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"Ah after so many years of no works...Lets see what have we got there. I am lady Siming of fate. And you are, young man?"
"This lowly one is named Yue Qingyuan, honarable lady! I was a sect leader of a cultivation sect. " Answers the man humbly standing in front of her.
"So young man do you know why you are sent here? And not sent to the Naihe bridge for reincarnation?"
His brows furrows in confusion and he replies with a shaky smile, "This one has no idea, honorable lady. This one would be very grateful if honorable lady enlightens this ignorant one."
"Your regret and resentment is too much that simply meng po's soup wont be effective anymore. Tell me what do you blame fate for? " the lady of fate sighs as she says while resting her chin on her hand.
The man in front of her loses his calm demeanour for sometimes as a pained expression appears but he regains control over himself and says, "My biggest regret is I failed my Xiao Jiu!"
After a pregnant pause and after a deep thought the lady speaks again " lets now where my child was done wrong and then lets see what can be done."
She gathers up qi and pulls the strings of fate and pulls herself and Yue Qi to watch the past.
They see two dirty children covered up in rag on the streets are cuddling up with each other for warmth together in a cold night of winter. Now one could tell that they were starving of food for so long out of poverty from their bony unhealthy physiques. Specially the younger one. Even though he had a beautiful on par with celestial face, sparkly green eyes, milk white natural flushed skin despite it staying covered in dirt, silky ink black hair tied up in a bun. But he was so thin and small that one could fear if there are any strong breeze he'd be blown away.
"Tsk Qi-ge stop moving. The cold wind enters when you move." The younger one says with an annoyed expression on his face with drowsy eyes.
"Qi-ge is sorry. Qi-ge wont move." The older one wraps his arms around the younger more tighter and reducing the gap more holding the other tighy against his chest.
The younger one seemed so comfortable too that he released a sweet milk pomegranate fragrance and rubbed his rosy cheek covered in dirt in the older one's chest to shamelessly steel more warmth. The older one had an a contented look on his face.
Like that eventually slept in each others arms.
Yue Qi lowered his head seeing the scene with guilt written all over his, lashes flattering with an unshed tear. Just mumbling a "Sorry".
The scenery glitches and changes into the one where they were sitting in an abandoned hut, under an open starry sky, where moon showers them with her soft light as Yue Qi explains about soulmate and secondary gender to Xiao jiu.
"When Xiao Jiu's secondary gender will be presented he will also get a soul mate mark if Xiao Jiu is lucky!"
The younger one tilts his head, clear confusion in those leave green eyes. He asks, "What's a soul mate mark, Qi-ge? Why doesn't Si-jie and Da-jie have them? "
"Fate decides it Xiao-jiu. Some get it and some don't. Even some of the nobels dont have them. But I am our golden boy xiao jiu will get the best soul mate."
"Stop flattering me, you stupid Qi-ge." The younger one flushes and looks away from the older with a hmph and a pout. The older just smiles warmly at him.
The scene again changed to that one where Shi Wu rats them out like an ingrate little rat he was. Despite the betrayer's life was saved by both of them. Xiao Jiu warned him but he didn't pay heed to his words. That landed up Xiao Jiu on a hellhole.
Yue Qi mumbled more, "sorry" for he never listened to his Xiao Jiu's words. Its all his fault. If he hadn't been so helpful to those who didn't deserve it that day then Xiao Jiu would never ended up in that hell hole. If they had run right then ....then none of the mishaps would never have happened, right? But now he could only grit his in regret. Lady fate only observed them by standing his side.
It again changed to the one where he left Xiao Jiu alone for Cang Qiong; believing that he would make it in time and save Xiao Jiu. But that belief of his brought his Xiao Jiu down. He should have rather told Xiao Jiu to run or ask someone for help. But he didn't. I am sorry Xiao Jiu Qi-ge failed you again.
Their surrondings glitched again and kept changing to the ones where the whole Qiu household abused his Xiao jiu so badly and the young miss Qiu Haitang's naivety, ignorance and attention towards him made it even more worse.
Until the day when Xiao Jiu presented an omega and also received his soul mate mark. He was just 13 back then. He felt happy when looked at the soul mate mark but being an omega in a household of predators were like a worst nightmare come true.
Yue Qi felt spine shivering chil and kept watching in more horror. Wondering who must be Xiao Jiu's soulmate. The mere thought of another stranger entering his Xiao Jiu's left him with a sour feeling. However he felt relieved that some one helping Xiao jiu.
Gladly an old servent lady helped him with scents and suppresants before they could know him being an omega but they somewhow knew about his soul mate mark. All hell breaks loose. He became the subject of jealousy of the Qiu cousins with no marks specially the beta ones. He got torture more and more by them even by the male servents. But Qiu Haitang was still kept in the dark and ignorant of the fact that the person she was betrothed to had someone else destinated for them.
When Qiu Jianluo accidentally discovered his potential in cultivation through Wu Yanzi who was eyeing Xiao Jiu's and about him being Omega. He forcefully took the omega and made him a dual cultivation cauldron for his break throughs. Jackpot for him. Once Haitang marries Xiao Jiu. Both his precious haitang and the omega. He told the omega he would buy him suppresents and scents and save him from being punished in the household.
The distressed omega could only sob under him and nod submissively as the alpha penetrated him. He never felt so helpless in his life. After each sessions with Qiu Jianluo left his lower body sore and his legs would shiver unable to walk for days leaving him bedridden. To prevent his plan from flopping Qiu Jianluo also gave him medications to prevent any conceptions. That left him with irregular heat cycle problems. But he was given aphrodisiacs and some timed pollen instead that won't effect on Xiao Jiu being a cauldron. He sometimes invited his father too to take turn. His father seemed to enjoy his time too.
Even though the beatings did came to an end but Qiu Jianluo still hit him a few times. He choke slammed him everytime against the table whenever Xiao Jiu pushed him when the alpha was about to bite his scent glands and mark him for good. The vile creature obviously replied, "A cheap bed warmer slave like you should forget about being with your soulmate. You can only be a good cock sleeve for me and bear me pups once you and Haitang are mine." Qiu Jianluo won't say it loud but he liked having sexual intercourses with Xiao Jiu too. He looked magnificent when he was under the effects of aphrodisiacs, asking to be destroyed submissively, taking his everything so well as if he was only made for taking his all length in, in that tight hole even if it bleeds from there, oh that too was a magnificent sight. He cannot help but fathom about ravishing him till he is crippled everytime he sees him.
Xiao Jiu now thinks that the daily beatings were thousand times better than this. He cried out for help everynight for his Qi-ge to come and save him.
Yue Qi was horrified beyond any words to describe . He could only watch the graphic scenes. His guilt sky rocketing already. No wonder Xiao Jiu never mentioned about any of this to him. His gaze became desperate to help Xiao Jiu. The Lady fate sighed at the scene and wondered how monstrous people could be and this poor child didnt deserve any of this.
It all went like a cycle until one day Xiao Jiu couldn't take it anymore any broke the cycle when Qiu jianluo was being more verbal and abusive. He stabbed him and in a daze he massacred the Qiu manor, kill every male and burnt it. Leaving only the females and Qiu haitang. Who was screaming like maniac and cursing his 14 generations.
"You should have killed that bitch too, boy!"
Shen Jiu turned to meet the gaze of Wu Yanzi who took Shen Jiu under his tutelage then. They killed and robbed togther. But in fact it was Wu yanzi forcing him mostly and made him act like a sweet omega trap for the predator alphas. Even though Wu Yanzi as a beta didnt force the omega but still he was as worse as Qiu Jianluo. Wu yanzi's demonic cultivation techniques left Shen Jiu's cultivation crippled forever.
Seeing all the scene Yue Qi felt like he would qi-deviate again if he had any physical body. Its all his fault. He is the main culprit of his Xiao Jiu. He is beyond redeemable now. He was unable to protect his Xiao Jiu. He failed him. He bit his lips in frustration as two drops of tears rolled down his cheeks.
Xiao Jiu was right he was the one who changed, he was the one broke their promise. Xiao Jiu once again saved him by killing his master. He thought that his omega Xiao Jiu would be safe here. But in the end he pushed his Xiao Jiu again to another hellhole named Cang qiong in the name of protection but actually not. If only fate gives him another chance he would burn the world rather than letting his Xiao Jiu get hurt anymore.
In that hell-hole Xiao Jiu was misunderstood, hated and pushed all the way to the edge. He hid the fact of being omega. His normal scent turned for sweet milk pomegranate to sharp Bamboo and ink smell. That's why everyone thought Xiao was a beta.
Regardless of working all day all night combining all his blood, sweat and tears for the sect; he was still accused of being weak and lazy. He struggled to keep up with his already broken sensitive meridians. But no one offered him a hand or tried to understand him.
The worst of all Liu Qingge behaving like chilidish brat that he was; who wanted to see the qualifications of that person whom their future Zhanmen shixiong highs favors of. So he regularly came to him demanding him for spar that was rather one sided beating and spatted him calling him weak and he should just give up. The alpha accidentally touching his Xiao Jiu disgusted him to point of several fatal, mild fatal Qi deviations and after each one he had to be on a seclusion for three months.
Continuous Nightmares plaguing him, in midst of a bunch of alpha and beta and males he felt so much insecured to sleep at night that he moved to the Qing Jing's woodshed but the self proclaimed young masters thought he was so disgusted that he didnt even leave in the disciples quarter and started bullying him more and more. God graceful his shizun, Yue Qi's shibo treated him like a precious jade he was.
Nightmares, men and cold prevented him from sleeping, developing a daily insomnia. In the woodshed he spent countless sleepless nights till he sneak out to seek warmth and sleep in a brothel. But the dumb headed imbeciles of martial siblings of theirs' labelled him a lustrous lech who went to brothel for carnal pleasures. They spitted at him saying that he was doing blasphemy to his soulmate. "As if you could expect any better from a treacherous, ungrateful Viper like him."Qi qingqi sneered after every conversation of dissing their shixiong. began to isolate him more. And the one to spread such baseless rumors about him was that brute Liu Qingge and Qi Qingqi.
The worst started the day when Liu Qingge the brainless alpha accused him for attempt to murder. Shang Qinghua despite seeing everything stayed quiet. After that all their neutral martial siblings started to distance themselves from Shen Jiu. Even Mu Qingfan, as healer taking sides were strictly prohibited for them. But he did. Everyone expressed their hostility and hatred towards his Xiao Jiu without any bounds. Some were vocal about and others did it with their actions. But all of them acted like it was Shen Jiu's fault all along from the start. That he was the one who didn't want to get along with them in first place and were hostile towards them. And being the majority they even make their Zhangmen Shixiong believe.
It all boiled his blood even more, those unfillal hypocrites and their actions. He was not sure how long he could take on before he explodes his brain or faints from extreme anger. His Xiao Jiu didnt deserve any of this. Lady Fate could only sigh and see humans keep being so stupid and two faced to their own kind, that she didn't know what to say. But she indeed felt bad for the child who suffered. She will make sure the child gets better in his next rebirth.
If Yue Qi knew these then he would have designed their downfalls with his own hands. But he was too busy handling useless sect jobs. When the most important person of his life was being bullied. If only he knew, he would have make sure no one had the abilities to spread anymore lies about his Xiao Jiu. But that didnt make feel him less guilty. It's all his fault. He was worser than any of them who wronged Xiao Jiu ever. He was ashamed of himself as he hears his old self suggesting Xiao Jiu to try to get along with their martial siblings. In answer Xiao Jiu could only scoff. Xiao Jiu should have stabbed him right there and then. He didn't deserve such kindness, he was the worse, he was the one who forced Xiao Jiu in this hell. In the only he could only growl in a low tone and grit his teeth, clenching his first so hard that his knuckles turned white.
It all continued till the previous generation ascended and the Qing generation got their positions as sect leader and peak lords. It all became more worser and kept becoming worser and worser day by day. Scenes after scenes all the same cycle of sick rumors and his Xiao Jiu becoming more and more lonely everyday.
Until that half demon arrived in their sector. He wished to kill that half demon spawn before it harmed his Xiao Jiu any further.
That half demon spawn surely behaved like an uruly brat. He keep breaking his boundaries more and more being an alpha, terrorizing the omega by getting into his personal space in order to impress him continuously. That all ended his Shen Jiu panicking and punishing that unruly alpha harshly. This encouraged other disciples to bully that half demon spawn more. Shen Jiu too was occupied with his works. Extremely tired and busy all day he couldn't keep the track of which disciple of him said what to whom or who bullied whom or where in his peak Luo Binghe was being bullied and crying. Ming fan sabotaged him by a fake cultivation manual that frustrated Shen Jiu utterlessly and in the end he could only assign more laps or lashes for the physical cultivation suited Luo Binghe who was in a Spiritual cultivator's peak.
The scene at Lingxi caves broke Yue Qi more that he knelt on the ground with horror stricken pale face and mutter continuously, " I didn't believe him, I am sorry and I am sinner." The aftermath shook Yue Qi's core more. He saw his martial siblings labelling him as a murderer now and isolatioing his whole peak. Worst hit came when many of his disciples died from the faulty sowrds provided by Wan Jian peak, very late provided worst quality medicines from Qian Cao by Mu Qingfang and low quality talismans and faulty flares and even the weaker ones from the beatings of Bai Zhan peak's uncivilized disciples. Xiao Jiu buried his many of his disciples who had no families or their families were not countable. He saw him praying for their salvation and crying for their forgiveness that he was the reason of their death. Everytime Xiao Jiu cries the prayer hall gets filled with distressed and grieving scents of an omega. Seeing Xiao he felt like running to him and consoling him and hide him from the world. The world didn't deserve his Xiao Jiu or his kindness. But being unable to do so he feel like dying second time but he was already dead. He wanted to stab himself for failing Xiao Jiu so miserably and failing to see he was actually suffering.
Xiao Jiu once again saved their sect from being accused to harbour a half demon and get ravished overnight. Xiao Jiu was too soft hearted for not aiming for that half demon spawn's heart or severe his head and give that undeserving monster a second chance.
He heard his Xiao Jiu sighed with an extremely painful expression on his face and muttered to himself, " May you survive.....and come take revenge from me, as I am so tired."
But both Yue Qi and lady of fate could hear that. That one sentence devastated Yue Qi so much that he couldn't go on anymore. He broke then and right there sobbing in a silent but messy way that even shocked the lady of fate.
She thought with a sigh looking at the green robes of Shen Jiu fluttering in the wind as he stood still, staring at the abyss with eyes full of dejection, gloom and melancholy, 'Ay ay who knew the life of that child could be this sad?' Then she looked at the kneeling and sobbing Yue Qi,who looking and again, 'But can he keep on watching more? Poor young man. Is he aware of the fact yet, I guess no otherwise he would have started to tear off his own hair by now if he did. '
She crossed her hands and looked forward for the young man to be done before thinking again 'But nevermind let's continue once he is done sobbing.'