Chapter 47: Crossroads I Want to Be the Star’s Spiritual Beast
It was dusk, dark clouds were hanging low, and Xiao Hei sat high on a tree branch, watching the demons devouring humans in the distance. His slender fingers turned a short branch he had just broken from somewhere, trying to suppress the irritation in his heart.
But it's not of much use.
Perhaps it was because he had absorbed too much magic during this period of time, the thoughts in his mind were disorganized and chaotic, as if he was immersed in a boundless black sea, unable to break free and unable to escape, which made him feel a strong sense of hatred and bloodthirstiness.
That's normal.
After all, the devil is born from human desires and the filth of the world. It is inevitable that he will be affected by such endless absorption.
But he didn't find the information he wanted.
After the Demon-Exorcising War, most of the high-level monsters were trapped in the Ten Thousand Demons Cave, so the monsters he found were either too weak or too small. Not to mention finding his own image in their minds, judging from their memories, some of them had not even participated in the Demon-Exorcising War.
But fortunately it is not useless.
Every time he absorbed a monster, his head felt like it was being violently stirred by a stick, the pain was so intense that it felt like it was about to explode. And every time during this extreme pain, some familiar images would pop up in his mind.
That was his memory.
Although he came up blank again when he thought about it carefully, fortunately he finally found a clue.
He touched the golden bell around his neck, and thought of the way the woman had casually tied the bell he had always worn in his hair. His heart tightened, and a trace of clarity came through his irritability.
He looked at the monsters again. Except for a mid-level monster, the rest were just some miscellaneous creatures.
But monsters around Kunlun are rare, and he only found these few after searching for two days.
After absorbing these, he needs to return quickly so that he can reach Kunlun before dark.
Thinking of this, he actually felt a sense of eagerness filled with joy.
*
After a few monsters finished eating and were about to leave, they were blocked by someone.
The man in the distance had an outstanding figure and a charming face. They only took a glance at him from a distance, and their saliva began to flow. Their stomachs, which had just been filled, immediately felt empty again.
Such a good-looking person must be delicious.
Everyone has a love for beauty, and even demons naturally have it.
But they prefer to see beauties screaming, crying, and terrified. They want to see their pupils dilated with despair when their bodies are torn apart, and to lick their hideous and broken faces when their internal organs are dug out.
So beautiful.
It’s really delicious too.
The mid-level monster had already cultivated to the form of an ordinary human. His dark eyes moved around in his eye sockets and fixed on Xiao Hei: "Oh my, little beauty, are you lost? Do you want me to take you home?"
After saying that, the pitch-black tongue stretched out and licked the pieces of meat that had just gathered on the lips into its mouth.
Another demon spoke: "Little... beauty, we... are all... good people. You want to go--"
Before he could finish his words, the monster's grotesque head exploded, and dirty black blood splattered everywhere, indiscriminately spraying onto the surrounding monsters.
The other low-level monsters didn't even have time to show any expressions of fear on their faces before their heads exploded. The intermediate monster happened to be standing in the middle of the fountain of blood, its pupils suddenly constricted, and its whole body trembled violently.
At such a close distance, I didn't even notice a trace of spiritual power fluctuation!
Several headless demon corpses around suddenly caught fire, and after burning out, they turned into wisps of black gas and entered the palm of the beauty.
The beauty frowned, as if enduring something. After a moment, her expression returned to normal. She glanced sideways at the mid-level demon and opened her red lips slightly: "Xiao Hei, do you recognize it?"
The monster knelt down hurriedly, its voice trembling: "Yes... yes, yes! No no no... no, no, no."
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the beauty approaching. Then his head was stepped on and buried in the earth. The beauty's impatient voice came: "Do you know me or not?"
"It was...it was the demon who asked us to find this person! I've only heard of this name, but I don't know what he looks like!"
The monster knew that if he said one more wrong word, his head would be crushed into pieces like those monsters just now.
"The demonic emissary?" the beauty asked again, "Did he tell you who this Xiao Hei is?"
"The demon envoy said that Xiao Hei is... my master, and the key to the demon god's return to the world!"
The foot on the head exerted force: "Xiao Hei... is the demon god?"
"No... no, it's not. He's just an ordinary spirit beast, but the demon told us to inform him immediately if we find him."
"How do I tell you?"
The demon pulled out a black, opaque stone from its bosom. It prostrated itself on the ground and, with difficulty, presented it to the demon. "...This object can be opened with my demonic blood. The demonic messenger will sense it and send a message to me."
"Voice transmission?"
"Low-level monsters like me are all branded by the Demon Master, and can be summoned at will in the Sea of Consciousness."
The foot on her head was released, and the beauty said, "Call him now."
The monster hurriedly sat up and opened the magic stone. After conveying the beauty's words to the magic messenger, he knelt down again earnestly: "Please, beauty... Immortal Lord, spare my life. I am very useful! I can help you later-"
"What did he say?"
"I have conveyed everything you said to him. The magician said that he will meet me at the place you mentioned in half a month. By then, I can help you—"
With a "bang", his head exploded and his eyeballs rolled to the ground in the distance, covered with black blood, but he didn't feel any pain.
In a blur, the monster's body and vision burned together, and its mind disappeared along with it.
*
After Xiao Hei absorbed the last monster, he pinched his brows and relaxed for a while.
I had a headache and severe pain, but I gradually got used to it.
They were all useless memories, and this intermediate-level monster should have just reached the intermediate level, and there was not as much useful information as in Ji Chan's memory.
But after two months of hard work, he finally got some useful information.
"Xiao Hei is just an ordinary spirit beast..."
"It is the key to the devil's return to the world..."
Is the demon messenger being vague on purpose, or is he really not a demon?
Don’t think too much about it, you will know everything in half a month.
He touched the golden bell between his collarbones again.
Clear and sweet spring water overflowed from the thick black slurry.
His steps became lighter and he was about to leave, but when he turned around, he caught a glimpse of an inconspicuous green figure under the shadow of the tree.
Thunder exploded and lightning flashed for thousands of miles.
His breathing stagnated, and thick black water gurgled over his heart.
Xiao Ran.
Why was this green snake here? And how much had he heard?
Perhaps because of the severe pain in his head, he was completely unaware.
At this time, Xiao Ran no longer concealed himself. He sat sideways on the branch, with one leg raised and the other leg hanging naturally and swaying gently. His long hair was braided into a strand, hanging loosely on his shoulders, with a pink flower inserted at the end of his hair.
He propped up his chin with one hand, his narrow peach blossom eyes smiling with delight as he looked at Xiao Hei: "Oh, what a coincidence."
skillful?
Xiao Hei tightened his jaw.
I pulled the corners of my mouth, but found that I couldn't smile.
Xiao Ran jumped down, glanced behind him, and then exaggeratedly fanned her cheeks with her hands: "What are you doing, Xiao Hei? This fishy smell is really unpleasant."
"Tell me, what am I doing?" His body was tense and his words were a little obscure.
Why are you here? You're here? Then... where are the stars?
But he didn't sense the breath of the stars, so he felt a little relieved.
"I can't guess."
Xiao Ran laughed, but his eyes darkened. "It's just that it has to do with monsters."
"Are you following me?" Xiao Hei asked with a raised eyebrow, suppressing endless murderous intent in every word.
"It's not stalking,"
Xiao Ran sighed, seemingly unconcerned, "It's because the demonic energy in you is too strong. If you want me not to notice it, it would be too much for me."
Xiao Hei was startled: "Demonic energy?"
Every time after absorbing a monster, he would clean it up carefully. The nose of the Huotou was extremely sensitive, and he couldn't even smell it, so how could this snake know?
"Yes, this body of evil fighter is not yours."
Xiao Ran said casually, as if saying that the weather was not very good today, "I smelled it as early as when I saw you, just like the stars."
This was so different from what he had imagined that he found it difficult to understand for a moment. He didn't know where to begin, so he only asked about the things he cared about most:
"Like... stars?"
"Xingxing is more complicated than you. Her soul is not like that of people in this world. How come you, her natal spirit beast, don't know this?"
Xiao Ran was surprised for a moment and covered her mouth, "Did I let it slip? Don't tell anyone else, this is a secret between Xingxing and me."
"Your...secret with Xingxing?"
Xiao Hei repeated it word for word, his nails digging deep into his palms. He raised his dark eyes slightly, and there seemed to be a bloody smell in his throat.
"She told you?"
"Yes, she only told me." Xiao Ran smiled cunningly and proudly curled the ends of his hair with his fingers - this was the action he would do whenever he lied.
But at this moment, Xiao Hei seemed to be unaware of anything, and his lifeless eyes looked like he was looking at a dead person.
"Let's not talk about the stars, let's talk about you first,"
Xiao Ran ignored the murderous intent in his eyes and tapped Xiao Hei with the end of her hair. "This is really strange. This is the first time I've seen a demon's soul enter the body of a spirit beast."
Xiao Hei just looked at him without saying anything.
Xiao Ran continued to talk: "I was not sure at first, but recently the demonic energy in your soul has been getting stronger and stronger. No wonder you can eat demons."
Eat, not exactly, but almost.
"The Nine Netherworld Snake has the ability to shape souls." Xiao Hei suddenly said.
That's why Xiao Ran could smell the scent of the soul and tell it something that no one would ever know as long as he didn't say it.
Xiao Ran smiled, a look of pride on her face. "Yes, everyone's soul has its own unique scent, and my nose is the best in our clan. Naturally, no soul's secrets can be hidden from me. Am I amazing?"
Seeing that Xiao Hei didn't respond, he said no more and got straight to the point.
"You don't want Xingxing to know, do you? You know how secretive people are about demons these days, right?"
Xiao Ran narrowed her eyes, "How about we make a deal?"
Xiao Hei's dark eyes were gloomy, like a ghost waiting for an opportunity. He had a terrible headache, and the light and darkness in his vision were a little blurry, but he still smiled. "What deal? I'm all ears."
"Rather than the stars being disgusted with you after knowing the truth, it would be better for you and the stars to break the contract on your own."
Xiao Ran looked like she was offering advice. "It just so happens that I want to be Xingxing's natal spirit beast. If you take the initiative to break the contract with Xingxing, I will keep this matter a secret. How do you think?"
Termination of the contract?
Hahaha
Guessed it.
Xiao Hei's head hurt as if countless bugs were gnawing at it. There was not a single piece of good flesh left on his hands hidden in his sleeves. The smell of blood in his mouth became stronger and stronger. Blood slowly flowed from the tip of his tongue that he had bitten, and he swallowed it.
A huge beast curled up in his dead eyes. He smiled, as evil as a poppy:
"In this world, there is a way to make people keep their mouths shut. Do you know what it is?"
*
Xu Xingxing saw the forest shaking violently from a distance.
She felt something was wrong and quickly quickened her pace.
But it's too late.
She saw Xiao Hei in the distance grabbing Xiao Ran's neck and lifting him high above his head.
She saw Xiaoran covered in blood, like a rag.
Just as she was about to speak, she saw a red flame suddenly ignite on Xiao Ran's body. The red flame quickly wrapped around his body, including the bright pink flower in his hair.
It felt like a lump of ice had formed in her chest, and a surge of fear was surging in her heart.
Xiao Hei actually had the intention to kill!
She shouted, "Stop!"
She then cast a spell to put out the fire and flew forward to stop it, but saw Xiao Hei as if he didn't hear her voice. He deftly pried open Xiao Ran's jaw with one hand and reached directly into his mouth with the other hand and pulled out a piece of meat.
Tongue.
He pulled out Xiaoran's tongue.
Her head was buzzing and she felt a chill all over her body.
She chanted a spell, freezing Xiao Hei into ice, then raised her palm to repel him, and then she snatched Xiao Ran from Xiao Hei's hand.
Looking at Xiao Ran in her hands, she had no idea how to touch him. Fear and coldness invaded her whole body, and tears welled up in her eyes.
He had just picked a large bunch of unknown pink flowers early in the morning and placed them in the vase beside the bed.
The smug and arrogant face from yesterday was still imprinted in her mind.
And now, after less than a day's absence, he has become so dilapidated.
His body was covered in burnt flesh, his hair was gone, his clothes were torn, blood was constantly gushing out of his mouth, and there were several fist-sized holes on his body. It was even worse than the time he was in the blood pool before.
Her tears couldn't stop flowing.
If it was someone else, she could kill him to vent her anger, but now, the one who did this was her spirit beast, a close person whom she thought she knew well.
She exchanged all the items in the Book of Beasts and fed them to Xiaoran.
Then he said in a trembling voice: "Change back into a snake, Xiaoran, change back into a snake..."
She placed Xiaoran, who had turned into a tiny snake, in the palm of her hand, and carefully retracted the pointed tongue, which had also shrunk.
Not wanting to even look at the man who had already broken free from his restraints, he prepared to fly back on his sword.
Xiao Hei heard the woman shouting to stop and knew that he could no longer kill the snake in front of her.
Then he pulled out his tongue directly.
He didn't regret it, but now he panicked when he saw her tears slowly flowing.
Not really.
He plucked the phoenix's feathers, but she didn't scold him.
Not really.
She had said he was someone close to her.
She said she only believed in him.
Not really.
The golden bell around his neck fell down while he was in a trance and flew into the woman's hand. The golden bell in her hair flew down and was tied around his neck again.
He didn't refuse.
But looking at the newly made bell in her hand, he couldn't help but ask, "Why did you take it away?"
Didn’t you give it to me?
Why take it back?
The woman said nothing, but held the bell in her hand. When she opened her hand, only some gold dust remained in her palm.
A sudden gust of wind blew away the golden dust, as if blowing his heart apart as well. He felt the crushing pain was even worse than his head. His eyes turned red, his throat was blocked, and he spoke with difficulty, "Why..."
The woman never glanced at him, her voice carried away by the wind: "I don't want to see you off."
The sudden anger and cruelty that rose in my heart were interrupted by the woman wiping her tears.
He was somewhat at a loss, muttering, "Stars..."
"roll."
The woman threw down a word and flew away.
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