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Rape, mass murder, dismemberment, all instigated by protagonist.
Hei Xuanyi returned to the room with a cold expression.
Wu Ruo was a little dazed, pointing out of the window: “J-just now…”
Hei Xuanyi was worried that he would misunderstand and immediately explained: “Didn’t get kissed.”
“The changes in Wu Yuxue are way too big, it’s as if she’s been replaced by someone else.”
Wu Ruo thought about how Wu Yuxue used to be such an arrogant and haughty person, becoming someone who was degraded to the point of forcing a kiss on a man, and he found it a little hard to accept. Was his man really that charming? That she needed to let go of her dignity and beg for affection like a dog?
Hei Xuanyi pulled Wu Ruo over to sit down with him: “Later, I’ll set up some arrays. No matter who it is, they won’t be able to enter.”
“Don’t you feel that Wu Yuxue is very strange?” Wu Ruo frowned: “It’s as if… as if…”
He recalled how Wu Xi, from his previous lifetime, had also been this way. Suddenly, her personality had had a major change; whenever she saw Ba Se, she would be incomparably enthusiastic, throwing herself at him to kiss him. Even he and his parents had felt embarrassed for her after seeing such behaviour.
“Say, do you think Wu Yuxue could’ve fallen under a spell?” The more Wu Ruo thought about it, the more he felt that it was likely. If this was truly the case, then who was it who enspelled her and even got her to come and fight for his husband?
“Maybe.” Hei Xuanyi wasn’t interested in the affairs of other people.
Wu Ruo pulled Hei Xuanyi’s hand toward himself and spread it open to take a look: “You said she didn’t kiss you, but look, there’s a lipstick mark on here.”
Just now, when he saw Wu Yuxue throwing herself at Hei Xuanyi without even a word, he’d been very shocked. He was especially afraid to see Wu Yuxue kiss Hei Xuanyi on the mouth or anywhere else.
Hei Xuanyi: “…”
He’d only gotten kissed on the hand because he was blocking those lips from kissing him on the mouth.
Wu Ruo took out a handkerchief and wiped away the eye-piercing1刺眼 (ci yan): Literally ‘to pierce the eye’ but it just means something that stands out visually, usually in a bad way. red marks bit by bit. Abruptly, his heart was filled with a sour taste. Like what Hei Xuantang had said: he was jealous2吃醋 (chi cu): Literally ‘to eat vinegar’..
He didn’t like other people touching his man. It wasn’t okay even if they only touched a tiny bit of Hei Xuanyi’s sleeves.
The more Wu Ruo wiped, the more force he used. He only came back to his senses when he had rubbed Hei Xuanyi’s palm red. He couldn’t help but hold his own forehead; what had gotten over him? Why had his jealousy suddenly become so overwhelming? It was a little unusual.
“Hei Xuanyi, go quick and wash your hands. Don’t come back unless you’ve washed it clean.” He put down his handkerchief and thought about it, then he said again: “You might as well go take a bath. Wash away all the smells of perfume and powder on your body.”
“…” Hei Xuanyi saw that Wu Ruo seemed to really dislike it, so he stood up and picked up the handkerchief on the table to burn it away as well.
Wu Ruo looked outside and couldn’t help but think of the image just now of Wu Yuxue trying to kiss Hei Xuanyi. His brain felt swollen and painful; it was extremely uncomfortable.
He stood up to walk towards the bedroom. Suddenly, his mind flashed with a lot of sounds and images. It was so fast that he couldn’t grasp what the situation was, until he walked to the front of the bed and his vision abruptly turned black. He fell directly onto the bed, unconscious.
Everything was a sea of darkness in front of Wu Ruo’s eyes, but he could hear many discordant noises. However, he couldn’t clearly hear what was being said, it was very noisy and frustrating.
After an unknown period of time had passed, a trail of light lit up in front of his eyes and he saw Hei Xuanyi’s face full of black scales.
Wu Ruo was stunned: “Why are you wearing the mask again? Wait, that’s not right, wasn’t your mask destroyed by Wu Yuxue? Exactly how many of these fake skins do you have?”
It was as if Hei Xuanyi didn’t hear his words, his reddened eyes were full of grief. His entire body emanated with a coldness that could freeze people to death and a burning fury that blazed bright. His ugly face had turned especially frightening and savage, as if he was a devil that had come out from the 18th level of hell. The joints in his hands were making cracking noises.
“W-what happened to you?” Wu Ruo was so frightened by him that he took a huge step back. Following that, he saw a scene that was even more appalling. In the midst of a pile of burnt bodies, a translucent3透明 (tou ming): Literally ‘transparent’ but in English, if it was transparent, then you wouldn’t be able to see it. I have translated it as ‘translucent’ for ease of understanding. spirit was emerging, and that spirit actually looked exactly the same as him. No, that spirit looked a lot more mature than he currently did.
Hei Xuanyi rapidly cast a spell to enthrall the spirit, not allowing it to continue flying upwards.
The spirit’s expression turned from dull to more alert. After staring at Hei Xuanyi, dazed, it continued to collapse in front of the corpse at the wall, sobbing aggrievedly: “Mum, Mum—!”
Wu Ruo watched this scene, stunned. T-this… wasn’t this his mum from his previous lifetime who had killed herself by banging her head on the wall after being sullied by Ruan Zhizheng’s men?
He rapidly turned around to look at the other side, and saw Wu Qianqing whose head and body had been separated.
“Dad!” Wu Ruo widened his eyes in disbelief. Had he returned to his previous lifetime? But he felt that it wasn’t likely. Could it be that he was currently dreaming?
“Hei Xuanyi—!” The spirit stood up, agitated, and ran towards Hei Xuanyi. Unexpectedly, it4In the text, the author uses the equivalent of ‘he/him’ pronouns for the spirit of Wu Ruo from the past life. However, for ease of differentiation, I will be using ‘it/its’ pronouns instead and ‘he/him’ pronouns for current Wu Ruo. passed right through Hei Xuanyi’s body.
It was stunned, then it realized that it had already died, raising its head to the heavens and shouting sorrowfully: “Why! Why didn’t you come a little faster? If you had arrived a little faster, then my dad and mum wouldn’t have died!”
Hei Xuanyi looked at its back and his eyes filled with agony. He raised his hand, wanting to comfort it, but his fingertips passed through its translucent body. In that instant, he clenched his fists and pulled his hand back, lowering his head and remaining silent.
When Wu Ruo saw such a Hei Xuanyi, his heart was especially pained. This couldn’t be blamed on Hei Xuanyi at all. It was he who had wrongly trusted others, which had led to such an ending.
Suddenly, someone yelled: “Daye, Hei Xuanyi is over here!”
Closely after, the sound of Wu Qianjing’s enraged voice could be heard: “Under my orders, kill him!”
Once the words were said, a huge group of bodyguards filled Shuqing Garden. Following behind were Wu Qianjing, Wu Qianbin and the others. They surrounded Hei Xuanyi and the spirit.
Wu Qianjing and the rest of them saw the Wu Ruo who had been turned into a spirit, were stunned, and then they jeered: “Isn’t this our 6th level Yin-Yang master5Not to be confused with the Chinese series/movies called the ‘Yin-Yang Master’. Just a reminder that the Wu family’s style of magic is called the Yin-Yang arts.? He actually ended up in such dire straits as to let himself be turned into a spirit!”
Wu Qiantong ridiculed: “So what if he’s a 6th level Yin-Yang master? He couldn’t even protect his own parents. He’s still the same loser as before!”
Wu Qianbin glanced at the corpses on the ground and smiled slightly: “Sange and sansao died so tragically. It’s a pity, I didn’t get to see how they died with my own eyes.”
The spirit stopped its crying in an instance. It was so infuriated that its body showed signs of tearing apart: “You, all of you…”
He wasn’t sure if it was because he shared its emotions, but Wu Ruo was sucked into the spirit. He quietly watched everything that was happening in front of him from the spirit’s point of view, but he was unable to control its body.
“All of you bastards—!” When the spirit of Wu Ruo heard them saying these cold-blooded, unsympathetic words, it finally believed what Ruan Zhizheng had said. In its grief and fury, it wanted to use magic, but because it had just turned into a new spirit and didn’t have any spiritual energy, it couldn’t perform any magic.
Wu Qianli sneered: “You just turned into a spirit. Without a physical body, you won’t have any spiritual energy unless you cultivate again from scratch. However, we won’t give you this opportunity.”
“I want to kill all of you!” It6In text, the author is using Wu Ruo’s name. Again, to differentiate between spirit-Wu Ruo and current Wu Ruo, I will only be referring to it as ‘the spirit’ or by its pronouns. roared and immediately rushed at them.
Wu Qianli rapidly drew out a spiritual talisman, intending to trap the spirit. Suddenly, a white silhouette appeared between Wu Qianli and the spirit.
“Trying to trap our family’s furen7Reminder: this is referring to spirit-Wu Ruo. with just this shitty talisman? Dream on.” The white silhouette raised its finger and lightly tapped on the spiritual talisman. In an instance, the spiritual talisman was set aflame, it startled Wu Qianli into hurriedly throwing the spiritual talisman away.
Wu Qianjing and the rest looked at the white silhouette warily. Half of his face was a bewitchingly beautiful human’s face, the other half of it was a human skull with no flesh. With one look, they could tell that he was a Gui clansperson. On top of that, his ability was definitely above theirs, otherwise they wouldn’t have not noticed him.
The spirit immediately recognized that its current self would not be able to win against Wu Qianjing and the others. Immediately, it turned to Hei Xuanyi: “Kill them all, Hei Xuanyi. Kill all of them for me, I want them to die in pieces8Dying without a complete corpse is one of if not the worst way to die in Chinese culture, which should highlight how terrible it is that previous life-Wu Qianjing was beheaded and speak to just how infuriated Wu Ruo must be to wish this fate on all of the Wu family.! I want everyone in the Wu family to be grave ornaments in my family’s graves9Similar to Egyptians, for Chinese people who could afford it, they would build tombs that had items buried in with the body of the deceased. Which is also why grave-robbing is a thing that happens in China (for reference, check out the Dao Mu Bi Ji series). I often see the phrase 陪葬 (pei zang) translated as ‘buried with’, but there’s a different nuance in Chinese culture between family members being buried in the same tomb for familial reasons and wanting someone dead to be used a grave ornament. Spirit-Wu Ruo here definitely wants them murdered in the worst way possible and to be buried as grave ornaments rather than as fellow family members.!”
These words were like a spell being cast. It let out a furious roar, full of lament, and it was as if the heavens and the earth could feel its grief and anger. Wild winds sliced by, and so did gusts and gusts of icy winds.
Everyone present couldn’t help but take a step back.
Hei Xuanyi looked at them as if looking at dead people, sweeping a cold glance at them, and he spat a single word from his mouth: “Alright.”
“J-just with the few of you?” Wu Qianli waved his hands, indicating for the bodyguards to attack together at once: “Everyone, attack together!”
The bodyguards looked at each other, faces full of apprehension. Ignoring the spirit of Wu Ruo who looked incomparably insane, just Hei Xuanyi alone emanated a terrifying aura that made them not dare to go forth.
Wu Qianli was so angered that he shoved the bodyguard next to him: “Why aren’t you attacking?”
The bodyguard hesitated for a moment, then raised his hands, preparing to use magic, but then he saw a few silhouettes appearing from behind Hei Xuanyi. There were more and more in number, and they were becoming clearer and clearer. No matter if it was on the ground, on top of trees or on top of the roof, everywhere was full of countless vicious faces of Gui clanspeople. In the midst of the darkness, it was extremely sinister and terrifying. The people of the Wu family couldn’t help taking a step back.
“Everyone, listen clearly. Furen wants everyone in the Wu family to be his grave ornaments. Don’t leave out anyone from the other main estates as well. Bring all of them here, and let them watch how horribly their own clanspeople die.” Hei Gan emerged from the darkness and said.
The large majority of the Gui clanspeople disappeared from Shuqing Garden. Closely after, Wu Qianjing and the rest of them heard the shrill shrieks coming from afar. Wu Qianjing and the others also started fighting with the Gui clanspeople. In just a short while, there were many people collapsed on the ground. Wu Qianli and the others had also suffered injuries.
Not long after, their wives and children had been brought to Shuqing Garden.
“Seal their spiritual energy.” The spirit floated in the air, pointing at Sang Dongyi and the others expressionlessly, then it turned to the bodyguards and said: “As long as you rape their wives and children now, then you don’t have to die.”
“Wu Ruo, how dare you!” Wu Qiantong was full of rage, following after, he shrieked. His arm had been chopped off by someone.
“Is our family’s furen‘s esteemed name10Reminder: people don’t use the names of respected and esteemed individuals. They are exclusively referred to by title only. For example, it is a taboo to use the name of any royal family members and you can be severely punished for it. something you can even say?” A black silhouette appeared in front of Wu Qiantong, and his face was tattooed with many black talisman marks.
The bodyguards looked at the ground full of corpses, and were instantly extremely afraid. They were very clear that they were not a match for these Gui clanspeople. Even if the clan leader and elders hurried over, they would not be of any help.
“S-sixth Young Master, are your words to be trusted?” Someone asked.
“So much bullshit.” Hei Gan’s expression was cold and dark. He raised his jian and killed the bodyguard next to him: “If you don’t do as our furen says, then you will definitely die.”
The cowardly bodyguards who were afraid of dying were ready to take action.
“Do all of you want to rebel?” Wu Qianjing said angrily.
“Daye, we also just want a way out alive.” The bodyguards hesitated for a moment, then threw themselves at Sang Dongyi and the others.
Sang Dongyi, Ruan Fengru and the others let out shrieks one after the other, but they were held down by the Gui clanspeople and couldn’t resist: “Don’t come over, all of you, don’t come over!”
The spirit watched the women; thinking of how its mother was sullied by others just like that just now, its heart was full of grief and ruthlessness. It pointed at Wu Qianqing and the others and said: “Hold them down. Let them see with their own eyes how their wives and children are played with.”
“Yes, sir.” The Gui clanspeople immediately grabbed Wu Qianjing and the others.
“Xiao-Ruo, have mercy.” Suddenly, an anxious voice said from outside.
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