Chapter 31: Friends of Manshan
In the next few days, Xu Zhenfeng settled down on the city wall and hardly ever went out except to practice magic in the martial arts field at night.
It wasn't that he didn't want to go out for some fresh air, but Lang Wentian strictly ordered him not to go down the tower except at night when he went to the martial arts arena. He also arranged two teams of wolf soldiers to follow him, guarding outside the door when he was training, and following him when he went to the martial arts arena.
That style is even comparable to that of Lang Wentian himself.
Maybe it was because the demonic power in Xu Zhenfeng's body and the inner elixir were too special, but every time he practiced, it was as painful as walking on a mountain of knives.
If Lang Wentian had not come to supervise his training every day, he would have found it difficult to muster up the courage to endure the tremendous pain of the demonic power circulating through the body again and again, as if every inch of flesh and bone in his body was chopped into meat paste.
Knowing how difficult it was for Xu Zhenfeng to practice, Lang Wentian also took special care of him in other aspects.
His daily diet was taken care of by special demon soldiers, and he still ate the extremely rare meat of the Roaring Sky Beast.
In order to provide him with continuous meals, Lang Wentian even gave up his own Skyroar beast meat and ate the most ordinary monster meat with the other soldiers.
After patrolling the border every day, Lang Wentian would come to see Xu Zhenfeng. When Xu Zhenfeng practiced his magic at night, he would also stand by and give him careful instructions.
However, Xu Zhenfeng is now only able to practice yellow-level magic. Such low-level magic is almost all about gathering demonic power and exploding towards a certain point. It is very simple and direct.
With the innate understanding gained from his previous life, Xu Zhenfeng could basically understand it after reading it once, and Lang Wentian didn't need to put in much effort.
On the afternoon of the fourth day after his competition with the human monks, the two elders of the Wolf Clan's main hall in the royal city finally arrived at the Jianfengling Pass.
After meeting the two elders of the tribe, before taking them to see Xu Zhenfeng, Lang Wentian told them again about how Xu Zhenfeng's inner elixir was reshaped after the elixir exploded, and then he praised his qualifications greatly.
He also said that his previous assessment of Xu Zhenfeng's qualifications was wrong. This little wolf demon definitely has more than just excellent talent. From what I can see now, he must be a wolf with excellent qualifications that only appears once in 500 years.
After hearing Lang Wentian's praise, the two elders were also ecstatic.
The wolf tribe is now in a period of lack of outstanding monsters. If such a descendant who is destined to become a great monster appears, it can at least alleviate the worries of the wolf tribe and temporarily relieve the years of exclusion and oppression of the wolf tribe by other tribes.
After seeing Xu Zhenfeng, the two elders kept touching Xu Zhenfeng.
Due to Lang Wentian’s prior reminder, neither of the two elders dared to use their demonic powers to test Xu Zhenfeng’s inner elixir.
He was afraid that if he wasn't careful, his pill would explode again, or his demonic power would be uncontrollably absorbed by Xu Zhenfeng.
After the two elders examined Xu Zhenfeng from head to toe, they could not explain why Xu Zhenfeng could reshape himself after exploding the pill, and why his demonic power could absorb other demonic powers.
However, the intensity of Xu Zhenfeng's demonic aura had already amazed them. After he used his demonic power to demonstrate his magic several times, the two wolf elders were so happy that they couldn't even close their mouths.
For the demon clan, they themselves are the strange and bizarre creations of this world. On the Demon Mountain, there are plants and rocks that have turned into demons. What other strange and bizarre things have they not seen?
Since they couldn't find out the reason why the blasting pill was reshaped and why he could absorb other demonic powers, they should just regard it as a gift from heaven to the wolf clan. Thinking of this, the two elders were overjoyed.
"This is a blessing from God to my wolf clan."
An elder of the wolf tribe punched himself hard on the chest and said to the blue sky outside the house with a look of relief.
Another elder stroked the sparse beard on his chin and nodded at Xu Zhenfeng, "Finally, there is someone in my wolf tribe who can take over."
Lang Wentian stood aside and laughed, "I personally went to the Peak Forest to pick up this little wolf demon. Luckily, I went to pick him up that night, otherwise he would have been killed by those human cultivators that night."
"It's a good thing you went to pick him up, otherwise, my wolf tribe would have lost a great demon seedling."
The elder who was looking up at the sky and sighing seemed to have a good relationship with Lang Wentian, and he quickly added support.
Lang Wentian then continued with some sigh:
"It was because I personally helped him up here that this little wolf demon was grateful and insisted on joining my Wolf Questioning Heaven Sect. Two elders, you said it would be hard for me to refuse, right? He has no roots in the Monster Mountain anyway, and he has come to seek refuge with this little demon. Since he is willing to join my Wolf Questioning Heaven Sect, then my Wolf Questioning Heaven Sect will be his backing in the future."
After saying these words, Lang Wentian glanced at the other elder and saw that he did not look unhappy either, so he quickly added, "I hope that the two elders will announce this to all the other sects after returning to the hall. Since this little wolf demon has joined my sect, Lang Wentian, he is a junior of my sect. The other sects must not look down on him just because he is a little demon who has come to seek refuge. Otherwise, I, Lang Wentian, am not so easy to talk to."
The two elders waved their hands quickly, "Wentian, I have to tell you, what are you talking about? My wolf tribe has always been united, and it is absolutely impossible for such a thing to happen that bullies monsters of our own tribe. You are really overthinking it."
"That's right. This little wolf demon has such an outstanding talent. What do you have to worry about? If the great demons of various sects knew that my clan finally had a descendant with such outstanding talent, they would be so happy that they would not be able to look down on him."
After hearing what the two elders said, Lang Wentian's serious face finally smiled again, "That's just what I said. With the two elders looking after him, this kid will definitely not suffer any loss."
After finishing speaking, Lang Wentian frowned again and said to Xu Zhenfeng, "Boy, why don't you come and thank the two elders? I will hand you over to the two elders from now on. You must practice well and study hard. Don't let down your God-given talent."
Xu Zhenfeng knelt down in front of the two elders very obediently and kowtowed several times. Before he could say thank you, the two elders helped him up.
"Well, you are going to be a great demon in the future, so don't kneel so easily. We will definitely train you well in the future. We just hope you won't be lazy."
"Yes, with your aptitude, as long as you are willing to work hard and practice diligently, it is unquestionable that you will become a great demon in the future, but you also need to work hard on your own."
"I will definitely live up to the earnest hopes of the two elders and the general. I will definitely practice diligently day and night, become a great demon as soon as possible, and contribute to the prosperity of our wolf clan."
During these days, Xu Zhenfeng had already learned a lot about the situation of the wolf tribe in the Demon Mountain from Lang Wentian and other wolf demon soldiers.
At this time, these few words were very much to the liking of the three wolf chief monsters, making them very pleased.
After the two elders stayed at Jianfengling Pass for two days, they witnessed with their own eyes Xu Zhenfeng's rapid progress in his daily practice.
He could no longer stay there, and on the third day, he was busy taking Xu Zhenfeng back to the main hall in Wangcheng.
Firstly, he had to hurry back to the royal city to announce the news that a new great demon had appeared in the wolf tribe.
Secondly, he also wanted to start training Xu Zhenfeng as soon as possible so that he could become a great demon as soon as possible and support the wolf clan, which is now in a precarious situation.
The wolf tribe has been silent for a long time, and its status in the Demon Mountain is becoming increasingly worse. With the appearance of Xu Zhenfeng, the situation of the wolf tribe in the Demon Mountain can at least be improved to some extent.
Before leaving, Lang Wentian specially called Xu Zhenfeng to his room, gave him some careful instructions, and then handed him a letter and asked him to deliver it to his home in Wangcheng.
He also appointed Lang Buyan and his group of wolf soldiers as Xu Zhenfeng's personal attendants in the royal city in the future.
In this way, Xu Zhenfeng turned from a little demon who defected to the wolf clan into a rising star who was highly valued and destined to be loved and carefully cultivated in the future.
We are about to leave Jianfengling Pass, and I don’t know when I can come back.
Xu Zhenfeng was somewhat concerned about his first friend in this world, Manshan, the demon soldier from the Ox tribe.
He asked Lang Wentian for an hour's leave, took the roasted Tianhou beast meat and ran to the back camp to look for Manshan. Unfortunately, Manshan's squad was on duty on the city wall.
There was no other choice, Xu Zhenfeng had to give the Skyroar beast meat to other demon soldiers who were resting in the camp, asking them to pass it to him after they returned from Manshan, and also asked them to convey a few words.
When he returned to the city wall, Lang Wentian had already prepared the demon soldiers to send them to the royal city.
The two elders came riding on their respective riding monster beasts.
Although Xu Zhenfeng was a personal soldier, he had only been there for a short time and had not yet been equipped with a riding monster beast, so Lang Wentian gave him his own riding monster beast.
This is a mighty and tall giant wolf monster, which is a head taller than Xu Zhenfeng when standing.
Such monsters have only evolved in size and strength, but have not become enlightened. Although they have some intelligence, it is not much. As a riding monster, their strength and speed are sufficient.
At first, the monster refused to let Xu Zhenfeng ride on it. But after being whipped a few times by Lang Wentian and scolded, it obediently lay down and let Xu Zhenfeng ride on it.
Despite this, Xu Zhenfeng knew that the monster was only afraid that Lang Wentian would submit to it, and was not willing to be its mount.
He didn't care. He just let her ride him now. He could decide later whether he would obey her or not.
During these days, with the admiration of all the demon soldiers at Jianfengling Pass and all kinds of flattery, whether overt or covert, Xu Zhenfeng inevitably fell into a mysterious self-confidence.
This time, the two elders' affirmation of his qualifications made him feel conceited, as if he was already a potential great demon.
Lang Wentian brought his personal soldiers and personally escorted them out of the city. Along the way, he kept instructing Xu Zhenfeng and watched them disappear in the vast mountain road leading to the royal city.
On the same night that Xu Zhenfeng followed the two elders to leave Jianfengling Pass, Manshan returned to the military camp on his turn.
This bull demon, who had been somewhat silent in the past few days, had just returned to his barracks and had not yet had time to change his armor and go to the cafeteria for dinner.
A few demon soldiers from other groups found him carrying a large pot of barbecue.
Several demon soldiers looked at this bull demon with a humble family background and a very ordinary appearance with complicated expressions, and placed the pot of beast meat in front of him.
One of the demon soldiers who looked like a squad leader said, "This is the soldier next to General Wolf. He is the wolf demon who defeated the human cultivator. Xu Zhenfeng sent him to you."
After he finished speaking, the demon soldier sergeant thought for a moment, as if he still found it a little unbelievable. After a pause, he continued, "He asked us to tell you that he is going to the Wolf Clan headquarters and is not sure when he will be able to return to Jianfeng Ridge. If you have any business in the future, you can go directly to Lang Wuya, the sergeant of the personal guard of General Wolf. He has already greeted Lang Wuya, and he also told you to take care of yourself and he will definitely come back to see you in the future."
Manshan stared at the sergeant demon soldier with his eyes wide open. After being stunned for a long while, he opened his mouth and burst into laughter.
At this moment, Manshan, who was extremely happy, laughed a few times, then turned to the monster soldiers in his squad who also looked dazed and said, "Look, I told you that he is my friend, you still don't believe it?"
After he finished speaking, he looked at the pot of barbecue on the stone table again, and said excitedly to his dumbfounded sergeant: "Sergeant, look, he is not that kind of monster, he is still my friend."
At this time, the sergeant who brought the barbecue said, "He gave you this pot of Sky Roar beast meat. We didn't touch it at all."
"Hiss...Skyroar beast meat?"
"What? Skyroarmon?"
"Is this the meat of the Skyroar Beast?"
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, this is the first time I see a roasted Skyroar Beast."
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For a moment, all the demon soldiers who were not on duty gathered around the barracks in Manshan.
Manshan smiled and stepped aside, letting the demon soldiers gather around the pot of beast meat and look at it. He then pulled over two sergeants and said, "Two big men, let's eat together."
After that, he loudly said to the demon soldiers in the same barracks who had gathered around him: "This is a big basin, everyone who sees it can have a share, try to have a bite..."
But before he could finish his words, his sergeant became anxious. He separated the demon soldiers and picked up the large basin of beast meat.
"You really want to eat it? This is sent to us by our wolf friend in Manshan. There are so many monsters among you, how can we share it all? Just take a look at what it looks like."
After saying that, he winked at the sergeant who brought the barbecue, pulled Manshan with one hand, and amid the dissatisfied voices of the demon soldiers, the three demons walked out of the barracks at an incredibly fast pace.