Prologue (2/2)
However, what he did next made Li realize that he was just a monster in the shape of a human The rill it over the fire on the altar
Soon the hall was filled with a disgusting aroma He smiled, and put the arm in his mouth As he opened his mouth, the corners of his mouth reached his ear, and exposed the sharp teeth inside
He sed half of the ar out of his mouth, he said: ”I have to ade tastes much better, so it would be a waste to eat you like this The right entle heat, and then cut hi air-dried, they can be ate with alcohol on cloudy days”
Li YunXin clenched his teeth to stop hi He rose his head, look at the man's face and asked: ”What…are you?”
The young rind on his face: ”Aren't you afraid?” He thought for a moment and said: ”Call me Lord Nine”
Tre, Li YunXin said: ”They tried to killmy life”
Lord Nine opened his scary ive me your flesh in return”
Li YunXin took a deep breath and said: ”Lord Nine, you saved ether If you eat me, this destiny would be wasted”
The young le, and said: ”Destiny? Between you and me? Seriously? You are only…” Suddenly, he paused, and frowned at Li YunXin He stared at hiot an interesting destiny”
He waved his head, looked at Li YunXin, and said: ”I shall let you live…for now”
The chilling wind blew through the door with rain,a sharp sound As the fire waved in the wind, Li YunXin felt his heart bounced violently inside him
He ht he was interesting Which part of him? Maybe it was his destiny or his attitude After all, usually, all a hu for mercy
He moved closer to the fire, and torn off the lapel from the robe of one of the corpses
Lord Nine gazed at him silently
Li YunXin warped the stab wound on his arm with hands and teeth, and of course, the lapel After that, he exahu which was tied on the waist of the corpse The pancakes was soft, because rain and blood wet them
Lord Nine stared at him with his vertical pupils, seemed interested
Li YunXin picked up the sword dropped by the priest, threaded the pancakes on it, and started to heat them over the fire, like what Lord Nine had done with their limbs
When the pancakes were a little bit overdone, Li YunXin picked one from then sword and took a bite of it His htly burnt pancake Apart for else in the crispy pancake – the taste of blood Nevertheless, he ate the whole pancake
Lord Nine clapped, laughed out loud and said: ”Wonderful! I have seen a cannibal once As a hu flesh of human, but he wasn't so fun like you”
Li YunXin didn't want him to lose his interest in hi, eable lord Could you please tell me more about…”
Thunder suddenly crashed above them, and interrupted his words Lord Nine seemed shocked by the thunder He dropped the flesh in his hands at once, stood up, stared at the sky for a while, frowning Then he turned into dark smoke and rushed out of the temple
As soon as he left, Li YunXin ran into the rain with the sword in his hand, towards the forest, as fast as he could
Footnotes:
Li YunXin李云心: Name of the main character For the correct pronunciation, copy and paste the Chinese origin in Google Translate
Li: A Chinese family name which means ”plum”
Yun: Cloud
Xin: Heart
ChiWen螭吻:One of the 9 sons of the dragon in Chinese y Sculptures of ChiWen are widely used as decorations in Chinese architecture
A ChiWen on the Roof
Priests: Most of the ”priest”s in this novel refer to Taoist priests
2 fingers width: A width of this:
This poor priest: A pronoun used by Taoists in place of I to show their modest attitude Yes, they even use it when they talk with their enemies
observing a leopard through a bamboo tube管中窥豹，可见一斑: A Chinese idiom, which means ”to have a limited view of sth”
The full version is ”Observing a leopard through a bamboo tube, one could only see a spot on its fur”
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