The Love of Mingya in the Fox Spirit

After walking for a long time without seeing the Third Young Master, Liu Er couldn't help but mutter to himself, "That's strange. I clearly saw the Third Brother come in, but I'm almost at the very end and still can't see him."

"Second sister..." a voice called out softly.

"Ah!" Liu Er was startled.

Looking back, the Third Young Master was standing next to an ice sculpture, his body radiating golden light.

"Phew, Third Brother, you almost scared me to death."

Liu Er patted his chest, looking like he was still scared.

The third young master's lips twitched. He knew that his older sister was exaggerating on purpose. She was much braver than him, so how could she be scared by him?

Sure enough, after giving a few symbolic pats, Liu Er approached the Third Young Master and looked at him curiously.

"Third brother, I rarely get to see you, why did you bring me to this godforsaken place?"

The Third Young Master glanced at her. "You came here on your own, didn't you?"

"Sigh, I came here mainly for him."

The Third Young Master pointed helplessly to the ice sculpture beside him.

Liu Er turned his head and saw a rather handsome human man lying quietly inside the ice sculpture.

"Hmm, no way, although I guessed you'd be keeping a mistress, I really didn't expect your mistress to be this..."

The veins on the Third Young Master's forehead bulged; he naturally knew what the Six Ears were trying to say.

Seeing that his younger brother was about to unleash his Six Ears technique, he stopped teasing him and his expression quickly changed from strange to serious.

"How is this going?"

The Third Young Master's expression froze. This was why he was most afraid of encountering his older sister. No matter how strong he was, he would always be teased to the point of exasperation by her, yet he couldn't do anything about it.

He let out a long sigh and shrugged helplessly: "This person is a bit special. I wanted to make him part of our plan, so I rescued him, but his situation is a bit unusual."

"What makes it special?"

Liu Er stared at the human in the ice for a long time but couldn't figure out what was so special about him, except that he was a bit good-looking.

"His physical injuries are nothing to me. Although his soul was extremely weak after being controlled by something outside, he should have been able to wake up."

But for some reason, I always felt there was something extra in his soul, which is why he hasn't woken up yet.

"Emmm... So you're out of ideas now?" Liu Er stroked his chin, seemingly understanding but not quite.

The Third Young Master shrugged. He really had no idea what to do. Even he hadn't studied the soul deeply enough.

"There's no other way but to freeze him here for now to prevent his body from being damaged or aging. As for whether he can wake up in the end, that depends on his fate."

The cave fell silent again. After settling Zhuge Ming in, the Third Young Master continued his journey to the Southern Kingdom to become his Poison Child. Saving Zhuge Ming was probably just a passing fancy for him, after all, he had more important things to do.

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In the midst of nothingness, Zhuge Ming slowly opened his eyes.

"Am I... dead? Is this the afterlife? It's so monotonous."

Zhuge Ming's memory was still stuck at the moment when his consciousness was suppressed by the creatures outside the circle. When he opened his eyes and saw this scene, his subconscious thought was that he was already dead.

After all, he wasn't naive enough to think that the creature from outside the circle would suddenly have a change of heart and let him go.

"Ugh, what a tedious time-travel journey. I didn't even get to pick up any girls myself, and all I do is arrange other people's relationships all day long."

According to my plan, that guy Ba Ye should have already won the heart of the beauty. Ah, people, in the end, still become the very thing they hate most.

Zhuge Ming slowly stood up. Lying there for so long had made him very uncomfortable, so he decided to take a walk around.

He was actually quite puzzled about his current state.

Dead? Then why am I still conscious?

Alive? Then what kind of hellish place is this?

It's eerily quiet here, without a single ray of light, only endless darkness. If an ordinary person stayed here for a few days, they would definitely go insane.

"Of course you're not dead!" a childish voice suddenly rang out.

Zhuge Ming was startled and quickly turned his head.

Suddenly, a sliver of silver light appeared in the distance, and then more and more of it appeared until it completely illuminated the space.

Zhuge Ming squinted, needing to adjust to the sudden bright light.

Slowly, Zhuge Ming opened his eyes, and there stood a little boy in front of him.

However, to Zhuge Ming's surprise, the little boy had the same face as he did when he was a child.

"Who are you?!!!"

Chapter 123 "Struggle"

"Me? I am Zhuge Ming."

Zhuge Ming's pupils contracted. Hearing this, he knew the child's origin: he was Zhuge Ming from this world.

What Zhuge Ming couldn't understand was that he clearly knew the child was dead, so how could he possibly be here now?

I know what you're thinking.

"Zhuge Ming" smiled. He had indeed died from his injuries, but just as his soul was about to dissipate, Zhuge Ming happened to travel through time, and his soul was forcibly pulled back by some force.

However, by then his soul was already very weak, so weak that he was not even aware that Zhuge Ming's external soul had inadvertently suppressed it.

If Zhuge Ming's soul hadn't also fallen into extreme weakness, he might never have appeared in this lifetime.

Listening to "Zhuge Ming's" account, Zhuge Ming fell silent. All of this was simply too unbelievable, and he needed time to process it.

"So, what do you want to do by showing up at this time?"

After a long while, Zhuge Ming slowly raised his head, stared into the eyes of "Zhuge Ming," and asked solemnly.

Zhuge Ming never tries to guess other people's thoughts with the worst intentions, but people are selfish. If he doesn't have ulterior motives for appearing at this time, it can only mean that Zhuge Ming's protagonist aura is too strong.

Zhuge Ming remained silent for a moment, then turned around and gave an irrelevant answer.

"Although I have been suppressed by your soul all these years, I can see everything that happens to you. Only then did I realize how wonderful the outside world is!"

"so……"

Although he did not give a direct answer, Zhuge Ming already knew his answer.

"Everyone has the right to choose to live, doesn't they?"

"Zhuge Ming" turned around and looked at Zhuge Ming with a smile.

These words immediately created a tense atmosphere.

The two stared at each other without saying a word.

After a while, Zhuge Ming suddenly burst into laughter, clutching his forehead.

"Hahaha, interesting, really interesting. I never thought I would have this experience until I went through it myself. Fighting against my own body, I guess I'm the first person to have ever done this before."

Zhuge Ming waited quietly for Zhuge Ming to finish laughing. Because he could see what Zhuge Ming had experienced over the years, he knew that he could not underestimate the man who occupied his body.

"However, child, as you just said, everyone has the right to choose to live, and I am no exception. I have so many things I haven't done, so I can't die here, at least not now!"

Zhuge Ming's eyes turned cold. Although he was indeed in the wrong for this act of usurping someone else's place, did they really think he would so easily hand over his body?

I'm sorry, I, Zhuge Ming, am not a saint. I don't have such noble virtues to sacrifice myself for others. Cutting off one's own flesh to feed an eagle is just the work of Shakyamuni. I am who I am. If you want this body, then come and take it!

The next moment, the two collided and became entangled. Although it was not like fighting in the outside world, the danger was no less.

For Zhuge Ming, this was a battle no less dangerous than the one outside the circle.

Success means rebirth. Failure means Zhuge Ming will still appear before everyone, but this Kongming will no longer be the same Crouching Dragon...

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Time stands still in the mountains; the passing of winter makes one unaware of the years.

No one knows how much time had passed, but the silence that had lasted for many years in the frigid land was finally broken.

"click"

Suddenly, many cracks appeared on the surface of the ice sculpture that had been sitting in the cave for who knows how many years.

As the crack widened, a gaunt figure emerged from the ice after a loud bang.

He looked around blankly. The chilling air surrounded him, but it did not bring him any coldness at all.

"Where am I? Outside the circle? Is anyone here? Excuse me?"

Being able to speak such "highbrow" English, there is no doubt that Zhuge Ming has won this battle for the body!

Of course, this is definitely not some kind of protagonist's halo.

According to Zhuge Ming's recollection many years later, that battle was truly "thrilling"!

At first, he thought that the kid had some trick up his sleeve for daring to take his body, which was why he acted so calmly.

It even made him carefully guard against him for a long time, preparing dozens of emergency plans.

Unexpectedly, this kid was playing the fool the whole time. Zhuge Ming didn't have to put in much effort to shatter his already weak soul, and then absorbed it, greatly increasing his soul power.

"Is this the legendary newbie gift pack? But the network latency seems a bit high."

Shaking his head, Zhuge Ming dismissed the little incident from his mind. For someone as accustomed to life-and-death struggles as he was, the death of this little guy caused him no ripples at all.

That's how the world works: the strong prey on the weak. You want to compete with me for a body? Fine! I'll give you a fair chance to compete, but you also have to be prepared to fail.

Letting one's enemy go? Sorry, that's absolutely not something Zhuge Ming would do.

Zhuge Ming would never let any enemy, whether weak or strong, go unpunished and would always choose to exterminate them completely.

Because you have no idea what kind of catastrophic disaster your momentary compassion might bring to the people around you.

After all, a person filled with hatred is capable of anything.

After staying in place for a while, Zhuge Ming was pleasantly surprised to find that he was not still outside the circle, but had returned to the inside, because he could feel the familiar spiritual energy of heaven and earth here.

"So the one who brought me back must be the third young master of Aolai Kingdom."

Zhuge Ming stroked his chin, pondered for a moment, and then came to a conclusion.

Thinking about it, it's obvious that the only person in this world who could so easily expel what was inside him and bring him back from outside the circle is probably that mysterious Third Young Master.