Episode 07 : The Descendant of Dream Angel - Chapter 1

The small waterfall was located in the middle of a quiet forest, at the bottom of a pristine valley, and it was a perfect place for seclusion. The air was very fresh, and the singing of little birds brought a sweet song. A group of deer grazed leisurely. They had never met a hunter and were not afraid of the arrival of humans. By noon the sun was hiding behind the clouds, the rest of its rays were blocked by thick trees, and only a few could penetrate the waterfall, revealing beautiful golden dots.

A flock of birds that were on top of the bamboo trees flew away when a spear struck, slashing one of the bamboo sticks to pieces. A very sharp spear can cut bamboo sticks neatly like a blade or sword. The owner of the spear was a young man of medium height, brown skin, and very simple clothes like peasants. His face didn't have many expressions. He was definitely someone who didn't like to talk much.

The young man was Qin Liangjie, the descendant Menggui. Ten years ago he was a simple boy, and his weapon was just a short spear. He turned twenty-three years old tis year, and he had fully grown. He changed his toy spear with a real one, and it was made of steel and heritage from his father.

He cut the bamboo stem using his spear, forming a cup to collect water, then he put the spear back and headed for the waterfall. A pair of rabbits were there, seemingly as thirsty as he was. Qin Liangjie only glanced at them without disturbing them. His wife, Shangguan Ruyin, didn't allow him to hunt rabbits for food.

Having just filled the bamboo cup, he found that at the edge of the waterfall there was a stone pillar as high as an adult's waist, partly covered with grass, but clearly, there were some letters on it. Letters meant it was carved by man. Qin Liangjie approached the stone pillar curiously. He was currently away from human habitation, or so he thought, and he wasn't supposed to find a carved stone pillar.

He removed the grass and saw the writing engraved on the stone pillar. Just two letters, Jiu Ya (Wine Valley). It was an unfamiliar name for him. Were there people living in this remote area and making wine? He never even heard about this kind of place from his master Menggui, partially because he didn't communicate that much with his master, unlike the other descendants who learned a lot from their masters.

He quickly brought the bamboo cup to his wife in a small cave not far away. Shangguan Ruyin sat on a boulder, half lying down. She was a village woman who was too beautiful for an ordinary farmer's daughter. Her skin was pure white, only the gentleness of her face showed simplicity. She wiped her sweat and smiled weakly seeing her husband return with a cup of water, tried to stand up but had a little difficulty because she was pregnant and tired.

"This place is far from the village, no one will find us here," Qin Liangjie immediately helped her sit on the stone, "we can rest here peacefully for a while. Now, drink this." He didn't tell about the stone pillar he saw at the edge of the waterfall.

"We've been walking all day, you must be tired too," his wife said. Her voice was soft and soothing with a soft-spoken language. Anyone would definitely mistake this woman for a lady of a respectable family who eloped with an ordinary farmer.

"I'm used to it, no problem." Qin Liangjie gently touched her hand. "How is our child?"

Shangguan Ruyin touched her stomach. "He's already this big," she said, "he wants to meet his parents."

Qin Liangjie and his wife married two years ago, then lived in a small village quietly and peacefully. Since then Qin Liangjie had actually kept his precious spear, and promised his wife he would learn to live as an ordinary peasant, wholeheartedly becoming a good father to their children. A year later Shangguan Ruyin was pregnant.

It was almost time for Shangguan Ruyin to give birth when they were forced to travel far away, avoiding someone who might take Qin Liangjie away for a long time and might not come back again.

They traveled for days, through rivers, through mountains, finally arriving at this valley, a place far from residential areas, also a remote place. They didn't know how much further they have to go, but they planned to stay together forever.

Qin Liangjie lived with his grandparents who loved him very much when he was a child. His life at that time could be said to be very happy even though it was fairly simple. Menggui found him when he was still too young, realizing this child was quite intelligent and could learn everything quickly, took him away from his grandparents, and chose him as her descendant who would one day resurrect Yumen sect along with Jinshui and the others. At that time Qin Liangjie was still a child, and being kidnapped by someone like this was naturally unpleasant for him. Only his fear of Menggui made him obey.

When Menggui took him fled with Moying, Jinshui and Qingyi; Qin Liangjie was later separated. He was seriously injured, then decided to return to his village. His grandparents were gone, and it was a regret for him. He was basically just afraid of Menggui, he didn't have a good impression of Yumen Jiao's name, and he didn't understand the role of a descendant at all. Therefore he was determined to escape that role and never like to be involved with the other seven.

Then he became acquainted with Shangguan Ruyin. This girl's father was also very kind to her so Qin Liangjie continued to stay in his village and then intended to live a quiet life as an ordinary person. Not long after, they got married.

The arrival of a mysterious figure who wields chinese chess pieces as secret weapons made him aware of his position, forcing him to practice wuqing xue. When Qin Liangjie realized that his vows before the eight guardians of Yumen Jiao could not just be a memory of the past, at the same time he found out that his wife was pregnant.

He told everything to Shangguan Ruyin, explaining the inner energy that Menggui had given him. It was this wife who had never known martial arts and the fear of losing another family member made him decide to leave the village and fled before Huang Yu returned.

"Xianggong (husband), what will happen if he finds you? Is he going to take you away and we cannot see each other again?" Shangguan Ruyin asked weakly.

"We promise not to talk about it, don't we?" Qin Liangjie didn't want to speak of reality more. "He will not find us."

"How long should we stay here? Is it forever we can't meet other people?"

"I've been thinking. We are going to Jiangbei, if it is still not safe then we will continue north to Mongolia. We can change our identity, change surname, anything to keep us safe." He took a deep breath and looked at his wife seriously. "Niangzi (wife), you followed me and it's not easy for you, perhaps you won't be able to return to our village to your parents, I'm really sorry."

"I'm fine," Shangguan Ruyin forced a smile. "We are married. The only thing I'm afraid of is parting with you. Nothing else matters."

Qin Liangjie hug her. He knew he made the right decision.

"I Qin Liangjie will not make you regret...."

His words were not finished yet, he suddenly heard a rustling sound from outside the cave, followed by a screaming sound. Qin Liangjie reacted quickly, instantly dashing out as he sensed danger. He was shocked to see that from the top of the cliff above the entrance of the cave there was a human figure falling, stuck in the branches on the cliff, and didn't fall down immediately. But the branches weren't strong enough anyway. Qin Liangjie heard the screaming again, and the person fell to the ground.

Qin Liangjie jumped up to catch him without a second thought, trying to catch the man to save him from death. Qin Liangjie didn't know who that person was, moreover, he didn't know why he fell from that cliff, he just knew that he had to help.

But his vigilance didn't fade either. At that moment he heard another voice behind him. Not an attack but the voice of someone warning him, "That person is already poisoned, don't touch him."

Qin Liangjie quickly grabbed the spear on his back, aimed it at the person who had fallen off the cliff, and precisely grabbed his clothes without hurting his skin. There was a sound of cloth tearing and the person's sleeves were torn apart, but the gliding power from up there was greatly reduced and Qin Liangjie was able to place him on the ground without falling.

He found the man was already turned blue all over and foam coming out of his mouth. It was clear that the man had been severely poisoned. If falling down the cliff wasn't enough to kill him, the poison will kill him horribly anyway.

Qin Liangjie used to live peacefully in a quiet place, the scene shocked him for a while, instantly forgetting to check if the man could still be helped or not. The person's body convulsed for a while, then completely motionless. Qin Liangjie only watched him in silence.

"The disciples of this valley are really good at testing poisoned wine," the voice behind him was heard again, "just catch a servant, force him to drink a little, then when his reaction is clear enough just kick him down the cliff and don't bother with a proper burial."

A different voice from the first voice that gave the warning earlier. Qin Liangjie turned his head, trying to find who was speaking, but he didn't see a single human figure. He retreated to the cave where his wife was, knowing he had to put her safety first. Shangguan Ruyin was already standing, her body was shaking.

"What is it?" she asked anxiously, "someone died?"

"The disciples of Jiuya Erlao (Two Elders of Wine Valley) are not as good as the resident of Wansui Gu," a third voice was heard. "They can only poison someone with wine, while Wansui Gu people can poison with anything, sometimes one who is poisoned doesn't even know he has been poisoned, doesn't even know how he dies."

This last one was familiar to Qin Liangjie. Suddenly he felt his breath stop. The spear that was still in his hand was raised and ready to attack anyone.

Three human figures appeared out of nowhere, suddenly already on the trees and on the rocks, approaching Qin Liangjie and Shangguan Ruyin. Two young men who looked relaxed and one who had stiff expression, more like the person who had just died in front of Qin Liangjie, made him think the dead person had awakened again.

Three other figures also appeared behind the three young men. One was a young girl, her attention seemed to be on Shangguan Ruyin. The other two dressed as servants. Qin Liangjie never seen them before.

"I'm the descendant of Chailang, I have the task of gathering eight descendants. You cannot run from me even if you can reach the end of the sky or descend to hell, because I will definitely find you," the third voice said again. "Qin-xiong (brother Qin) is still in the mortal world, of course, I can find you."

Qin Liangjie immediately recognized the owner of this third voice as Huang Yu, the descendant of Chailang. The person he was avoiding and the one he least wanted to see right now had appeared here. Qin Liangjie knew he couldn't run any further.

"Escaped with a pregnant woman, very interesting," the other young master, Lin Jixuan, spoke. He was the owner of the second voice. Qin Liangjie still vaguely remembered him as the descendant of Xiezhang who enjoyed pranking girls, the young master he had fought with when he was a child, on a boat when he first met the other Yumen descendants.

"Jinshui, we have a traitor here," Huang Yu said to the last figure who bear stiff expression. "You are Moying's descendant and the leader of us, you should say how to punish him."

"You take care of it," Jinshui replied coldly. His voice was the first voice that had warned Qin Liangjie of poison earlier.

"Ji Xuan, what do you think?" Huang Yu asked.

"We have a big task, must not fail just because of a woman," Lin Jixuan replied, in his usual annoying relaxed manner, "of course Qin-xiong is no exception either. As long as he is willing to leave his woman, then a small punishment is enough."

"We are married," Qin Liangjie said sternly, "I will protect my wife at all cost. You won't be able to destroy our family, won't be able to separate me from my wife. If you insist, we die. I won't say much, I will fight you all at once."

"There are no rules saying that a descendant cannot have a wife," Huang Yu said again. "But you tried to run away from your role as a descendant for a woman, we cannot accept that. I warned you before, but you didn't want to listen. Alright, you cannot blame us now."

Qin Liangjie didn't have time to do anything, Lin Jixuan suddenly pulled Shangguan Ruyin from his side, then handed her to the two servants Xiaoshan and Xiaohu.

Qin Liangjie was about to rush over there, but Jinshui moved faster, instantly blocking him. The spear in Qin Liangjie's hand immediately aimed at his chest, the Qin Family's signature spear move that was quick and not easy to dodge. It seemed that Qin Liangjie no longer cares about all kinds of Yumen descendants, he won't hesitate to wound or kill Jinshui and the others.

But Jinshui only casually responded to the spear's strike, using his palm to push it aside and it instantly hitting an empty spot. Obviously, Jinshui was using Moying's inner energy he had in his move just now, while Qin Liangjie was only using external energy, not using Menggui's energy inside him at all.

"Xianggong!" Shangguan Ruyin cried. She's just a weak woman who never learns any martial arts, and obviously can't escape Xiaoshan and Xiaohu's hand. She was pregnant and completely helpless.

Xu Qiao saw this situation, she almost pulled Shangguan Ruyin from the two servants and asked her to leave, but she also hoped that the Yumen descendants wouldn't really hurt a pregnant woman and decided to just watch.

Jinshui continued to block in front of Qin Liangjie, forcing the Menggui descendant to attack him with spear moves. Dozens of moments passed in a blink of an eye. Jinshui casually dodged and blocked, several times parrying the attacks without using his sword. The spearhead almost hit him many times, but so far he still hadn't been injured. At the twentieth move, Qin Liangjie's breath had started to catch on, indicating that he really didn't use any internal energy.

"Why don't you use Menggui's energy?" Huang Yu tried to warn him. But Qin Liangjie still fought Jinshui by relying on his physical strength.

"You don't want to use Menggui's inner energy you have inside you," Jinshui once caught the tip of the spear, held it in his palm, and forced Qin Liangjie to do his best to release it. "Or don't know how to use that energy?"

Qin Liangjie did not answer. He kept trying to pull the spearhead to no avail. When Jinshui suddenly jerked it away, he couldn't even hold on to his weapon and was forced to let go. It seemed that Qin Liangjie had never practiced internal energy and didn't know how to use the Menggui inherited power within his body.

Qin Liangjie was not willing to give up after his weapon was taken away. He struck again at Jinshui with his hand punch. Jinshui kept the spear in his left hand, while his right hand was folded behind his back. He didn't parry or counterattack, just dodged. Qin Liangjie was getting more and more out of breath and his attacks were getting slower and slower. At a time like this, if Jinshui wanted to finish him off it was as easy as turning a palm.

"It's too bad," he said, "Qin-xiong, today if you fight criminals instead of us, you're already dead, and you won't stand a chance to protect your wife and child."

Qin Liangjie couldn't answer. His breath was running out, when one of Huang Yu's secret weapons was released, he knelt on the ground. Really can't put up any meaningful resistance. It was a regret for him.

"Xianggong!" Shangguan Ruyin could do nothing to help him.

"You can punish me or kill me as you like," begged Qin Liangjie. "Please let my wife go."

"Qin-xiong, your wife is coming with me for now," Lin Jixuan said to him. "Don't worry, even if my reputation is as the son of the Lin Family who likes to play with girls, I will not throw a pregnant woman into a pool, force her to eat dirt, or take her for walks to a brothel. Your wife is safe with me, guaranteed not to lose a single hair."

"You can practice wuqing xue without any distraction," Huang Yu said to him. "At least a year or two later, you will be able to take your wife back. At that time, if you still want to go, I won't say a word."

Xiaoshan and Xiaohu had already taken Shangguan Ruyin away. The two servants looked like two regular young girls but apparently, they mastered good qinggong as well. Lin Jixuan followed them. Qin Liangjie who was about to catch up was blocked by Huang Yu.

"Jinshui, you and Xu Guniang should go to Jianyin Bang headquarters, I and Qin-qiong will catch on later," Huang Yu said to Jinshui.