Chapter 130 Drinking and Chatting with Idiots

There is a large plain to the south of the Lishan Mountains. On the plain, there is a well-developed water system and three large rivers meandering and converging. Looking from the air, there are many gem-like human villages dotted along the jade-belt-like rivers.

On the side close to the Lishan Mountains, there is a demon village built halfway up the mountain. The village is built on the mountainside, with dangerous terrain and covered by jungle, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack. The village master is a great demon with a high level of cultivation.

The mountain village has been established for a hundred years, and many of the human people here grew up listening to the threats from adults: "If you cry again, the Mighty Bear King will come."

The bear monster has been causing trouble for many years, but the local government is a small vassal state and is unable to send troops to wipe it out. They petitioned the Western Zhou royal court to send troops to attack, but the Zhou royal family has declined over the years and they are unable to suppress the vassal states that do not respect the royal court, let alone attack the monster king.

But over the past hundred years, the bear monster has not done anything evil like slaughtering villages and eating people. People rumored that it was because there were gods on Mount Li suppressing the monster that the monster king restrained his ferocity and dared not run rampant.

However, in recent years, all the villages and strongholds on the plains have suffered greatly from extortion by the monster strongholds. Every year, a small half of the grain grown is snatched away by the monsters who come down the mountain to collect grain, and the remaining small half is collected by government tax collectors. Although the people on the plains are good at farming, they still cannot get enough food, and they go hungry for most of the year.

As a result, the population in the area grew relatively slowly. After all, in years of famine, adults would starve to death and children could not be raised at all.

The Black Wind Village is going to welcome distinguished guests today. All the little demons in the village have been busy cleaning up since early morning. A little bear demon leader is directing the little demons to run around.

"My fellow men, be alert. Today, several great masters are coming to visit the king. The king has spoken. If anyone loses face for him, his life will be in danger!"

"Yes, leader!"

The little monsters are all transformed from wild beasts, such as rabbit monsters, deer monsters, wild boar monsters, rat monsters, toad monsters, pheasant monsters and the like. The stages of transformation vary, and many monsters have monster heads and furry human-like bodies.

Nowadays, spiritual energy is thin, and it is not as smooth for the demons to transform as it was five hundred years ago. It is considered a great fortune if they can transform to the point where they can walk upright and speak. There are also demons in the village who have gained intelligence but have not yet cultivated a human form, and can only do menial work like livestock, such as carrying loads and mounts.

At the gate, two toad spirits, one red and one green, were holding branches without leaves stripped off and using them as brooms. They were sweeping the dust and animal manure in front of the gate. While working, they would take breaks to chat with each other.

"What important matter is the king going to do today? It has been a long time since we have been so busy."

"I heard from Chief Bear that the Five Friends of Lishan are gathering today, and several demon kings and the guy from Lishan are coming as guests."

"In the past, they all disliked our village for being dirty and messy, and never came to the village for gatherings. The king always went to Lishan to enjoy himself, and came back saying that Lishan was the place where the gods lived, drinking immortal wine and eating delicious food..."

"I don't know if what the king said is true. What kind of good life do the gods have? Do they have meat to eat every meal?"

"Looking at your little achievements, I think you have to use a golden broom to sweep the floor."

……

The two toads had just finished cleaning an area of the ground when suddenly the soil cracked open. Soon two holes appeared and two people crawled out of the ground.

There were two people, a man and a woman. The man was slovenly, with an untidy beard and a head full of hair. The woman was tall, beautiful, and dignified, but because she had just emerged from the ground, she was covered in dust and looked gray.

"Brother, don't you have the kind of armor that allows you to fly? Why do you have to burrow into the ground when you go out?"

He Lingyun muttered as he cast a dust-avoiding spell on himself, and the dust on his body immediately dispersed. He also cast a spell on Wen Rui to help him avoid the process of shaking off the dust and spitting out the mud.

"This is called maintaining a consistent and good style." Wen Rui taught, "A cultivator should avoid arrogance and pride. If you have a little bit of ability, you will think that you are second to nothing. Even if we become immortals in the future, we must be down-to-earth. Now that you have a little bit of ability, have you forgotten the time when you were beaten and had to dig into the ground to survive?"

"Thank you, Brother! I understand!"

"Be low-key in life and high-key in work. You can learn it slowly."

After teaching the secretary, Wen Rui said to the two stunned toad spirits, "Go tell your king that Wen Rui from the Jinling Sect is here to pay a visit."

The two toads dropped their brooms and hurriedly ran into the village. Soon the village gate was pushed open, and Xiong Ba, dressed in mighty armor, came out with a big grin on his face: "Brother Wen, you are late. The brothers have been here for a long time and have been waiting for you."

Just as he said, the buffalo demon, the leopard demon and his second brother, the wolf demon, also followed Xiong Ba and came to greet him.

Before the Four Lishan Demons could continue to greet Wen Rui, they saw He Lingyun following him and were all stunned.

Nearly half a year had passed since their last meeting, and that weak little Jindan crane had now advanced to the Return to Void realm just like them. And it was not just an ordinary Return to Void. Several great demons who had been stagnant in this realm for many years could not see through the true nature of that crane spirit and only felt that she was between existence and non-existence.

With eyes open, one can see its shape, but with eyes closed, one cannot sense its existence at all. The four demon kings were observing He Lingyun, and He Lingyun was also observing them.

When they met again, the female monk felt as if she was in a different world. The existence that she was so afraid of back then, she now regarded as ants. She could see through their strength at a glance. All these demon kings combined were not enough for her to defeat with one sword.

He Lingyun can only be said to have just learned the "Ethereal and Uncertain Water Drop Sword Technique" now, but its power is already astonishing. The combination of "Flying Gold Sword Technique" and "Demon Protecting Sword" alone is enough for her to crush the same level with the speed of the sword. With a slight change in the equation of Moye Sword Technique, it will be easy for her to kill the sword cultivators of the same level.

But remembering the principle that her senior brother had just taught her, "be low-key in life, high-key in work", the little crane girl smiled sweetly, made the Jinling Sect's international friendly gesture, and said softly, "Jinling Sect He Lingyun greets the elder brothers."

Xiong Ba's momentum stagnated noticeably, and his expression was no longer as relaxed and heroic as before. He bowed in return.

Except for Wolf Two who looked calm, the other three monsters couldn't hide their worries and their faces became solemn.

Wen Rui noticed all these subtle changes in expression, and thought to himself that the wild monsters were so damn realistic. When they saw someone who seemed powerful on the surface, they would immediately become alert.

After a few pleasantries, Xiong Ba led Wen Rui to the village chief's house. The demon clan had crude construction technology. The house was made of logs. The wooden fence-like walls still let in light. The bark on the logs had not been peeled clean. The house, which had just been cleaned, had a fresh scent of logs, but there was no stench like in an animal den.

He Lingyun followed along as he walked through the village, and saw many low-level demon minions. The little demons were considered formally dressed if they had a pair of pants, while many demons with a lot of hair on their bodies simply went naked, as their private parts could not be seen anyway, so there was no need to cover up.

There are also female goblins in the village, mostly pheasant goblins and deer goblins, all of them are half-naked. They rely on the fact that the hair on their bodies has not yet fallen off and their bodies have human-shaped curves, but they don't care at all.

He Lingyun couldn't help but sigh secretly, thinking that if he had not joined Lishan, he would have lived the same life as these goblins.

She is also considered a well-informed demon cultivator of the Lishan Immortal Sect. Before she awakened her spiritual intelligence and transformed into a human form, she had the body of a fairy crane, so when she flew and migrated in the mortal world, she would not be attacked by cultivators like the demon cultivators who transformed into wild beasts, and human mortals were not afraid of her and would not avoid her.

He Lingyun once observed the life of the human race in villages and towns. The living conditions of the savages in some remote mountain villages were actually not much better than those of the goblins in the village. They were also half-naked and not even as well fed as the goblins, and all of them had pale faces.

It is hard to say whether the barbarians in the fiefdom are considered human beings in the eyes of the princes and nobles. The barbarians have no human rights in their fiefdom. They pay the highest taxes and perform the heaviest labor, but they have no rights at all. If they are extremely hungry and steal the food and livestock of the people, they will be ruthlessly hunted down and killed by the soldiers.

There is no need to follow any laws when killing savages. The only reason we don't kill them is because we can capture them and sell them as slaves, which still has some value.

The eight hundred princes of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the feudal states, the barbarians, and the human races were still killing each other. Before the unification of the Qin Shi Huangdi, there was no concept of "All under heaven is the king's land, and all the people are his subjects."

In this era, the human race was also in the initial stage of civilization, and had not made much progress compared to the demon race. It was just that the human race had been making progress, while the demon race had stagnated or even reversed, which gradually widened the gap.

Inside the village chief's house, a long wooden table was filled with fruits, vegetables and meat. Xiong Ba also arranged for a few female fairies who had transformed more completely and were somewhat pretty to serve as maids. He put on colorful clothes and gauze skirts that he had stolen from somewhere, making them look like country bumpkins in a disguise.

Wen Rui had no taboos at all. He found a seat at the long table and sat down, drinking and chatting with several demon kings.

He Lingyun stood quietly behind him, observing and learning silently. Even when the leopard spirit invited her to sit down, she politely declined, saying that as a subordinate of Sect Leader Wen, she did not dare to overstep her authority.

This statement attracted the attention of several demon kings. Except for Lang Er, the other demons looked at Wen Rui with increasingly vigilant eyes.

After three rounds of wine and five dishes, Wen Rui put down his glass and said, "Don't blame me for spoiling our fun. We talked about the 'Monster Production Alliance' at the last gathering, but we didn't come to any conclusion. Today is the best day. Can we continue the topic we didn't finish last time?"

Xiong Ba's face darkened, and he said in a rough voice: "Brother Wen, you are here with ill intentions. You found a helper in the Return to Void Realm, and now you are here to put pressure on me?"

Wen Rui shrugged and said, "I don't like to use force to pressure others, and I don't care to force others to accept my kindness. It's a pity that my rules of conduct can communicate with smart people, but when I meet a fool who doesn't know he is dying, it's just a waste of time."

While saying this, Wen Rui stared at Xiongba with his dead fish eyes.

"Are you calling the old bear a fool?"

"Don't get me wrong, I'm not targeting you, I'm saying that all of you here are idiots."

"Brother, am I a fool too?" Wolf Two was unhappy.

"You are the same, just stupid in a different way." Wen Rui didn't indulge him.

(End of this chapter)

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