Chapter 198 The Story of Madam Chee 1
Tan Xiaohui did not explain much on the phone, but her message was clear and simple: Come over now.
Once Ye Shaoyang hung up the phone, he explained what he heard to Old Guo. Old Guo was puzzled as well, so he said, “I think you should go over and check it out now. My work here is almost done. I will send the items straight to the village once the weapons are completed. Just let me know if you are heading to the village today.”
Ye Shaoyang agreed. The couple walked Ye Shaoyang to the front door. Mrs. Guo even gave him a bag of tea eggs. She said that she made them herself and that he had to take them.
It was such a nice gesture, Ye Shaoyang had no choice but to take them. He hopped into a taxi and headed straight to Tan Xiaohui’s hotel. He knocked on the door to the room number she told him and a young pretty girl opened the door.
Ye Shaoyang froze for a second before he apologized, “I am sorry. I must have knocked on the wrong door.”
“It’s the right door, Master Ye. Please, come in.”
“You are…?”
The young girl smiled, “Come in, you will find out.”
Upon entering, Ye Shaoyang saw Tan Xiaohui sitting comfortably on the couch. Indeed, it was the right room. Sitting across Tan Xiaohui was a young man in his twenties. He had short, tidy hair and wore a long-sleeved shirt and a chain of Buddhist beads around his neck. He looked humble and wise.
However, at first sight, Ye Shaoyang could already sense that something was wrong in this person. He had a faint stream of demon Qi in him, but it was mixed with a stream of Gang Qi, something that could only be found in sorcerers.
“This is the friend I was waiting for. Her name is Wang Ting. She is just like me, so I guess I don’t need to explain too much on that.”
Once Tan Xiaohui introduced Wang Ting to Ye Shaoyang, she blinked at him, “Master Ye, nice to meet you. I have heard so much about you. I have always assumed you to be a middle-aged man. I did not expect you to be so young.”
Ye Shaoyang calmly smiled, but he was secretly surprised. The girl looked like she was at most fifteen years old. It was certainly hard to imagine that she was a sorcerer. Luckily, she was a white witch instead of a black witch. With such an innocent face like a doll, she could easily catch anyone by surprise.
“And this is,” Tan Xiaohui pointed at the young man, “A lotus kulapati of Wu-Tai Mountain.”
The young man stood up and greeted Ye Shaoyang with his palms clasped as he bowed, “With the soul of Luo Jia, come the spirit of Bodhi. I am a kulapati. My name is Teng Yongqing. Greetings, Master Ye.”
“Heavenly Master from Maoshan, Ye Shaoyang,” Ye Shaoyang returned the greeting with a bow.
Tan Xiao Hui and Wang Ting looked at the two men in confusion, “What are you guys talking about? Why does it sound like a secret passcode used by a mafia?”
Ye Shaoyang smiled. As cultivators, it didn’t matter which sect they were from, they were all sorcerers. Big sects like Maoshan and Luo Jia had always been in constant connection with each other. They would even meet up once every few years in a Buddhist-Daoist Vesak Day. The leaders of each sect knew each other well.
In fact, originally when sorcerers met, they would greet each other with even more complicated greetings. However, as time went by, they realized that the greeting rituals were too complicated and impractical. Thus, it was simplified into such a version where sorcerers greeted each other by declaring their sect.
For Maoshan sect, Qing Yunzi was quite an introvert. He rarely took in disciples or attended social events like the Vesak Day. Thus, Ye Shaoyang had never met any sorcerers from other sects other than a few from the Longhu Sect. However, he knew the proper greeting ritual.
Ye Shaoyang stared at Teng Ying Qing, “Are you a human?” But he quickly realized that he sounded rude, so he quickly explained, “I meant you are not a normal person.”
That sounded offensive as well. He scratched his head while he tried hard to come up with better words. Teng Yongqing smiled, “Master Ye, you have eyes like an x-ray. You are right, I am not human. I am half-demon. I am the one Tan Xiaohui told you about, the descendant of Madam Chee.”
Ye Shaoyang was stunned. A descendant of Madam Chee, a half-demon, how did he become a monk?
Ye Shaoyang turned to Tan Xiaohui in search of an answer.
“I know what you want to ask,” Tan Xiaohui said. “He was the one who approached me. Let’s skip the details. It is not important, so I don’t want to dwell on it. There are more important matters that he should tell you about.”
Ye Shaoyang sat down on the couch and took out the tea eggs Mrs. Guo had given him, “These were given to me by a close friend. Freshly made tea eggs: have some.”
While Tan Xiaohui and Wang Ting took one each, Ye Shaoyang handed one to Teng Yongqing, “Have one too.”
Teng Yongqing politely declined, “I am a kulapati, so I am strictly vegetarian.”
Ye Shaoyang smiled as he signaled Teng Yongqing to start with his story.
With one hand holding the Buddhist beads, Teng Yongqing looked into Ye Shaoyang’s eyes and started to recount the story of Madam Chee:
“It is true that Madam Chee is a demon with a cultivation of a few hundred years. She was already a supreme demon before she met my great-grandfather. During the late Qing Dynasty, she was cultivating on a mountain when she met my great- grandfather, who was also a sorcerer.”
“What?” Ye Shaoyang yelled. Is this a love story between a man and a demon?
“Yup. My great-grandfather’s name was Teng Zhongyun. He was a folk sorcerer, but he was fortunate enough to learn from a Luo Jia sect sorcerer, so he was quite powerful. Of course, he was not as strong as you, Master Ye, but he was one of the best in Stone City during his time. The Teng Clan was quite a big clan. We had six villages in the area. My great-grandfather was the clan leader.
“To make things easy for you, I will address them by their names. Teng Zhongyun was staying near the mountain where Madam Chee resided so it was no surprise that he soon found out about her. Although she had never caused any harm to anyone in the village, a powerful demon living near the village was seen as a threat., so Teng Zhongyun took action. He went up the mountain to hunt for Madam Chee.
“He was no match for Madam Chee, and she easily defeated him. However, Madam Chee did not harm him; she did not even capture him. I am not really sure what happened in between, but love soon blossomed between them.”
Ye Shaoyang sighed. Demons could shift shape easily, so they always appeared attractive. It happened countless times before since the beginning of time. A sorcerer in love with a demon was not something usual, but it happened.
“Soon, they decided to be together. Teng Zhongyun was head over heels. He found an excuse to go away for a while, and when he came back he brought Madam Chee home. He told everyone that he bought her to be his wife from a faraway town and named her Madam Chee. It was during the time of war, so it was chaos everywhere and nobody suspected anything. In fact, she was a pretty woman and she treated everyone nicely, so everybody liked her.”
Teng Zhongyun paused and sighed before he continued his story, “At first, Madam Chee had no other wishes than to be together with Teng Zhongyun. I know that there are rumors that say Madam Chee cultivated the dark path and killed some villagers, but it is not true. Madam Chee cultivated the bright path, and she did not kill anyone during that time. Otherwise, Teng Zhongyun would not choose to be with her even if she was beautiful.”
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