Chapter 4
On this day, the thunder that fell into the abyss was extremely violent and terrifying. Not only was its size several times larger than before, but its color also turned into a strange red.
After enduring a new day of thunder, Xie Zuo turned his back to the sky, gasping for air, and silently cursed Huo Yao; he was really going to kill this killer!
Huo Yao actually got angry because he was invited to practice dual cultivation. Huo Yao must have been living in a dog’s belly for tens of thousands of years.
After finally catching his breath, Xie Zuo sat up and shouted to the sky: “Huo Yao! Don’t you think about practicing with me? I will definitely make you want to die -!”
“Bang! —!” There was a loud noise, and thunder exploded at Xie Zuo’s feet.
“The evil beast wants to blaspheme a deity, if he dares to do it again, you will be wiped out in ashes!”
Xie Zuo did not dare to say any more, holding his chin in worry. Now that he had obtained a human body and had a great treasure like Huo Yao by his side, it would be a pity not to take this shortcut of dual cultivation.
He couldn’t beat him, and it would be as difficult as climbing to the sky to swallow Huo Yao. The only way to seize his essence during the intimacy, it was the most convenient and quick way.
Through dual cultivation, Xie Zuo could increase his demonic power, and Huo Yao could enter bliss. Wasn’t this the best of both worlds? Why would he refuse?
“Maybe you still feel that I am a demon and not worthy of you?” Xie Zuo said angrily, “Who do you think you are looking down on, hypocritical deity!”
Generally speaking, the copulation between demons and evil spirits depended entirely on mood and preference, and there was not much to pay attention to.
Moreover, the evil spirits had many emotions and desires and have no concept of loyalty from the bottom of their hearts. They only wanted to enjoy themselves in time and get benefits from them.
Xie Zuo originally thought that all humans, deities, demons, and ghosts were like this, but now it seemed that was not the case. If he mentioned dual cultivation, Huo Yao would eat people, just like he had done something treasonous.
Xie Zuo stood up, raised his head, and whispered: “I am an incomparably noble demon king, and I think highly of you as a partner, bah!”
If he hadn’t been in the abyss, was Huo Yao the only one who could catch his eye?
Xie Zuo strolled into the depths of the blood mist.
Xie Zuo was hungry. Before his transformation, he was very exhausted from the fight with Huo Yao. After that, he didn’t feel Huo Yao’s divine blood was supporting him. At this time, the last drop of the divine blood had probably been digested.
He was already so hungry that his stomach was touching his back.
He walked around the place where he used to hunt for food and was shocked to find that there was no prey left!
“I ate them all so quickly…” Xie Zuo rubbed his belly and had no choice but to fly down and go deeper into the abyss to find prey.
The blood mist becomes thicker as you go down, and the damage to the evil spirits suppressed here was greater. Therefore, the top level of the abyss was always occupied by the most powerful evil spirits.
It didn’t taste good when you ate this lowest part, and it didn’t help in the slightest to increase the demon’s power.
Now he didn’t have a choice. It was better to eat poorly than starved to death.
Not long after Xie Zuo flew down, he saw an ugly green flame and immediately became energetic.
This green flame was none other than the Earthly Fire Yaksha who had devoured Xie Zuo’s flesh and blood that day.
It was swallowing something, and the thing was struggling violently, causing blood mist to fly, which was very disgusting.
Xie Zuo appeared quietly behind it. Without waiting, Earthly Fire Yaksha sensed the danger. He took action at the speed of light and grabbed its neck. Its fingers instantly penetrated the flesh and bones and picked him up.
Earthly Fire Yaksha was tall and strong, but Xie Zuo carried him like a chicken, rocking him back and forth twice.
“Wow—!” Earthly Fire Yaksha opened its mouth and spit out half a soft tongue.
The tongue turned out to be a demon too. After landing, it bounced twice like a dying fish and then stopped moving. It had no strength to escape anymore.
All the demonic powers of Earthly Fire Yaksha were blocked, and it could not break free at all, so it had to beg for mercy loudly, “Demon King, please have mercy!”
“Spare your life?”
Xie Zuo used his other hand to dig out its heart, silencing its screams, “Well, it looks disgusting. Will eating it cause diarrhea?”
As he spoke, he unceremoniously stuffed the demon core into his mouth, “It’s bitter and smelly, you are really a trash!”
Earthly Fire Yaksha was filled with grief and anger because his life was still being humiliated. “Xie Zuo, I will never let you go!”
Xie Zuo patted the back of its bare head, “Oh, you really dare to say that!”
The demon core of Earthly Fire Yaksha was dug out, and its whole body was being swallowed by the blood mist.
Before it died, it wanted to humiliate Xie Zuo and cursed: “You are a lewd and shameless person. The whole abyss knows that you fell in love with Huo Yao and was dumped by him. Bah! You have lost the face of us, and you dare to come out and embarrass yourself. You are not worthy of being the demon king! Ah——!”
Xie Zuo hates this Earthly Fire Yaksha the most and hates its foul mouth the most. He really couldn’t stand it, after cursing, he transformed into a giant python and swallowed it in one gulp.
“Uh~” Xie Zuo burped, looked down at his protruding belly, feeling full.
Xie Zuo flicked his tail and was about to leave when he heard an old and weak voice calling him, “Your Majesty the Demon King, Your Majesty, please walk slowly -”
This tone of voice was very strange. Xie Zuo stopped and looked around.
After checking, he couldn’t find who made the sound.
“Your Majesty, look at the ground -”
Xie Zuo opened his eyes wide to search, and finally located the source of the sound – the big tongue that was half eaten by the Earthly Fire Yaksha.
Xie Zuo changed back to his human form, squatted next to the big tongue, and looked at it for a long time. Then he reached out and poked it.
“Ouch -” Big Tongue said in fear, “Your Majesty, this broken body of mine is already riddled with holes, I can’t stand it -”
“Who are you? Why did you call me?”
Big Tongue drawled slowly: “Your Majesty, I can help you cultivate with the Great Thunder Deity as soon as possible.”
Xie Zuo’s eyes lit up, “Really?”
“I never lie. I am born to know everything, and everything I say can come true -”
“You tell me how?”
Big Tongue gasped and couldn’t say a word.
Seeing that this big tongue was about to be finished, Xie Zuo narrowed his eyes, “Don’t lie to me?”
“I – I don’t dare -”
“Okay, I will help you today.” Xie Zuo snapped his fingers, and a bunch of silver-white flames jumped out from the fingertips and fell on the Big Tongue.
Xie Zuo thought for a moment, then took out the snake skin he shed yesterday and threw it into the fire. The skin was immediately swept away by the big tongue and eaten.
“Thank you, Your Majesty, I’m very grateful -” Big Tongue burst into tears of gratitude.
Xie Zuo licked his left tiger tooth with his tongue, “If you dare to deceive me, I will eat you!”
“Don’t dare, don’t dare –”
After a long time, a dazzling silvery white light rushed into the sky.
After the light dissipated, a large thick book laid quietly on the ground. This book was silver-white in color and very thick.
Xie Zuo was about to see what it was. The book jumped up and spit out a big fat tongue from the center of the cover. “Hahahahaha, I was put here to death but alive again. A new village will be born again. I will be reborn.”
This voice was rich and powerful, which was completely different from before.
Big Tongue flew to Xie Zuo and said respectfully: “Your Majesty, you are my Lao Luo’s reborn parents. Lao Luo will do his best to help you realize your wish -!”
“Lao Luo?” Xie Zuo raised his eyebrows, “What kind of name is it?”
Lao Luo said honestly: “The single name Luo is always an adjective.”
“Oh,” Xie Zuo reached out and took Lao Luo. Lao Luo laid cooperatively in his arms and cautiously retracted his large tongue.
Xie Zuo opened the book cover and discovered that the first page was blank. As he turned to the next page, he found it completely empty.
‘Is this… a mockery of his lack of education and culture?’
Noticing his displeasure, Lao Luo hurriedly said, “I am different from ordinary books, Your Majesty. Just ask me if you want to know anything.”
“Well…” Xie Zuo pondered for a moment. “Then why did that yaksha called me lewd and shameless? I merely suggested dual cultivation with Huo Yao for mutual benefit. He is the one who deserves criticism for not understanding how to appreciate it. How can I be ridiculed by others based on that yaksha’s misinterpretation?”
Lao Luo: …I presented the proposition here. This…
A group of demons hiding in the shadows trembled, thinking, “We must stabilize this demon king. Don’t laugh at him; although His Majesty the demon king is quite astonishing.”
Lao Luo cautiously said, “Your Majesty, you are born with great power and a pure heart. You don’t need to be familiar with -”
Xie Zuo frowned, “I didn’t understand. Go speak in human terms.”
Lao Luo: “It’s a long story. This one will explain to Your Majesty in detail——”
“Tell me slowly; I have plenty of time.”
Lao Luo: So, so, so, so. Starting from the birth of the five types of spiritual beings—humans, demons, deities, and ghosts—the different customs and etiquette of interactions between humans and deities were explained in detail, making its mouth dry.
Xie Zuo nodded while listening, “The deities are really hypocritical. According to this, Huo Yao wanted to practice dual cultivation with me, but I made the request in the wrong way, so he rejected it. That Yaksha himself is full of five poisons and has always been shameless. Why are all his words anger me?”
Lao Luo: ???
‘I always feel like something is wrong, but I can’t find a point to refute.’
Lao Luo cleared his throat, “Your Majesty——”
Xie Zuo said: “Every time you speak, you have to draw a long tone at the end. Is this what you call literati etiquette?”
Lao Luo coughed, “This is elegance——”
Xie Zuo patted Lao Luo’s cover, “Then tell me what form I need to take to get Huo Yao to practice dual cultivation with me as soon as possible.”
Lao Luo cheered up, “I have made a detailed plan for Your Majesty. Just follow the steps. Okay, your Majesty will definitely get what he wants.”
Xie Zuo grabbed Lao Luo’s large tongue and threatened: “It’s best to be like this, or you’ll wait to serve me as a snack!”