Chapter 6: CH 6

Translator: transcendent.wings

Editor: teaff 

After a night had passed, Xu Xingzhi recovered some strength and although his knees still trembled when he stepped onto the ground, at least he could stand firmly now.

The golden chain on his wrist had disappeared without a trace along with Meng Chongguang. It was strange that there were no red marks left where he was restrained and no sharp pain when he flexed his wrist.

When Xu Xingzhi got off the bed, he discovered that there was a bathtub full of hot water with tendrils of hot steam still rising from it.

He did not hold back and joyfully took a bath. After he freshened up a little, he grabbed the folded fan at the head of the bed and walked out the door to get some fresh air. 

A steady drizzle was falling outside the tower. As soon as Xu Xingzhi exited the tower gates, he spotted a resentful Zhou Beinan whose head was the only part of his body still exposed above the ground.

Zhou Beinan’s face darkened as soon as he saw him, but unfortunately, he had no way to change his line of sight. He could only lift his gaze and shoot him a vicious glare from his ground level perspective.

For some reason, seeing that acrimonious little expression on Zhou Beinan’s face as he gritted his teeth made Xu Xingzhi want to tease him even more.

He crouched down and inquired with deep concern: “And what happened here?”

Lu Yujiu, who was currently using a palm leaf to shield Zhou Beinan from the rain, obediently answered: “Because of the trick he played on Shixiong yesterday, Meng Chongguang has punished him until now.”

Having heard the whole story, Xu Xingnzhi used the fan to generate a slight breeze for Zhou Beinan, gloating: “Thank you for all of your hard work ah.”

Zhou Beinan responded with a “F*ck off” written all over his face.

The more he acted like that, the more Xu Xingzhi wanted to bully him. 

He reached out to pat Zhou Beinan’s head, but only came into contact with air. That was when he realized that Zhou Beinan’s mortal flesh was long dead and the one before his eyes was merely a wisp of soul that mortals couldn’t touch at all.

Just as Xu Xingzhi felt a little sympathetic for his plight, Zhou Beinan glared at him and bit out: “. . . Xu Xingzhi, you better watch out because when I get out, I’ll thrash you to death.”

Xu Xingzhi’s sympathy for him disappeared instantly.

He casually flicked a lock of hair that was hanging down on his temple and cheekily provoked Zhou Beinan: “Officer, then come at me ah.” 

Zhou Beinan was so disgusted that he itched to climb his way out and stab this scourge to death right then and there.

As Xu Xingzhi happily teased Zhou Beinan, he suddenly heard a maiden singing in the woods on the mountain. The melody was beautiful, smooth yet crisp, and graceful like an oriole;  the occasional rustle of bamboo resembled the accompaniment of a jiegu.

Xu Xingzhi peered over and found the Skeletal Girl with the healing technique exiting the bamboo forest.

After she met Xu Xingzhi’s gaze, the sound of singing stopped immediately and all of her joints started to tremble. 

The Skeletal Girl stared at him for a long time before she reacted with a start, then turned and fled back into the bamboo forest.

Xu Xingzhi remembered that he had indeed written about this female character, who specialized in the art of healing and also had a body of white bones, in his novella.

If anyone were to get hurt, as long as the injury didn’t reach the bones, she would be able to transfer those injuries to her own body and the patient would recover completely. Yesterday, she had used this unique technique to remove all of the burns that covered Meng Chongguang’s body.

Unfortunately, Xu Xingzhi wasn’t sure of exactly what sort of conflict she had with the original owner such that whenever she saw him, she seemed to blindly avoid him and refuse to meet. 

Lu Yujiu stared at the Skeletal Girl’s retreating back then looked back at Xu Xingzhi and asked softly: “Shixiong, you don’t remember her anymore, do you?”

Most of Lu Yujiiu’s face was blocked by the ferocious phantom mask so Xu Xingzhi couldn’t see his expression, however he could still hear the unspeakable regret laced in his tone.

“Who is she?” Xu Xingzhi asked as he followed his lead.

Zhou Beinan clicked his tongue and signaled a warning for Lu Yujiu to not reveal anything further. 

Lu Yujiu pursed his lips: “Last night, she specifically warned us not to tell you.”

. . . But then again, was it that hard to guess?

The long silk ribbon in the Skeletal Girl’s hair was identical to the one tied to Meng Chongguang’s hair. Presumably, it was a token unique to Fengling Mountain.

Her entire set of bare bones was washed clean as white as jade. Even if only her head of long hair remained, she still combed and styled it properly before she was willing to go out, so she must be a person who loved to be pretty. 

Within Xu Xingzhi’s scattered memories, there was indeed such a beautiful girl whose surname was Yuan, full name Yuan Rushi. She was the youngest shimei of Fengling Mountain who was more beautiful than flowers, more vibrant than the white blossoms of a young sapling, adept at singing, lively, and full of smiles.

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Zhou Beinan who was buried in the ground shot back disdainfully: “. . . Which woman in the world isn’t a beauty in your eyes?” 

Xu Xingzhi closed the fan and replied: “Every woman in the world is beautiful in their own way. Some have a beautiful appearance, some have beautiful bones. This principle is something that you wouldn’t understand.”

The Skeletal Girl, who was hidden away in the forest, heard every word Xu Xingzhi said.

She let out a woeful laugh and turned around to run away.

Her bleach white soles made a fine rustling sound as she stepped on the withered bamboo leaves. 

After he teased Zhou Beinan to his satisfaction, Xu Xingzhi slowly made a circuit around the huge tower, mulling over the troubles of his heart.

Everything was slightly different from what he had imagined. There was no splendid scene of endless disciples and ghosts roaming everywhere; there was only a single lonely tower.

What really puzzled Xu Xingzhi was that despite it being more than ten years since Meng Chongguang entered the savage wasteland, he did not cultivate a following.

From Xu Xingzhi’s perspective, this wasn’t a dragon’s pool or tiger’s den, rather it was more like an idle and peaceful home where only Meng Chongguang and a few of his good friends were allowed to stay. 

However, judging from the gang that came to harass them yesterday, their life wasn’t as uneventful as he had assumed.

Meng Chongguang’s whereabouts were unknown, Zhou Beinan was still planted in the ground with Lu Yujiu accompanying him on the side, Zhou Wang was nowhere to be seen, even the two ghost servants that Lu Yujiu manipulated yesterday had hidden themselves somewhere out of sight, truly embodying the phrase not even the shadow of a ghost could be seen.

Xu Xingzhi slipped the fan into his sleeve and wandered around the tower like a son of nobility taking a stroll in a pear orchard, feeling quite bored.

This was really bothersome, he wanted to quit and go home. 

After completing one lap, Xu Xingzhi picked a dry and cool place to sit down and loudly called out: “. . . Show yourself ba.”

Xu Xingzhi knew that since he exited the tower, there had always been someone following him.

However the stalker was very gentlemanly; he didn’t make any noises, maintained an appropriate distance, and was quite patient.

After being exposed, the person appeared from behind the tower. 

A gasp of surprise escaped from Xu Xingzhi.

This person wasn’t Meng Chongguang like he thought, rather it was an unfamiliar face, a young man who was dressed like a scholar.

He was dressed in a scarlet robe made of worn linen that was washed until the color had faded, yet the impression of being clean and refreshing was apparent. He held an immaculate plain white whisk in his hand, exuding an air of extreme elegance.

His facial features were very distinctive, as if he was naturally born for the five words “warm and gentle like jade”. 

The stranger walked to Xu Xingzhi’s side and greeted him with a kind smile: “. . . Xingzhi.”

Xu Xingzhi scrunched up his brows as he fell into deep thought. He skimmed through all the characters he had written in his novella and roughly confirmed his identity with a slight frown.

He patted the spot beside himself, motioning for the other to sit down, and just like that, the stranger sat down in a polite and proper manner with his gaze level and his back relaxed. Xu Xingzhi felt that compared to the other person, his mannerisms were no different from a puddle of trampled mud.

But of course, he still had no intentions of mending his ways. 

Xu Xingzhi recalled the names that he had heard from Meng Chongguang yesterday and tried to match it up with the person before him: “Qu Chi?”

Obviously, Xu Xingzhi had luck on his side as he got it right on the first try.

The stranger gave him an amicable smile: “. . . En.”

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Xu Xingzhi sighed. 

. . . It really was him.

Qu Chi was gentle and refined; even his tone of speech was extremely warm, like it was filtered through a clear and rippling stream: “. . . Chongguang told me to follow you and protect you well.”

Xu Xingzhi couldn’t conjure up any trickery in front of this person: “Many thanks.”

Qu Chi kindly pointed out: “Your sitting posture is inconsistent with etiquette.” 

Xu Xingzhi continued to slouch peacefully: “It’s more comfortable this way.”

He spoke with ease, but his gaze remained on Qu Chi.

Qu Chi naturally didn’t know what Xu Xingzhi was thinking. He rifled through his own pockets a few times and politely offered: “. . . Please help yourself to some candy.”

As he spoke, he opened up his palm towards Xu Xingzhi. 

There laid two pieces wrapped up in colorful glazed paper.

Xu Xingzhi took a piece, unwrapped the glazed paper, and found a small pebble the size of a fingernail lying inside of it.

Qu Chi enthusiastically recommended: “It’s delicious.”

Xu Xingzhi poured the pebble into his palm, considered it for a bit, and asked: “. . . This is candy?” 

Qu Chi nodded and vowed: “Yes, I wanted to eat candy so Zhou Wang found this for me and told me that this is called candy.”

Xu Xingzhi fiddled with the little pebble and discovered that the pebble was washed extremely clean.

He confirmed with Qu Chi once again: “. . . You don’t swallow the candy, right?”

Qu Chi replied obediently: “I don’t swallow it. A-Wang and Tao Xian won’t allow me to swallow it. They said it’s not good to swallow candy.” 

Xu Xingzhi affirmed: “That’s right, you can’t swallow candy.”

He no longer hesitated and tossed the pebble into his mouth extremely naturally as he directed a smile at Qu Chi.

Qu Chi also held the remaining pebble in his mouth, his blissful expression completely unlike an adult and rather exceedingly similar to a young child.

Of course the pebble had no taste at all, but Xu Xingzhi pretended to eat it with relish. 

Come to think of it, Xu Xingzhi’s perception of Qu Chi was indisputably different from all of the others.

When he saw Zhou Beinan, taking into account that he was in a rush to court death, Xu Xingzhi didn’t develop very strong feelings towards him.

When he met Meng Chongguang, because his mind was completely occupied with the assassination mission the so-called “World’s Consciousness” assigned to him, he was too agitated and had no time to establish further opinions about him.

However, Xu Xingzhi’s mood could no longer remain stable when he saw Qu Chi. 

Because Qu Chi was the only character in his story that Xu Xingzhi had built a background for.

Combined with the sparse few memories the original owner had, Xu Xingzhi learned that he was originally the most senior disciple of the righteous sect at Danyang Peak. He was ambushed by the demonic sect and developed an ailment of the mind.

In other words, Qu Chi’s current mental age was only about five or six years old. He couldn’t even distinguish between candy or pebbles.

Xu Xingzhi guessed that thirteen years ago, his mental disability probably caused him to assist Meng Chongguang in stealing the divine artifacts and thus be exiled to the savage wasteland ba. 

Seeing Qu Chi, Xu Xingzhi couldn’t help but wonder that if he had initially written a positive yet exciting story, then perhaps the group of people before him would be much happier. They wouldn’t need to be trapped in this huge prison where they would become crazy, paranoid, or foolish.

While Xu Xingzhi’s imagination ran wild, Qu Chi, who had just shared his candy with him, had a sudden change in expression as he waved the whisk in his hand and shielded Xu Xingzhi from the side.

Xu Xingzhi hadn’t reacted yet when countless plum blossom blades cut through the air like a stream of fire from his right side, hitting Qu Chi’s whisk like torrential rain and clanging noisily.

Qu Chi flipped his wrist; then moving freely and easily, he twisted and pulled, and finally shook his wrist, launching the plum blossom blades back in the direction it came with his whisk. 

Soon after, several shrill cries echoed from the forest. From the sound of it, they were probably pierced into sieves by the very same plum blossom blades they had just released.

Qu Chi wielded the whisk with one hand while his other hand unsheathed his Yuchang blade by his waist. He was on full alert as he faced the right side of the forest where the sneak attack was launched from and passed a command to Xu Xingzhi: “Quickly return to the tower. Chongguang mentioned earlier that if anything happened to you, he would confiscate all of my candy.”

. . . It was truly a very severe punishment.

Xu Xingzhi suspected that in Qu Chi’s eyes, he was currently no different from a big mobile piece of candy. 

Unspoken criticism was just that. Xu Xingzhi knew his limits so he naturally wouldn’t remain here to be a burden. Just as he was about to flee, his arm was seized by someone midway.

Xu Xingzhi was startled.

Qu Chi looked back abruptly, but once he clearly made out their identity, his nervous expression pacified substantially: “Chongguang, quickly take Xingzhi back to the tower.”

Hearing this, “Meng Chongguang” revealed a sneer. 

The hand gripping his arm was using excessive force and made Xu Xingzhi pick up on the abnormality.

He lifted his gaze and noticed that a yellow orange color akin to a rabid wolf gleamed in the eyes of “Meng Chongguang”.

When that person grinned at him, two sharp canine teeth protruded prominently, like a carnivorous beast facing a little deer that was freshly caught beneath his claws, considering where he should take a bite out of first.

Xu Xingzhi was startled and exclaimed at Qu Chi: “Wait! He’s not. . .” 

Qu Chi didn’t notice at all and even pushed Xu Xingzhi into “Meng Chongguang’s” embrace: “Hurry and get to the tower.”

Xu Xingzhi felt a chill in his heart, but before it crept into his heart completely, the triumphant smile on the person before him froze.

His body fell forward unwittingly while Xu Xingzhi dodged lithely and watched wide-eyed as the fake fell face first onto the ground, convulsing incessantly.

— His spine was fractured in the middle where a finger-deep crater was formed making that area deeply sunken in. 

The real Meng Chongguang was standing behind him. He wiped his hand leisurely with a handkerchief before he gently pulled Xu Xingzhi towards himself: “Shixiong, did you get injured?”

Xu Xingzhi shook his head in shock and looked towards the fake Meng Chongguang on the ground.

Struggling in death’s throes on the ground, the fake “Meng Chongguang’s” face twisted a few times like a clump of dough before it returned to its original form of the Beast Hide Person who had a sallow complexion and a scraggly beard.

The Beast Hide Person’s spine was broken; he gritted his teeth and grunted in unbearable pain: “Meng Chongguang, how can you be here. . .” 

Meng Chongguang crouched down and grabbed his hair with a smile on his face: “If I always stayed in the tower, how would I know who would take advantage of my absence and attack Shixiong?”

The throat of the Beast Hide Person was drowned in blood making it horrendously hoarse: “Earlier. . . the scout clearly reported that you were at the Lanqiao Slope five hundred kilometers away. . .”

The tone Meng Chongguang replied with was too casual, like he was making an immaterial little joke: “Only five hundred kilometers. I run very fast, you know.”

The Beast Hide Person knew that he couldn’t escape death, so he exhausted all of his remaining strength to let out a terrible roar: “Meng Chongguang, you vicious monster—” 

Meng Chongguang remained expressionless as he hooked his fingers into a knot, and with a shallow sneer, he hit the uppermost vertebrae of the beast hide person’s spine, forcefully changing the incomplete curses into a mournful howl.

“You used my face to hug my Shixiong.” Meng Chongguang said, “Do you want to die? No, that’s letting you off too easily.”

And just like that, Meng Chongguang crushed the Beast Hide Person’s spine into splinters of bone, vertebrae by vertebrae, like he was cracking walnuts in Xu Xingzhi’s full view.

The Beast Hide Person had long passed out at this point. After he chiseled the him into broken dreges, Meng Chongguang ordered the bewildered Qu Chi: “Qu Chi, capture all the people in the right side of the forest, alive. I will send them to their deaths with my own hands.” 

The author has something to say:

Little Angel Qu Chi is online.

Qu Chi (smiles angelically): I’ll invite you all to eat my candy~

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