无常劫水千丞 WuChangJie Impermanence novel by ShuiQianCheng English translation: Chapter 206

My disciple Bi An

Seeing my words is like meeting me in person.

When I wrote this letter, you were still imprisoned in Chidi City, but Zi Yu said you still have a long life in this life, and the Lan family is also trying to save you, so I believe you will be able to turn the peril into safety.

I indeed knew your past history from the beginning. Before your reincarnation, there were many people coveting your golden core already in Jiuyou. Unfortunately, you were born into an ordinary farming family, and they had no power to protect you. After I saved you, I originally wanted to send you to Chunyang Sect, but I suddenly had an idea, and brought you back to the Underworld. This master-disciple relationship between you and I must have been destined.

Huang Dao Zi found me when he was still alive. According to the calculations of the Luo Shui Jade Armor, the grudge between you and Zong Zi Xiao is not solved. Zong Zi Xiao's fate is so tyrannical that the Underworld cannot trap him. You and he must restart the karma in this life. Your fate and his are closely related to the human and ghost realms and all people. Only you have the power to rewrite the fate of heaven.

I hope you will not be blinded by the floating clouds. Follow your heart, believe in your own choice, and see the truth in the midst of the chaos.

You don't have to be sad for me. I’ve never cared for fame and fortune in my life. I had obtained the ancient divine treasure, I could travel freely between the two worlds, I have tasted the world's best wine, and I have accepted such a good disciple like you. It is a really great pleasure. I did not live in vain. I originally wanted to wait for you to come back and see you one more time, but I'm afraid I couldn’t bear to leave you. If our fates have not ended, we will see each other in the future.

I know that you have carried too much, and cannot help but be discouraged, but you have been tough since childhood, warm and kind. No matter what happens, you will not resign yourself to fate. I don't believe a word of what was written in the history books about your past life. I believe in my obedient disciple whom I brought up with one hand. Remember, follow your heart, stick to your heart of Dao, and be a sword that cleaves the chaos and evil in the world.

I have two things to entrust to you. First, the weapons, immortal pills, and magical treasures I left are all yours to take. Second, I think there are still some suspicions about Cheng Yan Zhi’s body, but unfortunately, we did not have time to carefully interrogate due to coming and leaving in such a hurry previously. I asked King Qin Guang to settle him temporarily in Yanwang Hall. You must go and find him.

No need to pay tribute to master. When the spring wind turns to rain afterward, it’ll be me having a drink with you.

-- Master Zhong Zheng Nan

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Three years later

"White Master, White Master." Bo Zhu clutched a small earthen jar* and came in hurriedly. The lid of the earthen jar was clattering during the tremor.

Xie Bi An looked up from the garden, "Sounds like you’re going to shatter the jar, and you’re still running." He raised his hand to wipe the sweat off his forehead, and the pitch-black mud stained the corners of his forehead, reflecting the porcelain white and clean skin. His stretching eyebrows were extra warm and bright. What upright, handsome and excellent skin.

Bo Zhu covered the lid with one hand, ran to Xie Bi An’s side, squatted and said mysteriously: "White Master, you know what happened to our Laba garlic*?"

"What's wrong?"

"It has grown hair!" Bo Zhu lifted the lid and looked very dejected.

Xie Bi An glanced at it: "Did you do what I taught you?"

"Yeah."

"Did you use cold water?"

"Well ..."

Xie Bi An pinched Bo Zhu's face, rubbing the mud on his hands in the process: "Start over then."

Bo Zhu put down the jar and looked impatiently at the pit Xie Bi An had just dug: "White Master, you just came back from collecting souls and are still a little wounded. You didn’t even take a break and went into the garden as soon as you returned."

"It’s good here." Xie Bi An moved a flower into it and concentrated on covering the soil, "It's peaceful and quiet."

"Which part of the Heaven Master Palace is not quiet? It’s just the two of us ..." Bo Zhu was self-conscious about the slip of his tongue. He immediately bit his lower lip, and his expression also darkened.

Xie Bi An’s eyelids did not move a little, and he smiled faintly: "Peaceful and quiet in the heart."

In the past three years, he hardly ever let himself be unoccupied. He has been training hard, gradually extracting the essence from the three sets of sword techniques he is proficient in. He took the strengths of the three families and integrated them, and is now close to his peak strength in his previous life. He traveled around the world, dutifully fulfilling his duties as a general of the underworld while searching for Fan Wu She and Jiang Qu Lian’s whereabouts. Usually after returning to the Underworld, he would dive into the garden surrounded by hundreds of flowers and fragrances seeping into his nose, which allowed him to temporarily forget the desolation of the Heaven Master Palace.

For three years, this is how he has been living. Just that, even if he fills himself to the brim, he can't avoid the memories that tear him apart in the dead of night. He often recalls Zhong Kui's words; he told him to be a sword that cleaves the chaos and evil in the world, but he is a person who has been cleaved from the center and can never heal forever.

Bo Zhu looked at Xie Bi An's bland expression, sighed, and tugged on his sleeve: "White Master, accompany me to marinate garlic."

"Sure."

The two of them packed up, took two handfuls of flowers they had trimmed, and returned to the Heaven Master Palace.

They didn't expect Cui Jue to be sitting in the main hall, seemingly waiting for some time.

"Official Lord Cui." Bo Zhu's eyes widened, "When did you get here?"

"I've just arrived." Cui Jue looked at the jar in his hand and wrinkled his nose, "What's that in your hand? Why does it smell so bad?"

"Laba garlic. It spoiled during marination." Bo Zhu said thoughtlessly, "I was originally going to give it to you."

Cui Jue raised his eyebrows.

Xie Bi An laughed, "He meant to give it to you if it was ready after marination."

"Yes, yes."

"Bo Zhu, go make some tea."

"Yes."

Cui Jue looked at Xie Bi An. The usual serious and stubborn judge had eyes that were very gentle at this time: "I heard you got injured from soul collecting this time. Did you run into any powerful evil spirits?"

"I was careless, but it was only a minor injury." Xie Bi An said lightly, "This evil spirit has not yet dispersed, and still has consciousness, so he swindled me with words to distract me."

"What words did he use to fool you?"

Xie Bi An was silent for a moment, and seemed to have some difficulty in speaking: "He said he was a general under the command of the Supreme Demon."

"..." Cui Jue wanted to ask "How can you be swayed by these ghost words?" in reply, but when he looked at Xie Bi An's expression, he didn't say it in the end.

But Xie Bi An mocked himself and said, "That's a botched lie. It might as well have said it was one of the Red King's generals."

"I came here today to talk about the Red King." Cui Jue said straightforwardly, "I have news of him."

Xie Bi An's expression was astonished, "You found him? Where is he?"

Cui Jue said gravely, "It's likely that he's allied with Qi Meng Sheng."

"What?!" Xie Bi An's jaw dropped.

Cui Jue nodded, "It could be that the snowy plains of Kunlun are incompatible with Jiang Qu Lian's fire attribute. Over there, he can't completely hide his Yin aura like he can in other places, which is how Day Patrol and Night Patrol found him three years ago."

"He and Qi Meng Sheng ... How could they…”

"They now have common enemies, which is us and that Supreme Demon, who is hiding in the great wide world. It's not really surprising at all that these two are allied."

"You're right." Xie Bi An recalled those conversations he had with Cheng Yan Zhi, "If that's true, they should make a move soon. After all, Qi Meng Sheng also spent three years preparing for the reopening of Shen Nong Ding."

Cui Jue sighed with an exclamation, "These three years of tranquility are nothing but a blindfold."

Everyone was silently making an effort to prepare for the coming landslide and tsunami.

Xie Bi An narrowed his eyes slightly, "Then we can use that chess piece to restrict Qi Meng Sheng. It’s almost time to put it to use."

"Don't inadvertently alert the enemy yet. That chess piece is our key to defeating Qi Meng Sheng. It's not time yet."

"I understand."

"I think it's not far from the time when the Supreme Demon will come out." Cui Jue said in a deep voice, "If Zong Zi Xiao wants to take advantage of the opportunity to barge into the Underworld, then our battle with Jiang Qu Lian is the best time for him to do so."

Xie Bi An's heart gripped for a moment, "Perhaps. But he no longer has the soul-hooking chain and can't cross the Yin Yang Monument unless ..."

"Unless Jiang Qu Lian opens the Ghost Gate again."

"Official Lord Cui, what's our next step?"

Cui Jue looked at Xie Bi An quietly and did not speak.

Xie Bi An doesn’t know what to do.

"You need to make a trip to Mount Shu."

"..."

Xie Bi An lowered his head and was silent.

For three years, Li Bu Yu had sent countless letters to him, wanting to see him, but he had ignored them all.

After the battle of Chidi City, the immortal cultivation world was greatly wounded and the Immortal Alliance was in danger. Although Li Bu Yu was castigated, he is after all the head of the Immortal Alliance. With him around, he can barely be able to balance the forces of the immortal cultivation world in this stormy situation. Now there are many small sects that have changed sides to Qi Meng Sheng. The dignified immortal families still have many scruples, yet also inevitably want to be flexible and take advantage of the situation. If he has any mishap, the Immortal Alliance will definitely fall apart.

So Li Bu Yu can't die now, so Xie Bi An is not meeting him now. If they meet, he cannot reveal the hatred of him killing his father and mother.

But now, Cui Jue actually wants him to go to Mount Shu to see Li Bu Yu?

"You can invite Lord Lan to go with you, but at this time, no one but you can convince Li Bu Yu, and no one but Li Bu Yu can call on the Immortal Alliance to fight against Qi Meng Sheng and Jiang Qu Lian."

Xie Bi An's face was numb. He lowered his head for a long time before he said, "Okay, I'll go."

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PS from Emzie: ngl, I was going to edit this last night before bed, but after reading the first line of Zhong Kui's letter I decided that I didn't want to go to sleep depressed XD

earthen jar*[瓦罐]---looks like this: