Crossing the Palace Fighting Fox Harem

Chapter 396: 1 Master 1 Servant

"Then I... I'll go talk to Yizhen about it..." Ji Anni scratched her head, feeling a little embarrassed. Subconsciously, she didn't want Yizhen to get involved in these gossips.

"By the way, Yunzhen, do you know Zhaoji's name?" Ji Anni asked, looking up.

"Does Yuan Rong want to force you to become his Shikigami?" Yun Zhen immediately guessed the reason why Ji Anni asked this question.

Ji Anni nodded. "Fortunately, I escaped this time, but next time... maybe I won't be so lucky..."

If Yizhen had not been there at the time, Ji Anni could not imagine how serious the consequences would have been.

"By the way, Yun Zhen, how many masters can a Shikigami have?" Ji Annie suddenly asked.

Yun Zhen didn't know what she was planning and hesitated for a while.

"How many are there?" Seeing Yun Zhen silent, Ji Anni immediately asked anxiously.

Yun Zhen had no choice but to answer, "Only one."

"Why does the Cang Gui have two masters, you and me?" Ji Anni didn't quite understand.

Yun Zhen said: "Cang Gui's master is only me, he obeys me, so he obeys you."

If Yun Zhen had not ordered Cang Gui to protect Ji Anni, Cang Gui would not have appeared even if Ji Anni called Cang Gui's name.

"What if..." Ji Anni suddenly raised her head, her eyes shining brightly, "What if I become your Shikigami, can Yuan Rong still get my name?"

"..." Yun Zhen was so surprised that he forgot to answer.

"Is it possible? Why don't you speak?" Ji Anni became even more anxious and stepped forward to grab the corner of Yun Zhen's clothes.

Yun Zhen hesitated for a while, then told the truth: "If you become my shikigami, Yuan Rong will never be able to get you."

Ji Anni became excited and said excitedly: "Then why don't you accept me as a shikigami? Then I won't be afraid of Yuan Rong's threat!"

In contrast to Ji Anni's excitement, Yun Zhen's reaction was very calm, even indifferent, and he was not interested at all. He stared into Ji Anni's shining eyes and said in a deep voice: "Once a shikigami signs a contract with its master, it loses its freedom for life. It cannot leave its master, cannot disobey its master, lives for its master, and dies for its master. Are you willing to do this?"

"Why not? I don't hate being with you. Could it be that... you don't want to?" When she said this, Ji Anni's voice became lower and lower, blaming herself for being too sentimental.

Yun Zhen couldn't bear to see her sad, so he comforted her softly, "Your Majesty, you misunderstood. It's not that Yun Zhen doesn't want to be with you, but she's thinking about you... Don't you want to go back to your original world?"

"I...I..." Ji Anni stuttered.

The two answers "yes" and "no" came to my lips at the same time, but nothing came out.

"My queen, please stop saying stupid things like being a shikigami. You are a human, not a demon."

"I also know that I am a human, not a demon, but... rather than being controlled by Yuan Rong, I would rather choose you as my master." Ji Anni whispered. Although Yun Zhen's words just now were gentle, they always sounded a bit reproachful.

"You don't need a master, you are you, just live your own life. Some of the little demons who became shikigami were captured by Taoist priests and became their servants because they did not have enough magic power; some surrendered voluntarily because they had a request from the Taoist priests; and some surrendered out of respect. Once you become a shikigami, there will be no room for regrets." Yun Zhen told Ji Anni solemnly.

Ji Anni nodded gently, and gradually understood why Yun Zhen was a little harsh just now. She said it casually without considering the consequences. However, perhaps it was precisely because she did not think it through that those words were the most real and sincere. They came out of her mouth involuntarily, following her instinct without thinking.

"Although I want to go back to my original world, I don't want to leave the world where you are." Ji Anni didn't know what was wrong with her, and she couldn't stop muttering to herself, "Maybe... I don't have a choice at all, and it's impossible for me to go back to my original world. Instead of becoming Yuan Rong's Shikigami, I would rather... become your Shikigami, Yun Zhen..."

Even if I am being willful, I hope to hear Yun Zhen say yes.

"My queen, you are too impulsive now. When you calm down, you will regret giving me your name. For a shikigami, the moment you give your name to the master, it is equivalent to giving away your life, the rest of your life, everything you have... everything..."

"Why are you so sure that I don't want to? You are not me..." Ji Anni said angrily, "If the master is you, I am willing..."

Although I don't know what the duties of a shikigami are, seeing that Cang Gui seems to be very leisurely every day, it shouldn't be a heavy job. Moreover, in order to avoid being taken in as a shikigami by Yuan Rong, this is the best way to deal with it.

Seeing that Ji Anni was a little angry, Yun Zhen no longer persuaded her to give up from Ji Anni's perspective, but attributed the problem to himself. He shook his head, "My queen, even if you want to find a master, Yun Zhen is definitely not worthy of being your master."

"Why?" Ji Anni's voice became louder because of surprise, "What's worthy of me, what's not worthy of me, why do you have to reject me? ... I have woken up and calmed down. I don't ask you to like me... I only ask, I only ask to become your Shikigami and accompany you for the rest of my life. Don't you want to fulfill my wish?"

"My lady, there are too many reasons, so please forgive me for not being able to tell you."

"Don't use such words to brush me off!" Ji Anni was very angry.

"If I'm just trying to evade you, there are many better ways. Why should I choose something like this when I know it will make you angry?" Yun Zhen's expression was serious and painful, as if he really had something to hide.

Ji Anni felt a sharp pain in her heart. She felt that she was the one who was hurt just a moment ago, but why did she feel that she was the one who hurt Yun Zhen now? Anyway, whenever she encountered something related to Yun Zhen, she would become very strange.

Seeing Ji Anni was silent, Yun Zhen took the opportunity to say, "My queen, I will find a way to kill Yuan Rong as soon as possible. But before that, you must stay with Yi Zhen as much as possible. There must be something in her that Yuan Rong is afraid of."

Ji Anni said angrily, "Okay, whatever you say is right, and whatever I say is stupid. I can listen to you and follow everything you tell me, but... Yun Zhen, I don't understand what you are afraid of? Is it more terrible to let me stay by your side than to let Yuan Rong control me? Why are you unwilling to accept my name?"

Ji Anni's sixth sense told her that Yun Zhen's refusal to accept her name was not just because he wanted to keep a distance from her. From the pain in Yun Zhen's expression just now, it can be seen that Yun Zhen is indeed hiding something that cannot be said.

"My queen, you will understand my difficulties in the future. I really have an important reason why I cannot accept you as a Shikigami." Yun Zhen emphasized again.

This time, Ji Anni really believed it and nodded, "Okay, I believe you..."

Yun Zhen smiled with relief.

"Yun Zhen, can I hug you?" Ji Anni suddenly asked a strange question. Afraid that Yun Zhen would misunderstand, she hurriedly explained, "Because you look very sad. Did I bring up some painful memories for you? I want to hug you and comfort you."

I just want you to know that I didn't mean to make you sad, I just hope I can be a little support for you. I don't want to consider whether I am redundant or a burden to you.

Yun Zhen laughed when he heard this strange request.

Ji Anni thought he agreed, so she opened her arms and threw herself into his arms.

I thought it would be a warm, affectionate and touching hug, but Ji Anni was wrong. She didn't hug Yun Zhen's waist, but hugged Yun Zhen's neck. When she tightened her arms, she suddenly touched Yun Zhen's shoulder.

Nothing could be seen through the clothes, but Ji Anni could feel through touch that Yun Zhen's shoulders were very thin...

No, maybe it’s not that it’s thin... it’s that there is no flesh or blood at all, just like a dried skeleton!

Yun Zhen realized what Ji Anni had discovered, and hurriedly pulled his hand away and took half a step back.

His nervous reaction made Ji Anni even more certain that there was something wrong with his shoulder.

"Let me see." Ji Anni stepped forward and grabbed Yun Zhen's collar.

She was about to pull away, but Yun Zhen immediately waved her hand away.

"Let me see!" Ji Anni's tone became even tougher, and she was even willing to use violence to force Yun Zhen to show his shoulders.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me for not being able to obey your order." Yun Zhen's attitude was serious and uncompromising, and his eyes were more stern than ever before.

Ji Anni stared at Yun Zhen and took a deep breath, as if she was building up her momentum. But before she could explode, she heard a soft voice coming from the room.

"Mother..." Prince Ming woke up from his coma, and the first thing he did was to look for Ji Annie.

Ji Anni looked at the door, then at Yun Zhen, and finally chose Prince Ming and walked towards the ward.

It was not until he heard the conversation between Ji Anni and Prince Ming coming from the room that Yun Zhen in the yard breathed a sigh of relief and subconsciously patted his shoulder.

Ji Annie was not wrong. Yun Zhen’s right shoulder was indeed devoid of flesh and blood, leaving only black bones.

He had become more and more accustomed to the appearance of these black rotten bones. The moment Ji Annie suddenly hugged him, Yun Zhen even forgot that his body had changed, so he forgot to stop Ji Annie from getting close.

The appearance of this bone decay is, firstly, a rejection reaction caused by the body being stimulated by high-strength magic, and secondly, it is a sign that the body is gradually becoming a "devil".

Yun Zhen's right shoulder turned into rotten bones at the same time that Ji Anni was entangled by Yuan Rong. At that time, the fox blood in Ji Anni's body almost awakened, and Yun Zhen was affected by this power, and his shoulder area turned into black rotten bones.

Because he is a "ghost", he cannot accept Ji Anni as his Shikigami - this is Yun Zhen's difficulty.