Scourge Messenger

Chapter 206 Pleading
Winter Hunting Master has run away.

The moment the golden coffin collapsed, he transformed into a beam of white light and flew out. Yaoshiyuan could only see his back. In less than five seconds, his back disappeared into the forest without a sound, and he didn't even leave behind a harsh word.

Master Suolong dragged them to the platform of the mountain stronghold. The mountain in front of the Demon-Slaying Hall had been completely destroyed, revealing steep rock walls, as if a giant beast had taken a big bite out of the Shu Road Mountain like a cake. However, the area behind the Demon-Slaying Hall was still relatively intact, otherwise they would have had nowhere to stand.

The Foundation Establishment Ancestor did not show them any courtesy just because they were of the same race. Yaoshi Yuan was thrown to the ground, but after rolling a few times, she found that the golden locks on her body had been unlocked. Bei You was the same. Only the Rabbit Girl was still firmly bound by the golden locks. She was also the only one who was not thrown to the ground because the Lock Dragon Master had taken her with him, like a wild beast that would not let go of its prey.

“What about Si Wuxie’s legacy?” she asked.

Bei You immediately took out his Foundation Establishment token, but Yao Shiyuan shook his head: "What I obtained is the Star Shifting Disc, which I have already absorbed. I also absorbed the other legacy, the Immobilization Stone."

"Shifting Stars and Immobilizing Body?" Yaoshi Yue pondered for a moment. "Can these be used with a Dao Foundation?...Never mind, you've already absorbed them anyway."

The pharmacist's heart skipped a beat. She naturally didn't believe her sister would lie to her, so it could only be that even True Immortal Suolong didn't know the details of the Greedy Wolf Breaking Army Foundation Establishment. But True Immortal Suolong was an ancestor who had followed Emperor Taizu of Zhou, and few in the Central Plains could compare to her in terms of knowledge and experience... How could the Yellow Dog possess such secret information that even a senior Foundation Establishment cultivator didn't know?

“You’re too late,” Bei You sighed as he sat on the ground. “If it weren’t for Heroine Xingyu and Wolf Master Yao’s outburst, True Man Dongshou would have already run away with all the spoils. This is not what we agreed on. If I had known you were so unreliable, I wouldn’t have interfered with their karma.”

"You brat, don't you even think about when you sent the message? I traveled day and night for three days and three nights, and it's a miracle I arrived on time. And you still dare to complain about me?" Master Suolong stepped on Beiyou's broken leg with his wooden clogs: "What, do you think you're a five or six-year-old wearing open-crotch pants, and all I'll do is spank your bottom?"

"Old woman—I've been here for seven years—let go! Let go! Let go!"

"It's not like I asked you to stay. You like being a hoodlum, and you expect me to compensate you?" Master Suolong picked up the Foundation Establishment token: "The Primordial Qi Sword... At least the trip wasn't a waste. Si Wuxie actually didn't refine this sword into a demonic token?"

The pharmacist remained silent throughout, his gaze constantly shifting between Suolong Zhenren and Beiyou.

"Little girl, speak your mind." Although Suolong Zhenren looked like a young girl with antlers, he spoke in a mature and old-fashioned manner: "Considering that you are of the bloodline of the pharmacist family, I will only teach you a lesson if you say something wrong."

"What is your relationship with Beiyou and Suolong Bodhisattva?" Yaoshiyuan asked.

"What do you think?"

"Hmm..." The pharmacist hesitated for a while, "A male concubine of the Bodhisattva?"

Upon hearing this, Master Suolong burst into laughter. Beiyou stared wide-eyed and said with a wry smile, "I am honored that you think so highly of me, Master Wolf... but I have never been good-looking since I was a child, so I am not qualified to be an old woman's gigolo."

"You really dare to say anything. No wonder you wanted to shoot me the first time we met," Master Suolong laughed.

The pharmacist quickly explained, "I was just drunk back then, and I've never seen the Bodhisattva in person before, so..."

"No need to apologize. I beat you up back then, and that's all in the past." Master Suolong waved his hand: "It's good that you learned your lesson after being beaten... but many people will still do it again next time."

"Auntie, I'm actually quite happy that you think I'm so interesting, but you'll understand when you reach the Foundation Establishment stage. The Foundation Establishment stage is no longer on the same level as mortals. Even the most stunning beauties among mortals are nothing but ordinary, vulgar women in the eyes of a Foundation Establishment cultivator."

"As for this kid... he also has the surname Yaoshi, so in terms of seniority, he's probably the little emperor's uncle. But his relationship with me has nothing to do with blood; it's simply because he taught me to paint."

Even though he had expected it, Yaoshi was still shocked by these two pieces of news. Beiyou was actually a descendant of the Yaoshi family and the current emperor's uncle? Wait, Banruo is a member of the Zhao family, and Beiyou is a member of the Yaoshi family. Does that mean that the three guardians of Shudao Mountain are just people from the bottom of society with no background whatsoever?

Bei You even taught Suolong Bodhisattva to paint? But he clearly wasn't even at the Foundation Establishment stage.

"Do you think a Foundation Establishment Messenger can do everything?" Yaoshi Yue said, "In the past, in order to refine the token, I had to master the painting skills of a master. There are only a handful of people in the Zhou Kingdom who are proficient in painting, and the one with the highest achievement is this brat. It just so happens that this brat offended me when he was a child, so I had him teach me to paint for three years."

"How did he offend you?" Pharmacist Yuan could hardly contain his curiosity.

"He drew my picture and sold it to his uncle," Master Suolong said calmly.

"It's not what you think." Faced with the admiring yet disdainful looks from Pharmacist Yuan and Bunny Girl, Bei You thought for a moment and then explained, "I saw that you were curious about what it would be like if Master Suolong fell in love with someone, so I drew a picture of Master Suolong in love. There was no disrespect intended at all."

But Bei You's explanation was as good as no explanation at all. You can tell from the title of Yaoshi Yuan that the Yaoshi family members all respect Suolong Zhenren as a Bodhisattva. Bei You actually dared to draw erotic pictures of the Bodhisattva. Rather than being bold, it is more accurate to say that he does not have the thinking of a normal person. No wonder he became a messenger of the demonic path. It turns out that he was born with a problem with his brain.

The most unlucky one is his uncle; having such a nephew is the worst luck imaginable.

“I didn’t have any particular interest in inheriting Si Wuxie’s power, but this kid sent a letter to Tongtian Temple a few days ago, saying that the Helan family might come to snatch the successor of the Heavenly Calamity, so I came here.” Master Suolong finally looked at the bunny girl beside him: “You are the one who inherited Si Wuxie’s power of the Heavenly Calamity?”

The pharmacist was startled, her legs trembling slightly with tension. From the moment Master Suolong didn't release Bunny Girl, she had sensed something was amiss, but she tried not to think about it, trying to stall for time by discussing other topics until Bunny Girl recovered... but what was bound to happen still happened.

Just like her father, just like her sister.

"Bunny Girl," Bunny Girl said, "Nice to meet you."

"Pharmacist Yue, everyone calls me Master Locking Dragon," said Pharmacist Yue. "You can also call me Aunt Yue. Now answer my question: You inherited the power of the Heavenly Calamity and absorbed the Heavenly Calamity Stone left behind by Si Wuxie?" "Yes," said the bunny girl. "What do you plan to do with me?"

"You should know where the power of natural disasters comes from, right?"

"Permanently free the demons and completely destroy the secret realm."

"Liberating demons? That's an interesting way of putting it. For demons, being destroyed by our messengers day after day, year after year, if they had thoughts and wills, they might feel like they're living in an endless hell, being tormented by people over and over again, never to be reborn, endlessly. Destroying them from eternal damnation is indeed a kind of liberation." Yaoshi Yue was very perceptive and caught the unusual meaning in the bunny girl's words.

"But for messengers, for mortals, for the world, the secret realms are our source of life, like springs in the desert or islands in the sea. Every secret realm that disappears affects tens of thousands of messengers and hundreds of thousands of people connected to them. The more secret realms that disappear, the more the world's格局 (geju, a term referring to the overall structure or pattern) will change. Tens of millions of messengers and hundreds of millions of people will fight for the remaining secret realms, redividing the map of the Central Plains with iron and blood."

"My uncle entrusted me with two things before he passed away," Yaoshi Yue said slowly. "First, protect yourself. As long as the Foundation Establishment stage of the Yaoshi family survives, the Yaoshi family will not perish. Second, control the descendants of the Heavenly Calamity and do not repeat the mistakes of Si Wuxie."

"Control?" Bunny Girl tilted her head, showing no fear on her face. "I thought you were going to kill me outright."

"You might not know this, but after you die, you'll release a Cataclysmic Stone. Cataclysmic Stones can't be stored in any container; they can only be hidden somewhere, making them too easy to steal," said Pharmacist Yue. "Moreover, it's said that Cataclysmic Stones have the power to bewitch people, and many who possess them ultimately walk the path of calamity..."

“It’s fake, it’s fake.” Bunny Girl interrupted her: “The Cataclysm Stone doesn’t have that power. They clearly crave power themselves, yet they blame it on the Cataclysm Stone.”

“I think so too, but there’s no need to take the risk. Anyway, the Zhou family is big and powerful, they don’t need another place to imprison you.”

The Pharmacist Moon's golden lock resembled a scorpion's tail as he pulled the Bunny Girl in front of her: "You won't die, but the rest of your life won't be considered living either. I can't say whether the Zhou Kingdom will perish first or you will die of old age first... You'd better hope it's the latter, because if the Zhou Kingdom perishes, I can only take the Calamity Stone with me."

puff.

The apothecary knelt on both knees, her forehead touching the ground. It was clear that she had never knelt before. Compared to the eunuchs and maids in the palace who were skilled at kneeling, her back was too straight, and her fists were clenched. Rather than kneeling, she looked more like a crawling she-wolf.

Only when she looked up, her face streaked with tears and her words overflowing with pleading, could one see that she had truly shattered her dignity for a girl with whom she had no blood relation and whom she had only known for a short time.

"I have gathered all the Heavenly and Earthly Stars, and I will definitely attempt to reach the Foundation Establishment stage within five years," the Pharmacist said earnestly. "We can offer all our tokens and gains to repay the Bodhisattva's life-saving grace. After reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, I will dedicate myself to the Bodhisattva until my dying breath."

"May the Bodhisattva have mercy!"

"Do you like kowtowing? Then let me help you."

Master Suolong pulled out a golden lock from his sleeve, bound Yaoshiyuan, lifted her high, and then slammed her heavily to the ground!

Thump! Thump! Thump! Three consecutive blows smashed a huge crack in the ground. The pharmacist cried out and vomited blood. She had only barely survived because of the life-saving pill. Although the golden lock had treated some of her injuries, she was now seriously injured again. Her wounds, which had just healed, burst open again, and she was in so much pain that she could hardly stand up.

Jin Suo dragged her to Suolong Zhenren. Yaoshi Yuan's face was covered in blood, and her hair was stuck to her face. She no longer had the imposing presence of the wolf master demon; she was just a pitiful little girl.

"Do you know why I saved you?" Yaoshi Yue stared at her. "As you said, you are a very promising junior member of the Yaoshi family who has a high chance of breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage. Although I have no interest in dealing with outside affairs, it is always good for the family to have one more Foundation Establishment member."

"But you seem to take my care for granted. Or do you think you're some old man who can get candy by rolling around on the ground?"

"I..." The pharmacist's voice was barely audible as he stared wide-eyed into the eyes of the Dragon-Locking Immortal: "I must..."

"I have no interest in knowing how important she is to you, not even if she's your own daughter." Master Suolong threw her to the ground: "Want to bargain with me? Wait until you reach the Foundation Establishment stage."

"By the way, she's the daughter of the Duke of Jin? The Duke of Jin was executed along with his entire family for treason?" She turned to look at Bei You.

“That’s right, she is Princess Zhaorou, the apothecary.” Bei You nodded.

"From this moment forward, the Duke of Jin has rebelled. You are the new Duke of Jin. The national treasury is open to you, and you are qualified to command any military force of the Yaoshi family." Master Suolong looked at Yaoshi Yuan on the ground and said, "I will give you power, treasures, and influence. As a descendant of the Yaoshi family qualified to establish your foundation, I will give you everything that is due. If I don't give you anything, don't even think about it. Of course, whether you accept it or not is up to you."

"By the way, I liked the look in your eyes at the end. There haven't been many people who dared to bare their teeth at me over the years, not even that kid Helan Shou."

After saying that, Pharmacist Yue turned to leave, but at that moment, Rabbit Girl suddenly called out to her, "Aunt Yue."

"Ok?"

"Are you just going to leave them here like this? Master Winter Hunting isn't dead yet," Bunny Girl reminded him.

"Don't worry, although Helan Shou is not dead, his Lion Wolf Inner Armor and Moon-Stepping Boots are ruined. Just repairing these two tokens will take him ten years. He won't dare to provoke me again," Yaoshi Yue said calmly. "He's afraid I'll come and kill him."

(End of this chapter)