novelhk Chapter 72 Medicine King Valley 9
Chapter 72 Medicine King Valley 9
"Hiss~! So heavy, how come this little guy is so solid!" Liu Shaoyuan's hands, which were holding the little iron-eating beast, kept dropping.
"It's all because of Senior Brother Liu, you're too weak!" Just now, Senior Sister Ying was able to carry the Little Iron-Eating Beast for quite a distance! Cheng Jiu summoned his Little Cloud Beast and placed the Little Iron-Eating Beast on its back.
That's a great idea! Why didn't I think of that at the inn?
Suddenly the stone door opened.
"I almost forgot, there's still some refined pill powder left in this medicine valley." Venerable Su Yuan sprayed some into the group from a pink bottle. "Alright, you can leave now!"
The door slammed shut again.
Looking at the closed door, Yingyue hesitated for a moment: "Are Gongcheng and Junior Brother Gongyu alright?"
Yingyue, who had initially felt at ease leaving her two junior brothers with Lord Suyuan, was now somewhat uneasy.
"Don't worry, don't let her unreliable appearance fool you, she's actually a very nice person." Liu Shaoyuan led the way.
"Is Senior Suyuan also a demon? And why do you all call her Grandma?" Cheng Jiu had noticed this senior in the Medicine King Corridor before, after all, her pair of fox ears and fox tail were really too eye-catching.
"No, Grandma is a half-demon. As for why she's called Grandma, she's not actually a disciple of Medicine King Valley."
Back then, my great-aunt's master brought her back and said he wanted to take her as his apprentice, but the elders of Medicine King Valley at that time strongly opposed it.
After all, my great-aunt is a half-demon, and I feel that if I were to accept her as a disciple of Medicine King Valley, it would be an insult to the reputation of Medicine King Valley.
Half-demons have always had poor aptitude for cultivation. Although my great-aunt is exceptionally gifted, she is still limited by the limits of her race and finds it difficult to break through to the Mahayana stage.
But because she is a half-demon, she has an extremely long lifespan. Most of the predecessors who opposed taking her as a disciple have either perished or ascended to immortality.
She has stayed in Medicine King Valley for many years and made many contributions to it. Out of respect and gratitude, the disciples of Medicine King Valley all call her "Grandma."
A half-demon! Cheng Jiu and Ying Yue vaguely understood.
The demon realm does not border the cultivation realm. The only two territories in the cultivation realm that are close to the demon realm are the Wilderness next to the Guiyuan Sect and the Pearl Sea.
If one were to travel from the Demon Realm to the Immortal Realm, one could only pass through these two places. However, the Wilderness was firmly guarded by the Guiyuan Sect, which did not allow the Demon Race to enter the Immortal Realm through the Wilderness.
Therefore, demons usually reach the cultivation world through the Pearl Sea.
However, the demon race borders the mortal realm, and some demons even regard humans as food. Although the current demon emperor does not want to have conflicts with the human race, the previous demon emperor would harass the mortal realm once a year during his reign.
Every year, the mortal realm fights against the demon race. If the demon army becomes too powerful, they will seek help from the cultivation world.
After years of war, the conflict between the two races has become irreconcilable. Half-demons are born at the border between the two races, usually born from the union of a demon soldier and a human woman, or a human soldier and a demon woman.
Such children are born with evil blood; they will not be accepted by either the demon race or the human race, and will live in the gap between the war between the two races.
The fact that Medicine King Valley is willing to acknowledge Sowon as its great-aunt is the greatest respect and protection they can give her. After all, if anyone dares to say that Sowon is a half-demon, they are offending Medicine King Valley.
Once you leave the Medicine Valley, you'll see a large platform ahead. The platform is very high, and disciples are constantly entering and exiting through the formation.
This shows how wealthy Medicine King Valley is. Teleportation arrays have been set up at all key points in the sect. Cheng Jiu's one-time ninth-grade teleportation array is worth 100,000 top-grade spirit stones. A teleportation array that covers the entire sect is even more incalculable.
Moreover, each activation of the teleportation array consumes one top-grade spirit stone. A teleportation array like this, which is used multiple times for disciples to travel between, is burning spirit stones every second.
Instead of leading the two into the queue, Liu Shaoyuan took a token from a nearby pavilion and walked to the bottom. There was also a small teleportation array there. Unlike the one above, the spirit stones in the teleportation array above were placed by the disciples who managed it.
He placed the token he had taken from the outer pavilion on the small platform in the center, and then placed a top-grade spirit stone on top of it.
The teleportation array was activated. Although Medicine King Valley was wealthy and powerful, not every disciple was willing to pay a top-grade spirit stone for every place they went. Even the richest person couldn't afford to spend money like that.
Therefore, depending on the situation, the cost of the teleportation array above is borne by Medicine King Valley, while the teleportation room below is set up by the individual, and the user pays for it with spirit stones.
Using a teleportation array is incredibly fast. Cheng Jiu had previously experienced the Demon Clan's teleportation array, and could only say that the experience was extremely poor. In comparison, the Medicine King Valley's teleportation array deserves a five-star rating.
The guesthouse at Yaowang Valley is a five-story building with a huge area. Inside, there are not only hot springs and waterfalls, but also a small ecological park, which looks beautiful.
Upon entering the reception area, one sees a large, long cabinet, from which a young man emerges.
"Isn't this Junior Brother Liu? What brings you to the reception area?" The senior brother, who had been lying in a rocking chair reading a storybook, got up and asked when he saw the group.
"It's Senior Brother Zhao! I didn't expect to see you at the reception desk today."
"Help me contact the Iron-Eating Beast clan; we found an Iron-Eating Beast cub." Liu Shaoyuan pointed to the small Iron-Eating Beast on the little cloud beast's back.
“Okay, they left a spiritual message here before.” The senior brother’s eyes widened in surprise when he saw the little iron-eating beast on the little cloud beast.
The person who can entertain guests here must know something about the demon race. Where did this little iron-eating beast come from? I've never heard of a cub being born from the iron-eating beast clan!
After waiting for a while, a tremor came from the ground. "Young cub, where is our clan's young cub?"
Three or four burly men rushed down from upstairs, led by a middle-aged man with an extremely strong build and a fierce look on his face.
What's most eye-catching is his pair of fluffy ears, which surprisingly add a touch of cuteness to his fierce face.
As he came down, he immediately spotted the little cub on the little cloud beast and scooped it up.
Just then, the little iron-eating beast woke up and whimpered twice at him.
The man's face immediately turned pale.
"Chief, I want to see the cubs too!"
"Hey, don't push! There will be plenty of other chances to see it. Let me take a look first!"
Several grown men surrounded the small iron beast, their voices so loud they were almost melting, giving Cheng Jiu and his group goosebumps.
"Little brat, who are your parents? How can they be so irresponsible? Tell me and I'll teach them a lesson! Abandoning their cubs is unworthy of being called a Iron-Eating Beast Demon!"
The clan leader, holding the little cub, could tell at a glance that its demonic energy was insufficient, and that it would soon transform into a spirit beast. The cultivator beside him, upon seeing this, understood perfectly well and was so angry that his ears trembled.
Cheng Jiu was enjoying the melon, wondering what the Iron-Eating Beast Chieftain would do if he knew that this was the cub abandoned by his daughter.
Senior Sister Yingyue tugged at her and pointed to the corner of the stairs. Cheng Jiu, with her sharp eyes, saw a pair of similar ears peeking out from the corner.
No way!
"Chief, the little cub is so young, how would it know its own parents? It's obvious that those two good-for-nothings abandoned it when it was so young. Let's go back to the clan and use our secret methods to investigate thoroughly!"
"If I find out who abandoned him, I'll make sure they know how powerful my Xiong Da fist is." The person next to him even waved his fist.
The little iron-eating beast sensed the kind and gentle emotions of the demons around it and began to whine as it recounted its origins.
The surrounding iron-eating beast demons were truly surprised that the little iron-eating beast actually knew about its origins. When it realized this, its face darkened even more, since the human race all knew that the little iron-eating beast was very likely a priest's prospect.
These iron-eating beast demons knew perfectly well that a priest had descended from the heavens and landed among their iron-eating beast clan.
As a result, he was abandoned by that irresponsible demon and almost became a spirit beast. Fortunately, he has been found now, and the anger and relief are echoing in the hearts of all the demons.
The clan leader's face grew darker and darker as he listened, and the demons around him, who had been filled with righteous indignation, fell silent as chickens.
"Bear Flower, you get out here right now!" the clan leader roared at the stairwell. "How come I didn't know you had such a great ability to secretly give birth to a cub and then abandon it in the cultivation world!"
"Dad." Xiong Huahua didn't dare to provoke her father at all and obediently emerged from the stairwell.
Putting everything else aside, Xiong Huahua is truly a great beauty, with fluffy ears, a bright face, and a voluptuous figure. You can see the immense power hidden within her from her thighs to her arms.
"What do you have to say?" The clan chief placed the cub in the arms of a clansman beside him. "Did I fail to educate you? You can even abandon your own cub! What is the first rule of the clan? Speak!"
"Reproduction is the lifeblood of our clan!" Xiong Huahua moved her feet and said, "Dad, don't be angry. Actually, I came to the cultivation world this time to find my little cub. You know that demons can't just come and go from the cultivation world. So I took this opportunity to come."
"Have you gone out to look for them these past few days?" The Iron-Eating Beast Chieftain sneered at his daughter.
"I used random teleportation, so I don't know where the little one will land!" Xiong Huahua said, still a little embarrassed.
"Bear Flower!"
"exist!"
"The forbidden area's clan rules must be copied ten thousand times! You can leave the forbidden area only after you've finished copying them. Use a calligraphy brush. Don't worry, no one will enter during your centuries of confinement!"
As soon as the clan leader finished speaking, the clansmen around who were holding their cubs couldn't help but gasp, and their eyes were filled with sympathy as they looked at Xiong Huahua.
The demon race doesn't actually have any clan rules; they're basically just some consensuses. After all, if there's a conflict, a fight can resolve everything.
However, one generation of the Iron-Eating Beast clan chief could not tolerate the clan's occasionally excessive energy.
Then they went to the feudal dynasties in the mortal world to learn from their experience and created a whole bunch of clan rules. In fact, they didn't require all members of the Iron-Eating Beast clan to abide by them, but these clan rules came in very handy when they were used to punish a few troublemakers.
The demon race is not human after all. The way they write those characters is truly painful for them. Moreover, their clan rules are so long that copying the clan rules is considered the top punishment by the Iron-Eating Beast Demon.
One time is enough to make a demon lose all will to live. If you don't see Xiong Huahua even after ten thousand times, will your face turn white?
Moreover, in a forbidden area like that, where there's nothing and no one to do, it's extremely difficult to find any fun. Just thinking about it makes the demon despair.
Meeting her father's gaze, Xiong Huahua agreed. After all, no matter what, the little cub might be a priest, and she had abandoned her cub.
If things get even worse, and the Iron-Eating Beast clan expelled her, everyone would probably think she deserved it.
Now that her father has taken the initiative to propose such a severe punishment, it might be a way to appease the clan. If the punishment is carried out now, they won't have to discuss with the elders how to punish Xiong Huahua when they return to the clan.
"Humans, thank you for bringing Hua Hua's child back. Our Iron-Eating Beast clan owes you a favor for this."
If you ever need anything from our Iron-Eating Beast Clan in the future, please feel free to ask, and we will never refuse.
From now on, you will be honored guests of our Iron-Eating Beast clan. I didn't bring much with me this time, just these six bottles of bamboo wine and these six bamboo heart fruits. It's just a small token of my gratitude.
Bamboo Heart Fruit is not actually a fruit of bamboo. It exists only in the demon realm. Every hundred years, when the moon is at its zenith, the demon realm experiences a lunar tide. The Bamboo Heart Fruit is a fruit that is formed by chance when the lunar tide combines with the essence of the bamboo forest. It may take ten thousand years for even one to appear.