Cataclysm Chapter 19: Gilded Infant Corpse 1; Mount Tai Stone

Chapter 19: Gilded Infant Corpse 1; Mount Tai Stone

Translated by Shiya of Exiled Rebels Scanlations 

Editor: Addis

 

It was noon when Chen Yang woke up and found himself in a hostel. Looking out of the window, he found that it was the streets of Laotun town that they drove past yesterday. Du Shuo was standing downstairs with his hands behind his back, surrounded by several old men practicing Tai Chi. He was in the group of old people, his back was straight and upright, and there was no sense of oddness when he stood amongst them. Du Shuo seemed to have sensed something, and suddenly looked up at Chen Yang.

Chen Yang frowned and waved to him.

Du Shuo turned slightly to his side, the old man he was talking with seemed to have asked him a question. He answered and walked towards the hostel. After a while, he went into the room and hugged Chen Yang from behind. He rubbed Chen Yang’s waist, slid into his clothes, and skillfully searched for his sensitive spots. He bit Chen Yang’s earlobe and asked, “Are you hungry?”

Chen Yang felt itchy, as he evaded and laughed, he said, “Hungry.”

“Mn,” Du Shuo answered and continued to slide his hand down Chen Yang’s white neck.

Chen Yang pushed him, “It’s noon already. Let’s go down for lunch first.”

Du Shuo looked up. Stayed in that position, closed the window, then drew the curtains. He held Chen Yang against the wall and said in a low voice, “I’m hungry. I’m not full yet. When I’m full, I can feed you.”

Chen Yang’s face was red and his words of protest were swallowed back to his stomach. It was nice to indulge once in a while.

It was about three o’clock in the afternoon when Chen Yang had real food. He was wrapped in a blanket and lay in bed. Du Shuo brought the food in and placed it on a small table and told him to come off the bed to eat. Chen Yang was too lazy to move, so he ignored his husband as if he didn’t hear.

Du Shuo frowned and decided to not pamper him and left him in bed. He went into the bathroom and took a bath. When he came back out, he saw that the food was still there untouched. Chen Yang didn’t have breakfast or lunch. Du Shuo was afraid that he would be hungry and damage his stomach, “You aren’t getting up?”

Chen Yang twisted, then turned his back to him and ignored him.

“Chen Xiao Yang!”

Chen Yang pulled up the quilt to cover his head. He had decided to ignore him.

“……” Du Shuo could only bring the food to him and said, “Come to the edge of the bed.” Then he picked up a spoon and a pair of chopsticks to feed Chen Xiao Yang like an infant. The great emperor of Fengdu thought that this didn’t count as eating in bed. After all, he was the one feeding it to him.

After eating, Chen Yang felt greasy all over. He was still wrapped in the blanket and wanted to get out of bed to take a bath. Du Shuo stopped him, “You can’t take a bath until half an hour after eating.”

Chen Yang paused for a moment and lay back down slowly, “Hmn.”

“Get up and exercise.”

“……Hmn.”

Du Shuo took the empty plates out and Chen Yang walked slowly around the room. After sweating all over, he went in for a shower after some time. After putting on clean new clothes, he packed up his backpack, threw it on his shoulder and went out. He just happened to run into Du Shuo who came back.

“Let’s go back.”

Du Shuo looked at Chen Yang and confirmed that he was not feeling unwell and agreed. The two went downstairs. There was a bar downstairs. It was about four o’clock, and they just opened up. There were not many people, but a few came in one after another. As Chen Yang passed by, he happened to hear them drinking beer and saying mysteriously, “Did you know what happened to that ghost house last night?”

“Yes. My home is close to that ghost house, I heard the shrieks and screams, they were too horrifying.”

“Me too. In the middle of the night, my dog started barking from nine o’clock until two or three o’clock in the morning. At first, I still had the strength to scold the dog, and then I heard those screams myself. I couldn’t help but sigh that animals are sensitive to that kind of Yin auras.”

“I heard the ghost house was on fire. The fire burned for hours, burning the whole ghost house down.”

“Well done, I say. That evil plot of land will destroy the fortune of the whole town sooner or later. It must be punishment from the heavens. A thunder fire struck down and burned it clean.”

“When I got up in the morning, I went out to the balcony, and saw a golden light coming down from the sky, shining on the ghost house. I saw a Golden Lotus Buddha with the shadow of a dragon’s body. Do you think there were Taoists there trying to cultivate themselves and cleaned up the evil spirits there along the way?”

Chen Yang almost sprained his ankle. Was this a lie that people believe in? Golden Lotus Buddha with the dragon body, were those things even in the same field? Who’s going to go to a Corpse cultivation ground to cultivate? No one hates life that much.

“It makes sense.”

“The reincarnation of the Dragon subdued the spirits there to cultivate itself, that is very reasonable and possible.”

Chen Yang had nothing to say and Du Shuo immediately got in the car. The car had already been repaired. Du Shuo stepped on the accelerator and set off in the direction of Haoyuan villa.

When he opened the door, he found that everyone was inside. No one was injured.

As soon as Mao Xiaoli saw Chen Yang, she immediately jumped in front of him and just wanted to hold Chen Yang’s arm. As soon as she saw Du Shuo behind him, she immediately got scared and stood aside, keeping a distance from Chen Yang. “Brother Chen, I drove those ghosts away last night. Ge Qing and Ma Qiqi are okay.”

“Xiaoli has done a good job. I’ll talk to deputy director Ma and ask him to write a report to the Taoist Association about your promotion.”

Mao Xiaoli was excited, “Thank you, brother Chen!”

Chen Yang nodded and looked at Kou Xuanling. Kou Xuanling was placing the portrait of his Zushiye in front of himself, offering three incense sticks piously. After that, he told Chen Yang about Fang Wenwen’s suicide.

“Is that a big problem?” asked Mao Xiaoli, holding her chin thoughtfully.

“It’s troublesome for ordinary people. But Fang Wenwen is targeting us. So, it’s okay.”

Kou Xuanling said, “She committed suicide in the middle of the night. Before she died, she had deep resentments and died in a place where corpses were being cultivated. She was even a Wu who was proficient in Taoism, she will be extremely difficult to deal with as a fierce ghost. It’s not as simple as you think.”

“Not too bad.” Chen Yang was calm, he stuck to his original answer, “Fang Wenwen was a Wu in this life, but she did all those bad things and cultivated spirits in an attempt to revive the dead. Besides, many people have been killed for this. She will have plenty of karma going her way. Unless she can escape from the pursuit of the Hell servitors, she will end up suffering for a hundred years in the eighteen levels of hell.”

“The first seven is when spirits could return to the human realm,” Kou Xuanling pointed out this point without an expression.

Mao Xiaoli nodded.

The so-called first seven was the first seventh day after death. No matter how many good deeds or bad deeds the person had committed in his life, or whether he was a good man or a bad man. He could return to the human realm to settle his regrets on that day.

Therefore, even if Fang Wenwen committed countless crimes in her life, she could still return to the human realm during the first seventh day. On that day, she would seek out her enemies and exact revenge on them one by one. However, as Chen Yang said, it was not difficult for Tianshi to survive past the first seventh day of Fang Wenwen. The problem was the ordinary people, namely the four young people including Feng Yuan.

Kou Xuanling lied and said Fang Wenwen wouldn’t retaliate against them. In fact, the reason for the Tianshis to appear was the four of them. Fang Wenwen who had lost her reason, and with only hatred left, would never let them go.

Chen Yang waved his hand and said casually, “We can just burn some paper money, discuss with the Hell servitors. They can strip Fang Wenwen’s first seventh day away, and directly send her to hell.”

For Fang Wenwen, he had zero sympathies. She had committed great sins, killing countless innocent people for her own selfish goals.

“The Hell servitors are very strict in law enforcement, they will not accept bribes.”

Chen Yang raised his eyebrows and looked at Kou Xuanling in surprise, then he summoned a Hell servitor on the spot. Although the Hell servitor didn’t know who Du Shuo was and wasn’t even a Fengdu Hell servitor, he had still heard of the instructions from his superiors. There was a Taoist priest who practiced Ghost arts in the human realm, named Chen Yang. If it was feasible, then provide him with as much assistance as possible.

The Hell servitor surmised that someone high up had his back.

Therefore, when the Hell servitor saw Chen Yang, he was very respectful. After hearing his request, he felt it was difficult, but still said, “With regards to this kind of vicious ghost, my superiors are usually responsible for escorting them to Fengdu. We little ghosts can’t decide on these matters, but I can convey Chen Tianshi’s request to my superiors.”

“Please do.”

“That’s the least I should do.”

The Hell servitor was particularly efficient. After only a minute, he came back and told Chen Yang, “The Bashu lady surnamed Fang is extremely guilty and hard to tame. She has been sent to Fengdu for trial and stripped of her first seventh day.”

Chen Yang said thanks and burned a pile of gold and silver treasures for the Hell servitor. The Hell servitor refused to accept it for a bit, but happily left with the offerings. Originally, he thought Chen Yang would be a difficult person to appease, but he never expected it to be such a good deal.

“It’s done.” When Chen Yang looked back, he saw Kou Xuanling and Mao Xiaoli stared at him in a mysterious way. Chen Yang’s smile faded, “Wha… what?”

Mao Xiaoli asked, “Brother Chen, do you have ancestors working in the underworld?”

“No.” Chen Yang shook his head.

Kou Xuanling asked, “Do you have some sort of backing in the underworld?”

He… definitely had a… strong backing in the underworld. Chen Yang was a bit worried and quickly denied, “How could that be? It’s just that I have often dealt with Hell servitors in the past few years, so I have a close cooperative relationship with them. I also burn a lot of gold and silver for them, that’s the only reason why they listen to me. And my demands are always within reason and never crossed the lines.”

Du Shuo was sitting on the sofa, drinking tea while sitting very straight. Du Shuo was observing his little wife explain.

Kou Xuanling said while touching his own chin, “I never thought one can deal with Hell servitors like this.”

Mao Xiaoli didn’t pay much attention to these, but she was confused by this case with the evil incarnates. “Brother Chen, you said before that the Fang family was the last resident of Miyun ghost house, which means that the ghost house was not originally inhabited by the Fang’s ghosts, is it?”

“Hmn. The Fang family was killed by the original inhabitants of the ghost house, which were JingGuais. Fang Wenwen learned the truth and with an unknown method, she killed the original inhabitants, and in a short time turned the whole Fang family into a group of skeleton demons.”

“Hiss! Wu’s methods are too powerful.”

“It’s just evil side arts.”

At this time, Feng Yuan and the others came over and asked Chen Yang, “The Haoyuan villa area is developed by my family. I’m afraid this incident will cause a bad reputation. And ever since it was built, there have been a few unfortunate things. Is there any way to improve this situation?”

Chen Yang and the others were silent.

Feng Yuan said, “I will add another million of additional payment.”

Chen Yang and Mao Xiaoli looked at each other, and they all looked at Kou Xuanling. Kou Xuanling continued to pay respects to his Zushiye and said, “Don’t look at me. I’m a Tianshi, not a Feng Shui master.”

Chen Yang said to Feng Yuan, “I remember there was a pond in the villa area. There were carps in it. Trees were also planted, so the wind was avoided and water is still. The Feng Shui foundation is good, things happened mainly because Fang Wenwen had set up a Corpse cultivation yard nearby, bringing evil to the place. In this way, you can get a piece of Mount Tai stone and place it there.”

“Mount Tai stone?”

“The world’s Dragon stems start from Mount Kunlun and end at Mount Tai. Therefore, the Mount Tai stone can suppress all evil spirits.”

 

The author has something to say:

She committed suicide in the middle of the night. Before she died, she had deep resentment and died in a place where the corpses were cultivated. She was even a Wu who was proficient in Ghost arts… No matter how OP the setting was, it can’t go against the corrupted relationship in the underworld!

Fang Wenwen, “…Fuck!”

 

 

 

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