Chapter 230: Settling the Grudge

Below the mountain cliff in the distance, there was a cave, and inside, there was a world of its own.

In a stone cave deep inside, the stone walls were glowing with faint light everywhere, and a huge, slender figure was vaguely lying in the dark.

"Great King! Good news to report!"

The catfish yaoguai ran in excitedly through the water curtain.

"What is the report?"

"Hasn't the Great King always been worried that after the military advisor was killed, there would be no one to refine pills for the Great King?" the catfish yaoguai said.

"Bastard! What nonsense are you talking about? Is this King worried that there is no one to refine pills because the military advisor died? Whether there is anyone to refine pills or not, the military advisor was killed by someone, and this King is also worried!"

"Yes, yes! It's this little one's fault!"

The catfish yaoguai hurriedly apologized, handing over two pill bottles.

"Great King, look what this is?"

"Hmm?"

With a clatter, it seemed as if a giant beast was crawling.

Under the faint light, the sound gradually became smaller, and the one who walked out was a middle-aged man with an ordinary figure, wearing a grey-black robe, who took the pill bottles with a flick of his hand.

He immediately opened the first one.

A rich pill fragrance drifted out.

"Eh? This seems to be the Small Origin Pill that the State Preceptor refined," the Tuo Long Wang took a deep breath, "Smelling this fragrance, it seems even better than what the State Preceptor refined."

"Reporting to the Great King, it was a small yaoguai with little fame today who took these three top-grade immortal pills and offered them to the Great King. This little one thought it was wrong at first glance; with his ability, where would he get such good immortal pills? So I grabbed him and interrogated him, only to learn that he had begged them from two high-level Daoist practitioners!" the catfish yaoguai said, "This little one asked again and learned that the two high-level Daoist practitioners had also come to the Great King's birthday banquet out of admiration, so I immediately dropped what I was doing and searched for them, finally finding the two of them!"

"Bastard! I don't care how you treat other yaoguai and ghosts usually, but this time it is this King's birthday, and whoever comes is a guest. You must not be rude to guests!"

"Yes, yes... this little one has already invited that yaoguai to eat at the banquet in the Great King's cave!"

The catfish yaoguai broke out in a cold sweat. He had originally wanted to boast about his contribution, but didn't expect that he would go astray with one slip, so he hurriedly said:

"Great King, look at the second bottle!"

"Hmm..."

The Tuo Long Wang unplugged the stopper of the second pill bottle.

With a pop.

A shocking exotic fragrance drifted out.

"Hmm?"

The Tuo Long Wang was immediately stunned, taking a deep breath, and hurriedly asked: "What kind of pill is this? Where did it come from?"

"This is a birthday gift offered to the Great King by those two high-level Daoist practitioners—oh, and they also brought a Dao-protecting person. There is only this one, and they say it is called the Spirit-Origin Pill, which can increase Dao cultivation when eaten."

"Spirit-Origin Pill?"

"Yes..."

"Spirit-Origin Pill..."

The Tuo Long Wang muttered to himself, frowning, revealing a look of doubt.

It seemed he had heard of it somewhere.

Suddenly, his whole body shook.

That was it—

He had heard from General Rat, who had come to defect to him from the southeast, that there was a kind of immortal pill called the Spirit-Origin Pill, which could increase Dao cultivation when eaten. The Corpse Tiger King who had once occupied the Huizhou area might have been able to refine this kind of pill. Therefore, he had secretly collected a large amount of white silver, the main material for the Spirit-Origin Pill. That Corpse Tiger King had probably relied on this Spirit-Origin Pill to achieve the Dao so quickly.

It was said that when he was wiped out, in order to settle the battle quickly, Emperor Yu Jian had sent three True Lords at the same time.

Those were three True Lords...

With his Dao cultivation, he feared he couldn't even withstand one sword strike from a Husheng Husheng Zhenjun.

The Tuo Long Wang suddenly felt moved.

If he also obtained the formula for the Spirit-Origin Pill, or a high-level practitioner who could refine the Spirit-Origin Pill, wouldn't he also be able to become the next Corpse Tiger King?

The Tuo Long Wang actually knew in his heart that although he was also called a yaoguai king, he could not be compared to the Corpse Tiger King who had occupied a whole province in Huizhou. That Corpse Tiger King was a proper yaoguai king, and even if he were placed in the ancient times when gods and demons were everywhere, he would still be a big yaoguai king. He, however, was just self-proclaimed.

How could this not make him excited?

"Where are the immortal high-level practitioners?"

"They said they were going out for a stroll, so this little one has already given them a plaque and invited them to eat at the banquet in the Great King's cave."

"Well done! Reward the mortal with one!"

"Thank you, Great King! Thank you, Great King!"

The catfish yaoguai said, pausing, as if remembering something:

"Great King, although there have been people coming to the Great King's birthday banquet before, we have never invited people to eat at the banquet in the cave. Since we have invited people to eat at the banquet this time, should we avoid anything?"

"That is a problem..."

The Tuo Long Wang also began to ponder.

Those who came to eat at the banquet in the cave were distinguished guests. Some ate people, and some did not. Generally speaking, the dishes at the banquet would avoid the species of the distinguished guests.

Only humans were different; human flesh and essence were the most sufficient.

Some guests came specifically to eat people.

If human flesh was used as a dish, it might be disrespectful to the Daoists.

If human flesh was not used as a dish, he was afraid that other guests would not enjoy themselves.

"Use a glamour spell."

The Tuo Long Wang thought he had come up with a compromise, so he waved his hand to let the catfish yaoguai go down, while he held the two pill bottles, carefully sniffing and examining them.

The more he sniffed and looked, the more shocked he became.

He couldn't help but pinch a Small Origin Pill and put it into his mouth.

His eyes suddenly lit up.

He immediately said to the yellow-scaled guard beside him: "Go quickly and invite General Rat to come and discuss!"

Outside, the sky had turned completely dark.

In the pear blossom forest, many lamps were lit, and it was still lively, even more lively than at dusk.

Yaoguai shadows and human shadows moved constantly.

Lin Jue and the other three were strolling around under the guidance of the rabbit yaoguai, witnessing this market that was similar to the human world but also different.

"We yaoguai mostly live in isolation and rarely have such opportunities. It just so happens that the Tuo Dragon Great King's birthday banquet is something we have to attend, so we treat it as an opportunity to open a market. Everyone has some spiritual plants or treasures, or magic skills, and can come here to sell or exchange them."

The rabbit yaoguai explained while walking.

Lin Jue also looked while walking, asking: "As far as you can see, what percentage of the yaoguai here are good and what percentage are evil?"

"This... this little one wouldn't dare to talk nonsense... However, the yaoguai and ghosts outside are mostly small yaoguai and small ghosts. Not to mention whether their hearts are bad or not, they don't have much ability to harm people usually. Even if they do, they don't dare to be presumptuous. If they encounter a ruthless person or a high-level practitioner who knows spells one day, or if the county magistrate sends troops to clear them out, it will be over."

The rabbit yaoguai said, looking at them weakly:

"Last time, if this little one hadn't really had no other way, I would never have dared to run to the road to harm people."

"Hmm..."

Lin Jue nodded.

This was consistent with what he had seen.

Most of these yaoguai and ghosts who set up stalls or strolled around did not have high Dao cultivation, and there was not much blood-evil Qi on their bodies. Even the things they sold or exchanged were mostly human items.

This Tuo Long Wang should have insufficient strength itself, or thought the time was not yet ripe. Anyway, for the time being, it had no ability to gather a huge yaoguai force in Qin Zhou.

After all, Qin Zhou was also under the feet of the Son of Heaven.

Therefore, it had to use this loose method to maintain these yaoguai for the time being. If one day it achieved the Dao, or the world entered a chaotic time, and the human imperial court and the Nine Heavens True Gods didn't need to care about it, perhaps it would gather these yaoguai and ghosts together to form a yaoguai kingdom.

"What are the requirements for going to the Tuo Dragon Great King's cave to eat at the banquet?" Lin Jue asked.

"How would this little one know? I am also relying on the True Person's blessing that I have been allowed to go to the Great King's cave to eat at the banquet for the first time!" the rabbit yaoguai said, "This little one's heart is also very afraid!"

"Afraid of what?"

"I heard that some time ago, the Tuo Dragon Great King's military advisor was killed by another yaoguai, and the Great King is in a very bad mood. If this little one doesn't understand the rules and accidentally offends the Great King, what should I do!"

The rabbit yaoguai said worriedly.

Beside them, there were unknown yaoguai bowing to Lin Jue, presumably because they had seen Lin Jue offering pills at the gift-collecting place and regarded him as an immortal in the human world.

Yaoguai had simple minds; they felt he was powerful, so they respected him and bowed to him, also wanting to form a good connection.

Lin Jue returned the bow calmly.

However, his mouth didn't stop, saying to the rabbit yaoguai: "It seems you have heard a lot of news since you came here."

"Just chatting with other yaoguai and ghosts!"

"Besides Chicken Immortal and Rhino General, are there any other big yaoguai at the banquet?"

"Naturally there are some guests." The rabbit yaoguai began to feel something was wrong again, but by this time, he could only answer truthfully, "Besides these two, I heard that two years ago, a rat yaoguai came to defect to the Great King's command. It seems to have come from the southeast direction. Now everyone calls him General Rat. Like the previous military advisor, he is very smart and is highly valued by the Great King."

"General Rat? From the southeast direction?"

Lin Jue's footsteps paused, and his expression also condensed.

"I heard it from others."

"Is it from Huizhou?"

"It seems to be..."

Lin Jue's expression became even more solemn.

He couldn't help but lower his head. Coincidentally, his own fox also raised its head, and the human and the fox looked at each other.

Not long after, the rabbit yaoguai left.

"What's wrong? Senior brother." His junior sister clearly saw the change in his expression.

"Does that rat yaoguai know the Daoist?" Luo Seng was also very sharp.

"Do you remember that I went home once before? I was plotted against by a rat yaoguai, and on the road, I was also intercepted and killed by that rat yaoguai and a black bear yaoguai?" Lin Jue first said to his junior sister.

"I remember!" His junior sister's expression also condensed instantly, "Could it be that one?"

"I don't know." Lin Jue shook his head and said to Luo Seng, "That rat yaoguai doesn't know much about me, but I have a grudge against it. If it really is it, it will definitely make things difficult for us."

"Tell me in detail, Daoist, and see how to deal with it," Luo Seng said, not afraid, "If it really is the Daoist's enemy, isn't that just right? Why not settle the grudge here?"

"Makes sense."

Lin Jue nodded repeatedly.

Then the three of them found a place where no one was around and discussed it.

Lin Jue knew how attractive the Spirit-Origin Pill was. Even if that rat yaoguai had a grudge against him, the Tuo Long Wang couldn't immediately take action against him for the sake of the rat yaoguai, nor could he take action against him, a guest who came with gifts, in front of so many yaoguai and ghosts. He only had to be wary of the rat yaoguai being smart and not letting it ruin his plan.

If used properly, perhaps it could be helpful.

Lin Jue remembered that at that time...

Luo Seng was very right. If it really was it, it would be just right; he would settle the grudge here! ===== CHAPTER 231 =====