Chapter 467: The Secret of the Divine Temple
“Who says so? I’d never forget Little Gra.s.s!” Yun Jiuge answered. She wouldn’t admit that she had long forgotten about the Fiendish Demon Fetus.
“That’s good then,” Cute Little Baby said. He didn’t doubt her. Gesturing in an old-fas.h.i.+oned manner, he said, “At this time where Little Gra.s.s is needed, please release him quickly!”
“Can he really do it?” Yun Jiuge asked. Her impression of Little Gra.s.s was still that of a baby.
“Of course,” Cute Little Baby said, sounding confident.
Yun Jiuge released the Little Gra.s.s and saw that the baby had already turned one year old.
Little Gra.s.s had red lips, white teeth and delicate facial features. He looked rather similar to Yun Jiuge. His body was chubby and white and he wore only a gra.s.s skirt around his waist. His two fat feet were bare.
“Master,” Little Gra.s.s said as he waved his little stubby hand and hugged Yun Jiuge’s calf.
“Come here, quickly put on your clothes,” said Yun Jiuge as she guiltily took out a piece of cloth woven with spiritual silk.
This fat kid had been around for so long, yet she didn’t even prepare clothes for him. How careless of her.
“There’s no need to, Little Cauldron has prepared my clothes,” Little Gra.s.s replied and sashayed his body. The gra.s.s skirt around his waist turned into a green jumpsuit.
“It’s uncomfortable — I don’t like it,” said Little Gra.s.s. Within seconds the green jumpsuit turned back into a gra.s.s skirt.
This child liked being au naturel.
“If you’re not comfortable, then don’t wear it!” Zi Shang said. He saw that Little Gra.s.s looked like Yun Jiuge and immediately liked him as well.
“Thank you, King,” Little Gra.s.s said, smiling at Zi Shang and fawning over him.
“Clothes are trivial. The most important thing now is to find Yin s.h.i.+li. Little Gra.s.s, can you help us find him?” Yun Jiuge asked. She still remembered why they had come to the valley.
“I’ll give it a try,” Little Gra.s.s replied. He waved his small hands, and black Demon Qi swayed back and forth, making Yin Qi in the valley ripple.
A strange buzzing sound came from the depths of the valley, spreading over in waves.
“The person you’re looking for is in that cave. However, there are a lot of small insects inside. Follow me closely, I’ll bring you in,” Little Gra.s.s said while clapping his hands.
“Aren’t you afraid of those little insects?” Yun Jiuge asked, baffled.
“With master around, I’m not afraid of anything,” Little Gra.s.s replied as he shook his head. The fats on his cheeks wobbled.
“That’s good. Lead the way then, I’ll cover your back!” Yun Jiuge said. She took out the Lightning Fire Needle. If anything went wrong, it would immediately rescue Little Gra.s.s.
“Don’t be afraid. This little guy is pretty amazing!” Zi Shang a.s.sured Yun Jiuge. He patted her tense arms and pulled her to follow behind Little Gra.s.s.
Though Little Gra.s.s looked fat, he ran very fast. With the pattering of his two short legs against the ground, he rushed into a cave deep in the valley.
The cave was deep and long, and it kept going downward. The deeper they went inside, the stronger the strange smell was.
“Little Gra.s.s, slow down,” Yun Jiuge said. She looked anxiously at Little Gra.s.s’s figure running further and further away.
Zi Shang raised his hand and flicked a thin, purple colored spirit thread to latch onto Little Gra.s.s’s fat arm. As they followed him through a series of turns, they arrived at an expansive cave.
The cave was full of mist, and visibility of the surroundings was poor.
“Ahh, there are so many insects here… It’s disgusting!” Little Gra.s.s screamed.
Yun Jiuge and Zi Shang quickly rushed over and saw that the walls and roof of the cave were full of gray stone insects.
They were about the size of a thumb, and had the appearance of a stone, with a white spot in the middle. They densely enveloped the surface of the walls in a revolting way.
“These are Mountain Borer Insects which have been cursed,” Zi Shang said. He immediately cast a Defense s.h.i.+eld.
“Little Gra.s.s, come back quickly,” Yun Jiuge immediately called Little Gra.s.s back.
“I’m going to kill these bad insects,” Little Gra.s.s said as he clapped his palms. A black Demonic Flame fell onto the little gray bugs.
With a loud bang, gray gas instantly ignited.
The stone insects screamed and struggled. While their gray sh.e.l.ls became burned by the Demonic Flame, their white center actually expanded and swallowed the flames. Their bodies rapidly increased in size.
“These insects can actually devour Demon Qi,” Zi Shang remarked with a serious expression.
Little Gra.s.s’s Demonic Flame and Demonic Power were part of the heavenly and earthly energy. If these stone insects could devour energy, it was also possible for them to devour his Demon Qi.
“Let me try,” Yun Jiuge said as she took out her own Holy Flame. Gold and white flames landed on the little insects.
The white flames were extinguished in an instant, but the golden flames completely burned all of the insects.
“They can only devour my White Bone Flame, but they can’t deal with the Holy Flames,” Yun Jiuge said, feeling slightly relieved. If these insects could devour the Holy Flames, it would be really terrifying.
Zi Shang was not so relaxed.
If his Demonic Flame could not solve this issue in front of them, how could he be deemed qualified to stand at Yun Jiuge’s side to protect her?
“Die, die!” Little Gra.s.s shouted, furiously attacking the stone insects. Some of them were killed, but some of them evolved instead.
In a moment of inspiration, Zi Shang said to Little Gra.s.s, “How about changing your method? Don’t hit them, but instead, steal their vital energy.”
“What?” Little Gra.s.s asked. He looked at Zi Shang with a confused expression.
“Just like what I’m doing,” said Zi Shang. He took his purplish-black Demonic Flames and transformed it into the shape of a mouth with sharp teeth that devoured the little insects and wrestled for their vital energy.
The Demonic Flame mouth was unable to cope at first because of the large number of insects, but it soon found its momentum and started destroying them.
“In the law of the jungle, only the strongest survive,” Yun Jiuge muttered in realization.
“Seize it, seize it!” Little Gra.s.s said. Little Gra.s.s, who was originally the Fiendish Demon Fetus, heavily depended on devouring to grow. It had a natural instinct for it.
He waved his small hands, and the Fiendish Demon Qi in his body condensed into the shape of a demon king, competing with those little insects for energy.
The insects that had been robbed of their energy turned into stones and were smashed by Little Gra.s.s.
“I’ll take care of Little Gra.s.s. You go find Yin s.h.i.+li!” Zi Shang instructed, knowing that Yun Jiuge was worried about him.
“Okay, I’ll go look over there. Call me if there’s anything,” Yun Jiuge answered. She saw Little Gra.s.s having a good time killing the insects and left feeling a.s.sured.
“Yin s.h.i.+li, where are you?” Yun Jiuge shouted as she walked.
“I’m here,” Yin s.h.i.+li’s faint voice rang out from the corner.
Yun Jiuge walked over and saw that Yin s.h.i.+li was bound by countless white silk threads, as if he was trapped in a large white coc.o.o.n.
“Are you okay?” Yun Jiuge asked. She wanted to cut the coc.o.o.n with the Wicked Blade but did not expect the Wicked Blade to turn into sc.r.a.p iron the moment it grazed the white coc.o.o.n. This devouring power was terrifying.
“These silk threads have the power to devour. Don’t worry about me, just leave,” Yin s.h.i.+li said. His voice was so weak that it seemed like he could hardly hold on any longer.
Yun Jiuge thought for a moment. She slowly condensed her Holy Power into a small golden knife, and plunged it into the large white coc.o.o.n. The coc.o.o.n finally peeled open, revealing Yin s.h.i.+li’s dark face.
“Aren’t you afraid of this devouring power?” Yin s.h.i.+li said in shock.
“This devouring power isn’t that daunting after all. As long as you exert greater strength than it, you can counter-devour it instead. What’s that on your body anyway?” Yun Jiuge said. She stared at Yin s.h.i.+li’s blackened body, not daring to hold him.