Chapter 419 - Daily Life in a Demon Sect (29) (2/2)

Hence, the people outside found themselves being challenged. But their attacks could only reach as far as the fire, and would sometimes even bounce back at them.

“Fuck! What kind of men are you to hide inside there?! Get the hell out here if you’ve got the balls!”

“Demon Sect brats, get out here! Grandpa’s waiting for you!”

The Demon Sect members all flipped him the bird before exchanging looks and running back up the mountain.

“You turtle grandsons! What’re you running for?! Can you hide in there forever?!”

Their insults got louder and louder, but no one appeared on the path. Just as they were planning to stop, a large crowd of Demon Sect members rushed down from above.

The orthodox sects, “…” ‘What’s going on?’

Well, whatever it was, having someone around to cuss at was better than no one. Hence, the crowd’s insults got even louder, hoping to agitate them into coming out of their ‘shell’.

But it was no use. The Demon Sect members merely stood on the mountain path, not even retorting, just pointing at the people outside.

“That dark-skinned one only knows how to call us turtle grandsons. If he doesn’t know how to insult people, then he shouldn’t! Isn’t he just shaming himself?”

“How come I don’t see that little whiteface Fu Yiyun?”

“From what I heard, he seems to be on the verge of death.”

The other sect members all turned to look at the person who spoke.

The man spoke rather cockily, “I heard it’s because of a woman. Ah right, did you guys know that he has a really awesome identity?”

“Hey, Er Gou Zi[2], how did you hear about all of this when we’ve all been on the mountain the entire time?” Someone interrupted.

Ever since their Sect Master had sealed this mountain off, no one had ever left.

“I snuck out at night to eavesdrop.” The one called Er Gou Zi chuckled.

“Pretty bold ah!”

“Don’t interrupt! Let me speak.” Er Gou Zi gestured for them to quieten down.

“I heard that Fu Yiyun is the Ninth Prince, the son of that once world-famous number-one beauty.”

“Ninth Prince?”

“Sect Master.”

The crowd cleared a path for her to walk through. Shi Sheng descended the stairs and walked over. “Fu Yiyun belongs to the imperial clan?”

‘A prince… Woah!’

This hadn’t been in the plot, so Shi Sheng had naturally been unaware.

Er Gou Zi scratched his head. “Sect Master, I overheard this from them. I don’t know the details.”

Shi Sheng didn’t continue this topic. She looked outside. The people outside seemed to have caught sight of her, for they all stopped cussing and directed their collective gazes towards her.

“Sect Master, when are we going to attack?” ‘We can’t just let them surround us forever, can we?’

“You guys can go if you want to, I’m not stopping you.” Shi Sheng rolled her eyes at the person who asked the question. “You won’t be able to get back in after leaving though. I’m not taking responsibility if you die.”

The cowardly sect members that were afraid of death, “…” ‘We should just turtle up here…’

But that didn’t stop them from using other methods to attack the people outside. As long as they stayed within the safe zone, the other party couldn’t do anything to them.

It seemed the Demon Sect members had grown addicted to this, for they came up with new ways of tormenting the people outside every day.

In the end, those people couldn’t take it anymore and retreated further away. Due to the current distance between them, the Demon Sect members could no longer harass them.

As the saying went: “The wicked are more resourceful than the principled. For every plan you make, I have a way to undermine it[3].”

Even with the invisible barrier, the two opposing parties still managed to come into conflict.

Shi Sheng could only react with an expression that read “you idiots”. ‘I was waiting for them all to gather in one place to take them down in one fell swoop, yet you guys chased off so many of them!

Really now…’

“Ow ow…” The little puppy circled around Shi Sheng’s feet.

Shi Sheng, “…” ‘Why’re you still so small? I don’t think teacup dogs existed in this time period…? Author, is it really okay for you to just add stuff like this?!’

[1] The raws are 鬼打墙 which is used to refer to the phenomenon where it feels like ghosts are obstructing your path by making you lose your sense of direction and circling back to your original spot. No direct English equivalent I’m afraid.

[2] Raws are “二狗子” which isn’t all that classy of a name since it literally translates to Second//Two/Dumb(slang) Dog. Names like these are more common in rural areas.

[3] Wasn’t really sure how to translate this part. The raws are “道高一尺魔高一丈，你有张良计我有过墙梯”. I don’t know how to explain it.