Longevity Chronicles-Chapter 628 - 407: Zhu Xun’s Restoration, Fishing for the Toad Pearl Twice (Seeking Monthly Ticket Subscriptions!)_3
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"Yinping City is currently embroiled in warfare between warlords, Evil Demons lurking everywhere, and even those bald monks from the Demon Buddha Temple roaming about. It's only right for this Great Saint to be cautious. As long as I hide in this cave, no matter what kind of enemy comes, I don't have to fear anything. Even if I'm surrounded, as long as I dive into the dark river and choose any exit at random, I can escape and fly away on wing. Who could possibly catch me?"
Huang Baoming was naturally reclusive, and after being betrayed, he became even more perverse.
From a human turned into a Great Demon, he still trusted no one, which is why there were no little monsters or little wizards serving under him.
Being alone for a long time, he had grown used to talking to himself.
Just as he was indulging in his thoughts, suddenly, a provocative, insulting voice penetrated the cave.
By the sound of it, it seemed to be the Buddhist Divine Power of the Lion Roar.
Amplified through the belly of the mountain, in an instant, the voice pounded inside him like a war drum.
With his ears ruptured and blood flowing from all facial orifices, it made him howl and roll in agony.
Before he could do anything, suddenly, dozens of Demon heads barged in, chattering incessantly, attacking his spirit and soul.
"Hey, you mangy toad, our Master has summoned you to come out and die. Why are you dragging your feet?"
"What an ugly Toad Monster, hurry up and follow us out, peel off your disgusting pustule-ridden skin and finish yourself off. Don't dirty our Master's hands."
"Eh? This monster wasn't born a toad spirit but was transformed from the Human Clan, its soul fallen to the Beast Path. No wonder it reeks so foully; even I can't stomach it."
"If Red Lady won't eat, I will, I as the Body Demon, relish in the stench the most."
This group of Outer Realm Heaven Demons, having followed Tao Qian for quite some time, had been tamed early on. Each had taken on their Master's temperament and flaws, which made them not only difficult to deal with but also particularly noisy and disturbing when gathered together.
Huang Baoming was already tormented by the Lion Roar, and now with the Demon Sound pouring into his ears.
Almost subconsciously, he let out a "quack."
A putrid yellow cloud burst forth, and within it, hidden, was a Toad Pearl glowing with Divine Light and the tremendous strength of Mountains and Seas.
"Die, all of you die!"
In a roar of rage, the Nine Toad Bead was hurled out.
At that moment, Huang Baoming thought: these Demons are too annoying, but the one outside casting the Lion Roar I probably cannot defeat. I'll kill these Demons and then flee into the dark river.
His plan was good and would normally succeed.
Unfortunately, with the arrival of True Master Tao, nothing would go normal.
Outside the Swallowing Sky Cave!
Tao Qian, hearing the echo and sensing the Toad Pearl leave the toad's mouth, immediately smiled.
He reached into his sleeve and pulled out a silk thread, employing the Fishing Toad Technique.
A burst of brilliance, and the silk line instantly stretched without limit, becoming a "Ten Thousand Feet Silk."
On it were strung nine Luck Money coins.
At the end, a Heavenly Toad Treasure Pearl served as bait.
With a flick of his hand, the silk line, as if alive, eagerly burrowed into the Swallowing Sky Cave.
Inside the mountain belly, the Toad Pearl that was about to smash the Demons.
Upon seeing the silk line, immediately changed direction; after a croak, it transformed into a Three-legged Golden Toad gleaming with treasure light.
Without even a glance at the bleeding, screaming Huang Baoming behind, it gave a shake, kicking off the filthy yellow cloud, and directly bit the bead bait.
"Come out!"
As this voice came from outside the cave,
a scene that would break Huang Baoming's heart and drive him insane appeared.
The Toad Pearl that he regarded as his second life was simply fished away like that.
"No!"
"Give it back to me, my Treasure Bead, that's mine."
"Whoever you are, I beg you, please return the Treasure Bead to me."
With his prized possession seized, Huang Baoming no longer cared about escaping.
Crying out, he chased after the fishing line.
Behind him, membrane wings flapped wildly as his large mouth gaped open, yearning to snatch back the Toad Pearl.
However, this Swallowing Heaven Great Saint, Huang Baoming's situation was almost identical to that of Wutong Master Liu Lean.
All his cultivation power originated from the Toad Pearl.
Had he not acted so impulsively, expelling the Toad Pearl after just one attack, and instead relied on his supernatural power to fight and tangle with Tao Qian,
It might have been possible for him to hold out in a battle once or twice.
But just like Liu Lean, he fell for Tao Qian's cunning scheme.
Of course, one couldn't really blame Huang Baoming.
He was just a slightly luckier wilderness Loose Cultivator Demon; how could he know that there existed techniques such as the "Fishing toad technique" in this world?
In any case, once he lost the treasure, he was immediately reverted to his original form.
As he flew, his massive body rapidly shrank, and the so-called alien species, the Yellow Clouds Reaching Heaven membrane on his back, also shrank frantically.
In the blink of an eye, he transformed into an ugly toad, about the size of a cartwheel, with a body riddled with rot, hunchbacked and deaf.
A pair of fleshy bony little wings limply clung to his sides.
He could only watch with wide eyes as the Treasure Bead drifted away, while he himself plummeted downwards.
Mid-fall, his broken body was hit by the residual power of the Lion Roar.
With a loud "bang," he exploded into pieces.
Transforming into a sky full of shredded flesh, it rained down into the puddles below.
Swept away by the tide, he mingled with the readily found human skeletons in the puddles and disappeared without a trace. freewёbn૦νeɭ.com
This person, indeed, had a death that was richly deserved.
It wasn't much of an atrocity to consume adulterers and seductresses when entering the Dao.
But afterward, he developed the habit of "pairing and eating humans." Once he occupied Yellow Cloud Mountain, he would, on a whim, summon the Yellow Cloud Demon Fog, pillaging the surroundings, with a particular fondness for married couples, only feeling comfortable after snatching them and consuming them together.
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Outside the Swallowing Sky Cave, Tao Qian led Sister Yunrong by one hand, clutching the newly acquired treasure in the other.
The third Nine Toad Bead!
Since he acquired the Toad Pearl from Uncle Jade Toad, Tao Qian had gathered two more in just a few short months, and without much effort.
"The Fishing toad technique truly is handy, those cultivators who are not of the Toad Sect have virtually no resistance against this technique when they obtain the Toad Pearl; it's almost unfair."
"Of course, that's good news for me."
"It's a pity that the disguise from the Toad Sect's secrets has been lost for now, otherwise I could not use it any longer. Now with three Nine Toad Beads in my possession, in addition to the Toad God Tile, and my current mana level... tsk tsk, below the Ultimate Happiness Realm, I am invincible."
Master Tao was quite pleased with himself for successfully fishing for toads.
It was at this very moment that he and Yunrong suddenly changed their expressions.
Swiftly, they teleported, appearing at the peak of Yellow Cloud Mountain.
Looking up and far off towards Yinping City.
In the next moment, screams filled with murderous intent soared high into the sky, echoing in all directions.
Outside Yinping City, a vast plain stretched out.
There were two armies facing off against each other, and as soon as the command was given, they began to clash, with dense blood qi billowing forth.
Even more peculiar was that, while the armies fought outside the city,
Inside, another wave of sound also surged upwards.
But it was not the sound of battle, nor was it wailing or roaring.
Instead, it was the sound of reciting scriptures, wave after wave of fervent chanting of Buddhist Scriptures, filling the thousand-mile territory. Blossoms fell in disarray, lotuses bloomed everywhere, it was as though at any moment it could summon the Buddha Bodhisattva to descend upon this world.
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