Chapter 235

The Chicken Ji Xianren's gaze was also attracted by the pills.

Although he was not as unrestrained as ordinary minor demons, the demon's keenness and longing for spiritual energy were still there.

"What pill is this?"

On the other side, the Rhino General stood up from the wall, looked up at the four pills in the Alligator Long Wang's hand, and could not take his eyes off them either, only answering the Chicken Ji Xianren:

"Ji Xianren pill."

He had eaten this pill and knew even better how extraordinary it was.

Perhaps the path to becoming a true immortal lay within it.

The Alligator Long Wang was also still holding the pills, both shocked and lost in boundless longing.

"Great King! How is it?"

Lin Jue's voice sounded from the side.

The Alligator Long Wang turned his head and saw the Daoist's expression calm, looking at him faintly.

"Ji Xianren pill! It is truly an immortal pill!"

The Alligator Long Wang's eyes flickered; for a moment, he was actually reluctant to share them with Lin Jue.

"Great King, do not forget what you promised me." Lin Jue urged him.

"I... how could I break my word?"

The Alligator Long Wang gritted his teeth and gave one pill to him.

"Many thanks, Great King." Lin Jue accepted the pill and said to him, "This kind of immortal pill has extraordinary spiritual energy. Without a special sealing method, the spiritual energy will dissipate rapidly, especially in the first few hours. After a few hours, half of the spiritual energy will return to heaven and earth, and the remaining half will slowly dissipate over a period of time, so it must be consumed as soon as possible."

"So fast?"

The Alligator Long Wang was stunned immediately.

"There is no other way; immortal pills are like this. I need to go back and consume it quickly, and the Great King should also go back and consume it quickly." Lin Jue paused. "Since the Great King failed to help me get revenge, it must be that our fate has not yet arrived. Now that the Great King's birthday banquet has passed, I imagine the guests have all left. After I finish consuming the pill and digesting the insights, I should also leave."

When the Alligator Long Wang heard this, he became anxious:

"Why is the Daoist in such a hurry to leave?"

"We are only staying here for a short time; the world is vast, and it is waiting for us to travel through it."

"I have already dispatched my subordinate, General Black Shrimp, to capture the rat demon. Why doesn't the Daoist wait here for a while?"

The Alligator Long Wang clearly would not let him go.

"This..."

Lin Jue hesitated slightly and then nodded: "Then we will stay here for a few more days."

"Excellent, excellent! I will definitely capture that rat demon!"

"The spiritual energy of the spirit pill is dissipating rapidly; I will not talk more with the Great King and will take my leave to return." Lin Jue said urgently, as if remembering something, and added, "By the way, this pill used the Great King's essence and blood, so it is best for the Great King to consume it yourself, but others can consume it too. It is best to consume only one at a time."

Hearing this, the Rhino General and the Chicken Ji Xianren, although exhausted, also looked at the Alligator Long Wang in a hurry.

Their eyes were full of expectation.

The Alligator Long Wang was dissatisfied in his heart, but it was not easy to vent his anger on Lin Jue, especially since Lin Jue had already left quickly.

"The two of you have worked hard today; I will also share one immortal pill with each of you." The Alligator Long Wang said to them, determined in his heart that he must cultivate some trusted subordinates who were good at using fire and had great strength, specifically to assist this Daoist in refining pills again.

As for them leaving...

It would absolutely never happen!

"Many thanks, Great King!"

"Many thanks, Great King!"

The two demons hurriedly accepted the immortal pills and took a deep sniff.

"By the way, General Chicken, have you learned anything while watching this Daoist refine pills these past few days?" The Alligator Long Wang was about to leave but stopped to ask.

The Chicken Ji Xianren had his heart entirely on the immortal pill and, hearing this, had to say tactfully: "Refining pills is truly too difficult..."

"It doesn't matter, learn again in the future."

"What exactly are the medicinal effects of this pill?"

"Ask General Rhino!"

The Chicken Ji Xianren then looked at the Rhino General.

He only heard the Rhino General answer in a muffled voice: "Increase cultivation, achieve truth and attain the Dao."

"!"

The Chicken Ji Xianren's heart tightened immediately: "Since that is the case, the Great King must not let these people leave!"

"Naturally!"

After saying this, the Alligator Long Wang walked away quickly.

The two demons also hurriedly returned to their cave dwelling.

Outside, it was pitch black, the sky full of starlight, with no moon to be seen.

It was somewhat cold here, the demon energy very heavy, with sand swirling on both banks and uncertain winds until the third watch.

The three of them and the fox walked on the road.

Human bones could be faintly seen on the ground.

Luo Seng looked back—

In these few days, he had already found out clearly that in a corner of the demon king's cave dwelling, there was a dungeon, much like a pigsty or sheep pen, where the captured commoners were all locked up. Originally, they should all have died by now, but because Lin Jue had a sudden whim a few days ago and added something to the pill formula, they had survived. It could be considered that they had changed from sheep for eating to sheep for providing hair.

Then he turned his head to look at Lin Jue.

"Before dawn."

Lin Jue's expression was solemn, and he only said this.

"Hmm..."

Luo Seng nodded and said nothing.

The three of them walked out of the cave, passed through the entire sinkhole, and returned to the grotto. Not long after, several yellow-scaled guards came over, stood outside, and monitored them.

Lin Jue's expression was calm, and he did not care.

Time passed bit by bit.

Gradually, it reached the fifth watch.

The wall fire in the cave flickered, and the fox exhaled a breath of black smoke, confusing the yellow-scaled guards. Then Luo Seng's figure flashed and disappeared into the darkness.

After another period of time, it gradually approached dawn.

At this time, the riverbank and the sinkhole in the mountains were very quiet. Since the Alligator Long Wang's birthday banquet ended, it seemed much more empty and quiet here, and most of the demons were resting.

Suddenly, a rhino's roar erupted, like an angry roar and also like a cry of pain, lasting for a long time, suddenly breaking the stillness of the night.

"Roar-woo-um..."

Then came a rumbling sound.

The fox raised its head instantly, first looking at the direction the sound came from, then turning to look at Lin Jue.

Lin Jue and the junior sister looked at each other, stood up immediately without hesitation, and whispered the incantation for attaching to the sword.

"Ying~"

The fox also understood and immediately stood up and ran outside.

Outside the door, a long cave was lit by two wall fires, and four yellow-scaled guards were standing there. They were also suddenly startled awake from their drowsiness. In a moment of distraction, a fox was already in front of them.

Behind them were two Daoists holding swords.

"Shh!"

The female Daoist's long sword was unsheathed instantly, the blade reflecting the firelight, drawing a brightness across the wall.

"You..."

Before the four yellow-scaled guards could react, they saw the fox open its mouth, and immediately a breath of yellow smoke was exhaled, making them dizzy and confused again.

Now everyone felt something was wrong.

One yellow-scaled guard had higher cultivation and reacted quickly, stepping forward with a bone sword.

With a bang! The female Daoist waved her sleeve; one could only see the dust on the ground being blown away, and the firelight on the wall shaking violently, when an invisible force struck his chest, knocking him back two steps.

Shadows swayed on the stone wall, and the sword light flashed again.

The long sword in the female Daoist's hand pierced past the shoulder of the yellow-scaled guard in front. This sword was so swift; only a squelching sound was heard. Looking back, a yellow-scaled guard who had been confused by the yellow smoke had already been pierced through the face.

In an instant, the long sword turned and slashed at its face again!

The yellow-scaled guard did not know what was happening at all and hurriedly bent down to dodge.

"Clang!"

It was the sound of the long sword hitting the wall.

However, with this bending down, its head happened to meet the palm formed by the female Daoist's left hand, as if it had actively offered itself up.

How exaggerated is the perfected Stone-Grinding Method—

Immediately, the armor shattered, and brains splattered!

The other two yellow-scaled guards were dazed, shook their heads, and just as they recovered, they saw that two guards had already fallen. They could only shout in terror and turn to run.

Lin Jue chanted an incantation and pointed his finger.

Mountain Pressing Down!

They were already running; how could they withstand the sudden weight of several hundred jin?

Only two thuds were heard as they fell to the ground immediately.

The long, slender figure of the fox jumping was reflected on the wall.

The fox lowered its head in mid-air and exhaled a breath of cold air.

The two yellow-scaled guards felt a sudden chill on their bodies, as if they had frozen. Before they could recover or climb up, the female Daoist was already in front of them.

With two bangs, she shattered their armor.

At this time, the commotion outside was growing larger, and there were even faint, terrified chicken crows coming.

The two people and one fox walked quickly out of the cave.

The stars above had already dissipated, and a faint daylight was showing. At this time, they were standing on the edge of the huge sinkhole. The Alligator Long Wang's cave dwelling was directly opposite, and the residences of the Rhino General and the Chicken Ji Xianren were on either side.

Then a rumbling sound was heard from the right—

In the dim light, a massive object crashed out of the cave, like a giant.

"Roar-woo-um..."

The rhino's roar suddenly became clear, and the night here was completely torn apart.

At the same time, there was a boom under the waterfall in the middle, and water and gravel splashed out simultaneously. A huge figure also drilled out, likely several zhang long, looking like an earth dragon from afar.

Lin Jue looked back.

Luo Seng had not returned yet.

Turning his head again, the junior sister's face was pale and calm, holding her sword and looking at him while taking deep breaths.

"Junior sister! How is it?"

"Prepared for months!"

The junior sister said expressionlessly.

More and more demons were startled awake; shrimp generals, crab warriors, and yellow-scaled guards all ran out, some bewildered, some terrified, not knowing why.

Amidst the chaos, only two Daoists walked quickly forward.

A small fox jumped beside them. When it jumped into mid-air, it suddenly transformed into a three-tailed white fox as large as a mountain tiger, but its figure remained light and agile. Its four feet tapped lightly in the air, as if it had borrowed strength from the wind in mid-air, following the two Daoists forward rapidly.

"Oh-giggle..."

A sound like a cat and also like a pig came, but it was huge and deafening, coming from the earth dragon's mouth under the waterfall in front.

The huge earth dragon shouted repeatedly:

"Demons coming!

"Demons coming!

"Chicken Ji Xianren! Rhino General! Strategist!

"Come quickly!"

At this time, the Alligator Long Wang only felt dizzy, his whole body aching, and his abdomen in sharp pain as if being stirred.

These were just minor things; with his cultivation and skills, even if he could not dispel them, he could barely support himself.

What made him most uncomfortable was that at this time, not only was his mouth dry, but the skin on his body also seemed to be slowly turning into stone.

This happened to be in conflict with him in the Five Elements.

The Alligator Long Wang had to stand under the waterfall, constantly washing himself, trying to nourish his gradually drying body with water, and attempting to wash the dry, cracked, and hardened sand and stone on his skin clean and soft.

What was going on?

He opened a pair of greenish-green vertical pupils in the dimness, first glancing to the side, seeing the Rhino General also scratching his chest there, then his eyes turned and he looked forward.

"Hiss!"

Two Daoists walked over aggressively, and the fox transformed into its original form and traveled on the wind.

"You... poison pill?"

The Alligator Long Wang's eyes narrowed, and he knew immediately. In his anger, his huge voice echoed in the sinkhole: "I... I treated you with courtesy... and you actually used a poison pill to plot against me?"

Lin Jue gradually walked closer and closer.

"The courtesy you refer to is eating the flesh and blood of my people at the banquet, forcing my kind to sing and dance for you, and wanting to forcibly keep the three of us to refine pills for you?"

"What do you want to do?"

"Take your fish head!"

"I trusted you so much... respected talent... gave you a pill furnace... let you refine pills... hosted a banquet to entertain you... and you are so despicable... Where are the soldiers? Kill them! Kill them all!"

The Alligator Long Wang roared while struggling in the water pool under the waterfall, stirring up huge splashes of water, crushing plants, and throwing out gravel.

The junior sister stood to the side with her sword, listening to the Alligator Long Wang's words, and had her own rebuttals in her heart, but she could not help but wonder what words her senior brother would use to argue with him.

But she only heard the sound of her senior brother drawing his sword:

"You have committed many evils and eaten countless people. Today, there is no need to distinguish right from wrong; only victory or defeat, life or death! I have a clear conscience!"

For a time, shrimp, crab, and fish demons were rushing toward them from all sides.

"Brush!"

A handful of soybeans was scattered into the sky, and upon landing, they became twelve armored soldiers. Borrowing the increasingly bright daylight, they collided with these shrimp, crab, and fish demons instantly.

The armor forged from spiritual gold collided with the shells and scales refined by the shrimp, crab, and fish demons. Under the immense force, there was a loud sound of long swords and bone swords clashing, spears stabbing each other, and arrows shuttling through.

The senior brother and junior sister held their swords and shuttled through them.

Lin Jue formed a hand seal with his left hand, moving sand and stones.

If any shrimp, crab, or fish demons rushed toward them and were not blocked by the bean soldiers, stones would roll over to knock them away.

The junior sister held her sword in one hand and formed a palm with the other, her movement technique flickering endlessly as she shuttled among the shrimp, crab, and fish demons, filled with the sound of metal clashing and the sound of the Stone-Grinding Method striking.

The two cooperated with each other, unstoppable.

They gradually approached the waterfall.

Suddenly, a chicken crowed.

A figure rushed out from the left. Borrowing the daylight, one could see it was a rooster only as tall as a person, rushing over holding a horsetail whisk.

"Junior sister, help me!"

"Alright!"

The junior sister did not hesitate and rushed over holding her sword.

There were heavy footsteps on the right.

The huge rhino stood like a person, and although it was not wearing armor, it picked up a giant axe and walked toward this side, stumbling.

"Ying!"

The fox jumped lightly and rode the wind away.

While in the air, it still had time to look at the chaotic battlefield below, its eyes shining with a thoughtful luster.

Its body fell naturally, then it stepped on the head of an armored soldier to borrow strength and suddenly flew up again. The fox suddenly opened its mouth and exhaled a long and continuous yellow smoke toward several shrimp, crab, and fish demons.

The color of this smoke was like incense in a temple.

The battlefield below was already chaotic, and once the yellow smoke came out, like fog, it became even more chaotic.

Many shrimp, crab, and fish demons encountered this suddenly, and their hearts were already chaotic. At the turn of day and night, the daylight was dim, and they could not see where the enemy was. The yellow smoke rushed toward their faces, and their hearts became even more chaotic.

For a time, several shrimp, crab, and fish demons actually fought each other.

"Roar!"

The Rhino General, like a mountain, swung down a huge axe.

The fox, which had already reached in front of it, only used its feet to kick the ground, its whole body light as nothing, and it slid to the other side like a fish.