Webnovel/24

## Chapter 24

* Main

The **24th chapter** of the web novel is titled 《突生□□ 2》 which translates to *"Sudden Surprise 2"*. It was first published in Chinese on JJWXC, July 2015.

## English Novel Location

This chapter starts on the paragraph

> Nu Yuan Chan was an amphibious creature. After sucking three people dry underwater, it was itching to climb the bank and search for new targets. Luo Binghe’s expression was icily severe. He snapped his fingers, igniting a burst of flames at his fingertips. Then, boosting the flames with spiritual energy, he flicked them toward the lurking demonic beast. As soon as they touched the beast’s hair-like strands, the flames flared into an inferno, forcing the black mass of hair to retreat into the water with all speed, leaving it afraid to come onto the bank.
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Of the English Novel volume 1, chapter 4: Conference, and ends on the line

> This arrival of his was truly quite low-key.
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Of the English Novel volume 1, chapter 4: Conference.

## Recap

The Nu Yuan Chan wanted to eat more disciples, but Luo Binghe launched spiritual flames at the approaching beast, causing it to retreat. He urged the surrounding disciples to stick together and set off a rescue firework, a signal of forfeit from the conference that disciples are supposed to fire if they are unable to fight and need to be rescued. Those fireworks were going off all over the skies above the gorge as disciples everywhere were being overwhelmed by demonic beasts beyond their skill levels. Disciples were slaughtered, and even the spirit eagles were being attacked by Demon Realm bone eagles. On the dais, Shen Qingqiu found himself reacting in horror, unable to simply pretend it was a show like he had been planning to do.

The Tian Yi Overlook cultivators questioned where demon realm beasts like the Nu Yuan Chan came from, and the Old Palace Master called for the barrier to be opened so that disciples could escape, since many of his own had already died. Before the Zhao Hua Monastery monks sustaining the barrier could react to that, Yue Qingyuan insisted that they couldn’t do that, and Shen Qingqiu explained that while the cultivators in the gorge stood a fighting chance against the monsters, the civilian settlements around the gorge did not. After a moment of silence, someone asked what they could do, and Liu Qingge pointed out that they should go into the barrier. At that, Yue Qingyuan gravely gave a speech about how someone was planning on cutting down the future pillars of the cultivation world, and asked if anyone was willing to go with the Cang Qiong Mountain Sect leaders to clear out beasts and rescue disciples. The Old Palace Master was the first to agree, and following his lead, many others agreed as well.

When Shen Qingqiu stepped up to join the volunteer rescue group, Liu Qingge blocked his way, reminding him of his poison. Yue Qingyuan agreed, and insisted he leave the safety of the Qing Jing disciples to them. Shen Qingqiu insisted that he can’t relax while the disciples are in danger, and how if he can’t do this then he doesn’t deserve to be a peak lord, earning him points from The System for added character complexity. Yue Qingyuan acquiesced reluctantly, telling Shen Qingqiu to use a voice transferal spell to call for them if he finds he can’t manage it. Shen Qingqiu was unconcerned, however. He was always more interested in the demonic beasts than the women in Proud Immortal Demon Way, and remembered every demonic beast’s attributes and weaknesses clearly. In fact, this was the only thing he thought could be considered his own golden finger!

Meanwhile, in the gorge, Luo Binghe had managed to calm the disciples and was standing watch. At the sight of him leaning against the tree in his vigilance, Qin Wanyue found herself welling up with tender fondness, which Shen Qingqiu would have gossipingly described as her falling in love with him if he were there.

A rustling noise could then be heard from the bushes. Every froze in anticipation, expecting a monster, but instead, a decapitated head rolled out of the bushes, with disheveled hair and closed eyes. No one was able to identify it, and Luo Binghe went into the bushes to look for the body and identify what sect this disciple was from. He found the body, a new disciple from Tian Yi Temple, but oddly enough, the body in the bushes had a head.

At that sight, Luo Binghe called a warning to avoid the head, but before he could even finish speaking, it was too late. The head’s eyes flew open, and eight spindly spider legs sprouted from beneath the bottom of its neck, and it launched itself at the face of a nearby disciple. The disciple wildly flung his sword around, attempting to get it off, but before he could strike himself in the head, the thing speared itself into his temples. At that, his body went slack, the beast burrowed itself in further, and after just a moment, everything in his skull had been sucked out, the beast only leaving behind two rows of gory holes in his temples.

The scene was so horrific that everyone, including Luo Binghe, was frozen and unable to react. The human-headed spider crawled up and down the corpse, screaming. After just a moment however, a spiritual energy arrow pierced it through its mouth, skewering it.

Whipping out his fan and murmuring for the beast to shut up, Shen Qingqiu had arrived, thinking that his arrival was quite low-key.

## Changes Between Versions

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

There are functionally no differences between the Seven Seas translation and the Faelicy/Lily translation.

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

#### Larger Changes

* In the description of the terrified disciples, in both translations, a disciple calls for someone, their shifu, and their shige to save them. However, in just the WorshipperA translation, it’s mentioned that a “Poison Dragon Python” is the reason they’re calling for help.
* The number of Zhao Hua Monastery monks supporting the barrier is said to be “several hundreds” in the WorshipperA translation and “nearly a hundred” in the Seven Seas translation.
* Someone asks what options there are if they can’t open the barrier in both translations, though while that person goes unnamed in the Seven Seas translation, in the WorshipperA translation, the questioning person is described as “Some people from Huan Hua Palace seemed to have taken leave of their six senses and were at a loss”
* The person who says they have to enter the barrier is Shen Qingqiu in the WorshipperA translation and Liu Qingge in the Seven Seas translation.
* In the WorshipperA translation, when Yue Qingyuan agrees that Shen Qingqiu should stay behind, it’s noted that he “used a voice only they could hear” to say his agreement telepathically. Additionally, the WorshipperA translation has the line “Qingqiu. You shouldn’t forget,” which the Seven Seas translation does not have.

#### Smaller Changes

* Luo Binghe’s reaction to Nu Yuan Chan is described as that he “wasn’t so easy to handle however, his appearance towering and piercingly cold” in the WorshipperA translation, while his “expression was icily severe” in the Seven Seas translation.
* Qin Wanyue drops her night pearl in both translations, though the reason is described as “dropped in her panic” only in the Seven Seas translation.
* The Old Palace Master’s declaration to open the barrier is said to be said in a “trembling voice” in just the WorshipperA translation.
* Yue Qingyuan refers to the others on the dais as “All fellow Daoists” in the WorshipperA translation and “Fellow cultivators” in the Seven Seas translation.
* The Old Palace Master agrees to help by saying “Huan Hua Palace is duty-bound to assist” in the WorshipperA translation and “It would dishonor Huan Hua Palace to refuse” in the Seven Seas translation.
* The human-headed spider’s infant-like wail is described as a “shrill whistle” in the WorshipperA translation and like a “mournful scream” in the Seven Seas translation.

## Appearances

Luo Binghe

Qin Wanyue

Shen Qingqiu

Yue Qingyuan

HHP Master

Liu Qingge

The System