âMother!â Throwing himself over to Bai Yanâs side, he cries out in fright, âLetâs go back okay? I donât want the celestial foxâs blood anymore, letâs go homeâ¦.â
âWeâve already come this far, thereâs no turning back anymore Xiachen. Thereâs only a hundred meters away, we must reach the top!â Closing her eyes, Bai Yanâs mind brought up the image of that ghoul like version of her son merging together with the light one. Only with that picture did her heart firm up again.
Even if I have to crawl, I must crawl up here! No one can stop me from saving my son!
Grinding a streak with her knee along the snow, she slowly climbs up to her feet by clinging onto the cliff side.
I must get up there. The celestial foxes will only show themselves if Iâm at the peak, I must get up there!
At the thought, she then stares down at her belly and rubbed the life thatâs within herself.
Child, you must protect yourself, for your brother, I can only persist!
I also believe you will be born safely into this world and stay with me for life!
Bai Xiachen saw how determined his mother was and decides to stop crying despite the tears still coming out. Heâs learned enough through the years heâs not supposed to show weakness when Bai Yanâs trying so hard already.
Together, one small and one big figure continued to climb this difficult mountain pass. But the mountain wouldnât just ease up on its relentless nature just because the two were showing determination. The more they climbed, the colder it became until Bai Yan felt like her bodyâs being taken over by frostbites. Nevertheless, the pair eventually did reach the peak of this snowy mountain. Though it took far more time than necessary, from daytime to nightfall, theyâve made itâ¦.
Perhaps itâs the fact that sheâs reached the goal, or the fact that the strange pressuring aura around this mountain has dissipated, but Bai Yan collapsed the second she felt it was far enough. This wouldâve been fatal if it was under normal circumstances, however, thereâs one good thing out of all this â her powers back!
Immediately, the woman summoned up her internal energy to course through her veins and brought a wave of warmth to the body.
âMother!â Bai Xiachan pounced at the collapsed woman after seeing her terrible condition. He wanted to dearly to check her health, but the inner restraint brought the boy back to his senses and stopped him from doing anything rash.
âYouâre so silly Xiachen.â Breaking out a smile, Bai Yan gently pokes at the little steambunâs temple.
Because the boy was a half breed, part human and part demon, heâs able to interchange between both races with his aura. But just then when he cried out after she collapsed, the boy had stopped using his demon aura and reverted back to the human version, making him susceptible to the same pressure that Bai Yanâs been fending off until now.
âMother,â face planting his plump face against her belly, âIâm not afraid of suffering, I only want to be with you. Iâm too small to help carry some of the weight from you so I can only do this. I donât want you to suffer alone Mother.â