Chapter 830 - Mo family

Chapter 830 - Mo family

Li Huowang had never seen the leader of the Mo family before, but he was certain that the man in front of him was the leader, especially since he had a black bird on his shoulder.

The bird was filled with life, but something was wrong with it. Li Huowang noticed that while it looked normal, it had a strange warping sense.

Li Huowang turned his attention to the man instead of the bird. The man was wearing a cotton overall and dressed just like a woman. For some reason, he was also wearing a smiling clay puppet head.

Despite his weird attire, no one noticed him. More importantly, he had three shadows.

Liang Yuxuan whispered to Li Huowang, “Daoist, that’s him.”

As Li Huowang approached, the man also made his way towards him.

He could now see him more clearly. The man before him didn’t have his Ten Emotions and Eight Sufferings. It was as if he wasn’t human at all!

“Are you the leader of the Qi Kingdom’s Mo family?”

The man’s clay puppet head moved slightly. “What’s the Qi Kingdom Mo family? The Mo family has always been a single sect. There is only one of us.”

Since there was no Liang Kingdom in the Qi Kingdom, there was naturally no divergence between the Liang Kingdom’s Mo family and the Qi Kingdom’s Mo family.

The man bowed to Li Huowang. “Mo family leader Meng Sheng greets Daoist Li.”

Li Huowang did not avoid it but instead accepted it, “I’ve heard that you came to help me?”

“Indeed. The Qi Kingdom is in danger. The rules of our family dictate that we must save the world if it's in danger.”

Li Huowang pondered before asking, “How many people do you have?”

“We have 342 families.”

Li Huowang silently calculated. Since each family has roughly three people, they appear to have more than a thousand people.

“What is the Mo family’s specialty?”

“Furthermore, the Mo family strictly adheres to the rule of not marrying outsiders. Parents and children marry each other, brothers and sisters marry each other, and grandchildren and grandparents marry each other, following a cyclic pattern that repeats every five years. There are many other rules, but I don’t know all of them since I am not a part of their family.”

Li Huowang remained silent for a very long time. “Which fucking century did these rules come from?”

It was impossible for such rules to exist even a few thousand years ago. That was why the Surveillance Bureau labeled them as an evil sect. It was impossible to turn them into a righteous sect!

Liang Yuxuan was crestfallen. “I’m afraid you would have to ask their leader for more details.”

Li Huowang regretted allowing the Mo family to intervene. The situation would go out of control when a large group of those weird rule-abiding dwarves were here.

“Find an empty space outside of the You Capital for them to stay at. Make sure that they are far away from us!”

“Yes.”

“Also, ask your men to think about how we can use the Mo family in this situation!”

“Yes!”

Li Huowang was worried not only about the Mo family but also about the other evil sects. It would be impossible to stop them from arriving due to how the situation was evolving.

Keeping evil sects in check and using them to save the Qi Kingdom was beyond Li Huowang’s expertise. He had the feeling that Gao Zhijian would be much better suited for this.

“I don’t have enough people that I can use,” Li Huowang mumbled.

It wouldn’t be easy to restore the Qi Kingdom. He had finally encountered obstacles that even he found hard to surpass.

Li Huowang returned to the Liang Kingdom and saw that the old eunuch was already waiting for him.

Without waiting for the old eunuch to say anything, Li Huowang guessed what it was. “Go back and tell Gao Zhijian to stop nagging me! I’ve already heard what he has to say. I don’t want to revive the Qi Kingdom to destroy the Liang Kingdom!

“I just don’t want to see the people suffering there! I don’t need much. I simply want them to survive and have something to eat every day! As long as that is achieved, I won’t return!”

1. The original text here is 厌胜, a specialized field of traditional practice in warding off bad luck. The term combines “厌” (yàn), which means to dislike or dispel, and “胜” (shèng), which means to win or overcome. Typically, these practices involve rituals, charms, talismans, or specific behaviors believed to counteract negative influences or evil spirits. They can also be used for evil, in which certain items are placed or buried in different parts of a house to curse the inhabitants. ☜

2. The original text 墨守成规 is literally translated as “to cling to the rules like ink.” Mo can be the surname or the word for Ink. ☜