Chapter 79 (1/2)
Chapter 79
Chapter 79: Loyalty—Part One
Translated by K of Exiled Rebels Scanlations
The bloodbath of Nightless City, legendarily, was a bloody battle in which the YiLing Patriarch, Wei WuXian, slaughtered over three thousand people during the night of the pledge conference on his own
Some said that it was five thousand as wellNo ht, the ruins of Nightless City becaory hell in Wei WuXian’s hands
And the ed to return to Burial Mound unscathednobody kne exactly he did it
Due to this battle, the cultivation world was quite badly woundedAnd since this was the case, after nearly threeplans, the Four Great Sects were finally able to successfully pull off a siege on the de the word ‘ Patriarch
Wei WuXian looked at the cultivators before the De CaveTheir expressions were the absolute sae conference, pouring their wine on the ground as they took the pledge to scatter the ashes of the Wen Sect’s reht, others were the descendents of those cultivators, but even more were ‘persons of justice’ who held the same beliefs as them
Yi WeiChun, the s cut off by hiain, “The debts of blood you owe three thousand people will never be repaid, not even if you die a million times!”
Wei WuXian interrupted him, “Three thousand people? There were indeed three thousand cultivators present that night at Nightless City, but so too were the leaders the sects and many of their elitesWith all of them present, could I have really killed all of the three thousand people? Are you thinking too highly ofdown on them?”
He was only stating a simple fact cal, “What do you think we’re talking about here? How could there be bargaining to debts of blood?”
Wei WuXian, “It’s not that I want to bargain about such a thing, but that I don’t want es to be doubled just because of some words from anotherI won’t shoulder what I didn’t do”
Someone spoke, “What you didn’t do? What is there that you didn’t do?”
Wei WuXian, “For exa-Zun apartI’m not the one who forced Madam Jin to take her own life at Koi TowerI’m not the one who controls all of those corpses you ran into when you rushed up the mountain either”
Su She sant, yet now you’re being so humbleIf not you, I really can’t think of anyone in this world who can control so ht with us”
Wei WuXian, “You really can’t think of anyone? Anyone can do it if they have the Tiger Seal”
Su She, “Isn’t the Tiger Seal one of your weapons?”
Wei WuXian, “Now it’s time to ask just whoBack then, some certain sects or so were scared to death of the Ghost GeneralThey said they’d kill him on the surface, but behind their backs they hid hieWho was the one that said his ashes had been scattered back then?”
In unison, everyone looked across at the LanlingJin Sect’s disciples ere presentAfter all, the LanlingJin Sect’s leader was the one who held co with solemnity that the two leaders of the Wen Sect’s rehtless City
Su She immediately replied, “You really don’t have to make up stories”
Suddenly, strange rustlings and ruain
Lan QiShen, “Be careful, everyone! The second wave of corpses is here!”
Hearing this, half of the group went forth to deal with it, while the other half still pointed the tips of their swords alar Cave
Wei WuXian, “I said, already, that these corpses aren’t under my controlIf you have the time to look at me, perhaps you should look at them instead”
There were quite a few famed cultivator present, as well as soroup of fierce corpses was nothing difficultWith the sounds of the guqin and the sword glares flying everywhere, nobody had the spare time to care about ent on here
With a wave of his whip, Jiang Cheng slashed three corpses into pieces before he turned around to Jin Ling, “Jin Ling! Do you want your legs or not?!”
What he s if he still refused to co had heard over and over againHe’d never done it for realAnd thus, he glanced at Jiang Cheng, but still didn’tZidian with a twist of his wrist, as though to wrap it around Jin Ling and drag hi on Zidian’s body suddenly dimmedA moment later, it went out
I and wrapped itself around his ring fingerJiang Cheng paused in astonishmentHe’d never been in a situation where Zidianat his palm when two drops of blood splattered on the center of it
Jiang Cheng lifted his hand and wiped to see a handful of redJin Ling exclaimed, “Uncle!”
A few shouts of surprise ca with the corpses as wellOver there, lares had di on over half of the people’s facesNosebleedsFor some, blood trickled from both their noses and their mouths!
One of the sword cultivators exclai?!”
“My spiritual powers are gone!”
“shi+xiong, co happened over here!”
bi+chen was unsheathed, killing the corpse that chased after the cultivator shouting for helpHowever, the distressed calls grew in nuathered slowly as well, retreating in the direction of the De Cave
Right now, the cultivators ere prepared to have a grand battle up at Burial Mound had suddenly lost their spiritual powersNot only had the sword glares disappeared and the talismans failed, even the Su Sect’s disciples had beco abilities
The situation was reversed!
Lan wangJi took off the guqin fros echoed skywardHowever, no matter how adept he was at Sound of Vanquish, he was nonetheless aloneWen Ning leaped out of the Cave and helped hi to endure in silence the kicks and punches co from these cultivatorsFortunately, he was unable to feel pain, and thus wasn’t affected
Amid the pandemonium, Lan SiZhui suddenly rushed out and shouted, “Everyone, co CaveThere is a large array on the ground of the caveIt issome parts, but it should work if it is e for a while!”
A few of the cultivators who had gone o in as soon as they heard itSu She, however, shouted in a louder voice, “nobody go in! Itinside for us!”
Hearing his shouts, the people suddenly realized, hesitating as to whether or not to goWith a wave of his hand, Wei WuXian let down a rain of talis tooYou’re dying anyways, and you can at least put it off a bit if you co all these people to die sooner?”
Hearing his shouts, the people suddenly realized, hesitating as to whether or not to goWith a wave of his hand, Wei WuXian let down a rain of talis tooYou’re dying anyways, and you can at least put it off a bit if you co all these people to die sooner?”
Although his wordstheo inStill hesitating, the continued their hard fight with the fierce corpsesOthers were able to e for a while with their spiritual powers stripped away, but Nie HuaiSang couldn’tEveryone knew that he was both timid and untalentedHe wasn’t ambitious either, and didn’t work hard as a cultivatorHe was caught off-guard by the sudden change of events and didn’t receive any wounds only frouards’ protection
Seeing that the corpses grew larger and larger in nuo in or not? If you don’t, I’ll go in firstExcuse my absenceQuick, quick, quick—everyone, come in!”
Before he even finished speaking, Nie HuaiSang led the QingheNie Sect’s disciples into the De Cave with quick decisivenessHe really was as anxious as a dog that had lost its owner, as scared as a fish that had escaped the netOthers were ihtforwardness
At this point, OuYang ZiZhen shouted as well, “Dad, stop killing theoThere aren’t any traps inside!”
A few of the other boys shouted as well, “Yeah, there really is a big array on the ground!”
Jin Ling, “Uncle, come in!”
Jiang Cheng lunged with Sandu, which had lost its glare as well, threatening, “You can shut up!”
After his shout, however, blood dripped down fro dashed down the stairs and began to drag him toward the Cave
Right now, having lost his spiritual powers and spent half the day fighting, Jiang Cheng was exhausted, and soThe Jiang Sect’s cultivators hurried to follow their leader too
At the sa voice echoed fro inside! Could a senior coround? I can’t! I don’t kno to mend it!”
Hearing his last sentence, three large words appeared in everyone’s !”
Lan wangJi’s fingers didn’t leave the strings of his guqin as he looked up, “Uncle!”
In the first place, Lan QiRen didn’t want to go inside the CaveHe’d rather battle here outside until his last ht now, he wasn’t aloneHe was responsible for many Lan Sect cultivators and the Jin Sect cultivators who’d been left to his commandThe main force of the battle wasn’t hinore the lives of these disciples, willing to catch any hope that there was
He didn’t look at Lan wangJi, raising his sword and ordering, “Proceed with caution!”
Until now, the LanlingJin Sect, the GusuLan Sect, the QingheNie Sect, and the Yunone inside alreadyWith them in the lead, the rest of the people ile eitherIf there really was some beast or de it for theSu Sect’s people were the only ones who hadn’t moved
Wei WuXian, “Huh? Sect Leader Su, aren’t you going in? Very well, then you can stay outsideBut everyone’s out of spiritual powers, right? If you stay outside, won’t you been seeking your own death? Such coe”
Su She gave Wei WuXian a sideway glanceAlthough his darkened face twitched uncontrollably, he led his disciples inside as well
The De Cave successfully held all of the over a thousand peopleThe breaths and whispers of these people echoed endlessly within theas soon as he entered and went to exaround under his eager, expectant gazeThe array was indeed quite oldAt once, he cut his paluarded the stairs, throwing away the corpses that were the nearestAs soon as the array was h they were blocked out by an invisible barrier, temporarily unable to come in
Wei WuXian waited until Lan wangJi put his guqin away before walking into the Cave with hihs of relief saw the talk down the stairs, one in black and the other in white, they became worried once more
Wei WuXian waited until Lan wangJi put his guqin away before walking into the Cave with hihs of relief saw the talk down the stairs, one in black and the other in white, they became worried once more
nobody expected that this would be the caseThey were supposed to be here to join in a siege on the YiLing Patriarch, yet now it seeeThey even had to hide in the YiLing Patriarch’s cave to live on just a bit longerLan QiRen finished round and stood before the crowd, blocking the two’s pathHe held his chin high, alht Wei WuXian until the end of his life if he dared make a move
Lan wangJi, “… Uncle”
The sense of disappointment hadn’t left Lan QiRen’s heart yetAs of the moment, he still didn’t want to look at the disciple whohout all those yearsHe only looked at Wei WuXian, speaking coldly, “Just what do you intend on doing?”
Wei WuXian sat down on the stairs, “NothingBut since you’re here already, why not have a chat…”
Yi WeiChun shouted, “There’s nothing for us to chat about with you!”
Wei WuXian, “How could there be nothing to chat about? I’ it—don’t you want to kno you’ve suddenly lost your spiritual powers? From the botto to all of you without anyone noticing”
Just as Yi WeiChun spat, he heard Nie HuaiSang respond, “Yeah, I think he makes a lot of sense”
Everyone glared at him
Wei WuXian continued, “I’e, you didn’t have the tiether, so you shouldn’t be under any sort of poison”
Lan SiZhui, “It is definitely not poisonI have never heard of a poison that could dissolve one’s spiritual powers so suddenlyOr else, it would definitely be sought after by h prices, and the rumors would be an uproar”
Many rabbed a few people and felt for their pausesThe people asked, “How is it? How is it? Is the disappearance of our spiritual powers temporary or permanent?!”
The question immediately attracted the attention of many peopleThey didn’t have the spare tierAfter all, if their spiritual powers had disappeared forever, eternally, they’d beend than dying here
The medics had a short discussion before they spoke, “Everyone, your golden cores are unharmedThere’s no need to worry! It should be temporary”
Hearing that it was teh of reliefHe took over the handkerchief that Jin Ling was passing to hian, “Te is temporary? When should we recover?”
One of the medics, “… I’m afraid… at least four hours”
Jiang Cheng’s face was terrifyingly dark, “Four hours?!”
Everyone looked up, glancing at the crowd of fierce corpses surrounding the Cave so tightly that not even a drop of water could pass throughThe nu people who caht at the inside of the Cave, where huy churnedThey weren’t even willing to step half a foot away, squirh they’d co flesh was
Their spiritual poould only be able to recover in at least four hours? They didn’t even know if the fraground, unused for years and temporarily patched up, could last for four hours!
Besides, the YiLing Patriarch was in the sah they didn’t knohy he hadn’tto annihilate the the with themDespite this, nobody knew if Wei WuXian would suddenly flip out
Their gazes landed on Wei WuXian once againWei WuXian, “I said already that there’s no need for you to look at roups of people whose spiritual powers reroup; the children who’ve been brought up the o form the otherIt’s not inaccurate if I described the rest of the people as absolutely powerless, is it? If I wanted to do anything to you, would the children be able to stop me?”
Besides, the YiLing Patriarch was in the sah they didn’t knohy he hadn’tto annihilate the the with themDespite this, nobody knew if Wei WuXian would suddenly flip out
Their gazes landed on Wei WuXian once againWei WuXian, “I said already that there’s no need for you to look at roups of people whose spiritual powers reroup; the children who’ve been brought up the o form the otherIt’s not inaccurate if I described the rest of the people as absolutely powerless, is it? If I wanted to do anything to you, would the children be able to stop me?”
Su She snorted, “Stop with the nonsenseIf you want to kill us, so be itAnyone who le noise doesn’t deserve to be called heroDon’t expect that anyone would beg for your pity either”
With his words,the thousand people, only around twenty were here for vengeanceThe rest only participated thoughtlessly when they heard that there’d be a siegeOne could say that they were only bystanders of justice, only here because of their own sense ofthe flow of the roups in the leadTo be able to kill a few of Wei WuXian’s corpse-dogs would be quite a prestigious actBut if they were really asked to pay the price, not many people would want to join
Wei WuXian glanced at him, “I’m sorry, but I have to ask—who are you?”