Don't Lie to Your Therapist—She Already Knows Your Fate

The Monkey Boss trembled as he looked fearfully at Little White.

They were all animals, but Little White was in a completely different league.

Being called "Great Immortal" said it all.

It existed somewhere between human, animal, and Immortal.

"You made that up?" The expected outburst and scolding never came.

Little White’s tone was somewhat cold.

"Then how do you know the Book of Life and Death exists? Normally, you shouldn’t even know its name."

The Monkey Boss answered, trembling, "I-it’s... a story I once heard from my elders when I was young. It’s the greatest honor and legend of our Monkey Clan..."

"What story?"

"Well..." The Monkey Boss glanced cautiously at Little White, choosing his words with care. "The story goes that one of our ancestors in the Monkey Clan was a divine monkey, like an Immortal. He was unbelievably powerful. In human terms, you could say he could wipe the floor with plenty of other Immortals... The legend says this ancestor of ours once descended into the underworld, the place where the souls of all living things go after they die. He struck the names of all monkeys from the Book of Life and Death, granting our clan immortality. That’s how I learned about the Book of Life and Death, but I always figured it was just a story, nothing more."

Little White fell silent for a moment. "Fine, we’ll drop it. Is that monkey dead?"

"No..."

"Bring it to me."

The Monkey Boss left.

This left the Squirrel Leader shivering off to the side. "Immortal Xiao Bai, I don’t know any legends! I don’t have any powerful rodents in my ancestry, and no squirrels from my clan have gone into that mist."

"What are you shaking for? I’m not asking you, and I’m not going to beat you up."

Hearing this, the squirrel only trembled harder.

"Immortal Xiao Bai, I’m scared."

"Scared of what? That I’ll force you to go in? Relax. My master wouldn’t allow me to do that."

"Why do you listen to a human, Immortal Xiao Bai? Shouldn’t a Fox Immortal be worshipped by humans? Shouldn’t they be the ones obeying you?"

The Squirrel Leader had been wanting to ask this for a long time.

Now, he had finally blurted it out.

He just didn’t get it. Even if that human was impressive, her skills were just physical.

How could she compare to a Great Immortal?

While the Fox Immortal wasn’t a full Immortal, among regular humans and animals, it was considered a Demi Immortal.

How could a human compare to a Demi Immortal?

Yet Immortal Xiao Bai was completely obedient to that skilled human.

Which meant they had to obey as well.

He didn’t understand why!

"Do you have any idea who my master is?"

The squirrel shook its head. ’How would I know?’ All he knew was that Wen Ying was a human woman.

"If I’m a Great Immortal, then my master is a true Immortal. Got it?"

The squirrel shook its head. He didn’t understand.

"It’s no use telling you, you wouldn’t understand. You’re just a squirrel; of course you can’t see how incredible my master is. Just know that she is far more powerful than me. She’s at the apex of all humanity, you get it? My master might have even... Ugh, never mind. I won’t get into it with you. All you need to know is that my master is way more powerful than I am."

The squirrel nodded. He could understand that much.

She was far more powerful than Immortal Xiao Bai. He got it.

Although he didn’t understand why Immortal Xiao Bai would say such a thing.

"In short, she’s incredibly powerful! If there’s really something terrifying in this mist, something that even I can’t defeat, then my master definitely can. Otherwise, why would I have let my master go in alone?"

"Immortal Xiao Bai, your master didn’t go in alone, did she? There was that cute little monk with her."

Little White: "..."

’A cute little monk?’

"He’s... cute?"

"Extremely cute. I’ve never seen such an adorable human child."

"Really that cute?"

The squirrel nodded. He was, in fact, very cute.

"Cuter than me?"

The squirrel started to nod again, then abruptly stopped short.

’The atmosphere... that tone of voice... something feels a little off.’

’Doesn’t Immortal Xiao Bai like being seen as formidable?’

’Or invincible?’

’Could it be... he prefers being called cute?’

As the leader of the squirrels, he wasn’t some simple-minded rodent; he could tell something was wrong.

"Well, if we’re talking about cuteness, then I think you’re cuter, Immortal Xiao Bai! But I think you’re even more formidable! More invincible and powerful!"

Such shameless flattery.

"Cut the other stuff. Just tell me: between me and the little monk, who’s cuter!"

An image flashed through Little White’s mind: Kong Jian staring at its master with those big, dewy eyes. Sometimes, he even turned those same dewy eyes on Little White itself.

’But plenty of humans have called me cute, too!’

’I won’t deny that Kong Jian’s face is cute, but my place with Master cannot be taken!’

’My position is unchallengeable!’

The Squirrel Leader thought that Immortal Xiao Bai was being rather childish.

’Who these days prefers ’cute’ over ’formidable’ and ’invincible’?’

Of course, the squirrel didn’t know that human girls, in particular, absolutely adore cute things.

Nor did it realize that Immortal Xiao Bai’s sense of being threatened was entirely real.

"Fine, I won’t ask you. You’re just a squirrel, after all. What would you know?"

The Squirrel Leader let out a sigh of relief. ’Good, he’s not asking anymore. I dodged a bullet.’

’That little monk really is adorable,’ he thought. ’The most adorable human child I’ve ever seen.’

’Immortal Xiao Bai is a fox, so why insist on comparing himself to a human?’

’And there’s nothing wrong with calling me a squirrel.’

’I am a squirrel, and I have no desire to become human.’

’Life as a squirrel is free and easy, and I like it that way.’

The Squirrel Leader stood obediently on a nearby branch, trying his best not to make a sound.

But then, a whimpering sound, WOOO... WOOO... WOOO..., drifted out of the mist.

The sound seemed to be coming from far away, but it was impossible to tell from which direction.

But the intermittent sound—WOOO... WOOO... WOOO...—gradually filled their ears.

It was as if the sound was coming from all directions at once.

Little White frowned, though you can’t really tell when a fox does.

"I’m going in to check on my master. You wait here for me."

The words had barely left Little White’s mouth when the sound of frantic running erupted from behind, creating quite a commotion.

"Great Immortal, I’m back."

The Monkey Boss had brought another monkey with him. The monkey had run over quickly, but it seemed somewhat dazed.

Standing before Little White, the monkey made no sound at all.

"Immortal Xiao Bai, this is him. He’s the only monkey who returned from the mist."

"The mist... the mist..."

The monkey’s body suddenly began to tremble, its face contorted in terror and panic.

The monkey was shaking so violently that it didn’t even react when its boss tried to get its attention from the side.

"What’s in the mist?"

Little White looked at the monkey, which had gone from dazed to trembling, and asked, its voice laced with a strange power.

The words struck the monkey’s mind like a clap of thunder.

The monkey’s eyes instantly became bloodshot, and it threw its entire body against a nearby tree. "Don’t go into the mist! Don’t go into the mist!"

The sight of its self-harm was horrifying.

Just as Little White was about to ask another question, the monkey suddenly—