Chapter 430: Pretend to be accommodating and continue to make excuses
Chapter 430: Pretending to be polite and continuing to ask questions
Wen Rui only mentioned the Six Fairies who were chasing after the mastermind who impersonated him, and did not mention the mastermind and the Seven Fairies, also out of caution.
The Black Hand had obviously planned this for a long time and tried his best to hide his tracks along the way, but the six fairies chasing him were inexperienced and kept a high profile during the chase, making it easier for them to be noticed by the demons along the way.
If we directly ask about the whereabouts of the mastermind, what if the mastermind is in collusion with the Demon King Peng, or is actually the Demon King in disguise? If we ask directly, he will be exposed on the spot.
It seems very natural and reasonable to start the question by asking about the six fairies who were witnessed by all the monsters along the way.
"Caught? Great! It's like finding something without any effort!"
The golden monkey was immediately delighted and started dancing, showing the excited reaction that a monkey should have.
Wen Rui had to act the whole part. Glancing at the Demon King Peng who had a complicated expression, he pretended to have realized something and said, "Could it be that the two fairy chicks were eaten by Brother Peng? It doesn't matter if they were eaten, but where did they throw the remaining bones? I can pick up some bones and make soup with them. I can live a few hundred more years."
"My dear brother, listen to my advice. Fairies are not that easy to eat."
Demon King Peng said sternly: "Brother, I was overjoyed when I captured those two fairies and planned to have some fun with them, but after interrogating them, I regretted it and it would have been better if I hadn't captured them."
Wen Rui pretended to be puzzled and asked, "Why is this?"
The Demon King Peng smiled bitterly and said, "I found out after asking that the two fairies were actually the Queen Mother's attendants. If I eat them, wouldn't I be mortally hostile to the Queen Mother?"
"What are you afraid of!" The golden monkey said arrogantly, "We are demons and lawless. We will eat anyone, not to mention the maidservants of the Queen Mother, even the direct disciples of Tathagata! Are you afraid and let go of those two pieces of fat meat that are in your mouth?"
"How can we let him go so easily after catching him with our own ability?"
The Demon King Peng's eagle eyes were full of wisdom, and he said meaningfully: "Brother, cultivation is not about fighting and killing, nor is it about eating and drinking. It is about the ways of the world. As demons, we must have a broad mind and a long-term vision."
"If it's an ordinary fairy or immortal, you can eat it, but the direct disciple of Tathagata, the personal maid of the Queen Mother, the fire-making Taoist boy of Laojun, the concubine of the Jade Emperor, these immortals cannot be touched lightly. You have to distinguish the distance and relationship, and guess the complicated thoughts of the big shots."
With the look of a man who has experienced it, the Demon King Peng said earnestly, "You are too young. If you act impulsively, you will get into big trouble. The two fairies I captured are much more useful alive than being eaten. Even if we take a step back, if my Lion Country provokes a great god that should not be provoked in the future, and a catastrophe is imminent, pushing those two hostages out to prevent the disaster can save the lives of tens of thousands of demons."
Wen Rui couldn't help but look at Demon King Peng with new eyes. This old demon had lived for tens of thousands of years, and his mind and wisdom had grown with age. He really understood life.
With strong strength, profound background, and the ability to tread carefully, it is no wonder that the Lion Demon Nation has been rampant in the lawless area for so many years.
"I told you this secret because I wanted you to know that the Demon Alliance is not a bunch of rabble who will never see the light of day again."
The old demon said earnestly, "I have the identity of Tathagata's uncle, which is the first level of protection. I also captured the Queen Mother's personal maid as a hostage, which gives me the second level of protection. In the future, even if the sky falls, I can offer these two amulets, and the Heavenly Court and the Holy Mountain will not dare to touch me. My demon country will be forever secure, and I will have no worries. I will definitely be able to create a foundation that will last forever."
At this point, Wen Rui roughly sorted out the whereabouts of the Seven Fairies after they left Liberty City.
The six fairies chasing the Seventh Sister crossed most of the Southern Continent. Most of the demons in the Southern Continent had already joined the Demon Production Alliance and would definitely not rashly intercept them and cause trouble. But when they left the Southern Continent and arrived at the border of the Western Niuhe Continent, especially when they flew over the Lion Country, they attracted the Demon King Peng.
After a fierce fight, the two fairies were captured alive. The Demon King Peng wisely did not harm them, but imprisoned them as hostages.
"Brother is indeed very cunning and wise."
The golden monkey pretended to be enlightened and said, "No wonder I concealed it just now. I was afraid that I would ask you for the flesh of the two fairies. Don't worry, brother Peng. Since the two fairies are of great use to your demon country, I will never take their beauty for my own selfish desires and ruin Brother Peng's plan."
Demon King Peng said with relief: "I was right about the demon! Don't worry, you will have a long time to live if you join the demon kingdom. There are many fairies in the sky. When my demon kingdom can compete with the heaven and Lingshan, it will only take a little exchange of interests for you to eat some immortal food."
"Look at me, I'm wantonly capturing and eating people here, and the Heavenly Court and Lingshan Mountain just pretend not to know?"
Demon King Peng patiently taught King Yuxiong in the tone of cultivating a newcomer: "In the eyes of gods and Buddhas, mortals are like ants, and are just the food of heaven and earth. Immortals are just bigger ants. As long as we can play a role that is countless times greater than that of ordinary immortals in governing the Three Realms for gods and Buddhas, the rational and ruthless gods and Buddhas will be willing to use those humble immortals to feed us."
"There is no such thing as right or wrong, good or evil. I have read Buddhist scriptures. Persuading people to be good is just a means of maintaining stability. It is the spiritual comfort for ants to find joy in suffering. Good people are exploited by others, and good people dare not deceive God."
"Listening to your brother's words is better than reading for ten years."
The golden monkey looked like a fanboy and said, "Thank you for clearing up my confusion, brother. There are many things I couldn't figure out. Today I feel like I have been enlightened by them. I feel like I have finally realized the truth!"
Although he said this, Wen Rui disagreed in his heart. He had read a lot of Buddhist scriptures, and the mechanism of heavenly merit was a research topic that he attached great importance to.
Obviously, this old demon was not speaking without a purpose, but this twisted logic only touched the surface of the rules of heaven's merits and virtues.
It is true that doing good does not necessarily lead to accumulating virtue, and it is also true that saints regard all living beings as straw dogs.
If we take out one or two living beings alone, their lives are like grass and are worth nothing. They can be taken out for sacrifice by the higher gods at any time.
However, the wishes of hundreds of millions of sentient beings have formed the collective will of a community with a shared future for all living beings, which contains enormous energy, enough to compete with the will of the gods and Buddhas standing at the pinnacle of the world.
But the most difficult thing is how to make all beings understand each other, unite and have a common wish.
There is a legend of the "Tower of Babel" in the West, which says that all human beings once spoke the same language and could quickly understand each other's minds, so they united to build a Tower of Babel, which threatened God and the gods and disrupted the world order.
So God made humans unable to speak a common language and divided them into countless races. From then on, humans scattered to all directions, and even became enemies and attacked each other. They could no longer unite to challenge the realm of gods.
"Brother Peng, although that is true, my life is coming to an end, so I have no choice but to take a risk."
After the flattery, Wen Rui changed the subject and said, "Brother, you have captured two fairies. Where did the other four escape to? I will go find the four fairies that escaped. I will find a chance to secretly eat one or two of them and save my life first."
(End of this chapter)