Bu Tian Gang

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Her soul was separated from her body and she became a living soul so that’s why Cheng Yuan didn’t notice it at that time!”

Almost at the same time, Liu Qingbo also said: “So that’s why Hui Yiguang said she always felt that someone was watching her!”

Li Ying frowned and said: “How could a living soul have such a great energy? Even Chi Banxia was confused, hallucinated, and almost died!”

Dong Zhi tried to speculate on the situation: “Regardless of whether the living soul is capable or not, if Wang Qi’s living soul entangles with Hui Yiguang and could even control her body, what would she do?”

Liu Qingbo continued: “If she hadn’t been discovered by us, she would definitely live under the identity of Hui Yiguang.
She would first take revenge, then take everything belonging to Hui Yiguang.
But now that we have traced it to her, she most likely knows that she’s been exposed.
Since the truth will come out sooner or later, it’s better to just…”

Gu Meiren said in a low voice: “Let Hui Yiguang’s body commit suicide and no one will gain anything from it!”

There were many ways to commit suicide.
There was no shortage of equipment inside a hospital, but the ward was more secure, and the windows had guardrails.
The most likely thing to do is to run to the park and jump into the lake, but that would be too far away.
It would be better to choose a faster and more convenient way.

Chi Banxia had been closing her eyes tightly just now, trying to sense Hui Yiguang’s location.
She suddenly opened her eyes and shouted: “The rooftop! She’s on the rooftop!”

Everyone glanced at each other then ran out of the ward.

Dong Zhi grabbed Li Ying: “We suddenly appear, and Wang Qi died afterwards.
The surveillance must’ve recorded it.” It’ll be difficult to explain this situation once the investigation happens afterwards.

Li Ying said: “It’s fine.
When we came in, I used a trick to make the monitoring system fail.
To be safe, I’ll ask the Special Administration Bureau to intervene, but we need to focus on our target first!”

These days, the hospital was afraid of unstable patients who were short-sighted, so they’ve installed an iron gate that leads to the rooftop that was locked all year round.
When the group got there, they found that the lock had been opened and the door was ajar.
It was obvious that someone had been through it.

Everyone rushed up and look around only to find a figure that was walking towards the water tank.
The figure was stumbling, in a weird walking and stopping pattern, as if someone was dragging it towards something while also resisting moving towards it.
It seems as if the figure was fighting a battle between heaven and earth.

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“Yiguang!” Chi Banxia shouted.

Liu Qingbo flip the switch on the wall and all the lights on the rooftop turned on.
Hui Yiguang turned her head around abruptly!

Half of her face was crying miserably, looking at them with a surprised expression, but the other half was indifferent and numb, her eye was full of resentment and hatred.
Witnessing the combination of two very different expressions on the same face at the same time was too strange and chilling.

“Help me! Save me!” Hui Yiguang said as one corner of her mouth twitched.
Tears continued to flow out of her left eye: “I don’t want to die…”

“Wang Qi!” Li Ying said solemnly: “We know it’s you.
Let’s talk!”

Hui Yiguang suddenly grinned: “Do you want to save her? You can’t.
I’m slowly merging with her and soon, I will become her and she will become me.
You can’t save her now.”

The calm and relaxed tone of voice was different from Hui Yiguang’s usual manner of speech, as if she was a completely different person.

“No! I don’t want to merge with you! Wang Qi, I beg you.
Leave.
This is my body! I’ll give you as much money as you want! I’ll treat you better.
I beg you, just please leave!” Hui Yiguang pleaded.

Li Ying and the others could see that her consciousness has not been completely swallowed up yet.
It was like two soul was pulling a saw across Hui Yiguang’s body, fighting for dominance.

Dong Zhi quietly held the Qingzhu Sword behind him and slowly drew the sword out of its sheath, while the other hand reached into his pocket and squeeze a talisman.
Looking around at the others, they were all on guard.

“My body has long been broken! If it weren’t for you, how could I become like this! On the first day you came to Beijing, you couldn’t even pay rent.
If it weren’t for my kindness to take you in, where would you have stayed! You couldn’t even land a role and could only apply to become an extra.
I gave you the chance and got you a supporting role! But how did you repay me?! You stole my boyfriend and repeatedly slandered me on the internet! As a result, you ruined my reputation that now no one wants me and I’ve lost all my endorsements!” Hui Yiguang roared, spilling out all of Wang Qi’s resentment.

“I didn’t! I didn’t steal your boyfriend!” Hui Yiguang’s voice suddenly changed to the one everyone was familiar with: “He told me that he liked me but I didn’t accept because I knew you guys were dating.
It was after he broke up with you that he started chasing me!”

The two souls huddled in one body as they confront each other.
The same sounds, voice, movement, and expression all changed as each soul spoke.
The whole situation was indescribably weird.

Wang Qi sneered expressed on one half of Hui Yiguang’s face: “You didn’t promise him, but your words were ambiguous.
You flirted with him and dropped hints everywhere! You’re a slut who repays kindness with revenge!”

Hui Yiguang’s body screamed: “I didn’t! I’m different from them.
They all rely on their gold masters* while I didn’t do anything like this!”

*Basically, a backer who provides financial support/influence for the artist in exchange for (usually) sex or other kinds or physical/emotional affection/favors.

Wang Qi cackled as if she heard some kind of joke: “So you’re more noble than others! I treated you as a friend and told you my past, yet you used it against me and revealed it to the media.
If it weren’t for you, would I be this devastated?!”

Hui Yiguang: “That’s because you have offended too many people.
It’s none of my business! Please let me go.
I’ll treat you well.
Qiqi, aren’t we best friend?”

Wang Qi scoffed, as if she didn’t want to admit she was wrong and completely lost interest in the confrontation: “Being friends with you is the last thing I regret in my life.
A bitch like you should just stay quiet, resting in your own body while watching as I live your life and you can’t do anything about it!”

Li Ying sense something bad and interrupted the heated argument between them: “Wang Qi! Now that you are dead, you should go and reincarnate with peace of mind.
If you steal other’s bodies, you will be punished by heavenly thunder! If you continue to be obsessed with this, don’t blame me for being ruthless!”

Hui Yiguang remained motionless.
Instead of fear when she heard his threat, she smiled and said slowly: “You can’t get rid of me unless you kill Hui Yiguang.”

“Not necessarily!” Liu Qingbo suddenly moved, and instantly got behind Hui Yiguang.
He pounced on her and with a flick of his wrist, a stick with a sharp blade attached at the end suddenly lengthen, piercing Hui Yiguang.

Though she originally look weak and dainty, she somehow became increasingly agile.
Not only did she dodge Liu Qingbo’s attack, but she also managed to turn her defense into an offense as she fought with him completely empty-handed.
Her strength increased drastically that she was able to kick Liu Qingbo at his waist causing him to retreat.

Li Ying took the opportunity and threw a talisman with his backhand.
Instead of landing on the ground, it fluttered and burned mid-air, sweeping towards Hui Yiguang.
Then Dong Zhi and Li Ying made their move.
One of them surrounded Hui Yiguang and to form an array around the entire rooftop, while the other assisted Liu Qingbo trying to trap Hui Yiguang with the talisman.

The array Dong Zhi was forming was the same as when they dealt with the Archfiend on Tianyuan Building.
Its role was to form a barrier on the rooftop to prevent Wang Qi’s soul from escaping.
After the events he had gone through, he had more practical combat experience and was more efficient in arranging the array.
Using the compass app on his phone, he was able to calculate the approximate position immediately.
Gu Meiren went to relock the iron gate to prevent innocent people from straying in.

Unfortunately, Li Ying missed.
When the talisman was about to be affixed to Hui Yiguang, she stretched out her hand and grabbed it and crushed it fiercely in her palm.
The burning flame didn’t seem to cause her to react.

Li Ying was in utter shock.
The talisman caught fire because he used yang fire, that is his own yang qi, to ignite it.
His yang merges with the gallbladder* of the talisman causing the talisman to burn spontaneously for a short period of time.
This kind of fire cannot be extinguished by humans so easily.
It can only be put out either by the yang qi being overwhelmed by the yin qi or rain from the heavens.
Yet somehow, Hui Yiguang was able to crush the talisman so casually.

*Reminder: this is one of the five elements of a talisman that represents the doorway to the talisman.
See lore glossary for details.

“Who the hell are you?!” He yelled.

“I am a person who has been harmed by Hui Yiguang.
If you can accept a bitch like her but not me, then you’re not a very good person either!” Hui Yiguang’s face was grim as she spoke.

Li Ying said angrily: “It’s not up to you to decide if she’s good or bad.
The way of heaven is constant, its cycle endless.
You cannot escape from self-inflicted sins*!”

*This is part of If God commits evil, you can still violate it.
If you commit evil yourself, you cannot live.
(天作孽，犹可违；自作孽，不可活) It’s basically saying follow the rules and laws of God, unless he commits them, you’re not allowed to.

Gu Meiren suddenly discovered that Hui Yiguang’s original expression was slowly being eroded away.
It’s estimated that it won’t be long before her soul will be overtaken by Wang Qi and she’ll have complete control over her body.

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Thinking of this, she couldn’t help but feel rushed, desperately trying to find a way to delay her opponent.
She took out her flute and tried to use it to confuse her opponent, yet as soon as she started to play, Hui Yiguang suddenly looked at her with fierce eyes as her figure dashed towards Gu Meiren.

As soon as Hui Yiguang moved, Liu Qingbo and Li Ying followed.
One was holding a talisman while the other was holding a stick trying to stop Hui Yiguang from two directions.
This didn’t deter her movements at all as she kept moving forward and whisked them away with her bare hands.

The talisman was stopped by an invisible wall in the air while Liu Qingbo’s stick was grabbed by her other hand.
She had such strength that she managed to drag Liu Qingbo a few steps forward!

Liu Qingbo gave a muffled huff as his wrist shook slightly.
He suddenly pulled his hand back and with a clang, everyone realized that the black stick was actually a scabbard.
In his hand was a slender and sharp sword, similar to a western sword*, except the sword body was straight and sharp and was slightly glowing with a blue light.

*Clarity: It’s referencing a fencing sword (foil, épée, or sabre in order of the picture). Note that it’s not a western sword though, as we’ll find out later what it really is.

Hui Yiguang threw the scabbard to the side as Liu Qingbo held up his sword and the two fought, yet Hui Yiguang didn’t retreat in the slightest step.

Li Ying tied seals with both hands and threw four talismans in an instant.
They turn into four golden lights and shot out like sharp arrows.
Judging from the look of pain on his face, these four talismans must be of great value.

The four golden lights entered Hui Yiguang’s body and she screamed.
Liu Qingbo took the opportunity to stab her in the chest as he shouted: “Evil, come out!”

As the sword was drawn out from Hui Yiguagn’s body, a mass of white shaped as a human figure fell out.
The light mass kept shaking, but the face couldn’t be clearly seen as it kept tumbling around on the ground.

Hui Yiguang stagged a few steps before falling to the ground, holding her arms with both hands as she cried miserably.

“Is that Wang Qi? Is she gone?”

Liu Qingbo raised his sword and was about to stab the white light.

“Wait!”

A scabbard suddenly appeared out from beside him, covering Liu Qingbo’s sword.

Liu Qingbo glared at him and shouted: “Get out of the way!”

Dong Zhi said solemnly: “How do you know that that is Wang Qi?”

With his docile and soft face, it usually wasn’t very overwhelming when he spoke, but in this moment, as he asked that question, everyone was stunned as they looked at Hui Yiguang who was still trembling.

The author has something to say：

Little Dong Zhi will be mighty in the next chapter~

Kinky Thoughts:

Two girls fighting over a guy… a tale as old as time.
Just a life lesson, but in general the person that you’re fighting over is usually never worth it. Thank U, Next.

P.S.
Don’t be a shitty friend and date your supposedly “best friend” ex.
(I’m not taking Wang Qi’s side either cause she be cray as well.)

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While it may be a controversial decision, I’m going to westernize some of these titles in order to help me better remember what they are as I translate.

Chi Banxia would be equivalent to like a witchdoctor/witch that practice witchcraft (head taming).
From the description of a head-taming master/descendent, they are split into black and white magic.
Witchdoctors can do curses but can also lift them and cure ailments (thus the doctor part).
I think this is a more fitting translation then “head-taming master” or “descendent” so I’m going with this.
Shaman would also be fitting too, I think.
Her other skills at controlling people is very similar to voodoo which falls in line with a witchdoctor’s abilities.

In the same vein, head taming technique is basically just witchcraft (but not in the sense that it’s inherently evil).
So, I’ll be using the western equivalent.

Cheng Yuan is considered a warlock/sorcerer but due to religious taboo calls himself a psychic.
I do not know the extent of his abilities yet to decide on his title so I’ll stick to what the translation is for now.

Li Ying and Liu Qingbo seems to be your average Taoist who uses talismans and such.
Though Liu Qingbo seems to know things about poison since his mother is a famous gu practitioner.
Either way I’m undecided on their roles so I’ll stick to what’s translated for now.

Gu Meiren and Ba Sang seems to be able to communicate with animals.
Not sure what kind of English equivalent that is just yet.
Most likely they are in the same vein as a druid and such but I won’t make any decisions on that just yet.

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Spiritual Descent (灵降)

A kind of head taming technique that uses one’s willpower to make the victim hallucinate or lose consciousness and do unimaginable strange things.
This kind of abilities must be performed with many spells.
The effect is very fast, and it can control a person’s will in an instant.