I am a fairy in Journey to the West

Chapter 209: Iron Crutch Kills the Monster

Li Zhen walked up to Wu Zhao and saw a hideous wound on her right leg that was bleeding profusely. He quickly said to Bao Er who was running over to the side, "Little girl, I'll take care of this toad spirit. You help bandage her wound."

When Shu Baoer heard this, he nodded repeatedly, but when he squatted down, he found that there was no cable tie, so he quickly said: "But I don't have a cable tie."

Li Zhen was stunned for a moment, but Wu Zhao was swift and decisive. He reached out and grabbed the trouser leg of his Taoist robe and said to Li Zhen: "Big brother, I don't have the strength, can you help me tear it off."

"Okay." Seeing Wu Zhao speak, Li Zhen squatted down, grabbed the pure white trouser leg of Wu Zhao's left leg with both hands and tore it hard. With a "swish" sound, the trouser leg was immediately torn open, revealing the snow-white thigh flesh.

Li Zhen handed the torn strip of cloth to Shu Baoer and said, "Quick, bandage her and stop the bleeding."

After saying that, Li Zhen stood up with the help of his cane, turned around and walked directly towards the toad spirit.

The Toad Spirit was lying on the ground groaning. When he saw Li Zhen coming towards him, he immediately backed away and said to Li Zhen with a fierce look on his face, "Who are you? How dare you ruin my good deeds?"

Li Zhen laughed and said, "I have come all the way from Dongsheng Shenzhou, and I have seen many monsters who always call themselves grandfathers, but in the end, they all became good grandchildren."

Seeing that Li Zhen was not afraid of him at all, the Toad Spirit, who was in constant pain on his upper jaw, slowed down his tone and said, "Daoyou, we should not interfere with each other. If you leave now, I will pretend that what happened today never happened. How about that?"

"That won't work. I hurt you, and you will definitely hold a grudge against me. What if you take revenge on me in the future?" Li Zhen said.

"No! Absolutely not!" The Toad Spirit said quickly, "If I take revenge, I'd be a coward."

Li Zhen sneered and said, "Do you think I will believe you? You are a monster who can even harm such a young child. Keeping you in the world will only harm more people."

When the Toad Spirit heard this, his eyes immediately became extremely ferocious, "Well, since you are so ungrateful, I will let you know how powerful I am."

After saying that, the toad spirit supported itself on the ground with all four legs, then leaped up. With a "puff" sound, the toad spirit leaped more than ten feet high, then fell straight towards Li Zhen from the sky.

Seeing this, Li Zhen also jumped back hurriedly, but the toad spirit fell in front of him just as he jumped up. With a loud bang, strong wind blew, and earth and rocks flew everywhere. Li Zhen was the first to be hit, and his body, which had just jumped up, was instantly blown away.

With a "bang", Li Zhen's body flew six or seven feet away, hit a big tree heavily, and then fell to the ground with another "bang".

The Toad Spirit said proudly, "It's not easy for a cripple to jump so high."

After saying that, the toad spirit was seen supporting itself on the ground with all four limbs, inhaling and inflating its belly, and when it reached its apex, it opened its mouth and exhaled with a "bang". In an instant, its tongue shot out like a sharp arrow, breaking through the air and heading straight for Li Zhen's heart.

The long tongue was moving extremely fast, and it was difficult for ordinary people to see it with the naked eye, but Li Zhen was no longer an ordinary person. The medicinal power of the six pounds of elixirs had already opened up all his acupoints, strengthened his flesh and bones, and generated magic power in his body. That was why he was able to come all the way from Dongsheng Shenzhou to Nanzhanbuzhou.

Suddenly, Li Zhen stretched out his hand and grabbed it. With a "snap" sound, the toad spirit's sharp tongue was grabbed by Li Zhen.

Li Zhen took advantage of the situation to stand up, and with a few turns of his arms, he wrapped the toad's tongue tightly around his left arm.

The toad spirit was greatly surprised. He did not expect that Li Zhen could take this attack. He hastily retracted his abdomen, and a great force surged from his long tongue, which was instantly retracted.

Seeing this, Li Zhen immediately clenched the iron crutch in his right hand and flew towards the toad demon along with the toad demon's tongue.

When the toad spirit saw this, he quickly flicked his tongue to try to shake Li Zhen off, but Li Zhen only held it tightly with his left hand, and no matter how he shook it, it was useless.

In a moment it was right in front of him. Li Zhen aimed at the toad spirit's head, raised his hand and threw the iron crutch hard. With a "swoosh" sound of breaking through the air, the iron crutch "popped" and sank into the space between the toad spirit's eyes, penetrating more than a foot deep.

The toad spirit made a gurgling sound from its mouth, and then it lost all its strength, staggered a few steps, and finally fell to the ground with a thump.

Seeing this scene, Li Zhen, who had just let go of the toad's wet and sticky tongue, steadied his body and breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, Baoer had bandaged Wu Zhao's wound. Seeing Li Zhen kill the toad spirit, Baoer shouted excitedly: "How amazing!"

After saying that, Baoer ran over and said, "Let me see if it has any inner elixir."

But she had only run a dozen steps when Li Zhen grabbed her and pulled her back. Baoer looked back at Li Zhen with a puzzled look on her face and asked, "What's wrong, brother?"

Li Zhen smiled and said, "Be careful. If it's not dead yet, wouldn't it be dangerous for you to go over there?"

Baoer looked back at the toad spirit that had stopped moving and said, "Isn't it dead?"

Li Zhen said: "All is fair in war."

Having said that, Li Zhen bent down, picked up a large stone from the ground, raised his hand and threw it at the toad spirit.

As the stone rolled in front of the toad spirit, Baoer saw the motionless toad spirit suddenly tremble, and then the warts on its back suddenly swelled up.

Soon the pimples swelled to the size of a baby's head, shining brightly and looking very scary.

In an instant, a series of explosions were heard, and all the lumps exploded, and pieces of black and green venom flew out within a radius of six feet around.

When the venom fell to the ground, all the flowers and plants rotted, and a strong stench quickly spread.

Baoer was so frightened by this scene that she stood there for a long time before she reacted. The next moment, she suddenly screamed, "Brother, your cane!"

Li Zhen looked at the crutch soaked in venom, shook his head and said with some regret: "It's useless." This iron crutch accompanied him all the way from Dongsheng Shenzhou to Nanzhanbuzhou. Now seeing it corroded and destroyed by the venom, he felt really bad.

But this time the toad spirit was completely dead. Its body was quickly corroded by its own venom and melted into a pool of blood.

Baoer only took a look from a distance and was sure that this toad spirit had no inner elixir.

"Wutou'er, are you okay?" Baoer returned to Wu Zhao and asked.

Wu Zhao said, "I'm fine." Then she stood up, bowed to Li Zhen and said, "Thank you for saving my life, big brother."

"I just saw injustice." Li Zhen smiled and waved his hand, and asked the two, "You two little girls, why are you in this deep mountain forest in the middle of the night instead of staying at home?"

Shu Baoer said: "We are on our way."

"Hurry up, where are you going? Home?" Li Zhen asked.

Wu Zhao said, "We were going to Chan River. We were exhausted when we got here and were just about to take a break when we unexpectedly ran into this toad spirit."

Li Zhen nodded without asking any further questions. Although Wu Zhao was a complete mortal, this Shu Baoer did not look like a human child. How could a human child have a tail and a pair of furry ears?

"But it's still a little too dangerous for you two little girls to walk on the mountain road in the middle of the night," said Li Zhen.

Wu Zhao said: "There is nothing we can do about it."

Shu Baoer said: "We must go to the Chan River, no matter how dangerous it is!"

"Hahaha." Li Zhen laughed and said, "How about this, you guys rest here for a night and continue your journey tomorrow morning. I'm a little tired too, how about keeping you two company tonight?"

"Okay, okay." Shu Baoer nodded repeatedly, but quickly reacted and turned to look at Wu Zhao.

Wu Zhao thought about it and felt that this elder brother didn't look like a bad person, so he nodded and said, "Okay."

Afterwards, the three of them found a quiet place to settle down. Li Zhen then picked up dry firewood and started a bonfire. The moment the flames rose, Wu Zhao and Shu Baoer also felt a sense of security in their hearts.

Then Shu Baoer took off the bag on his back, poured out a large pile of pine cones, and divided them into two small piles, one for Wu Zhao and the other for Li Zhen.

"Wow, so many pine cones." Li Zhen said in surprise as he looked at the pile of pine cones in front of him.

Shu Baoer said proudly: "I stockpiled all of them."

After saying that, she picked up a pine cone and put it in her mouth and took a bite. With a "click" sound, a crack was bitten in the shell of the pine cone. Then she took a slightly flat stone and placed it in the fire, and then put the pine cone on it.

"Pine cones taste better if you roast them like I do." Baoer said to Wu Zhao and Li Zhen attentively, "They taste just like roasted chestnuts!"

"Haha, okay, I'll listen to you." Li Zhen laughed, then imitated Baoer and bit the pine cones, then roasted them on the fire.

Wu Zhao was a little inconvenient to move, so Baoer said, "Wu Tou'er, can I help you bake it?"

Wu Zhao looked at the pile of pine nuts she had bitten and placed on her own small stone slab, which were covered with Baoer's shiny saliva.

Wu Zhao hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No, find me a stone and I'll bake it myself."

"Oh." Baoer responded, then turned around and began to grope. After a while, Baoer took out a small stone slab the size of an adult's palm and very flat, and placed it in the campfire in front of Wu Zhao.

Then Wu Zhao started to bite off the pine cones and roast them himself.

Soon a fragrant aroma emanated from the air. The three of them ate while grilling, and soon they were full.

After eating and drinking, and warming himself by the fire, Baoer felt sleepy. He leaned against a tree trunk, hugged his stomach with his hands, and fell asleep.

Wu Zhao was also a little drowsy, but he was forcing himself to stay awake. Li Zhen smiled and said, "You should go to sleep too. If I wanted to harm you, would I have waited until now?"

After hearing this, Wu Zhao, who was really exhausted, could not hold on any longer. He just said, "I didn't mean that," then closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

The next day, when Wu Zhao and Baoer woke up, it was already noon.

The bonfire in front of him was still burning brightly, but Li Zhen had long disappeared. Only a water bag filled with water was left where Li Zhen had sat last night.

"Hey? Where's that big brother?" Baoer looked around.

Wu Zhao looked at the water bag and the bonfire that had not been extinguished all night, and felt inexplicably warm in her heart. When she heard Bao'er's question, she slowly replied, "He should have left."

Bao Er was a little disappointed when he heard this, and said, "He left without telling me, but this big brother is a very good person. Wu Tou'er, I tell you, I slept so warmly last night. This feeling was only felt when my mother held me in her arms when I slept."

Wu Zhao pointed at the bonfire in front of him and said, "Someone has been keeping you warm all night, so of course it's warm."

(End of this chapter)