Noche de luna con flores del río Spring

Capítulo 46

Suddenly, the man stood up and casually handed the feng shui master a pink business card with a captivating fragrance. He then chuckled wickedly, "Come visit me sometime, and I'll take you to paradise..."

After saying this, the man laughed arrogantly at the sky, ignoring the stares from passersby who looked at him as if he were mentally ill, and turned to leave.

I feel like people these days are getting more and more perverse. Just look at this pink business card:

"Ma Shuai"

"Mercedes-Benz Bar"

Telephone: 139XXXXXXX

"Hehe, so this is the kind of 'comrade' he is..." Feng Shui looked at the business card, understood the implied meaning, and couldn't help but find it a little funny.

The pedestrian street in front of Yuanda Shopping Mall in Harbin. Although it is winter now, fashion-conscious girls are still wearing very little, some even just a mink coat on the outside, and you can imagine what they are wearing underneath... It's common to see beautiful women like the one just mentioned showing off their legs in winter.

Feng Shui still lingers in this ice city, for reasons unknown, as if the city possesses a certain magic. When Feng Shui first arrived, he sensed its uniqueness. Here, he encountered Grass Ash and Fujiwara Miho, as well as his true love—the Butterfly—whom he had searched for for countless years. It seemed as if everything was preordained, that Feng Shui was destined to have something happen with this city.

Looking up at the sky above the city, what appears to be a clear sky to ordinary people becomes, in the eyes of feng shui, a world shrouded in a ghastly green.

"I didn't expect it to become demonic so quickly, and they've already found the root cause... Nothing ventured, nothing gained!" Feng Shui sighed helplessly.

He tightened the new cotton-padded jacket he'd bought from Metersbonwe, the one endorsed by Jay Chou, and felt that he actually looked more dashing than Jay Chou in it. He chuckled self-deprecatingly and turned to walk into the crowd.

After 9:30 p.m. that evening.

Like Ma Shuai's business card, the Mercedes-Benz Bar exudes a pink, intoxicating atmosphere. Upon arrival, Feng Shui noticed numerous private cars parked outside, predominantly Audi A6s and A8s from FAW. Only two types of people drive these cars: the wealthy and the powerful. And those who are wealthy and powerful, yet also like to project an image of maturity and stability, are typically "successful men" around forty years old. At this age, and among men who have become "successful," some have experienced a change in sexual orientation due to their wealth and the passage of time.

Tonight, the background music in the Mercedes-Benz Bar is Christine Fan's "Those Flowers." Feng Shui doesn't know why the bar owner plays this song, but judging from the chaotic atmosphere, Feng Shui thinks it might be because people here want to reminisce about their long-gone youth and experience a kind of bourgeois blues, yet there's also an ambiguous feeling in this blues.

When men become perverted, they can be even more depraved than women.

Like all themed bars, this "gay" bar is now approaching its main attraction. The lighting is so dim that you can barely make out a person sitting across from you, and if you want to see their face more clearly, you have to get closer and feel their breath. However, whether that breath is fresh or not, only the person in question knows.

Feng Shui finally understands why Ma Shuai has bad breath. It's because Ma Shuai's job requires him to work after 9 PM. People with disrupted biological clocks generally don't have good digestive systems...

He found an empty seat at the bar and sat down. The bartender was Ma Shuai; it seemed he was trying to save money by working as both owner and bartender – quite the shrewd businessman. Feng Shui was the only other person there, along with a young man sitting next to him, silently drinking. The man was handsome but appeared somewhat frail. Feng Shui looked closely into his eyes; they were filled with helplessness and confusion. Feng Shui thought, "Anyone who comes here must be somewhat lost..."

"You've arrived..." Ma Shuai recognized Feng Shui and greeted him warmly.

"The ambiance here is quite nice?" Feng Shui remarked.

"Hehe, what would you like to drink? It's on me," Ma Shuai said with a smile.

"Let's have this one!" Feng Shui said, pointing to a unique but not very expensive cocktail on the drinks menu.

"Midnight passion...hmm...good taste." Ma Shuai said admiringly, looking at the drinks Feng Shui had ordered on the drinks menu.

"Give me another bottle of Erguotou!" The young man next to Feng Shui was clearly drunk and shouted at Ma Shuai.

“Sigh…” Ma Shuai looked at the man, his tone full of helplessness.

2004-12-09 11:26:00

He handed the man a bottle of 52-proof Red Star Erguotou (about 2.5 ounces), then a bottle of Sprite. Ma Shuai then took out several bottles of foreign liquor from the liquor cabinet and began to mix "midnight passion" for the feng shui.

The man appeared to be quite drunk; his hands were trembling as he opened a bottle of Red Star Erguotou and poured it into the glass in front of him, then opened a bottle of Sprite and mixed it in as well. Feng Shui watched with some curiosity, wondering why he was drinking like this.

Ma Shuai noticed the curiosity in Feng Shui's eyes and explained, "He can't drink strong liquor, so he uses Sprite to mask the alcohol taste."

The man placed his hand over the rim of the glass, then picked it up and slammed it hard on the table. The Sprite and Erguotou mixed, and the impact created a cloud of white foam. He removed his hand from the glass, downed the entire glass of Sprite and Erguotou in one gulp, then slammed his head against the bar and began to sob softly.

"What's wrong with him?" Feng Shui asked Ma Shuai curiously, looking at the man.

"Sigh... I just broke up with my boyfriend." Ma Shuai handed the 'Midnight Passion' video he had just finished editing to Feng Shui and said helplessly.

"Thank you, he's quite good-looking, how could he..." Feng Shui accepted the glass of 'Midnight Passion', but he was too embarrassed to continue.

"Sigh... It's all his fault, always trying to save a virgin or something..." Ma Shuai said helplessly, looking at the man who was sobbing softly.

"Saving virgins?" Feng Shui asked, puzzled.

“That’s right… He’s my junior brother, Wang Gongbo. He’s good-looking, has a good job, and comes from a good family, but he has one bad habit: he likes to save virgins,” Ma Shuai said helplessly.

"This habit is really not good..." Feng Shui took a sip of 'Midnight Passion' and was stimulated by the strong taste of the liquor.

"Who says otherwise? He just met a girl online a couple of days ago. She's twenty years old, pretty, and has a great figure. They're very compatible, and what's even more remarkable is that she's still a virgin. They've been living together for almost half a month, but nothing has happened..." Ma Shuai said helplessly.

"No way..." Feng Shui looked at Wang Gongbo in disbelief and exclaimed.

"No matter who you tell this to, no one will believe you. They slept naked in the same bed for almost half a month. They touched each other, kissed each other, but they didn't do the last thing. Do you know why?" Ma Shuai looked at Feng Shui with a wicked grin and gave an ambiguous smile.

"I don't know..." Feng Shui asked, puzzled.

"Because my junior brother thinks that finding a virgin in this world is harder than finding a ten-kilogram natural diamond, so he wanted to save her and guide her onto the right path, so she wouldn't just give her virginity to a strange man... As a result, the girl dumped him after living with him for half a month without any results." Ma Shuai said helplessly, shaking his head.

"I admire you, I admire you..." the feng shui master exclaimed.

At this moment, Wang Gongbo, who had been sobbing with his head down, suddenly sat up with tears blurring his vision. He raised his head to stop his tears from falling and cried out in a broken voice, "My suffering is so bitter, my heart is so cold and desolate..."

"Don't you dare give up... I'm ashamed of you. You've spent a lot of money and accomplished nothing, and you still have the nerve to complain here. You want to save someone's virginity? I think I, your senior, should save you first..." Ma Shuai cursed angrily.

Suddenly, the atmosphere in the bar subtly changed. Feng Shui sensed that this change was a reaction to demonic energy, and a disdainful sneer appeared on his face.

"Alright, stop playing around. I've been here for quite a while now, it's time we got down to business!" Feng Shui's tone suddenly turned cold, and his gaze sharpened.

"Hehe... I didn't expect that even though we concealed ourselves so well, we still couldn't escape your keen eyes." Ma Shuai pretended to be surprised at first, but quickly calmed down, his tone sounding particularly aggrieved.

"When did you expand here?" Feng Shui asked coldly.

"Ever since you left Japan, Mieyin has placed tracking demonic energy on your disciple, which is why we arrived here so easily," Ma Shuai said softly, looking at Feng Shui with a wicked expression.

"Then why don't you attack my disciple?" Feng Shui said coldly.

“We have no interest in targeting small fry who have no cultivation foundation whatsoever. You should know what it means to cast a long line to catch a big fish…” Ma Shuai’s eyes suddenly flashed with a deep blue light as he spoke softly.

"What do you want?" Feng Shui asked Ma Shuai with disdain.

"Since everyone here is a reasonable person, I don't think I need to spell it out for me," Ma Shuai said with a wicked smile.

"Just the two of you?" Feng Shui tilted his head disdainfully at Ma Shuai, then looked at Wang Gongbo beside him, who was now fully awake and whose eyes were also filled with a deep blue light.

"Hahaha... You should know what it means to be an ant eating an elephant." Ma Shuai laughed triumphantly.

At this moment, Feng Shui sensed fifteen waves of demonic energy behind him, and he knew that he was surrounded.

"You have quite a few people. I didn't expect your team to grow so rapidly in such a short time," Feng Shui sneered.

"We demons, who were hidden in ancient times, will be awakened as long as the main god is resurrected," Ma Shuai said in a sinister voice.

"A demonic seed? How could it possibly remain in this realm!" Feng Shui asked in shock.

"Hahaha... I think your Demon Butterfly knows the most about this matter." Ma Shuai mocked.

"The Demon Butterfly!" Feng Shui stood up in shock, his heart clenching as a premonition he dared not conceive of surged up from the depths of his soul.

"That's right... What do you think was the purpose of the Demon Butterfly's sudden trip from the Demon Realm to the Divine Heaven Realm back then! Did you really think she would be so foolish as to go and compete with the most mysterious divine tree in the Three Realms!" Ma Shuai mocked.

"This is impossible..." Feng Shui dared not listen any longer, and the sense of unease in his heart grew even stronger.

"Back then, the Demon Butterfly broke through the Extinction Source Passage and went directly to the Divine Heaven Realm, while the Yin Extinction also entered the Extinction Source Passage. However, it came to this realm first and laid down our demon seeds. All this was to wait for this day to come. The plan that we, the Demon Luo Domain, have painstakingly researched is finally about to be realized. We have suffered a lot to obtain you, the demon cultivator who can refine the entire universe... Hahahahaha..." Ma Shuai said, laughing maniacally at Feng Shui.

"Impossible, this is impossible, the Demon Butterfly wouldn't do that...!" Feng Shui's last line of defense was about to collapse, and he said hysterically.

2004-12-09 11:28:00

"Impossible? Why would the Demon Butterfly fall in love with you? Why do you only like the 'joy' emotion among the Seven Emotions Butterfly? Why do the emotions 'joy' and 'anger' become the Yellow Springs of the Netherworld after reincarnation? Don't you understand?" Ma Shuai said with even more mockery.

"An ancient demon cultivator who refined the universe was reincarnated. According to information obtained by the Demon Realm, this demon cultivator may have been reincarnated and cultivated into a god. Another mysterious person who refined the universe with that demon cultivator was reincarnated into another space. From that time on, the Demon Realm began to pay attention to your existence. However, at that time, the Demon Realm had only been formed for a short time and was rejected by the Three Realms and the Three Worlds, so we simply did not have enough strength to obtain you, who had cultivated into a god several lifetimes ago. Therefore, the Holy Maiden Demon Butterfly of the Demon Realm and the three Primordial Demon Gods at that time devised this plan. Demon Butterfly would lure you, the demon cultivator who had already cultivated into a god, and then let Extinction Yin plant demon seeds in this world in preparation for when you cultivate demons again and obtain a demon body, so that we, the hidden demon seeds, could serve as a reserve force." Wang Gongbo's eyes also flashed with disdain as he coldly mocked.

"Everything is proceeding exactly as planned, but there were a few minor mishaps. The three Primordial Demon Gods didn't expect that 'Joy,' one of the seven emotions split into the Demon Butterfly, would truly fall in love with you, and 'Thought,' in her jealousy, completely forgot the plans of the three Primordial Demon Gods. However, the Demon Butterfly is composed of seven emotions, and the strongest of them, 'Anger,' did not forget her responsibilities. So she merged into 'Joy's' primordial soul, secretly tempting 'Joy' to become the master of the Netherworld. Then, through some special arrangements, she ensured that we demons would not be discovered by the gods and humans of the Celestial Realm during our reincarnation. She also sealed away the 108 ghosts and gods of the Netherworld and sealed the mind of the former master of the Netherworld, now known as Zi Yang, so that she could not distinguish whether she was male or female, nor could she remember who she was," Ma Shuai continued.

"And all of this is because of you, who may be the reincarnation of the demon cultivator who can refine the universe—Feng Shui!" Wang Gongbo said frantically, his eyes gleaming with unusual excitement.

"Now you should understand, right, Feng Shui! Hand over your Illusion Blade, your Demonic Body, and of course, you! Hehehe..." A deep blue demonic aura instantly materialized around Ma Shuai as he pointed at Feng Shui.

At the same time, everyone present was enveloped in deep blue demonic energy, instantly transforming the atmosphere of the Mercedes Bar into an alternate dimension. Ma Shuai and Wang Gongbo stood in front of Feng Shui, while the "comrades" with fifteen strands of demonic energy completely blocked his retreat from behind.

"This is impossible, this is impossible, impossible..." Feng Shui's voice grew stronger and stronger until it completely went berserk.

A massive, luminous green six-pointed star instantly appeared behind Feng Shui. Immediately afterward, an incomparably powerful black energy emanated from Feng Shui's body. As the black energy surged out of Feng Shui's body, it generated a powerful shockwave that spread outwards in a ring. Ma Shuai, Wang Gongbo, and the other fifteen people were suddenly startled, not expecting that Feng Shui, who was only described in the intelligence as being at the 'Ascension to Immortality' level, would possess such a powerful energy transformation.

Ma Shuai and Wang Gongbo sensed the extremely strange energy contained within the black shockwave and simultaneously leaped up, quickly dodging its attack. The other fifteen people, however, were not so lucky. Their bodies came into direct contact with the black energy shockwave emanating from Feng Shui, and they were instantly annihilated, turning to ashes and disappearing without a trace.

"That's too exaggerated!" Wang Gongbo exclaimed in shock.

"This is just a sudden energy mutation caused by his madness. Don't be afraid, quickly set up the Demon Invasion Array to capture him!" Although Ma Shuai was also shocked by the energy change on Feng Shui, he quickly calmed down.

Because he was quite confident in the intelligence he had obtained from the Demon Realm. According to the intelligence, Feng Shui had only refined his demonic body, and his cultivation level was still only at the 'Ascension to Immortality' level. With himself and his junior brother Wang Gongbo both being demonic seeds at the post-'Ascension to Immortality' level, dealing with Feng Shui was more than enough. Moreover, with fifteen demonic seeds who had reached the late 'Refining' stage helping him, Ma Shuai was even more confident.

However, Ma Shuai did not expect that Feng Shui would be so strongly stimulated after hearing his plans, causing him to go into a berserk state and triggering such a powerful energy change, which was beyond Ma Shuai's expectations.

The black energy around Feng Shui did not diminish, and the color of the emerald green six-pointed star behind him became even darker. Fortunately, the shockwave that destroyed fifteen demon seeds in an instant did not reappear.

Suddenly, a black "illusion blade" appeared in Feng Shui's hand. The blade seemed to resonate with the black energy emanating from Feng Shui, causing it to become ethereal, its surface shimmering with the same black energy. Feng Shui forcefully swung the blade in front of him, instantly creating a rift in space. He then flashed into the rift.

At the same time, the crack disappeared along with the feng shui, leaving only Ma Shuai and Wang Gongbo in a daze in the air.

"Senior Brother!" Wang Gongbo exclaimed in shock as he looked at the spot where the feng shui had disappeared.

"How could this happen? How could such a perfect plan turn out like this!" Ma Shuai said in shock.

"This may be what they call a slip-up. The intelligence from the Demon Realm doesn't say that he has fully activated the energy of the demon body. It seems that our perfect plan, which has been brewing for so many years, is going to fall through!" Wang Gongbo said somewhat dejectedly.

"Don't worry, what can he do even if he finds out! Haven't you noticed that he's already gone into a berserk state? I think letting him know the whole truth would be too much of a shock for him, but it doesn't matter now. Even if he finds out, it won't change anything. On the contrary, it will be more beneficial to us. In the end, he still can't escape our grasp!" Ma Shuai said wickedly.

“However, I think cultivators in the Three Realms and Three Worlds should have already sensed the energy fluctuations emitted by the fully activated demonic body just now,” Wang Gongbo said with difficulty.

"So what if they find out? Let the Three Realms and the Three Worlds fight to the death over this demon cultivator. Then our Demon Luo Domain can reap the benefits. When we capture this real demon cultivator, our Demon Luo Domain can return to this realm and obtain the true secrets of demon cultivation. At that time... hahahahaha..." Ma Shuai laughed wildly with extreme excitement.

"At that time, our Demon Luo Domain will be able to obtain the true universe and become the true ruler of all cultivation worlds, hahaha..." Wang Gongbo continued Ma Shuai's words, equally excited.

Laughter echoed in this alternate dimension, but Ma Shuai and Wang Gongbo had already disappeared. A battle for the reincarnation of a demon cultivator who might refine the entire universe was about to begin in the Three Realms and Three Worlds!

2004-12-09 11:30:00

Chapter Three: Balance

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In Zhangjia Village, deep in the mountains of Yuquan, it was already the season of heavy snow. The village, nestled among the mountains, blended seamlessly with the snow-covered landscape. If it weren't for the smoke rising from the chimneys of each house, one would never have guessed that anyone lived there.

Widow Zhang's eldest son has been working in the south for over a year, sending home 300 yuan every month, but he has never written a letter to let her know he's safe. Every time Widow Zhang thinks of this, tears stream down her face. Her husband died when her second son was one year old. Her eldest son was quite capable and knew how to earn money for the family. At that time, his cousin from the next village said he would take the men from the village to work in the south, and her eldest son went with him. However, after half a year, the cousin and the other men from the village all returned, but her eldest son didn't. The cousin told Widow Zhang that her eldest son was working under an older brother and was doing quite well, so she shouldn't worry.

However, Widow Zhang still couldn't stop worrying about her eldest son; after all, he was her own flesh and blood, how could she not miss him? But with her second son by her side, Widow Zhang found some comfort.

Two days ago, before the heavy snow blocked the mountain pass, a young man suddenly came to the village. He was handsome, with delicate features, but he didn't quite qualify as a heartthrob. However, he had a kind of approachable and comfortable quality about him, and the more you looked at him, the more likable he became. But there was one flaw: his eyes were somewhat vacant, as if he had lost his mind.

Later, Widow Zhang learned that this man was a relative of Zhou Feiliu's family, and his name was Feng Shui.