After the Fox Spirit Mistook Someone Else for Its Savior

The Grand Preceptor, Bian Yu, is like a clear moon and a gentle breeze, graceful and otherworldly. In the eyes of the world, he is a selfless sage who devotes himself to the people. In truth, he is a fox spirit who holds grudges and takes revenge.

Prince of Yan Zhao Jing inherited his father's title and pacified the north of the pass. To court officials, he is the prime candidate for a power-hungry wolf who would usurp the throne. In truth, he is a true gentleman with the world in his heart.

When the two met, as expected, they clashed.

Bian Yu had no interest in the man. All he cared about was repaying a debt of gratitude.

Thirty years ago, when he was just a little fox, a celestial immortal passed by and casually saved his life. Bian Yu did not have much of a conscience, but he remembered that much.

Thirty years later, he divined that his immortal benefactor had descended to the mortal world to undergo a trial, reincarnated as the current emperor. And the one destined to kill him in this life was Prince of Yan Zhao Jing.

Bian Yu was determined to kill him, but things kept going wrong and he was thwarted at every turn.

Later, when he finally had a chance to fight back, he decided that nothing was certain. As long as he kept Zhao Jing by his side so he couldn't harm his benefactor, there was no need to kill him outright.

Later still, when Zhao Jing's life was within easy reach, Bian Yu stood outside the door clutching his knife and stared at the moon all night.

Zhao Jing returned after finishing his work. He knew Bian Yu was plotting to take his life, but said nothing and carried him back to their room.

Zhao Jing was truly a good person: refined and otherworldly, like an immortal. Even with a ruthless fox spirit in his arms, he remained bright as the moon. Even the moon could not compare to how pure and beautiful he was.

Bian Yu pressed his ear to Zhao Jing's chest and smiled in resignation. "I like you, Jing-ge."

Later, he learned that Jing-ge was the immortal benefactor who had saved him all those years ago.

It should have been the best news imaginable, yet it struck him like a bolt of lightning.

When he had cast his divination, he had also learned something else.

His benefactor would soon face a deadly calamity he could not avoid.

[Refined and otherworldly, an atypical true saint, 1 x ruthless, sickly fox spirit, 0]

A true saint willing to die for all under heaven, and a false villain genuinely willing to die in his place.

1. The fox spirit is a real fox spirit. The protagonist receiving love is a fox demon.

2. There is hardly any court politics. Once the background is established, the story heads off to become a monk.

3. Hard to say, but the older one is the top.

Theme: Striving to save the world