Chapter 262: The Red Pot
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The moment Wen Leyang held Chang Li’s little hand, the Poison of Life and Death that was huddled up in his body parts was akin to a strange python that was suddenly startled. Accompanied by a sense of fear and raging hysteria, it sprung out of his body and circled around wildly!
The water-colored strong poison seemed to have discovered an even more scrumptious delicacy. It suddenly contracted vigorously from Chang Li’s hand and dove head first into Wen Leyang’s body.
Unlike the past where the Poison of Life and Death absorbed other forms of toxicity into his body, it was the water-colored strong poison that surged into his body domineeringly. Soon, two b.a.l.l.s of sharp, incisive and domineering strong poisons b.u.mped together in a loud bang. The two strong poisons tore at one another and circulated in his body ferociously.
Unlike the Poison of Life and Death’s normal behavior, where it would attempt to a.s.similate the strong poison into its chaotic appearance, it was gus.h.i.+ng and hurtling around desperately, in an attempt to chase the water-colored strong poison out of its territory…
Wen Leyang felt as if countless iron files had flowed into his body in one go, from his hair to his skin to his flesh to his muscles to his bones and then to his meridians. Everything felt as if it was blown apart in a flash. He gave an agonizing roar that could startle the heaven and earth. The erupting volcano that was converging from all directions of his body crashed into his brain. Screaming out in agony, his body convulsed as he slammed into the thick and heavy mountain wall ferociously.
The Poison of Life and Death that was usually a master of its own and undefeated in any battles finally met its opponent. Within the violent battle where both poisons snarled at each other, the poisons in his entire body were repeatedly attacked and shattered by the aqua blue strong poison. The poisons were disintegrated into the Poison of Corpse that he had absorbed, a hundred poisons and the all-colored poisons of five elements… Wen Leyang was startled and terrified. If this were to continue, not only his poison power would be depleted, it was afraid that even his life would be at risk. The only thing he could do now was to risk his life and urge his Poison of Life and Death, which was akin to raging waves, to continuously charge at the aqua blue poison that was attacking his body.
Fortunately, the Poison of Life and Death in Wen Leyang’s body was terrifyingly bold and forceful. The aqua blue strong poison was albeit sharp, it was still thin and little. Amidst the endless gush of the Poison of Life and Death, which seemed to be unhindered, the aqua blue strong poison finally lost its incisive mannerism. Under Wen Leyang’s forceful urge, the strong poison gradually retreated to the edge of his left hand’s little finger and refused to budge or yield any further. Wen Leyang was covered in sweat from the pain. His poison power was as vast as the sea, while the Poison of Aqua Blue was as hard as a rock. Even after he exerted all the strength in his body, there was no way he could completely remove it.
The two poisons were locked in a stalemate for a while. Wen Leyang watched helplessly at the aqua blue strong poison that had already converged into a ball. It revealed an indistinct intention to counterattack. Wen Leyang dared not hesitate any more. Raising his hand, he waved Ning Jiao’s sting strenuously. Within Cone Nail’s soundless gasp of surprise, he chopped off his left hand’s little finger! He could only feel his entire body relaxed. As compared to the agony of the battle between the two strong poisons, the agony of losing a finger was almost negligible.
Under the urge of the Poison of Life and Death, the aqua blue strong poison was completely curled in the little finger. The strong poison below the broken finger was already dissolved.
Cone Nail’s tears dropped and splattered, she dressed his wound in a great hurry. On the other hand, Wen Leyang felt indifferent. It was not considered a severe injury to lose a little finger. Besides, it was worth it since it was in exchange for Chang Li’s life.
Chang Li looked at Wen Leyang’s broken finger that was already heavily dressed with three outer layers and three inner layers in a slightly piteous manner. There was a sense of embarra.s.sment that was rarely seen in her gaze. Wen Leyang was not bothered at all, he stuck out his tongue and laughed, “This is… Grand Master Tuo Xie’s Ben Ming strong poison!”
A drop of Poison of Aqua Blue almost killed Chang Li and also almost wasted Wen Leyang’s Art of Poison cultivation, leaving him no choice but to break his own finger to expel the poison. He wondered how good Tuo Xie’s cultivation base was in the past. Wen Leyang’s Poison of Life and Death was condensed into Yin and Yang, ama.s.sed into five elements, that was enough to dissolve all the strange poisons in the world. Yet, Tuo Xie’s Ben Ming poison was the ancestor of a hundred poisons that had been refined into all sorts of strong poisons in the world at that time. As compared to the Poison of Life and Death, perhaps the Poison of Aqua Blue was not as pure and thick as the prior, it was absolutely much more incisive and domineering.
Chang Li nodded, “Otherwise, how could he bring me and kill our way out of a tight encirclement! If he were to put up a desperate fight, no one dared to stop him and could not even stop him!” As she was saying that, she pointed to the skeleton of that sword immortal on the ground, “He died under Tuo Xie’s Ben Ming poison!”
This sword immortal was apparently the final defense in suppressing the Red Pot. No one knew his origins but judging just by this sword’s vast supernatural power that was capable of piercing through the huge mountain, his cultivation was much higher than Chang Li and the rest. It was likely that he was a divine immortal. Nevertheless, he died tragically in this place. Even after an unknown amount of years, the strong poison on its skeleton was still condensed and did not disperse off. Any slightest touch would kill another person.
Wen Leyang was afraid that there were other prohibition spells that were poisoned with the Grand Master’s Ben Ming spell in other locations, he called out to everyone to retreat to the cave’s entrance. Urging the Poison of Life and Death, he probed around the surroundings cautiously. After a long while, he nodded, “Everywhere else is unimpeded, we will only need to be careful not to touch the corpse then everything will be fine.”
The golden monkey Qian Ren was at ease, he observed the mountainside attentively. Everywhere was smooth and even. Except for that streak of sword’s mark, there was no other fissure or depression. The ground underneath the skeleton was revealing a few simple and unsophisticated scriptures faintly. That should be the immortal magic prohibition spell in charge of opening the mountain path. After the golden monkey explored the surroundings, it shook its head in slight puzzlement, “Where is the Red Pot? Tuo Xie killed his way in, could it be that he really released the Red Pot?”
As it was saying that, the monkey shook its head again, “There is no imprisonment magic protective circle in the mountainside. Where is the Red Pot imprisoned?”
On the outside of the Golden Horn, there was a Liang Li Immortal Formation that gathered the heaven’s power and guided the force of Desert Rebel Mountain to seal the monster. Theoretically speaking, at the final location where the demon was suppressed, there should be another small formation that would correspond to the great formation on the outside and the small formation would be the location that finally suppressed Red Pot.
Cone Nail frowned, “Unless this is not the real location where the demon was suppressed…”
At this moment, the short and small skeleton suddenly gave out two m.u.f.fled cracks and started moving in an extremely arduous manner. Wen Leyang felt his gooseb.u.mps erupting, he was not afraid of zombies but these corpses contained strong poison that even he could not dissolve. If it were to start moving, no one was capable of subduing it.
Fortunately, the skeleton only struggled once and stopped moving. A voice that sounded strong and confident echoed loud and clear from the gap of the bones, “When this b.a.s.t.a.r.d was still alive, his body was tattooed with seven Heaven and Earth Inscriptions that corresponded to the Liang Li Formation on the outside. This human was the core of the formation. Since he had decomposed into a skeleton, it was no wonder that all of you could not tell!”
After hearing the loud and clear voice that echoed from the skeleton’s chest cavity, the soil rustled and loosened. A red-colored toad the size of a teacup crawled out. Its tummy was expanding and contracting as it glared at them.
The skeleton was filled with the Grand Master Tuo Xie’s Ben Ming poison. Hence, a cultivator’s telegnosis ability had no way to penetrate it. Wen Leyang and the rest did not pay attention to the soil in the beginning, they had utterly did not expect that there would a red toad hidden in the soil.
The toad was not considered fat but it was shriveled and wide as if someone had stepped onto it before. Qian Ren was first startled. Then, he widened his eyes, “You…are the Red Pot?”
All the frogs and toads in the world had big bellies, protruding eyes and a puffed-up look. The red toad was of no exception. It glared at Qian Ren as it answered, “The monkey is slightly knowledgeable. It can surprisingly recognize my dharma body!”
Qian Ren was refraining from laughing, “Mainly because you have a well-addressed name!” Red Pot, just like a red-colored little wine pot. Wen Leyang also laughed, he could not help but to ask curiously, “So small?” In his imagination, if the Red Pot was capable of wreaking havoc in the heaven and earth, it should be at least as large as a dragon or elephant, strong, fierce and domineering. He did not expect that it was just a strange frog the size of a child’s fist.
Red Pot’s eyes widened and it was about to speak when Chang Li immediately spoke uncourteously, “Stop showing off your fierce demon’s disgusting nature! If you were still capable of acting violently then you would have escaped and ascended into the heaven!” As she was saying that, she took a step forward, “If you are capable of jumping out of this skeleton then I will wors.h.i.+p you as a G.o.d!”
Cone Nail was holding Wen Leyang’s injured hand in her arms. She spoke to him smilingly, “The Liang Li Formation drove the mighty power of the heaven and earth and the huge mountain, and finally fell onto this cultivator’s body, that sealed the Red Pot. Your family’s Grand Master fought and killed his way here, he first killed the formation-guarding disciples on the peripheral, then he destroyed the Liang Li Immortal Formation, and finally punched through the mountainside to kill the formation core’s sword immortal. The magic formation that was borne by the sword immortal was albeit gone, he was also tainted with strong poison all over his body. Hence, the Red Pot still did not manage to escape!”
Under close inspection, Wen Leyang realized that the Red Pot was floating in the chest cavity, it did not touch any part of the bones.
Cone Nail laughed and laughed. Then, she frowned again, “Tuo Xie fought and killed all the way but if he did not rescue the Red Pot, what was he trying to do?”
Chang Li sat onto the ground, her face was propped up on her hand, she looked towards the strange toad Red Pot in the skeleton, “When did he come over? What happened actually?”
The Red Pot disregarded Chang Li but turned around and looked towards Wen Leyang, “The demon cat girl was poisoned first earlier, how did you draw the strong poison onto your body?”
Wen Leyang hesitated for a moment, “Uh… it is considered a secret Art of Poison that was pa.s.sed down in my family.”
Red Pot’s tone of speaking sounded slightly hesitant, “Judging by your accent, you are his descendant. Do you think that you can draw the strong poison on the skeleton to somewhere else?”
Upon saying that, Red Pot shook its head by itself, there was no expression on its face but its tone of speaking was exactly the same as an ordinary person. It widened its big mouth and heaved a sigh, “I am just asking. If you were to have another method, then there was no need for you to bring trouble to yourself earlier and there would be no need for you to break a finger.”
Red Pot’s appearance was albeit amusing, its spiritual intelligence was unsealed earlier. It could understand in its heart that it was a complete stranger to this group of people before its eyes, it was no different than dreaming if it were to ask for Wen Leyang to sacrifice himself to expel the poison. Moreover, a drop of Poison of Aqua Blue had forced Wen Leyang to have no choice but to break his finger. If he were to draw away the layers of heavy poison on the skeleton, Wen Leyang could have the desire but lacked in strength. Even if he had ten lives, it was not enough to put up for the act.
“Unless…that short plump man was still alive, he is capable of helping me to expel the poison. On the contrary…” Red Pot was muttering to itself, it finally lowered its head weakly, “If he was willing to release me, he would have released me back then, hehe.”
Cone Nail shook her head sternly, “Let alone that we do not have a way, even if we do, we will never release you, we can only hope that you can describe to us about the situation in the beginning. In the future, if we have time, perhaps we will remember that you once speak to us sincerely and frankly and come over here frequently to accompany you to chit-chat.” Other than Wen Leyang, everybody here was an old demon of thousands and millions of years old, no one had the need to tease anyone, the situation right now was clear at a glance. The skeleton with strong poison separated the two parties; no one was helpful to anyone.
Red Pot appeared a little dejected but still, it could not refrain itself from asking, “Why even when there is a way, you still refuse to save me?”
The golden monkey burst out laughing, “Why? You are the primitive evildoer, you killed countless people back then. You created troubles all over the world, of course, we will never release you.”
Red Pot’s tone of speaking was filled with puzzlement, “Have I ever killed your family’s ancestor? Was I the one who trapped you in the golden monkey? I wreaked havoc in the world and killed countless people back then, I am bold enough to do it and accept its consequences. But even until now, I am still not tied to any enmity of yours, if you and I were to exchange places, if I were to come up with a safe and reliable way, I will save you too.”
Red Pot did not appear to be incisive but its judgment was extremely accurate. Qian Ren’s human soul in the monkey’s body could not even escape its eyes.
Qian Ren was stunned for a moment before it frowned and spoke, “If you were to see the light of the day once again, the world would be scourged by you again!”
“You have never saved me before, how will you know that once I am set free, will I be helping the people with heaven’s way or wreak havoc in the world again?” As it was saying that, Red Pot suddenly widened its mouth, it seemed to be giving a forced laugh, “Forget it, you cannot save me anyhow, discussing any more of this will only cause anger!” Following that it raised its head, its gaze appeared dim as it looked towards Cone Nail, “It is fine for me to tell you about what happened in the past, only that… if all of you were free in the future, do come and accompany me for a while!”
Cone Nail had yet to speak when Chang Li spoke in joy, “If you were to speak truthfully, not only will we come and accompany you when we are free, we will even send some disciples and disciple’s disciples to entertain you… oh right!” Chang Li was beaming with joy, “On my family’s mountain, there is an earth-splitting toad there, it is even more majestic than you, if you like it, I will send it here to accompany you!”
Red Pot was startled, it swayed its huge mouth, “No! That creature is incapable of speaking, it will only croak and bother the old father to death!”
Wen Leyang could not help but reveal in a smile, this Red Pot was albeit a primitive evildoer, it was different from the monkey that was constantly furious and irritated, or Xiang Liu that was drenched in ruthlessness and tyranny. It left a rather good impression on Wen Leyang’s mind.
Without further ado, Red Pot started describing the incident from the beginning. It left a rather remarkable impression for everyone. As it was telling about the course of events that led to it being trapped in the beginning, even though it was not that related to Tuo Xie’s trespa.s.sing of the Desert Rebel Mountain, Wen Leyang and the rest still listened patiently. Even Chang Li did not urge it to skip the part.
In the ancient times, the world was a stretch of desolated land, the mortals were in misery, there were a lot of demons and evil creatures lurking and wreaking havoc in the mortal world. Red Pot was one of them.
Even though Red Pot’s evil reputation was known in the entire world, it was different from the nine-headed Xiang Liu. Xiang Liu was famous because it wreaked havoc for its hatred of the heaven. Its wild wish was that one day it would destroy the heaven’s path, such that the mortal world would return to its chaotic state. While Red Pot was not motivated by any aims or reasons, it was doing for its own pleasure. When it pa.s.sed by a place during the spring and saw a fertile land with lush green gra.s.s that stretched for a thousand miles, it was filled with joy and would divert rivers to irrigate the land even more. However, when it pa.s.sed by the place again in autumn, it saw that the place was turned into a stretch of rustling and yellowing land, it would find that the place appeared hideous and bothersome, so it guided the fire and straightforwardly burned the place down into charred soil…
In the ancient times, there were a good number of monsters that were acting in its own pleasure and anger like Red Pot. Human lives were less important than a wild foxtail millet in their eyes. Whether it was a good or bad deed, it was not doing it because of some important reason. It was no different than a mischievous child, who would pluck out bird’s nest, burn spiders and use water to irrigate an anthill.
Chang Li was joyous at listening to that, she felt that she was considered rather similar to Red Pot. She laughed as she asked, “Did you have any relations.h.i.+p with Xiang Liu at the time?”
Red Pot shook its head, “I only saw him once or twice in the past, the both of us minded our own business, we were even too lazy to greet each other.”
Red Pot spent its entire lifetime carefree and leisurely but generally these monsters that were born from the heaven, they had some secret weaknesses. Red Pot was no exception. Every time during the solar and lunar total eclipse, it would be completely exhausted. Once the solar eclipse was completed, it would return to its usual state but Red Pot completely disregarded the solar and lunar total eclipse as an important matter, for its body and skin were all gifted by the heaven, even though it was too weak to kill during the solar eclipse, no one could try to kill it as well.
Qian Ren frowned a little in slight puzzlement, “So you are saying that… you are the monster that inherited the power of the sun and moon? You are the power of water and fire…” Red Pot pouted its huge lips, “The sun in the sky is the raging fire of the Nine Yang, while the dark moon is the soft water of the Nine Yin, the power of sun and moon transforms into the shape of water and fire. It is not a strange matter!”
There were a lot of cultivators who were planning to kill Red Pot but the majority of them could not even withstand its loud roar. In addition, this monster did not even have an immortal’s cave, it was constantly moving and not staying fixed, it was an extremely difficult task to kill it. However, on a solar eclipse, a group of sword immortals with profound cultivation base suddenly appeared. The two parties did not say anything before they started fighting violently.
Not long after that, the solar eclipse appeared, Red Pot was exhausted. It was lying dormant while waiting for the end of the solar eclipse. Red Pot did not even expect in his dream, that once it became exhausted, a small and skinny person would scurry out, opened his mouth and swallowed Red Pot into his stomach… Red Pot did not even know any of these cultivators, of course, it did not have the slightest idea about the other party’s origins.
Wen Leyang did not need to listen to Red Pot about what happened later on. He could tell that, after the cultivator swallowed the toad, he triggered the guiding magic art and traveled to Desert Rebel Mountain in a flash. The person who swallowed it entered the Golden Horn’s mountainside, while at the same time Liang Li Immortal Formation that was operating on the outside guided the mighty power of the huge mountain onto the skinny cultivator’s body. The skinny cultivator used his body to seal Red Pot.
Red Pot struggled continuously yet it never surged past the shackles that were binding it all along.
Cone Nail gave a forced laugh and shook her head towards Red Pot, “You had been framed by someone!” This magic formation was straightforwardly designed for Red Pot, they were only waiting for Red Pot to be exhausted under the influence of the solar eclipse and they started operating.
Red Pot nodded and gave a forced laugh, “The other party started their preparation earlier. Not only was my capture not considered injustice, I still could not understand their intentions. There were more evil monsters back then, why was I captured then?”
Wen Leyang laughed as he shook his head, Red Pot’s lament was like a thief scolding the police, why was the police not capturing robbers but capturing the thieves.
The situation that resulted in Red Pot’s suppression was rather similar to Qian Ren’s situation, but the golden monkey was still a little curious, “In order to launch the magic formation, they would only need to use some spiritually sharp treasured weapons to successfully suppress Red Pot, why did they use a human body as the prison? This way even though they managed to imprison Red Pot, the person’s freedom was also similarly locked by Red Pot, what a waste for that the short and small cultivator’s heaven-shocking sword!”
Red Pot also did not understand the reason. It was heavily sealed and trapped within the body that was dark and had no sunlight for an unknown amount of time. It was constantly struggling, it was also constantly disappointed. When it was bored, it once opened its mouth in an attempt to chat with the cultivator that was suppressing it. However, the cultivator did not make any sound. One day, the core cultivator of the formation suddenly gave out a m.u.f.fled humph and suddenly stood up!
At the same time, Red Pot also felt that the force that was shackling itself. After a few charges, even though the short and small cultivator’s body was still difficult to be moved, the sensation was already different. In the past, when Red Pot was struggling, it felt like a person was smas.h.i.+ng himself against a huge mountain. While the heavy and thick sensation was already lost now, it was still within a bronze wall and iron barrier. However, behind the firm prison, the shackles of the lofty mountain’s boulder had disappeared.
Cone Nail explained to Wen Leyang softly, “Tuo Xie should have destroyed the magic formation on the outside at that point but the short and small cultivator was the core of the formation. His body was still filled with the power of immortal formation, Red Pot still could not manage to struggle free temporarily. Moreover, Red Pot was suppressed by the immortal formation for thousands or even million years, its actual power had deteriorated, it was no longer the same as before.
As expected, Red Pot nodded. Its voice carried a slight sense of helplessness, “I had been contending with this magic formation for millions of years, there was only one or two out of ten of my life vitality force left. Otherwise, I would immediate broke out of the coc.o.o.n at that time. At the height of my power, all the poison was still incapable of trapping me.”
Red Pot was a primitive evil deity. Its evil reputation was more than just much obliged. It was only because it was already like an arrow at the end of its flight and was only lingering with its last breath. Even until now, it was only holding on and survived with great effort…
Red Pot was struggling desperately in the short and small cultivator’s body. Not long after, a series of m.u.f.fled explosion sound suddenly echoed from the mountainside, a person punched his way through the thick Golden Horn huge mountain and dashed into the mountainside!
The incomer was albeit short, as compared to the skinny little cultivator in the mountainside, the incomer was no different than a big burly man. At this point, Red Pot suddenly paused for a while, “I guess this person should be the Tuo Xie that all of you were mentioning!”
When Wen Leyang’s group finally heard the most crucial part, they were holding their breath with fixed concentration. They were afraid that they would miss even one word, no one was nodding towards the toad.
Tuo Xie killed and a.s.sa.s.sinated all the way. He dashed from the Desert Rebel Mountain all the way to the mountainside. The cultivator in the mountainside was holding the long sword in his hand, he spoke with an awkward voice, “This formation is used to suppress a primitive evildoer. Once he is allowed to return to the mortal world, then there will be endless troubles and disasters!”
The short and small cultivator was being trapped on the inside and outside at the time. The strength in his body was mostly used to suppress Red Pot. That was why he spoke for a long while, otherwise, he would have pierced with his sword since earlier.
At that moment, solar eclipse appeared on the sky, Red Pot heaved a sigh in secret, soon a great opportunity was about to appear before its eyes, yet it could only lie down weakly.
Grand Master Tuo Xie was also shabbily dressed, his expression was dull, there were a few spots on his body that was wounded. He shook his head towards the skinny little cultivator, “Do not worry, Red Pot will not be able to escape…”
Before the Grand Master could finish his sentence, the short and small cultivator with his internal trouble completely removed suddenly gave out a soft roar, he lifted the sword and stabbed diagonally. Tuo Xie seemed to be completely unprepared, he managed to dodge his vital parts with great effort but his thick and steady shoulder was pierced by the other party!
The short and small cultivator beamed with joy, his wrist turned as he was about to urge his life vitality to pa.s.s through the long sword to kill the enemy. Unexpectedly, Tuo Xie suddenly laughed savagely, at the same time, his other hand’s fingers oscillated like wheels, he knocked the divine sword wildly. The mighty power of life vitality that was about to explode in all directions surprisingly could not attack into Tuo Xie with the obstruction of Tuo Xie’s five fingers. Within a sharp and gloomy hiss and hum, the sword power that finally condensed pa.s.sed through the tip of the sword into Tuo Xie’s body and suddenly shot into the thick stonewall in the mountainside.
The short and small cultivator’s body fell back in haste. He pulled out the long sword as Tuo Xie let out an agonizing howl. Just as he was about to launch the magic conjuration spell again, he suddenly squalled, his entire body started rustling and trembling. In the end, he suddenly gave out a sinister and sharp howl, his body fell diagonally onto the ground, a dash of dark red-colored golden light penetrated from the top of his head and escaped to the outside in lightning speed!
On the other hand, Tuo Xie was launching the Faulty Punch continuously. He used his Ben Ming strong poison to seal the corpse, he did not dress his wounds. His body swayed as he flashed out of the mountainside.
Red Pot was exhausted back then but its spiritual intelligence was still present. In the beginning, it though that Tuo Xie was there to seek for revenge but after close consideration, he thought otherwise. Tuo Xie and the short cultivator were utterly unacquainted but Red Pot was too lazy to ponder too much. He was br.i.m.m.i.n.g with joy as it waited for the solar eclipse to end… a few minutes later, Red Pot discovered in fear, that the short and small cultivator was albeit dead, the firm prison was still there, it had only turned from the immortal formation into the strong poison that could never be dissolved!
Wen Leyang was having a headache again. Grand Master Tuo Xie risked his life all the way, in the end, he was only there to kill a group of cultivators that had been guarding the Desert Rebel Mountain since long ago?
Chang Li’s gaze was filled with pride, she was just as clueless as everybody else at Tuo Xie’s purpose but she knew that the Pickle Jar won the war!