Chapter 189: 189. Chapter 189: The Suddenly Appearing Scene; Samadhi Bone Fire

189. Chapter 189: The Suddenly Appearing Scene; Samadhi Bone Fire

As the moonlight began to rise, the Second-in-Command looked at the group of brothers hiding behind the courtyard wall and spoke to Zhizunbao, trembling, "Boss, can't we choose someone else?"

Zhizunbao kicked him in the backside, "Stop whining and get in there!"

The Second-in-Command covered his mouth and walked toward the tavern with a face full of sorrow.

After cautiously entering the tavern, he bypassed the lobby's bathing pool, slowly climbed the wooden stairs, and arrived outside Chun Sanshiniang's door. Looking at the window covered in white paper, the Second-in-Command dipped his finger in his mouth to get some saliva and softened the paper.

He took the bamboo tube containing the Five-Poison Soul-Confusing Powder from his waist, pulled out the stopper, and quietly blew the powder into the room.

Inside the room, Chun Sanshiniang sat upright on the bed, absorbing the dense spiritual energy between heaven and earth to cultivate.

Although this tavern was full of mountain bandits, to her, they were nothing more than ants that could be crushed at will.

Naturally, she had no defenses in her heart.

Suddenly, she felt a strange aura surge into her body through her nostrils. After this strange aura surged in, her surging demonic Qi uncontrollably erupted! Huge spider legs extended from her back, and Chun Sanshiniang directly revealed her true form as a spider demon! "Boom!!"

The Second-in-Command kicked the door open, raised the mountain-clearing blade in his hand, and shouted, "Female demon, today I shall hack you to pieces!!"

He suddenly looked up and saw a giant spider in the room, waving its massive claw-blades and destroying all the furniture inside.

The head of this spider was still the head of a woman with disheveled hair!

"Ah!! A monster!!"

The Second-in-Command suddenly dropped his mountain-clearing blade and turned around to run away frantically.

After rushing out of the tavern, the Second-in-Command shouted desperately, gathering all the mountain bandits together.

Zhizunbao was hiding behind the courtyard wall with Blind Man and the others; hearing the Second-in-Command's shouts, they immediately rushed out.

"How is it? Did you finish off that female demon?" Zhizunbao made a gesture of a hand falling and a blade dropping, raising an eyebrow as he asked the Second-in-Command.

"No, Boss, a spider, it's a spider!" The Second-in-Command gestured wildly, "Such a huge spider!"

Zhizunbao suddenly slapped his head, "You're so old, and you're still afraid of a spider!"

"Exactly, exactly!"

"Don't tell me the Second-in-Command was scared stiff by Chun Sanshiniang!"

Blind Man and the others also spoke up one after another, looking at the Second-in-Command with faces full of mockery.

Boom!!

A loud explosion suddenly erupted from above the tavern, and a giant human-headed spider with spider legs three or four meters long smashed through the tavern wall and charged down.

"A spider!!"

Seeing this scene, Blind Man and the others let out a sudden shriek, and one by one, they instantly took to their heels.

Zhizunbao also saw the ferocious human-headed spider at this moment, and his heart began to thump wildly.

"Wait for me!!"

He shouted and hurriedly ran toward the outside of the courtyard wall, having no intention of confronting this spider demon at all.

However, Chun Sanshiniang, who had been forced into her true form by the Five-Poison Soul-Confusing Powder, only felt that her body was unbearable and her demonic Qi was dissipating.

A bloodthirsty thought arose, forcing her to subconsciously chase after the crowd.

"Help!!"

Blind Man and the others looked back and saw the ferocious spider chasing them; their feet were moving so fast they were almost leaving afterimages.

Seeing this, Zhizunbao increased his speed even more, and to the shocked eyes of the others, he ran from the back directly to the front, heading outside the village.

When he rushed out of the village entrance, he saw a stunning woman in flowing white clothes standing on the covered bridge.

The woman looked at him, twirling a strand of hair with her finger, full of charm.

Zhizunbao, who had been fleeing, quietly stopped, straightened his clothes, smoothed his hair, put his left hand behind his back, and cleared his throat with his right.

"I am the leader of the Axe Gang, Jade-Faced Flying Dragon Zhizunbao. May I ask the young lady's name?"

"Bai Jingjing."

The woman spoke softly, raising an eyebrow at Zhizunbao, "This young lady is following my senior sister. I wonder if the Boss has any news of her."

Zhizunbao frowned slightly, "Miss Jingjing's senior sister is?"

Bai Jingjing felt the surging demonic Qi permeating from the village behind Zhizunbao and chuckled, "Chun Sanshiniang."

Zhizunbao shuddered violently, then leaned against the railing of the bridge and gestured toward the village, "Please, Miss Jingjing, Chun Sanshiniang is currently in the tavern in the village."

Bai Jingjing moved with lotus steps; as she passed by Zhizunbao, she smiled at him slightly, "Thank you, Boss."

Watching Bai Jingjing enter the village, Zhizunbao suddenly clutched his pounding heart.

"Chun Sanshiniang, Bai Jingjing... these two are definitely not good people."

"But Chun Sanshiniang has probably already been eaten by that spider demon by now. If I let Miss Jingjing go in, wouldn't that be like a sheep entering a tiger's den?"

Zhizunbao looked at the swaying torches in the village and the screams coming from Blind Man and the Second-in-Command, took a few deep breaths, and rushed directly into the village.

"Second-in-Command, Blind Man, I've come to save you!!"

He shouted, then turned around and hurriedly ran back into the village.

As soon as he entered the village, he found the Second-in-Command, Blind Man, and the others hiding behind a courtyard wall, peeking sneakily toward the tavern.

Zhizunbao ran over and knocked them on the head, "You bunch of ungrateful wretches, the boss hasn't run away yet, and you dare to run first!"

"What's the situation now? Where is that spider demon?"

The Second-in-Command covered his head and replied with a face full of sorrow, "Boss, we were being chased the whole time. By the time we reacted, we only saw a girl in white clothes walk into the tavern."

Seeing the others nod, Zhizunbao rubbed the whiskers on his face and asked, "What about Chun Sanshiniang? Did you kill her?"

The Second-in-Command immediately opened his mouth to explain, "No, Boss, that spider demon is Chun Sanshiniang!"

"I saw with my own eyes that she turned into a spider demon!"

"That girl in white might also be a demon!"

Zhizunbao suddenly raised an eyebrow, "Oh, brother, as a rational person like me, how could I possibly believe such nonsense?"

"Kill them."

Once Zhizunbao said this, he prepared to walk toward the tavern.

The Blind Man beside him reached out and grabbed his right hand, "Chief, if you go just like this, aren't you afraid..."

"Afraid of what? My body is full of vigorous Yang energy; no demons or ghosts can withstand the scorching heat of my Yang energy."

"Good! You've got guts!" The Second-in-Command gave Zhizunbao a thumbs up.

Zhizunbao turned his head abruptly and patted the Second-in-Command's shoulder, "You said I've got guts, right?"

"Yeah." The Second-in-Command saw the mountain-clearing blade Zhizunbao had taken from the Blind Man, immediately frowned, spread his hands, and said, "Just pretend I never said anything."

Zhizunbao handed the mountain-clearing blade to the Second-in-Command, "Then just grab any weapon, go into her room and hack away wildly, and I'll cover you from behind."

"Ah, me?"

The Second-in-Command shook his head desperately, "Why is it always me..."

The group shielded the Second-in-Command in front and quietly walked toward the tavern.

After entering the tavern, Zhizunbao took the Blind Man and the others to the side of the first-floor bathhouse to cheer on the Second-in-Command, who was upstairs.

The Second-in-Command turned his head abruptly, saw the few people hiding below, and with a mournful face, whispered, "If you're not covering me, why are you hiding so far away?" Zhizunbao waved his hand from below, "Don't worry, if things go wrong, the dozen of us will charge up with our weapons and hack them to death with wild slashes!"

"Then wouldn't I be dead too?" The Second-in-Command's legs were trembling.

"At worst you'll be seriously injured; it's not that easy to die," Zhizunbao comforted him.

"Oh~" the Second-in-Command replied, then turned his head abruptly, but bumped his head against a pillar in the hallway and fainted on the spot.

"Bastard."

Zhizunbao cursed under his breath, walked up excitedly, shook the Second-in-Command, and casually stabbed his thigh with the blade.

Seeing the other man had no reaction, Zhizunbao looked down and shouted, "Daniu, Erhu..."

"Hm?" Looking at the empty space downstairs, he cursed under his breath, "They sure ran away fast!"

"Fine, I'll do it myself." Drawing the mountain-clearing axe from his back, Zhizunbao charged straight to the door of Chun Sanshiniang's room.

Pushing open the door, he saw two stunning women staring at him with curiosity.

"Ladies, sorry to disturb you."

Zhizunbao tucked the axe into his back and smiled, "I saw the lights were still on in the room, so I thought I'd come and see if the young ladies needed anything."

"Since the two of you are chatting, I won't disturb you further."

"This place may not be a scenic paradise, but it has its own unique charm; you two will surely fall in love with it while staying here."

"Goodnight."

He bowed slightly to the two of them, stepped back slowly, and closed the door behind him.

Walking down the stairs, the Blind Man and the others emerged from behind the pillars and asked, "How was it? Are they demons?"

Zhizunbao rubbed his chin, "Yes, and very demonic ones at that."

"It made my heart thump wildly."

The door above suddenly opened, and Bai Jingjing walked out, leaning against the second-floor railing and stroking her hair, smiling, "My senior sister says the Chief is a man of great benevolence and righteousness, a hero among heroes. It is truly a great honor to make a friend like the Chief."

"The money that fell on your brothers today, just consider it a treat for them to buy some wine!"

Zhizunbao watched Bai Jingjing turn and walk back into the room, and replied, "Many thanks to Sanshiniang for her kind intentions."

Beside him, Erhu watched his Chief's lovestruck expression and remarked, "Chief, your taste is too poor."

Zhizunbao stroked his beard, "To each their own."

Seeing the Chief turn and leave, the Blind Man suddenly collapsed onto Erhu's shoulder and began to cry.

The Second-in-Command, who had long since snuck out, kept the scene he had just witnessed in his mind. He shouldered a piece of wood, circled to the back of the tavern, and quietly climbed to the window behind Chun Sanshiniang's room, peering through the cracks to observe the movement inside.

Inside the room, Bai Jingjing stroked a Green Jade Pendant and looked at Chun Sanshiniang beside her, saying softly, "Senior sister, why did you suddenly leave without saying goodbye and run to this godforsaken place? And you even got yourself exposed to your true form by a bunch of boors using medicine."

"What did you come here for?"

"What about you?"

"I wanted to come out and clear my head." Chun Sanshiniang clutched her chest, regulating the demonic energy within her body.

"Haha." Bai Jingjing chuckled, "You're waiting here for Tang Sanzang to appear, hoping to taste his flesh that grants immortality, aren't you!"

"If you could trick Putao Laozu into telling you this secret, why couldn't I?"

"Nonsense."

"Nonsense?" Bai Jingjing sneered, "Then why did you run to this Wuyue Shan? This place used to be called Wuzhi Mountain, the place where that dead monkey was trapped back then. The heavenly secret has leaked; he will be reincarnated as a human, and there will be three moles on the sole of his foot."

"As long as we find him, we can find Tang Sanzang. Senior sister, I wonder if I'm right about that?"

A cold look rose on Chun Sanshiniang's face, "It's you who wants to see that stinking monkey again!"

"So what if I see that heartless man again?" Bai Jingjing toyed with the jade pendant in her hand, "The difference is, last time he died at the hands of Guanyin, this time he will only die at my hands."

"One monk carries water, two monks have no water to drink." Chun Sanshiniang waved her hand, revealing her true spider form directly in the room, "Want to compete with me?"

"You think you're the only one who can transform?" Bai Jingjing shouted angrily, her demonic energy filling the air as her skeleton form was revealed without a doubt.

"Ah!!"

The Second-in-Command outside the window saw this sight and let out a cry of terror, but he was immediately discovered by the two inside, and he scrambled to run away.

Bai Jingjing and Chun Sanshiniang returned to their human forms and rushed out, but after searching a circle, they did not see the Second-in-Command.

"If the news about Tang Sanzang leaks out, I'll make you pay!" Chun Sanshiniang snorted coldly and turned to leave.

Bai Jingjing made a face and walked in the other direction.

Outside a cowshed not far away, a black ox suddenly spoke, "News about Tang Sanzang? Must go back and report to the Great King!"

Watching the black ox run toward the outside of the village, the Second-in-Command crawled out from a shed behind, clapping his hands and saying, "It's over, it's over, it's truly a gathering of a hundred demons!"

"Must tell the Chief about this!"

On the other side, Zhizunbao shaved off his beard, revealing his handsome face, and stood on the covered bridge wearing green robes.

Just at this moment, he saw Bai Jingjing, dressed in white, walk past from the corner of his eye and gave a light cough.

"Who's there!" Bai Jingjing turned her head, looking at Zhizunbao, who had his back to her, with a face full of suspicion.

"The long night is endless, and I have no heart for sleep."

"I thought I was the only one who couldn't sleep, so it turns out you can't sleep either, Miss Bai Jingjing~!"

Zhizunbao stood with his hands on his hips, letting the north wind blow past him, revealing a lonely silhouette.

"Indeed," Bai Jingjing laughed, "but why can't the gang leader sleep?"

"It is precisely because of you, Miss Bai Jingjing."

"Me?"

"That's right! Ever since I saw you, Miss Bai Jingjing, I felt I should stop being a thief and turn over a new leaf." Zhizunbao turned his head abruptly, revealing his fair and handsome face, and said, "To show my sincerity, I no longer wish to see the old me."

"Does it look good?"

"Sun Wukong, it's you, you stinking monkey!" Bai Jingjing's heart gave a sudden jolt, and a layer of mist instantly rose in her eyes.

"Sun Wukong?"

Zhizunbao murmured, and it felt as if a great bell had tolled in his mind.

Some hazy memories seemed about to leap out from beneath the water, yet they were always blocked by a layer of fog.

"Why did you change into human form?" Bai Jingjing questioned.

"Human form?" Zhizunbao was somewhat confused and scratched his head in bewilderment.

He only felt as if he had forgotten something, yet he could never break through the shroud of this fog.

Bai Jingjing frowned and snorted coldly, "It seems you won't admit it unless I use the Samadhi Bone Fire."

She pinched a spell seal with her hand, and a wisp of milky-white flame instantly flew out, directly igniting Zhizunbao's palm.

Zhizunbao looked at the milky-white flame burning on his right hand, and some scattered images suddenly flashed through his mind.

His fingers moved slightly, and the burning Samadhi Bone Fire changed its shape very docilely, dancing at his fingertips, extremely obedient.

Seeing this, Zhizunbao frowned tightly and murmured, "Lin Dong, Strange Fire, what exactly is going on here...?" (End of this chapter)