Chapter 177

Hearing this, Su Chen frowned slightly.

Never heard of him? This was troublesome.

He thought carefully and realized that he must have arrived too early.

Calculating the time, it had only been a little over a month since Marshal Tianpeng was demoted to the mortal world.

Even if he reincarnated quickly, he would at most be a little piglet born not long ago, and he might not have even awakened his memories from his previous life yet.

Let alone having achieved success in cultivation and running to this Mount Fuling to occupy the mountain as king, calling himself "Zhu Ganglie."

"A miscalculation, a miscalculation."

Su Chen gave a bitter smile in his heart; he had thought that finding Mount Fuling would mean finding Tianpeng, but he hadn't expected to come up empty-handed.

"That... Fellow Daoist, are you alright?" Seeing him standing there for a long time without speaking, with an annoyed look on his face, Luan Erjie Luan couldn't help but ask.

"Oh, I'm fine." Su Chen came back to his senses and expressed his apologies to her. "Thank you for telling me, Fellow Daoist; this time it was my rudeness, I shall take my leave now."

Having said that, he prepared to turn and leave.

He didn't have the time to keep guarding here waiting for Tianpeng to appear; heaven knows how long he would have to wait.

If he had to wait for decades or a hundred years, the opportunity would have long since passed.

The side at Flower Fruit Mountain couldn't wait that long.

He had to think of another way, to take the initiative and find him.

"Fellow Daoist, please stay!"

Just as Su Chen was preparing to leave, Luan Erjie Luan suddenly spoke up and called him back.

Hearing this, Su Chen felt a jolt throughout his body.

The other party's words seemed to carry some significant karma; he stopped his steps, turned his head to look at Luan Erjie Luan with confusion, and thought to himself: "Could this Luan Erjie Luan be related to that person from the Investiture of the Gods?"

Before Su Chen could speak, Luan Erjie Luan asked: "This Fellow Daoist, since you are here, why not come into my cave dwelling for a cup of tea?"

Su Chen was stunned, thinking to himself if the atmosphere in the Western Cattle Joy Continent was really this good.

How could this female demon invite him to her cave dwelling the first time they met; wasn't she afraid he would take action against her?

Or was she plotting something?

"Thank you for your kindness, Fellow Daoist." Su Chen waved his hand. "I still have important matters to attend to and cannot stay long, so I shall take my leave now."

"I don't know if Fellow Daoist is certain that 'Zhu Ganglie' is in the Mount Fuling realm; if he is truly in the Mount Fuling realm, I might be able to lend you a helping hand." Seeing Su Chen refuse, Luan Erjie Luan spoke again.

Hearing Luan Erjie Luan's words, Su Chen felt a stir in his heart, feeling that what she said made sense.

The other party was the local snake of this Mount Fuling, very familiar with this area, and presumably also very familiar with the various spirits and monsters in this Mount Fuling.

If she were willing to help, the difficulty of finding Tianpeng would indeed be much smaller.

Thinking of this, Su Chen revealed a smile and cupped his hands at Luan Erjie Luan: "Since that is the case, then I shall respectfully obey."

"Fellow Daoist, please!" Seeing Su Chen change his mind, Luan Erjie Luan reached out a hand to Su Chen, inviting him into the cave dwelling.

Su Chen was bold because of his high skills and was not afraid of Luan Erjie Luan, who had just stepped into the immortal path and only had the cultivation of a Demon Immortal, harming him, so he followed Luan Erjie Luan into Cloud Stack Cave.

Inside Cloud Stack Cave, it was quiet and serene, with several bright pearls embedded in the dome, the light radiating from them illuminating the entire cave dwelling hall.

The cave was very spacious, with stone tables and stone stools arranged in an orderly fashion, clean and dust-free.

On the table was a set of tea utensils.

"Fellow Daoist, please sit!"

Luan Erjie Luan invited Su Chen to sit down, and she herself used a spell to draw fire to start boiling tea.

Su Chen followed the flow and sat down opposite Luan Erjie Luan.

"I didn't expect Fellow Daoist to be proficient in the tea ceremony." Su Chen looked at Luan Erjie Luan's skillful tea-boiling technique and praised her.

"Cultivating in these mountains all day, I learned a little when I had nothing to do." Luan Erjie Luan poured tea for Su Chen and said: "Fellow Daoist, please."

Su Chen picked up the teacup, took a small sip, and praised: "Good tea!"

Afterward, he put down the teacup, looked at Luan Erjie Luan opposite him, and said: "Now that the tea has been drunk, why don't you tell me why you insisted on inviting me into your residence for a chat."

Hearing this, Luan Erjie Luan put down the tea utensils in her hand and said: "Fellow Daoist, you may not know, but when I first opened my spiritual wisdom, I had the fortune to see a high-level expert, and I was lucky enough to learn this cultivation from that expert."

"However, my fortune was too shallow, and I was never taken in as a disciple." Speaking of this, Luan Erjie Luan sighed slightly. "However, when she left, she told me that after I achieved the status of a Demon Immortal, I would have a tribulation; if I could pass it, my immortal path would be smooth; if I could not pass it, it would mean death and the dissipation of my soul."

"Now I have stepped into the immortal path for two hundred years, and for these two hundred years, I have been terrified every day, fearing that I would encounter the tribulation mentioned by that high-level expert. Until today, when you visited, I felt that the feeling of terror had actually disappeared."

"Therefore, I feel that my method of passing the tribulation might be related to you, Fellow Daoist, which is why I spoke up and invited you into the cave for a chat."

Only then did Su Chen know that Luan Erjie Luan had such an encounter.

"Did that high-level expert not teach you a method to break the tribulation?" Su Chen asked.

Luan Erjie Luan shook her head.

Su Chen carefully recalled the information about Luan Erjie Luan from his previous life.

He remembered that in the Journey to the West from his previous life, it was only mentioned that Luan Erjie Luan died not long after taking Tianpeng as her husband; as for how she died, it was not mentioned.

"Could her tribulation be Tianpeng?" Su Chen guessed to himself.

Seeing Su Chen silent, Luan Erjie Luan thought Su Chen was unwilling to help her break the tribulation, so she hurriedly said: "As long as you can help me break this tribulation, I will tell you the whereabouts of a treasure."

At this moment, Su Chen didn't care about any treasure; his top priority was to find Tianpeng.

So he said: "As long as you can help me find that 'Zhu Ganglie', I am willing to help you break the tribulation."

"However, I carry a heavy burden and cannot stay here for long; if I find the person I am looking for, but your tribulation has not yet been broken, I can only let you temporarily follow me and leave; I wonder if you are willing?"

Seeing Su Chen willing to help her break the tribulation, Luan Erjie Luan nodded hurriedly: "Everything will be as you say, Fellow Daoist. Why don't you tell me the information about 'Zhu Ganglie' now, so I can let the spirits and monsters in this Mount Fuling help keep an eye out."

So Su Chen concealed Tianpeng's true identity and told Luan Erjie Luan the information he knew about "Zhu Ganglie," asking her to help find him.

Luan Erjie Luan was determined to have Su Chen help her break her tribulation, and having obtained the information, she immediately went out to let the spirits and monsters, big and small, in this Mount Fuling help keep an eye out for a pig demon in Mount Fuling.

Not long after, Luan Erjie Luan returned and told Su Chen that she had already asked some of the mountain spirits and monsters she knew to help.

It was just that for these two hundred years, she had always been worried about encountering a tribulation, spending most of her time in the cave in deep cultivation, so now many spirits and monsters in the mountains didn't know her.

Hearing this, Su Chen decided to come forward himself and make all the spirits and monsters in this Mount Fuling move.

Su Chen arrived in front of Cloud Stack Cave and used the divine ability of Gathering Birds and Summoning Beasts.

For a moment, all the spirits and monsters in the mountains that had opened their spiritual wisdom, whether they were meditating in their cave dwellings or playing in the forests, felt a summons originating from in front of Cloud Stack Cave at this instant.