Chapter 42.1

Editor: ghost

The charming woman did not shut up. She continued, “Your excellency, is your head filled with water? Looking at the second prince, perhaps you’ll be the one pressed down by him? No, perhaps you’ll be killed by him? Ha ha ha…”

“Shut up. If you continue talking, I’ll seal up your five senses.”

“Tsk, isn’t it just the truth? Do you need to be so ruthless?”

The Devil King turned and left. A thousand years ago, he fought with the Netherworld’s Ghost King and both sides suffered losses. He had to go into closed cultivation and the Ghost King died a few hundred years back. At present, the current Ghost King was just a little ghost, unworthy of him making a move.

The charming woman sighed helplessly from behind as she followed him and disappeared from the sea’s surface.

When Zhao Shuxuan regained consciousness, he had already regained his handsome and radiant appearance. He stared at the people in front of him. He did not dare to believe it; had he not already died? He was even certain that he had met the and had been protected by a screen of Yang incantations. These incantations had no particular effect on aquatic life, but could cause lethal damage to devils, hence the Devil King did not dare to trespass into the Dragon King’s Palace.

In fact, the Devil King could enter but it was best for an aquatic being to lead him in so that he could transfer a part of his devil energy to that person. However, Ming Chi could not find someone to lead him in.

Hong Yu dumbfoundedly answered Ming Chi, “You can just charge into the Dragon King’s palace.”

“But wouldn’t he hate me?”

“It’s not like I’m criticising you, your excellency, but I think that your head may regrettably be filled with water.”

“You want to die?”

“The second prince didn’t kill that person lying on the beach in the end. You can start from there.”

The Devil King was deep in thought for a while before replying, “Do you think he fancied the merman so he had to get rid of the person the merman liked?”

Hong Yu quietly sighed, “Your excellency, what on earth is in your head? If this was true, then why wouldn’t he directly kill that person?”

“Fine, I’ll go take a look. He consumed the revival pill and should be paralysed now.”

Hong Yu rolled her eyes and said, “Undo the freezing spell.”

The Devil King seriously looked Hong Yu in the eye then simply said, “Stay there for now so you don’t look for trouble when you have nothing better to do.”

Hong Yu, “…”

“Right, what was that person called?”

“Not telling you.”

“If you don’t say it then I’ll seal your five senses.”

“Zhao Shuxuan.” Hong Yu shot him a scornful glance as she replied.

“Good girl.”

“Go to hell.”

The Devil World’s matters did not need Ming Chi to manage so no one cared where he went. However, he still scouted out the place first before meeting Zhao Shuxuan; he was afraid that he would accidentally scare the ordinary mortals.

Making himself invisible, he sat in the house. Ming Chi observed Zhao Shuxuan for an entire day and then reached a conclusion – this person was full of dedication to his country, but had no money or power to do anything.

It was even better now that he was paralysed and thus bedridden. His moodiness that arose from the loss of his hopes worsened.

However, Ming Chi still obtained useful information – Zhao Shuxuan worshipped a general who had been pushed out of the imperial court and was now banished into exile. If he could gain this general’s support, Zhao Shuxuan could still put in some worthwhile effort.

Ming Chi straightforwardly went to find this general, but unexpectedly found out that this general was on the verge of death.

The banished general Ke Yuanlin had experienced bullying and oppression; even a small-time official would act tyrannically towards him. In the end, the general who was oppressed in all sorts of ways finally fell apart in both body and mind.

He was a capable and loyal general. Yet at his deathbed, he had no one by his side. It was miserable. Currently, this person was truly in an abyss of suffering.

However, regardless of whether one was a celestial, demon, devil or ghost, they would not meddle in the human world’s matters. One would have karma with the mortal, and this karma often would not have any good consequences even if it resulted from doing a good deed.

However Ming Chi was not one to care about such rules. He could even defeat the Netherworld’s Ghost King, what karma would he be afraid of?

When Ke Yuanlin was nearing death, Ming Chi protected his own body and then had his soul possess Ke Yuanlin’s dying one. He then brought the possessed body back to Zhao Shuxuan.

When Zhao Shuxuan saw Ming Chi, he was moved to the point of brimming with tears. But as he was paralysed, he could only let his tears fall.

“Brother Ke, it’s unexpected that I would meet you here. I…”

Ming Chi was dumbfounded; he was not used to seeing people cry and could only somewhat awkwardly say, “I’ve finally found you, Brother Zhao.”

“Ai, it’s already useless to find me. I’m now a waste who cannot do anything.”

“No, believe me, Brother Zhao; as long as you train, you can recover. A year’s time is enough.”

“How do you know?”

“Because you’ve eaten a revival pill. I’ve seen this medicine in a secret book. If it is eaten by someone who had just died, he would revive after just a day and within a month of eating it, his body would be as light as a feather. But after a month, the limbs would be fatigued and weak; if one can persevere and train, they can recover in a year.”

“Is that really so?”

“Of course.”

Zhao Shuxuan was again moved to the point of tears. He had thought that he would be useless for life and never expected there was still salvation. He looked at Ming Chi and said, “Brother Ke, if I recover, why don’t we join hands to save this country’s common people from misery?”

Translator’s Note:

heyo back with chapter 42.1 ! it was exam season where i live so really hectic, i scheduled all the chapters 2 weeks in advance so i could shut myself in and study…. well that’s enough from me, hope you enjoyed the chapter; i just LOVE hong yu so much she really out there with her witty comments!! i’ve read the comments and im glad to say she aint a bitch, she’s the likable female character we’ve been waiting for thank you so much for the continued support, your comments really mean a lot to me