#what if Shu Wudu hadnt actually done anything help because he was scared that his cultivation or path to becoming a god

[i-bring-crack]

Beefleaf but like: Roleswap?

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Sure enough, that waiter said, “Oh, outsiders usually don’t know, and always have to ask. The Fire Social of our town Fu Gu enacts the story of a legendary character. This was passed down through word of mouth, but many centuries ago, there was a young daughter from a merchant family named Shi. 

 “Although the family of this Lady Shi was very, very rich, she was quite a humble and quiet girl. She was also a scarily intelligent youth, and picked things up quickly and precisely. She was also known everywhere as a kind sister; there’s really nothing bad to say about the girl. Unfortunately for her, she was just very unlucky, and nothing good ever lasts. Especially not to a little girl who had been given a cursed by a ghost since her birth.

 “ Thinking she was able to outdo the curse, she studied hard and took national state exams. Even though she clearly did well, the best of them all, because she didn’t pay up a greeting gift to the examiner, she offended the officials. 

"They hid her test scrolls, exchanging them for blank ones, and for years she couldn’t land a rank. Mostly thought of her as stupid, and so she had given up her studies. 

“To live a good life, her parents let her marry whoever man she seemed fit, but each lover she had only caused her more and more pain in her delicate heart. One left her due to the beauty of another, the other left her due to her own appearance, then it was due to her wisdom. And then it was due to her shyness, but the next said it was due to her chattiness. And the last one even screamed bloody murder on their wedding night, almost ready to kill her. At last no one lasted for more than a month.

 “Her old ma and pa, seventy years old, begged for her to live freely and happy,  but their fortune soon started to dissappear like thin air. And within a few years she was left with only her brother, who, after ascending, left her all alone in this miserable world because he didn't want the curse to spread to him. The girl with no one else to really on and bringing forth curses everyday could only try to be independent, but even that didn't go well. She tried to work at a job, but was found too weak and was let go, then at another place she was harrased, and at another place she was exploited, in the last job she was branded as a criminal for something that she did not commit, and was sent to prison where she almost starved to death.”

 “...” “So what do y’all think?” 

That waiter sighed aloud. “How can anyone be so unlucky?”

Hua Cheng cleared his throat quietly, trying not laugh at such tale before calmly answering “Yeah.”

 How could someone other than him be this unlucky? Who did their ancestors offend?

After having lamented, that waiter’s face changed, looking cheery and alive. “And then that woman went crazy; she couldn't stand it anymore and died." 

"Oh is that where it ends? well how sad! Anyways time to le–" Lady Wind Master Ming Jiang was pulling on the Lord water master to go but was cut off instantly by his hand, nodding for the waiter to continue.

"THEN One night, the day before the last day of Autumn, her spirit rose up, took up a bunch of weapons and butchered everyone who had hurt her! It was a bloody sight, flesh and gore flying all over, extremely satisfying! Since all those she killed had bullied all the people in town for ages, everyone cheered for the ghost. So that's why, every year on the day before the last day of Autumn, the town commemorates her with a Bloody Fire Social. Pray the Mad Lady Shi watch over us and kills all the villains that reside on this earth. Even after death there truly is justice!” 

 Although it was supposed to be the defeat of evil and the triumph of good, it seemed like nothing ended well. That waiter went away, and Hua Cheng saw He Xuan had a face of contemplation. 

 He asked, “Lord Water Master, do you have any thoughts?” He Xuan responded immediately but was absent-minded, “This day, it seems to be the same day that I've ascended.” He turned to Hua Cheng who noticed that the lord water master was waiting for him to speak. Knowing that the other was far more sharp than him.

 “Could the Reverend of Empty Words be this Mad Ghost that is following you now?” During their exchange, the next troupe had started performing the same story again. Lady Ming looked over. “But what reason would it have now? He-xiong has already ascended, and besides, this ghost seems to have killed only those that wronged him. What has He-Xiong done??” “Lady Wind Master is right,” Xie Lian finally opened his lips. "But," he added after finishing its drink.

“Monsters that are similar to humans are usually born from an individual’s extreme grudge or obsession. For example, I hear there’s a monster in Dongying called ‘The Bridge Princess’; it was formed by the grudge of women. Some say it was from the grief of women who waited for husbands that never returned, and others say it was the madness of jealousy. If the Reverend of Empty Words came from the misfortune of someone, it’s not impossible to say it was formed by that person’s jealousy of another’s fortune, or the hatred of his fate.”

“But we mustn't make haste yet, first, we must check to see at what point this Mad Ghost Lady character appeared. If it's most early record was after The Reverend of Empty Words appeared then we have landed nowhere with this story.” Ming Jiang said. 

“Right. This needs to be verified,” Hua Cheng said. 

"It's after." He Xuan responded immediately, leaving all of them speechless.

"How do you know He-Xiong?"

"I was there when Lady Shi died."

At this point Hua Cheng tried his best to hold out a smile, why what a coincidence of fates, it truly does make him even more curious to continue investigating this matter.

#from chapter 107 #finished reading beefleaf arc and i had an idea #what if Shu Wudu hadnt actually done anything help because he was scared that his cultivation or path to becoming a god #would be destroyed by said curse so in the end he left Shi Qingxuan who had been raised as a girl all his life #alone in the world and after many years he finally went mad from the curses #beefleaf #shi wudu #shi qingxuan #writting prompt #beefleaf arc changes with the focus still on hating Shi Wudu #but more angsty #He Xuan doesn't actually give his godhood Shi Qingxuan just fibally has her chance to pay back revenge to his brother #sadly He Xuan is the disciple of Shi wudu and honors him a lot so when he learned about him leaving shi Qingxuan... #boi #xie lan #hua cheng #have also exchanged places #as white calamity Xie Lian just wanted to visit his devoted bf but got dragged into Shi Qingxuan's plans and is now just tired of it all #meanwhile Hua Cheng is having the fun of his life seeing his friends reality be destroyed #oh fun for all