Unparalleled Evildoer

Chapter 27: Living in trouble

Seeing that Wuzhan was weak and walking slowly, Bai Haotian smiled and said to Wuzhan: "Let me carry you up the mountain!" Then he carried Wuzhan on his back and ran on the bare and steep rocks, which reminded Wuzhan of his brother and master.

It is not easy to find such a gentle slope on Mount Hua. Several large wooden houses are built along the hillside. There is a small courtyard in front of the house. Behind the tallest house is a cliff, like an ancient pine tree rooted on the cliff. There are no obstacles along the way. The only thing he is thinking about is that when he goes down the mountain, if he is still alive, he will ask for help from this senior brother and carry him down the mountain. He feels it will be very dangerous if he climbs down by himself.

The other two disciples had already gone up the mountain and reported to the headmaster Xuanqing. Xuanqing, wearing a Taoist hat and a blue Taoist robe, led his disciples out of the inner hall and stood in the courtyard to greet them. Bai Haotian put Wuzhan down, and Wuzhan quickly came to Xuanqing and knelt down, saying, "Junior Wuzhan, hello to the senior!"

Xuan Qing stepped forward to help him up and said, "Please get up quickly. How is your master?"

Wuzhan said solemnly: "My master was killed by Qingyang!"

Xuan Qing cried out "Ah!" as if struck by thunder, and said in a lost voice: "How could he do that!" Suddenly, as if remembering something, he said to Wuzhan: "I have something to ask you, follow me!" He ordered his disciples not to enter, and took Wuzhan into the inner hall. After they sat down, Xuan Qing asked: "Does your master have anything to entrust to me?"

Wuzhan took out the chess piece from his arms, handed it to Xuanqing and said, "The situation is critical, and Master only gave me this."

"Chess piece!" Xuan Qing took it, looked at it, and thought: "What does this mean? Can you tell me the whole story?"

Wuzhan told Xuanqing everything from his journey to Cangyan Mountain in Qingyang to the time when the 'Soul-Rescuing Stone' was taken away, without mentioning a single word about his encounters with Wanjiao, Zhang Liang and others. After hearing this, Xuanqing fell into deep thought and left Wuzhan alone in the inner hall for a long time.

Wuzhan thought, "My mission is complete. The rest is nothing for me to do. It's time to say goodbye." He stood up slowly and said goodbye to Xuanqing, "I have already told you my master's last words. I have completed my mission and I will take my leave now!"

Xuan Qing was uneasy and said casually, "Go down!"

Wuzhan walked out of the inner hall slowly. The burden in his heart was finally put down, but his breathing gradually felt heavy. He saw Huashan disciples all looking at him in the courtyard. He wanted to ask Bai Haotian to send him down the mountain. He came in front of Bai Haotian and was about to speak, but he couldn't hold back and spat out a mouthful of blood mist, then fell backwards.

The disciples were startled, and Bai Haotian quickly supported Wuzhan, "Be careful!"

Wuzhan felt dizzy and said weakly, "Please... take me down the mountain."

Bai Haotian frowned and said, "How can you go down the mountain in this condition!" He hurriedly helped Wuzhan to sit down. Seeing that Wuzhan was lacking in internal energy, he continuously input internal energy into Wuzhan. However, the internal energy quickly dissipated after entering Wuzhan's body.

Wuzhan murmured, "It's useless." Bai Haotian ignored him and continued, his clothes soon soaked with sweat.

The third disciple Xun Yu said, "Big Brother, don't waste your energy. He must have been robbed of his spirit by the fox demon. He deserves it. No one can save him."

"Rotten Fishhead, what nonsense are you talking about again!" A young girl in light yellow clothes flew into the crowd. She had almond eyes, rosy cheeks, emerald eyebrows, and was elegant and refined. She was Xuanqing's daughter, Xia Kexin.

Xia Kexin looked at the handsome young man that Bai Haotian had rescued and asked in surprise, "Who is this man and what's going on?"

Xun Yu said: "His name is Wuzhan. We found a demonic aura on him at the foot of the mountain. We asked him where the demon had gone, but he not only refused to tell us, but also delayed it, saying that he wanted to go up the mountain to meet the master. After the eldest brother took him to see the master, the master took him into the inner hall, and he became like this when he came out."

Xia Kexin said: "Why don't you tell my father quickly, what are you saying here?"

"Master told us to come out and wait, but didn't let us in. How dare we go in?"

"Everyone is out, what are you still waiting for here!" He jumped to the door of the inner hall, and when he entered the room, he saw Xuan Qing sitting in a chair in a daze, and hurriedly shouted: "Dad, go save them!"

Xuan Qing heard his daughter's cry, came back to his senses, and asked, "Who to save?"

"It's the young man who met you."

Xuan Qing looked at the chair next to him and saw that Wuzhan was not there. He asked hurriedly, "When did he leave?" He walked out of the hall quickly and saw Bai Haotian rescuing people. He shouted to his disciples, "Bring him in quickly!"

Several disciples brought the unconscious Wuzhan into the hall and sat him down. Xuanqing hurriedly began to rescue him. Just like Bai Haotian, he inputted his true energy into Wuzhan's body and it dissipated immediately. Xuanqing frowned, retracted his palms, formed seals with his hands again, and placed them on Wuzhan's back again. A thin green gas emanated from Xuanqing's body, which passed through his palms and into Wuzhan's body. After about an incense stick of time, Wuzhan's breath gradually stabilized.

Xuan Qing stood up and said to Bai Haotian: "Take him to recuperate!"

……

Wuzhan experienced this kind of waking up countless times. In fact, he really didn't want to wake up again. When he woke up, he saw a pair of eyes. Those eyes were very clear and beautiful, like his mother's, but less gentle and more lively.

"You're finally awake!" Xia Kexin said happily.

"Thank you, miss, for saving me!" he said as he sat up.

"My name is Xia Kexin. They all call me Junior Sister. You can call me Junior Sister, too." The voice was as clear as a silver bell. "It was my father who saved you. Go thank my father when you recover."

"I'll go and thank your father right away!" he said as he was about to stand up.

Xia Kexin hurriedly tried to stop him, saying, "My father has gone into seclusion to practice, so it would be useless for you to go!" She then added, "My father has ordered that you stay here and rest well until he comes out of seclusion."

"When will your father be able to come out of seclusion?"

"It's hard to say, maybe a few days, maybe half a year!"

Wuzhan thought, "Her father must have used up a lot of energy to save me, so he went into seclusion to recover. If I stay here and my illness relapses, they will be in trouble. Besides, if I wait here for half a year, it will cause them a lot of trouble."

Seeing Wuzhan didn't say anything, Xia Kexin asked, "How did you get this strange disease? Does it hurt?"

"I've had it since I was born. I'm used to it!"

Seeing that Wuzhan was suffering from a terminal illness at such a young age, Xia Kexin felt pity for him and said to him, "Just stay here. I'll ask my father to find a way to save you."

"I have already exhausted your father's energy, how can I embarrass him again? Besides, it doesn't make any difference if I live one day more or one day less."

Xia Kexin asked: "If you don't stay here, where are you going?"

When Wuzhan heard this, he was confused. He really hadn't decided where to go, and for a moment he didn't know how to answer.

Bai Haotian walked into the house and saw Wuzhan woke up. He asked a few questions and then left with Xia Kexin.

……

After Xuanqing's treatment, although Wuzhan's symptoms were not completely cured, Wuzhan's body did regain some vitality. He didn't know what method Xuanqing used to make his body feel much more relaxed than before. After he recovered, the little sister never let Wuzhan leave, took good care of him, and pestered him, calling him "the great talent", and asked Wuzhan to teach her piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, making Wuzhan feel the warmth of home. Sometimes he even felt like he had returned to the past. For several days, Wuzhan did not leave.

One day, as soon as Wuzhan left the house, he heard Xun Yu and a few others coldly saying in the courtyard:
"Where did this dog come from? It's full, but it won't leave."

"It's a stray dog ​​whose spirit was taken away by a fox demon."

"Do you think this dog has any magic? Otherwise, why is he so shameless?"

……

After hearing this, Wuzhai had no choice but to go back to his room.

Bai Haotian came back from his training and heard a few people making indirect accusations. He hurried over and scolded them, "Shut up! You are rude and bring disgrace to our sect. Come with me to the Cliff of Reflection to reflect on your mistakes!"

Xun Yu said: "Big Brother, we are doing this for your own good. Since he came, Junior Sister has been following him around every day..."

"Shut up. Who Junior Sister hangs out with is none of your business. Besides, Master asked Junior Sister to take care of him before he went into seclusion. You didn't know about this. Stop talking nonsense and follow me!"

"Master went to practice in order to save him, and he was seriously injured. Who can't see that he is refusing to leave here? Is he waiting for Master to save him again?"

Bai Haotian said, "It is Master's wish to keep him in Huashan. You don't take good care of him, but you are here to drive him away with foul words. If Master comes out of retreat and finds out about this, he will definitely punish you. Why don't you go now!"

At this time, Xia Kexin was returning from the foot of the mountain with a long package on her shoulder. Seeing several people standing in the courtyard without saying a word, she said, "It's rare to see so many of you standing here stupidly." After that, without waiting for an answer, Huanyan went straight to the barrier-free house.

Xun Yu looked at Bai Haotian and said, "See, we were right."

Bai Haotian said: "What are you looking at? Come with me to the Cliff of Repentance!"

……

Wuzhan didn't listen to what those people in the courtyard said. It didn't matter whether he listened to what they said or not...it was the same.

Xia Kexin walked into the room lightly, and saw Wuzhan sitting in a chair in a daze. She ran to Wuzhan and said with a smile: "Great talent, what are you thinking about?"

Wuzhan said calmly: "I didn't think about anything."

"Teach me quickly!" He suddenly put a brand new lyre in front of Wuzhan's eyes and opened his beautiful eyes wide. "I came down the mountain just to buy this lyre. You must teach me!"

Wuzhan put the zither away. "This zither combines the five elements inside and the five notes outside, Gong, Shang, Jiao, Hui, and Yu. The left hand has the dragon eye, and the right hand has the phoenix eye. There are eight methods: wipe, pick, hook, pick, poke, tilt, support, fight, and hit..."

After the explanation, Xia Kexin was eager to let Wuzhan play a tune. After a while of music, Xia Kexin couldn't help but be mesmerized, and then clapped her hands and exclaimed, "It's so beautiful, you must teach me!"

……

Beside the stone cliff, under the ancient pine tree, the cold wind blows the clothes.

"What do you want me to do?" Bai Haotian asked.

"Can't you find the senior brother who is always on call when you have nothing to do?" Xia Kexin said with his hands behind his back.

"I'm worried that you don't have time to learn the piano!"

“Isn’t it good for girls to learn piano?”

"Okay! So learn it well."

"Others don't understand me, but does my eldest brother also not understand me?"

"I understand, so you take good care of him."

"You!" Xia Ke stomped her feet angrily, threw the clothes she had just bought on Bai Haotian's head, and left angrily.

……

Another day, Shi Guanglei and Xun Yu saw Wuzhan looking down the mountain from the cliff. They walked over and Xun Yu said, "You must think positively!"

After Wuzhan heard this, he turned around and tried to go back into the house without saying anything. Xun Yu stretched out his hand to stop him and said, "Don't go. I heard that your master is also a sword master, and his disciples must be good too. How about we spar with each other?"

Wuzhan said in a deep voice: "I can't."

"What a joke! How can we not know how to do this? It's obvious that we are looked down upon by our master!"

"I dare not. My master only taught me how to be a good person."

Xun Yu's face darkened, and he threw the sword in front of Wuzhan with a 'swish' sound, stabbing it into the ground. "If you don't want to spar, don't even think about leaving here!"

Wuzhan didn't even look at the sword on the ground and said calmly, "You win."

Xun Yu glanced at Shi Guanglei beside him, and seeing that Shi Guanglei didn't say anything, he turned his eyes back and said, "No, we must compete to see who is better."

"So do you want to go high or low?"

“You’ll only know if you compare.”

"If you don't even know what you want, then there's no point in competing with each other in swordsmanship."

Xun Yu said angrily: "I want your life!" As he said that, he stepped on the ground and a cold light pierced towards Wuzhan.

(End of this chapter)