FVN Chapter 41 Wrath!
Chapter 41 Wrath!
Lu Changgeng proceeded with extreme caution.
In addition to flying through the air, when passing through some mountains that were obviously filled with demonic energy, it would deliberately transform into water and merge into the rivers on the ground, following the water all the way to the Pansiling territory.
They had traveled over a thousand miles, fearing their presence would be revealed and they would be overtaken by the pursuers from Bibo Pool.
As dawn approached, they finally entered the territory of Pansiling.
Below the ridge, a group of lesser demons were dozing off. One was grinding his teeth, another was picking his butt. They were all subordinates of the Great Sage Who Guards the Mountain, who is now known as the Mountain Demon.
Lu Changgeng ignored the little demons and quietly made his way up the ridge. The reason he didn't fly up directly was because he was afraid of alerting Teng Sanniang and the others.
He had been gone for about twenty days and didn't know what the situation was like on the ridge. He planned to sneak into the village.
As we passed the entrance to Tie Gu's self-dug cave, we heard Tie Gu's deep, resonant voice.
"My lady, I can't take this anymore! What is that mountain demon? It was beaten like a dead dog by the immortal before, but now it's all high and mighty. It even dares to scold you!"
He bossed us around like we were little demons, making us go to the mountains so early to collect the first dew of dawn to bathe him, and even made me chop wood and start a fire for him!
Back in my day in Iron Bone Cave, I was a powerful demon with a name and reputation. When have I ever suffered such humiliation! Even the Immortal Master never treated us like this. When he returns, I'll file a complaint against him, or I'm not a member of the Iron Bone Sect!
"Keep your voice down." Teng San Niang lowered her voice, her tone tinged with weariness and helplessness. "The mountain demon's cultivation is much higher than yours, and it's a transformed great demon. Even if you and I joined forces, we wouldn't be able to crush it with a single finger."
Although the immortal master placed a God-Locking Seal on him, the immortal master is not here now. It would be as easy for him to control the two of us with a flick of his finger.
You're just being quick-witted now, but if he gets angry later, you'll be the one who suffers. What's a little grievance compared to this? I almost lost my life following you back then, can't I even stand this little bit of anger?
"As long as we take good care of the seven little girls, the Immortal Master won't treat us badly when he returns. As for the mountain demon, you mustn't complain to him. If the Immortal Master intervenes, he will surely retaliate even more severely in the future."
Tie Gu grunted, as if he had kicked a stone. The stone rolled away and hit the tree trunk with a dull thud.
Lu Changgeng's expression remained relatively calm upon hearing this.
The mountain demon's arrogance was to be expected, especially since he was a transformed great demon, naturally possessing a certain arrogance.
The God-Locking Seal can suppress his soul, but it may not be able to suppress his ambition.
Taking advantage of his absence, the mountain demon acted arrogantly towards Teng San Niang and Tie Gu, something he had expected.
He was about to continue walking in when Tiegu's next words made him stop in his tracks.
"He even sent his minions to capture people from all around to eat. The immortal master had personally instructed him not to eat people before he left, and he readily agreed. How many days has the immortal master been gone? The minions that capture people are quick on their feet; they've already captured three or four of them recently."
After a long silence, Teng San Niang said softly, "We can't control this matter, nor can we stop it. Let's wait for the Immortal Master to return before we talk about it."
Lu Changgeng did not listen any further.
He silently swept across the pine forest and flew towards the bamboo courtyard occupied by the mandrill.
This bamboo courtyard was built by Teng San Niang herself, using bamboo strips and bamboo weaving. The courtyard walls are made of green bamboo from Pan Si Ling, woven tightly. In the corner of the courtyard, there are also several clumps of wild orchids that she transplanted from the mountain stream.
He landed in front of the bamboo courtyard.
Dark bloodstains, long since dried and blackened, were splattered on the fence, seeping into the cracks along the bamboo strips.
A dark red mark was trailed on the bluestone slab at the entrance of the courtyard, stretching from the gate all the way into the courtyard, as if something had been dragged inside.
He pushed open the door and entered the courtyard. On the stone table was a half-eaten corpse, its ribs broken off and teeth marks remaining at the break. The size of the teeth marks matched perfectly with the thunder god's mouth of the mandrill.
On the corner of the table lay a bamboo cup that Teng San Niang had personally polished. The cup contained some kind of dark red, viscous liquid, which had long since gone cold.
The wild orchids in the corner of the yard had been crushed by something heavy; their stems were broken and their petals were crushed into the mud.
There was a small pile of bones in the corner, some new and some old. The topmost leg bone was pitifully thin, and the end of the bone was not yet fully closed. It was clearly a child's bone.
Lu Changgeng stood in front of the pile of white bones and looked down at them for a long time.
He felt a tightness in his chest. He reminded himself that this was the world of Journey to the West, and it was normal for monsters to eat people, but he just couldn't help feeling a surge of anger rising to his head!
He had previously instructed the mandrill to guard the mountain properly and not to eat people anymore.
They thought that a combination of kindness and severity would tame the transformed demon's wildness, but unfortunately, the latter was not swayed by any of it.
A demon, after all, is a demon.
He no longer concealed his aura, and spiritual power surged from his body. The demonic infant in his dantian suddenly lit up, and the temperature in the bamboo courtyard rose sharply. The remaining liquid in the bamboo cup on the corner of the table was evaporated into a thin layer of blood mist.
He stood up, his gaze cold and sharp, speaking each word slowly and deliberately.
"Mandrill, get out here!"
Before Lu Changgeng's deep shout had even finished, a rustling sound came from deep within the bamboo courtyard.
The mandrill pushed open the door from the inner room. Its sunken nose and bulging eyes still showed some sleepiness. When it looked up and saw Lu Changgeng standing in the courtyard, it was stunned for a moment, then put on a smile and squeezed out a few dry laughs from its protruding fangs.
"The Immortal Master is back? Why didn't you tell me beforehand? I was so worried..."
Before he could finish speaking, he saw Lu Changgeng's solemn expression and the pile of white bones at his feet, his smile frozen on his face.
"What did I say before I left?" Lu Changgeng's tone was very calm, as calm as if he were chatting casually.
The mandrill's Adam's apple bobbed as if he wanted to say something, but he felt the Soul-Locking Seal between his brows burning slightly...
If he felt that he had said something wrong, the Soul-Locking Seal would immediately destroy his soul.
"Immortal Master, these are not for me to eat. They are just some ignorant little demons under my command... I told you I wouldn't eat them, but you insisted on offering them to me as a tribute..." The mountain demon took a half step back, its shell hitting the bamboo door frame with a crisp crack.
Lu Changgeng ignored his explanation, raised his right hand, and his five fingers transformed into five water whips that wrapped around the mountain demon's limbs. A strand of golden solar true fire, as thick as a little finger, flowed into the mountain demon's meridians along the water whips.
The mountain demon let out a shrill scream. The scales of the transformed demon were curled up under the scorching of the true fire. Its magical power and divine sense were suppressed by the God-Locking Seal, and it could not even put up a fight.
His knees buckled and he fell to his knees, the single horn striking the bluestone slab with a dull thud.
"Immortal, spare my life! Spare my life! I know I was wrong!"
"I...would never dare to do it again! Immortal Master..."
Lu Changgeng actually stopped. The mandrill collapsed on the ground, panting heavily, its body emitting white smoke, like a toad that had been scalded by boiling water.
Lu Changgeng quietly loosened the God-Locking Seal a little, and the mountain demon sensed the magic power and immediately repaired its physical body, only then did it feel much better.
Once he had recovered enough and thought Lu Changgeng had punished him enough, he was about to say something when...
The next moment, he was suppressed by the God-Locking Seal once again, and the True Fire of the Sun reappeared, drilling into his limbs and bones! The burning mode was activated again!
The mandrill screamed in agony once more. A full quarter of an hour passed, and the mandrill was covered in so little flesh that Lu Changgeng finally withdrew his true fire.
The mandrill hung its head and lay prostrate on the ground, like a dead dog.
His eyes were filled with fear, but deep within them was a deep-seated hatred. However, he dared not show it in the slightest, nor even think about it, because if he had any thoughts of rebellion against Lu Changgeng, the Locking God Seal would detect it.
"Immortal... Immortal Master... I... know I was wrong..." he groaned weakly.
Lu Changgeng remained silent, looked at the child's leg bone, thought for a moment, and then the True Fire of the Sun once again covered the mountain demon's entire body!
"Ah~"
The mandrill howled in agony and rolled around on the ground.
At this time, Teng San Niang and Tie Gu also carried firewood stacks and several buckets of water up the ridge.
Hearing the mandrill's screams from afar, he rushed over and was relieved to see Lu Changgeng there.
Then, seeing the mandrill's miserable state, Tie Gu secretly rejoiced. He even wanted to clap and cheer, but fortunately, Teng San Niang stopped him.