Chapter 108 - Scene of b.l.o.o.d.y Slaughter in a Little Forest
Translated by Eve
Edited by Kitty, Serefina
9. Scene of b.l.o.o.d.y Slaughter in a Little Forest
Mo Cang brandished his sword, sending it over to block Yun Huaiyu. He then flew over and landed before them! He looked at Yun Huaiyu in his disheveled clothes and then fixed his gaze on Xie He, whose upper body was bare. Instantly, both of his eyes turned red!
【Ding, the target Mo Cang’s Blackening Value +20. The current Favourability Value is 80. The current Blackening Value is 100.】
Yun Huaiyu narrowed his eyes. He quickly covered Xie He up and then turned to look at Mo Cang after tying his own belt. This was Xie He’s disciple. He had seen him once. At that time, he already knew that the other inwardly coveted Xie He. Right now, it seemed that the other didn’t even care to pretend not to anymore.
Xie He stood up from the ground, wrapped up in clothes. He completely ignored Mo Cang and grabbed Yun Huaiyu’s hand. Worried, he said, “Are you hurt?”
Yun Huaiyu’s gaze was gentle while looking at him. Although they couldn’t do it in the end, it didn’t matter…. At least he knew that Xie He really did have him in his heart. Otherwise, the hypnosis would not be so effective.
“I’m fine,” Yun Huaiyu said in a soft voice, pressing down on his hand in comfort.
When Mo Cang saw this, his eyes nearly bulged out of his sockets. He had watched looked on helplessly as Xie He took the initiative to hug and kiss another man. He had watched as Xie He showed an unprecedented look of deep affection to another man. The other had even opened up his body and asked for the other man to enter him…. He had never seen any of this before. He had never even hoped for it.
Right now, he was clearly standing right here, but Xie He acted like he didn’t even see him. He was only concerned with Yun Huaiyu, asking him how he was… like they were lovers and mutually in love.
Intense jealousy and anger burned away the last bit of reasoning he had. Right now, he wanted to destroy everything!
Mo Cang made a grasping motion, and the sword flew back into his hand! Without any hesitation, he pounced at Yun Huaiyu!
Yun Huaiyu pushed Xie He away and faced Mo Cang head on, sword in hand!
The two of them had extremely high cultivation. A single action could slice a mountain or split the sea. Yun Huaiyu was worried that Xie He would be hurt, so his actions were very controlled. Even so, their fight still seemed to make the earth and Heavens shake!
The poisonous flames inside of Xie He had just flared up, so he was really weak right now. Moreover, his cultivation had also dropped considerably. He currently could not intervene. He could only stand on the side and watch anxiously.
Mo Cang’s cultivation was originally the same as Yun Huaiyu’s. But because he had absorbed Xie He’s cultivation, he had another breakthrough. Right now, he was even stronger than Yun Huaiyu! In addition, flames of rage roared inside his chest, so every move was filled with all his might! All of his spiritual force was relentlessly released! Yun Huaiyu was instantly suppressed. He couldn’t help but retreat. Not long after, he was struck in the chest by Mo Cang and flew out!
Mo Cang saw Yun Huaiyu fall to the ground. Without any hesitation, he lifted his sword! He wanted to kill this person!
This person was the person s.h.i.+fu loved… s.h.i.+fu loved this person and was even willing to submit to him…. He would not allow it! He had to kill him!
Kill him! Then s.h.i.+fu will no longer love him!
Xie He, who was watching them this whole time, pounced over in that instant. With his bare hands, he grabbed the blade of Mo Cang’s sword! He glared at Mo Cang fiercely and shouted in a stern voice, “Halt!”
Mo Cang’s actions paused. His gaze fell onto the hand Xie He used to grip his sword. Blood flowed down the sword’s blade… dripping down…. Xie He stood in front of Yun Huaiyu, recklessly s.h.i.+elding him like this….
“Why? Didn’t you want to kill him? Isn’t it good if I kill him for you?” Mo Cang said slowly.
“You can’t kill him.” Xie He looked up at him.
Mo Cang shut his eyes. His gaze was fixed on Xie He as he spat out each word, “You. Love. Him.”
Xie He said, “Yes.” There was no hesitation in his eyes.
Mo Cang’s pitch-black eyes were so dark they looked like ink. Xie He’s hand was bleeding. But Mo Cang’s heart was also bleeding….
In order to search for Xie He, he had not rested for even a moment in these past few days. It had already been more than ten days since he had last shut his eyes. He was angry at Xie He for escaping but also worried about whether Xie He would be hurt because of his fallen cultivation…. Would he encounter an enemy? Would he be killed?
He had been scared and on edge this whole time. Everyday, his heart was tormented. He hated this person. He loved this person.
But he never expected that when he found Xie He, he would be pressed down by another man. And it wasn’t because he was being forced, but because he wanted it.
That scene appeared in his mind. At that time, Xie He had wanted to abandon Mo Cang and die with that man. This time, he was still willing to face any peril for this man’s sake….
In life or in death, he would only love this one person.
Mo Cang should give up, but why couldn’t he do it…? Instead, the jealousy in his heart suppressed his anger.
Why doesn’t s.h.i.+fu love me?
Why?
He clearly loved him so much. For him, he had pretended to be an obedient disciple for more than ten years. Why was it that even like this, s.h.i.+fu would never even give him another glance?
【Ding, the target Mo Cang’s Favourability Value +5. The current Favourability Value is 85. The current Blackening Value is 100.】
Yun Huaiyu stared at Xie He, who was protecting him, in a daze…. He didn’t think that in such a short amount of time, Mo Cang’s cultivation would actually increase so much! He placed his hand on the jade pendant at his waist. There was an attack sealed within it. It was his final defense in a life-threatening situation. Yet before he could act, Xie He had jumped in front of him and stopped Mo Cang.
Yun Huaiyu looked at Xie He’s profile, emotions complicated.
He didn’t think that Xie He would rush over. He didn’t think that he would say such things. Although the hypnotic technique would persist for some time after its use, its effectiveness would vary from person to person. This technique was based on temptation and could not forcefully change a person…. Xie He succ.u.mbed to it because he still had Yun Huaiyu in his heart….
However, he didn’t know that Xie He, under the influence of this spell, would do such a thing.
At this moment, Yun Huaiyu suddenly understood what it meant to be together in life and death.
There was someone like this, who could give up the Holy Fruit and offer it to him on this merciless road of cultivation. He could also… still have and remember him in his heart even after being hurt and betrayed by him. He wanted to kill him because he hated him. But he only hated him because he loved him.
There was a burning emotion in his chest. This hard-to-abandon love and hate had not changed for two hundred years.
Yun Huaiyu looked at Xie He and suddenly chuckled. “I’m fine. Don’t worry.”
Perhaps he wouldn’t be that reluctant to die with this person today.
【Ding, Yun Huaiyu’s Favourability Value +10. The current Favourability Value is 90.】
Xie He did not move. He still s.h.i.+elded Yun Huaiyu from the front. His desire to protect Yun Huaiyu did not waver! At this moment, this was not the Yun Huaiyu who had betrayed him, but the young man who had smiled gently at him in the past! It was the person he loved the most, for whom he would rather die than let go of!
Mo Cang’s eyes were fixed on Xie He. Looking at his appearance of being unafraid of death, the blood in his veins boiled from the flames of jealousy. His heart, however, was cold, like it had been frozen.
A long time later… he suddenly took back his gaze. A cruel smile appeared on his lips. “Do you think I will let you have what you want? To let you die together?”
No, that would be letting you off too easily. If you want to die with him, then I will not allow it! You love him, so I will not let you stay by his side! I’ll make it so that you are both alive but apart!
No matter if it is in life or death, you are mine. Don’t even think of being with someone else!
Mo Cang grabbed Xie He and gave Yun Huaiyu an icy side-eye before hopping on his sword and flying off!
Yun Huaiyu coughed out a mouthful of blood and slowly stood up.
Looking at Mo Cang’s actions, how could Yun Huaiyu not know that the other was the person who had been tormenting Xie He all this time?
When he thought about how Xie He was tortured until his power dropped drastically, as well as how his body was filled with bruises, Yun Huaiyu’s chest felt stuffy. A cold glint appeared in his eyes. Wait for me… Ah Xing, I will save you.
I’ve said it before. I will protect you. This time, I mean it.
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Mo Cang brought Xie He back to the Immortal’s Cave and threw him harshly onto the ground.
Xie He had endured whipping through the cold wind for half a day. Only after a long time did he wake up…. When he thought about what he had done, how could he not realize that he had been under the influence of Yun Huaiyu’s spell! His mind had been confused! That shameless, contemptible, nasty person!
He struggled to get up. However, he had only s.h.i.+fted a little bit before he was suddenly pressed onto the floor with Mo Cang’s fingers around his throat.
“s.h.i.+fu, where are you going?” Mo Cang lowered his head, his lips pasted by Xie He’s ears. His voice was cold, like a venomous snake, “You’ve only been apart for a short while, and you already want to go back to your beloved?”
Xie He found it difficult to breathe. He grabbed Mo Cang’s wrist… when he thought about how Mo Cang had seen him shamelessly hugging Yun Huaiyu and asking for him in the wild, his face flushed red from shame. Yun Huaiyu, that contemptible, shameless b*stard! He didn’t know that apart from being sinister and cunning, he also had this kind of shameless side!
Mo Cang took in the flush on Xie He’s face. He thought it was because he was thinking about Yun Huaiyu and became even angrier. His expression, however, became even more calm. He slowly said, “You love him that much?”
Xie He could not pry off Mo Cang’s fingers. He saw the eerie cold in Mo Cang’s eyes and suddenly realized that Mo Cang was extremely angry.
He wasn’t only angry that he had escaped, but also because he thought he loved Yun Huaiyu.
Even though he didn’t know why Mo Cang cared about that, as long as he could make Mo Cang unhappy, why should he explain himself? Besides, there was nothing to say about it anyway. Xie He gave him a cold look, ridicule in his eyes. “Hehe… that’s right, ah.”
Mo Cang’s grip suddenly tightened!
Xie He’s pupils constricted. Instantly, he could not say anything more. He could only make ‘ah ah’ sounds…. His face turned red, as if blood would soon leak out.
Just as he thought he would be strangled to death, Mo Cang suddenly let go. Mo Cang looked down at Xie He and laughed. “Really a pity, but I will not let you two lovers be together.”
Xie He was bent over, coughing.
Mo Cang carried Xie He and brought him over to the place in the Immortal’s Cave that they had used for closed cultivation. He had already modified this place. There were thick cuffs and chains in all four corners. He locked Xie He’s wrists and ankles into the cuffs and then pulled the chains tight, forcing Xie He into a spread-eagle.
Xie He could not move at all. He felt as if he were about to be pulled apart. Pain appeared on his face.
“s.h.i.+fu, you’re really not obedient at all. I have no choice…” Mo Cang gently caressed Xie He’s face. There was a cold light flas.h.i.+ng through his eyes. He chuckled lowly, “Therefore, I have to make it so you cannot escape again. The process might be a bit painful. Bear with it.”
He didn’t know why, but Xie He felt frightened. His voice was low and hoa.r.s.e. “What are you going to do…?”
Mo Cang didn’t reply. There was a smile on his lips. He stood up straight, looking down at Xie He. A silver bug appeared in the palm of his hand. That insect was very beautiful. It didn’t look frightening at all. Its transparent wings fluttered slightly.
When Xie He saw it, his expression changed drastically!
That insect flew over to Xie He and suddenly spat out countless silver threads! Those threads pierced Xie He’s skin, digging into his veins and twining around his bones…. Xie He hissed in pain, the veins in his forehead bulging! This lasted as long as a stick of incense would take to burn out. Finally, the insect finally stopped shooting out threads and entered Xie He’s mouth.
Xie He’s gaze had already gone slack from pain. He didn’t know what was happening.
Every muscle, every vein even, seemed to hurt. His body spasmed uncontrollably. Then, everything stopped, and it felt like he had been fished out of the water. He had completely collapsed.
Mo Cang watched coldly the whole time. His expression was one of indifference and cruelty. Those black pupils were like an abyss, and a red light could be seen flickering in them.
Xie He fainted, and when he woke up again, he discovered that he had already been freed from the shackles. He lied on the floor, and Mo Cang stood in front of him.
Mo Cang saw that he had awoken. He smiled and said, “Come here. Kiss me.”
Xie He’s eyes were full of icy hatred. He wanted to spurn the other but suddenly noticed that his body wasn’t under his own control. It stood up. He wanted to speak but he could not open his mouth. He wanted to stop, but his legs continued forward….
Even if he tried his best, he could not control his body at all! He was like a wooden puppet, manipulated by someone else!
Finally, Xie He arrived in front of Mo Cang. He reached out his arms and looped it around Mo Cang’s neck, kissing him.
No… Not like this… he didn’t want this.
Extreme suffering appeared in Xie He’s eyes. However, he could not control himself. His body didn’t belong to him anymore. He was Mo Cang’s puppet. And he was nothing but a prisoner trapped in this puppet with no way to escape.
Mo Cang held Xie He. The man in his arms was compliant like never before and was taking the initiative to open his mouth and kiss him, inviting him.
He would no longer betray him, no longer escape, no longer resist, and no longer say things he didn’t want to hear….
From now on, you completely belong to me. No one can ever take you away from me.
He dug his fingers into Xie He’s hair and pressed the other’s head towards him, kissing the other deeply.
In any case, you won’t love me, so this is fine too.
This is fine….
This kiss seemed to be endless. The expression in Xie He’s eyes changed from anger to pain to despair…. In the end, all that was left was deathly silence.
Mo Cang saw the stillness in Xie He’s eyes and smiled. Did you think that it would be over with this? This was just the beginning. I will let you know who you belong to.
Xie He had already given up on fighting. He had given up on controlling himself….
A long time later, he finally let go of the hands he had wrapped around Mo Cang. Like a wooden doll, he undid his own clothes. The single piece of outerwear that covered his body fell to the ground, and he stood before Mo Cang’s eyes, his body completely bare. That body still had the marks Yun Huaiyu had left….
Mo Cang’s black eyes grew even darker. If he had come a little later…. When he thought of this, his eyes became even colder.
Soon after, Xie He could feel himself wrap his arms around Mo Cang’s neck again against his control.
He raised his head and kissed him deeply again….
【Xie He：There are pleasant surprises everywhere in this cultivation world. My good disciple even thought of this kind of play?】
【444：……】He had nothing to say.
【Xie He：Finally, I don’t have to resist. I’m feeling rather relaxed, and it’s all thanks to his hard work.】
【444：…………】
Blinding to his eyes! He’s still a baby, ah! He should go out shopping, ba. He really couldn’t continue watching! _(:зゝ∠)_
sere: …. I have no tears left. What kind of inhumane monster…? tf
kitty: out of habit from another novel I’m editing for, I almost commented that Eve should add a trigger warning for dub-con/non-con, but then I realized that this entire novel is dub-con/non-con…
Eve: I feel like I’ve put so many warnings that I’m actually not sure which warnings I’ve already placed or whether something else is enough to warrant a new trigger warning….