Chapter 85: Iron-Boned and Resolute

Shanjige was mesmerized by the sound of the pellet drum, and having gorged himself on poisonous snakes and centipedes, he was feeling quite intoxicated; the Chong Qi made him sway and stagger, following the sound of the drum.

Xu Jia watched Xiaopangdun looking around in terror and couldn't help but say, "You go in a moment and trap him with the net."

"Huh?"

"A chicken, no matter how big it grows, even if it has some demonic traits, can it really revolt? What are you afraid of? How does human wisdom compare to that of birds and beasts? You need to temper your courage."

Xu Jia paused, a bit afraid of hurting Xiao Pang's self-esteem, but ultimately spoke to advise him: "Also, you need to lose weight. Otherwise, if your body is too fat, you'll easily become mentally sluggish and your brain won't want to think; once you slim down, you'll be much smarter."

Hearing this, Xiaopangdun was already in extreme agony: "I'm losing it, I'm losing it!"

He had already put on the mask of Luejue Shen and, utilizing the Shamanic Method, invited the deity to possess his body; since Luejue Shen was personally ordained by Xu Jia himself, he possessed him very quickly.

The true form of Luejue is that of a chicken-tail, but regardless, he is still a Mountain God, so having great strength is not a problem.

The chicken demon had just stepped into the pre-designed circle, and not knowing what mechanism he had triggered, a Eight Trigrams Grass Rope Net had already trapped him.

This startled him into jumping up; the net possessed a magical power that suppressed the demonic Qi and Dharma Power in his body. Although the mesh was quite large, he suddenly couldn't see the path ahead and couldn't distinguish north, south, east, or west! "Cock-a-doodle-doo!" the chicken demon shrieked, flapping his wings wildly, wanting to lift off the ground, but the centipedes he had eaten earlier had settled the "Wind Qi" within his body, which had calmed his wind-stilling nature. The reason he lived in Qingfeng Pavilion was precisely to take advantage of the "clear wind" to aid his cultivation.

If it were ordinary centipedes, it wouldn't matter, but it just so happened that a Shaman Technique had been set up here, and he had been suppressed by the Wind-Stilling Pearl of the Yushan Wulong; now, there wasn't a breath of wind in this bamboo forest.

It was just that the Chicken Cage originally prepared was already unable to cover this giant chicken demon.

This was a variable.

After Niu Congcong was possessed by Luejue Shen, he no longer feared this sharp-beaked and keen-clawed monster.

He immediately stepped on it and grabbed one end of the Eight Trigrams Grass Rope Net with one hand.

Seeing that Niu Congcong had moved in, Hu Jinhua also transformed into her original form, a golden-browed fox with mixed-colored fur, and lunged directly to bite the chicken demon's neck.

However, the chicken demon had immense strength and excellent stamina, no less than a pig; in the countryside, it takes four or five people to hold down a pig, let alone a chicken demon.

The chicken demon pecked wildly, but Xu Jia had already forcibly covered it with the Chicken Cage, and at the same time, he had plucked two bamboo leaves from his hand, borrowed Hu Jinhua's "Obstruction of Sight Method," and began to cast it upon these two leaves.

Chickens have a characteristic: if their two eyes cannot see what is in front of them and cannot see the enemy, they will quiet down.

Thus, there is a "wonderful method for catching chickens" in the countryside, and chicken thieves have also derived a wonderful method for stealing chickens from this.

Xu Jia was quick-eyed and nimble-handed, sticking the two bamboo leaves onto the chicken demon's forehead, instantly causing the chicken demon to become completely blind, while a sense of weariness and laziness arose, as if he were about to doze off.

This was precisely the "advantage of the heavenly timing" occupied by the "You Hour." With the small Chicken Cage covering him, it signified the meaning of "returning to the nest" and settling down.

When dusk falls, rural women drive the chickens they raise into cages to sleep, and no matter how powerful this Reverse-Feather Chicken was, he was born of domestic stock and naturally could not resist this power of "natural instinct."

At this moment, seeing that it had settled down, Hu Jinhua bit directly onto the chicken's neck.

The chicken still wanted to struggle, but he had already been pinned down by Niu Congcong's entire body; a Kitchen Cleaver had already appeared in Xu Jia's hand, and he cut the throat directly, with a small bucket prepared in advance placed below to catch the blood. Many Taoist rituals, or many Lushan rituals, like to use chickens, especially for earth and wood-related spells; for example, the Mountain Opening Method requires killing a chicken to sacrifice to the mountain, or for funerals, one must kill a chicken to sacrifice to the spirit, or for raising the ridge beam, one must also kill a chicken...

Xu Jia was a master at killing chickens; while draining the blood, he chanted: "Relax, take a deep breath, it won't hurt if you take a deep breath."

The chicken demon immediately calmed down, but just as the blood was about to be drained, the chicken demon suddenly struggled violently, pecking a wound into Niu Congcong's buttocks, which leaked his Qi, and the possession failed...

Hu Jinhua was also pecked, leaving a bloody hole, and her fur was exposed.

Xu Jia decisively retreated while carrying the bucket of chicken blood to avoid taking that hit.

The chicken demon's neck was still bleeding, and he still had the grass rope net on his body, yet he staggered toward the outside of the bamboo forest, toward Qingfeng Pavilion.

It turned out he had sensed that his nest of descendants and underlings had been wiped out, and at the same time, a sense of hatred arose—he hated why he was a chicken, why he was born to be raised by humans to be eaten, and why, as soon as he resisted, people would come to slaughter him...

Chickens also have pride! At the very last moment of the chicken demon's life, his feathers stood on end again, and he let out a mournful cry, but because his windpipe had been cut, the sound he cried out was also wheezing.

It was a pity that the bamboo forest had already been set with an array; even with his last bit of heart-Qi, he could not escape.

There wasn't much blood left, but it was still dripping.

After circling for a quarter of an hour, his pace became heavier and heavier, and finally, he just stood there, with one foot lifted and one foot straight, standing in the posture of a golden rooster on one leg.

At the very last moment, he tucked his head under his wing and stood on one leg at the edge of the bamboo forest, as if he had fallen asleep.

At the same time, Xu Jia's Soul Detention Curse took effect, and a golden-red Reverse-Feather Chicken ghost appeared, locked by chains; this chicken ghost was as tall as an ox and quite handsome, and the Jijue Mountain God rode directly on its back to subdue it.

After this chicken demon died, he finally realized his Calamity.

At this time, a yellow smoke rose, and an old woman who looked like a landlady appeared; her face was strange, her features were too cramped, her figure was thin and small, and her eyes were dark green. Looking at the chicken demon's carcass, she made a hee-hee sound: "You chicken thief, you harmed my husband and pecked ten or more of my descendants to death; now you have finally met your Calamity and died!"

Xu Jia looked at this old woman who had appeared suddenly, his face showing vigilance: "Who are you?"

The old woman was very polite to Xu Jia and said: "This True Being, this old woman is the temple keeper of the Tianliang Huang Family Temple. My husband, named Huang Tianliang, was harmed by him. Back then, he had plenty of luck, and no one could do anything about him..."

"He was allowed to occupy Qingfeng Pavilion and do evil. Now, cursed by thousands and reviled by ten thousand, his luck has finally run out, and a righteous person like the True Being, knowing his weak points, has cured him to death!"

"Just for this, this old woman is endlessly grateful to the True Being. My husband's revenge was hard to avenge, and I have waited for many years just for this moment!"

The chicken demon's essence soul sneered: "That dead ghost husband of yours saw that I had become a demon and wanted to harm me, eat my flesh, and drink my blood, so he was pecked to death by me in retaliation. What is there to say? As for those descendants of yours, which one of them wasn't pecked to death by me because they wanted to catch my kin from Qingfeng Pavilion to eat? This is their Calamity arriving. I have met my Calamity today, and I do not regret it; it is what I deserve. Consider it my bad luck."

The weasel old woman was furious: "It is clear that you coveted the Wind Pill that my husband obtained in his early years; otherwise, how could you have cultivated the Wind Control Art!"

(End of chapter)