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Chapter 124 The Fall of the Demon King Shu Daoshan

In the dark cave, Zhuge Nanxian led Zhang Mu towards the direction with the strongest poison.

Along the way, they encountered many mice that had not yet become monsters. Zhang Mu had seen Xuan Ji's ability to train mice, and knew that even if they did not become monsters, they would still expose their whereabouts.

But firstly, Zhang Mu didn't have the energy to kill all the mice he saw, and secondly, he didn't care.

It would be best if the rat demon behind him would take the initiative to cause trouble for him, so that he wouldn't have to go through so much trouble in the cave.

Just as he was thinking this, Zhang Mu suddenly had an idea and grabbed Zhuge Nanxian's hand and pulled it towards him. Zhuge Nanxian directly fell into Zhang Mu's arms. Before Zhuge Nanxian could ask a question, Zhang Mu had a sword in his hand and stabbed it directly to the side.

The next moment, a rat the size of an adult dog fell out of the shadows and was killed by Zhang Mu's sharp sword.

This was a rat demon equivalent to the third or fourth level of Tongmai. It had just been hiding in the shadows and wanted to launch a surprise attack. If Zhang Mu's Zhenwu fate had not detected the unusual movement, Zhuge Nanxian would have suffered a small loss.

"There's movement ahead, another monster is coming." Without waiting for Zhuge Nanxian to speak, Zhang Mu spoke again.

Zhuge Nanxian nodded, and she didn't know where she touched on her body, but a pair of gloves appeared on her hands.

In the blink of an eye, several figures appeared in the front of the passage. They were all rat demons who had entered the Qi Condensation Realm. They made a sound of grinding teeth and rushed towards Zhang Mu and Zhuge Nanxian.

The sword in Zhang Mu's hand flashed as he stood in front of Zhuge Nanxian. Zhuge Nanxian was not idle either. She raised her sword finger and pointed it forward from time to time behind Zhang Mu. The details could not be seen clearly in the darkness, but with each point of Zhuge Nanxian's finger, a rat demon would either fall to the ground or slow down, making it easier for Zhang Mu to kill it.

In just a dozen or so breaths, the corpses of ten Qi Condensation Realm rat demons were lying on the ground.

"There are quite a few rat monsters in this place." Zhang Mu shook off the blood on his sword and said.

Zhuge Nanxian stepped over the corpse of the rat demon lying on the road and nodded. "Monsters like rats that gather in groups are more like humans. They will support the younger generations of the tribe. Often, when one becomes a demon, it will help others of its kind become demons."

"After becoming a demon, their intelligence is awakened..." Zhang Mu asked curiously, "Aren't they afraid of their own kind killing each other?"

"Of course they're afraid," Zhuge Nanxian explained, "so they control the cultivation of those who come after them to ensure their own position."

Zhang Mu smiled lightly when he heard this.

Even the human race cannot do it, let alone the demon race.

As the two were talking, suddenly a faint cry came from a distance -

"I don't know which lord has come here. I am willing to die for you. Please, sir, save me..."

The tone is quite similar to the recitation in opera. The tune is weird, but the content is neither literary nor colloquial. When mixed together, there is actually a hint of humor.

Zhang Mu and Zhuge Nanxian looked at each other.

"Be careful, there might be a trap!" Zhuge Nanxian warned.

"Well, follow me!" Zhang Mu raised his sword and walked towards the direction where the voice came from.

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Following the direction of the sound, I turned a few corners in the passage and entered a larger cave. Then I heard the cry for help again.

"My Lord, I am willing to run like an ox or a horse, please save me..."

Although Zhang Mu had the sense of Zhenwu's destiny, he could only see the scene clearly after he raised the fire stick.

I saw a rat demon nailed to the rock wall of the cave.

The rat demon was about half a man's height, its fur stained with blood. Iron nails were driven into the rock wall from its shoulders, abdomen, and tail. It was pinned to the rock wall like a living specimen.

The rat demon was skinny, with tears in his eyes, and his eyes were full of pleading as he looked at Zhang Mu and Zhuge Nanxian.

"My benefactor, can you please save me?" Seeing Zhang Mu looking at him, the rat demon begged for help again, "I am willing to be your servant, benefactor..."

"Who are you? Why are you nailed here?" Zhuge Nanxian asked crisply without waiting for Zhang Mu to speak.

"Ah, Madam, please allow me to report..." The rat demon looked at Zhang Mu, then at Zhuge Nanxian, and said, "Before I became a demon, I imagined having a mountain of rice that I could never eat. After I became a demon, I gave myself the nickname Rat Rice Mountain."

Rat Rice Mountain?
Zhang Mu raised his eyebrows. It was an interesting name.

"The little demon was originally a mouse in the town's opera troupe. He got a chance, gained intelligence, and became a demon," Shu Daoshan continued. "After leaving town, he became a demon king in the mountains, a beast in human form."

"Many relatives from the surrounding area came to me for refuge. As the saying goes, blood is thicker than water, so I took them all in and helped them to become wise and transform into demons..."

At this point, Shu Daoshan suddenly burst into tears, and even started crying like an old woman: "How annoying~~~~"

Zhuge Nanxian scratched his ears and interrupted Shu Daoshan's sobbing: "If you don't talk about business, we'll leave..."

"No, no, no!" Shu Daoshan quickly stopped crying and said, "I'll tell you, I'll tell you..."

"I am indeed the demon king of this mountain." "But I was blind and raised a traitor."

"That thief knocked me off my throne and imprisoned me."

"Just now I heard the rebel guarding me say that someone broke in."

"The little demon now dares to ask for help!"

"Please, sir and madam, lend a hand and save my life!"

"Hmph, what's with the sir or madam thing? If you keep yelling that, I'll cut off your tongue." Zhuge Nanxian blushed and spat, then said, "You rat demon, you dare to lie to me? Do you think we won't kill you?"

Shu Daoshan was stunned: "Husband...Miss, everything I said is true. How dare I lie?"

"Since you were betrayed, why didn't they just kill you? Instead, they imprisoned you." Zhuge Nanxian said, "Don't tell me they're afraid of your popularity... Pah, rat-like popularity!"

Upon hearing this, Shu Daoshan gave a bitter laugh and said, "Miss, you don't know that the traitor naturally wants me dead."

"But the opportunity for him to become a demon was a drop of blood from a little demon, and the little demon placed a curse in that blood."

"This curse only applies to people of the same blood and origin as us."

"If I die, even if they don't die, they will be skinned alive!"

"Only in this way can we ensure that they obey me wholeheartedly!"

Zhuge Nanxian glared at him, "You're still lying!"

"I'm no stranger to this kind of blood curse. But you deliberately left something out."

"It's impossible for a rat demon who has accepted this curse to surpass you in cultivation!"

"How did you end up in this situation?"

Listening to Zhuge Nanxian's words, Zhang Mu nodded, and raised the long sword in his hand, ready to stab a fatal blow at any time.

"Spare her life!" Shu Daoshan shouted hastily, "Miss, you only know one side of the story."

"Indeed, with this method, the other party's cultivation level will not surpass mine!"

"But there are ways around it."

"For example, by utilizing the luck of incense, we can circumvent this restriction."

"How can the blood curse of my demon race be able to withstand the good fortune of the human race!"

"You two must have come here to kill that traitor, right? I'm willing to lead the way!"

Zhang Mu frowned and said, "I have a cat, a guardian beast of Buddhism. She chased the rat demon in earlier. I'm looking for her!"

"Buddhism's guardian beast?" Shu Daoshan heard this and his tone suddenly became more urgent. "Then don't waste any more time, let me down quickly."

"The incense offered by the Buddhist sect is the purest, far beyond the reach of evil worship!"

"If that traitor gets his hands on the divine beast's Buddhist fortune, I'm afraid its cultivation will improve dramatically!"

"Cats and mice are natural enemies, not to mention they are guardian beasts. Even if that thief has the cultivation level of the late Moon-Eating Realm, he wouldn't dare to confront us head-on."

"If I'm not mistaken, the guardian beast must have been lured to the poison array in the cave!"

"My two great lords, I know the location of the poison array. If you rescue me, I will take you there!"

"If it's too late, the cat might be in danger!"

After hearing what Shu Daoshan said, Zhuge Nanxian wanted to ask a few more questions, but Zhang Mu patted her shoulder and said, "No need to ask..."

This involves Xuan Ji, it's a risk!
Zhang Mu took a step forward, the sword in his hand flashed, and he pulled out all the nails that nailed Shudaoshan's body. Shudaoshan fell to the ground and let out a wail.

Suddenly, a red pill fell in front of Shudaoshan.

"These are pills to replenish your qi and blood. After you finish eating them, lead the way!" Zhuge Nanxian's voice rang out.

"Thank you, thank you!" Shu Daoshan picked up the pill and swallowed it in one gulp without asking whether it was poisonous or not. He immediately felt more powerful.

Shu Daoshan didn't waste any words and pointed in a direction, saying, "My two benefactors, follow me..."

(End of this chapter)