Food gives me an entry, I will be invincible if I stay alive

Chapter 219 Humans or Demons, Who is Truly Naive?

Deep within the River God Temple.

In the dimly lit room, there was a black table, a bronze bowl, and an iron cage.

The old woman began to gnaw on her smooth, white hands in the copper bowl, and in the blink of an eye, her ten fingers were mangled and bloody.

She seemed oblivious to the pain, instead happily licking the blood dripping from her fingertips.

Inside that runic iron cage, however, huddled up a small hedgehog covered in sharp, upright quills.

The little hedgehog was carrying a strange book box on its back. If you looked closely, you could see that the straps of the book box were already deeply embedded in the little hedgehog's shoulders.

Fresh blood was seeping out from the straps.

The little hedgehog had been curled up motionless, but as the old woman gnawed on her fingers and mumbled something—

The other person's words became increasingly frantic: "It smells so good... I can smell the amazing fragrance even through the water mirror!"
The person possessing such a fragrance must not only be a renowned scholar, but also have accumulated merit.

Great! How could I possibly stand it?

I can't stand it anymore. If I eat him, my cultivation will definitely increase greatly. So what if this person is extraordinary and has a powerful expert behind him?

Even if the government gets involved, it's not like I can't run away... Hehehe, little guy, are you awake?

"Look how excited you are! What are you still hiding? You can't hide it anymore!"

The little hedgehog could no longer contain itself. It sat up abruptly, glaring at the old woman from its cage, and said fiercely:
"Who's hiding? I... I'm not afraid of you at all! Let me tell you, if you dare to harbor thoughts of harming and cannibalizing people, Heaven will not let you off the hook!"

You can't eat anyone. You said he's a famous and talented man, so he must be a master.

You want to eat them? Humph! You're overestimating yourself.

Don't look back and get captured and taken to the Prison of Suppression, skinned alive, and imprisoned for a thousand years!

Its fierce expression and its self-righteousness about its harsh words, however, only resulted in the old woman bursting into laughter.

"Hehehe, giggle..."

The old woman laughed so hard she trembled, and she even stopped biting her fingers. Then she pointed at the little hedgehog and laughed, saying:

"The way of heaven? The way of heaven!

Hehehe, how could there be such a ridiculous little demon in this world?

You actually said I eat people and harm people? Heaven will not let me off the hook.
Hehehe, do you even know what the Way of Heaven is? You think, you think the Way of Heaven only stands on the side of man?

Is cannibalism a heinous crime?

Humans eat demons, and humans eat all things!
Hahaha, if cannibalism is truly the most heinous crime, then what kind of Heavenly Way is this? Why not just call it the Way of Humanity?

The little hedgehog was stunned by these words.

It stayed in the cage, unsure how to refute the old woman, but it knew in its heart that what the old woman said must be wrong.

It racked its brains but couldn't find the words, and could only hate itself for being tongue-tied, and said angrily: "Anyway, eating people is wrong, and if people eat demons... you can't eat intelligent demons either!"
You eat everything, you'll definitely be punished by heaven, I…

Before she finished speaking, the old woman suddenly flicked her hand across the surface of the water in the bronze bowl.

With this flick, tiny drops of dark red blood fell into the water.

In an instant, it was as if some strange mechanism had been activated, and the next moment, the sounds of wind, shouts, and conversations could be heard coming from the bronze bowl.

It turns out that this bronze bowl water mirror can not only transmit images, but also transmit sound.

A child's voice, filled with panic, rang out: "Big brother, that jade infant... it's fully out! Why did it suddenly tilt its head back? Did it discover us?"

Then came the young man's voice, calm and collected: "No rush, let's wait a bit longer."

Although the other party only said four words, the little hedgehog was immediately stunned in its cage as if struck by lightning upon hearing the voice.

Its expression changed so obviously that it wasn't that it didn't want to control itself, but rather that it was caught off guard and simply couldn't control itself.

Just as it was looking so composed, the old woman suddenly exclaimed "Eh!"

She asked shrewdly, "Little hedgehog, do you recognize this scholar?" Before the little hedgehog could answer, the old woman chuckled and said, "You must recognize him. How interesting! I was wondering why such a person would suddenly come to my poor, remote place."

So that's why I've come looking for you... Good thing, it seems you two have a deep friendship.

He came looking for you, and you're worried about him, tsk tsk tsk!

The little hedgehog, its quills standing on end, could no longer restrain itself and mustered all its strength to violently ram into the iron cage.

"You wicked thief, you are not allowed to eat him! Do you know who I, Fellow Daoist Chen, am?"
"You dare mess around? I'll self-destruct right now! I'll take my book box with me, and you'll never get my book box again!"

It turns out that when Wei Yuan was captured by this witch doctor, she immediately recognized that his book box was an extraordinary treasure.

If it weren't for wanting Wei Yuan's book box but not being able to remove it intact from Wei Yuan, this old woman Zhu Xian would probably have skinned Wei Yuan and eaten him long ago.

Although the book box protected Wei Yuan, making it difficult for Zhu Xianpo to eat him directly, Wei Yuan's magic power was also sealed tightly by her.

The little hedgehog was trapped in its cage, utterly helpless and desperate.

It was being threatened and tormented by the other party, and was already in utter despair. Who would have thought that in such a desperate situation, it would hear Chen Xu's voice through the other party's magical bronze bowl.

Chen Xu actually came!

At that moment, Wei Yuan was more terrified than overjoyed.

It wanted to say a few more harsh words to threaten Zhu Xianpo, but it knew that the other party was crazy.

These madmen will stop at nothing to improve their cultivation.

Wei Yuan knew that simply self-destructing wouldn't be enough to threaten the other side, so after saying that, he changed his tone and said:

"You... you want me to stay in this position, or you want my book box? That's not impossible. I can tell you the secret incantation for my book box, but you mustn't harm me, Fellow Daoist Chen."

Come closer, I'll tell you the secret incantation..."

Wei Yuan's words were actually an attempt to trick Zhu Xianpo into coming to his side.

Only when it gets close enough can it be confident that it can take the other party down with it by self-destructing.

Even if we can't kill this evil cultivator, we should at least severely injure him.

This was all of Wei Yuan's scheming had to offer. It was afraid the other party wouldn't fall for it, but seeing the greed in the other party's eyes, it exclaimed with delight, "Are you telling the truth?"

Then the other party went around the square table, one step, two steps, getting closer and closer to the iron cage where Wei Yuan was placed.

Wei Yuan's heart was pounding in his chest when he suddenly heard the other person chuckle:

"Oh, little hedgehog, you are so innocent and cute."

Do you think I don't know what you're thinking? Hehehe, let me tell you, I saw right through your little schemes.

You can't save the person you want to save, because they are just as naive as you, and they feel pity for a cute child.

Don't believe me? Just look...

As she spoke, the fortune teller suddenly began to cast a spell.

The cage containing Wei Yuan suddenly moved and floated above the bronze bowl.

Wei Yuan quickly looked down at the water mirror below.

Upon seeing this, my eyes widened in horror.

Suddenly, the blood-soaked, eerie cub on the ground shot into the sky like an arrow, heading towards the treetop where Chen Xu was!

Meanwhile, Asheng, whom Chen Xu was holding, cried out in terror, "Big brother, save me! Let's run..."

Before he could finish speaking, Ah Sheng suddenly turned his head, revealing a mouthful of sharp teeth, and snapped his jaws at Chen Xu's neck.

How could Chen Xu, who was so close to him, possibly escape this sudden, unexpected bite, which was tantamount to betrayal?
However, in the blink of an eye, a loud bang was suddenly heard!
It was Chen Xu's palm that fell before A Sheng's teeth.

(End of this chapter)