Chapter 1: The Most Beautiful Woman (1/2)
Chapter 1 part 1 : The Most Beautiful Woman
The sky has the Nine Heavens, the ground has the Nine Earths.
Hell has the river of death that connects the sky and earth. Mortals call it the “Nine Springs”, or the “Yellow Spring”, and underneath the Nine Springs is the Yellow Spring road.
The Yellow Spring road; it is the last journey for each person.
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“If a man has not truly fallen in love with a woman, then his fall cannot be attributed to her.”
Feng Fei Yun, this time, had “truly fallen” which, was why, his life was in this woman’s hand.
People have countless ways to die. Some die on the battlefield; dramatic, honorable, and meaningful. Others die a naked death on the street without a proper burial, but Feng Fei Yun feels that his demise was even more devastating.
How could such a beautiful woman exist in the world?
This question appeared every time Feng Fei Yun saw Shui Yue Ting; his heart was unable to remain calm despite their numerous encounters.
Big round eyes, pearl white skin, like snow, and a slender body with an aura of nobility. Like a goddess that has descended from the heaven.
She was the most beautiful woman in the world.
However, when Feng Fei Yun was killed by her sword, he found out that she was also the most heartless woman in the world.
The sword in her hand bled crimson; his blood flowed from the tip.
Feng Fei Yun’s soul descended from his body; it traveled to a black world, as cold as ice. Up ahead lied an ancient passage, hovering in the emptiness. Will this lead to the river of souls, the passage to hell?
Emptiness, loneliness, and fearful darkness.
A dead person indeed becomes a soul.
“I can’t believe that I, the youngest Patriarch of the Demon Phoenix Race, have to wait for my end like this.”
Walking on the Yellow Springs road, smiling heroically, Feng Fei Yun possessed a noble aura that could cause many Emperors to bow down to.
Feng Fei Yun was a Demon Phoenix, a male that had the highest aptitude in the last thirty thousand years. He reached the ninth level of Heaven Emergence within one thousand years, becoming the strongest cultivator in the Immortal World; the other seven Phoenix Empresses nominated him to be the new Demon Phoenix Race Patriarch.
At that time, Feng Fei Yun was even more renowned than even the Elders and Patriarchs of other big sects; all the other Demon Emperors and Empresses were careful when dealing with him.
It was at his apex that he met Shui Yue Ting. The two coincidentally met at the North Sea. One was the youngest Patriarch of the Demon Phoenix Race, the other was the most beautiful woman in the world. They quickly fell in love and spent their time peacefully together on the North Sea beach.
At that time, Shui Yue Ting was gentle and thoughtful; a graceful woman filled with love. Feng Fei Yun had many responsibilities as a Patriarch; he could even be considered heartless and ruthless, but after their meeting, he became a young man smitten by love.
Feng Fei Yun gently held her slender waist, determined to protect her with his life. However, the moment when he died to her sword, he found out that she did not need his protection; her cultivation level was just as high as his. A raise of her soft hand could destroy the heaven and earth, and it was even a sneak attack.
After his death, Shui Yue Ting replaced his position and became the strongest expert in the Immortal World. This was the goddess Shui Yue Ting, worshipped and honored by all under the heavens.
Yue Ting was peerless under the heavens, the mandate in her hand; no one dared to resist.
A woman stepping on her lover’s body to reach the apex was definitely the most frightening woman in the world.
To die at the hands of the most beautiful and strongest woman, Feng Fei Yun felt that he could at least smile under the Nine Springs. At the very least, he had loved with sincerity, and, with no shame in his heart, he could go peacefully to his end.
At least I had an “intimate” relationship with her, and I didn’t lose everything for nothing!
(TL: True text)
“Dear God, if you can revive me, then I will return the full favor towards her.”
“If I can live again, then, no matter what price I have to pay, I will make her understand that she cannot get away with this betrayal; even if she is the most beautiful woman; A man’s scorn will be no less than a woman’s when he is betrayed by his love.”
“Alas! Death is unavoidable, and my soul will disappear eventually; my chance for revenge is gone.”
The Yellow Springs road, the road of the dead! You can only walk forward, there was no turning back.
Going straight to hell to drink from Meng Po’s Five Flavored Tea of Forgetfulness. I will forget everything and be reincarnated in a new body; my glory for this past life will turn into meaningless clouds and smoke.
Even if there were regrets and hatred or a lover and an enemy, it did not matter any more, for he was a dead man; only the soul remained.
“Wait a minute! Why is the Yellow Springs road so empty? where are the demons and spirits of hell? Is this the actual Yellow Springs? Did I take the wrong turn?”
Feng Fei Yun started to question.
Looking at the eerily serene surroundings, nothing but the dark emptiness stood before him; he took a long turn. In the great beyond, there was a glimmer of light, as big as a rice grain. It was of a green hue, flying towards him. The speed accelerated, and the light became brighter and bigger…
What is that thing?
It was a boat; a blue spirit vessel with an ancient design that resembled an underworldly demonic ship.
It was made out of a golden bronze material with eighteen steel pillars for the sails; towering like magnificent mountains. The steel pillars had already started to rust, and the black sails were tattered and filled with holes. It painted a dark and eerie picture of a ship.
The pitiful state of the blue spirit vessel would still inspire respect and remorse from spectators.
“Such a fast speed!”
Even when Feng Fei Yun was alive, he would not be able to reach that kind of speed.
The gigantic spirit vessel was as fast as light; no one could dodge it at this momentum. It pierced through the soul of Feng Fei Yun.
“Bang!”
Feng Fei Yun found out that his soul and the spirit vessel were flying in the void; slowly becoming one. It flew aimlessly in this eternal darkness.
Where was it heading?
“This is…”
Not waiting for Feng Fei Yun to react, the blue spirit vessel tore through the fabric of space itself and zoomed outside.
“Wham!”
Up ahead, a blinding light illuminated powerfully. Feng Fei Yun was knocked out immediately; he felt that his soul was entering a warm body.
Opening his eyes, he found that he had become a fourteen or fifteen year old teenager.
He had reincarnated.
However, this body did not belong to him; it was rather sickly, even when compared to the average person.
And in his head, numerous memories resurfaced. It was easy to recognize that they belonged to the owner of this body.
Did he enter a dead body? Or did he forcefully steal this boy’s body?
Forget your mother! Living again was already a good thing.
(TL: Chinese slang, meaning whatever)
“Feng Fei Yun! He has the same name as me; however, my name means Phoenix while his means Wind.”
(Nahct: Feng (凤) means Phoenix while Feng (风) means wind.)
Feng Fei Yun couldn’t fully digest the heavy influx of the new memories in his head. All of a sudden, he heard a young girl quietly crying in fear next to his side.
“Young master Feng, please spare me! My age is still very small, you shouldn’t do this…”
The little girl was shaking in fear; her eyes filled with despair. There were the red marks of five fingers on her pretty white face; it was easy to see that she had just been slapped.
At the moment, Feng Fei Yun had an adverse feeling towards women. He believed that women were bad omens; they were poisonous scorpions, dangerous bees, and the worst of all were their hearts.
Oh god, who is this girl?