The gluttonous beast wants to eat three million people and asks me if I can satisfy it. I just want to say screw it!
Seeing that I didn't say anything, the Taotie Beast smiled smugly, "So what? Can't satisfy me?"
I curled my lips, glared at it fiercely, and said coldly: "I really can't satisfy you. Let alone eating three million people, even if you eat a living person, I can't satisfy you!"
Who knew that my words would make the Taotie beast laugh again.
When it laughed, its long brown and black fur trembled.
Its ugly face, when it smiles, looks like a blooming phoenix, which is disgusting.
"Hahaha... Human boy, don't be angry, I was just playing a big joke on you! I like eating meat, but if I eat three million people, I will die of overeating!"
I was stunned.
The Taotie beast, on the other hand, was laughing so hard that it fell backwards. Its "cackle" sound made me feel creepy.
Is it kidding me? I feel like it's telling me a horror story.
Seeing my impatient expression, the Taotie Beast put away his smile, his expression became serious, and said: "Yang Tianyi, right? I can help you, but I have one condition!"
Damn, after going around in circles for so long, it turns out there are conditions.
I raised my head and asked gently, "I wonder what your conditions are, Taotie Beast? ... But I have to tell you in advance that if your conditions are too extreme, I will never agree to them. I can only think of other ways to break the trap outside!"
The Taotie beast shook its big head and said with a smile: "No, no, my request is very simple. I will help you break the trap outside, and you need to give me the corpses of the dead ghost officials as gifts."
"The corpses of the ghost officials? ... But the corpses of the ghost officials have been blown to pieces by the thunder blasting beads I threw out! What do you want those corpses for?"
I asked in confusion.
Unexpectedly, after licking its lips, the Taotie beast said, "Of course I want to eat. I've been hungry for hundreds of years! Although the corpses of the ghost officials have turned into minced meat, it is still meat after all. I haven't smelled meat for a long time. So, as long as you promise me to give me the minced meat of the ghost officials, I will help you break the trap outside."
"how?"
It really is true that no matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat!
I thought about it, nodded and said, "Okay, in that case, I agree to your request!"
Who knew that the Taotie beast would shake its big head again and said unhappily: "It's not you who agreed to my request, it's me who agreed to your request. You came to ask me, not me to ask you."
Well, I figured out that this gluttonous beast is actually quite proud.
Since you care about your reputation, that's easy. In the future, when you need help from it, I will be able to find a breakthrough.
"Okay, okay, you have the final say!"
I nodded helplessly, then raised my voice and said, "Since our agreement has been reached, please help me break the trap first."
Who knew that the Taotie beast would start shaking its head again.
It corrected, "It's not that I help you break the trap first, but you need to help me collect all the pieces of meat first. Then I will help you break the trap!"
Damn, this gluttonous beast is too talkative.
My brain is about to explode from all this noise!
"Okay, okay, you have the final say!"
Then, before the Taotie beast could say anything else, I whispered the spell to open the red lacquer coffin.
Immediately afterwards, my soul flew out from the gap in the red-painted coffin lid.
My soul merged into my body, and I let out a long breath from my chest.
When I slowly opened my eyes,
I noticed that there were many torch lights under the big rock. I don't know when those ghost officials came to the big rock.
They were staring at me with burning eyes, their faces full of confusion.
I felt a little embarrassed to be surrounded by so many people, and my face turned slightly red.
“Ahem! … … ”
After pretending to cough a few times, I raised my voice and asked, "Brother Xinglong, what are you doing? Why are you all gathered here? Have you found a way to break the trap?"
Zhu Xinglong shook his head and said awkwardly: "Young Master Yang, we haven't found a way to break the trap. Just now we saw you sitting cross-legged on the big rock, and we thought something happened to you. So, we all gathered around."
So that's how it is.
I gave the order without any explanation, saying, "Well, fellow ghost officials, I have thought of a good way that may be able to break the trap. But this method requires your cooperation."
When they heard that I had a solution, Zhu Xinglong and others seemed very excited.
"Young Master Yang, no, Boss Yang... please tell me quickly, what is the method? As long as we can get out of this damn trap, we can do anything."
"Yes, Mr. Yang, please speak quickly, it makes me very anxious!"
Zhu Xinglong also interrupted and said, "Mr. Yang, do you really have a solution? Are you kidding us?"
I curled my lips and said to Zhu Xinglong, "Brother Xinglong, it's already this late, do you think I'm joking with you? Well, I won't keep you in suspense. So, you guys first collect the corpses of the ghost officials and zombies, and also gather the scraps of meat. I can use them!"
"Collecting corpses, and scraps of meat? What for?"
Zhu Xinglong asked me in confusion.
I frowned and said unhappily, "Of course it's used to break the formation. Okay, hurry up and collect them. We'll try to leave here as soon as possible."
Seeing that I didn't say anything, Zhu Xinglong stopped talking.
He raised his voice and ordered the ghost officials behind him: "Okay, everyone listen to Master Yang, quickly collect those broken limbs and arms... Oh, and the scraps of meat, too."
Soon, a group of ghost officials, led by Zhu Xinglong, began to collect the remains of corpses and pieces of meat in the trap.
In just over half an hour, the bones, flesh and other remains of the ghost zombies were collected into a large pile.
Looking at those dirty, tattered bones and flesh, I felt sick to my stomach. Because of the trap, the flies and insects outside did not fly in, otherwise, these flesh and blood would probably attract a lot of disgusting things.
"Master Yang, it's almost done. We have collected almost all the broken limbs and arms in the trap, and we have also collected the pieces of meat according to your instructions."
Zhu Xinglong reported to me.
I covered my mouth, trying to hold back the pungent smell of blood, and said to the ghost officials under the big rock: "Okay, all of you go and rest, I'll take care of this."
Those ghost officials did not move, probably because they wanted to see how I would break the trap.
Since they won't take a rest, there's nothing I can do.
Then I whispered to the Taotie beast in the red lacquer coffin: "Taotie, I have collected the flesh and blood of those ghost zombies for you. When are you going to help me break the formation?"
The Taotie beast in the red lacquer coffin said impatiently: "Why are you rushing me? I have to swallow the flesh and blood first before I can have the strength. I have been trapped in this red lacquer coffin for hundreds of years. Do you think my magic power has not been consumed?!"
"All right!"
I whispered back, urging him, "But hurry up. I don't want to stay in this trap any longer! ...
...Also, I have to remind you that there are many ghost officials watching outside. You'd better not let them discover your presence, otherwise it will cause trouble for you and me."
"Okay, I get it! ... Now cover your mouth and nose. I'll release smoke to knock them out first."
After listening to the Taotie beast, I quickly covered my mouth and nose.
At the same time, I circulated the energy of Yin De to slowly wrap myself up.
The Taotie beast muttered, "What a cautious fellow!"
The lid of the red lacquer coffin in my hand slowly opened, and then a stream of red smoke spurted out from the coffin. The red smoke slowly spread inside the trap, colorless and odorless.
Soon, the ghost officials standing under the big rock fell to the ground one after another.
I looked at them.
They were all breathing normally, they were just passed out.
Then, the long red tongue of the Taotie beast swept out from the red lacquered coffin.
What I didn’t expect was that when the red tongue touched the pieces of meat and bones, the bones seemed to have encountered something extremely corrosive and slowly turned into “soup”.
The sharp barbs on the red tongue were like syringes, sucking all the "soup" into the tongue. In just over ten minutes, the bones and flesh of the ghost zombies disappeared without a trace.
There was only a few wet marks left on the gray ground.
I was shocked!
Is this possible? It's really amazing.
Seeing the shock on my face, the Taotie beast in the coffin said with a smile: "Yang Tianyi, don't be surprised, my tongue is quite special, and it is no problem to deal with those corpses and minced meat."
Although I was amazed in my heart, I did not forget the important matter.
I hurriedly urged him, "Okay, the 'soup' made from the bones and minced meat has already gone into your stomach, you should get down to business now. You promised me that you would help me break the trap."
The Taotie Beast laughed loudly and said, "That's right, I am a Taotie Beast who keeps my word. I will certainly do what I promised you, a human boy."
Afterwards, the Taotie beast retracted its red tongue and said to me, "Yang Tianyi, please move aside. I am about to spit out the Five Elements Fire! Stand far away to avoid getting hurt."
The fire of the five elements
I have heard about it in the Yin-Yang Soul Crossing Notes, it is said that the Five Elements Fire is a kind of fire collected between heaven and earth and conceived in the Five Elements. I didn't expect that the Taotie Beast actually mastered that kind of fire, it's really awesome.
Soon I got down from the big rock.
I left the red-painted coffin on top of the big rock.
At this time, the lid of the red lacquered coffin had been completely opened.
Then, I could feel a scorching temperature rising around me.
Immediately afterwards, a ball of colorful fire quickly crashed into the light curtain of the trap above my head.
With a loud "boom"!
The ball of five elements fire slammed heavily into the black light curtain of the trap array.
Flames flew everywhere, and a lot of them fell into the trap.
In order to prevent the flames from falling on the fallen ghost officials, I kept waving the peach wood sword, releasing a stream of Yin De Qi. This was considered to be a way to block the sporadic five elements fire.
Then, in just a moment, a big hole appeared above the trap.
Through that big hole, I could already see the gray sky outside.
Then, there was a crisp sound, like the sound of glass breaking. The trap that enveloped me was immediately shattered. The ghost energy used to set up the formation dispersed.
When the trap was broken, a stone tablet slowly emerged from the middle of the trap.
(to be continued)
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