Webnovel/18

## Chapter 18

* Main

The **18th chapter** of the web novel is titled 《随身爷爷》 which translates to *"Carry On Grandpa"*. It was first published in Chinese on JJWXC, July 2015.

## English Novel Location

This chapter starts on the line

> To hand out the wrong script at this point! Also, if you’re giving me extra parts, could you at least offer me complimentary meals?!
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Of the English Novel volume 1, chapter 3: Favor Points, and ends on the line

> Meng Mo cried to himself: Not good!
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Of the English Novel volume 1, chapter 3: Favor Points.

## Recap

Shen Qingqiu, still weak from the attack, pats Luo Binghe on the head and insists that he’ll stay by his side and protect Luo Binghe even if he cannot become strong. He mentally notes that it’d be better for Luo Binghe to remain as a delicate white lotus forever, to keep him at his side and take care of him. Shen Qingqiu was saying his simple thoughts, but Luo Binghe was struck to the core. No one had ever straightforwardly promised to protect him like this before, let alone show through their actions that they were willing to back that promise up.

After their exchange, Shen Qingqiu tells Luo Binghe to help him up, but before he can, a voice sounds from out of nowhere to point out how impressive it is for a boy to break through “this elder’s” barrier.

Meng Mo appeared, and Luo Binghe resolved to give it his all to allow Shen Qingqiu to survive if the elder demon decided to attack. Meng Mo instructs Luo Binghe to come to him, and Shen Qingqiu, in a teasing mood, pushes him to reply. To that, Luo Binghe insists that Shen Qingqiu was the one whose strength broke the barrier, which Meng mo humphed at. It’s Luo Binghe’s dream realm, so it had to be him who broke the barrier, although neither Meng Mo nor Shen Qingqiu point this out.

Meng Mo notes wanting to talk to Luo Binghe without witnesses and, just like in Proud Immortal Demon Way, puts Luo Binghe’s companion to sleep. In the original novel, that was Ning Yingying, but in this case, that was Shen Qingqiu.
Finally giving his voice a direction, Meng Mo questions why Luo Binghe won’t just let him get rid of his abusive master, to which Luo Binghe vehemently refuses, since Shen Qingqiu is his honored master who believed in him.
The demon elder had only randomly skimmed some of Luo Binghe’s memories and didn’t want to unravel the whole deal with Shen Qingqiu, so he complimented how Luo Binghe values loyalty and bonds then changed the subject to the suppressed demonic energy he could feel in Luo Binghe’s body. He notes how it’s possible that a demon elder even more illustrious than himself may have sealed something in his body.

Luo Binghe was shocked to learn that something in his body was related to demons, and declared that the demon realm was full of evils that had harmed his master, so he could not associate with them. After griping about how much Luo Binghe talks about his master, Meng Mo predicts that Luo Binghe wants to ask him how to remove the demonic energy from his body, which he admits he can’t do since he can’t even clearly see what’s in Luo Binghe’s body. Instead, he implies he is willing to teach Luo Binghe how to suppress it, which the boy understands to mean learning demonic cultivation.

There were many power related benefits to demonic cultivation, allowing one to stand above the masses, which Meng Mo relates to Luo Binghe to try to convince him to agree. For a moment, Luo Binghe is swayed by the idea of becoming the strongest, but he rejects the idea, not knowing if it would make Shen Qingqiu angry or depressed and not wanting to find out.

After he refused, Meng Mo still insisted, leading to Luo Binghe questioning why he kept asking. Meng Mo insisted that most people would beg for a chance to learn his knowledge, to which Luo Binghe put on a harmless smile and slowly asked if the reason was because he was unwilling to let his knowledge vanish without a successor. Meng Mo was caught.

## Changes Between Versions

### The Faelicy/Lily Translation (January 2020 version)

#### Smaller Changes

* After Shen Qingqiu insists he will protect him even if he cannot be strong, in the Faelicy translation, the words are described as having a sense of “coddling” to them, while the Seven Seas translation alters it to a sense of “indulgence.”

### The (CNoveluv) WorshipperA Translation (July 2017 version)

#### Larger Changes

* After Meng Mo says something and Shen Qingqiu declares that this level’s final boss has shown up, there is a line in the WorshipperA translation that is both altered and placed in a slightly later place in Seven Seas translation:

> That is to say, if the good relations scene was finished, he could get off work! Quick, quick, quickly come BOSS, quickly take away the protagonist!
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While in the Seven Seas translation, the line is:

> The latter’s entire mind was filled with the thought of, I finished my friendship performance; I can finally leave work now
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* There is a line in the WorshipperA translation where Shen Qingqiu actually talks to Meng Mo, which was cut down in the Seven Seas translation. The WorshipperA translation line:

> However, Shen Qingqiu was too lazy to explain and already knew how things would develop from here. He asked: “Is Your Excellency Elder Dream Demon?”
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And the Seven Seas translation line:

> But Shen Qingqiu couldn’t be bothered to explain.
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* After Luo Binghe insists that shizun is shizun and can do whatever he wants to him, there is a line in the WorshipperA translation that is not in the Seven Seas translation:

> If Shen Qingqiu could still hear at this time, he would need to roar in his heart: Luo-ge, I hope after you’re blackened you will still remember these words you said!
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* When Meng Mo is annoyed at their talk but pleased with Luo Binghe’s attitude, he compliments two different things across the translations. In the WorshipperA translation, he compliments:

> Brat. You’re a man of strong passions and strong will.
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And in the Seven Seas translation, he compliments:

> You, boy, are a person who values loyalty and bonds.”
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* Throughout the chapter, Meng Mo refers to Luo Binghe, but not by name. In the WorshipperA translation, he calls him “brat” when talking to him, but in the Seven Seas translation, he consistently refers to him as “boy.”
* After Luo Binghe mentally derides Meng Mo for being a dream parasite with nothing but free time, there is a line in the WorshipperA translation that is not in the Seven Seas translation:

> Though his natural disposition was warm, this was a fact……
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* In both translations, Luo Binghe mentions being an ordinary cultivator and questioning why Meng Mo wants him to demonically cultivate so badly. The Seven Seas translation has a line not in the WorshipperA translation, referring to where Luo Binghe’s current cultivation level is:

> for whom achieving even Foundation Establishment is full of perils and hardships
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#### Smaller Changes

* When thinking of how it’d be better for Luo Binghe to stay as a white lotus forever, Shen Qingqiu describes Proud Immortal Demon Way Luo Binghe as “monstrously big Immortal Demon BOSS of the Three Realms” in the WorshipperA translation, and a “pitch-black basket case of a young man who made destroying the world his personal mission” in the Seven Seas translation.
* Meng Mo’s voice is described as “old-sounding” in the WorshipperA translation and “hoarse, aged” in the Seven Seas translation.
* In regards to what Luo Binghe calls Meng Mo, in the WorshipperA translation, he says “I will call this Elder Shizun as a mark of courtesy” while in the Seven Seas translation, he says “My master acknowledged you as a senior, so I must treat you with the same courtesy.”
* When Meng Mo talks about sensing something demonic in Luo Binghe, he mentions it being impressive and being unable to sense it in both translations, but in the Seven Seas translation, he mentions it’s suppressed.
* When talking about the seal, Meng Mo in the WorshipperA translation says “I can recite my ancestral line right here” and that “someone” more outstanding than him may have sealed something in Luo Binghe. In the Seven Seas translation, he says “My race produces master cultivators in droves” and that “a demon” more outstanding than him may have sealed something in Luo Binghe.
* In both translations, Meng Mo brings up how Shen Qingqiu would treat Luo Binghe once the seal fails. In just the Seven Seas translation, Meng Mo specifically quotes what Shen Qingqiu said on the Skinner Demon mission, “eliminating demons and upholding justice,” to further rub in his point.

## Appearances

Shen Qingqiu

Luo Binghe

Meng Mo

M.Ning Yingying

M.Tian Chui

M.OG Qingqiu