Chapter 87 : I've Been Thinking of You Day and Night~
Chapter 87 : I've Been Thinking of You Day and Night~
The man's heart grew even more uneasy. He frowned deeply, unable to guess what this girl was planning to do!
Several more Ghost Kings attacked together. He swung his long sleeve heavily, dispersing them with one palm strike.
Just like before, these Ghost Kings scattered into wisps of black qi, impossible to kill no matter what.
But this time, there was another change.
The ghost qi he dispersed didn't rush to reform. Instead, they gathered in twos and threes, forming a thick, almost solid black mist ball.
It grew larger and larger, gathering more and more...
In just a few breaths, an even larger Ghost King embryonic form appeared, its pressure surging several times. It was clearly at the Divine Transformation stage!
"This is the true Ghost King." What the Ghost Xuan Sect people failed to do, she had accomplished.
Chu Sang supported herself against the wall as she stood up, wiping away the blood that seeped from her lips due to overuse of spirit sense. She stared intently at the white-robed man, speaking slowly and deliberately, "A Divine Transformation stage Ghost King. Let it keep Senior company and play well."
"Little Junior Sister guided the Ghost Kings to merge?!"
Tantai Ming hadn't expected her to quietly pull off such a big move. Whether it was the howling ghostly wind or his trembling heart, his voice contained a hint of shakiness, "Little Junior Sister, have you been driven mad?"
If even her biggest fan Tantai Ming said this, one can imagine the mental journey of the others.
For her to control Nascent Soul stage Ghost Kings with her Golden Core stage spirit sense was already worthy of being called a genius, but she was already at her limit.
Now she had gone all out, forcibly merging Nascent Soul stage Ghost Kings into a Divine Transformation stage Ghost King.
Let alone how terrifying the spirit sense overdraft of crossing two major realms was—other cultivators might have perished on the spot. After successfully merging the Ghost Kings, how could she be sure the Divine Transformation stage Ghost King would obey her commands to attack that white-robed man, rather than its weaker master?
That white-robed man was also stunned for a moment. He couldn't help but inwardly curse... This stinky girl was truly an unmitigated little lunatic!
The Ghost King took form, ghost qi surging.
Chu Sang's robes and disheveled hair fluttered in the fierce wind. She narrowed her eyes, swallowing a mouthful of blood in her throat. When not smiling, the young woman appeared especially cold, almost emotionless. She turned and drew a short blade, unhesitatingly cutting her other palm with the sharp edge.
"Hiss!"
Bright red blood droplets formed a line.
She drew a blood seal in mid-air, imprinting it on the Ghost King to stabilize their nearly broken contract.
Chu Sang was indeed crazy enough, but she wasn't suicidal.
Second Senior Brother's blood had some suppressive effect even on Divine Transformation stage Ghost Kings.
She was confident.
Self-assured to the extreme.
Contract... formed!
An angry roar shook the surrounding sea area. Many sea beasts fled in panic. In the cave, the frenzied Ghost King was finally under control. Following her command, it attacked the white-robed man.
The man's face sank. He gathered a heavy spiritual energy attack in his hand and struck at the Ghost King.
This time, it didn't scatter the Ghost King like before. Instead, the Ghost King blocked it.
Moreover, under equal realms, the spiritual energy attack could be devoured by the Ghost King and rebounded.
The white-robed man experienced what it was like to slap himself.
For a moment, his face darkened.
Without the realm suppression, plus these little fellows harassing from time to time with perfect coordination... the man truly didn't know how to deal with them for a while.
After several hundred rounds, he was also quite exhausted. This wisp of remnant soul condensed into a physical form even seemed to become somewhat transparent.
He waved his hand in surrender, "No more fighting. I've barely managed to cultivate this wisp of remnant soul for ten thousand years to breathe a bit longer. I can't waste it on you little fellows."
Chu Sang barely withdrew her Sword Intent, only inches away from the man. Her cold face quickly put on a harmless smile, "Senior, do you really mean it?"
"Ten thousand years ago, I, Dong Liyan, was quite a notable figure. What's the point in deceiving you juniors?"
He sighed, looking deeply at Chu Sang, sincerely marveling, "You little girl are so good at using schemes and tricks. I've lost this time. I'll keep my word. You can take this bone away."
Chu Sang immediately sheathed her sword and eagerly went to take the bone.
After putting the demon bone into her storage bag, her gaze fell on the nearby landscape scroll. She rubbed her hands together. The man immediately saw through her itching thieving heart and his face changed slightly, "You stinky girl, don't be too greedy!"
"What will happen if I take it? Will I get beaten?"
Before he could finish speaking, she had already put the landscape scroll into her bag. This robber's behavior of leaving not a blade of grass behind made Dong Liyan so angry he couldn't speak, his fingers trembling slightly.
He had lived over ten thousand years, including his life and afterlife, yet this was the first time he had seen such a shameless girl!
The moment Chu Sang took away the landscape scroll, the time for the secret realm to close arrived. Before the four could react, they were hurriedly kicked out by the secret realm.
Chu Sang stood up and took a few steps. "Wah!" She spat out a large mouthful of blood.
Mu Chihuai and the others had just been kicked out nearby. Seeing this, he immediately came over with healing pills, "What happened? How did you get injured so severely?"
"It's nothing serious, just some backlash." Chu Sang casually wiped away the blood at the corner of her mouth, swallowing an entire bottle of healing pills. She sat cross-legged, skillfully dissolving the surging medicinal power within her body.
Just some backlash...?
Who would be so nonchalant about backlash??
It can really kill people, you know.
"Little Junior Sister merged the Ghost Kings... We saw her jumping around lively in the secret realm earlier and thought nothing was wrong. We didn't expect she had been enduring all along." Wen Renyue sighed, telling the other three in detail about what happened after they went underwater.
The three looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a moment.
"...Still the type to swallow broken teeth without a sound." Su Chen'an shook his head and smiled.
After a while, she finally recovered.
Chu Sang expelled a breath of turbid qi, clenching her hand and lowering her gaze in thought.
Completely controlling a Divine Transformation stage Ghost King was indeed difficult for her now. With the slightest carelessness, this powerful weapon could become a sharp blade turned against herself.
For the sake of her little life, it's best not to use it lightly.
She thought.
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After returning to the sect, Chu Sang had the others find a place to hang up the landscape scroll. Then she hurried to the East Peak to find Mu Changqing and submit her task.
Who understands, family? She and the other senior brothers and sisters were fighting for their lives outside, while Third Senior Brother was leisurely drinking flower wine and soaking in hot springs, enjoying a comfortable life in prison.
At this moment, Chu Sang sighed at the fickleness of the world and the impermanence of life's cycles... She earnestly requested the Sect Leader to release Third Senior Brother and lock her up instead. She also wanted to enjoy those bitter days.
"You finally remembered to find me. I've been so lonely, thinking of you day and night~" Mu Changqing leaned by the pool, lazily supporting his chin with one hand. His half-wet, half-dry curly long hair fell across his chest. With red lips and smiling eyes, he looked exactly like a demon that sucks people's essence.
This person truly was a demon, a genuine demon beast.
His words sounded deep and affectionate, but there wasn't a hint of feeling in his eyes.
It's wishful thinking to expect a fierce, bloodthirsty demon beast to have any feelings for human cultivators.
The moment she entered the barrier, Mu Changqing sensed the demon bone's aura on her. The smile on his face became more genuine. He reached out his hand, waiting for her to present the demon bone.
Chu Sang stopped ten meters away from him, not moving forward.
"Where's the demon bone?" He raised an eyebrow.
Chu Sang took out the demon bone from her storage bag. Seeing the man's eyes suddenly brighten, seeming somewhat impatient,
She smiled, tossing the bone up and down a couple of times, not giving it to him, "Third Senior Brother, why don't you recall our previous agreement carefully?"
"I only agreed to help you find the demon bone. I never said I'd give it to you."
The smile on Mu Changqing's face instantly cooled. Playing word games with him?
"Don't think I wouldn't dare kill you."
The water surface suddenly churned violently, waves splashing several meters high. A huge tail slammed heavily towards her.
Chu Sang was prepared and threw out several Golden Armor Talismans. She was sent jumping up and down, dodging here and there, still not forgetting to continue provoking him, "Third Senior Brother, you change faces too quickly. One second you're calling me dear Little Junior Sister, the next you're on a killing spree. Is this the attitude of someone asking for a favor??"
The tool-person Little Junior Sister expresses her heartbreak.
The long tail swept up and tightly wrapped around her waist. Mu Changqing dragged her into the water, stirring up three layers of huge waves. He smiled, "I'm already being very gentle with you. If it were anyone else, they would have been killed long ago."
Chu Sang floated on the water surface, spitting out two mouthfuls of bath water. With a disgusted face, she shook her hand and threw the demon bone to him.
Mu Changqing glanced at her before throwing her back to the shore.
Following this came the system's announcement sound, +20.
What a wealthy family!
Alright, Chu Sang got some consolation, deciding not to quibble with these unreasonable demon beasts.
"This demon bone is my Imperial Father's natal bone, containing my Imperial Father's demonic power." Mu Changqing knew what she wanted to ask and straightforwardly said, "You should have guessed seven or eight tenths of it. My Imperial Father was the deceased previous Demon Emperor. Twenty years ago, during the turmoil in the demon realm, I fled to the cultivation world."
"Those traitors coveted our clan's divine blood. My Imperial Father self-destructed his primordial spirit to perish together with them, preventing them from succeeding."
"I should have died in that great war too, but by some twist of fate, perhaps heaven favored me and didn't let me die. I was picked up by the Sect Leader of the Spirit Clearing Sect and brought to this place." Mu Changqing lowered his eyes, saying softly, "She feared I would be bent on revenge and provoke a war between the two realms, so she imprisoned me here."
"She said, unless the hatred in my heart disappears, she won't release me."
He sneered, looking at the demon bone floating in his palm, his eyes dark, "Even though I luckily survived, I was injured in that great war... and failed to advance."
"Now I'm just an insignificant flood dragon. Only by borrowing the power in this demon bone do I have a chance to ascend again."
That's why he was so eager to have her retrieve the demon bone.
So he's from the dragon race, Chu Sang rubbed her chin, looking thoughtful.
Dragons, phoenixes, and bi fang birds are all ancient divine beasts, right?
With the passage of time, thousands of years have passed. Most ancient divine beasts have long perished from this continent.
Only some demon beasts might still retain a trace of their bloodline, like the fire phoenix in Sixth Senior Brother's possession. It was precisely because it had a trace of the ancient divine phoenix's bloodline that it could stand out among tens of thousands of demon beasts and become a local overlord.
Demon beasts with a trace of divine beast bloodline already have such divine abilities. Not to mention pure-blooded divine beasts.
When strong, they are undoubtedly the lords of all beasts. But once they decline, they undoubtedly become the most tempting Tang Monk's flesh, coveted by those with ill intentions.
In the days that followed, Mu Changqing attempted to merge with the demon bone.
Demon race advancement is no different from human breakthrough. Although they don't have tribulation lightning, it's even more difficult and arduous, with an extremely high failure rate.
Chu Sang came by to check every now and then, afraid he might suddenly perish.
Half a month later, one morning, she came as usual to check on the progress. After searching half the mountain, she couldn't find Third Senior Brother's figure. Even the small bamboo house where he usually resided was unoccupied.
She thought for a moment and took out a bag of beast food. Soon, there was a rustling sound in the forest.
A large snake slithered over, happily circling her twice, affectionately rubbing against her waist.
Chu Sang fed it the beast food, casually rubbing its smooth round head, "Where did Third Senior Brother go? I can't see him anywhere."
"Mas...Master..." The large snake mumbled a couple of times, unable to explain clearly. It simply said, "Sister Sang, I'd better take you to see. Master's current situation... I don't know what to do either."
As it finished speaking, the small snake transformed into human form. It was a chubby little bun, looking only five or six years old, extremely beautiful and delicate in appearance. Its speech was also soft and childish. That white little face was like a peeled lychee, so plump you could squeeze water out of it. Most striking was that its appearance was extremely similar to Third Senior Brother's, even inheriting that head of stunningly beautiful wavy curly hair.
Chu Sang remembered that Mu Changqing usually didn't allow the small snake to transform into human form because when it first shape-shifted, having never seen other people, it instinctively took on his appearance.
She followed it to look. In the cave, there was no familiar figure, only a lonely egg.
The egg was quite large, like a dinosaur egg.
She went over and knocked on the eggshell, producing a crisp sound, "Wow, Third Senior Brother turned into an egg?"
The small snake's face fell, scratching its head, at a loss.
It didn't know what this situation was either, wuwu.
Chu Sang's lips twitched. This wasn't advancement, this was a complete remake, right?
Although she had read quite a few books, including many classics and jade slips about demon beasts, the books didn't mention dragons.
Chu Sang didn't know what to prepare either, but when ordinary demon beasts advance, they invariably need large amounts of spiritual energy.
The more spiritual energy, the higher the success rate of advancement.
Dragons are divine beasts, lords of all beasts. The spiritual energy they need for advancement must be more, not less.
The spiritual energy in their sect definitely wasn't enough.
Chu Sang thought for a moment, rummaging through her storage bag until she finally found a large coffin.
Mm.
A coffin.
The spirit stone coffin that Su Chen'an had specially carved for her.
She put this huge dragon egg into the coffin, closed the lid, added salt, vinegar, soy sauce, and pickled it for three days and three nights... ah no, just wait for a while, and Third Senior Brother should be freshly baked, ready to be human again!
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Translator Note:
There’s Demon Emperor; 妖皇 (yāo huáng), Demon Sovereign; 魔尊 (mó zūn), Demon King; 妖王 (yāo wáng) and Demon Lord; 魔君 (mó jūn). If my brain didn’t fail me (I hope so), there’s no explanation about the connection between the 4, except Sovereign and Lord.
Or maybe there is and I already forgot it and forgot to put on my notes.
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