### Chapter 8: Bai Suzhen's Secret - The Daily Companion of Xu Xian Is Actually a Paper Doll - Ah? The Wives I Abandoned Turned Out to Be Real

### Chapter 8: Bai Suzhen's Secret - The Daily Companion of Xu Xian Is Actually a Paper Doll Upon hearing Fahai's message delivered by a third party, you remain indifferent. You instruct Wang Er to relay back to Fahai that you need no concern from him. Recognizing the tension between you and Fahai, which wasn't as harmonious as he imagined, Wang Er reluctantly withdraws. That night, a heavy rain engulfs the entirety of Hangzhou. Observing this unusual downpour, you head to a pavilion by West Lake to examine the celestial phenomena, where you spot two figures, one in green and one in white, darting through the clouds. You identify these figures as Bai Suzhen and Xiao Qing. You are perplexed as to why these two women are causing rainfall in the middle of the night instead of resting. A burst of golden light interrupts your thoughts—it is the light from Fahai's golden alms bowl, capable of immobilizing everything under the heavens, particularly effective against demons. Your master, Fahai, flies through the air in holy robes, wielding the Green Dragon Zen Staff and holding the golden bowl aloft, aggressively advancing toward the two women. Both women are frozen and seriously injured, with their demise seemingly imminent. You surmise that Fahai traced the women through the duck feathers left on Wang Er. Having been intimate with Xiao Qing, you cannot bear to see them captured. You release a Buddhist Lion's Roar, displacing Fahai and granting the women a momentary reprieve. Upon recognizing you, Fahai's anger flares. Despite respecting you, a reincarnated Arhat, Fahai finds your repeated interference intolerable, deciding to teach you a lesson to curb your unruliness. Fahai throws the Green Dragon Zen Staff, which transforms into a dragon attacking you. Unfazed, you effortlessly repel it. You then escort Bai Suzhen and Xiao Qing back to your residence. Seeing this, Fahai refrains from pursuit, merely chanting a Buddhist scripture before retreating to Jinshan Temple. With both Bai Suzhen and Xiao Qing gravely wounded, your choice? **Option One**: Extract their demon cores as your gateway into the path of demons. **Option Two**: Heal them using the Resonance Method you've mastered, which channels spiritual energy from nature for healing. **Option Three**: Imprison the two women for your amusement. Without hesitation, Su Mo opts for healing the two women. The other choices seem like mere jokes. Being compassionate by nature, he lacks any inclination toward mistreating others. Moreover, based on past interactions, these bonded destiny characters invariably become his companions. Why expend unnecessary effort? *You choose to heal the two women.* In the depicted scene, the figures of green and white intertwine… During the healing process, you are surprised to find that Bai Suzhen's primordial purity remains intact, indicating she never consummated her marriage with Xu Xian. The treatment spans three full days. Absorbing Bai Suzhen’s primordial purity, your Buddhist insights advance significantly. All your Buddhist disciplines enhance in power. By daybreak on the second day, their injuries have fully healed, but Bai Suzhen departs promptly, seemingly unable to face you. Xiao Qing, however, remains, casting a resentful gaze your way. Her piercing gaze unnerves you, so you deflect by probing about her sister's circumstances. Why, despite Bai Suzhen being married, does her primordial purity remain? Xiao Qing explains that Bai Suzhen practices the "Nine Heavens Profound Primordial Method," which demands maintaining purity and virginity. Her marriage to Xu Xian was an act of gratitude. A thousand years ago, her sister, then a newly sentient white snake, was rescued by Xu Xian's past incarnation after being captured by a snake hunter. As Bai Suzhen matured in her cultivation, she gradually forgot about this incident. However, upon reaching near immortality, she found herself perpetually falling just short of enlightenment. Seeking help from Avalokiteshvara, she learned her frustrations stemmed from an unresolved worldly cause—an unfulfilled vow of gratitude to Xu Xian's past self. Determined to fulfill this vow, Bai Suzhen and Xiao Qing spent fifteen years searching Huangzhou for Xu Xian's reincarnation. They orchestrated numerous contrivances ensuring that Xu Xian fell for her, leading to marriage. Yet, due to the divergence between humans and demons, along with the constraints of her cultivation technique, Bai Suzhen crafted a paper doll to share her bed and intimacies with Xu Xian. Discovering this intrigues you, as you had never delved into such arcane practices before, amazed that a mere paper doll could have such an effect. You express a desire to learn these arcane arts from Xiao Qing. Though agreeing to teach you, Xiao Qing requests that she becomes your study companion, staying by your side in human civilization. Long fascinated by the mortal world, Xiao Qing wishes to experience the simplicity of human life. At this moment, your choice? **Option One**: Dismiss Xiao Qing, claiming a singular focus on attaining scholarly honors to elevate your family name. **Option Two**: Explain to Xiao Qing that as a monk, worldly desires don't entice you; absorbing her purity was merely for advancing your Buddhist studies. **Option Three**: Keep Xiao Qing, requiring her to wear servant attire and not reveal her identity to outsiders. Confronted with the three options, Su Mo decisively chooses the third. His affection for the game "Fated Life" stems precisely from such intricacies, especially with its adjustable perspectives. He even knows precisely how many moles Lady Huang has. Yet he sighs, recognizing the futility. Ultimately, these are all simulations, only to be dismissed by the dawn's duties. That Lady Huang... Thinking too deeply is just as sinful. *You agree.* Xiao Qing is elated. From then on, a lively green presence graces your study. In scenes, Xiao Qing, clad in sheer attire, occasionally perches by Su Mo’s shoulder as he reads. Having tasted the forbidden fruit, she yearns for more of life's joys. However, you have no intention to indulge Xiao Qing’s descent. You merely ensure her daily meals and occasionally reward her with supper when in good spirits. Meanwhile, you master papercraft, puppetry, and the art of ghostly wealth transfer. Since leaving, Bai Suzhen remains conflicted, unable to comprehend how someone of Arhat rebirth could possess such a reckless nature. Your Buddhist harmonization compensates for her missing purity, enabling her unimpeded path to immortality. Seeing Xiao Qing absent for over a month now, her curiosity peaks, contemplating a visit to check on her sister’s circumstances. *End of Chapter*