Back with more Snow Fae Qinghua.
I'd like to clarify that SQH has been a snow fae for a good year or two before being gifted to Mobei-Jun, so he has a ton of information stored up in that teeny brain of his.
When Shang Qinghua's flock is gifted to Mobei-Jun, Shang Qinghua starts to put the pieces together. He'd known that he was in PIDW ages ago, he figured it out from all of the gossip he was consuming. It's just that he was figuring out where in the story, he was.
Currently, he was before the story had happened. So far back enough that the protagonist had yet to be born, but it had progressed just enough so that Mobei-Jun had met the original Shang Qinghua. Shang Qinghua wouldn't have been worried if he hadn't given him a massive inferiority complex. The original was a rat, bowing to the powerful and lashing out on the weak, horrible really.
While it wasn't mentioned in the original story, the original goods had a knack for torturing smaller mindless demons when there was nobody to watch it. Unfortunately for Shang Qinghua, his little flock was just that.
"Don't panic, don't panic."
Shang Qinghua chittered to himself, pacing around his enclosure as frost bloomed beneath his feet. He knew that Mobei-Jun wasn't the fondest of pets, after keeping them for a week out of courtesy, he'd have his servants raise them. Shang Qinghua couldn't have that!
While the original wasn't trusted enough to directly go to the demon realm, he naturally had access to the goods that Mobei-Jun was willing to supply. If O!SQH caught wind of Mobei-Jun having snow faes, it would take a simple "Snow fae have medicinal qualities for humans, may I take them off your hands?" or something that would render Shang Qinghua and his flock easy prey.
Right now what Shang Qinghua needed was Mobei-Jun's interest. Useful demons were protected and prioritized. There was nothing Shang Qinghua could give the demon... Besides information. Before Shang Qinghua had been gifted, he'd heard tons of things. What demons were planning revolts, what demons were in love, what demon faction the snow fae breeders were aligned with.
The next time Shang Qinghua saw Mobei-Jun, it was after a banquet. One that Shang Qinghua had heard about just days before. Mobei-Jun walked in, getting ready to get some paperwork done and send a few things to Shang Qinghua before turning in for the night. Pinned on his chest was a beautiful sapphire like jewel, framed in pure silver. If the information that Shang Qinghua had gotten the night before was correct—it was set to explode.
The gem in the brooch—dubbed the Qi breathing gem in the world of cultivators—was harmless to spiritual cultivators. It helped circulate and purify spiritual qi, dragging it in and pushing it out as if it were alive and breathing. They're known to be extremely rare, and extremely valuable.
For demons it was essentially a little bomb. The moment this breathing gem gets exposed to enough demonic qi it'd essentially become a bomb, forcing all of the spiritual qi out of it in a major blast. The only reason it hadn't detonated yet was because it hadn't gotten enough Qi. The moment Mobei-Jun stated opening a portal it would surely blow.
If it exploded here, there was no doubt that all of the snow fae present would die in the explosion. Shang Qinghua had no time to think things through as he pressed himself up against the wall/bars of his enclosure.
"No! The gem! It'll explode, it's dangerous!"
Mobei-Jun paused, his eyes snapping to the Snow Fae enclosure. His eyes narrowed and Shang Qinghua could practically hear the sound of his time being alive ticking down. Still, he wasn't dead yet, so he had no choice but to keep going.
What will MBJ do?
Listen to Shang Qinghua rationally, saving the questions for later
Treat Shang Qinghua as a threat and interrogate him.
Voting ended onSep 21, 2025
First part can be found here
