Arc 4
Ten Years Lanterns (End)
Shen Jingfeng dismounted from his horse and rushed to the teahouse. He clutched the opponent by the collar and shook him, “What did you say about Ye Chen?!”
The other party was dumbfounded, and stammered, “You… Who are you! ”
“Which Ye Chen are you talking about? What happened to her? Where is she?!”
“How many Ye Chen is there in this world…” The man was a little perplexed about the situation and answered cautiously, “The World’s First Beauty; Yao Wang Valley’s Lord only daughter, Ye Chen. This month, she beheaded the elders and the Sect Leader of three sects in a row, and she also killed many people. The Seven Great Sects have joined hands to set up an ambush. Right now, it has been two days since the siege started in the Broken Soul Valley一”
He hadn’t finished his words when Shen Jingfeng already bolted out.
Carrying the snow lotus on his back, he galloped towards the Broken Soul Valley. The Broken Soul Valley was near this town, so these people knew the news well. Shen Jingfeng gripped the reins tight, he wished so much that he could transform into a bird and fly directly to the Broken Soul Valley.
At this moment, what else did he not understand?
Where did she want a snow lotus. Ye Chen only wanted to use the snow lotus to distract him, and while at it, she would finish what he wanted to do by herself.
But why must she choose this way? Why must she do this with such great fanfare that the whole world knew?
Wasn’t his way, slowly laying out the groundwork and shifting the blame to the Demon Sect was better? Why must she choose this way that could make her lose her life?
Those dirty people, those nauseating people, were they worth losing her life for?!
Shen Jingfeng’s heart was drumming with trepidation, while Ye Chen was sitting cross-legged on the mountain of corpses, drinking her last sip of wine.
There were corpses all around. Those little disciples warily watched her. They surrounded her, but they dared not take a step forward.
Ye Chen herself was not in a good shape. She couldn’t really maintain her strength anymore, but there was still another person left……
Only after killing that man could Shen Jingfeng’s revenge be regarded as complete.
The people around her were amazed by Ye Chen. They had never seen a person who could hold on after suffering many fatal injuries.
Ye Chen, this person, not only had first-class swordsmanship but also had poisonous blood. No one had the courage to touch her. The person who injured her had long been melted into a pool of mud.
She was like a monster, a frightening monster that made people tremble with fear but at the same time admire her.
The admiration for the strong was deeply rooted in the hearts of all Wulin people. Back then, Mo Mingyue was like this, and now, Ye Chen was no exception.
“How long do I have until Shen Jingfeng arrives?”
Ye Chen asked 38 to locate Shen Jingfeng and 38 directly informed Shen Jingfeng’s location and estimated it for her, “He will be here in less than ten minutes.”
“How long can your energy last me in this world?”
“Less than twenty minutes.”
“I see.”
Ye Chen gasped and braced herself.
She was bleeding thoroughly and her body was crumbling. The person she desired to kill right now was hiding behind his disciples, protecting himself while cautiously darting his gaze at her.
“Sect Leader Liu,” Ye Chen’s smile bloomed, “Now, do you regret the matter of the past years?”
“The rumors; The truths. Your cowardice, selfishness, and incompetence. Sect Leader Liu is clearly aware of it, right?”
“Zip your mouth!” The middle-aged man roared. He stepped back and urged the crowd, “Move! Attack her! She is already weakened!”
Ye Chen laughed loudly and flung the empty wine gourd out to the side. She broke through the sea of people and aimed her sword at the man.
Sect Leader Liu retreated in horror and drew his sword. When their sword clashed, he poured his internal force into his sword and slashed down with anger.
Despite everything, he was still considered as one of the exemplary people in his generation, and he was a Leader of a Sect. Naturally, his competence was far more than those disciples. Ye Chen was pushed back by the sword. She ground her teeth and flew back.
38 constantly sent energy to Ye Chen. Ye Chen held herself with the energy of 38 and her own willpower. The sword glowed with azure light and cut down with a blinding light, just like a roaming water dragon, it aimed at Sect Leader Liu without giving him a way out.
Such a desperate attack that bet all on a single throw and disregarded her life and death, made the opponent downright terrified.
“Why… Why…”
The other party shook. Precisely at this time, a flaw was exposed. Ye Chen’s sword fiercely stabbed into his body, then sliced up to his chest and pierced into his heart.
The other party’s dirty blood gushed out. He gaped at Ye Chen with an unbelieving look, “You… Why…”
“There is no other reason,” Ye Chen lowered her eyes and said indifferently, “I just want that person to live well.”
From behind, Ye Chen heard someone yelling, “Ye Chen! ”
Ye Chen smiled bitterly, “He is here.”
“Host, not good.” 38 weakly informed, “Three minutes left.”
“I see.”
Ye Chen turned around. She was standing on the hill, with wide sleeves flaring. Her hair was messy and scattered due to the fight, it danced with the wind. Her appearance was ethereal that it dazed people.
She looked down at the man who rushed by horse. The corner of her lips hooked up. Separated by the crowd, she laughed madly, “Yue Shan Sect Shen Jingfeng, just in time! You turned your back on me first at our first meeting, and now, I, Ye Chen, will take your life as the price for it!”
Ye Chen tiptoed and jumped, darting towards Shen Jingfeng. The sword light slashed down and Shen Jingfeng rolled down from the horse to avoid it. Instinctively, his sword was pulled off its scabbard. Ye Chen seized the chance and sent herself to Shen Jingfeng’s sword!
Everything happened in a flash. Shen Jingfeng opened his eyes wide and stared blankly at Ye Chen in front of him. His sword penetrated her chest, and her blood flowed down from the sword to his palm, scorching.
Shen Jingfeng sensed the blazing hot and sticky blood on his palm and his whole mind buzzed. His body reaction was faster and tremors began to emerge on his body.
Ye Chen raised her head and gazed at his handsome face. She was limp with no strength left. 38 also entered a dormant state. There was only a black screen with a countdown in her mind.
She tugged her lips to smile with a hard attempt. She stretched out her hand and stroked his face, tender and affectionate.
“Your enemies, I have killed them all.”
She said through gasps, “Your mother, I have brought her back.”
“Shen Jingfeng…” she whispered, “From now on, be a good person, okay?”
Shen Jingfeng had no reply to her. He was trembling and water vapor condensed in his eyes. He was already an adult, but at this moment, he looked like a child.
Ye Chen held his face with both hands, staring at him and giving her best to smile, “I hope that, in the future, you will practice your martial arts to uphold justice without losing your heart. You will fight for the weak against the strong. You will be a good person, a very good person.”
“I hope that, in the future, you will make more friends. You will travel around the world and drink wine with them. You will be happy, a very happy person.”
“I hope that, in the future, you will help me to take care of the Yao Wang Valley and my family. ”
“I also hope…” Ye Chen paused. She stared at his face and for a while, she could hardly tell who he was.
“What else do you hope for?” Shen Jingfeng’s tears streamed down. Ye Chen gave a small smile and said word by word, “I also hope that, one day, you will remember me.”
“What if I say, I won’t?”
Shen Jingfeng’s pupils dilated as he watched the person in front of him. There was a deadly stillness in his heart. He was not reconciled. He didn’t want to part with her. He didn’t want to watch this person leave. He didn’t want to grant her dying wishes.
So, what if said he wouldn’t?
What if he wouldn’t be a good person? What if he wouldn’t be happy? What if he wouldn’t take care of her Yao Wang Valley?
If she still had many lingering hopes in this world, would she stay?
Stay here, Ye Chen. Don’t leave me. Why couldn’t you accompany me through this life and finish our life together?
He hugged her tightly and buried his head in her neck.
Ye Chen smiled shakily. The countdown in front of her eyes blared red. She closed her eyes, “But, Jingfeng, I have already paid so much…”
“So… Promise me.”
“Be… A good person…”
The countdown dropped to “0” and in a second, the sky spun around her and everything began to disappear.
She seemed to have fallen into the vast ocean, sinking down.
She vaguely heard Shen Jingfeng’s heartwrenching call, vaguely heard him call her name, and vaguely heard him howl.
However, the surroundings gradually became quiet. Ultimately, she was enveloped in silence.
The woman in his arms had no longer had her strength, she slipped from his arms and he could no longer detect her breath. The damp restraining Shen Jingfeng’s emotions broke. He gathered her into his arms and knelt on the ground.
The people around cheered. They celebrated the moment Ye Chen’s life ended. The hard battle was finally won.
Even if the person who killed the enemy was howling while holding her corpse; Even if the valley had already flowed with a river of blood.
All this came to an end the moment Ye Chen fell. The disciples who had been in fear began to hold each other and rejoiced.
Shen Jingfeng, who was holding Ye Chen, trembled. He gritted his teeth, but the tears shed from his eyes one by one.
Cheers followed one after another. He listened to everyone calling Ye Chen a Witch. He listened to everyone rejoicing and laughing. Had enough, he burst out into a wild laugh and then howled.
The voice was like a dying animal, a sound that scratched the people’s hearts in a flurry because of the despair.
The surrounding gradually quietened down. They watched the man, who had always appeared like the moon hanging up above the sky, wailed grievingly.
That person ignored everything and curled up like a child. However, there were no children in this world that had experienced the cruelty of the world and were capable of crying out in despair like him.
The wail eventually became the only sound in the valley. The rustling snowflakes appeared to send a person away on a long journey.
The snow lotus he had worked hard to bring was on the person’s side, but she didn’t even get the chance to look at it.
He hugged her and cried out until he could no longer make a sound.
At that time, the people in the valley had dispersed. The heavy snow covered up the blood and corpses. Until this time, Shen Jingfeng finally parted his lips and tried to say in a voice that could not make any sound. “I promise you.”
I promise you that, in the future, I will practice martial arts to uphold justice without losing my heart. I will fight for the weak against the strong. I will be a good person, a very good person.
I promise you that, in the future, I will make more friends. I will travel around the world and drink wine with them. I will be happy, a very happy person.
I promise you that, in the future, I will take care of Yao Wang Valley, your family, your friends, your martial siblings, all.
I also promise you that, one day, I will remember you.
I don’t understand, what do you mean that one day I will remember you, but, I promise you, I will.
Ye Chen, you have put so much effort and love me so much. It went without a doubt that everything you hope for, I will promise you.
Even if… I can’t walk my life with you.
Shen Jingfeng closed his eyes. He lifted her up and disappeared from the valley.
She was on his back, he carried her all the way to Yao Wang Valley and buried her with the snow lotus.
Later, Shen Jingfeng practiced his martial arts to uphold justice and help the people.
Later, Shen Jingfeng became the Leader of the Wulin Alliance. He established a good school, a good Martial Art’s Gathering, and maintained peace in every corner of the world.
Later, when the world fell into chaos, Shen Jingfeng and Mo Xingchen joined forces to do their best to protect the people from the suffering of war.
Later, Shen Jingfeng made friends all over the world and wandered around, overlooking all the beautiful mountains and rivers. He often traveled around with a wine gourd on his waist.
Later, Shen Jingfeng passed away due to illness. When he died, it was at the time of heavy snow at the end of winter. He was in the Yao Wang Valley. He held the wine gourd and dug Ye Chen’s grave by himself and lay down beside her. At that time, the person beside him had already become a pile of bones.
He calculated roughly that it had been ten years since she left.
A glass of wine under the peach and plums in the spring breeze; The lonely night and rain of the Jianghu; The ten years lanterns.
[Arc 4 – Ten Years Lanterns · End]
[Arc 5 – There is a Ghost in Your Heart[1]]
Shen Jingfeng closed his eyes and hugged the withered bones, sensing the darkness shrouding him.
The disciple waiting next to him saw that Shen Jingfeng stopped talking. The disciple of the Yao Wang Valley jumped down. He shook his head after inspecting Shen Jingfeng’s breath.
The other disciples around began to work in silence, and Shen Jingfeng was buried with soil.
When the soil covered Shen Jingfeng’s body bit by bit, a blue light that’s invisible to the naked eye flew into Shen Jingfeng’s body.
After two beeps, a mechanical sound came.
“Reporting to the Main System, the Villain Counterattack System, 666, has been loaded and is being downloaded. It monitors that the Counterattack Energy is insufficient and needs to wait for activation.”
“Reporting to the Main System, the order has been received. 666 will be dormant for the time being and wait for activation.”
And then, the blue light completely vanished.
Once again, the heavy snow in the world began to fall.
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Ye Chen opened her eyes. There was a dazzling white in front of her. There was also a strange array around her, with strange lines painted with blood. Ye Chen could barely judge what it was using the poor knowledge she obtained from the Tian Jian Sect, This array should be…
Something that was not good.
After all, this array was painted with blood.
Ye Chen couldn’t judge the situation. She narrowed her eyes and shouted, “38?
“Host, you are awake?!”
38 pounced on her. Ye Chen was shocked by the “LueLue[2]” expression on its face. She exclaimed in disbelief, “3…38?!”
“Host, it’s me! It’s me, 38 ah! I upgraded!”
38 changed its face to the familiar smile.
Ye Chen’s mind couldn’t catch up. Didn’t it say her point will be cleared? Wasn’t she supposed to be punished with a Soul Whip? How did it get an upgrade instead?
Noticing the plain doubt on Ye Chen’s face, 38 coughed in embarrassment, “This…The thing is… Em, about it, that is, our mission rating is A.”
“???”
Before, I worked hard to do the task and failed to achieve A. Now, I spared no effort and I achieved A?
“Exactly. This time, the Villain didn’t die and the world benefited from it, thus, you get a lot of points. Originally, it was wrong for you to move on your own, but because our mission rating is A and my energy source is particularly sufficient, I appealed to the Main System to exchange all your points and half of my energy source for you not to be punished…”
Ye Chen widened her eyes and questioned shakily, “How… How many points?”
38 shyly smiled, “5000…”
Ye Chen’s eyes darkened. She grabbed 38 and shook him, “Can you talk again to the Main System and let me be punished?! It’s better to die than to be poor!”
“Host, calm down!” 38 hurriedly appeased, “Don’t you still have me? Let’s move forward, one step at a time, with our strength!”
“Fine… Fine…!”
“Though… because I only have half energy left… The task this time… Let’s just do it only half the time… okay?”
Ye Chen, “……”
“How long?”
“Five years at most…”
“It’s okay, it’s okay,” Ye Chen comforted herself, “At least, it’s not five months. Come,” Ye Chen closed her eyes, “Send me there.”
“Mn!” 38 nodded vigorously. Ye Chen felt the spinning feeling in her mind. She had experienced four worlds and this feeling was very familiar. She soon received the world line.
This was similar to the Modern World, but Feng Shui[3] and Metaphysics were popular in this world. Feng Shui Masters were very powerful in this world and they must be respected regardless of politics and business.
The Feng Shui Master was not necessarily a person that had mastered only Feng Shui. They could be masters in divination, fortune-telling, catching ghosts, and, of course, Feng Shui.
They were capable of anything that can be related to metaphysics. However, the most common job they got on weekdays was to look at Feng Shui, so everyone only remembered them as Feng Shui Masters and forgot their other abilities.
In this Feng Shui World, there were two prestigious families. One was the Lin Family in the South, they were good at Array and Fortune Telling. The other was the Ye Family in the North, they were good at Feng Shui and Talismans.
The story began with the decline of the Lin Family. Lin Xuan, the new Patriarch of the Lin Family, lost to Ye Lang, the new Patriarch of the Ye Family, in the competition of “Settling the Heaven and Earth”. The Lin Family realized that moment was the beginning of the decline of the Lin Family. Lin Xuan was not reconciled to accept such a fate. At that point, his eldest son, Lin Jianxi, had just been born. He was tested as someone who had a pure Yang body[4]. Lin Xuan simply set up an Obstruction Array to ensure the prosperity of the Lin Family.
The so-called Obstruction Array was to transfer one’s bad luck to another. Bad luck and Good luck are two sides of Yin and Yang. Hence, the array was used to exchange between the two, and in order for it to work, the Yin and Yang must be balanced. With Lin Jianxi’s pure Yang body, he was supposed to be blessed with good luck and had a smooth life. His “Yang” was enough to carry the “Bad luck” of the Lin Family, so Lin Xuan used Lin Jianxi as the vessel and transferred all the bad luck of the entire Lin Family to Lin Jianxi.
As the vessel of the Obstruction Array, Lin Jianxi was destined to be miserable all his life, those who were close to him would not end well. Therefore, the Lin Family declared Lin Jianxi’s fate was the fate of the Lone Star of Heavenly Evil[5]. With that excuse, they threw him out of the house.
Lin Jianxi grew up in an orphanage. At that point, his body was full of Yin, so he was prone to sickness. What saddened him the most was everyone who treated him well ended up dying.
Fortunately, he had compassion in his heart. He kept his distance from the crowd and eventually became a novelist. He liked to play games, read novels, and paint all day. He turned into someone who hardly ever emerges from his home.
Later, he liked an airy girl who had little knowledge of Feng Shui, Jiang Xuan. Jiang Xuan had a pure Yang body and was not afraid of evil spirits. She taught him the art of Feng Shui and Lin Jianxi slowly fell in love with her, but he never imagined that Jiang Xuan was his younger brother’s, Lin Yu, fiancee.
As the heir of the Lin Family, Lin Yu learned that after years of being the vessel of Obstruction Array and living long enough, Lin Jianxi’s body must have turned into a pure yin body. Thus, he decided to cultivate Lin Jianxi into a “Yin Gu”.
Yin Gu was considered a precious magic tool. With a precious magic tool like that, Lin Yu could surpass every other person in the Feng Shui world.
Lin Jianxi was deceived by Jiang Xuan and he cultivated into the body of Yin Gu. He was caught back to the Lin family and refined alive.
But, Lin Jianxi’s talent was extraordinary. He moved his hands and feet and changed the Lin Family’s refining array. He completely destroyed the Lin Family. Since then, he became a Feng Shui Evil Master which brought harm to everywhere in the world.
In the next ten years, the true Male Lead of the story appeared and became an enemy with Lin Jianxi. Lin Jianxi and the Male Lead had an entanglement with each other. The Feng Shui world situation of “Broken Dragon Terrace” caused turmoil in the country and natural disasters all over the world. The Male Led turned the tide but in the end, he saved it at a critical moment and many lives were ruined.
“This task is relatively simple. It is to protect Lin Jianxi and help him become the Patriarch of the Lin family. Then, let him wait for the Male Lead to appear and make him be the good brother of the Male Lead.”
38 showed a ”LueLue” expression, “Isn’t it super simple? ”
“Emmm……”
Ye Chen didn’t give a definite response. The task was so simple that it made her afraid…
To protect Lin Jianxi. that was to keep the Lin Family from finding him.
To help him become the Patriarch of the Lin family, that was to teach him Feng Shui, spells, etc. Anyway, the Villain had always been extremely talented. It was estimated he didn’t need her to help that much.
To be the good brother of the Male Lead? That was… only possible by relying on brainwashing……
Ye Chen pondered over it and remembered an important question, “Who am I?”
“Oh, right, I forgot to send you the memory line.”
38 quickly downloaded the memory line for Ye Chen. Ye Chen had a lot of memories poured into her mind in a second.
The name of her current body was also Ye Chen. She was the legitimate daughter of the Ye Family and the next heir to the Ye Family.
Ye Chen was a genius, a real genius. It was said that when she opened her eyes, the first sight she saw was a talisman, the first stroke she drew with a brush was a spell, the first painting she painted was an array, and the first article she wrote was “The Punishment of Flying Star Cut Against the Ten Taboos of Feng Shui”
—She was not even seven years old at that time.
A genius like her, before she was twenty, was already a Master in the Feng Shui world. Regardless of the seniority, even her Father, Ye Lang, was respectful to her.
A genius always had their own genius temper. Her temper was that she was extremely lazy. She didn’t like to interact with people and didn’t like to talk.
When others spoke ten words to her, she would only lazily raise her eyelids and hummed, “Mn.”
That was when she was in a good mood. If she was not, the other party would be tossed out by her.
Because of this kind of temperament, because her talent was particularly bright, because she was never courteous, because she loved to do as she liked……
Simply put, because of her many shortcomings, Ye Chen had a particularly peculiar position in the Feng Shui world where she was respected but also had many people who hated her.
Not only that, some who hated her actually hate her because she made a big wave to them.
Ye Chen didn’t like to talk, but she was very nosy.
Those Feng Sui Evil Masters who deliberately harmed others; Those Feng Shui Masters who deliberately cheat people’s money… Anyway, as long as they were not righteous Feng Shui masters, she would deal with them one by one. She would annihilate every Feng Shui Evil Master she saw.
Thus, in summary, both the ghost and the monster pretty much wanted to kill her.
Being beaten around by her every day, the dishonest Feng Shui Master also pretty much wanted to kill her.
Being hacked around by her every day, the Feng Shui Evil Master wanted to kill her even more.
Luckily, Ye Chen was self-sufficient and strong. She had never met with any mishaps.
It’s too bad that there were too many dark roads at night and eventually you would meet with a ‘ghost’.
Ye Chen’s own younger sister, Ye Wenwen, was considered gifted. However, it was a pity that she was kept in the dim light because of Ye Chen all year round. Ye Wenwen had been jealous of her for many years, but Ye Chen, who had a big heart, didn’t realize it. Instead, she loved this Meimei of hers very much. Though, she was too lazy to express it. In that way, Ye Wenwen never realized Ye Chen’s feelings for her.
At first, Ye Wenwen could still endure it.
Until Ye Chen and Jiang Huai got engaged.
The Jiang family and the Ye family were noble families. Ye Chen, Ye Wenwen, and Jiang Huai grew up together. But, Ye Chen was focused on learning all kinds of new things. In fact, she was not close to Jiang Huai at all. This did not prevent Jiang Huai from falling in love with this powerful and beautiful genius, though. As a childhood sweetheart, Ye Wenwen loved Jiang Huai wholeheartedly, so when she was an adult, she confessed to Jiang Huai. As a result, Jiang Huai was stimulated by Ye Wenwen’s confession and decided to confess to Ye Chen.
Ye Chen had always been too lazy to take care of these things, so she just let their families decide it. Their family arranged the engagement. Ye Wenwen was not willing that her childhood sweetheart was snatched. She joined forces with Ye Chen’s enemies and formed a huge array to kill Ye Chen.
After Ye Chen was killed, Ye Wenwen, the other talented person in Ye Family, was naturally by Jiang Huai’s side at every time. A few years later, they got married. They became the Pillars of the right path in the Feng Shui world. And much later, they got involved with the confrontation with Lin Jianxi.
And Ye Chen, how amazing was this person?
She was so amazing that even more than ten years after her death, when Lin Jianxi became a disaster to the world, some people couldn’t help but feel emotional—
It would be great if Ye Chen was still alive.
After receiving the memory line of “Ye Chen”, Ye Chen fell into contemplation.
Because she found something despairing.
She glanced at the huge array around her, at the tattered roof above her head, and at the messy battlefield next to her, and she realized——
“So, I am already dead?!”
“Yes… you are……”
38 answered through difficulty.
Then one person and one System fell into deep contemplation.
After a long time, 38 slowly cheered, “Host, don’t worry, ghosts can exist in this world!”
“Then, what about the original Ye Chen?”
“Of course, her soul has flown away…”
Hearing this, Ye Chen took a cold breath, “Ye Wenwen is so cruel…”
“The most poisonous is a woman’s heart.” 38 sighed and then added, “Nevermind, Host, we have up to five years. The sooner you complete the task, the sooner you go to the next world. Oh, I also want to remind you that our points are cleared to zero, we can’t fail and let the world be ruined, am I clear?”
Ye Chen, “……”
She began to recall what ‘Ye Chen’ had learned. A moment later, she collapsed and began to sob with her head in her hands.
A xueba‘s brain capacity was so amazing that she, a xuezha, couldn’t accept it!!
“Stop crying…” 38 lit a cigarette, “Hurry and set off to find the Male Lead. I’ll send you the map.”
“OK…” Ye Chen dusted the dust off her body – oh well, she had no dust to dust. A ghost, what dust could she dust?
Ye Chen walked out of the dilapidated wooden house dejectedly. She looked around and found the wooden house was in a big pit.
It appeared that the combat power of the original body was really powerful!
Ye Chen stared at the deep pit and said with a stern face, “How can I go up?”
“Float ah.” 38 commented, “Have you never seen a ghost movie?”
I have seen ghost movies, but how ghosts climb pits… I really haven’t seen it.
Fortunately, Ye Chen was a curious spirit with high learning ability. She found that the difference between a ghost and a human was that the body is lighter. You could choose to float or walk. However, walking would be more laborious.
Still, it was better for her to climb the pit with her hands and feet. Thus, she crawled up.
After climbing up, she saw a forest, and Ye Chen collapsed on the spot.
But she thought, it’s okay, she’s a ghost. She has good physical strength……
“Gulu”
Her stomach was gurgling.
Ye Chen broke down a litte, “The hell, a ghost can be hungry?!”
38 answered with silence. It had never been a ghost. It did not know. Sorry.
Ye Chen understood that 38 did now know. So, she bit her lips and floated forward.
Ye Chen floated all night and finally floated out of the forest. At this time, she was dizzy. She saw a bus stop on her way. She hurried over and checked the stop sign and judged that this way may be possible. Next to her stood a man and some ghosts. The man was playing games. All the ghosts were watching him play games and commented as they looked at him.
“What a terrible skill…”
“If you are at this level, don’t play online and drag others down ah.”
“Tsk tsk, unsightly, unsightly. ”
Ye Chen was a little curious and floated over.
Well, except for the addition of a Feng Shui world in this world, everything else was the same as Gu Jianan’s world, and pesticide[6] was still there.
She observed it for a while and nodded in agreement, “It’s really unsightly. ”
The ghosts instantly began to chat with her. Everyone commented on the poor player. After a while, a bus stopped and the player got on the bus. Ye Chen hurried to follow up. As a result, the Yang Qi overwhelmed her and almost suffocated her.
The ghost who had just talked to her pulled her back. The ghost gawked at her, “That’s a human bus. There are so many people on it. Are you courting death?”
“Ah?” Ye Chen blinked. It turned out that ghosts couldn’t get to a crowded place like a bus?
The ghost scrutinized Ye Chen and sighed, “Are you from the countryside and have never taken a bus?”
“Ah… Yes.” Ye Chen nodded hurriedly, “I’ve just entered the city and haven’t adapted yet.”
“No problem. It’s okay. I’ll be your guide. Where are you going?”
Ye Chen peeked at Lin Jianxi’s location and asked, ““The He Run Community in Z City, do you know where it is?”
“He Run Community? I know. You and I can use the same but, but I’ll get off first.”
“I see, I see, thank you,” Ye Chen looked at him gratefully, “My name is Ye Chen. What’s your name, Sir Ghost?”
Hearing her name, all the ghost snapped their head at her. The ghost who was talking to her whispered vigilantly, “You… Which Ye Chen are you?”
“I… I’m just an ordinary Ye Chen.”
Ye Chen immediately realized that the name Ye Chen was too dangerous.
All the ghosts relaxed their vigilance. The ghost informed her, “Just as I thought. How can Master Ye Chen be so friendly? My name is Cheng Li. I have been dead for ten years and used to be a policeman.”
“Nice to meet you, nice to meet you, I used to… I used to farm in the country, and I just died not long ago. ”
Cheng Li and Ye Chen chatted with each other, while 38 was silent in her head. Cheng Li was especially talkative. He directed Ye Chen to her destination and pointed the way to her. Ye Chen was well-behaved and went to the He Run Community. There, she sensed Lin Jianxi’s presence.
Lin Jianxi was adopted from the orphanage by an old grandma when he was ten years old. The grandma originally had an only child, but her child died. Because she had no one else, she adopted Lin Jianxi. As a result of Lin Jianxi, the grandma died of illness before he was fourteen years old. The grandma was a widow, thus, after her death, her property belonged to Lin Jianxi. Lin Jianxi actually had a guardian. His guardian was a distant uncle, but the uncle never cared about him. Lin Jianxi lived alone in the He Run Community, and no one cared about it.
Today, Lin Jianxi happened to meet a classmate from the same community. The classmate’s father sent Lin Jianxi back. After Lin Jianxi got out of the car, because he was in another building, he walked to the elevator alone.
The underground parking garage was gloomy, and Lin Jianxi stepped very fast.
He didn’t like this kind of place very much. Places with few people, such as garages, elevators, corridors. It made him feel especially scared. He knew the best about his body, after all.
He could see ghosts and easily attract them. There were good ghosts and bad ghosts. But, Lin Jianxi was particularly talented at attracting those bad ghosts who desired to kill him.
It was not too much to say that if he didn’t die because of his hard life, he would have died because he was killed by these ghosts.
His life was hard, and people around him didn’t know how his grandma actually died……
Lin Jianxi lowered his eyes. He did not dare to think more and accelerated his pace.
At this time, a gust of wind blew, and the lights in the underground parking garage flickered.
Without delay, Lin Jianxi started running with his schoolbag and never looked back. He had seen many scenes like this and had experienced them for a long time.
The entrance to the garage was just in front of him. Where there was light, ghosts didn’t like it.
Ye Chen locked Lin Jianxi from far away. Unbelievable. This boy looks so good.
Although he was only fourteen years old, wearing a school uniform, carrying a schoolbag, and his hair was messy, he was still eye-catching.
Thus, Ye Chen approached him, but, when she did, Lin Jianxi began to run wildly.
Ye Chen was floored and she shouted, “Lin Jianxi!”
Shit! Lin Jianxi’s heart skipped a beat. The ghost calls his name!
The ghost behind him was a fierce ghost who had the energy to shout. There was absolutely no way he would look back!
He ran faster, Ye Chen was puzzled and followed behind.
Lin Jianxi rushed out of the garage. Ye Chen mulled it over. No matter, she knew Lin Jianxi’s house address. She took an elevator and floated upstairs. Then, she floated into Lin Jianxi’s house.
She was hungry. But, she didn’t know how to eat.
She sat on the sofa, bored. She couldn’t touch anything here.
“38 ah…” Ye Chen sighed pitifully, “I’m so hungry. How can I eat…”
“Please wait,” 38 coughed, “I have found a good thing, which will definitely be helpful to you!”
With that, several books slammed down.
Ye Chen glanced down and saw that these books were——
《Those Years when I was a Ghost》
《Survival Guide for the Ghost》
《How to be a Good Ghost》
Ye Chen, “……”
Lin Jianxi finally arrived home after running for a long time. His home was set up by his grandma. She had looked around for experts and drew countless spells in it. It was absolutely safe. It was his only safe haven.
He believed he had got rid of the ghost, yet, when he opened the door…..
Were his eyes wrong?!
Were his eyes right?!
A black-robed ghost sat on the sofa of his house. She flipped through a book and raised her eyes to look at him. She smiled.
“Lin Jianxi, you are home?”
“AH! AHH! AHHHHHHHHH!”
“SAVE ME! AH AH AH AHHH!”
Lin Jianxi ran away with his schoolbag in his arms.
Watching Lin Jianxi run away, Ye Chen was speechless.
It was at this moment, she understood the difficulty of this task.
Footnotes
你心上有鬼 – Nǐ Xīn Shàng Yǒu Guǐ. There is a Ghost in Your Heart. Can also mean “You Have a Guilty Conscience (Ghost) in Your Heart”. As usual, more about it in Ry_ Corner.↵
略略略 – Lüèlüèlüè. Sound of sticking out the tongue. Used to tease each other. Everyone thinks it is cute and it spreads widely. Generally used at the end of a sentence, as a tone embellishment, it has a cute teasing feeling. Image in Attachment. ↵
风水 – Fēng Shuǐ. Feng Shui is an art of balancing yin and yang, and improving the flow of Qi. Mostly by arranging buildings, objects, and space in an environment to achieve harmony and balance.↵
纯阳之体 – chún yáng zhī tǐ. Pure Yang Body. A constituion that repels ghosts, opposite of the pure Yin Body who attracts ghosts. A pure Yang body has a lot of benefits for themselves while a pure yin body mostly benefits others. A pure Yang body is born blessed and will be healthy; A pure Yin body is prone to sickness.↵
天煞孤星 – tiān shà gū xīng. The Bane of Other’s Existence. A pretty bad fate, destined to be alone and will only bring bad luck to the others around them↵
农药 – nóng yào. Homophone for 荣耀 – róng yào; Glory, a.ka the MOBA Game, King of Glory/Honor of King. It is bc KoG players often say “Let’s go spread some pesticides (nóngyào)” to their teammates. It is also a pun signifying the addictive and poisonous nature of that game lol. ↵
Attachment
Ry’s Corner
Thus, this Novel title changed to The Villains I Raised All Need Therapy.
The Obstructing Array can actually be read as Gathering of the Bad Luck Array.
And, I am actually a supporter of Jiang Huai, a simp must support another simp!
About this Arc Title, “你心上有鬼” a.ka There is a Ghost in Your Heart.
It can be taken literally as “There is a Ghost (Ye Chen) in Your (Lin Jianxi’s) Heart.”
But, in a way, it can be read as “You Have a Guilty Conscience in Your Heart”
When you do something wrong and are afraid that others will know, that means there is a ghost in your heart.
Bc, Ghost not only means “Ghost” in CN, but it can also mean lie, bs, guilt, etc etc. Something hidden beneath the “Human” Mask is what you called “Ghost.”
Like in the part “It’s too bad that there were too many dark roads at night and eventually you would meet with a ‘ghost’.”
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The chatting guest on the seat went, so the book slept.
The Villains I Raised All Need Therapy lol
The Villain System is here?! 👀
Finally Ye Chen will taste her own medicine? 😳
Now he has a system too? Will his name change every time they meet still? Since ye chen with her system has the same name every time.
Also the next arc sounds fun~
A boy and his ghost wife lolol
YE CHEEENNNN *roars
I feel so sad for jingfeng (amirite i kinda forgot his name already) but he is the strongest villain among the 4 villains so far. He lived for herrrrr I can’t explain this proudness I felt towards Shen Jingfeng for continuing his life to fulfil Ye Chen’s wishes he is so precious QAQ
He is selfishly selfless _(:3」∠)