NOVEL WEB Chapter 689_2
It was a rainy night when a little piglet was fleeing through the mountains, followed by two little demons that had just taken human form, playfully toying with it like cats with a mouse.
The pink and tender little piglet looked incredibly cute, lost in panic, and ended up at the foot of Fuling Mountain.
Lu Erjie saw how adorable it looked and casually dismissed the two little demons, rescuing this little piglet that had gained spiritual wisdom and brought it back to her cave, where she tended its wounds and took care of it, intending to keep it as a pet.
Unexpectedly, the little piglet left without a word after ten days, and she couldn't find its traces in Fuling Mountain and had to give up.
To her surprise, a month later on another rainy night, the little piglet reappeared at Fuling Mountain.
Again, it was being chased by a demon, but this time it was a hundred-year-old Snake Spirit pursuing it.
The little piglet was riding a nail rake-like magic artifact, covered in injuries, and ran towards her cave for refuge.
Lu Erjie, of course, did not stand by idly and fought the Snake Spirit, struggling to drive it out of Fuling Mountain, thus rescuing the little piglet.
Once again, she brought it back to her cave, treated its wounds, and took good care of it, but surprisingly, the little piglet left without a word after ten days again.
A little pig demon that always brought her trouble became a spice for her peaceful cultivation.
Even though this little pig demon always brought trouble, it was only small troubles, still within her ability to handle.
Until one day, a Leopard Demon with a two hundred-year cultivation appeared.
Lu Erjie wasn't good at fighting. To save the little pig demon, she fought with all her might, sustaining severe injuries herself, and frantically raised a demon wind to escape with the little pig demon.
Unfortunately, they weren't fast enough and were eventually caught by the Leopard Demon. Realizing escape was impossible, Lu Erjie immediately hid the little pig demon in a mountain ravine and led the Leopard Demon away herself.
Just when she was about to be killed and have her demon core taken by the Leopard Demon, a Nine-toothed Iron Rake descended from the sky, with just one swipe destroying the Leopard Demon completely.
However, the little pig demon had just started its cultivation and couldn't normally use such a treasure.
The consequence of forcefully using it was the self-blood sacrifice, almost leading to his own death by backlash, ultimately leading him into a deep sleep.
Lu Erjie didn't kill the pig to seize the treasure; instead, she brought the pig demon back to her cave once again, helped treat its wounds, and took care of him with meticulous attention.
But this time, the troubled little pig demon slept for ten years before waking up again.
And when he woke up, the little pig demon's appearance had greatly changed. Unknowingly refining the transverse bone in his throat, he could now take on human form.
However, the once adorably cute appearance was gone and replaced by a tall, stout, and ugly figure that made Lu Erjie have the urge to butcher this pig.
The pig demon claimed he was the Marshal of the Heavenly Canopy in a previous life, who, having been schemed against, was not only stripped of his rank but also punished and thrown into the mortal world, mistakenly reborn into a pig.
Previously, his memories were temporarily obscured due to the reincarnation process, causing him to live in confusion.
After experiencing the blood sacrifice of the Nine-toothed Iron Rake, his past life memories fully awakened, his abilities gradually restored, and he could transform into human form.
Lu Erjie didn't fully believe the pig demon's background, but she did witness what "a pig unafraid of hot water" truly meant.
From then on, this guy shamelessly imposed himself into her cave, brazenly calling her his wife.
Initially, Lu Erjie rejected him, thinking how could someone so ugly be so delusional?
But unable to resist this pig head's extraordinary flirting skills, she eventually got caught in his trap and was effectively held captive by him.
A Rabbit Spirit and a pig demon led a shameless and carefree life in Fuling Mountain.
They lived like this for over a hundred years, until her Three Calamities and Five Tribulations arrived.
Initially, with her cultivation, encountering all Three Calamities would surely mean death, but thanks to Zhu Ganglie's vast array of divine skills, he taught her how to evade the three calamities, allowing her to barely master a Heavenly Gang Thirty-Six Transformations skill and thereby avoid the Three Calamities death tribulation.
However, the Heavenly Person's Five Decays is a great disaster that is unavoidable unless one reaches Daluo, offering no escape.
Memories flooded back, and Gao Cuilan saw Zhu Ganglie leading her around to gather many favors and collect heavenly materials and earthly treasures before finally sending her back into the cycle of reincarnation, reborn as a human in Gao Village outside Fuling Mountain.
"No! Husband..."
Amidst the illusion, Gao Cuilan looked at Zhu Ganglie, who was almost torn apart by herself, and she burst into tears, kneeling in front of Zhu Ganglie with a heart aching as if pierced by a thousand knives, tightly holding onto his shattered, bloody body.
"Wife, you finally woke up."
Zhu Ganglie wore a strained smile as if enduring immense pain, reaching out a trembling hand to gently caress Gao Cuilan's beautiful face.
"Why? Why did it become like this? Buddhist Guanyin, why did you scheme against you? I'm sorry..."
Gao Cuilan howled and cried bitterly, especially feeling the weakening life force within Zhu Ganglie's broken flesh in her arms, almost driving her to collapse.
"This dead pig understands how to flirt, Little White Dragon, take note, only by being shameless can you win a beauty's heart. If you had half this dead pig's flirting skills, you wouldn't have been cuckolded and beaten by the mistress."
Compared to the once pure Little White Dragon, Zhu Ganglie's flirting skills are akin to a love saint.
This dead pig's shamelessness even utilized an illusion technique, deliberately creating this kind of tragic scene.
The Little White Dragon on the side recorded it while diligently learning, thinking about whether to seek out a female demon for practice later.
The monkey crouched on the other side rolled its eyes, stepping back a few paces disdainfully, putting some distance between himself and the others.
"Isn't Lao Zhu afraid Gao Cuilan will kill him afterward?"
Creating an illusionary realm to deceive feelings, when she finds out the truth afterward, wouldn't Gao Cuilan truly skin Zhu Ganglie alive?
"Later on, he can kneel on the washboard at home, and when night comes, once again make things right with Gao Cuilan.
If once isn't enough, then twice, and if twice isn't enough, then thrice, eventually he'll conquer this ever-flowing field.
Little White, remember, when couples quarrel, fight at the head of the bed and reconcile at the foot.
When faced with a beauty, your operating limits must be flexible."
Zhu Ganglie, being so ugly, managing to date this Rabbit Spirit and have her loyally follow him, naturally has reasons!
Watching Chen Sanzang, who kept corrupting Little White Dragon, Sun Wukong felt that following such a group to seek revenge in the Western Heaven seemed grim.
To conquer is to be won over.
After being ravaged by Zhu Ganglie's formidable physique, Gao Cuilan was finally convinced by the pig and raised a white flag, no longer pursuing the pig head's deceit.
Therefore, everyone at Gao Family Mansion started again their pleasant life of eating hotpot and singing songs.
Since they needed to take Zhu Ganglie to retrieve the scriptures, Chen Sanzang reasonably allowed Lao Zhu to handle his affairs first, and then they would all set out together.
As for the spies lurking in the shadows, they were completely ignored.
It was all intentional delay, just playing around.
Meanwhile, following behind Chen Sanzang and his group appeared the army of the Great Qin Empire.
Once over the Two Worlds Mountain, it was no longer under the territory of the Great Qin Empire, and as Chen Sanzang journeyed westward, seemingly traveling leisurely, he was actually working behind the scenes.
For instance, those female demons who he once favored all became guides for the Great Qin Empire's army.
The army of the Great Qin Empire, unable to be stopped by mortal forces, conquered surrounding powers and made them into counties within the Great Qin Empire's territory.
Nearby cultivation sects, mountain demon caves, or ghostly entities and sinister influences, were dispatched by the Cultivator Army accompanying the Great Qin army, all transformed players from the Reincarnation Hall, all of them Golden Immortals.
However, these players hardly intervened, scarcely appearing on the scene, hiding in the dark like old foxes, constantly reaping benefits.
The treasure vaults hidden by those sects, the treasure vaults in the demon caves, and the treasures collected by the ghostly entities were all sneakily pilfered by this bunch without anyone noticing.