Chapter 25: The Abnormal Toad of Psychology

  A few days later, Xiaodou held a treasured sword, wearing white clothes fluttering in the wind, with an excited face, leading a large group of younger fellow disciples, rushing into the depths of Jiuhua Mountain's ancient forest. Upon closer inspection, there was a golden dot between Xiaodou's eyebrows, and because of that dot, the whole person looked so dazzling!

  And at this time, this dazzling young man was constantly shouting and scolding:

  "Water fairy, small beauty, Rui Yao, Xiao Qiao, and you stupid Zhao Kai, are really useless, still bragging about being superior. I despise you all, aren't you just a stinky toad? Get rid of him, how can such a lowly creature block our way? Youth, passion soaring, follow me and kill!"

  "Kill, kill, kill!" The two hundred junior brothers and sisters collectively boosted their morale. Under the guidance of Shuixian, Xiaodou led everyone through the ancient forest for several days, finally hearing a series of unpleasant "gurgling" sounds outside a cave near a volcanic crater!

  Under the command of Xiaodou, everyone formed a well-practiced Xuanwu Sword Array. The lightness expert, Xiaoxiao, stepped forward to lure out that enormous four-meter-long giant toad!

  When she saw the large toad's body emitting a red glow, Shui Xian's face turned pale and she exclaimed loudly:

  "Indeed stronger than expected at the beginning of Condensing Dan stage, Xiao Dou, quickly respond to Little!"

  Xiao Dou suddenly sprang up, watching as Xiao Xiao was chased by the flames that danced everywhere, and with a loud shout, Xiao Dou shot out a giant sword!

  The broad-backed giant sword struck a huge boulder on the mountain with precision, shattering it into fragments that fell onto the large toad's protective red glow, but nothing happened.

  Heavens! The spiritual energy is escaping from the body! And yet, it's still able to defend itself with ease. This should be a strength above the middle stage of forming an elixir. Xiao Dou saw that things were not going well and hastily abandoned his giant sword. While dodging the fireballs that were burning his body, he also threw out a flying dart. The huge toad's bright green eyes immediately locked onto Xiao Dou, and it chased after him in a straight line.

  He took a deep breath, withdrew the flying dagger and ran to the treetop, striking back while escaping. The two of them cooperated with each other, finally luring the giant toad into the trap. The Xuanwu Sword Formation, composed of 180 disciples, immediately presented a huge rock turtle illusion in the air above everyone!

  Led by Shuixian, Xiaomei was in charge of healing, and everyone took turns taking medicine to go on stage. Small bean turned around and retrieved his flying sword, and he and Xiao Xiao rushed into the giant toad's den.

  A group of junior brothers and sisters immediately fell into a bitter struggle, the 180-person formation of the mysterious magic array, calling out the Black Turtle to make a surprise attack, with its solid defensive power, against this giant toad that was as big as a late-stage Golden Elixir!

  This giant toad was radiant with a fiery red glow, its powerful legs leapt up and furiously kicked towards the wildly swaying Black Turtle in the midst of the raging gale. This formation, when all was said and done, was something they had hastily practiced, and even if they managed to master it, without sufficient time to temper themselves, they would ultimately be unable to achieve a grand aura!

  What's frightening is that this giant toad seems to know some sort of mysterious technique, and every few seconds, someone in the Xuanyuan Sword Array would inexplicably get injured. What's even stranger is that all the injured people were hurt on their faces, their faces! That's the head!

  I don't know if they're lucky or unlucky, but the injured ones are all handsome junior brothers, and none of them are in danger of losing their lives. They just have ugly scars on their faces, and big pimples all over. The ghosts shout: "You're going to die!" and run down from the formation, looking for Xiaomei to come and treat them!

  Then, Shuixian directed with one hand and formed a law seal with the other, continuously operating the Five Ghosts' Transportation Method to instantly send the reserve fellow disciples to the designated positions of the damaged large array. Meanwhile, her small face was filled with puzzlement as she analyzed the battle situation...

  This giant toad, now a group of beautiful female disciples are afraid of it, and the handsome male disciples are all unlucky. Why is that? Is this giant toad jealous of others being more handsome than him? Moreover, after such a long time, the big array is already damaged and incomplete, but it can easily break through the array and kill them all. However, this guy just keeps using the toad clan's proud technique - endless waves, wave after wave impacting their small defensive line, showing off its domineering presence!

  "No way!" The water fairy's small face turned pale as she muttered: "This guy is still a psychological pervert, hateful, bear with me, satisfy his perverted heart~"

  In a mountain cave where this toad lived, beside a giant rock, a small surprise burst into laughter:

  "Stupid little bean, I knew you couldn't find it as quickly as me! Look, that stinky thing's inner dan is gestating right here in the most concentrated area of fire spirit energy at this volcanic mouth. Take it out and we'll have complete control over that smelly creature!"

  As soon as the two of them obtained the internal elixir, they rushed out to take a look and were shocked. This beast was too powerful! If it weren't for the super unity of their fellow disciples, they would have probably died in large numbers. Each of them was protecting the small group that had been severely injured. Just as they were about to be killed again, Xiao Dou snatched the internal elixir and grasped it tightly with both hands. The giant toad let out a loud and mournful cry and fell to the ground, rolling around non-stop!

  "Degree, degree! Get a good grasp of the degree, or it'll be crushed to death! Our precious inner elixir will be gone too!"

  Little Bean held an internal elixir in his hand and shouted at the large toad: "Cut the crap, quickly transform into human form and come forward to talk. If you don't, I'll kill you!"

  The big toad immediately rolled on the ground, with a flash of red light, and suddenly turned into a small-headed boy with a face full of big red pimples, kneeling forward and crying out in distress:

  "Spare my life, noble immortal! I'll never dare again, please spare this humble one's worthless life!"

  Looking at his unusually red face with big pimples, his small face twitched and he held onto Xiaodou, shouting loudly.

  "Ugh... I'm done for, Water Fairy, hurry up and ban him, I'm going to die..."

  Narcissus rushed over with several junior brothers, took out a small box, opened the seal, and a black contract scroll appeared. Just as she was about to insert this scroll into the big toad's brain, Xiao Dou saw clearly with his bright blue eyes that the transforming youth's toad had a wicked glint in his eye, and the wheel of reincarnation flashed with killing intent. His small hand pinched again, and the big toad rolled on the ground, writhing in agony!

  Xiao Dou sneered coldly: "You dare to use your trivial tricks in front of me, Ben Lao Da? You're really obtuse and ignorant. Water Fairy, come up! With my all-seeing eyes, every one of his small movements is a joke!"

  The little hand of the water fairy waved a spell, and two large black hands appeared on the scroll. One of the large hands suddenly inserted into the body of the toad that had transformed into human form. A shocking scene unfolded: the hand went in, but the toad's body didn't seem to be affected at all, as if... the hand was like a ghost, without any blood? However, upon seeing this, the toad let out a miserable and eerie cry instead:

  "Ah~ You want to seal my yuan soul, no, I want freedom, I don't want to be your medicinal material, no~"

  It's all useless now, at the moment when the big hand withdrew, a transparent soul of a toad appeared, and another big hand chopped down quickly, cutting off the toad's body. Then, the two halves of the toad transformed into two complete, transparent little toads. One was pulled into the sealed book by the black big hand, and the other was thrown into the toad's body that had fainted... The companions cheered in triumph...

  Everyone moved into the toad's nest to recover, occasionally collecting some herbs and game in the surrounding area. Two months later, Xiaodou, who was practicing qigong, suddenly opened his eyes and looked at the big toad sleeping on the platform with a cold smile:

  "Hmm, now that you're awake, why aren't you getting out of bed? You're not very honest, little friend!"

  That acne-covered youth jumped up with a look of utter distress and said:

  "You... you humans are really too evil, again for your own cultivation, constantly absorbing our essence and blood to refine elixirs, finally discarding us like a worn-out millstone to replace us with other medicinal materials, isn't that right?"

  Xiao Dou smiled and said, "That depends on my mood, and how well you behave. However, no matter what, even if we were to switch positions, with your life in our hands, shouldn't you be willing to do anything for us?"

  The young man with a flat head shouted resolutely: "Anyway, we're all going to die. After you've drawn our blood hundreds of times, we'll still be dead. Why should I help you now that it's all the same?"

  "Sneer at him with a cold smile: 'Don't pretend to be fearless, if you're really that carefree, then die one for me to see!'"

  The young man suddenly sat on the ground and wailed loudly: "Waa~ Wuuu~ You humans are really too cruel! I'd rather die, but even death is not allowed. My soul is in your hands, and even if I'm dead, I'll still suffer. Why is my life so bitter? Born as a toad that everyone hates, after all the hardships, I just wanted to become handsome, but ended up like this! Heaven, why are you treating me like this?"

  The little bean who couldn't bear others spitting bitter water suddenly shouted loudly: "Stop yelling, as long as you sincerely help us and don't play any tricks or think crookedly, I won't lay a hand on you in the end. I promise to let you go free! Isn't that enough?"

  Young man asked loudly with a suspicious face: "Really? I don't believe it, you humans are all talk and no action, even oaths are fake. If you swear by the Three Pure Ancestors and guarantee it with your heart demon, then I might believe you!"

  "Smelly toad!" The fellow disciples couldn't hold back anymore, collectively launching a verbal counterattack: "Our senior brother's words are as good as nine tripods, what qualifications do you have as a prisoner of lower status to call him out? You're really asking for death! Do you believe we can make your life worse than death right now? It's infuriating us to death......"

  "Alright, I swear that if I use you up and don't let you go free, then... uh, what was it again? Ah yes, the Three Pure Ones' ancestors will spank me, and then some heart demon will bite me. How's that?"

  "Haha......" The young man smiled foolishly and said: "Alright, alright, now I feel at ease. To be honest, even if you didn't make an oath, I still believe in you. Just looking at how united you all are, I can tell that you're a leader who always keeps your word. I trust what you say will definitely come true, you're really amazing~"

  "Stop flattering!" Xiaodou Hu said with a childish face: "Name, what's your specialty, what's your ideal, what are your requirements? Speak quickly, then follow us to work!"

  A young man with a disgusting smile said: "I'm a small person, my specialty is that I have a talented tongue. My tongue can stretch up to 456 meters, and within 456 meters, you say what thing you want, I can help you get it back in an instant, and others can't even see that it's me. Hehe, isn't it awesome? Just a small request, my ideal is to become handsome, just like you, young master. My requirements are... can you give me your inner elixir? And can you help me become handsome? Feed me until I'm full, and give me a warm cave to live in. If there's a small pool of water, that would be great! I haven't taken a bath in hundreds of years!"

  "Ugh... ugh... ugh..." The crowd of junior brothers and sisters who were originally going to avenge themselves physically couldn't take it anymore, and they all ran out of the cave to vomit...

  Xiao Dou thought for a moment and said: "I'll give you the inner elixir, don't worry about food and lodging. However, becoming handsome still requires fate, if we encounter any treasures that can make you handsome, I won't be stingy. As long as it's not something crucial to us, I can give it to you. How about that?"

  "A unicorn with a surprised expression said: 'Young master, don't be so polite, I'm scared. Are you asking me to risk my life? No, actually I'm very timid!'"

  Xiao Dou shook his head and said: "Next, you should be able to guess a few points, I need your big tongue to help me collect a large amount of herbs on Fei Niao Yan, and from time to time extract the essence of blood from your body to refine Dan medicine. However, don't worry, if it hurts your own Dao line, just tell us and we'll stop and let you rest."

  "There's still time for a break!" The unicorn exclaimed happily: "As long as you don't hurt me, I'll take care of gathering the herbs!"

  Xiao Dou casually threw the inner elixir to it, and with a moved expression, Du Jue and the other disciples packed up their luggage, crossed the volcanic ridge, and headed towards the famous pharmacy treasure trove among the lower-ranking disciples - Fei Niao Yan!