did win, and this wasn''t just some odd dream. He slowly glanced down at the object in his hands before a smile moved to his lips. This was just too awesome!


    Ignoring Dashi who was trying to snap him out of his trance, Ai Yui moved to sit on his bed before setting the headgear aside and pulling out the instructions booklet. He made sure to understand how to operate the headgear, or rather how he thinks to operate it with how the booklet is set up, Ai Yui gets everything hooked up, the sensors and the power wire going to plug in. He then put the headgear on and laid down on the bed.


    After powering up the headgear his vision went black before it was filled with the load up menu of the game that was already installed onto the headgear. He waited until it finished loading before clicking the option to create an account with the game, filling out the needed information.


    Due to the fact that Ai Yui didn''t really get to play games, he wasn''t sure what Username to use, so he just put in Xiao Xue Hu. He did so because he thought it sounded cool. Despite the fact that it was just ''Little Snow Fox''. Which wasn''t manly as he thought it was.


    He then went to pick out his character, choosing the Spirit Beast character option. He would be able to transform from his beast form into his ''human'' form at will. There was some other info such as dealing with possible owners and other things that he didn''t pay attention to, which he would regret late. He thought being a spirit beast would make him manly and cool ah!


    His beast form was a nine-tailed fox with white fur and light purple highlights on the ends. His human self had long flowing hair pulled up into a ponytail, and he wore a soft white/purple rob. It was the default outfit, but he matched the color to his hair, which was a light purple that faded to white. Even his eyes were purple, which he thought made him look like a dashing prince.


    There might have been something awfully wrong with how Ai Yui saw himself because no matter what he attempted it didn''t seem manly like he thought it did...


    When Ai Yui finally got into the game, he stood still for a moment his head tilting as he looked around. For some reason, everything seemed to be rather large. It took him a while, looking around to figure out he was in his ''beast'' form. Frowning he sat down, trying to figure out how to switch to his human form. Though he was unable to do so, finally he managed to get a help sheet, and it stated he needed to level up to spirit lord beast before he could transform.


    Since the game was highly popular and most cultivators enjoyed gaining spirit beasts by force, the game creator spawned them randomly away. What more the race Ai Yu got was preset into his headgear as a ''special'' race that he only had. It was something they had given out for winning first place in the writing competition that wasn''t mentioned. So not only did Ai Yui not know this, he wasn''t reading the chat log that had started going nuts over the announcement about it! Thus started a hunt for his capture!


    If Ai Yui would have read the info on his race before starting he''d learn that if he was forced into a contract with another player, then he''d be bound to them in a way that wasn''t really explained too well... What more, it seemed that a lot of players avoided this role due to this issue. They didn''t like having their freedom taken. They only chose it if they had a partner they trusted chosen already to make sure to keep them safe! Ah~ what to do when he finds out, it will be too late!


    ------ Point of view switch -------


    While on there was a clueless little fox running about exploring the game, a hidden figure sat in the shadows, watching as the chat went nuts. The figure had been sitting in the same spot for the past hour waiting for his pray to come online, finally, it did! Oh, how good it was! Now he just needed to go and find it...


    Sighing the figure began to leave the shadow, showing a spot of red before vanishing as if it was never there. Heading straight towards a little fox that was clueless as to what fate awaited him.


    Really now, who told the little thing to be silly enough to fall for a simple trick and choose the spirit beast he''d rigged? It was truly as if fate was on his side. An evil smile taking hold of the shadows lips. He really couldn''t help but laugh. Who would have thought that his little fox he''d started to like would have applied in his silly contest? What more giving him the ability to completely make the little fox his?


    ------ Point of view switch -------


    Ai Yui was enjoying the view of the forest around him as he wondered about, though he was slowly starting to get annoyed. He wanted to level up! So why was there nothing for him to attack? Was he going to be stuck as a little runt forever?!


    He began to panic when he heard a small crunch behind him of a twig breaking, turning around to look at the shadowed figure that walked out from the shadows, the man looked like he was the devil himself! Ai Yui''s heart began to thump as he looked at the male, he really as manly though! Ah, no fair! why was his presets so girly? Yet this guy had a manly preset? Did he choose the wrong race after all? He wants a re-due!!


    Ai Yui seemed to be expressing all of his emotions on his little fox face, causing the male to laugh as he moved closer, lowering to crouch down next to him. "ah, little guy. What are you doing here? hmm? It''s not safe!" he said in a fake tone of concern.


    Its to be noted that in this game, a lot of people play it as if it were real, the rules even stated that one should avoid going out of character! So Ai Yui tilted his head trying to figure out how to stay within the rule. He was new, so he wasn''t to sure how to do this yet. But the guy before him seemed perfect at the role of evil villain. "Er....I''m lost?" He said in an unsure tone.


    Since it was frowned upon to go out of character, Ai Yui didn''t want to admit that he was trying to figure out how to still play the game, what more...He was embarrassed to say he had no idea how to fight. This was his chance to be manly! He wouldn''t let this guy realize he was just a weak little fox. Hmph!

 4 Chapter 4

    Ai Yui tilted his head to the side as he looked up at the male. He seemed to have this odd feeling that he should flee. Though that made no sense at all. Why should he run from another player in a game?


    Tossing the feeling to the back of his mind he shifted slightly, his tails twitching as debted what he should do now. "So um..." he began slowly standing up. "You''ll show me how to...ah...fight?" he said. It was so hard staying in character, but he honestly had no idea what to do ah!


    Yao Wang gave a bright smile as he gave a slight nod, his head shifting to the side as the bright red hair fell over, hanging as he moved to pat the little fox''s head. "But of course! Though there is a slight issue," he said, his expression changing as if here were conflicted with something.


    Ai Yui was starting to get excited but felt a bit of dreed seep in when the other said there was an issue. "Ah? What?! Did I do something wrong?" he asked worriedly. Maybe he wasn''t supposed to leave the starting yet, or he''d wondered to far from where he was supposed to be to level up? He really should have tried to find more information on the game before just jumping in.


    Yao Wang, however, kept his expression as one that was unsure of what to do, but inside he was filled with glee! Ah, it was so easy to trick the little guy. Really now, it was simply like taking candy from a child!


    "Well you see, I''m not of the same race as you yea? So in order for me to help we have to partner up. But sadly your race isn''t like the others. In order to partner up, we have to bind together... You understand that this isn''t something I can help right?" he stated as if it was mere fact. Though Wang was lying through his teeth. He was just hoping that he''d guessed right, and the little fox didn''t understand how parties worked.


    Ai Yui pouted slightly as he lowered his head, he really didn''t understand why his race was the only one so different ah! Hateful! He really disliked the class he chose now. If he could, he''d demand a re-due this instant! "What do I do now? I can''t change my race can I?" he asked seeming upset.


    Wang smiled softly, very pleased with his own performance. He really would have to teach this guy not to be so trusting! Well, of course, this was after they did the binding spell. "Don''t worry. It''s not hard to do the binding, its kind of like adding me to a friends list. You just have to let me do it and then we can get you leveling up in no time!" he said as if it were nothing of importance.


    Ai tilted his head again, seeming unsure, but he really didn''t want to be a weak little fox forever ah! "Okay....Um go ahead?" he said. The other said he just had to let him do the binding spell right? So it shouldn''t be too hard...


    Wait, master?! "What? Master? I thought you said it was like a frie-" he started to say before he was picked up, his small form being pressed against the other''s chest as he held him close.


    "Mn, Yeah, See? I''m on the friend''s list now if you look at it" Wang said as he began to walk through the forest, ignoring the fox''s struggles as he held him close. He finally got him, like he''d let the little thing run off now. Hah!


    Ai was panicking as he was being carried off to who knows where when he heard the male explain, he quickly pulled up the list of ''friends'' and indeed he did see Wang''s name, though it wasn''t really calming as it was stated in the list that he also had ''Owner'' tag next to it.


    Wang brought Ai to a small field before sitting him down, his mood really good as he shifted to sit next to the little fox making sure to keep an eye on him just in case he ran for it. "Look there, see those little things? You go attack them. And you''ll level up." he said pointing to the cluster of slims.


    Ai was still pouting when he was placed down, having given up on fleeing. Through the whole walk to the field Wang and ignored all his questions on what it meant to have a ''Master''. He really was too hateful! "Ah? attack them how?" he asked looking at the slims.


    Suddenly a screen popped up in his view listing his stats and what he could do for attacks. Though most of his skills were labeled ''unknown''. The only thing he had was claw!


    Figuring it wouldn''t be too hard, Ai made his way over, glancing back to Wang every now and then before he was close enough to attack. He enabled his skill and jumped at the closest slime, slicing it with his claws swiftly.


    Sadly though, only did 4 damage and the slime turned and jumped at him, slamming into his little body. It caused him to tumble back, a prompt showing he had lost nearly half his life blinked and he cried invisible tears! Ah! Truly hateful!!


    Wang laughed as he shifted his hand, waving it at the little guy, healing him back to full health. "Go again," he stated as if nothing had happened.


    Thus began Ai''s mission at killing slimes. He would attack, be attacked, get healed and repeat until all the slimes were dead. Slowly his skill level and his character level increased until he was level 5 and now did 14 damage! This was going to be a long road. heuheu~

 5 Chapter 5

    After Ai Yui was finally able to kill all the slimes in the field, his vision flashed as the screen in front of him popped up, stating he''d gotten to level 10. He now had a new attack! Well, it wasn''t really an attack. The new skill was ''Scurry''. Which was sort of like the Dodge skill, but a variation that allowed him to quickly flee out of the attack range of his opponent.


    Seeing he was done, Wang moved over to scoop him up into his arm, holding him to his chest as he smiled softly. "Good job! Now we can go to the next area to work on a stronger opponent!" he said as if they had all the time in the world.


    Ai was pleased with himself, taking in the praises as if normal while snuggling int he others arm. It wasn''t sure if he just used to it, or Wang was good at distracting him from the intimate hold he held on him. But the feeling soon passed as he glanced at the time. It was well past 2 in the morning and he had class in a few hours. "Wait! I gotta go!"


    Ai began to struggle again, his body flailing as he tried to jump down. Wang frowned before putting him down "Go where?" he asked as if unwilling to admit the other wanted to log off.


    Ai was glad that he was now free, sitting down to look up at the other "I know we aren''t supposed to go out of character, but I gotta log off. It''s super late and I have class in the morning!" he said not wanting the other to get upset at him. He wasn''t sure how the rule worked with when someone had to log out!


    Wang sighed as he shook his head. "Things like that doesn''t matter with the rule. As long as its something that''s important and you aren''t just spewing facts that ruin the gameplay it''s fine," he said as if talking to a little child.


    Ai sighed with relief as he nodded, not getting the tone the other had used. "Okay. Well Bye bye! Thanks for helping me!" he said before logging out of the game. Wang, however, remained in the game, staring at the empty spot. ''To think he fled so fast...hmm this isn''t going to work..'' With that thought, the redhead also logged out.


    ---- The real world ---


    Ai sat up and took the headgear off before stretching. He felt oddly tired and sore. Was it due to the sensors that allowed him to feel what he felt in the game? Dashi was already asleep, and the room was dark. Setting the headgear onto his nightstand, Ai went to wash up before getting into bed for the few remaining hours he had left to sleep.


    The following day he was dead tired as he went through the motion of classes. Between his school work and studying, he was only able to get on the game a few other times. Each time he was on, Wang was always grey, meaning he wasn''t online. So he continued to explore and soon found other monsters to fight. Sadly without Wang, he died more times then he could count but he managed to make it to level 25 by the week was up.


    Ai just figured he was busy so he did as instructed and pocketed the money left for his pay. He was glad that now he could save the money he got, now that he didn''t need to buy the headgear he wasn''t sure what to spend it on. Maybe little savings would help when something unexpected happen!


    When Ai got home he straightened up his own side of the room before getting situated and getting back on the game. He was surely becoming addicted to it! It was so much fun. Honestly, why did his parents hate games so much, he felt as if he had a purpose other then being some boring book worm!


    ---- Inside the game --


    After logging in, Ai was surprised to see that Wang''s name was lit up and that he''d messaged him. Tilting his head he pulled up the message and read it. Apparently, Wang was busy with some job he had to do, and that he finally had some free time. He had also found some cool secret quest that he wanted to do with him. Ai smiled as he sent a reply, asking what the message was about.


    Instead of a message, Wang seemed to just appear before him. Blinking Ai looked up at him confused. "Sorry for not being on, let''s go!" Wang said as if not wanting to explain how he just appeared there. To be honest, Wang was able to appear before Ai regardless of where he went, it was one of the perks of the binding they''d done.


    When Wang bent down to pick up the fluffy ball, Ai struggled, swiping at his hand. "I can walk you know!" he said with his fur fluffing up. Like an angry kitten. Wang just laughed and scooped him up anyways. "I enjoy holding you so don''t worry," he said as if it were natural.


    Wang then sped off into the direction of this mysterious quest. After arriving, Wang looked around to make sure no one else was around before he activated the array that was on the stone wall before them. The rocks gave way and he hurried inside. Ai was looking around confused at first, then his eyes sparkled with glee as he saw the rocks move. "So cool!"

 6 Chapter 5.1

    After finishing class, Ai spent his afternoon working on his class work and doing some self study in the library before it was finally time to go meet Saoi.


    He wasn''t sure what the proper dress wear would be, so he just had on a pair of jeans and a baggy sweater. It wasn''t really cold, but the cool fabric seemed bulky but it was actually pretty breezy. Even in the dead of summer, Ai wouldn''t be overly warm. He thought it made him look larger than he was, though instead he just looked really adorable as the sweater more or less drowned his small frame.


    When Ai arrived, Saoi was taken back as he stared at the male for a while before giving him a soft smile. "You ready?" He asked, seeming to ignore how the adorable youth dressed himself. He didn''t have the heart to question his fashion sense!


    "Yeah, are you sure its okay for me to go?" he asked. Saoi just nodded as he began to lead the smaller male towards the exit. "You''ll be fine. If anything it might make the get together a bit more interesting!" he stated as if keeping a secret. Ai just nodded as he followed behind the other, his bag that he''d kept on was hanging to one side with the strap stretched across to the other side.


    When the two arrived, Ai looked up to find that they were going into a bar and grill shop, and his expression seemed a bit confused. Granted he was now in college, but he''d never really thought about drinking or anything. But they did serve food, so he was sure they''d have something non alcoholic for him to drink.


    Entering with Saoi, Ai looked around at the other groups, not sure where they were heading before finding himself standing before one of the few private rooms, Saoi opened the door before ushering Ai inside. His gaze quickly seeming a group of 5 seniors and 5 freshmen like himself. He wasn''t really sure who any of them were aside from the few he''d seen around due to them being part of the student body.


    "Oi! You are late Saoi!" one of the older boys said while holding what looked like a beer bottle. The older male seemed to be faking his annoyance before his gaze moved the the little bun that was Ai. "Oh? You finally found someone?" he then asked taken back. "I thought you''d end up coming alone.." he then said seeming a bit annoyed.


    Ai shrunk his neck, unsure if his appearing was making the older male mad at him. Saoi laughed before dropping an arm around his shoulders, helping him relax a bit. "Don''t be so rude Yuma, Ai isn''t like those other underclassmen that only chirp annoyingly!" he stated as if it was a mater of course. The other youths in the group seemed a bit embarrassed at the comment, some of them being those '' annoying chirping'' youths.


    Yumi laughed as he patted a young girls head. "Maya here isn''t annoying at all, right darling?" he asked in a teasing tone. The girl just bobbed her head, seeming shy


    A few of the younger youths would chip in with a comment or two, the mood easing out as Ai sipped a juice that Saoi had requested for him. It wasn''t til about half way through the meal that someone finally turned to talk to Ai.


    "So, what major are you in? I didn''t know there was such a cute girl!" they said, Ai''s face flushed as he looked at the older girl, his eyes seeming to water slightly as he pressed his lips together, the other members seeming to catch this and looked confused.


    It wasn''t until Saoi''s laugh brought them from their staring that Ai lowered his head, not daring to speak. How embarrassing!


    Saoi finally finished his laugh as he looped his arm over Ai again, leaning in. "See? Even a girl thinks you are female!" he said remembering his own words on the first day they met. "I really don''t understand how hard it is to see the difference." Ai muttered.


    The group was more lost now, all waiting for the joke to be given. Saoi finally seemed to be willing to let them in on it, as he coughed. "Ai''s a boy..." he then said, only to have silence follow.


    The female that had made the comment coughed slightly as she adjusted a bit awkwardly, "Um...Sorry." she said, her gaze moving from the small ''male'' that clearly was cuter than any girl she''s seen!


    The rest of the night went by rather naturally after the awkwardness had passed. Ai slowly warmed up and began to join into the conversation, though most of his attention was drawn to Saoi as the male drank, often leading the conversation in a way so Ai was focused on him. None seemed to realize this though.\u003cbr data-mce-bogus="1"\u003e


    It wasn''t until rather late that Saoi finally led Ai back to the dorms, most the group seeming to want to continue their get together at a different location, all wanting to drink more.\u003cbr data-mce-bogus="1"\u003e


    It wasn''t until Ai was standing before his dorm room, that he realized that Saoi had walked him all the way ''home''. He blinked a few times before giving the larger male a smile. "I had fun, thanks." he said as he moved to get his key. "That''s good, we should go out together again for dinner. Though, maybe just the two of us." he stated as if thinking about something\u003cbr data-mce-bogus="1"\u003e


    Ai didn''t really pay attention as he agreed, giving a goodbye before opening the door. Saoi hadn''t even had time to leave before he saw another male throwing himself onto Ai with a fake tone "You are finally home honey! I''m hungry~" his voice drawled out.\u003cbr data-mce-bogus="1"\u003e


    Saoi froze, a smile forcing his way to his lips. "Ah, this is?" he asked. Ai seemed really annoyed as he swatted at Dashi, making the male get off him. "I''m not your maid! Cook for yourself!" he said in an annoyed tone before looking to Saoi. "Huh? Oh he''s my roommate. Useless waste of space." he said, the last part being more of a mutter.\u003cbr data-mce-bogus="1"\u003e


    Dashi feigned a hurt expression as he patted his chest. "That hurts you know! Ah is this the senior you talked about? Hello! I''m Dashi." he said before holding a hand out. Saoi kept the forced smile up before he shook the others hand, "Yes, I''m Saoi. Pleasure to meet you." he stated in a tone that seemed different then normal.\u003cbr data-mce-bogus="1"\u003e


    "You are useless...Whatever, find yourself something to eat, I''m going to get ready for bed. Goodnight Saoi! Thanks again for tonight." Ai said in a huff before fleeing into the dorm.\u003cbr data-mce-bogus="1"\u003e


    Dashi let out a few complaints before nodding to Saoi and headed in himself, closing the door behind him.\u003cbr data-mce-bogus="1"\u003e


    Left in the hall alone, Saoi''s smile fell and he clinched his hand, a flash passing his eyes.\u003cbr data-mce-bogus="1"\u003e

 7 Chapter 5.2

    The next day passed in a flash, Ai had found that Saoi seemed more interested in his daily life than before, asking him about how his day usually went in more of a detailed manor. He thought nothing of it and gladly told the male his troubles with how classes went and the issues he had on getting to them when the halls were crowded.


    Ai even found time to complain about Dashi as the other seemed to be a good source to vent to! It wasn''t until he was back in his dorm with Saoi along side him that he was a bit lost as to how the other ended up following him all the way home again. "So, lets get to studying?" the other asked as if it were just normal to randomly decide to tutor him.


    Ai nodded as he moved to set out folding table for them to study at, placing some floor pillows down to make it a bit comfier. When they were settled in, Saoi looked around, his gaze taking note of everything. "Your room is really...clean." he said as if taken back. He knew the male new how to clean, but he could clearly tell what side was Ai''s and which side belonged to the roommate.


    "Of course, not everyone would live in a dirty room" Ai said with a huff. He still couldn''t understand Saoi''s lack of interest in cleaning! He said he was to busy, but it was clearly his just dislike of doing chores!


    Saoi laughed before he began to put some books on the table before pausing. "Is there anything to snack on?" he then asked, they would be studying for most of the night. Ai blinked a few times before he tried to think, he then went over to the little kitchen before looking for his stash. It wasn''t until his expression fell that he slowly stood back up. "I''ll...be right back" he then said before rushing out of the room to give a roommate a good scalding!


    Saoi seemed lost for a moment before his expression changed, silently he stood up and went to look through is bag.


    Ai had found Dashi within his club room. After swatting him a few times and lecturing him on eating what wasn''t his, he finally managed to get the male to cough up some money before he went to replace the food that had been snatched.


    When he returned, he found Saoi was going through some notes, making a work sheet before looking up at him. "Ah, is the problem solved?" he asked seeming to find it amusing. His eyes showed his own mood with a hit of laughter on the edge of his lips.


    Ai pressed his lips as he came over, ignoring the comment before setting up the snacks to the side and handing Saoi a drink. "Well, now that''s everything, so lets start?" He then asked his gaze going to the books before him.


    Saoi kept his amusement to himself as he handed Ai the worksheet before starting to direct Ai on how to solve a few of the starting problems before allowing the male to go through it himself to see how much he caught on.


    Saoi gave a soft smile before shaking his head. "We don''t have one, besides. It''s not unusual for study sessions to go late into the night, so the college allows for sleep overs in a way. I can just stay here tonight." he said with a shrug.


    Ai blinked a few times, he hadn''t heard of that rule before. Then again, he didn''t really bring friends over. If anything, Saoi was most likely his first true friend aside from the annoying Dashi.


    Dashi himself didn''t seem to fretted at the idea, he just went to hug Ai to beg for some snacks when the smaller male tossed a notepad at him, halting his assault. "You are to cruel!" he stated, rubbing his shoulder faking his tears.


    Ai just huffed before moving to grab the notebook and beginning to clean up. "You should realize your wrongs, now shush" he stated like a mom nagging their child to be good..


    Saoi just sat to the side, silently putting his own things away. "Would you like to bathe first?" Ai then asked him, his mood seeming indifferent to the crybaby trying to gain his attention. Saoi laughed as he shrugged. "I don''t have clothes to change into" he then stated as if it were normal. Ai frowned, he thought to offer some of his own things, but...well, their sizes were rather different...


    Dashi seemed to take the chance, his eyes gleaming. "You can borrow something from me~" he then said, he was closer to Saoi''s size, if only just a few inches shorter. Saoi seemed a bit taken back, "That''s fine, I''ll just use my spare gym clothes. I keep them in my bag." he said grabbing the clothes.


    Dashi seemed a little annoyed, if you had something why lie! Ai himself didn''t mind it, one wouldn''t think to sleep in gym clothes. He went to put the snacks away, giving a warning glace to Dashi as he did so.


    With that, Saoi took a shower, before Dashi did. After they finished, Ai headed into the bathroom with his own clothes before washing up.


    Waiting, Saoi just sat on Ai''s bed, fiddling with his phone, while Dashi nagged him on the side. Not seeming to interested, Saoi would just give a few replies before trying to cut the conversation off. Dashi didn''t seem to realize this as he continued to talk.


    It wasn''t until Ai came out, drying his hair that the two turned to look at him. Saoi''s eyes widened slightly before he smiled. "You really do have long hair huh?" he said, seeing how it was still falling down despite Ai''s attempts to pull it up to dry.


    Before Ai could respond Dashi laughed. "Ai''s mom apparently wont let him cut it. Never had I seen someone who has to take pictures of their hair''s length and send it in for inspection!" his comment made Ai humph at him before going to sit on his bed. Saoi himself seemed a bit taken back before shrugging. "To each their own, Ai is still Ai" he stated as if it were a mater of course.


    "Thank you." Ai said pleased, see, not everyone was so annoying!


    When his hair was mostly dry, Ai then pulled it back into the sloppy bun that hid how long it truly was, before moving to set up a little area for Saoi to sleep on. Saoi smiled before going to sit there instead, the three boys finally getting ready to turn in for the night. Despite Dashi''s complaints.


    After the lights were out, and some time passed, Saoi slowly slipped from his make shift bed. He glanced to Dashi, watched as the male just snored happily. He''d clearly been the first to fall asleep despite protesting it so much.


    His gaze then moved to Ai, who slept silently, his little body cuddled up in the blankets. He shifted, slowly crawling onto the bed, his body snuggling against the others before moving to make it seemed like it was just out of habit, his arm hanging over the others waist. When he was comfy, he finally began to fall asleep.

 8 Chapter 5.3

    When Ai woke up in the morning, he saw Saoi sitting to the side, seeming to be gathering his things. "Oh, morning" he said with a smile. A bit dazed, Ai glanced at Dashi, who was still passed out. "When did you get up?" he asked as he rubbed his eyes, trying to rid the sleep from them.


    "Not long, I need to head to my room so I can change before class." he said with a shrug, that he had to make sure he wasn''t caught...


    Ai nodded slightly as he moved to get up, he paused has he glanced down to realize some how his shirt had been pushed up, ah, he thought he didn''t roll around much? Oh well.


    Fixing his shirt, Ai gave a goodbye to Saoi before heading into the bathroom to wash up some and get ready for his own classes.


    -skip-


    When Ai finished with his studying after his classes, he finally found some time to get back onto the game, the last few days he''d been busy hanging out with Saoi, and he really hadn''t had the time to get on.


    After logging in, Ai was surprised to see that Wang''s name was lit up and that he''d messaged him. Tilting his head he pulled up the message and read it. Apparently, Wang was busy with some job he had to do, and that he finally had some free time. He had also found some cool secret quest that he wanted to do with him. Ai smiled as he sent a reply, asking what the message was about.


    Instead of a message, Wang seemed to just appear before him. Blinking Ai looked up at him confused. "Sorry for not being on, I had some things I needed to attend to!" Wang said as if not wanting to explain how he just appeared there. To be honest, Wang was able to appear before Ai regardless of where he went, it was one of the perks of the binding they''d done.


    Ai didn''t seemed to annoyed as he just shifted to sit before the other. "No worries, I myself only played a bit at the start, then had to take a break myself." he said as he let his tails swish behind him. He was glad that he wasn''t alone anymore!


    Wang seemed to pause for a moment as he fiddled with his interface. "You seemed to have worked hard, you leveled quit a bit!" He said while seeming pleased. "We should focus on some other things though." he said, his gaze darkening slightly before he went to pick then little thing up.


    When Wang bent down to pick up the fluffy ball, Ai struggled, swiping at his hand. "I can walk you know!" he said with his fur fluffing up. Like an angry kitten. Wang just laughed and scooped him up anyways. "I enjoy holding you so don''t worry," he said as if it were natural.


    With that, the two then went on another trip through the forest, Wang showing Ai some ''hidden'' secrets to get better items to help him level his character. Though Ai hadn''t realize his level was a bit odd, though it went up, and he was getting stronger. It seemed to progress at a rate that wasn''t logical, and his strength didn''t level up as one would think.


    The two looked at each other as if both were lost, but Wang just shrugged. "Maybe we triggered it some how? Wanna go look?" He asked the other, who nodded seeming expectant. He had glanced at the time, and should of gotten off by now. But the idea of a hidden quest seemed more interesting then sleep!


    When the little thing agreed, the larger male once again scooped him up into his arms, the fox no longer seeming as apposed to being carried by him now that its happened a few times.


    Wang then sped off into the direction of this mysterious quest. After arriving, Wang looked around to make sure no one else was around before he pretended to look about. Ai seemed to also be looking to around, wondering what the quest was. It only gave the location!


    It took the two a few moments before they found a strange symbol on one of the walls of the rock before them, it wasn''t until Wang finished inspecting it that he activated the array that was on the stone wall before them. The rocks gave way and he hurried inside. Ai was looking around confused at first, then his eyes sparkled with glee as he saw the rocks move. "So cool!"


    Wang laughed as he placed the fox down before leading him into the cave with a sly smile on his lips. Soon, they would be able to be together forever.

 9 Extra -Saios View- pt 1

    [[ This will follow the actual flow of the story thus far completely. It will be Saoi''s accounts in the normal world after he first met Ai. It will give a bit more info into how ''Saoi''s'' actions had an effect for Ai.]]


    One couldn''t really put into the words, the complex mod that the larger male was in at the moment. He''d spent his afternoon finally free, only to be introduced to an adorable little Junior of a different department. Not only was this Junior rather adorable, he was even really pleasing to talk to!


    You had to understand, that as one of the colleges few ''Kings'' Saoi was used to people trying to work their way up to him. He disliked females due to their nature of flirting and acting so coy all the damn time. If they weren''t doing that, then they always acted embarrassed or shy. As if they were some soft person that held no backbone!


    He truly hated them with a passion, the few girls is age he did talk to, were the unexpected few that held their own in words, and cared not for him but rather just passed idle chat in groups. They usually the ones that had more...delicate interests, a few were most likely secretly in the closet!


    Then you had the younger male class mates. They were less annoying. At least Saoi was able to keep up some kind of front with them while making things seem amiable. The difference was these Juniors of his seemed more interested in trying to use his connections to get girls. How many times had his fellow so called younger ''mates complained that Saoi rarely invited girls out?


    He even went so far as to refuse any get-together with unknown females. This made a few of them seem annoyed with him, and would often lightly hint at their frustration. Saoi had always been one to appease those he hung out with. So when they did this, it made him feel even more annoyed on the inside before finding a cool reason to drop such talks and distance himself from said person.


    His actions had always been reviewed as refined, plus his amazing height and toned body from Kendo gave him the nickname of ''Ice Prince'' He really was good to look at ah! But now, there was an interesting male that found his way to his nest.It spiked his interest. His hidden self slowly wanted to slip out.


    It wasn''t known to anyone, but a few close friends that had attended school with him in his youth that realized how black bellied Saoi could be. He...was very odd to put into words. His true self that he kept under-wraps was very dark. Some would think he was a serial killer of some kind with some of his actions in the past!


    Thankfully do dead body''s ever found their way to his doorstep. He knew the difference between what could be crossed and what couldn''t. Besides, though he had a few flings int he past that seemed questionable, they always fell through and were bland after the other party finally relieved their ''true'' selves.


    After finding that other than some misgivings of his own looks, Ai was truly to pure! The boy studied more than anything else, and he seemed rather open with his own feelings. There wasn''t a shadow of anything hidden from Saoi in his actions.


    This made Saoi even more interested, secretly looking into the time Ai spent away from his tasks of cleaning and cooking. Watching as the youth would brave the crowds of larger students to get to his classes, or how he hunched in the library, going over many books while doing his reports.\u003cbr data-mce-bogus="1"\u003e


    As the weeks went on, Saoi found his feelings shifting from just interest to more of a deep need to posses the adorable thing. \u003cbr data-mce-bogus="1"\u003e


    Not only was Ai very smart, often able to keep up with his own comments on mathematical problems or some other assignments that were higher than his grade, he would only need a few words of direction before he would understand something he hadn''t been introduced to before! What other junior was willing to skip ahead in his learning? None!\u003cbr data-mce-bogus="1"\u003e


    It wasn''t much longer later that Saoi managed to find the paper that Ai had submitted for a contest! It was to great! At first he was just skimming it, but the name at the bottom with the info for the participant. After much thought, Saoi found his own mind going a bit askew as he laughed to himself.


    He then went to work on programing the free VR that he had set to the side. He hadn''t really planned to make it to different, just adding a few other features that would show the other for his status as winning the contest. But now, he wanted to use this as another means to secretly be allowed to see more sides of his little kitten!\u003cbr data-mce-bogus="1"\u003e

 10 Extra -Saios View- pt 2

    After he had sent the ''winner'' his goods. Saoi spent his time planning a few other things as he waited, his own account on the game was adjusted in a way that one wouldn''t realize in game. It wasn''t until looking into his actual account that one would see the differences. A linked account was waiting, greyed out as the other bid his time for it to go online.


    His actions in the game felt rather relaxed to the older male. When Ai finally entered the game, he logged into his own account to wait somewhere off in the outer area''s where he wouldn''t be rushed upon. He was used to people treating him with odd fanfare in the real world.


    Though he hadn''t thought such things would transfer into the game he had created on the side with some friends. Sure he was in truth the strongest player, but that was due to his admin abilities along with understanding how the game itself worked in a way others couldn''t. He created it after all.


    The only other players that could come close to his ability level, were his friends that helped him with making the game, but they weren''t on as much as Saoi was. Mostly cuz they had opted to going into different colleges. This game had been a pastime before they had started college, just after finishing high-school before their final break before becoming ''adults''.


    When Saoi finally saw Ai get into the game, he laughed to himself as he quickly went to find his kitten, wondering what kind of class the boy would of chosen! He had managed to work out a different view of the character selection for Ai, it leading to be more appeasing for the race he had wanted, but he wasn''t sure Ai really would fall for it.


    When the boy did, he was floored! He then managed to use his admin abilities to rig a ''bond'' to the male that no one else would be able to fully pull off. It was in truth much like its original, but the difference was that ''Wang'', his in game character, would in truth have more influences on his ''spirit'' beast as well as unlocked abilities in affecting the others mood not only in the game. It would be rather weak, and more like a second voice telling the other ''don''t worry, just go like this'' in a soft voice.


    The first night they played together, Saoi found himself really pleased. He had programed Ai to spawn in his secondary forest that mimicked the starting one, In game it would appear the same, but most wouldn''t be able to find its location, even failing to understand that there was two ''newbie'' forests at the starting village.


    This was because it was made to help with overflow should the game servers gain more players then they had first thought.


    Thankfully it had only been used during the first few months of the games launch, and slowly became forgotten as the new players now only stayed near the village, and rarely went to explore the outer areas. They were to focused on following quests or missions to level up and leave the starting area!


    That aside, he was also able to go and nuzzle the little fox whenever he wanted to, getting chances to eat some tofu without Ai realizing this! In the real world, he had to keep up his ''face'' so that Ai wouldn''t flee from him.


    It wasn''t until Ai had randomly stated in an embarrassed manor that he needed to sleep that Saoi realized their time would be rather limited in this aspect.


    Sure, he has adjusted so time flowed different in the game, one would be able to play ''hours and hours'' in the game while only half the time passed in the real world. But alas, time still did go on. It wasn''t odd that the time would be rather late, being as they had started in the later part of the afternoon.


    When he realized that he needed to change some things to make his time with Ai in the game more enjoyable with no sudden ends. Saoi used his free time for gaming, trying to find a way to halt the time a bit more, so he could spend longer with his little kitten. He hadn''t realized how much time had truly passed, often enjoying his time with Ai in the real world as well.


    He even managed to find some excuses to spend longer times with Ai, inviting him out, or sneaking his way to Ai''s room. It was also during this time that not only did Saoi find out about the annoying roommate that hurt his eyes, he''d even gone so far as to put in a few hidden....features, in the others room when he had the chance to.


    Time passed, and Saoi ended up in a situation where he often stalked the youth he targeted, watching his every movement either hidden in the shadows, or with the little bugs he''d planted around the other. Finally, Saoi realized that this wouldn''t work. He needed another way to keep Ai away from all the other possible threats. Namely, that roommate that seemed to not understand his mood, always getting way to close to his little kitten.


    Thus, with a renewed passion, he began to work through some bugs, testing a great deal of things before he finally managed to possibly break into the realm of unknown. His heart was sped up as he began to slowly work into place the net that would help him keep his little kitten at his side, unable to be snatched by others.


    (( Hopefully this can shed some light into how and why Saoi aka "wang" did what he did? maybe...Also yes, i realized doing this it would revel who ''Wang'' was...but, honestly I think it might of been implied? maybe? \u003e.\u003c oh well. Please, let me know your thoughts! ))

 11 Chapter 6

    Edited by: Mystic


    After walking for a while in the cave, Ai began to feel a bit strange, "Hey, why is it so...odd?" he asked unsure how to explain the feeling he was getting. It was like his body was being shocked in a way that wasn''t really painful, just that a current was moving through him.


    Wang hid his smile as he gave a confused look. "I''m not sure?" he lied as he moved forward. "Maybe it''s something with the array protecting the quest?" he offered to try to distract the male, they were so close to the goal!


    When the finally made it to the end of the cave''s tunnel, a bright light preventing them from seeing what laid ahead of them., Ai shuddered as he felt his fur puff up. It was the first time something in the game felt so...real. "Are you sure this is a quest? I don''t think we should do this" he said his body pausing as he looked ahead, not wanting to go into that light.


    Wang frowned as he stopped walking, looking back at the little fox behind him. "But the reward is something no one else can get. It''s a one time quest!" he said as if wronged. Ai looked up at him, seeming as if he were a horrible person, "Well. You could go alone?" he offered. He really didn''t want to go into that light.


    Wang let out a soft ''ch'' sound before moving back quickly to pick up the little guy before moving forward. Ai struggled in his hold, starting to panic. "Wait! I don''t want to!" he said as if he was at death''s door. Which made absolutely no sense! He was in a game! Why was it affecting him so much?


    Before he could freak out anymore, Wang finally took the final step and they broke through the light. The only thing that followed was darkness. Ai passed out as his body began to shudder. Wang himself held onto the feeling. He refused to pass out! His hold on Ai was stronger as he waited for the world around them to shift, and they once more stood in a lush forest.


    "It worked!" he said as he tried to pull up the log menu. Nothing worked, no lists, or anything that related to the game happened. The friend''s menu was gone, along with the health bar or any of the game stats that normally lingered on the screen in a faint overlay.


    The two were finally, truly inside the game!


    When Ai woke up, he was still in Wang''s arm, and he seemed confused as he shook his head, trying to get over the odd numb feeling that filled him completely. When he was fully alert, he realized that he was breathing and that everything felt more real. The heat from Wang''s body was warmer, and he felt the soft rising of his chest, as well as his soft breath brushing over his fur as he snuggled to his chest.


    Wang smiled as he looked down at the little fox in his arms as if he had won the best prize ever. "Because we aren''t in a game anymore," he said as if it was obvious.


    Ai sat there looking up at him as if he heard wrong. "What do you mean? I never logged out, how can we not be in the game?" he asked as if confused. The smile he got made him shudder until he finally managed to break free from Wang''s hold and jumped down, turning to face the other hunched down in attack mode, a low growl coming from him, something that he couldn''t do before. ''Eh? why does that sound like a real growl?'' he asked himself even more confused.


    Wang let him go before placing his arms over his chest, crossing them in triumph. "Simple, it''s not a game anymore. It''s real!" he said with a laugh! "It worked! It really worked! Now we don''t have to worry about logging out or needing to do anything but staying here together!" he said full of glee.


    Ai stood there frozen, his face looking up at the other as if he''d lost his mind! "What do you mean?! I can''t be trapped in the game. No no no. I have class, and I need to study!" he said as if in denial. "Too late. We can''t leave the game anymore. Or at least, we can, but that game over is the end, completely. Death." he said as if Ai was being silly.


    "Now, let''s go get you into your human form so we can get married!" Wang said moving to pick up the little fox. Ai scurried away, moving to huddle in a bush. "NO! Why did you do this?! How? I don''t want to! I want to go out of the game!" he cried feeling so wronged.


    Wang frowned, his hand paused in the air over the now empty space. "Well you can''t leave, and I''m not gonna let you even if you could. I''ve decided you belong to me now, and we''ll be together happily forever. No needless interruptions." he huffed while looking to the fox cowering in the bush.


    Ai felt dread as he looked at Wang, his expression was that of some demon lord. Well, he was a demon, wasn''t he? "No!" he said again before turning tail and fleeing for his life.


    Wang sighed shaking his head. "You can''t get away. We are bound you know!" he yelled out, a small smile moving to his lips. "Though, the more you run the more I want to make you mine." he laughed.


    "Little Fox, Don''t let me catch you, or I''ll gobble you up!" he said loud enough for the little fleeing fox to hear him.

 12 Chapter 7

    Edited by: Mystic


    Ai continued to flee through the woods until he stumbled upon a little village. His heart was thudding fastly as his emotions were in shambles. He really couldn''t fathom how he ended up stuck in the game. It wasn''t that he really hated the idea, he honestly loved the game. Though he had only played with Wang for a day, he really couldn''t understand why the guy had done something so drastic. It made no sense!


    Moving through the village, Ai began to realize that the village was rather lively. They seemed startled that a little fox was moving around, whispering some things before hurrying off. He tilted his head. When he was leveling up over the last week, he''d found that the NPCs he came across were rather bland. Only going through set motions then repeating it. Stuck in a never ending loop. Now they seemed really alive. Real.


    Sighing, Ai moved passed the village going back into the forest on the other side, trying to find someplace to hide so he could try to find some way to get out of the game. He really could fathom being stuck inside this game.


    As he walked something caught his attention, A flash of words appeared above his vision. Looking up he saw some remains of the game! It was an announcement that a glitch had happened within the game and that they would be working on fixing it.


    Hope filled Ai as he stared at the words before they faded. So maybe they were still in the game, just trapped in it? He wondered.


    Wang, however, seemed to be annoyed at the announcement. He was sure he had told the game developers on duty to ignore any issues that popped up today. Damn it, don''t they listen?! Letting his annoyance get pushed to the back of his mind, he continued to follow the little fox. Keeping his distance. He needed a new play. Clearly, Ai Yui wasn''t going to allow him near him now...wait! They were more or less NPC''s now. The game affected them differently now! Great!


    Wang quickly disappeared from the area, heading off on his own personal quest as Ai found a little hole in the ground to hide in. It was just big enough for him to huddle into and curl up. Keeping himself tucked into the smalls pace as he fell asleep, feeling lost and very distraught.


    When Wang Returned to where Ai was, he found the little fox hiding in the little whole. He sighed shaking his head before leaning down to pull him out of the whole, moving to hold him close to his chest.


    Be it due to the overly stimulated emotions he felt, but Ai refused to wake up. He wanted to play this off as a dream, maybe when he opened his eyes again he''d be in bed. Yea... it was a nightmare, it had to be!


    When Ai woke up, he slowly blinked his eyes as he looked ahead. His bind was blank and eyes confused as he tilted his head, seeming lost. "Um....I...was...what was I doing?" he stated in a soft voice. All the panic and distress was gone as if never there. His head held nothing of information for him to pull up.


    After a while he stood up, shaking his body before moving out of the hole, looking around before sitting. "I am...what am I? Who am I? hmm..." he sat there, seeming really lost. The pill that Wang had given him was a quest item that was given to an NPC to make them forget their past, to only have the basic memories of how to read, write, walk, eat and all the normal things. They wouldn''t remember much about themselves outside of how to function properly to live.


    "Oh well....Food!" he said shaking off the doubts away. He no longer held any worries about anything other than feeling slightly hungry. He strutted away from the little hole, sniffing around to find something to eat. It was as if he had always been a fox, and had no worries in life other than surviving in the forest as the little creature he was.


    Wang smiled satisfied before disappearing again. Time to make sure he was able to fully win over his little wife!

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    Edited by: Mystic


    While moving around the forest looking for food, Ai seemed rather happy as he just went about, his tails lightly swaying and his body moving along with the smells he picked up. It took a while but finally, the little fox came across a small furry creature, his body lowering to the ground as he shook his butt, ready to pounce.


    Sadly though, his attempts just caused him to tumble to the dirt as the small beast swiftly moved out of the way. For the next several minutes Ai began to jump around, attempting to catch his dinner while the beast just avoided him, hopping around without fleeing as if taunting him.


    Soon Ai was at the point of crying, his body was spent and he panted while laying on the ground eyeing the stupid beast that sat just a few feet away, just watching him. Really hateful! He let out a whimper as his stomach let out a rumble. Really, was he going to die of hunger at this point?


    The beast gave a few puffs of air before jumping over to the little fox and swatted him on the head before hopping off into the forest.


    Ai sat there seeming frozen for a moment before he gave a low growl. Really this was too cruel! He had no energy to get up and go after the damn thing anymore, so instead, he just curled himself up and began to pout. How was he going to survive if he couldn''t even catch one little beast! "So hateful!" he let out in a huff before just laying where he was in defeat.


    After an hour or so, Ai forced himself back up to his feet before dejectedly heading off into the woods, he continued until he came across a small village, one that he''d passed before, but didn''t remember. He glanced around trying to scope out the place before running into a small child that seemed rather excited to see him. "A little baby! So cute!" the girl gushed before rushing over to lift him up.


    Ai struggled a but, but gave up when the girl started to swing him around. It was clear she had no idea how to properly hold something so small! ''Ah, why so rough? Put me down!!'' He thought while glaring at the girl, which looked way too cute, causing another squeal from the girl. "You are so adorable, you must be hungry! Let''s get you some food" she said hurrying off to her house.


    Ai wanted to protest more, though calmed down at the comment on the food if she was going to feed him, then he''d go along with it. ''Hmph,'' It wasn''t like he had any pride left anyways right? Food was needed to live!


    Once the girl got home, she quickly hurried to the kitchen and got some snacks her mother always kept, giving him some dried meat and veggies. Ai ate with great passion, feeling his belly fill up brought him much pleasure!


    The Announcement was something he didn''t account for. Being as this world ran off of the servers until they closed down the servers to do a reset, they''d still see announcements that were broadcasted. After the reset, this world would separate and become its own.


    There was only one problem. He did lie about this quest only being available for only one attempt. If anyone else managed to find the ''glitch'' and enter before the reset, they''d also find themselves stuck in this other world along with them! He was hoping the servers would have overlooked the glitch and done the reset as scheduled without announcing anything.


    There were a lot of players that enjoyed finding glitches and talking about them in games like this. More so if the glitch wouldn''t be around for a while. Really, these idiots were trying to make this difficult! Hopefully, the spot he chose would be hidden enough to keep those nosy flies away!


    What if someone else found his adorable little fox and tried to take it from him?!


    Sighing Wang shook the thoughts away and continued to work at setting up his own area of control. Since he was no longer restricted from the game, he could honestly make this world into something even greater. The limits a game held made it hard to truly become the highest power, but now he was free to live in this world with his lovely wife with no one to oppose him!

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    Edited by: Mystic


    Ai Yui laid within the forest, his body snuggled as he hid inside of a tree''s trunk. After eating food from the little girl, Ai had tactfully hurried off while the girl was rushing off to get her parents. He had no idea why she had fed him, but it mattered not to him. Now with a full belly, he just wanted to nap ah! This was a few days ago.


    He wasn''t sure why, but after eating, Ai Yui felt as if he didn''t need to worry so much about food. The meal he had seemed to last him a til now at least. He just lazed about, sleeping and every once in a while heading out to try to practice hunting for himself.


    The thought of having somewhere to go to eat gave him a feeling of security as he attempted to train himself. Maybe this wouldn''t be so hard if his parents hadn''t just left him to fend for himself. So hateful! He didn''t know where they went, nor how to find them. But shouldn''t they have at least tried to teach him how to hunt before running off?


    Well, then again he didn''t remember anything from that day he woke up in the whole. Maybe his parents had taught him, and he just forgot...


    Slowing opening his eyes, Ai pushed himself up and made his way out of the tree before hurrying off to try to hunt again. Throughout this time, he felt like he was getting stronger, and well he was. Just he wasn''t sure how it was happening. Though he practiced as much as he could. That didn''t seem to be the reason. It was more like when he slept, he was getting stronger? But that couldn''t be it, right?


    Pushing the thought away, Ai caught onto the smell of something tasty and hurried after it. After a while of playing another round of chase, Ai finally caught his first meal! Sure...it was just a field mouse...But still! Be proud!


    And so, Ai continued his days like this, his level slowly increasing as the days went by. The odd thing was, within the real world, only a few hours had passed. The time seemed to be much faster in this glitched area.


    Even worse, through the hard work of many fanatics, several players managed to find the glitch and post it to a blog. Now a great deal of the servers hardcore players was now standing before the array. Each trying to figure out how to ''trigger'' the glitch. None really knew what would happen. After much trial and error, a group of them managed to break the array, opening up the tunnel. Thus, this new world was soon flooded with new ''beings''! Most of which blacked out, only a few players were able to stay alert and reserved a decrease in their levels.


    It wasn''t until a few weeks had passed in the ''Glitched'' world that the server for the game finally restarted, hoping to wipe out the glitch due to several reports coming in from players seemingly dying while playing...


    He could switch from the size of a kitten to the size of a fully grown cat. Not that great right? But he felt as if he were the king of the forest! Sadly it was a very small forest, with only little beasts of weak ranks... Though, who''d have the heart to tell him ah?


    Along with his ability to adjust his size, Ai was now able to speak through his thoughts, often going to bother the town folk as its new ''ruler'' that he proclaimed himself as. They thought he was cute, and he''d often bring them interesting things he found like herbs. So the humored him. In his mind he ruled, in theirs, he was like a neighborhood pet...


    "Niani!" Ai said as he hurried over to the little girl busy with her chores. The little girl looked up from sweeping the shop her father ran before smiling. "Ah, Xiao Xiao, did you bring something good today?" the little girl asked heading over to pat the little foxes head.


    Ai tugged the bag over to her, having stuffed some herbs that smelt nice inside. Niani''s father often sold the things he brought to her, and in turn, Niani would give him some tasty snacks. He could hunt for himself now, but cooked food was so much better ah!


    As Ai sat there, his tails swaying in pleasure while he waited for Niani to return with his reward, a loud thud sounded from behind him. Ai tilted his head before standing up to go and look at what was happening.


    When he peeked outside, he saw one of the older folks from the village on the ground, staring up at a strange man who was laughing while his hands rested on his hips. The rest of the town folk huddled around, watching with a hint of fear.


    "Saito Village is now mine!" he said while seeming rather pleased with himself. His outfit was rather elegant as if he were some young lord. Well he might be, behind him was a group of what looked like servants, also dressed in nice clothing, but they all wore the same, unlike the arrogant male laughing.


    The village elder shuddered as he stepped out. "Young lord, we''ve done nothing so why attack ah? This village is a peaceful one, we don''t have any practitioners," he said while bowing with his hands clasped together.


    The young lord gave a sneer. "I am Ling Miao, I said this place belongs to me now, so just give it up ah! If you want to stay you must pay the fee!" He obviously was used to getting his way. Ling Miao was one of the ''NPCs'' made through the glitch. A willful young lord that went around to small villages and took them over. Forcing them to pay to remain in their own homes while getting rid of anyone who refused.


    Ai frowned before heading over and letting out a growl. He adjusted his size to that of his larger form, his expression dark. "This is my village, ah! Shoo shoo! I won''t share!" he huffed, his fur sticking up while he tried to look intimidating.


    Ling looked around for where the sound came from before glancing down at the little fox. He seemed to be slightly confused before he beamed a bright smile. "Ayo! Look at this! It''s a white Nine-tailed fox! What more he still looks really young! Ah! and those colors! Purple?! It''s a royal bloodline too! Such a good find." he seemed rather pleased while hurrying over to get a better look.


    "Ne! Heavenly Xiao, I was told you guys no longer excited! You''ll be mine now!" he said while reaching out to grab the little fox.


    Ai gave a strange look at the male before quickly swatting at the male''s hand, his sharp claws left a deep cut on his hand. The young lord pulled his hand back with a hiss before glaring at the fox. "Hey now! Don''t do that! Stop fighting, It''s your privilege to be bound to me. I''m the best there is!" he said with a smug look.


    Ai shook his head as he stayed just out of reach. "This is my area. Shoo shoo! I won''t bind. Nope!" he said with a huff.


    Before Ai could jump out of the way again, he was suddenly lifted up by his scruff by the young lord''s servant who had used the distraction to grab him. Ai struggled as he flailed his body around, trying to get free. Why did this guy have to grab him by his scruff ah! He can''t reach his hand to bite him!


    Finally giving up, Ai hung there panting. How cruel fate was, he thought he''d finally managed to get strong enough to fight ah! Why was it that he couldn''t bite these snobs to pieces huh?!


    "Now, let us try this again," the young lord said clearing his throat. He reached out his hand, moving to start the binding process. Before his hand was able to touch the little fox''s forehead though, the puffball was no longer in the servant''s hand.

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    When Ling finally realized the fox had just vanished he looked around with a very confused look, the servant also staring at his hand lost. He was just holding it, how did it just disappear?!


    "Who said you could claim what''s not yours ah?!" A clear voice sounded from above. Causing everyone to look up.


    In the sky stood a handsome figure, his dark robe fluttering as red hair danced in the wind. He was like a God that had fallen to the earth! Within his arms was the fox, held in a manner that was much better than what the servant had done.


    Ai was curled up against the floating man''s chest, he looked at him with a look of shock that swiftly became that of someone deeply moved. Ai at that moment decided he''d follow this man to become just like him! So manly! So awesome! He really was a great role model ah!


    "Eh, Let him go! I found him first!" Ling said as he shouted up, pointing at the guy before one of the servants forced him back with a hurried "Lord, he''s stronger than you! He''s flying!" whisper. Ling paused for a moment before clearing his throat. "Great Lord, you wouldn''t bully the weak and take someone else''s spirit beast ah?" he said as if trying to keep his cool appearance as a grand young lord.


    Wang laughed as he lightly pets the fox in his arms. "What makes you think he''s not already mine hmn? I did say not to covet what doesn''t belong to you ah! He already bound to me." he said with a chuckle.


    Ai was slightly taken back, he was close to letting out a rather pleased purr from the soft caresses. He really enjoyed the feeling of the other fingers, but his words brought a bucket of ice onto his mood. "Who belongs to who hmph! I belong to me! You belong to me if you want too, not the other way!" he huffed.


    Idol or not, he wasn''t some object, he was a mighty...ah what did that other kid call him? Darn, he wasn''t paying attention. "En..you rude boy. What did you say I was again?" he said nudging his head, despite being unhappy with his new idol, he didn''t really want to stop the enjoyable pets ah.


    Ling seemed lost for a moment, tilting his head. "ah...Heavenly Xiao?" he said with a raised eyebrow. Did this fox really not know his own race? Hah? How was that possible?


    Wang laughed as he nuzzled the little fox. "I don''t mind belonging to you either, but we are bound...That is a fact," he said before shifting his hand so that he tapped the foxes forehead. A symbol appeared there as it did on Wang''s forehead, it was the binding mark of the contract between the two.


    Ai pouted slightly before thinking for a while. "Fine...then you be my underling!" he said with a quick nod. He really didn''t seem to understand how bonds work. But Wang just smiled nodding. "Sure sure," he said really happy. Even if he had to pretend to be an underling, it was better this way. Ai wouldn''t flee from him, how great!


    Ai let out a small purr as he felt the fingers move to a spot that was really great. Ah, he really did know how to treat a fox! "I like you...Oh! Underling, teach this master how to fight ah! You seem so strong! Manly! I wanna be like that too!" Ai said with a rush of excitement. Since this Wang guy agreed to be his underling, then he was stupid not to take this chance!


    Wang gave a sly smile. "Well, this little one will try his best, but...Wouldn''t that make me your master?" he asked with a coy tone.


    Ai huffed. "No no, wait...maybe...what is a master ah?" Ai might have called himself such. But a lot of the older males in the town did so, and they always sounded so cool ah! Wang smiled. "Master is the one who teaches the ''student'' things, like how you want me to teach you how to be a better fighter," he said with ease.


    Ai thought for a moment before pouting slightly. He wanted to be the cool master. But if its a teaching role....."Fine. You can be the master..." he said his fur puffing slightly as he pouted.


    Really though, how was Ai so easy to fool? Wang wondered while looking down at the annoying brat below that tried to take his beloved, as well as the servants along with him. "You can go now...Or do I have to make you ah? Clearly, my little fox said this was his place yea?" His expression was that of a ruler that would tolerate no disobedience.


    Remembering about the young lord, Ai glanced down at him, his pout fading as he nodded. "Yes yes, listen to Master. Shoo shoo!" he stated his tails flicking as his eyes moved from one person to the other.


    Wang''s lips twitched at Ai''s words, his expression very pleased. This guy. Really, how simple minded ah? This would be very useful later on! Oh, he couldn''t wait till he would be able to gobble the little guy up.


    First things first though...He needed to get to his human form..or there would be no gobbling to be had!

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    Edited by: Mystic


    After the group of thugs, cough, the young lord Ling finally left, Wang lowered himself to the ground, still holding onto the fluffy fox.


    Ai kept himself nuzzled into the others arms, resting against his chest while he stared out at the villagers pleased. "See see! I told you I''d keep you safe. Hehe," he laughed really pleased with himself.


    Ignoring the fact that the bandit lord was going to take him as some spoils of war and the only reason they were safe was due to Wang, Ai took the credit for himself. Who said one had to be so ignorant of the truth! He was a great beast. Sure he knew nothing about his race, but so what ah? His royal bloodline made him better than the rest hmph!


    Wang smiled down at the male, stroking his fur softly. "Yes yes, The great Heavenly Fox surely showed them ah? Making this Master appear is great a feat yea?" he said with a hint of indulging yet teasing tone.


    Ai sniffed slightly hiding a little embarrassment. "Who said you had to come ah? Clearly, you chose to show up and help because of me. So obviously it''s my win." Ai stated it as if White was Black. Really, the villagers couldn''t help but shake their heads laughing. This was how the little guy always was! So! Adorable!


    Niani hurried over to the male, giving him an odd look before looking at Ai. "Xiao, is this why you wouldn''t let me take you in ah? Because this guy bound to you first?" she asked as if hurt. Truthfully, Niani had always hoped that Ai would let her bind with him, having wanted to do so from the start but Ai was good at sneaking off before she could bring it up.


    With how weak the villagers were, no one here was able to force a binding onto a spirit beast like the young lord from before had tried to.


    Ai tilted his head, "Well...No, I didn''t know I had one. I just want to be free! Why should I be bound to someone who just wants to keep me locked up ah?" he said as if it were natural. Niani was going to comment when Ai jumped out of the male''s hands and onto his shoulder, sitting down.


    "Master is different, See? I was bound without knowing it so he didn''t lock me up yeah? Plus he''s gonna teach me to be manly!" he said with pride.


    Wang let out a low cough, his gaze flashed with a strange expression before he gave a coy smile. "To be frank, I am not sure how manly I can help you get..." he said with worry, his thoughts, however, turned a different way. ''You are to be my wife ah! Stay adorable! I''ll shape you into the perfect little wife.''


    Ai sighed before he looked at Wang. "Ne! You said you were my bond person or whatever...So do you know who I really am, ah? I know Xiao wasn''t my name before...at least I don''t think so. That''s what Niani started calling me.." he said hopefully. If they met before, and had done the bonding or whatever, clearly he would know what his name was!


    "Your name is Xiao Xue Hu, Though I called you Ai," he said deciding part of the name would be fine. Ai smiled as he beamed pleased. "So Niani got part of my name...and why Ai?"


    Wang shrugged. "It was just something like a nickname," he said as if it didn''t matter. He enjoyed calling Ai Yui''s name out, and at some point, he''d trick the fox into using his real name. Though, that day would be when he was finally under him ah! To hear him cry it out...Damn, off to get him into human form! He didn''t want to wait any longer!


    "Let''s go get you stronger. You should be breaking through to Spirit King beast status soon," he said with a cough. "Then you should be able to take the transformation pill and gain your human appearance."


    Ai hopped down from Wang''s shoulder to the ground, jumping about. "What''s a Spirit King beast? How do I get to look like a human?!" he was super excited and wanted to know everything he always wondered about. Other Spirit beasts had this knowledge from birth, but Ai was not only a spirit beast through other means than birth, but he was forced to forget basically all the important information about his race.


    Wang looked down at Ai with a looked of pondering for a moment. "Well, um... There are 6 different ranks of magical beasts, and also 6 levels for practitioners that correspond with the beasts levels. The difference is beasts have more stages in each rank. The ranks are as followed:"


    "Spirit Intermediate: 6 stages, Spirit Lord: 6 stages, Spirit King: 5 stages, Spirit Emperor: 5 stages, Spirit Saint: 5 stages and, Spirit God: 3 stages."


    "You are at the Spirit Lord stage 5 rank. After you break through you''ll reach Spirit King and then are able to transform into your human form with the help of a pill."


    Ai listened while nodding, taking in the information. "So...what rank are you?" he asked looking at the other. Wang smiled as he lowered himself. "Well the ranks might match up but they aren''t really same. I am a Purple Star Rank 5, I won''t go into detail right now about practitioners rankings since it will just confuse you. I''ll get you a book to read through the differences later" he said patting his head.


    Ai shrugged before giving a small nod. "Okay, so how do I train then? Before it just...did it on its own" he said as he tried to think of his own power-ups. He didn''t really understand it. "Wang laughed, that''s my fault. We are linked so you level up when I do, though because you were ''newly'' born with no rank at all the shared ranking wasn''t as great for you. Plus we were further apart so it wasn''t as effective getting the spiritual power needed. It was diluted along the way."


    Wang sighed as he thought back to his own struggle in leveling. It was harder in this world than the other, due to the needed fact of meditating that the game didn''t have. "For you to level up you need to attack spirit beasts, the reason you weren''t leveling up before was because of the lack of spirit energy. It''s really poor here ah! No wonder the villagers can''t cultivate." Shaking his head Wang looked around, feeling the air.


    Ai pouted, this was his territory so why was it that it was rather poor at helping him level up? Ah! no fair! "Well..where do we go to get this ''spirit energy''?" he asked pouting. He didn''t understand what that really was, mostly due not to having it around to be able to feel it.


    Wang smiled with a smug look. "Of course we will be going to the Mogui Peak! It''s the best area in this part of the world with the most spirit energy. If we go too far away, you''d be an easy target, ah. The further we go out from the south, the worse the others are... Really hateful people out there" Wang said with a dark look. He wanted to get strong enough to take over all of this new world, though he was only able to subdue the south for now.


    "Well, let''s go then!" Ai said while hopping up into Wang''s arms that caught him on reflex. "Onward!" Ai said waving a paw to point straight ahead. Wang laughed, "Right right, this stead will do as asked." he teased turning the other way to head towards Mogui Peak.

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    As the two traveled to the peak, Ai spent his time lazing about in Wang''s arms or resting on his shoulder. He really didn''t mind the free ride to wherever this peak thing was. Well, at least not after a having tried to walk at one point and then complaining that it was too far, ah! His little paws were so sore!


    Since arriving in this new world, Ai had only moved about the forest and town there, which was not that large. However, the distance to the peak was a few months journey


    Wang was more than happy to carry the little fox, giving him plenty of time to pet and love on his little wife without being found out. He''d have to find a way to get Ai to allow him to do this later on after he got his human form, or the contact he would be able to use would be limited due to the size difference. Plus he didn''t think Ai would allow him to pet him while he was in his human state.


    "Do you want to rest for a bit and eat some?" Wang asked as the sun started to set, he had made good time, but still dragged out the trip, trying to just enjoy the peace they had while alone together.


    "Sure. I like your cooking, it''s so yummy!" Ai said pleased as he nuzzled against Wang''s neck. He wasn''t sure why, but he felt so happy just snuggling with the larger male. Wang wouldn''t tell him that this was something he''d initiated with the bond, making the other react in such a way.


    After finding a good place to settle down, Wang made a small little nest of blankets before setting Ai down and hurrying off to get some food. Ai happily complied while basking in the remaining beams of light.


    Once Wang returned, he started up the fire and began to cook up today''s meal, adding in the seasoning''s he''d managed to find throughout his own travels from before. He had anything he needed storing it in a magical bag he had purchased from a shop in the main capital. It was a little like the inventory system they had in the game, but slightly better with more space. Though unlike in the game, living things couldn''t be put inside.


    At some point, when he was strong enough he could make a personalized space that would allow him to hold living things but he wasn''t at that stage yet. This world would be a really nice place to see how far he could really go, now that there was no game to block his progression.


    Over the next month or so, they continued on like such before trouble finally found the two.


    A group of practitioners from a sect had come across the two, the group having come out for training and experience.


    "Oh, what''s this?" one of the elders said stumbling upon another of the two''s little resting spots.


    Ai looked at the group, hiding within Wang''s arms as he peaked at them. Though he felt like a grand beast, his little heart still worried over someone else trying to snatch him up as that one young lord had done. Ah so embarrassing!


    The elder smiled as he sized the two up, though, with Wang''s protective hold on Ai, the older male couldn''t really make out what he was. "Good sir, You are?" he asked as if trying to be respectful. The Elder had been warned that the powerhouse of the south had changed, Plus no one knew who now ruled the area outside that he was someone with red hair! Not a lot of people had this trait, so he was exercising caution.


    Despite the Elder trying to see the situation first, one of the disciples behind him huffed. "Elder Wui don''t talk to this trash let''s go ah? Father wants to see the Bright flower herb before it blooms!" the youth said with a glare at the other male.


    He was none other than the Sect leaders son, Lui Moi. He was someone spoiled and had a bitter character. He thought the world revolved around him, and he wanted the herb so he could use it to earn the favor of the emperor''s daughter, who was currently studying in their sect.


    The elder coughed before waving the boy to be quiet. "We''ll take our leave then," he said hurriedly wanting to get Lui out of here before he made the other mad.


    Wang had just sat there watching the two speak, having not even spoken a single word. That was until they turned to leave. "I don''t think I said you could enter into the peak though," Wang said with a cold tone. This was now his territory. He might not know who these people are, but he wasn''t going to let them just walk about like this.


    Ai popped his furry little head out, looking between the party and Wang before he stuck his tongue out and huffed. "Shoo shoo, What''s up on that peak is mine! Hmph." He didn''t feel the tension in the air, but Wang had said he would get stronger on the peak, so that was someplace he wanted to be his. Ai hated sharing¡­


    Wang glanced down at the furry puffball in his arms, raising an eyebrow. This little guy, already claiming Wang''s belongings as his...Maybe he wouldn''t be as opposed to marriage later on as he thought huh? Very nice. "Right Right, Master''s stuff is yours too," he said in a good mood.


    Lui, however, turned to glare at the male and little beast. "Ha? this peak is open to everyone! The Overlord said that anyone with a wish to go in May. What more we are of the Sheng Sect, and we were given priority to enter!" he said with a look of pride in his eye.


    "Young lord, the master of this place changed, Don''t say such things!" the Elder said hurriedly. He''d told them before the rules might be different now that someone else was in control of this area.


    Lui didn''t like the comment. "Father was stronger than the other lord and made the agreement so that the land wouldn''t be taken over. We just have to get Father to fight the new lord and then no one can bother us ah?" he said as if it were fact.


    Wang let out a loud laugh, standing up as he looked at the boy before flicking his wrist. A gust of wind rushed through, causing the group to stumble back. Only the Elder was able to remain on his feet, the rest having flopped onto their rear ends with an ''oof''.


    "I suggest you just take those white-tailed babes and get them home to their mothers." He said to the elder as his eyes narrowed.


    The Elder flushed as he quickly started to help the younger lads up. The Young master seemed really aggrieved, his face going from white to blue to purple. This was so humiliating! "My father will hear of this!" he said hurrying off with a huff.


    Wang laughed, "I''ll be waiting!" he yelled out.

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    After a few more days of traveling, Wang and Ai finally managed to make it to the base of the Peak. Wang sat the little fox down onto the ground before he prepared a small sitting area for the two to rest.


    Once it was finished Ai hurried over and plopped onto his little bed of pillows that Wang always pulled out of his storage space for him. "So what now?" he asked. He knew that they were going to the Peak so he could practice and get stronger. But, he really wasn''t sure how they were to do this.


    Wang laughed as he sat down and began to brew some tea as he calmly thought for a moment on how to form his thoughts to words. "Well, You really don''t need to do much outside of absorbing some spiritual energy right now. Your body is rather lacking it. I''m surprised you managed to level up as far as you have. Plus you have to cleanse the impurities you took in. "


    Ai frowned before tilting his head as he stared at the other, not understanding what he was saying. Absorb spirit? Cleanse impurities? Hah?


    His confused expression made Wang laugh as he nodded, ''Yes. I''ll help you first with the Cleansing then we''ll go find a good spot for you to cultivate." he said before getting out a small basin of water, he then got a few towels out along with a pill. "You''ll need to get off the blanket. Or it will get dirty." he said getting up to set up a new little area for ''bathing''.


    Ai got up and followed him over before waiting. Once Wang was ready, he gave Ai the pill, who quickly ate it.


    After a while, his body began to tremble as his eyes shut and he fell onto the ground. His little fox body curled up as his white fur began to turn a dirty black as a smelly black tar-like substance oozed from all over his body.


    Letting out whimpers he shuddered, the pain was horrible. Ai wasn''t even able to think much less understand what was happening.


    Wang stood to the side, waiting with a calm expression as the other''s body went through the purification.


    When the process had finished, Ai was finally able to weakly push himself up before shaking his head. Once he was able to think again a foul odor hit his nose making him grimace.


    "What is that smell?" he said with a horrid expression.


    Wang laughed before moving to pick up the now filthy Ai before taking him to the basin and setting him into the water and starting to wash him clean. This process had to be repeated several times before Ai was finally cleaned of all the nasty impurities from his body.


    His fur was whiter than before and seemed to glow with a purity that he didn''t realize existed.


    Ai smiled as he looked up at Wang surprised. "Ah it''s so fluffy!" he said shaking his body, his fur fluffing up.


    "Yes yes, that''s how it should be, you little rascal. Who asked you to go and take in so much filth ah?" Wang teased.


    Wang shook his head with a smirk before heading over to lift Ai back into his arms, petting his now fluffy soft fur. "Alright let''s go up the Peak now," he said before waving his arm and all the items left about were packed up.


    It had taken them a few hours to get up the peak, and then another few hours before they found a cave that was filled with Spiritual Energy.


    Ai who wasn''t sure what Spiritual Energy had finally figured it out after they''d set out up the Peak. The feel of it was like a soft breeze that warmed one''s soul.


    Inside the cave, Wang let Ai go before looking around to make sure no danger was around. "Okay you go and cultivate and I''ll go keep watch," he said before turning to head out.


    Ai wanted to stop him, to ask him how one even cultivates, but he gave up on the idea. Why should he ask such a silly thing ah? Wouldn''t Wang just make fun of him again?


    So instead, Ai went a little further in before he sat down and just felt the feeling of Spiritual Energy floating around him.


    After a while, Ai slowly began to feel a slight sensation as he slowly pulled it into himself. A sliver of it traveling between his brows as he felt his own soul growing.


    After a While, Ai got used to the sensation and was able to bring in more, time slowly passing as he focused on pulling in the Energy around him.


    It was after a while that Ai began to realize the warm breeze he was pulling in had different colors to them. He saw Reds, Yellows, Oranges, Blues, and Purples. There was also White, Black and a Golden orb floating around. All of these orbs was what made up the Spiritual Energy around him, and it was these orbs that flew between his brows and filled his soul.


    Ai wasn''t sure what this meant, but the feelings the energy gave him were slightly different, all made him feel comfortable. He wasn''t sure how to describe the different sensations, but they all left him with a peaceful feeling.


    Ai hadn''t realized it, but he''d been pulling in the Energy around him for the past 3 days, and finally, he felt his soul shudder before it began to expand and the Energy around him flushed around in a gust before quickly settling into himself.


    After the remaining Energy calmed down, Ai found that he felt as if his body had gotten lighter as well as felt stronger. He blinked a few times before standing up, he also felt that he was able to grow larger, so he did. Now his larger size was that of a smaller dog, a bit bigger than his cat size.


    Rather happy with himself, Ai rushed out and found Wang resting at the entrance looking out to the trees surrounding them. He hurried over and jumped onto his lap, causing the other to let out a small huff before looking at him.


    "You are much bigger now ah!" he teased patting the others head with a smile.


    Wang let his own Spirit force to travel out and feel the others level. He gave a bright smile. "Ah really good! You are now a Spirit Lord Peak level," he said nodding happily. "Just a little more and you''ll be a Spirit King. Though before you level up again you need to go and consolidate your level. Or the foundation will be ruined and cause more harm" he said as he moved to stand up, Holding Ai.


    Ai nodded before shrinking into his smallest kitten size again to snuggle against Wang''s chest with a light purr. "How do I do that?" he then asked really happy with the light pets he got.


    Wang laughed as he began to leave the cave. "Easy, you go fight ah!" he said heading to find a beast for Ai to fight.

 19 Chapter 14

    Edited by: Mystic


    After a few attempts at tracking down a spirit beast that Ai could find. Wang finally came across a lone Sky Wolf that was two levels below Ai''s rank, though it would be more than a challenge for a little fox that hadn''t fought with another predator before.


    Normally one would fight a spirit beast closer to their own rank to consolidate their new rank. But Ai had only fought those beasts in the village from before. They were all weak spirit beasts that didn''t'' really fight back with the desire to kill.


    Thus Wang wanted him to get used to fighting actual threats before allowing him to fight Beasts closer to his level.


    Thus began Ai''s harsh training. He found himself often fleeing for his life as he fought beast after beast in the lower levels. His heart thudded each time the other beasts lunged at him with the intent on killing him. Ah, not as fun to fight as those little fluff balls from before!


    Wang would often have to step in and help him when Ai was at his last leg. Then they''d need time to heal his injuries.


    In all, it took Ai well over two months to finally be able to fight on a better footing than before. He was faster as well as stronger in his swipes and now he was able to easily take on the Sky wolf he''d fled from time and time again.


    When Ai managed to kill the other beast finally. He let out a humpf as he proudly stood over it and looked at Wang with a look of pride. He clearly wanted praise ah!


    Wang laughed as he went over and kept the beast''s body for later use. Then he patted Ai''s head as he lowered himself. "Good, Now you are much more stable in your foundation and can take the final leap to become A Spirit King!" he said pleased.


    With that said, Wang led Ai back to the cave they''d made their little home so that he could start cultivating again.


    While he worked on his consolidation, Ai would also keep up with his cultivating. He was now well rounded and stable. There would be no later issues ah! How wonderful!


    Once he was situated and Wang went out to guard the cave, Ai began to meditate again, the same situation as before repeating as he drew in the colored orbs into the spot between his brows. It took much longer than the last time before he finally broke through.


    This time, however, not only did he feel the same lightness and strength, but he had a wash of freshness flush through him. He felt as if he were reborn again!


    What more, his body again began to shift becoming more elegant and graceful. His fur softened even more as his bodies impurities seemed to burn up within his body. Thankfully it wasn''t as horrible as the pill, and he wasn''t covered in filth.


    When he was sure that his spirit was calm again, Ai felt his soul before heading out to find Wang. This time his body didn''t grow in size, so he stayed in his smaller form so he could jump onto Wang''s shoulder and nudge him.


    Ai nuzzled into the other''s neck, getting comfy. "Does this mean we''ll be leaving the peak?" he asked.


    Wang thought for a moment. "Well, we need to go get the pill. I hadn''t managed to obtain it yet, since I rushed over to you before I was ready," he said as he waved his hand. "So we''ll need to go find the stuff for it, or buy one," he said.


    Ai pouted as he glared at Wang''s cheek. "It''s not my fault. hmph," he huffed.


    He wasn''t sure why, but Wang enjoyed teasing him whenever they found something they needed that he didn''t have. The guy enjoyed rubbing it in that he was dragged away from his own issues to save Ai.


    In the End, Ai gave up and just gave a small lick to Wang''s cheek as if admitting he was wrong. Wang smiled before giving a pleased nod.


    With that the two headed off, going towards the base of the Peak. Unknown to the two, there would be trouble waiting for them at the bottom.


    The young son of the Sect''s Lord had gone and informed his father that there was a man at the Peak that was rude and had needed to be taught a lesson. Plus with the fact that the lord of the South had changed, He told his father that he should go take it over since the new lord didn''t seem to respect their sect to come and formally meet him.


    The Sect''s Master nodded before setting up a plan and heading to the base of the peak to await the mystery man, First, he''d settle this issue before going to look for the new lord of this region to get some answers.


    Neither father nor son thought the man would be the one that had taken over the South, thus they weren''t too worried about offending him ah!


    If anything, they''d just inform the new lord that the man was just going around claiming false lies about himself, clearly, the new lord wouldn''t enjoy that yeah? So this was as if they were doing him a favor see?


    They were to be in a great amount of regret once the truth came to light ah!

 20 Chapter 15

    As Wang made his way down the peak, he slowly came to a stop just before the base. He tilted his head as he sent out his spiritual energy to feel the area below them.


    Ai opened his eyes after they stopped, sitting up and stretching his body out slightly as he looked around blinking. "Nn..this is still the mountain, why did we stop?" he asked the male confused. Didn''t Wang say they were going to go get the pill he needed? He wanted to rest while the other carried him off ah!


    Wang looked down at the little fluff ball in his arms, giving a small smirk before lightly flicking his forehead. "There is a party waiting for us down at the bottom ah. Seems they came to teach us a lesson heh." It was clear that Wang was looking forward to seeing what kind of lesson they would show him.


    Shaking his head, Ai frowned as he pushed himself free of Wang''s hold, jumping on the ground and his tails flicking. "hmph! You did it, you fix it. I had nothing to do with it." then he scurried off to a set of bushes, slowly making his way down the peak to the base to sneakily watch the soon to be, fight. Ah, he didn''t want to fight nope, but maybe he could watch Wang get a little beat up yea? Then he could tease him back!


    The red-headed male sighed as he shook his head watching as his little wifey ran off ahead of him before turning his gaze away. He wasn''t going to force the other to always be with him, just so long as he was within a respectable rang of him it was fine. The range? Within his reach. Though this seemed short, it gave Ai rather a good deal of room. So long as they were within the same city width of space.


    As Wang reached the base of the Peak, he stopped before the group of people who had seemed to of grown bored, all sitting about a small little resting site.


    The Sect leader, who finally felt someone having arrived looked up with a little surprised glance. He hadn''t thought the male they came to teach a lesson was strong enough to sneak up on him.


    Not wanting to embarrass himself, he quickly hid the look and cleared his throat, the rest of the elders and disciples that followed him quickly stood up and all huddled around, ready to set the plan into motion when given the order.


    Wang laughed as he saw this, moving to cross his arms as he tilted his head, looking at the group of old fools. "Well, this is rather odd. Why is a group of old farts having tea in my back yard ah?" he asked with a smirk.


    The set leaders frown deepened slightly but still kept his blank expression for the most part. "You are rather rude. Just as my son had said. Not even greeting an elder." he stated with a hint of loathing in his tone.


    The two began to banter back and forth as Ai watched from the side, his body hidden under a bush to the outskirts of the little gathering area.


    Wang kept his attention on the older male before him, the leader as he slowly let out his pressure, causing the older male to become alert and doing the same. Soon they began to release all of the pressure they held from their strength. Both seemed at a standstill, neither able to do much but glare at one another.


    The elders from the sect weren''t able to do anything but watch from the side, those closest to the two were stumbling back due to the pressure being too great for them. They wouldn''t be able to help. The majority of the people the Sect Leader brought could only tremble as they forced themselves to stand, a few unlucky ones had fallen to the ground, struggling to stay sitting upright.


    Ai''s ears twitched as felt the pressure around his eyes darting around the group before something caught his sent.


    His nose shifted into the air as a pleasant smell drifted over to him, he quickly dashed out, trying to find the sent.


    Though due to the group of men all being somewhat around one another, Ai wasn''t sure where it was coming from, so instead, he just started to grab little bags hanging off of the waists of those low enough for him to snatch from.


    The ones who had their bags stolen finally realized before letting out curses as they all looked to stare at the fluffy white fox with seen tails that seemed to be digging things out of those storage bags.


    Quite a few bags were ruined due to his actions of opening the bags open and dragging things out He wasn''t really able to pick them up right. A small group of loot was resting around him after he finished with the last bag. He seemed unhappy as he huffed a little, his fur shaking slightly.


    Ai then looked bag to the remaining group of older men that were now all staring at him. Even Wang and the sect leader were glancing at him, one with wonder, the other with a smirk.


    The little fox ignored them both as he began to move around the group of men again, swiftly making his way through to those who still held their pouches. They all seemed unsure of what he wanted.


    Finally, after a bit of searching and pushing other scents out of his mind, Ai managed to find the scent he wanted coming from an older fellow that seemed the least affected by the pressure on him.


    This was one of the Grand Elders of the sect who was forced into coming. Though this Grand Elder and the Sect Leader did not get along. Behind the older fellow was his own core disciple whom he''d managed to find a little while ago. This was non-other than another ''real world'' person who had gotten stuck in this world after finding the glitch.


    The old Elder smiled slightly seeing the little fox sitting just before him and looking up at him with an odd look in his eyes. Lowering himself, the elder cleared his throat, being the first to talk all this while. "Little fella, you shouldn''t be going off and stealing you know ah. It''s not nice," he stated as he lectured the little fox. It seemed they all assumed he was but a baby that had gone off to play.


    Since Ai wasn''t really strong enough to be able to fight most of the people here and wasn''t really attacking them the Elder treated him as a lost pup. Plus Ai was adorable!


    Ai tilted his head at the old man wanting to say something but changed his mind. Instead, he moved to lightly paw at the other''s waist, trying to reach his storage bag. If the old fellow wanted to think him as cute, then feed him that yummy smelling food ah!

 21 Chapter 16

    After Ai seemed to cutely beg the older Elder for something, the rest seemed to lost the will to remain all tough. Only Wang kept them all back from doing anything as he remained in his standoff with the leader of the sect.


    The male behind the Grand Elder shifted slightly he thought the male they came to fight seemed like someone he''d seen before but he couldn''t remember. What more the fox before his master was acting rather odd for a spirit beast. They didn''t normally react as a cute pet to others unless they were already bound. But who was his master? Why would he let a little adorable thing run about ah?


    "Master, I think he is looking for something." the male finally said with a light tone. Ai looked over to him before nodding. This caused all to let out a ''pft'' laugh as the little fox quickly moved his head up and down before looking at the elder again with a ''begging'' look.


    Wang''s lip twitched as he watched his wife looking at an old goat with a look that should only be for him. Though he refrained from making a move. Thanks to Ai, he now was able to see that the Grand elder was actually stronger than the sect leader. If that old goat decided to allow others to see it as well and fight him, he wouldn''t stand a chance. It was clear the fellow was pretending to be weaker.


    Said old man blinked a few times before he glanced at the pile of stuff the fox had taken and just left tossed about just over to the side. He seemed to think to himself for a moment before realizing what the little guy wanted.


    Grand Elder was a Pill Maker, thus he had many good things on himself that normal people would want to take, but he hadn''t realized that the pills he had would make a little fox act as a thief trying to find it ah!


    He quickly pulled out of his storage bag several pills, all a different shade. He lowered himself lower so the little fox could see the pills. This move made the little fox happy as he spun with glee for a moment before sniffing the pills. Still unable to separate them, he just began to eat all the old man held.


    Grand Elder gasped before pulling his hand back with a look of worry as he looked at what all the fox managed to eat so far. He lost 3 pills. A spiritual Energy pill that helped gather Energy. Okay, not too bad. It wouldn''t affect the little fox. Ah, a Bonemarrow Cleansing pill? That wasn''t going to be too good.


    They affected spiritual beasts different than people. That pill was the better version then what Wang had given Ai before. Thus it would remove toxins that were still there, plus the pill was way too strong for normal spirit beasts, drawing out bloodlines. They only used it on ancient spirit beasts, or to see if one had a bloodline that was hidden.


    The words from the old man made Wang react, he finally pushed his ability to the max and the sect leader took a step back, blood spraying from his mouth as he fell to a knee. Wang walked over without caring for the old man behind him. "What do you mean?" he then said to the Elder before him.


    Ai had finished his pills and looked at the Elder confused before turning to look at Wang. "He ate 3 pills, two of which shouldn''t be taken together ah! His little body wouldn''t be able to take the pain from the two at once!" the elder said with a sorrowful look. Plus the pill was meant to help his disciple get a good spirit beast, and allow them to transform. He was going to use it to bribe a stronger spirit beast into bonding with his little follower.


    Wang was about to explain more when Ai began to shudder. He had felt fine just a moment ago, the old man was clearly crazy ah! But soon he felt as if his body was being burnt to a crisp from the inside out by an invisible fire. He no longer was able to hold his own body up as he fell to the ground, whimpering and shuddering.


    The impurity''s that remained in his body started to force its way out as the nasty substance began to coat his fur. This substance was darker than last time and it seemed a bit different. Wang swiftly moved to lift the little fox up. "Old man...I know you will easily win if we fight but for the little fox let me go ah? I will be in your debt." he finally said, this caused all around to gasp.


    The Sect leader glared at the Grand elder who seemed taken back by the comment. "So he''s your spirit beast ah...Hurry off now, he needs you to help him. I''ll deal with the sect. I also want to take this chance now they know about my strength to leave it. The leader is nothing but a pompous fool who thinks he owns everything around. So rude and is ruining the sect his father built many many years ago." he huffed glaring at the older male. He only remained for so long due to the leader''s father.


    The old man was dead now, and the Grand Elder was tired of trying to keep the sect from falling apart. Let this bastard of a son ruin the work of his father. Hmnph, he wasn''t going to stop him anymore.


    Wang nodded his thanks before removing his pressure and hurrying away with Ai. The Elder stopped anyone from going after and started to lecture them all on their wrongs, more so the leader than the rest before finally tossing his ID badge and huffing and taking the only disciple he took and heading for the peak as well.


    Maybe that Red-head boy and the fox would come across them another time if he stayed here, and then he''d know if the little fella made it ah! He shouldn''t have been so silly to just show the little fox all those pills at once. Now the poor thing might die due to his misjudgment.

 22 Chapter 17

    Wang Quickly rushed Ai back to the cave they had been staying at as he trained. His speed was faster than ever before as he swiftly entered.


    Ai shuddered, his eyes closed as all he could feel was the burning fire all over his body. He didn''t know that as the time grew on, and the more impurity''s that were pushed from his body, Wang was taking great care of him, helping him clean the substance off as it came out, as well as doing his best to help alleviate the pain.


    The fire that spread through Ai began to reshape his mediates as well his core for spiritual energy. All the impurities were pushed out and what more, his body began to shift finally starting the transformation from beast to human form.


    Wang had stepped out at his time, heading to get more clean water to help clean his little wife. So he hadn''t seen as it happened.


    The Spiritual Energy surged within the room as Ai slowly transformed into his human self. A white blinding light surrounded his figure before the tempest within the cave slowly died down. Within the cave was no longer a small little fox. Instead, there was a slim figure curled up on the ground lush dark black hair rested around the figure causing the pale skin to be even purer.


    It was soft and almost translucent with not a single blemish upon the fair skin. The dark locks of hair framed a small delicate face the held phoenix shaped eyes and lush petal shaped lips. Pale on the outside fading to a lush pink on the insides.


    The figure held a beauty that would surely bring down thousands of cities. However, the appearance of Ai''s human form was not that of what he''d set up for the game. Though it held some of the characteristics. He kept his dark long hark, that was black, and his eyes an amethyst shade fading into a light blue. Truly beautiful to look at.


    It was after Ai had fully transformed, that an odd sensation rushed throughout the mountain peak. Within Ai''s body, the ancient blood of his race began to stir within him. Finally being awoken. What more, Ai''s strength leaped from the Spirit King level to Spiritual Saint. When his levels stabilized, a thunders sound shattered the quiet.


    Then Lightening streaked across the sky before shooting for Ai, several bolts following one after another.


    Wang dropped the basin he was holding that held the water, before hurrying to the cave with panic. Along the way, he realized that all the spiritual beasts within the peak were making a mad dash towards the cave along with him all the spirit beast in the area storming their way through to the mountain tops. It caused a great deal of panic from any party''s that got caught up within the stampede.


    The Heavenly Fox was made to be a new character for the game that Wang and never put in, he only shifted the coding for Ai to get it before it was finished being made! There were some aspects he hadn''t finished coding that he had forgotten about. Such as the bloodline. Ai''s race was the highest purity in the bloodline, also seen as a deity or holy animal.


    His gaze fell to the male, noticing his appearance wasn''t something one could do with the games creation editor. He saw hints of the real Ai within the slightly adjusted structure of the male sitting in the cave with a dazed look.


    It wasn''t until Wang stood before him that Ai finally looked up, his gaze held a hint of recollection before he pressed his lips together, narrowing his eyes.


    "You..." he began as his memory''s flooded his mind. The awakening of his bloodline finally freed his repressed memory''s. "YOU!" he shouted before standing up and pointing at Wang who''s lips twitched.


    "Ai, you remember ah? Don''t shout, you''ll hurt your voice ah!" Wang said as he raised his hands trying to appease the angered male before him


    Ai huffed as he placed his hands on his hips, totally forgetting that he was now stark naked and only his long dark hair kept his body somewhat modestly covered.


    "What the hell did you do to me?! Why did you make me forget ah?! And why the hell are we stuck in the stupid game?! Also...why am I a person?" he said finally looking down.


    He was so mad that he still overlooked the fact he had no clothes, he only remembered bits of what had happened from the last few months within the game. What more, he started to remember all the loving snuggles he would give the evil male before him. This made him even more annoyed.


    He quickly couldn''t hold it in anymore, moving to hit Wang, only to be pulled into his arms and held. "How about you first put something on ah? It''s too much to be able to see but not touch!" Wang said as one hand moved to teasingly grope the exposed skin.


    Ai shuddered as he blushed a deep red before finally seeing his own naked glory being pressed against Wang''s chest in a tight hold. He might have promoted in strength, but he still had no idea how to use this new power within his human form plus Wang was still stronger, only by a little though.


    "Y-You! Shameless!" he stuttered trying to break free. Only to get Wang''s lips pressed against his own in a forced kiss. Wang''s eyes brightening as he stared at the now startled male in his arms.


    "Going to calm down now?" he asked after finally breaking the kiss once Ai''s body fell against his weakly.


    Ai nodded before looking up at him with a small defeated glare. This look only got him another kiss before he was finally freed and handed some clothes.

 23 Chapter 18

    Ai was now fully dressed, though the outfit that Wang gave him didn''t seem right. He was looking down at himself while trying to figure out what felt wrong about it.


    The other nodded while he crossed one arm over his chest, using it as a rest for his other arm, allowing him to press a finger to his lip. "Very nice! Yep, I just knew it would look great on you!" Wang said with a bright smile.


    Ai''s lip twitched as he finally looked up at the other, having figured out why this robe seemed so odd to him. "Is this a females robe?" he asked


    You couldn''t really blame Wang for doing such a thing, the robe was white and hugged all the right places. The skirt flowed down gracefully with strips of blue fabric hanging along his waist and on the sleeves. It made Ai''s dark black hair stand out more, as well as his milky white skin.


    His purplish blue eyes also shone brightly, the blue seeming brighter by the contrast of colors in the robe.


    Wang nodded. "Well yes, but the person I bought it from said it would make my wife look radiant. He was right!" he said seeming unsure of what the issue was.


    The smaller male couldn''t help but let out a deep sigh as he felt his mood drop even lower. He then pushed the matter aside as he looked back at the male before him.


    "You never answered me...So why are we stuck in this game ah?" he then said his eyes narrowing at the larger male.


    Wang blinked before looking up to the others face. "Well, It''s simple really. I wanted you to myself, so I fiddled with some coding and made a glitch. It turned out better then I Could hope for! It''s real now, I thought it would only just be a fake world. Though, if we die here, we die forever... There is no going back" he said with a small sigh.


    Though he would never be able to have Ai''s real body, at least he could have the one before him, which now held his soul.


    Ai was silent for a while, just looking at the male before him. "Do you mind telling me why you seem to think we are married? Also...I don''t even know you. We played like once! Why would you force me into this stupid situation! I never agreed to be yours!" he hissed out. He was clearly angry.


    Waving off the comment, Wang rolled his eyes. "Stupid, I said we were married, thus we are. We can have a proper wedding if you want, Though it won''t matter," His tone made it seem as if he was talking to an idiot! "Besides, we knew each other from before. You just haven''t realized it," he stated with a smirk.


    "You were just so adorable! I wasn''t able to stop watching you all the time, where you went after classes, what you did in your free time. I was going to just happily make you mine in the real world, but I saw that bastard who you shared a room with."


    "Thus this world here. I can kill whoever gets in my way of having you!" he said as if it was only natural.


    Ai frowned as he looked at the male with a slight unsure gaze. He really had no idea who Wang could be in real life. Everyone he''d met was normal. This guy was insane. Clearly, it was normal for his roommate to sometimes touch him, he''d often help Ai stretch or wash his back. He was one of his only friends he had!


    "I refuse to be your wife. Find someone else" he huffed before starting to head out of the cave.


    Wang followed after him, ignoring his comment. In his mind, Ai had no say in the matter.


    Though the two didn''t make it two feet from the entrance before they found themselves surrounded by a mass of spirit beasts, all of them lowered to the ground in a bowing stance.


    Ai blinked a few times before looking to Wang, it was clear he was even more confused. However, Wang himself had no idea what was going on either. He looked out at the mass of beasts before them, unsure of what they were doing here, nor why they were bowing.


    One of the higher level Spirit beasts slowly made his way towards Ai, his head still held respectfully low as he shifted to sit before the male. "My Grace! You are born!" the Ice Tiger said with a roar.


    "Eh? Grace? Who?" Ai asked pointing at himself as he tilted his head puzzled. The Ice Tiger glanced up to look at the smaller male before him before nodding.


    "Yes, You are the Heavenly Fox. You hold the royal blood! We all follow you, regardless of rank in strength. You are our deity, our holy grace!" he stated before all the other spirit beasts let out their own roars of praise.


    Wang frowned as he thought back to his coding of the Heavenly Fox race. He did remember something about having a lost royal bloodline for it. Though it, like the ability to be unable to awaken the blood, was supposed to never pop up in the storyline of the game. It was just information to give the race some unique qualities.


    Clearing his throat, Ai nodded slowly. "Okay, so...I''m some Holy Spirit Beast...great. Does this mean you''ll assist me if I ask?" he asked looking at the Ice tiger." The other nodded with an anticipating look.


    "Right, then Chase this fool off! I don''t want to see him!" he said pointing to wang with a bright smile.

 24 Chapter 19

    Wang glared at the Ice tiger as he heard Ai''s words. He then slowly turned his gaze to the smaller male before letting out an evil grin.


    "Wife...You don''t think these beasts could stop me from having you ah?" he asked with a cold tone.


    Ai shuddered as he turned to look at Wang. Though there was a great mass of spirit beasts, They were still at the Lower Realm, plus the weakest area within that Realm.


    Wang had long passed the highest Rank for this area, no spirit beasts here was his match, even if they were in a mass this size. Sure he''d struggle, But he''d be able to make it out alive. All he had to do was use his bond over Ai to make the male follow along!


    The Tiger stared at Wang for a long moment before shaking his head. "My Grace... I''m not strong enough, besides. He is your master we can''t harm him..." he said with a solemn tone.


    Ai felt his mood drop again as he sighed. "Fine fine, You all may go, I don''t even know how to be a holy one. So I don''t know what you want from me," he said bored of it now. If they couldn''t help him keep this pesky fly away, then what use was it being the holy spirit beast ah?


    The Ice Tiger blinked for a moment. "We only arrived to pay respects, most will return to their own lands, though I wish to remain by your side and protect you," he said before looking to Wang.


    "If My Lord agrees," he stated. Already treating Wang as the Husband he stated himself to be.


    Ai huffed as he pouted, "Whatever" he stated, Wang thought for a moment. "You can, I need you to help keep an eye on my wife. So he doesn''t go running away from home," he said happily. Besides, he wouldn''t always be able to stay by Ai''s side 24/7, so having a bodyguard would be greatly needed.


    What more it was another spirit beast ah! There was no way his Wifey could cheat on him with an animal. Sure Ai was in the body of one...but it didn''t count, he was born human!


    After talking a bit more, the rest of the spirit beasts finally headed off, only the Ice Tiger remained.


    "What''s your name?" Ai asked as he went to sit down on a rock. The beast followed him and sat to the side,


    "I don''t have one," he stated as if it was normal. Which, in this world it was. Spirit beasts only got named after finding a ''master''.


    Ai nodded before tilting his head. "What about Hiu?" he asked. The tiger looked at him for a moment before nodding. "I like it," he said pleased.


    After the Ice Tiger agreed, a strange symbol appeared on the Tigers forehead, Ai gasped as he looked at it. "What happened?" he asked taken back.


    Hiu nodded as he shifted to lay down at Ai''s feet. "Yes, though it''s not really like a servant, more like a protector? My life is linked to yours, I can''t betray you, but also If you die I will die. It''s one-sided though, you''ll suffer nothing if I die." he stated.


    Ai nodded slowly. Hiu''s tail swayed. "The Holy Spirit Beast is different from normal Spirit beasts, very special and any spirit beast will gladly serve it. This bond is to show you''ve accepted me. So others now that I''m a true protector." he said with a happy tone.


    Wang snorted, "It''s time to go home." he said heading to Ai. "Turn back into your fox form." he then said looking at the male sitting. He wanted to pick him up and carry him like before.


    Ai shook his head before standing up and letting out a huff. "No way, I''ll walk like this!" He said with a glare. "or I''ll just ride on Hiu''s back" he said looking to the Tiger to his side, it was rather large. Plenty big enough to carry him!


    Hiu stood up and looked to Wang before moving to let Ai sit on his back. He might not be able to beat the male, but Ai was still the one he agreed to protect...


    Wang felt his expression darken as he watched his beautiful wife climbing onto the tigers back before he turned around. "Fine! Just keep up...Or you''ll have to let me carry you!" He said clearly annoyed.


    Thus the little party of three headed off from the peak once again heading to Wang''s home.


    The spirit beast stampede left a lot of issues in the surrounding area, not that either Ai or Wang would ever realize until it was long passed.


    The old Geezer who had stuck around to see if Ai would make it had no other choice but to flee with his disciple due to all the beasts in the area. What more, many powerful cultivators had set out to find out the reason behind the stampede. Though none was able to really find the cause.


    Nor did they have any idea what caused the lightening of tribulation. So many had questions that were most likely not going to be answered any time soon.


    It wasn''t like Ai really cared what others thought, and Wang only wanted to make sure no one else saw his beautiful wife ah. He was just too pretty!!


    He managed to get them to a new world, but he wasn''t sure if he''d be able to avoid the same issues as before...Though, at least he now was able to kill them without regrets!

 25 Chapter 20

    The group of three had taken only a day and a half to travel from the peak to where Wang had set up his home.


    It was a large palace that he''d taken from the old ruler of this area. He had many guards and servants rushing about doing their tasks when the group finally arrived at the gates.


    Those servants that saw Wang swiftly bowed, some glancing behind the red-headed god they feared to look at the beauty that followed behind on the Ice Tiger.


    The whole way Ai had refused to let Wang carry him. What more, he even went so far as to downright ignore Wang whenever he tried talking to him.


    Wang was in a rather bad mood, his face blacker than the bottom of a pot!


    He cleared his throat as he waved the servants off. "Ai, get off Hiu now, we are here. Let me take you to your palace," he said trying to keep his calm. Though he was at the edge.


    Ai rolled his eyes as he finally got off the Ice Tiger. "Fine, stop being grumpy already!" he said as he hurried to follow the other.


    Wang looked back at him with a glare before leading the way. He would make sure Ai realized his mistakes later. The punishment would be really sweet ah!


    The servants around all seemed shocked that someone dared to speak to the great king in such a way. Though, they were really curious as to whom the beauty was. So pretty ah!


    Wang led Ai to a large palace that was grand a beautiful. With flowers growing all over the courtyard. Though, he did leave out one piece of important information. This was also his palace. What husband and wife slept separately huh? They were from modern times, no need to have many lovers. He only needed his wife!


    Ai looked around nodding as he smiled. "I like it! It looks really relaxing!" he stated as he hurried to look all over, finding a swing, and several flowers to enjoy. There was also a small outside resting area, as well as a personal spring in the back with naturally warm water.


    After looking all around outside, Ai hurried in and found good sized living space, a study to the side of the lobby area, a resting room and the bedroom which connected to another bathing area that was closed off by a divider screen.


    The young male hurried to the large bed and fell back into it, rolling all over as he sighed with glee. Ah, a real bed!


    Wang laughed as he followed the little male all around, finally stopping to lean against the door frame as he watched his love roll about in the bed.


    "So I take it, that you are happy with this living space yes?" he asked with a mocking tone.


    The little fox smiled as he nodded, having missed the tone due to his blissful mood. "This bed feels so soft!" he said while letting a pleased sigh.


    Wang nodded. "That''s good, well I''ll be off. I need to go and check how things went while I was gone, I''ll have dinner sent, later on, get some rest," he stated before turning to leave.


    It wasn''t until the sun began to fall that Wang finished his work and returned to the courtyard and requested dinner to be sent over.


    The kitchen hurriedly made several dishes before bringing them over. Wang washed up while waiting before heading into the bedroom to wake up his beauty.


    Ai grumbled as he slowly sat up, his hair disheveled as he blinked the sleep out of his eyes before looking at Wang as if unhappy. "Hm?" he asked He was sleeping so good ah, why wake him up!


    Wang let out a soft laugh. "Its time for dinner, ah, you don''t wanna go hungry huh?" he asked poking the other''s nose.


    Ai''s eyes light up as he shifted, moving to quickly get out of bed at the mention of food. This brought a new chuckle from Wang as he followed the boy into the living room where it was set up for dinner.


    It was a large spread, and Ai happily sat down while picking up his chopsticks and waiting. Sure, he didn''t like Wang but he was taught to be respectful at meals, you don''t eat until everyone ready!


    Wang smiled as he took his own seat and the two then began to enjoy the great feast together.


    Hiu at this time was off in the garden, resting under a tree. Wang had gotten someone to feed him earlier. He used to sleep outdoors. So he had no wish to go into the house to sleep.


    When the meal was over and the dishes were taken away, Wang shooed Ai into the bathroom to wash up, leaving him some night clothes before heading to hurriedly change his own clothes.


    It wasn''t until Ai had finished and gotten into bed that Wang returned and moved to lay next to him that Ai realized what he was doing.


    "Ah, this is my bed! What are you doing?" he said sitting on the inside holding a pillow in his arms as he pouted.


    Wang laughed as he sat on the edge. "It is also my bed. This is our room." he finally said as he made himself comfy in the bed. Ai pouted for a moment, glaring down at the other before Wang hooked his arm around his waist, forcing him to lay down.


    "Sleep now my love, or I''ll eat you up!" he said as he grinned at the weaker male.


    Ai shuddered as he quickly closed his eyes to sleep, his body frozen stiff from the others comment.


    Thus, Wang enjoyed his first night with his lovely wife sleeping in his arms with a human form. Ai however felt as if he had somehow lost a great deal that night, sleeping in the male''s arms no longer as a fox, but an actual person.

 26 Chapter 21

    When Ai woke the next morning, he found himself resting in the bed still within Wang''s arms. The other was holding him to his chest with a hold that wasn''t too strong, nor weak.


    The smaller male struggled for a few minutes, trying to wiggle is way free, but was forced to give up as he panted softly. Why was this man so strong ah! He just wanted to get out of bed damn it!


    The more Ai struggled, the more Wang snuggled against the male, his body blocking all escape paths the smaller male could find. In the end, Ai was unable to do anything but make his situation worse, now that Wang was more or less laying partly on him, pinning him to the bed below.


    Slowly, Wang opened his eyes as he looked down at the male who had to stop struggling, a smile playing at his lips as he shifted to pat the others head. "Good morning wifey" he stated with a taunting tone. "You finished trying to move?" he asked as if he''d been up from the start.


    Ai narrowed his eyes as he glared up at the male. "I want up, get off me!" he huffed. He used his small fists to lightly thud against the larger males chests, not really having the strength to hit him for real. Even if he did, it wasn''t going to change the fact that Wang wouldn''t feel anything.


    "Now now, it''s still early, we should sleep a bit longer ah!" he said leaning in to kiss the other males neck. "Unless you want to do something else mhm?" he asked his hands starting to tease the others butt from over the clothes.


    Ai shuddered as his face grew a dark shade of red. "Y-you! Pervert! Fiend! GET YOUR HANDS OFF OF ME!" he yelled as he struggled again, his heart racing as he feared for his virginity safety.


    Wang laughed before finally rolling off the other, watching as Ai quickly huddled into a ball in the back corner, trapped between the two sides of the wall and the larger male. "Well now, We''ll need to take the next step if we ever want children ah!" he teased.


    The comment made Ai''s face darken as he looked at the other with a glare. "I''m still a man! Regardless of what deeds you want to do, I''ll never bare you a child!" he hissed as he grabbed the blankets and used them as a shield for his body.


    The larger male laughed again as he moved to grab the other, only to pause when a loud knocking sounded from the entry door. "My Lord, the Sect Elders are waiting for you." a deep one called out from the other side, making Wang sigh.


    "Understood, I''ll be there in a moment." he then said as he turned to look at the door, his mood dropping as he thought of leaving his beautiful wife to deal with those old fools.


    Ai kept himself curled up int he corner as he listened before he straightened himself up some. "Ah, see your busy shoo shoo!" he said as he tried to hurry the others pace on leading.


    Wang sighed as he shook his head, getting out of bed and dressing. "I''ll be back to see you for lunch so don''t go too far. You a look around the inner courtyard but that''s it!" he said with a warning. He still had a slight fear his wife would try to flee from him again ah!


    After Wang had left, Ai hurriedly got up and found himself some clean clothes, having not changed just yet. He looked around for the bathroom before finding it and quickly washing up before finally dressing in the clean clothes.


    He was a male from the modern world ah! He liked to be clean!!!


    Though the only clothes he was able to find were for females, they made him even more breathtaking. Each set of clothes were designed with the thought of a ''flat cheated girl''. So there wasn''t any looseness on the top half as it held his form gracefully. His petite size made it even more alluring. He really did look like a little maiden that was saving herself for her future hubby ah!


    He stared at himself in the mirror with a look of gloom. Why was it that even in this world he wasn''t manly at all huh! Just why!


    He huffed before flicking his sleep and heading out into the garden. He might still look more like a woman in the world, but at least he would be able to bulk up right?! His body no longer held the weak phase from his normal body. He surely would be able to endure a work out that would give him the muscles every man should have!


    Surely he wasn''t just dreaming ah?


    Ai thus began doing many different workouts, finding anything he could to use as weights, and doing some running, and other such things.


    It wasn''t until lunch was lost to be being sure that the small male finally fell down, his breath coming in gasps as he leaned back, sweat forming all over him.


    If he did this every day surely he''d make an improvement yeah? To bad what Ai thought would happen was only a pipe dream. His physical appearance wouldn''t change to what he wanted no matter how hard he tried. Life was just rude!


    Before Wang was able to return, Ai had managed to force himself up and once again cleaned himself up and changed. This time however, he managed to get a servant to bring him something less....well, girly.


    It was a plain white robe that was made for neither male nor female, and it made him look like a goddess from the heavens. though in his mind he thought it made him look like a dashing prince. How blind he was!


    He was playing around the garden, looking around while trying to find some place to use as an escape. He''d tried to walk out of the inner courtyard several times but was stopped by the guards each time. Though he would have been able to win in a fight, for some reason he didn''t seem to be able to use any of his strength to fight.


    This however was due to Wang putting a restraint on him. The bonding that they had done was able to limit Ai''s powers. He wouldn''t be able to use them without the others approval! This was just low.


    It wasn''t until well-passed lunch that food finally got delivered, Ai was starving so he hurried to the table to eat, but was stopped by a servant who lowly bowed to him. "Please wait My grace, Master is on his way back and will be dining with you ah!" the servant was informed of this after the food was finished, so he delayed it until Wang could join.


    It was only natural that the wife waited for the husband to eat with them if that''s what the husband wanted right?


    Ai glared at the youth with a sour look. He huffed crossing his arms over his chest. "Making me stare just because he was busy! I want to eat now!" he said clearly unhappy about how this was turning out to be.


    It was at this time when Wang finally entered the room, a laugh sounding around the halls. "Wifey, I said I''d be back for lunch. Don''t be too rushed ah? I''ll make sure you eat your fill hmn?" he said trying to appease the angry little fox.


    Ai turned to glare at him, huffing again. "Why do I have to wait for you, you could just eat in your office or whatever" he huffed. He felt like an aged pet needing to depend on its owner.


    Well, he kind of was...though Wang called him wifey, they weren''t truly married, plus he was a spirit beast, so a pet was a better term. Not that Wang would allow anyone to say so. He enjoyed the status of Husband and Wife more than Master and pet.


    "Hush hush, let''s eat ah?" he said taking his seat and waiving the little fox over. Ai rolled his eyes before taking his seat, he didn''t wait for Wang to take the first bite before digging in.


    He had worked out for so long, he was starved ah!

 27 Chapter 22

    These actions of Wang heading off to deal with work while Ai struggled to ''bulk'' himself up continued on for a few weeks.


    During this time Hiu was cultivating himself as he shadowed Ai around. Whenever the smaller male had busied himself with whatever strange activities he was doing, the Ice tiger was taking the free time to grow stronger. He needed to do this, in order to be able to keep his holy lord safe from others!


    It wasn''t until after these weeks that Ai finally realized that regardless of how much he worked out, his body wasn''t getting the needed bulk to feel manly. Instead, however. It was serving to make his body even slimmer and instead of squishy, his limbs and stomach now had a good definition to them, his waist seemed even smaller!


    Wang started to notice his little wife was becoming more beautiful and wondered if he should get the male to stop with his work out if this went on any longer than the poor thing would be nothing but skin and bones!


    It was dinner time, and Ai was stuffing himself like normal as he pouted to the side. Wang''s eyes moving over the expression of the other as he smiled softly to himself. "You know, if you want to work out that''s fine, but you should still cultivate. Otherwise, you''ll never make any progress," he said with a teasing tone.


    Ai blinked a few times before looking over to the larger male. "Ah? Oh, I just forgot..." he said his mind still wondering on what he was doing wrong. He was clearly doing everything one should do to make themselves bulk up. Why wasn''t it working?


    He let out another sigh before setting his chopsticks down and hanging his head. Maybe in this life, he''d never be a manly god ah!


    The head servant that was waiting outside cleared his throat, stepping into the dining area as he kept his head lowered. "Lord, the Elder wishes to speak with you." he stated in a soft tone that seemed annoyed. He''d told the Elder several times that the lord was eating, but he refused to budge and forced him to inform the Lord of his arrival.


    Wang looked to the servant before nodding, waiting for the old fellow to bring in his biggest headache.


    One given the okay, the servant hurried out to let the Elder in, his manners remained respectful despite feeling a great grudge against this Old Fox for having ignored his warning.


    "Greetings Lord," the Elder said with a slight bow and nod to the male before him, his eyes darting to the smaller male just to the side with a puzzled look.


    "What is it? I''m eating my dinner." Wang said with an old tone.


    Ai glanced up, having not really heard such a tone from Wang before, he was always so teasing and light when he spoke. It was clear that this Elder annoyed him!


    "What happened?" Wang asked, his eyes narrowing slightly.


    The Elder shuddered before lowering his eyes again, he had been glancing to the young male several times now.


    "There is a rumor going about that the great lord has been bewitched by a devil, and that he''s so infatuated that he''s forgoing his responsibility''s as a leader and not taking a wife," he stated as if this was a grace issue.


    Clearly, all these old bastards wanted was to use this as a chance to get the male to see reason and name a wife.


    Wang tapped his fingers on the table before turning to look at the male sitting next to him. "Ai, They think you''re a demon now, hah." he laughed with a sly smile.


    Ai glared at the Elder before looking at Wang with a dark expression. "What do you mean to be with? I want to leave ah! I don''t want to remain here but this deal won''t let me go!" he said pointing to the real trouble maker.


    The Elder frowned before looking up at the two, his eyes showed his confusion before looking to the smaller male again. So this was the one their lord loved huh? He was really beautiful. He thought it was some noble girl that happened to get a chance at having a meal with the lord.


    "My lord?" he asked still not really understanding why the male before him was able to so daringly spout out such insults to the lord and he seemed happy about it!


    "Don''t worry, Ai is my one and only wife. He''s able to say whatever he wants about me. The rumors should at least learn the facts first though, I claim him as a wife, but he doesn''t take me as a husband. It''s so sad, I haven''t been able to try for a child at all ah!" he said as if hurt.


    Ai''s face grew dark red as he shot up to his feet. "W-what wife! What a child! Bastard! Pervert!" he cried as he tossed some water at the other before huffing. "I''ll never marry you!" he said.


    As if to make his point, Ai shifted from his human appearance to his Fox one for the first time since gaining this new body.


    The little kitten size fox hoped onto the table before he huffed, grabbing some chicken into his little mouth before hurrying off with it.


    Wang''s eyes widen as he watched before sitting there dumbstruck. He hadn''t thought the little guy would get that mad ah! How was he to cuddle him in bed now?!


    "This is all your fault!" he said glaring at the Elder who was even more shocked. The so-called wife of their lord....wasn''t only just male, but a spirit beast?!


    Ai in the meantime hurried off with the rest of his dinner to finish alone. Hmph, When he was able to he''d flee this place and find a beautiful wife! Just because he was stuck here in this world, didn''t mean he had to marry that damn bastard!

 28 Chapter 23

    After getting the Elder to leave, Wang hurried off to find his little wife before the other did something stupid again. He''d finally gotten him to stop trying to flee, or so he had thought!


    Ai was not willing to accommodate him, however. He would hurry off whenever was close enough to find his hiding place.


    Both Hubby and Wife were now in a game of ''hide and seek''. There bond allowing one another to know when the opposite was close in range, thus leading this game to drag out for a week.


    Ai avoided his own room, having used his small fox form to hide in small spaces at night to sleep, this was because Wang was unable to grab him when he was tucked away into a small space.


    Wang was growing more annoyed as the days went on. He wanted to take his little wife and lock him away in a room so he''d never be able to hide from him again ah!


    Finally, Wang was at his wit''s end. He lectured the Elder that had caused this drama to come about several times. Even going as far as to beat the poor old man to an inch of his life one day when the coot had suggested to the young lord to just forget about the little fox!


    Ai was very pleased with himself, he''d managed to keep himself free from Wang''s clutches for so long ah! He felt like maybe this time he''d have the best chance of breaking free and leaving this little cage!


    However, there was one issue... He was super dirty, his beautiful white fur covered in dirt and mud from the small crawl spaces he had been hiding in. His skin itched and he wanted so badly to take a bath. Plus his little tummy was starved! He was only able to get Hiu to bring him scraps of food! The other spirit beast only allowed the bare minimum himself.


    Waiting until Wang would be busy with his affairs at work, Ai quickly hurried out from his hiding hole. He scurried to the bedroom and rushed to the bathing area. He found some servants and huffed at them, his fox form a pitiful site that looked as if he were abused!


    "I want a bath!" He said as if they were working for him, rather than Wang. Then again, the two he found were two of the group of servants Wang had ordered to look after his little wifey. So they were his servants, while only obeying the Lord, rather than the ''Madam''.


    They looked down at the yapping filthy ball before them before nodding, the male hurrying off to get the water for the bath.


    The female knelt down to left the poor thing up and hurried to the smaller tub and sat him aside while grabbing some soaps and other products to wash the filthy thing up.


    Just before the male who went to fetch the water returned he stopped to inform another servant that the ''Wife'' would be bathing. And hinted that he should inform the lord that his wife was open to being ''caught''.


    If Ai knew his wish for a bath would lead to this betrayal, he''d have tried to wash in the fish pond ah!


    For two reasons, one, He didn''t want to be naked before these servants! Second, it was easier for him to flee in this form, plus he could easily get into a tight little hiding place where Wang wouldn''t be able to grab him!


    The female servant began to repeatedly scrub and wash off the fur of the fox. It took several attempts before the filthy fur returned o his beautiful white fluffy appearance.


    Ai''s mood was much better now that he wasn''t so itchy and smelly. He let out a pleased sigh as his eyes closed.


    He felt himself being lifted up with a towel wrapping around his body to dry the fur. Figuring it was just one of the servants, Ai let the others do as they pleased.


    Still feeling pleased that he was now nice and clean. Now he just needed to figure out how to stock up on some food and flee!


    Sadly, however, Ai felt his heart skip when he heard a soft chuckle. He opened his eyes and turned to look at who was drying his fur.


    With widening eyes, Ai looked at Wang who held him with the towel, making sure to properly dry off his small wife''s fur.


    "So you finally come out of hiding just to take a bath ah? I would have gladly washed you up nice and cleanly if you''d just said something." he teased.


    Clearly, Wang''s mood had lifted when he''d heard his wife was no longer hiding! Finishing his meetings quickly, he hurried over to capture Ai before he could flee from him again!


    Ai began to struggle but found that Wang''s hold was rather iron tight, not hurting him, but no breaking free.


    "Ah, Don''t worry. I won''t hurt you." Wang said seeing the panic in Ai''s eyes. He shifted the little body to his chest, petting it as he walked to the bedroom.


    Ai gave up on struggling as he just rested against the other''s chest, his heart was still thudding loudly as he tried to figure out why Wang was so calm.


    It wasn''t until Wang sat down, dropping the little fox onto the bed that Ai realized why Wang was so happy. The room had changed!


    The windows no longer were free of obstruction, now they had bars blocking any escape paths from them. All small spaces he''d noticed before during his hiding stage, were now all blocked off!


    What more, the doors leading to the garden or to Wang''s office were now all guarded by two servants! There was no way for Ai to rush out and hide again!


    Wang sat so he was leaning against the bedpost. His arms resting on his thigh as he watched the fox with a very pleased expression.


    It wasn''t hard to tell that Ai was surely struggling with the loss he was faced with. "Wife-" he began before Ai glared at him, fur puffing up in anger.


    "I''m NOT your wife!" he said in a growl. This only made Wang sigh while shaking his head.


    "Fine fine, We''ll hold a proper wedding then ah!" he said while looking at the small thing before him "But if we do, then I get to enjoy you right after," he said raising a hand to poke the others butt with his finger.


    Ai shuddered as he lowered himself, his ears falling against his head. "I won''t marry you!" he said, though his voice was weak and it was more of a whisper than a declaration.


    Wang smiled. "You belong to me, So of course I''ll have you regardless of what you or anyone else says." it was with this comment that Ai realized that despite Wang''s great mood, he held an odd coldness.


    Clearly, Wang was still mad that he''d hidden away from him for so long!

 29 Chapter 24

    Ai was trapped within his bedroom, despite remaining in fox form. He found the more he tried to get out, the worse Wang got!


    Wang had limited everything, he was no longer able to even take one step outside the bedroom unless Wang was with him. He had nothing to do other than to sit on the bed and wait for Wang to finish his work before he''d be free to do anything!


    He felt his own mood lowering each day as he struggled with this new arrangement. What more, Wang made sure the two of them shared the bed each night. Forcing Ai to snuggle up against Wang''s chest as he slept. Since Ai was in his small form, the other had the ability to just pin him with one hand ah!


    The other issue was that Ai noticed the servants were busy getting things set up for a wedding. It was very clear as to who was the bride as they would often whisper and look at Ai. He had been hearing the servants complain that they were unable to do the dress for the bride because he wasn''t in his human form to take the measurements!


    This issue was handled by Wang, who somehow knew all of Ai''s measurements by heart. The new issue was how to get his wife to turn back to his human self so they could dress him on the day of the wedding!


    The day Wang chose was fast approaching as he tried to cox his wife to obey and just switch forms. Even though his little wife was adorable in his fox body, there was no way he could finish the wedding night like this ah!


    Ai was stubbornly trying his best to remain unaffected by what was happening. He''d started to focus on his cultivation thanks to the grounding to the bedroom.


    He was finally at the later stages of Spirit Saint. He was so close to the final stage and would thus manage to become the strongest spirit beast around! Well outside of the fact that somehow despite his spiritual power, Ai seemed weaker than one would think.


    Hiu thinks this was due to his bloodline. Ai''s Heavenly race was never strong, they were just worshiped because of the purity in their blood, and their abilities rested in a different area than being strong.


    That is to say, Heavenly Foxes were used to help other cultivators increase their own ranks.


    Ai was nothing more than a glorified furnace that allowed others to benefit from sleeping with him! This was not something that had been coded, but what had just happened due to the unfished nature of Ai''s character race.


    How sad! The poor thing didn''t even realize that he was forever destined to be put under another male! What more, after his bloodline awoke, he no longer had the ability to become manly strong!


    All his efforts in strength were thus put into the ability to help his partner'' instead. Though able to fight lesser beings, true powerhouses would forever be able to pin down Ai. He was born to be pinned down!


    Ai wasn''t able to break that last barrier to advanced to the last Spirit rank. He was so close, he had hopes that with the last rank, he''d finally be able to win against Wang. Not realizing that strength wise, he should have long surpassed the other male.


    Wang wasn''t stupid, he knew that Ai had higher cultivation, but after studying some old scrolls on the holy fox, he''d realized how he''d messed up giving Ai the incomplete character.


    Without Wang to keep himself, Ai would forever be struggling to keep himself out of the clutches of all spirit beast and cultivators that wanted to use him like a furnace to grow stronger.


    At least with spirit beasts, Ai had a higher chance of staying safe. Like Hiu, most wanted to protect him! Though some would lose the ability to fight the temptation and would try to claim the Holy Spirit for themselves.


    "Are you going to change back ah? Weddings in just two days. You should give in already ah!" Wang said as he went to sit on the bed.


    Ai just ignored him, lying down and closing his eyes. He refused. So long as he remained in this form, there would be no wedding!


    Wang narrowed his eyes before lifting the fox up, "If you refuse to adjust yourself for the wedding, then I''ll just have to get creative ah. Who said there wasn''t a way to get a spirit beast to change forms against their will hmn? Though it wouldn''t last long, I''d at least be able to force a change during the wedding night." he said


    Ai''s eyes snapped open as he looked at Wang with a whimper. He really didn''t want that ah!


    Wang let out a sly smile. "If you obey and turn into your other form for the wedding, then I''ll be sure to take it easy on you yeah? " he said laughing.


    Ai shuddered as he tried to think. Should he just obey and be pampered, or be forced into the whole ordeal and then eaten without mercy?


    "I-if I change...t-then you can''t do anything that hurts!" he said with teary eyes. Sure he didn''t want to be married as a wife, but he hated pain okay!


    Wang smiled, his eyes glittering as he nodded. "Of course my love. I''d never hurt you." he said with a kind smile, his thoughts, however... ''Unless its due to the act of making love. It''s bound to hurt the first time ah!''


    Ai was happy with that, and figured he''d be able to get out of the wedding night by faking that it was ''too'' painful so Wang wouldn''t be able to continue due to his promise! How foolish the little fox was ah!


    Finally, Ai turned back to his human body. Thankfully the wedding was still two days away, thus Wang only cuddled him happily in his arms, sleeping wonderfully once again holding the small male to his chest.


    Ah, it was so nice to cuddle his wife''s human body too!

 30 Chapter 25

    The next few days passed in a blur.


    Ai was in a daze as he was prepared for a wedding his heart wasn''t really ready for. Wang seemed somewhat at a loss.


    He wanted Ai so bad, but his heart was unsettled with the thought of Ai not really loving him back. However, he still continued the plans. Sure, for now, he didn''t hold Ai''s heart, but later he would right?


    one couldn''t be bound to someone for life and not end up having some kind of feelings for them?


    Finally, the day arrived. The inner courtyard was decorated in grandeur. Red ribbons and silks hung all over with blessings and joyous words. Truly a grand wedding was going to take place.


    Wang was waiting at the altar as Ai was making his way down, many persons from the courtyard, both servants and sect Elders were standing to bear witness to the wedding.


    Ai still seemed flustered and unwilling, his heart thudded in his chest with each step he took. He really had no ill feelings towards Wang to this point, but he neither felt any feelings of love. If it wasn''t with the threat of being forced later on to wed should he refused, he wouldn''t be dressed in this bridal gown.


    He was still a man! He wanted to live like all other men, finding a good woman to marry and to have children with. Even if he was now trapped in this new world, did this mean his freedom of choice should be taken away as well?


    Wang felt a stab in his heart as he watched the obsession in his heart walking towards him. He''d finally be able to make Ai his, but he felt that this wasn''t right, even if his whole being was telling him it was.


    No one was really sure why, but the skies darkened and a thunderous sound blasted overhead.


    Ai glanced up to the skies with a look of shock, as did all else there.


    Wang''s heart thudded as his eyes never left Ai, uncaring as to the storm brewing overhead.


    It was at this moment a dark shadow shot down and began to circle around Ai, Wang''s heart stopped as he rushed to grab the male.


    Ai''s eyes filled with panic as the shadow moved around him, his heart finally tasted fear as he began to feel a burning sensation throughout his body. He fell to the floor, a barrier preventing Wang from grabbing hold of Ai.


    No one knew what was happening, but Hiu felt his heart shudder as he hurried over from the side. He was staying in the shadows. "My Grace! Don''t fight it!" he said in a hurried tone. He then went to Wang nipping at his robes.


    "Young Lord, Don''t fret ah! It needs to happen. It''s his rebirth!" Wang turned to look at the ice wolf with a glare. "what do you mean rebirth!" he hissed out still trying to get to Ai.


    Without any more hesitation, the shadow completely blocked out Ai from sight. Within moments, the shadow and Ai were gone, the storm finally passing.


    Wang let out a yell as he grabbed his chest, his bond with Ai was forcibly broken.


    When the pain finally passed, Wang grabbed Hiu, his eyes deadly cold. "What the hell just happened?!" he asked with a hiss.


    Hiu shuddered as he lowered his head. "Ai is not gone...it is just that the heavens have chosen to give him a rebirth," he said with a whimper.


    Wang tried to think of what this damn beast was saying, but there was nothing about ''rebirth'' in his game! "What do you mean?!" He stressed.


    Hiu felt his heart thud as he made himself small. "Within this land is many realms, Ai is a Heavenly Fox. He is not from this realm." he began with a look of pity. "They are sent here to guide the Spirit beasts, normally a rebirth will not happen. But some times it does, when there is an issue with the spirit and the blood awakening," he stated as he tried to explain.


    "When Ai was awoken, I felt that his spirit and the ancient bloodline seemed in disarray. However, he was able to keep the rebirth from happening by keeping his mind calm. It was probably due to the force of this wedding his mind finally disconnected completely from the bloodline, thus causing the rebirth." Hiu said with sadness.


    "It is not something that happens usually so most don''t know about it. He''ll be reborn somewhere in this realm within this time frame. You can still find him."


    Wang tried to sort out what the beast was saying, so this was caused by him? His need to have Ai is what made the heavens tare them apart? Was Ai really this opposed to being with him?


    Hiu looked down with a hurt expression, the aura that Wang was sending out made all around feel pain and was hardly able to remain standing.


    "Lord W-Wang. There is still a chance for you." Hiu said. His words allowed Wang to lower his aura a bit, "Explain." His tone was deadly cold.


    "I heard for Ai that you took his memories once... The rebirth will do the same, he''ll be reborn into a new life where his soul will be able to accept the bloodline. He''ll forget all of his past life... Thus he''ll also forget you, so all you have to do is find him and make him fall for you instead of force!"


    Wang thought for a moment, his eyes narrowing slightly. "He''ll be reborn...make him fall for me?" he stated as his eyes flashed with an odd light.


    "How does he get reborn? Is he going to be a little babe now?" he asked. He needed to know what to expect.


    "Well yes and no? The rebirth is different. He''ll become an egg and then after hatching, he''ll still retain his human form. Though his aging will be accelerated. Til he reaches the age when the rebirth was triggered. How fast the acceleration is, I''m not sure..." he stated.


    Wang nodded before closing his eyes and letting out a deep sigh. "Alright. I''ll find him, and make sure he comes to love me as I do him. Then, we''ll be able to wed rightfully!" he stated.


    He was angry at the heavens for taken away his beloved, but at the same time, they were giving him a second chance to start over. This time, he''d make sure Ai would be his in body and soul.

 31 Chapter 26

    In the Unnamed Forest of Forgotten Souls, a flash of lightning stroke the earth. The surrounding area darkened into ash before an egg appeared.


    It wasn''t small, nor large. The white egg held traces of golden ruins on it, as it rested in a peaceful slumber. Within said egg, Ai was waiting to be reborn.


    His mind was blank and for the second time since being brought to this world, his memory was stripped clean of his past life.


    This time, however, Ai''s bloodline was active since the start. His races knowledge that he wasn''t able to learn about from the first awakening soaked into his mind. As was the knowledge that had long been forgotten in this world, both spirit beasts and cultivators information was rammed into his brain.


    After Ai was able to absorb this information, the egg let out a beautiful white light before finally breaking allowing Ai to leave the egg.


    The naked body of a young being that appeared to be around 8 or 9 weakly stood up. Long White hair flowed down their back. Just looking at the beautiful jade skin, and soft silky light locks of hair, one would assume this beautiful being would be a fair from heaven, a soft and innocent young girl.


    Though if you looked closer, said beauty was male. His face was small and even at such a young age, would bring all men to lose themselves within the beauty. Body slim and fair, with unblemished skin so white, it was as if kissed by snow. Truly a being worthy of heavens grace.


    Different from Ai''s original body, and that of the body he held before, Ai''s eyes were a breathtaking Silver. This was the sign of the rebirth.


    Tilting his head, Ai let his eyes wander around as he finally gained his bearings. This rebirth allowed him to be born anew, with no knowledge of his old life, with no qualms or any issues with this new world. His bloodline allowed him to know things about this new world that other players trapped here would need years to figure out.


    Pressing the lush pale ombre lips together, the young lad tried to sort his mind. For some odd reason, though forgetting everything, two things appeared in his mind. Imprinted in a way that even the gods couldn''t remove.


    That was his name, ''Ai Yui'' as well as another name... It was normal to remember one''s name, due to it being a new life, with the same soul within the same lifetime. However, the other name made his heart tremble with an odd emotion.


    It was as if this other person had some hold over his heart, but the feeling was something he wasn''t sure how to explain.


    From his inherited memories, the only logical thing he could come up with was that this name belongs to whomever his soul was matched to. Thus, his Soul mate.


    But if he had a soul mate, then why did he rebirth? It normally only happened when the heart and body were not in align. Or, his soul was rejecting something that was destined.


    Sure he didn''t know they were meant to be. This, however, was the cause of the rebirth. The issue with his soul and bloodline finally reached the breaking point as his heart was unable to accept his soulmate.


    Ah! If only Wang had tried a little harder on making Ai accept him before the force of marriage! Then the rebirth wouldn''t have been needed. Instead, Ai would have just needed to repair his Soul to sync with the bloodline!


    The young Spirit beast had no ideas of this though, so he just pushed the name to the back of his mind as he felt the spiritual air around him. Sure he had knowledge passed down on to him, though this knowledge was rather old and Ai wasn''t really sure where he was at this point in time. This land had changed since the last time a Heavenly Fox had been born to the lower realm.


    He was pleased that his spiritual power was reliably good. Just born and he as already a Spiritual Emperor of the third rank!


    Ah, then he wouldn''t need too much longer to reach Spirit God and break through to the next stage of cultivation!


    Yes, that is correct. In this world, for spirit beasts, the highest rank of Spirit God was only the beginning to a higher realm of cultivation!


    Glancing down at himself, Ai took note of his own body before slowly making his way through the forest. He had no worries and wanted to explore this new world of his. He knew he had a ''rebirth'' though as for the cause or anything with his past life other than the names, he didn''t care.


    He would enjoy himself while in this Realm before continuing on as all his ancestors did. Leading the way to help promote other Spiritual beasts along the way! Oh, and if his Soul Mate was in this realm, he should probably find them too...


    This, however, was not too much of an issue for the young Ai. He might have been one with great knowledge, but he was still that of an 8-9-year-old boy!


    Who needed soul mates bah! He would be just fine on his own. hmmph!


    Thus, the little boy quickly changed into his fox form and hurried off into the forest. He had all the time in the world to enjoy this lower realm before taking his journey to the next realm.


    Besides, his little heart was excited to see all the wondrous things these lower realm mortals were doing now! His knowledge from the bloodline showed him some interesting things!


    Fireworks, good food, many beautiful things to see and eat! What more, Ai was free to do whatever he wished! There would be no rules or restraints!


    He wasn''t sure why, but his heart felt rather elated to at the idea of being ''free''. Did something maybe happen in his other life? Hmn. Oh well!

 32 Ranking System

    @@So I figured I''d make this to clear some things on the ranking system. I meant to make it part of the story, but I keep forgetting how I am setting it up myself so this is more for me. *hahah* ;;^^


    Also, I changed Wang''s Rank, Sorry about that. Later on, there will be a reason why I changed it.


    Spirit Beast Lower Realm Ranks.


    ? Spirit Intermediate: 6 stages,


    ? Spirit Lord: 6 stages,


    ? Spirit King: 5 stages,


    ? Spirit Emperor: 5 stages


    ? Spirit Saint: 5 stages


    ? Spirit God: 3 stages


    Ai - Rank Spirit Emperor Rank 3


    Cultivators Lower Realm Ranks


    ? Red Spirit: 7 Stages


    ? Yellow Spirit: 7Stages


    ? Green Spirit: 7 Stages


    ? Blue Spirit: 7 Stages


    ? Purple Spirit: 5 Stages


    ? Gold Spirit: 3 Stages


    Wang - Purple Spirit Rank 5


    (All stages are listed as ''rank'')


    So you understand, the correlation between spirit beast and cultivators


    Red Spirit -- Spirit Intermediate / Yellow Spirit -- Spirit Lord / green spirit -- Spirit King / Blue Spirit -- Spirit Emperor / Purple Spirit -- Spirit Sant / Gold Spirit -- Spirit God.


    Please note that this is generalized and some spirit beats or Cultivators would be able to beat a stage stronger than them depending on their skill levels or perceptions in combat.

 33 Chapter 27

    - - - Wangs Point of View - - -


    It had been two years since Ai had disappeared. Two very long years had passed and during this time Wang had grown rather ruthless. Most of the Elders who had tried to force him into marriage was now locked into cells in the basement of the sect.


    The Sects leader was kneeling before Wang as he sat upon a newly made throne. The male was lazy as he leaned back, his chin resting on his left hand''s knuckles. Crimson eyes glaring at the male below him.


    Anyone would be able to tell that Wang was really upset. Not only did Wang lose Ai through whatever thing ''Rebirth'', but he had also found that his cultivation seemed to be stuck in a rut. No matter how he tried, he wasn''t able to get past the bottleneck that seemed to endlessly torment him.


    The Sect leader and many Elders had tried to use this as a means to trick him. Often sending girls to his inner chambers to ''duel cultivate''. Hoping to not only break the bottleneck but assure whoever managed to get into bed with him a place within his harem he refused to build.


    They gave up on the position of first ''wife'' due to Wangs relentless. Though they had hoped to at least get him to take a concubine of some sort! Wang''s so-called wife disappeared before them all, he wasn''t coming back!


    Letting a deep sigh out as he closed his eyes, his free hand waving slightly as two shadow guards that Wang had personally trained came out with a young woman that was in pretty bad shape.


    Her clothes were torn, hair in a mess upon her head as she let out soft sobs as if horribly wrong. One would also notice that the girl''s face was beaten until it was like a pigs head.


    "I thought I made myself rather clear on my standpoint. I remember I had stated that I would not allow any females regardless of the reason to enter my private room. What more, not only did one enter, they even went as far as to tare ones own clothing and lie in my bed pretending to have been attacked by one''s self." He stated with a bored tone


    "Not only that Even went as far as to threaten that she''d say I had forced myself upon her if one didn''t take her in as head concubine," his eyes open slowly as he looked to the girl who shuttered.


    "I really do not understand how one would ever believe one such as myself would ever lay a hand upon something so filthy." His word was light as if talking about the weather. Though his eyes were cold.


    "I had to teach her, that regardless of the filth she speaks, none would think it truthful." his tone left no room for argument.


    The sect leader shuddered as he kept his head done, he didn''t even dare to look over at the female that was shown to him. It was his own daughter, and he was forced to behave as if it were some vile beast that needed to be loathed.


    He really had no idea how the plan failed. What he didn''t realize was that not only did Wang hate this type of temperament, he loathed females all together!


    There was only one soft beauty that would ever have the pleasure to grace his bed. That was Ai. None would be able to hold that ability!


    Thinking of his beautiful wife, his heart shuddered as he closed his eyes. He wanted so badly to find his beloved, but Hiu was still waiting for the rebirth to be complete. It was important that the Ice wolf focus absolutely on feeling for the rebirth to happen. Only then would they be able to find Ai when he was finally reborn.


    The girl struggled to talk, her face was so mashed that her lips were unable to properly open and close. Wang was about to have the shadow guards end her life when the doors to the new throne room were tossed open. "My Lord! He''s been reborn!" Hiu said as he hurried in, his large Tiger thudded into the room.


    Wang sucked in some air as he stood up, his gaze moving to the large tiger. "Finally? Ah where!? Let us go!" he said hurrying over to talk with the Tiger ignoring the sect leader and daughter pair.


    Now that Wang was no longer focused on the two, the father quickly hurried to take his daughter and leave. The shadow guards did not stop them, as Wang hadn''t said anything. It didn''t matter if the ran now, Wang would find them to deal with later.


    "My lord, you are now ruling these lands as a newly found kingdom. You mustn''t rush off!" a hurried tone said as a small eunuch made his way over. It was one of the few youths that Wang found to be moderately pleasing. Sadly he was made a eunuch before Wang employed him, otherwise, he''d have been a great aid and trusted advisor in court rather than a servant boy.


    Wang still wanted him to be an advisor but the male refused, saying he should serve Wang as he was now, rather than in a political position. This way no messy matters would come about.


    Looking to the male, Wang frowned as he seemed to be pleading with his eyes. The little male huffed as he looked at the larger male with a stern look. He was Little Sho, who often organized Wang''s paperwork for him, helping him with many things. He was really smart, and with Wangs ability to lead others, they made a great team at running this newly made empire.


    "Little Sho, He''s born. I have to go. The reason I made this Empire was simply to be able to find him ah! You told me yourself, that if one wanted to search without worry, I needed a larger identity. If I can''t go after him then what was the point of all of this?" Wang asked.


    This was the only time Wang seemed more like a reasonable male. He clearly really did care deeply for Ai. He even made an Empire within two years just to be able to search for him without any resistance from other forces!


    Little Sho sighed as he let his baring fall from that of a ''servant''. "Big brother Wang. When we met, you were in a state of such darkness one thought you''d really lose it and end up with demons in one''s heart." the boy said with a stern look. "It took father great effort to prevent that dark seed from sprouting. Now you listen here, you promised that you would listen to what I said so long as I helped you with that little seed of darkness." the boy lectured.


    Wang sighed as he nodded. "Yes I know, but I can''t just let him be alone, what if someone else tries to snatch him ah?" he asked. His eyes flashed with a dark light as he thought of someone else taking Ai for themselves.


    Little Sho rolled his eyes. "I''m not saying to not go look for him, but not to rush off like this! Make it into command of inspecting your newly acquired lands!" the boy said as if speaking to a dimwit.


    Wang was rather smart, but when it involved Ai, lately he seemed to lose what smarts he had, seeming like an animal desperate to find its prey!


    The larger males eyes cleared slightly as he regained himself, he adjusted himself so he was more like his normal self, calm and collected as he nodded. "Yes, Sorry. Thanks, Little Sho for the reminder," he said with a slight smile.


    He really couldn''t wait to find his wife again, and now he had a friend to show his wife! His first friend in this new world that he was willing to have around his beloved. Someone he trusted completely. He wasn''t sure why he did, he just did.


    Little Sho himself wasn''t sure why his relation with Wang was odd. He wasn''t Ai, and others really had no idea how to put heads or tails of this. Really, Wang was so hard to understand!

 34 Chapter 28

    It was in the Unnamed Forest, Ai was enjoying his free rain. All Spirit beasts that were about all respectfully would give Ai space. Though he was a greatly revered Holy Spiritual Beast. That didn''t mean they had to be close.


    Rather Hiu was different, his heart wishes to follow Ai to the next world, though most Spirit beasts bloodline wouldn''t hold this draw, it was more of a protective feeling they held inside, wanting to watch but not touch. So they stayed away and made sure no danger would find its way to the little fox.


    Ai was able to feel the other spirit beasts within the area and didn''t mind the distance. It seemed that this was of the norm for most lower realm spirit beasts. It was only the spirit beasts with a higher bloodline purity that would be drawn closer to him. Those who held the ability to make it to the Upper Realm.


    There were a few within the forest that he felt held potential, it was just up to them to decide if they''d take the chance or not.


    Taking his time to look around the forest, Ai enjoyed the peace and would often chase half-heatedly the little butterflies that would join in his fun.


    It was as he was lightly pawing after a beautiful Jade Butterfly. It was a rare species, and often wouldn''t be out as they now were. It was Ai''s drawl that brought them over, the lovely creatures wanting to be close to the ''Holy'' spirit that was born upon this lower realm.


    Suddenly a net shot out and rushed to grab the beautiful blue jaded butterfly that had stuttered in its attempts at fleeing, afraid to implicate the blessed soul it was playing with. Even this harmless creature was willing to sacrifice its own self, so Ai would be free to leave.


    The drawl of Ai''s bloodline was rather frightful!


    The little fox''s eyes widen as he saw the net going for the beautiful thing. In his heart, he felt a sense of despair as one didn''t want to be the reason this life would be a loss. Though his mind seemed to try to rationalize it as it being only natural.


    It would appear as if it was something that always seemed to happen around the Heavens Spirit beast. There would always be a time when its heart would find the beauty and horrors of this lower realm. One was never ready for it.


    Ai refused to allow this to be the same as all others. It was only a harmless insect!


    Baring his fangs, Ai jumped forward and took the net and pulled it free of the hand that held it. The Jade butterfly fluttered around before hurrying off to get help. Its little life was saved despite its purpose in trying to keep the blessed one safe!


    Ai tossed the net to the side as his eyes went to stare at the figure that had been holding it. What one didn''t expect however was the person who had held the net wasn''t someone horrid nor one that would invoke fear. Rather it was a child.


    The young boy seemed started as he had almost gotten the Jade butterfly. He hadn''t wanted to kill the thing, just to take it away from the thing chasing it so that it wouldn''t be eaten ah! He lived in a small village just outside of the forest.


    Sure most refused to go inside, the village was afraid every year the beasts hiding within would take the short trip out to ransack the poor village for a meal!


    Now instead of getting the butterfly, he instead found himself looking at a fox that was small and pure white with hints of purple. He really wasn''t sure what to think at the moment. It was clear this little thing had been chasing the little butterfly!


    Why was it the predator saved the prey ah? He really had no words. Ai on the other hand was growling as his fur stood up. He felt a strange fear in his heart for humans. Maybe it was due to them always seeming to what to use his kind for evil intent. His ability against Spiritual beasts didn''t work on humans. They wouldn''t feel the need to ''protect'' him in the same way.


    It was more like wanting to make him a possession rather than a friend or such.


    The young boy pressed his lips together before lowering himself down. He didn''t move closer but he seemed to want to say something, so Ai stopped his growls as he kept his stance. He was ready to pounce whenever! He might be small, but his cultivation wasn''t weak. Plus his rebirth helped him become stronger, even if his powers were lessened.


    The boy rested his hands on his knees, eyes narrowing slightly. "You shouldn''t chase those smaller than you. It''s rude. You are supposed to protect the weak." the boy said as if lecturing a young child instead of a fox.


    This statement made Ai really unsure of what to do. He felt his knowledge of humans were not wrong. When he was to be around them, he should never reveal his beast form. Yet here he was in front of a boy who clearly was looking at his beasts form. Yet the boy wasn''t acting as his inherited memories said he would.


    Ai slowly relaxed, his fur settled and he slowly stared at the boy before tilting his head. He then hurried behind a bush before turning back to his childish form and poking his head out.


    "You...wanted to help the Jade?" he asked.


    Maybe it was due to the fox hurrying off to hide in a bush before a young boy appeared before him, or simply that Ai was just too pretty, but the young boy seemed loss for words before just staring dumbly at Ai and forgetting the matter of lecturing him.


    Really, what fox randomly just becomes a young boy?! "Y-you...eh?!" He stuttered as he began to panic. It wasn''t that he was scared. He honestly just hadn''t ever seen someone so...pretty.

 35 Chapter 29

    Ai looked at the boy for a while as he tried to think. Sure he wasn''t your average child, having a great deal of knowledge was enough to allow him to be alone, but he was still a kid. He wanted to have fun, and enjoy life. Not always worry about all the little things.


    So when the boy before him seemed to not have any ill-intent, Ai made his way out of the bush, still crawling.


    He sat just side the area of the bush, his expression still unsure as he held a bit of hope of maybe making a friend.


    These days since his birth, he''d only been able to play around with the Jade butterflies or other smaller spirit beasts that weren''t aware of the hidden agreement to keep a distance of a heavenly spirit.


    Ai''s hair thankfully managed to cover the important parts as he leaned forward, sniffing the air around the boy... It made him seem even more innocent and cute.


    The young boy blinked a few times as he watched Ai crawl out, his gaze lowering to see the naked boy before a light blush bloomed on his cheeks. He quickly turned his head as he stammered "Y-you..clothes...ah" It wasn''t every day one was faced with a beauty that was naked, even if they were so young!


    The boy took off his outer robe before moving to place it over Ai''s shoulders, careful not to startle him.


    Ai wasn''t sure what he was doing, still hesitant as he felt the crude fabric being draped over his shoulders. He was a spirit beast, so clothes weren''t something he thought about.


    He shifted, pulling the larger robe to hide his small body. He then looked back to the boy before letting out a bright smile. This boy surely would be a good person if he cared about such things as him being naked right?


    "The Jades are friends," he stated as if trying to explain himself. As if to prove the little fox''s words, the Jade that had rushed away finally returned with more butterflies, them all hurrying over to hover over Ai as if wanting to protect him.


    The boy was taken back as he watched the insects before letting out a laugh. "Oh, okay... Sorry." he then started rubbing the back of his head with his hand.


    Ai nodded before lightly tapping one of the Jades closer to him before letting them go off. They were rare, and normally people would try to catch them for medical purposes or to make vibrant blue inks.


    They hurried off, finally assured that Ai wasn''t in danger. Further, in the forest some other stronger spirit beasts stayed hidden, watching the boy with a dangerous look.


    They would have normally gone over to end the human''s life at this point, but if the Holy Spirit beast was happy with him around, they wouldn''t act unless needed.


    Unknown of the dangers he was in, the boy shifted to sit before Ai, his face still a light red from embarrassment as he cleared his throat. "Sorry for the misunderstanding. I''m Hau Ling," he said with a slight smile, not really sure what else to say.


    Ling smiled as he nodded at the name before tilting his head. "Well, I often sneak in to find plants and other items that are needed in the village," he stated. Sure people feared the forest but they still needed medical plants and other things such as meat or other things to eat.


    Trading only did so much, and a lot of the lesser families would often find it hard to get enough to eat. Ling found that if he stayed on the edges of the forest he''d be able to get just enough for his small family to be able to eat.


    His mother was weak due to being pregnant and his father struggled with the hard labor he did for the village head. Often helping with building or repairing parts of the village.


    Ai tried to recall of a village in his mind, though nothing came to mind. So he still wasn''t sure where he was. He then sighed inside his heart before shifting again.


    "Can...Can I see the village?" he then asked. He wanted to see fireworks and eat good food, that wasn''t in the forest. It would be where people were. Ling was the first person he had found in this forest.


    Ling wasn''t expecting the question so he stared at Ai for a moment before he smiled. "Of course! I''ll show you around!" he said before standing up and helping Ai get up.


    Ai was glad that he wasn''t refused. Though both paused for a moment as Ling looked at the small boy huddled in a robe to large for his size.


    "First, we should get you some clothes that fit." he then stated, his gaze lingered on Ai''s slim and fair neck. It was rather noticeable with the overly large robe making it appear more sensual.


    Ai shrugged, he didn''t really mind about that. In his fox form, he didn''t need clothes, so he wasn''t sure why it was that big of a deal. Besides, he was aware that he was male, so why would another male seem to make it a huge deal.


    With a plan in mind, Ling led Ai out of the forest, being sure to keep his focus on the bushes and other areas as to not be attacked by a larger spirit beast. It was the outskirts of the forest, but still dangerous if one didn''t pay mind to it.


    After leaving the forest, Ling led the way to the small village that was protected by a rather sad looking fence wall before leading him to a small shack-like house around the outer area of the village.


    "This is my home, hold on a bit," Ling said before heading inside to find his mother. She would surely have something that Ai would be able to wear yeah? His mom often kept old clothes that were discarded by others, so she could use the fabrics to make other things.


    Ai waited outside before Ling walked back out, this time a slightly older looking woman, maybe in her late 20 comes out, her belly was rounded and clearly about due.


    Ling smiled before introducing Ai to his mother, the mother smiling softly before leading Ai inside the little shack to help him change into something more suited for his size. The woman didn''t question where a strange little boy came from since all round is just the unnamed forest.

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    Ling''s mother had managed to find an older robe that was white with blue trips that hung along with the skirt. It was something the Village Elders daughter had when she was young but was tossed out when she outgrew it.


    Ling''s mother had found it amongst the other outfits that were thrown out, usually, the poorer family''s would go through them and reuse what they could. She''d managed to snatch it before the other women saw it.


    It fit Ai rather well, and Mrs. Hua was going to use it to make new baby clothes since the fabric was much softer than a lot of the other fabrics she had gathered. But Seeing Ai, her heartfelt rather pleased with him wearing it.


    Ai gave a bright smile as he patted the skirt down, looking up at the older lady with a very pleasing look. "Thank you so much, ma''am."


    Mrs. Hua smiled as she nodded, patting Ai''s head. "No trouble at all. Now, let me get some dinner on. Ling said you''ll be staying here tonight and that he''s going to show you around the village."


    Ai blinked a few times, tilting his head to the side before looking to Ling. He wasn''t sure what the male told his mother, but she was lead to believe that Ai would be remaining with them for a few days.


    Ling smiled as he came over, taking Ai''s hand as to lead him about the village. It wasn''t large, and most of the folks that lived there were older men and women, there was very little younger adults or children. This was due to the hardships of this village. Most who were of reasonable age would leave to find better jobs, while those who stayed just grew older.


    The elders of the village didn''t seem opposed to Ai being around, and a lot of them doted on him. He was rather adorable, and though some kids grew up here, a lot would often pass away early on due to hunger or illnesses. There weren''t any doctors around for miles.


    After returning to Ling''s house, Ai met the boys'' father, who was a bulky man with a heavy beard. He looked more like a bear than a person, to be honest. It was odd how a petite woman was able to be with such a large male. Mrs. Hua was like a soft cloud with grace and motherly bearing, while Mr. Hua was more like a boar that was sturdy and stubborn.


    Though Mr. Hua was like this, he really did have a large heart. He made sure Ai had enough to eat that night, despite the lack of food. Having taken less of his own portion just to make sure the two boys were able to eat their fill.


    Ai found it odd seeing the family struggle to eat when there was so much food in the forest. Not to say meats of spirit beasts, but there was plenty of fruits and veggies.


    When Ling showed Ai to his room, which was just a small space in the shake with a blanket to make a wall, Ai sat down on the straw bed as he thought for a moment.


    Ling sat down, sighing. "Its due to the spirit beasts. We got lucky due to none of the bigger ones being around. But no one here is able to fight them. We are all unable to cultivate. Those who can are often taken out of the village to join sects or the army." he started shaking his head.


    "So how were you able to stay safe there? You...I''m pretty sure even in that fox form of yours, you are one of the smallest. You should have been eaten by the larger ones right?" he asked. It really was odd, many times Ling had seen the brutal way the larger beasts treat the smaller ones.


    Ai frowned as he gave a confused look. Sure spirit beasts weren''t nice to one another unless of the same clan, but Ai was different. It was a taboo to harm him. Those spirit beasts that tried to possess him would suffer a great deal before getting the benefits so he never worried about them.


    It wasn''t like he could explain this to Ling, however. Though he was able to tell that this family and town was a quiet place with nice people. He still wasn''t sure what they''d do when they found out who he really was. His existence was something many wished to possess. The uses he had were many.


    "Um, just think of it as an agreement. I won''t bother than they won''t bother me," he stated with a shrug.


    Ling stared at him for a moment before nodding. "Alright. But I didn''t know they make agreements," he stated with a sigh.


    Ai laughed. "Depends on the beasts, and if the one in charge finds you pleasing enough," he stated as if it was normal.


    Ling nodded, that made more sense to him. He used to that type of situation, it''s like the sect leaders or the emperor dealing with those below them.


    "Anyways, how about tomorrow I show you something for showing me around," Ai said as he laid back. He was used to the forest, so it was odd laying in the bed, it took him a few tries to get comfy.


    Ling got situated himself, turning to look at Ai, "Show me what?" he asked.


    "Its a surprise." with that, Ai snuggled into a spare blanket that Mrs. Hua had given him. Wanting to get some rest.


    Ling pressed his lips together before shrugging, tucking himself in before looking at Ai''s sleeping face. His heart skipped for a moment as he thought of always being able to see Ai when he slept, but even though Ling as at the age to start noticing things like love or attraction. Ai was still too young. He pushed the thoughts away and forced himself to get some sleep.

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    The next morning, the Ai woke up refreshed and ready for a new day. He sat up in the bed and turned to see that Ling wasn''t sleeping anymore, tilting his head he glanced around the small space before getting out of the bed and pushing the sheet aside to look around the living room.


    It was still quiet and Mrs. Hua and Mr. Hua were still sleeping. With a small yawn, Ai made his way outside to find Ling busying himself with cutting up some wood that his father had gotten the day before.


    Seeing Ai, Ling sat the ax down before turning to look at the male. "Good morning, did you sleep well?" he asked.


    Ai nodded before he stretched fully waking himself up. "You ready?" he asked the male, he wanted to get the surprise done before the elders woke. They had treated a stranger like him so kindly and he wanted to repay them.


    Ling shrugged before heading to wash up a bit. When he finished he headed back over to Ai. "Alright, let''s go," he said. He still wasn''t sure what Ai wanted to do.


    Ai smiled before leading Ling to the forest and heading in. Ling wasn''t sure what it was Ai wanted from the forest, but he followed him regardless. He was one of the few that didn''t mind entering the forest, sure he only stayed on the edges of the forest.


    His heart felt a bit unsure when Ai led him further in then he normally went, often looking around to make sure nothing was about to jump out and eat them.


    Ai hummed to himself, leading the way to a good spot with lots of good berries and veggies. Sure he wouldn''t be able to help the couple with meats since the majority of what was in this forest was spirit beasts rather than normal cattle. But he''d figure something else for that later.


    When they arrived, Ai placed his hands on his hips and gave a prideful smile as he looked to Ling who''s eyes widened when he saw the abundant wild growing food.


    "This is?" he asked turning to look to the smaller male. He hadn''t thought that Ai would show him such a place as this. It was more food than he''d ever found since he''d started searching the forest for food to help his family.


    "It''s food right?" Ai asked as he went to start gathering some of the berries. It was his favorite. He ate a few before sitting as he watched Ling. "They aren''t like normal fruits or veggies. They are filled with spiritual energy from the forest. So they have more nutrition in them. Plus they don''t go bad as fast." he stated with a shrug.


    Ling found a smile moving to his lips as his eyes brighten. Spiritual fruits?! Spiritual veggies?! These would be worth a lot if he managed to talk his dad into taking them to sell in the next town over.


    "These...I''m allowed to take them?" he asked unsure. He didn''t want to make Ai mad at him for taking something he was showing him without asking first.


    Ling felt his mind going blank at this information. So these were lower quality? There was such a thing? Well...How much would these lesser quality goods get him? Surely it would still be more money than his family had ever seen before.


    He quickly busied himself, gathering as much of the goods as he could carry.


    Ai helped him carry some more things that Ling wasn''t able to hold before the two hurried back to Ling''s home.


    When they returned it was rather late in the afternoon, and Ling''s father was already off to work. His mother was busying herself with housework. When she saw Ling and Ai hurrying over, she gave a small smile before seeing the things they had.


    The large amount of food that Ling and Ai had brought made her head spin. Ling happily told her where the food was from and that Ai was the one who showed him. He also told her something that made her heart freeze. Hearing that these were all spiritual foods made her mind turn with questions.


    It wasn''t until night time when Ling''s father returned that the two spoke on what to do. Ling tried to persuade the pair to sell the goods at the next town, and after getting Ai''s views on this the two finally agreed. The next morning Ling and his father set out to sell the goods while Ai happily waited with Mrs. Hua.


    He wanted to go with them, but because Ai was still in this childish age, Ling and his father both said he was too ''young''. This made Ai upset but he gave in when Mrs. Hua promised to make him something yummy to eat.


    Thus Ai''s new life began as he somehow managed to be ''adopted'' by the loving couple. Ling wasn''t too upset, he was glad to have a new little brother as adorable as Ai.


    A few years passed and the new family started to realize that Ai wasn''t normal. He aged rather fast. Within these years, Ai had gone from an 8-9-year-old to someone who was the same age as Ling.


    Ling now 18, was looking at the fully grown Ai who was still petite in size but had grown more and more beautiful.


    A lot of the elders in the village often teased Ai about his beauty, often saying he should have been born a girl! Ai ignored their comments as it was normal for his kind to be this way.


    Since they weren''t ''born'' normally they didn''t need the whole issue with ''male or female'' in their race.


    Within these years, with the family selling the spiritual foods, they had managed to raise their status in the village and get a better lifestyle. Thankfully Mr. Hua and Mrs. Hua were still kind and didn''t take for granted what Ai had given them.


    The village also noticed that ever since Ai started living with them, the danger from the forest lessened greatly. They rarely saw any dangerous spiritual beasts, and when they did see one, the beast would often ignore them and move on.


    It wasn''t until the sects closest to the village heard about the odd changes in the unnamed forest that they sent out elders to investigate.

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    Ai was oblivious to the group of elders that were now watching the Hua family as he and Ling continued to go into the forest to get spiritual foods to sell.


    They would often tease one another and joke around like real siblings. Ai had found that he really did enjoy having a family, even if it wasn''t one he was related to by blood. They all treated him with such care, he''d grown to love each of them more than he ever thought he could.


    It was on a night of a blood moon that Ai and Ling finally returned home late from their gathering, the town was quiet and Ai felt his heart freeze for a moment as he smelt the scent of fresh blood.


    His silver eyes narrowed slightly as he followed Ling back to their home. It was a larger home that had plenty of room for the family of 4 with a small courtyard that Mrs. Hua often planted things in.


    When the got to the courtyard, Ai and Ling found themselves unable to pass throw the entryway to the courtyard. There within the pace of the small before them, the Wife and Husband laid in a bloody heap, gasping for air as they struggled to remain awake.


    Ling''s eyes grew larger before he hurried over, his panic clear as he tried to help his parents, calling out to them.


    The couple let out soft sobs as they tried to calm their child while suffering from the wounds they received.


    "what happened?!" Ling asked all but forgetting that Ai was still stunned at the entrance unable to move. It was the first home he''d known, first loved ones that he wanted to forever keep safe. Yet here they were, dying. His eyes filling with fresh tears.


    It was a cruel laugh that brought the two boys from their own thoughts as they both turned to look at the group of grey-robed elders standing inside the courtyard, having been waiting in the shadows.


    "Boy, You''re parents broke the rules, so they had to be punished." the elder in front spoke as his eyes flashed with a strange glint.


    Ling''s brows furrowed as he looked at the group. "What rule?! Why?" he asked trying to make sense of this. It wasn''t as if this was something anyone would be able to expect.


    The older male laughed again. "Simple, Spiritual foods are of great importance to our sects, so obviously its not easy to get a hold of them, Yet here they are selling them as if normal foods! Never has anyone seen more high graded items appearing before, if not stolen from us then where would you have gotten them?"


    Ai''s eyes narrowed at his words. So this old fool was saying these mortal people with no ability to cultivate managed to break into a sect that wasn''t close for normal transportation, and managed to steal from them?


    "That''s a lie! We got them from the forest!" Ling said his voice filled with anger.


    Ling felt his mind going blank with anger before he knew it, he was on the ground with a sword resting threw his chest.


    Ai''s eyes widen as he watched Ling falling down, his blood running down his robes.


    A gust of wind shot through the village as the clouds overhead let out loud bangs. The elders were stunned as they looked around before seeing the male still at the door, their hearts freezing for a moment.


    Ai slowly took a step forward, his expression was blank and power rolled off of him in a burning heat.


    Ai''s bloodline might have limited his ability''s to create a balance. But he still wasn''t a simple Spiritual beast to fight. Within moments all of the spirit beasts that had been watching over the fox rushed into the village and surrounded the house.


    The group of elders froze as they watched the mass of spiritual beasts moving to block all of the exits. Ai stopped just before Ling''s now dead body as he looked down, he felt wetness going down his cheek.


    He reached up to brush the tear away before turning to look at the group of elders. "You murdered them...for greed?" he asked his voice was soft, broken.


    The elders were filled with fear, but the leader still tried to act as if he were unaffected. Letting out a huff. "These people don''t deserve to have Spiritual foods. They do nothing for them! Why should they hold the ability to collect them? We are better than them, are able to cultivate thus it should be ours! They are stealing what doesn''t belong to them" the male said as if making his point.


    Ai''s lip twitched before he let out a small smile. "Alright, You can have what you wish for," he said before waving his hand. With that the mass of spirit beasts attacked. All heading to devour the elders that were trapped within the courtyard.


    Ai watched until they were all dead. When the last elder was killed the spirit beasts took their body''s and headed back to the forest. Ai was left with his family''s bodies.


    He felt empty. He didn''t plan on staying with them for so long, but he hadn''t wanted to leave them. They made him happy yet, his gift to them is what got them killed.


    Humans, they were good and evil... He wasn''t able to tell stop the bad from destroying the good.


    "If this is how sects treat the normal people, then I''ll just destroy the sects," he stated before turning to look up at the blood moon. "I need power..." he sighed.


    Sure he wasn''t weak, but he wasn''t strong either. With his bloodline, he''d never be able to make it to the top alone, and only those on top were able to change how things went.


    After bearing his loved ones, Ai then set off again, heading to start his new journey. He''d find a way to make it to the top, and destroy all the Hippocrates along his way.


    (( So sad, poo poo, ;w; ))

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    ----- Wang''s Point of view ----


    Whoever said that those who ran everything had anything they wished lied.


    Wang at this moment felt his head throbbing with an awfully large headache. His fingers pressing into his temples as he rubbed them.


    Letting out a sigh he slowly opened his eyes to look down at the cluster of advisers and other personnel that was currently all arguing with one another and stating all the issues wrong with the new court or Wang''s intent on leaving to go and inspect the lands.


    They didn''t mind the inspection, but rather... They didn''t like how Little Sho would be taken over as the temp ruler while Wang would be gone.


    Honestly! Why did they have to push his buttons every single day?! The only reason they were now an empire instead of that lousy sect with no standings was due to Little Sho!


    He was the one that changed Wang''s thoughts on how he wanted to get stronger. He also helped him from going insane!


    It was Little Sho''s father who stopped the dark seeds in his heart from spreading, and it was Little Sho himself that made him realize how to take the matter of Ai''s disappearance and make something out of it.


    Little Sho had no wish to replace Wang unlike these other old fools, who would pretend to take care of the empire but secretly take it over.


    Little Sho''s goal was simple, he wanted to make a new world where his family wouldn''t have to hide themselves from the world.


    Wang was promising and gave him hope to have a country that would accept them, his Father, sister, mother. They would all be safe!


    Wang slammed his hand onto the table, his eyes narrowing as he watched all those old fools startled.


    When they were all quiet and looking at him, Wang stood up with a great imposing aura oozing from him.


    "I will say it once more. I am the Emperor, What I wish is what will happen. You all are to do minor things, not to ''advise'' me into doing what you want. I Don''t care what you think of Little Sho, he''ll be the one taking this throne while I am out."


    His tone was soft quiet. His eyes going to each person in the room. "If I come back and find you all bullied or harmed Little Sho in some way, or ignored his wishes for this Empire. You will all die."


    Little Sho sighed as he shook his head, he knew that Wang''s temper was a harsh thing, and these old fools were always trying to push it!


    After he finished, speaking, Wang flicked his robe''s sleeve and turned to leave. He ignored the older fools that recovered the quickest.


    Heading to the main courtyard, Wang''s eyes ran over the many buildings that were still being built.


    His palace at the moment was still in the process of being built. The Throne room was the only area that was finished enough for actual use. Can''t really hold morning court, without the court.


    Wang smiled at the boy before nodding. He then hurried down the stairs to the party that was waiting to escort him to ''inspect'' islands.


    Sitting in the emperor''s carriage, he gave the orders for them to set off. His mood for the first time these few years were finally uplifted. His love was reborn and waiting for him! He would go and search this whole world to find him!


    The only issue with their plans on his ''inspection'' of land was that Wang''s new Empire was only 1/3rd of the southern part of this lower realm. There was plenty of Empires and his being knew, and one of the smallest wasn''t something that would help him be able to look through the whole world to find Ai.


    With his move of leaving his palace to inspect his lands, other rulers found out along with other sects that had heard of the changes of this place. They all wanted to see what this new ruler was like.


    To find out if they would be friend or foe. There were many eyes on Wang, but all he cared about was finding his wife!


    His inspection seemed legit, though he just traveled around his Empire while getting some servants to get information about the villages, he rarely appeared before his people himself. Well...


    Maybe due to the fact that he had another servant sitting in his carriage pretending to be him while he was off looking in person for his wife.


    He walked through the towns and villages, taking in the people and all around as he looked.


    To be honest he probably did a better job of inspecting his lands alone while looking for his wife then he would have in the group of servants and guards.


    Wang was about to give up on this city that was overly loud. His heart dropping for a moment as he thought of not being able to find his love for a few more years!


    However, as he turned around he found someone rushing into his chest. On reflex, he caught the small body that seemed started.


    Looking down, he stared at the white-haired beauty that looked back up at him, foreign silver eyes rested on the face Wang had known so well.

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    Ai was to busy looking up the male as he tried to figure out why the guy was holding onto him. It took him a moment to remember he was fleeing! "Eh! Let go!" he said trying to break free as the guards yelling hurried to catch up, wanting to take this chance to catch the boy.


    The leading guard bowed to Wang before giving his thanks before trying to take the boy from him.


    Wang was to busy staring at Ai, uncaring of the struggling or the village guards surrounding them.


    However, when the guard tried to take Ai, Wang shifted, lifting the boy up into his arms as he glared at the guard. "Why are you trying to capture him?" he then asked.


    The guard was started as he looked at the larger male before shifting awkwardly. "The village lord said he was a Demon." the guard said with an awkward look.


    "He said he was a demon that seduced people and we needed to take him to the lord''s cell so he can ride the demon of this world." his tone seemed off like this was an odd request


    Ai glared at the guard. "What demon! I''m a Spirit Beast! What Seducing, it was your ugly lord that barged into my room at the inn, stating it was his while I was bathing!" he said as if wronged.


    This was all true. Ai had rented a room and was washing up like normal when some idiot barged in and tried to kidnap him! He panicked and fled, it was only a few moments later he realized a group of guards were after him!


    Wang listened to the two before he felt a smile twitching on his lips. "So the Lord of this land barges into lady''s baths," he stated, purposefully stating that Ai was a lady.


    Ai was about to say something when Wang stopped him. The townsfolk all looked to the guards with a look of disgust while glancing to Ai who was clearly a beautiful maiden!


    It didn''t take long before a group of younger men started to yell at the guards and then threaten to send voice to their new ruler that his people were bullying the weak!


    Wang laughed as he watched the Guards look unsure of what to do.


    While still holding Ai safely in his arms, he used a free hand to pull out his token, the token that showed that he was the Ruler.


    After the villagers saw it, along with the guards they all knelt down low. Fear rushed through the guards as the leader tried to keep himself from pissing his pants.


    The Emperor?! Oh god, they really were in trouble now!


    "Now, get your Lord here. Wang wishes to speak with him on some matters," he stated with an easy tone.


    He shifted to letting Ai down so the male could stand. Ai himself was to busy trying to figure out what was going on, he didn''t understand the meaning of needing to bow like this to a ruler.


    Sure the spirit beast would do it as a sign of respect, but it was not needed. If you were scared normally you ran. Not bowed.


    He wanted to ask, but seeing the group of people still waiting around, he pressed his lips together as he turned to look at the ground. His fingers fiddling with the ends of his sleeves.


    Wang shifted as he got someone to get two chairs, taking a seat before pulling Ai to sit as well.


    The group before them didn''t speak as they waited before an old fat man was pushed to the front of the crowd. He was still arguing with those who were forcing him to the front.


    Not noticing who Wang was right away, the male snorted as he pointed to Ai. "They''re right there, I said to take him to my prison! Why is he sitting here ah?" he turned to glare at the guards as he shook his head.


    "Idiots" he muttered before turning to grab Ai, he paused finally seeing the person next to his beauty.


    He started at Wang for a long while before he felt his body go cold. "M-My Lord?" he stated stuttering before he fell back onto his bottom.


    Wang leaned an arm onto his thigh as he leaned forward. His eyes narrowed as he looked at the bastard before him.


    "Minister Lau, I do believe you were sent here as this village lord to help them grow along with the Empire and to keep order. Not to use the soldiers I gave you to harass the people and never did I think you would have the guts to lock up my wife."


    His tone was frank, as if talking to a friend. Mr. Lau''s face was deathly pale, his heart stuttering as Wang referred to Ai as his ''wife.''


    Sure he thought the boy seemed somewhat familiar, but the picture of Ai he was given was slightly different, his eyes weren''t silver, nor was his hair white!


    How was this his fault ah? It was normal for people to not change in such ways. What was wrong with him wanting to have a beauty of his own to hold ah?!


    Ai looked at Wang with a strange look as he tilted his head. "Wife? I don''t remember having a husband," he said with a bland tone. This only made Wang laugh as he turned to face Ai.


    "Yes love, you were taken for a ''rebirth'' on our wedding day dear. Don''t worry. I won''t rush things with you till you come to love me again, Hua told me how it works. I know you have forgotten me. But I''ll always love you." he stated taking Ai''s hands to pat them softly.


    Sure, he wouldn''t rush the wedding this time, but he wouldn''t hide his feelings or how they really should be married.


    Ai felt his heart flutter as he looked at the male before him. He really wasn''t sure what to think about this at the moment. Shaking his head he turned to look back at the old fool.


    "what about him?" he asked getting Wang to go back to the topic at hand.


    Wang smiled. "Death," he said with a bright smile before standing up and helping Ai up. "En, let''s go ah?" he said leading Ai to an Inn. He wanted to spend some time with his love.


    The guards were left to deal out the punishment.


    (( Small note, ''Wang'' being the ''soulmates'' name is due to the Glitch. They became their ''characters'' so their names are thus linked to the characters. Plus I didn''t want to spoil who ''Wang'' really was just yet Tee-hee ))

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    After leaving the area where the so-called trial took place, Wang led Ai into a rather fancy room in the nearest Inn.


    Ai wasn''t sure why he was following this man, but he was. He had heard the male calling himself Wang before. But strangely a lot of people would randomly say that name. He wanted to make sure of some things.


    "You....You are Wang?" he asked finally after standing near the entrance of the room for a while. His gaze was unsure as he waited for Wang to answer.


    Wang smiled as he nodded, standing just to the side of Ai as he looked at him with a soft gaze.


    Oh, how long had it been since he''d been able to look at his beautiful wife? What more his wife was even more breath taken. The hair and eyes made Ai look even more like a fallen goddess!


    "That is right, I am Wang. You are my wife," he stated with a nod as he smiled at the smaller male.


    Ai felt a strange thud in his heart as his face darkened with red while he turned in embarrassment.


    "W-what wife?! I''m clearly a male!" he said as he tried to still his rapidly beating heart. Why did the others stare make him feel so heated?


    Wang shifted to grab Ai from behind, pulling him to his chest as he leaned over Ai''s shoulder, using one hand to turn Ai''s face towards him. "This is something that doesn''t matter. You are my wife, and only you will be as such," he said in a soft tone before pressing his lips to Ai''s with a soft peak.


    Ai''s eyes widen as he stared at Wang frozen. With his rebirth factored him, this was more or less his first kiss. So his heart shuttered as his mind blanked.


    Wang''s lips teased at a smile as he looked at Ai''s stumped look before leaning in again to steal another kiss.


    He kept his eyes on Ai as he slowly deepened the kiss, using his tongue to sneak out to lick at Ai''s soft plush lips. It only took a little teasing before the delicate lips parted open and allowed the dominant tongue into the younger males mouth.


    Ai''s breath hitched as he felt the wandering tongue exploring every area of his mouth. His eyes glazed over while his body grew week, leaning back into Wang''s hold while he trembled ever so slightly.


    His mind was unable to process anything other than the odd feeling of pleasure creeping throughout his body.


    It only took a moment before he was out of breath and Wang''s free hand that wasn''t holding the others chin to start to explore. The hand took liberties to grope at Ai''s hip and up to his chest, slowly moving to slip into the smaller males robes, teasing his now harden bud that rested under his thumb.


    Ai shuddered as the head tormented his chest, his body seemed to fill up with a heat he didn''t understand. The kiss sucked his breath away as the head seemed to create an odd urge to grow from Ai''s lower area.


    Just before Wang managed to make it to his goal, a sound broken the heated atmosphere of the room.


    Ai''s brain finally began to work again with the distraction as his eyes started to clear. He quickly began to squirm, trying to break free of Wang''s hold.


    Wang reluctantly let the boy go before his mood dropped as he turned to glare at the door, his own excitement that was now left to be ignored.


    He really wanted to kill the person that had caused the interruption. He was so close! Ai was about to let him finally eat the poor fox up!


    "What is it?" he said, it was clear his tone was displeased as the door opened and a startled male stood at the entrance with his head lowered, his body stiff as a rock. "My lord, I was informing you that the rest of your party has arrived to serve you." said the towns lead guard.


    "They are awaiting orders, as is the council waiting for a newly appointed overseer for this city," he stated as he tried to keep his tone neutral.


    Clearly, he was only doing his job, and trying to inform the emperor of his duties as he was informed to do! But why was it that he felt his life was about to be snatched?


    Ai had gone to Straten his clothes and was hiding in the corner of the room while still calming his own reactions to what had happened as he listened.


    He slowly peaked at the guard before to Wang as he stood there for a moment, "Eh..." he started, unsure of what to refer to Wang as. "Wang.." he said with some hesitation.


    Wang''s eyes lit up as his mood lifted slightly, turning to look at his beautiful bride. "Yes wife?" he asked making sure to appear respectful. He just needed to get Ai into the mood again right? He was able to get that far once, surely he''d be able to do it again, and next time he''d make sure no one would be able to interrupt!


    Ai blushed slightly as he glanced down for a moment before shifting awkwardly. He felt like Wang was truly weird! "I-I''m going to go finish my bath!" he finally stated unable to state his own thoughts from before as he hurried to the bathing area of this room.


    Wang smiled slightly as he half thought to follow the boy before he saw the small face popping out from behind the wall. "Y-you go deal with your empire!" he said in a tone that left no room for arguing.


    Wang paused as he had already started to head to the other. He frowned for a moment before he sighed. "fine, I''ll send someone to help you get the water and clean clothes." he started waving the guard to go off to get a servant to help."


    Ai nodded before heading to hide again, Wang reluctantly headed out of the room to deal with his guards that he''d thought he''d ditched along with the servants meant to serve him. He had them busy setting up a good meal for his love to enjoy.


    Surely Ai would still love food as he had before right?

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    Ai managed to have a rather relaxing bath, though he did have to send the servants out after filling up the tub. Despite how great it might seem to have someone helping you wash, it wasn''t something he was really into.


    The idea of two girls seeing his nakedness put him off. Besides, he wasn''t sure Wang wouldn''t somehow make a deal out of them seeing his naked body first.


    When he finished washing up, and spending some time just letting the water relaxin his muscles, Ai finally got out. He dried himself off before making his hair damp before putting on a clean robe that was set aside for him.


    The fabric was soft and made of silk. It was very beautiful, with soft whites and blues that enhanced Ai''s beauty. Though clearly something a woman would die to wear.


    Ai found as he looked down at himself in it, finding how it held his body in a rather...sentual way. Sighing, the little fox made his way out of the bathroom while still trying to dry his slightly damp hair.


    In the room, Wang and a table filled with pleasantly smelling food waited. Some servants stood to the side with their heads lowered. Just outside the open door stood some guards that peaked in to look at the ''wife'' that their Emperor said he had.


    Wang cleared his throat causing them to turn away as he looked at Ai with affection. "My love, come on over and sit. There''s plenty to eat," he said patting the seat next to him.


    Ai pressed his lips as he looked at the table for a long while. Finally, his stomach let out a soft grumble before he made his way over.


    "You didn''t need to make all this food," he muttered slightly embarrassed. This only made Wang smile at him as he pulled Ai to sit next to him. "Hush and eat. I know you enjoy good food," he stated with a smug look.


    Ai wanted to refute his words, but he wasn''t sure what to say. Nothing Wang said was wrong, though Ai didn''t think it was that odd. Who didn''t enjoy yummy foods?


    Instead, Ai decided to ignore the male and just eat. Taking his time to taste everything laid out before him.


    Quickly his expression became that of someone rather happy. The meats were soft and cooked to perfections, the veggies were neither undercooked or overcooked. The seasonings were just right, not too much of anything, nor grease.


    Wang sat with an elbow on the table, his chin resting in his palm as he watched Ai eat with bliss. How he had missed just staring at his love! It wouldn''t take to much longer before he would be able to eat him up himself right? Clearly getting Ai to enjoy staying in his company with good foods would help the boy open his heart up right?


    When Ai finally filled himself to the brim, he looked at the half-eaten plates with a confused look before looking to Wang. "Are you not eating?" he then asked, finally realizing that Wang hadn''t started.


    Ai felt flustered as he sat there unsure of what to say. He wasn''t a glutton! "No, I''m full," he said with a blush as he sat his chopsticks down.


    He then pushed himself up from the seat planning to head out to walk off what he''d just eaten. However, before he was able to make his escape, he was pulled into Wang''s lap.


    Blinking a few times Ai looked up at the male with a confused look. Wang just wrapped his arms around Ai''s waist as he held the boy to his chest. "Clean this up." he then said to the servants before standing up, lifting Ai in his arms as he did so.


    He then began to head to the bed, his hold tight on the boy who began to squirm. "Stop struggling, I won''t do anything you don''t agree to..." he said, though his brain wasn''t able to pause the thoughts of ''Yet''.


    Ai froze as he looked at Wang with a look of uncertainty. "Then what are you doing?" he asked still confused.


    Wang sat Ai down on the bed before joining him, moving to snuggle up to Ai, forcing him to lay next to him. "I want to sleep, though you should nap with me. When we wake up we''ll be leaving" he said with a soft yawn. His body pressed up against Ai''s as much as possible.


    Ai frowned as he lied there unable to move. "You shouldn''t sleep after eating, it''ll make me fat," he said in protest. Wang just laughed as he nuzzled his head into Ai''s neck.


    "That''s fine, just means you''ll have trouble running from me later on," he said in a teasing tone.


    Ai used his fists to hit Wang''s chest, though this didn''t really do much other than getting another laugh from the male holding him...


    "Now rest," Wang said before closing his eyes and quickly falling asleep. This was most likely the best rest he''d have since Ai was taken from him. His mind was finally ready for a break, and regardless of how Ai struggled, he wasn''t going to be breaking free.


    The little fox huffed before trying to make himself comfy before giving up and just laying there.


    It didn''t take Ai long either before he to finally fell asleep. The servants did their bests to quietly clean up the table before hurrying out before Wang woke to punish them for disturbing his time with his Empress.


    The room was left in peaceful silence as the two males slept snuggled together. The day passed into night and soon into the morning when a brave servant decided to enter the room to try and wake their lord so that he may go about his duty of inspecting the empire like was supposed to be doing.


    However, the male wasn''t able to even get two steps into the room when Wang''s gaze landed on him, sending the boy fleeing.


    Wang turned his gaze to Ai who was still sleeping in his arms, he didn''t want to break this moment, not after he''d finally found his happiness again.

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    When A finally woke up, he felt the heat of Wang''s body pressing against him. His mind a bit clouded as he tried to sort out where he was, and whom he was with.


    It was after he began to sit up that the larger male finally shifted, letting Ai up as he shifted to prop himself up onto one arm. "Did you sleep well love?" he asked with a soft smile, looking at the one who held his heart.


    Ai blushed slightly as he sat there, fidgeting with the blankets as he glanced to Wang. "Yes," he said with honesty. For some odd reason, his night was rather peaceful. It was nice not being alone again. He''d grown used to sleeping with someone from when he was always resting with his old friend. But those days were gone and even though they''d only been friends. Ai had missed the warmth of another.


    Wang smiled as he got up, heading to change his clothing before returning with a new set for Ai to wear. "Here you go, I''ll go make sure breakfast is ready," he said before heading out of the room.


    Ai sat there for a while before getting up to change. The new clothing was more fitting for traveling and was less...feminine. Though on Ai''s body, it still gave him the look of a young maiden rather than a boy.


    Sighing, Ai brushed his hair before pulling it up into a ponytail and heading out to find Wang. He saw the male sitting downstairs in the inn''s dining room. The rest of the servants were all gathered there to the side, a table filled with great smelling foods.


    It seemed that through the night, the servants had busied themselves in clearing the other guests from the inn, so it was free of other souls outside of what Wang''s guard consisted of.


    Heading to sit down, Ai chose a seat opposite of Wang, wanting to be able to still talk to him, but not have to fear being randomly groped or forced into the other''s lap.


    He still held some reservations about how this man was supposed to be his fated partner in this life.


    Wang raised an eyebrow at the male before silently starting to eat. He kept reminding himself that he needed to press this matter slowly so that Ai wouldn''t flee from him again. His heart wouldn''t be able to take it.


    Ai nibbled on some food for a while before peeking up at Wang. Finally, he steadied his heart. "I...I want to ask you something." he then said, setting the chopsticks in his hands to the side.


    Wang in turned also set his aside, giving his full attention to Ai.


    Pressing his lips, Ai took a minute before finally speaking, "I want to know..what you''re planning to do. I mean, you are a ruler yeah?" he began, unsure of how to make his request.


    Wang nodded as he shifted, "Yes. I just made my kingdom though, so it is not widely known yet. Right now I''m in the process of inspecting my empire to make sure everything is going how its suppose to." he stated.


    Wang raised his eyebrow again before tilting his head. "My stand on them? Well so far they haven''t done anything against me, so I''ve no need to do anything to them. Though, if you wish to destroy them. I''ll gladly help." his tone was filled with indulgence and it made Ai blush.


    Ai looked at him for a while before shifting awkwardly. "I...I don''t want to go against them all, just the ones that are hypercritical. The ones that say they hold the right path but murder others for their belongings." he started slowly.


    Wang''s eyes narrowed. "You were attacked by a sect?" he asked slowly.


    Ai bit his lower lip before nodding slightly. "I had...well it was like a family, they took me in, and in turn, I helped them. But the sects were jealous of their wealth from the items I provided them with. So they killed them all and tried to kill me. They said that the items I found in the spirit beast lands were theirs, and we were thieves." he stated.


    Wang felt his anger spiking as he looked at the smaller male before him, he seemed so..sad. What family was this? When did Ai get a new family? Why wasn''t his family from the start him? Maybe these sects did help him in an odd way. Wang didn''t need to rid this family of this world for stealing his love, but now his love was sad?


    Wang hid a smile as he reached over the table to grasp Ai''s hand, patting it. "Don''t worry. I''ll help you get rid of all those that make you sad," he said with a caring tone. He''d be able to use this as a way to get Ai to fall for him!


    Not only did he not have to bloody his hands on some useless beings that tried to take his place as Ai''s family, now he was able to even help Ai get revenge and maybe Ai would finally see that Wang was the only one in this world that he needed!


    Ai felt his heart shudder for a moment before it warmed up a bit. He wasn''t sure why Wang made him feel slight fear, but also warmth.


    Maybe it was against the laws of nature for him to be able to remember Wang''s name, that''s why he was reacting so oddly to the man.


    It would have been better to have no knowledge, to be able to get the chance to find his own way without some predestined fate that he''d be unable to fight.


    Wang shifted, waving over the head of his guard, he ordered him to send some spies out to look into the sects and find those who weren''t as proper as they seemed, that abused their power. He also had the servants set out to prepare for their departure.


    "Now, let us get ready to go. I''ll show you around my kingdom, and the land you''ll help rule over," he said standing up, heading around to help Ai to his feet. "I''ll make sure its a place you''ll be proud to stay at. Alongside me."

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    The next few weeks for Ai passed in a blur. They were many things that took place that made him somewhat confused on how to see Wang.


    The larger male would often tease him, grope him, but also just make him feel safe. At night his promise was kept, never doing anything other than just holding him as they slept. But during the days, his hands would always wander around whenever given the chance.


    Not only that, but Ai was able to get more information on the sects around during this time than he''d been on his own. Spirit Beasts on the outside were unable to travel into the villages and towns to gather more information as easily as Wang was.


    The Spirit Beast bound to the disciples wasn''t really allowed out and about unless they were on missions.


    Though through this investigation, not only did Ai and Wang find out that these ''proud'' sects not only boast about there skills in training with the Dao but they also all denied those of orthodox training that relied on ''evil'' means. Like sexual cultivating or using dark arts.


    This was only on the surface. Looking deeper, these ''proper'' sects all had their own secrets. Elders that kidnapped younger children and used them for experiments on potions, Elders that stole land and other helpful items from the family''s all around.


    If the land was good and someone lived there? The sects that wanted it would pressure the family to leave their home by force. Sending plenty of people into hiding. If they refused to leave? They were murdered.


    Ai''s heart hurt as he thought of his adoptive family. They were the only thing he knew of in his past. Sure he''d had a life before that, but it was all gone. Wiped from his mind. He didn''t know his past self.


    His rebirth made him a different person. Regardless of what Wang teased him about. He wouldn''t be the same. Experience is what make a person, how they are raised and how they live.


    Seeing that Ai was in a mood again, Wang shifted in his seat as he reached over to pull Ai into his lap.


    They were currently heading to his palace after this past month of travel.


    Ai had been deep in thought about everything when he felt himself being pulled against Wang''s chest.


    Looking up he blinked as he stared at Wang confused. He felt a hand resting around his waist as the other moved to hold his chin in place.


    "What are you thinking about love?" Wang asked, leaning in closer, his face was hovering over Ai''s, his lips brushing the smaller ones but not yet touching fully.


    Ai''s cheeks darkened with embarrassment as his eyes remained wide open, his heart skipped slightly as he felt a strange stir in his body.


    "N-nothing. I just... I was trying to think of what to do next. I want to destroy those sects that abuse their power...but there''s so many of them." he said trying to turn his head.


    "I can help you if you''d like? We just need to make a new bond. renew the one that was suspended when you were taken from me." he said... His thumb rubbed Ai''s cheek in a teasing way.


    Ai blinked for a moment, his mind slightly dazed. He was finding it harder and harder to resist Wang''s tormenting touch. His body was responding to it more and more.


    "I - If I agree... You''ll let me set the rules for the binding?" Ai asked with a nervous tone. The idea of binding was something he didn''t want, His heart held a disagreement to it, but if it helped him get revenge? Honestly, he was willing to sell his soul for that.


    Wang was slightly taken back, normally Ai would have hurried off his lap by now, refusing to bond with him in any way. At least, that was how he''d reacted during this time so far.


    He smiled slightly as he shifted, letting Ai just sit on his lap, without holding him there. "Of course my love. You are the one in charge," he said with a slight tease that Ai didn''t hear.


    Ai sat there, his mind working as he thought for a while. There wasn''t really any other idea''s he had to help him. Wang was the only one so far willing to help him. So why was he trying to push the male away so much?


    Settling the worry in his heart, Ai shifted so that he was sitting on Wang''s lap, facing him. He leaned in to press Wang back so that he was able to trace a finger over Wang''s forehead. Spiritual energy lit the markup as Ai spoke in a language unknown to Wang.


    The spiritual energy in the area shifted surging towards the two as the traveling party halted, alerted to the change in the air. The guards were unsure of what to do as a servant called out to Wang, asking if he was okay.


    The binding took a bit of time before the air finally settled. Ai''s body slumped forward as a mark appeared on his forehead. A little blossom that made his face seem even more alluringly adorable.


    Wang''s mark faded as he sat up, holding Ai. He reached out to feel that Ai''s body was hot and that the male seemed to be trying to adjust his spiritual core that was suddenly overfilled with spiritual energy.


    He shifted, moving so that Ai was able to lay down in his lap, holding him as he sent his own energy out to help Ai''s settle down. "Don''t disturb us. Just continue on." Wang finally told the people outside who let out a breath of air in relief.


    They went on, Wang still helping Ai as the other fell into a sleep. The bond was an odd one, one that Wang had never heard of. He was able to feel it in a way different from before.


    It wasn''t as if one was the master, the other the servant. They were Equal but at the same time, they weren''t. Maybe it was because Ai was different from other spiritual beasts, but Wang knew that he wouldn''t be able to have another spiritual beast bound to him, regardless if Ai was with him or not. Ai would be his only bonded spiritual beast.


    Not only that, but their bond was deeper than it should have been. If one was really hurt, the other would feel the backlash of it. If one died, the other would suffer greatly.


    What more, if either tried to break the bond by force, the only thing waiting for them was a fate worse than death.


    It seemed it took all the negative things about being a bonded spiritual beast and made it better while keeping the ''master'' responsible for his own end. Wang wouldn''t be able to just use Ai and tell him what to do, no they were both equally in this bond, Wang would be affected just as Ai would.


    A smile shifted onto Wang''s lips. "It''s more like a marriage you fool," he said in a soft tone. "The wife in charge in secret while pretending the husband has any power."

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    A titled his head when he heard Wang muttering something he didn''t really hear. "Hmn?" he asked while relaxing.


    Wang just smiled at him as he shifted, leaning his head into his palm while looking at the little fox. "Nothing, just happy. We are connected again, it makes this King happy." his tone was light and you were able to hear the pleasing tones in it.


    Ai blushed as he turned around, getting off of Wang''s lap as he went to sit to the side. "Don''t talk rubbish," he muttered. His embarrassment making Wang laugh softly as he stared at the male.


    The journey home took a few months, with many stops thanks to Ai''s nagging to look at the closest sects.


    When the group finally did make it back to the palace, Ai was hurried inside with much fanfare. Their Empress was home!


    Ai himself was confused at the actions of the many palace maids that rushed to help him inside as well as the few that hurried him into the washroom and stripped him before he had time to register.


    Sitting in the bath dazed, Ai flushed before finally sending the maids out with a red face.


    Sinking into the water, Ai tried to hide his humiliation, they''d seen him naked! He had been so disoriented and tired from the trip that he hadn''t managed to process how they''d managed to strip him in the first place!


    Wang was waiting in the main lobby area as he saw the flustered maids rushing from the bath with an odd look. Tilting his head, Wang waived one over. "what happened?" he asked as to why they were so flustered.


    The maid bowed before answering, keeping her head down respectfully. "To answer my Lord, The Empress was taken to wash but...Empress isn''t....female?" the made said with a hesitant glance. We were chased out after getting Her Grace into the bath....But clearly, she was a he..."


    These silly maids had never thought the ''rumors'' about their Emperor marrying a male being true!


    Wang narrowed his eyes slightly at the group of girls. "This Wang knows. Though, don''t remember asking a group of you to wash my Empress. Even I haven''t been able to see the glory under the clothes.." at least not in this place.


    The room''s temperature slowly lowered as Wang felt a stabbing of envy. These little maids, simply doing their job and they were able to see Ai''s body before he was able to up close? The only time Ai''s body was shown to him was when he first changed, and it wasn''t that much of a glance!


    The maids quickly nealed down with a respectful bow. "Please have mercy! We were just doing what trained to do. We don''t look upon the masters but serve as needed." they said.


    Wang nodded slightly. "Yes, so you saw nothing while undressing the Empress," he stated then waved. "You go remove those eyes. You saw what you shouldn''t." he stated to the one who had already admitted to seeing Ai''s ''body''.


    The rest of the maids hurried out before Wang could pick at them and find fault with there own selves.


    Ai slowly left the bathing room after wrapping himself in a towel. In his embarrassment, he forgot to get a change of clothes after sending the girls away!


    Peaking out of the washroom, Ai felt a slight chill as he shifted, "I need clothing." he called out, really, how does one order others about? Ai wasn''t that kind of person! No, he just didn''t want them to see him naked again! Plus he had no idea where they kept the clothes in this bloody palace.


    Wang laughed as he got up, slowly making his way over to the closet before grabbing a robe for Ai to wear, he then silently went to the male, sneaking around him with some odd tricks before sliding the robe over Ai''s shoulders, letting it hang there.


    He then shifted his hands to help Ai drop the towel before slowly feasting his eyes as his hands moved to pull the robe the rest of the way on, tying it into place


    His actions were rather lewd and Ai felt heat filling his face again, this time worse than when some peeping eyes saw him.


    The places that Wang''s hands brushed held lingering heat, making Ai''s heart frantic as he stood there frozen.


    When Ai got back to his senses, Wang had already started to dry his hair, ignoring the flustered look he had.


    Letting his heart calm down, Ai swotted at Wang before heading a few steps away. "I can do it alone, you don''t need to help," he stated with much embarrassment.


    Wang smiled as he shifted, still holding the towel. "But it''s my honor to help the love of my life to dress and dry their hair." he teased as he shifted, setting the towel down.


    Ai pouted slightly as he pulled his hair up to tie it into a bun.


    "I''m not some girl, I don''t need it." he huffed. "Besides, Just because you say we were married doesn''t mean we still are! I don''t remember it, it was a different life!" he stated as if making a point.


    Wang laughed as he closed the gap between them, pulling Ai into hid embarrass as he lightly stroked his face. "This I know, but I will win your heart," he stated as if it was just a matter of time.


    Ai blinked a few times before feeling his heart skip again.


    Wang always made him feel danger! But he also made his heart do odd things, his feelings were always in conflict with how he wanted to feel towards this male before him!


    "You''ll just never stop with this teasing!" he said as if giving up.


    Wang smiled as he leaned down to lightly kiss Ai, making the male jump yet again. Holding Ai so he was unable to flee, Wang let a rain of kisses fall upon Ai''s soft lips.


    "I never tease when it''s about you. I truly do mean it. I love you." he said with a serious look.


    Ai flushed as he felt his heart racing, his body pressed Against Wang''s as the male continued to lightly kiss his lips.


    The teasing slow pace and the light soft pecks were making Ai''s head go blank. His body seemed to slowly start to give into the rather nice feeling of Wang''s lips meeting his own.


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    Wang felt Ai''s body pressing against his own ask he teased the other with light kisses. His mood becoming really good while his arms wrapped around the smaller male and pulled him up into his arms.


    Holding Ai, Wang drifted to the bed while still lightly kissing his lips. His gaze growing heated as he leaned Ai back onto the bed, his hands resting on either side of the others head.


    Ai was breathing heavily as he found himself ending up in the bed, his mind was hazed over and he honestly didn''t know when Wang had managed to move him back to the bed.


    Wang didn''t give Ai much of a chance to question anything before the kisses started again. This time they were a bit deeper than the soft pecks.


    Ai''s body trembled as he felt Wang''s body pressing down onto his. The kisses from before were more like little taps.


    These kisses only deepened, even more, making Ai''s head spin as his lips were forced open by the teasing tongue of the larger male.


    With a flushed face, Ai felt a strange heat taking over his body. No longer able to think clearly, he gave into Wangs advances. Allowing the other to become even bolder as his hand slipped down to slowly sneak into Ai''s robes, wandering fingers searching over the smooth flesh for his goal.


    When Wang found the little bud he had been searching for, Ai let out a gasp, the sound making Wang pull out of the kiss to gaze at the male with a very aroused look. "Tell me you want it..." Wang''s voice held a need that Ai wasn''t able to describe.


    The acts of Wang so far made Ai feel things he''d never thought possible. His heart thumped loudly in his chest as a warm feeling filled his body, making it react in ways he didn''t think possible outside the normal mating season.


    Ai didn''t think he had reached that far to start feeling the need to ''mate''. His body was confused and it made him even more unsure of what to do at this moment.


    Wang was able to see the struggle in Ai''s eyed, as well as a strange fragrance filling the room. It made Wang even more heated. It took Wang a moment to realize he''d set off Ai''s heat for mating. It was something that only spirit beast dealt with. Somehow Wang forgot that now Ai was one.


    Conflict flashed in his eyes before he finally got up, helping Ai fix his clothes. "I''m going to bathe. Just clear your head" he muttered before rushing out of the room.


    Ai stayed on the bed for a long while. His heart was still thumping loudly as he tried to sort out what had happened. He clearly was being teased at by Wang who''d lost himself for a bit after Ai inadvertently started his heat!


    Instead of just using it as a means to get Ai to sleep with him, he left?? Wasn''t this what he wanted?


    Ai was left there confused and still feeling the effects of his first ''heat'' as Wang passed an order that none was allowed near Ai. And that anyone found near the Empress would be put to death.


    This was dangerous, he wanted to warm Ai up to the idea of them doing naughty things, but if it only led to Ai losing his ability to say yes willingly, then it wasn''t any better than forcing himself on the boy.


    Wang wanted Ai''s heart as well. Not just his body. Sure before he thought having Ai just forced to be with him it would be fine. But then Ai left... His love pushed away! He didn''t want that to happen again.


    This time he would make sure Ai wanted him just as much as he wanted Ai. Then they would be able to be happy together.


    It was clear that Ai having vanished really made Wang fear that Ai would leave him again. So this time, he wanted to make sure Ai was willing and wanted to stay with him.


    Ai on the other hand was still confused on what Wang was trying to do. He torments him with those kisses and make his body flustered and hot before rushing off and leaving him with many unresolved issues. He wanted to help this heat dissipate, but he was at a loss for how.


    Fidgeting on the bed, Ai shifted awkwardly as he tried to think of a way to ''relieve'' himself of the heat. His hips shifting slightly as he bit his lip.


    It took him a great deal of courage to call out to someone, but getting no answer Ai felt great discomfort. Finally, he pushed himself to use his connection to Wang, sending a thought to the cause of all this.


    "You get back here and fix it!" Was all Wang got from the connection with Ai. He''d finally managed to calm himself down before the fox was ordering him back!


    Wang wasn''t sure if he should go back or not. He clearly left so Ai wouldn''t be forced into doing something he didn''t want to do. But the tone from the summon was rather aggressive.


    Sighing, Wang finally returned to the room, making sure to stay a few feet away from Ai as he looked at the male. It was clear Ai was still struggling. His face flushed and body trembling slightly.


    Ai looked at Wang with a look of torment. "You caused this! Make it stop!" It was obvious that Ai truly was struggling right now.


    Wang felt his lips turn up slightly as he looked at the male. "You should know that I only will do as you asked." He said slowly while stating at Ai''s eyes.


    Ai struggled for a moment before nodding. "J-just make the heat go away!" He said with a half moan.


    Wang felt a rush as he moved to the bed "As you wish my love." He teased...


    (And cut, cliff hanger madness)

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    Ai felt the weight from Wang shift the bed down. He looked up at him with a flushed face. His breathing was already sped up as he bit his lower lip. He wanted the heat to go away, but he wasn''t really sure how to make it go away. Maybe asking Wang wasn''t the best idea?


    Before he was able to voice his concern, he felt a rush of wind as he was shifted to laying onto the bed. He looked up at the larger male pressing him down with wide eyes before his lips were taken.


    Wang''s lips pressed hard onto his own, making him shiver slightly when he felt his lips being teased, finally parting to let Wang''s tongue into his mouth. His eyes closed partly as he gasped, his hands moving to push against Wang''s shoulders but having no strength to push him off.


    Instead, he found his body reacting opposite to his wishes and pulling the male to him, pressing himself to the larger male as much as he was able from below.


    Wang felt this and smiled to himself as he shifted, letting his hands tease at Ai''s hips, roaming all over the other''s body as he moved to take off his robe.


    He pulled his head back from his deep kiss as he looked down at the smaller male, his eyes shining with need. "You are sure?" he asked, his hands continued to strip Ai of his clothing.


    Ai was unable to think straight, the heat that had started making his mind foggy and his body react differently than normal. In the back of his mind, he knew he should stop this, that this shouldn''t happen. But there was also a strange need for it to happen. Something that made it impossible for him to deny that he did deep down want to belong to Wang.


    When Ai didn''t give any voice for him to stop, Wang felt his heart skip as he finished stripping the male before shifting to undressing himself. He took less time to take his own clothes off, afraid if he dallied too much then he''d lose this chance to finally get his lover''s body.


    When they were both stripped of clothing, Wang quickly began to kiss Ai again, keeping his mind hazed over as his hands teased at his chest and hips, shifting to grab at his butt, massaging it as he shifted his kissing to the other''s neck.


    Ai trembled, his body growing hotter as it was teased by Wang. The deep kiss moved to his neck, making him moan out and tremble while he felt the heat rushing to his lower area.


    When Ai was lost in the heat of the moment, Wang had managed to finally slip a finger into his sweet spot down below. Ai''s eyes widen as he let out a cry in surprise.


    The moans coming from him were making Wang struggle not to lose his control. He wanted Ai more than anything, but he knew this was their first time, so he needed to make sure Ai only felt pleasure or he would most likely not get this chance again in the future at least not for a long time.


    When Wang felt Ai''s body adjust to his one finger, he began to add in a second, repeating until he was able to stretch him out enough to be sure he would be able to fit inside himself.


    Ai had lost himself to the odd pleasure as he was being prepared. When the fingers were removed Ai let out a whimper as he shifted wanting the pleasure back. Wang''s expression was teasing as he smirked and shifted so that Ai hands were pinned above his head. Ai had been trying to reclaim the warmth below but hadn''t known what Wang was using so he was just trying to grab blindly.


    He shifted so his waist was between Ai''s legs, his body lowering so that he was able to kiss at Ai''s neck again.


    Ai was about to voice out his needs when he felt something larger than before pressing against his entrance. It was larger and harder than the object before. With wide eyes, he shuddered as he felt it slowly pushing into him.


    Wang was sure to take it slow, allowing Ai to adjust as he inched his tool inside. He was taking his time so that he knew Ai wouldn''t be hurt too bad. Pain the first time was guaranteed, but he wanted to make sure that with that pain was pleasure.


    Ai trembled as the large mass filled him to the brim. When Wang was fully inside of him, they both let out a gasp as Ai''s body held tightly onto the tool within him.


    Wang waited as long as he was able to bare before pulling out slowly and thrusting it back inside. His movements were slow, making sure to torment not only himself but Ai with the speed. He did this to make Ai beg him for more.


    When Ai was unable to take the slow pace he flushed as he moaned "Mmm, f-faster. ah...N...Na.." Wang felt his lips twitch into a smile while he sat up, his hands moving to hold onto Ai''s waist while he adjusted his legs letting him have a better angle as he began to thrust faster into Ai.


    His speed increased slowly but steadily making Ai unable to adjust to the motion, the sensation filled him with a teasing pain and pleasure. His mind was blank outside of the feeling that overwhelmed him. When Wang found the perfect pace and strength of his thrust, he also found that he hit that special bundle of nerves inside of Ai.


    When that spot was hit Ai would shudder and his voice would cry out, It didn''t take long before Ai released his seed onto his and Wang''s stomachs. His face still flushed.


    He felt his body growing weak, but he wasn''t given time to rest after his first release. Wang used Ai''s pause to pull out and turn him over, shifting so that Ai was on his knees with his butt pulled up, he entered him again and continued the pace from before.


    This went on until the next morning, Ai having released his seed several times while Wang filled up him up to the brim with his own seed.


    It wasn''t until Ai was unable to take any more and he passed out that Wang finally stopped, laying next to the tired out male with a great mood. He snuggled his little fox while still being inside of him and fell asleep.


    (( :D they did it woo \u003e.\u003e;; I was gonna wait longer but Wang needs his smex [[Totally not me wanting smutt]] ))

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    ((morning 18+ love Sorry for the long wait, I busy with work to the point where the only day I had off I ended up sleeping the whole day q.q ))


    The next morning, Ai shifted slightly, trying to adjust his position into a more comfortable one. His eyes remained closed as he tried to shift his body. He felt sore in his waist and a warmness to his back. There was a heavy pressure pressing over his waist, making him press into the thing against his back. What more, there was a strange warmness on his inner thighs and a foreign object felt like it was pressed to his backside.


    His shifting made the object twitch before hardening, Ai was still muddled when he realized that this hardness wasn''t just pressing against him! It was slowly rubbing against his inner thighs!


    It seemed Wang and woken up a little bit ago before finally pulling out of his little fox, his mood was great as he shifted, his gaze was lingering on the small male before he looked down to see his seeds finally easing out. He''d made sure they stayed inside Ai the whole night!


    He shifted, pressing Ai back to his chest before slipping his ''brother'' between Ai''s thighs. He slowly shifted his hips at a pace that wouldn''t wake the male up, but still allowed him to feel the smooth skin pressing against his hardness.


    At first, he wanted to slowly make his way back into Ai''s cave to ravish him again, however, Ai began to stir from his drowsy sleep. Tightening his hold on Ai''s hip he grinned with a flash of light passing his eyes.


    Ai slowly opened his eyes as his body froze before he felt his face burning red. He remembered everything from the night before. His thoughts were trying to figure out how it got to that point, while his body still stung for the pain.


    It took his brain a moment to finish its struggles in thinking before realizing that Wang was still there! What more he was holding his waist and still doing things to his poor body!


    With a red face, Ai shifted, trying his best to turn his head to look at Wang while also trying to pull away.


    Wang''s grip wouldn''t allow him to pull away, he used his arm to keep him in place while his hips shifted again, a bit more teasingly. "Wife, I''m still not finished." he teased as he leaned forward to whisper this into Ai''s ear.


    Ai''s flustered look was really cute. "Now that you''re awake again, I can continue no?" he asked, shifting so that his ''brother'' was now teasing the entrance to Ai''s ''cave'' instead of just rubbing in between his thighs.


    Ai trembled as his body reacted. It clearly remembered what happened last night, not only did his body give a pleasing response, but Ai''s heart began to beat faster as he felt a rush of pleasure at the thought of being held again.


    He had been turned around to lying on his stomach again, Wang had also pulled at his hips, making it so that Ai''s bottom was again sticking up into the air.


    This time, Wang shifted his ''brother'' slowly into Ai''s ''cave'' he leaned over as he kissed at Ai''s shoulder. One hand held the other''s waist up, while the other went around to torment Ai''s chest, playing with the small buds.


    Ai let out a small whimper as he bit his lip, his eyes hazing over again. He felt his mind being lost again to that strange pleasure that was filling his very soul.


    After waiting inside of Ai''s deepest spot, Wang shifted slightly as he felt the other finally giving in fully before he slowly began to pull out only to drive back in with swift and steady movements.


    This action continued until both Ai and himself were drenched in sweat, Ai''s hips shifting to meet with each thrust Wang gave. The soft cry''s filling the room.


    Wang was really happy as he held Ai to his chest before slowly pulling out, not allowing Ai to release his own ''milk''.


    Turning around Wang laid onto his back, moving so Ai was sitting over the top of him, on his stomach. Ai nudged his hips slightly his face flushed as he sat there unsure of what to do. He felt good while doing these things with Wang, and would lose his sense of reason.


    "Nn..d-don''t stop" he gasped trying to get Wang to bring back the pure pleasure. However, Wang just smirked as he stayed in this spot, "Lift your hips up a bit and sit back. Guide me back inside." he teased.


    Ai trembled a bit as he whimpered. His mind was too filled with the pleasure to object Wang. So he shifted his hips upwards, supporting his weight on his knees as well as leaning forward to rest his arms against Wang''s chest.


    He nudged his bottom back against Wang''s rod. It was so large and hot that it made Ai shudder as he felt it rubbing against his flesh. Wang used his hand to adjust himself while also guiding Ai''s body a little higher before pushing himself back into the pleasures cave.


    Ai''s eyes widen slightly as he felt himself lowering onto the large mass. His body was being pushed open all around. The feeling was even stranger in this position as he finally took the whole mass inside of himself.


    Ai sat there, his back straightened as he slowly gasped. His hands holding onto Wang''s sides as he held himself up. Wang gave a knowing smile before he shifted himself


    He thrust up, making Ai''s body rock while with the movements, hitting further inside of his pleasure area


    Ai let out a moan before he trembled, his eyes still hazy as he began to shift himself. Using Wang''s chest to support himself, he was able to keep his own pace until Wang was satisfied.


    After Ai had finally released his seeds onto their chests, Wang finally held Ai''s hips as he flipped them over again, keeping himself buried inside of Ai until the smaller male was fully pressed to the bed, He then began to thrust into him with great need.


    It took almost half an hour of this tormenting pleasure before Ai finally felt Wang''s hot seed filling him up again.


    His body trembled as he himself released again.


    This time, after they both allowed their pleasures to go to the max, Wang finally pulled out, he was still breathing a bit heavy as he leaned back against the wall. His hand shifted to rustle his long hair out of his face. Ai stayed on the bed, his body trembling with the lingering feelings of what had happened.


    "You will be mine till the end of eternity now," Wang said softly as he shifted to kiss Ai. Ai was weak and his throat sore from his lustfully cry''s. With the actions from the night before, and this Ai felt weak and unable to move. He felt Wang lifting his body up into his embrace before he fell asleep.


    Wang smiled as he looked at the tired out beauty before getting out of bed and taking his love to the washing room to get them both cleaned up.

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    When Ai woke again, he found he was nuzzled in the warmth of many blankets, but Wang wasn''t next to him. Blinking himself a wake, he shifted to nuzzle further into the warmth of the blankets. His body felt oddly stiff as well as filled.


    Not wanting to move, his thoughts flashed over the last 24 hours as his face reddened before he struggled to regulate his own embarrassment, How could he have told Wang to do such things to him?! He still wasn''t sure how he felt about the other male.


    What confused him more was his ''heat''. Sure his race wasn''t to concerned of male or female, but that was different! He knew that males just didn''t go into heat because of some light teasing. Rather it was something they slowly adjusted to when they willing submitted to their male lovers.


    His heat was more like a females, happening with out warning ah! Maybe his body was flawed? It wasn''t like he was able to ask any of is clans men. He was the only of his kind here, and the information passed to him had no answers!


    While Ai was confused with his own actions and reactions to what had happened, Wang was off in his study having been forced to get up to do his ''Royal'' duties. As he sat in his seat, he listened to Little Sho go over the many things he had left aside for him. The youth was clear on the things he needed to leave for Wang to handle.


    After the morning began to slowly pass, Wang finally pushed his thoughts passed the many issues before him before thinking back to the night before. His thoughts turning more pleasant as smiled softly to himself. He himself didn''t realize his Spiritual Energy had undergone a drastic change from the night before.


    Little Sho had been fiddling with some documents before he felt the shift in the air. His gaze shifted to the other male before he coughed softly. "Congratulations, My lord, you''ve broken into Golden Level 3." He said with slight surprise.


    Wang blinked before he stopped his thoughts, glancing to the other before finally feeling his own level. "Well...this is unexpected..." he said as if dazed. "I haven''t really been cultivating since..." he began before waving his hand.


    Little Sho sighed before rolling his eyes slightly. "I''m sure its due to the knots in your heart being slowly undone. You no longer need to worry about your little lover not allowing to enjoy his tofu..." he stated with slight ridicule.


    Wang laughed at the others jesting. He knew that Sho was unhappy because he''d clearly told the other to ease his way with the other. It wasn''t known how being with a Nine-tailed fox would affect Wang, his bloodline wasn''t one they knew about!


    The seeds of darkness that had sprouted in his heart from the few years Ai had been missing were different then any other normal practitioner. Even his father, whom had helped Wang suppress the dark seeds, were still unsure of what they truly were.

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    Ai was still snuggled in the covers as he finally pushed his rampaging thoughts aside, he swiftly shifted from his human self to his Fox form. He still didn''t understand what was wrong with him, but he wouldn''t worry to much.


    Instead he''d just be in his original form! He didn''t need to worry about his fears from before now that he was already bound to Wang, and at least in this body, the male couldn''t torment him into doing those naughty things again! Well, not at least until he felt it was okay to do them...


    When Wang entered the room again, Ai was still nuzzled in the blankets, his body hiding within the many layers of bunched up fabrics. Wang''s eyes seemed confused as he looked around before turning to stare at the bundle.


    "Ai?" he then called out in a indulging tone, he shifted over to lightly probe at the blankets, his expression unsure of what his silly wife was doing now.


    Ai slowly popped his head out as he kept himself buried in the fluff. "I''m sleeping, shush!" the youth lied as he made a point to snuggle himself even more into the sheets.


    Wang wasn''t sure if he should laugh or cry! His wife once again was tormenting him in his fox form! Though he had to say, he was more adorable now then before! The rebirth had not only allowed his spirit to heal in a really beautiful way, but the purple markings on the fox seemed even deeper, more pure and alluring!


    "Love, why are you as such?" he asked as if at a loss. He''d finally gobbled his wife up, what more he was sure that his actions had deepened their bound some how, what more the male seemed to also have increased in strength.


    Ai huffed as he shifted, moving so his head was lying down as he closed his eyes. "So you can''t torment me again! My body hurts" he said as if pitiful. Though, he didn''t seem as angry as one would have thought. Wang let out a hopeless laugh. He should be glad his little wife wasn''t blaming him ah?


    After a while of silence, Ai finally lifted his head again to narrow his gaze that he male who seemed in a daze. "You...okay?" he then asked as if unsure.


    He knew his body was different from other spirit beasts, and it would hold a benefit to others if they ''linked'' with another. But he wasn''t sure how his body would affect Wang. It seemed differed slightly from how a normal nine-tailed fox was so the affects might have also changed?


    Wang wasn''t sure what the little thing was going on now, so he blinked a few times before nodding. "Yes, why?" he asked as if lost. He really didn''t understand why the other would ask about his own well being?


    Ai pouted slightly as he inspected the others cultivation only to find it had surprised his own? Ah?! He swiftly freed himself from the blankets before pouncing on the larger male.


    Wang swiftly caught the small fox as he seemed confused as to what he wanted, his wife was willing to jump into his arms ah, but why as a fox?!

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    Wang shifted to lightly pet the other, trying to sooth the ruffled fluff. "Whats wrong Ai?" he asked still not sure why his wife was suddenly so annoyed with him, he hadn''t even done anything yet?


    Ai glared at the other but didn''t resist the soft pets, he actually found it rather pleasing. Hrmm.. he needed to readjust his thinking it seemed. "Y-you defy logic!" he then stated as if it was only a matter of course.


    Though with the blank expression the other gave, Ai was sure he still didn''t understand. "W-we did that....and you...you leveled up more." he said finally admitting his annoyance. Why wasn''t his level as wonderful ah?! He was weaker now!


    It took Wang a moment to realize what the little guy was going on about, when he finally understood he couldn''t help but start to laugh, though quickly stopped himself when he saw the glare form the little beauty.


    "Ai, are you upset now because of that? Silly.." he said shaking his head. "I had been stuck at a bottleneck for a long while, so its natural that when I finally break through all the repressed cultivation would seep through." he said as if it was only a slight truffle.


    Ai looked at the other before thinking for a moment, that did seem reasonable. He slowly nodded before squirming slightly so that he could jump into the others lap, nuzzling himself their. "Whatever, Still hateful." he said still trying to pretend to be upset.


    Wang was still in a state of pleasure and confusion. He truly didn''t understand what his little wife was going on about ah? It was obvious he should be the one with higher strength ah! He still needed to be able to please he wife with his skills yeah?


    Lightly petting the little thing, Wang shifted to holding the other to his chest before getting up. "Well no matter, lets go get some food, you slept in so late its nearly passed lunch" he stated.


    Ai allowed the other to hold him, his body still sore and not wanting to do much. Besides, the cause for all his troubles was the male who held him, so make him work off his debts!


    It didn''t take long before the palace servants quickly brought in some food for the two to eat, making sure their gazes remained lowered. Though, a few were confused how their Empress had turned from a beauty to a little adorable fox?

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    Despite enduring the meal, Wang found that his little wife was refusing to change back to his human form ah? He sat there, looking down at the bundled fluff in his lap as he seemed a bit lost. What was he to do now? He clearly had finally managed to fully enjoy his wife''s ''tofu'' but now he wasn''t even able to snuggle properly?


    "Ai, Baby....Why are you just laying there?" he asked as he lightly petted the fox. Ai seemed determined to ignore him, though he had thought of many ways to show his grievances, this was the best after all. Not only was he able to do what he wanted to the larger male, the larger male was unable to resist him!


    Maybe being small wasn''t a bad thing? Clearly he had the upper hand, look! He even got the best napping spot! Staying nuzzled up on the others lap, the little fluff ball let out a pleased sigh as he dozed off, feeling rather satisfied with himself.


    Wang was again left to ponder how things became this way, he clearly hadn''t done anything wrong right? Well... maybe he had, but still! He was now stuck unable to move as the little wife slept on his lap, the servants whom had come to remove the leftover food were now casting odd looks at him!


    After about half an hour, the little thing finally woke up, shifting to stretch before moving to look up the male that now had an odd expression. One need to know, that while sleeping, the little thing had constantly been nuzzling up against a special spot, only to need to shift again a moment later! Wang was going mad from trying to control himself. His wife was teasing him for sure! How could he not react to his wife being on his lap, but alas it wasn''t the right form! How could he do anything to a little fur ball?!


    Tilting his head, Ai blinked a few times before shifting to nuzzle his head against the males stomach. Wang finally pushed his own worries away before clearing his thoughts. "Yes?" he asked as if he wasn''t as conflicted as he truly felt.


    Ai shifted sitting down on the others lap while he lightly pressed a paw to the others stomach. "I want a bath" he then stated as if it was only a matter of course. Sure he''d already been ''cleaned'' but he still wanted to wash up. Though it wasn''t that easy to do while in this body...But if he changed, what if the hateful male tried something again?


    Wang felt his lips twitch before he slowly lifted the little thing up and headed to the bathing room. Waving a few servants to the side to make the bathwater, Wang sighed to himself while lightly petting the others head. Would his wife really not change back? He seemed lost in his own thoughts before he finally realized the water was ready.


    Taking Ai, he slowly lowered him into the water and then began to personally wash the little thing, making sure to be as caring as possible. After the bath, he then started to dry the other.


    Ai slowly opened his eyes again, blinking as he tilted his head. "Hn?" he asked confused. He was rather comfy and the petting was making him tired ah!


    "Despite the obvious issue of your rebirth, we...need to fix the broken bond between us." he stated as he slowly lifted the other up. He disliked that he no longer had that connection to his little fox. His heart feeling slightly stuffy with a need to replace the lost connection. Then he was sure if his wife ran off again, he''d be able to find him! It would be a stronger bond this time. Yeah...


    Ai blinked a few times before starting to squirm. "Hateful! Rude! Go die!" he rushed out while swiping at the other in a huff of anger. This guy wanted to ''bond'' with him?! What did he think he was?! Some play thing?!


    Wang frowned before moving to hold the other thing a bit more securely. "Why? We were bound before..." he said, tactfully leaving off the part were the other hadn''t really known the meaning of it when it was initiated.


    Ai seemed lost for words for a moment as his anger was slowly pushed down. "I may not remember the past, but I know for a fact that you most of tricked me!" he stated with little actual knowledge, he just knew that his race really disliked binding to others, Mostly cuz they were not really the ''proper'' bonds to do with his bloodline. There was no way he''d of agreed to it...if he did, then...then, his ears lowered as he seemed to try to think of a reason to agree.


    Wang was a bit taken back and almost lost his will to continue to farce. If the fox had been a bit more convincing of his assumption, then maybe he''d have to think up a different way, but the look in the others eyes seemed to make him feel assured he wouldn''t be found out.


    "But it''s true ah! You agreed to it, though I don''t know how to prove it to you. Other than the fact that we were going to marry when you were taken.." he stated ''Though you hadn''t agreed truly to that either.'' he thought but kept his expression as innocent as possible.


    Ai stared at the other, seeming unsure. "F-fine...." he then said as his ears lowered. Maybe he did agree to it, why did he have to lose all those important memories?! What if he was being tricked?


    "B-but...it can''t be a normal binding...I do it." he said as if it made a difference. Wang was taken back before he smiled brightly. "Of course, anything wife wants to do is fine by me!" he said. He''d be able to adjust any contracts of bindings when needed. He wasn''t to worried.


    Ai seemed a bit happier as he shifted, the other finally letting him back down onto his lap. Moving, Ai jumped up to the others shoulder before pressing his head against the others in a nuzzling way before passing the binding process to be accepted.

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I''m not the best novelist that is for sure, so I do look forward to any comments if you think something doesn''t sound right, or seems to forced! Let me know your thoughts please!

 55 Chapter 47

    This new pact wasn''t much different from the ones programmed into the game. In the game, their were many limits and some other issues, such as the pact couldn''t fully control the other, but could affect their mood as well as allowing the ''owner'' told some more power over the other. The limit being set to being unable to completely force them to do anything. However, Ai wasn''t aware of this pact. He only knew of the ones from ''this'' world.


    The pacts within the ''false'' world were much harsher for spirit beasts. For one, the ''Master'' had complete control over anything and everything their spirit beast did, what they ate, when they slept. They could even order them to go off and die for heavens sake!


    This pact would allow Ai to remain independent from Wang, there would be no need to follow orders, nor would he be forced to do anything he didn''t want to. Basically it would just be a little bond to allow one another to find the other if there was a need. Though this aspect could be blocked at will from either party.


    Though there was a flaw in this pact, one that was hidden within the bonding process. Most cultivators who ended up being offered this bond wouldn''t be able to see it, though Wang wasn''t just a normal cultivator. He''d done a lot of research to deepen his understanding of how this ''world'' differed from his original one. He easily was able to manipulate a few things without Ai realizing...


    These changes wouldn''t seem like much, at first it would be as Ai had though it to be, completely free aside from a small mark. However this mark would deepen into his soul, completely binding Ai to him. They would forever be bond together, regardless if it was this lifetime or any other to follow. No mater how often they would be separated, their souls will be drawn back together.


    What more, as time went on, Wang would be able to affect Ai in ways he couldn''t ever dream of. In some other words, it would be like Ai freely falling in love with him, without realizing as to how it happened. It wouldn''t be forced, and the feeling would only grow stronger as Ai allowed it.


    When the bonding had finished, Ai nodded satisfied with himself before he moved to the side, sitting on the bed next to Wang.


    Wang kept silent for a moment as he stared at the other, his mood was rather good. He wasn''t really sure what to say at the moment, but seeing how Ai was fluffing himself up in a proud manor, he figured it was best to just let the little one feel good for a while. "I need to go take care of some tasks now." he said in a light dotting tone.


    Ai just waved a hand at him before lying down again, he didn''t really feel like doing anything today.


    Ai himself was just lazing about on the bed as his thoughts went over the events from the last few days. He felt his mood dropping as he thought of his past ''family'' that had taken him in. He really didn''t know what to do on that matter. How does one go about correcting the errors in other peoples ways? He wasn''t a cruel being, he only wanted to get justice for those who had been wrong as he had been.


    It wasn''t like he would be able to just up and attack the sects. For one, it would be really hard to fight off the might of one sect, let alone many if they decided to band together. What more, what if someone of these sects decided that he should become one of their belongings? He was a rare spirit beast, and his bloodline was now awakened. It wasn''t hard to think of how those immoral bastards would want to possess him like they had the spiritual fruits.\u003cbr data-mce-bogus="1"\u003e


    His thoughts kept turning, but he got no where close to figuring out what his first steps should be. Sure he found someone to help him, but even of Wang was a king and held power, he wasn''t the ''strongest''. There were many hidden dragons in this world, what more some of those sects might have connections to the higher realm.\u003cbr data-mce-bogus="1"\u003e


    It would be rather embarrassing if they tried to go in head first, only to be stopped before he had any real progress made!\u003cbr data-mce-bogus="1"\u003e


    Letting out a huff, Ai got up and slowly made his way to the bathing area. His mood still a bit odd as he requested a servant waiting to the side to make him his bathwater.\u003cbr data-mce-bogus="1"\u003e


    When it was ready, Ai sent the servant out before stripping and stepping into the warm water. His mood evening out as he push his thoughts to the side, he''d deal with it later. Now he just wanted to relax his aching muscles!\u003cbr data-mce-bogus="1"\u003e


    (( small warning, work is getting really stressful. Not only are we really under staff as it is, we have one person who just went on medical leave, its unknown if she''ll come back, and another who put her two weeks in. Plus the only part timer we have is a complete idiot who might be fired if she can''t even learn how to count money right.....If things keep getting worse, I might have to work 7 days a week if I don''t quit myself...))\u003cbr data-mce-bogus="1"\u003e

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@@So, I found out this morning after waking up that my grandmother had passed away last night. So I might not be able to update this week. Depending on when the funeral is. I''m really sorry about this, and the following week I''ll try to post more to compensate.\u003cbr data-mce-bogus="1"\u003e

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    Wang had finally managed to finish his meeting with the many ministers that rambled needlessly about unrelated problems. Though most of the task were normal concerns that needed to be addressed after creating a new country, Wang honestly could care less.


    His mood was slightly soured as he made his way to the bedroom. When he saw that Ai wasn''t in bed as he had thought, his mood dropped even more before he quickly used his new ''ability'' to find the little wife. Stabilizing his mood, he quickly made his way to the bathing room as silently as he could.


    Ai however still realized his arrival and just lifted his head to look at the other with hooded eyes, "Finished with work?" he asked as he lazed in water, it wasn''t like there was any need to be flustered. They were both males, despite the acts from the night before, it really didn''t bring a sense of embarrassment to be seen by someone who''d already eaten him completely.


    Wang smiled as he nodded, heading over to the other with quick steps. "Yes, I just told them the direction to go and left them to deal with the problems. It''s not like they can really mess up to much, its just matters of how to set up farming lands and smaller business to promote growth." he said waving his hand.


    Ai sighed before shaking his head, he slowly pushed himself up and got out, using his spirit force to pull some clothes from his newly opened space. It took no effort to clothe himself now. He''d also found that the space was rather easy to use, other than needing to focus on he wanted, he could will things in and out so long as they were within reach.


    Ai then shook his head, his hair still dripping slightly before Wang hurried over to start drying it with a towel he grabbed from the side. "Did you wanna eat now?" He asked, wanting to keep the good mood going. They''d already had a bout once, so his thoughts were focused on trying to get another serving of his wife''s tofu.


    Ai let out a slightly annoyed sound before swatting his hands away, heading into the lounge area and lazily leaning against the small resting bed on the side, it wasn''t really meant for sleeping, but more for relaxing. "I wanna talk to you about some stuffs, we''ll eat later" he finally said after making himself comfy. He still didn''t want to admit that his body wasn''t really that comfortable at the moment, his muscles were still sore, and his waist felt as if it may snap at any moment.


    Wang blinked a few times before nodding, his gaze moving along the others frame before moving to sit himself on the free stool tot he side, he needed to make sure Ai wouldn''t chase him out later, or there really would be no way to be able to ''eat'' his fill of the other.


    "That matter?" Wang asked, his thoughts going back, it did seem he''d agreed to help Ai get rid of them, though at the time he hadn''t thought much about it. It wasn''t really a very feasible idea. There were a lot of sects scattered around the lands, and who knew how many were hidden in the shadows?


    "Yes, I thought about it for a while, but...Do you think we can really do it?" Wang said before shifting his weight as he leaned closer to Ai. "Not only do we need to work out a real plan, but we should adjust our thought process. Work on finding out more information about the sects, rather than just going head in and trying to fight them."


    Ai nodded, his gaze still clouded over as he thought. "I think we should try to consolidate the new levels...." he then stated his face grew a light pink as he thought of how they leveled up, but quickly discarded it.


    Wang smiled slightly as he let out a low laugh, "yes yes, How about we go and explore the mountain of the lost?" he asked. It was a Hidden realm that he''d found out about from Some of the older cultivators. It apparently was a realm that had a bad rep, basically if you went in, you didn''t come out. So not many people dared to go in, even from the sects. Despite the lure of possible treasures, it would mean nothing if they were unable to leave.


    Ai blinked for a moment before he slowly nodded. "Sure, but aren''t you afraid we wont come out again?" he asked with a slightly raised eyebrow. If even the sects didn''t dare to try to take control of it, then it shouldn''t be an easy task. What more, no one else had come back, so who knew what really awaited them on the other side of the boundary.


    Wang laughed as he reached to lightly pat the others head. "That''s fine, even if we get stuck inside the realm, then we''ll just focus on ourselves." he said his eyes holding a strange light. It didn''t matter if they were trapped in some other realm. So long as Ai was with him, Wang was happy to be anywhere. What more, if they really did get stuck, then didn''t that mean Ai would be all his and no one else would get in the way of his actions of eating tofu?


    Ai glared at him before swatting at Wang''s hand again. "I want to get revenge, so if I get stuck then you''ll bare the brunt of it!" he then stated with a low mood. Wang quickly pulled his hand back, nodding along while patting his chest. "yes yes, bite me and hit me. That''s fine too" he said in a serious manor.


    Unable to follow the thoughts of this idiot, Ai just rolled his eyes before leaning back down and closing his eyes. "Whatever, go get dinner ready!" he said in a shoo''ing tone.


    Thus Wang quickly left to get his lovely wife something to eat.

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    After the two had finally eaten, Ai had laid himself back down on the soft bedding of the small lounging chair before slowly falling asleep. Wang himself was off to the side, making sure the bed was set up before going to get the little fox.


    He had thought of getting his own ''meal'' that night, only to find that Ai had already fallen asleep! Sighing to himself, he moved to gather the smaller male into his arms and carried him to bed, only to be forced to sleep while holding his wife, rather than getting to enjoy some more tofu.


    The next few days were rather busy as Wang had to go about getting everything set up. He was supposedly an Emperor, yet he held no wish to really ruling this new country. Instead he declared his will of wanting to place someone else up to run things for him as he just sat in the back, hidden in the shadows. He would be the ruler that was hidden, while someone else was forced to deal with all the headaches of running the country.


    This person happened to be Shao Ling, Little Sho''s sworn brother who had been placed as the country''s regent general. Ling wasn''t to happy that he''d been pushed to the front after only agreeing to help run the Military command.


    Little Sho wasn''t all that glad either as he now had to not only keep track of what Wang was doing, but make sure that Shao Ling didn''t cause any other issues. Though he was great at commanding the soldiers, Ling wasn''t much of a ruler, rather wanting to train his own skills in fighting and cultivation then running a country.


    However, regardless of the many grumbles of complaints, Wang remained unmoved as he got everything he and Ai would need for their trip, making sure to also get some things just in case they really did get trapped in the mountain''s Hidden Realm.


    When the two finally set off, Ai had shifted back into his fox form so that he could snuggle himself into Wang''s arm and let the other carry him off. For some reason, after the fact that they''d ''coupled'' themselves together, Ai found himself to be unwilling to do much of anything that exerted to much energy. He just felt to lazy to move these days.


    Thankfully the Royal doctor stated that there was nothing wrong with him, it was just that his body was trying to adjust to the jump in cultivation. His Kind was slightly different when cultivating and many didn''t really reach the higher stages of this lower plane. The Spiritual energy caused some hidden issues, and his body was now currently trying to rid the impurities within that it drained his energy. After he managed to get these impurities out as well as cultivating into a more stabilized manor, would his energy naturally return.


    Besides, didn''t one need to take risks in life to achieve the great things others dreamed of?


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    The process of entering the Hidden Realm was quiet easy, it was the leaving part that was unknown. When they finally stepped into the invisible force field around the Hidden Realm. Both Ai and Wang felt the fluctuations of Spirit Energy. It took them a while to realize that this Realms spiritual energy was much stronger than their own lands. Not only was it stronger, it also felt pure and made their whole bodies warm up with a natural feeling of pleasure.


    It wasn''t until this moment passed that they finally realized why no one ever returned. Within the entrance to this Hidden Realm was a spiritual beast that surpassed even the highest level left from their own Realm. The beast was staring at them with a look of hunger, slowly walking to them.


    It wasn''t known why, but the ease to get in was much different when wanting to back out. It was as if they were standing with their backs against a hard wall instead of empty air.


    Ai was the first to react, quickly moving so that he could be seen by the Spirit beast walking to them. "Wait!" he called out, his voice was soft, and held an unknown fear.


    The spiritual beast''s gaze flashed for a moment, but he did in fact stop, his body shifting as if still wanting to pounce, but held itself back. "You.....are...." the beast slowly began to speak, his words seemed harsh, as if the words were not something it normally spoke. Which might be true, Surly enough, this beast was the one that killed anything that walked into this Realm. It never had the time to care to speak, though it could.


    "Come...Yes...Please" he then slowly allowed the blood lust in the air to drop, his mood becoming more peaceful. It was really great that Ai''s bloodline really did make other beasts want to keep him safe. Now that the beast had realized what he was, he was less willing to attack. Even if he wanted to eat he male that held the little fox. It would be rude.


    "Thank you." Ai then stated, his nerves slowly relaxed, but Wang stayed guarded as he watched the large beast that seemed stronger than even himself. How this was possible, he wasn''t sure. He knew that his rank was the highest of his kingdom''s region, but that didn''t mean he was the strongest, he held some doubts. Now he was sure.


    The two slowly followed the large beast that had turned, and began to walk back into the cave that he''d come out of.


    When they reached the edge of the other side, they found a large valley that seemed to stretch for miles, what more, it didn''t seem like they had entered a mountain rage at all! There were many other mountains that stood off to the distance, and it was clear this Realm was much larger than it appeared on the outside.


    Following the beast, they were lead to a clearing where a nest was settled under a large willow tree. The beast made himself at home before turning to look at the two who had followed him. "Human...dinner" he then said looking at Wang with a haunting gaze before it moved to look at Ai with a more peaceful expression. "Eat?" he then asked.


    Ai blinked a few times before shaking his head. "No no, this is my partner." He then stated before patting Wang''s arm that held him with his paw. "Not food." The whole time, Wang said nothing as he moved to sit down, not even batting an eye as he was called food. If anything, he''d gladly allow Ai to ''eat'' him. Though in a different way. His mid wondered to how Ai would look as he lowered down to take in...His thoughts were brought to a halt when the beast let out a grumbled growl. Clearly the beast had sensed that his thoughts were not right.


    Ai himself moved to glare at the male who held him. "Don''t go thinking about such things!" he stated as his fur fluffed up. Clearly Wang hadn''t realized his own reaction to his naughty thoughts had caused the scent of valorous to pass over the area around them. Coughing, he turned his gaze away. "Don''t mind me" He said as if didn''t matter. Why couldn''t he think of such things? Ai was his wife!

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    When the matter had passed. Ai had managed to make himself a little spot away from Wang, who now was being ignored for his actions.


    The large beast seemed to ignore the human along with the fox, and they began to talk to one another. Ai found out a great deal of things about this Realm. It was a part of the Upper realm that had some how gotten ''lost'' and ended up stuck here.


    This space had been a lesser area of the upper realms were most of the ''weaker'' beasts had lived. When they ended up stuck here, they found that to leave, they needed to find a way to get rid of the barrier that barred anything inside from going out.


    The issue was not many of the beasts here got alone with one another, so they had no idea how to break the barrier. Nor did the care to find out. Each beast had its own territory and any stupid ''humans'' that managed to find a way in would thus be used as food. If no one entered, then they just ate the smaller life that had managed to get and grew in population.


    Because the Spirit beast from the upper realm was smarter than most beasts, It didn''t take much effort to allow the newer beasts to come in to find area''s to populate. This would in turn allow a future food supply to be formed. So long as they only ate when needed, and allowed the population to continue to grow, they wouldn''t starve.


    The other points Ai had found, was that this space would actually be really good for him. With the higher Realms spiritual Energy that gathered here, not only was his body being purified from the impurities of the lower realm, but his base was being stabilized. There were also many fallen ruins that would hold a great deal of treasures that would help not only Ai, but Wang cultivate further down the road to immortality.


    It was here that Wang''s guesses had been turned to reality. It seemed that the realms they had thought they knew were only the lower realms main levels. There were further cultivation ranks, and the power between them was like heaven and earth. Many thought that Wang had reached the apex of his cultivation and wouldn''t be able to progress. But that wasn''t the case.


    This was only the beginning of a long road ahead.


    Spirit Beast and Cultivators Realm Ranks followed as ? Mortal flesh ? Soul Forming ? Mind Scattering ? Sarira ? Bone-refining ? Nirvana ? Golden body ? Godly Force ? Heavenly being ? Heavenly god ? Heavenly Buddha ? Godly Buddha. These were just for the bodies of the two, and aligned with one another just the same, then there was the spiritual cultivation realms that followed ? Qi Gathering ? Foundation ? Gold Core ? Soul Wandering ? Nascent Soul ? Ensoulment ? Nihility ? Ascension ? Half Immortal ? Profound Immortal ? Golden Immortal ? Immortal Venerable ? Immortal King ? Immortal Emperor.


    Now there was another thing they were sure of. Within the lower realm, clearly some Higher Realm cultivators had gathered some powers into sects, helping them grow stronger. Clearly they would have to grow stronger, and what more, it seemed that Wang''s strength was equal to a newly recruited child of those sects with ranks in the upper realms.


    With the help of the Beast, the two were brought to a place were Ai could focus on clearing his impurities, while Wang did the same. The Beast took it upon himself to guard the two, so that Ai wouldn''t need to worry about anyone interrupting his cultivation.


    When the two had rid themselves of the impurities, they would then need to start out and find those ruins to gather more strength to themselves. They really would have a hard time doing anything to the sects if they didn''t focus on their lack of understanding of the new information.


    Ai himself was hoping to find ways to help open more of is inherited memory''s so that he''d be able to plan better in the future.


    After they had spent a few days in this realm, the other beast had grown to realize Ai''s arrival and for their own reasons, they all seemed to come to an agreement that the feuds be put on hold as to not cause any unwanted issues to pop up. They all had the understanding of other beasts. Because they were on the lower lists of the upper realms Spirit beasts, they wanted to keep him safe.


    This in turn made sure that Wang wouldn''t be facing any danger while here. At least, that was so long as Ai was willing to lend his protection to him. If Ai grew unhappy with the human male, they''d readily eat him up!

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    As the days passed, both Wang and Ai had found themselves immersed in many different old text that they''d found among the ruins. Ai himself was finding that his own abilities seemed slightly different then how they should be. Though he wasn''t really able to figure out how or why he was different.


    This was different from Wang, who was able to see that his coding them into this world had caused an unbalanced upset in this world. What more, these facts seemed to make a ''glitch'' in how the cultivation worked.


    In all honesty, the strength Wang possessed was different from how it should be. He shouldn''t have had as strong of a power as he did, nor should he hold the abilities he had learned in the game. All of these were a good and bad thing. For one, he wasn''t forced to be suppressed at the start, however it would later come back to bite him. His cultivation would undoubtedly reach a bottleneck that would never come to pass. This all lied in the creation of the ''glitched'' cultivation he created.


    There was never suppose to be a separate system in cultivation, only because of him, this world changed to format it in, changing how people new cultivation and making it seem as it had always been as such. It also made it so the world was ''glitched'' out to format himself and the other ''users'' that came to this world.


    In order to fix this, Wang would need to abandon his cultivation achievements when he reached the next stage, the true beginning stage. He would also need to get Ai to do the same, or he himself would also have issues. The male no longer knew that he wasn''t truly of this world. Despite his rebirth, he still remained as a ''glitched'' cultivator. This was more likely the actual reason as to why Ai''s cultivation rank and strength seemed unbalanced.


    His race was naturally weaker then other spirit beasts, but he was also glitched which made him strong, yet his bloodline forcefully making him weaker was causing a complications with his cultivation.


    It was laughable how this world seemed ignorant as to the fact that this was all wrong. Maybe he should of taken more time before carelessly causing them to be stuck here. Though, at least he would be able to correct this path now, and he was sure that the other ''users'' stuck here would either find a way to correct the glitches within their cultivation, or have someone else guide them to the correct path. If not, then he didn''t really feel much guilt. They shouldn''t have followed him here to begin with!


    "Ai, come here for a second" Wang finally said after sorting his thoughts. The little fox turned to look at him, shaking his fur slightly before going to snuggle into the others lap. He had grown accustomed to using his fox form in order to avoid Wang''s tormenting.


    Ai himself wasn''t sure what the other was doing, he just enjoyed the pleasant feeling of being pet while a warmth washed over him. He really should have kept a better eye on the other, but he just couldn''t find it himself to do so!


    When this assessment was over, Wang let out a long sigh before shaking his head. This was going to be rather difficult. Not only would both need to more or less scrap what they''ve learned so far...He had to find a way to prevent them from ending back up at the start of the glitched cultivation instead of the starting point of the true path.


    Ai ignored the others gloomy mood before shifting, his own eyes moving around the cave they now were in. It had been one of the many they''d found that held the research they needed.


    His gaze narrowed slightly as he got off the others lap before making his way to the edge, were some of the other scrolls they hadn''t yet gone through were scattered.


    In a daze, he shifted back to his human form while reaching to pick up a scroll that seemed to draw him in, his gaze hazing over for a moment as he took in what was written on the paper.


    It wasn''t known when, but a soft glow began to from between Ai''s brows, his mind was filling with information that was different from his naturally inherited memories, but rather as if something was providing him information from an external factor.


    It was this scene that Wang had come across as he finally pulled himself from his own troubled thoughts. Shifting, he moved to get closer to the other, keeping his gaze on the youth before him as he tried to figure out what was happening.


    When the glow finally faded, Ai blinked a few times before finding the scroll he''d been looking at was now just a blank slate. There was no longer anything written on it. Frowning, he turned to look at Wang, confused.


    "What happened?" Wang then asked, testing to see if whatever had happened was good or bad, he was ready to act if something caused harm to Ai.


    "I don''t know...Just, I remember strange things...." he stated, which wasn''t odd. He know possessed a new skill that was unknown to the spirit beasts. A skill he should have never been able to obtain as a true spirit beast. The information passed onto him was one that many cultivators would die to get.


    What more, after a moment, the air in the cave began to stir as it rushed to Ai, the different orbs of spiritual energy converging and rushing into the point where the glow had been, a soft symbol formed. This symbol was different from the language of this world, but it also wasn''t foreign.


    Wang was able to understand what it meant at a glance. It was the mark of a newly born Pill Master.

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    Silence filled the cave as the two looked at one another, both Ai and Wang were unsure of what to say. It was known that the only ones able to achieve the ability to become a Pill Master were Human Cultivators. Spirit Beasts had no ability to become one, nor anything else that normal Cultivators could awaken. It was unheard of.


    With this fact clearly known between the two, they had no idea on what to do next. Ai himself felt lost as he sorted through the new information in his head. It seemed that the reason for Spirit Beasts to be unable to be Pill Masters or anything of the sort, was because they lacked the ability to awaken their aptitudes for it. Or rather, their makeup was one without such aptitudes.


    In order to be a Pill Maker, you not only needed to have the ability to process both Fire and Wold Elements, but they had to have a special ''pearl'' within their Spiritual Sea. Without this ''pearl'' You would never be able to grow as a Pill Maker. Spirit Beasts had never had this ''pearl''.


    It was the same for any cultivator interested in refining artifacts or creating arrays. They all needed the corresponding ''pearl'' in the spiritual sea. Spirit beast didn''t have this, it was long understood.


    Ai was at a loss, what was this to mean about himself? Did this mean that he was unique in a way even his own kind was unaware of? There was no memories of his ancestors having this ability. Nor did they have any of the other ''pearls'' to do anything similar in the professions other than cultivation.


    Wang new that this must be one of the ''Glitches'' Due to Ai having been born in their world as a human, his soul was human. But now he was in the body of a spirit beast, so maybe it created this unique requirement that caused Ai to be different? He wasn''t sure if this was good or bad. Though one thing was for sure, he surely couldn''t expose this new found ability to others easily.


    Not only would it upset the balance in this world, it would cause many other cultivators to want to possess this rare being that was different from any before. Cultivators aside, he wasn''t even sure how other spirit beasts would react. They had always wanted to surpass the limits of their own creation, and now Ai was proof that it could happen, that the barrier that held them form transforming into something stronger than their current selves, had now appeared.


    Biting his lip, Ai looked up at Wang with a pitiful expression. He was completely at a loss. His own instincts told him that this was illogical and couldn''t happen, yet he was secretly delighted that he found a way to get stronger!


    Ai nodded as he finally put the paper down. His mood was in a mess and he really didn''t know what to do, so it was best to just follow with Wang''s plans and maybe everything would end up okay?


    Ignoring the issues at hand, Ai went to busy himself with searching through the other scrolls. Wondering if there was another hidden treasure within them. Though they were just other things pertaining to being a Pill Master. As before, the information was absorbed into his own spiritual sea, integrating with his own self rather than remaining words. Thankfully it didn''t disrupt the spiritual energy around them again.


    Now the only matter left was for him to sort through the information he''d gathered, and begin his new path of following the manuals now integrated into him, in becoming a Pill Master. He did understand one thing, he needed to reach the stages of mortal Flesh and Qi Gathering before he could truly start his cultivation in being a Pill Master.

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    (Mild NSFW))


    It took a few days for the two to sort out everything they had gathered and find a safe cave in order to set up base. The tasks at hand had shifted from attaining knowledge into on how to go about using the newly found skills they gathered. Wang had spent his time sorting out his own cultivation, as to prepare for his next steps while guiding Ai to do the same.


    The soft pittering of the rain outside gave a sense of odd tranquility as the two sat on the makeshift bedding.


    "You ready?" Wang asked as he looked at the smaller youth before him, the air was cozy and warm. "Yes, it won''t hurt right?" the other asked, somewhat unsure. Getting a small chuckle from the larger male, his face darkened slightly with embarrassment before the two finally shifted, Wang slowly lowered the other to lay back as he moved to lightly plant kisses along his neck.


    Moving his hand, he began to slowly remove the others robes while doing the same to his own. Their now bare chests brushed against one another as they deepened the kiss. It had to be known that Ai hadn''t really wanted to go about doing this, but it was the only way for them to promote their cultivation without much headache.


    Both their spirit energy filled the cave, shifting and melting with one another as Wang moved himself between the others thighs, his hardness brushed against the others entrance, a low growth as he held himself back from rushing forth and eating to his fill.


    Ai trembled slightly, his breathing sped and heart racing as he held onto the others neck. It would be the first time they connected with one another without a heat to cloud his thoughts. He truly was embarrassed and unsure of how to move his own body in this kind of act.


    Slowly, Wang pressed himself into the other, his mass slowly being swallowed by the warm space within Ai. He kept his focus as lust filled his gaze, his body struggling with the need that was filling him. "You are still so tight, baby." he teased lightly, nipping at the other ear.


    Ai gasped his arms growing weak for a moment as he clutched at the others shoulders, He was unable to respond to the tormenting comments the other spoke as he felt his mind struggling to focus.


    When the large mass was fully hidden within Ai''s secret core, the two paused, doing their best to regulate their breathing as they continued to keep the melding of the spiritual sense together, not letting either slip out of control to ruin what it was they were doing.


    There was no action of losing oneself in pleasure, just the steady stream of energy that went from one to the other, only to repeat, creating a loop as the energy moved between the two in a steady stream. They both tried their best to keep the focus on the energy, rather than the pleasure that ached them to continue their actions.


    The process was long, and it took a lot of concentration for the two to keep up the act while resting in the same position, connected in the most intimate way. They both felt their cultivation level fluctuating, the air around them stirring around them in a relaxed fashion before brewing into more of a storm.


    It wasn''t until this storm had subsided that they both finally let out a breath of air, each looking into the others eyes as they felt their bodies finally settling into the correct path of cultivation. In truth, it felt as if they had lost all their previous hard work, descending into a weaker cultivational level. But there was one thought that passed their minds, they felt truly balanced in both body and spirit.


    It was after this thought passed that Ai began to relax, his misgivings about his own cultivation gone as Wang gladly accepted his own subtle loss. It would be much easier later on for him to level up, and no one would realize he''d fallen so low as he was now.


    Instead, he focused on something else, their actions for this cultivation process had awakened his desire , and he had to hold himself back to complete it. Now they didn''t need to meld their cultivation together to correct anything, instead he could just focus on the heat that wrapped around his throbbing member.


    Ai had been about ready to release the other to separate when he felt the mass within him beginning to move, his eyes widen as he let out a soft moan. "w-wait ahhnn" he tried to plead, pressing against the others shoulders before he felt the first few thrust.


    His body grew hot as he quickly moved to hold onto the others shoulders again, his body trembling as a new heat filled him.


    Wang wasted no time in taking action, his thrusts grew more eager as he sped his pace, holding onto the smaller males waist while letting out his own low groans of pleasure as he enjoyed himself in his own pleasure.


    It wasn''t known how long this act took place, nor how many rounds it continued into after, only that when Ai woke again, it had already shifted to the late evening of the next day. His body was sore and weak as he laid in Wang''s arms, feeling helpless.

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    Wang was very pleased with himself as he lightly rubbed the others hip, his gaze was gentle and held a warmth that expressed his pleasing mood. It wasn''t until Ai woke up that he finally moved his gaze away from the body that was once again covered in the markings of their love making.


    "You lied!" Ai said feeling depressed. "You said we''d only do the cultivation then stop!" He felt his eyes watering up, his body had truly been used completely! There were love bites all over his neck and shoulders, his chest and all along his arms and back! He felt if he looked down, there would most likely be even more down below.


    "Well, I had planned on stopping, but It was just too pleasant to stop. Didn''t you enjoy it just as much as me?" Wang stated as if it were a matter of fact. In truth, despite his protests at the start, Ai ended up just as needy as he had. The smaller youth had even taken action to continue a few of the later rounds, enjoying himself to his own fill as well.


    "T-thats..." Ai began his face darkening, he didn''t want to admit that he himself had lost himself into the pleasure and found his body reaction outside his own control. But still! "I...I want a bath" he then stated, refusing to admit his own actions from the night before.


    Wang laughed as he slowly pushed himself up, his arms moving to pull Ai into his hold before standing up and heading further back into the cave. Inside the winding tunnel was another opening, where a natural pool of water awaited, the two quickly entered it and began to wash up, Wang''s actions very tender as he helped Ai clean his lower half that was still sore.


    When they were finally redressed and sitting within the main area of the cave, Ai began to explore his own cultivation with wonder as he felt his spiritual sense and the newly formed pearl glowing within him, it was faint and felt weaker than before their actions of dual cultivation, but it also felt much more reliable. He himself didn''t really understand how the two cultivation were different, but it seemed that now he was on the right path, and any issues were now corrected.


    Wang was also sorting out his own cultivation, making detained notes on his own state before standing up. "I''ll be going to continue to stabilize my realm. Did you want to come along or not?" He asked turning to look at the youth who seemed more happy than he was when he''d woken up.


    Ai blinked a few times before nodding, standing up to dust his robe off as he sighed. "I need to get the things to start working on my new cultivation manual. I need a lot of herbs because I don''t know how long it will take to grasp the needed knowledge." he said, seeming unsure. He still wasn''t completely sure he''d actually be able to make Pills. It was really unheard of.


    Wang nodded as he shifted to bring out a pill cauldron from his space pouch he''d found. They had to change from using Spiritual spaces to pouches, this was one of the glitches he had. He also lost his ability to use the spiritual energy to fly, so now he would be bound to walking.


    Ai himself remained able to use a spiritual space, but it was different. It seemed to be linked to his spiritual pearl for Pill making, it was a lush area for growing herbs and would in turn, grow larger as his power increased.


    Other than Magical herbs, he also had a spiritual lake that seemed to be condensed of his spiritual sea. He wasn''t sure what all he could put into that space, but it didn''t matter. As of now it was too small for anything other than this lake and a small herb field that was waiting for planting.


    The two quickly sorted out the cave before heading out, each taking caution as they began to explore for spiritual herbs as well as a few spiritual beasts that were from the lower realm that had been trapped here as well. They would serve to help Wang with his cultivation, as Ai focused on gathering herbs and aiding the other to help his own cultivation.

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    The two quickly managed to find a good ''hunting'' spot for Wang. There were several different breeds and levels of normal ''Beasts'' for him to test out his strengths on.The difference from his previous cultivation level and his current one were like Night and Day.


    The Spiritual beast''s he''d have been able to fight before, were more of a challenge then now. His Power level had dropped drastically. His mood was odd as he went from one battle to the next, testing not only his hit power, but his speed, agility and defensive abilities as well.


    The outcome of his testing all pointed to one thing, he was extremely weak. Not only had he lost all of his ''skill'' abilities he''d had in the game except for soul bound things, like his bonding with Ai. It was really as if he''d completely restarted his ''stats'' and was playing with a ''newb'' character.


    The only saving grace was that the odd sensation of unreality was no longer there. This world felt as if it were truly real now. The Spiritual Energy was constantly humming against his skin as he found a clearing to begin practicing new skills he''d found from before with Ai, as the other was still going about gathering his basic resources for pill refining.


    Following the same steps as before for several days, Wang found that his cultivation was slowly increasing, and it was moving at a rate faster than it would have logically. His body was used to holding a larger cultivation, so the emptied Spiritual Channels and Meridians, were aching to absorb as much Spiritual Energy as they could.


    The other difference was that there was now a ''Spiritual Root'' in which would condense this Spiritual Energy into different paths. Each path had a different property, such as defensive means, cultivation ability, or even simply his speed and dexterity.


    Instead of working through a console to add ''skill points'' into a slot, he now had to move spiritually to feel these channels to increase his strength. Once they were full, he could promote them to the next level. Starting this process over all again.


    It was separated from his actual cultivation level, but the more he filled and upgraded these separate ''roots''. The stronger his cultivation got. His promotion to the next cultivation level later on would be easier to take so long as he kept these different properties balanced.


    If one were to mark the differences in his body, Wang would only say that there was a network of different channels and Meridians all working together. His understanding of how a cultivation system worked before was missing a great many aspects. It was really clear how he had caused so many issues before with his ''programming'' to make the incomplete format.


    Ai was also adjusting to the new flow of energy. The missing pieces were sorted and his body felt the rush of warmth from head to toe. Though his body had been ''reborn'' into this world. It still held blocked points that were unused due to the programming that his cultivation had caused.


    Though he himself was unable to figure out why his cultivation had been so wrong before, the look Wang would give him caused a few shivers while his mind hinted at things long forgotten. Pushing these worries to the side. Ai just focused on feeling the different threads of Spiritual Energy coursing through his own Channels and Meridians.


    The Spiritual Pearl in his Spiritual Sea hummed with acceptance as he allowed it to fill with the natural Energy around him. He would at times adjust his own state of mind while assisting Wang with attacking the Beasts before adjusting his own cultivation. His focus was less on attack power and more on support.


    The attacking power of a Pill Master was different, and felt rather weak. Maybe his unique race was the difference in helping his own cultivation with his Spiritual pearl grow. Fundamentally, his race was not physically strong. Their attack abilities were linked to more Mental and quick attacks. His views were already aligned with how Pill Masters attacked, thus he found the flow faster than he should have.


    When they were not testing their ''strengths'' and fighting. Ai was off to the side, gathering the different herbs that would grow in patches along the forest ground. Though he''d gather a few of the ''rarer'' herbs for later use. Ai''s focus was on the more commonly found herbs, to help him start his path to pill making.


    It wasn''t until Ai felt he had enough Spiritual Energy stored up, as well as many herbs to practice with that he decided to hold himself up into a safe cave to begin practicing forming pills. Heading to Wang, Ai waited for the other to finish the stances of his own cultivation before handing over some water.


    "I''m going to go practice the cultivation method for Pill Making...Okay?" he asked, though they were busy with their own things, Ai still had wanted to let the other know before hiding himself away in the cave they''d been staying in.


    Wang nodded as he turned to look at the caves entrance. "I''ll be here watching. Go off and learn." he said.


    Ai nodded before happily heading into the cave to begin his practice. Wang himself just remained outside the cave, moving to sit off at the opening of the cave where he finally started to meditate, gathering in the wandering Spiritual Energy around him.


    Inside the cave, Ai busied himself with setting up the cauldron, as well as setting the many different herbs he''d gotten to the side. He left the herbs he wouldn''t be using safely stored away in his Space. He made sure that he had everything the scroll had told him to gather, before he cleared his minds of any unimportant issues before he began to go through the refining process that were given to him.

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    Within the cave, Ai had situated himself on a soft cushion. His focus was on the table filled with many different kinds of low ranked herbs. Each one would more or less be classified as a Rank 1 Spiritual Herb with little use to the majority of the Cultivation world.


    Whoever it was these low spiritual herbs that would be required to practice refining as well as to build a base for Pill Making. You could not start off with the higher pill or herb ranks if you wished to go down this path.


    His mind cleared, and his spirit up. Ai began to adjust his Spiritual Sea to release a steady strand of Spiritual Essence to flow out to slowly surround the Herbs before him.


    Guiding this essence, he adjusted himself to mimicking the needed hand seals that would help guide the herbs into purifying as well as molding them to their core properties.


    This process was daunting to those who had never done it before. Ai''s focus was completely on the needed Hand Seals while also making sure to slowly draw out the impurities he could feel with his Spiritual essence. He repeated this process until he couldn''t feel any more impurities.


    The next step would be putting these herbs into the cauldron and making a low ranking medical solution. This solution wasn''t was not a pill but would help one learn the proper method of using the cauldron.


    Keeping his focus as he went step by step. Ai repeated these processes, until all the herbs he had set aside were gone.


    The solutions he had created were at the side, each separated into small bottles that Wang had given him. There were 20 bottles, and of those a little over half had been properly made while the rest were waste material that failed the process.


    Wiping the sweat from his forehead. Ai knitted his brows before he let out a sigh. His body felt drained and sticky, but he pushed the uncomfortable thoughts to the back of his mind before he began to pull out the second batch of herbs he had stored away before repeating the process over once more. This continued until Ai was able to perfectly make each medical solution without a single failure.


    When he''d managed to do that, Ai then moved to using the usable solutions to start forming the basic medical bath that he would need to bathe in to help open the needed Spiritual Beads that rested in each Chakra point.


    These beads, along with his Spiritual Pearl would be his means of cultivation. As they grew and gathered the Spiritual Essence given by the process of Pill making, would his body adjust and grow with his cultivation.


    The only other aspect of his growth would rest in his Mental Strength, his ability to grow his perception. The more he could ''perceive'' in pill making, the stronger his mental power would grow.


    Though as it was now, this membrane was rather weak and wouldn''t last long. Though over time, the possibilities were endless!


    Pleased with his findings, Ai continued his cultivation before he finally had enough of the medical solution to fill a basin. His mood had fluctuate a lot during this process, but after he finished he was eager to soak in this medical bath and clean off all the ''grime'' that had began to cover his body.


    It was the impurities his body had forced out as it took in the Medical essence during his refinement.


    Striping off his robes, Ai swiftly moved to enter the basin. After settling himself in, Ai felt his body began to slowly warm up. The pleasant feeling began to shift to more numbing sting before pain washed over him.


    Letting out a soft gasp, Ai quickly bit onto his lower lip before any other sounds escaped, his eyes closing while he trembled, hands gripping the edge of the basin. Though he hadn''t realized it would be so painful, he had somewhat expected it.


    The dark green liquid seeped around him, slowly the color began to fade as the medical properties began to do their job, entering his body and filling his cultivation beads.


    After the solution had completely been absorbed, leaving behind a milky white substance that slowly began to darken with the impurities his body had cast out, Ai finally got out. His body still trembled as he adjusted his mindset to push back the lingering pain while he quickly filled the second basin with pure Spiritual water from his space before going in and letting the water sooth his spiritual beads along with his muscles, bones and Meridians.


    It was after Ai had finished cleaning himself off that he had redressed and headed out of the cave. His whole bearing was exhausted, having to repeat the process of making the solution and then soaking in it followed by the Spiritual water before finally his body and Spiritual Beads and Pearl were now ready for Pill making.


    Wang, who had been sitting just outside the cave the whole time finally opened his eyes, turning to look at Ai with a soft smile. "Completed?" he asked, as if he already knew the answer.


    Ai nodded before he shifted slightly, Wang quickly pushing himself to go and hold the other before his legs finally gave out. "I think it''s time for rest?" he asked, moving to lift the other into his arms.


    Ai wanted to complain but held back, his body was too sore for him to struggle. So he just allowed Wang to carry him back into the cave, heading down a separate tunnel instead of the one to his ''refining room''.


    Setting Ai down onto the makeshift bed, Wang removed his outer robe before moving into the bed, his arms pulling the smaller male to his chest as he snuggled close. Letting out a pleased sigh, he closed his eyes as he relaxed his body.


    Ai himself hadn''t put too much thought to what Wang was doing, his mind was blank as he quickly fell asleep upon being placed into the bed. It only showed how tired he truly was without fast he had passed out.

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    Despite the frustration of wanting some action, but not getting any, Wang allowed Ai to sleep without bothering him. Instead he simply just laid with him, holding the smaller body in his arm before falling into his own restful slumber.


    The following days mimicked the later, as they worked to both further their own cultivation. Neither party seemed to be upset at the arrangements made. The only drawback was that Wang seemed to be unable to get any of the ''action'' he wished for.


    It wasn''t until he could no longer bear it, that Ai finally gave in and allowed Wang to ''eat'' until he was completely satisfied.


    The following morning, Ai was left helpless as he felt that his waist would snap if he tried to move. "You overdid it!" he cried with a watered gaze. However, despite his pitiful expression, Wang was in a blissful mood as he nuzzled against the youths neck, holding him in his embrace.


    "Don''t complain ba! I went so long without getting to enjoy you, at least let me have my fill ah?" he stated as if it was obvious he''d ''over indulge''. "Besides, It was you who had pushed me past my limits ah? Don''t make me wait so long.'''' His tone had an odd tone. It was as if Wang was blaming Ai for his own actions?


    Flushed with embarrassment and anger, Ai pouted as he fiddled with the sheet covering him. "But that''s because...you always over do it." he muttered mostly to himself, feeling helpless.


    Wang laughed slightly as he moved to kiss the others neck again. "That''s because you are just so hard to resist ah? Plus, your lustful cries and expressions. I just can''t get enough ba!"


    Feeling himself get even more annoyed, Ai just grunted as he moved to push the other way, he didn''t want to deal with this damnable scum! "I want to sleep more, go away!" he cried out, wanting to hide.


    Having realized he pushed his lover a bit too far, Wang rubbed his nose as he got up, not at all bashful over the fact that he was still naked as he moved to go wash up. "I''ll come get you for breakfast later." he called out over his shoulder.


    Ignoring the larger male, Ai just pushed the other to the back of his mind as he snuggled back into his bed, letting his body rest a bit more as he swiftly fell back to sleep. He''d have to make sure that the other really did suffer ah?! Maybe next time he''d make sure the other couldn''t ''enjoy'' his body for much longer no?


    The issue was...how? Wang was always too forceful ah? There was no way to resist if the larger male wanted to get some action. He would only be teased and tormented until he agreed ba!


    Once Ai had rested enough, Wang finally returned to help him wash up and dress, only to carry the youth whose legs could no longer hold him up, to the main area of the cave. Setting him down at the makeshift ''table''.


    After eating, the two then once more lazed about for a moment as they adjusted their mindset into testing their own cultivation.


    Having separate cultivation for both body and spirit was a new feeling for Wang, who was constantly testing out the difference between his power now, and what it had been before. Though this world still held ''bugs'' from their world, it was easy to see the differences now that he was no longer ''glitched''. Thankfully they''d been sent to an area where there were no powers stronger than himself ah!


    Without the previous issues in cultivation, he was sure he''d be able to soon reach the highest peaks in this world. Once he did so, not only could he assist Ai in his plans, but they could also settle down and just spend their days together like a normal married couple ah? As cultivators, they''d be able to spend many lifetimes together.


    Dazed in his own fantasies, Wang didn''t notice that Ai had adjusted himself to standing, wobbling his way to the refining room. "I''ll be practicing some more so go get some herbs!" he called out Wang after reaching the path to his ''refining'' room.


    Wang, pulled from his thoughts, blinked a few times before turning to look at the empty seat with a frown, before looking to Ai. "Okay. Though we should maybe leave here soon. We can''t just level up here forever ah?" he stated.


    Though they were safe and the only other creatures were either Spiritual Beasts or other Beasts that were trapped here, it wasn''t like they could just stay forever. With this in mind, they should at least start making arrangements to return from this ''realm'' and head back.


    Ai nodded before turning back around and heading out. Though he understood that, he did want a bit more understanding of pill making. What more, he''d only opened his spiritual beads up a few days before. He felt it was too soon, and didn''t want to rush things.


    Feeling Ai''s reluctance, Wang let the conversation drop before he moved to go out, doing as requested and gathering more herbs for the smaller male. They could always bring the conversation back up again when it was time. Anyways, at least he''d still be able to enjoy Ai whenever he wanted him right?


    Thus the two once more went about cultivating while slowly looking for a means to ''leave'' this hidden realm. Each passing day, they grew stronger, having a deeper understanding of their own cultivation as well as cultivation in general.


    When the barrier, keeping the Hidden Realm sealed, finally broke, the rush of spiritual energy and beasts that had been locked up finally rushed out. Both Wang and Ai were standing at the center of what used to be the hidden realm, looking at one another with a blank expression.


    Ah, that seemed to have been too simple? Only having gotten to the Soul Forming, Foundation cultivation level, they had only needed to solve a simple riddle to break the barrier. There was no grand show of strength, nor any dangerous paths. Just a simple, childish puzzle!

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    With the rush of pure Spiritual Energy, as well as the many high ranking Spirit beasts, many sects rushed to the mountain range in order to find out what had happened. This however, didn''t have anything to do with Wang and Ai as they had already left to find a new realm to ''grow'' in.


    One had to be amazed with the many different Realms that were around. Many of which would be avoided, as the Righteous Sects held claim over them. But there were a few that remain unprotected.


    Once more in his fox form, Ai snuggled into Wang''s embrace as he was carried to the new location. Having spent a month in the first realm, then another week trying to find a new location to train in, the two had firmly consolidated their new levels. They also used the time traveling to gather a few other resources, such as spacial tools and other needed items.


    When they were sure that there was nothing else they might need, Wang had begun to head to the new Secret Realm. This one had similar rumors as the last, though a few other cultivators had managed to ''escape'' the realm without completely breaking the barrier.


    "Are you sure it will be the same?" Ai asked looking up to the cave that had a faint trace of spiritual energy. He really wasn''t sure, the last one was okay because he had been ''received'' as a guest rather than dinner. But that was because of his bloodline, there was no Guarantee it would happen again ah?


    Wang laughed lightly as he patted the fox''s head. "There''s nothing to worry about. The rumors from the few that managed to leave said it was filled with Spiritual Beasts ah? Aren''t you the best for dealing with those?" he asked.


    Ai pouted slightly while his tails swished about with a faint anger. "Well, if you get eaten, it''s not my fault." He stated as if the others death wouldn''t bother him. Though the thought of Wang being eaten caused a depressing mood to fill him.


    It was as if Wang was able to sense this, smiling softly as he continued to stroke the fox''s fur. "No worries. I''ll make sure that I wont die ah? I still need to be around to keep you safe." he said, pleased his little wife didn''t seem too happy at the thought of his ''death''.


    When the two arrived. Both parties looked at one another while finding that they didn''t have a means to actually cross it ah? What was with the promise of possibly getting trapped inside ah?!


    The two felt their moods lower a bit while Ai hopped down, walking over to bang his paw against the barrier while Wang also went to another side to lightly tap his knuckles against the field preventing them from going through.


    "Is there a special way to get in?" the two asked, heads trying to figure out how it was they could get into the secret realm. There were no comments of it being ''closed'' off, nor did they hear that anything was needed to enter. Then again, those who had ''escaped'' refused to say how they got in.


    Ai''s ears lowered as he began to pout slightly. The whole point of coming here was to gather more treasures and knowledge left within these realms ah? How can he get them if he''s unable to get in!


    Sensing his mood, Wang walked over and crouched, reaching to lightly pat the fox''s head. "Don''t worry. I''m sure there is a way in ah? We just need to look a bit closer, maybe we need to trigger a specific array or maybe there was a hidden entry point? It could be the others who entered had done so by mistake instead of just showing up right?


    With the renewed spirit, Ai began to move around the edge of the barrier, sniffing around while trying to sense any way to get in. He also kept his eyes peeled for some kind of ''trigger'' point.


    While the two were looking around the entrance, a rustling sound caught them off guard. Wang paused to look back at the bushes with a narrowed gaze. Ai just turned his ears, listening with confusion before the rustle sounded again.


    The rustling went on a few more times before a young girl finally broke free, panting as she stood before the two, glancing behind here. "Stupid..." she muttered before turning her gaze back, freezing at seeing the male and fox before her.


    The girl''s gaze moved from the fox to the male and back a few times before sighing. "Finally someone else! Listen here, there''s many different spirit beasts rushing about ah?! I can''t believe how many of them happened to rush into my path damn it!" she said finally letting her guard down as she fell to her knees.


    Seeing how the male hadn''t said anything, nor moved to help her, the girl''s gaze moved back to him. Silence filled the air as the two looked at one another. Wang''s expression grew darker the longer she looked at him.


    It wasn''t until a light flashed before the girl''s eyes, that she finally pushed herself back up again. With a strange surge of energy, she rushed up to Wang, eyes glowing. "You are Wang ah!? So you go trapped here too?" her tone was bright and filled with an odd happiness.


    "Great! I''m not alone anymore, what more it''s Wang ah?! The great PK player! Y-E-S!" Jumping up and down, the girl let her glee completely control her. Her face darkened with a light blush as she moved around, gazing Wang up and down.


    "Hmn...Though you seem a bit different ah? You were the strongest player in the game?" her comment caused Ai''s ears to tremble, his gaze moving from the crazy girl to Wang.


    Wang felt his back chill slightly, his annoyed gaze leaving the girl to glance at Ai. He couldn''t possibly...

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    Wang''s heart thudded in his chest as he looked at Ai, did he possibly remember? Feeling a cold sweat starting to break out, Wang turned his frustration to the girl. "Just shut up already!" he stated annoyed. It''s all her fault ah? Why did she need to pop up and start shouting out rubbish?!


    Ai blinked slowly, a few dazed memories filling his mind, though fogged and not really giving any answers. But his mood was affected nonetheless. He turned his gaze to the girl who was still gushing about stuff that made no sense to him. It wasn''t until Wang had snapped at her, that she finally stopped.


    Pressing her lips into a pout, the girl turned her gaze away, shyly kicking the dirt at her feet. "I mean, it''s the first person I''ve found that wasn''t some strange NPC that blabbered nonsense ah?" it was clear she felt wronged, but that''s besides the point.


    Without much time, the girl''s mood brightened again. "Since you are stuck here too, that means we are ''stranded'' together ah? Then...then it''s just us two?!" her comments caused her to blush, the thoughts running through her head were clearly shady.


    Wang narrowed his gaze as he crossed his arms over his chest. "I''m not stranded anywhere with you. I''m here of my own free will ah? What do you mean?" he said, feeling a small doubt in his heart. His gaze moved to Ai again, hoping the other wouldn''t just run off.


    Ai however, pushed the strange memories to the side as he moved over, jumping up onto Wang''s shoulder and nuzzling himself against his neck. He didn''t understand why, but his heart was uneasy as he looked at the way the girl gazed at Wang.


    Pulled from her thoughts again, the girl blinked at the fox, smiling. "Is that your spiritual pet ah? You managed to tame one of the real ones! So cool" her admiration of the person before her going up even higher. Nodding to herself, the girl looked up at Wang with glittering eyes. "Since we are of the same kind, then I can tag along right?" it was clear she had no thoughts of leaving.


    Wang frowned as he let out a soft ''tch'' sound. Turning his gaze away from her, he reached up to pat Ai''s head. "I''ve already got my partner, I don''t need a pest to follow me." he stated coldly.


    Biting her lip, the girl pouted again while her eyes watered, looking up at him with a ''weak'' and ''pitiful'' gaze. "but...I''m alone and a girl ah? I don''t understand how but being stuck here was horrible! What more, I always end up being chased by spiritual beasts or other cultivators that want to steal my stuff ah?" she said, trying to appeal to the other.


    Wang ignored her once more, walking to the side and returning to looking at the barrier. Maybe if he ignored her enough, she''d go away ba?


    Seeing that Wang still didn''t react, the girl sighed as she moved to sit down, refusing to leave. Instead, she was trying to figure out what to do next. Didn''t all those stories about transmigration lead to the same ending ah? The male would protect the beauty and they''d live happily together? Clearly she was the ''female lead'' while Wang, as the strongest player from the game, was the ''male lead''?


    With the girl no longer rambling, Wang and Ai continued to look for the entry to the realm, both completely ignoring the girl who sat to the side.


    Since he felt a strange feeling towards the female, Ai refused to leave Wang''s shoulder, staying snuggled against his neck as he looked around, silently sending his own thoughts to Wang. He really didn''t know why, but he didn''t want to give the girl a chance to be closer to Wang then he was ah!


    Wang himself was too busy trying to figure out how to get rid of the annoying insect before she caused Ai to remember what should remain forgotten, that he didn''t think too much of how clingy Ai was. Instead, the closeness was making his mood increase instead. Since he wasn''t rushing to run away, he most likely didn''t remember anything right?


    With each of them with their own thoughts, time slowly began to drift by. It wasn''t until the moon began to rise that the barrier finally began to react.


    Both Wang and Ai glanced at one another, feeling the traces of Spiritual Energy growing stronger as the ''barrier'' began to change. When the change finally stopped, the two smiled at one another before easily passing through the barrier, leaving the girl behind!


    Hua was still lost in her thoughts, not paying attention as the two disappeared. When she looked up, her gaze moved to looking for Wang, only to find that he was gone? "What he left already?!" she gasped standing up, rushing to where she had last seen the Male and Spiritual beast.


    Biting her nail, her gaze darted around, trying to look into the dark cave, hoping to see the male of her dreams still there. "How can he leave me ah?!" With a look of annoyance, Hua grumbled to herself. "Clearly he''s going to be tougher than I thought to catch...Still, He''s supposed to be my golden finger! My future husband!"


    Glancing once more at the cave, the girl bit her lip, before finally taking a step, unknowingly entering the same Secret Realm as the two.


    Wang and Ai had already rushed off after entering, finding that this realm was a deep cave, rather than the forest and plain that the other had been.


    Not waiting to see if the girl would follow, the two headed in deeper, making sure to keep an eye out for any other dangers. This place would surely be different right?

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    The soft glow of the cave walls and plant life managed to light up the cave enough for one to see. The soft hues of bluish green were not all that terrible to look at. The only issue was that neither Wang nor Ai saw a hint of any life here ah!


    Where was the promised spirit beasts?! Both gazed into the faint lighting tunnels, not sure where they would lead to. However, the faint steps of someone walking behind them caused Ai to grumble a bit, Wang quickly picking up on the ill mood of his love, before rushing forward.


    Thus, instead of worrying about the lack of Spiritual Beasts, the two was instead stuck playing a game of cat and mouse with the female from before. Of course, they were the ones hiding while she was trying to find them!


    "I could of killed her so easily if it was before!" Wang complained as he once more turned to go down a twisting tunnel. His own face was dark with annoyance as he ached to just go back to beat the damn girl into a putty! Though, because he had reset his skills, though his presence and ''realm'' still felt the same to others, he was actually much weaker ah?!


    Until he could improve his new cultivation, it was rather unnerving trying to pretend that you were still the strongest around. Clearly he had never been, but the idea was what gave him his non-fearing nature ah! Now he just wanted to quickly climb back to the peak and no longer worry about finding someone stronger.


    Though he was sure he could still possibly when against this stupid girl, he wasn''t sure how long it would take, nor if the bitch had any secret tricks ah?! She clearly could at least hold some kind of skill. Not only had she lasted until now on her own, but she was clearly able to follow them?! How many times had they gone into a random tunnel only to shift back into the first one at the next intersecting loop?!


    Ai had found his own mood growing more annoyed with the passing time. Not only had he finally decided to ''be'' with Wang, but now someone else was claiming to be his fated partner?! What? Why hadn''t you arrived before he stole my innocents ah!? Why now?!


    Keeping his place around the larger males neck, Ai just gazed around the walls of the tunnel, wondering how any treasures or other important things could be found in such a bland cave ah? Not only was there only the soft glowing lights and useless plants that only glowed with the same light as the wall. There was nothing for him her ah?! Not a single herb!


    Finally, Wang managed to ease into a crack in the wall that was a bit awkward, making the two fade into the darkness as they peered out. Since the crack no longer held the glow, the two figured they could hide here and then let the girl pass them ah! Then she''d be walking ahead, and they could follow. No longer being chased, but chasing!


    Wang was just glad that his little wifey was no longer mad at him! He promised that he hadn''t ever cheated ah? This was truly a case of some misunderstandings ah? Though he wanted to explain it clearly for the little fox on his shoulders, the two wasn''t really sure how close the girl was. So, they had to stay quiet, just waiting to see her pass by.


    It didn''t take long for the girl to finally start making her way down the twisting tunnel. She was skipping along without a care. The odd thing, was that it seemed like there was an odd light floating before her, leading her pathway? Ai blinked a few times as he looked to Wang, confused on what was happening.


    Wang was a bit taken back himself before his gaze once more darkened with a cold sneer. She was truly capable ah?! She was a damn scouting array master?! The two were feeling rather angry as the orb moved itself over to the crack they were hiding in, hovering there as the girl paused, looking around confused.


    "Ah, stupid thing, they aren''t here! Come on! Lead the way!" she told the orb, poking it with her finger while growing worried. If it continued to not lead the way, then wouldn''t she lose them?! Maybe they had tricks too? Stopping the locating array, the Hua blinked. What no?


    Both Wang and Ai were left with a stupid expression. Clearly they had been found, but was this girl really...stupid? Not only had her locator orb not only found them and the crack they were hiding in. But she acted as she hadn''t even seen it! You had to know that though Wang wasn''t a overtly strong muscle man, he was still larger than the average Joe!


    It wasn''t until the girl had finally disappeared around the bend of the tunnel that the two finally began to relax. The two looked at one another before wondering what it was that had just happened. Clearly the two were sure she''d of found them just then?


    Wang waited until enough time passed before he began to move back out of the crack. However, it seemed this was not going to work ah? The crack seemed to have shifted a bit, and not only could Wang no longer get out, even Ai found that he wasn''t able to squeeze himself from around the others neck ah?


    It clearly hadn''t been this tight before? Both felt a sliver of fear before the opening to the crack closed before their eyes, blocking them into the darkness as the cave wall holding them in place began to shift over them, as if they were being pushed along the walls down.


    This was even weirder, because Wang''s feet never left the floor! So how where they being pushed down?!

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    The strange motion of being pushed down along the walls, continued for a few minutes. Both Ai and Wang were unable to move much other than soft wiggles while otherwise completely stuck. There own moods dropping again as they tried to figure out what was happening, they didn''t unknowingly walked into a mouth and get swallowed ah?


    Feeling some sweat starting to form on his back, Wang tried to gather his spiritual energy into his hand, wanting to break his way free so that he could keep Ai safe as well. However, before he could finish, the caves wall that had trapped them slowly opened back up, and the entry way was once more unblocked.


    Quickly, Wang moved out of the crack his and Ai''s gaze blinded for a moment before they turned to look at the crack they just left that had once more closed. Ah, what had just happened? Blinking the two glanced up, seeing that there was no crack or anything showing what they had just gone through.


    Feeling ill at ease with the walls of the cave, Wang backed up at Ai shifted to nuzzle the others neck, shuddering slightly.


    It was only after they had calmed their nerves that they turned to see they were no longer In the long twisting tunnels, instead they were inside a large opening that held a mini forest and plains. Though ''mini'' they were still larger enough for it to take a few months to clearly be able to search everything ah?!


    Once more having to explore valleys and forests, the two found themselves a bit unsure. Though at least the difference in plant life was obvious. The plants here were all varieties that needed darker places to grow! Instead of a sun, this realm was light up by the soft glowing fungi that had grown all over the roof and walls. Slowly trailing along the ground of the forest and plains.


    Without much else to really do at this point, Ai glanced at Wang for a while before the two decided to find a place to make camp. Though the rumors were clearly different from what they were seeing, maybe there still was something worth while in this cave ah?


    Ai hoped off of Wang''s shoulder, no longer feeling the need to show his ''possessive'' side now that the girl was gone. Instead he just shifted from his fox form back into his human body as he wandered into the forest before him. Though he had been ''nuzzling'' the male before, he was still mad at him ah! How dare he attract other peoples attention hmnph!


    Wang was a bit lost as to why his love was all of a sudden giving him the cold shoulder, however he didn''t push the issue. Instead he just followed after him, trying to appease the beauty before he was left to sleep in the dog house ah!


    The two continued there search despite the odd mood of hot and cold between the two. Wang was busy trying to appease his love, while Ai was busy ignoring him ah! They didn''t realize that the soft glow of the fungi was softly growing stronger as they passed.


    "FOUND YOU~" the annoying voice sounded as the girl from before jumped out, hugging onto Wang with a pleased look. Both Wang and Ai were a bit startled, before Ai''s expression darkened again while glaring at the girl who was hugging and rubbing against Wang.


    Wang was at a loss as he tried to push the girl off, feeling his mood lowering as he began to wonder if he could just chop this girl into peaces ah? Maybe Ai wouldn''t complain if he just killed her then?


    However, when he glanced to look at his loves expression, he found himself feeling even more at a loss. Not only was Ai glaring at the girl, he was about to cry! With renewed strength, Wang finally managed to force the girl off himself as he moved over to pat Ai''s head, "Whats wrong ah?! Don''t cry!" he stated trying to sooth the smaller male.


    Ai wasn''t sure why he was crying ah! He just didn''t like his own thoughts or mood! Despite his protests on not accepting Wang as his ''husband'' he still had slept with the guy several times ah? Sure one wouldn''t think a Spiritual beast wouldn''t care much for ''purity'' or whatever right? But that''s not true.


    Ai''s race believed in being with the same ''lover'' for a lifetime. Clearly Wang had taken his purity and made himself his ''partner'' so Wang would be his for a lifetime then! But now¡­Now the male had someone else clinging on him? What was Ai to do ah? He wasn''t a girl like her, he couldn''t birth his children.


    His mood became more complicated as he felt the possibility of Wang tossing him to the side for the girl, she clearly would be more attentive to Wang ah? Instead of ignoring him as Ai always did¡­


    With his own feelings of jealousy that he was ignorant to, Ai quickly shifted into his fox form and rushing off. Thankfully though, the girl had been to worried about attracting Wang, that she hadn''t realized there was even a third party there.


    Her mood lowering as she puffed her cheeks up and glared at the male who was left standing dumbly staring off into the distance. "Why''d you push me ah? What if I got hurt?" she stated placing her hands on her hip.


    However Wang didn''t bother to give her a second glance be for hurrying after his little wife who''d run away from him again! His own expression was rather dark and he half wanted to just chop the damn girl up into little pieces.

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    Hua pushed her worries to the side before starting to follow once more. It wasn''t like she could really do anything else right? Besides, clearly her challenge to get the dreamed male lead would be harder then she thought! So, the girl began to think of a new plan, while slowly following the path the two had taken.


    Ai himself hadn''t really known why he was trying to flee. But after running for a while he came to a stop, only to curl up under one of the many crystals that formed a sort of crystal forest. The soft glow making the view of this forest rather beautiful.


    Wang hadn''t been to far behind the little fox, quickly making his way over to him. However, he didn''t dare try to lift his little wife up, instead he moved to sit just to the side of him. "I''m sorry Ai, please don''t be mad ah?" he tried to coax the little fox back.


    The youth however refused to look at him, just tucking his tails closer to his body as he let out a small huff of air. Why should he forgive that play boy ah? He clearly had better options for a partner, but he still had to do those things to him? The thoughts brought more jealousy to the fox, however he refused to believe that he, a fox of royal birth was even able to feel these feelings.


    When Hua finally caught up, she at least had enough sense to keep some space between her and the brooding Wang. Instead she turned her gaze to the fox that seemed to be ignoring the male? Tilting her head confused, Hua moved to sit on the other side, "Is it not feeling good?" she asked. Unable to think of a reason for the adorable fluff ball to be curled up like this.


    Ai just shifted, turning to face his back end at the girl before grumbling a soft growl. Why did she still have to follow ah? He didn''t want her to seem him in this state, so embarrassing!


    Wang was about to comment on something when a sound echoed through the caves open space. The Crystal shards trembling slightly before the spiritual air began to grow stronger. Both Wang and Ai lifted their gaze to one another blinking as they stared at one another.


    Hua wasn''t sure what was going on, unable to feel the change in the spiritual air around her as she just looked around for whatever made the odd sound from before. "It¡­seems we aren''t alone?" she wondered, her own nerves began to turn as she felt goosebumps forming on her arms.


    Ignoring the comment, Ai got up and shook his fur before leaping back into Wang''s arms. Despite still being mad at him, it was better than being alone ah? He couldn''t fight! Wang gladly took the soft ball of fluff, lightly petting it while standing back up.


    "Lets go find a place to set up camp. You get lost" the large male stated as he lightly pat the fox, his gaze then turning to the girl with a glare. He really didn''t want to test Ai''s patients and have him run off again. It was all her fault, so she was the one who had to leave obviously!


    Unable to argue anymore with the idiot, Wang just took off again, heading into the soft glowing Crystal forest to find a place to set up their camp. Since they were already inside a cave, it wasn''t really optional for them to find a new cave to hide in. Though, when they finally found a place to call home while in this blasted realm, the girl still was standing just behind them!


    The two just glared at the girl as Ai moved to sit on the side, letting Wang set up their little camp.


    Hua wasn''t sure what to do, standing off to the side while waiting. Though she was convincing herself that the male would welcome her if she kept persisting, it was a bit harder to thicken her skin and just sleep next to him. Thus, by the end of it, she had her own little tent set up.


    Wang drew a line, his gaze making the girl tremble slightly. "Don''t pass this line!" he threatened as he and Ai turned to go into their own tent. Leaving Hua to stare at the pitiable tent behind her. Clearly it wasn''t enough to use as a tent ah? She''d only tried to weakly make a poor tent hoping Wang would help her after seeing the lack of skill. But now she was stuck used the poor thing as her home?!


    Grumbling to herself, Hua began to try to make the tent a bit more usable, however only made it worse. The clothe she''d used to cover the outside ripped and now had a huge hole in the roof!


    Inside the tent Wang had set up, was an array that allowed for an actual house like setup. There was a nicely sized ''living'' area, a bedroom, bathroom, as well as a side room for Ai to cultivate his pill making.


    Though they wouldn''t be able to have a ''kitchen'' as that would possibly cause Ai to remember what he shouldn''t, Wang made sure to arrange everything as best he could.


    The fox was rather pleased with the ''tent'' that Wang had made. His mood easing up as he shifted back into his human form and quickly went to the pill room. "I''m going to cultivate! Go get dinner" he called out. Though he wasn''t as angry as he''d been. He still felt Wang should have some kind of punishment!

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    Wang was left staring at the entry way to the pill room, unable refute the will of his lovely wife. "Okay ah? I''ll make sure to get some herbs too!" he said hoping to appease the little fox so that he wasn''t angry anymore. With the possibility of getting forgiveness, Wang quickly left to get the needed items for meals, as well as any herbs he could find.


    Ai ignored the male, becoming absorbed in his own cultivation as he went over the steps he''d learned in the other realm. It would be best to fully cultivate the first method before trying to find more cultivation skills to increase his strength in pill making. It was rather good that the first one he''d found, and been a beginners manual ah? What would he have done if it were for later stages of Pill making?


    Hua had been fiddling with the damn tent, trying to make it more usable, and hadn''t realized that Wang had snuck out and left. Instead, when she finally gave up she just huffed and moved to sit down on a rock, pouting. Her gaze would drift to the males tent, half wanting to just go beg for him to share his tent, or to help her fix her own.


    However, she didn''t dare to press him to far. Clearly he wasn''t ready to see her in a good light. First she needed him to warm up first. Then her plans of getting the male would be easier. Hua wasn''t as stupid as most females when trying to seduce a man. Clearly you needed to find a weakeners to appeal to!


    By the time Ai had finished his pill making, Wang still hadn''t returned. Knitting his brows, he shifted back into his fox form before making his way out of the cave. He wasn''t sure why, he just didn''t want to appear in his human form in front of the girl. Though he wasn''t sure why he felt this way.


    Hua was still lazing on the rock, poking at the dirt below with a stick she''d found. Seeing the fox walking out of the tent, her eyes light up as she tossed it to the side. "Ah, the spiritual beast! Did you want something to eat?" she asked pulling out some crude burnt jerky that she''d tried making before.


    The little fox pulled his nose back in disgust while making a weird face. Hua blushed while rubbing her nose with the free hand, tossing the nasty meat to the side. "Yeah, it wasn''t that tasty anyways." she said mostly to herself. Fiddling with her skirt, the girl wasn''t sure what else to do, however the mood became less awkward as Wang finally returned.


    Hua was caught off guard as the male came from the side, instead of from inside the tent. "I got dinner" the male said moving to the fox that had moved to exploring the crystals around their campground.


    Ai looked up to see Wang holding what looked to be a rodent of some kind, along with a few strange looking beasts. Tilting his head, he turned his gaze to the male as he blinked up at him. Wang wasn''t sure what the fox was doing, until he remembered the girl, his expression darkening for a moment.


    It wasn''t until the food was finished, that Wang moved again, setting up a small bowel of food for Ai to eat, taking the rest of the food to finish off himself. He didn''t leave one scrap of meat for the girl.


    Hua had been eagerly waiting at the side, her stomach lightly growling as she wiped some drool from her chin. Ah the food smelt so good! Her man new how to cook dang it?! What better man was out there? Clearly she was right, and this was her fated male lead ah?!


    When she saw Wang move to feeding the little Spirit beast, then taking the rest to eat himself, she felt her face darken a bit before stamping her foot. "Hey, where''s my food?!" she asked while pointing to the two who were eating happily without her.


    "Why does the Spirit beast get to eat before me ah?! I''m a person! I should of gotten food first!" clearly the whole in her brain seemed to make it impossible for Hua to understand that Wang had never agreed to her being part of the group.


    Ai was uncaring as he continued to eat, making sure to eat as quickly as possible so that the girl wouldn''t get a chance to eat anything. Hmph, this was his food, not sharing!


    Wang just glanced up from his own bowel before turning his gaze back down, reaching to pet the little fox. "Don''t rush, it wont run off ah? Just enjoy it." he said in a tender tone. Clearly not wanting to reply to the damn idiot.


    Hua felt her face burn with anger as she stamped her feet again. "Where''s my dinner?!" She asked again, her tone slightly louder than before. However, before she could comment again, she shrunk back as Wang glared at her.


    "I told you that I didn''t want you to follow us, you clearly didn''t listen. Why should I feed you? Go get your own food." he stated coldly before turning back to his own food. His words made Ai feel even more pleased, as he ate with a new found pleasure. Mmn, yes. His Wang was clearly the best!


    The thought of claiming Wang as his, something he didn''t seem to realize.

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    Despite the nagging the girl seemed unable to stop, the group managed to pass a few days without much incident. Though there was no sighting of the rumored Beasts, things were rather bland. Ai was forced to stay at the camp in order to keep an eye on the girl, while Wang went out to gather food and herbs.


    Though she hadn''t been willing, Hua had to relent somewhat and find her own meals. It wasn''t until the 3rd day that she finally made her move, using the time Ai was busy with pill making, to slip into Wang''s tent while he was out. Her gaze was taken back as she took in the strange set up within the tent, that was much larger inside then out.


    Feeling a sense of strange unhappiness at seeing not only a cozy bed to sleep in, but even what looked like an actual bathing area? She''d been struggling since arriving here while Wang was able to bathe?! A pout formed on her lips as she grumbled a bit, slipping out of her clothes to wash up. Her first thoughts of slipping into the tent pushed aside.


    After Hua had began to soak in a warm tub of water, is what Ai had stumbled upon after finally leaving the Pill room. Thankfully he''d grown used to shifting into his fox form after finishing his cultivation that Hua hadn''t seen him yet. However, her gaze looking to the spiritual beast seemed rather happy for some reason?


    "Oi~ Little thing, come here" she called out moving to lean against the lip of the tub. Ai narrowed his eyes as his fur puffed up. Clearly she wasn''t allowed in here, yet why was she being so comfy in his home?!


    The girl, as if uncaring to the obvious signs of Ai''s anger, didn''t realize her mistake. Instead she just pointed to the oddly bottled fragrance oils that Wang had gotten for Ai before they''d arrived here. "Hand me those to wash up ah? It''s been so long since I''d had a proper bath!" her mood easily becoming better as she washed up.


    Ai just gave a low growl while staring at the girl. It took a while for her to realize that Ai was in fact giving her a threatening look. "You little thing! I''m just bathing okay? What''s wrong with that? Sooner or later you''ll need to get used to me ah? Other wise when Wang and I finally get together, you''ll need to shoo okay?" This was only obvious to her. If The fox didn''t like her, then clearly it was the one that had to go!


    When Wang finally came back to the camp, Hua had finished her bath, and moved to nuzzle herself into the bed. She made sure that she was as¡­appealing as possible. Her long legs were left bare as she only covered her top half with a top that she''d had from the game.


    Wang was left standing at the entrance, his gaze on the girl with a confused expression. It wasn''t even a second before his gaze left to search for his little wife who clearly was left here to keep an eye on the damn girl. His eyes spotted Ai over to the side, who was now stuck under a damn animal trap!


    Hua dazedly sat up as she gave an easy smile. "Your home~." Her eyes held an odd lure while giving a sensual look to Wang. "I just wanted to wash up and felt tired." she then stated as for her ''reasoning'' for being in his tent. "That little thing over there is rather rude, even trying to bite me ah? I had to put it in time out." clearly making the fox to being the one in the wrong.


    Of course, in her mind Ai as a fox had no right to attack her, the human who was from the same world as Wang. Clearly she was better then it ah?


    Wang felt his blood boiling as he glared at the damn girl. "Who said you could come in here?" he then gritted out while clenching his hands into fists. He swiftly moved over to free Ai, who hurried jumped into Wang''s embrace. His body trembling with anger as he turned to glare again at the girl.


    Wang moved again, deactivating the array as it cleared the items, swiftly packing up the tent nice and neat. However, he left the ''bed'' out with the girl on it. "Enjoy the blasted bed then." he stated through a cold glance before taking Ai and turning around.


    It took Hua a moment to realize that not only had Wang ignore the honey pot trap, but was now also leaving after magically taking his tent down?! "Wait, where are you going?" she asked hurriedly sitting up with a sheet wrapped around her waist.


    Both Ai and Wang just rolled there eyes as she tried to follow, stumbling. "Don''t follow! I clearly told you to stay on the other side of the line. You can''t listen, so I''m leaving." was Wang''s reply before he disappeared into the crystal forest. Hua was left standing dazed while watching the figure fade away.


    With a huff, she stomped her foot. Why was her male lead so dense ah?! Clearly there had been a beauty waiting in his bed! Hateful! Grumbling, she plopped herself back into the bed before trying to figure out a new plan. First she would have to once again find Wang¡­ah, then what? Clearly he was harder to catch then a damn monk!

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    After finally ridding them of the dang follow along Hua. Wang and Ai made more progress with cultivation. Not only were they able to find a new section of the Realm, easily finding the hiding spiritual beast that were promised, but even a few hidden treasures. The beast had explained that though the did frighten many people, most died due to the odd walls then them!


    The cave walls were more very fickle, would bring some down or up, but would kill much more that fell into the trap! Even the spiritual beast were unable to make sense of how the walls decided to ''eat''. This left Wang and Ai at a loss, unable to figure out the mystery of this cave even more.


    To explore would to tempt with the fate of death, though going deeper into the maze like cave would only lead to more rewards, it also led to more brushes with the damn cave wall that seemed more and more alive!


    The further they went in, the more the wall would move or twitch. Pulsing as if the cave itself was breathing. The hairs on Ai????s neck in his human form raised and goosebumps formed while he kept close to Wang. Maybe they should of left this realm out of it ah? It was clearly a place with no sense!


    Wang whoever was rather pleased with these turn of advents. Not only was Ai showing his possessive side since the girl showed up, but he was even clinging to him now that he was scared! He relished Ai''s behaviour while taking the chance to eat some tofu. Because of the girl, he hadn''t been able to ''eat'' himself since entering the cave.


    Thus that night Wang tried his chance at getting some action, kissing and nuzzling against'' Ai''s neck while the youth squirmed under him without protesting! The fire lit, and the youth willing. Wang tried to advance, wanting to completely eat up the youth that was now under him.


    Just as Wang had finally started to strip Ai''s robe down, did a shrill voice poor water on the two. "T-this! Cheater!" Hua cried out at seeing Wang being ''active'' with another ''woman''. Her face a bright red while a shaking finger pointed at Ai. "Slut! Who said you can take someone else'' man ah?!" she cried out. Clearly she''d had dibs first!


    Ai''s eyes narrowed while frowning, he wasn''t sure what this girl was now crying about. They had clearly left her ah? Why was she here again?!


    Wang''s mood was even worse, since not only was his good time interrupted, but the damn girl was even calling his wife as slut?! "Go away!" Wang yelled as he pulled Ai closer, the little male wanting to pull away and redress himself. He was just about to get to the good stuff ah?! Why, why torment him like this!


    Ai felt rather humiliated, and being unable to correct his clothes made him even more annoyed, thus he was only able to shift into his fox form in order to keep some of his integrity.


    The two, beast and man, were left speechless by the girls ability to turn white to black. Clearly she was the unwelcome party but yet she kept saying rude things about Ai!


    Wang was about to snap and just kill the damn girl when another voice called out. The party of three had to pause to look over towards a group of people who had arrived just moments ago, stumbling about the cave while avoiding the walls. "What is this blasted place ah? Clearly Shifu was wrong!" one youth stated before seeing the three.


    "Oi! There''s others here!" he stated while pointing. The rest of the group had also turned to look, each person taking in the girl as well as Wang. Thus a new issue arose, what now?


    The two parties were left in a standstill before the leader of the new group eased the air a bit. "We are just exploring the Realm ah, we didn''t realize we''d end up lost down here¡­However its fine, the sect elders said they''d come in to find is if we don''t return on a set day." the leader spoke.


    Ai and Wang were left taken back, looking at one another while realizing that the new group was cultivators apart of a sect!d Hua was also unsure of what to do, she clearly had caught her man cheating, however she hadn''t really gotten the ''man'' yet so she kept her mouth shut. Thus another night of awkwardness passed. Ai and Wang sat together while glaring at the girl from time to time.


    It was the group that realized the touchy situation, coming up with the idea that they all remained together. Though it was mostly to make sure that Wang, who was clearly a rarity found, from harming the girl who had a strange spiritual cultivation. Thankfully at this time Wang had managed to enter the soul forming, foundation mid rank.


    He also appeared to be rather ''young'' compared to normal cultivation. With the appearance of a teenager. It wasn''t odd to see old men with the rank that Wang had, thus they were curious about it. Even the Youths were only at the later stages of mortal flesh, Qi gathering rank.


    As the groups sat around a makeshift campfire. Ai finally hid himself to turn back into his human form, returning to sit next to Wang without a word. This caused Hua''s face to turn ugly for a second before she ignored the youth, her gaze seeing the other members of the cultivation group seeming lost as to where this new person came from.