Chapter 863: Side Story 4: 100

Xiao Jiu cared deeply about these questions, because Xiao Lao San was her child.

She both hoped he would be capable, and hoped his body would be unblemished, so he could grow up well, take human form—after all, he was clearly born in human form—and Xiao Jiu hoped even more that he could be free, rather than, at such a young age, be trapped in this body of water……

But Xiao Jiu also understood that many things don't just not happen because she doesn't want them to.

She could only wait patiently, waiting for the final outcome.

Then slowly digest and accept that outcome.

While Xiao Jiu was thinking about these things, a sudden change occurred.

The ancient great demon that had been very obedient just moments ago suddenly raised its head and let out a roar.

Immediately afterward, the Earthly Evil Qi that had been compressed to a certain extent inside the Nine-layer Pagoda rapidly entered the true form of the ancient great demon.

In the blink of an eye, the ancient great demon's eyes turned completely blood-red.

He sprang up violently and lunged to bite Xiao Lao San.

Xiao Lao San dodged sideways.

The next moment, a mass of black qi sprayed from the ancient great demon's mouth.

The instant that mass of black qi was sprayed out, it transformed into a huge dragon head, as if given a soul, and frenziedly attacked Xiao Lao San.

Xiao Junyan smirked inwardly; sure enough, she had said the ancient great demon couldn't possibly swallow this insult!

He had lain low for so many years, ambitious, waiting only for an opportunity to rise to prominence.

Yet, precisely at this critical juncture, he repeatedly suffered blows.

Even after losing a portion of his Primordial Spirit, even after the stone tablet on his back was shattered, even though he knew his skill was inferior, he still wanted to make one final effort for himself.

And the Earthly Evil Qi within the Nine-layer Pagoda was his last chance.

If he cannot become a god, he will become a demon.

He would rather draw power from the Earthly Evil Qi, letting this concentrated evil energy occupy his flesh and dominate his consciousness, and also launch a counterattack to defeat Xiao Lao San!

What's wrong with becoming a demon?

It's still more glorious than losing to a mere brat.

Black qi gushed out mouthful after mouthful from the ancient great demon's mouth, condensing into huge dragon heads that surrounded Xiao Lao San, clinging to him like ghosts, hoping to seize the chance to devour him.

What shocked everyone was that Xiao Lao San actually didn't dodge!

As the dragon heads formed from the condensed Earthly Evil Qi attacked, Xiao Lao San opened his huge dragon mouth and swallowed those evil qi dragon heads one by one!

Xiao Jiu frowned; doing this, wasn't Xiao Lao San afraid of also going mad like that ancient great demon?

The black qi sprayed from the ancient great demon's mouth grew progressively paler; later, those black qi could no longer condense into dragon heads, while some of the Earthly Evil Qi in the Nine-layer Pagoda remained unabsorbed by him.

Obviously, he was willing but lacked the strength.

At that moment, Xiao Lao San, having swallowed all the dragon heads formed from the condensed Earthly Evil Qi, suddenly flickered his body and entered the Nine-layer Pagoda.

The next moment, the Earthly Evil Qi inside the Nine-layer Pagoda surged.

Looking closely, one could see that the entire body of the Nine-layer Pagoda was enveloped and bound by golden tortoise-shell patterns.

The tortoise-shell patterns continuously contracted, accelerating the condensation of the Earthly Evil Qi.

During this process, the ancient great demon kept howling, appearing extremely anguished, until his remaining Primordial Spirit was torn apart bit by bit and flowed into the Nine-layer Pagoda……

What a case of refusing a toast only to drink the penalty.

Xiao Lao San originally intended to let him off easy, using the Nine-layer Pagoda to suppress him underwater and guard this body of water.

Unexpectedly, he still harbored treacherous intentions.

Then don't blame Xiao Lao San for acting ruthlessly!

"Xiao Lao San is swallowing the ancient great demon's Primordial Spirit, while using his own mana to drive the Nine-layer Pagoda's operation and transformation of the Earthly Evil Qi—this is……"

Liu Junyan stared at the movements inside the Nine-layer Pagoda, probing Xiao Lao San's thoughts, but the result still differed from what he had imagined: "He still hasn't completely swallowed the ancient great demon's Primordial Spirit; he left him a life."

Xiao Jiu also saw that.

When the Earthly Evil Qi inside the Nine-layer Pagoda was compressed into a sphere.

That sphere's color gradually shifted from black to ever lighter, and finally, wrapped tightly by the tortoise-shell patterns, it became a golden bead the size of a marble.

The next moment, the golden bead was swallowed by Xiao Lao San.

Beneath the Nine-layer Pagoda, the ancient great demon's Primordial Spirit was reduced to a tiny spark, and his entire true form kept shrinking.

This shrinkage foretold that the ancient great demon had lost a great deal of his cultivation, his Primordial Spirit weakened, and he would soon be knocked back to his original form, returning to the very start of his training.

The next moment, he was sucked into the Nine-layer Pagoda.

The Nine-layer Pagoda rapidly sank underwater, continuously descending, until even its tip disappeared from sight.

A huge wave surged up and then fell back, after which the water level swiftly dropped until it returned to its original height.

Even the cracks that had previously appeared on the water's edge have vanished completely.

It was as if that place had never seen a small shrine, never had a stele rise from the ground, and never experienced a fierce battle.

This body of water returned to calm.

Xiao Jiu sighed.

In the end, Xiao Lao San would have to remain together with the Nine-layer Pagoda in this body of water in Suedi.

At that moment, a thunderous boom came from underwater.

As if something heavy had landed.

Gurgling bubbles rose up from the seabed.

Accompanied by a jet of water shooting skyward, a chubby little child burst out from beneath the water.

Xiao Jiu instinctively reached out to catch him, but Liu Junyan beat her to it, firmly holding the chubby child in her arms.

The child, however, kicked his legs, stomping on Liu Junyan's chest, continually jumping upward, his two plump little hands waving toward Xiao Jiu.

As soon as Xiao Jiu reached out, the child slipped like a loach from Liu Junyan's shoulder and landed steadily in Xiao Jiu's embrace.

The big head rubbed in Xiao Jiu's arms, babbling, called Xiao Jiu in a babyish voice: "Mama..."

Xiao Jiu's eye sockets instantly turned red.

She never expected that, after Xiao Lao San devoured most of the primordial demon's primordial spirit and merged with the essence of the transformed earth-evil qi, he would unexpectedly transform into a human body.

Xiao Jiu also lowered her head to rub Xiao Lao San's big head, and asked softly: "Did this completely subdue that primordial great demon, right?"

"Caught!" Xiao Lao San said, "Send him back to his original form, punish him to reflect in the nine-story tower, receive the nine-story tower's transmution, re-cultivate, and guard this body of water for me."

Xiao Jiu couldn't help praising: "Chuanchuan did great!"

Xiao Lao San immediately giggled.

A splashing sound.

Xiao Jiu and Xiao Lao San simultaneously looked toward the direction of the water sound, and saw Liu Junyan already entered the water, disappearing without a trace.

Only then did Xiao Jiu realize that Xiao Lao San had won; the problem of this Suedi water area was easily resolved, while Liu Junyan still had one last task unfinished.

He went to clear and unblock the last segment of the earth veins of Splendid Country.

The ground trembled, water splashed, Xiao Jiu held Xiao Lao San hovering above this water area, and she actually discerned Liu Junyan's trajectory from the pattern of the water ripples.

This scene was too wonderful.

Even more unexpectedly, when everything returned to calm, a golden light shot straight down from the heavens and exactly enveloped Liu Junyan as she rushed out from underwater.

At that moment, Liu Junyan shone brightly...