Published at 18th of October 2020 06:29:13 PM
Chapter 61
Ch 61.01
By my side, Zi You lifted up his robes, bent his knee, and knelt down. I was very familiar with this posture. Someone who became a part of my Dark Guards would all salute to me like this.
“Dark Guard Lin Zi You greets Sect Leader.”
I raised an eyebrow: “You already went to the Da Yin Netherworld Bank to see your past?”
Zi You nodded: “I know that my time is running out. I’m forgetting things faster and faster. Although the ghosts around me are worried about my emotions, they don’t tell me. So from some minor details, I can still notice the clues.” He laughed, “Fortunately, I had saved enough money, and could finally know where I came from, and what I did. I’ve been at a loss for so many years, and now I finally got to know my identity. Even if I forget it again, there’s no regret.”
As I stroked my chin, I told him to get up first, and then I pondered about his name…
Lin Zi You?
There were a lot of people coming and going, who used to be Dark Guards, so my memory was momentarily fuzzy, but after a long time, I still could not recall him. I did not know whether I had forgotten him when I was alive, or did I begin to gradually forget him after I was dead.
When he saw me like this, he was not angry or disappointed. He just started to explain to me: “Sect Leader, it’s normal that you can’t remember me. When I was alive, my brother and I were locked up in Xue Sha Sect for experimentation. Then later, Sect Leader saved us along with East Mountain Lord. It was just that my brother and I did not have East Mountain Lord’s natural talents, so we never got too much attention. Subsequently, everyone joined Wan Lu Sect together.”
Oh, when this was mentioned, I suddenly had some impression.
During that year, it was unknown what experiments the ones from Xue Sha Sect, who fed Shi Qi drugs, was doing by capturing so many children. After I smashed through their sect and killed their sect leader, I released many children from the dungeon. The ones that wanted to go home were sent home, and the ones that wanted to stay were taken back to Wan Lu Sect. Among those children, there were many of them who became my Dark Guards.
So it turned out that Zi You was one of them…
“Fortunately during that year, when I left Xue Sha Sect, I saw Sect Leader holding East Mountain Lord, while my older brother and I were standing ahead. We had no names, only a serial number. So Sect Leader immediately gave my brother and I these two names, Zi You and Zi Yu. My brother’s age was older than me, so he still remembered his original name, but because the name was bestowed by Sect Leader, my brother just retained our previous surname. From then on, I was called Lin Zi You. Luckily, the name that Sect Leader had bestowed, I never dared to forget it up until this moment.”
The name that I picked so casually unexpectedly became his last, current memory in the ghost market.
As I looked at his respectful appearance, I lowered my eyebrows and suddenly felt that I committed a great offense when I was alive. I did not remember ever naming him. I did not remember that behind me there was such a person, who silently treated me so loyally. I did not even know… When he died.
My heart was just too careless… That I disappointed too many people, argh.
“My older brother and I vowed to repay Sect Leader’s kindness, so shortly after entering Wan Lu Sect, we decided to join the Dark Guards. However, my body was really weak from a young age, if Older Brother did not look after me and Chief saw that I was loyal, I was afraid that he wouldn’t have placed me in the Dark Guards. But after that.. I still failed to live up to Older Brother’s and Chief’s expectations. During my first mission, I was inattentive and got gravely injured. Older Brother was anxious and disregarded the rules. In the middle of the night, he knelt outside Wu E Palace, disturbing Sect Leader’s rest, but Sect Leader… Not only did not blame him and told South Mountain Lord to treat my injury.”
I raised my head and recalled. I seemed to have some impressions, but they were very vague. It was because of these things…
“These things may not be important to Sect Leader, but they’re engraved in the hearts of us two brothers. Although I died due to my body’s decline over time, I was still grateful to Sect Leader that I dared not to forget even for one day. After I passed away, Older Brother still remained as a Dark Guard. For so many years, I don’t know how he’s doing now, but since I didn’t hear any news about him in the ghost market, that’s considered the best news. It’s just that Sect Leader…”
Zi You glanced at me: “It’s just that even in my current situation, I’m still able to bump into Sect Leader, I don’t know whether I should be happy or sad.”
“Be happy.” I looked at Zi You, “Being able to meet someone who has been so loyal to me in this ghost market, naturally, I’m very happy.” I thought for a moment, “I don’t know how much money is still in my netherworld account, but it’s all for you.”
Zi You was surprised: “No, no… How can this…”
Ch 61.02
“At present, I can’t even buy these pills from the ghost market to consume. I can only go to Da Yin Netherworld Bank to watch my past. I’m not in such a hurry, so you go ahead, take the money and go watch your past. Watch it until you’re tired, until you’re vexed, until you don’t want to watch it anymore, until it’s time for you to spontaneously leave, then that’ll do.”
Zi You bowed his head, looking like he had restrained himself for a while. When I was about to get up and leave, he said: “Sect Leader… Is still so gentle.”
Me, gentle?
Not possible. Oftentimes, I was obviously super heartless and thoughtless. After dying like this once, I felt that when I was alive, I missed too much of the world’s tenderness and goodwill.
As I left the tavern and drifted out, I noticed it was fashionably timed because I had a little bit of time left and Zhi Yan was already waiting outside the small forest.
She had her arms crossed, looking left and gazing right. When she saw me drift out, her eyes lit up: “Great Demon King! Here, over here!”
It was just like she still felt a little creeped out due to her surroundings: “I came here a little early on purpose. Let’s get out of here together. Later, when you possess my body, we’ll be a little bit further away from this place, too.”
All right, as I drifted, I accompanied her out of the ghost market. In order for Zhi Yan to keep herself from being scared, she chattered and prattled endlessly in my ears:
“When you disappeared a few days ago, you still don’t know the news in Jiang Hu. Do you want me to tell you?” Without waiting for my response, she continued on talking on her own, “Did you know that the Golden Immortal was brought back to Chen Ji Mountain by Li Chen Lan? Don’t know where he took the Golden Immortal. In any case, no one in Wan Lu Sect knows about it. So later in the future, even if other people know how to resurrect the Golden Immortal, it’s impossible to find the Golden Immortal’s body. This thoroughly cuts off the thoughts of those people.”
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Mhm? Luo Ming Xuan’s body was taken back to Chen Ji Mountain by Mo Qing? Why did Mo Qing not tell me?
Oh, that was right, in these past two days, I was so tiredly busy that I had no time to talk to other people.
“That’s great, this’ll prevent another lunatic like Liu Su Ruo from popping up in the future. If I was tormented again like so, I won’t be able to stand it.”
”Also, those four sects that supported the resurrection of the Golden Immortal before, their grandmasters were all found by their respective sects under Feng Mountain and they were taken back. However, their minds seem to be somewhat abnormal. One moment they’re shouting Lu Zhao Yao, then the next moment they’re shouting Li Chen Lan. In Jiang Hu, it’s rumored that Lu Zhao Yao’s evil soul still lingers on, so you took possession of Li Chen Lan’s body. You came back to prevent the resurrection of the Golden Immortal, and then went to find the Ten Great Celestial Sects for revenge.”
“Heh.” I sneered coldly, “Just like I said, those prestigious righteous sects that you used to stay with before, they don’t even have one skill, they only know how to blindly spread ridiculous rumors all day long.”
Quickly drifting out of the ghost market, the Hour of the Rat finally arrived, I entered Zhi Yan’s body and heard her say another piece of news: “Additionally, the people who went to Feng Mountain to look for those celestial sects’ grandmasters, when they came back, they all said that Feng Mountain is currently very eerie. At night, they could faintly hear a woman crying, some people said…” Zhi Yan gazed at me, “Some people said that it’s Lu Su Ruo’s voice.”
*Hour of the Rat (子时 – zǐ shí) – between 11 p.m. and 1 a.m.
I shot her a glance: “Right now, you and I are both ghosts, do you think that you can scare me?”
Zhi Yan glanced down at her lips: “Can you stay with me for a while longer, I scared myself…”
This useless thing…
“It’s no surprise that Liu Su Ruo became a malicious ghost.” She floated beside me, so I walked a few more steps with her, “Her obsession was so deep. and her conscience was too tiny. When she had just accomplished her goal, I smashed it right away. She died on Feng Mountain, and became a malicious ghost on Feng Mountain. Hereafter, she would never be able to let go of her hatred for all eternity, and would never be able to take revenge for all eternity. Year after year, she’ll be confined to that same place on Feng Mountain, which happens to be great. This saves others the effort from finding a place to imprison her.”
When I said this, Zhi Yan actually eliminated some of her fears and nodded: “When you say it like this, she only has herself to blame.”
“Still scared?” I turned my head to ask her.
Zhi Yan smilingly said: “Not scared anymore. Great Demon King, you’re getting better and better.”
Before it was one person and now it was two people; both of them said that I was gentle, that I was getting better, but on the contrary, I, myself, did not feel it at all…
Ch 61.03
I turned around, waved my hand, and was about to form the Instantaneous Travel Technique to go back to Wu E Palace, but a gust of wind blew past me, as black robes flapped by, Mo Qing appeared right in front of me. I blinked my eyes and looked at him: “I was just planning to go back and look for you.”
Mo Qing smiled: “I came just to find you, too.”
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Since he was beside me, I did not need to rush anymore. I followed him along the small trail in the forest, walking slowly and soaking up the moonlight. We did not speak and just quietly meandered like so, feeling exceptionally worry-free.
Like the kind of force that was always there on Mo Qing’s body, a smooth and steady peacefulness.
I casually plucked a long piece of leaf, weaving it in my hands by the light of the moon. It was a technique that my grandfather taught me in my childhood. I folded the leaf into a butterfly, and presented it to Mo Qing. He looked at it, but did not rush to take it, he just lightly touched the butterfly’s wings.
The woven butterfly danced gracefully, circling between me and him. I gazed at the butterfly and smiled. I did not expect that Mo Qing even had this kind of interest. Suddenly, the butterfly flew down and gently landed between my lips.
The butterfly wings flapped light breezes that resembled the other person’s breathing during a kiss.
I was stunned, and raised my dazed eyes to gaze at him, only to see his eyes containing slivers of soft moonlight. Without a word, my heart suddenly moved shockingly.
Ugly Little Monster, your method sure was tantalizing.
As he waved his hand, the grass butterfly flew out from my lips and landed on his fingertips: “I’ve accepted this gift.”
Being tantalized by Mo Qing, I decided to reclaim it, so I reached my hand out for that butterfly: “But I didn’t say I was gifting it to you.”
His fingertips dodged and avoided me: “Zhao Yao.” When he lifted his hand up, it was somewhat strange but carried the first signs of dominance, “Be good.”
Then I just… Reconsidered based on his overly beautiful smile…
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“Okay. For you.”
As he laughed softly in this moonlit night, his laughter was slightly deep and low, making my blood somewhat parched and fervent.
“Still haven’t found Shi Qi?”
“Mhm, tomorrow, I’ll depart for Su Mountain together with Qian Chen Pavilion to search through the arrays.”
This was probably the fastest way. My body was hanging in that ice wall, for Heaven’s sake, who would know how much longer my breath would be guaranteed. So naturally, the sooner I found it, the better it was.
However, I just thought of another matter: “My body’s not there, so then what did you bury under that grave in the Forbidden Area?”
As soon as Mo Qing’s wrist flipped around, something fell out of his sleeve: “I helped you get it back. So when your body is found, I’ll put it on you again.” When I saw it, I simply let out an “oh”, and gazed at Mo Qing, “Did you dig up my grave?”
“Yes, I did.” He answered frankly and handed the small silver mirror into my hand: “Consider it a gift in exchange for this butterfly.”
“This doesn’t count. You’ve given me this small silver mirror before. You gave it to me, so it’s already mine. How can you give one gift twice? You even exchange it for my butterfly, this transaction is a loss, I refuse.”
I was going to swindle Mo Qing to give me something entirely different, but after I finished saying these words, Mo Qing lost his soul for a very long time.
“What’s wrong?” I asked him.
“How… Did you know that this was what I gifted you before?”
Ah…
I covered my mouth, did I accidentally reveal something just now…