Journey to the West: Starting by becoming an apprentice of Emperor Donghua

Things had already developed in ways that exceeded everyone's expectations.

"Let's run! Let's run!"

The burly man with the bushy beard cried out in alarm. How could the others not know to flee?

However, his legs now felt like they had no bones, so weak that it was difficult to even stand, let alone escape.

A calm and peaceful voice pierced through the howling wind and reached their ears.

"What's the rush? Running around will only get you killed faster. Hide back where you were in the little temple; they can't touch you there."

As the sound reached their ears, everyone felt inexplicably at ease, and the fear they had felt earlier vanished.

Even his legs inexplicably gained strength.

Everyone looked in the direction from which the sound came.

The young Taoist priest who had been sleeping in the temple was still there, standing in front of the ruins of the small temple, quietly staring at the dragon.

His face was calm, showing no sign of tension or fear.

Just seeing his calm face was infectious, and everyone felt relaxed.

It's him?

Everyone wanted to listen to him and head towards the ruins of the small temple, but the burly man with the bushy beard stopped them.

The Taoist priest in black looked at Ji Sheng, his eyes filled with surprise:

"Aren't you afraid?"

Ji Sheng smiled and said:

"What are you afraid of? Is it you, or that big snake?"

The Taoist priest in black laughed heartily:

"Alright, you're quite arrogant indeed. Looks like you have some magical power too. Since you want to stay here, then we'll feed the Dragon God together!"

Ji Sheng ignored the other party and instead looked at the group of people who hadn't moved:

"Why haven't you all gone inside yet?"

Even after the small temple was demolished, it still contained some of Erlang Shenjun's divine power.

Although the suppression of the Jiao Demon failed, neither the Jiao Demon nor the Taoist priest could do anything about it until the divine power completely disappeared.

The burly man with a thick beard said:

"What good is that little temple? I think you're all in cahoots. You made us hide inside so that this monster could swallow us whole!"

Kindness can't save a damned ghost. Ji Sheng shook his head and said:

"I've already told you, those who want to hide can hide, and those who don't, find your own way to survive."

The burly man with a thick beard addressed the crowd:

"Don't listen to him, let's run into the mountains! These are water monsters, they can't do anything to us once we're in the mountains!"

Several people wavered. In the end, the group split into two: one fled towards the small temple, while the other followed the burly man with the bushy beard into the mountains.

The Taoist priest in black sensed something was wrong.

Ji Sheng showed no fear whatsoever and could even discern the divine power within the small temple, clearly not the naive and reckless youth who was unaware of its true strength.

After thinking for a moment, he said:

"Let's keep to ourselves. You leave now, and I'll pretend this never happened."

Ji Sheng smiled and said:

"You can pretend this never happened, but I can't, you..."

Ji Sheng pointed at him, then at the Jiao Demon behind him.

"And you, I'll take all of your lives!"

Just then, a voice suddenly echoed in Ji Sheng's mind.

"Good lad, you've got some guts!"

The voice was full of grandeur, which startled Ji Sheng slightly.

He was filled with doubt and surprise, and then the voice came:

"Do not be afraid, I am Erlang Shen! This place is a raging flood demon. Since you cultivate the immortal path, you cannot stand by and watch the people be preyed upon by this demon. I order you to delay the flood demon for at least a quarter of an hour until I arrive!"

Erlang Zhenjun?

A smile crept onto Ji Sheng's lips as he looked at the ashen-faced Taoist priest in black opposite him, his expression full of mockery.

"I'll give you fifteen minutes. If you can escape from me, I'll let bygones be bygones. If you can't escape... then you're doomed."

The black-clad Taoist priest, enraged, laughed instead.

"What an arrogant brat! Since you're so reckless, don't blame us for what's to come!"

The Taoist priest leaped into the air and landed on the dragon demon's head.

"Lord Jiao Demon, this is the blood offering I have prepared for you. May I begin with some?"

The Flood Dragon laughed heartily:

"Where do we even begin? Are these people even considered a dish?"

He opened his mouth and inhaled, and the howling winds from both banks immediately rushed into his mouth.

A tremendous suction force came, but Ji Sheng remained motionless, somewhat surprised.

No wonder it was a demon that could be suppressed by Erlang Shen; it certainly has some skills.

If it were before I reached the Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation stage, I probably wouldn't be his match.

A tremendous suction force swept across, sucking only living things; even the birds in the mountains were sucked into the dragon demon's mouth.

The group hiding in the ruins of the small temple were terrified and huddled together. Golden light shone from the ruins, and the suction force vanished immediately upon seeing the light.

The people in the temple weren't even swept away, let alone felt a gust of wind.

The burly man with the bushy beard had barely run half a mile when a gust of wind swept in, carrying him and several of his companions into the wind and flying towards the mouth of the dragon demon.

Several people rushed past Ji Sheng, their faces filled with terror:

"Taoist priest, save us! Please save us!"

Ji Sheng kept his eyes fixed on the Flood Dragon Demon, ignoring the others. With a major battle imminent, he wouldn't allow himself to be distracted.

Watching the group being sucked into the dragon demon's mouth, he shouted:

"You like smoking, huh? I'll give you something so you can smoke it to your heart's content!"

Ji Sheng stood up straight, flicked his sleeves, and two thick plumes of smoke billowed out from them, taking advantage of the wind to enter the throat of the dragon demon.

"Kid, you dare to show off such a simple trick? The smoke is too weak!"

As soon as the Flood Dragon Demon finished speaking, a loud bang was heard, and the billowing smoke instantly burst into flames, burning all the way from Ji Sheng's sleeves to the Flood Dragon Demon's mouth.

The dragon demon quickly shut his mouth, but it was too late; flames burst from his mouth.

The dragon demon roared in pain, and the fierce suction force instantly stopped.

It coughed repeatedly, and with each cough, flames shot out from its mouth and nose.

This move is a new technique that Ji Sheng has mastered in the past ten years, and it also comes from the Three Qi Controlling Fire True Technique.

They can first release thick smoke and then ignite it, making it impossible to defend against.

The dragon demon suffered a great loss as soon as they clashed, and became even more enraged. It opened its mouth wide and spewed out a huge wave of water, shooting towards Ji Sheng.

Ji Sheng soared into the sky, flying into the air. The black-clad Taoist priest had already blocked his way, and with a casual wave of his hand, several array flags flew out and stuck into the ground around Ji Sheng.

"Trying to run? You'll have to see if Lord Jiaomo allows it first!"

A tremendous suction force pulled Ji Sheng downwards. Looking down, Ji Sheng saw a huge dragon's head appear in the center of the array flag, biting down fiercely at him.

Ji Sheng activated his divine power, and his figure instantly appeared outside the array flags, escaping the attack from the man and the dragon.

With a pat on the sword sheath at his waist, two dragon roars rang out, and two fire dragons flew out of the sword sheath.

These two fire dragons were formed by Ji Sheng's two flying swords fused with dragon souls and then refined using the Three Qi Fire Control Technique.

Upon seeing the water dragon, the fire dragon didn't hesitate and charged forward while roaring.

The Taoist priest was shocked to see this and hurriedly summoned water waves and water arrows to attack, but they were evaporated before they could get close to the fire dragon.

A fire dragon swept over the Taoist priest, who was burned to ashes without uttering a sound.

The enormous eyes of the Flood Dragon Demon were filled with shock:

"Dragon Soul? Where did you get it?"