Chapter 7

Chapter 7

T/N: Happy Chinese New Year! Its a little belated; this chapter was a bit of a nightmare to translate. Im currently going through a bit of a busy period, so next update might be a little late as well, but it shouldnt go beyond a month, hopefully.

As Mo Qing was about to turn the corner, he finally turned his head back slightly, glancing at me with an indifferent expression. I caught his gaze, and immediately ran forward. Sect Leader, are you allowing me to leave with you?

No one that stays here is allowed to live.

I grovelingly chased after him. He stood, unmoving, waiting for me to catch up. Seeing him display such an attitude, I understood that there would be no consequences for today

But

He may have no more issues with it, but I have an issue that is, to tattle on some people.

Sect Leader, there is still one more thing I have to tell you about. I said, Even though I am now your direct disciple

Who said that? His footsteps came to a halt as he interrupted me, his expression chilly. Again he turned his head to fix his gaze on me.

I met his gaze straight-on. The last time we met, I spoke to you about being your disciple ah.

Did I agree?

You didnt disagree.

He fell silent again, and so I simply took it for tacit agreement. I confidently returned to my earlier topic, As I was saying, even though I am now your direct disciple I deliberately paused here, giving him a glance, and seeing that he no longer objected, I nodded my head in satisfaction, and continued, But I am still someone who joined the Sect later, so I have the utmost respect for all my brothers and sisters in Xi Yue Peak

Zhi Yan was unable to catch up to me, but I could hear her make a Pu! sound, as if she had vomited up a mouthful of blood at my words.

(Translated by jillaimee at Silent Moon Translations)

I ignored her and continued saying, Even when they were extremely strict towards me, I only treated it as if they were training me. But who would have thought that some of these brothers would begin to act dishonorably, even taking advantage of me; it was truly going overboard. I had planned to burn some paper offerings today, but after being chased by them, I lost all of my paper offerings, you see

Mo Qings footsteps did not falter, nor did he bother to turn his head back as he said, No one asked you to respect them; in Wan Lu Sect, we speak with our strength.

Meaning, he is not going to interfere.

I nodded. That is fine, the body now belongs to me anyway. In front of me, if you little demons on Xi Yue Peak even dare to smile, I can only respect you for being such stupid bastards! (1)

I followed behind Mo Qing. Before we even left the valley, I could hear the sound of arguing coming from ahead. On one side of the argument was little Flat-noses voice, he said, I must report this matter to Sect Leader first, before we can go inside and capture the intruder.

The other side was the demonic cultivators voices, talking over each other vigorously. There is no need to bother the Sect Leader, we might not be able to enter this divine valley, but you can enter ah. You can go in and bring that little ** from the celestial sect out then kill her directly. That way, neither of us would have to be troubled over this matter. If Sect Leader asks, just say that she was so determined to barge into the valley that you couldnt stop her, and had to resort to killing her. Then everything would be settled.

From their words, I understood that even though Zhi Yan had intruded upon the forbidden grounds for such a long time, they had yet to report it to the Sect Leader.

I raised my eyebrows, coming to a conclusion about the nature of this matter it is basically the stereotypical behavior of bullying the ones below you and hoodwinking your superiors, and colluding with other people to plot and kill someone.

In my opinion, doing bad things is not a crime. For us people of the Demonic Path, things like murdering to practice our skills, stealing divine treasures, viciously killing and fighting within our own sect, being two-faced and betraying each other all these are the inherent qualities we should possess, otherwise what was the point of being a demonic cultivator? If you want to scrupulously abide by the rules of those prestigious and righteous sects, then you might as well cultivate to be a celestial. Those who chose to cultivate the Demon Path we are all basically looking to cultivate in a convenient and self-satisfying way.

Therefore, in view of this, my method of handling people and their affairs have always been very simple. Two principles.

One, it depends on my mood.

When someone does something wrong : if my mood is good, I dont care; if my mood is bad, Ill break his legs and throw him out of the Sect doors.

The other principle is: if the wrong he commits has brought harm to me, then regardless of my mood, Ill beat him to death, whip his corpse, then drag him out publicly as an example to the rest.

Hence, regarding these demonic cultivators who brought up the suggestion of deceiving the Sect Leader, if this had occurred in the past, then before dawn, their corpses would have already been hung on the Corpse-Hanging Pillars in front of the Sect doors to feed the vultures.

What a pity that I am not the Sect Leader now. I turned my head to glance at the composed Mo Qing. Ill wait to see what tactics he would use to discipline these people.

Everyone actually left with all their limbs intact!

Mo Qing, ah, Mo Qing, you really are an ugly monster that I cant understand!

In the past, when I killed, it was always unexpected and caught people off guard. Now, this method of disciplining the subordinates is also indeed unexpected, catching people off guard.

I furrowed my brows, watching him with a measuring gaze. Once he had settled the matter of those demonic cultivators, he did not waste any more time, only turning his head briefly to instruct, In the future if she enters your dreams again, report to me. Following that, his figure disappeared into the dark night.

I stood in the darkness of the evening for a while, and Little Flat-nose came forward. Miss. He was very courteous this time. Ill call for a palanquin to send you back? He was practically half-bowing as he spoke.

I turned my head to glance at him. Little Flat-nose. Let me ask you. I furrowed my brows, my expression stern. This farming, what does it mean, explain it to me.

Little Flat-nose, hearing the way I addressed him, silently pinched his nose a few times, and said, It means to go to the farmland at the foot of the mountain to work the land ah.

This perplexed me even more completely. Putting aside the whole matter of using farming as a form of punishment, the main issue was..

Where is there even a place at the foot of the mountain to farm?

When I had been the Sect Leader, in order to display how especially formidable our Wan Lu Sect was, I had drawn up numerous dangerous barriers at the main entrance of Chen Li Shan.

Spear array, Arrow array, Demonic Burning Flame Array, Ruthless Frozen Tundra Array; any intruders would be doomed to death, or be condemned to a fate worse than death. All of the land within 30 li of the entrance of the mountain, without the permission of my Wan Lu Sect, even a fly could only dream of getting in. In the eyes of the righteous sects, my Chen Li Shan entrance was essentially the perfect embodiment of hell on earth!

Yet now someone is actually telling meto send them to the foot of the mountain to..to farm?

Ah, I understand now, so Mo Qing actually has such a preference. To give them a completely impossible task and force them to farm within a killing array, hence torturing them ah, right.

En, there wasnt such a place originally. Little Flat-nose earnestly explained to me. After the Sect Leader took over Wan Lu Sect, he erased the previous arrays, returned the land to the people, and allowed them to farm and grow crops there.

I almost spat out a mouthful of blood all over Little Flat-noses face. What did you say? What did he erase?

Little Flat-nose leaned closer to my ear and softly said, The arrays of the previous Sect Leader. Sect Leader erased all of those. In the first year, the land was still infertile and there werent much of a harvest, but in the recent two years the harvest has been very bountiful, anything that we plant would reap a good harvest. Right now it is spring, the land in front of Chen Li Shans entrance is full of life. Yi, Miss, when you came before, didnt you see it?

I.

If I had seen it, I would probably have been enraged to the point of gouging my own eyeballs out, blinding myself on the spot

Glossary:

(1): : literally translates to number two dog. It can be interpreted in many different ways, depending on context and region. I chose to translate it into stupid bastard because (two) is commonly used to call someone stupid, and (dog) often has a negative connotation/meaning of bastard.

(2): : literally translates to short fur. Zhao Yao is low-key referring to him as an animal.

Screen Shot 2018-02-19 at 8.48.38 PM.png(3): : face-changing opera show. In Sichuan opera, the performer can change their facial make-up in the snap of a finger, right on stage this is known as the famous face changing skill.

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(4): : A lantern with a carousel of paper horses, rotating under convection, used at the Lantern Festival, which is celebrated on the 15th day of the first lunar month.

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(5): Little Flat-noses expression: He finally understands. Finally.

(6): : Translates to who gave you such guts? but it is meant rhetorically. It is basically saying How dare you!

(7): : again as (1). This time translated into second-rate dog because it fit the context better. If anyone who has a better grasp of Chinese internet slang could clarify the exact definition of this phrase, I would be grateful.

T/N: And Mo Qing descends even deeper into Zhao Yaos bad side

Goodbye killing arrays. Now we have a nice little farmland sitting at the entrance to Wan Lu Sect lol.