Chapter 541 - 444: A Gift for My Junior Brother
Chapter 541: Chapter 444: A Gift for My Junior Brother
「The Demon Race’s World.」
A man walked through a mountain forest.
The man wore blue robes with a longsword at his waist, looking like a wandering, sword-wielding scholar.
If he were in the World of Ten Thousand Laws, his attire would have seemed perfectly normal.
But in the Demon Race’s World, his outfit was absolutely conspicuous to the countless demons.
Following behind the man was a woman dressed in palace-style robes.
Her hands were clasped before her, her legs moving gently beneath her skirt. From time to time, she would glance toward her husband at her side, as if she feared he might be thirsty or tired.
On a mountain peak ahead of them, a dense demonic aura billowed.
This demonic aura had already materialized, coalescing into a thick, dark cloud in the sky.
"Husband, are we really going back to the World of Ten Thousand Laws?"
The woman, whose name was Wang Yue, asked her husband.
Wang Yue hadn’t always been her name.
As a rabbit spirit, when she first gained sentience, she gave herself the name Xiao Yue.
Later, Xiao Yue followed the man to the World of Ten Thousand Laws and, after concealing her identity, changed her name to Ming Cha.
Later still, as the man grew more and more powerful, Xiao Yue no longer had to worry so much while with her husband, so she wanted to change her name back.
But she didn’t have a surname.
Therefore, she drew from her original name, Yue, to create a new one: Wang Yue.
"It’s time to return to the World of Ten Thousand Laws," the man named Luo Yang responded.
"..." Wang Yue lowered her head again, seeming to have something on her mind.
Luo Yang smiled and ruffled his wife’s hair. "I know your impression of the World of Ten Thousand Laws isn’t a good one. If you’d rather stay in the Demon Race’s World, Yue’er, I have no objection. After I’ve finished my business, I will naturally come find you."
Hearing her husband’s words, Wang Yue shook her head and said earnestly, "I want to stay by your side, Husband. Wherever you go, I will go!"
"Alright." Luo Yang smiled. "Don’t worry. As things stand now, even if others find out we’ve returned to the World of Ten Thousand Laws, they won’t dare to do anything to us."
"With you by my side, Husband, I’m naturally at ease. Besides, it really has been a long time since I’ve seen Mr. Xiao." Wang Yue smiled. "I wonder how Mr. Xiao is doing now..."
"Our junior brother probably wouldn’t recognize either of us now. As for how he’s doing... it’s likely not too bad, but perhaps not too good either..."
Luo Yang sighed softly, his tone filled with emotion.
He knew that Miss Bai had already found Xiao Mo’s reincarnation.
But over the years, as his own Realm had increased, the more secrets he became privy to, the more he understood that none of his junior brother’s reincarnations were ever simple.
Luo Yang just hoped that his junior brother wouldn’t be carved up by others.
Furthermore, he had to check on his junior sister on this trip back.
Over the past several thousand years, countless men had pursued his junior sister, but she had remained indifferent to them all.
Now, his junior sister had become the headmaster of Bailu Academy, yet she still hadn’t married.
Luo Yang knew full well that while his junior sister appeared heartless and devoid of desire, it was only because her heart already belonged to someone else.
It was just that the person in his junior sister’s heart...
’Sigh... Forget it. I won’t think about it anymore...’
Luo Yang sighed internally and stopped dwelling on other matters.
These matters of love were a tangled mess, impossible to sort out. It could only be left to the fate of those involved.
Before he knew it, Luo Yang had arrived at the foot of the mountain with the densest demonic aura.
The mountain was called Mount Liubo.
"ROAR!"
A bellow like that of an ox echoed through the clouds, causing the earth to tremble and Fierce Beasts to scatter in terror.
"Stand behind me," Luo Yang said to Wang Yue.
Wang Yue nodded and retreated behind her husband, careful not to cause him any trouble.
In the next moment, the Demon Beast’s form grew larger and larger, until it was the size of a mountain!
This Fierce Beast was shaped like an ox, with a gray body, no horns, and only one leg.
The Classic of the Great Wilderness: East once recorded—
"In the East Sea is Mount Liubo, seven thousand li into the sea. Upon it lives a beast, shaped like an ox, with a gray body, no horns, and one foot. Whenever it enters or leaves the water, there will be wind and rain. Its light is like the sun and moon, its voice like thunder. Its name is Kui."
Legend has it that only three Kui were ever born, coexisting with heaven and earth.
Another legend tells of the ancient era of Divine Spirits, when a certain Sword Immortal of the Human Race led his people in the final battle against the Divine Spirits from the heavens. He was said to have slain a Kui, using its hide to make a drum and the bones of a Thunder Beast for drumsticks.
One beat of the drum resounded for fifty thousand li, and a continuous roll for thirty-eight million li!
It vastly boosted the morale of the Human Race’s soldiers, and every one of them faced death without fear.
The Kui in the Demon Race’s World was, of course, not one of the three born with heaven and earth. It was an azure ox that had continuously cultivated to purify its bloodline, showing signs of atavism. It was now a Great Demon at Jade Realm Perfection!
"Filthy human! Do you know the consequences of trespassing on my domain!"
The Kui roared, its Jade Realm demonic aura pressing down on Luo Yang like a mountain.
"I have come to Mount Liubo simply to request something from you, Your Excellency," Luo Yang said, his tone sounding extremely polite.
"Request something from me? HAHAHAHA..." The Kui was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter, its voice shaking the heavens and the earth. "Interesting, human! Let’s hear it! What is it!"
Luo Yang performed a formal salute. "I seek Your Excellency’s hide to make a garment and Your Excellency’s Demon Pill to brew a pot of wine, as a greeting gift for a friend."
"Such audacity! Then let’s see if you, human, have the life to come and take it!"
Upon hearing this, the Kui became utterly enraged and charged headfirst at Luo Yang!
Luo Yang watched the mountain-like head approach, his expression unchanged. His longsword was drawn but half an inch from its sheath, yet its Sword Qi swept out for ten thousand li!
Half an incense stick’s time later, Luo Yang walked out of the mountains.
In Luo Yang’s Storage Pouch, there was now a piece of the finest hide from the Kui’s back and a Demon Pill.
Just as Luo Yang was heading toward the World of Ten Thousand Laws with his wife...
A woman of the Fox Race appeared before Luo Yang, blocking his path.
"Palace Maid of the Nine-tailed Country—Ke Qing, by order of Her Majesty, pays respects to Mr. Luo."
The Palace Maid named Ke Qing curtsied gracefully.
"The Nine-tailed Country?" Luo Yang looked at the woman before him. "What guidance might your nation’s Sovereign have for me?"
"I wouldn’t dare speak of guidance."
Ke Qing shook her head.
"It is just that my mistress has heard Mr. Luo is returning to the World of Ten Thousand Laws. Since Mr. Luo owes the Nine-tailed Country a favor, Her Majesty would like to ask you for a small one."
Luo Yang’s brows furrowed. "Please speak, Miss. If it is something I am capable of, I will certainly not refuse."
"Mr. Luo is certainly capable of it."
Ke Qing smiled faintly and took a letter from her robes.
"This is a letter personally written by Her Majesty."
"I must trouble Mr. Luo to deliver this letter into the hands of Xiao Mo, the Sovereign of the Zhou Kingdom."