Chapter 233: 151. Be a ghost at sunrise and a human at sunset

This was a mountain neither tall nor short, covered with a forest of trees that were neither yellow nor green. Nestled among the trees was a crudely made thatched hut. But perhaps, since the mountain was not high, it had a spirit as long as a sage was present; at this moment, this ordinary forest was filled with a dense, miasmic aura.

At that moment, a dark shadow suddenly burst out from afar, kicking up a trail of dust and cutting several trees down to their waists as it went.

Then, the shadow, which hadn’t managed to escape in time, was directly crushed beneath these trees.

However, ultimately, due to the Mountain-Sea Beast’s extraordinary physical body, these trees, each weighing roughly seven to eight hundred pounds, didn’t inflict the slightest injury on the shadow.

Creak, crack.

Following the two claws that shattered the obstructive branches, a dragon head about the size of a baby’s emerged from beneath the trees.

That solitary horn, glittering under the sunlight, seemed as if the wisdom in the dragon’s head was shining through.

“Are you really decided… to keep this guy by your side?”

On her delicately featured little face, Dongdong remained expressionless, seemingly untouched by the dragon’s actions; yet those very words laid bare the girl’s thoughts.

Hearing this, Tan Shuchang rarely hesitated.

However, looking at the horned dragon head that didn’t even have a bump, Tan Shuchang steadied himself, half comforting himself and half explaining, “This is a rare breed among the Swamp Mountain Thunder Jiao, and the Swamp Mountain Thunder Jiao itself is uniquely endowed. Such a situation is incredibly rare, occurring once every thousand years. This Swamp Mountain Thunder Jiao might even evolve into the legendary Mountain Sea Jiao.”

In the mythology of the Jiawu Realm, it wasn’t a system where snakes evolve into pythons, pythons into large snakes, these into Jiao, and Jiao finally transforming into dragons.

Here, a snake is a snake, a Jiao is a Jiao, a dragon is a dragon; there’s no hierarchical relationship among them.

And the Mountain Sea Jiao, in legend, was a Mountain-Sea Beast that once contended with the Ancestor of the Dao.

At that time, the Ancestor of the Dao taught throughout the Jiawu Realm but severely impacted the interests of the Mountain-Sea Beasts, leading to the stronger beasts banding together to besiege the ancestor, yet none could defeat him, eventually drawing out the Mountain Sea Jiao.

After the battle, the Ancestor of the Dao ceased his teachings, and the Mountain Sea Jiao disappeared since then.

Though this story seemed far-fetched, there were three magical artifacts transformed from the body of the Mountain Sea Jiao, which have been circulating in the Jiawu Realm ever since.

For instance, the Chaotic Life Dharma Bead in Tan Shuchang’s hands was transformed from the third eye of the Mountain Sea Jiao.

The Jiao dragon’s aura is still faintly present.

This wasn’t something Tan Shuchang read in ancient texts, but recorded in the Demonic Cultivator Order given to him by the former head of the demonic sect.

“Oh?”

Dongdong, with a wooden expression, cast a sidelong glance at Tan Shuchang. Although her little mouth echoed in assent, her meaning was clear–do you believe that?

“Yes!”

Tan Shuchang replied impassively, conveying his own belief–I believe!

After all, he had already brought it along; if he backed out and decided to send it to Black Heart Mountain now, wouldn’t that make him look foolish?

Dongdong said nothing more, just watched the barely ten-zhang-long Swamp Mountain Thunder Jiao as she took out a bottle of pills, and the Jiao immediately pounced with great excitement.

Watching the dust fly towards him, Tan Shuchang casually waved his hand, blocking the dust, then watched the little girl get a mouthful of sand because she didn’t react in time.

The Swamp Mountain Thunder Jiao had had the intellect of a young child since the day it hatched, which meant from the moment of its birth, this Mountain-Sea Beast possessed divine skills.

Flying in the air was just the most basic ability and didn’t count as a divine skill.

Thus, this six-year-old Swamp Mountain Thunder Jiao was actually no weaker than those cultivators who had twenty years of practice. Apart from its talent in Iron Head, its other specialty was speed.

Its speed of flight was not slower than that of Sword Cultivators.

It was only because it was controlled by the older Swamp Mountain Thunder Jiao that it had not bolted after cracking its shell; otherwise, with the capabilities of the Zi Xuan’s municipal office, they’d have no way to capture this Swamp Mountain Thunder Jiao.

If not for this Swamp Mountain Thunder Jiao’s extraordinary performance, Tan Shuchang wouldn’t have considered raising it.

And the little girl, who ended up covered in dust and dirt, did not draw her sword, but simply handed the pills to the Swamp Mountain Thunder Jiao, then gave Tan Shuchang a dead-pan look before slowly flying away on a sword light.

Tan Shuchang found it amusing. He glanced at the Swamp Mountain Thunder Jiao, which was wagging its tail madly at the sword light as if it were about to stick out its tongue, then he lifted his hand and tucked it into his sleeve.

Having attained immortality, his Sleeve Art naturally advanced another level.

Then, Tan Shuchang calculated the time, feeling there was still a long way to go before the news he wanted to spread about the Nine Apertures Martial Demon would permeate the Jiawu Realm, so he went to the bizarre game world.

Because that last part of the Nine Apertures Martial Demon’s body had yet to reveal any trace.

Searching for it himself was too passive, so Tan Shuchang hoped to coax that final part of the Nine Apertures Martial Demon’s body to appear on its own.

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After all, in the past Jiawu Realm, things like the Nine Apertures Martial Demon had occurred more than once.

Thus, Tan Shuchang speculated that there might be some kind of fallback left by the Nine Apertures Martial Demon in the Jiawu Realm, hence when he had procured most of the Nine Apertures Martial Demon’s body but no movement had been detected, it was highly probable that this last piece would be brought to him by someone.

Because the doctrine stating that the Nine Apertures Martial Demon should not be reincarnated had a significant loophole.

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