Chapter 64: Godly Prisoner

Fortunately, the minor demon turned around to take a look, saw nothing unusual, and only then continued walking forward while pulling the chain.

They were driven into a line, led by a few minor demons in front and prodded by a few minor demons from behind, as if they were being driven like livestock.

At this moment, those deities possessed not a shred of majesty, shivering under the willow whips and mulberry sticks of the minor demons; although they were all low-ranking deities, they were deities after all.

When had they ever suffered such humiliation? Especially that beautiful female Water God, Ling Xiruo—if not for her desperate resistance and refusal to yield, coupled with the protection of the other Mountain Gods and Earth Gods, she would have nearly been dragged into a cave by a minor demon to be violated.

It is lamentable that their divine powers were all bound by iron chains; otherwise, how could minor demons of this level be their match, or be allowed to whip and humiliate them at will?

They had just been driven through one cave and were about to enter another when they saw a toad spirit covered in bumps, taking large strides and leading a man in white; the man's head was covered by a hood made of Dragon Whisker Grass, making his features impossible to see.

A pig demon in front could not help but ask upon seeing this.

"Old Toad, weren't you told to patrol the mountains outside? Why have you returned?"

He glanced at the man in white being led by the toad spirit and asked suspiciously.

"Who is this?"

The toad spirit felt rather smug at these words; he opened and closed his large mouth, first swallowing a fly, and then croaked, "Croak, croak."

"This fellow is a vanguard water general of the Jing River Water God who claimed to be surnamed Su; he risked his life to rescue his superior, the Jing River Water God, but unfortunately was discovered by me while I was patrolling and was captured with ease. This fellow's skills are too poor!"

His words drew a burst of malicious laughter.

The pig demon laughed aloud.

"This fellow actually has a bit of backbone and loyalty, but it's a pity his strength is too poor, bringing humiliation upon himself. Just right, we are going to deliver alchemy ingredients to Huo Jun, so let's take him along as well."

As he spoke, he used a pair of iron chains engraved with incantations to bind the man's hands, but no one noticed that the moment the chains locked his hands, one of the links instantly formed frost and cracked with several lines in an instant.

The minor demon led the man in white to the end of the line, passing by the Jing River Water God and the Earth God.

The Earth God leaned toward the Jing River Water God and whispered with an envious expression.

"This is your subordinate, right? I heard he came to save you; that is truly rare!"

However, the Jing River Water God was completely bewildered.

My subordinate? Who would come to save me? How is that possible!

The Earth God continued to mutter to himself in self-pity beside him.

"Unlike me, as soon as they heard I was captured, my subordinates all ran away."

The Jing River Water God sighed and whispered.

"The back view is somewhat familiar, but unfortunately, he is not my subordinate; I would recognize my own subordinates at a glance."

The Earth God looked suspicious.

"That's strange then? Who could it be?"

"Who knows? Sigh, we had better think about how to escape, otherwise, once we see that red-haired fellow, there will be no chance left!"

At the mere thought of the scene where he was knocked down by the red-haired man with a single punch, the Jing River Water God still felt a chill in his heart; the other's strength had far exceeded his imagination. He thought to himself that perhaps only the Prefecture Lord could still fight him, but the outlook was not optimistic; as for anyone else going up, it would basically be throwing their lives away! Sigh, we are in danger!

To tell the truth, even Su Yuanshan had not expected things to progress so smoothly; he made up a pack of lies, and the toad spirit actually believed them. He performed a set of fake punches, then deliberately faked a fall, and the toad spirit believed that too. He deliberately pretended to faint, and the toad spirit believed it even more.

I was originally a little worried that my acting for the fake fall and fainting wouldn't pass muster, but now it seems that was completely unnecessary! What a simple-minded toad! It is very hard to see such in this world anymore.

That's right, the man in white captured by the toad spirit was indeed Su Yuanshan; of course, he was doing it on purpose, otherwise that fat, foolish creature wouldn't have been enough to withstand a single poke of his finger.

Perhaps because his own strength was too weak, perhaps because he had been suppressed for too long, or perhaps because he had no combat record at all, the toad spirit boasted excessively in front of his peers this time.

He boasted until his toad face turned red, as if he were drunk, to the point that the leech demon, whose ears had grown calluses, ordered him to shut up, and only then did he obediently close his big mouth.

And he didn't forget to 'snap' up a small fly to finish it off.

The minor demons had already lit the alchemy furnace; some were feeding the charcoal used specifically for alchemy from below, while others were waving small cattail-leaf fans to fan the flames at the bottom of the furnace.

Huo Jun was sprawled lazily on the Dragon Skin Couch, and that dragon skin was made from the skin of the Xianghe Xiaolong, the Rain-Governing Dragon God responsible for rainfall in Tushan Xian; it was warm in winter and cool in summer, which was quite miraculous.

Huo Jun was wearing Fire Cloud Boots, with one leg resting on the armrest of the couch, leisurely eating 'grapes', popping them into his mouth one by one.

However, those grapes were not ordinary grapes, but fire beads the size of grapes, commonly known as Fire Essence Pearls, each with a temperature of over a thousand degrees.

Inside, orange-yellow flames surged, which was quite a sight.

Perhaps because he was full, Huo Jun let out a burp, pulled back the long leg he had resting on the armrest, and then rinsed his mouth with the lamp oil nearby; instantly, a 'whoosh' of flames erupted from his mouth. This happened several times before it finally slowly extinguished.

Soon, footsteps were heard outside the door, and a minor demon entered to report.

"Reporting to Huo Jun, those alchemy materials have been brought; there are seven Bedside Gods, five Well Gods, four Earth Gods, three Water Gods, and three hundred young boys and girls, and besides that..."

Huo Jun put down the kerosene lamp in his hand and asked nonchalantly.

"Besides what?"

The minor demon replied.

"Besides that, the toad spirit captured another vanguard water general of the Jing River Water God while patrolling the mountains; he likely came to rescue his master but failed, and was captured because his tracks were exposed!"

Huo Jun yawned and said lazily.

"Those idiots actually captured a vanguard water general? That is somewhat surprising to me.

Did you bring the person?"

The minor demon replied.

"They are all brought; they are currently waiting outside the alchemy room!"

Huo Jun raised his hand, looking amused.

"Very good, bring them all up. I want to see what kind of stuff this moth-to-the-flame vanguard water general is, and whether he is good enough to be my alchemy material!"

"As you command!"

The minor demon retreated, and before long, the Jing River Water God, Su Yuanshan, and the others were driven into the alchemy room.

Huo Jun sat obliquely on the Dragon Skin Couch, resting his chin on one hand, scanning the Jing River Water God and the other deities below with a lazy expression, and finally, his gaze fell on Su Yuanshan as he asked the toad spirit.

"Old Toad, is this fellow wearing the hood the captive you caught?"

The toad spirit trotted forward and said obsequiously.

"That's right, Great King, this fellow has remarkable skills; the little one spent a great deal of effort and fought him over three hundred rounds before capturing him. This is a big fish!"

"Pfft!" All the minor demons around laughed; the Toad Spirit's "combat power of five" strength was already known to all demons, and since being caught by the Toad Spirit showed just how weak this person was, they were clearly well aware that the Toad Spirit was bragging, so they couldn't help but be amused.

However, almost all the demons were laughing, with only one exception: Huo Jun.

He not only didn't laugh, but instead narrowed his eyes, lazily raised a hand to stop the laughter, and only then stared at Su Yuanshan to ask.

"Although you deceived these idiots, you absolutely cannot deceive my eyes!"

In an instant, his gaze became incomparably sharp, and he shouted in a deep voice.

"Speak, who are you? What is your purpose in coming here?"