Mythology Returns! Starting with Folklore and Strange Tales

Chapter 84 Why did the top scholar become arrogant at first and then obsequious?

It took several breaths for the rat spirit to barely recover from the heavy blow that struck him squarely on the head.

When the sky is wild, it will rain; when people are wild, disaster will strike.

It was just a little too wild, wanting to test how strong its new body really was, and ended up learning a harsh lesson!

As it turns out, even though it borrowed the dragon energy of the Ming Dynasty and the fate of the fallen kingdom to forcibly shed its roots as a rat-like demon and corpse demon, and managed to slip past under the nose of the Yazi, it could not escape the orthodox laws of Taoism and be punished by thunder and lightning.

When that ball of lightning, the size of a football, falls, even a lucky mortal can escape with their life.

It first cultivated for a hundred years, and after death it became a corpse rat and endured for another three hundred years. Even then, its core was split open, and blood flowed everywhere.

Those outdated old things actually left some good things for future generations!

Unfortunately.

In these times, the gods are nowhere to be seen, and the land is in chaos. Suppressed for countless years by the so-called righteous path and humanity, it is time for these evil heretics, demons, and monsters to rise up and take control!

As for Western gunpowder, God the Father... ha!

Europa's father has no jurisdiction over Middle-earth.

The guns and gunpowder were indeed powerful. If everyone had the little gadget that the Taoist priest in the sky was holding, then it would naturally have to give way. But the earth-shaking noise, as if the sun had fallen, was extraordinary. It might be a treasure that the Taoist sects of the Three Mountains had kept hidden for a long time, used for mutual destruction. They took it out out of protectiveness when their direct disciples came down the mountain.

Unexpectedly, the young man couldn't hold back and used it hastily.

It works great! It works great!

These things are one less to use. They teach the Taoist sect a lesson, so that they can return similar things in the future. At the same time, they deplete the Taoist sect's reserves. If any great demon or evil resurfaces in the future, the Taoist priests will have to pay with their lives to save them.

With one side gaining and the other losing, wouldn't the world eventually belong to them?

The rat demon didn't have any grand ambitions. It just wanted to take advantage of the times to grab some scraps and wait for the demons to rule the world. Then it would become a powerful figure like the City God, enjoying incense offerings and playing with the mortals.

Tsk!

It opened its mouth to retract the bead, then shook its head and glanced upwards.

Looking at the small path standing in the sky, its eyes locked with its own, a ferocious smile squeezed out of its face, which was nothing but dried flesh and blood: "What other skills do you have? Show them all!"

"But if it weren't for the ferocity of that lightning spell, I'd advise you not to waste your energy!"

As the rat demon spoke, it looked at the Taoist priest in the sky who was always spouting spells and foul language, but now only stared coldly at it. The rat demon became more and more certain of its thoughts, and the smile that had been restrained became even brighter: "Your realm is not high enough, your energy cannot be replenished, and you cannot last long. Although I can control the demon wind, I cannot soar through the nine heavens like you."

"If I can't get up and you won't come down, neither of us can do anything to the other, so let's just call it a day!"

"Of course, as payment for destroying my nest and driving my wife to her death, I'll accept these human beings of yours for my own consumption. Consider it compensation for the medicine you gave me, how about it?"

The rat demon is gambling!

The truth is as it claims: it can control the demonic wind, but only up to a hundred meters above the ground. Above that, its demonic wind cannot lift its heavy body, but that doesn't stop it from using it to intimidate others.

It was once a top scholar in the imperial examinations, and had served in the Ming Dynasty court, so it understood the complexities of human nature.

It's betting on the compassionate heart of a direct descendant of the Taoist sect, who descends the mountain to save the world.

If he were to come down, wouldn't his demonic arts and strength be more than enough to easily defeat a minor Taoist priest who lacked the Great Sun Magic Treasure and the assistance of Ya Zi?

If he doesn't come down, then consider it as collecting some interest. Although this small amount can't fully make up for his losses this time, judging from the young Taoist's vitality and methods, he is a genuine young man.

It can destroy this undeveloped purple-gold beam and plant a demon in its heart. Even countless years later, whenever it thinks of this, it will laugh out loud!

The rat demon's swollen, wicked smile contrasted sharply with Zhang Wei's helpless smile in the sky.

Zhang Wei didn't want to do this either, but there really wasn't much in his current skill tree that could intercept the rat demon.

Thus, they no longer cared about the awkwardness between the patriarch and the master.

With a sigh, Zhang Wei raised his sword finger and gently stroked his brow from top to bottom.

In an instant, the wind stopped and the clouds calmed.

The dust and mist that were gently swirling in the ruins of the town suddenly froze. The rat demon with an arrogant yet probing expression, the starving people who were terrified when they heard that the rat demon was going to devour everything, and the travelers who had their own means of support all froze in place, as if a pause button had been pressed.

Only Zhang Wei could survey the surrounding area while simultaneously sensing a vibrant yet violent and cruel power emanating from between his brows, with a faint lightning mark appearing between his eyebrows.

Lightning flashed and thunder roared.

The abundant magical power diffused through his skin, clinging to Zhang Wei's surroundings and drawing a dazzling lightning pattern. Upon closer inspection, the lightning seemed to vaguely form a tall and magnificent humanoid phantom.

The next moment, the world began to flow again.

Dust and mist swirled, and starving people fled. Only the smile on the face of the rat demon, who was gazing upwards with a tentative look, gradually froze.

If you were to ask what the rat demon is thinking right now...

regret!

I just regret it!

You say it could have just taken the lightning and left, why did it have to provoke it for no reason?

Now look what's happened, we can't leave!

But, to be honest, it's not entirely its fault.

Who could have imagined that, nearly six hundred years after Zhang Lata disappeared without a trace in the early Ming Dynasty, such a person could still emerge in this world?

Looking up at the sky above, at the figure that seemed like a celestial being descending to earth, radiating a hazy, dazzling halo, and then at the sun that had dimmed at some point...

No, to be precise, it wasn't that the sun dimmed, but rather that countless fine clouds suddenly appeared in the vast, empty sky. In the short time that the rat demon was stunned, the clouds intertwined and merged, and the thick clouds gathered in the sky, eventually turning the gray-white clouds into a dark black!

Dark clouds loomed, obscuring the sun.

When the violent thunder first roared in the sky, the stunned rat demon and the fleeing crowd all shivered.

However, after a brief moment of surprise, the latter erupted in extreme revelry.

After two years of wrath, the heavens have finally spared us some rain to give us a respite!

As for the former... the knee folded up without anyone noticing.

Its massive body was now somewhat hunched over, its mangled rat head pressed tightly to the ground. Ignoring the slight stinging pain from its flesh crushing the sand and gravel, it cried out, "Immortal Master, Immortal Master, spare my life!"

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