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There was a deathly silence in the room. Gong Wei placed the back of his hand on his forehead and did not speak a word for a long time.
Dashixiong was fearfully pinching the corner of the quilt, ready to rush out to call for help at any moment he showed signs of going into another qi deviation. “Shidi? Are you okay?”
Shidi is not okay, Shidi is already dead and his soul has already crossed the Naihe bridge!
“…” Gong Wei finally let out a long sigh, looked up at his Dashixiong and said sincerely, “Brother, there is one thing I must tell you. I am not—”
Shixiong stared nervously at Gong Wei.
Gong Wei stared back, expressionless.
“…No.” Gong Wei changed his mind the next moment and asked, “I want to meet Yuchi Xiao first.”
Shixiong immediately gave an ‘I knew you are still not well’ expression and said, “Never!!!”
Gong Wei compromised. “Madam Yuchi is fine too.”
“That’s even worse!!! The elders have instructed that you are to focus on recuperating and not be emotional, and you are forbidden from seeing anyone with the name Yuchi in this world!!!”
“…”
This time Gong Wei was silent for an even longer while before he looked up again earnestly at his Shixiong and said, “Then, let’s go back to that thing I had to tell you earlier. Actually, I am not—”
Knock, knock, knock!
The nervous voice of a fellow disciple came from outside the door, “Brother Qian, Brother Qian! The visitor from the Sword Sect has arrived at the front hall, and the Master has summoned you to update them if Shidi’s condition has improved!”
—The Sword Sect’s Yuchi family, what a coincidence!
Brother Qian immediately pressed Gong Wei back to the bed, fearing that he would create trouble. He then tucked him in with several layers of quilts. “Shidi, recuperate well and do not think too much. The elders and your fellow brothers and sisters will come to accompany you later. Do not run around, understand?”
Gong Wei nodded his head obediently. “Yes, I understand.”
Brother Qian would never have thought that this guy in front of him was a master at manipulation, speaking the human language to humans and even the ghost language to ghosts. Brother Qian rambled a while more to console him, replenished his water and tea before rushing out of the room.
As soon as he left, Gong Wei rolled out of his bed, straightened his attire, patted his sleeves and opened the door with a creak. Before he could step outside, two teenagers standing like javelins—unbelievably straight—outside the door turned around at the same time and with the same voice said, —”Why did you get out of bed and walk around, quickly go back to rest and recuperate!” —”Shidi must be hungry and thirsty, tell us where do you want to go?”
…Was there a need to be so tightly guarded?!
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There were six eyes facing each other now, the air was still and the two teenagers’ faces turned bizarrely red at the same time.
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In his previous life, Gong Wei presided over the Disciplinary Court. In order to promote education in the Immortal Cultivation field, improve the public image of the Immortal Alliance, maintain the peaceful and fair development of the major sects, he worked tirelessly until his death and made outstanding contributions—something which the major sects led by Xu Shuangtze denied—but it it was more or less the case.
Because of his work, he had numerous dealings with the Yuchi family. The head of the Yuchi family was Yuchi Rui, the great leader of the legendary Sword Sect, one of three major sects in the pugilistic world. He held formidable power, had immense strength and extraordinary status, and was also the uncle of Yuchi Xiao. He was the closest buddy in Gong Wei’s past life.
So many years have passed, Gong Wei did not know whether Xu Shuangtze was dead or alive. If he was not dead, it was very likely that he would raise his sword to slay him once again. But Gong Wei was not too afraid, for as long as he could regroup with his old buddy, by even shamelessly leeching onto him, he could be comfortably shielded by the Sword Immortal Yuchi Rui. The two of them could even think of a way to bring Xiang Xiaoyuan’s soul back from Hell and into his mortal body.
Gong Wei trailed Brother Qian from a distance and leisurely strolled from the back of the mountain to the front of the Hall. He was able to catch a glimpse of a stern looking disciple clad in green robes from another clan standing there. He had an unmissable aura of discipline around him, as if he would arrest any person of irrelevance loitering within ten feet.
Afraid that he might be caught, Gong Wei jumped up to the roof and carefully lifted up two glazed tiles to eavesdrop in secret.
“…This evil creature is exceptionally rare and behaves in a bizarre manner. Linjiang City already has twenty-eight strange deaths. I am aware of the Sect’s stand, but unless it was a matter of life and death, I wouldn’t dare to ascend the mountain to disturb…”
In the hall, there were several middle-aged practitioners sitting individually in a row, each one of them were clearly frowning. Brother Qian, who had just been summoned there retreated to the side, his brow was unconsciously furrowed. It seemed that he was discontented with what was said but did not dare to protest.
The person who was speaking was a young man barely in his twenties. Gong Wei carefully scrutinised him only to see that this handsome man had well-defined brows, shaped like a sword and clear bright eyes. He was certainly an imposing figure, but with a look of arrogance between his brows which was typical of someone his age. He was clothed in the Sword Sect’s official robe of an eagle back brown with a golden trim. On his left sleeve, there was a finely patterned embroidery of golden threads which went round the upper arm area six times forming six distinct rings. Gong Wei’s heart could not help but exclaim.
These six golden rings had an impressive meaning.
The disciples of the Sword Sect were not entitled to use golden threads at the start. Only when they had attained achievements of considerable merit of great impact to the people, could one open the ancestral hall to announce the deed and be rewarded with a tightly woven embroidered ring of gold thread on their sleeve.
The standards for achievements to be considered great were terribly high, including but not limited to: resisting natural disasters, preventing wars, killing higher demons and ghosts, discovering and promptly informing the Immortal Alliance about traces of great demons, etc.
It was worth noting the standards could be subjective at times. There was one instance that the Sword Immortal Yuchi Rui himself travelled widely when he was young and coincidentally saved the little emperor who secretly visited a brothel and did not have enough money to pay the bill. He was almost caught and forced to wash dishes as a consequence. This deed was announced far and wide and Yuchi Rui was allowed to wear an embroidered golden ring on his sleeve.
Of course, it is not everyday that an emperor would appear at brothels needing help, so under normal circumstances, the golden ring was not easy to obtain. A Sword Sect disciple who had one ring was considered to be a rare talent and to have two rings was even more phenomenal.
The young man in front of him had six. His status in the Yuchi family and even the entire Immortal Alliance must be undeniably high.
Gong Wei was observing through the slit of the roof tiles, only to hear Brother Qian finally could not help but speak, “Yuchi Xiao’s words are extremely just, but you may not be aware that my Shidi has been in a coma for half a month after losing control and only just woken up. So how can he—”
“Mao Zhang! Don’t be rude!” The elder on the main seat rebuked.
Poor Brother Qian knelt down instantly and did not dare to say anything else.
Gong Wei was curious now. What does this have to do with the little Mei demon?
“I am well aware, but this matter cannot be helped.” The young man’s face was determined though he said in a softer tone, “I only know of one such person born in the Yin year, Yin month, Yin day, Yin hour and Yin minute. That person is your Shidi, Xiang Xiaoyuan. There is absolutely no time to find another like him. Linjiang City already has twenty-eight who died so recently that their corpses are almost still warm. At this point in time, it is critical that we capture the culprit. I guarantee—who is listening?!”
As soon as Gong Wei heard ‘Yin year, Yin month, Yin day, Yin hour and Yin minute’, his mind drifted.
With a body disposition that was so yin, he was a natural tool to complement and boost cultivation practice. It is no wonder Madam Yuchi cherished Xiaoyuan as a treasure—but this was not important. The key was that this unlucky child was born on the same day that he died sixteen years ago!
He only took a slightly deeper breath at this thought and it was enough for the young man below to detect him and look up. He then darted outside the hall shouting, “Stop where you are!”
Gong Wei reacted swift as lightning. He used his qinggong to flee, instantly darting twenty yards away into the distant peach blossom forest, only to hear the crowd of disciples behind him. “Who is there!”
“Ah, it’s Brother Xiang!”
“That Yuchi Xiao is after him! Stop him!!!”
Gong Wei rolled his eyes. “Pfft…”
Just then a strong gust of wind came from behind him, Gong Wei tilted his head, an unsheathed sword grazed his ear and hit the tree trunk in front of him like a bolt of lightning—boom!
The tree shook and petals scattered on the ground. Gong Wei’s escape was resolutely obstructed. He was forced to turn around and drift down.
He saw the young man with his sword-like brows.”It really is you!”
Gong Wei faced the man’s troubled expression calmly and even reacted with a smile, “Young Master Yuchi Xiao?”
There were faint noises of people coming into the peach blossom forest, but the other disciples had not caught up yet. The young man retracted his sword in a woosh.
Swish, swish, swish.
He moved back by three big steps. His line of sight then shifted towards the waist of Gong Wei, and he gritted his teeth and forced out a few words.
“Young Master Xiang, can you return me the token?!”
Gong Wei traced his line of sight and looked down as well.
There was a blood jade pendant hung on the waist area of his inner robes. It was originally hidden, but slipped into sight with all the movement earlier. The pendant was about half the size of his palm, and had extremely intricate carvings of the Sword Sect’s distinctive family crest, the Qiling.
It was Madam Yuchi herself who tied the token onto the body of Xiaoyuan. But when the young Mei demon slipped into a coma, the situation became chaotic and no one found the time to return it.
Gong Wei placed his hands behind his back and raised an eyebrow, “Young Master Yuchi, I thought that your first words should be ‘I’m sorry’.”
Yuchi Xiao frowned and retorted, “What do I have to be sorry for?”
“…”
That’s right, regarding the words Mei demon blood, inhuman being and not worthy—which one of them that Yuchi Xiao said was incorrect? So what was there to be sorry for?
Gong Wei opened his mouth, there were some words at the tip of his tongue, but he pondered for a moment then retracted them. Using two long and slender fingers to pick up the blood jade pendant, he dangled it mockingly in front of Yuchi Xiao. “Want this?”
Yuchi Xiao’s face was now mildly worried, “This blood jade Qiling is the Yuchi family’s token of marriage, passed down from our ancestors. Since you and I have no relations, I beseech the young master to return it immediately.”
Gong Wei nodded and casually tossed the pendant high up and onto the palm of his other hand. Pa. He finally gave an unmistakably evil look and a hit-me-if-you-dare smirk.“Hehe, not returning—”
Yuchi Xiao blinked. “…”
He stared at Xiang Xiaoyuan, his eyes reflected astonishment, as if he witnessed someone possessed by an evil spirit right before him.
Gong Wei cleared his throat immediately and speedily browsed through the memories of this body for a suitable reaction to put up a bluff. He instantly changed his facial expression to one of aggrievement and even teared up.
“Waa, waa~ I’m not returning.”
The air turned so quiet that Yuchi Xiao was about to suffocate and die.
Just then footsteps shuffled up from behind him, and the elders who were in the front hall just now finally rushed over with a group of disciples. The middle-aged cultivator who led the group was about to separate the two, but suddenly his eyes darted across them and caught a glimpse of something in the distance. He immediately displayed a solemn face and went down on all fours.
“Lord Xu!”
The crowd of disciples hurried to follow suit. Yuchi Xiao looked behind Xiaoyuan, his expression immediately changed, and with one knee to the ground he pressed his sword to the other side. “I humbly greet Lord Xu!”
Gong Wei’s pupils slowly dilated.
As the person behind him approached step by step, there was an unexpected soul-ripping pain that emerged from the left side of his chest. It was as though the same icy cold blade had pierced his heart once more, sending blood and flesh bursting out of his chest.
Bu Nai He—No Way Out.
No one around him noticed that Gong Wei’s inner robes began to flutter lightly. He forcefully pressed down on his chest, his fingertips digging into his flesh, his tendons rippling until his knuckle turned white, before he stumbled to the ground, landing on his knees.
The cold voice rang out again from over his head.
“What’s all this racket about?”
Ahhhhh this is so cute already! MC so beautiful he’s protected by his own glowing aura lol
Seems great. Thanks 😊
Why did he succumb to Lord Xu, tho’?
Hm…
Thank you for the update ❤️
Gong wei is so naughty🤣😂😂
Thanks for the chapter! <3
This reminds me of Wei Wu Xian and Lan Wang Ji…
I sincerely wish Yuchi Xiao becomes one of the victim of those strange deaths 😒
On another note, Gong Wei is so nice that he even wants the original owner of the body to return 🥺
So interesting! Great translation)
Just noticed a few typos: ch 1.1:
'due the''him.But'ch 1.2:
'but it it'eyyy, they finally meet again hehehheheh
looking forward to this very much~~
Dang, I like this 😏
This scene reminds me of Lan Wangji and Wei wuxian…..Lord Xu seems to be someone with cold jade like beauty