Chapter 39: The Great King of Dark Wind, the Hometown of Shennong

  A new week, first update!

  But that day, the Red Boy rode out of the Fire Cloud Cave on a golden light, heading east, and unknowingly traversed several thousand miles. Along the way, he stood on the cloud bank, without any intention of concealment, and floated towards the direction of the Thorny Ridge in an open and aboveboard manner.

  This however startled a demon king, who was none other than the Black Wind Mountain's Black Wind Cave's demon king Xiong Ba Guai Hei Xiong Jing.

  This black bear spirit is not simple, he and the eight hundred miles of thorny ridge wood immortal house in a group of demon cultivators are generally from humble origins, skilled in literature.

  However, its aura is much stronger than that of the Wood Spirit Hut. The bear monster was originally a wild bear in the mountain, but it accidentally ate a rare and precious herb called the Purple Ginseng, which opened up its spiritual intelligence. Moreover, it has a pure and kind heart, and its comprehension ability is extremely high.

  Twenty miles outside the Black Wind Mountain, there is a Guanyin Zen Temple dedicated to the Great Compassionate and Great Merciful South Sea Guanyin Bodhisattva. The black bear spirit cares about the major events of the three realms and is also good at explaining books and scriptures, often discussing Tao with the monks in the Guanyin Zen Temple.

  Because of its kind and honest nature, it has gained the trust of the monks and can enter the scripture storage pavilion and other important places. Unexpectedly, it accidentally obtained a Buddhist scripture, from which it enlightened itself to the great Tao, and its aura is deep and thick. After nearly a thousand years of cultivation, it has achieved the accomplishment of Taiyi True Immortal, and even in the prosperous Honghuang, it can be said to be stunning.

  In Journey to the West, it was also praised: The iron helmet with a bowl-like shape shines brightly with fire lacquer, and the black gold armor is radiant. A dark green silk sash wraps around his waist, and a long black silk cord hangs from his hat. He holds a black-tasseled spear in one hand, and wears a pair of black leather boots on his feet. His eyes gleam like golden lightning, and he is indeed the Black Wind King of the mountains.

  It can be seen that its bravery is extraordinary, and also because of this, the black bear spirit and Guanyin can be considered as having a predetermined fate. This is also why 500 years later it was able to fight evenly with the monkey of Taiyi Golden Immortal, and was valued by Guanyin and taken in as the mountain guardian deity of Lushan Mountain.

  Moreover, this black bear was an old acquaintance of Hong Haier's.

  The Ox King led the Kui Niu tribe to migrate to the Western Cow Herding Continent, and the demons of the world were shocked. The Western Cow Herding Continent was originally a Buddhist site, and the demon clan had been suppressed for a long time. Now that the Ox King occupied the auspicious land of Cuicui Mountain here, it was undoubtedly nailing a nail at the door of the Western religion.

  Lingdi's western demons admired him, and Niu Mo Wang's divine powers were unparalleled. In the current situation where saints and quasi-saints of various sects are hiding in seclusion, he is a powerful force, representing the Intercepting Sect of the Three Purities.

  Then all kinds of demons and monsters came to surrender, seeking the protection of the Bull Demon King, which also made the Bull Demon King's fortune greatly increased.

  This black bear spirit was also one of them, and its cultivation had already reached the level of a 7th-grade Taiyi True Immortal. It could be considered a powerful being in its own right. Unfortunately, the Western Buddhist sects were too powerful, and they would often come out to subdue demons and evil spirits, causing all kinds of supernatural creatures to live in fear.

  Although the Bull Demon King is famous for his righteousness, people always have their own affinities and distances, don't they?

  And yet this black bear spirit, though loyal and honest, was not stupid, but rather extremely clever. He knew that his own cultivation should have earned him the respect of the Bull Demon King, but he did not dare to be overly confident. In order to curry favor with the Bull Demon King, he instead used his tactics on the Bull Demon King's son, Red Boy.

  The former Red Boy was indeed a child's heart, and he was easily moved by the black bear spirit with honey. Of course, that was not ordinary honey, but the nectar of the fire lotus flower collected by the ten-thousand-year-old purple jade bee, which was the most fragrant and tempting, and also a wonderful thing for refining elixirs and medicine.

  In this way, the two of them went back and forth, their feelings for each other were quite good, they called each other brothers, playing and joking together. Hei Xiong Jing even put aside his dignity to let Hong Hai Er ride on his back, which delighted Hong Hai Er greatly.

  Even when Hong Haier was in trouble, he had gone to the Banana Cave to visit him, but unfortunately, Hong Haier was unconscious at that time and did not know.

  However, this time I heard that the Red Boy has recovered and returned to the Huoyun Cave. Moreover, there is news that he is collecting rare flowers and plants to decorate the backyard. The Black Bear hurriedly came here, bringing with him 200 fire dates, which shows how deep his fraternal bond with the Red Boy is.

  "What? Shengying went to Muxian'an?"

  In the Black Wind Cave, when the Black Bear Spirit received the report from his subordinate little demon, he was greatly shocked and stood up from his throne.

  "Returning to Da Wang, I indeed saw Sheng Yinger Da Wang riding a swift light into the Wooden Immortal Hut. I also saw that in the hut, Xing Xianzi and Shi Ba Gong were present. I don't know what they said, but I was afraid of getting too close and being discovered, so I hurried back to report."

  The little demon below heard this and lowered his head, looking terrified, not daring to conceal anything.

  "This!"

  Hei Xiong Jing saw this, knowing that what his subordinates said was true, but he hesitated and stood indecisively in front of the throne, muttering to himself: "What's to be done?"

  "Pass on my order, send Ling Xuzi to rush to Muxian An and secretly monitor the situation in the temple, waiting for me to arrive."

  After a moment, Hei Xiong Jing raised his head and said to the little demon kneeling on the ground.

  "Yes!" The little demon heard this and was overjoyed, then got up and bowed three times to the black bear spirit before quickly exiting the cave.

  "Ah!"

  Looking at the little demon's quickly departing back, Xiong Baigui let out a sigh and said softly: "This Holy Infant is really bold. Although his father is the Great Sage of Heaven, but his own cultivation is only that of a Heavenly Immortal, yet he dares to recklessly barge into the Wooden Immortal's Abode. Even I would find it troublesome to face the countless restrictions within that abode."

  Having said that, he shook his head and continued: "It won't do. Although the demons in that hut claim to be well-versed in the classics and understand reason, they are actually fond of absorbing human vital energy. A divine infant like Shengying is even more sought after by them. Moreover, those demons are ignorant and narrow-minded, I'm afraid they don't know Shengying's name. If I linger here any longer, I fear Shengying will be in danger."

  At this point, the black bear did not delay any longer and loudly shouted at a small monster beside him: "Bring me my long spear!"

  As he spoke, he headed towards the outside of the Black Wind Cave...

  At this moment, however, the scenery in Muxian'an was entirely different.

  The demons of Namu Xian'an activated the formation restriction in the hut, trapping the Holy Infant. However, it was a haze, as if in chaos. Yet, they only trapped but did not kill, and their intentions were unknown.

  In the backyard of Muxian'an, Hong Haier looked at the clouds and fog in the sky, but his eyebrows were slightly furrowed. To be fair, Hong Haier was not afraid that Xingxian would snatch his own yuan yang.

  Those words were just to dispel the faint affection that Xingxian had for himself, and besides, Honghai himself had a vast amount of innate fire yuan power, which was extremely violent. If some evil female cultivator wanted to use him as a furnace tripod to absorb his energy, she would probably end up losing her own life instead, not to mention the risk of losing her own small life.

  Thinking about it, Hong Haier let out a sigh, and his heart was filled with anxiety. Being too handsome is just not good. He forced a smile, took a deep breath, but then his face changed in shock, feeling the smoke enter his body, his own body suddenly felt a little dizzy.

  Hastily guarding the mind and spirit, operating the Upper Clear Divine Light, I suddenly feel my mind and spirit clear, and also feel a faint warm flow gushing out from my own chest, gathering into my own Seal Hall, making me feel even more refreshed and invigorated.

  He took a sniff of the damp mist around him, but felt a faintly decaying air, which seemed to have a spiritual quality, and it actually gave people a faint illusion.

  "Miasma?"

  Hong Haier saw this, but it was a relief in his heart. He had heard earlier that the grass and tree spirits who had been practicing Taoism for many years were most skilled at using the mountain's miasma to make people hallucinate, confusing them and absorbing their vital energy. Who would have thought it was true?

  As for this miasma, Hong Haier was quite interested. In his previous life, he had read the Shu Mountain and knew that in the ten million great mountains of Miaojiang, there was a rotten peach mountain with five clouds of peach blossoms miasma.

  It is the peach blossoms and peaches that have rotted over the years, from a distance, it looks like a piece of exquisite five-color, dazzling and radiant, even more beautiful than the rainbow after the rain.

  But in reality, it is extremely toxic and extraordinary. To say nothing of ordinary people, even if the primordial spirit of a cultivator touches it slightly, it will be like a maggot in the heel bone, constantly corroding and decaying without stopping. Ordinary cultivators cannot avoid it, and even their physical bodies and treasures will scatter throughout the world.

  However, the miasma in front of him was clearly inferior to that of the Five Clouds Peach Blossom Miasma. Moreover, Red Boy was not an ordinary person, but a heavenly born divine being who had already attained the cultivation of a Heavenly Immortal and possessed a defensive treasure. He was not afraid of the toxicity of the miasma nor did he fear the illusory realm it would manifest.

  "This spell formation is quite impressive."

  After a long observation, Hong Haier finally discovered that the current formation was different from what he saw in Muxian An. It seemed that the two formations were interlocking, forming a yin-yang extreme surface. The two could be independent of each other, but also complement each other with yin and yang. With a light smile, he called out to the blood beast at his feet: "Little Red, let's go, break this evil formation."

  "Woof woof!"

  Xiao Hong heard the words of Hong Haier and was delighted, jumping up and down twice. However, she quickly realized that just now when all the monsters launched their formation, she was the first to rush towards Hong Haier, not being left outside.

  "Hehe!"

  Hong Haier saw this and couldn't help but smile. He bent down, picked up Xiao Hong and hugged him in his arms, then determined the direction and headed deep into the large formation...

  "Preposterous!"

  In the back house of Muxian'an, Ling Kongzi was gazing at a treasure mirror with a gloomy face, and in the mirror, there was a reflection of Hong Haier's shadow.

  "A young child with a big mouth thinks they can get away with anything."

  That red-bearded boy also spoke up, with a somewhat old-fashioned air about him. He turned to face Xingxian and said, "Sister, watch me teach that ignorant little brat a lesson."

  "Never mind, little brother." Hong Xing heard this and let out a soft sigh, as if she wanted to say something but stopped herself.

  "It's just that this child has a mysterious background, and is likely to have someone backing him up. If he really is a disciple of a major sect, we can't afford to hurt him." Upon hearing Xingxian's words, Fuyun Dou also furrowed his brow and spoke out.

  "What's there to fear? I'll trap him in the Temple of Shen Nong, and even Da Luo Jin Xian won't be able to calculate it. After a long time, who will still remember him?" Ling Kongzi heard this and felt somewhat pleased with himself, lightly laughing.

  "This?" Gu Zhi Gong heard the words, but hesitated for a moment. Calmly thinking about it, his feeling towards Hong Hai Er was still quite good. Although he seemed arrogant and unruly, he had some talent and an unyielding spirit, which made Gu Zhi Gong and the other three old eccentrics feel somewhat sympathetic towards him.

  "We've caught him, so let's lock him up for a few days first. After a few days have passed, if no one comes to look for him, won't we be free to deal with him as we please?"

  He glanced at Ling Kongzi and Chi Xuzi beside him, seeing that the two had an unyielding look on their faces, but he let out a light sigh and spoke.

  "This is great goodness!"

  Finally, Ling Kongzi and others heard this, but they showed a few points of approval...