《Path of Pure Evil》
Transmigrator
"Rise and shine magots...feeding time for y''all...and then off to work !!¡±
Scrambling up from the floor, half awake, I manage to avoid the guard''s boot by pure reflex. Get kicked awake enough times and that''ll happen. Eyes down, feet moving. Falling in line with the other slaves, I find safety in assimilation. I ignore the pain from all my half-healed cuts and bruises. The line moves quickly, and when it''s my turn, I take my bowl of tasteless brown slop and my hard biscuits and scurry away. This is my life now. Or it has been for the last two weeks.
My name is Zhang Sanfeng, and I''m a slave. I wasn''t always a slave. I just woke up two weeks ago with the worst hangover I''ve ever had, listening to someone drone on about my good traits. I used to be a surgeon. I lived in Beijing. I had a family, friends. I can remember that much. Now, I can''t remember what any of them looked like. But I remember having them. I remember their existence. It''s like waking from a nice dream. You remember the dream and know you enjoyed it, but you try to think about the specifics, and nothing is there. The more you struggle to remember, the more it slips away, until all that''s left is a sense of loss and the memory of a memory.
Which, in this instance, is made all the worse by the fact that my reality is utter hell.
I am a twelve-year-old slave. I was older before, but here, in this body, I''m twelve. Or at least that''s what the slaver who sold me claimed. '' Unnamed, Twelve years old, good health, all teeth present, light brown eyes, dark hair'', the sum total of my selling features. There are no other memories from this body. All I can remember is being sold, and then a short trip up to the pen, where I now reside.
I finish my breakfast and run to the water barrel. Yes, a water barrel! A communal water barrel. I need to be quick else the water gets pretty gross, or worse, emptied. I dip my bowl in and drink it down quickly, before reaching in for a second bowl. I catch the back of a hand with my face.
¡°Water is for workers, brat", a burly slave kicks me away so he can get water. No one helps me. No one even reaches for water until he is done drinking. Straight from the barrel, at that. I get up, ignoring the stinging in my face. Even slaves have a hierarchy, and I''m close to the bottom. No one wants to be at the bottom. If I''m not the youngest slave here, I''m definitely the scrawniest. So all I can do is roll with the punches. So far, I''d have to say, I''m not great at it.
I lay my head down on the dirt floor of the shack. Another exhausting day has gone by. Another beating, this time for not getting out of the guard''s way quick enough. I don''t think I have all my teeth anymore. I don''t think I can go on like this. I need to escape. I need to be free.
I wipe my face, tears stinging the cuts on my hands. Crying won''t help. I need to get through this. I''ll escape while everyone is working in the mines. Or I can wake up early and run for it. They don''t chain us up and the fence is made of wood. How hard can it be to pry a few boards loose? I can do this. I can come up with a plan. Everyone thinks I''m twelve. I have the benefit of experience. I can escape. I''m a Reincarnator.
I repeat everything I know about myself. I used to live in an apartment. I had a career. I had a family. I had friends. I don''t belong here. I repeat it to myself, like a mantra, trying to hold onto who I was.
My name is Zhang Sanfeng. And I will not be a slave forever!!!
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A hard boot to the ribs wakes me.
¡°We got some talking to do¡±, seems the guard wants to give a speech. ¡°Some of you aren''t happy about being here. Now, why is that?¡±
No one answered.
¡°You''ve got a roof over your heads, and food in your bellies, and some honest work to do. And still, some of you aren''t happy. You spit on our generosity.¡±If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. Please report it.
¡°You all are bought and paid for by the Cranston Trading Group. That makes y''all property. They have put me in charge of all of you. I take care of you. I feed you. I make sure you have a place to sleep. And. This. Is How. You Repay. ME?!¡±
I stand there. Head down. I hear movement. I look up and gasp in horror.
Being held up by some of the guards are three slaves. I don''t recognize them, but their own mothers wouldn''t be able to either. Their faces are a purple and red mass of bumps, bruises, and blood.
¡°These properties tried to escape. They pried out some fence boards and tried to run for it.¡± the guard turns to one of the escapees. ¡°Now when a property goes missing, someone needs to be held responsible. That''d be me.¡± He punches the first slave in the groin, eliciting a collective wince from all of us. The escapee tried to make some noise, but no sound came out. He would have collapsed if he wasn''t being held up. ¡°That means, you escaping, is the same as. Stealing. From. My. Pocket.¡± Each word is punctuated with a strike.
I try to stop watching. To stop listening. Zone it out. But I can''t. I watch as the escapees get beaten, one at a time. I watch as fists sink into their flesh. I hear them wheezing, their attempts to beg, their bones breaking, and their screams of pain. He rants while he beats them, the other guards laugh and egg him on while we watch silently in horror. And through it all, all I can think is ''thank God that isn''t me''.
They send us off to work without breakfast. Even if they didn''t, I don''t think I could keep it down. I need to postpone my plans for escaping. Just fill the basket, and unload the basket. Fill the basket, unload the basket. It''s all I can do. Don''t stand out. Don''t get caught.
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Mining is really very different here from what I imagined. No dark caves or rail carts, just a hole in the ground and baskets. They don''t even use pickaxes, just a big hammer. I think we''re mining iron, but honestly, I have no idea. They smash the big rocks into smaller rocks, I pick them up and put them in my basket.
If you aren''t badly injured, you keep working. If you get sick or badly injured, then you might as well be dead. The guards have no mercy in them. They bring in new slaves every few days. I guess it''s cheaper to buy new slaves than to take care of current ones. I keep doing my work, day after day. What choice do I have? It''s work or death and I''m not ready to die.
Every day is the same type of hell as the last. Until it isn''t. I wake up one day with a big problem. I seem to have gotten sick. Coughing. Fluid in my lungs I think. I can feel it sloshing around. Not good. I should''ve seen this coming. I haven''t bathed since I got here and the communal water barrel isn''t helping either. Plus everyone defecates like 10 meters from where we sleep and eat.
I need to get up and go about my day. I can''t let them take me away because that way lies death. I have to power through this. I make it to the mines. Good start. I lean down to pick up a rock, and for some reason, the ground rises up and slaps me in the face. Not good. No matter how much I turn, it just keeps sticking to me, unwilling to get out of my face. I wonder if I will wake up in my apartment back on Earth as darkness takes over me.
I wake up and my face is still in the dirt. Right now, I''m being crushed. I can barely move. It''s dark, I can''t see anything and it reeks. I struggle forward on my belly. I''m moving centimetres at a time. It takes a long time, but I finally get out from under the weight. I may have passed out once or twice on the way, but it doesn''t matter. I made it out. I pass out again from exhaustion.
The sun is up when I wake. I look at my surroundings and immediately regret my decision to rest here. I''m in a ditch full of dead slaves. They threw me in a mass grave. From the looks of it, they didn''t all die at the same time either. This is probably every slave that has died here since I arrived.
Stumbling away from the ditch, I half-crawl and half-walk as quickly as I can and dry heave for a bit. I don''t have any food or water in my stomach, so nothing to throw up. I wipe my mouth with the back of my hand. Then it strikes me.
Holy shit!!!!!
They threw me into a ditch.
A ditch with a bunch of dead bodies.
They think I''m dead.
I can just walk away. No one is going to look for me, not for a dead boy. Any direction away from the mountain is fine. Doesn''t matter where I go, as long as it''s away from here.
What seems like an eternity later, I hear water. I follow the sound to a stream. I clean my body as best I can before I take a drink. It''s the most delicious water I''ve ever had. I drink my fill and lean back coughing. My lungs are burning, legs aching, but all in all, things are looking up.
I need to be smart about this. What next? Downstream is away from the mountains, and into a forest. People like to live close to water, right? I grab a piece of bamboo to use as a walking stick and move out. Need to get away from the mines. One foot in front of the other. I survived. I''m almost free. I can do anything I want now. I just need to survive.
New beginning
Sanfeng kept walking downstream along the river. Luckily, he did not come across any wild animals except for a few harmless herbivores. 5 hours later, he stumbled upon an artificial canal that was drawing water from the river. Sanfeng thought that this canal must be used for transporting water to human settlements. Somehow pushing his already dead tired body, Sanfeng moved along the canal. After walking for 2 kilometres, Sanfeng''s tired and diseased body finally gave in."Not good! I have to keep walking and find help!", Sanfeng knew if he lost consciousness now, he would be most likely dead. But his body refused to move and darkness took over.
Sanfeng''s POV
I woke up after who knows how long. I was feeling extremely groggy. As my eyes regained their focus, I found that I was not in the forest anymore. Instead, I was lying on a bed. The feeling of the cheap mattress exceeds any comfort I ever felt after coming to this world. I try to make sense of my surroundings when I spy an old man sitting beside my bed, dozing. I also find out, to my pleasant surprise, that my body has completely healed. I no longer had liquids sloshing in my chest and even my bruises and half-healed scars that I got from the guard''s beatings were nowhere to be seen.
Suddenly my stomach grumbled loudly as the roar of a beast. The old man stirred and woke at the sound. Finding me awake, he gave me a toothy."Finally woke up, eh? I don''t know if you are extremely hardy or lucky to have survived the forest in the condition you were in. Master is pleased by your strong will to live, that''s why he spent so much to save your life. Now quickly take a bath and come greet master. You have been unconscious for three days straight!"
I felt shocked. Three days? No wonder I feel so hungry. I quickly bathe at a nearby well and put on the new clothes provided. Then I was ushered into a large dining hall where a large number of delicacies were placed on a long table. An old man, about 70-year old was sitting at the head position. I knew at a glance that this person was my benefactor. I gave him a deep bow. "Thank you, benefactor, for saving my life. I will never forget this debt and pay you back in any way possible." The old man gave me a glance and waved his hand, "Your gratitude is enough. Eat first. You are allowed to do anything else until you finish recovering. We will speak after the week is over." Well, I agree. As I am now, I won''t be able to even work at the farms. Bowing again in gratitude I sat at my designated seat at pounced at the food.
The rest of the week went by in a flash. When I was not stuffing myself with food, I was sleeping like a log. Twice a day, an attendant came in to give me strange medicines and help me perform rehabilitating exercises. While a week is not a long time, I found out that the food and medicine I am consuming was not that normal either. All my wounds, even the internal ones were healed, as I checked my body with the limited techniques I had at my disposal as a former surgeon. After the week was over, I was summoned before the old man. I found that the name of the old man was Shi Jiu. After arriving, I bowed to him."You called me, benefactor?" Old man Shi looked at me. After some time he said, "Good! You seem to have recovered". "By your grace", I replied.
Old man Shi seemed to be happy with my demeanour as he nodded appreciatively."Listen carefully, little Sanfeng. I saved your life not because I expect anything in return, but because it was the right thing to do and I was impressed by your strong will to continue in spite of the horrors you have faced in your young life. I will not ask about the situation you were in before you came here. I just want you to know that you are a free man now. Now with that out of the way, I have a proposal to make. You see, even though I had 2 wives in this life, both of them left me without an heir. I have been adopting orphans and grooming them for years now, the eldest one already nineteen years of age. Inside you, I see a strong will which is required to survive in this world. If you want to leave, then I will make arrangements for your departure. But if you decide to become my adopted son, then you will have to leave your previous surname behind and live a very strict life. You will be well fed but there will be an equally strict expectation from you. Now decide".
"I accept your proposition".
"Eh? So fast? Have you thought about it carefully? How can you trust my words so easily".
I chuckled a little."What did you expect? That I will suspect you? I have no definite clue to base my suspicions on. Neither is it guaranteed that I will live a better life outside. Paranoia can help to save one''s life sometimes, but baseless paranoia can only lead to regrets. When both paths are equally uncertain, I choose to follow my guts. And now my guts are telling me to believe in the sincerity you have shown me till now. So what will it be Master Shi? Still interested in taking me as your son or has the naivety of this child deterred your interests?"If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation.
Old man Shi was shocked into silence and it stayed that way for a full minute. Just as I thought that I had overstepped my boundaries and was going to apologise for my impudence when I heard a small laugh. The laughing gradually grew in volume until it grew into maniacal howling.
"HAHA...This exceeds even my own expectations. Good...even though I have cultivated some geniuses this is the first time I feel I can have the satisfaction of being a father...good, good...Shi Sanfeng, from today you are my son. Anybody who tries to bully you will be my enemy." Shi Jiu seemed to be over the moon.
This is how I began my new life in this world......
10 years later...
A deer herd is quietly grazing in an opening inside the forest. 100 feet away a man is hiding inside a bushy undergrowth. He is camouflaged very well and his presence is very carefully hidden. He points an arrow toward the deer herd. Even though he can have his pick from the herd, he specifically picks an old buck which seemed to be past its prime. The arrow whizzes through the air and hits it straight in its heart. The rest of the herd scatters. The young man walks out from his hiding spot and quickly approaches the buck. He offers a prayer of gratitude to the forest spirits. He then ties the buck to a tall tree and cuts its major arteries to let out its blood. The buck''s blood flows into the tree''s roots becoming fertilizer for the tree and the grass and buck once feasted on. The young man, Shi Sanfeng, had never been too religious in his previous life but after witnessing the miracle of transmigrating into the body of another human, he quickly discarding his cynicism, he decided to form his own idea of the divine and began worshipping nature and the laws of the universe. This reflected in his hunting habits as he always spared young or female animals. He also buried any surplus material that he did not need like intestines or bones underground so that they could return back to nature and complete the cycle of life.
Shi Sanfeng has grown up very well. There are no signs of the abuse left that he suffered for the initial 2 months that he suffered in the mines. He learnt a lot in the last 10 years. Old man Shi pampered him like a real son but was strict with his education. He must have read almost 10,000 books in the last 10 years. He also received apprentice level training in various vocations like hunting, blacksmithing, woodwork and medicine. Due to his past experiences of a surgeon, Sanfeng''s growth in medicine was phenomenal in the eyes of the local populace and he had saved many lives. Old man Shi always hid his talents for some reason but Sanfeng did not complain as he was content by practising his medicine skills.
Old man Shi treated Sanfeng as a friend and divulged his life''s story to him. From his stories, Sanfeng came to know that the place he was living in was called the primordial dragon continent and that here people could cultivate chi and perform superhuman feats like those in Wuxia and Xianxia novels. Initially, Sanfeng was very excited to hear that but his enthusiasm died after he heard Shi Hiu''s tragic tale. He was born in Shi Clan which was a prosperous clan. He was the son of an outer court elder. He was one of the upcoming geniuses of the clan. He was married to a woman names Cai''er and he felt that fate was looking up to him. Then one day his clan was visited by the heir of a Heavenly Dynasty called Prince Leitian. He challenged the clan to a duel for submission. Shi JIu was selected for the duel. He was defeated and badly injured by Prince Leitian''s vicious attacks. Not satisfied by merely crippling him, Prince Leitian sent a deadly attack after him. His wife Cai''er blocked the attacked with her own body and was immediately killed. All he could see in his wife''s last moments was her mouthing the words "Live on...". Stricken with grief but determined to fulfil his wife''s dying wish, he managed to escape from his clan and fled for miles and miles. He witnessed the tyranny and cut-throat nature of cultivators, the cold-heartedness of the people who have reached the pinnacle of cultivation and called themselves immortals. Disillusioned by the world, Shi Jiu posed as a merchant and utilising his genius intellect, made himself as one the most influential person in the far-off Qing Kingdom. Here he met the second love of his life, Bao''er. She was posing travelling swordswoman but Shi Jiu knew she was hiding her true identity because he found out that she was a cultivator but her cultivation was locked due to a special kind of poison. For some reason, Shi Jiu took her in and vowed to cure her. Bao''er felt grateful for this and they soon fell in love with each other and married. Shi Jiu led a blissful life for seven years. But the day after Bao''er made a complete recovery, she disappeared. She left a note behind which said that she has left to repay some earlier debts and complete some unfulfilled duties and that Shi JIu should wait for her return. But even after waiting for two decades Shi jiu did not have any news about her.
Due to his bad experiences, old man Shi never allowed Sangfeng to cultivate. But he told him about his intention of getting revenge against Prince Leitian and his desire to return to the cultivation world to find Bao''er. Due to this, he needed the Potian Pill. This was an extremely rare pill in the mortal world but it was not very rare for an immortal master. So Shi Jiu took in promising orphans and trained them so that they could be taken in as disciple for immortal masters and ask for a Potian pill on his behalf. So far he has been unsuccessful but he had high hopes for the upcoming Dragon Hall tournament where he planned to take 10 of his most talented wards. He also asked Sanfeng to accompany them on this trip.
Sanfeng excitedly looked forward to this trip which may change his life...
Dragon Hall tournament
One day Old man Shi summoned all oh his adopted sons outside his chambers.
¡°Come in.¡± old man Shi gently called to them.
¡°Yes.¡± came Sanfeng¡¯s reply from outside.
Quickly, ten people followed Sanfeng into the room. Six of them were in their forties and fifties. The other four were much younger, around the ages of thirty or early forties.
¡°Father,¡± all of them bowed in unison.
¡°Sit down¡± old man Shi softly said.
¡°Yes,¡± they immediately sat down.
¡°As of now, have each of you reached the 10th rank of Hou Tian?¡± old man Shi asked.
¡°Yes, father.¡± they all replied.
Only one of the younger men spoke in surprise: ¡°I just reached the 10th rank ten days ago. I had originally wanted to surprise you with the news, but didn¡¯t realize that you had already known.¡±
¡°Shi Han, to have reached the top rank of Hou Tian at the age of thirty-two is already quite a surprise.¡± old man Shi looked at the Shi Han with a faint smile. This son was also the one he favoured the most after Sanfeng
¡°Father, your words are too kind.¡± Shi Han immediately replied with embarrassment.
¡°Do you know why I¡¯ve summoned you all today?¡± old man Shi asked.
¡°We don¡¯t.¡± they all shook their heads. They all curiously looked at their father, wondering about the reason for their summons.
¡°In a few months, the Dragon Hall Tournament will begin. All of you will come with me to the tournament.¡± old man Shi gently told them.
¡°Dragon Hall Tournament? Father, do you know where the tournament is going to be held? Only the four great houses and the imperial family know of its location.¡± Shi Han immediately shouted in excitement.
At the same time, the other sons looked up with excitement at old man Zhong.
¡°Indeed, I will be taking all of you to the Dragon Hall Tournament. The best fighters from every country will be there. All of whom have reached the top rank of Hou Tian and even some strong practitioners of Xian Tian. When you come with me, show your strength in the tournament so that one of the Immortal Schools will take you in as a disciple. After which you will be able to learn the supreme secret of immortality.¡± old man Shi spoke with anticipation.
¡°Yes, father.¡± everyone responded cheerfully.
¡°I am taking all of you to the Dragon Hall Tournament. On one hand I hope that you can give up your worldly desires and enter one of the Immortal Schools, but on the other hand, I also hope that you will be able to do me a favour.¡± old man Zhong¡¯s eyes suddenly shone as he spoke.
¡°Father, tell us and I will try to accomplish if I am able.¡± Shi Han responded immediately.
¡°It isn¡¯t difficult. As long as you can enter one of the Immortal Schools, merely ask one of the masters or elders of the school for a Potian Pellet for me.¡± old man Shi asked with some excitement.
¡°Yes.¡± his sons nodded.
¡°Father, what is a Potian Pellet?¡± only Sanfeng asked uncertainly.
¡°A Potian Pellet, amongst the Immortal Schools, isn¡¯t a particularly special item. It¡¯s only used to help a person break the limits of Hou Tian, but only those who have risen above the Golden Core stage have the ability to concoct such a pellet. Once you have reached the Immortal Schools, you wouldn¡¯t have a need for this pellet at all. Thus such an item is rare. Many years ago, I tried to trade all of my possessions with a Daoist for this pellet, but he ignored me in disdain. To these people, any worldly items were worth the same to them as a passing cloud.¡± old man Shi sighed.A case of content theft: this narrative is not rightfully on Amazon; if you spot it, report the violation.
After hearing this story, the others in the room also sighed in agreement. Each of these sons was interested in their family fortune, but in the face of immortality what worth was that fortune? Nothing at all.
¡°Father, do you intend to use this Potian Pellet to reach Xian Tian?¡± Sanfeng immediately asked.
¡°You are all my sons and I will not conceal my intentions. I will indeed use it. I began training late and though I spent much of my wealth to acquire elixirs, I was only able to reach the same level as each of you here. I could no longer progress any further. I am eighty years old. There is no hope that I can have a breakthrough now. The Dragon Hall Tournament is held once every fifty years. This is my only chance. I hope that you will not disappoint me.¡± old man Shi spoke to his sons.
¡°Don¡¯t worry father. As long as I am selected by one of the immortal masters, I will ask for the pill even if it¡¯s at the cost of being barred from entering the school.¡± Shi Han said immediately.
¡°Father, I,¡± Sanfeng spoke with some hesitation, after all, he had never cultivated in his life.
Having an idea for the reason for his hesitation, Shi Shan smiled and said ¡°All of you go and prepare yourselves. We will begin travelling there in three days time. Sanfeng, you come with me too. I won¡¯t be comfortable if you¡¯re not by my side to assist me.¡±
¡°Yes.¡± they quickly responded. Even Sanfeng was excited. Though he knew that he would never be selected as a disciple, the fact that he could witness the Dragon Hall Tournament was amazing.
Afterwards, everyone left the chamber in high spirits.
After his sons had left, old man Shi slowly stood and shuffled towards one of the courtyards near the back.
Three days later at the Shi residence, in a hall at the rear of the compound, old man Shi watched his excited sons as he stood with a cane that had a dragon head handle.
¡°Is everything taken care of?¡± asked old man Shi.
¡°Yes, father.¡± they nodded excitedly.
¡°Everything in the household has already been planned and will be carried out in an orderly fashion. Don¡¯t worry father¡±, said Sanfeng.
They set off by carriage. Two months later, they reached a villa at the foot of a mountain range.
¡°This is at the foot of Heng Mountain, this villa is my personal property. Rest for two days. I want you all to be at your best. After these two days, we will go to Dragon Gorge and enter the tournament.¡± said old man Shi.
¡°Yes,¡± everyone replied.
They then walked out of the hall and with their own eyes confirmed that it was indeed a large villa. There was a multitude of servants who all bowed to old man Shi as he passed by. After he gave his instructions, his sons were taken by a housekeeper to their own guest rooms.
Two days later, outside the villa, old man Zhong led the way and followed by his eight adopted sons. The direction they were heading was the big mountain range north of the villa. It was very rugged, with no trail at all. If they weren¡¯t martial arts masters, they wouldn¡¯t have been able to climb the mountains. Along the way, there were poisonous grasses and bugs everywhere. If it were not because of old man Shi¡¯s decades of experience, they probably would have gotten infected. Five days later, they finally climbed over the last of the many mountains and reached the edge of a valley. Inside the valley, there was a large amphitheatre. It was so large, that it¡¯s diameter reached over a thousand meters just like a huge stadium fromSanfeng''s previous life. The bottom of the valley was very wide and clean, with the surrounding area covered with gravel.
Old man Shi stopped Sanfeng at the entrance of the valley, "You don''t need to see this. Wait for me here."
Even though Sanfeng was disappointed that he could not personally witness the tournament, he knew how protective Shi Jiu was of him so he did not insist. He chose to wait under the shade of a tree. The rest of the Shi family went inside.
Sanfeng waited for hours as he watched people entering and leaving the valley. 2 hours after sundown, he saw an unfamiliar young man walking towards him carrying 4 dead bodies. Upon closer look, the young man looked exactly like some of the paintings of Old man Shi in his younger days. Sanfeng approached him and asked, "Father?"
With a wan smile, Shi Jiu nodded to him. Without saying anything, he laid the 4 bodies of his sons on the ground and started digging. Sanfeng assisted him ONly after burying them and paying proper respects did Shi Jiu turned towards Sanfeng.
"Father, congratulations on breaking into the Xian Tian, now you are one step closer to your life''s goals"
"Yes, but the price was too steep" Shi Jiu replied with a melancholic voice as glanced towards the grave of his adopted sons. Then he turned a tender gaze towards Sanfeng, " You came to me 10 years ago as a broken child. Watching you grow to be a strong and virtuous man has been one of my greatest pleasures in life. Now 6 of your brothers and I begin on the path of cultivation. Even though it is a perilous path, I have forcibly kept you from pursuing it. I apologize for that and thank you for going with my selfishness. Now I want you to make the last request. Live your life freely. Use all the skills that you learnt in the last decade to carve a name for yourself. You can also pursue cultivation if that is your life''s calling. If fate makes it so, then we will meet again under different circumstances. Farewell! "
After saying his lines, Shi Jiu disappeared, leaving behind a flabbergastedSanfeng. Soon he realised that the life of Shi Sanfeng is over and he was back to being the orphan Zhang Sanfeng. Having mixed feelings about being abruptly abandoned, he found himself blank about his plans for the future. All he had was a couple of gold coins in his pockets and the clothes on his back as Zhang Sanfeng began a new path once again.
The Dao of Pure Evil
After being left behind suddenly Zhang Sanfeng didn''t know how to start his new life. So he decided to take it easy at first and see where life would take him. He began climbing down the mountain but on the opposite side from where they climbed. He slept on trees at night and hunted or foraged for food whenever he felt hungry.
On one such night, there were suddenly two flashes of light from the sky which shot into the forest. Sanfeng immediately woke up from his sleep and looked towards the lights.
¡°Kukuku, Zixun Fairy, come be my cultivation partner. Did you think I would treat you badly?¡± A voice came into Sanfeng''s ear. He immediately slowed his breathing and erased his presence.
¡°You are dreaming, Devil Canglan, you think myIwould team up with you? It¡¯s unimaginable that the great Canglan School of the pastis led by a devil such as you.¡± A very pleasant voice rushed into Sanfeng¡¯s ear.
¡°Canglan School? If you care about that great school of the past, how about I give you this machete that has been passing down through the hands of every headmaster? Only if you join me, then this is yours.¡± Devil Canglan laughed.
¡°*pant* *pant* What happened to me? You poisoned me?¡± the woman suddenly yelled out.
¡°It''s the Canglan Mist... How do you feel? The number oneaphrodisiac in the world and only I can deploy it. Don¡¯t believe you can escape my grasp. Don¡¯t blame me, it¡¯s all because of what your female disciple had said before she died. She said that your body is the Zhen Cauldron, the best cauldron for dual cultivation. It took me quite some effort to heavily injure you. , since you wouldn¡¯t listen to me, then don¡¯t blame me. Wait till I wipe your memory and bring you back to enjoy.¡± Canglan Devil laughed lasciviously.
¡°You killed Qing Er?¡± The woman said with resentment.
¡°I wouldn¡¯t say that I killed her, perhaps she was very happy at the time. I can only say that she had died and she spilt some of your secrets while under my spell. In the end, I¡¯m the lucky one. Zhen Cauldron, no wonder Zixun Fairy¡¯s thunder is so powerful. If I didn¡¯t find those scapegoats before, maybe, I would have found my end by your hands,¡± Devil Canglan laughed.
¡°I won¡¯t let you have your way even if I die.¡± Zixun Fairy said angrily.
¡°It¡¯s too late. Don¡¯t you feel your whole body burning? Kukuku, my Canglan Mist covers the whole forest and you won¡¯t die even if you want to die. This is the first time I have met such a nice cauldron. Come, let me have a taste.¡± Devil Canglan laughed.
¡°Go to hell!!!! ¡° Zixun Fairy roared.
After a loud boom, it quieted down in the distance.
¡°Can¡¯t move? I didn¡¯t expect a Tianlei Fire Bead. If you had used it in the beginning, you may have had a chance to kill me. Butyou can¡¯t move now due to the Canglan Mist. You took a lot of effort to cast it and before long, you¡¯ll be delirious from the Canglan Mist. Then, itwill be time for me to come over.¡± Devil Canglan laughed.
¡°You¡¯re still not coming out !!!¡± said Zixun Fairy.
Hearing her, Sanfeng knew she meant him. He had no choice but to get up. It looked like Zixun Fairy¡¯s ability was much higher than Devil Canglan, otherwise, she wouldn¡¯t have noticed his presence. Once he started breathing, the Devil would find him and he would track him down forever.
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¡°There¡¯s another person.¡± Devil Canglan saidwarily.
Sanfeng walked deeper into the forest. After a short while, he finally saw the two of them at a very bright spot.
There was a beam of purple light shining out of Zixun Fairy¡¯s palm and on the other end of the beam was a ball of purple flames jumping around. A large amount of lightning crackled from the flames. A great storm of purple lightning rained down on an extremely ugly, black-robed man who was inside a red barrier.
The man struggled inside the rain of purple lightning, but there was mirth inside his eyes. When he saw Sanfeng¡¯s sudden arrival, his expression was replaced by a vicious look.
In front of the man, there¡¯s a red machete that had been broken into two pieces. This should be the machete that had been passed down for generations. It looked like it had been broken by the purple flames.
¡°Push my body forward so I can use Tianlei Zhuo and burn him to death¡± Her misty eyes were just slits and she was forcing herself to keep awake.
After seeing Devil Canglan, Sanfeng pushed her forward without any hesitation. As Zixun Fairy was going forward, the Tianlei Fire from her hand was quickly moving closer to Devil Canglan.
¡°No!!!!!¡± Devil Canglan screamed in fright.
Without any sound of an explosion, Tianlei Zhuo, in the blink of an eye, enveloped Devil Canglan. It only took the time of two breathes before the body of Devil Canglan was completely turned into ashes.
¡°Good.....¡± Zixun Fairy smiled. The Tianlei Zhuo instantly returned into her palm and disappeared.
At this moment, Zixun Fairy relaxed after completing her task andentered in a state of confusion. She pounced on Sanfeng and started kissing him.
*pant* *pant*Sanfeng¡¯s eyes were also turning reddish and a strong sense of desire suddenly came over him.
Sanfeng was shocked. What was going on? Even though Zixun Fairy was beautiful, why couldn¡¯the control himself?
Canglan Mist, that¡¯s right, Devil Canglan said that the mist covered the whole forest. So was he under the spell, too?
Sanfeng tried to keep his wits about him as he continued trying to keep himself awake. But, the absolute beauty in his arms was constantly trying to take off his clothes and kept kissing him.
Sanfeng felt that he was losing control of himself. That night, Sanfeng seemed to have a dream. In this dream, he was the leading manand the leading lady was Zixun Fairy.
Dawn the next day...
Sanfeng was sleeping on top of dry leaves in the forest. A shivering long sword was pointing at his neck. The owner of the sword was Zixun Fairy.
At daybreak, Zixun Fairy was the first to wake up. She found herself in the arms of a young man, feeling the pain in her lower body. She dressed quickly and took out a long sword to point towards the man¡¯s throat.
Until now, Zixun Fairy still didn¡¯t know this man¡¯s name. Tears came down from her eyes while she bit into her lower lip. The panic, in the beginning, had dissipated and she was debating whether she should push the sword into the man?
Looking at her blood on the lower body of the man, Zixun Fairy didn¡¯t have the heart to carry it out in the end. She took a closer look, this person was a mortal without any traces of cultivating. Maybe, it wouldn¡¯t take too long for him to die. A mortal¡¯s life span was short, it wouldn¡¯t take long for him to die. In any case, he was trying to save her.
Zixun Fairy cast a deep look towards the man again. With a stamp of her foot, a purple cloud carried her into the sky.
When she looked back, with a wave of her arm, Sanfeng¡¯s clothes covered his body and he was suddenly surrounded by pebbles moved over by Zixun Fairy. The pebbles were arranged into a magical array that would guard against poisonous insects and snakes. Zixun Fairy didn¡¯t understand why she did all this for him either. In her mind, she would never meet this person again, wasn¡¯t it better if he died from poisonous insects and animals? Why, then, did she help him?
With mixed feelings, Zixun Fairy quickly disappeared into the sea of clouds.
Sanfeng didn¡¯t wake up until the afternoon. When he woke up, he suddenly discovered that he was naked. Stunned, he quickly put on his clothes. He frowned when he saw the blood on his body and immediately remembered everything. He sighed in relief and thanked Zixun Fairy for sparing his life. The female cultivators in the stories old man Shi told him would have never let a mortal man take their virginity and live to tell the tale.Sanfeng thought that he lucked out with meeting a compassionate woman like Zixun Fairy.
As he looked around, he saw the traces of the battle that took place last night. The broken machete was lying near the ashes of Canglan Devil. Sanfeng stepped closer and examined the machete. Suddenly the handle came off and revealed a scroll that was inside it. The title of the scroll read -