Chapter Twenty-Three A Monster

  The sky was gradually darkening, and in a certain courtyard of the small town, five scattered cultivators gathered together, among whom two were the brothers who sold the Shadow Wind Mice.

  The 'Wind Ear' who had been tracking Su Che and Lei Xiao said to the other four: "They plan to enter the canyon early tomorrow morning to collect the roots of the hidden land vine, at least ten plants. And that little guy who practices Qi Refining bought our Shadow Wind Mouse, his goal is to sacrifice it for a magical artifact, its power shouldn't be weak..."

  As he finished speaking, a burly man with a thick beard said in a low voice: "I still think that ambushing their formal disciples on the territory of the Tianxuan Sect is too risky."

  "Zhāo Fēng ěr" said: "Lù Lǎodà, those two kids are extremely weak, one is at the second layer of Qi cultivation and the other is only at the first layer. What a great opportunity... after we enter the canyon, we'll wait for the right moment and take care of them with just a few moves. We can feed their corpses to the demonic beasts, and no one will ever know. Yīn Fēng Xiágǔ (Canyon) is already a place where people go to train and die every day, if two low-level disciples disappear, Tiān Xuán Zōng won't even care."

  "Yes." The young man with a birthmark on his face said, "For us, this matter is not difficult at all. As I said before, after the task is completed, my brothers will hand over their identity jade symbols to you three, and all of their possessions will belong to you. Moreover, my two brothers will also pay an additional sixty spirit stones."

  Lu Lao Da stroked his whiskers and pondered for a moment, then asked the other couple: "He Dao You, how did you two decide?"

  "I think it's feasible." The young man with the surname He had already made up his mind.

  His wife was young and beautiful, with a soft appearance but a more determined attitude. She smiled and said: "This is not the first time such a thing has happened, what's there to worry about? At worst, after getting it done, we can just leave this place quickly."

  "Alright!" Lu Lao Da nodded vigorously and said to 'Zhao Feng Er', "You're still in charge of keeping watch, tomorrow, wait until they've gone deep into the Yin Wind Gorge before making a move."

  "Good!"

  "Zhāo Fēng ěr" and "Tāi Jì Nán" exchanged a glance, with obvious delight in the eyes of the two brothers. The identity token of the Tian Xuan Sect disciple was extremely important to them, and now they finally had a lead.

  One practicing Qi at the first level and one at the second, two little brats with such low strength dare to enter the Valley of Dark Wind? Aren't they just a delicious dish served right to our mouths?!

  At this moment, in the room of the inn, Su Che was disassembling the lock on the iron cage. The dark wind mouse inside was still in a state of unresisting drowsiness.

  Opened the cage, Su thought: "Should be okay now..."

  As soon as the thought arose, a faint heat emanated from between his eyebrows, and the dark wind mouse in the cage instantly vanished without a trace.

  Su Che hastily jumped onto the bed, sat cross-legged, concentrated his mind and immediately entered a state of introspection.

  Still in that foggy mental domain, the black tower floated motionlessly, but on the foundation of the tower directly in front of the lower gate, there was an additional pale purple crystal carving, which was exactly the dark wind mouse from just now.

  "The three tribes of human, demon and magic are all present. What's the next step?" Su Che asked loudly through mental language towards the Black Tower.

  As soon as the words fell, the three statues of human, demon and devil on the tower base suddenly shattered into countless small crystal sand grains, but they did not scatter on the ground, instead suspended in mid-air.

  Su Che was amazed, and saw that the three piles of crystal gravel suddenly rose with a loud whoosh, flying together in front of the gate, like countless water droplets merging into one.

  Originally solid crystal particles, in an instant condensed into a large cluster of sticky **, constantly twisting and deforming, as if nurturing some brand new life...

  Su Che couldn't help but tense up, thinking: "Will something monstrous appear and devour all my brains?"

  In just over a dozen breaths, that mass stopped changing shape and finally condensed into an extremely strange object!

  "My goodness, I really did guess it! It's indeed a monster!" Su Che's heart skipped a beat.

  The guy in front of him was obviously a hybrid of the three tribes of human, demon and devil. He had a curved horn on his head, a ferocious and terrifying devilish face, and although his limbs and torso were in human form, they were covered with dark gray fur, and behind his buttocks he dragged a long rat-like tail.

  Such a monster, not only is its appearance terrifying, but it also gives people a nauseating feeling...

  "How could it have turned out like this?" Su Che lamented in his heart.

  Bang!

  The monster's rat tail whipped back and forth with a speed like a whip, striking the base of the tower and producing a crisp explosive sound.

  Right after that, the originally tightly closed eyes suddenly opened wide, and the scarlet pupils were extremely evil.

  "This guy is still alive!" Su Che became even more tense, this guy was living in his own mind, he really couldn't escape no matter how hard he tried!

  Even if it escaped to the ends of the earth, it would still be in its own mind. If it were truly an evil demon, it would absolutely be doomed!

  "Hehe!"

  The monster stared with scarlet eyes and actually showed a grin, two fangs protruding even more prominently.

  Su Che felt that it was as if he could 'see' himself, even though he existed only in a state of consciousness within his mind's eye, and did not have a physical presence before it. Yet at this moment, the feeling was like standing face to face with it...

  "What's this guy trying to do with that creepy grin on his face?" Su Che's tension had reached its peak, and he almost believed he had created a devil.

  Unexpectedly, the monster actually received Su Che's thoughts and opened its big mouth to say: "Respected master, I didn't mean anything, just smiled at you with a very simple smile."

  What?

  Su Che was taken aback, without mentioning whether its smile was pure or not, it called itself "master", what did that mean?

  "Can you sense what I'm thinking?" Su Che asked cautiously.

  "Yes, master, I am in your mind, whatever you think, I can receive it."

  When the monster replied, the mouse tail dragged behind its buttocks also swayed back and forth, giving people the feeling that it was like a loyal dog trying to please its master. Unfortunately, its mouse tail really looked very irritating, the more it swayed, the more disgusting!

  "Since you call me master, then tell me, what are you...?" Su Che puffed up his courage to ask, almost asking "what thing are you", but fearing it would anger it, changed it in time to: "Tell me, who are you?"

  "The monster immediately replied: 'I am not who, but a composite of human, demon and devil, the three kinds of creatures. It was you, Master, who created me.'"

  "Monster..." Su Che slightly understood and his courage grew, he said: "Your appearance is really not pleasing to the eye, can't you become a bit more normal?"

  "This... thing" The monster thought for a moment, shook its head and said: "It seems that it can't be done temporarily, I don't know why either."

  "Alright... but can you stop wagging your tail?" Su Che always felt that this old mouse's tail shaking back and forth in his mind was extremely uncomfortable.

  "Alright, alright!"

  The monster nodded obediently, but its mouth answered quickly, while the old mouse tail behind its buttocks was still shaking left and right out of control. This time, it also became a bit anxious, seemingly afraid of being scolded by its master, so anxious that it spun around in place twice before finally grasping its own tail.

  The long tail was grasped in hand, and finally came down honestly. This guy wasn't stupid either, with a few whooshes, he wrapped his tail around his waist and tied it up. After that, he still chuckled twice...

  Seeing it so obedient, Su Che's heart that had been hanging in the air finally calmed down, and he asked again: "Do you know what this black tower is?"

  "What treasure? What kind of treasure?" The monster was taken aback, turned around to look at the tall black tower, shook its head repeatedly and said: "I don't know what this thing is... but why do I feel so close to it?"

  "You don't know?" Su Che was very surprised, and thought it was the instrument spirit of this black tower's treasure.

  "Master, I really don't know!" The monster shrank its neck and looked very wronged, although it was still terrifying in appearance, but the overall feeling was no longer so disgusting. It explained in a low voice: "I just been created by you, my brain only has some original memories of human 'Chen Shi', a low-level extraterrestrial demon, and some fragmented memories of a yao beast Yin Feng Mouse, it's like I just born, knowing very little."

  "What's going on?" Su Che was naturally full of doubts, and now he had an even bigger problem - there was a strange creature in his mind, but he still knew nothing about the black tower.

  So what's the point of this monster being born? What should be done next?

  (Today's second update, the effect of Hei Ta Fa Bao is starting to show, don't forget to collect and recommend votes, thank you)