Journey to the West: Demon Emperor: Beginning as a Little Toad

Chapter 20 Commanding the Monsters
Taking over the remaining demon tribe in Kanyuan Mountain and becoming the master of the 600-li Kanyuan Mountain is certainly not something that can be accomplished overnight.

The first step is to get to know and meet the monsters in Kanyuan Mountain.

"I am Wuman, originally a little white wolf from Kanyuan Mountain. I was captured by hunters in the mountain, who wanted to tame me."

"I pretended to submit and was raised by the hunter for a few years. When I grew up, I took advantage of the hunter's unpreparedness and ate his entire family. I escaped, gained spiritual wisdom, and cultivated in Kanyuan Mountain for five hundred years before I reached my current level of Taoism."

King Wuman explained his whole story to Xiao Chen.

Hearing this, Xiao Chen glanced at King Wuman. Although he knew that he could not demand these monsters from the perspective of morality and justice, he was still secretly on guard:
"This wolf demon cannot be trusted easily. It needs to be considered."

"If I were to fall into trouble one day, I'm afraid that King Wuman would immediately turn against me."

"My lord, this is a tusk. It is a wild boar that has become a spirit. It has rough skin and flesh, and it is extremely powerful."

"This is black fog. Scorpions have become spirits. One drop of their venom can kill ten wild buffaloes."

"This is Chi Lian, a wild wolf that has become a spirit. It is one of my kind."

Afterwards, King Wuman led a group of elite monster leaders under his command to pay a visit to their new lord of Kanyuan Mountain, Xiao Chen.

The former Black Evil Cave now became the Golden Horn Cave. Xiao Chen, wearing a golden robe, sat on the throne, looking down from above.

In his past and present lives, this was the first time that Xiao Chen was a king. Sitting on the throne, looking at a group of demon soldiers and generals crawling at his feet, he had different feelings in his heart.

Qingmian was holding a sword with a proud look on his face, standing on the left side of Xiao Chen, looking at the group of monsters. The fish monster's face was just like the old eunuch beside the emperor.

At this moment, Qingmian's heart was filled with joy. He thought of himself as Xiao Chen's trusted little demon, but he never expected that the General Jinjiao he followed was such a formidable demon and had now become the master of Kanyuan Mountain.

In the past, I was General Jinjiao’s trusted little demon. Now, I am naturally a close minister of King Jinjiao!
"Your Majesty, I was a general of the Donglai Kingdom when I was alive. I fought loyally and devotedly on the battlefield. My father and brothers all died on the battlefield. I have made countless military achievements for the Donglai Kingdom."

"It's a pity that the treacherous minister in the court was jealous of me. He assassinated me in prison on trumped-up charges and dumped my body in the wilderness of Kanyuan Mountain."

"The resentment in my heart did not dissipate. My bones accidentally absorbed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, absorbed the essence of the sun and the moon, and transformed into a human form."

"Your Majesty defeated the Beast Taming Sect and saved Tiegu's life. Tiegu is extremely grateful and only hopes to follow Your Majesty to destroy the Beast Taming Sect and avenge the brothers who died in Kanyuan Mountain."

King Tiegu bowed and said respectfully.

Xiao Chen nodded secretly. This Iron-Bone King had previously followed the Demon King in battles. He was considered to be a fierce fighter and a man of iron will. He could be considered a trustworthy subordinate.

"My lord, this is armor. The pangolin has become a spirit and is invulnerable to swords and spears."

"This is poison vine, poison vine turned into a spirit."

"This is a Fengtie, an eagle transformed into a spirit."

Tiegu also brought a group of his commanders to meet Xiao Chen.

"My king, I have already sent a message to the leader of the Youlin Cave. Now it has been three days, and they have yet to come to pay a visit to my king. It is clear that they have other intentions." Wu Man said.

"Your Majesty, Tiegu is willing to fight for you. I will tie up the leader of the cave and present him to you..." Upon hearing this, Tiegu bowed and shouted angrily.

Before Tiegu could finish his words, Xiao Chen's tongue suddenly shot out like lightning and rolled towards a mosquito in the swarm of mosquitoes above the monsters' heads.

The mosquito was attacked and fell from the air, and turned into a three-foot-tall clever little demon.

This monster has two wings on its back, eyes on its head, and a long and sharp mouthparts. It is actually an extremely rare mosquito monster!
"How dare you, little demon, eavesdrop on our discussion here!"

Tiegu roared angrily, and a group of little demons under his command surrounded the mosquito demon, tied him up, and put a knife to his neck.

Xiao Chen looked at the mosquito monster. This mosquito was mixed in the mosquito swarm, but its flying speed was extremely fast, different from ordinary mosquitoes. As soon as it heard Tiegu's words, it flew out of the cave quickly, which made him realize the abnormality.

If he was not a toad that had become a spirit and had eaten countless insects, and was naturally familiar with the nature of these mosquitoes, he would have been able to dodge this mosquito demon and thought he was just an ordinary mosquito.

"My lord, please spare my life. I am Shu Wen, a little demon under the command of the Green Snake Prince. I have been ordered to come here to gather intelligence." With the knife at his neck, the mosquito demon was terrified and answered honestly.

"Green Snake Man?"

Xiao Chen was stunned. Where did this person come from?

Tiegu slapped him and shouted angrily, "You little demon, why don't you tell me everything quickly? Who is this Green Snake Young Master? Why did he send you here? What's his purpose?"

"That Green Snake Young Master..."

The mosquito demon naturally did not dare to hide anything and told everything.

It turned out that King Youlin was on good terms with the Demon King of Chaos on the surface, and used this opportunity to settle down in Kanyuan Mountain, but he actually had a mistress behind the scenes.

This Green Snake Young Master is the lover of King Youlin, and has been having an affair with King Youlin for a long time.

Upon hearing the news of the impending civil strife on Heisong Ridge, the Green Snake Young Master conspired with King Youlin in advance, hoping to seize the foundation of Kanyuan Mountain while the chaos was going on. However, he did not expect that King Wuman and King Tiegu had already supported Xiao Chen as the lord of Kanyuan Mountain.

Now, the Green Snake Prince has occupied the Youlin Cave and sent this mosquito demon to find out the movements and strengths of Xiao Chen and others.

"This Green Snake Young Master, turns out he just wants to pick up a cheap, dirty guy!"

Tiegu sneered and said, "When the Beast Tamers attacked, this Green Snake Young Master did not come out to protect us, the Kanyuan Mountain monsters. Now that the king has repelled the Beast Tamers, this Green Snake Young Master wants to take advantage of us."

"My king, why don't you kill this spy right away? Tiegu is willing to be the vanguard and follow you to Youlin Cave!"

His Highness and the other demons were also rubbing their hands in anger and indignation.

Xiao Chen stood up from the throne and waved his hand, saying, "Take this mosquito demon into custody for now, and deal with it after we have pacified Youlin Cave."

With this mosquito monster's abilities, he is indeed a good spy. Keep him for now, he will be useful in the future.

As for that Green Snake Young Master, how can there be two masters in one mountain? Let's go meet him and see what kind of skills he has.

"Tiegu, Wuman, gather five thousand demon soldiers and follow me to Youlin Cave to meet this Green Snake Young Master."

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"That evil snake demon, get out here right now and kowtow to my king and admit your wrongdoing!"

"Otherwise, my king will sooner or later skin you, pull out your tendons, and stew you into a pot of snake soup!"

In front of the Youlin Cave, Xiao Chen led five thousand demon soldiers and sent Qingmian to shout and curse in front of the cave.

Suddenly, a rain of arrows shot out from the Youlin Cave, and Qingmian ran behind Xiao Chen and hid.

"My lord, I scolded them out."

Qingmian asked for credit.

In the Youlin Cave, a fair-faced young man dressed in green clothes walked out with more than 2,000 demon soldiers and generals.

Xiao Chen looked at the young man in green dressed like a rich family's son and guessed that he was the Green Snake Prince. Judging from his cultivation level, he had probably just reached a thousand years of cultivation.

Xiao Yao looked at him, a big demon, but with white hair and white face, walking in small steps, waving a small fan, wearing a small hat, and looking as delicate as a demon, and couldn't help cursing inwardly:

"He is a good monster, but he has to dress like a noble family kid. It looks weird."

I am not feeling well today, so I will update only one chapter first. Sorry!

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