Chapter 424: Eat some meat
Chapter 424: Eat some meat
Along the way, Wen Rui was asking questions intentionally or unintentionally, and Princess Longji, whether intentionally or unintentionally, actually cooperated with him.
In order to win over the true God of Flexion and Stretch, Demon King Peng worked very hard to paint a rosy picture and boasted to the monkey delegation about the bright future of the Demon Kingdom.
It has to be said that this bird has lived a long time after all, and it knows more than the monsters who have just become powerful after thousands of years of practice, and its mind is also more sophisticated and profound.
Some of the fallacies that come out of his mouth are really convincing. If it is as he described, the demons will dominate the mortal world in the future, and humans will be reduced to demon beasts and have nothing but faith in despair.
For the gods and Buddhas in the sky, perhaps this really is a brave new world where they can sustainably exhaust all resources. Perhaps, as described in some novels about cultivating immortals, they can spend tens of thousands of years in the mortal world and still remain where they are, playing the game of emperors, generals, gods, Buddhas, immortals and demons over and over again.
But you can only listen to one-third of what he says. You can't easily believe how much truth this old devil is telling you and whether he really has a big shot backing him up and instructing him to act this way as he boasts.
The carriage drove through the streets and headed towards the palace along the dilapidated and long-disrepaired Tianjie Avenue.
The Lion Country was in a state of decline, except for the imperial palace which looked to be well maintained. It had a golden roof and white walls, was tall and majestic, and had an exotic architectural style.
If you look closely, you can see many human slaves, under the urging of the Financial Wolf overseer, tidying up and repairing the palace and cleaning up the blood and bones in the inner courtyard.
The carriage stopped in front of the palace gate. Peng Demon King jumped out of the carriage, crossed his arms and made a "please" gesture, and said in a loud voice: "My dear brother, please come into the hall and have a chat. I have sent my men to prepare a banquet to welcome you."
Wen Rui led the three immortals out of the carriage and followed Demon King Peng towards the main hall of the palace.
Although the Lion Country was a small country, the royal palace was built very grandly and covered a large area. There were more than a thousand human slaves working in the palace alone.
Seeing the old devil leading a group of monkey demons who looked like distinguished guests passing by, the slaves in the yard knelt down and kowtowed, their faces pressed tightly to the ground, not daring to breathe.
The people here do not look like the people from the Central Plains. They have high noses, deep eye sockets, and slightly darker skin. Occasionally there are a few people with fair skin, blonde hair and blue eyes.
A long table had already been set up in the main hall. It was covered with a camel-hair blanket with exquisite patterns and was filled with plates filled with meat.
Princess Longji, who was following Wen Rui closely, clenched her fists, obviously trying hard to restrain herself and suppress the endless anger brought about by such a tragic scene.
"Brother, please take a seat. I will not leave until I am drunk with you today."
Demon King Peng cordially invited Wen Rui and other monkeys to take their seats, but immortals such as Long Ji, Nezha, Taibai Jinxing and others could not hide their disgust. Their expressions became stiff and increasingly unnatural.
"Hmm?" The old demon narrowed his eyes and asked suspiciously, "What's wrong? This is a feast that I carefully prepared. You are haunted by the ghosts of the wronged. It's obvious that you have killed many people. Are you still not used to eating meat?"
Upon hearing this, Long Ji and the other three immortals became nervous and exchanged glances with each other, as if they were communicating with their eyes what would happen if they were exposed.
"Brother Peng, do you look down on me?"
Wen Rui's face darkened, but he was the first to attack: "Although we are guests, we should follow the host's wishes, but respecting the habits of different species of monsters is the basic common sense of the host's hospitality. You took out these foods to treat me. Do you really not understand my monkey habits, or do you want to test my obedience?"
The Demon King Peng slapped his forehead and said, "Oh, it's my fault, it's my fault! I forgot that the monkeys like to eat fruits. I will send my men to pick some fruits now."
The three immortals then secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Otherwise, they would be forced to eat some foreign food today and try what sashimi tastes like.
Demon King Peng had sharp eagle eyes. He frowned as he glanced at the monkeys and suddenly said, "King Yuxiong, that's not right... Even if the monkeys like to eat fruits, it is common for them to eat humans when they reach the level of great demons. I have a brother who was transformed into a white elephant. He was a vegetarian before he transformed, but now he doesn't avoid meat. He can roll up dozens of people with his long trunk and swallow them in one gulp."
The three immortals' hearts, which had just been relieved, immediately became tense again, and they looked at Wen Rui nervously, wanting to know how he would respond. It was obvious that the old demon was suspicious.
Obviously, you can't convince him by saying that his eating habits are an excuse.
It is not absolute that monkeys like to eat fruits and therefore do not eat humans.
It would be too artificial for a demon sage with profound Taoism to be eaten by people who are not used to it.
Cannibalism may also lead to the risk of prion infection.
Demons, gods and Buddhas eat humans, but due to the huge difference in their physiological structure, it is almost the same as humans eating grains, and they are not affected by any viruses or bacteria carried by humans.
Not to mention the demon monkeys that eat people, even the banished immortals from heaven, the Bodhisattvas and the Vajra Kings of Western religions, it is normal for them to eat a few people when they are extremely hungry.
Monk Sha and Zhu Bajie are both experts at eating people. Before joining the team to obtain Buddhist scriptures, they had many wronged souls in their stomachs.
Before attaining enlightenment, Vimala Bodhisattva was once a Rakshasa ghost who ate human flesh.
Although the wronged souls haunting Wen Rui are not as strong as those of Demon King Peng, there are still as many as seven thousand of them. With so many lives, it would be too untrue to say that he did not take a single one and just killed them for fun. I'm afraid he will be exposed on the spot.
This banquet was obviously a test by the old devil to test whether King Yu Monkey was a spy sent by the Demon Alliance.
Only the monsters who have joined the Monster Alliance, who have close interactions with humans on a daily basis and gradually regard humans as their compatriots, will be psychologically very resistant to cannibalism.
"Ah, this..."
Demon King Peng's move really defeated Wen Rui. He really couldn't eat people without any psychological burden. It really crossed the bottom line of his life.
"Well..." Wen Rui scratched his head and said, "As for humans, I eat them occasionally, but the cooking skills of your dishes are too poor, and the ingredients are wasted. I don't know if they are peeled and washed cleanly. Look, there seems to be feces in the intestines. How can I eat this?"
“Haha…” Demon King Peng laughed dryly and said, “It seems that my dear brother is also a demon who is particular about food. He is not like the beasts like me who have a strong taste for food. The more fishy the food, the more he likes it.”
"That's right. We were vegetarian monsters before we transformed, so we have a lot of requirements for eating humans. First, they have to be clean, and second, the meat must be tender and the skin must be smooth."
Wen Rui quickly agreed, "It's a pity that Brother Peng has such good intentions. I can't enjoy them."
"Hehe, don't worry, you are in luck." The Demon King Peng raised his lips and sneered, "How could my brother be so careless in entertaining guests? I have long guessed that you might not be used to the coarse food, so I specially prepared a special meal for you."
As he said this, he clapped his hands.
As the sound of applause rang out, a group of more than ten foreign girls with fair skin and beautiful faces walked out from the inner hall. The girls had obviously been bathed and cleaned, and they were naked. When bathing, flower petals were added to the bathtub, and they exuded a pleasant floral fragrance.
"Is this thoughtful of me?" Demon King Peng narrowed his eagle eyes, stared at Wen Rui and said, "Come, come, these washed white ones are specially prepared for you, my dear brother. They are all fresh and natural."
The old demon's tone was as if he was explaining the prehistoric world on the tip of his tongue: "High-end ingredients are often cooked in the simplest way, which is to wash them clean and present them to your mouth."
As he spoke, he pulled over a beautiful, tearful little girl and pushed her in front of Wen Rui: "Brother, you're welcome."
(End of this chapter)