Chapter 6
Translator: Jostena
Editors: playerprophet, Callis, Shirubame, Dragon
“The Demon! Take his life!” A masked man leaped out of the grass with a large knife that gleamed with cold light, and the fierce wind sliced through the branches blocking the road. Dozens of masked men rushed to him, their scarlet eyes full of killing intent.
“Well done!” After pretending to be injured for weeks, Zhou Yunsheng felt like his bones had almost rusted. This was a chance to practice. His sect was destroyed, and the killers of Biyun Village and Mu Household were valuable members of society. Like on Yujian Mountain, they refused to spare old or the weak, the women or the children of the sect. How many children learning their first words, and babies in their swaddles died under their knives? Zhou Yunsheng didn’t dare to try to figure it out. It was his crime.
The masked man presumed that the devil was poisoned, and had lost his martial ability. Catching him alone, he could take care of it. But he was shocked to find that he showed no sign of weakness at all. On the contrary, he was unimaginably strong.
The only movement was a slight flick of his sleeve, and the gale from his robe overturned those on the front lines. When the leader landed on the ground, the wind was knocked out of him and he lay stiff where he landed. The masked man, a later victim, was horrified, but it was too late to retreat. He saw the Demon’s five fingers separate into claws before he exhaled a vigorous breath. He inhaled the first person onto his palm and dug out his heart. After the heart separated the body, it beat like a drum, and shriveled. It was crushed into a mass of collapsed flesh, and the red blood splashed onto his pale skin, a shocking sight.
His eyebrows raised, his lips curved, and the evil violence on his face was plain to see.
Zi Xuan was on the other side. He wasn’t a murderer, nor the demon who killed people without mercy. He was but a poor man trapped by love. Taking in the scene before them, the masked people felt a cold rush from the bottom of their feet to their scalp. Their limbs went numb, and their blood froze.
“Did you ever think about the consequences of pushing me into despair when you started this? You want me to go to hell? Instead, I’ll give you a personal experience of ‘Purgatory on Earth’!” Zhou Yunsheng tossed away the crushed heart and laughed wickedly.
The masked people realized what kind of evil animal they were pursuing. If his previous actions were cruel, these latter could only be described as “gruesome”.
There was no need to go back and forth in a battle, as in the twinkling of an eye, he penetrated their limbs with the sinister chill of his genuine breath so collapsed to the ground. Zhou Yunsheng did not intend to let them go, so he wandered through the bloody yellow leaves, bent over, dug out the hearts one by one, pulled them out with the stomach and intestines, and crushed them all to pieces.
His hands were bloody, and his eyes were tinged red, more with bloodlust than reason. It burned away in hatred and rage, turning him from a man into a demon.
Rao was a masked assassin who fought in the sea of fire. He was frightened to death, and had soiled himself as he cried for mercy.
Zhou Yunsheng listened, but did not obey. His five fingers clawed at the man’s heart and Zhou Yunsheng’s eyelids lowered. He enjoyed listening to the cracking of meat and the dripping of blood.
Wolves arrived, following the heavy scent, and found the man standing in a pile of corpses. They bent down and vowed obedience to him. Beasts often have a keener intuition than people, knowing who they could provoke and who they couldn’t touch.
“Come and eat, dear boy.” Zhou Yunsheng hooked his index finger, and the gray wolf in the lead padded over, step by step. He called “whoop” two times, and then dragged a headless corpse into the wolf pack for a meal.
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If someone else were present, they would be frightened by the cracking of the bones chewed one after another. Zhou Yunsheng, however, appeared normal. He picked up the monk’s water bag and poured water into his palm to rinse off the sticky blood and meat.
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The open space where they had been resting had become a sea of corpses with rivers of blood. Several large intestines hung from the branches, dripping blood, tick tick. He turned a blind eye to it and saw the man’s bloodstained robes and face. Zi Xuan forgot everything, and could only think about whether Zhou Yunsheng was hurt.
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Only then did Zi Xuan realize that he was standing without support and that his snow-white robes showed no sign of being cut.
In other words, he was unhurt, and the blood had come from other people.
Zi Xuan’s tense heart relaxed and he looked down. He found himself standing in a pool of blood, half a foot deep. His white cloth shoes were dyed red.
The pool of blood, the stumps, the head, the bones of the forest, and the hungry wolves… When he left, it had been a quiet and restful place. But when he returned, it had become a human purgatory, and it was obvious who the perpetrator was.
Zi Xuan raised his head and said, “You killed all these people?”
Did you figure it out? Your reaction is slow.
Zhou Yunsheng gave an indifferent reply, went to sit by the fire, and poked at the red-burned wood with branches.
Zi Xuan took a deep look at him, then stooped down to examine a corpse. From a pile of flesh and blood, he found a Xuantie Scepter. “Gongsun” was written on it. They were the sons and daughters of the family of Gongsun that was destroyed a few days ago. They hunted Zhou Yunsheng down for revenge.
Zi Xuan put the Xuantie Scepter in his palm to read a passage for them. From dusk to midnight, Zi Xuan slowly walked towards the man who was dozing near the fire. He had a dark look on his face.
“Your injury is healed, and the poison has passed?” It’s a question, but also a statement. He realized that he’d been used, and he had been taking good care of him all those days. All he did was a joke.
“Yeah.” Exposed, Zhou Yunsheng didn’t consider denying it. He wanted to see how the monk would treat him.
“These people are all descendants of the Gongsun family. They were seeking revenge. Since you didn’t kill them in the first place, why not explain things to them instead of causing more bloodshed? Aren’t you afraid of falling into Hell after death, to suffer the burning of Nine Hades? Benefactor Yu, you made a mistake…” Zi Xuan’s chest was filled with anger, but his face was calm and cold.
He saved that man, and Zhou Yunsheng’s sins became Zi Xuan’s. How could he return to his teacher’s door?
But if their attackers were the killers from Biyun Village and the Mu household, where were the sons of the Gongsun family?
Zhan Chenyang was so thoughtful that he never forgot to plant stolen goods and cause misfortune, to others even in the case of assassination. Zhou Yunsheng did not intend to explain that, and sneered: “Where did I make a mistake? Would they believe me if I told them that the killings were not the work of my Holy Sect? I did not kill their people, but they killed mine, even young children. Who should I find to repay this blood debt?”
“When will the grievances be repaid?” Zi looked at him with dark eyes.
“When you die, you die.”
Zhou Yunsheng held up the water bag and drank heavily with his head up. He wiped the water from his lips with his sleeve, and opens his mouth: “Until my hatred with the Central Plains Wulin is settled, I cannot die. If I live, I will have a bloody future. Does that mean that the people in the Central Plains live, but survivors don’t? They are all dead, and others will hunt me down for revenge, but I have to step back and surrender? Is there such a truth in the world? How can you kill, and say you’re qualified to lecture me about killing? As far as I know, you have blood on your hands, too.”
Passing through many cities and towns, Zhou Yunsheng had paid close attention to the stories about monks, and learned stories and status about Zi Xuan in the Wulin of Central Plains.
“When you kill people, you demonize them under the pretext of ‘sacrifice for the greater good’. Do you feel that you are not creating evil, but accumulating merit? There is no devil in the world but a man with evil intentions. Not those who kill others, but those who make excuses to deceive themselves. Are all the people who die by your hands full of evil? Do you dare search your conscience and tell me that you’ve never done wrong? Didn’t you come to kill me this time?”
Zhou Yunsheng laughed ironically.
“As a matter of fact, all the people in Central Plains are hypocrites, even you virtuous monks. You hold countless lives in your hands, among which there are many unjust souls. At the same time, you propagate my ear with what kind of compassion you cherish. I’m laughing out of my teeth!”
Whenever there was turmoil in Wulin, the Shaolin Temple was always the first to step out to guard the road.
But those so-called demons were just the product of uneven distribution of interests. If one person was dominant and the crowd was weak, then he would naturally become the demon head in everyone’s mouth, and hate could not be easily dispelled.
The world was full of prosperity. Every day was full of prosperity, and rivers and lakes are as they are. How many were killing for justice? There were greedy faces hidden under every dignified mask.
Zhou Yunsheng was not prejudiced against the Central Plains people, but after the tragic death of his sect, his hatred of the Central Plains Wulin caused him to be endlessly resistant to the monk’s advice.
“When the time comes to repay each other for grievances, you should talk to those people in the Central Plains to see who will obey. How do you think my survivors were killed?” He stood up and walked towards the stream to wash off the blood.
Zi Xuan received an orthodox Buddhist education from an early age. He could not agree with Zhou Yunsheng’s words, but he could not tell what was wrong with them. When he recalled his life, he realized that he also had taken many lives, and he went downhill just to get away from him.
The heart was aching, the brain was unable to think, and Zi Xuan felt that he can no longer get along with Zhou Yunsheng, otherwise even his thoughts will be corrupted. When he was sure that Zhou Yunsheng was not injured, Zi Xuan was grateful that he had recovered.
Zi Xuan was grateful that Zhou Yunsheng had killed those people instead of being killed.
He shouldn’t have been so ruthless, just or not, he had thrown everything into chaos.
“Benefactor Yu, since you have recovered, this poor monk has to leave.” Zi Xuan’s eyes were down and his hands were folded.
Zhou Yunsheng spun around, stared with a pair of bloodshot eyes, and asked, “What did you say?”
Zi Xuan felt a little timid. It took him a long time to move his lips: “Benefactor Yu’s martial arts are far superior to those of this poor monk, so you do not need my care.”
He could not repeat his words of farewell.
“I need you.” Zhou Yunsheng spoke word by word. “Stay. You are not allowed to go!”
Zhou Yunsheng was so tough, but his eyes showed a soft and tender attachment, which made Zi Xuan’s heart beat faster.
But it was because of that heart beat that he was more and more determined to leave the man in his mind. He was a devil, a spirit, who had already devoured half of Zi Xuan’s soul. He had to keep the last half, or he else be plunged into a land of eternal destruction.
“All the feasts of the world will come to an end. Please take care of yourself, Benefactor Yu.” He took two steps back and read a Buddhist sentence. Then he took the package and left.
Zhou Yunsheng followed after reflectively, but stood still after jumping into the treetops. He stared dimly at the small white spot as it disappeared into the distance.
Zhou Yunsheng could hold him close, but the strongly twisted melon is not sweet, so it wouldn’t mean much. Not only did Zhou Yunsheng want Zi Xuan to come back of his own accord, but also to make sure they would be inseparable from that point on.
Zi Xuan, wait for me! He hummed and swept toward the stream.
When Zi Xuan heard Zhou Yunsheng’s follow-up, he thought he had to fight with him to get away. He did not expect him to stop.
As he was about to step out of sight, he could not help but look back, and saw that Zhou Yunsheng had not hesitated to turn and fly in the opposite direction.
If he didn’t need the care of others, why had he had tried so hard to keep it, and yet let it go so easily?
A bit of bad news like it seems to always be happening to me for a while now but my laptop seems to have finally given up by refusing to charge T^T
I’ll have to get it fixed so I won’t post and MCEA chapters this time and this chapter was a day late but I’ll be translating on my college computers so I’ll try my best to make sure the chapters are out on time from this week’s weekend!
Let’s hope for me to get my pc soon T^T No comments this week either tho because I wasn’t able to get to them because of the lag so I’ll add them later…
Thanks to those who supported me with coffee!
ZX felt confused and complicated.
Im sure Yunsheng feels sad about this.
Thank you for the chapter.
I think this is the first time they have so much complicated feeling. Can’t wait to see their feelings grow again in this world~
Broken laptop is a nightmare :”) hopefully it won’t take long to fix 🙏
Jiayou translator! Thank you for this update even with the problem!
Thanks for the chapter! ^ ^
Awww, our Sheng’s not with his hubby huhu. Xuan you better prepare yourself for leaving your honey behind hmph 😂 Thank you for the translations~
Poor lover. Everything in this life is pushing him against ZYS, but he can’t deny the true feelings in his heart.
Thanks for the great translation ♥️
Thanks for the chapter! 🙂
Maybe your laptop needs a new battery… I mean there could be other reasons, but sometimes when batteries “expire” they tend to either discharge quick or be unable to charge.
But yes, thanks for your translation! 🙂
Nunca me imaginé que Xuan por su propia decisión, se alejra de su amante, ¿este es el ML obsesionado con su amante y que no quiere apartarse de él ni si quiera por un segundo? (゜Д゜)？
Cantaré la canción de los cuervos de Dumbo: “~Lo que nunca ví y ahora veo a un Xuan que lo deje ir~
The term “psychotic” doesn’t fit the battle scene. A person who is psychotic, or rather a person with psychosis, is having psychotic symptoms, such as delusions, illogical thinking, and various kinds of hallucinations. It looks like the term “psychopathic” or “antisocial” would work better here since those people can commit crimes without remorse. Psychosis and psychopathy are two very completely different things, even though their words look similar.
“HWhen you kill people, you demonize them under the pretext of ‘sacrifice for the greater good’. Do you feel that you are not creating evil, but accumulating merit? There is no devil in the world but a man with evil intentions. Not those who kill others, but those who make excuses to deceive themselves. Are all the people who die by your hands full of evil? Do you dare search your conscience and tell me that you’ve never done wrong? Didn’t you come to kill me this time?”
HWhen => ?
Thanks for catching that! I fixed it.
Noooooo😭
Yah playing chase and run
Wangxian pain all over again ( ；∀；)
I got no tears left to cry 😢