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Massacre of a city of peopleBig thanks and a shout-out to biki for sending me a laptop so that I can translate LWSL more conveniently!
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It took plenty of effort from Wu Ruo before he finally convinced Wu Qianqing. On top of that, he used the excuse of sending Wu Xi to Huangdu City for her studies, that everyone would move over to stay in Huangdu City, before he finally managed to deceive Guan Tong and Wu Xi. After that, everyone moved all the valuables from Qing Manor into luggages of all sizes onto the carriages.
After one shichen, the people of both manors left Gaoling City, vast and mighty.
When they were ten li away from Gaoling City, suddenly, the skies turned black.
Wu Xi saw that the interior of the carriage had turned dark, and immediately lifted the curtains of the carriage to ask: “Why has the sky gone dark? Is it about to rain?”
The bodyguard who was currently driving said: “Miss, it’s not about to rain, it’s an unusual situation instead. It’s very likely that someone has done some magics to turn the skies dark early.”
Wu Xi replied, shocked: “Someone is controlling the weather? There’s someone so powerful in Gaoling City?”
Even if it was Wu Bofang, there was absolutely no way for him to do something like this.
Wu Ruo lifted the curtains and felt that the person controlling the weather was either Hei Xuanyi or his sworn enemy.
Wu Qianqing felt that the situation wasn’t too good, so he immediately told the bodyguards to leave Gaoling City as quickly as possible.
The skies became darker and darker, and was more and more sinister. There were ‘hu hu‘ noises spreading to their ears. It seemed like the sound of the wind, but it also seemed like the mourning of vicious gui. Everyone felt ridiculously cold, and couldn’t help but rub their own bodies for warmth.
Wu Xi hugged Guan Tong: “Mum, it’s cold.”
Guan Tong immediately tugged over the blanket by the side to cover the both of them.
This carriage was the one that Guan Tong had specially custom ordered for Wu Ruo when he had gotten married. So, the carriage could carry a lot of people inside of it. Ji Xi, who was also sitting inside the same carriage, holding onto Dandan, suddenly spoke up: “The gui have arrived.”
Everyone in the carriage: “…”
Wu Ruo and Wu Qianqing who had been keeping an eye on the situation outside saw Hei Gan, who was leading the delegation from the front, taking out three umbrella-shaped equipment, flinging it above his head.
The three equipment soared into the air, reflecting onto the heads of the entire entourage; the sounds of weeping gui instantly lessened by a lot. At this moment, a few transparent shadows appeared next to the two carriages. However, the shadows were not very distinct, they could only faintly feel that there was something flying by them.
Following that, the shadows grew in numbers, one hundred, two hundred, three hundred… one thousand, two thousand… tens of thousands, the numbers were so immense that it was terrifying. On top of that, the shadows were becoming clearer and clearer. In the end, they became corporeal forms, all kinds of devastatingly beautiful and horrendously hideous vicious gui were right before Wu Ruo and the others’ eyes. There were all kinds of strange things; Wu Ruo and the others had never seen so many of the gui before. In an instance, the outskirts of Gaoling City had become a land of wild gui.
It was as if they had come to participate in a banquet. The sounds of creepy laughter came from their mouths and they sluggishly headed towards Gaoling City.
Wu Xi hurriedly clamped a hand over her mouth. She didn’t dare to let herself make a single noise, afraid to attract the attention of the vicious gui outside.
It was the first time that Wu Qianqing was encountering this sort of situation. He couldn’t help but gasp a breath of cold air.
“T-the Night Flight of Infinite Gui1Note here that the original Chinese 万 (wan) that I’ve translated as ‘infinite’ actually refers to ‘ten thousands’. In Chinese, numbers are counted in ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten thousands, then hundred thousands. It is generally used to refer to ‘a lot’ or a huge number, so I have opted to translate it as ‘infinite’.—” Guan Tong murmured, her upper and lower lip both trembling: “H-how could it appear here?”
When Wu Ruo heard this, he turned back to glance at her.
His mum seemed to know something.
Ji Xi said calmly2不咸不淡 (bu xian bu dan): literally means ‘neither salty nor bland’.: “Madam unexpectedly knows about the Night Flight of Infinite Gui.”
“…” Guan Tong didn’t speak.
Wu Xi was curious and quietly asked: “Mum, what’s the Night Flight of Infinite Gui?”
Guan Tong shook her head no.
Wu Qianqing gently chided: “Don’t speak.”
Wu Xi could only shut her mouth.
Following after, the tens of thousands of gui suddenly became very excited, increasing their speed as they flew in the direction of Gaoling City.
Wu Qianqing’s expression changed: “Gaoling City is going to be consumed3沦陷 (lun xian): refers to ‘being occupied by an enemy state’. In this context, I chose to use ‘consumed’ because I felt like it presented the best image for the context..”
The members of the Wu family and the commoners were all still within Gaoling City. If it were to be consumed, the three hundred over thousands of lives would become corpses strewn across fields.
Wu Ruo’s eyebrows pinched together in a frown. First of all, he was worried about Hei Xuanyi and Hei Xuantang’s safety. However, before leaving, their expressions had been calm and unperturbed. They probably would not be in danger.
Other than that, he thought of the Wu family members. They wouldn’t just die like that within Gaoling City, would they? He had originally planned to thoroughly torture them for a period of time. If they died just like that, they would’ve gotten off far too easily.
Wu Xi hastily asked: “Then wouldn’t the commoners in Gaoling City suffer a disaster? Dad, is there any way to save them?”
Wu Qianqing shook his head no.
He also wanted to save the commoners within the city, as well as the Wu family members, but his abilities had their limits. Even if they turned back now, it was a whole other question of whether they’d be able to safely make it back into Gaoling City. There was even a chance that they might die at the hands of the infinite gui just by leaving the area of effect of Hei Gan’s equipment.
Thinking of how his dad, mum, and brothers were still within the city, a thread of anguish appeared in Wu Qianqing’s gaze. If it had been in the past, he would definitely have run back to Gaoling City without a single care for himself. However, now, he had a wife and children. He could not leave them to fend for themselves.
He let the curtains fall back down, not looking any further.
Wu Ruo also let the curtains fall. His hands were clenched into fists in his sleeves. Even if it were him from his previous lifetime, with considerable spiritual energy and cultivation, he would not be capable of such a thing as summoning infinite gui. It was his first time feeling that his own abilities were so weak and pathetic.
Dandan curiously lifted up the curtains and looked at the vicious gui outside. With a cheerful ‘ge ge‘ giggle, he reached his little hand out and slapped a vicious gui on the chest.
The eyes of the vicious gui that were both blood red immediately looked over. In an instant, the people within the carriage were given a huge fright. They hurriedly tugged the child back to his seat.
Wu Xi angrily pinched Dandan’s little face4It says that Wu Xi pinches his cheek angrily, but it doesn’t say anywhere that she does it with a lot of strength. Usually, it’s just a light warning pinch, probably no harder than when she does it affectionately. Please be assured that they are not abusing Dandan, although I doubt anyone from Wu Ruo’s family would have the heart to do so.: “You’re really way too ballsy!”
Ji Xi sneered: “Is there anything he doesn’t dare to do?”
In the eyes of this child, there was no such word as ‘danger’.
Wu Xi was originally going to say something else, but she heard a strange sound: “Did any of you hear that?”
Everyone faced her.
“I heard the sounds of someone crying for help.”
Everyone fell into a silence. Other than Guan Tong, everyone with spiritual energy could hear the tragic pleas for help to the heavens coming from Gaoling City, as well as the last bloodcurdling screams before death. It was extremely miserable, shrill and dreadful. Even without looking, it was possible to know what kind of horrifying condition Gaoling City was in at this time.
Wu Xi quickly held onto Guan Tong.
Guan Tong patted her: “Go to sleep.”
“Hn.” Wu Xi didn’t want to hear these kinds of sounds and hurriedly closed her eyes. Everyone else also withdrew their spiritual energy, no longer listening to those sounds.
On the road, everyone didn’t really converse.
It was only until nightfall, when they arrived at a small town, that the carriages came to a stop and they stayed at an inn for one night.
The moment Wu Ruo and the others entered the inn, they heard people discussing: “I heard that infinite gui appeared at Gaoling City and raided it, hundreds of thousands of commoners all died within the city in the span of one afternoon.”
“Infinite gui raiding the city? Who did you hear about this from?”
“I heard it from magic practitioners who passed by Gaoling City. He said, at that time, it was around weishi5Around 1pm to 3pm.. The skies suddenly turned dark, and afterward, infinite gui appeared. When he saw it, he was extremely afraid, so he hurriedly left that place. Later on, he heard the anguished cries of many people coming from Gaoling City. As for the details of the situation, he wasn’t clear about it either. However, he was very sure that all the commoners of Gaoling City were dead.”
Everyone who heard of this matter gasped a cold breath: “Doesn’t Gaoling City have magic practitioners? I even heard that the members of the Wu family were quite formidable. Could it be that they weren’t a match for these monsters?”
When Wu Qianqing heard this, he let out a long sigh with knitted eyebrows.
Guan Tong quietly asked: “Do you want to go back and take a look? The person who summoned the infinite gui, they must’ve sent the infinite gui back. If we go back now, it should be very safe.”
Wu Qianqing thought about it for a while, and shook his head no.
If he returned now, it wouldn’t be of any help. He could only rejoice that Wu Ruo had convinced them to go to Huangdu City together, otherwise, his wife and children would also have perished in Gaoling City.
At this moment, Hei Gan came over and said: “Qinjia Master, Madam, we have already booked the rooms.”
Wu Qianqing nodded his head in acknowledgement, then he realized that Hei Xuanyi and Hei Xuantang were actually not part of their entourage: “Where are Xuanyi and the others?”
Hei Gan’s gaze flickered and he said, in a panic: “Master and the others have gone ahead to Huangdu City to prepare various arrangements.”
Wu Qianqing felt that something wasn’t quite right, but he also couldn’t put a finger on what wasn’t right, so he could only say: “It’s really quite hard on them6辛苦 (xin ku) as a verb means ‘to go to great lengths or troubles’. Over here, Wu Qianqing is being appreciative and grateful that Xuanyi and the others have ‘gone to the trouble’ of going ahead to prepare for their arrival instead of stopping to rest with them. It’s a little awkward to translate into English, but if anyone thinks of a better turn of phrase, please let me know!.”
Hei Gan smiled blandly and didn’t speak any further.
At night, when they went to sleep, Wu Ruo, Dandan and Ji Xi shared the same room. Taking the opportunity when no one else was around, Wu Ruo asked Ji Xi: “What is the Night Flight of Infinite Gui?”
Ji Xi, who was meditating atop the table, glanced at him indifferently: “To be more accurate, it should be called ‘The Grand Banquet of Infinite Gui‘. It’s a secret technique of one of your human clans. After using this technique, one is able to summon infinite gui as troops and order them to annihilate countless life forms. However, I heard that this secret technique had been lost a thousand years ago. As for the reason why, I’m7Gentle reminder that Ji Xi uses 本座(ben zuo) to refer to himself. It is an arrogant way of referring to oneself, similar to the Japanese ‘oresama‘. You will often hear in Chinese drama series that demon lords/kings use this to refer to themselves. not clear about it. The infinite gui that you saw just now was just the tip of the iceberg8Ji Xi uses the phrase 小场面 (xiao chang mian) which translates directly to ‘a small scene’. Ji Xi is saying that whatever they were horrified by is just small fry and not actually a big deal., the actual grand banquet is much more terrifying. Of course, I’ve never seen it before with my own eyes. However, when people from my Mo clan mention it, they’re all quite awed by it.”
Wu Ruo asked again: “Do you know which clan uses the secret technique ‘Grand Banquet of Infinite Gui‘?”
“I don’t know. It’s something from a thousand years ago. The more the story of it was passed down, the more groundless it became. It also became more obscure the more it was passed down. In the end, everyone knows about the existence of this secret technique, as for how formidable it actually is, only the elders in our Mo clan would know about it. However, if you really want to know, you can ask your mum. It seems like she’s quite familiar with the secret technique of ‘The Night Flight of Infinite Gui.'”
When they were on the carriage, Wu Xi had asked her, but she wouldn’t say, which meant she couldn’t talk about it.
Could it be that it had something to do with the matters regarding her clan? But looking at her expression, it hadn’t seemed like the case. On the other hand, the ‘Night Flight of Infinite Gui‘ secret technique seemed quite like a taboo instead.
Ji Xi was disinterested in their matters, so Wu Ruo didn’t probe any further into it.
Wu Ruo also hurried to meditate and cultivate, to increase his own spiritual energy. Because, within Huangdu City, people with cultivation like Wu Bofang’s were scattered all over9To clarify, in this context, ‘scattered all over’ means a lot and everywhere, just in case it comes off as ‘scarce’ or ‘few’.. On top of that, within Huangdu City, Wu Bofang’s skills could only be considered average or below-average. So, when he, whose abilities couldn’t even be compared to Wu Bofang, arrived there, he could only be an ant that could be squashed to death at any time. The people there also wouldn’t be as easy to mess with as the people of the Wu family. He would have to move prudently and act cautiously in many matters.
For the whole night, only Dandan slept soundly. Everyone else’s thoughts were stuck in nightmares of the people of Gaoling City being brutally massacred. It was only close to dawn that everyone finally felt a faint wisp of sleepiness. Yet, once the sun rose, everyone had to hurry back onto the road.
Currently, it had entered the rainy season, heavy rain poured incessantly. Everyone was affected by the rain and felt very vexed. It was only half a month later, when they arrived in Huangdu City, that everyone’s moods began to lighten.
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