“Which reckless little demon dares to rob someone from the Peach Blossom Shrine!” Tao Qing said sternly.
Tao Ying asked Tao Jue, “Did you not say that we are from under the seat of the Peach Blossom Immortal, the incense fire goddess of the court?”
Tao Jue said, “We naturally said so, but that demon did not fear it at all, and even said…”
Shen Ying’s eyes narrowed. “And what did it say?”
Tao Jue paused and said, “It also said that if Immortal you were present at the time, you would not escape entering the cave to be a bride for one night.”
“Seeking death!” Shen Ying slapped the table and stood up.
Tao Qing said angrily, “Immortal, let us eighteen celestial maidens move out together and slay that little demon!”
Shen Ying looked at Tao Rui and said, “You were able to escape back, so that demon probably cannot even fly through the air, right?”
Tao Rui nodded. “It can hover slightly, but not for long.”
At most three or four hundred years of cultivation, and if it has no handy treasures or spells, it probably would not even be Shen Ying’s opponent. With the eighteen celestial maidens acting together, they could definitely take it down.
However, just in case, Shen Ying naturally had to act personally, and since the opponent dared to speak insults against her, she naturally had to flay it alive, peel its skin, and extinguish its soul entirely!
“Tao Rui, lead the way!”
“Yes!”
“We will go together.”
Once they had discussed and settled it, Lu Zheng also rose from the reclining chair.
His own wife had been wronged, and her subordinates had been captured by someone. He naturally had to step forward. Moreover, he had just learned a thunder technique. Was this not heaven arranging for him to try his hand?
With one hand lightly lifted, a patch of white cloud rose from the ground, carrying Shen Ying and the nine celestial maidens together on the white cloud, rising leisurely, and soon reaching heights of several hundred metres.
“Tao Rui, point the way.”
“Yes!”
With Lu Zheng holding the fort, this matter was surely foolproof. Tao Rui dispersed her anxiety, leaving only anger, and pointed towards the southwest of the tung forest, right between the clouds and sky.
…
A group of eleven people rode the clouds and drove the mist, drifting and swaying, flying straight towards the southwest of the city.
Flying along the official road, they soon entered towering mountains and steep ridges. Not long after, under Tao Rui’s continuous guidance, they arrived at a perilous high mountain.
This high mountain was hidden among the cluster of peaks, but its terrain was steep and dangerous, with strange peaks and bizarre rocks. The mountain was shrouded in misty vapours, with red maples planted all over the slopes, and red smoke and霞 drifting from the valley.
“We came here and saw the beautiful red maples covering the mountains, so we wanted to walk around a bit. Unexpectedly, a demon jumped out and said it wanted to take us three into its cave mansion.”
Tao Rui continued, “That demon’s words were crude and vulgar. We quickly made a move, but unexpectedly its cultivation was not weak at all. We were no match for it. In just a few rounds, we were injured.
So sister Tao Zhen blocked it desperately to let us return to the estate to report. I fear she has been captured by that demon by now!”
Shen Ying nodded and looked towards the high mountain. Then her gaze shifted and fell on a cliff halfway up the mountain, covered with red maples but obscured by several mountain rocks.
“It is right there!”
Lu Zheng lowered the cloud head, and the group landed halfway up the mountain. They soon discovered a cave deep in the mountain wall.
There were few trees around the cave entrance, and wisps of demonic energy faintly emanated from it. A demon surely lived inside.
“Eh? They have come?”
Before Tao Rui could even call at the door, a light exclamation came from the cave mansion. Then a meatball-like figure rolled out from the cave.
Seeing the group, the demon’s eyes lit up. Looking at the leading Shen Ying, it drooled. “You must be the Peach Blossom Immortal that the little ladies spoke of, right? Indeed, a beauty of the nation, fully ripened!”
“What audacity!”
“You filthy scoundrel, daring to covet the Immortal! Do you seek death?”
“You shameless bastard, hand over sister Tao Zhen, and we will leave you an intact corpse!”
The Peach Blossom Celestial Maidens were no pushovers in their previous lives. If not for Lu Zheng and Shen Ying being present, they would have already rushed out to fight.
Looking at the short fatty in front of her, five feet tall and five feet around the waist, dressed in coarse hemp clothes, with dishevelled and messy hair, yellow whiskers on both cheeks, and a head so large there was no neck, staring at her with a lecherous face, the cold light in Shen Ying’s eyes almost turned into sharp swords, chilling to the heart.
“A mere wild boar demon, who gave you the guts to act so brazenly before me?”
Shen Ying gave a cold shout and waved her hand. A patch of peach blossom baleful qi surged out, charging straight at the wild boar demon.
“Heh heh heh!”
Seeing Shen Ying wave her hand to unleash a sky full of peach blossom baleful qi, with nine Peach Blossom Celestial Maidens of no weak strength following behind, the short fatty showed no fear or trepidation at all.
“This old one precisely heard them say there was also a Peach Blossom Immortal and Peach Blossom Celestial Maidens, so I deliberately let those two little ladies go. Otherwise, do you think they could escape this old one’s palm?”
The short fatty gave a strange laugh. “This time you have all come together, right? Perfect, all come back to the cave with this old one to enjoy blessings!”
Facing the surging peach blossom baleful qi, the short fatty took out a round fan from his sleeve and swung it forcefully.
A fierce wind rose from the ground, and the wind contained specks of fire power. In an instant, it blew away the endless peach blossom baleful qi.
“What?” Shen Ying was both shocked and angry. Looking at the short fatty’s round fan, she saw that the handle was of red wood, with red tassels below, and the surface of the fan embroidered with a lady, clearly a woman’s object. She did not know how it had fallen into a pig demon’s hands.
“Heh heh heh! This treasure is not bad, right? It was still taken by me from…”
After breaking Shen Ying’s peach blossom baleful qi, the short fatty smiled smugly and said half of it, but stopped. Then he puffed up his belly, widened his eyes, and with mouth open, sprayed out a burst of smoke.
In the next moment, the short fatty retreated a step and swung the round fan in his hand. The smoke accelerated, and in an instant, it reached above the group’s heads and merged into the air.
“What is this?”
“Disperse! Form the Peach Blossom Celestial Maidens Array!”
Tao Qing hurriedly shouted. Then just as she was about to step forward, she felt her eyelids heavy, as if she was about to fall asleep immediately.
“Not good! What bewitching smoke is this? It is so potent!”
Tao Qing was shocked and angry in her heart. She wanted to turn back, but just as she made a slight movement, she felt darkness before her eyes, and her body went soft.
But in the next moment, she felt a cool clarity in her mind, instantly sobering up. Her feet only softened for a moment, then she immediately stood firm.
Turning back alertly, she saw Shen Ying wave her hand and sprinkle a patch of profound light, rushing straight at the wild boar demon.
…
Just now, the short fatty had used the wind from the round fan to aid his soul-bewitching divine smoke, refined from a thousand-year sleep lotus seed. He had intended to easily bewilder the Peach Blossom Immortal and her celestial maidens under her command.
The result…
Those nine celestial maidens had low cultivation and looked like they would fall upon bewilderment.
That Peach Blossom Immortal truly lived up to being a formidable figure. Her soul was stable, and she was only slightly affected, showing no sign of drowsiness.
But the short fatty did not mind. This Peach Blossom Immortal’s cultivation was not much different from his own. With the round fan treasure in hand, even if he could not take her, the ten Peach Blossom Celestial Maidens were enough for him to have his fun.
“Fall, fall… Uh?”
The short fatty had just said two words when he suddenly noticed one person: the man in green scholar’s robes standing beside Shen Ying.
To speak truthfully, he had not paid this person any mind at all just now. All his attention was on Shen Ying, after all, her reputation was the greatest.
Unexpectedly, he was not affected by his divine smoke either?
Lu Zheng shook his head and waved his hand. A pure cloud spell descended, washing away the divine smoke qi from the nine celestial maidens and Shen Ying.
And Shen Ying had already waved her hand to cast the Taiyuan Profound Light, brushing towards the pig demon.
