Chapter 261
After Huang Li moved out of Wei's house, he rented a house the next day and lived with Ding Qishan. For many monsters, they always act on their own accord and are unwilling to be bound by rules. Because they were born in the countryside, they also follow their natural instincts. Therefore, Huang Li didn't care about other people's opinions at all, and only wanted to be happy.
But there was one thing that made Huang Li unhappy, because she heard from Ding Lang that the originally good plan was ruined because of a young Taoist priest who suddenly appeared and exposed the identity of the fake Taoist priest, and now even his reputation was damaged.
Huang Li had no control over what happened to the Ding family, but even Ding Lang's reputation was affected. Huang Li hated the little Taoist priest who ruined her and Ding Lang's relationship, so she searched for the whereabouts of the little Taoist priest in and outside the county.
That day, Ji Jinghuai came out of his room and saw Yuan Jing feeding birds in the yard with great interest. Ji Jinghuai walked over and asked curiously, "Where did these birds come from? Could it be that Taoist Yuan used his magical powers to attract them?"
Yuan Jing was feeding the birds while listening to their chirping. When he heard Ji Jinghuai's voice, he sprinkled the rice mixed with spiritual spring water on the ground. The birds immediately rushed over to fight for the food.
Yuan Jing clapped his hands and laughed, "How could it be me who attracted them? Master Ji, didn't you notice that there are more birds around these two days? Someone is trying to avenge their lover."
Ji Jinghuai clapped his hands and suddenly realized, "So it was that yellow bird monster? She found all these birds. What does she want to do?"
Yuan Jing said: "She found these birds to find our whereabouts and monitor us. Although her true form is just a yellow bird, she is a demon after all, so she can communicate and command other birds to do things for her."
Ji Jinghuai took a breath and thought more: "If there is someone in the court who is a bird demon, then can he monitor the entire world through the birds of the world?"
Yuan Jing was speechless: "You think too much. Each profession has its own rules. Not to mention whether this bird demon can control all the birds in the world, it is not easy for this bird demon to enter the court to be an official. Haven't you noticed that even in our Taoism and Buddhism, unless they are appointed as the imperial master by the emperor, few people enter the court to be officials, because that involves too much involvement and cannot bear so many causes and effects."
"Even if he is the Imperial Master, he is not allowed to interfere in state affairs. The Imperial Master is mostly responsible for calculating the fortune of the court and predicting good and bad luck for the emperor."
Ji Jinghuai felt relieved after hearing this explanation: "I see, that's how it is. Fortunately." Then he had a new question: "If someone has a bird demon by his side like Ding Qishan, it can also help him fulfill many of his wishes."
"Yes, but do you think it will never be exposed? Besides, they must bear the consequences. Some things are not so easy to interfere with."
The current Yuan Jing is no longer the newbie he was when he first traveled through time. After entering this world and understanding the various rules of Taoism, he knows that they are not aimless, but are rules set by the Heavenly Dao of this world. It is with this kind of cognition and various considerations that Yuan Jing feels that he has a new understanding of the path of cultivation.
"How does the yellow bird monster want to take revenge on us?" Ji Jinghuai was not afraid at all, he was even a little impatient to see it. Well, this time he might be able to see a living person transform into a monster.
Yuan Jing spread his hands and said, "I don't know either. I can only take it one step at a time."
The yellow bird monster was very wicked. She even wanted to command these birds to drop their droppings into his teacup. Although she failed to do so, Yuan Jing was speechless. He knew that the bird monster was very narrow-minded and would not give up until she succeeded in her revenge. To be honest, the yellow bird monster was indeed not on the same path as Wei Mo and the green snake monster. It would only be good for those two monsters to separate from the yellow bird monster as soon as possible, otherwise they would be implicated and would not have a good end.
Huang Li learned from the bird she sent out that the Taoist priest was only in his early teens. She thought to herself that such a young Taoist priest dared to deal with her lover. If she didn't deal with the Taoist priest, she would think he was afraid of her. However, she was well aware of some taboos and didn't want to take action herself and get her hands dirty with death, because at this time she still wanted to live a good life with Ding Qishan.
She turned her thoughts to other monsters. She knew more monsters than just Wei Mo and Qing Li. Among the monsters she knew, there were some that did not take human life seriously. So Huang Li left the county, transformed into her original form, a yellow bird, spread her wings and flew towards the distant mountains. There lived a big monster there who liked to eat the hearts of Taoist priests and monks. Similarly, Huang Li actually hated Taoist priests and monks.
Arriving at the destination, Huang Li stopped on the branch of a tree and called out to the valley: "King She, is King She here? I am here to pay my respects to King She."
Suddenly, a huge snake head poked out from the valley. Its breath could make the yellow bird faint and fall off the branch, right into the snake's mouth. Huang Li did not dare to delay and said quickly: "King She, I recently encountered a rude Taoist who insisted on interfering in the affairs of our demon world. I want to present that stinky Taoist to you, King."
The snake eyes on the head blinked a few times: "A little Taoist priest wants me to go out for a visit? Little Yellow Bird, I heard that there is a flower demon and a green snake demon by your side, right? If you present these two demons to me, I will go out for a visit."
"This..." Huang Li hesitated for a moment. Both Wei Mo and Qingli were demons that she had known for quite a while. After Wei Mo was poached, she met Qingli. At that time, Qingli, like her, was unable to transform. They spent many years together. Later, after Wei Mo transformed and returned to the mountains, the three demons came out together.
King She became unhappy with her hesitation: "It seems that I'd better eat the food you delivered to my door." It is natural for snakes to eat birds.
Huang Li was so frightened that he flew up and said quickly: "I agree, my king, I agree."
Between saving her own life or saving the life of another demon, Huang Li chose to save herself without hesitation. Ding Lang was still waiting for her to come back, and she and Ding Lang still had decades of loving days to live together. How could she die at this time?
As for Wei Mo and Qing Li, they both had no one to be with anyway, and how sincere was Wei Mo to me? If he was sincere, he wouldn't have scolded me like that, saying that the relationship between brother and sister was over.
There is a saying among humans that goes, "If a man does not work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth." Wei Mo also said, "If you don't share the same ideals, you can't work together." So don't blame her for being cruel. If you want to blame someone, blame it on the fact that King She had set his eyes on the two monsters.
I don't know if Wei Mo and Qing Li's minds are clearer than Huang Li's, so their cultivation is deeper than Huang Li's. This is why King She covets them. Moreover, the flower demon is a plant-based demon, and its spiritual energy is more abundant and pure, which can be said to be a great tonic. The snake demon is of the same kind as him, so eating him will be more beneficial than eating other demons.
With the addition of a fresh and tasty little Taoist priest, King She finally agreed to go on this trip with the Yellow Bird Demon. After having a good meal, his cultivation would surely improve a lot when he comes back.
As soon as the black snake demon King She approached the county town, Yuan Jing discovered him, because the demonic aura was filled with a strong smell of blood. It was unknown how many lives this demon had taken, both human and demon lives. Yuan Jing sneered in his heart. He gave the yellow bird demon a chance, but he didn't expect that she would continue to go astray and even summon such a sinful demon.
Does the fact that she didn't do it herself mean that she is free from sin? She is so naive. Heaven is watching and will settle accounts when the time comes.
The Yellow Bird Demon itself has impure intentions. It is only a matter of time before it embarks on this path, and sooner or later it will split up with Wei Mo and Qing Li and the others.
In order to deal with this big monster, Yuan Jing prepared some things very seriously. His attitude made Ji Jinghuai nervous.
"Is something going to happen?"
Yuan Jing looked up at him and drew a talisman, doing two things at once, saying, "You guessed right. Do you want to know how the yellow bird monster wants to deal with us? Now the result is here. She summoned a big monster with a lot of murderous sins. Do you think this monster is here to play?"
Ji Jinghuai took a breath and said, "Can you handle this monster? How about we call some helpers?"
"No need. If you dare to come, you don't have to go back. By getting rid of this sinful monster, I can gain a lot of merit. How can I ask others to share such a good thing?" As he spoke, Yuan Jing drew a talisman, put it aside and started to draw the second one.
Ji Jinghuai's mouth twitched. Wasn't this little Taoist really just trying to be brave? At that moment, he vaguely saw that the little Taoist had an air of authority, but was he really sure that he didn't need help? He always felt uneasy.
Unfortunately, he didn't know any Taoist priests or monks with real skills. Even if he did, if he wrote to them for help now, they wouldn't be able to arrive in time.
Ji Jinghuai felt like crying but had no tears. It turned out that the excitement was not so pretty. His life might end here.
Yuan Jing stole a glance at Ji Jinghuai's expression and laughed in his heart, thinking that apart from the pomp of his travels, this man looked like a young master from a wealthy family, but his daily behavior really didn't reveal that he was the eldest son of Ningyuan Marquis's Mansion. Recently, after chatting with Ji Jinghuai about some powerful families in the capital, Yuan Jing discovered that the male protagonist in the plot seemed to be related to Ji Jinghuai.
It’s a small world. A random person I met during my training could actually be related to the plot and the male protagonist.
When Yuan Jing was resting, Ji Jinghuai asked Yuan Jing to give him some talismans for self-defense. In fact, Yuan Jing had already considered this. Otherwise, if Ji Jinghuai's life was accidentally threatened, it would also be his fault. So of course he had to prepare self-defense items for Ji Jinghuai.
"My Lord, Doctor Qing from the herbal medicine shop and Young Master Wei have both gone out of town. I heard they went out of town to collect herbs."
Yuan Jing walked out of the house and said, "It's time for me to leave. If I don't leave now, I might be a step too late."
Yuan Jing didn't think that this big monster would let its own kind go, not to mention that flower monsters like Wei Mo were already very nutritious. This tonification was not only for monsters, but also for humans. Yuan Jing didn't want this big monster to continue killing under his nose, and he also didn't want the flower monster to help this big monster to improve his cultivation, as that would make it more difficult to deal with.
"I'll go too." Ji Jinghuai said immediately.
Yuan Jing knew that although this guy acted extremely scared, he would not want to miss such an exciting event. Fortunately, he met him, otherwise, how many lives would he have left?
"My Lord!" The guards were very anxious. Now that they followed Ji Jinghuai, they knew that monsters did exist in this world. How could the Lord joke about his own life? If something happened to the Lord, they would not be able to survive.
Ji Jinghuai said seriously, "You all stay. I will go with Taoist Yuan Xiao. Taoist Yuan Xiao can protect me alone, but if you all follow me, I'm afraid that Taoist Yuan Xiao won't be able to protect me, right?"
"If I don't take you with me, I'm afraid you'll follow me secretly, right?"
Ji Jinghuai smiled with his teeth showing.
Yuan Jing threw a jade pendant to Ji Jinghuai, and also threw a bag of talisman paper: "The jade pendant is for you to wear, and the talisman paper is for smashing. If there is any danger, just smash the talisman paper in the bag. Okay, let's go."
"Okay, I'm coming."
Ignoring his subordinates' opposition, Ji Jinghuai happily followed Yuan Jing to watch the demon-eliminating ceremony.
Yuan Jing grabbed Ji Jinghuai's arm, and quickly headed for the city gate. Ji Jinghuai screamed "Ah", but then he couldn't make any sound because Yuan Jing thought he was too noisy, so he pointed at his school position to stop him from making any more noise.
Ji Jinghuai could only stare blankly, but after the initial stimulation he became extremely excited again. The young Taoist priest was indeed a master of Taoism. Was this shrinking the earth into an inch or some other magic?
In the eyes of others, it just felt like a gust of wind blowing by, including the guards at the city gate, who did not notice that two people just passed by.
After leaving the city, Yuan Jing looked up and saw three evil spirits rising from the mountains outside. As expected, the big demon attacked Wei Mo and Qing Li: "They've started, let's go."
"Why do they look like they are fighting?" Ji Jinghuai stared hard, but he could not see anything.
Yuan Jing casually sent a stream of spiritual energy into his eyes, and instantly, the world in Ji Jinghuai's eyes changed. Following the direction of Yuan Jing's finger, he saw three cloud-like auras mixed together in the mountain. One of them was black with red and looked extremely evil, one was green with a hint of vitality, and the last one was yellow, but the black with red aura was obviously much stronger than the other two.
Ji Jinghuai exclaimed, "I saw it. Is the black with red the monster that is going to harm us? Is he harming his fellow monsters?"
"It is common for monsters to devour each other, not just humans. Just like humans, there are always people who like to take shortcuts. Devouring the essence of others is much faster than practicing hard on their own."
Ji Jinghuai understood that there were many people who liked to take shortcuts, and this phenomenon was very common in official circles.
The human heart is hard to predict, and the demon's heart is also hard to predict.
"Can we save them in time?" Ji Jinghuai didn't want the good monsters to be harmed by the bad monsters.
"They will be fine for a while. After all, they have been practicing for so many years. Even though they look like they are only in their twenties, they are all monsters who have lived for seven or eight hundred years."
Ji Jinghuai was silent. Each and every one of them was an old monster, seven or eight hundred years old. They had existed since the previous dynasty, and some of them might have been thousands of years old.
Wei Mo and Qing Li did not expect that they would run into this notorious black snake demon in the demon world when they came out to collect herbs. Qing Li stopped Wei Mo and said, "I shouldn't have dragged you out to collect herbs and relax today. I'll stop this guy, and you hurry back to the city. I don't believe he dares to break into the human city and show his true form."
"No, I have to leave. You alone can't possibly be his opponent. With me here, we still have a chance of survival."
"Haha, don't even think about leaving. I've been staying here to guard you for several days. Finally, I waited for you to come out. That little yellow bird is quite trustworthy." The black snake demon deliberately gave them the lowdown, just to see their more desperate side.
Sure enough, Wei Mo and Qing Li's faces changed: "Huang Li? What did she do?"
"Of course I will send you two to me, and then I will deal with the little Taoist priest in the city. Don't worry, I will go to the city after I eat you. It's just a little Taoist priest, but she actually asked me to take action. What a coward. I might as well eat her too, haha..." The black snake demon wanted to catch them all in one fell swoop, and he admired himself very much. A little yellow bird dared to use him as a gun. Did he think he didn't know the little yellow bird's idea? Ha, just let her live for two more days.
Wei Moru was struck by lightning, and the fate of brother and sister ended. He never thought that Huang Li would want to harm him. Did he never see through Huang Li? Or did she change recently?
Qingli suffered less of a blow than Wei Mo. Although he had spent more time with Huang Li, he got along better with Wei Mo. When Huang Li broke up with Wei Mo for the sake of the personal scholar, Qingli knew that Huang Li and they had embarked on a different path and could never go back to the past, but he never expected that she would actually find someone to attack them for the sake of the personal scholar.
Thinking that if they were to suffer a bad fate, Huang Li would also suffer a bad fate. He really thought that he was a smart person, but how could he have a good fate in the end? He had no idea when Huang Li had been in contact with the black snake demon behind their backs.
Three monsters were fighting each other in the mountains. The small monsters nearby as well as insects, beasts and birds fled in all directions. Their instinct told them that these three guys were very scary and if they didn't run away they might die here.
Wei Mo was knocked to the ground by the black snake demon first. Although his cultivation was not inferior to Qing Li, he was not good at fighting due to his natural species. The black snake demon was about to tear off one of his arms and chew it in its mouth. It must have tasted delicious. He had eaten a plant demon before, and the spiritual energy of its body still made him savor it to this day.
Suddenly, a golden light shot out from Wei Mo's body and knocked the black snake demon away. Qingli, who rushed over to save Wei Mo, was stunned. Even Wei Mo himself did not expect this. Then, seeing ashes falling from his body, Wei Mo suddenly understood.
"It was the Taoist priest, it was the Taoist priest who saved me!"
Qing Li asked happily: "Could it be that the Taoist priest knew that you would encounter an accident?"
"Perhaps the Taoist priest has already anticipated Huang Li's change of heart." Wei Mo thought of what the Taoist priest had reminded him of, but he had thought things were too simple and felt a little ashamed.
"Humph, is that the little Taoist priest? After I deal with you, I will go find him. Don't even think about escaping."
On the way here, Yuan Jing discovered that the talisman he gave to Wei Mo had been triggered. It would only be triggered when Wei Mo was in danger. It seemed that he had overestimated Wei Mo and found him so vulnerable.
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