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Chapter 12 (part 2)

Chapter 12 (part 2): Ghosts in Red envelopes Burn the Temple of the Martial God and Literature

Finally getting the name of the red-clothed teenager, Xie Lian was in a good mood. She smiled and said, "So her name is Hua Cheng? Hm, that name suits him."

After hearing his tone and words, all of the Heavenly Officials within the array were speechless. A while later, Ling Wen softly coughed and asked, "This... Your Highness the Crown Prince, have you heard of the so-called Four Great Cataclysm?"

Xie Lian thought, "It's a shame, but I only know about the Four Famous Stories."

The Four Famous Stories that Xie Lian mentioned were so laudable anecdotal stories about the time before the four Heavenly Officials of the Heavenly Court ascended―Young Masters Who Poured Wine, the, The God Pleasing Crown Prince, the General Who Broke His Sword, and Princess Yang Split His Throat. Of the four stories, the God-Fun Crown Prince actually refers to the sudden appearance of Crown Prince Xian Le during his martial arts show. However, the four stories did not occur because of which heavenly office had more power, but rather which of them was more profound, the stories spread the furthest among the people who spread their stories with enthusiasm.

News from the outside world had always been something that Xie Lian had a hard time following. Calling it ill-informed and stupid can't be closer than the truth. The only reason why he found out about the Four Famous Stories was because he himself was one of the four. The phrase 'Four Great Cataclysm' may be the new famous term to refer to the four stories, but Xie Lian had never heard of it. However, since it contained the word 'Disaster', it was definitely not something good.

He said, "I'm sorry to have said this, but I've never heard of it before. May I ask what the Four Great Disasters are?"

Mu Qing replied coldly, "His Highness the Crown Prince has been training in the mortal realm for centuries yet still remains ignorant of such news. It really made others curious about what he had been doing all this time in there."

Normally, all he did was eat, sleep, sell and collect garbage. Xie Lian laughed as she said, "As an ordinary person, there are many things that can keep you busy and it is quite busy. It's no easier than being a Heavenly Official."

Ling Wen replied, "Four Great Disasters, and please take a good look, Your Majesty. They were the Black Water Sinking Ship, the Green Light Wandering Night, the White-clothed Disaster, and the Blood Rain Reaching Flowers. Referring to the four Demon Lords of the ghost realm who had caused headaches for the Heavenly Court."

Humans in the mortal realm, when they walk upwards, they become gods; and when they walk downwards, they become ghosts.

The immortal gods established Heaven as their abode, separating themselves from the mortal realm and living high above when they ignored humans and all living beings. While the ghost realm, it has not been separated from the mortal realm. Demons and ghosts share the same world as humans. While some lurk in the shadows, others take on human form, mix in human crowds, and wander among them.

Ling Wen continued, "The Black Water Sinking Ship is a powerful water demon. Although he had reached the level of 'Destruction', he rarely came out to cause trouble and did not show himself. Very few people had seen him before, so, he wasn't so much to worry about."

"Green Light Wanders At Night is a ghost with a low-grade taste, who likes to hang bloody corpses upside down in the forest, Green Ghost Qi Rong. However, he was the only one of the four calamities that had yet to reach the level of 'Destruction'. Why is he part of it? Maybe because of his love that always causes problems throughout the year, it becomes a big distraction. It might also be because by adding them, it makes four disasters, an easier number to remember. So, no one wants to question it."

"While for the Disaster in White Dress, Your Majesty might be more familiar with this one. His name is Bai WuXiang (White Faceless)[1]."

[1] Meaning: Bai \= White, WuXiang \= Without Face.

Sitting at a slightly high place on the stone bridge, Xie Lian suddenly felt a sharp piercing pain in her heart and slowly spread throughout her body after hearing the name. His hands trembled slightly before he subconsciously gripped her.

Obviously, he's very familiar.

It is said that when 'Destruction' is born into the world, they will be the ones who destroy the kingdom and throw the world into chaos. When Bai WuXiang appeared, the first kingdom he destroyed was Xian Le Kingdom.

Xie Lian remained silent. Ling Wen continued, "Despite this, Bai Wuxiang is dead. We won't mention it anymore, and even if he's still in this world, he won't be in the spotlight for now."

"His Highness the Crown Prince, the silver butterfly you see on Mount Yu Jun is also called the Spirit of the Death Butterfly. Their master was the last member of the four calamities, and the last person the Heavenly Court wanted to provoke at this time, 'The Blood Rain Reaches Flowers', Hua Cheng.

In the Heavenly Realm, to become someone capable of shouldering the title of "famous" were the Heavenly Martial God Emperor and Crown Prince Xian Le. Although the significance of the two could be said to be at odds with each other, their popularity was both relative to the same level. In the Ghost Realm, which could be said to be on par with the reputation of those two gods, was none other than Hua Cheng. Other than him, there was no one else.

If one wanted to get to know a Heavenly Official, that person would only need to take a walk, find their temple to visit, check out their Divine statue, learn how to dress them, and find out how to dress, and what kind of weapons they carry. That way, that person could understand them to some extent. If that person wanted to better understand them, he only needed to listen to some legends about them being passed down from one person to another, and watch a theatrical drama about them. What kind of person they were before their ascension, what they had done in the past, all that information would be dug up and stripped bare by those who were interested. But when it comes to Devils and ghosts, they are different. What kind of person they were before, and how they looked now, that information was all shrouded in mystery.

Hua Cheng's name must have been fake, and his appearance must have been fake as well. Because she is in rumors sometimes intangible as a temperamental and unpleasant teenager, sometimes a beautiful gentle man, kind and elegant, and sometimes again a beautiful female ghost with a poisonous heart. There is no end to what is said about him. About her true appearance, the only thing that was certain was that she was dressed all in red and often appeared alongside a rain of blood and a dirty wind as silver butterflies chased after her collar and sleeves.

As for his birth, there are many more versions of him. Some say he is a disabled child born without a right eye who has been bullied and humiliated since childhood and hates the world. Some say he was a young soldier who died fighting for the ancient kingdom, and his soul has yet to succumb to such a fate. There are also those who say that he became a sentimental fool due to the pain of his lover's death; and there is another one who says that he is a monster.

The most bizarre version, it is said that―and it really is just a rumor. That Hua Cheng was actually a Heavenly Official who had ascended. However, after he ascended, he jumped down and humbled himself into a ghost. But it was just a legend that did not circulate much, so whether it was true or not, it was unknown, and only a few truly believed it.

However, even if it was true, it still had to be wrong. Because it was an insult to Heaven because there was someone in this world who was actually willing to give up being a god and would rather jump down and become a ghost. In short, the more people discussed about him, all of it would only become more and more chaotic and confusing, and everything became more and more mysterious.

As for why all the Heavenly Officials in this matter were afraid of Hua Cheng, there were many reasons. For example, his bad or good nature could not be determined. Sometimes he was cruel and fond of killing, sometimes he strangely did a good deed. The other reason was how much power he had in the mortal realm and how many worshippers he had.

True, people prayed to the gods, praying for their blessings and protection to be far from the attacks of demons and ghosts, so the Heavenly Officials had many worshippers. However, Hua Cheng, a ghost, actually also had a large number of worshippers. It was to the point where he had enough strength to cover the sky with just one hand.

Now, an explanation is needed for that. When Hua Cheng first appeared, he did something very famous.

He openly invited thirty-five Heavenly Officials to fight. The content of his invitation was that he would fight against the Martial God in martial arts, and the God of Literature in the debate.

Of those thirty-five Heavenly Officials, there were thirty-three among them who felt it was ridiculous, but they were all infuriated by his provocation and accepted the challenge. They prepare to cooperate and teach the ghost a lesson.

The first to fight with him was the Martial God.

Martial Gods were the strongest gods in Heaven, each of them had a large number of worshippers and their spiritual power was incredible. Fighting against a little rookie ghost was something that was only a step away from victory. But who would have thought that that one battle would end in total annihilation. Even their spiritual tools were completely crushed into ashes by Hua Cheng's extremely strange curved sword.

Only after fighting did they learn that Hua Cheng had been born from Tong Lu Mountain.

Tong Lu Mountain was a volcano, but it was not an important point. The important point was that there was a city inside, named Gu City. What kind of place is Gu City? It was not a city where everyone made poison (Gu), but the city itself was poison.

Every hundred years, ten thousand ghosts would gather and kill each other, killing until only one of them was left, who managed to fight the poison. Although, it had been many times, the result was none of them left. However, as long as there was one survivor to the end, then he would become a Demon King. In the past few hundred years, Gu City only had two ghosts left until the end. And both of them were as expected, becoming Demon Lords known to everyone in the mortal realm.

Hua Cheng was one of them.

The Martial Gods had been completely defeated. Then, it was the turn of the God of Literature.

If they could not defeat him in a martial fight, then they could at least defeat him in a debate, right?

Unfortunately, the Gods of Literature could not win either. Hua Cheng had crossed heaven and earth and could tell about the past and debate the present. He sometimes educates them, sometimes evil, sometimes unwilling to give up, sometimes cunning, sometimes insightful, sometimes experienced, and sometimes setting traps. It was really a close, sharp and clever debate. He cites evidence as a backup, deceives people with lies, and attacks when he wants to. Some Gods of Literature were scolded by him from heaven to earth, from ancient times to the present. They were so angry that they could cough up blood and reach the overcast horizon.

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Chapter 12 (part 2)

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Hua Cheng became famous in one battle.

However, if only all of that were to happen, it would not be enough to call it terrifying. What was frightening was that after that overwhelming victory, he asked thirty-three Heavenly Officials to fulfill their promise.

Previously, both sides had made a deal: if Hua Cheng lost, then he would hand over his ashes. If the Heavenly Officials lost, then they would all voluntarily jump down from Heaven and become ordinary humans from now on. If not for Hua Cheng acting so arrogantly, with such a huge bet and with how thirty-three Heavenly Officials believed that they could not possibly lose, they would not agree to fight and argue with him.

However, not a single Heavenly Official fulfilled their promise. Although not fulfilling the promise they had made was something of a shame, but just think about it, there were thirty-three of them who lost. If there was only one of them to lose, then of course it would be very embarrassing. But when there were so many of them equally losing, it was not at all a shame. They can even tease each other about it. Thus, they began to make deals secretly; they would all pretend that none of that had ever happened. After all, humans are so forgetful, fifty more years, perhaps no one will remember them.

They calculated it pretty well, but the thing they did not take into account was that Hua Cheng was not so easy to deal with.

Not keeping your promise? All right, he can help.

Thus, he burned all the temples of those thirty-three Heavenly Officials in the mortal realm.

It was a nightmare now spoken of the immortal gods with pale faces―The ghost in a red envelopment burned thirty-three civilian and military temples.

Temples and worshippers are the greatest source of spiritual power of heavenly officials. With their temples gone, where would their worshippers go to pray to their gods? And where did their incense come from? With their strength severely injured, to rebuild their temple would take a minimum of a hundred years, and in fact, they would probably not be able to recover their strength like before. To a Heavenly Official, it was truly a devastating disaster that was even more terrifying than a Heavenly Calamity.

The Heavenly Official who was stronger than the thirty-three heavenly officials had several thousand temples, while the weaker one had several hundred. If one were to add them all up, there would be over ten thousand temples. But Hua Cheng actually burned everything in just one night. No one knew how he did it, but he managed to do it.

That's totally crazy.

The Heavenly Officials complained sadly to Jun Wu, but he was also helpless, and there was nothing he could do. The challenge was something that the Heavenly Officials themselves had agreed to, and their promises made themselves. Hua Cheng was also very cunning, he just destroyed the temple and did not hurt anyone. So it was tantamount to digging a hole, and asking if the heavenly officials would jump into it. Then, those heavenly officials chose to dig a hole deeper before plunging themselves into it. So, if it's like that, what can be done?

Originally, those thirty-three Heavenly Officials wanted to defeat that arrogant little ghost before the entire world, so they chose to hold such martial and literary competitions in the dream of many rulers and nobles of the human world. The goal is to show their Divine power in front of their worshippers. Who would have thought that what they showed to the nobles and lords was instead their show of being completely defeated? So, after that dream, many rulers chose to stop praying to the Heavenly Officials and turn to praying to ghosts. The thirty-three Heavenly Officials lost their worshippers and temples, and they slowly disappeared without a trace. Many emptinesses were finally filled as a new generation of Heavenly Officials ascended.

From then on, whenever the name 'Hua Cheng' was mentioned in the human world, many Heavenly Officials would tremble in fear. Even just hearing red clothes and silver butterflies had already made their hair stand up. Some were afraid of irritating her or displeasing her, because then she would come challenge them and then burn their temple. Some were afraid because he had threatened them, so they could not move against him. Some were afraid because Hua Cheng had the power to cover the sky with his one hand on the human world, so sometimes, when Heavenly Officials did something there, it was only when the Heavenly Officials did something there, they had no other choice but to meet and ask him to guide them. After that went on for a while, a portion of the Heavenly Officials also became his worshipers due to the strange mentality.

Thus, Heaven's attitude towards this person was hatred, fear, and respect, all at once.

And among those thirty-five Heavenly Officials, the two who did not accept his challenge were martial god Xuan Zhen, General Mu Qing, and Nan Yang, General Feng Xin.

They did not accept the challenge, but not because they were afraid of Hua Cheng. They did not care about it at all and felt no need to care, and therefore they did not agree to fight. Who would have thought that it was a profitable and wise decision?

However, just because they did not accept her challenge, did not mean Hua Cheng had forgotten them. The moment they came out at the Ghost Festival to do an inspection, they had met each other and fought many times. Thus, Feng Xin and Mu Qing both had physiological shadows left in their hearts due to the crazy 'Destruction' of the silver butterfly's owner.

Despite listening to all that, Xie Lian's brain was still full of silver butterflies, sparkling and transparent as it flew cheerfully around her. No matter how hard he thought, he could not relate them to what was rumored. He could not help but think, "Is that little silver butterfly scary? They're not that bad. They're so cute."

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