Chapter 15 The Little Demon Seeking Death

Yishi is an unknown little demon in Black Wind Mountain. For some reason, he always feels that life is boring and often has thoughts of suicide. But he doesn't want to die quietly in a corner where no one else knows. He feels that his life as a demon would be meaningless. Although he is tired of life, he doesn't want his life to end meaninglessly. He only hopes to end his life in a big event, so that he will not be in vain as a demon.

A few days ago, a little demon drowned himself in the Black Wind River under the Black Wind Mountain. Yishi often heard from other fairies that some fairies sacrificed themselves to save those little demons who committed suicide by drowning. After rescuing the little demons to shore, they were exhausted and drowned in the water. Therefore, they were regarded as heroes by everyone. Yishi thought that this was an excellent way for ordinary life to be sublimated, so he studied hard day and night and finally learned to swim.

After learning how to swim, Yishi often wandered around the Black Wind River, hoping that a kid would jump into the water and he would save him without hesitation, thus ending his boring life gloriously. But since he came to the Black Wind River, half a year had passed, and he had not seen anyone commit suicide by jumping into the river. Yishi could only doze off in the sun by the river every day, feeling bored. As spring went by and autumn came, he didn't know how much time had passed.

One day, Yishi was basking in the sun and dreaming, but he heard a voice not far away shouting, "Oh no, a little pig demon has fallen into the river!" Yishi shuddered all over, sat up with a somersault, and looked into the river. Sure enough, he saw a little pig demon struggling in the water. Yishi was so moved that tears welled up in his eyes. It was finally time for him to show his skills! He jumped into the river with a splash and swam quickly towards the little pig demon, shouting, "Don't be afraid, little friend, uncle is here to save you."

Yishi swam desperately, and when he was about to reach the little pig demon, a giant turtle suddenly emerged from the river and carried the little demon on its back. In the blink of an eye, the giant turtle brought the little demon back to the shore. The demons on the shore cheered and gave the giant turtle a thumbs up, asking about the giant turtle's life experience. It turned out that the giant turtle had just come here to practice and encountered the little demon who fell into the water. The demons were very happy and said, "With you here, we don't have to worry about little demons falling into the water anymore." The demons cheered for the giant turtle and were immersed in joy. No one noticed Yishi in the middle of the river.

Yishi swam slowly to the shore, took off his soaked clothes, wrung out a lot of water, looked at the giant turtle surrounded by monsters, and sighed helplessly: "Alas, it seems that sacrificing oneself to save others in the water and dying is not an option. I have to think of another glorious way to die."

Yishi also heard from others that there was a brutal snake demon deep in the Black Wind Forest. It often treated the small demons that came in and out of the Black Wind Forest for food as delicious meals, and it was unknown how many of its kind it had eaten. But the snake demon was too powerful, and no demon in the Black Wind Forest could be its opponent. Yishi thought to himself: "Why not go with the demons who want to enter the Black Wind Forest? If they encounter the snake demon, I will sacrifice myself to stand in front of them and let them run away. In this way, I will be eaten by the snake demon for saving other small demons. In this way, it can be considered a worthy death."

In this way, Yishi lived with the little demons that went into the Black Wind Forest to look for food every day. It was just unknown whether they were too lucky or the snake demon hibernated and never appeared in front of them. Yishi lived absent-mindedly with the little demons that went into the forest to look for food every day, just like when he was in the Black Water River.

Just when he was about to give up and try another method, the snake demon suddenly appeared in front of them. Yishi took the lead and stood in front of the other demons and said, "You guys go quickly, I'll hold him back!"

Before he finished speaking, the snake demon had already pounced on him. Yishi smiled and closed his eyes, ready to welcome his glorious death. For a long time, he did not feel any pain. Yishi opened his eyes and looked around, but found that the snake demon had disappeared without a trace. Confused, he asked his companions, "Where is the snake demon?"

A little bear demon said, "I have driven it away. I developed a powerful weapon to deal with snakes, called realgar wine. I didn't expect it to be so effective. I poured the wine on the snake and it ran away."

The rest of the little demons all praised the little bear demon and said, "You are so powerful. We will no longer be afraid of the snake demon." The demons cheered and lifted the little bear demon above their heads, not caring about the Yi lion standing beside them.

Yishi left the Black Wind Forest and started thinking about ways to commit suicide again. He remembered that he had heard from other monsters that the Black Bear Monster on the Black Wind Mountain was extremely harsh to his subordinates, and the monsters dared not speak out. If he went to duel with the Black Bear Monster and died in his hands, it would be better than dying in the deep mountains and forests without anyone knowing. With this in mind, he picked up his worn-out axe and ran straight to the Black Wind Cave on the top of the Black Wind Mountain, shouting and yelling that he wanted to duel with the Black Bear Monster. But after shouting for a long time, there was no response. Yishi asked the monsters around him where the Black Wind King had gone. The monster said, "Don't you know yet? The Black Bear Monster was summoned by Sun Xingzhe to be subdued by Guanyin Bodhisattva because he stole Tang Monk's cassock. Let me tell you, Sun Wukong is really capable, worthy of being the Great Sage Equaling Heaven who made a big fuss in the Heavenly Palace! It's all thanks to him that we monsters can regain our freedom!"

Xiao Yao was talking about the Monkey King's demeanor with great excitement, but Yishi stood there in a daze, not knowing what to do. At this moment, Yishi seemed to finally understand: "It turns out that he is the only one who thinks he is still alive. For others, a person like me who has accomplished nothing should be dead. It turns out that death has been accompanying me like the wind since I was born, but I have never noticed it. It's a pity that I tried so hard to find death. Now I think about it, it's really ridiculous..."

(End of this chapter)

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