Chapter 150 Uncle Wang’s cousin (ETL) Part 1
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Chapter 150 Some People You Can’t Afford to Offend
Encouraged by Gu Ye, Da Hei swiped at the snake with its paw. The cat’s paw was faster than the snake’s head. No matter how the snake feinted, the cat’s paw managed to strike the snake’s head, making the snake’s eyes widen. It felt like it was seeing stars (from getting hit), completely bewildered.
Da Hei didn’t stop clawing. With a series of swift, powerful swipes, he forced the snake back, cornering it against the wall. Desperate, the snake tried to coil around Da Hei’s body, but Da Hei is now in his spirit form, so the snake couldn’t touch him. This provocative action only angered Da Hei. He pressed one claw down on the snake’s head, and with the other, he hooked and scratched downwards from the head. With one swipe, blood gushed out, and the snake’s skin was torn to shreds.
The large snake that had been chasing Xie Cheng noticed the male snake had been attacked and returned to help. This female snake was much larger. Da Hei rushed forward with his two claws lashing out, his bright green eyes wide and alert, much more so than before. Not only was the female snake larger than the male, but it had also developed sentience, and a transparent aura coiled around its body. It lashed out with its tail, but Da Hei sensed the danger and nimbly dodged. Then he counterattacked, attacking with both paws, his claws moving so fast they were almost invisible to the naked eye, scratching and biting, his fangs bared as fiercely as a tiger’s.
A cat fighting against 2 snakes, but Da Hei was holding his own, fiercely beating them both. Sometimes he wouldn’t even dodge, taking the hits head-on in order to land a hit, scratching until they were bloodied. Seeing this, Gu Ye exclaimed in amazement, “As expected from my cat! So awesome!”
Gu Ye suddenly realized that snakes weren’t so scary after all; he had a cat!
Xie Cheng exclaimed admiringly, “As expected from a country… (cat) tiger. His fighting power is top-notch!”
As they spoke, Da Hei bit the back of the female snake’s head, shaking his head and tearing at it as if trying to rip the head off. Gu Ye stopped him, “Da Hei, don’t kill it!”
Da Hei sensed Gu Ye’s refusal and stopped tearing at the prey. He carried the defeated prey to Gu Ye and placed it at Gu Ye’s feet. Next, he pushed the snake with his paw, indicating: Eat.
Gu Ye felt like vomiting again.
All the beating left the 2 snakes terrified. They exchanged a glance after being released (from the cat’s paw) and then tried to run away. Gu Ye immediately activated the array, and the 2 snakes bounced back as soon as they reached the doorway. Seeing this, Gu Ye’s lips curled into a delighted smile. His first time setting up an array had been a success!
Looking at the 2 snakes again, Gu Ye forced a smile and said, “Heaven cherishes life. Since you’ve developed sentience, we don’t want to kill you. Can’t we try to communicate properly?”
“Hiss hiss hiss…” the female snake hissed in a strange, sinister tone, “He killed…my daughter…and my grandson.”
Hearing the reply, Xie Cheng felt the world was too surreal, wondering if he was hallucinating. “Holy crap, it really spoke! But… what? Explain, I don’t understand.”
“My daughter…was…cruelly…eaten by him, hiss…”
Gu Ye took a deep breath. He touched the goosebumps on his arms and buried his face in Da Hei’s back. Then he rubbed his face against the fur vigorously to try to calm down. “So you killed his wife and two children, and you’re going to kill his third son too?”
“I want him…to feel…the same…pain…as we do…hiss hiss…”
Hearing the hissing sound at the end of the sentence, Gu Ye rubbed against Da Hei again. He couldn’t take it anymore! He wanted to hit someone!
Xie Cheng asked, “From the Five Immortals of Northeast China, you guys are from the Liu clan?”
According to folklore, the Five Great Immortals are the Hu, Huang, Bai, Liu, and Hui. Hu is a fox, Huang is a weasel, Bai is a hedgehog, Liu is a snake, and Hui is a rat. If people offend them, they will retaliate; if people worship them, they will act as household deities, protecting humanity.
Seeing that Xie Cheng understood them, the large snake said grimly, “Yes… my ancestors also included… my great-grandmother…”
Gu Ye stomped his feet, “No way! How old is Great-Grandma? Is she a human with a snake’s face?! Heavens!” Collapsing in despair, Gu Ye hugged Da Hei and rubbed against his fur. He felt like life was no longer happy.
Xie Cheng pushed Gu Ye aside, trying to calm him down. “Are there only a few of you left in your clan? Cultivation is difficult, so we won’t kill you. As for your children, they will probably be released into the wild. Firefighters don’t eat snakes.”
The two snakes looked at the aura on Xie Cheng’s body, then at Gu Ye’s golden aura of merit. They calmed down, realizing the masters weren’t indiscriminate killers, and stopped struggling. Struggling was pointless anyway; there was still a… black panther watching them intently.
Xie Cheng said seriously, “Even if life is equal, he killed 2, but you killed 3. Hence, you owe a life to him. You have owed the karma debt.”
Hearing this, the 2 snakes looked at Xie Cheng warily, wanting to run again.
But Xie Cheng held his whip and said, “Don’t move, listen to me.”
The more they tried to talk, the more frightened the 2 snakes became. Just as they were about to struggle, they saw Da Hei raise his paw. The 2 snakes were immediately terrified and froze. But Da Hei only licked his paw, then lowered it. The two snakes visibly trembled and breathed a sigh of relief.
Xie Cheng compared his own intimidating presence to that of Da Hei and asked with a dark face, “How did he kill your daughter and grandson? Did they have sentience too?”
The snake nodded. “They all have sentience, hiss hiss… They brought the child to see me, the child was… run over by his car… My daughter was injured, hiss hiss… He took her home and stewed her…”
Gu Ye, who was listening at the side, was speechless.
This was a trouble caused by eating.
Gu Ye secretly touched his stomach. He had eaten so much meat; would someone come looking for revenge? The thought was terrifying.
Xie Cheng twitched the corner of his mouth and asked, “Now that you owe someone a life, what should you do?”
The snake replied viciously, “That’s not enough!”
It means that killing 3 people from the man’s family is not enough to calm its anger. Gu Ye raised his eyebrows and said, “You don’t even know that 3 is greater than 2? Da Hei! Beat that snake!”
Da Hei went up and smacked the snake’s head with his paw. Both snakes were anxious and wanted to resist. Then Da Hei hit them again.
Gu Ye asked coldly, “Is that enough?”
The 2 snakes said honestly, “That’s enough.”
Xie Cheng was speechless. Aren’t you guys just asking for it? Gu San’er obviously couldn’t bear it anymore, y’all need to follow his flow/listen to him.
Gu Ye asked again, “Do you admit that you owe the Wang family?”
The 2 snakes didn’t say anything, just flicking their tongues.
Gu Ye called out, “Da Hei?”
“We owe them!” Before Da Hei could even make a move, the snake was already terrified.
Xie Cheng scoffed, “Aren’t you quite smart now? You already owe them a debt of karma. Here’s a chance for you to atone: protect this child (the 3rd son) for life, as atonement.”
The snake protested, “Why should I protect him?”
Gu Ye raised an eyebrow, “Don’t want to listen? Da Hei!”
“Wait, Gu San’er, calm down, I’ll talk!”
Xie Cheng stopped the nearly frantic Gu Ye and said to the snake, “You guys from the five Immortals clan are household deities to start with. Even if your great-grandmother came, the result would still be the same. He unintentionally killed your daughter and grandson, that 2 lives. However, you killed his wife, eldest daughter, and youngest son, that’s 3 lives. You owe the Wang family!”
Gu Ye facepalmed, “Just seeing them gives me a headache, beat them up!”
“Don’t hit us! We… we understand, hiss…”
Seeing the 2 snakes’ sinister eyes, Gu Ye sneered, “Do you think I can’t see through your thoughts? Won’t you just kill him after we leave? Sign a contract: as long as he lives, you not only cannot harm him, but you must protect him until he dies. This is the karma you owe the Wang family. If you don’t repay it, you will also face heavenly tribulation and die. How much you repay is up to you. Leave your lives to fate; we two will not judge.”
Xie Cheng nodded, “It’s a matter of dying early, dying later, and whether you want to die or not. It’s your choice.”
The two snakes stared at each other, hissing for half a minute. Gu Ye was about to collapse from the hissing and wanted Da Hei to beat them up, when finally the larger snake said, “We…protect…hiss…”
Gu Ye trembled all over, “Hiss again, and I’ll beat you to death!”
The 2 snakes flicked their tongues, too frightened to hiss out loud.
Xie Cheng sighed helplessly. How many extra beatings had they taken for no reason, just because of their species?
Gu Ye drew a contract talisman, extracted the giant serpent’s spiritual imprint, and asked, “Are you stronger back in your homeland?”
“Y…yes.” The last part was silenced by Gu Ye’s glance; the snake didn’t dare let a hiss escape.
The contract was now half complete. Gu Ye removed the array. “You can leave now. The contract will be signed tomorrow, and you should be able to sense it. At that time, you can resist or leave. As long as you don’t bother the family again, we won’t capture you. However, karma is predetermined. You already owe the Wang family a life. Think about it yourselves.”
After releasing the 2 snakes, Gu Ye put away the talisman. Looking at the time, it was already past midnight. Gu Ye rubbed his stomach. “I’m hungry. Let’s go out for some food.”
Xie Cheng hadn’t expected Gu Ye to jump to conclusions so quickly. He instinctively asked, “What do you want to eat?”
Gu Ye said seriously, “Meat.”
“Eating meat has caused so much trouble, and you still want to eat it?”
Gu Ye clutched his stomach and said solemnly, “So I need to eat more meat to soothe my frightened heart. I threw up twice during the day.”
Xie Cheng pondered for a moment, unable to figure out where Gu Ye’s reasoning came from. The two locked the door and took Da Hei out to eat. They ordered several dishes, all meat dishes, and finally, a large portion of rabbit heads1.
Xie Cheng watched Gu Ye violently dismantle the rabbit head and asked with a mischievous grin, “Aren’t you afraid Grandma Rabbit will come after you?”
Gu Ye calmly replied, “I am, so I need to eat more meat to calm myself down.”
Xie Cheng was speechless. What kind of logic was that?
The next day, Gu Ye called Cousin Wang and his son back. Upon seeing the mess in the living room, Cousin Wang imagined a fierce battle had happened last night. He expressed his immense admiration for Gu Ye and Xie Cheng, saying, “Thank you for your hard work. Are you alright?”
Gu Ye shook his head. “We’re fine. It’s all resolved.”
Cousin Wang asked gravely, “What was it actually? My wife and children… were they killed by that thing?”
Gu Ye didn’t answer, but instead asked, “Uncle Wang, when you were young, didn’t you eat a snake? You ran over the smaller one with your car and took the larger one home to cook.”
Cousin Wang thought for a moment. “It seems like that happened. Is it related to this?”
Gu Ye smiled. “You came to me because of the child, right?”
“Yes, I was afraid he wouldn’t survive either.”
“Anyway, the matter is resolved, so don’t ask any more questions.” Gu Ye took the child’s hand. “I need a drop of his blood.”
Gu Ye took out the unfinished contract. Cousin Wang assumed it was some kind of ritual and didn’t ask any further questions. The child cooperated well. After the blood was drawn and the contract was completed, the snake on the other side didn’t resist at all, so the process was completed smoothly.
Placing the talisman in a small bag, Gu Ye hung it around the child’s neck. After that, Gu Ye said earnestly, “Wear this on your body. Keep it with you forever, never lose it. It can protect you from illness and disaster in the future. From now on, if you see a snake, don’t harm it, understand?”
The child nodded blankly, “I will remember that. I’m still carrying the talisman you gave me the day before yesterday, so I’m not scared when I sleep anymore.”
Gu Ye smiled, “You won’t have nightmares anymore.”
Cousin Wang asked in confusion, “Is that all?”
“It’s all over. The child’s illness will be cured soon.”
After Gu Ye finished speaking, Cousin Wang excitedly stuffed red envelopes into Gu Ye and Xie Cheng’s hands, “Thank you so much!”
Gu Ye took the red envelope. “Uncle Wang prepared this on your behalf, right?”
Cousin Wang said shyly, “Yes.”
“Your older brother is so good to you.”
Cousin Wang said happily, “Yes, he’s been good to us since we were little.”
Gu Ye thought of his own older brother and smiled, “Goodbye, Cousin Wang.”
Cousin Wang saw them both out of the residential area before turning back. Xie Cheng sighed, “If he knew that his eating a snake had led to the deaths of his wife and children, he’d be devastated.”
Gu Ye said solemnly, “This kind of thing is pointless to tell either side. Let fate decide. Go home and get some sleep.”
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