99. Wuji Wreaks Havoc at the Danxia Sect

“What?”

“Do you still have any thyme pills over there?” Xie Wuji asked.

“Fragrance pills? No more fragrance pills. I carry them with me as scent sachets, and the girls especially like to smell them. But I do have Garment-Melting Powder…”

“What?”

Ximen flushed red. “No, it’s just that sometimes when I run into certain girls, I have to use the powder. Who asked them to wear so many layers?”

“You’re a real beast…” Xie Wuji cursed. “So, do you still have any?”

“Here.”

Ximen took a cloth pouch from the container holding his false teeth and handed it to Xie Wuji.

Just then, the elders could no longer restrain themselves. Ding Desheng said, “Whatever tricks these two idiots are using, we cannot let them get out alive today.”

“Let’s all go together. Xie Wuji has some skill; we won’t be able to kill him in one strike,” said the Fourth Elder.

After a brief exchange, the group surged forward at once. Xie Wuji seized the opportunity, flung the cloth pouch into the air, and shouted to Ximen, “Split up and run!”

The pouch burst open in midair, but how could the elders simply let Xie Wuji escape? They rushed straight at him. Xie Wuji rolled once and tumbled through the sky of drifting dust.

But in that instant, he discovered that his clothes were visibly dissolving.

Still, even nakedness mattered less than his life. He paid it no heed and ran for the exit with everything he had.

Ding Desheng took a few steps and felt something was wrong. A chill crept over him. Looking down, he could not tell what had happened, only that the clothes on his body were melting like liquid.

Ding Desheng was so furious he nearly exploded. Ahead of him, Xie Wuji was already stripped clean, dashing forward with utter innocence, barefoot and unashamed.

“Beast, stop right there!” Ding Desheng chased after him.

Xie Wuji had plenty of powder on him, and Ding Desheng had even more. As they ran, the dust scattered everywhere.

As for this Garment-Melting Powder, it was one of Ximen’s secret concoctions. He was known as the greatest lecher in all the land, so his methods were endless. If a girl refused to submit, he would simply scatter the powder, and her clothes would dissolve on their own, sparing him the trouble of tearing them away.

Of course, such conduct was utterly outrageous. Xie Wuji himself had always despised it and even condemned it fiercely.

But at a time like this, fleeing for his life, the powder proved immensely useful. Though Elder Ding raged, he had suddenly been left naked, and however much he hated Xie Wuji, he still had to think of his own dignity.

After some thought, Elder Ding clamped both hands over his vital parts and ran while shouting curses: “Xie Wuji, if I do not catch you today, I’ll no longer set foot in the Crimson Cloud Sect! Stop right there!”

“Come on then, come and catch me! If you’ve got the guts, try it! Oh my, Grand Elder, why do I feel like I just saw an earthworm? No, no, it’s a single strand of hair!” Xie Wuji twisted around and raised a lewd eyebrow.

The Grand Elder’s face turned crimson with rage, and he ground his teeth furiously. By now he no longer cared about appearances.

“Grand Elder, slow down a little. Let’s find something to cover ourselves first. Oh heavens… where are we supposed to put this old face? Of all people to provoke, why did we have to provoke Xie Wuji, that little scourge?” the other elders complained bitterly.

At that moment, they happened to pass a few female disciples who were chatting nearby.

A plump female disciple covered her mouth and giggled. “Qing’er, do you think Senior Brother Dongmen Jianhao is more handsome, or Senior Brother Baili Qingyan?”

The thin female disciple covered her face and said, “You make me so embarrassed. I think they’re both handsome! Dongmen Jianhao is a steel straight man, full of masculine vigor, while Senior Brother Baili is a true beauty! Oh no, I’m so embarrassed!”

The girls laughed and teased one another, the atmosphere light and cheerful.

Then Xie Wuji came charging straight toward them. With a single leap, he soared over the heads of the female disciples. On the way, he casually snatched one girl’s handkerchief and, while still in midair, fashioned it into a loincloth for himself. But that loincloth was already visibly starting to dissolve…

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…

Another gust of wind came from behind. It was the elders close on his heels, each of them cursing furiously as they pursued Xie Wuji.

The girls were stunned.

The plump one said, “I… I just suddenly saw the Grand Elder…”

“I saw an earthworm… this…” another disciple said.

But then the clothes of those female disciples also began to dissolve, because the powder on Xie Wuji and the six elders had been scattered along the entire route. Anyone touched by even a little of it would see their garments melt away.

“Qing’er, your clothes! Your clothes are melting!”

“My clothes, no, no!!”

“What is happening? What are those seven elders trying to do?”

Whether male or female, every disciple they passed saw their clothes visibly dissolve before their eyes.

The female disciples in particular shrieked nonstop. Their screams seemed as if they would spread throughout the entire Crimson Cloud Sect.

Even the older disciples who saw this spectacle were left dumbfounded.

One disciple ran while his clothes melted away piece by piece. By the end, nothing remained. He hurriedly changed into another set, only for those garments to begin melting again.

Such a massive affair naturally alarmed Dongmen Yong as well. He had been meditating when he slowly opened his eyes and suddenly caught a strange odor in the air. Frowning, he immediately cast a spell and formed a radiant shield around himself, cutting off the foul air outside.

But while Dongmen Yong could use such a shield, the other disciples could not. When Dongmen Yong went out to look, he was instantly stunned.

Male disciples and female disciples alike had gone mad. A great crowd was angrily chasing the seven elders, except that the seven elders were charging at the front.

No, there was someone even farther ahead—

Xie Wuji!

“What on earth is going on?” Dongmen Yong frowned. Just then, Dongmen Jianhao, carrying his sword case, came in. Dongmen Yong’s brow furrowed. “What is it?”

“Father, I have something to report.”

“If you have something to say, can you at least put on some clothes first?” Dongmen Yong said unhappily.

“It’s not that I refuse to wear clothes. It’s that the air in the Crimson Cloud Sect is now filled with some bizarre powder. Anything made of cloth—carpets, bedsheets, clothes, even banners—has started to melt. It seems the six elders are trying to do something to Junior Brother,” Dongmen Jianhao said.

“A bunch of lunatics. What in the world are they doing?” Dongmen Yong stormed outside in fury.

Meanwhile, Xie Wuji was sprinting ahead in a sorry state. It turned out he had found a clay pot. He had punched two holes in it and made the pot into a pair of shorts.

The six elders had all found substitutes of their own: some used porcelain basins, some used chamber pots, and others even used vases.

The sight was so appalling it was almost impossible to look at.

“Take this!” Xie Wuji laughed heartily, picking up stones along the way and hurling them at the elders.

Ding Desheng clutched his chamber pot with one hand and howled, “Stop, Xie Wuji! Stop right there! I’ll kill you!”

Clang!

The chamber pot shattered again, and Ding Desheng was left with nothing on him at all. Embarrassed and enraged, he gritted his teeth so hard they nearly cracked.

“Everyone, stop at once!”

Dongmen Yong could bear it no longer. With a roar charged with his full cultivation, he shook heaven and earth. Behind him, the shadow of a gigantic ape suddenly appeared.

With that single bellow, not only the elders but Xie Wuji himself lost his footing and fell flat on the ground. The clay pot that had been serving as his shorts shattered to pieces.

“What is the meaning of this?” Dongmen Yong glared at everyone.

The disciples hurriedly embraced one another. Some hid in the shrubbery by the side. Ding Desheng clutched his vital parts with one hand and pointed at Xie Wuji with the other, his teeth clenched in fury. “This Xie Wuji actually joined forces with that lecher Ximen and did such disgraceful things to our sect’s disciples and elders. He cannot be allowed to live!”

“Shut your mouth, old fossil! Do you want me to lay out every detail from beginning to end?” Xie Wuji snorted angrily, and in his desperation he stood up without caring for anything else.

The female disciples saw Xie Wuji’s magnificent display and all covered their mouths in astonishment.

“One cannot judge by appearance. So Senior Brother Xie is actually that impressive!”

“All of a sudden, I think my future idol is Senior Brother Xie!”

“That’s a beast, I spit on him!”

Some female disciples gasped in admiration, while others covered their faces and cursed.

The scene was wonderfully chaotic.

Just then, a person tumbled down from the roof. “Oh heavens, my mother!”

He landed on the ground with a thud. It was none other than Ximen Seeking-Delight!