Black Belly Wife

"Chu Changge, you have the audacity to play a trick on the Marquis!" Shan Shaoyu was in a very threatening manner right off the bat.

Chu Changge raised his dashing eyebrows as he leisurely said, "Your courage is not small after all since you dare to call out this Leader's name."

"Huh? You're just a big devil. This General obviously won't be afraid of you!" said Shan Shaoyu as he thrusted his spear, pointing it at Chu Changge, with pure provocation feeling.

However, Chu Changge didn't even spare him a glance and raised his hands as he made a show of being in earnest[+]Chinese idiom : go through the motions in counting his fingers. Then he talked to himself, "Thirty-seven. It's a bit difficult to kill all...at once. However, although I can't kill all of them, it's still possible to kill some." At this point, Chu Changge raised his eyes towards the direction of martial arts experts, who were standing on either side and behind Shan Shaoyu as he smilingly asked, "Who will go first?"

Those careless words, as if the ones standing in front of him, who glared like a tiger eyeing its prey[+]Chinese idiom : eye covetously or menacingly, weren't people, but rather mole crickets and ants[+]fig. tiny individuals with no power / a nobody, a group that could die with just a stamp of a foot.

MOLE CRICKET

The crowd of martial artists, headed by Fang Hongfei, was immediately smitten with fear[+]become terror-stricken, and they intentionally or otherwise turned their heads back. While on the other hand, Fang Hongfei himself was as stable as Mount Tai[+]Chinese idiom : rock-firm, without any fear on his face.

Shan Shaoyu wasn't afraid either. Furthermore, he felt quite angry at being ignored by Chu Changge. He said in anger, "What a big mouth! Just let this General teach you, Mojiao Sect, about real martial arts." After saying that, a spear soared towards Chu Changge. No sooner said than done[+]Chinese idiom : before one knows it, at the same time he let out his spear, an equally sharp spear stabbed the head of his spear from the side, and the head landed on the ground with a 'clank'. Before Shan Shaoyu could react, he saw a black-clothed man soar high like a swallow and grabbed the still intact spear. The moment that man landed, the head of that spear was already at Shan Shaoyu's throat.

Shan Shaoyu instantly couldn't say even half a word. In addition to his feeling of disbelief, there was also appreciation and admiration in his eyes. [+]This noob translation was translated by a noob translator きつね. Please read this chapter at xin-shou.blogspot.com.

North Guardian coldly snorted with an extreme disdain as he tossed the spear to an empty-handed soldier, then retreated behind Chu Changge. He stood tall and upright, in the posture of a guardian. No one saw how he just did it. Not even that little soldier understood the reason why the spear in his own hand had flown out.

"What's your name?" asked Shan Shaoyu.

"I don't have a name," replied North Guardian.

Shan Shaoyu didn't believe it, "How can a person doesn't have a name?"

"Why do people have to have names?" North Guardian asked rhetorically.

"Because..." Shan Shaoyu was speechless, he suddenly couldn't find any reason.

"People don't have to have names, just like those with names aren't all people." North Guardian gave Fang Hongfei a meaningful glance.

Although Fang Hongfei was not that clever, he understood that North Guardian was pointing at the mulberry tree and cursing the locust tree[+]Chinese idiom : indirect criticism, and he right away told Shan Shaoyu with righteous indignation filled his breast[+]Chinese idiom : feel indignant at injustice, "This person is a wanted criminal in the Imperial Court, of course he doesn't dare to introduce himself."

When Shan Shaoyu heard this, he was disappointed. Originally, he wanted to make friends with him…

Before North Guardian could teach Fang Hongfei a lesson, Chu Changge smiled leisurely as he said, "Is Leader Fang saying that the guardian of this sect is a wanted criminal which at the same time implies that this Chu has been sheltering him from the Imperial Court?" His tone might sound neither salty nor light[+]don't care much, but they were full of murderous aura.

At the last Martial Arts Assembly, after Chu Changge gave up the position of the Great Leader, it was unknown what tricks Fang Hongfei had used, he had become the Great Leader of Martial Arts instead.

In the past, when Fang Hongfei saw Chu Changge, it was like he just saw a ghost. His mouth said that he was not afraid of ghosts and gods, but his heart was scared to death. But right now, he was truly unafraid. His calm and composed demeanour was not an act. "Whether or not you have harboured an Imperial Court criminal, you yourself should be well aware of it!" He said with a smirk.

Chu Changge also could feel the change in Fang Hongfei. Not only that, he also discovered that Fang Hongfei's internal strength had greatly improved compared to the time during the Martial Arts Assembly. Even if one practiced day and night without stopping, it would be impossible to make such great progress without three or five years of practice. Of course, there were a few extremely lucky people who could reach such height in a year that others could never reach in a lifetime, and he himself was one of them.

However, Fang Hongfei, at a glance, didn't look like a lucky man. So, there was only one way left...

Thinking of that path, the lights in Chu Changge's eyes suddenly twinkled and smiling expression appeared on his face once again as he said, "Are you bringing people here today to apprehend the guardian of this sect?"

"Correct! It is the duty of every jianghu[+]lit. rivers and lakes—people wandering from place to place and living by their wits, e.g. fortune-tellers, quack doctors, itinerant entertainers, etc. , considered as a social group swordsman to punish the treacherous one and eliminate evil. Since I am the Great Leader of Martial Arts, the more I should set a good example." After a pause, he added, "The Great Leader of Martial Arts is elected by the entire jianghu[+]lit. rivers and lakes—people wandering from place to place and living by their wits, e.g. fortune-tellers, quack doctors, itinerant entertainers, etc. , considered as a social group. If anyone does not listen to the call of the Great Leader, that person has become the enemy of the entire jianghu[+]lit. rivers and lakes—people wandering from place to place and living by their wits, e.g. fortune-tellers, quack doctors, itinerant entertainers, etc. , considered as a social group." The implication was that 'you had better obediently listen to my words'.

Murong Yunshu sighed lightly. Her heart was filled with bewilderment as to why this person had such a special fondness to invite disgrace to himself over this single matter. If Chu Changge had really attached importance to the Great Leader of Martial Arts position, he would not have thrown it away like a worn-out clogs in the first place. Such a simple truth, and yet Fang Hongfei did not understand it.

Just as Murong Yunshu thought, Chu Changge not only was not afraid, but instead, he tilted his head and laughed like he had heard a great joke. His laughter filled with youthful indiscretion. "Fortunately, I never wanted to be friends with you guys." He said as he laughed, and he continued to laugh for a few more seconds. Then, his laughter stopped with a grunting sound[+]Chinese idiom : to come to an end spontaneously (esp. of sound), and the face that was gentle a moment ago, had turned into a Luocha[+]rakshasa (a demon) in Buddhism at this second. His face was still incredibly handsome, comparable to a banished immortal[+]a wayward genius, but his expression was incomparably evil, just like a devil.

Chu Changge looked scornfully at the crowd. His body was filled with an ice-cold, maniacal aura, "Fang Hongfei, do you know the reason why I have kept you alive till this day?"

Fang Hongfei sneered and laughed particularly reckless, "I can live well in this world because I have the ability to scrape along, what does it have to do with you!"

As if Chu Changge hadn't heard him, he continued, "I left you alive only because you had done one thing right."

Fang Hongfei was still snickering, but he didn't argue anymore because he also wanted to know why Chu Changge hadn't stabbed him to death with a sword when he visited the Mingjian Mountain Villa that night, but he had carved a few words on his head instead.

The other martial artists present also pricked their ears, wondering what exactly Fang Hongfei had done right to make the devil who would just kill people without batting an eyelid started off leniently[+]Chinese idiom : show mercy.

Chu Changge said, "Withdrawing your marriage with Murong Mansion is the most right thing you've ever done."

The audience was in an uproar as soon as he said this. Everyone was puzzled. For a woman who was abandoned by her fiance, it was such a humiliation. As her current fiance,  did he just lose his mind when he even said that was what Fang Hongfei had done the right…

Fang Hongfei was also puzzled. Wasn't the reason for Chu Changge always at odds with him because he had abandoned Murong Yunshu? Why would he say he did the right thing?

Only Murong Yunshu and the Four Great Guardians' expression maintained their usual looks. [+]This noob translation was translated by a noob translator きつね. Please read this chapter at xin-shou.blogspot.com.

The Four Great Guardians were calm because they knew very well how weird the yin and yang[+]Chinese idiom : eccentric of the person they were following.

While on the other hand, for Murong Yunshu being calm was because she understood what Chu Changge meant. She also thought that it was the most right thing in the world for that woman called Xiyue had died. But what was to be done, things turned out contrary to the way she wished...

As she thought of this, Murong Yunshu only felt a strange sense of loss in her heart, like she had lost something, but she couldn't get it back.

Murong Yunshu took a deep breath and then exhaled, trying to get the depression out of her chest and make her mood lighter. This method was effective. Since she had done this all the time, every time she was depressed, she would be able to relieve her depression quickly. This time was no exception. After Murong Yunshu adjusted her mood, she turned around and walked into the private bank.

Only after she took a few steps that she heard Fang Hongfei shout, "Murong Yunshu, you're not allowed to leave!"

Murong Yunshu didn't look back. She only stopped and indifferently said, "Did Great Leader Fang keep me here because he wanted to involve the common people in the strife of the jianghu[+]lit. rivers and lakes—people wandering from place to place and living by their wits, e.g. fortune-tellers, quack doctors, itinerant entertainers, etc. , considered as a social group?"

With just one sentence, Leader Fang Hongfei was rigidly stifled, as he was unable to speak even a single word for a long time.

While Chu Changge, who was originally looking cold-blooded and ruthless, suddenly changed his expression at this time and said with great sadness, "Madam actually ignored her husband's life and death."

Murong Yunshu turned to look at him, raised her brows lightly, and said, "If you beg me, I will consider worrying about your life and death, while adding two more knives to your dying life."

Chu Changge didn't know whether to laugh or cry, when suddenly his face sank and he said, "You really have a huge courage for daring to throw stones at this Leader who has fallen into the well[+]Chinese idiom : hit a person when he's down! Don't think I'll spare you just because you're my unmarried wife! North Guardian, you watch her well. After this Leader is done with this crowd resembles crows[+]Chinese idiom : mob, I'll settle the account with her!"

In an instant, the scene became restless once more. Words like 'his heart is ruthless as his hand is vicious[+]Chinese idiom : wicked and merciless' and 'unfeeling and heartless[+]Chinese idiom : cold-hearted' were all thrown at Chu Changge. At the same time, there were also people who sympathised with Murong Yunshu's for encountering such an unrefined person.

On the other hand, Fang Hongfei looked at Murong Yunshu with a look that took joy in her calamity and delighted in the disaster which she had to face. She deserved it. At the beginning, I've told you not to associate yourself with the Mojiao, but you didn't listen. Won't you regret it now?

North Guardian was busy pleading for Murong Yunshu, "Leader, think twice! Madam, she didn't mean it. You should..."

East Guardian scolded him, "Shut up. Do you dare to disobey the Leader's order?"

"Old East, you…"

West Guardian said, "Still slow to move! If she runs away, see how the Leader will punish you!"

North Guardian was extremely angry, but he didn't dare to resist. He snorted coldly, and waved his hand towards Murong Yunshu.

Murong Yunshu remained indifferent. After glancing deeply at Chu Changge, she turned around and left.