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So I've been playing around with Cāngjié…
And I thought a post like this (similar to a post on Zhùyīn done by linghxr) may be of interest to some.
Edited: 10 Sep 2023
This post has gotten a little popular lately and on scrutinizing my own post again, I've come to the conclusion that I had made some mistakes in my given character examples.
Amended now. Namely, 「唔」 and 「龍」 have now been swapped over in the examples.
「唔」 is really the “3-parts”, and 「龍」 is indeed a “2-parts” character! Amendments are reflected in orange.
What (and who) is Cāngjié?
For those who may not know, Cāngjié is another way to input 漢字/汉字 (Hànzì — Chinese characters). It is way less popular than Pinyin (or even Zhuyin) but it still has its fans, and has a few advantages over the other two.
Cāngjié is also the name of the mythical figure in Chinese legend who is said to have been the inventor of 漢字/汉字, for which Cāngjié (the input system) was named after.
Would I recommend it?
Yes, if you think you have already acquired a good (enough) understanding of 漢字/汉字, and/or just like a new challenge.
(TL;DR at the end)
Why am I learning Cāngjié (and why you may like to, too)?
1. Mostly for fun.
Have long been intrigued by both Cāngjié and Zhùyīn, and since I finally mustered up the courage to tackle Zhùyīn not too long ago, I thought I'd finally give Cāngjié a try.
While learning Cāngjié does require more effort than learning Pinyin or Zhuyin, it can also be really fun! Inputting 漢字/汉字 with the Cāngjié method is almost like doing a jigsaw puzzle.
The euphoria derived from figuring out and piecing together the radicals that make up a word is something that learning Jyutping (Cantonese equivalent of Pinyin), Pinyin or Zhuyin can't quite match.
And while I know I'll never be as adept with Cāngjié — my knowledge of 漢字/汉字 is nowhere near good enough to ever use Cāngjié efficiently — as I do Jyutping or Pinyin (or to some extent, Zhuyin), it'll still be fun to use Cāngjié every once in a while!
2. Helps with thinking and typing in Chinese.
The upshot of relying too much on using Jyutping/Pinyin/Zhuyin is, I'd tend to think in Roman letters or ㄅㄆㄇㄈ before I'd even think about the actual 漢字/汉字.
But with Cāngjié, because it's based on knowing radicals and joining them together to form actual characters, it'll encourage thinking of 漢字/汉字 first, so I think that would help some with 漢字/汉字 memory retention.
Now you may be thinking, why not just you know, practise actually writing then? That is the tried and proven method to better remember 漢字/汉字 after all?
Yes, of course I can do that — and am doing so occasionally — but we live in a digital age now, and the probability and opportunity to type things out is much higher than actually writing stuff by hand.
The idea here is, more looking to think of and envision characters fully in my head, and trying to lessen over-reliance on Jyutping/Pinyin/Zhuyin.
And this is where I find Cāngjié can be useful, which leads to my next point…
3. Haunted by “What if” scenario.
What if there comes a day (however improbable) where I'm presented with only a Cāngjié keyboard to use for typing Chinese? It has happened with Zhùyīn for me!
That means, no Pinyin or Zhuyin keyboards, no Handwriting tools/touchscreens to write with fingers/mouse, no speech-to-text, and no option to copy-and-paste characters from somewhere else either! What then?
4. Able to type without knowing pronunciation, and with more accuracy.
Cāngjié is shape-based. Unlike Jyutping/Pinyin/Zhuyin, where you have to know what a character sounds like before you can type it out, with Cāngjié, you can type out (again assuming no Handwriting or other tools available) characters without needing to know how to pronounce them at all.
With shape-based typing, you'd also get more accurate hits in the first few 漢字/汉字 that show up, versus sound-based methods like Pinyin where for e.g., typing out “wan” will get you a whole list under the same sound and you may have to scroll through a whole lot to get the exact “wan” you need.
You can also type both Traditional and Simplified characters without having to toggle something or switch keyboards.
So how does one begin learning Cāngjié?
Install a Cāngjié keyboard.
Duh…but of course! Heh! Gboard offers one, banded under Cantonese language input (Android user here, don't know about iPhones, sorry).
There are two versions of Cāngjié that are prevalent currently. Cāngjié 3 and Cāngjié 5. Cāngjié 5 is supposed to be an improvement over version 3 but I don't find there's much; having a slightly altered version just adds to the confusion and unnecessarily complicates matters, in fact!
If you have a choice, I'd recommend selecting Cāngjié 3 as that is more supported. Some operating systems may not be too compatible with Cāngjié 5 still, for some strange reason.
You may also come across something called “Quick” (速成) aka, “Simplified Cāngjié”.
This is simply a scaled down version of Cāngjié, it's still based on Cāngjié's formula. So you still need to know how Cāngjié works in order to use “Quick” efficiently.
You'd then need a chart like this. ↓
* the 重 (Z) key doesn't really come into use. I don't really know what it's for, but it seems to be used (paired with other keystrokes) mainly to type out various punctuation marks.
There are variants out there, some having a little more, or less, radicals shown than in the above example, but I'll say the chart here is one of the more comprehensive ones I've found so far (and sufficient enough) — other charts often fail to highlight the 難 (X) key and what it corresponds to.
You don't have to memorize the chart all at once. Just always have a chart like this on hand to refer to and with enough typing practise, you'll eventually remember which key corresponds with which radicals.
Remember the rules. ↓
“1 part” character (e.g. 寫) = first 3 & last (radical).
“2 parts” character (e.g. 唔龍) = first & last, first 2 & last.
“3 parts” character (e.g. 難) = first & last, first & last, last.
e.g. 寫 ↓
With radicals 宀，丿，臼 (first 3) and 灬 (last).
Corresponding keys: 十，竹，難 and 火。
寫 → 写 ↓
With radicals 冖，卜，㇆ (first 3)，一 (last).
Corresponding keys：月，卜，尸 and 一。
e.g. 龍 ↓
With radicals 亠，月 (first & last), 卜，コ (first 2)，ヒ (last).
Corresponding keys: 卜，月，卜，尸，and 心。
龍 → 龙 ↓ (Simplified 龍 → 龙，a “1 part” character)
With radicals 丶，ナ，ヒ (first 3).
Corresponding keys: 戈，大，and 心。
e.g. 難 ↓
With radicals 廿，人 (first & last)，亻(first & last)，土 (last).
Corresponding keys: 廿，人，人 and 土。
難 → 难 ↓
With radicals ヌ (first & last)，亻(first & last)，土 (last).
Corresponding keys: 水，人，and 土。
Occasionally, you may get a character that looks like a “2 parts” but is actually a “3 parts”. ↓
e.g. 唔 ↓
With radicals 口 (first & last)，一，一 (first & last)，口 (last).
Corresponding keys: 口，一，一 and 口。
Or looks like a “1 part” but really a “3 parts”. ↓
e.g. 奪 ↓
With radicals 大 (first & last)，亻，土 (first & last)，丶 (last).
Corresponding keys: 大，人，土，and 戈。
奪 → 夺 ↓(Simplified 奪 → 夺，a “1 part” character)
With radicals 大，寸 (first 3; the 丶 is the 3rd component).
Corresponding keys: 大，木，and 戈。
But these are exceptions, and don't occur that often.
And you can start practising!
You can try out this pretty good app called 『五色學倉頡』 (learning Cāngjié with 5 colours), for practise. It's on Playstore, just search for “Cangjie Dictionary” and it should show up.
You have to pay to unlock higher levels, unfortunately. ↓
Anyway, each character comes with colour coded hints and you can opt to turn them off if you like more of a challenge. There are also hints (提示) and the chart (字根表) to refer to if you're really stuck. Also has a dictionary component (查字典) to check out the Cāngjié input for characters.
Another option would be a website called HKCards. ↓
You can use it to check the Cāngjié input for any 漢字/汉字, and there's section for practise (倉頡輸入法練習) as well. After inputting your answer with Cāngjié keys (手田水口廿卜), you can click on the “Answer” (答案) button to see how right or wrong your answers were. ↓
There are 8 characters each time, and you can just hit “Practise Again” (再做練習) to refresh for another 8 to practise with. I've yet to hit a limit.
Unfortunately, this website has lots of ads popping up. And it only supports searching in Traditional characters (Cāngjié was initially catered more for Traditional).
Or you can just try practising randomly with a Cāngjié keyboard and check for mistakes with a Cāngjié dictionary (『五色學倉頡』 app's dictionary comes in really useful here — it appears to support searching in Simplified too).
TL;DR
Cāngjié could be useful (and fun) to know if your 漢字/汉字 knowledge is already adequate, and/or you just like a new challenge.
And if watching videos is more your thing, here's a really helpful YouTube tutorial on how to use Cāngjié (has English subs)!
#Cangjie#Congkit#Cantonese#Mandarin#Jyutping#Pinyin#Zhuyin#Bopomofo#Traditional Characters#Chinese Language#Language#Long Post#Dake Rambles
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My body is ready.
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honestly kinda insane how some emperor guy just went “hey you, invent writing and the dude was like “alright” and made chinese
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i forgot i had these old ass doodles of my little caster
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Bai Zhan War God!!!
#my art#artists on tumblr#svsss#svsss fanart#scum villain self saving system#liu qingge#lqg#still trying my hand on drawing detailed clothings .... i have only ever drawn shirts and jackets hhhhh#also swords#i hate drawing swords auwauwjaushe#mxtx#danmei#also i started reading nan chan wish me luck. maybe would draw the stone statue and gold fish cangji together we'll see
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沧霁桔梗
CANGJI BELLFLOWER
Mai Sakurajima
[Seishun Buta Yarou Wa Bunny Girl Senpai No Yume Wo Minai]
#cosplay#cosplay girls#seishun buta yarou wa bunny girl senpai no yume wo minai#mai sakurajima#沧霁桔梗#cangji bellflower
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I’ve been searching for a ao3 fic that was Hualian modern au, it’s about Xie Lian being a kindergarten teacher and Banyue was one of his students. Then one day Banyue drew two snakes, saying that Xie Lian would not be lonely any more. Hua Cheng once prepared food/lunch for the class, and Banyue had a special one. Hua Cheng fell ill from delivering the food, and the neighborhood aunties like to matchmake Xie Lian and their kids. If you know this fic, please tell me what it’s called!
I can't find it either! Here are the only fics I found where XL is a kindergarten teacher:
he doesn't look a thing like jesus (but he talks like a gentleman) by cangji. E, 43k, no spoilers. I read this one recently it's great!
The Mysterious Case of Mr. Xie's Safety by rainbowrider1290. G, 3k. Haven't read so idk about spoilers
nothing beyond our ability by bunnylianlian. E, 21k. Haven't read so idk about spoilers
The Flower Of The Night Roamer by FeiXu. Not rated, 35k, WIP. Haven't read so idk about spoilers
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Have y'all ever wondered how you Dislyte oc's swiftspace posts would be like?
I did and this is how they'd be like, based on a bunch of tumblr shitposts( plus how I imagine some interactions with canon characters would go):
ManiacTherapist @Christine
Love is dead and never existed. All you did was betray me as I lay sick and festering. You are the definition of dread.
❤️ 8
Hyde @Hyde
@Christine Are you ok?
ManiacTherapist @Christine
@Hyde one of my cats stole my fucking garlic bread
SeeAllEvil @Lyla
How long does someone has to be dead for it to be considered archeology instead of grave robbing?
❤️ 12
CangJi @Cang Ji
@Lyla As a archeologist, I find this a very awkward question
SpeakAllEvil @Lily
@Cang Ji Answer the question grave robber
DarknessDoggo @Doug
I see trees of green
Green trees there's too
I see the trees
And they are green
And I think to myself
I am lost in these woods
❤️ 10
GoatMama @Rochelle
@Doug Oh for god's sake my dear, not again😓
RBFForestRanger @Gus
@Rochelle OMW to go get him ma, don't even worry about it👍
IronMaiden @Yolanda
Sorry I've been so inactive, I was at a circus
❤️ 14
PrinceOfShadows @Freddy
@Yolanda You mean at home?
IronMaiden @Yolanda
@Freddy In the future you will stand at the grave of God, which I dug, weeping and I will be the only creature you will be able to answer to. You will beg for death but due to what you said today, I will deprive you of that luxury 🙂
QueenInYellow @Aestreia
I am decayed. My lungs are full of thorns and mildew. My bones are held together by vines. I am fragile. Be gentle with my corpse...
❤️27
LadyNyeisha @Nyeisha
@Aestreia stop whining you're giving the speech tonight weather you like it or not 😒
QueenInYellow @Aestreia
@Nyeisha I refuse🥀
DarknessDoggo @Doug
The true Hazlitt experience is wondering if you just heard firecrackers or gunshots
❤️ 20
NomadicProphet @Yogini
@Doug PLEASE TELL ME THIS IS A JOKE 😰
MeatBunManiac @Li Ao
@Yogini Bonus points: both are illegal in your area and you still cannot tell
GraffitiDrummer @Jeanne
@Li Ao Bonus points: one of them is illegal in your area and it's not the gun 😀
LittleDottie @Dorothy
@Jeanne What the fuck is going on down there are you guys ok?!
FireFistsBonnie @Bonnie
@Dorothy No 🙂
These are all I have so far but I can post more of these if y'all get interested
#dislyte#dislyte oc#eldrich horror#these are genuiny fun#all my ocs would be so chaotic if they had Swiftspace#should i start posting about my ocs again?
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weekly fic recs | 48
fandoms: genshin, mdzs, sxf, tgcf
genshin
the earth shudders at the tower asunder by caelitea
Not all gods have long memories.
(Primordial!Travelers AU, in which Lumine and Aether are not just gods, but amongst the oldest ones.)
a geo archon's guide to the modern era by Erina
“Morax,” Xiao says after Zhongli finishes his retelling of the incident. “He thinks you’re a weirdo.”
“No, don’t say that,” Barbatos snickers. “You’ll give him hope that this is salvageable.” He lowers his voice. “Morax, he thinks you’re a boomer.”
(In which Zhongli hibernates for centuries and wakes up in the modern world)
mdzs
we could turn the world to gold by butterflylungs
He does not have a family. All he knows is this satellite. He must have been somewhere else before, he thinks. But ever since he can remember, he has been here.
It did not feel like imprisonment, when he was younger and naïve. Wen Ruohan and his children were all he knew. He wanted to make them proud. He thought, maybe, he would get something like family in return. Maybe they’d let him go to Nightless City to live with them.
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Lan Zhan has been trapped in a satellite his whole life, unable to escape, rebelling quietly against his captors. That is, until Wei Ying comes along.
Winter Bloom by Niitza
When lotuses bloom in Wei Ying’s pond in the middle of winter, he recognizes them at once for what they really are: an auspicious sign. It cannot be meant for him, though. He is nothing but a modest farmer. Such a miracle has to have appeared for someone else: a cultivator, a nobleman, a king.
And so, he sets off for the capital, with the sole aim of letting the royal family know about it.
Little does he know that this decision will start a chain of events that will help expose a dark scheme against the crown—a fact that will earn him the gratefulness of a king…and the love of a prince.
Bring Your Wonder (Lose Your Faith) by kianspo
(mature)
Canon divergence starting from after the Xuanwu Cave. What if it wasn't Wang Lingjiao who came to Lotus Pier? What if Wen Ruohan had sent Wen Zhuliu instead? The respectful, sensible Wen Zhuliu, who knows how to work the room...
In which Wei Wuxian loses his hand (he gets one better), Lotus Pier is saved, the Lan Clan is said to be dead to the last man, there's a horrible banquet in Nightless City, someone accidentally plays Sleeping Beauty, and there's that awkward moment when you realize Meng Yao is the sane one (except not really). It's a dark, dark night, but the sun will rise eventually.
sxf
hidden by glacialdawn
"Opayshun Sticks gonna fail?" Anya mumbles, fast asleep.
Loid freezes on the spot.
The Woman in Red by nightofnyx8
(mature)
WISE enlists the help of Thorn Princess to seduce a certain client, much to the displeasure of her husband.
tgcf
say you love me tonight by cangji
(explicit)
disowned heir xie lian is desperate for a job. so desperate that even though he gets hired for a position he’s suspiciously underqualified for, he takes it anyway.
(xie lian is pretty sure the ceo of crimson rain only hired him because he wants to fuck him. he’s not sure he minds.)
Blood and Ashes by sprx77
(explicit)
Four hundred years before canon, Xie Lian wanders into Ghost City. He finds a blood donation center that pays quite well for contributions, and learns that private donors make even more! That's an amazing deal! Xie Lian has So Much blood!
He asks tour guide San Lang, a friendly vampiric ghost native to the city, if he knows anyone looking for a personal blood donor, and San Lang-- who is definitely not a whole entire Ghost King-- jumps on that shit like white on rice. What's he supposed to do, let Xie Lian go to someone else!? Over his dead body!
Or: In which Hua Cheng finds his god four hundred years early, accidentally winds up in the position to (blasphemously) drink his holy, delicious blood, and tries to Pspspsps him into staying forever the night at Paradise Manor while he's at it. This is fine! It's totally fine. He can be cool. He can be so cool.
Ignorance is Bliss by KingfisherPrince
It had happened. The worst had come to pass. Heaven had failed to prevent the birth of a new Calamity, and soon, a new Ghost King would be born.
The last time this had happened, Hua Cheng had felled 33 gods in a single night, made a mockery of the Heavens, terrorised them ever since. A repeat of such an event, possibly even an alliance between the two could be devastating. Who knew what further terrors could be wrought? Blind fear struck the veins of all who heard the news, windows and doors were barred, lights snuffed out in hopes they’d think nobody home.
It was all moot of course. It was now too late to put a stop to. This new horror would find them eventually, just like before. All they could do was hide up in the clouds and wait.
And wait.
...And wait…?
…This was probably too much waiting.
--
In which Xie Lian becomes a Ghost King completely by accident and doesn't realise until after he's ascended for the third time.
#genshin fic recs#genshin#mdzs fic recs#mdzs#sxf family fic recs#sxf#tgcf fic recs#tgcf#weekly fic recs#no prompt
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A light snow last night,
and now the earth falls open to a fresh page.
A high wind is breaking up the clouds.
Children wait for the yellow bus in a huddle,
and under the feeder, some birds
are busy writing short stories,
poems, and letters to their mothers.
A crow is working on an editorial.
That chickadee is etching a list,
and a robin walks back and forth
composing the opening to her autobiography.
All so prolific this morning,
these expressive little creatures,
and each with an alphabet of only two letters.
A far cry from me watching
in silence behind a window wondering
what just frightened them into flight –
a dog’s bark, a hawk overhead?
~Billy Collins, Ornithography
Cangjie is a legendary ancient Chinese figure said to have been the inventor of Chinese characters. It is said that he invented writing after observing the tracks of birds.
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just added in all my new keyboards,got the urge after going on pinterest and seeing a physical keyboard sticker for Korean and now im like,,, so i should get three different keyboards huh? (one for kr,jp,ch ofc)
i tried to pick the ones commonly used in the countries i want to emulate (idk how to describe but there you go)
so english - qwerty
français - azerty,
한국어 - single vowel, bc it takes up too much space otherwise,easy money ngl but im used to the 2-vowel one so its a bit strange to use for ㅑㅕㅖand stuff like that
廣東 - traditional with cangjie setup, i saw online that they use it in HK so i chose it lol. okay this has a learning curve ugh, its okay though im still alive. cant find the damn 'language' radicals so im preparing myself a coffin
#could just copy n paste but why would i do that#ngl just using the voice to text thingie bc absolutely no way do ik how to use a chinese char keyboard#surprisingly the characters for 廣東 came out right!! go me#lol i have to fake a mandarin accent to do it tho bc there was no canto option#only 中文 for these hoes apparently#cantonese langblr#french langblr#korean langblr#keyboard input
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↑ Fake 倉頡 Congkit/Cangjie keyboard in Tomorrow Never Dies (1997).
The funny thing is, the 倉頡 keys (and placement) are accurate enough; it is possible the 艸 character is used in place of the more commonly seen 廿.
But the other keys (like the numeral keys 一、二、三, etc. accurately translated they may be) being either unnecessarily rendered in 漢字 (Chinese characters), or placed wrongly (like the 刪除 “delete” where the 逗號 “comma” key usually goes), or just bizarre (like what are 火八 “fire eight” and 火九 “fire nine” keys?), makes this obviously a joke keyboard! 😹
↑ Another imagining of the TND fake keyboard.
The naming and placement of the keys here at least matches up more accurately to a hypothetical, totally 漢字 keyboard.
(note the 逗號 key next to the 一 (M) key, rather than the 刪除, and no weird 火八、火九、火十 keys placed randomly, like shown in the movie prop!)
Actually…I wouldn't mind having a keyboard like this, just for the kicks! Unnecessary and pretentious it may be! 😹
↓ Examples of real 倉頡 keyboards.
#I was just trying to look up something related to#Cangjie#Congkit#Cantonese#Mandarin#Chinese Language#Language#And this showed up unexpectedly#I've never seen#Tomorrow Never Dies#So it is a pleasant surprise to find this out now!#Michelle Yeoh#Pierce Brosnan#Western Movies#Movies
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As far as you can tell, is it reasonably common for people in the PRC to use zhuyin? Or is it considered slightly unusual compared to pinyin input
No, that would be pretty uncommon. Zhuyin input is primarily used in Taiwan. Mainlanders use pinyin input (for the most part) because they learn pinyin as the official romanisation of Chinese characters.
Wubi and handwriting input are also more popular methods than zhuyin input in China, since only Taiwan continues to use and teach this system.
I believe Malaysia and Singapore also use pinyin input for the most part, while Hong Kong mostly uses cangjie or sucheng input.
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osume yotd cangjie set + tsukimi metal artisan on my th80 pro
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my fate oc
Cangjie
Parameters
Strength: E
Endurance: E
Agility: C
Mana: A
Luck: A
Skills
Territory Creation: C+
Caster's workshop is the world around him; through his adventures, he was able to learn The Unified Language through the names of every plant, animal, cloud and stream that he came across. Caster is able to place a mobile workshop, that is available to him in every place he is able to find beauty in.
Item Creation: B
Caster is able to create stunning works of calligraphy that are known to invoke great effects on the souls of the reader.
Language Discernment: A
A master of language, and the founder of the Chinese written word, Caster is able to master any language - including ancient, secret, and arcane languages - as long as he hears just a single word.
Seer of The Unified Language: A
Able to see The Unified Language through his mystic eyes, Caster is able to speak the language that brought together the world before the time of Babel's Tower. The Unified Language has a great power over people, though is unable to affect reality in the same way that the Divine Language can.
Noble Phantasm: Summoning of the Phoenix, Provider of the First Word
The Phoenix that flew overhead and dropped the print of the Pixiu on the ground before Cangjie, inspiring the written word of one of the greatest empires the world has ever known, enough to please even the Yellow Emperor. Through the grail, the legendary phoenix is brought back under Caster's command. Classification: Anti-Army Noble Phantasm Parameters: A Effects: Caster is able to summon the Phoenix that provided him with the hoofprint of the Pixiu, which first inspired the great work of creating the Chinese written word. The Phoenix creates a blast of fire with it's flaming wings, incinerating the enemies of Caster with a powerful wave of heat. Interestingly enough, the Phoenix has a slower cooldown for repeated use if allowed to finish it's attack; if killed, it will inevitably come back almost immediately, giving Caster a second shot at his attack.
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The Husky and His White Cat Shizun - Chapter 44
Original Title: 二哈和他的白猫师尊
Genres: Drama, Romance, Tragedy, Xianxia, Yaoi
This translation is the product of my limited knowledge of Chinese characters as I attempt to learn the language. If I have made any egregious mistakes, please let me know.
Chapter Index
Chapter 44 - This Venerable One Doesn't Want to Owe You
Zhaixin Liu's spirit body didn't have time to answer. His complexion quickly twisted and distorted. He raised his hands, clutching his head in pain, his mouth wide open, emitting a silent howl. Although he couldn't make a sound, his hideous expression and sharp eyes seemed to make one hear a heart-piercing scream.
Save me.
Save -- me!!!!
His lips twisted into an unimaginable curve, and blood soon spread throughout his eyes. If it weren't for the four chains that tied him down, he would probably have flown up and killed himself.
"I beg you. . . hurry. . . destroy me. . ."
It seemed that the time limit Zhaixin Liu had to regain his sanity had come to an end, and Zhaixin Liu's spirit body struggled to no avail. They could see a black gas bursting out of the sword-casting pool, constantly ramming and attacking the human flesh encompassing the willow tree's spirit body, chains jingling, flowers of fire scattering everywhere.
Seeing that the situation had changed, Chu Wanning quickly waved his sleeve to stop his disciples behind him. His face was stern, and he asked Zhaixin Liu: "How can I save you?"
Although Zhaixin Liu's actions were slow, he could prompt the molten iron of the sword-casting pool to form the Ancient Cangjie Script.
"I'm going to lose my consciousness soon, and it's not my intention to hurt you. I can't help you with anything else, and I can't go into detail. I can only tell you the techniques I know. Be careful…"
The molten iron suddenly changed.
"There are three techniques I am good at. The first is Sweetest Dream. This is a nightmare technique. The recipient will see what they most desire in their sleep and the dream will last forever. Because of this, even if someone's spiritual power is strong enough to perceive that this is an illusion, they will still be willing to indulge it and never wake up.
The second is Temptation of the Heart, which uses the greed in people's hearts as a temptation to make them slaughter each other.
Thirdly, the Heartpluck Technique. . ."
However, at this point, his spiritual energy had already been used to the extreme, and he could no longer mobilize the molten iron to form more words.
What exactly could this Heartpluck Technique do? They didn't know.
Zhaixin Liu struggled for a while, and suddenly a cloud of blood mist burst out. He couldn't manipulate the molten iron, but he still dipped his fingertips into the blood that burst out. A pair of spasming jerking eyes stared squarely at Chu Wanning, his gaze suddenly cruel, extremely unhappy.
"Shizun!" Seeing that Chu Wanning was going to move forward, Xue Meng hurriedly pulled him back. "Don't go, it could be a trap!"
Zhaixin Liu couldn't speak. He just hung his finger dipped in blood. Suddenly, tears flowed out of his eyes.
Chu Wanning: ". . . You want me to go over there?"
Zhaixin Liu slowly nodded.
". . ."
"Shizun!"
Xue Meng wanted to stop him again, but Chu Wanning shook his head at him. He moved forward alone and went to the edge of the sword-casting pool, extending his hand.
Zhaixin Liu seemed to be quite touched. He took a deep look at Chu Wanning. Struggling and waved the arm that was hanging with flesh and skin, as if to give him a gift. Then he endured great pain and grabbed Chu Wanning. His hand trembled as he wore in the other's palm:
Draw lots, break the nightmare. . .
Don't—lose. . . spirit. . . mind. . .
Nightmare. . . break. . . seize — Extinguish!!
Before the last word was written out, Zhaixin Liu suddenly collapsed like a puddle of mud. He fell back into the boiling sword-casting pool and disappeared.
At the same time, a loud noise of "bang" rang out and a huge crimson water wave suddenly lifted off the sword-casting pool. The rolling molten iron burst into the air, and nine dragon-shaped columns of fire rose from the ground. Chu Wanning was forced to retreat backwards by the shocking wave, the firelight reflected on his dark brows.
In the gushing molten iron columns, four inscribed lots* suddenly appeared, hanging high in the air.
*T/N: 签 - inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots, etc)
Shi Mei remembered what Zhaixin Liu said when he was conscious, and quickly said: "Is this… the lots that Zhaixin Liu mentioned?"
Seeing him approaching, Chu Wanning stopped him: "Don't touch. Everyone get behind me."
Shi Mei: "Shizun. . ."
"With me here, everything will be fine." Chu Wanning said. "You can't take any chances. When I finish drawing, you can reapproach."
The words were indifferent, there were no emotional ups and downs, however Mo Ran's heart was moved. For some reason, the Chu Wanning in front of him suddenly overlapped with the ruthless person who coldly watched as his disciple died in his previous life.
If he could say such words, why could he stand by and watch his disciple's death in his previous life?
Mo Ran suddenly felt as though he seemed to have never understood Chu Wanning as a person.
He couldn't help muttering: "Shizun. . ."
Chu Wanning ignored them. He raised his hand and took off one of the lots, which was made of pale yellow jade piece. He looked over both sides and let out a low "hmm?"
"What's wrong?" Xue Meng asked.
Chu Wanning said: "There's not a single word on this stick."
"How could this happen?" Xue Meng wondered, "Then I'll try."
Each of the four sticks was drawn. Both Xue Meng's and Shi Mei's were exactly the same as that of Chu Wanning's. There was no text on the jade piece. Mo Ran flipped his stick over and suddenly his eyes widened:
"Ancient Rain Dish?"
The other three immediately cast their eyes on him, and Xue Meng frowned: "What's an Ancient Rain Dish?"
Mo Ran poked at his stick: "That's what's written on it."
Xue Meng took a look and suddenly said angrily: "Bah! Did you just read the half you can recognize?"
". . . It's Blood Hourglass." Chu Wanning suddenly said.
He can read Cnagjie Ancient Script for the most part and if there are uncertain words, he will not talk nonsense. Therefore, since he said that Blood Hourglass is what was written, then it surely wasn't wrong.
Mo Ran said: "What does Blood Hourglass mean?"
Chu Wanning shook his head: "I don't know."
However, as if answering them, the towering dome of the Divine Weapons Arsenal suddenly rumbled with a muffled sound. A huge hourglass descended from the sky, rusted copper wrapped around its body. However, unlike other hourglasses, it had a cross-shaped copper frame on top of it. No one knew what it was for.
Chu Wanning looked at the hourglass, and then lowered his eyes and looked once again at the lot stick in Mo Ran's hand.
Blood Hourglass.
In a flash of lightning, he suddenly understood what the so-called "draw lots" meant. Chu Wanning instantly went pale and he shouted sharply: "Mo Ran, throw that stick away!"
Although he didn't know what Chu Wanning meant, the unprompted command almost made Mo Ran subconsciously do what he said.
But he couldn't know unless he threw it. After throwing it, Mo Ran found that the jade stick was actually attached to his palm by some force. It was impossible to shake off.
Chu Wanning cursed. He tried to approach so he could exchange his stick with Mo Ran's. Unexpectedly, the rusty copper hourglass suddenly stretched out dozens of sharp thorny vines, surging straight towards Mo Ran!
"Move!"
"Shizun!!!"
"Shizun!"
In an instant, blood splattered. In the nick of time, Chu Wanning pushed Mo Ran away with one palm. The thorny vines were like a forest of arrows. All of them plunged into the flesh and blood of Chu Wanning.
Mo Ran was now in a teenager's body so he naturally couldn't withstand Chu Wanning's blow. He was pushed back and fell to the ground. But the sound of flesh tearing was so clear and terrifying, and the almost distorted voices of Xue Meng and Shi Mei were so sharp and piercing.
Impossible.
How is this possible. . .
That was Chu Wanning, the one who beat him and scolded him and never looked at him in a positive way. It was the Chu Wanning who watched his disciple die in front of him for his own strength. Chu Wanning, the one who said "inferior quality, hard to teach". . .
Mo Ran raised his head.
In the chaos, he saw the man's blood splashing three feet in front of them, the sharp and dense thorn vines penetrated from the man's back, and then hideously sticking out from the front through his lapel. The location, was exactly, exactly the place where the Ghost Master of Ceremonies had landed the vicious blow from before. The old injury hadn't healed yet. Once again, he feared his tendons had snapped, flesh and blood blurring together.
This is. . . This is the Chu Wanning who used his own body to protect him in the coffin, the Chu Wanning was pierced by sharp claws and stoically kept silent. . .
This was the Chu Wanning who hid under the stone bridge and secretly released a barrier to shelter everyone from the wind and rain but didn't dare show his face.
This was the Chu Wanning that, after Shi Mei's death in his previous life, in order to make him feel in the mood to eat something, clumsily went to the kitchen to wrap dumplings.
He was the one who was bad-tempered, bad-mouthed, afraid of taking bitter medicine and coughed when he ate spicy food. He was the one he was most familiar with.
It was that person, the one he couldn't often remember caring about, who made him grit his teeth in hatred, but also who he pitied so greatly. . .
Chu Wanning.
Wanning. . .
"Shizun!!" Mo Ran shouted. He rolled over and crawled closer to Chu Wanning. "Shizun!!!"
"Your stick. . ." Chu Wanningtrembled and raised his hand. His face was pale, but his eyes were still stern. "Switch with me. . ."
He stretched out to Mo Ran's palm and passed the wordless stick that he had drawn. His arm which was shaking slightly because of the pain was raised slowly and with difficulty.
Chu Wanning's eyes are very bright, very determined, and covered with a layer of moisture.
"Quick, give it to me!"
Mo Ran couldn't even get up. He crawled on his knees and came to Chu Wanning, looking at his ghastly wound that had turned into a mess of flesh and blood.
"No. . . Shizun. . ."
"Shizun!!"
Xue Meng and Shi Mei wanted to come over. With a look of irritated exasperation, Chu Wanning waved down a boundary and repel the two of them away in unison. He then said in a stern voice: "Tianwen!!!"
Tianwen came out in response to the call, splitting all the dozens of sharp vines that were stabbing Chu Wanning!
But this vine was not normal. Chu Wanning could clearly feel that they were draining his spiritual power from inside him. There was no other way but to clench his silver teeth, raise his hand to hold the broken branch and ruthlessly and suddenly pull the vine branch out!
In an instant, blood gushed out!
Chu Wanning threw the broken branch away. He took a breath and tapped on his meridian and acupuncture points to temporarily stop the blood loss. And then a pair of black glowing eyes stared at Mo Ran. He said in a muted voice: "Give it to me."
"Shizun. . ."
"Give me your stick! I'll exchange mine with yours!" Chu Wanning said sharply.
At this time, Mo Ran also understood what the so-called "Blood Hourglass" meant. Gouchen's brutal law laid down millions of years ago is similar to the way he tortured Chu Wanning in his previous life.
Sure enough, no matter the gods, demons or ghosts, the vicious and out-of-the-box ideas were all so close.
Blood Hourglass.
It replaced the fine sand with human blood, instead of running water, and pour it into the glass to keep time.
When the blood runs out, the time is up.
In his last life, when he was crowned Ta Xianjun, he hadn't just wanted Chu Wanning's life to trickle out. Hadn't he wanted Chu Wanning to watch him step on the head of the immortal sects with his own eyes, wanted Chu Wanning's blood to flow in front of him little by little?
However, in this life, before the Blood Hourglass laid out by Gouchen.
Chu Wanning was willing to take the initiative to exchange his safe stick with him. He was willing to walk up to the copper frame for him. He. . .
Mo Ran's whole heart was in chaos.
He couldn't even think.
How could this be. . .
How could this be!!
The copper hourglass missed a hit and didn't bind anyone. Once again the vine branches waved, prompting a second wave of attacks.
Chu Wanning looked at him, and the waves of light in his eyes trembled slightly.
He was pale in pain and gasped slightly: "Mo Ran, you. . . do as you're told and give it to me."
". . ."
"Hurry up. . ." Chu Wanning's face was as white as the new snow under the moon. ". . .Do you want me to block the second attack for you?!"
"Shizun. . ."
The willow vines swooped in again.
Mo Ran raised his hand to hand over his stick at that moment. Chu Wanning also stretched out his hand without thinking.
Unexpectedly, just when their palms were about to touch, there was a bright light in Mo Ran's eyes. He quickly closed his hand and backhanded the unsuspecting Chu Wanning behind him. At the same time, the second wave of vine willow attacked the young man. When it hit, they slammed into Mo Ran, and the boy's body was instantly engulfed by the willow vines, dragging him up to the copper hourglass.
"Shizun!!"
Dozens of willow vines wrapped around him, slamming him on the crossbeams, tightly bound. Mo Ran turned his face sideways and glanced towards Chu Wanning, his lips moving.
Chu Wanning's eyes suddenly widened.
Mo Ran's voice wasn't very loud, but he could hear it clearly and could never mistake it.
Mo Ran said: "Master, I'm really not… inferior quality or hard to teach. . ."
So, please, don't give up on me.
——
But the second half of the sentence, there was no way he could say it. In his previous life, he wanted to say but didn't, and in this life, it was too late.
Whether Chu Wanning would give up on him or not, he no longer saw it as important.
He just didn't want to owe this person.
He was stupid and already a little confused about his feelings for Chu Wanning and didn't want to get more confused about it.
In this life, Mo Ran thought to himself, what he cared about, what he was concerned about, would only be Shi Mei.
The reason why he didn't want to exchange sticks with Chu Wanning was that he just didn't want to be favoured by this person for no reason. He just didn't want to… He didn't want to see Chu Wanning's blood run dry again.
He, Mo Weiyu, was not as immovable as a stone. The happiest thing in life was that someone is willing to be nice to him.
If things were a little bit better, he would be able to smile at the ground with a glimmer in his eyes.
If things were even better, then they would let him die, and let him die willingly.
The dense vines suddenly revealed a shining sword.
At first glance, the sword looked like a divine martial weapon. Although it was ancient and clunky, it had an aura of heroism. There are two hooped edges on each side; the sword frame was thin and narrow, inlaid with a floating statue of a bull's head and a dragon's body, intricately decorated. The sword was overflowing with blue light, able to slice the thinnest hair, bend iron and break gold.
Mo Ran only had time to see the word "Gouchen" on the sword, and couldn't even see "the Exalted" at all. This sword belonging to the God of a Thousand Weapons pierced straight into his chest.
Blood flowed out in an instant and flowed into the hourglass.
At the same time, a curtain of splashing water suddenly descended from the Divine Weapons Arsenal, separating Mo Ran and Chu Wanning. Everyone was blocked by the sudden torrent.
Shi Mei shouted: "A-Ran!! A-Ran--!"
The turbulent raging curtain of water obscured their vision so that they could not see Mo Ran's situation behind it. Chu Wanning tried to break through the water several times, but was pushed out by the mad current again and again, and in the end he was soaking wet. His dark eyes were clear on his anxious face and his lips were tragically colourless.
Chu Wanning said hoarsely:
"Mo Ran--!"
His voice wasn't very loud, but it was shaking violently. He didn't realize it himself, but Shi Mei was shocked. He looked at him sideways but saw that the always calm and collected Shizun was battered and exhausted. His long and thick eyelashes were trembling, and there was actually a hint of suppressed concern in his expression.
Seeing him summon Tianwen, his expression was violent, like a bowstring stretched to the extreme. Shi Mei was uneasy. He grabbed him and shouted: "Shizun, don't go! You can't get in!"
Chu Wanning shrugged him off. His eyes were sharp as blades. He maintained the barrier in silence and insisted on moving forward. But that water curtain contained the spiritual power of Jincheng Lake. Not only could it not be penetrated, but it was as sharp as ten thousand arrows, piercing the muscles and bones.
He was seriously injured before, and now he was hit by such a strong shock, and he couldn't stand up. Despite covering his chest and trying to endure it, he could not help it and fell to one knee with a pale face. The wounds on his back were all torn open, blotting out bright red blood.
It was hard to tell whether there were splashes of water or tears on Shi Mei's face. He said sadly: "Shizun! You - why are you doing this. . ."
"What? Whether it was you behind the curtain of water or Xue Meng," Chu Wanning said in a stern voice. "I will. . ."
He was in so much pain that he frowned, unable to speak.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, a sword light suddenly slashed out from behind the water curtain, tearing the mighty curtain in half like slicing through tofu.
The sword's energy was extremely sharp with no specific target. It was swinging right at where Shi Mei was standing. Seeing that it was about to hit him, Chu Wanning waved his sleeves violently and used all his spiritual power to drop a protection barrier. Keeping Shi Mei firmly under the barrier strained him and he choked out a mouthful of blood.
A high and clear male voice slowly sounded, echoing in the Divine Weapons Arsenal:
"I am the God of Weaponry, Gouchen the Exalted. You are trespassing on the forbidden land of divine martial arts, how frivolous!"
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