The ghost
willows controlled by Fan Wu She and Jiang Qu Lian’s army started a ferocious
and huge war on Huangquan Road. Billions of willow branches turned into blood-sworn*
spiritual snakes, whipping and entangling the enemies in the forest. Thick
roots stretched out from the bloody fertile soil, dragging them mercilessly into
the ground and becoming their own nutrients.
For a time,
the shrill ghost cries rang through the underworld and pierced the eardrums like
needles, which was absolutely terrifying.
Jiang Qu
Lian and Xie Bi An had already exchanged more than a hundred blows. Cui Jue's
words not only angered him just now, but also disrupted his mind, forcing him
to recall the memory he was most reluctant to revisit.
He couldn't
face his own stupidity, and he couldn't even accept that he'd exhausted
everything and gotten nothing. Instead, he ended up being thrown into the Hungry
Ghost Path.
He would always remember the moment when he ate thousands of fierce ghosts and finally became a ghost king. The moment he became a ghost king, the first thing he did was to sneak into Yanluo Hall and look for his trial scrolls. He wanted to know what he had done in his previous life to suffer such a punishment. He had eaten his own mother, companions, and followers. When he felt hungry, his intellect was defeated by appetite and instinct repeatedly. For hundreds of years, he was like an animal that went mad at any time, and countless times after he became clear-headed, he found that he stuffed his mouth full of rotten meat, or he chewed the people he cared about until only limbs and bones were left.
When he saw a few pages of records on the scroll, under that great trigger, he remembered everything in his past life. It turned out that everything he had suffered, from an Asura who transcended reincarnation and could live forever and never get old, to degenerating into a hungry ghost worse than a beast, was just because he fell in love with an eminent and unapproachable god who had never looked at him. It turned out that the greatest evil he did deliberately was merely smashing 72 immortal peaches.
At that moment, he felt more sadder and ridiculous than hate. There was no doubt he was stupid, but it was not up to others to manipulate his fate. What should really be smashed was the perfect status of the gods and the means of life, death, rewards, and punishments used by the heavenly palace to rule the three realms ----- the six paths of reincarnation. Why could celestial beings enjoy the privilege? Why should he be a hungry ghost? Why should the six paths of reincarnation assign ranks, advantages, and disadvantages to all living creatures? Why could Lan Jiang not even look at him just because he was an Asura?
The seed of hatred he planted at that time finally became a towering tree after watering it with blood and tears for two lifetimes. Its root system was deeply rooted in the poison of the soul. Only blood, killing, and revenge could alleviate the piercing pain of the poison.
When he saw Lan Chui Han in Chidi City, despite him being only a sixteen or seventeen year old boy, outstanding, confident, cheerful, friendly, caring, and only a mortal rumored to be weak and sick at a young age and nearly died, he was certain at just a glance that Lan Chui Han was the reincarnation of Lan Jiang. He would never forget that face.
It was difficult to describe the raging emotions at that moment. He still remembered the feeling of trembling all over. He, who originally came to see the excitement, possessed a person without thinking. That person was Cangyu Sect leader Qi Meng Sheng's second disciple, who was responsible for receiving the Lan family who came to Chidi City to forge a sword using Shen Nong Ding. There was also the word ‘Yun’ in the name ---- Yun Zhong Jun. Just for the sake of Lan Chui Han smiling at him, to cup his fist in the other hand, to gaze at him, and call him "brother Yun".
What he thought and pursued in his previous life was just so that condescending god could seriously look at him and call out his name. Such a humble and pitiful wish had been annihilated with countless pain and suffering and had long since distorted its true form.
Despite the current reincarnated Lan Jiang having no memory of anything and was a mortal, he neither dared to ignore him, nor was he his opponent. Lan Chui Han was even younger than him, but he still wanted something from this person to make up for what he did not get. So, his identity in the human realm had completely become Yun Zhong Jun. During those ten years, he deployed his master plan while deliberately getting close to Lan Chui Han.
He finally got what he wished for, and saw many emotions appear in those eyes because of him: joy, admiration, concentration, fascination, and love. Facing Lan Chui Han, whose eyes were filled with him, his soul had split into two. Half of it was indulgence, and the other half was anger.
He was angry at the fact that Lan Chui Han was not the real Lan Jiang, and what he got was not him. He was angry at the fact that he could not part with this substitute. He was angry at the fact that after 600 years, he still could not let go.
A thought arose in his mind. He wanted to make Lan Chui Han remember it. He did not know why Lan Chui Han was demoted to a mortal, but this person must remember it. He wanted that arrogant god from back then to remember how he treated him in his previous life, and then see how he subverted the three realms and six paths, reversed the ranks, the advantages and disadvantages between them, and avenged his shame with his own eyes.
Lan Chui Han
must remember it, so he threw him into the Chamber of Nightmares. As long as
the strongest and most painful memories were repeated constantly, Lan Chui Han would
recover the memories of his previous life under the great trigger. He would let
Lan Chui Han see how he ruled the Underworld and how he controlled the six
paths of reincarnation with his own eyes.
Although his
plan had obstacles, everything was developing in the direction of his plan. No
one could stop him, no one!
When Jiang Qu
Lian was distracted several times, he was wounded three times by Xie Bi An. He tried
to calm his mind, but the trigger from Cui Jue's words was so destructive that
he was already on the edge of going insane. Although he had made great achievements in cultivating the Hungry
Ghost Path, he couldn’t change his nature as a hungry ghost if he didn’t become
an immortal. He had already escaped from the control of the lowly sense of
hunger. After becoming the ghost king, he had not been out of control for 200
years. Once he lost control, he would return to the most primitive instinctive
desire ---- eating. So, he must not lose control.
He swayed
and turned into a strange red fog that spread around Xie Bi An, who vigilantly
spun around to defend himself in it. In that moment of sensing the fluctuation
of the murderous aura, he swung his sword in that area. Indeed, there was a
huge ghost claw in the direction of the sword.
The two missed
and passed each other. The ghost claw brushed past Xie Bi An's shoulder, and it
was hot and painful. He hurriedly gestured a detoxification enchantment, but he
still saw the wound was rapidly blackening and stinking under the effect of the
corpse poison.
Jiang Qu
Lian stretched out his tongue and gently licked his blood-stained fingertips:
"Your blood is sweet and tastes not bad. I'm sure your heart and core must
be delicious too."
"Come and get it if you have the ability." Xie Bi An crossed his sword in front of him and sneered, "I think you only know how to bluff. In fact, you are timid and weak. You have been entangled with Lan Chui Han for two lifetimes, yet you don’t even dare to look at his previous life. So pathetic."
Xie Bi An had
also discovered that constantly triggering Jiang Qu Lian could disrupt his
mind, and the one who could trigger this red-clothed ghost king the most was
Lan Chui Han.
Jiang Qu Lian's eyes became increasingly red: "Then how about you? How much courage did you have to face the past after you found out that your past self was helpless, incompetent, useless, and a failure?"
"I didn't want to face it, but I did anyway." Xie Bi An asked in reply using the same tone, "What about you?"
"If you hadn't saved Lan Chui Han, I would have heard about his past life from him personally. Would he have explained, quibbled, or repented? In any case, he would have paid for his past life."
"He won't, because after he came out of the Chamber of Nightmares, the nightmare was still in his heart. Now, he’s like a walking corpse." Xie Bi An said coldly, "Is this what you wanted to see?"
Jiang Qu
Lian’s expression moved slightly, and he gave a mocking laugh, "That's
what he deserved."
SQC’s
note: Ahhhhhhh I can't believe I still haven't finished writing.
Xinjiang
is too big. I work from dawn to dusk every day. It's definitely the most tiring
trip I've ever experienced…
Although
it's really beautiful o (╥﹏╥) o
Sorry,
everyone!
The promise (of updating a chapter twice the normal length---mentioned on her Weibo) I made yesterday will be made up tomorrow!
PS: Please rest well SQC, I saw SQC updated c271 which was twice the length at 3am+ Geezus, please don’t spoil ur body T__T
PS from Emzie: I looked it up and Xinjiang is a province in eastern China. About a 18+ hour drive from one end to the other according to google maps. That certainly is big.
blood-sworn*[歃血]---- actual meaning: smear one's lips with the blood of a sacrifice as a means of pledging allegiance in ancient times
Edited on 28 July 21
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tysmmmmm!!! im getting anxious thinking what might happen next lmaooo
ReplyDeleteif He Mian is indeed Lan Jiang, could it be Lan Jiang reincarnated into mortal because he helped Ah-Yun back then? 🤔
ReplyDeleteThem god were petty. Just for 72 peaches !???? I can't help but feel sadness for red ghost king. I feel bad for his past life. Really.
ReplyDeleteWell he was imprisoned for 72 peaches and instigating chaos amongst Asura and the Gods (?). I don’t think he deserved to be tortured but for an immortal being like him, 100 years in prison seems alright. The got thrown into the ghost path for killing the guards, freeing other prisoners and destroying property
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