Chapter 119 - Yingzi

Chapter 119 - Yingzi

Li Huowang pulled the girl behind him and carefully enunciated his words one by one, “I will not do such things even if I die!”

“Pft~” One of the Ao Jing Sect members laughed. “Don’t be so confident. You are a Strayed One after all.”

“So what if I’m a Strayed One? I may be crazy, but I’m not someone as heartless as Dan Yangzi! I will never do the type of things he did!” said Li Huowang.

On the other hand, Shou San looked at the sect member with an unfriendly gaze. “Yan Lu, you think this is funny? Can’t you control yourself in front of an outsider?”

Just as the sect member was about to explain himself, his facial features started melding together. Even his fingers and toes started to meld.

He slowly transformed into a wriggling maggot.

“Wrap him up with a cloth and don’t let him feel any pain for a month,” said Shou San.

This proved that Shou San was right; he was indeed skillful with healing arts.

As the ‘man’ was being carried away, Li Huowang stared at Shou San seriously. “Find me a cave for me to live in. I will figure out a way to induce maximum mental pain. Also, I need this girl to serve me.”

“Hmph. You have a lot of demands. I don’t think you will ever be able to find a method better than mine,” said Shou San.

However, even though he said so, Shou San still agreed to Li Huowang’s demand and ordered his underlings to prepare the cave for him.

Soon, Li Huowang was brought into a medium-sized cave. The walls of the cave were uneven and riddled with holes, but at the very least the cave had all the basic necessities, including a toilet.

Meanwhile, the girl silently followed Li Huowang.

On the other hand, Bun, who had been whimpering from fear behind Li Huowang, immediately started running around in the cave while sniffing every corner of it.

Once they had settled in, Li Huowang removed the sword from his back and placed it on the stone table. Even though he had promised Shou San that he would find a way to inflict maximum mental pain on himself, he actually didn’t have a clue about how he would go about it. Without inflicting the necessary amount of pain, he would not be able to summon Ba-Hui.

The Ao Jing Sect would never help him get rid of Dan Yangzi if he failed to fulfill their condition. It was a dead end.

When he saw that she was finally willing to talk to him, Li Huowang gently started to coax her so that she would open her heart to him. “Since you’ve been here for so long, you must know the place well, correct? Can you tell me about this place? Anything is fine.”

Her scarred hands didn’t stop scrunching up her sleeves as she started talking, “The Ao Jing Sect originally consisted of two different sects. One worshiped the Sacrificial God while the other worshiped Ba-Hui. Later on, the Sacrificial God absorbed a portion of Ba-Hui’s power and the two sects merged...”

“Hmm? Was this recorded in the books of the Ao Jing Sect?” asked Li Huowang. He had a feeling that it was nothing but a fairy tale. He didn’t believe it.

“I don’t know either... That was what the others said... By the time I entered the sect, they had already merged...” She gingerly looked at Li Huowang before lowering her head once more. She didn’t dare to maintain eye contact with him.

“It’s fine. You can keep talking. Wait, may I know your name first?” said Li Huowang.

“They... They call me Er Jiu...” replied the girl.

Er Jiu, Shou San, and Yan Lu[1]. Do the names of the members of the Ao Jing Sect represent a combination of a body organ and a number?

Li Huowang was somewhat confused. These names didn’t feel like the Taoist names given to full fledged Taoists.

“What was your previous name?” asked Li Huowang.

“Jiang Yingzi...” replied the girl.

“Alright, then I will just call you Yingzi. Have you seen the Ao Jing Sect treat anyone in the past four years?” asked Li Huowang.

Yingzi nodded. “Mm-hmm... I’ve seen it a few times.”

“Were all of them cured?” questioned Li Huowang.

“They should have been. All of them left afterward,” replied Yingzi.

Looks like they do have the necessary expertise.

This was good news. At the very least they hadn’t lied to him and he might actually have a chance of getting rid of Dan Yangzi.

“Yingzi, I have another question. Other than the self mutilating rituals recorded within the Profound Records, does the Ao Jing Sect have any other kinds of power or techniques?” Li Huowang finally asked the most important question.

1. Literal translation would be Ear Nine, Hands Three, and Eyes Six. The character for the numbers portion of their name was written differently with the same pronunciation ?