Chapter 8

Chapter 8

T/N: Sorry for the long wait. I should be more free after about a month or so, and Ill try to get the chapters out faster then! I havent had time to proof-read this as carefully as usual, so let me know if you spot any mistakes.

Demonic Sect! What is a Demonic Sect!

A Demonic Sect should have the qualities of a Demonic Sect! There should be fire! Blood! Lava! Swords! It should be bursting with murderous aura! Anyone who gets near dies It should have this kind of imposing and majestic manner!

What springtime abundance, full of life, what planting vegetables and grains, reaping great harvests Are you the Earth God? Are you the God of Wealth?Updated from novelb(i)n.c(o)m

We are a Demonic Sect! We eat devils and monsters for dinner!(1)

Where is the Corpse Whipping Stage? It is still around, right? I asked him, The gigantic white jade stone signifying Wan Lu Sects wealth and prestige, the one that took so much digging before we managed to dig it out that is still around, right?

Ah, Corpse Whipping Stage ah. Last year, Shun An Town was developing their tourism industry; lots of demonic cultivators, after hearing of our reputation, came from afar to tour our Wan Lu Sect. The town decided to build a restaurant, and the town mayor came to look for Sect Leader for help, so Sect Leader gave them the Corpse Whipping Stage to use as a cornerstone.

Ah.A cornerstone..

My lifespan is shortening my heart is hurting so much Im starting to have difficulty breathing.

What about the Corpse Hanging Pillar? I weakly asked. The ten-thousand year old Yin Chen wood that took years of manpower to carve on it several thousands of human skulls, that symbolised Wan Lu Sects decisiveness in killing and subjugating this extremely formidable pillar, where is it?

It was rejected. Little Flat-nose replied very straightforwardly. It was chopped up and grounded into little pillars, and then used to erect a pigsty.

A pigsty! A pigsty? Which household actually dared to use my Corpse Hanging Pillar to rear pigs! Let me go and see! I promise I wont beat him to death! Is he not afraid that the skulls on it will terrify all his pigs to death!

Speaking of such, Miss seems to have a very good understanding of how our Chen Li Shan was like in the past.

(Translated by jillaimee at Silent Moon Translations)

The Jianghu(2) rumours I heard about Chen Li Shan were exactly like that. Dont talk to me now, let me have some quiet, I just want to be alone for a bit.

I perfunctorily pacified Little Flat-nose, walked over to a side, squatted down, covered my stomach, and felt like all my five viscera and six bowels were spasming in pain.

My Chen Li Shan ah, it took so many years of careful planning before I finally managed to instill a Chen Li Shan that could, even from a distance, terrify people into wetting themselves. Your fiendish manner, your widespread infamy, your ability to deter the righteous sects just by throwing your name around It has been completely ruined just like that ah!

Mo Qing! Chen Li Lan! You and I, we cannot live under the same sky!

I want you! To come to the real Hell to acknowledge all your wrongdoings to me!

Afterwards, I was carried back to Xi Yue Peak. I stayed in my courtyard meditating for the whole night, with no desire to sleep, all of my attention focused on thinking of a method to kill Mo Qing.

Dawn broke; the morning light spread across the highest part of Xi Yue Peak, and as it shone into my courtyard, it was as if my entire body suddenly weakened, and in the next moment..

I was once again, f*cking pushed out of this body.

Again!

Again!

I floated outside of the bed canopy, watching Zhi Yans body, which had suddenly gone limp on the bed, feeling a burst of devastation. I clearly didnt fall asleep this time! Why was it so sudden!

For that body which had gone limp, just as before, there was a moan as it awakened, and also just as before, after staring blankly, Zhi Yan stared at me with wide eyes, sucking in a breath of cold air, YouMy body, it came back again?

I know you got your body back, theres no need to be so surprised every time, let us talk about something useful. I floated onto the bed, seating myself in front of her, and rapped on the bedframe. Even though I didnt actually knock on anything. I needed to put on a serious appearance like I was focusing on the main point of this matter. Just how were you able to, in your ghostly form, float tens of li in one night to come here? Did we not already reach an agreement yesterday, what do you mean by doing this?

Zhi Yan also looked completely shocked and astonished. II didnt ah! She turned her head to look at her body. Why is it like thisclearly, yesterday, when I saw that you had left, I couldnt catch up because I was floating too slowly, so I just stayed there, I didnt do anything at all why

Zhi Yans eyes shone brightly with deep gratitude. Good good good, you really are a good person.

I slanted the corner of my lips in a smile. Yes indeed, I think so too. Now then, I have a small matter that I need your help with.

What is it?

Burn some money for me.

Zhi Yan went to Shun An Town and bought some Hell Money(4) back. I had instructed her to buy out all of the Hell Money stores in Shun An Town; when she returned, there were two store assistants dragging two entire carts of Hell Money behind her.

Under the gazes of all the demonic cultivators on Xi Yue Peak, she made the two assistants drag the carts to a deserted part of the forest.

This part of the forest was so dense that not even a ray of sunlight permeated through. I slumped under a tree, and ordered: Light the candles first, then offer up the incense, report my name Chen Ji Shan Lu Zhao Yao dont do it wrongly and burn the money for someone else. Ai, dig a hole first ah, clear the debris. You need to be careful with fires, are you trying to burn down my Chen Ji Shan?

Zhi Yan was being ordered around by me till she was in a flustered mess, and eventually snapped. She threw the candles and incense down in front of me: You do it yourself!

I crossed my legs, and remained calm: Young people need to learn to endure a little suffering. I glanced at the candles and incense on the ground. She glared at me angrily for a while, but ultimately she was still a good child of a Righteous Sect, and she relented, picking up the candles and incense and obediently going to a side to dig a hole.

I watched her from the side, and suddenly noticed that there was something missing from her waist. I casually asked: Where is your jade pendant?

Pawned it, She replied blandly.

I frowned slightly. When you arrived, you were wearing clothes of high quality you must have been quite respected and pandered to in the past. You cant even afford to buy Hell Money?

She bit her lips for a split-second, then immediately shot a glare at me: When you were alive you were such a mighty demonness, why is it now that youre dead, you dont even have a single person to burn Hell Money for you?

Hmmph, nave. I laughed coldly, and declared firmly: The ambition of my entire life was precisely to make these people so terrified that they dont even dare to visit my grave!

Yet just as I finished speaking, I felt an odd wind blowing from behind me. I narrowed my eyes and turned behind to look, only to see an figure approaching from the dark shadows of the forest.

Who are you speaking to?

Hearing this voice, Zhi Yan turned. When she caught sight of Mo Qing, clad in his black robes, she was so terrified she almost sat on the crackling fire pit. Li Li Li. Her tongue was completely tied.

Mo Qing frowned slightly at her behaviour.

When I saw this, I immediately sat straight up. Crap, I havent had time to tell Zhi Yan about the lie I told Mo Qing yesterday. I cant have any discrepancies appearing now. Steady, calm, dont panic. Say you were talking to yourself.

At my words, Zhi Yan calmed herself, immediately rearranging her legs into a kneeling position, and she knelt primly in front of Mo Qing. I wastalking to myself.

Kneeling so obediently and neatly indeed a disciple from a Righteous Sect!

Glossary:

(1): - Figurative meaning: Our livelihood/career is based on being fiends!

(2): Jianghu In wuxia novels, it often means the pugilistic world, the circle of martial artists. Culturally, it can mean the network of communities separate from mainstream society.

(3): Yang the complement to Yin. The Yin-Yang is a concept in Chinese philosophy (and religion) relating to duality and energy. Yin is often associated with darkness/femininity while Yang is associated with light/masculinity. Yin is also often related to death, and Yang with life. It is hence believed that spirits have Yin energy, so they are more powerful at night, and cannot tolerate the Yang energy in daytime.

(4): Hell Money also known as ghost money/paper money. It is burnt as offerings for a deceased person so he/she has enough money to spend in the netherworld.