Chapter 4: Chapter 12

The spiritual energy overflowed and spread around the egg at the center. The moment he (Zhou Yin) covered it with the palm of his hand it suddenly was gone (1), as if this thing was frightened by being touched, and all the spiritual energy was taken back.

Those people did not hesitate to slaughter Zhoujia Village, just for this thing?

 He had saw countless magical treasures (/weapons)in his previous life, and naturally he was no stranger to this egg that might contain a Demonic Beast (that might give birth to a Demonic Beast).

 If it weren't for high-level Demonic Beast's egg, it wouldn't make those people so crazy. (2)

 Zhou Yin asked himself whether he was a noble gentleman whose heart wasn't moved when faced with a treasure. But this high-level Demonic Beast with powerful spiritual power, if it won't follow voluntarily, even after it would come out of the egg in the future, it was very likely to retaliate (attack) against cultivators.

Humans and Demonic Beasts have never been in a master-slave relationship. Not to mention ancient gods such as Nuwa(3), most of them came from the Demon Tribe(4). There are also many high-level Demonic Beasts who can transform into human form and have profound (deep) cultivation, but most of them are now hidden, and those who cultivate are so arrogant that they think they can defy the sky with one hand. From thousands of years ago to now, It is unknown how many cultivators forced Demonic Beasts to recognize them as masters, and finally were attacked and died tragically. 

But even so, there are still cultivators who follow one after another to capture those high-level Demonic Beasts and keep them for their own use, just because the abilities of the Demonic Beasts can benefit practitioners a lot.

 He (Zhou Yin) built a barrier, separated the surrounding water, and cut his fingers, dripping blood on the egg.

 The blood quickly disappeared and was sucked into the black eggshell.

 This is the expression of and recognition of the other party. If not, the blood will not be absorbed. (5)

 Zhou Yin took it with him and went upstream.The temperature of the water without spiritual energy dropped suddenly, and gradually returned to cold, but the egg in his palm was still warm, and he could even sense that there was a lively and agile life in it, desperately trying to break out of its shell. 

He went ashore and used the Rongyang Secret Art to dry his clothes. The egg was very restless. It could roll around even if it was placed on the flat ground. Zhou Yin ignored it, and it rolled more and more, as if it wanted to attract Zhou Yin's attention.

 "If you make trouble again, there is no use of you going with me." He said coldly.

 The egg that was rolling happily stopped abruptly, shaked gently twice (6), and finally calmed down, looking very aggrieved.

 Zhou Yin took it into his arms, and flew on the sword to the village.

 Hundreds of people in a village must have been buried overnight, which is naturally not a problem for people who cultivate. But since they died unexpectedly, there is no guarantee that someone won't come to dig their bodies later.

 Zhou Yin did not enter the village, but just stood at the entrance and stared silently for a moment.

 A few sparks of fire flew out from his fingertips, igniting all parts of the village.

The haystacks that were attached to the houses, also started were burning.

 The fire was getting bigger and bigger, and finally the whole village was submerged in the sea of ​​fire.

 He looked at all this with no sadness or joy on his face. (7)

 The egg began to roll unwillingly in his arms again, from the right side of his chest to the left , and from the left side to the right, as if it was trying to find a comfortable position.

 But that place is really too sensitive. The dignified Demon Grandmaster ( Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation) has never eaten tofu like this in his two lifetimes.(8)

 Zhou Yin took it out and said blankly, "It just happened to be fire. It should taste good when it's cooked (egg) ."

 The egg twitched twice, and even the warmth dropped a lot in an instant, as if it was frightened.

 It had no eyes, so naturally it couldn't see the slightly raised arc of the corner of the other person's mouth.

 The fire burned all night, turning Zhoujia Village into ashes.

 Zhou Yin did not immediately return to the Jinghai Sect, but went in the direction of Fulin County.

 Fulin County is connected to Yunzhou in the north and to Donghai County in the south, connecting the two big capitals of Anyang Kingdom. Although the area is not large, it is the centre (hub)of travels from south to north. When Dongyue army invaded south, because the Anyang army had been inactive for a long time, it (Dongyue army)did not encounter much resistance and Dongyue army had it easier to fight than expected. Fulin County is almost an undefended city, so it has not been affected by many wars, because the Pingnan Army is stationed in the nearby Yunzhou. On the contrary, it was even a little more lively (bustling). In the streets and alleys, Dongyue soldiers and merchants from the north and the south could be seen everywhere.

Most of the common people in Anyang are weak and peaceful in temperament. The people of Dongyue are very smart. Instead of using iron-bloodeness to suppress, they issued various good governance orders to win people over. Therefore, the people quickly recovered from the bad news of the country's destruction and found out that the change of the dynasty did not have much impact on them, and they began to live their own lives of firewood, rice, oil and salt. (lit. Peaceful life). 

 Ji Zhenlian stood by the door, supporting her mother Cao Shi. Mother and Daughter were clinging to each other and weeping, their faces full of panic and helplessness.

 A riot has just happened here, and the crowd has not completely dissipated. They pointed at the mother and daughter of the Ji family, curious and sympathetic. The Ji family's popularity among the neighbors is good, and some came over to comfort and help with ideas, but Cao Shi were out of her wits, (9)and when she hear it, she just felt anxious and panicked , and her eyes darkened. 

 The elderly housekeeper went out to inquire about the news. When Ji Zhenlian and the only little maid in the house saw that Cao Shi was about to faint, they (Ji Zhenlian+maid) were anxious to help and support her, creating a mess.

 "Mother, if you don't want to go to my aunt and uncle for advice, then let them come here to live, this manor is full of women, this daughter is afraid..." (10)

 Cao Shi's spirit was refreshed, and she nodded hurriedly: "Yes, yes, hurry up, let A-Fu get into the carriage and pick up your aunt and the others from Zhoujia Village!"

 "No need to go."

 The unfamiliar voice made them look up in astonishment.

 Ji family has just a small business , and they don't pay so much attention. Just now, they were in a hurry, and no one thought of closing the door. They  saw a young man standing at the door who spoke to them.

 The other person was dressed in a black robe, he was cold and indifferent (11), with no expression, and he didn't look like an ordinary person.

 "Mother..." Ji Zhenlian became frightened, and she clutched her mother's sleeve tightly. 

 Cao Shi was also a little nervous. She called out for her servant, A-Fu, and asked him(black-robed person) , "What brings this young master (12) here?" (13)

 Then they heard the man say, "Auntie, I'm Zhou Yin, the youngest son of Zhou Cai and Ji A-ying.(14)"

 In mother Ji's family there were originally three older brothers, but the second and third brothers died early for some unknown reason, leaving only the eldest brother and he is the only surviving elder brother of Ji's.

 Cao Shi opened her mouth and looked at him (Zhou Yin) , her face full of surprise, and she was speechless.

 Ji Zhenlian also stuck her head out, secretly looking from behind of her mother at the second cousin who she had never met .

 An hour later, Cao Shi finally confirmed Zhou Yin's identity and invited him into the hall, but before she could tell him about the disaster she had encountered, she was shocked by the news brought by Zhou Yin.

 "You mean, Zhoujia Village caught fire last night, everyone, all..." Cao's face was pale.

 Zhou Yin said : "No one survived, the government has also went to investigate, and there will be results soon."

 For Cao Shi and others, it is impossible to say more.

 Cao Shi cried bitterly: "How can this be! What kind of sin has our Ji family committed!"

 Ji Zhenlian also sobbed softly.

 Zhou Yin did not comfort them, but directly asked about the matter of Ji family.

 Cao Shi wept and cried, telling the story one by one.

 Ji's family came from a farmer's family. In the generation of Ji Rong, he saved money to open a small shop selling cloth, which has been passed from Ji Rong. Generations of people have been trembling with fear (15)and weren't opportunistic. With a small business, life is pretty decent, and they could hire one or two maidservants. 

Anyang Kingdom fell and was merged into Dongyue. Dongyue did not start killing people. All the laws and regulations were in accordance with the past. After a while of panic, the people calmed down, but the county magistrate of Fulin County was replaced, and the Pingnan Army was also stationed in nearby Yunzhou.

 The incident happened in the cloth shop opposite Ji's cloth shop. The other party had long been jealous of their (Ji family) business and found an opportunity to sue the Ji family, saying that the Ji family had harboured criminals from the previous dynasty. The new county magistrate was eager to please the ruler of the new dynasty, and was worried that he had no chance to make great achievements. Hearing the words, he immediately went to Ji's family house to arrest Ji Rong first. 

 The poor businessman of the Ji family has no background and no relationship. How could he expect that such a sudden disaster would happen to him. Once Ji Rong was captured, the Ji family lost the backbone. Unexpectedly, the news that Zhoujia Village was slaughtered made matters even worse.

  She (Cao Shi) knew that the situation was serious, and she didn't want to faint like before, but she could only stare at Zhou Yin and cry: "What should we do know...?" (What should have be done now?) 

 Ji Zhenlian also had tears on her face, but she was stronger than her mother: "Second cousin, do you have any method (way) to rescue my father (Ji Rong) first?"

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 Zhou Yin asked, "Where was he caught?"

 Ji Zhen pity said: "I only saw that the officials from the county government brought people and there was also the military lord of the military camp."

 Zhou Yin hummed, but did not speak.

 He was too calm from beginning to end, even when telling the news of his parents' deaths, he was so calm that he was almost cold. Cao Shi and Ji Zhenlian had some doubts at first, but they were relieved when they thought about the fact that he had been sent to cultivate immortality since he was a child.

 Although they are just ordinary people, they occasionally see those cultivators on the streets, all of them have eyes higher than the top, and are more proud and arrogant than Zhou Yin, and are looking straight at people with cold eyes. Compared to them Zhou Yin is quite normal.

 Cao Shi said, "It's getting late, and you've had a hard time walking all the way. Why don't you just stay and think about how to save your uncle tomorrow."

 She (Cao Shi) placed great expectations on Zhou Yin. In the eyes of Cao's mother and daughter, and even in the eyes of many ordinary people, cultivators are equal to gods, they are almost omnipotent, and on this continent, the imperial court is indeed very polite to those who are cultivating, and they do not dare to offend them easily.

 Ji Zhenlian cleaned up the guest room by herself, and brought Zhou Yin to the entrance of the door. 

 "Second cousin, it's simple here, you can just tell A-Fu if you have anything."

 Ji Zhenlian was wearing a plain blue ru (16)skirt with a few embroidered flowers on the bottom of the skirt. Standing there, she's not as beautiful as Chen Yuanzhi, He Yun and others, but she gives off the feeling of a pretty daughter from a humble family .(17)

 Zhou Yin watched her leave, closed the door, took out the things in his arms, put them on the table, and sat down.

 This strange Demonic Beast egg has been very lively recently. Zhou Yin found out that it sometimes absorbs the spiritual energy from himself (Zhou Yun) , but it does not absorb much, it is almost as little as a drop in the bucket, and it seems to be very restrained, so he ignored it. After absorbing spiritual energy the Demonic Beast egg became more and more jubilant, and its spiritual power became more and more abundant. He (Zhou Yin) saw that the time was ripe, but it did not hatch.

After changing into someone else and getting this high-level Demonic Beast egg, which is likely to contain powerful power, he was afraid afraid that he have already tried every means to make it hatch as soon as possible, so Zhou Yin did nothing more and left it to fend for itself.

 The egg rolled happily on the table, accidentally rolled over its head and then right to the edge of the table.

  It :"!!!"

 Zhou Yin: "..."

 He picked up the dropped egg and calmly put it back on the table.

 "No harm done (18) one more time?" Zhou Yin was expressionless.

 The egg was motionless, and pretended to be dead.

Note:

Remember that in () are my notes

(1) 干干净净

I wasn't sure how to translate it in a sentence 

Meaning:

*clean and tidy/empty/entirely gone/clean and fresh/clean as a pin

(2) 只怕

*I'm afraid that/ perhaps/ maybe/ very likely

(3)Nuwa ~ ancient god and creator of humans in the Taoism and Chinese folk religion 

Ancient God - 上古神 

(4)妖族

Demon Tribe

(5) It accepted Zhou Yin as his maater

(6) it should be literally "shook his head" but this is an egg

(7) in this way nobody will dig

(8) eating tofu/to flirt/to tease

(9) 六神

 the six spirits that rule the vital organs (heart 心 (xīn), lungs 肺 (fèi), liver 肝 (gān), kidneys 肾 (shèn), spleen 脾 (pí) and gall bladder 胆 (dǎn)

六神无主

out of one's wits (idiom)

• distracted

• stunned

(10) she talks about herself in third person - this daughter 

(11) 冷冷淡淡 

 冷淡 - Cold and indifferent

(12) 公子 

Young master/son of an official/noble son

(13)it should be literally 

*don't know what brings

(14) Ji A-Ying

Full name of his mother

(15) 战战兢兢

trembling with fear

with fear and trepidation

(16)Ruqun (Chinese: 襦裙;) is a set of attire in Hanfu which consists of a short jacket typically called ru (襦 rú) worn under a long skirt called qun (裙 qún) [Wikipedia info]

(17) 小家碧玉

pretty daughter in a humble family

(Idiom) In the old days, there was a beautiful young woman in a small family

(18) I'm not sure about this

刺激

to provoke

to irritate 

to upset

to stimulate

to excite

harm

irritant

不 no

刺激不

No... 

*Family 

So Zhou Yin is Ji Zhen Liang cousin 

For Ji Zhen Liang, Zhou Yin's parents are aunt and uncle. 

Cao Shi is the wife of Zhou Yin's father's brother (She is Zhou Yin's uncle's wife) 

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