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It’s the Half Maquillage Woman!
Xie Lian move foward to hold the Half Maquillage Woman yet it was like Quan Yizhen had returned from death, and he shot up and slapped. That Half Maquillage Woman really was too weak,
and she was struck to the ground with a wailing cry, “HAVE MERCY!”
Yin Yu shut Hua Ying eyes to cover his baby from looking towards the brutal scene. "Baobei... You're too young for this.. "
In no hurry, Xie Lian grabbed for his sword, “So you’re the one who stole the Brocade Immortal?”
The Half Maquillage Woman immediately cried, “It’s not me, it’s not me! I wouldn’t dare
to break into the Great Martial Temple!”
That’s true too, if he thought about it. Typical lower class ghosts really didn’t have the
guts to break in to the Great Martial Temples so rashly; they’d be blown away to smithereens for sure. Besides, this Half Maquillage Woman probably had no connection to the Brocade Immortal, and with a rough look, her ghost age was probably eighty something while that Brocade Immortal was said to be centuries old.
“Then where did you get your hands on this brocade robe?” Xie Lian questioned.
That Half Maquillage Woman picked up her headscarf and covered the top half of her
face anew, her voice shrieking high again, “To… to answer daozhang! I… I picked it up
in the Ghost City…”
“…”
"A-DIEEEEEE! "A cute shout can be heard clearly as three of them look towards Hua Ying who's bitting Yin Yu hand.
Xie Lian feels touch by Hua Ying. He really hope Hua Cheng is here to hear Hua Ying first word.
“Then who was the one who sold the brocade robe to you?” With Fan Xin on her neck Quan Yizhen take the opportunity to ask her.
The Half Maquillage Woman answered anxiously, “Daozhang! I beg you, please let me
off the hook! I don’t know either. It’s not like businesses in the Ghost City need to have
their eighteen generations of ancestry checked!”
That’s true too. If starting a business in Ghost City required having eighteen generations
of ancestry checked, it wouldn’t be as bustling as it was now. Things could only thrive if
there were room for loopholes. Xie Lian interrogated for a while but was fruitless, and
after determining this Half Maquillage Woman was no more than a little minion, he
called, “Qi Ying, have one of your heavenly officials come collect this female ghost,”
However, Quan Yizhen said, “No. I don’t have any heavenly officials in my palace.”
“Not even one?” Xie Lian asked, “You’ve never appointed any deputy generals?”
Quan Yizhen was confidently staunch in his answer, “Not a single one.”
“…”
So, turns out this Martial God of the West was a lone wolf and had never appointed anyone, not even a helper to manage the nitty gritty. At least for Xie Lian it was because he couldn’t afford it. Quan Yizhen’s situation could probably only be explained by his eccentric character. Without any other choice, Xie Lian could only fumble out a clay jar and seal that Half Maquillage Woman away. When he shook it open to inspect it however, his brows knitted slightly. How could he forget he has a baby in the room!
"Baby... "Xie Lian stop walking as he saw Hua Ying comfortably sit on Yin Yu lap playing with the mask he supposed to wear.
It certainty look warm-hearted, but, what’s the best way to describe it? In Xie Lian’s view it's look like his baby already comfortable with Yin Yu lik he with his dad.As long as he remember, Hua Ying really scared of Yin Yu mask. Xie Lian’s feels like dropping all of his god work and just living a normal life with his small family.. Just then, Quan
Yizhen took a glimpse at the robe and said, “It’s fake.”
Xie Lian was taken aback, who know this young man was just kill the joy without he even realise., “How do you know?”
“This robe is fake,” Quan Yizhen said, “I’ve seen the real Brocade Immortal before. It’s
way more powerful than this.”
Xie Lian was amazed he tried to take Hua Ying away from Yin Yu but failed because he didn't want to move even an inch, “When have you seen it? There’s actually quite a number of
people who’ve seen the Brocade Immortal before, but because it was hard to tell, how
do you determine whether if it’s real or fake?”
But Quan Yizhen stopped talking. Coincidentally, Ling Wen reached out to him via the
spiritual communication array just then, her voice rang in his ear, “Your Highness, we’ve
just received information that there seemed to be a little ghost with the Brocade
Immortal in hand who appeared about twenty miles away from your Puqi Shrine. We’ll
need to trouble you to go take a look.”
“Another one? Alright.” Xie Lian replied. Then he glanced at Quan Yizhen, and without
making a sound, he asked within the array, “Oh, by the way, another thing. Ling Wen,
has Qi Ying seen the Brocade Immortal before?”
“Qi Ying?” Ling Wen said, “He didn’t just see it. It was much more than that.”
“How do you mean?” Xie Lian asked.
“It’s complicated.” Ling Wen replied, “But has Your Highness ever heard? The martial
god that ruled the west didn’t used to be the Palace of Qi Ying. It was the Palace of Yin
Yu.”
Xie Lian recalled that this was something the Wind Master had told him while he
stripped back at the Paradise Manor that one time, and couldn’t help but feel his heart
squeeze, he look at Yin Yu who relax playing with little Hua Ying. “I’ve heard this before. I heard, the two Highnesses used to be a pair of
shixiong and shidi?”
Turns out, before Yin Yu had ascended, he was the head disciple in their sect. One day,
he saw a brash little street urchin, and in a moment of softheartedness, he asked the
master to take him in. This little child was Quan Yizhen.
Disciples of the same generation, Yin Yu had always taken very good care of Quan
Yizhen. He was the first to ascend, and he even appointed Quan Yizhen as a deputy
general. Ling Wen said, “You’ve met Qi Ying a few times, so you should know. He’s a
little bit…”
“Ignorant of the ways of the world? That’s a good thing.” Xie Lian said.
Ling Wen chuckled, “Good or not it depends on the person and the situation. Some
people think he’s a selfish loose cannon, ignorant of manners and doesn’t give people
the respect they deserve. The first few years when he first stepped into the Heavenly
Court, if it wasn’t for His Highness Yin Yu who shielded him, he’d probably be beaten to
death already by who knows how many people.”
“Those two Highnesses must share a very good relationship then.” Xie Lian mused.
“It was good at first,” Ling Wen said, “But the sad thing was, later, Qi Ying himself
ascended too.”
Both ascended from the West, so what to do? Thus, the two agreed to rule the West
together.
A pair of shixiong and shidi watching over a domain together sounded like a beautiful
tale, yet, in the end, a mountain could not support two tigers.
If one was to say that Yin Yu’s ability was enough for the heavens to send forth a
Heavenly Calamity, a one in a million, then Quan Yizhen’s ability was good enough to
pass three Heavenly Calamities, and there might not even be one in a million who could
possess this potential. It was alright at the beginning, it wasn’t obvious, but the more
time passed, the larger the skills gap was between the two. Quan Yizhen truly was
asocial; not only did he ignore building relationships with fellow heavenly colleagues, he
never tried to please his devotees either. In fact, other than Yin Yu, he didn’t bother to
remember the names of any other heavenly officials at all, and was even audacious
enough to beat up his followers, telling them to go eat shit. He was as out of line as they
come. Yet, his domain grew bigger and bigger, and his followers increased. In
comparison, the Palace of Yin Yu was losing its shine, and finally became restless.
On their birthdays, this pair of shixiong and shidi would always gift each other presents.
One year, on the day of Quan Yizhen’s birthday, Yin Yu gifted him an impressive
armour.
“…”
“The Brocade Immortal?” Xie Lian asked.
“That’s right.” Ling Wen said.
Not only could this Brocade Immortal suck blood and murder, it also had a wicked
ability: whoever it’s been gifted to will obey any commands of the one who gave the gift.
Since the two shixiong and shidi had maintained a good relationship, Quan Yizhen put
on that armour without any second thoughts. Soon after, seemingly unintentional, Yin Yu
played a prank. Under the control of the Brocade Immortal, Quan Yizhen lost his mind
and did what he was told. If it wasn’t for Jun Wu who noticed something amiss and
stopped him in time, he would’ve almost cut off his own head and dribbled it like a ball.
“So, this incident was a huge deal at the time, quite the uproar.” Ling Wen said, “To do
something like harming a fellow heavenly colleague, as an esteemed heavenly official,
Yin Yu was naturally banished immediately.”
Which meant, after this the two heavenly officials should’ve fallen out. However, when
Xie Lian recalled that silly play the worshippers of the Palace of Qi Ying put on during
the Mid Autumn Festival Banquet, that clown who was jumping up and down behind
Quan Yizhen’s back most likely being Ying Yu, yet at the time, Quan Yizhen’s reaction
was rage, followed by him leaping down to beat up his own worshippers. “I think Qi Ying
should still think very highly of His Highness Yin Yu. Was there maybe a
misunderstanding in all this?”
“Who knows.” Ling Wen said, “Whether if there’s a misunderstanding, the person in
question’s been banished for so many years now, so who’s to care?”
Xie Lian nodded and was about to bid farewell when Ling Wen added, “Wait. Your
Highness, there’s more. I wasn’t done earlier. Sixty miles out from your Puqi Shrine also
has an unknown creature appearing with the Brocade Immortal in hand.”
“…Isn’t that a little too far? Why are there more?” Xie Lian asked.
“I’m not done.” Ling Wen said, “Listen well, there’s more: forty-two miles out northwest,
fifteen miles out southeast, twenty-two miles out north…”
After reporting twenty-seven to eight locations in one breath, Ling Wen finally said, “Yea.
That’s about it for now.”
By the time she was done reporting, Xie Lian had forgotten everything and was feeling
rather woeful, “Your palace is quite efficient this time, huh. But, “for now”? Are you
saying there might be more…? Could the Ghost City be distributing the Brocade
Immortal?”
“Most likely.” Ling Wen replied. “There are many peddlers with unknown origins in the
Ghost City who often sell counterfeits with a fake skin. Once they’re done selling fakes
they’d change skin, so connoisseurs usually won’t buy anything randomly. Still, there
are nonetheless ghosts who’d consider it as digging for antiques, thinking maybe they’d
hit the jackpot this time. Now that the Brocade Immortal was stolen, many small time
vendors in the ghost realm received news and are using this chance to deceive buyers,
saying any random robe they found is the Brocade Immortal. What’s incredible is that
there’s still many ghosts who’d fall for it, and would try it out on people. It’s really given
us who gather information a lot of headaches.”
This was completely messing up their search for the real Brocade Immortal; with so
many ‘Brocade Immortals’ popping up everywhere, who knows which one is the real !
I already tell you that the earlier chapter mostly from the original novel so any of misunderstood.. You can refer the novel
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