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“Young Master Fang, please don’t rush. Luo Luo’s situation is indeed quite unusual,” Xing Ruyi said, extending her hand. “Fox Demon, could you take a closer look at the young lady’s hair?”
“Mm!” Luo Luo nodded and sat still.
Xing Ruyi lifted a strand of hair and examined it closely. The white hair itself didn’t seem special; it was just like that of an ordinary person, only white. She concentrated secretly and used her Ghost Eyes to observe, discovering that the white hair was entwined with a faint mist. This light, dust-like white mist was something Xing Ruyi had seen on the fox before, but that mist was heavier and usually appeared when it transformed into a fox.
Could it be that Luo Luo is also transformed from a mountain spirit?
After further examination, she realized that this was not the case; Luo Luo was just an ordinary person like her.
“Did you find anything, young lady?”
“Not for now!” Xing Ruyi released the strand of hair. “Fox Demon has a somewhat presumptuous request. Would Luo Luo be willing to leave a strand of white hair for me? To be honest, I’ve never encountered such a strange condition before and need to study it carefully before I can provide an answer. As for whether this white hair can turn into black strands, I cannot promise anything right now; I can only do my best!”
“Ruyi, there’s no need to force yourself. Luo Luo has had this white hair since childhood. When my parents were alive, they worried about me a lot, and many renowned doctors have seen me but were helpless. Today, Luo Luo came with Ping, hoping to try again. If you can help, I would be grateful; if not, I won’t push you. Everything is fate; Luo Luo doesn’t feel anything about it, but Ping might inevitably feel disappointed.”
“That won’t happen! Even if we can’t cure it, I, Fang Ping, will still marry you, Luo Luo. At worst, we can live in seclusion in the mountains,” Fang Ping said, holding Luo Luo’s hand. “Although I know the hope is slim, I still sincerely ask you, Ruyi, to do your best!”
“Of course!” Xing Ruyi nodded and pointed to Luo Luo’s hair. “Just one strand will do; are you willing to part with it?”
Luo Luo smiled and readily pulled out two strands of hair, handing them to Xing Ruyi: “Not just one or two strands; I would give all this white hair if needed. But if I become bald, people might mistake me for a nun and I wouldn’t dare travel with Ping anymore.”
“It doesn’t matter! If you become a nun, I’ll become a monk and build my temple right next to your Nunnery. In any case, in this life and the next, I will always be by your side,” Fang Ping declared.
Xing Ruyi was taken aback; she initially thought her exchanges with the fox were already quite sentimental, but after hearing their love talk, she realized her past interactions with the fox were far from enough.
After setting a time for their next meeting with Fang Ping and Luo Luo, Xing Ruyi saw them out. Turning around, she noticed the fox in white robes leaning gracefully against the doorframe, its bright fox eyes gazing at her.
"Those two are not ordinary!"
"Did you sense something different too?" Xing Ruyi shook the two strands of white hair in his hand. "I took a close look; that Luo Luo is just an ordinary mortal, with neither ghostly nor demonic aura. However, this white hair seems to have a faint trace of celestial energy. Could it be that she is a deity who has descended to undergo tribulation?"
The fox shook its head, stepped forward, and took the two strands of white hair from Xing Ruyi's hand. It glanced at them before placing the hair in its palm, igniting a small flame that turned the white strands into wisps of blue smoke.
"Can you discern anything from this?"
The fox nodded. "It's a trick from my Nine-Tailed Fox Clan, just an ordinary curse."
"Indeed, it has something to do with you foxes. Look, why would you foxes curse an innocent girl?"
"Do you really want to know?" The fox raised an eyebrow.
"Of course I want to know!" Xing Ruyi shot the fox a sideways glance. "If I don't understand the background, how can I help people with their ailments and earn silver? Without silver, how can I marry such a beautiful fox like you?"
The fox shook its head with a smile and pointed to its cheek. "If you want to know, give me a kiss!"
Xing Ruyi obediently stepped forward, opened his mouth, and lightly bit the fox's cheek. "There you go, a kiss for a kiss; you're getting quite the deal! Now hurry up and tell me!"
The fox helplessly shook its head but still shared the information it had just gathered from the white hair with Xing Ruyi.
People often say that foxes hold grudges, and it's true. The reason Luo Luo's black hair turned white is related to her mother.
When Luo Luo's mother was pregnant with her, she often went up the mountain to pray. One time, caught in a sudden downpour, she sought shelter in a small temple halfway up the mountain. During a thunderstorm, she happened upon a fox undergoing tribulation. This fox was red and white mixed; its body was covered in red fur, but its head was white. Luo Luo's father, being kind-hearted, sheltered the fox under his protection to help it through its tribulation. Little did he know that this scene would provoke jealousy in Luo Luo's mother, who pointed at the newly transformed fox and exclaimed, "I've never seen such an ugly fox; how could it have grown such white hair for no reason!"
Luo Luo's mother didn't mean any harm; her words were said in passing. However, the fox took them to heart. Yet remembering Luo Luo's father's kindness, it chose not to retaliate at that moment.
Months later, Luo Luo was born. To repay her kindness, the fox brought gifts. At this time, she had completed her tribulation and transformed into a human. She was a beautiful woman in red with flowing white hair. When Luo Luo's Mother saw her, she mistook the fox for Luo Luo's Father's lover and, without asking a word, ordered her to be driven away. The Fox Clan's heart was never large enough, and after experiencing such events repeatedly, it inevitably harbored some resentment.
As for Luo Luo, she was born in response to fate; due to her past life's many sins, her current life was marked by Killing Fate, a life of solitude. In common terms, she was destined to bring misfortune to her father, mother, relatives, friends, husband, and children—a life of sixfold misfortune. The fox was angered by Luo Luo's Mother's favoritism and wanted to repay Luo Luo's Father's kindness, so it planned to take Luo Luo's life on her full moon. The strong winds that Luo Luo mentioned were a result of this.
Unexpectedly, when Luo Luo fell to the ground, her father rushed in and even risked his own life to hold her close. He earnestly pleaded for blessings for his daughter, wishing for her lifelong safety. Although the fox had become human, it did not understand human emotions; it only knew that kindness must be repaid and debts must be settled. Since Luo Luo's Father's only wish was for his daughter to grow up safely, how could it take her life? To defy fate and allow Luo Luo's Father to spend more years with her, the fox willingly sacrificed a hundred years of its cultivation to extend the lives of Luo Luo's parents.
In order to seek repayment and teach a lesson to Luo Luo's Mother, the fox took some of Luo Luo's black hair and cast a white hair curse upon her.
Xing Ruyi listened and exclaimed, "You foxes are quite complicated in your feelings. Ming Ren saved her, yet she became resentful because of one word from his Wife. Clearly intending to repay kindness, she ended up wanting to kill their daughter. If she wanted to kill her, why hesitate? Just because the benefactor didn't want his daughter to die? So she sacrificed a hundred years of cultivation. Once given away, what's the point of seeking repayment while cursing the benefactor's daughter?"
"Don't you humans have complicated feelings too?" the fox replied as it gently blew away the remnants of the burnt white hair.
"Complicated? Of course!" Xing Ruyi sincerely responded. "Compared to your Fox Clan, we humans are probably the most entangled beings on this planet. By the way, since you already know this is a white hair curse, do you also know how to break it?"
"Does breaking it or not matter?"
"Of course it matters! If the curse isn't broken, Luo Luo won't be able to marry Fang Ping. If they can't marry, how sad will they both be?"
"I actually think not being able to marry might be a good thing!" The fox turned its back and gazed at the autumn rain falling outside.
"Then does that mean we should never marry either?" Xing Ruyi raised her hand and poked the fox's back.
"We're different from them!" The fox turned around and caught Xing Ruyi's restless hand, looking at her gently: "What exists between us is an issue between a fox spirit and a mortal. As long as we resolve this issue, we can roam freely between Nanhai and Qingqiu."
"What about Fang Ping and Luo Luo? Their issue is even simpler; it's just about one strand of white hair. As long as Fang Ping doesn't mind and can convince his family, this problem will disappear." Xing Ruyi said gloomily before suddenly being flicked on the forehead by the fox.
"The once clever Fox Demon has become foolish today. Do you remember what I just said?"
"What do you mean?"
"This Luo Luo is the fated Cursed Lone Star. If she marries Fang Ping, then Fang Ping will become her husband, and his parents will become her in-laws. Within three years, or at most a year and a half, these people will all leave due to the calamity brought by her fate. Do you think this outcome is good or bad for them?"
"Is it really possible for someone to bring misfortune to their parents, husband, children, or even in-laws?"
"The Cursed Lone Star is located on the vertical line connecting the fourth and seventh stars of the Big Dipper. It is also known as the Broom Star in folklore. Having such a star fate is destined to bring disaster to those around them and a life of solitude."
"Is there any way to resolve it?"
"There are ways, but everyone has their own fate. Even if they are both Cursed Lone Stars, their destinies can be different. A typical Cursed Lone Star can mitigate their fate by wearing talismans, cultivating virtue, and increasing their blessings. However, between them, it's not just a matter of being a Cursed Lone Star."
"I just remembered; both of them are extraordinary." Xing Ruyi looked at her fingers. "Could it be that one is a Cursed Lone Star and the other is a Killing Wolf? I remember that in fortune-telling books, the Cursed Lone Star and Killing Wolf are referred to as two major fatal stars. The Killing Wolf belongs to the Zi Wei Dou Shu system and is one of the configurations within the Zi Wei chart, associated with the three stars of Seven Killings, Greedy Wolf, and Breaking Army. Like the Cursed Lone Star, it also represents a dire fate."
"No! Fang Ping's fate is quite ordinary! What I meant by different refers to something else."
"Is there something more terrifying than the fate of a Cursed Lone Star?"
"A dual soul in one body; a life within a life!" The fox said lightly. "That Fang Ping is indeed a dual soul in one body, someone with a life within a life!"
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