Chapter 104 - Scene of b.l.o.o.d.y Slaughter~
Translated by Eve
Edited by Serefina
5. Scene of b.l.o.o.d.y Slaughter~
Xie He’s expression changed drastically. He didn’t think that Mo Cang would suddenly appear. With a chilly voice, he said, “Leave!”
Mo Cang’s gaze was fixed on Xie He. “No, I won’t leave.”
The expression in his eyes was firm. He looked Xie He straight in the eye, as if saying they would die together or live together today.
Xie He’s expression was blank. His spiritual force began to slow down.
It didn’t matter if he died, but Mo Cang…why was he doing this? Why was he risking his life to come here?
At this moment, an unprecedented, difficult choice appeared before Xie He.
In the end…a determined light flashed through his eyes and he forced the spiritual force, which was on the verge of going crazy, back into his body. He coughed out a mouthful of blood!
Upon seeing this, Mo Cang’s taut nerves relaxed at once. He went to support Xie He but didn’t dare to pull him up. Yun Huaiyu’s sword was still inside Xie He’s abdomen.
He had made a wager in that moment of desperation just now. He didn’t think that he was important enough to make Xie He change his mind, but he didn’t have any other options…. He could only imprison this person. He could not prevent him from self-detonating. He only wished to make Xie He hesitate a bit. Like this, he would have a chance to interrupt him.
Fortunately, Xie He did change his mind…. Did that mean that he had a place in the other’s heart?
Even if it was like that…when Mo Cang thought that Xie He had wanted to die together with another man, uncontrollable jealousy and anger raged in his chest!
【Ding, the target Mo Cang’s Favourability Value +2, Blackening Value +50. The current Favourability Value is 90. The current Blackening Value is 50.】
Yun Huaiyu thought that he would die here today. But who would have expected that someone would come stop Xie He. Who…could make Xie He change his mind and discard this difficult-to-obtain opportunity to kill him?
He had narrowly escaped death and an unforeseen event had suddenly occurred. This all caused Yun Huaiyu to become absentminded for a moment.
He stared at Xie He in a daze….
Suddenly, Xie He grabbed the black sword off of Yun Huaiyu with one hand and did not hesitate to strike at Yun Huaiyu’s chest with his right palm! He used the last bit of his strength in this palm strike! Yun Huaiyu did not expect that Xie He would still fight, despite being injured to this degree, so he was caught unprepared. Xie He stole the black sword away.
A trail of blood appeared down the corner of Yun Huaiyu’s lips. He looked up at Xie He, with some clarity regained in his eyes.
He was wrong. Xie He did not give up on killing him. He only gave up on dying with him for the sake of someone else….
Xie He had always been decisive and determined. However, he hesitated this time.
Xie He struck Yun Huaiyu’s chest with his palm. He struggled to stand up. The short sword in his stomach was slowly pulled out. He clutched his stomach with blood streaming between his fingers and his legs wobbled.
Mo Cang promptly supported Xie He up. He cast a cold look towards Yun Huaiyu. If this person dared to act, he would expose his true strength and kill him!
Yun Huaiyu had indeed been prepared to act. He could not let Xie He leave like this. But at this very moment, he suddenly felt an intense killing intent directed towards him! That killing intent was so strong it made him feel a never-before-seen sense of danger! He even stopped his actions…. No, this disciple’s strength was not simply as it appeared!
He s.h.i.+fted his gaze over and finally took a serious look at Mo Cang, who stood behind Xie He.
Mo Cang supported Xie He up from behind. His pitch-black pupils were like a deep, dark pool. He coldly stared at Yun Huaiyu with an undisguised, ice-cold killing intent.
Yun Huaiyu saw the killing intent and jealousy within Mo Cang’s eyes and could faintly perceive a dark expression of extreme possessiveness hidden within them…. At that moment, he suddenly realized what Mo Cang felt for Xie He. However…Xie He probably didn’t know. Otherwise, why would this so-called disciple have to try to conceal himself so cautiously. He would have done something straightforwardly instead of enduring quietly like this.
Even if the two of them didn’t utter a single word, they could understand the other’s thoughts in a blink of an eye. They silently crossed the swords within their gazes in midair.
Yun Huaiyu’s gaze became sharper. He didn’t think that one day there would appear another person who would take his spot in Xie He’s heart. At this moment, he abruptly felt a bit jealous. Xie He’s heart was originally his and only his. Now, he had to share it with another.
And he actually minded this.
【Ding, Yun Huaiyu’s Favourability Value +5. The current Favourability Value is 65.】
Yun Huaiyu turned to look at Xie He again. His gaze was calm and his voice was easy as he asked, “You’re not going to kill me anymore?”
Of course Xie He was itching to kill him. However, he couldn’t not care about Mo Cang’s safety. He couldn’t let his disciple die with him.
This grudge of his has been in the depths of his heart for two hundred years. So what if he had to wait a bit more? Besides, he had severely injured Yun Huaiyu today and stolen away the Heaven ranked divine weapon. It was enough to make that despicable, vile person feel pain!
Xie He spoke in a frosty tone, “I’ll come take your life another day!”
After saying this, he brandished his sword and prepared to escape. If those Immortal Sect disciples came chasing, he might not be able to take Mo Cang away.
Yun Huaiyu could see what Xie He was thinking. He coughed softly but did not seem to have any intention of chasing after him. He only said in an insipid tone, “I’ll gift you that sword.”
Xie He’s expression finally changed. He turned to look at him.
When he looked at him, he met with a pair of gentle and tranquil eyes. There was even a faint smile in Yun Huaiyu’s eyes. The corner of his lips raised. “I owe you too much. I can never return it to you in full. Unfortunately, I cannot give you my life. If you want this sword, take it, ba.”
It was as if he was giving up not a Heaven ranked divine weapon, but an insignificant object.
Xie He stared at this version of Yun Huaiyu. It was like he was looking at that quiet youth many years ago. They had grown up together, entered the sect together, and together they….
He had always been by his side. Whenever he turned his head, he would always see that gentle and peaceful smile…. He had sunk into that smile, unable to extricate himself from it. He had wished to give him everything.
At this moment, Xie He felt a sudden pain in his wrist. Mo Cang had gripped his wrist with force and said in a deep voice, “s.h.i.+fu, be careful. He’s confusing you!”
These words woke Xie He up. His expression regained its coldness. How could he trust Yun Huaiyu again? Did he not know how shameless and contemptible this person was? The cost of that b.l.o.o.d.y lesson had been a life full of hatred….
Xie He cast Yun Huaiyu a final look and then left without any reluctance to part!
Yun Huaiyu watched as that stream of light disappeared. For a long time, he didn’t move.
He had never been a straightforward or upright person. If it wasn’t because of Mo Cang, who was glaring at him like a tiger, he would absolutely have forced Xie He and the divine weapon to stay.
Since he couldn’t make them stay…why waste his efforts? It would be better to act freely and at ease in order to profit a bit.
No matter where or when, he was always calculating the situation that would be the most advantageous for himself. A divine sword was a mere worldly possession. Even if he was able to take it back and transfer it to the sect, it wasn’t very important to him. Not enough to make him risk his life against Mo Cang.
As for Xie He…Yun Huaiyu’s eyes darkened slightly, the expression within complex.
In fear that Yun Huaiyu and the Immortal Sect disciples were chasing them, Xie He flew with Mo Cang for several hundred li. Finally, he could no longer continue on. Everything faded to black before him. He and his sword both toppled down!
Mo Cang had been carefully paying attention to Xie He’s state this whole time. Upon seeing this, he immediately held Xie He and gently landed onto the ground.
Mo Cang’s gaze was fixed on the man in his arms. The man’s pale face was drained of blood and both eyes were shut tight. Blood stained his black changpao and dripped onto the ground…. Mo Cang lowered his head and gently kissed Xie He. You actually wanted to leave me alone and die…s.h.i.+fu, I’m really unhappy, ne….
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When Xie He woke up, he was already in his own Immortal’s Cave. His injuries were very severe. All of his meridians hurt. Luckily, he had a pain barrier that blocked out 50% of the pain. Therefore, it wasn’t too agonizing.
【444：Host dada, you finally woke up! Your injuries are really serious, ah!】
【Xie He：It’s fine. I won’t die. ? 】
【444：Oh. QAQ】
Xie He pushed the door open and walked out just in time to see Mo Cang return. When Mo Cang saw that Xie He was up, he promptly came forward to support Xie He by the arm. In a quiet voice, he said, “s.h.i.+fu, you haven’t recovered. If you need anything, just tell me and I will do it.”
Xie He gave him a deep look and then suddenly raised his hand, slapping Mo Cang!
He used a lot of force in that slap. Pain instantly tore through his chest. He swayed a bit before standing steady and stressed each word in a chilly voice, “Who let you leave without permission?!”
Mo Cang’s head had turned sideways from being hit. It seemed like he hadn’t expected that Xie He would act like this. It took a while before he slowly turned his head back. It was as if there was a whirlpool in the middle of his pitch-black eyes. He pursed his lips and only spoke a long time later, “If I hadn’t gone, would you have died with that person?”
This was the first time Mo Cang had not obeyed Xie He and admitted his mistake. It was the first time refuting Xie He and questioning him.
When he heard this, Xie He was even angrier. His chest heaved up and down twice before slapping him again! He said, “Don’t you know how dangerous that was?”
Mo Cang didn’t dodge. He licked his own teeth. His mouth was full of the taste of blood. However, what hurt the most wasn’t the two slaps but…Xie He’s intention. He blamed him. He thought that Mo Cang shouldn’t have gone to save him, shouldn’t have stopped him….
Even now, s.h.i.+fu wanted to die with that person.
When Mo Cang recalled what he saw when he had rushed over—the gaze full of deep affection that Xie He had used to look at Yun Huaiyu…as if they were not ending in mutual destruction but were lovers sharing life and death…the flames of jealousy in his heart began to boil again.
s.h.i.+fu, did you already know that you would not return after this journey? Was that why you would not let me come with?
Mo Cang looked up and gazed firmly at Xie He. “Then you…when you chose to die, did you not think about me, who was being thrown away?”
Xie He looked at Mo Cang and gazed into his black eyes. There was endless sorrow in his eyes. Suddenly, Xie He’s heart stung. He averted his gaze and said in a low voice, “Once I die, this Immortal’s Cave is yours.”
He was leaving everything here to Mo Cang. It would be enough for him to cultivate until he was strong enough to stand on his own. He had already thought of everything.
Mo Cang shut his eyes and revealed a self-mocking smile. He slowly said, “I understand. Many thanks to s.h.i.+fu.”
So, this was what s.h.i.+fu would leave him: cold, dead things.
From beginning to end, there was only one man in s.h.i.+fu’s heart. What was he, ne…? Probably just a toy the other had picked up while bored, ba. Since it was like this, why did he have to continue enduring patiently. Why don’t I directly bind you, imprison you, and make sure that you can’t go anywhere?
In any case, you don’t care about me.
Only…why did you change your mind for my sake at that time? If you hadn’t, I probably would not hesitate right now….
“s.h.i.+fu, your injuries have yet to heal. Go back and rest, ba. I will listen to you from now on and won’t make you worry.”
Mo Cang lowered his gaze and resumed his usual deferential appearance.
Xie He clenched his fist and coughed into it a few times. He had just been scolding the other, but seeing Mo Cang’s appearance now, he didn’t have the heart to continue. Forget it…things are already like this. There was no point in saying anything more.
Mo Cang carefully helped Xie He to his bed to lie down. He then busied himself with boiling medicinal herbs, making their meals, and taking care of Xie He.
Like this, more than ten days pa.s.sed. Xie He’s state finally stabilized. Although he was not yet better, his condition would not worsen easily. That is, until they reached the end of the month. Xie He told Mo Cang that he did not have to come wait on him the next day. Only then did he leave on his own.
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Because Xie He’s injury was very severe, he did not bind himself. He only sealed the door of the stone room.
Very quickly, the poisonous flames erupted as usual.
This time, when he woke up, his eyes were blindfolded and both hands were tied behind his back. What was different from the past, was that the man had not left. Instead, he was still holding him, head buried in the crook of Xie He’s neck. The hot breath puffed by his ears while the man gently kissed his neck.
Xie He was not the least bit surprised by this circ.u.mstance. Even if he was furious and extremely ashamed inside, he was not as shocked as he had been the first time. His voice was cold and calm, “Who are you? Just what do you want?”
Mo Cang held Xie He. He stared at the person in his arms and turned his head to tenderly kiss those red lips. He replied inwardly, What I want is you, s.h.i.+fu.
Xie He did not know this. He grit his teeth and bore with things patiently. The man’s frivolous actions made his hateful body tremble slightly.
Mo Cang reached out and flitted his fingers over the ribbon over Xie He’s eyes. He didn’t have to look to know how much hate was in those eyes right now…. He didn’t mind before. In any case, he just wanted to have this person. It didn’t matter to him if the other hated him.
But at this moment, he couldn’t help but think if Xie He was being held by Yun Huaiyu right now, what expression would he have?
Would he look at the other with hate and loathing as he did him?
What grudges did they have between them? Just what kind of love-hate relations.h.i.+p did they have that made it so difficult for them to separate from one another? What was it that even made…s.h.i.+fu willing to give up his own life to take the other down with him….
And as for Mo Cang, he was like an outsider who had no way of getting between them. He could only helplessly watch everything…because he had come too late.
Xie He had done his best to endure this whole time. He could feel that the person holding him had stopped moving. Because he could not see, he had been on high alert against the other’s movements. He suddenly felt that the other’s arms that were wrapped around him tightened. Soon after, the other pressed him to the ground with great strength!
Xie He was startled and began to struggle with all his might. Although he couldn’t see anything, he knew that the other had flown into a rage. The other had never been this violent before. A bad feeling arose and it made his scalp go numb! He instinctively wanted to escape….
Mo Cang watched as the man struggled on the floor. He smiled. s.h.i.+fu, you’re finally afraid….
But I’m really angry and really upset…because you actually love someone else, actually want to die with someone else. You were going to throw me away like that…you don’t want me…. Do you know how much I suffered in order to hold it in and not hurt you?
You don’t know how much pain I’m in at all.
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The poisonous flames had long since retreated. However, Xie He did not leave the stone room for days. These last few days were like a nightmare. That man did not leave for even a moment. It was like he couldn’t feel exhaustion. He used everything he had to torment Xie He. He used all sorts of ways to brand every inch of Xie He’s body with his own mark.
Xie He had given up on struggling a long time ago. He even felt that he could be humiliated to death…. However, each time he was on the verge of dying, that person would patiently become gentler. He would even pa.s.s over some pure spiritual force to help him nurse his body.
He would not let Xie He die. He only wanted to torment him…watch him be in so much pain he would rather beg for death….
However, his dignity did not allow him to lower his head and plead for leniency. He absolutely would not submit to this vile person. Therefore, the only thing he could do was grit his teeth and refrain from making any noise.
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Blindfolded in the dark room, Xie He could not perceive the flow of time. He didn’t know how long he had stayed here. But when he woke up again, he discovered that the man had finally left.
Xie He tried to stand up but his legs wouldn’t listen to him.
【Xie He：I felt way too good. I didn’t think that my good disciple would have so many tricks up his sleeve. ? 】
【444：(⊙o⊙) Oh!】He didn’t see a thing. He was a pure child who went out for a few days. The life of spending money and buying things everyday made him really happy! (≧▽≦)/
Xie He returned to his Immortal’s Cave and saw that Mo Cang wasn’t here. He also didn’t mind it much because he had never restricted Mo Cang’s movement. Mo Cang had descended the mountain before out of his own free will.
Although Mo Cang had overdone it these last few days, he had been paying attention to Xie He’s body this whole time. Since he didn’t have to hide his strength then, he injected spiritual force into Xie He’s body to help him recuperate. Therefore, Xie He’s wounds had actually gotten much better.
Xie He returned to his own room. The divine sword he had plundered was there. Xie He gently caressed the pitch black sword. It felt cold and really heavy. now that he had recovered, he could try and see if he could activate this sword.
【Xie He：Baby, see if we can sell this?】
【444：OK! Say, Host dada, did you steal this to sell it?! Σ( °△°|||)︴】It wasn’t for the sake of striking at Yun Huaiyu?
【Xie He：A Heaven ranked divine weapon must certainly be worth a lot. Smile.JPG】
【444：…Host dada, sorry, QAQ, we can’t sell it. You probably have to activate it and make it recognize you as its master first….】
【Xie He：I understand. ? 】
The result was within Xie He’s expectations. This was a Heaven ranked divine weapon. Before making it recognize him as master, there would be no way for him to put it in his storage ring. There would certainly be restrictions when using it too. Just now, he just wanted to give it a try.
Only, activating it didn’t work out well either. Xie He tried for a long time and discovered that he had no way of inserting his spiritual force in. This divine sword did not care about him at all.
Xie He didn’t mind. He was not easily affected by things. There were many treasures in this world. If this won’t do, there would be others. Since he couldn’t accept this divine sword, he’d make use of this useless thing and leave it for his darling disciple. His disciple had a Heavenly Spiritual Vein. Perhaps the divine sword would take a fancy for him?
While Mo Cang wasn’t around, Xie He tended to his vegetable garden. His days were very carefree and comfortable. The only thing he lamented over was that he hadn’t had time to capture the snow hoof deer from Three Spirits Mountain. The flavour was constantly on his mind.
【Xie He：Life is beautiful like this. There is no reason to be grumpy.】
【444：@[email protected] Someone’s being grumpy?】
【Xie He：Probably. ? 】
【444：……】
Xie He watered his spiritual gra.s.s while smiling. Mo Cang’s cultivation was the same as his now. At any time, he would be able to break through the seal Ji Xing had placed on him in the beginning and remember everything. This was a necessary step.
It wasn’t necessarily a bad thing for there to be twists and turns in love. This child needed to grow up, ah. Just as well, with a Favourability Value of 90, it was time for him to experience a bit of a storm.
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Mo Cang had gone out to look for herbs for Xie He. Since he discovered Xie He’s secret about what happened to him once a month, he did not give up on looking for spiritual items to heal Xie He with. He could not bear to see him always be tortured by the poisonous flames.
This time, he gained some intel from a cultivation sect. The Thousand Year Ice Flower had appeared in the Silent River Valley.
This Thousand Year Ice Flower was a really rare Heavenly treasure. It was very effective in suppressing the poisonous flames inside of Xie He. Therefore, Mo Cang did not hesitate to go.
The Silent River Valley was extremely dangerous. There were high level demons, as well as many poisonous insects and demonic plants. An ordinary character would die, even with nine lives.
Although Mo Cang was at the peak of the Divine Connection stage, he was seriously wounded in the end during his search. However, when he thought of Xie He waiting for him at home, he grit his teeth and killed the demon, doing his best to return.
He had already spent several days here. He had not relaxed his nerves for even a moment. He was mentally exhausted, having killed without stop for so long. Just as he was about to leave, an immense vine wrapped around Mo Cang at the entrance. It was going to drag him underground!
Mo Cang was already spent…seeing that he was about to be dragged under, Xie He’s face suddenly flashed in his mind. His s.h.i.+fu…he definitely had to bring this Ice Flower back for him…s.h.i.+fu has always been tormented by the poisonous flames….
He had to go back!
In this moment of life and death, Mo Cang once again forcefully stimulated the power of his bloodline. The pure spiritual force of the Heavenly Spiritual Vein bubbled up. In that instant, he touched upon the entrance to the Spiritual Fusion stage! Mo Cang’s cultivation broke through again and he killed the demonic vine in one slas.h.!.+ In one breath, he rushed out of the valley!
He knelt on the ground and covered his chest, coughing out blood. His body was like a vortex, madly sucking in the spiritual force in the surrounding air. His spiritual force changed quant.i.tatively before changing qualitatively. His soul condensed incessantly. The fusion of his spirit and the divine caused his soul to rise to a higher level….
Meanwhile, a bloodstained memory suddenly appeared in his mind.
Mo Cang covered his head, in pain. His eyes became bloodshot…. Before him, everything was blood. He trembled as he hid behind the screen. From the cracks, he could see a man who looked like a demonic G.o.d walk in with his sword. The man’s sword was not stained with blood because those scarlet flames had scorched everything…. Everyone he knew: his s.h.i.+xiong, s.h.i.+di, s.h.i.+fu —-everyone has turned to ashes under this sword.
In the end, that man finally walked over to him and lowered his gaze at him.
Those ice-cold black eyes that had a red light flickering through them….
That was the last scene in his memory. Everything stopped after that.
【Ding, the target Mo Cang’s Blackening Value +50. The current Favourability Value is 90. The current Blackening Value is 100.】
Eve: Belated but…the return of the Blackening Value. Huzzah! And hmmm? So was he not an unwilling sacrifice?
sere: hm???