Zhu Xian (诛仙)

Vol 1 Chapter 3: Wish (A)

Chapter 3: Wish (B)

The sky is dark as ink, covering the world. Dark clouds grow lower to the earth, the rain comes down from the sky; cold wind blows, every raindrop on the face brings coldness into the heart.

He looked at the sky, slowly recoiling at the sight; looks at the two children and whispers, "two young donors, old monk wants to help, but does not have the strength. Everything happened because of me, but the harm came to you two; sin!" He lets out a sigh, "if you two were Jadeon disciples, now at Mount Jadeon, among all those people; it should be more safe, but now..."

Suddenly, Puzhi's mouth dropped open shocked; he kept repeating, "Jadeon disciple, Jadeon disciple" his mind racing, seemed to think of something and had gone blank of the eyes. After a few moments, his whole body began to sweat.

Then, within his eyes, for an unknown reason the excitement began to appear again.

He laughed, traces of madness could be heard within the laughter

"Amazing, amazing! Although I am not able to live for long, if I pass one of them Fuwa practice, then put him in Jadeon to practice Dagos; isn't it like two birds with one stone, able to save both their lives and still complete my wish!"

His mind settled on the task, his whole existence was very excited, cheeks flushed, eyes bloodshot, subconsciously he looked at Baye and stretched his hands out. But once they were half out he stopped, thought within his mind: "This is very important, today the difference of faction is very important; especially learning secret teachings behind a master, if people find out he will die certainly. Baye is excellent quality, if he is in Jadeon the masters will pay a lot of attention to him. At his young age I am afraid that he cannot hide this big secret!"

Once he thought of this, his mind began to turn; his eyes followed, turning to Shaw Danon, remembering the day he would rather to die than give up by his stubborn temper. Puzhi nodded his head and said: "Quality is not that good, but that does not matter; your future is dependent upon yourself."

Finished thinking, he did not hesitate; he reached out and hit Shaw Danon a few times, using the last of his strength to wake him up.

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Shaw Danon woke up, eyes blurred and ears ringing. It took a while before they returned to normal and could see things in front of himself; suddenly, his jaw dropped in shock.

He could see the old monk, wounded everywhere on his body, sitting in front of him. The left side of his body was burned, blackened and ugly; his face had a heavy, dark air about him. He looked as though he was about to die. He could not tell why, but the old monk appeared to be excited; smiling. In addition to this Shaw Danon could also see his friend Baye laying on the ground to the side, unconcious.

"What are you, you doing?" Shaw Danon froze for a long while before asking.

Puzhi did not answer, instead he looked at him and asked: "young donor, it's raining here; you are a child, why come to this remote place?"

Shaw Danon was slightly startled and responded: "I saw you standing in the temple at dusk, then I saw it's going to rain and knew the temple is in poor repair; I thought it will be cold, so I came to give you something to eat."

Puzhi's lip moved a little, placing his palms together he said: "Good, good. All things are fated, destined to be, my Buddha of compassion."

Shaw Danon curiously responded: "What did you say?"

Puzhi smiled, "old monk is saying that it seems young donor and I have been meant to meet each other. If that is so, old monk practices a special set of incantations; perhaps, young donor would be willing to learn them?"

Shaw Danon responded: "What is an incantation?"

Puzhi was surprised, then laughed; he stretched out bony hands, touched Shaw Danon's head and said: "it is nothing complicated, just teaching you some breathing methods. After you learn them, I also need for you to promise me a few things, okay?"

Shaw Danon seemed to understand, simultaneously, seemed not to but still responded: "Say it."

Puzhi said: "You never talk about this to anyone else, even to your closest relatives you can not speak of this, can you do that?"

Shaw Danon nodded his head and replied: "I know, I will not say even under threat of death."

Puzhi's heart was startled, seeing his young age but his face marked by perseverance; the rain bearing down like blade and sword wet his small face, looking slightly wan and shallow.

Puzhi suddenly took a deep breath and dropped his eyes, no longer able to see him the mouth continued: "In addition, you must practice this everyday, you cannot practice in front of people, only do it in the middle of the night when no one is near by. Finally, if it is not related to life and death you cannot use this practice; otherwise, there will be trouble."

Here, he again opened his eyes; staring at Shaw Danon he said: "can you do that?"

Shaw Danon hesitated, tilted his head to one side and scratched it. He looked confused, but eventually gave a heavy nod.

Puzhi smiled, and then did not say much; he began to pass Shaw Danon a set of words.

The words are not really long, only about a thousand in total; however, they are difficult to comprehend and steeped in meaning. Shaw Danon used all of his effort and, after about six hours, he had memorized everything.

Puzhi waited until he memorized everything, then gave a sigh of relief and looked extremely tired. He looked at Shaw Danon with deep compassion in his eyes and said: "old monk has spent his whole life practicing Fuwa skills but has never thought to have a disciple; now, at the edge of death, it is destined for you to be my disciple. Say, you should know my name." He paused and said: "I am known as Puzhi, a Skysong monk. Uh, child, do you know what Skysong Temple is?"

Shaw Danon thought, shook his head.

Puzhi laughed, said: "what a child." Then, he remembered something; he took out a deep purple bead, looked at it a few more times then gave it to Shaw Danon and said: "You take this bead and hide it. Do no allow outsiders to see. Once you settle down, find a cliff and throw it away; then, all will be fine. Also, the name I just revealed to you; you must not talk to anyone about it."

Shaw Danon took the bead and replied: "understood."

Puzhi touched his head, saying "You and I have fated bond, perhaps in the next life we will meet at the end? Child, you bow to me three times, call me master!"

Shaw Danon looked at Puzhi, he was surprised to find that his smile had withdrawn in place of a solemn look. He nodded, called out "Master." Then fell to his knees in prostration, knocking his head on the floor three times. He had just finished knocking and was about to rise when he hear Puzhi give a whispered laugh, laughter symbolizing a deep grief.

When Shaw Danon lifted his head he felt the back get hit, his eyes blacked out and he fell unconscious again.

Note:
Shixiong mean older disciple brother,
Shi mean master, disciple related,
xiong mean older brother.