Shaolin was different from the Yunyang Daoist school. Cheng Mo arrived at the foot of Shaoshi Mountain’s five peaks and waited at the entrance of the mountain for the disciples to go report. After a while, someone hurriedly greeted him.
This monk was a bit older than Nian Bei. Cheng Mo had met him several times before, cupped his hands and bowed in greeting, and said, “Master Nian Yuan, it’s been a long time.” [tl: Nian Bei means sorrowful, Nian Yuan means reason or karma. These are names they take on after they joined the temple]
“Amitabha, Alliance Leader Cheng has traveled far to come here, it’s been hard on you.” Nian Yuan pressed his palms together and said with a bow.
Cheng Mo hurriedly said, “This is my responsibility, Master must not speak like this. “
Nian Yuan was Nian Bei’s Senior Brother. When it comes to martial arts, Nian Yuan was worse than Nian Bei. As Nian Bei said before, Nian Yuan also fought against the Shuiyue Sect demonic girl, and accidentally suffered from the demonic girl’s soul-sucking technique.
Nian Yuan led Cheng Mo towards the temple and said, “The soul-sucking technique is a fascinating mind control technique. If you aren’t on your guard, you will be enchanted by the eyes of the demonic girl without realizing it. But Alliance Leader Cheng does not need to worry too much, once you’ve seen it once, you won’t fall for it again. The first time I was caught off guard, I was enchanted and almost made a big mistake. But next time I saw her, just need to avoid her eyes quickly, or close my eyes to catch the demoness. It is not a difficult problem.”
Cheng Mo nodded and replied: “Cheng Mo also underestimated the enemy, and gave the demonic girl a chance.” Then he asked, “I don’t know how Master captured this woman?”
Nian Yuan said: “Amitabha, this demon girl was doing evil at the foot of Song Mountain. Halfway through her journey, she was discovered by a disciple of my temple. She panicked and fled into Shaoshi Mountain by accident and was captured by this poor monk. Now she is locked in the temple, but because of her frivolous manner, both times when we interrogated her there was no result. That’s why I bothered the Alliance Leader Cheng to make this trip.”
Cheng Mo understood what Nian Yuan meant. The Shaolin Temple is full of monks, so interrogating women was simply inconvenient. Coupled with this woman’s frivolous behavior, there is no way to deal with her.
After Nian Yuan led Cheng Mo to see Nian Bei, he took him directly to the backyard to the place where the demonic girl was detained. Nian Yuan asked, “Is it necessary for this poor monk to go in with Alliance Leader Cheng?”
Cheng Mo saw that the room was tightly sealed, with only small door for food. He knew that they were worried that a disciple may be enchanted by that demonic girl’s sorcery. After a little consideration, he said to Nian Yuan: “I’ll go in alone.” [tl: it’s like one of those little doggy doors you can install, too small for someone to go through but big enough for a food tray. idk what they’re called LOL]
Nian Yuan said: “Then Alliance Leader Cheng, please be careful.”
The disciple watching the door opened the lock and Cheng Mo pushed the door to enter, only to find that the room was not completely dark, but that there were small skylights on the roof, which were very narrow and could not be accessed by one person. There is a small bed in the room, and a woman is sitting by the bed, watching Cheng Mo.
The woman’s eyes suddenly turned red, and Cheng Mo was startled, and immediately turned his head around. At the same time, his body was lunged towards the woman, pressing and buckling her hands to trap the woman underneath him with a simple grasping technique. Cheng Mo discovered that this woman’s martial arts was not great.
The woman cried lowly, seeming to realize that Cheng Mo’s martial arts was powerful and that the soul-sucking did not work on him, so she softened her voice and said, “It hurts! This hero, you pinched my shoulder so painfully!”
Cheng Mo did not let go, but asked, “Are you from the Shuiyue Sect?”
The woman said: “What Shuiyue Sect, I have never heard of it.”
Cheng Mo put a little force on his hand, “Want to quibble? The Shaolin disciples saw you do evil with their own eyes, Master Nian Yuan personally captured you. If you are not the Shuiyue Cult demoness, then who are you?”
The woman let out an “Aiyo!” and said: “I’m not doing evil or harming others. I was playing happily with that gongzi. These monks came in and clamored to arrest me. They are the ones wanting to do evil! Hero, why don’t you save me? Take me with you, and I will do my best to repay you.”
With that said, the woman used her other hand that was still able to move and untied the clothes at her chest, and pulled down the placket, revealing a snow-white breast. [tl: she’d have more luck whipping out a dick tbh]
Cheng Mo turned his gaze away and said in a deep voice: “Lady, why do you have to degrade yourself?”
The woman was stunned when she heard the words, and suddenly chuckled: “Why do you say that?”
Cheng Mo said: “I don’t know why you joined the Shuiyue demonic sect, but I think you originally weren’t like that. Even though that demonic martial art lets you absorb a man’s inner force by interacting with a man, aren’t you trampling on your dignity by committing such an outrageous act?”
The woman’s voice suddenly turned cold, “This hero, you think too much.”
Cheng Mo suddenly released of the hand that suppressed the woman. The woman moved back two steps and stretched out her hand straighten her clothes.
Cheng Mo said: “Lady, why were you so desperate to join Shuiyue Sect? You might as well say it. Maybe Cheng Mo can help you.”
The woman said coldly: “Who are you? Why should I believe you?”
Cheng Mo responded, “My surname is Cheng, and my given name is Mo. I am the current leader of the Central Plains Wulin Alliance. Now everyone in Wulin says that the Shuiyue demonic sect harms Jianghu and wants to eradicate the demonic sect. It’s just that in Cheng Mo‘s opinion, the so-called demonesses are just a group of poor women who have their own difficulties and have been decieved. Cheng Mo wants to eradicate the demon cult, but also wants to save the deceived innocent women. If the girl is willing, let Cheng Mo help you, alright?”
The woman was silent and did not respond.
Cheng Mo walked to the door and said to the woman: “Lady can think about it.”
Finished speaking, he pushed open the door to leave, and immediately there was a disciple outside the door to lock the latch firmly.
In case you’re confused, this woman is not the same person as the previous person from the Shuiyue Sect (Yun Xiang).
The reason why I changed the color of the Mo in Cheng Mo’s name towards the end is that I wanted to put out another poll on how you would prefer I translate it. As I mentioned before, I had originally translated the word 某 (mou) directly into the 漠 (mo) from Cheng Mo’s name. However, 某 is used to refer to a man in third person, as in “This surnamed Cheng”, whereas I translated it directly into Cheng Mo’s full name.
Please vote so I know whether you want me to continue to translate 程某 into Cheng Mo, or change it to “This surnamed Cheng” or something similar so you can make a distinction. Poll will close when I finally finish and post chapter 27 lol.
Based on the poll, people like “Cheng Mo” more, so it will stay that way.
Shaolin was different from the Yunyang Daoist school. Cheng Mo arrived at the foot of Shaoshi Mountain’s five peaks and waited at the entrance of the mountain for the disciples to go report. After a while, someone hurriedly greeted him.
This monk was a bit older than Nian Bei. Cheng Mo had met him several times before, cupped his hands and bowed in greeting, and said, “Master Nian Yuan, it’s been a long time.” [tl: Nian Bei means sorrowful, Nian Yuan means reason or karma. These are names they take on after they joined the temple]
“Amitabha, Alliance Leader Cheng has traveled far to come here, it’s been hard on you.” Nian Yuan pressed his palms together and said with a bow.
Cheng Mo hurriedly said, “This is my responsibility, Master must not speak like this. “
Nian Yuan was Nian Bei’s Senior Brother. When it comes to martial arts, Nian Yuan was worse than Nian Bei. As Nian Bei said before, Nian Yuan also fought against the Shuiyue Sect demonic girl, and accidentally suffered from the demonic girl’s soul-sucking technique.
Nian Yuan led Cheng Mo towards the temple and said, “The soul-sucking technique is a fascinating mind control technique. If you aren’t on your guard, you will be enchanted by the eyes of the demonic girl without realizing it. But Alliance Leader Cheng does not need to worry too much, once you’ve seen it once, you won’t fall for it again. The first time I was caught off guard, I was enchanted and almost made a big mistake. But next time I saw her, just need to avoid her eyes quickly, or close my eyes to catch the demoness. It is not a difficult problem.”
Cheng Mo nodded and replied: “Cheng Mo also underestimated the enemy, and gave the demonic girl a chance.” Then he asked, “I don’t know how Master captured this woman?”
Nian Yuan said: “Amitabha, this demon girl was doing evil at the foot of Song Mountain. Halfway through her journey, she was discovered by a disciple of my temple. She panicked and fled into Shaoshi Mountain by accident and was captured by this poor monk. Now she is locked in the temple, but because of her frivolous manner, both times when we interrogated her there was no result. That’s why I bothered the Alliance Leader Cheng to make this trip.”
Cheng Mo understood what Nian Yuan meant. The Shaolin Temple is full of monks, so interrogating women was simply inconvenient. Coupled with this woman’s frivolous behavior, there is no way to deal with her.
After Nian Yuan led Cheng Mo to see Nian Bei, he took him directly to the backyard to the place where the demonic girl was detained. Nian Yuan asked, “Is it necessary for this poor monk to go in with Alliance Leader Cheng?”
Cheng Mo saw that the room was tightly sealed, with only small door for food. He knew that they were worried that a disciple may be enchanted by that demonic girl’s sorcery. After a little consideration, he said to Nian Yuan: “I’ll go in alone.” [tl: it’s like one of those little doggy doors you can install, too small for someone to go through but big enough for a food tray. idk what they’re called LOL]
Nian Yuan said: “Then Alliance Leader Cheng, please be careful.”
The disciple watching the door opened the lock and Cheng Mo pushed the door to enter, only to find that the room was not completely dark, but that there were small skylights on the roof, which were very narrow and could not be accessed by one person. There is a small bed in the room, and a woman is sitting by the bed, watching Cheng Mo.
The woman’s eyes suddenly turned red, and Cheng Mo was startled, and immediately turned his head around. At the same time, his body was lunged towards the woman, pressing and buckling her hands to trap the woman underneath him with a simple grasping technique. Cheng Mo discovered that this woman’s martial arts was not great.
The woman cried lowly, seeming to realize that Cheng Mo’s martial arts was powerful and that the soul-sucking did not work on him, so she softened her voice and said, “It hurts! This hero, you pinched my shoulder so painfully!”
Cheng Mo did not let go, but asked, “Are you from the Shuiyue Sect?”
The woman said: “What Shuiyue Sect, I have never heard of it.”
Cheng Mo put a little force on his hand, “Want to quibble? The Shaolin disciples saw you do evil with their own eyes, Master Nian Yuan personally captured you. If you are not the Shuiyue Cult demoness, then who are you?”
The woman let out an “Aiyo!” and said: “I’m not doing evil or harming others. I was playing happily with that gongzi. These monks came in and clamored to arrest me. They are the ones wanting to do evil! Hero, why don’t you save me? Take me with you, and I will do my best to repay you.”
With that said, the woman used her other hand that was still able to move and untied the clothes at her chest, and pulled down the placket, revealing a snow-white breast. [tl: she’d have more luck whipping out a dick tbh]
Cheng Mo turned his gaze away and said in a deep voice: “Lady, why do you have to degrade yourself?”
The woman was stunned when she heard the words, and suddenly chuckled: “Why do you say that?”
Cheng Mo said: “I don’t know why you joined the Shuiyue demonic sect, but I think you originally weren’t like that. Even though that demonic martial art lets you absorb a man’s inner force by interacting with a man, aren’t you trampling on your dignity by committing such an outrageous act?”
The woman’s voice suddenly turned cold, “This hero, you think too much.”
Cheng Mo suddenly released of the hand that suppressed the woman. The woman moved back two steps and stretched out her hand straighten her clothes.
Cheng Mo said: “Lady, why were you so desperate to join Shuiyue Sect? You might as well say it. Maybe Cheng Mo can help you.”
The woman said coldly: “Who are you? Why should I believe you?”
Cheng Mo responded, “My surname is Cheng, and my given name is Mo. I am the current leader of the Central Plains Wulin Alliance. Now everyone in Wulin says that the Shuiyue demonic sect harms Jianghu and wants to eradicate the demonic sect. It’s just that in Cheng Mo‘s opinion, the so-called demonesses are just a group of poor women who have their own difficulties and have been decieved. Cheng Mo wants to eradicate the demon cult, but also wants to save the deceived innocent women. If the girl is willing, let Cheng Mo help you, alright?”
The woman was silent and did not respond.
Cheng Mo walked to the door and said to the woman: “Lady can think about it.”
Finished speaking, he pushed open the door to leave, and immediately there was a disciple outside the door to lock the latch firmly.
In case you’re confused, this woman is not the same person as the previous person from the Shuiyue Sect (Yun Xiang).
The reason why I changed the color of the Mo in Cheng Mo’s name towards the end is that I wanted to put out another poll on how you would prefer I translate it. As I mentioned before, I had originally translated the word 某 (mou) directly into the 漠 (mo) from Cheng Mo’s name. However, 某 is used to refer to a man in third person, as in “This surnamed Cheng”, whereas I translated it directly into Cheng Mo’s full name.
Please vote so I know whether you want me to continue to translate 程某 into Cheng Mo, or change it to “This surnamed Cheng” or something similar so you can make a distinction. Poll will close when I finally finish and post chapter 27 lol.
Based on the poll, people like “Cheng Mo” more, so it will stay that way.
