Chapter 80: The Corrupted Hei Tong

Those pretty jet-black eyes were brimming with intelligence, but they looked sly and rather petty. Although it was Ye Wenxin who misled Hei Tong into being a thief, she found that Hei Tong indeed had the potential to act like one.

If the Azure Wings Sect’s founder knew Hei Tong’s morality had stooped so low, she wondered if he would be so furious that he would come down from the sky and strip her of her crow feathers.

The more Ye Wenxin thought about it, the happier she became. She held back a grin and saw Hei Tong threw the bag of holding in her hand.

The initially heartbroken senior brother was wild with joy when the lost bag of holding entered his vision, but checking inside he found it empty as promised. He sat on the ground, eyes empty as if he had lost his whole world.

“Ah, that thief just now was too good, I couldn’t even clearly see what the hell she looked like. You’re too misfortunate, senior brother. How about this, you go find Fatty and tell him I sent you, he’ll know what to do.” Ye Wenxin looked at this senior brother, who had pretty good aptitude, and smoothly took him in, expanding her influence in the outer sect.

Even if these little brothers were useless, Ye Wenxin could still have them sell the pills she refined. In any case, Ye Wenxin would not lose out on this endeavor.

“Thank you Big Sister, thank you Big Sister.” The outer sect senior brother knelt excitedly and suddenly kowtowed to Ye Wenxin. It really did not occur to him that his tragic encounter would turn out to be a new beginning.

Ye Wenxin waved her hand dismissively. As she moved on, she sensed the black shadow behind her was rapidly striking towards her.

By the look of it, Hei Tong wanted to rob her bag of holding.

Ye Wenxin faintly quirked her lips, nimbly sidestepping Hei Tong’s attack. That Phantom Step was taught by her, and as the master, Ye Wenxin understood its characteristics. The feet were the most vulnerable spot. With the right timing, she could easily subdue her opponent within the span of three breaths.

However, Ye Wenxin did not intend to handle Hei Tong so quickly. She stood in place, watching Hei Tong circling around her. Ye Wenxin did not close her eyes, looking straight in the southwest direction.

Hei Tong moved faster and faster, trying to use the greater speed to confuse Ye Wenxin.

No matter how much she circled, Ye Wenxin only stared in one direction. A few minutes passed but Ye Wenxin did not faint, while Hei Tong could not help getting dizzy, stopping, her steps a little messy.

Black hair and eyes, fair skin, compared to their previous meeting, Hei Tong had become significantly more appealing. She staggered towards Ye Wenxin, muttering curses at her.

“What’s up with you fixating on that spot?”

“Weren’t you standing over there waiting for me?” Ye Wenxin replied.  Facing Hei Tong who knew her true identity, she did not bother hiding her true strength.

Hei Tong appeared surprised, wanting to continue stepping forward to say something, but her footing was unstable, and she suddenly stumbled while walking.

Realizing she was about to fall, Hei Tong tried to flap her wings to maintain balance, but in reaching out her arms, she remembered she was in human form and her arms could not help her balance. As a result, she stumbled forward.

Seeing Hei Tong in this sorry state, Ye Wenxin protected her to prevent the majestic guardian spirit beast from falling in such a pitiful manner.

“So you still have a shred of conscience.” Hei Tong grabbed onto Ye Wenxin with her assistance, her hand naturally reaching for Ye Wenxin’s waist, attempting to snatch Ye Wenxin’s bag of holding.

Her movements were skillful, indicating she had used this tactic of feigning affection to steal things quite often.

Ye Wenxin smiled faintly, catching the wandering hand, “You crow, who gave you the guts to dare steal from me?”

Though Ye Wenxin retained her outward appearance, her eyes were chillingly intimidating. Hei Tong trembled with fear, somewhat sobered up, and could only grumble discontentedly, “Hmph, it’s because you’ve been ignoring me lately.”

“This Lord¹ is now an Azure Wings Sect disciple, I don’t have the time to accompany you.” Seeing Hei Tong’s discontent, Ye Wenxin grabbed those disobedient hands, but Hei Tong was still unwilling and wanted to untie Ye Wenxin’s bag of holding with her teeth.

“You’re shameless, absolutely shameless. Who the hell taught you this?” Ye Wenxin was both exasperated and amused, well aware of the peculiar nature of crows.

Playful, gluttonous, curious about everything. Great courage, good memory, and vindictive.

Yet this was her first time discovering a crow’s shamelessness had no limit at all.

“I’ve recently went for a good walk around the foot of the mountain and acknowledged a master.” Hei Tong blinked those beautiful and innocent eyes very cutely. But in Ye Wenxin’s eyes, she seemed more deserving of a beating.

“You accepted a thief as your master?”

“No, my master said he was a world-famous flower-picking thief², but he didn’t tell me his name.” Hei Tong proudly stated her master’s origin, and Ye Wenxin despaired.

Before, it was always matters concerning Fairy Fengya that would infuriate her to the point of Qi Deviation, but now, she realized things unrelated to Fairy Fengya could also make her this livid.

“Oh? Then what did your master teach you?” However, Ye Wenxin endured, subconsciously taking a Heart-Cleansing Pill beforehand, lest Hei Tong’s next words would make her so enraged as to push her into Qi Deviation.

“My master taught me taught me lots. He took me to the Land of Fireworks to watch men and women wrestling, and even brought me along when he defiled a virtuous woman.”

Hei Tong got more excited the more she spoke, Ye Wenxin put up a hand to stop her, took deep breaths with great effort, lest she pummeled Hei Tong before she could restrain herself.

“And then? Did that master try to wrestle with you, feed you strange pills?” Ye Wenxin patiently urged, and Hei Tong smiled sweetly as she listened.

“He did, but I think I prefer wrestling with other people. Master forced me though, so I maimed him,” Hei Tong smiled even more innocently. Ye Wenxin let out a breath, suddenly a little satisfied.

Given Hei Tong’s ten-year-old IQ, she suddenly felt that it was not easy for her to survive.

“You did well.” Ye Wenxin stroked Hei Tong’s hair, making her eyes even brighter. Instinctively, Hei Tong snuggled against Ye Wenxin’s chest, expressing her affection.

This behavior was something Hei Tong would never have done before. It was probably the bad influence from that flower-picking thief master, which made Ye Wenxin head hurt thinking how she should teach Hei Tong common sense regarding matters between men and women.

“Hei Tong, you must keep yourself pure, or you’ll end up with a bunch of little crows.”

“But I haven’t done anything. How could I have little crows?” Hei Tong seemed resistant to the idea of little crows, whether it was because she was still a child or she simply did not like children.

“That wrestling your master took you to watch is the means for humans to conceive children. Here…here, here, no, you can’t let men touch you anywhere.” Ye Wenxin realized she could not teach sex education at all. She had failed with Gu Xiangsi last time, and now facing a pure and chaste Hei Tong, Ye Wenxin found it hard to go on.

“So that’s how humans make children. It’s fine as long as I don’t get close to a man?” Hei Tong nodded, not fully understanding, seeming to be contemplating it.

“Yes, unless you want to make babies, then it’s alright for the person to touch you.” Seeing Hei Tong seemed to understand, Ye Wenxin continued to elaborate about human views on romance.

A spirit beast gaining human form was already quite rare, and now Hei Tong also had the ability and qualifications to fall in love with humans.

“I see, only let the person I like touch,” Hei Tong bobbed her head. She knowingly advanced towards Ye Wenxin. It was uncertain whether it was on purpose or she was unconsciously being drawn in by Ye Wenxin’s Iceborn Constitution.

Ye Wenxin did not give further explanation, planning to wait for Hei Tong to properly process everything she just said, until she noticed someone in the distance coming towards them.

What timing, the person dressed in an all red true disciple’s attire just so happen to be none other than Gu Aotian, whom she had not seen in a long time.

“Hei Tong, I have a question, do you know Gu Aotian?” Ye Wenxin recalled the male protagonist’s huge harem setting, if following this insane rule of spirit beast transforming into human, then Gu Aotian might not spare even a beast.

“Gu Aotian? What’s that?” Hei Tong blinked her pretty eyes, as if not comprehending what ‘Gu Aotian’ was.

Her gaze was still so pure and harmless, but Gu Aotian seemed to recognize Hei Tong as he greeted them from not too far away.

“It’s that guy over there.”

“Oh, you mean that lad, he’s my subordinate now.” Hei Tong suddenly had a moment of clarity, immediately adopted the manner of a Big Sister and said to Gu Aotian, “Lad, have you prepared the things I asked?”

Gu Aotian was panting heavily as he ran, supposedly a dignified male protagonist, but he looked quite embarrassed and even seemed to be at the mercy of the spirit beast Hei Tong. Ye Wenxin watched with some sympathy but remained silent, observing as Gu Aotian ran up to them and took out several bags of holding from his own bag.

“Well done.” Hei Tong’s eyes gleamed with excitement. It seemed that she and Gu Aotian had already established a cooperative mode, robbing the Azure Wings Sect together for a living.

Ye Wenxin had previously wondered why her little brothers remained unharmed while the Azure Wings Sect’s finances were being stolen. Now she realized that Gu Aotian was also helping out, and since her little brothers were fine, she had not paid much attention to the thieves.

“Miss Wenxin, long time no see.” It had been a month, and Gu Aotian had become more robust. It was evident that his cultivation had progressed. However, the most significant change was the confidence in his eyes, indicating recent success.

“Long time no see, how’ve you been lately?” Ye Wenxin politely inquired about Gu Aotian’s well-being, and his response was as expected. A month ago, on a certain day, Gu Aotian was searching for the presence of Fairy Fengya in the backwoods but instead encountered Hei Tong. Since then, the two had joined forces and started causing trouble for the Azure Wings Sect.

“But rest assured, we only rob those wealthy disciples, and we never harm ordinary people,” Gu Aotian assured Ye Wenxin earnestly, noticing her peculiar expression. Ye Wenxin nodded, not particularly bothered by it.

In this world, survival of the fittest was the norm, and Gu Aotian’s actions were deemed acceptable, perhaps even leading to new opportunities through robbery.

“Big Sister Hei Tong, these are my harvest from just now, please accept them,” Gu Aotian explained, intending to hand over the bags of holding to Hei Tong.

Hei Tong pretended to be composed, reaching out to take the bags but recalling Ye Wenxin’s advice from earlier, she withdrew her hand instead.

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1. This (Ben) Lord (Zun), Demon (Mo) Lord (Zun) ↩︎
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   (From ChatGPT) A Chinese colloquial term used to describe a person, often a man, who seduces or has affairs with multiple women, especially those who are already in relationships or married. (From Chinese-English Dictionary) Figurative for rapist ↩︎