pertwk Chapter 2302 Return of the property to its original owner
Chapter 2302 Return of the property to its original owner
Chapter 2302 Return of the property to its original owner
"What are your thoughts?" The Nine Nether Emperor usually didn't bother with such matters.
"What about Mirror Mountain in western Yaozhou?" Liu Qingdao asked with a smile. "It's rich in resources, but recently many unruly monsters have emerged in the deep mountains and marshes, posing a threat to the lives of the people."
"Kill two birds with one stone? Good." Emperor Jiuyou made the decision. "Then let's move Qixia Sect to Mirror Mountain. With their abilities, it should be easy for them to subdue a few monsters as guardian spirit beasts or cultivate them into ethereal spirits."
The first task for Qixia Sect members joining Cangyan was to rid Jingshan in Yaozhou of the demonic threat, and incidentally, to establish their own foothold.
Sects like Qixia Sect, which have been defeated and subdued, will now have no choice but to obey Cang Yan directly. After Cang Yan goes to the new location, he will not only help maintain local security and exorcise demons, but also open his doors to disciples. Overall, the benefits to the local area outweigh the drawbacks.
He Lingchuan then asked him, "By the way, have you ever heard of the name 'Earth Mother'? It sounds like a giant demon."
"Earth Mother?" Liu Qingdao, as expected of an ancient living encyclopedia, pondered for a dozen breaths before saying, "That is the overlord of the Silent Mountain, residing in the ancient city of Yujing."
"What do you have to say?"
"Its appearance is varied, usually appearing as a huge earthen monster, hence the name 'Earth Mother'. We do not know its exact age, but it must be very ancient, because it once claimed to have obtained a wisp of genuine primordial energy."
The primordial energy of chaos is something even the greatest immortals cannot obtain. The Earth Mother dares to say it is "genuine," indicating that it was not obtained through methods such as the placenta.
What's its temperament like?
"It is naturally aloof, cunning, and greedy, and dislikes associating with other immortals and demons. Mount Ling has invited it, but it has refused."
The cultivation world is truly full of eccentric immortals and demons.
He Lingchuan rubbed his chin: "Being invited by Lingshan means it must be quite powerful."
"More than just not weak?" Liu Qingdao shook his head. "Anyone who dares to run wild in its territory never returns. As far as we know, it has killed many immortals. In ancient times, there was a notorious immortal thief who stole from several major immortal sects, including the Great Returning Sect. However, this guy set his sights on the treasures in the Earth Mother's Treasury, and then... that was the end of it."
"The Earth Mother did not participate in the war between immortals and demons, meaning she didn't help either side and just lived her own life. However, in the late ancient period, the human world was a battlefield, and several major battles between immortals and demons were fought near the Silent Mountain. As the local tyrant, the Earth Mother gained a lot of benefits. The Thousand Illusions Immortal Venerable once suspected that she had eaten the remains of both sides."
Monsters eating monsters, monsters eating immortals—this was commonplace in ancient times. "It has such a good appetite, it can even devour a celestial demon?"
As far as He Lingchuan knew, the general reaction of demons to the flesh and blood of the Heavenly Demon was that it didn't taste good.
Moreover, low-level monsters are prone to mutations and chaos when they consume the flesh and blood of high-level demons, so they don't like to try it lightly.
"So it is a matter of doubt. Because since then, the Earth Mother's cultivation has greatly improved, and she has also developed many supernatural powers."
"You said its lair is in Yashan?" He Lingchuan asked again. "I received information that it is now in Shaocheng."
“All I know is that it has remained in the Silent Mountain for countless years.” Liu Qingdao thought for a moment, “A great demon like the Earth Mother should have a way to safely pass through the period of spiritual energy depletion, but during that period, all the immortal demons kept a low profile.”
With spiritual energy waning, powerful beings must lie dormant.
"It's fortunate that this monster didn't leave the Golden Plains, otherwise dealing with it would have been several times more difficult than dealing with the Qixia Sect. And the panic it caused would have been much more severe, because... it and its minions eat people."
"It's not surprising that there are monsters that eat people." Many of the monsters that have just emerged from the pass on the Gold Plains also enjoy eating living people for a treat.
“It’s different.” Liu Qingdao smiled wryly. “Ordinary monsters eat only three or five people at most at a time; but the Earth Mother eats tens of thousands!”
"Have we run into cannibals?" Cannibalism is a legacy of ancient demons.
"Though not quite there, it's not far off either," Liu Qingdao said cautiously.
"I understand." He Lingchuan patted his shoulder. "I'm going into seclusion. You'll have to work hard for me for the next while."
Liu Qingdao immediately replied, "This is all within my duty."
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After this incident at Qixia Sect, the three spent some more time settling their affairs before finally being able to set off.
But before setting off, He Lingchuan summoned Aunt Zhu to the Crimson Cloud Golden Palace:
"Are you about to molt again?"
He noticed that Aunt Zhu had been scratching her stomach a lot lately, and seemed to be in some discomfort.
The concentration of spiritual energy in the world increased rapidly, but it seemed that Aunt Zhu hadn't molted in a long time. It's not just that a decline in cultivation level requires molting; the cave spider's shell needs to be replaced whether it's too big or too small.
"Ah, yes," Aunt Zhu admitted. "This suitcase is too small. I'm thinking of getting a bigger one! But it won't be for at least two or three months, so it won't delay our trip!"
It wouldn't say anything if the journey was imminent, for fear that He Lingchuan wouldn't take it out to fight.
"A new shell has formed?" The endogenous shell isn't growing properly, so the old shell can't be replaced.
"not yet."
Then He Lingchuan said, "I have a gift for you. Did your second aunt tell you beforehand?"
"Huh? No, I don't have any." Aunt Zhu looked confused at first, then became excited. "Take it out, quick!"
He Lingchuan is already the Nine Nether Emperor, so any gift he can give must be exceptional.
He Lingchuan smiled, turned around and walked towards the back of the hall: "Come with me."
Behind the Imperial Study is a garden with towering trees.
Aunt Zhu often passed by this garden, but now there was no one in the garden, and in the open space in front, there was a huge figure—
A big, hairy spider!
Aunt Zhu stopped in shock: "This...this can't be?"
This giant spider was over three zhang tall, standing in place like a small mountain. Its body was extremely thick, more like a crab than a spider, and each bristle was like a long sword.
Most importantly, Aunt Zhu found it strangely familiar.
"This is Zhu Erniang's largest remains besides her immortal body." Even the Nine Nether Emperor wouldn't touch this giant spider with his bare hands. "I took it from the Demon Nest a long time ago."
Dong Rui, standing to the side, rolled his eyes. "Take it away"? That's such a euphemism; it's clearly stealing.
He was also in the Demon's Nest at the time and witnessed the scene firsthand.
In order to adapt to the deteriorating spiritual environment, Zhu Erniang shed her body several times, leaving her cultivation inside the shell and forcing herself to become weak.
It treasures and carefully hides its shed shells in the deepest part of the demon's lair.
At that time, the Divine Bone Necklace was obsessed with Zhu Erniang's spider molt. Just then, the wild boar demon Siwen Wang and the python demon Boshan Jun attacked Zhu Erniang's lair, and He Lingchuan took the opportunity to steal the largest spider shell.
When Zhu Erniang returned to her nest and discovered the shell, she went berserk, killed Boshan Jun, and beat Siwen Wang half to death, but she still couldn't get the shell back.
(End of this chapter)