Zanxing (Retranslated)

Chapter 58 - Mo Sha (2)

This man had average features, but his hair and eyes are crimson red. His gaze was indifferent when studying Zanxing, as if he was looking at a mere ant. Despite his lack of expression, there was a chilling aura emanating from him.

He reached out, and a blood-stained scimitar immediately appeared in his hand.

Zanxing focused, drawing the iron staff from her waist.

Outside the Clear Heart Mirror, Xuan Lingzi inhaled sharply.

“She actually encountered a Mo Sha,” Li Danshu murmured. “What a rare stroke of luck…”

“Putting luck aside,” Cui Yufu furrowed his brow, “Mo Sha are not ordinary demon cultivators. Her tricks won’t work against them, and if she fights, she’ll likely get seriously injured.”

“Can’t she just not fight?” Xuan Lingzi was getting anxious. “What if she gets hurt badly?”

“If she had a Departure Talisman, it would be fine. She could leave on her own before the fight started. But the Departure Talisman was destroyed by Hua Yue, right? Now it seems that she can only fight this battle head-on.”

“Senior Brother!” Xuan Lingzi turned to Daoist Yueguang and said, “In the past ten years, no disciple has encountered a demon in the Xumi Mustard Seed Diagram. Those who encountered them in the past have also left on their own before the fight started. Demons are cruel and bloodthirsty, even if they are fake… they are not easy to deal with. She is just a little girl after all. This competition is not fair!”

Daoist Yueguang shook his head and said, “Junior Brother, how can you be their master if you are so flustered?”

“But…” Xuan Lingzi still wanted to argue, but Yue Qin beside him exclaimed, “What’s going on?”

Everyone followed Yue Qin’s gaze and saw a black-clothed figure standing in front of the young man with the longsword in the other part of the Clear Heart Mirror.

“Why did Mu Cengxiao also encounter a demon?!” Cui Yufu’s expression was strange.

The Xumi Mustard Seed Diagram was already infinitely large. It was already a rare occurrence for two fellow disciples to meet in the examination arena twice in a row. And today, the only two Mo Sha in the Diagram appeared in front of the disciples who were being assessed.

“Mu Cengxiao is only close to forming a core now, and is no match for the demon.” Yue Qin frowned, “But why didn’t he use the Departure Talisman?”

Zanxing’s Departure Talisman was destroyed by others, so her only option was to fight hard. Mu Cengxiao’s Departure Talisman was intact, but the young man just stared at the demon in front of him, raised his long saber, and then charged towards the black-clad demon in front of him!

He was also going to face the enemy head-on!

Li Danshu closed his eyes and sighed deeply, “Although I admire the courage of the young man, it is not worth it to lose one’s cultivation if one knows the outcome and insists on fighting.”

“It’s really bad luck that these two met Mo Sha at the same time.” Cui Yufu stood up and said, “It seems that the outcome is already decided. Although they didn’t win the first place, it was not too bad for them to reach this point with their cultivation level.”

As they were talking, a long cry of a blue crane came from the distant mountains. The cry echoed in the valley, filling the ears of everyone. Yue Qin looked back and exclaimed, “It’s the master’s spirit beast… the master is out of seclusion!”

The headmaster of Taiyan Sect, Shaoyang Zhenren, had been in seclusion for a long time. Today, he happened to come out of seclusion. When everyone heard the long cry of the blue crane, they knew that Shaoyang Zhenren must have made a breakthrough, and they were overjoyed. As they were watching the spirit beast dragging its long tail across the sky, they suddenly heard a loud “bang”.

A figure was thrown out of the examination arena.

Ziluo exclaimed, “Junior Sister Zanxing!”

Zanxing, who was thrown out of the Xumi Mustard Seed Diagram, lay on the platform without moving for a while.

“Alas,” Li Danshu sighed when he saw this, “I knew she was no match for the demon. She might be seriously injured. Take her back quickly and let Men Dong take a look.”

Men Dong responded and was about to go over when he suddenly thought of something. He tugged at Gu Baiying’s sleeve and whispered in his ear, “Senior Uncle, you take her back quickly.”

Gu Baiying was puzzled, “Why should I take her back?”

“Don’t forget that she still has the Qinchong seeds in her body. Now that she’s weak, if any senior brother takes this opportunity to get close to her and they develop feelings for each other and cultivate in private, won’t the Qinchong seeds be lost?” Men Dong said anxiously, “Hurry up! Look, someone else is going!”

Gu Baiying glanced ahead and saw that a disciple was about to walk onto the competition platform. His face changed slightly. After hesitating for a moment, he gritted his teeth, stood up and walked quickly to the platform. He then bent down to pick up Zanxing, and walked towards Miaokong Hall.

The others were stunned.

Gu Baiying was not someone who liked to meddle in other people’s business in Taiyan Sect. The words ‘warm-hearted’ and ‘gentlemanly’ had nothing to do with him at all. This was the first time everyone saw him take the initiative to hold a woman, and their expressions immediately became subtle.

“Seventh Junior Brother…” Xuan Lingzi hesitated for a while and asked, “When did you become so close to Zanxing?”

Zhao Mayi tugged at his long beard and looked at Gu Baiying’s back, thinking about something.

“It’s not that easy to recover from being injured by a Mo Sha. Speaking of which…” Yue Qin’s words came to an abrupt end before she finished speaking. Everyone was puzzled and saw her pointing at the ranking stone. For the first time, she spoke with a stutter, “L-look!”

On the ranking stone in front of the competition platform, the three characters “Yang Zanxing” had somehow sped to the top, shining brightly, making it hard to ignore.

“No way…” Li Danshu muttered.

Just a moment ago, they were still hovering around the 30th place, but now, in the blink of an eye, they had reached the top spot. Did she… defeat the Mo Sha?

How is that possibe?!

*

In Miaokong Hall, Gu Baiying and Men Dong walked in.

Xuan Lingzi was a man who knew how to enjoy life. Every bed in the hall was soft and fluffy, like sleeping on a cloud. Gu Baiying casually found a soft bed, and as soon as he loosened his hand, Zanxing rolled from his arms onto the soft bed.

The young man looked down in disgust at his brocade robe that had been soiled by the mucus on Zanxing’s body and cast a cleansing spell on himself. He then urged Men Dong, “Hurry up and check her.”

Men Dong sat down on the couch and carefully probed with his spiritual power. He was stunned at first and said, “Strange.”

“What’s strange?” Gu Baiying asked.

“There are no wounds on Yang Zanxing’s body, at most it’s just some superficial injuries.”

“Then why is she still unconscious?” Gu Baiying followed suit and sat down by the soft bed, leaned closer to stare at Zanxing for a while, and said doubtfully, “She’s not pretending to be dead, is she?”

“Not necessarily,” Men Dong turned to him and said, “Senior Uncle, I found that Yang Zanxing’s qi circulation is a bit strange.”

“What do you mean?”

“The qi of ordinary people is like a small path and stream, flowing continuously and converging into various meridians. However, her qi seems to be motionless, neither flowing nor dissipating. It’s as if… it has always been like this, and there will be no change.”

Gu Baiying was stunned when he heard this. He thought for a moment and asked, “Is it because of the Qinchong?”

Men Dong shook his head, “I don’t know.”

The woman on the bed was calm, as if she was sleeping soundly. The wind from outside the hall blew, causing a strand of hair in front of her forehead to flutter slightly, revealing half of her face with black marks.

The young man frowned and stared at her face, lost in thought. After a moment, he got up and said, “Forget it, let’s just see.”