Ancient Sky Fiend - Chapter 22

Translator: Henyee Translations  Editor: Henyee Translations

Yun Shu didn’t want to prolong his life, though.

“Talk? Go talk in hell!”

Yun Shu’s hand dropped onto the top of Jiang Chun’s head in the shape of a claw.

Jiang Chun instantly died on the spot!

Silence seized the cave. After a while, a man slowly stepped out and suddenly went down onto his knees in front of Yun Shu,

“Senior Brother Yun, we will never tell anyone this, or we’ll be abandoned by both heaven and earth!”

“That’s right. No one is allowed to tell anyone what happened!” The other disciples also agreed.

Yun Shu instantly realized what they were trying to say. Committing murder was a felony in the Valley of Crime. So, they were afraid that he would silence them all to keep this a secret.

Yun Shu sneered. “It’s no big deal to kill a swine. You go and tell this to Elder Du.”

Yun Shu talked to one of the uninjured disciples.

“Senior Brother Yun, please spare my life! Please!” His voice was trembling.

“Don’t worry. Just go and find Elder Du.”

There were two bodies right in front of him.

Yet, Yun Shu had no intention to hide what he had done and even asked the man to find Elder Du. In their eyes, he was probably mentally sick.

The disciples were all a bundle of nerves as they waited, their breaths stuck in their throats. After a while, they heard a loud whirl of wind and then saw a large figure coming into the cave.

It was Elder Du, the guard of the valley.

Although Elder Du looked quite easygoing and always had a smile on his face, all the disciples knew that he could be severe when the situation called.

If anyone broke the rules, the elderly man would certainly show no mercy.

That was probably the end of Yun Shu. The disciples thought so to themselves.

However…

“Boy, you killed someone again? It’s been only a few hours since I saw you earlier,” said Old Du, shaking his head.

Yun Shu responded, “Senior Du, I never intended to cause any trouble, and it also bothers me a lot that there are always people trying to take my life. Last time, I almost got poisoned, and this time, Jiang Chun tried to kill me again. I was just protecting myself. How is that my problem?”

Old Du sighed. “Your words make sense, but it’s tough for me to deal with if you keep piling up bodies.”

The other disciples in the cave couldn’t believe what Elder Du just said.

What was going on here?

Something was clearly wrong!

At this time, one of the disciples, who was relatively older than the rest, stepped out and went down on his knees. “Elder Du, this is not Senior Brother Yun’s fault! Jiang Chun tried to kill him, so he had to fight back!”

The rest of the disciples were all in a daze for a moment. But soon, understanding dawned on them; it was apparent that Yun Shu was very close to Elder Du. Otherwise, he would have been severely punished a long time ago.

“Elder Du, Jiang Chun is beyond wicked. He bullied us every day, especially when he was not in a good mood, and he even killed one of us in the cave! It was Senior Brother Yun who saved us!”

“That’s true! It was Jiang Chun who killed the disciple to frame Senior Brother Yun. We all saw it with our very own eyes!”

“Senior Brother Yun did it to uphold the sect’s teachings out of his sense of justice! Elder Du, please show him your perspicacity!”

Both Old Du and Yun Shu were surprised.

Old Du turned to ask Yun Shu, “Since when did you boy start enjoying such great popularity?”

Yun Shu took a glance at the disciples on their knees and shrugged, “No idea.”

The situation had been made much easier for Old Du to deal with now.

“Basically, I’ve understood everything here. They all say that this isn’t your fault. So I’ll say you’re not guilty,” said Old Du to Yun Shu.

“Thank you very much, Senior!” Yun Shu bowed.

“You take this. If someone gives you a hard time again, send your Spirit Qi into it, and I’ll know. I will teach them how to behave.” Old Du took out a piece of jade and handed it to Yun Shu.

Yun Shu accepted it with both hands and took a quick glance at it. After putting it aside, he bowed to Old Du again.

Yun Shu reacted quite calmly, but all of the other disciples were all stunned.

What did this mean?

Did Elder Du just tell everyone that he would take Yun Shu under his wing?

They must show respect to Senior Brother Yun!

Later, Old Du left the cave and took away the two bodies along with him.

After the elderly man departed, before Yun Shu even said anything, the disciples in the cave quickly exchanged a look among each other and called out to pay their respects. “Senior Brother Yun!”

Yun Shu asked, “What is it?”

The eldest disciple went first. “Senior Brother Yun, we want to follow you and respect you as our boss and the ruler of this cave!”

“Senior Brother Yun, we want to follow you and respect you as our boss!” The rest of the disciples repeated together, as if holding a ceremony.

Although the world was often unpredictable, this was just way too fast and surreal.

“Really? I just killed Jiang Chun. Don’t you hate me?” asked Yun Shu.

“Senior Brother Yun, in fact, we have always had our grievance against that guy. He made us obey him by force and never cared in the slightest what would happen to us! We need to show our greatest gratitude to you! There’s no reason at all for us to hate you!” said that eldest disciple.

1The rest of them all started to denounce Jiang Chun’s many evil deeds.

From Yun Shu’s perspective, in the Valley of Crime, having some men doing errands for him wasn’t a bad thing. Also, to defeat Fan Wen and Chen Sheng, having underlings was also vital.

Yun Shu slightly nodded. “Well, I will be the boss then!”