"Wa ...
The lights were swaying wildly, casting shadows in the firelight that were dragging diagonally along the cave wall. One shadow was dragging a round bead, the other was standing with its hands on its waist, holding its head high and laughing.
“Hahaha… hehe… um.”
The laughter gradually died down, and Toad Taoist subconsciously looked around the cave. After feeling that nothing was wrong, he exhaled carefully.
"The first two times, Liang Sheng ruined everything. This time, I am the only one present. After two months, I finally reached the last step!"
Thinking of the wonderful thing, looking at the fish demon's magic pill in his hand, his long tongue slid out of the corner of his mouth excitedly.
Slurp~~
He took a deep breath of the dense air on the demon pill, closed his eyes slightly, and let out a long moan of satisfaction: "Ah~~". He did not waste any more time. He held the demon pill with one webbed foot and lifted it slightly in the air with the other webbed foot. The bead slowly rotated and rose above the frog's webbed foot and hovered.
"Next, it's time to stimulate the demonic energy contained in this demon pill."
The frog spread its webbed feet and waved them out.
The demonic energy emanating from the rotating demon pill was drawn out and gradually formed a circle of blue nebula as it rotated along the bead. On the rotating demon pill in the middle, the toad opposite was reflected and a layer of purple energy was rising.
The Toad Taoist slowly grinned, then opened his mouth wide, and a dim demon pill floated out, rising to the same level as the fish demon's demon pill and stopping.
A toad's cry suddenly sounded in the air behind him, and a huge, crouching purple clam condensed into something.
"Gu~~"
The toad's cry was as loud as thunder, and the shadow opened its mouth and sucked.
The demon pill of the fish demon over there began to spin rapidly, and the demonic energy that lingered in a circle pulled out a green silk thread, which flew to the dim purple bead opposite and merged into it.
"It's done!"
Seeing the evil spirit being drawn away, the evil pill belonging to him gradually began to shine. A smile appeared on the corner of Toad Taoist's mouth. He was as excited as a child, jumping left and right on his webbed feet, and his long tongue wagging under his mouth.
After a while, the fish demon pill, which had been stripped of its evil spirit like a ball of thread, gradually dimmed, while the purple bead that had absorbed all the spiritual power began to flash with magical light.
Just as he dodged the second time, he was grabbed by the Toad Taoist with his webbed feet, kissed hard, held in his palm, felt the familiar demonic power, opened his toad mouth and swallowed it back into his stomach.
He patted his bulging belly with his two webbed feet, and a chill ran through his body. The Toad Taoist stretched out his webbed feet and the purple-gold gourd with black patterns that had been quietly leaning against the corner suddenly appeared in his hand out of thin air.
"hehe… "
The gourd was propped up on the couch, and Toad Taoist's chuckle gradually became louder. He suddenly put his hands on his waist, looked at the oil lamp on the table, and laughed wildly.
"… Hahaha!"
“Hehe, hahahaha—”
The wild laughter mixed with demonic power shook the cave. The whole cave was shaking slightly. Dust fell down, and at the same time, the birds that had just landed from the branches in the forest outside flew up into the sky again in panic.
Far and near, among the rolling mountains, the Toad Taoist's voice echoed majestically.
"The old man is back!!!"
…
Papapapa… chirping—
A flurry of bird calls rang out, and in the village at the foot of Mount Qixia, many people heard the echoing words, stood up from the fields, and looked around.
"Who is speaking?"
"Coming from all directions, is there another monster coming?"
"You're really not afraid of death."
"Don't worry about it. Liangsheng is here. You'll be arrested if you come. Hurry up and work, and go home early to have a hot meal."
The Taoist priest and Zhu Ganglie in the field were more sensitive than them and naturally felt the difference. Sun Yingxian took a deep breath.
"It seems to be the voice of the old toad... Could it be that his Taoism has recovered?"
He immediately dropped his hoe and ran to look for Lu Liangsheng. He asked a few men living in Goushuigou by the river and learned that the scholar and Hong Lian had already run to the north village. When he went there, Lu Liangsheng was talking to the head of the village. When he saw the Taoist and Zhu Ganglie running over, he exchanged a few words and then went to greet them.
"Lu Da scholar!"
Sun Yingxian stopped, turned sideways and pointed to the hill to the west. He paused, took a deep breath, and opened his mouth but no sound came out.
Lu Liangsheng nodded first, a smile on his face, and interrupted him.
"I heard that too. It should be that Master's demon core has been repaired and he will soon come out of retreat. Let's go and take a look together."
Seeing the Taoist being humiliated, Hong Lian on the side could not help but chuckle. Then, she lifted her long sleeves, took lotus steps and followed the scholar back.
"No, you came all this way here, so you should listen to what I have to say, right? This is etiquette, don't you understand?!"
Looking at the two people walking away quickly, the Taoist stretched his neck and shouted again: "Don't walk so fast, wait for me!" He waved his hand to call Zhu Ganglie and followed them.
Lu Liangsheng told his parents and sister over there that he had to go up the mountain for something, and then he kept walking along the path outside the village, turned to the small wooden bridge to the west of the village, and went up the mountain road.
There was a swarm of birds overhead, chirping and hovering, not daring to land. Lu Liangsheng pushed aside the drooping green branches and came to the huge rock standing outside the cave. Mu Qiyu, who liked to stay in the mountains, heard the noise and came over first. When he saw the group of people coming up, a smile bloomed on his face.
"Old demon, I was the first one to arrive! But the little toad is still inside."
The scholar nodded in response, facing the huge stone door that stood still, shook his sleeves and raised his hands: "Master!"
The Taoist, Zhu Ganglie, Hong Lian, and Qi You stood on both sides and waited for a while, but the stone door did not move.
After a while, Sun Yingxian and the pig demon could no longer bear it and waved their sleeves, sitting down or squatting down. The Taoist bit the tip of the grass, glanced at the motionless stone gate, and spit it out on the ground.
"I say, should we wait outside the Ministry of Justice to pick someone up?"
Hong Lian rolled her eyes and spat at him: "You took it?"
"Don't mention it, I actually took it."
The Taoist originally wanted to say that he had waited for Uncle Hua outside the Tianzhi Ministry of Justice prison in the past, but when he saw the scholar over there, he swallowed the rest of the words back, squatted on the ground, shrank his neck, and put his hands in his sleeves.
"Just pretend I never said that."
How could Lu Liangsheng over there not hear it? After so many years, he no longer minded talking about it.
"You can say whatever you want to say. No one can shut your mouth."
"Whose mouth are you going to seal?!"
As soon as the scholar's words came out, the voice of the Toad Taoist also sounded from inside the stone gate at the same time. This time, a strong wind blew up in the open space, and the woods began to sway wildly. The Taoist, Zhu Ganglie, Hong Lian, and Qiyou's clothes and hair were all fluttering.
Lu Liangsheng used his magic to ward off the wind and stood in front of them, making everyone feel better.
In an instant, a rumbling sound of heavy movement was heard in the ears, and the huge rock slowly moved away on the ground in front of everyone, accompanied by a demonic aura and heroic laughter.
Hahaha-
"Liangsheng, the teacher's injury has healed!!"
The sunlight shone on the dark cave entrance. The moment that heroic voice penetrated, everyone, including Lu Liangsheng, held their breath.
In sight, a foot stepped over the edge of the shadow, stepped on the ground, and raised a small circle of dust.
However, the expressions on Lu Liangsheng and the Taoist's faces froze for a moment. What walked out of the cave was a toad-man standing there, with his white belly sticking out and flippers on his back, striding towards them.
It's still the same as before.
The Toad Taoist had a serious look on his face, with a cold gleam in his bean-sized eyes, and he seemed very satisfied with the expressions of Liangsheng and the others. But after a while, a strange look gradually appeared on Lu Liangsheng's face, and the Taoists on both sides also looked strange, and even the tree demon seemed to be about to laugh.
"What's that expression on your face?"
"Master, didn't you look in the mirror?" Lu Liangsheng clenched his teeth, as if trying hard to hold back a laugh, and pointed to both sides of his lips.
The Toad Taoist lowered his gaze to look at the mouth and nose. His bean-sized eyes suddenly widened and his mouth opened to the maximum.
"Where did these two whiskers come from?!"
Below the nostrils, there is a pair of whiskers hanging on both sides of the upper lip.
“Ahh—”
As panicked shouts echoed throughout the forest, the Taoist, Qiyou, Honglian and Zhu Ganglie could no longer hold back and burst into laughter. Even Lu Liangsheng was infected and laughed out loud.
Hahaha…
The bright spring sun poured down from the gaps between the branches, shining on the laughing people, the toads walking back and forth touching their faces, and sprinkling on the mountain wall.