Chapter 32

Translated by boilpoil Edited by boilpoil

Recalling the times he spent with Bai Lianhua, Zhong Xiutang had an odd realisation.

Bai Lianhua probably came because of his evil, and left because his demonic aura dissipated… Then what if he returned to evil?

As an evil spirit that’s lived for a long time, Zhong Xiutang had heard about such things. The high priests in temples would say prayers to evil ghosts day and night to send them to the afterlife. No matter what harsh words the evil ghosts say, they only take it as training for their mental fortitude. They would still calmly read their own sutras, until years go by and they successfully cleanse the evil ghost of their evil. Then they would also become Buddhas themselves.

Perhaps he’s the evil ghost character. He’s only a training Bai Lianhua had to experience, that would help him succeed.

He already thought Bai Lianhua was abnormal. However good a person might be in the mortal world, it’s impossible for them not to have even a smidgeon of negativity in them. And the feeling he gives off is so pure… Zhong Xiutang used to think how great someone’s achievement must have been in their previous life to reincarnate as someone like Bai Lianhua?

Now, everything has proven his guess.

What a great person. To save the world from suffering, he’ll have to always be bound by him to restrain this demon. What grand self-sacrifice.

He doesn’t mind being restrained by Bai Lianhua, but if he really wanted to play with something like assimilation, then do it forever.

The moment his goals were achieved, he abandoned him. What the Hell was that?

Zhong Xiutang feels dissatisfied.

With just 20 years, the demonic aura that’s already dissipated from him had regathered.

He also used his own power to leave where Bai Lianhua lived his recluse life, reentered the world, and started to jeopardise it anew.

20 years, plus the 10-odd years he’d entered the world, so 30-odd years had passed already…

Zhong Xiutang looks at Bai Lianhua and chuckles, “you’d already left, so why did you come back? Oh… I know, it’s because I’ve succumbed to evil again, isn’t it?”

“What I’ve always wanted to prove has been proven… Good, but also, bad.”

——While their link has been broken, the lifeforce he secretly supplied Bai Lianhua should have long since expired, but the Bai Lianhua in front of him is still like how he looked at first… It makes Zhong Xiutang both a bit dazed and also proves the oddities on Bai Lianhua.

Zhong Xiutang orders in his mind, and the Sword of Inverse Springs that was held quietly in Bai Lianhua’s hands suddenly goes out of control and turns around, turning into the tip of the blade facing Bai Lianhua. It’s practically touching Bai Lianhua’s chest.

Looking from the outside, Bai Lianhua would probably look like he wants to commit suicide.

Bai Lianhua can’t help but hold his breath, and his eyes widen… He tries to pull the Sword away, but discovers that even with his full force, the Sword doesn’t even budge at all.

Against the Sword of Inverse Springs, he’s just a weakling… Bai Lianhua is deeply reminded of this fact again.

Zhong Xiutang looks indifferent, “say, if I just puncture right through, will you stay here forever?”

Bai Lianhua “…” Antagonist, you’re suddenly really scary, you know?

The style’s suddenly shifted! Just now he was still a tsundere that didn’t let me hold on to anything but the Sword of Inverse Springs, not even a branch; it was like they were going to reminisce the past, then suddenly he wants to kill him?

“I’m capable of preserving your body so it never rots. Though what’s unfortunate is that you’ll never be able to speak with me again… That’s no good.”

“Or, I’ll capture your soul after killing you, turn you into another evil spirit, to spend time with me forever? Will this be better?”

“I’ve always been a sword that consumed the master, and this is how it should be.”

No it isn’t! Neither of those is good!

Bai Lianhua can’t move, and his body goes stiff as he feels helpless in the wind.

“System, your host is now facing a life-or-death situation. There is a high possibility that the antagonist will use the sword as the pestle and grind me into nutritious dirt for flowers… Will you just look on like that?”

Death is not scary, but a painful death is scary. Did it not hear the antagonist say he’ll turn him into an evil spirit? Without enough torture, how could one become an evil spirit?

The system is actually also spooked by Zhong Xiutang’s actions… Unexpectedly, these hopelessly unreliable antagonists would also have moments when they act their role completely like this.

“Don’t worry host! Stay strong! If the antagonist really does hurt you after, I’ll even take your surname!”

Bai Lianhua explodes, “who in the world wants you to share a surname with me!”

This unhelpful system is unreliable like always!

The standoff continues for a while, until Zhong Xiutang suddenly turns away from facing Bai Lianhua.

“Nevermind.” Zhong Xiutang looks dejected, “you wouldn’t ever show any weakness, would you?”

The Sword of Inverse Springs also lightly swings and leaves Bai Lianhua’s hand, maintaining a distance from Bai Lianhua.

He can’t bring himself to kill Bai Lianhua. Nor, of course, can he bring himself to put Bai Lianhua through all the torturous experiences he went through in the demon-nurturing spell circle.

He didn’t expect that through the years Bai Lianhua is still as stubborn to threats to his own life, and he’s still as out of options for dealing with him as then.

Bai Lianhua, suddenly known as ‘the stubborn,’ “???”

No, I didn’t… I was just so terrified I didn’t even remember I can beg for mercy. Then there was the fact his voice would probably have ended up shaking if he opened it just now…

Oh well, those are unimportant details. What’s important is that this scare is finally over.

Bai Lianhua sighs long and hard in relief.

No longer completely engrossed by the situation, he finally hears a set of hooves approaching him.

Huh? Is a group of people passing by?

Since he’d just met some vagrants, so Bai Lianhua looks around to see if he can find somewhere to hide… If nothing else, this unscientific standoff between him and the Sword of Inverse Springs is best left unseen.

——Dear antagonist, you must have already noticed people coming here, so why wouldn’t you even at least hide yourself a bit!

Bai Lianhua tries to hurry, but those people are too quick. He’s just heard the sound and now they’re already here.

This group of people doesn’t look like they’re good people at all. Especially the middle-aged man at the front, the killing intent so great it’s piercing the heavens is highly uncomfortable to be around.

He sees the Sword of Inverse Springs floating in midair, and Bai Lianhua who’s standing in front of it, and becomes enraged.

“Who are you, what demonic technique have you used to control my own sword?”

Just now, without any sign, the Sword suddenly flew up by itself, without even taking its scabbard away, and in front of everyone, flew right towards this direction, as if possessed.

And no matter how he, the master, calls for it behind it, it didn’t return… And of course he won’t just stand there and watch as the Sword disappeared in front of his eyes. So he took his subordinates with him and hurried along on horseback.

The Sword of Inverse Springs is his most important treasure, even more important than his wealth or life.

The moment he said so, Bai Lianhua figures out who he is——Lei Kuiliang, the Lei Kuiliang that the elder in the village said had the Sword of Inverse Springs and was planning to usurp the throne.

Hey, what a weird thing to say. What demonic technique has he used? Isn’t the one that knows those demonic techniques your good little sword? Instead of getting scared over Zhong Xiutang who has no shadow just standing there, why are you interrogating me?

Bai Lianhua is speechless, and looks to the side, but then he sees that Zhong Xiutang has already hidden his form some time ago.

Bai Lianhua “…” Seriously? Like, the system would already play tricks with him, and now the antagonists have learned to do that too? Zhong Xiutang, you did it intentionally, didn’t you… Fine fine fine, you’re an evil spirit, you can appear when you want and hide when you want. You’re super amazing, ok?

Now how can he explain it?

Is he going to carry this wok no matter what?

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