Players: All NPCs in the Sect Are Moles

Chapter 187: Chapter 180: Just Let The Grudge Kill Me!!

Interested?

What’s going on?

’Senior Brother, why would you think... I’m interested in a female ghost like this?!’

’Am I that kind of person?!’

"Senior Brother," he couldn’t help but ask, "why would you think... I’d be interested in her?"

Lin Qingfeng looked at Wang Xiedi, confused. "You’re not interested?"

"Look at her pretty face..."

He pointed at the rotten face at his feet.

"Er..."

"And look at her beautiful hair..."

He pointed again, this time at the dry, messy hair.

"Er..."

Even Lin Qingfeng couldn’t continue. Her appearance was indeed a bit of a turn-off.

’But he’s my junior brother! He definitely won’t mind!’

So he insisted on finishing his sentence.

"At least her figure isn’t bad! And she has her cultivation! It’s all the same with the lights off!"

"Are you telling me you’re not even a tiny, tiny, tiny bit tempted?"

"That’s not it, Senior Brother!"

Wang Xiedi was on the verge of a breakdown.

"Do you think I’m the kind of person who falls for any member of the opposite sex I see?!"

His senior brother nodded in profound agreement.

Beside them, Su Ling’er also nodded in profound agreement.

When Wang Xiedi saw Su Ling’er doing it too, he completely lost it.

’No way!’

’Senior Sister!’

’How can you think that too?!’

Seeing the two immortal masters react this way, the mother and son looked at Wang Xiedi with astonishment.

The woman was so scared she shrank back, her heart pounding.

’Could it be... this immortal master... is really such a starved lecher?’

’He won’t even let a female ghost go?!’

’Could it be that he protected us before... because... even though I’m a mother, I’m... still a woman?’

’No, no, I can’t think like that!’

’They saved me. I can’t think like that!’

’It must be a misunderstanding. Maybe... probably... perhaps... this is all just a misunderstanding...’

But seeing the looks of profound agreement on Lin Qingfeng’s and Su Ling’er’s faces, her heart was in turmoil.

So, she discreetly hugged her child and shuffled a little farther away from Wang Xiedi.

Seeing this, Wang Xiedi felt like he was going to lose his mind.

’No!’

’What in the world is going on?!’

’Is this really the image you all have of me?!’

’It’s all a misunderstanding, AHHHHH!!!’

"No need to explain."

Lin Qingfeng waved his hand.

"I know you’re a bit embarrassed with so many people watching."

"But I get you... oh, wait, no, I don’t get you. Ptooey! I almost lumped myself in with you."

"As your senior brother, it’s my duty to solve this little problem for you. This Gaye can move into your room later."

’Ah, no—!!!’

Wang Xiedi completely snapped.

’No!’

’Senior Brother! What kind of monster do you think I am?!’

’Do you think I’m interested in any creature as long as it’s female?!’

’And can you please stop calling me "Mr. Wa"?! My name is Wang Xiedi, you bastard!!!’

’Why did things turn out this way?!!!’

’I’d rather the Grudge just killed me!!!’

"Senior Brother," he said in despair, "in your eyes, am I really interested in any creature as long as it’s female?"

Lin Qingfeng and Su Ling’er once again nodded in profound agreement.

Wang Xiedi: "..."

’World... just end...’

Meanwhile, the woman mentally made a note: if she got back alive, she would definitely have a long talk with her husband.

The scholar to the side was secretly relieved that, as a man, he had nothing to worry about.

’First, they carry people around like grocery baskets. Turns out some demonic cultivators are good people, and some immortal masters are ravenous lechers.’

’So the immortal masters’ hobbies are all so... unique. Completely different from how they’re described in storybooks and by storytellers.’

As for Wang Xiedi, he looked at Shen Jieye’s twisted, malevolent face, and his mind couldn’t help but recall the tragic events of her life, which he had read about in her journal and seen depicted in the shadow puppet play on stage.

A sense of pity welled up within him.

’A responsible man,’ he thought, ’should still plead her case.’

"Senior Brother," he summoned his courage and said to Lin Qingfeng, "She... she’s just a pitiful soul. Why don’t we... help her find release soon?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Qingfeng’s face broke into an "I get it" expression, and he nodded repeatedly.

’I see!’

’So it was Shen Jieye’s past that stirred my junior brother’s protective instincts, making him take a liking to this female ghost!’

’I knew it! How could Mr. Wa not be interested in a female ghost?’

’That would be illogical!!!’

’He’s even using her tragic past as an excuse to hide his true feelings. That must be it!’

However, this was something that needed to be addressed.

’I’m suppressing this Grudge for now, but if something were to happen later because of this "protective instinct," it would be a huge problem.’

Thus, he decided to give Wang Xiedi a lesson, just as he would his junior sister:

"Mr. Wa, you’ve once again become attached to appearances."

"What you desire to protect, sigh... I don’t even want to say it! Anyway, you know what I mean."

"If your heart desires something, you should face it openly. Why use the name of ’release’ to conceal your true intentions?

On the path of the Dao, a clear and unobstructed mind is the only true way.

By being so duplicitous, you are personally planting a seed for your future Heart Demon Tribulation!"

"Furthermore, you must grasp a fundamental truth: how can a rootless tree grow to touch the heavens?

How can a springless river flow without end?

Compassion in this world is the same.

Without a foundation of commensurate strength, so-called pity is nothing more than attempting to warm eternal ice with the glow of a firefly. In the end, it will only hasten your own demise."

"You yourself are still adrift in the mortal world. How can you speak of delivering others and granting them release?

This is not compassion, but foolishness!

In the end, you will only suffer the fate of descending into the Nine Netherworld together with the one you sought to save!"

He looked at the utterly dumbfounded Wang Xiedi and nodded in satisfaction, feeling his lesson had been perfectly delivered.

Then, Lin Qingfeng’s tone shifted.

"However, since I see you’re so taken with her, as your senior brother, I’ll have to give you a hand. No need to be polite with me."

"Hold on to that Wooden Sword. I, your senior brother, will help you ’reassert your husbandly authority’ and assist her in finding ’early release.’"

Wang Xiedi was completely baffled.

’What does he mean, "help me"?’

’Does he... want me to finish her off with my own hands, to help her find "release"?’

’And what’s this about "reasserting my husbandly authority"?!’

’Since when was I in a relationship with her?!’

’No way! It can’t be what I think he means, can it?!’

’Senior Brother, have you misunderstood something of catastrophic proportions?!’

Just as he was screaming internally, he suddenly felt his body go light.

"Huh?"

He was stunned to find that he was suspended in mid-air.

’Wait, that’s not right!’

’My feet... feels like something’s grabbing them?’

He looked down and saw his ankle held in a vise-like grip by his senior brother’s hand.

Wang Xiedi: "!!!"

Su Ling’er: "!!!"