The Yin guest- Chapter 17 - Damn! Who has such audacity!

 

This kind of origin naturally isn't suitable for detailed discussion with others. Seeing that Xie Bai didn't object, Yin Wushu briefly explained the main points to Lou Xianyue in just a few words. After all, she was completely clueless and unable to start divination, let alone expect accurate results.

They spoke concisely, but Lou Xianyue's imagination was vast. She probably fabricated an elaborate melodramatic story based on these few sentences. In the end, with a furrowed brow, she poked the back of Xie Bai's hand wrapped in black cloth and asked, "When you opened your eyes, around three or four years old, did you have awareness and consciousness?"

Xie Bai lifted his eyes without changing his expression and replied flatly, "Yes."

The torture that never ceased, day and night, every moment, he could feel it all without missing a single detail. At that time, he was more like trapped in an endless nightmare, experiencing pain and discomfort but unable to shout, cry, or struggle. In the starting point of his memory, everything he encountered was in darkness, enduring punishments fit for ghosts.

So when he truly opened his eyes and came alive, he harbored hostility towards this unfamiliar world.

He resisted every living creature that came near him, but his way of resistance was extremely simple. Because all memories before he opened his eyes told him that crying and struggling were useless. Only by blocking out all external stimuli and senses could he endure the pain a little more easily.

So he curled up motionless in the corner all day, treating Yin Wushu, a living person, as if he were nothing but air.

Fortunately, Yin Wushu didn't take his resistance and indifference to heart and showed extraordinary patience.

The first time Xie Bai slightly lowered his guard against Yin Wushu was on the ninth day after opening his eyes.

That day was bitterly cold, with a light rain mixed with snow falling incessantly, making it extremely gloomy. By nightfall, every joint in his body ached from the cold. Xie Bai was already weak at that time, and with his refusal to eat or sleep, he sat expressionlessly in the corner, unable to withstand even a bit of the cold.

He was actually freezing but compared to enduring the tortures of sword mountains and boiling oil, the feeling of cold was something he could easily tolerate. He kept his expression unchanged and didn't even tremble. He silently endured it, showing no signs of discomfort.

When Yin Wushu entered the room, he stared at Xie Bai's face for a moment and then asked, "Are you cold?"

It was a question, but his tone didn't rise at the end. He appeared extremely confident. Xie Bai still couldn't understand why Yin Wushu could tell whether he was cold just by looking at his face. However, back then, he didn't respond at all and remained sitting silently in the corner.

In the days before that, Yin Wushu knew that he had a strong aversion and wariness, so he always kept a distance to avoid triggering him. But that day, Yin Wushu didn't care at all and directly held Xie Bai's hand.

At that time, Xie Bai's hands were thin and small, with fingers so slender they seemed like skin and bones. Yin Wushu could easily envelop both his hands in his own palm with just one hand. Maybe it was because of his innate yang, but his hands were extremely warm, so warm that Xie Bai almost forgot to react.

However, he quickly snapped out of it and instinctively tried to pull away, wanting to withdraw his hand and move away from Yin Wushu. He kicked and punched and even fiercely bit Yin Wushu's wrist.

He felt like he was biting hard, but the strength of a child couldn't compare to much after all. There wasn't even any blood. Yin Wushu didn't take it seriously and still held his hands with his left hand while reaching for his knee bend with his right hand, effortlessly lifting him up.

Xie Bai maintained his biting posture as he was carried to the old wooden armchair.

He was seated on Yin Wushu's lap, wrapped in a robe and fox fur Yin Wushu found somewhere. Yin Wushu said impatiently, "Alright, alright, let go. Do you want to bite me to death? It's almost time to show a little gratitude. I don't need reminders. Here, curl your feet up, I'll wrap you up tightly."

Yin Wushu's embrace was as warm as his palms, the kind of warmth that could penetrate skin and bones, gradually seeping into the body.

Wrapped up with only his head and two hands exposed, Xie Bai's strength was greatly diminished, and due to human nature's tendency to seek warmth and avoid cold, he gradually became obedient. He remained motionless for a while, then glanced at Yin Wushu. Seeing that he showed no sign of anger, Xie Bai silently released his grip on Yin Wushu's hand and loosened his teeth.

"That's better." Yin Wushu seemed to find his appearance amusing, chuckled, and then wrapped his hands in the fox fur as well.

Ever since he was brought back and cleaned by Yin Wushu, with a daily application of a dust-removal spell, there was not a speck of dirt on Xie Bai's body. His hair was as black as charcoal, obediently lying against his temples. His face had become thin, with a sharp chin, and when resting against Yin Wushu's hand, it felt somewhat rough. Due to his small size, his dark eyes looked particularly large, but they always seemed to be veiled in a layer of mist, revealing little vitality.

Seeing him wrapped up like a cocoon below his neck, sitting obediently but unwillingly, Yin Wushu couldn't help but be amused.

With a sweep of his sleeves, a brazier appeared on the ground, with a blazing fire inside emitting a faint crackling sound and a light floral fragrance. Yin Wushu supported a wooden rack over the fire, on which a pot of wine was warming.

Maintaining his usual frugality, Yin Wushu drank the warmed wine, accompanied by the fragrance of flowers and the rain and snow outside the window. He even attempted to coax the just-turned-five-year-old Xie Bai into taking a sip.

Xie Bai nestled in Yin Wushu's arms, the chill embedded in his bones gradually dissipated, replaced by the warmth from Yin Wushu's embrace. He pursed his lips and silently moved away Yin Wushu's wine cup, curiously yet warily staring at the firelight for a while, making sure that the fire couldn't reach him before slowly relaxing.

Children's likes and dislikes are actually quite simple. Whoever treats them well, they will be close to; whoever makes them uncomfortable, they will dislike. At that time, Xie Bai, no matter how special his background, was ultimately still a child. It was the first time since he could remember that he had escaped from the pain of his body and no longer had to endure torment. He was still full of hostility and resistance towards this unfamiliar world, but from that night onwards, the only exception was Yin Wushu...

Lou Xianyue sighed, "I suddenly understand why you ignored everyone except Yin Wushu when you were a child. If this had happened to me, after opening my eyes, not to mention reasoning with people, I probably would have wanted to kill everyone I saw."

Yin Wushu: "..."

Xie Bai: "..."

"So you think the problems you're experiencing now are very likely related to the person who originally set up the Hundred Ghosts Corpse-Nurturing Formation for you?" Lou Xianyue asked.

"It’s a possibility," Xie Bai said.

Rather than a possibility, it was certain. After all, the only person in this world who knew Xie Bai's origins and would be capable of taking advantage of it was that person.

Lou Xianyue thought about it and then extended her hands to move the six copper coins in front of her: "Alright, you must hate that insane lunatic, right? Auntie Lou will help you find him!"

Xie Bai stared at the copper coins in her hands in silence for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I don't hate him."

Lou Xianyue's hand trembled, almost blurting out, "Are you also insane?!" She managed to hold her tongue at the last moment.

Even Yin Wushu looked at him with a surprised and puzzled expression, as if something was wrong with his thinking.

"I hated him when I was younger, but as I grew older, I changed my mind because I realized I started to fear death," Xie Bai explained coldly and indifferently. Then, he skillfully took the copper coins from Lou Xianyue's hand, circled them in his palm, and scattered them on the table.

Starting to fear death meant wanting to live. Without that demonic formation back then, he wouldn't even have had a chance to live.

"But that doesn't stop me from going after him," Xie Bai added, staring at the copper coins that had quietly settled on the table after a few rolls. "If he's secretly trying to prevent me from living, then I'll just have to kill him first."

Lou Xianyue: "..."

In this world, there were many spirits with diverse abilities and temperaments. Some could control the wind and rain, some enjoyed mischief, and some were barely distinguishable from humans except for their longer lifespans. As a demon at least twice Xie Bai's size, Lou Xianyue belonged to the last category. She couldn't fight, couldn't kill, and besides her longevity, she only had two skills: innate divination and a penchant for reading all sorts of miscellaneous books, to the point of being familiar with various formations and spells. Of course... her understanding was limited to the literal level.

Having lived peacefully in Guyang Street for over a hundred years, she relied on Boss Luo and Yin Wushu to maintain order here. Having lived for so long, she hadn't seen many creatures daring to provoke Yin Wushu, as no one wished to die a miserable death.

In her opinion, the person who set up the formation for Xie Bai a hundred years ago to bring him back to life and now started interfering to make his life uncomfortable wasn't just targeting Xie Bai. To some extent, it also included Yin Wushu.

Thinking this, Lou Xianyue couldn't help muttering, "Who has such audacity!" while rapidly manipulating the copper coins on the table with her fingers.

Xie Bai: ... He was getting dizzy from Lou Xianyue's ten fingers dancing around, so he simply stopped looking and slightly closed his eyes.

But in just a moment of closing his eyes, he heard Lou Xianyue speak, "Northeast."

Xie Bai opened his eyes and saw the copper coins on the table arranged into a divination by Lou Xianyue. She pointed to the coins and said to Xie Bai, "From here, go straight northeast for three thousand five hundred miles, where the mountains and rivers meet, that's where the Yin energy is."

 

Translator : DarNan

 

 

 

 

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