Chapter 21. The Beginning of the Earth
The unconscious youth's face was terribly pale, the streak of ink in the corner of his eyes seemed to stretch infinitely long. The bloodstain in the corner of his lips dotted his sharp chin and the bloody-red colour caused his slightly-parted lips to seem even more shocking.
The youth's lapel was shredded into several pieces and the pure-white cloth was dyed a blood red. As it hung off the clear, fair-skinned body, it caused people to be even more unable to look away. Connected to the skinny shoulders were slender and powerful arms, clothed in long sleeves, ending in a pair of elegant hands. The tips of his fingers were still dyed a faint ash-purple and as they dragged across the blood on the floor, they drew long streaks of blood, thin and criss-crossing. It was like something had pierced his heart, a sensation that stung unbearably.
Lord Jellyfish unconsciously extended out his tentacles, wanting to draw the little fox back. However, once Hua Ji was dragged out of the inner chamber, he fluidly rolled back onto his feet by himself= =
Fei Ka's assistant who was standing by the side passed over towels and water bottles. Since Butterfly Yan was managing a newbie and Hua Ji was in the same production crew as Fei Ka, Fei Ka's manager Crow Hei in passing took care of two people.
Oh, that's not right. It's two demons.
Lord Jellyfish stared at Crow Hei with a deep gaze, suddenly feeling an urge to find out what crow meat tasted like.
Hua Ji received the towel and wiped away the sweat on his forehead, then cleaned up the tear tracks and blood stains. Just as he was about to speak, his expression suddenly shifted and he turned his head to look at something. Revealing a large smile, he said, "Lord Jellyfish, you're back?"
Lord Jellyfish looked deeply at the smile on the little fox's face before transforming into a puddle of water, slowly trickling to Hua Ji's feet like a snake. Starting from his ankles, he slowly crawled towards Hua Ji's head.
Standing behind Hua Ji, Fei Ka inhaled a shocked breath when he saw this scene. How was this a jellyfish? This was obviously a massive web!
He blankly stared as the web of water coiled around Hua Ji like vines and wrapped him up like a zongzi[1]. Finally, these water streams vanished without a trace and at the same time it seemed as if something appeared on top of Hua Ji's head. Hold on a moment!
Sunlight streamed from the heavens and Hua Ji's head appeared to suddenly gain refractive properties. It looked as if his head had changed shape, and following that shape change two dots of light appeared on the back of his head.
Initially there was only one dot, but when it discovered Fei Ka's gaze, dots of light lit up one after the other, quickly engulfing the entire back of the head.
Fei Ka unconsciously took out his phone and snapped a picture.
He took a photo for memories' sake and also, without thinking much of it, posted it on the special forum for the inhuman community of China - Flowery Inhuman・Ancient Dynasties [2].
Flowery Inhuman ・Ancient Dynasties was the forum that every inhuman person in China used. Li Shun Hua had set a complete embargo on all of the cast and crew's communications with the outside but had left a backdoor for the inhuman people to access Flower Inhuman・ Ancient Dynasties. Therefore, it wasn't only just Fei Ka, even He Bai who had followed him out had snapped a picture.
Look at the glowing back of the head of the red fox.
The two posts were separately posted on the Flowery Inhuman sub-forum and the Ancient Dynasties sub-forum. Afterwards, they were then pinned to the Grand China main page of the forum by the moderators.
On the topic of the forum, Flowery Inhuman ・Ancient Dynasties had five sub-forums in total.
The Flowery Inhuman sub-forum was naturally the one that all demons and spirits visited while the Ancient Dynasties sub-forum was where the cultivators and those of the secular path frequented. Grand China was the sub-forum where all the forum's users could visit and browse through. The Goods Exchange sub-forum was self-explanatory and was a place where everyone could freely conduct business deals. The final sub-forum was called Heaven's Strip and was where the officials of China's government posted their guidance and thinking= =
For example, the rules that needed to be followed after descending from the mountain; for example, how to survive in the human world; for example, after descending from the mountain, human laws had to be obeyed; for example, after descending from the mountain forms had to be filled and identities had to be registered and other such things.
At present, both Fei Ka and He Bai posted their posts at the same time, and furthermore even got pinned. In an instant, countless demons and spirits all clicked on the posts. Upon seeing the back of Hua Ji's head, many of them were stunned.
Damn, this Brother Fox can actually cast spells with the back of his head? This light is truly blinding! - by ASnake【Demon】
The back of its head really is too bright, it's eye-piercing. @MouLinMonastery hey hey hey monks look at this. There's a fox demon that attained enlightenment! Aren't you going to take it in? - by LifeOfBladeAndBlood 【Human】
Amitabha. Wanting to become a monk requires majoring in Buddhist studies for four years, full-time. I recall that this Benefactor Fox seemingly has only graduated from high school? Haha…… — by Jue Fei[3]【Human】
…… Towards this world that even a monk would go haha at, I only feel despair! - by HeavenShallLight【Demon】
What is this fox doing? - by WhiteWhiteWhite【Demon】
He should be filming a show. I heard that this show was filmed in conjunction with the fellas from the sect. The script isn't anything special, but rather than the script, I'm more interested in the trailer. Hopefully this sect's Li, Li…… something. Anyway, this Li boy, you have to keep the trailer! I'm anticipating fox + parrot PK-ing[4] the sect's girlie and little brat! - by King Mang 【Ghoul】
It's not the fox's head that's giving off light, it's the Bodhisattva on the fox's head that's giving off light. Everyone has already forgotten about the Bodhisattva that the fox has invited back the last time he left the country? - by DancingLightly 【Demon】
Hey hey hey that's right, wasn't it floating around earlier? Come to think of it, which revered Bodhisattva is that? @EndangeredAnimalsNeedProtection Tiger Meng, who won those bets on your side? - by WindBlowingPastMyBodyIsSoCold【Ghoul】
You all lost! The Bodhisattva invited back by the fox has already been recorded in the Mystical Protection Department, it is a jellyfish demon with immense strength; supposedly it lived for n years and only recently surfaced from the ocean to breathe fresh air. Everyone must be careful, don't be bitten by it. It doesn't discriminate between meat and vegetables! - by Mystical Protection Department Government Spokesperson【Government】
That's right, they all lost. I am the banker and all the bets were eaten up by me. Really sorry about that, many thanks for everyone's participation, hahaha~ — by EndangeredAnimalsNeedProtection【Demon】
That jellyfish is extremely powerful. Advising all my fellow sect members, if you see this jellyfish, just go around it. However, that jellyfish will usually be lying on that fox's head, so if you see the fox, go around him. It is important that you remember this! - by LeafyGreenWhoJustCameDownTheMountain【Human】 ……
Fei Ka lifted his head in time to see the girl across from him sitting on a chair and tapping away at her phone.
Fei Ka grinned, kept his phone and was just about to head to the dressing room to touch up his make-up when a drop of water suddenly fell from between the hairs in his fringe.
At the same time, a sound rang out from beside his ear.
"What is this?"
Fei Ka's entire body stiffened up. He unconsciously glanced towards Hua Ji, only to see Hua Ji currently smoothing down the hair by his ear, his smile warm and gentle as he spoke. Upon closer inspection, he could see there were droplets of water glittering at the tips of Hua Ji's hair, which should be the Lord Jellyfish currently laying on his head.
Then the question became, if what was on Hua Ji's head was Lord Jellyfish, then the thing on his head was……?
Fei Ka drily replied, "…… Phone."
Lord Jellyfish said, "I know it's a phone. I'm asking what this forum is. I remember the little fox once said the production crew blocked off any and all network signals?"
"……That's right, but inhuman people are the outliers, we can go on Flowery Inhuman ・Ancient Dynasties."
"What is that?"
"It is a forum where all the inhuman people within China can sign-up and converse with each other."
Lord jellyfish's eyes glittered. "Why don't I have an account?"
Fei Ka immediately sold out Hua Ji. "Didn't this Hua Ji tell you? You only need to go to the website and input your ID number, then enter the invite code of a forum member that you know of and you can register an account!"
Lord Jellyfish didn't speak any further. Fei Ka could feel icy-cold water slowly dripping down from behind his ear, soaking his clothes, brushing past his belt and finally landing on the ground by the corner of his robes, disappearing into the soil.
Fei Ka let out a breath. He rapidly started typing on his phone.
【Emergency Report】The Lord Jellyfish that came from the sea is about to enter the forums! Everyone be careful!
He had only sent out the alert when maiden He Bai sitting across him suddenly raised her head to look at him. Fei Ka silently turned his head away. Many apologies, he's not Lord Jellyfish's opponent!
He silently counted to ten before speedily deleting the post.
The next second, Fei Ka saw at the top of Flowery Inhuman・Ancient Dynasties a user by the name of BeginningOfTheEarth with the tag 【Demon】had successfully joined the forum.
BeginningOfTheEarth?
Fei Ka lifted his head and looked at the back of Hua Ji's head. What a strange name.
After Hua Ji roughly went over how to use the forum to Lord Jellyfish, he asked, "How was your University Entrance Examinations?"
When Lord Jellyfish heard that, he instantly became gloomy. He listlessly said, "My score is not enough to attend Fudan or Zhejiang so I could only choose East China Normal."
Hua Ji smiled. "If your words were to spread out, who knows how many monsters would want to swallow you whole. Your results are already good enough."
"I met that Plymouth Rock chicken."
"Oh, that little rooster, he also attended the University Entrance Examinations?"
"En, he is in S city."
Hua Ji didn't think much of it. "Let's talk about it if we see him."
Lord Jellyfish said, "School starts in September. Before that, I can constantly accompany you."
When Hua Ji heard that, his eyes brightened. "Really? That's great. Charming Maiden, this show has already entered the final stages. Mostly it's just shooting with the sect members. Once the fighting scenes are over, the dialogue scenes go by quickly; I reckon by August we can take a break."
When Lord Jellyfish heard that, he was very happy. He suddenly said, "Do you want to visit my home?"
Hua Ji: …… Huh?
[1] – A zongzi is a glutinous rice dumpling wrapped in bamboo leaves that looks like this:
[2] – The actual name is 花非・九州, with 九州 translating literally to ‘nine continents’ but it also refers to the earliest dynasties in China. Hence I chose to translate it as that. 花非 itself has no specific meaning I could find, with 花 meaning flower and 非 meaning ‘extraordinary’ and is also the ‘non’ in non-human, I chose to translate it as this.
[3] – Jue Fei or 觉非 is a term which refers to maintaining a neutral attitude towards all existence and happenings, neither affirming nor denying it. I don’t really have a good way to translate it to English so I left it as is.
[4] – PK or Player Killing is a gaming term that refers to fighting with another player in a game. In this context, it just means fighting.