Doing short posts again as requested. Since it’s summer I have time, even though I’m lazy… I’m also changing the format of T/N for easier reader access, and so that it’s easier for me to proofread. Wonder if there’s any other shortcuts?
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Chapter 5: Bloat, Bloat is the Dispersion Type
>>Part 1
It’s that troublesome? Chen Luonian opened his mouth to speak but was tongue-tied: “Tha……”
“Malian is over-exaggerating a bit.” Qiya said: “But it’s pretty much like that.”
What kind of organization is this, why the heck would the government help them investigate? That said, they subjugate monsters everywhere yet barely anyone notices, so that’s probably due to a connection with the government, just don’t know……
“And, if you violate the regulations, doing things such as breaking the law and committing crimes, using force to bully the weak, the sect’s punishment will be very severe.” Malian said with a serious look.
“Understood.” Chen Luonian nodded.
“You don’t have any spirit at all!” Malian scowled: “Stop being so sluggish!”
But Chen Luonian had this kind of lackadaisical personality from the start, wanting him to act earnest might be pretty difficult. He reluctantly sat up a bit straighter, wrinkled his eyebrows, and said: “Ok.”
“Have some enthusiasm! The other offical oaths, you’ll make during the joining ceremony.” Malian wasn’t very happy, turned around and asked Qiya: “That’s it, right?”
“Sect history.” Qiya said.
“That’s right, there’s still this……” Seeing Chen Luonian bored, Malian also seemed to feel a bit reluctant, crinkling her brows, said: “We’re the younger generation of the Bai Sect of the Martial Dao School.”
“Bai Sect? Martial Dao School?” Chen Luonian said.
“Right, because the surname of the master that founded the sect was Bai.” Malian continued: “The current Zong Zhang, is a descendant of that founder.”
“Surname is Bai so you just call it Bai Sect?” Chen Luonian nodded, this is pretty easy to understand.
“Bai Sect is one of the branches of Martial Dao School.” Malian said: “The founder established it after he followed the Nationalist government to Taiwan.”
“So the original school is still in mainland China?” Chen Luonian asked.
“Yeah.” Malian said: “But that side went through a period of ma.s.sive upheaval, during that time we lost touch and later also got no news. It might be that the main school has already gone extinct, but there are probably other sect branches that still exist.”
“Oh.” Chen Luonian nodded.
“Martial Dao School came from Daoism. The founder was from Sichuan Province’s Heming Mountain, that’s…… That’s right, during the end of the Han Dynasty.” Malian thought for a while before continuing: “That time the whole country was in rebellion and monsters rampaged. The master roamed the realm, studying Jian Xiu Martial Dao. Later he found a way to cultivate Martial Dao, established the Martial Dao School, which to this day has been pa.s.sed on for one thousand eight hundred years.”
That long? For real? Chen Luonian was unconvinced.
“You think I’m lying?” Malian saw that Chen Luonian’s expression was dubious, and gave a humph.
“I was just wondering…… why I never heard of this before?” Chen Luonian did his best to appear earnest.
“I heard that at one time there were a lot of people learning studying the arts of Martial Dao, but for some reason it became less and less. Later, for the sake for avoiding attracting attention, the pa.s.sing on of teachings became more and more secretive.” Malian said: “It was only until a year ago, when the Zong Zhangs of Tawian’s San Men met and found out that the monster miasma was increasing, that he changed the policy, and wanted to accept more disciples in order to prepare for the future events…… I heard the prophecy said, in the future the world will experience really really huge turmoil!”
“San Men? Monster miasma? Prophecy?” Chen Luonian frowned.
“Aiya, the more we talk the more we’re straying from the topic. If you don’t understand, just skip it.” Malian said impatiently.
Chen Luonian could only reply yes.
“Back to the Martial Dao School.” Malian counted on her fingers: “The pa.s.sed down Martial Dao School are He, Li, and Bai, these three Sects. Our Bai Sect’s practice style is Zhuan Xiu Pai, while He and Li’s way is the Jian Xiu Pai1.”
(1) a.s.suming all the above things will be explained later, but San Men translates to 3 doors in chinese, and can mean 3 schools, so it’s probably refering to the 3 branches of Martial Dao schools. Zhuan Xiu Pai seems to mean specialized cultivation while the latter means double cultivation. The way I’m thinking about it is Zhuan Xiu Pai is like having single major in college while Jian Xiu Pai is like double majoring. Lastly, the traveling master Malian talked about practiced the latter.
Chen Luonian interrupted: “Zhuan Xiu is……”
“Don’t ask about that for now either, we’ll talk about it later!” Malian clapped her hands, turned back to Qiya and asked: “I’ve finished talking about the history, can we test if his physique is suitable now?”
“Mm……” Qiya looked at Chen Luonian: “It might be a bit uncomfortable.”
Chen Luonian didn’t like feeling uncomfortable so hurriedly asked: “What are you going to do?”
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