Chapter 516: Life in Exchange

The treasure room of the Taotie beast was bare, and Zhu Chuideng immediately saw two doors embedded in the wall. Behind the doors was the secret place where he sealed the ashes.

Zhu Chuideng calmly clenched his five fingers, and a halo flew out from behind the door. When no one noticed, the light disappeared into his sleeves.

He took his ashes back.

Jing Zhui had noticed that Ye Xiaoman's aura was different from usual, much stronger. He knew something was amiss. He glanced sharply at the incense burner beside him, "Did you make a deal with this thing? What was the price?"

Ye Xiaoman was busy setting up a magic circle on the floor, pretending to be very busy without even raising her head.

She definitely wouldn't tell Jing Zhui the truth. Xianglu didn't tell her whose marriage fate he took away. If it was Jing Zhui, it would be quite troublesome if there was a quarrel. "Well, it might be some useless things."

While she was hesitating, Zhu Chuideng was also attracted by them. He had the same question as Jing Zhui. Jing Zhui acted in a domineering manner. He directly sucked the air from the incense burner, as if he was going to interrogate the magic weapon directly.

The Taotie beast sensed that the magic weapon was being misappropriated, and its big face appeared on the wall. It was shocked, opened its mouth and sucked, taking the magic weapon away before Jing Zhui could.

Ye Xiaoman didn't give the two men a chance to question them. She activated the magic circle under her feet and took off in the white light. She jumped three meters high and grabbed Zhu Chuideng and Jing Zhui by the collars with her hands, one on the left and one on the right. She avenged the grabbing of the collars and said, "Get up!"

The Taotie beast was in a very bad mood.

In front of it, talismans flickered continuously, array patterns intertwined like a net, and the blood on the sea surface was shaking as if it had the power to swallow the sky and destroy the earth.

There were also some new wounds on its body, and the dirty blood was dark and thick, polluting the surrounding territory with a foul stench, making it a forbidden place where no living creature could survive.

The edge of the bloody hole in the animal skin was clinging to Yue Mushan's spiritual power and demonic aura, which continuously cut the wound like a sword cutting flesh, causing continuous pain.

This is different from what the Taotie beast imagined. It went to great lengths to gain powerful strength in order to kill everyone and trample under its feet all those who dared to resist it, rather than fighting for a long time and still not being able to swallow a person in one bite.

Unhappy, very unhappy!

This is completely different from the scenario it envisioned.

Even though it was still very powerful, it had already forced Jiaying and Yue Mushan into a desperate situation.

But Jiaying and Yue Mushan must have a backup plan. They are determined to die. Even if they can win in the end, they will peel off a layer of skin from them, which will lay a huge hidden danger in their future cultivation career, or damage their soul or melt their foundation, making them live uncomfortably for the rest of their lives.

The Taotie beast also felt that Ye Xiaoman in the space inside its body was not honest. She was able to break through the blockade of the Menshen Grass and steal its magic weapon.

Internal and external troubles!

The Taotie beast knew that it had to fight quickly and decisively.

It compromised.

It called a truce.

"I'll return her to you."

Jiaying's white clothes have been stained red with blood. The majestic statue of the War God Vajra stands behind him, with his feet on the sea and his head reaching to the sky. He has three heads and six arms, and the bright mirage of the sun shines all around, turning all evil into dust.

Nine Bodhi trees stand tall and majestic, and the black Bodhi fruits that settle the cause and effect fall down one after another and scatter on the sea surface, like black holes jumping.

The big monster fell on the sea with wounds all over his body, his feathers withered, his claws broken, he spat out a mouthful of broken internal organs, and stood up from the sea again staggeringly.

The two looked at the Taotie beast solemnly.

The Taotie beast said, "I have only one condition: I will exchange your lives for mine."

It finished speaking and added, "I'm not a coward. I just don't want to continue to tangle with you."

Jiaying said nothing and remained as solemn as usual. Yue Mushan excitedly slapped the water with the tip of his tail when he heard Ye Xiaoman's name.

The monk from Yongning Temple, who was guarding the formation nearby, immediately warned: "Holy Son, don't be fooled by the evil spirits."

The Taotie Beast smirked and continued to persuade us, "You all know full well that even if you continue to confront me, you have no chance of winning."

"Since we are all going to die, why not die with more meaning and without regrets?"

In order to enhance the persuasive effect, it also specially let Yue Mushan and Jiaying see the kidnapped Ye Xiaoman.

It opened its mouth wide, and the vortex-like black hole between its mouths began to play the image of Ye Xiaoman in its stomach.

Ye Xiaoman was packing the Taotie beast's personal property. Her Qiankun bag was floating above the treasure house. She filled a cloth bag, and the opening of the Qiankun bag sucked the bags in, one after another. The packing movements were so fast that her hands became afterimages.

She did not even spare the smallest scraps of gold, and gathered them into a pile on the ground with her hands, which she then put into a small cloth bag.

The Taotie beast would have been fine if it hadn't looked at it, but once it did, it was so angry that it almost flew to heaven. The picture in its mouth shook a few times and short-circuited. The Taotie beast turned around angrily and flattened a hill. This was not enough. The more it thought about it, the angrier it got. It raised its two heads to the sky and roared, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

Why would anyone like this kind of tasteless mouse?

Jing Zhui and Zhu Chuideng sacrificed their cultivation and destiny for her, and Jiaying and Yue Mushan risked their lives for her.

Are they blind!

Jiaying and Yue Mushan were about to die in battle for her, but she was only concerned about stealing money.

The Taotie beast gave up trying to persuade her. No one would be willing to die for such a woman.

Jiaying smiled slightly. Seeing that Ye Xiaoman was still alive and well and had not suffered any harm, he felt relieved.

He sat upright under the Bodhi tree, with the background being a black hole like a rotten sore of sin and karma. Snow lotuses floated up and down beside him, making him look even more otherworldly and elegant. He seldom smiled, but when he did, he was stunningly beautiful.

"I do."

He agreed to trade his life for another's, and sighs were heard everywhere.

The big demon's body shook, and Yue Mushan turned into a human form. He knelt on one knee on the water and shook his head vigorously, trying to regain consciousness from the coma caused by massive blood loss and serious injuries.

Yue Mushan was depressed and accepted that in the face of absolute strength, he could not defeat the powerful opponent no matter how hard he tried.

The boy lowered his head and said, "I do, too."

This was the last thing he could do for his sister.

Yue Mushan said calmly to the Taotie Beast: "You must make a blood contract and not kill her. Let her go."

The Taotie beast wanted to eat the mouse that stole its belongings, but for the sake of the overall situation, it twisted its face and swore a poisonous oath.

Humph, it can't kill Ye Xiaoman, but it can capture Ye Xiaoman again in the future and abuse her.

When Ye Xiaoman completes the contract, it will get the fate of the strong man and will make her suffer neither the fate nor the death.

The Bodhi tree withered and the dazzling light of the magic circle dimmed.

Jiaying and Yue Mushan surrendered, two stone tablets rose from the sea, and two chains came out of the mouth of the Taotie beast, binding them tightly.

The Taotie beast was so happy that its two strange faces showed weird smiles.

A holy son, a great demon with pure blood, Yue Mushan and Jiaying are a rare and great tonic for it.

It was about to eat them in one bite, but suddenly, it stopped moving, then fell uncomfortably to the sea surface, rolling around in pain.

The human head among the two heads shook its neck, making a gurgling vomiting sound, and finally vomited out three people.

Ye Xiaoman, with Zhu Chuideng and Jing Zhui, broke through the blockades, regained her freedom, and landed in front of the Taotie beast.