My Zombie Husband

Chapter 105 Cruelty

Translator: Cheryl_M

When he heard Huskeley’s words, Xia Mingyu felt nervous and couldn’t think about the demon seal on Zhao Yun. He cannot return to the human world now, so he must let Zhao Yun leave first, but Zhao Yun wouldn’t listen to him…

The blue soul-eating worm suddenly thought in his mind, and Xia Mingyu thought, “Oh right, Huskeley, the soul-eating worm can crack open space, right? Can you send Yun back to the human world?”

“This… I can do it by reason.” Huskeley hedged and fought with Zhao Yun again. Shaken around by them, Xia Mingyu felt a bit dizzy, but after seeing that the blue soul-eating worm and the golden caterpillarthat arrived, he became spirited. “Huskeley, let the blue soul-eating worm call on some soul-eating worms and send Yun back.”

Although he was sorry for Zhao Yun, but he had no other way. The Evil Soul was more in danger. If he returned to the human world, he couldn’t save the Evil Soul so he had to stay.

“Yes, Master.” Huskley finished speaking. Then it suddenly leaped aside and uttered a lot of demonic words to the blue soul-eating worm. The blue soul-eating worm jumped excitedly. A large group of soul-eating worms appeared in the woods, and Xia Mingyu was carried by Huskeley and brought out of the circle.

Watching Zhao Yun wrapped in the group of soul-eating worms, Xia Mingyu frowned slightly, buried his head on Huskeley’s shoulder without looking at Zhao Yun’s facial expression. He knew that Zhao Yun must be very angry.

As the light of the blood moon shone into the forest, the soul-eating worms and Zhao Yun all disappeared. Xia Mingyu clenched his hands that gripped the clothes tightly and then released. He said he couldn’t rely on others all the time and that he would become stronger, so Yun, please wait for him…

“Huskeley, how can I help the Evil Soul?” After landing on the ground, Xia Mingyu felt that his heart ached a few times more than being cut by the vines. He gnashed his teeth, and thought that Zhao Yun might still find him again. Hence, he had to act as soon as possible.

Huskley beckoned the blue soul-eating worm. The blue soul-eating worm circled around Xia Mingyu cheerfully, “Xia Mingyu!”

“Little Blue can save the Evil Soul?” Xia Mingyu looked at Huskeley in confusion. The latter nodded and stared at the blue soul-eating worm. ,The worm immediately got depressed and then called out a group of soul-eating worms. Huskley explained, “The spiritual power of the ghosts inside the soul-eating worms can save you.”

The amber cat’s pupils widened in disbelief. Xia Mingyu grabbed Huskeley’s arm with a backhand, “Wait, you mean, those ghosts can save the Evil Soul?”

“Yes, Master, only the spiritual power can.” Huskeley replied respectfully, and Xia Mingyu shook his head, “No, I can’t do it. When one dies, he becomes a ghost and should go to the underground for reincarnation. Now they have to die again, and… And they can’t enter the reincarnation. Aren’t they too pitiful?”

He couldn’t even kill people. For ghosts, he only dispel them. He wouldn’t kill the ghosts if necessary. Now it was too cruel to destroy so many ghosts. He really couldn’t do it…

“However, if you don’t do this, you will die.” Huskeley said bluntly. One of the soul-eating worms flew over and let out the ghosts inside its body. The ghosts wanted to flee, but when they found surrounded by soul-eating worms, they had to retreat. Upon seeing Xia Mingyu, they immediately found out that he was a human.

“That child is a human!”

“Get on him! There may be a glimmer of hope.”

“Get out of here! I saw him first!”

“Eat him! We must drag him down too!”

“…” The ghosts that flung over got into a fight on their own. Xia Mingyu was stunned and then heard Huskeley say lightly, “Master, man is expected to live for himself, which is the truth in the world. Selfishness is human nature. You have lived longer in the world than us. I believe that you know it better than us.”

Huskeley’s words, just like a trigger, reminded Xia Mingyu of everything that happened in his childhood. The young man shook his head and took a few steps back. Man was expected to live for himself and the opponents must die…

It was not right It shouldn’t be like that. Master treated him very well. Wangchuan and He Hai treated him very well.  His brother didn’t hurt him either. It was not right…

However, these ghosts who had been human in front of them were trying to eat him. His childhood memories were rather clear. Xia Mingyu felt that a quarrel was going on in his mind.

“Master…”

“Enough!” Xia Mingyu suddenly yelled. When he came to his senses, he apologized to Huskeley with red eyes, “I’m sorry, I… I didn’t mean to do…”

“No problem. If Master is not willing to devour the ghosts, there is actually another way.” For the first time, Huskeley disobeyed the order of the Evil Soul. Xia Mingyu suddenly had a glint in his eyes. Huskeley hedged and continued saying, “Take out the thing in the water and do the sacrificing. In this way, not only will your life be saved but also your strength will be greatly enhanced.”

“Really?” Xia Mingyu was so excited that his amber pupils seemed to reflect a rainbow, but then he realized something wrong, “Wait, Huskeley, what does sacrificing mean?”

“Mmm, sacrificing means forging the last the spirit with the blood and flesh of the werewolf alpha so that the thing can acknowledge you.” Huskeley said. Xia Mingyu took a tumble and vetoed the option. “No way. If you have to die, what’s the difference between the method and the previous one?”

“However, you must choose one so as to stay alive.”

Xia Mingyu lowered his head in astonishement. Huskeley was right. If he didn’t want to take either of the options, then his other self would die. The young man clenched his fist harshly and his nails were pressed into his palms, even making his palms bleed. Unfortunately, the blood aroused the demonic urge of the ghosts and caused them to rush over.

Xia Mingyu took out the Tiyue Tang Sword to slash the ghosts. With his eyes closed, he acted by feeling. He couldn’t watch others die in front of him. As long as he closed his eyes, he could pretend that he didn’t know anything…

Man was expected to live for himself and the opponents must die… Yes, just because his eyes’ color was different, he was often bullied and took all the blame. On what ground did he have to take the blame for others?

He never asked for anything and only hoped that he could have friends and be acknowledged. Did he ask for too much? Why was he chosen as the Heavenly Soul? Why should he deserve to be bullied and chased by demons?

He was hurt all over and told himself not to believe others, but if someone was good to him, how could someone who yearned for care like me not believe it? He was used and deceived just because he deserved it…

So if someone bullied him again, he wouldn’t bear it anymore… If only one could survive, he must be the one who survived…

He finally stopped waving the Tiyue Tang Sword. There was no wailing of the fierce ghosts around. Xia Mingyu slowed opened his eyes. His amber pupils became profound and seemingly filled with boundless dark abyss.

The broken spiritual power, like starlight, went into Xia Mingyu’s body. The young man held Tiyue Tang Sword tightly and looked at Huskeley indifferently, “You also asked me to pick up the thing at the bottom of the pond before, but you didn’t say what it was or tell me that a sacrifice was needed. Was it the Evil Soul who forbade you from telling me?”

Huskeley knelt down on one knee and lowered his head, “Yes. I cannot disobey your order.”

“But now that you’ve told me against the Evil Soul’s will, what exactly do you want to do?” Xia Mingyu, a bit stunned, said ruthlessly and stabbed at Huskeley with his Tiyue Tang Sword again, making the blue soul-eating worm and the golden caterpillar rather astonished. They wanted to go forward and yet kept shivering with fear.

Huskeley’s eyes were full of fearlessness and loyalty. The Tiyue Tang Sword was stabbed through his shoulder. The young man didn’t feel sorry for it and still put on a cold look.

“Master, I’m absolutely loyal. You can’t kill me yet. When you take that thing out, I will sacrifice myself voluntarily.” Huskeley looked up at Xia Mingyu’s amber eyes but this time, the young man was less emotional than last time and withdrew his Tiyue Tang Sword coldly, saying, “Keep your life then.”

“Yes.”

“Little Blue, let them unleash all the ghosts.” Xia Mingyu turned around and walked to the blue soul-eating worm. The group of soul-eating worms took a few steps back and then the blue soul-eating worm floated over and gave the order. The moment that the ghosts appeared, the forest became much darker. Even the red sky seemed to turn black.

The unsheathed Tiyue Tang Sword hummed. This time, Xia Mingyu didn’t close his eyes and saw the pain of each ghost upon dying with his clear amber pupils.

To be strong, he must learn to be cruel and merciless. This was the second lesson that the Evil Soul gave him, which he understood, so he must be tough. Even if he had to be cruel, he must stay alive anyway.

Wu Jiuge, who was busy in the human world, and Zhao Yun, who just returned to the human world, were stunned at the same time. The soul keeper’s intuition and the blood deed made the two people discover the change of Xia Mingyu at the same time. Zhao Yun got worried, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t have the deed message sent to Xia Mingyu.

Wu Jiuge came to his senses, and Tengxiao fell from the air and said, “Wu Jiuge, Xiao Yu found with the Qingqiu secret method that Xiaoyu was in the demon world!”

“Oh I see… Did Xiao Yu say how to get to the demon world?” Wu Jiuge turned over and jumped up to the back of Tengxiao. Teng Xiao continued saying, “Xiao Yu has no way, but you can go to Goddess Luo’s and ask her.”

“Hmm, then I’ll go and ask Zhen Fu.” After Wu Jiuge finished talking, Tengxiao raised its head and roared. Someone suddenly got in its way. Tengxiao got angry and the atmosphere around Wu Jiuge got much colder.

“Jiuge, is playing hide-and-seek fun? It’s a pity that the game is over and you lost.” Cao Pi sneered and stared at the Wu Jiuge in the air. Tengxiao rushed forward disgruntledly. Cao Pi dodged it, directly jumped onto Tengxiao’s back and gripped Wu Jiuge’s neck.

Wu Jiuge turned an elbow backhand and wanted to resist, but his body suddenly couldn’t move all of a sudden. Cao Pi lifted his chin teasingly and said grinningly, “Jiuge, don’t forget the master-and-servant contract between us. You cannot even disobey my order, let alone attack me.”

“…” Wu Jiuge looked at him coldly and did not say anything. Tengxiao grasped the key point and got anxious. “Wu Jiuge, when did this black-hearted bastard sign a master-and-servant contract with you? Are you all right? Black-hearted bastard, if you dare to do anything to Wu Jiuge, I will definitely let you suffer.”