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Chapter 380: Bottom of the Bottle
The giant woman growled. Gripping the bottle in both ends, she upended it and shook it upside down, trying to shake Hui out the neck of the bottle.
Hui flew up to the top of the bottle and pressed himself against the bottom, hugging it so he moved with the bottle rather than getting smacked repeatedly against the bottom and sides. Are you sure? If you break this delicate vial of mine, youll lose all your liquor.
Shut up! Give it back, she snarled. She spun the bottle around wildly.
Gently spinning with the motion of the bottle, Hui screamed as if he was in pain. Yyoull never get it back from me!
Ill just shake you to death. She grit her teeth and started shaking even harder.
Hui pasted his body against the side and clung on with all his might, simultaneously letting out pained cries. She hasnt shattered this bottle? She shattered the other one quickly. Is there something special about this one?
My biggest bottle she grumbled, frustrated.
Well, okay. I guess she doesnt want to smash all her bottles. After all, shes trapped in this space, and she cant get new bottles. If this is her biggest bottle, naturally, she wouldnt want to smash it! Shed never get a bottle this large again. What if another giant snake spirit beast falls on her head? Where would she distill it into alcohol? She wouldnt have the bottle for it!
Im mocking her, but I guess she saved it until now, and I guess that worked out for her either that, or shes already drunk it empty a couple times now. She got the materials to make the rest of the alcohol at some point. Theres clearly a route for her to get some kind of alcohol-making materials.
I send her my enemies and some raw materials every now and again. It keeps her quiet, the cute voice said in Huis mind.
Do you know the horrifying things shes doing with them
Before she split, sometimes, I would myself, the voice whispered.
Hui paused. He pressed his lips together. Senior, answer me honestly, and please dont strike me with lightning.
I have no control over my heart-demons space.
You werent a good person when Fen Long sealed you away, were you?
The cute voice sighed. I was considered one of the four Great Evils.
Let me guess. Chen Wuya was another one of those?
That and, he and Fen Long, they they had a complicated relationship, she said.
Ive gathered that much.
They came from the same ancient sect, did you know that? By the time they grew powerful, however, that sect had crumbled. They both sought to revive the sect, but in very different ways.
Chen Wuya founded Starbound Sect.
And Fen Long founded All-Heavens Sect, she replied.
Hui fell silent. I already guessed that, but still, to hear it said outright Fen Long really is All-Heavens Patriarch. I I dont know who the hero is here. Chen Wuya openly admits to being a demonic cultivator, basically, and built the soul array that ultimately got my sect destroyed. On the other hand, although Fen Long locked away these four Great Evils, hes the Patriarch of All-Heavens Sect. Which is in the right?
All-Heavens and Starbound both, are far from what they once were, the voice said gently.
Well thats true, Hui allowed. Starbound Sect wasnt exactly a demonic sect when I joined, after all.
And now it barely exists at all! Rogue pointed out.
Waving Rogue away, Hui gripped even tighter to the bottles walls. Frustrated, the giant woman smacked on the top of the bottle, as if she was trying to free the last bit of sticky sauce from the bottom. He glued himself in place, pressing his whole self up against the glass. Cant force me out! Im safe in here!
The giant woman growled and shook the bottle harder.
The Four Great Evils aside from yourself and Chen Wuya, could the other two be Zhi Diyu, and the woman Han Qin is trying to summon back? Hui queried.
He wasnt known as Zhi Diyu back then, but yes. And if Han Qin is the other one whose clone is stuck in my space, yes as well, the voice said. I dont recognize him, but his clone bears a similar qi signature as she did.
Hui nodded. Valuable information. Ive learned a lot.
Of the four, it seems that Zhi Diyu ascended the highest, though I suppose I dont know what realms Han Qins masteror whatever she isreached. In any case, Zhi Diyu cant help me, or at least, wont. Han Qin is trying to revive his master, and Zhi Diyu is opposing him in a quiet way, if Im reading Elder Sister Reapers actions correctly. Therefore, I shouldnt seek out Han Qins master. Well, in the first place, Ive prevented her revival a few times likely, that senior wants me dead.
Hmm are Chen Wuya and this mysterious senior my only hope?
The mysterious senior fell silent. From afar, she watched Hui get shaken vigorously in every direction by the giant, who screamed and snorted in frustration. Is this really the time and place for you to ponder these things?
Hui glanced around, as if only now realizing he was being rattled around in a bottle. Eh, respectfully, Senior, if I didnt think in positions like this, Id never get to think.
You live an odd life, the senior remarked.
Hui sighed. Im aware. Ah, Senior, did Fen Long lock up any other villains? Ernot that I want to free villains, but I do need some helpers. Im intending to take down All-Heavens Sect, after all, and well, the ones who oppose All-Heavens Sect are generally labeled villains. This small cultivator is no exception.
The voice chuckled. There might be a few. Once we suppress my heart-demon, I should at least be able to leave this space and search the real world for Fen Longs qi signature.
The real world Hui quickly suppressed his thoughts before the senior could find out about his transmigration. He cleared his throat. Senior, have you heard anything about a Yunxu? Or was he after your time?
Yunxu? Is that his Daoist name?
Hui hesitated. You may also know him by Lan Yunxu.
The senior shook her head. No, I dont recall a Lan Yunxu. But Ive been locked in here for centuries.
Hui nodded to himself. I cant be too surprised. Yunxus only really made moves in the last century or two. Likewise, Chen Wuya didnt know about Yunxu. If the sects founder didnt know about him, a random senior has an even smaller chance of having heard about him.
Get out! Get! out! the giant woman growled, thumping hard on the bottle.
The thump passed through the glass and dislodged Hui. The giant womans eyes glittered. She swooped the bottle through the air, sending the neck flying at Hui.
Zhubi! Hui shouted.
The snake expanded from around Huis neck, reaching his full length in moments. He looped around Huis body and rounded another loop of his body around the outer wall of the bottle, holding them still at about the midpoint of the bottle.
The woman scowled and reached her finger in the neck. Her finger flicked at Hui, scratching at the air a hairs breadth away from him.
Im afraid you cant capture me with that much, Hui said.
She growled. Her finger twisted and grew longer.
Instantly, Hui reached into his robes and pasted a dozen talismans on her finger. Ice and fire seared over her hand, while a splinter lodged itself under her fingernail and a boulder crushed down on her finger joint.
Ow! she snapped, yanking her finger back instinctively.
Im the king of this bottle. You cant dislodge me. Ill stay in here with all your liquor, forever, Hui declared boldly. His chest tightened. Oh no. Oh no. Im being so bold. Is this the heart-demon? Its frightening. I dont like it!
Im pretty sure thats called confidence, the senior said, slightly confused.
Hui shook his head. Its a heart-demon, for sure. Ahit might not be as dangerous as Seniors, but its still a young heart-demon.
The senior said nothing. Somehow, Hui got the feeling she shook her head at him.
Hui glanced up at the giant woman. Speaking of which, what is Seniors name?
The voice hesitated. Zui Jiu.
Zui Jiu. He nodded. This small cultivator is Xiao Hui that is, Weiheng Hui. Are you ready? I think I can trick her into the bottle soon.
Im ready. I Ive been ready for a long time, she said slowly.
Huis brows raised. If you arent ready, then I can
Im ready.
Then here we go! 𝓃𝓸𝓋𝓅𝓾𝒷.𝒸ℴ𝓂
