Chapter 188: 188. Chapter 188: Five Hundred Years Later! Snow-White Spring Pool Water

188. Chapter 188: Five Hundred Years Later! Snow-White Spring Pool Water

Inside the Lamb Fat Jade Purifying Bottle, Ye Ming kept his eyes tightly shut, continuing to comprehend the laws of wood and water within.

Not knowing how much time had passed, he suddenly sensed the Lamb Fat Jade Purifying Bottle in his hand begin to shake violently, and his progress in comprehending the laws was instantly interrupted.

"Hiss, I was just one step away from completely mastering these two laws!"

"But having made this much progress is already an unexpected joy."

Ye Ming felt no regret in his heart; he had never expected that he would actually obtain such an opportunity to contemplate the power of two laws within this Lamb Fat Jade Purifying Bottle of Guanyin.

Just at this moment, the mouth of the bottle shook, and he discovered he was being poured straight out.

Before he could even see the situation around him, his entire person was wrapped up by a milky-white membrane of light, and his consciousness was plunged into a state of chaos along with it.

The last sentence that reached his ears was the familiar voice of Guanyin.

"Sun Wukong, I hope that this time, you can truly change..."

Wuyue Shan, wind and sand rising everywhere, the north wind biting cold.

At the foot of the mountain, a tavern that looked extremely dilapidated stood in the Desert.

This tavern was built of adobe, and under the blowing of the wind and sand, it appeared even more dilapidated.

In the tavern courtyard, a huge table lay horizontally, covered in mutton bones.

Over a dozen mountain bandits with unique appearances lay in the corners of the courtyard, using thatch pulled up at random from the surroundings to pick the meat fibers from between their teeth in a very uninhibited manner.

"Whoosh, whoosh~"

A great wind kicked up, and the courtyard gate emitted a series of creaking sounds as a slender woman, her entire body shrouded in black gauze, walked quietly into the courtyard.

Instantly, the gazes of the dozen or so mountain bandits were all focused on the woman shrouded in black gauze.

They touched the mountain-clearing blades and axes at their sides, a sinister grin appearing on their faces.

The woman shrouded in black gauze seemed not to see this scene at all; after inserting a plum blossom into the crack of the door, she walked slowly into the courtyard and slowly removed the black gauze headscarf that had been covering her from the wind and sand.

A jade face like a peach blossom bloomed in an instant.

The moment the woman removed her veil, the fierce wind and sand seemed to stop at this moment, and the originally withered yellow environment seemed to enter spring.

The eyes of the dozen or so mountain bandits widened, and drops of saliva flowed from their mouths in unison.

"Who is it!"

The second-in-command among the mountain bandits saw this scene, came back to his senses, and shouted, "Who is it?"

"Can you gentlemen not tell that I am a woman?" The woman draped the black gauze over her shoulders and walked two more steps forward on her own.

"Oh~ Hahaha!"

A burst of sinister laughter rang out, and the second-in-command laughed loudly, "What are you doing here?"

"The world is treacherous, and the north wind is biting. This young woman would like to find a place to rest and wash away the dust of the journey."

"Do you know what kind of place this is?" The sinister grin on the second-in-command's face grew more rampant, and he stared at the black-gauze woman, putting down the thatch he had been using to pick his teeth.

"This place is foul and chaotic, and you all look ferocious; it certainly does not look like an inn."

The woman casually took off the black gauze on her body, revealing the bright red dress underneath, "Could it be that this is a black shop?"

"Knowing it's a black shop, you still dare to come in!" The second-in-command chuckled, "Aren't you afraid of walking into the tiger's den?"

Once these words were spoken, the sound of the mountain bandits' sinister laughter grew even louder, shaking the wind and sand on the tavern roof until it fell in rustles.

Everyone gripped their weapons tightly, their gazes sweeping over the black-gauze woman, their tongues circling their lips.

The woman, having taken off the black gauze and tossed it aside to reveal her bright red dress, twirled her braid with her fingers and smiled slightly.

"Who is the sheep and who is the tiger is still too early to say. If you gentlemen are robbers, aren't you afraid that I am the bandit chief?"

"Hmph!" The second-in-command slammed the table and stood up, shouting, "What kind of sacred being are you!"

Woo-woo!

A great wind blew past, and the petals of the plum blossom in the door crack were blown away by the wind.

The red-dressed woman turned slightly, revealing her snow-white shoulder and the enchanting plum blossom brand on her left shoulder.

"Ah!!!"

Seeing this, the mountain bandits were so frightened that their weapons fell directly to the ground, and they all retreated several steps in unison.

"Where the peach blossoms pass, not a blade of grass grows."

"When the money hits the ground, the head is not guaranteed!"

The red-dressed woman covered her brand, her extremely bewitching eyes staring at the mountain bandits, and she gripped a copper coin in her right hand and threw it out suddenly! Swish, swish!

A string of copper coins landed on the heads of the dozen or so mountain bandits simultaneously in a special trajectory, stacking into a pillar of coins.

Seeing this, the red-dressed woman entered the tavern in a leisurely manner.

Seeing this, the mountain bandits covered the coins on their heads and ran together toward another courtyard.

"Chief! Chief! It's bad, Chun Sanshiniang has come to our tavern!"

The second-in-command covered the coins on his head, looking with a face full of sorrow at the bandit chief who was lying on his side on the table, holding a palm-leaf fan.

The bandit chief wore simple, plain white linen clothes, but his face was very handsome. Looking closely, apart from that unworldly beard, one could still see features identical to Ye Ming.

"What is Chun Sanshiniang doing coming to Wuyue Shan? This female demon never enters a place without finding treasure."

He stood up abruptly, stroking his chin, "Could it be that there is a big deal here?"

"You bunch of guys, why are you still wearing those copper coins?"

He stood up abruptly, rushed toward the group of people below, and began punching and kicking them.

Thump, thump, thump!!

A dozen or so mountain bandits flew out of the courtyard one after another, kicking up a cloud of dust.

"Chief, don't!!"

They exclaimed loudly and rolled up from the ground, completely unscathed.

The gang leader looked at the group of bandits rolling over, clasped his hands together, and said with a determined look in his eyes:

"Alright! Everyone, prepare your weapons, we're going to kill Chun Sanshiniang!"

He looked at the trembling group of bandits, flicked away the cattail fan in his hand, and said, "What are you all afraid of? I'm here, aren't I!"

Everyone's faces instantly fell, and under the tyrannical pressure of their gang leader, they had no choice but to go and prepare their weapons.

At this moment, inside the main hall of the tavern.

In that pool of whitish water, Chun Sanshiniang was lying leisurely, using a piece of white gauze to wash her snow-white skin.

"Clatter!!"

Suddenly, the tavern doors were kicked open violently, and a group of bandits rushed in, waving their mountain-cleaving blades and sickles, surrounding the pool.

Chun Sanshiniang was startled, her body half-reclining in the water, using the white gauze in her hand to cover the snow-white skin on her chest.

Amidst everyone's gaze, the bandit gang leader walked in slowly, faced Chun Sanshiniang, touched his hair, and said politely:

"I am the leader of the Axe Gang, Jade-Faced Flying Dragon, Zhizunbao!"

He half-squatted down, his eyes, deep like pools, staring at the flash of spring scenery in the pool, "I have long heard of Chun Sanshiniang's great name; may I ask what brings you here, Sanshiniang?"

Chun Sanshiniang wrapped her body with the white gauze, leaned against the stone wall at the edge of the pool, and said softly, "I intend to stay here for a while."

"I wonder how long 'a while' is?" the gang leader asked, looking at her alluring snow-white back.

"Two days and three nights."

"Oh~"

"Or perhaps thirty or fifty years."

"Damn it!"

"In any case, I will leave once the person I am waiting for appears." "I'm afraid you won't live that long!!" The gang leader reached his right hand toward the axe tucked into his belt at his back and drew it suddenly.

But he didn't expect the axe to cut his waistband, and his loose, patterned trousers fell straight down.

"Ah!!"

Chun Sanshiniang turned her head suddenly, saw the terrifying scene, couldn't help but shriek, and hurriedly turned her head away.

"What are you doing?"

"I'm putting on my pants after peeing!" Zhizunbao said righteously.

"You are urinating here?" Chun Sanshiniang's heart gave a sudden jolt, her tone trembling slightly.

"Otherwise, where do you think this big vat of water for your bath came from?"

"What did you say?" Chun Sanshiniang turned her head abruptly, her gaze fixed tightly on Zhizunbao.

"I said you won't live long enough to wait for the person you want to see!"

Zhizunbao shouted, swung the axe in his hand, and charged toward Chun Sanshiniang in the pool.

But he forgot about his loose waistband; the trousers fell down naturally and tripped his feet.

"Ah!!"

He let out a terrified cry, his body plunged directly into the pool, and he slammed into Chun Sanshiniang, knocking her hard into the water below.

"Splash!"

The pool water splashed, soaking the group of bandits holding weapons nearby.

"It's a disaster! It's a disaster! The gang leader and Chun Sanshiniang are fighting in the water!"

"Run away!!"

The group of bandits covered their eyes and fled the tavern at a terrifying speed.

In the pool, Chun Sanshiniang felt a surge of vigorous Yang energy flowing from the man in front of her, and she felt her whole body becoming unbearably hot.

When her two bare jade legs touched Zhizunbao, the unique sensation gave her goosebumps all over.

A strange feeling rose in her heart, but in an instant, it turned into shame and anger.

She suddenly shoved Zhizunbao out of the pool, covered her chest with the white gauze, and shouted, "What were you grabbing just now!"

"Sorry, sorry!" Zhizunbao held his axe high in his right hand, made a grasping gesture with his left, and laughed awkwardly, "It was purely a subconscious reaction."

Chun Sanshiniang's pupils contracted sharply, and a surge of powerful demonic energy welled up from her body.

However, thinking that these bandits were merely mortals, and that she still needed these people to help her find the reincarnation of Sun Wukong.

She restrained the anger in her heart, suppressed the demonic energy, and her body flickered in the air. In the blink of an eye, one jade leg slammed directly into the copper chest protector on Zhizunbao's chest, blasting him away and sending him crashing hard into the courtyard.

While in the air, Zhizunbao stared at the incoming jade leg, and in that split second, he subconsciously screamed out.

"White Tiger!!"

Chun Sanshiniang was stunned for a moment, then the surging demonic energy was released again. In that instant, eight huge, furry spider legs emerged from her body.

"Whoosh~"

Thinking of the grand plan in her heart, she instantly returned to her human form, put on her bright red gown, and walked slowly out of the tavern.

In the courtyard, Zhizunbao did a carp-leap, stood up unscathed, and pointing at the group of bandits watching from behind him, he said to the Chun Sanshiniang walking out with a face full of determination:

"If you want to kill me, you'll have to ask my brothers first!!"

He turned his head suddenly, only to find that his group of bandit brothers had already slipped away at a terrifying speed.

Zhizunbao turned to look at Chun Sanshiniang, a fawning smile appearing on his face.

"Big sister, I was wrong."

"Ah!!!"

A miserable sound rang out amidst the wind and sand, and Chun Sanshiniang said coldly, "If you want to live, do as I say."

"Tell all your brothers to wash their soles clean and wait for me outside!"

"Huh?" Zhizunbao was a bit confused, but meeting Chun Sanshiniang's indifferent and murderous gaze, he nodded like a pounding pestle.

A long while later, on the loess slope outside the tavern, eighteen figures lay on the ground, holding their legs high up and exposing the soles of their feet, which they had scrubbed for a long time to get clean.

Chun Sanshiniang held a bone whip and walked past the mountain bandits one by one.

She pointed at a mountain bandit's sole and questioned, "Why is there a scar here?"

"This isn't a scar, it's just mud," the mountain bandit replied tremblingly.

"Wash it off immediately, or I'll chop it off!"

The mountain bandit felt a jolt in his heart, spat a bit of saliva onto his hand, and wiped the mud off the sole of his foot directly.

After Chun Sanshiniang confirmed it once more, she walked toward the next mountain bandit.

The Second-in-Command collapsed beside Zhizunbao and asked with some confusion: "Chief, why is she looking at our soles?"

"It's fortunate she's only looking at your soles, not your butt. If she looked at your butt and discovered the heat rash on it, she might just chop your butt off," Zhizunbao retorted.

"Huh? Chief, how do you know I have a heat rash on my butt?" the Second-in-Command exclaimed in terror.

"Blindie saw it when he was peeking at you bathing!" Zhizunbao pursed his lips toward the bald Blindie beside the Second-in-Command.

"Ah?" The Second-in-Command turned his head abruptly, his gaze fixed on the wretched-looking Blindie, "Why were you peeking at me bathing?"

Blindie used his voice that sounded remarkably like a woman's and pouted: "I didn't just peek at you; I've peeked at everyone."

"Ah???"

A succession of people raised their heads one after another, looking at Blindie in horror.

Just then, Chun Sanshiniang, holding her bone whip, had already walked in front of Zhizunbao.

She met Zhizunbao's gaze, looked at the sole of his foot, and asked: "How come there is so much hair?"

"That's normal!" Zhizunbao raised an eyebrow and said: "The hair on other parts of my body is even more vigorous. How about it, does it make your heart itch?"

"Ah!!"

Chun Sanshiniang reached out and gave a violent tug, pulling the hair off the sole of Zhizunbao's foot, causing him to cry out in pain.

Chun Sanshiniang threw the handful of hair away, "Are you saying the hair grows more vigorously there?"

"No, actually, I only have hair on my head and the soles of my feet; it just grew in the wrong places," Zhizunbao gritted his teeth and said miserably.

"Hmph!"

Chun Sanshiniang snorted coldly, stared at Zhizunbao, and said coldly: "From today on, I want you to check everyone who passes by here, day and night."

"Check for what?"

"Check the soles of their feet. If you find someone with three moles, notify me immediately."

Chun Sanshiniang flicked her hand abruptly and walked toward the tavern.

After Chun Sanshiniang left, the crowd wailed and got up one after another.

The Second-in-Command leaned in closer and frowned: "Chief, we're robbers. If word gets out that we just look at people's soles, we'll be laughed at by our peers!"

"It's easy to dodge an open spear, but hard to guard against a hidden arrow!" Zhizunbao rubbed his sole against the sandy ground, stroked the whiskers on his face, and said sinisterly:

"Tonight, use the Five Poisons Bewitching Powder to let her see how formidable we are—rape her first, then kill her!"

"Great strategy!" the Second-in-Command was the first to echo.

The other mountain bandits also spoke up one after another, praising their chief's peerless talent.

Zhizunbao patted the Second-in-Command on the shoulder: "You think it's good too, right? Then this task is yours to execute!"

That night, outside the tavern, a woman dressed in white, her whole body looking like bone, walked slowly toward the tavern.

With every step she took, it was as if she traversed a great distance... (End of chapter)