My Darling Sick Beauty

Slowly, slowly, don't die from one stabbing.

Before the break of dawn, the little devil had already left.

He just quietly stayed by his side and held him whilst he slept the entire night. It was as if he was able to alleviate some of his exhaustion by being with Jiang Zheliu, and to become once more the invincible and unbeatable great Devil Lord.

When he left, plum blossoms that had floated in from the crevices of the window fell upon the table. When Wenren Ye turned around, he suddenly felt a throbbing pain from the pit of his stomach, he turned again to look at Jiang Zheliu who was still sleeping on the bed, he couldn’t understand where this indescribable pain had originated.

It was clear……. Clear that the little Willow tree was not angry with him.

Wenren Ye stared for a while, exercised some restraint and then rushed out to rejoin the Devil Realm’s troops.

As the beaded curtain was lifted and dropped, the beads crashed together making a sound which accompanied the sound of spoiled plum blossoms falling in the snowy night.

The little pine house was silent, Chang Qian was sleeping downstairs. Ah-Chu was still asleep leaning against the wooden screen, and had not woken up yet as if he was exhausted from crying.

Jiang Zheliu had taken his medicine early, brushed his hair and got dressed. He added a velvet fur cloak over his shoulders, and did everything he needed to protect himself, then he picked up Ling Xiao Sword, and went downstairs without making a sound and opened the front door.

The front door quietly opened and closed, he instantly felt the disparity in the difference of temperature between the inside and the outside. The falling snowflakes landed on his head and shoulders, sticking to his snow-white hair.

Before Jiang Zheliu walked up to the spiritual burial mound, he put Ling Xiao Sword down on the side and reached out to touch the tombstone of his honorable teacher1.

His hands were so cold they had turned red, his fingertips had turned a deep red, however, his nails were still a colourless white. The back of his hand was so white that it was possible to see the veins under the skin. His bones were long and slender like somewhat broken and ready to crumble deadwood.

But even if it was like this, when this hand reached out to wipe away the snow on the tombstone, it still exhibited a sickly elegance.

The frost and snow fell with the wiping action of his hand, revealing the original lettering and engraving. Jiang Zheliu stared for a moment and then knelt before the grave.

He had anticipated a hundred times, even a thousand times that if one day he would die, he would be by his teacher’s side, and he would tell him that he had repaid him for the kindness of this life. But now, it had come to this point.

The engraving revealed Zhu Wenyuan’s name and title.

The Lingxiao sword on the side whispered softly, the sword’s intent was connected with him.

“Shifu.” Jiang Zheliu lifted up his hand, he sighed gently whilst facing the icy tombstone, and rubbed his fingertips, “I have to leave.”

He was an orphan who had been brought back to the Ling Xiao Sect by Zhu Wenyuan. He had neither father nor mother, Ling Xiao Sect was his home. But now, whether it was his teacher, or his shidi who he had considered the person closest to him, that thousand-year-old home was no longer there.

He felt that the power of men could not overcome the will of heaven, but he also couldn’t help question his own incompetence.

Or perhaps the longevity of human beings and the longevity of the world depended upon not being left untouched nor idle. It was necessary to have a strong outer threat in order to urge man to continue to progress and become stronger.

He had finally understood this point.

The protection provided by Jiang Zheliu was also one of the largest reasons as to why the four great immortal sects had decayed.

He should have let go long ago.

“I’m going to take Ling Xiao Sword with me.” Jiang Zheliu said slowly, whilst thinking and then he continued, “Leaving it in the sect will inevitably cause many people with unhealthy minds with crooked hearts and evil thoughts to vy for it. This disciple hopes that the sword will be as pure as before, and not be contaminated by greed…. I want to seal it with my body and never let the world see it again.”

The cold wind stirred the snowflakes, making the fur cloak on his shoulders flutter slightly.

“A thousand autumns of eternal rest2, let us meet again under the earth3.” He knew that dead people could not meet, but he still said this, he smiled slightly and said:, “this disciple has not been able to keep his word, please forgive me.”

He didn’t have much to say, just these two sentences, but when he said these two sentences, it was as if enough time had gone by that it had slowed down.

Jiang Zheliu stared at the tombstone again for a while and then picked up the Ling Xiao Sword. He was just about to take a step forward when he felt that his eyes were going dark, he felt dizzy and he almost lost his footing.

But a hand came to help support him, and held him firmly in their arms, but at the same time, trying to keep a respectful distance between them.

It was Gongyi Yan.

In reality, Gongyi Yan had been watching for a long time, she had come back with Wenren Ye, she had sensed that the Devil Queen’s health had taken a turn for the worse, but she also had to think about the big picture and decided not tell the Devil Lord.

She stayed behind to guard the mountain, and when the Devil Lord left, she had been silently watching over Jiang Zheliu the whole time, and had stood at the side watching until she saw that he was having trouble standing up properly, when her body reacted quicker than her brain.

If this fragile person fell on the ground, who knew if all that would be left would be broken ice fragments on the floor.

Jiang Zheliu stared blankly for a moment being supported up by her, and then he looked up and saw the deep blue eyes behind the white falcon mask, he stared at her silently without moving.

“……. Thank you.” He retreated a few steps, and pushed her hand away, “You’ve been there for a long while.”

With his back to the female devil holding the long saber, he replied with an “en”.

“Are you leaving?”

Jiang Zheliu’s eyebrows twitched: “Is it that obvious?”

“Whether you are able to leave this mountain by yourself is still a big question.” Gongyi Yan said ruthlessly, “Even if it was the intelligent Divine Sage of Medicine taking you, he would also not be able to escape the Devil Realm’s barrier.”

“So, I was actually looking for you.”

Jiang Zheliu looked at her and said: “Gongyi gu-niang, you are their leader, they will definitely obey you.”

Gongyi Yan had never been referred to in this way, she stared blankly under her mask. She reached out her hand to straighten the white falcon mask and said: “You want me to go against the Devil Lord’s orders? Jiang Xianzun……”

“I don’t have long left.” Jiang Zheliu cut her off, he pronounced each word calmly and in a grave manner, like clear water under a layer of ice. “You already know this. I only have one last wish, but I need your help.”

Gongyi Yan wanted to say that he was begging for sympathy here, this was playing with morals, this was using his beauty as a bargaining chip to entice her. But she only stared into the dark and dull eyes of the other, as if she was looking into a bottomless abyss.

She was very clear that Jiang Zheliu was bold and defiant to use all of this to beg her. She also knew that she was almost powerless to refuse.

“Plus you address me as the Devil Queen.” Jiang Zheliu said, “If I order you to do something, don’t you have to obey?”

…… What he said wasn’t without reason.

Gongyi Yan was convinced by him, or more precisely she had been convinced by her Devil Queen. It was more precise to say that she couldn’t stand to let Jiang Zheliu continue to stand out in the snow. This person had been meticulously taken care of by her Devil Lord, using countless treasures and miracle elixirs to pamper his body, now he was standing in the cold winter wind, even his fingertips were red.

She was defeated and whispered: “I will be dismissed because of this.”

“Then that’s the little devil’s mistake.” Jiang Zheliu smiled, and then frowned slightly: “Gongyi gu-niang, can you take me to the Netherworld to find someone.”

“The Netherworld?” Gongyi immediately probed: “That’s not a good place, the Netherworld…..”

“I’m not going to find He Sorshi. Instead, I’m going to look for the best puppet master under the heavens. The Netherworlds’ Lay Buddhist, Wang Xuantai.

Lay Buddhist, Wang Xuantai was a celebrated and renowned ghost cultivator, whose capabilities ranked number one in the world. In fact, if he wanted to do something without the Ghost Lord of the Netherworld knowing, it was actually very hard for He Sorshi to find out.

But this meant that, one mustn’t cross the river of the dead, but instead must go around it, only this way could one evade the eyes and ears of the old ghost.

Gongyi Yan was well-known in the devil realm as a capable female general, with her protecting him along the way, it would be a lot easier to carry out his mission.

The great devil wearing the mask did not speak for a long while as if she couldn’t work out why Jiang Zheliu would be seeking out this person. She even thought that the red apricot blossoms were coming out of the wall4, but she looked at Jiang Zheliu’s physical condition and the colour of his clothes. At most, it was just a dying white plum blossom, even if one flower managed to come out from the wall, it’d crumble.

No matter whether one was smart or not, in the minds of the Devil’s, there would always be some crazy ideas that would pop up from time to time. Gongyi Yan came back to her senses and her calm blue eyes swept a glance over his entire body and she slowly breathed out a sigh and said: “Okay, if you don’t make it on the road…….”

“I will leave a letter for Wenren Ye.” Jiang Zheliu said whilst looking at her, “Asking him not to blame you.”

This wasn’t a question of whether he was going to blame her or not.

Gongyi Yan sighed.

If you died in front of me, who wouldn’t be sad seeing this?

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With Gongyi Yan’s assistance, he was able to leave Zhongnan Mountain that day.

The horses and carriage were all ready, more than a dozen smokescreens had been applied. The devil warhorse was once again shamelessly burying itself in the arms of the Devil Queen, with little stars all over his eyes.

There were only the two of them, the other devils had received a proper reason from Gongyi Yan and did not give chase. And this matter had not alarmed Yu Jinnian, everything had happened too quickly.

When Chang Qian woke up, he saw that the upstairs window was already open for an unknown length of time, everything else had been unmoved.

The cold wind in the brief illumination of the night, the hanging curtains trembled with snow and frost.

He looked around the empty room, and had still not understood what had happened until he saw Ah-Chu packing up his belongings, he finally asked with astonishment: “What……. What’s going on here……”

Ah-Chu wiped the tears from his eyes and sighed before saying: “The fate of the protagonist is unknown, there will usually be more plots and turns. But I’m afraid that when your little uncle comes back and can’t see him, we won’t be able to see the sun rise again.”

Chang Qian stared blankly for a moment, then straightened his face: “What you mean is….. Shenxian gege has snuck away?”

Ah-Chu picked up his little bag and put it on his back: “Haven’t you ever read 《The Devil Lord’s sweet wife who runs away》? How can you be so uncultured? This won’t do, I must leave, in case Devil Lord Wenren gets wind of this and it messes with his head, we’ll be done for.”

Chang Qian stared blankly and said: “…. But where should we go?”

“You’re so stupid.” Ah-Chu said, “Go back to the Demon Realm! I’m a demon, you are half-demon and you know gege, Qing Lin Zhenjun will definitely not make things difficult for me. I need to cultivate well so I can protect the characters that I love!”

Chang Qian seemed to neither understand nor understood but nodded.

The two of them went out very easily. Since Jiang Zheliu’s letter was delivered to Wenren Ye, he had understood what it meant to have a beloved. The devils were actually just blocking the outside world from entering. In addition, these two little demons often went down the mountain to gather medicine, and somehow managed to muddle through and get out.

Therefore, under all these various circumstances, all Yu Jinnian found was a completely empty little pinehouse.

The divine sage of medicine was holding the little mute’s hand, looking around for a long while completely bewildered, until he said uneasily: “I have a really ominous feeling……”

Wang Moxuan was silent for a whole and then began to sign with his hands.

“It’s okay, you’re a physician.”

Yu Jinnian nodded and said: “That’s right, Wenren Ye is not that ruthless, but what am I going to tell him……”

Overnight, his beloved and the two little demons his beloved looked after, were gone and the place was empty, everyone vanishing off the face of the Earth.

The little mutter sighed, clapped his hands and then signed.

“Just tell him that Jiang Qianbei wasn’t able to withstand activities with him in the bedroom.”

Yu Jinnian stared blankly for a moment and muttered: “……… Little mute, you’re a real genius……”

Author Note:

Ah-Chu: I’mOverIt.jpg

Chang Qian and Ah-Chu will become really strong, they cannot grow up whilst at Liuliu’s side the whole time, they need to grow up and get stronger in order to protect the person they love.

The little mute is a real genius.

Add more to survive (*Facepalm*).