Chapter 22

Translated by Flo Edited by Flo

Lin Yan’s face was full of anxiety. Suddenly thinking of something, he slashed his wrist with a knife. With the blood, he drew a Dao formation. Sitting cross-legged in front of it, he muttered: “Come on, come on, come on, come on!”

Hua Che calmly changed the tune.

Mo Xiu was trembling all over his body even his facial muscles were twitching. His scarlet eyes fixed on Hua Che: “You mere music cultivator, dare, dare…”

The natural enemy of the demonic cultivator is not the invincible sword cultivator, but the music cultivator who does not seem to have strong power in combat, like a weak willow supported by the wind.

Music cultivators kill one’s heart and one’s soul, and the reason why Mo Xiu is a demon is because he can’t let go of his obsession in his heart.

In addition, to join the demonic path, he has repeatedly killed and violated the precepts. His hands are stained with blood to accumulate karma. His heart is much more fragile than other cultivators.

Everyone has inner heart demons, and music cultivators are used to taking advantage of this. Music cultivators are known as the most terrifying existence among all cultivators. Of course, music cultivators also have nemesis.

Mo Xiu spit out a mouthful of blood.

However it was too late. So after, a colorful tiger jumped out of the woods and rushed towards Mo Xiu.

Mo Xiu was caught off guard and was about to fight back, but saw that the tiger’s goal was not to attack him, but to catch the youth who was held hostage with his mouth open. Suddenly, the young man was carried away with his strong limbs.

Lin Yan opened one eyelid nervously, and was frightened: “You really came?”

Beast masters control spirit beasts, but they’re not only limited to spirit beasts: they can also control animals that have just given birth to spiritual consciousness, or other birds and beasts. As long as the beast master has practiced well, they can control them.

Hua Che couldn’t help admiring: “Xiao Yan, you did it!”

Lin Yan blushed: “It’s just a coincidence.”

Looking at the demon cultivator again, he has been tortured to such an extent that his seven orifices are bleeding, and his true essence is retrograde.

He seems to have seen something terrifying. Stepping backward, he released his devilish energy indiscriminately: “Don’t come over, don’t come over!”

Mo Xiu has gone crazy. It’s the right time to start now.

Long Nose drew his sword out and rushed forward to grab the head.

This demon cultivator is from the sect of Shang Yumei, with different identities. It is better to be killed by the Shang Qing immortal sect, lest Fen Qing Palace come to Ling Xiao Palace to take revenge.

Hua Che thought so, but Long Nose was too impatient. Hua Che had no time to make a sound, so he could only throw the black bamboo flute in his hand, and hit it on Long Nose’s wrist for the sake of his safety.

This flute is not an ordinary bamboo flute, but a spiritual weapon. When the cracking sound of bones breaking came, Lin Yan was so frightened that his scalp went numb.

Long nose almost vomited blood: “You!”

“What do you mean you? I’m doing this for the sake of your descendants.” Hua Che flew over, bent over and gathered up snow from the ground, “Not thanking me yet?”

Without waiting for Long Nose to start cursing, Lin Yan shouted with a livid face: “Bug, bug!”

It turned out that the bracelet Mo Xiu wore on his right wrist was cracked, and blood-colored Gu worms the size of a copper plate ran out from it. There were three of them in total.

“Burning Qing Gu.” Chu Binghuan followed and explained, “Yin Wuhui’s method of governing his disciples. Wearing Burning Qing Gu, makes them merciless.”

Hua Che went on to say: “There are three Gu worms in total. The first one is lurking in the human body. Once a person becomes emotional, whether it is family love or friendship, they will all burn out, and they will be sucked up by the Gu worms and die.”

Murong Sa sucked in a breath of cold air: “Really perverted. Why would you want your subordinates to cut off their emotions and desires and become marionettes?”

“Because once people have feelings, they will have concerns and will be stumped.” Hua Che sneered, “Yin Wuhui wants tools without feelings, cold-blooded killers who can’t say “no” to him.”

Hua Che endured his disgust and said, “The second Gu worm will do its best to absorb the soul when its master is on the verge of death. Of course it’s not to save the master’s reincarnation, but to be transported back to Yin Wuhui to enjoy and improve his cultivation…”

“The third one,” Hua Che looked at Long Nose, “is reserved for the person who killed him. If you don’t pay attention, it will penetrate into your body. If you can’t be a cold-blooded killer, sooner or later, you will follow in the footsteps of those demon cultivators. The only path is to cultivate the path of mercilessness. Tell me, do you think this is the death of children and grandchildren?”

Long nose shudders: “…”

An extremely faint smile flashed in Hua Che’s eyes: “Also, Gu worms will induce you to become a demon, and when the time comes, you, a direct disciple of the elder Qianyang of the Shang Qing Immortal Sect, will have no choice but to defect out of the country and seek refuge with Fen Qing Palace.”

Long nose shuddered. When he looked at Hua Che again, his eyes were different: “Many thanks.”

It’s a pity that before Long Nose could make a move, Mo Xiu died of his broken meridians.

This is not the first time Long Nose has killed a demon cultivator, but it was the first time he has fought against a demon cultivator from Fen Qing Palace.

He really doesn’t know that there are so many tricks in it, what is the burning love Gu, what is unfeeling and absolute love, and it is extremely scary to think carefully. After thinking about it, he was afraid.

Thanks to Hua Che, it would have been a miracle that only the whole arm was gone, let alone a broken hand!

Long Nose’s attitude took a big turn upon this fight.

When he was parting, he even whispered something to Hua Che: “My surname is Duan.”

He has always claimed to be a high-ranking student, and doesn’t bother to give his name.

Of course, Hua Che doesn’t care about this at all. As a fellow apprentice in his previous life, he knows that this guy is called Duan Tiange.

“Will you participate in the Wanmen Martial Arts Tournament next year?”

“This…” Hua Che replied honestly, “Probably not.”

After all, the status of Ling Xiao Palace has declined extremely, and it’s not that I haven’t participated in it before. It was basically the bottom of the list without any suspense, let alone the group arena. I was directly eliminated in the first hunt.

The heads of all sects felt ashamed, and then they simply stopped participating.

Long Nose also understands this truth: “That’s a pity. With your cultivation, it is not impossible to win the top three.”

[The planning for] The Wanmen Martial Arts Tournament isn’t even in its nascency yet, so he didn’t bother to think about it.

Hua Che rushed to take care of the town’s funeral with Lin Yan, and with Chu Binghuan as a healer, it was so easy to treat the injuries of these mortals.

Mu Rongs a followed Wen Yuan to the outskirts of Mingyue Valley. Wen Yuan’s complexion did not look good, as he kept wiping his face that had been smeared by Mo Xiu’s blood with a handkerchief until his skin turned red and felt tingling pain.

Mu Rongsa didn’t pay much attention to it, he only thought that Wen Yuan and Chu Binghuan had the same obsession with cleanliness and couldn’t stand the devil’s blood.

The two of them flew around the mountain, and Mu Rongsa said: “This doesn’t need to be so troublesome, just use the lightning protection talisman to cover the town and it can be over, no?”

The lightning protection talisman is no better than other enchantments. It is said that it can resist even the thunder of the sky.

This trip down the mountain can be said to be a rewarding experience, as they had not only saved the people of Mingyue Valley, but also strengthened the barrier, and got rid of a demon cultivator in the Fen Qing Palace in addition.

The only fly in the ointment is that the Ghost Xiu who killed Zuo Qi was caught, but he had let himself escape amidst the confusion.

This has nothing to do with Ling  Xiao Palace as Lu Yao went back to report to Shang Qing, and Shang Qing tried to catch him themselves.

Back in the Ling Xiao Palace, Zhuang Tian couldn’t be more satisfied with Wen Yuan’s detailed report. What surprised Zhuang Tian the most was that Hua Che had such good luck that he picked up a sword with the same spirit as “Lang Yue”.

The entire division was stunned by the news. Fen Qing Palace and Ji Feng surrounded Hua Che and his group, chattering and inquiring. The atmosphere was very lively.

Three months later, the Ling Xiao Palace welcomed the only outsider in a hundred years. It is well known that this sect is so bad that mortals would not come here to seek help even if they were desperate.

Zhuang Tian thought that his ancestors would consecrate him, and finally some mortals came to beg them to get rid of the evil spirits.

Unexpectedly, it was…

A woman leading a little girl.

They brought melons, fruits, vegetables, poultry, and a lot of crops across mountains, rivers and streams, and walked for two full months, just to say thank you in person.

“We are representatives sent by Mingyue Valley. On behalf of the elders and folks in the three villages near Mingyue Valley, we thank you Master Ling Xiao.” The woman began to bow down as she spoke.

Old Zhuang Tian’s face flushed, it was the first time in his life to be thanked by mortals。

And it was the first time for Wen Yuan to be called an “immortal teacher.” His little face was full of embarrassment, as he walked in a hurry to pour tea and get some snacks.

As for Lin Yan, he was at a loss for words.

Mu Rongsa couldn’t help but slander: “You have worked so hard over the mountains. Why don’t those elders come? Why do you let women live and sleep in the open?”

“Master Immortal, this concubine came on her own initiative.” The woman led the little girl beside her forward, and said, “My husband died young, this is my only daughter and my lifeblood.”

The woman looked at Hua Che who was standing behind Zhuang Tian, her eyes filled with gratitude: “If this little fairy teacher didn’t save her life, she would definitely…”

In just three months, the little girl has grown so much taller that Hua Che almost didn’t recognize her: “So it’s you!”

The little girl knelt and kowtowed like her mother, and said clumsily in a childish voice: “Little girl Yingying, thank you Master Hua for saving my life.”

A gentle smile flashed across Hua Che’s eyes, he helped the little girl up, and stroked her head. Suddenly thinking of something, he took out a piece of broken jade from his chest, tied it with a red string, and put it around the little girl’s neck: “Be safe.”

The woman was overwhelmed by the favor from the cultivator: “Thank you Immortal Master, thank you Immortal Master!”

Sent down to Ling Xiao Peak by Zhuang Xiao Er the little girl was led by the woman in one hand as she looked at the sun with broken jade in the other.

“Mother, when I grow up in the future, I will also worship in the Ling Xiao Palace.”

The woman smiled softly and said, “Do you want to become a chivalrous woman who weeds out the evil and helps the weak?

“What is weeding out the evil and helping the weak?”

“Just like Immortal Master Hua, Immortal Chu, and Immortal Mu.”

“Yes.” The little girl nodded vigorously.

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