Chapter 3 (1/2)
Rude and Unreasonable 2
He wanted to wash his face, to see the true appearance of this body, but there was no water in the house, neither for drinking nor bathing.
The only basin appeared to be a chamber pot and was not suitable for was.h.i.+ng.
The door appeared to be bolted from the outside, presumably to prevent him from leaving the house.
There was nothing about this situation that made him happy to be reborn.
Wei Wu Xian meditated for a while, to adapt to his new home, and ended up sitting the whole day.
When his eyes opened again, sunlight was slipping through the gaps in the shutters and leaking into the house.
Although he was able to get up and walk, his dizziness had not improved.
Wei Wu Xian was baffled: “This Mo Xuan Yu’s cultivation is low and and his soul’s power is negligible, there’s no reason why I can’t manage this body. Why am I having problems?”
It was not until he heard the unusual noise coming from his belly that he realized it wasn’t an issue of spiritual power but that this body was hungry from not eating.
If he did not go foraging for food, perhaps he would become the first evil spirit who starved to death after being summoned.
Wei Wu Xian increased the Qi in his legs in preparation to break the door down when suddenly he heard approaching footsteps. There was kick to the door, and an impatient voice said: “Eat!”
The words were shouted but the door was not opened.
Wei Wu Xian looked down and saw at the bottom of the door a smaller door opened just enough for a small bowl to slide through.
The servant outside said: “Hurry up! Don’t dawdle! Eat the food in the bowl and push it back out!”
The door, smaller than a dog, was not large enough to fit a person, but was just enough to allow a bowl to fit.
Two servings of vegetables and one of rice, the quality looked bad.
Wei Wu Xian inserted his chopsticks into the rice feeling slightly sad.
Ancestor Yi Ling had just returned to earth and already had been trampled underfoot and mercilessly scolded.
His first dinner was cold leftovers.
What rein of terror? What ruthless ma.s.s slaughter? What extinguish the family line? No one would believe this.
Truly, the tiger is bullied by the dog, the dragon is tricked by the shrimp to swim in shallow water, and the plucked phoenix feather is worth less than chicken down.
At this time, the servant outside made another noise, this time switching to a happy voice: “A’Ding! You came.”
Another delicate female voice said softly: “A’Tong, you’ve come to deliver the meal?”
A’Tong spit out: “Would I otherwise come to this unlucky place?”
A’Ding’s voice came closer to the door: “You only bring one meal a day and from time to time you can goof off and no one scolds you. How is this leisurely task unlucky?”
“In return, I have to work so much that going out to play is out of the question.”
A’Tong grumbled: “Delivering his meal is not the only thing I do! At this time aren’t you also going out to play? There are so many zous.h.i.+ around, which house isn’t guarded and sealed up tight?”
Wei Wu Xian crouched near the door, picked up a bowl, and listened while he ate with chopsticks of two different lengths.
It seems that lately this Mo Village wasn’t very peaceful.
Zous.h.i.+, the meaning of the word being, the walking dead, one kind of commonly seen low cla.s.s evil dead.
Dull eyes, slow walking, weak power, but enough to alarm an ordinary person. The rotten smell alone is enough to make you vomit.
However, to Wei Wu Xian, they are the easiest to use and most obedient puppets so he had good feelings towards them.
A’Tong seemed to wink (at A’Ding): “If you want to go, you can take me with you, I’ll protect you… …” A’Ding: “You? Protect me? You overestimate yourself, don’t tell me you think you can beat those things?” A’Tong responded bitterly: “I can’t fight them off, no one else can either.”
A’Ding said with a smile voice: “How do you know no one else can beat them? I tell you, today an emissary from one of the immortal sects arrived at our Mo Clan Village. I hear that he was from a celebrated n.o.ble family! The Madame greeted him in the main hall. Many townspeople were present to see it.
Listen, isn’t it noisy? I don’t have any free time to spend with you, perhaps later I’ll receive more orders.”
Wei Wu Xian carefully listened and could faintly hear clamoring sounds of people from the east.
Thinking for a moment, he stood up, raised his foot, and kicked. The door bolt went “crack” and split apart.
The two flirting servants screamed at the door suddenly bursting open.
Wei Wu Xian threw away the bowl and chopsticks and walked out without saying a word. Unexpectedly blinded by the sunlight, he felt a tingling sensation on his skin. He placed his hand on his brow and closed his eyes for a moment.
A’Tong then shouted. More quick-witted than A’Ding he had quickly regained his bearings. Seeing only a weak lunatic, his courage returned. Realizing the opportunity to save the lost face of a moment ago, he jumped over to reprimand, waving his hands as if scolding a dog: “Go, go! Go back! What are you doing coming out!”
This treatment was no better than if he were facing a beggar or a fly.
In the past, these servants had always treated Mo Xuan Yu the same way. He had never attempted to resist and so they had become brazen in their behavior.
With one foot, Wei Wu Xian kicked Ah Tong down and said with a smile: “Who do you think you’re mistreating.”
The kick finished, he walked towards the east following the clamor.
The eastern courtyard of the east hall was surrounded inside and out by many people. As Wei Wu Xian stepped into the courtyard, he could hear the voice of a woman above the crowd: “… … our family’s younger generation, we already have an immortal karmic affinity… …”
It seems Madame Mo was doing everything possible to build ties with the aristocratic immortal families again.
Before she could finish, Wei Wu Xian quickly pushed his way through the crowd into the hall and waved warmly while saying: “Come come, here here!”
Sitting in the hall was a well maintained middle aged woman wearing expensive clothes, Madame Mo. Sitting next to her was her husband who had married into the family.
Sitting opposite were several white clothed youths with swords on their backs.
From amongst the crowd suddenly emerged an unkempt weirdo. All sounds stopped short. Wei Wu Xian, seemingly oblivious of the crowds reaction shamelessly said: “Just now who called for me? Having an immortal karmic affinity, that would me.”
The heavy powder on his face cracked as he smiled and fell to the floor.
One of the white clothed youths, “Pff” almost laughed out loud while their leader didn’t seem to approve and gave him a stern look.
Wei Wu Xian, following the sound with his eyes was slightly surprised.
He had thought the family servants were exaggerating but unexpectedly these juniors really seemed to be from a prominent family.
These youngsters with graceful sleeves, relaxed and floating movements full of xianqi, were very pleasing to the eye. The blue school uniforms appeared to be from Gu Su Lan.
These youths all appeared to have blue blood owing to the fact that they all wore a finger wide cloud patterned band on their foreheads.
The Gu Su Lan motto was “Righteous”. The forehead band stood for “Self Discipline” and was marked with the cloud pattern of the family.
Visiting officials or even disciples would not have the family markings.
Wei Wu Xian saw the Lan family’s people immediately looked like they had developed toothaches. The older generation wore unspoken criticism like a suit of mourning clothes, they would never acknowledge a mistake.
Madame Mo had not seen her nephew for a long time. Stunned, she slowly recognized the person wearing heavy makeup. Internally enraged and attempting to avoid the appearance of rudeness she lowered her voice to her husband and said: “Who released him, send him back where he came from!”
Her husband hurriedly returned an apologetic smile and with a wretched look on his face got up to grab him. Wei Wu Xian suddenly threw himself down and with his arms and legs firmly clung to the ground. He couldn’t be dragged even with the a.s.sistance of several servants. If it were not for the outsiders he would have already attempted to kick him with his feet.
Watching this, Madame Mo’s expression grew increasingly ugly. Brow beaded with sweat, her husband said: “You d.a.m.ned lunatic! See how I fix you if you don’t return!”
Although the Mo Clan Village was known to have a mad Mo son, Mo Xuan Yu had spent the last several years huddled in his dark room where he couldn’t be seen. Seeing him now with make up like a ghost the audience stood and whispered, this was a bad sight.
Wei Wu Xian said: “I also demand a return!”
He pointed to Mo Zi Yuan. “You make him return the things he stole!”
Mo Zi Yuan didn’t expect this lunatic to have this level of courage. Yesterday he’d been taught a lesson, today he dared to show up here. Red faced he responded: “What nonsense is this! When did I steal your stuff? What use would I have for your things?”
Wei Wu Xian said: “Right right right! You didn’t steal from me, you mugged me!”
This time, Madame Mo stood up. Mo Xuan Yu clearly came prepared with a clear head to deliberately drive away these guests. She couldn’t help but to feel hate: “You deliberately came here to cause trouble!”
Wei Wu Xian said blankly: “He stole my things, I came to get them returned, how is this causing trouble?”
Madame Mo had no reply, Mo Zi Yuan however was anxious. Rising, he lifted one foot to kick.
One white clothed youth with a sword on his back raised a finger. Mo Zi Yuan’s leg became unsteady, his kick hit the air, and he toppled over.
Wei Wu Xian rolled in a circle as if he’d really been kicked and his robe tore open. Showing on his chest were precisely the bruises caused by Mo Zi Yuan’s kicks yesterday.
The Mo clan villagers watched the show with keen interest. These bruises could not have been made by Mo Wuan Yu himself. No matter how it was explained, he was a Mo blood relation. This family was too ruthless. He had returned a little muddled, but now he had been pushed 80% closer to insanity.
Anyway, it was clear that now there was going to be a good show, much better than watching the immortal sect.