Chapter 78

Putting on Long Buli's clothes, Hongshe almost looked exactly like Long Buli. However, as Long Buli had said, her curly hair was her most obvious feature. Additionally, perhaps because she was a mystic beast, Hongshe exuded a more alluring aura. Of course, it couldn't be ruled out that Lu Buqi had seen her body, which contributed to this.

Thinking back to that fragrant scene, Lu Buqi felt a burning sensation in his heart, and he couldn't help but curse under his breath, "This damned adolescent phenomenon..."

"Benefactor..." Hongshe's opening words as "benefactor" made Lu Buqi's scalp tingle. He quickly interrupted, "Don't call me benefactor, I feel ashamed..."

"Then..." Hongshe's eyes shimmered like water, and she called out a name that almost made Lu Buqi's legs go weak: "Master, Sister said I look very beautiful in this outfit. What do you think?"

As she spoke, Hongshe lightly turned her body, and the peach-pink outer garment fluttered like a butterfly, making her graceful figure even more beautiful. With Long Buli, who looked almost identical, standing beside her, Lu Buqi felt dizzy.

Master? Lu Buqi quickly shook his head, "Hongshe, you don't need to belittle yourself. I'm just a lowly marsh slave. What virtue or ability do I have to be your master?"

"Why not? Regardless of Master's status, in Hongshe's heart, I want to follow Master, to serve as a slave or a servant." Hongshe looked at Lu Buqi steadily, "Actually, after Master left, Hongshe successfully shed my skin and transformed into a chi, shedding my snake form. Remembering Master's words, 'Unyielding creatures should have more chances to survive,' I knew Master was a person with a broad heart. At that time, I wanted to follow Master immediately..."

"In this world, the living space for mystic beasts is too narrow. Having someone to rely on is a great blessing. But then I remembered that Master said I shouldn't come to find you, so I stayed hidden in the pond to cultivate..."

Hongshe knelt down again, looking pitiful, "Heaven has eyes, and Master has returned. Out of selfishness, I humbly beg Master to take me in."

In his past life, Lu Buqi had heard stories of spirits recognizing masters, and as a teenager, he had dreamed of having a fox spirit or a cat spirit as a female servant. But those were just fantasies.

When such a situation suddenly appeared before Lu Buqi, even he, with his firm resolve, couldn't help but feel a bit dazed. Clearly, this dazed feeling had been present since Hongshe transformed into a human, making Lu Buqi feel as if he were in a dream.

Lu Buqi even secretly pricked himself with a triangular needle, and the pain confirmed that this wasn't a dream or an illusion.

"Buqi, I think Hongshe is quite pitiful. Why don't you take her in?" Long Buli gently pushed Lu Buqi, "She's right. In this world where everyone hunts and kills mystic beasts, their living space is getting smaller. The mystic beast that spared me once said something similar. He spared me because he hoped that one day someone would spare him!"

Lu Buqi focused, looked at Long Buli, and then at Hongshe, speaking solemnly, "Hongshe, we are different kinds. I won't presume to understand your thoughts. That rainy night, I didn't take advantage of you or kill you because of your resilience and determination when facing the heavenly thunder, which moved me. It wasn't because I was particularly merciful or had a broad heart."

Pausing, Lu Buqi squatted down and stared into Hongshe's eyes, "If you're looking for someone who can give you a broader living space, I'm not that person. My strength is less than one-tenth of yours. If someone discovers you are a mystic beast, I can't protect you. How can I have the face to be your master?"

As Hongshe's eyes reddened, Long Buli interjected, "Buqi, there's still me. Just for calling me 'Sister' so many times, I will protect her."

Lu Buqi scolded, "Nonsense! Those who can threaten Hongshe are surely powerful cultivators who have achieved mystic enlightenment. How can we protect her with just the two of us?"

Long Buli缩了下脖子，吐了吐香舌：“要这么凶干嘛？别的人要是有玄兽认主，早就欣喜若狂，你倒好，还往外推……”

“主人！”红蛇显然铁了心要认主：“红蛇不需要主人的保护，红蛇可以保护主人。而且，主人无须担心红蛇会被人发现是玄兽之身，红蛇拥有能遮蔽玄兽气息的七色七香花傍身，除非我自己化形，否则就算是府成九重的顶尖玄修者，也无法识破。”

陆不弃微微皱眉：“既然你有这么神奇的宝物傍身，那么天下之大，何处不可去？又何须委屈为奴，寄身于我？”

红蛇表情哀怨间，龙不离却是在旁看不惯了：“不弃，红蛇都这样了，你还推三阻四的，难不成还怀疑人家有什么坏心思么？”

有这么个神经大条的女人在旁搅局，陆不弃头都大了：“我有什么怀疑的？红蛇要杀我们，凭借她的实力，直接出手就是！”

“那你还担心什么？胆小鬼……你口口声声说没能力保护红蛇，那你要是个男人，你就应该毫不犹豫地收下她，然后尽快修出玄通，提升你的实力就是。”龙不离又拿出了她的杀手锏，激将法：“真是没见过你这么犹豫的男人。”

陆不弃无奈了，虽然他没有必要向龙不离证明什么，可是他还真就得受这激将了，当下重重地呼了口浊气，望向红蛇：“你都不嫌弃我这么一个落魄的主人，我又有什么资格拒绝呢？起来吧！”

红蛇大喜，感激地看了龙不离一眼，龙不离却是再次将她拉起：“好了，既然认了主了，以后你可就要忠诚地守护在这胆小鬼身边，做到……不离不弃！”

红蛇重重额头，然后在陆不弃再一次的惊疑间，她确是张开樱口，喷吐出一颗给人无穷的力量感，粉亮晶莹的珠子，那珠子的中心，隐约有一条宛若游龙一样轻盈游动的螭。

“玄珠！”陆不弃虽然没见过，却第一时间想到了龙不离之前提到过的玄珠。

然后就见红蛇那玄珠一震，一道血色的螭影突然电射了开来，以陆不弃根本无从反应的速度射入了他的眉心，血芒一闪即逝。

陆不弃打了冷颤，隐约感觉念力强大了许多，而且念头转动，隐约能找到一条清晰的螭影：“红蛇，你这是作何？”

吞回玄珠的红蛇躬身道：“主人，刚才交付给你的是红蛇的兽魂血影……”

“哇……兽魂血影！”龙不离在旁惊乍道：“红蛇妹妹，你可真相信不弃，你把兽魂血影交出去了，不弃他可是一念之间，就可以决定你的生死。”

“姐姐不也说主人异于常人么？”红蛇柔柔一笑：“在我奄奄一息之时，尚可饶我一命，我欲认主，他却想着有无能力保护我，这样的主人，又有何不可相信？”

感受到红蛇那坚定不移的心志，陆不弃微微点头，却没有说什么，不过他的内心却激荡着，暗暗决定，虽然红蛇将他当成主人，可他不能就真将之当成女奴，而应该是可交付生死的伙伴。

“红蛇妹妹……”龙不离还真就将红蛇这一堂堂强大的玄兽当成妹妹：“不弃，既然你收下了妹妹为奴，自然要将她带出去，就给她重新赐个名吧，要不然红蛇红蛇的叫，就算有七色七香花，也要被人发觉的。”

赞许地看了眼龙不离，这妮子总算说了句很给力的话，在红蛇热切的目光下，不弃都没怎么琢磨，脑中灵光一现：“就叫不悔吧！”

“不悔……永不后悔！”龙不离眼睛大亮：“不离、不弃、不悔，嘻嘻……看来我们三个还真是注定要在一起的。”

红蛇显然也十分喜欢这个名字，再次盈盈下拜：“不悔谢主人赐名。”

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"Buqi, since you've taken her in, you should give her a new name. Otherwise, calling her 'Hongshe' will still draw attention, even with the Seven-Colored Seven-Aroma Flower."

Lu Buqi nodded in approval at Long Buli's suggestion. Under Hongshe's eager gaze, he didn't think much and a name came to his mind, "Let's call her 'Buhui'!"

"Buhui... Never Regret!" Long Buli's eyes lit up, "Buli, Buqi, Buhui, hehe... It seems we three are destined to be together."

Hongshe clearly liked the name as well, and she bowed again, "Buhui thanks Master for the new name."