Honkai Impact 3rd: The Girl Who Chases the Flame

Mei Zijin sighed.

"Hmph, it's not like I can't take it from you..."

Mei Xiang hummed a few times.

"Those few good-for-nothings are no match for me."

"Didn't I teach you your kung fu?"

Mei Zijin said irritably, while Mei Xiang stuck out her tongue in response.

"..."

Lin Chaoyu listened silently, and then, to Mei Xiang's astonishment, knelt down.

"This unworthy disciple, Lin Chaoyu, pays respects to my master, Uncle-Master."

"……Ugh."

Mei Zijing sighed, her hands behind her back.

"They say that a teacher for a day is a father for life. You are killing your father. As human beings, we cannot violate the principles of human relations and the way of gratitude and righteousness."

"...This disciple understands."

Lin Chaoyu kept her head down and did not get up.

"What exactly happened at Mount Taixu?"

Mei Zijin asked again.

"...Our fourth junior sister fell into demonic possession, and Master wanted to kill her. So we discussed it and the six of us joined forces to kill Master."

"Killed his master?! Killed True Immortal Chi Yuan?!"

Mei Xiang was dumbfounded; it seemed she had inadvertently overheard a huge piece of gossip.

Who is in charge?

Mei Zijin asked calmly.

"...I am a disciple."

"Bullshit!"

Mei Zijin said somewhat angrily,

"You? Putting aside whether you, Lin Chaoyu, have the guts to kill your master, given your personality, even if we take a step back, you couldn't possibly be the mastermind!"

"...It was my second junior sister who brought it up, but we were all involved."

Lin Chaoyu knew he couldn't fool her, so he told her honestly.

Mei Xiang, standing next to her, blinked her eyes, looked at Mei Zijin, and then at Lin Chaoyu, her expression quite interesting.

"Did you draw your sword against your master?"

"...out, out."

"That means it didn't come out."

Mei Zijin sighed.

"You're still not good at lying. Given your personality, even if you agree, you won't be able to do it. At most, you'll just try to protect your junior sisters and brothers."

But that doesn't mean you're innocent, Lin Chaoyu. I'm very disappointed in you.

"This disciple understands."

Lin Chaoyu silently kowtowed.

"This disciple is willing to...atone for his sins with his death."

Don't think I don't know what you're thinking.

Mei Zijin said coldly,

"Feeling ashamed for participating in the murder of his master, and unwilling to see the Taixu Sword Sect decline, he founded his own sect..."

You've never been a person with strong desires. Now that the Taixu Sword Sect is on the right track, are you planning to die to repay your master's kindness?

"........."

Lin Chaoyu did not reply.

"What's this? If I had known this would happen, I shouldn't have made such a terrible mistake in the first place. Now that things have come to this, what difference does it make if I take your life?"

Mei Zijin snorted coldly.

"Let me ask you, did all seven disciples participate?"

"...Seventh Junior Sister was still young at the time and did not participate. She even wanted to inform Master."

"Okay, then I'll ask you another question."

Mei Zijin nodded.

Where is Fu Hua's body?

“After we buried our master, we burned down Mount Taixu, but his coffin was placed in a place where the fire couldn’t reach it.”

Lin Chaoyu said.

"...Where it won't burn? And, Seventh Junior Sister?"

Mei Zijing frowned as she recalled what she had seen on Mount Taixu.

"Okay, I understand."

"Uncle-Master, you..."

Lin Chaoyu hesitated for a moment, as if she wanted to say something.

"Your master..."

Mei Zijing glanced at her and spoke coldly.

"Alive."

Chapter Four: Otto Apocalypse Stands on the Earth

"...Hmm, the place names in China are really strange."

Otto flipped through the map in his hand and scratched his head.

He obtained the map from a Ms. Mei, who claimed to be from China and taught him some basic Chinese.

After he systematically studied Chinese culture, he found that everything that young lady had taught him was correct.

Then this map shouldn't be fake, since I paid for it. I guess I just can't understand it.

"Tsk, Rakshasa demon, what bad luck."

A man passing by saw Otto's appearance and showed a look of disgust.

That's understandable, after all, the war between Shenzhou and Tianming didn't happen for very long, at least not long enough for both sides to forget it.

"This is really a headache; this desert looks difficult to traverse."

Otto sighed, hesitated for a moment, and walked into the shop next door.

"Yes, sir."

He struck up a conversation while speaking in broken Chinese.

"I would like to ask about a place."

"Tsk, Luo..."

As expected, the shopkeeper showed the same look of disgust.

"Hmm, could you please do me a small favor, brother?"

Otto placed a gold coin on the table.

"Oh dear, my guest from afar, to be honest, I am most happy to help others."

Upon seeing the gold coins, the shopkeeper's fat face instantly contorted into a repulsive grin.

"What do you need, young master? Please tell me."

"I'd like to rent a horse-drawn carriage. The location is..."

Otto spread the map out on the table, and then placed a gold coin on it as well.

"I want the best carriage; the rest are for the shopkeeper."

"Good good..."

The shopkeeper nodded repeatedly, but his expression froze for a moment when he saw the map, though he quickly recovered.

"I'll arrange it right away. Please have a seat and wait a moment!"

.........

"Li San'er, what are you doing? This map looks like it was just scribbled on the spot. How am I supposed to know where it is?"

The driver glanced at the map and said irritably.

"Zhang Wu, that Rakshasa ghost gave me two gold coins. Do you want me to return them?"

The shopkeeper curled his lip.

"The fact that this Rakshasa can produce such a picture shows that he's not very sensible. You can just fool him easily."

"That sounds nice, but what if he comes knocking on your door afterwards?"

The driver waved his hand repeatedly.

"What are you afraid of? Just take it to him..."

The shopkeeper muttered a place name under his breath.

"That's settled then, he's unlikely to come back anyway."

"Hiss... You're really ruthless. I might have ended up there too."