Chapter 16016 Take his essence and eat his flesh!
I talked to the Taoist priest about the young people's affairs. Originally, birth, old age, sickness and death were not my business, but they even built a house for me, and it was my own house, so no matter what, I couldn't just stand by and watch them die.
Granted, there were external reasons for accumulating merit, but I also accepted offerings. Since I accepted them, I had to at least help. I was very clear about my position.
The old Taoist stroked his long beard and agreed: "In that case, I will go and take a look."
I breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Then thank you very much." Although I can get ashore now, I am afraid of scaring others.
The old Taoist paused and turned his face away.
"Don't laugh, I'm scared."
I:……
I still couldn't understand why the image of a fish body and human legs was so frightening. If ordinary people were afraid, it would be fine, but why did the Taoist priest and Jinniang also feel the same way?
My original intention was to scare people. If anyone wanted to do something bad, I'd come out and scare them. While it wouldn't cure the root cause, stopping crime would be a temporary solution. However, Jinniang clearly had a different perspective.
"If people want to commit a crime, they won't give up just because someone outside of them interrupts. They always have many ways to do it."
Jinniang was killed by Zhou Yaozong, so it's normal to have such thoughts. In fact, I also think so, but there are always those who will give up as long as they are shouted away. Maybe there are not many such people, but at least if you can stop one, it will be one.
Jinniang smiled and said, "Then it's better to stick with the previous image. If there is someone like Zhou Yaozong, it wouldn't be surprising if he was killed."
The so-called people like Zhou Yaozong are those who force women in some way. With innocence, in a way that they cannot resist.
After thinking about it, I felt that this method was feasible.
The female goblins use their beauty to seduce people and eat them, which seems to be a form of screening.
There are few men in the world who aren't lustful, almost none. But most men have a limit. If someone uses lust to force women, then killing them is a matter of course.
In this world where humans, gods, demons, and ghosts coexist, there's no law prohibiting such acts. I remember in "Journey to the West," man-eating demons were as numerous as the sea of fish, and the only ones Sun Wukong killed were those without connections. Since I have connections, what's the harm in killing a few scumbags?
As for my background...
hey-hey.
I asked Jinniang, do we have a land god here?
Jinniang looked puzzled. She said, "I haven't seen it before."
According to Jinniang, there is no shrine of the God of Land nearby.
I rubbed my chin and thought, whenever Sun Wukong arrived in a certain place, he would always ask the local earth god if there were any monsters nearby. But I don't have an earth god here. Could it be that Yunshui River is not actually the "first difficulty"?
"But maybe there's one at Baihu Ridge. Although it's across the Yunshui River, Baihu Ridge is also within Chengyun County on the map."
I see.
I turned and dove into the river. The silvery tail of a fish drew a beautiful line. In the water, it's more comfortable to be a fish with a human body. Wagging a tail is always more beautiful than kicking your legs.
Arriving at the shore of White Tiger Ridge, there were no demons on the shore; it was incredibly quiet. I quietly peeked out, and the water's surface, like a mirror, reflected the clouds and mist surrounding White Tiger Ridge in the sky. Even at noon, the clouds and mist still gathered over the ridge.
Suddenly, a slender and familiar figure passed through the small sky above my head, and the reflection on the water became extremely clear in an instant: white wings, like freshly covered snow, and the posture was as elegant as an immortal walking on the clouds.
I was slightly stunned. Although I knew that this was the posture of a crane, because of its accent, I always forgot that it also had the posture of an immortal.
"Sister, it's you who's not okay, sister?"
I dived into the river with an expressionless face. This was not the crane I knew.
"Hey hey hey, little sister, is it you, little sister?!"
“…”
I took a deep breath and surfaced again: "Can you speak normally?"
A crane circled overhead. Upon hearing me, it let out a clear, melodious cry. Then, it gracefully landed on a rock by the shore, transforming into a monster with a crane's head and a human body. It had a slender neck, a slender beak, a red bald spot on its forehead, and black and white feathers. Dressed in human clothing, it also bore the air of a mountain king.
Me: It’s fun.
"How did you know it was me?"
"Have you never smelled yourself?"
I:"?"
Wait, you don’t speak Sichuan dialect anymore?
I sniffed the tail, "No."
He hugged his chest and tilted his head: "You are full of lotus fragrance, I can smell it from far away."
I opened my mouth, but didn't know what to say. Then I suddenly remembered that I had eaten a lot of lotus seeds and lotus stems from the small lotus, and even took a few bites of its petals.
He shook his head and sighed, "You smell like him all over you."
I:……
This statement was so ambiguous that I decided to pretend I didn't hear it.
"Don't talk about this. Do you know what is happening now?" I didn't forget my main purpose.
"Of course. Although I don't know where that vortex came from, it's not a bad thing for me right now." It paused and asked me, "Do you know the monk from Chang'an?"
I:……
The crane wasn't surprised that it didn't hear my answer, because in its eyes I always seemed stupid.
"I heard that Tang Sanzang is the reincarnation of the Golden Cicada, Tathagata's disciple, with a body of pure yang for ten lifetimes. It is said that eating his flesh can make one immortal. If one steals his yang essence, one can even become a Taiyi Golden Immortal. Little sister, when Tang Sanzang and his disciples arrive here, why don't we steal his yang essence first and then eat him."
I:? ? ? ? ? ?
What nonsense are you talking about! Can you please not slip into the plot so smoothly?
"...I heard that Tang Sanzang's chief disciple is Sun Wukong, the man who wreaked havoc in Heaven. Can you defeat him?"
The crane was silent.
I:……
You can't even defeat him, yet you brazenly claim to steal Tang Sanzang's vital energy and eat his flesh?!
He fell into deep thought, then said to me, "I'll make some plans for you. By the way, little sister, are you now the River Fairy of the Yunshui River?"
I was surprised: "How did you know that?" Then I realized that it was now the Crane King of Baihu Ridge. "Well, you are the Crane King now, so it's not surprising that you know all this."
"Come to think of it, how did you come up with the idea of using lotus seeds to fish?"
The crane said matter-of-factly, "Who else would eat these things except you?"
I:? ? ?
Don't be ridiculous! Fish will eat these things! Is... is it?
I'm not sure, I've never kept fish, so I'm not too sure. But as a human, I still quite like sweet-scented osmanthus eating glutinous rice, lotus root and lotus seeds.
"...So, when Tiger and Old Deer mentioned the lotus seeds and lotus roots on the hook being eaten, I knew it was you. Previously, this Yunshui River was infested with dead ghosts, and resentment was so strong that even the monsters from White Tiger Ridge would not easily approach the river. Until a month ago, the river suddenly became clean and clear. Now that I see you in human form, I think it must be because you purified the resentful ghosts and gained merit to transform. The words of the Immortal are true."
I was stunned for a moment, but now that he mentioned it, I had a better idea of what was going on. The old Taoist had also said that the Yunshui River was filled with resentment, but when I first arrived, I didn't feel anything, so I didn't understand it.
So, I was the one who purified the resentful ghosts in the Yunshui River?
It just seems like something is wrong...
I still don't understand whether this world is a continuation of time or a parallel universe.
The chat with the crane didn't last long. Since we were neighbors now, there was no need to rush. It had to go back and plan with the other two kings how to take Tang Sanzang's essence and eat his flesh, and also asked me to prepare.
Wait, what are you preparing for?
The reunion with my fellow villagers didn't seem that touching. Maybe it was because I knew she was really in the game, so I suddenly lost that sense of anticipation.
After returning, I asked Jinniang if there was any lotus fragrance on her body. Jinniang came close to me and sniffed, "It seems that there is indeed a faint lotus fragrance. Why did you ask this, Your Majesty?"
I didn't hide it and told her that the Crane King from the White Tiger Ridge next door was my friend. Jinniang wasn't surprised. I had mentioned this before, and this time I just confirmed it.
"I learned something from him. It's said that a monk from Chang'an, bound for the Western Paradise to obtain Buddhist scriptures, will soon pass through our Chengyun County. It's said that eating Tang Monk's flesh can grant immortality, and that taking his vital energy can grant one access to the ranks of the immortals."
Jinniang asked, "Your Majesty, do you want to be included in the immortal class?"
I shook my head. "Freedom is better."
"What about immortality?"
I shook my head again. "I'm immortal. I don't need it."
Transformed by innate spiritual energy, the crane's immortality is no different.
Jinniang was puzzled and asked, "Then who is the Empress...?"
I smiled and said, "That Tang Monk is the reincarnation of the Golden Cicada, the son of the Buddha. His Buddhist teachings are profound and exquisite. If he can help you to be reborn, you can become the daughter of a good family in your next life." And Sun Wukong can go to heaven and into the earth, so it is just a matter of a word for him to help Jinniang and the others be reborn into a good family.
But I still need to think carefully about how to ask him for this favor.
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