Chapter 38: Biao and Mountain Rat
After a while, a huge cave appeared in the mountains.
The nine-meter-tall monster was sitting cross-legged on the ground, with Li Yuan and Li Xiaoan eating and drinking in front of him.
Zhang Tiansheng was unwilling to enter the demon's cave and stood outside, wondering what he was thinking.
"So, you have reached a certain level of cultivation and are here to ask for a title so that you won't be unable to survive the thunder tribulation?"
Li Yuan ate the spiritual food prepared by the big monster Biao without any hesitation and wiped his mouth.
The huge monster Biao looked at Li Xiaoan eagerly.
"That's right."
Noticing that the huge black tiger was looking at him, Li Xiaoan took small bites of the spiritual nourishing food and hid timidly behind Li Yuan.
The big demon Biao sighed.
This is also the reason why it brought Li Yuan and the other person back together.
This mortal child only listens to Li Yuan.
If it uses some means to confuse people's minds, it will not be sincere in seeking the title.
But if it kidnaps the kid directly, I'm afraid the kid will cry to death rather than do what it says.
I got carried away and had the idea of committing a crime before, but now it’s difficult to do it.
Li Yuan comforted the frightened Li Xiaoan and turned back to say:
"Spiritual beings practice cultivation, without being stained by blood, and cultivate merit and virtue to seek the approval of heaven and earth."
"After the cultivation is completed, the matter of seeking a title has always been managed by the local mountain god."
"You said you swallowed the mountain god..."
"Once you commit the sin of killing, you are no longer considered a spiritual being."
The fierce Biao was silent for a while.
Zhang Tiansheng outside the cave snorted coldly:
"Swear to heaven and tell the truth about your feud with the mountain god here!"
"Otherwise, let alone asking for a title, Heaven will not forgive you!"
"Devouring an immortal god is, after all, a crime of treason!"
Thunder exploded in the sky with a terrifying sound.
The big demon Biao gave Zhang Tiansheng a complicated look: "The sky is changing, the voice is like thunder, it turns out you are a top expert."
Zhang Tiansheng snorted again.
Li Yuan also spoke at the right time:
"Tell me the grudge between you and the mountain god you devoured, and I will be able to judge whether a mortal can ask for a title for you!"
"If your sins are serious, this child may lose his life but still not be rewarded!"
The big demon Biao sighed.
"How can the heavens answer the oath of a monster like me?"
"When that old villain was the mountain god, all the creatures on the mountain died, but no one from heaven punished him!"
Outside the cave, Zhang Tiansheng looked up at the sky:
"Just swear an oath, and God will respond!"
chap!
A huge bolt of lightning struck the top of the mountain, shaking the cave three times.
The big demon Biao looked deep: "Heaven's response? Your methods are not something that mortals should have..."
Zhang Tiansheng: "I don't have much patience!"
The big demon Biao was not afraid of the "Taoist" in front of him, and snorted: "You are so arrogant!"
Seeing that the two were about to fight, Li Yuan hurried to stop them.
"Hey, aren't we just telling a story? Why are we fighting before we even start?"
The big demon Biao glanced at the panicked Li Xiaoan, sighed in his heart, and his expression relaxed.
It has been waiting for decades for a mortal to pass through.
This heavenly calamity cannot be delayed.
The big monster Biao swore to the sky and confessed the grudge between it and the mountain god.
"The story all started from when that old thief became the mountain god..." The big monster Biao fell into distant memories.
Li Yuan let out a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, it doesn’t start from the beginning of the world!
As the big monster Biao spoke, the few people heard a complete and sad story.
More than two thousand years ago, this place was called Qianshanling.
As the name suggests, there are thousands of peaks in one magnificent mountain range.
Although this place is sparsely populated, it is vast and needs to be managed.
A mountain mouse gained intelligence and made great progress in spiritual practice, so he was appointed by God as the mountain god of Qianshanling.
The mountain rat was so excited that he kowtowed to the sky for several years.
At first, the mountain rat worked diligently as a mountain god and took good care of the creatures in the mountains.
At that time, Biao had just begun to gain intelligence and had great respect for the mountain god.
But as time went by, the mountain rats became a little bored.
It watched the beasts, insects and snakes reproduce and die generation after generation, and it was tired of this wildness.
It wants incense and wants to ascend to heaven to see what's above the nine heavens.
Qianshanling is a sparsely populated area with few mortals, so the incense offered by mountain rats is extremely rare.
God will not pay attention to a remote place where the incense is almost invisible.
The mountain rat sincerely called upon the heavens every day, begging them to give it some mortals so that it could accomplish great things.
But how could Heaven hear such a request?
Day after day, year after year, the mountain rat changed.
Once, its magical power became agitated and it accidentally killed a creature in the mountains.
The mountain rat felt extremely guilty and kowtowed in front of God in repentance.
The sky remained silent, and the mountain rat was terrified, thinking that he had sincerely repented and was forgiven.
Later, as the years went by, it became more and more upset.
It wants to rule over truly intelligent creatures, not these stupid beasts in the mountains!
Once, in a fit of irritation, the mountain rat used his magical powers to kill a large number of living creatures in the mountains.
Afterwards, the mountain rat was terrified.
It was afraid that the iron chains of heaven would take it away at any moment, and it was afraid of being punished by the laws of heaven.
However, the mountain rat spent more than ten years in fear and regret, and no punishment ever came.
After that, the mountain rat understood.
God, never listened to their voices.
It turns out that spirits or demons are not worthy of heaven's attention.
When the mountain god loses the restraints above his head, can the mountain rat, the leader of the mountain, still follow goodness?
Obviously it can't be done.
From then on, Qianshanling no longer had the diligent mountain god.
Instead, there was a bloodthirsty demon named Qianshan Rat.
It regained its nature, its wild instinct.
When a mountain rat possesses the power of a god, the entire Qianshanling becomes its food and plaything.
Mountain rats enslave all living creatures in the mountains, and any creature with intelligence must serve them wholeheartedly.
If things don’t go smoothly, or if you don’t do something well enough, you will be eaten alive by the angry mountain rats!
Perhaps it was out of extreme paranoia that the mountain rats, receiving no response from heaven, destroyed the Qianshan Mountains.
Perhaps it just wants to see how evil it has to be before it attracts the attention of heaven!
By that time, Biao had already become a big monster.
Biao once advised the mountain rats not to commit endless killings.
But the mountain rat's response was to drink Biao's blood!
The once diligent mountain rat now had a deep obsession and had gone mad.
Biao narrowly escaped from the rat's mouth.
The mountain rats became more and more crazy, and even slaughtered almost all the creatures in Qianshanling, brewing blood wine.
After that, Biao waited for several years and found an opportunity. When the mountain rat was drunk after drinking blood wine, he used his magical powers to swallow the mountain rat in one bite.
The delicious taste of the fairy air really shocked Biao at that time.
Biao almost fell into evil ways, but fortunately he kept his original intention in the end.
However, even so, after it started eating meat, it eventually became a demon and was no longer a spirit.
He lost the qualification and hope to be among the immortals in the future.
The mountain god fell, and the Qianshan Ridge was in chaos.
In order to keep the remaining creatures in Qianshanling, Biao threatened: It had swallowed the mountain god, and from now on Qianshanling would be under its jurisdiction!
In this way, the last glimmer of hope was retained for Qianshanling.
Otherwise, those creatures would have scattered long ago, and Qianshanling would have become a completely barren land.
For so many years, Biao has been practicing the method of merit and cultivating the natural way, waiting for the heaven to appoint another mountain god to govern Qianshanling.
But thousands of years passed, and when it was about to survive the calamity, the new mountain god had not yet descended.
As a result, a big demon blocked the road and demanded a title.
The rules of heaven are like this. If a spirit wants to survive the catastrophe, it must ask for a seal. If there is no mountain god, it must ask a mortal for one.
After all, mortals are the lucky ones of the three realms now.
Of course, seeking a title comes at a great cost to mortals.
If you encounter a vicious and bloodthirsty demon who tries to take the title.
If one is not careful, his life span will be shortened, and even his relatives and friends will die, and he will fall into the three lower realms of reincarnation after his death.
Therefore, this is also the reason why Li Yuan wanted to understand the grudge between Biao and the mountain god here.
After the story was told, Zhang Tiansheng looked up at the sky.
There was silence above the sky, not a single sound of thunder.
This shows that Biao did not lie.
"There is such a thing..." Zhang Tiansheng frowned for a long time.