Chapter 88: North Sea Demon Master's Mansion
Li Anran noticed Nezha's lost expression, and his heart moved slightly, and he had the idea of refining a real Heart-Questioning Pearl.
The human heart is unpredictable. Trying to use magic weapons or spells to spy on people's hearts is as difficult as ascending to heaven.
However, it would be much easier to just create a lie detector that can determine whether a person is lying by looking at his or her emotional fluctuations and facial expressions.
The only thing you need to pay attention to is that you must never expose the principle of the lie detector test.
The world of Journey to the West is different from the previous life. There are too many ways to control emotions and subtle physical changes.
Once others are on guard, it is almost impossible to get the correct result.
Li Anran was not in a hurry to tell Nezha this.
He hasn't even learned how to refine weapons yet, so it's too early to talk about these things.
"Brother Nezha, send the third sister to the Temple of Justice first. I will put them in the prison and then come to find you."
The Third Holy Mother was just too sad and there was nothing serious.
After returning to heaven, Li Anran and Nezha acted separately.
After Li Anran imprisoned the Nine-headed Insect and the father and daughter of the Halloween Dragon King in the cell, the first thing he did was to use the Soul-Shocking Pearl to knock the Nine-headed Insect's soul out of its body.
The Nine-headed Insect has nine heads and nine lives, and is much more difficult to deal with than the three-tailed fox. He has to eliminate this hidden danger first.
"What are you going to do to me?"
The face of the previously unruly Nine-headed Insect suddenly changed. Its translucent soul floated in the air and threatened in a stern voice: "Little God of Hair, I'm telling you! Grandpa is..."
"Detain!" Li Anran spat out a word expressionlessly.
A golden light flashed, and the Nine-Headed Insect's soul suddenly froze in mid-air, with the expression on its face frozen.
Shabby stuff!
When committing crimes, they are arrogant and unscrupulous, but when they are caught, they start to show their background and intimidate and threaten!
I've spoiled you!
Li Anran thought of the Yellow Wind Monster before, and its performance was exactly the same as that of the Nine-headed Insect!
However, Huang Fengguai is Tathagata's dog at Lingshan. How dare you learn from him?
Li Anran glanced at the book of punishment for evildoers and saw that the Nine-headed Insect had already been registered.
[Criminal: The Nine-headed Insect from the North Sea Demon Master’s Mansion]
[Sin value: three stars]
[Cultivation: Golden Immortal Level 1]
[Status: In custody]
[Capture participation: 30%]
[Benefit: 900,000 experience points/day]
The North Sea Demon Master's Mansion!
This is the confidence and support of the Nine-Headed Insect!
The focus of Journey to the West is mainly on the monkey and the journey to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures, and many things in the Three Realms are not described in detail.
Regarding the Nine-Headed Insect, the only record is that after being injured, it fled to the North Sea and its whereabouts are unknown.
After coming to this world, especially after becoming friends with the Nezha and Meishan brothers, Li Anran heard from them a lot of secrets about the Three Realms and the current power structure of the Three Realms.
This includes the Demon Master's Mansion that occupied the Northern Continent.
After the witch-lich catastrophe, Donghuang Taiyi and Di Jun died in battle, the ancient demon clan was destroyed, and the remaining forces retreated to the bitter cold land in the far north.
Later, because the Milky Way flowed backwards and formed the four seas, the northernmost land became today's Uttarakuru.
The leader is none other than the demon master Kunpeng!
The reason why he is called the Demon Master is because Kunpeng created a method to engrave inheritance into the blood, allowing all tribes in the prehistoric world to have a means to pass on knowledge!
As a result, he became the third most important figure in the ancient demon court, second only to Di Jun and Donghuang Taiyi.
Doesn’t it sound amazing?
It’s really amazing!
But, that is the business of the Ancient Demon Court!
It happened in the previous dynasty!
Think about how the dynasties in ancient history treated the remnants of the previous dynasties, and you can imagine the situation of the Demon Master’s Mansion!
If Kunpeng had not led the remnants of the ancient demon court back to Uttarakuru and behaved himself the whole time, and their strength was indeed not weak, the Jade Emperor would have found a way to remove this thorn in his side long ago!
But even so, the Jade Emperor still dispatched the Great Emperor Zhenwu to guard the North Gate of Heaven and keep a close eye on Beijuluzhou.
They are not only on guard against the remnants of the previous dynasty from the Demon Master's Mansion causing chaos, but are also waiting for them to jump out and cause chaos!
Li Anran was afraid of Lingshan because Lingshan had a way to cause trouble for him.
The Demon Master's Mansion has to behave like a demon by keeping its tail between its legs, and yet the Nine-Headed Insect wants to use the Demon Master's Mansion to threaten him, a god. It's totally unreasonable!
Li Anran had an idea and turned his spear into a big knife. He grabbed one of the nine-headed insect's heads and chopped off its neck.
Phew!
A splash of blood splattered and the head rolled down.
Under normal circumstances, the Nine-headed Insect has magical powers, so even if its head falls off, it can grow a new one in an instant.
But now, his magic power has been sealed, and even his soul has been imprisoned outside. If his head falls off, he will lose a life.
Li Anran did not stop. He raised his sword and chopped off all eight heads of the Nine-headed Insect in one breath, leaving only one. Then he released the confinement of the Nine-headed Insect's soul and let it return to its body.
“Ah!!!!” The Nine-headed Insect rolled around in the cell, screaming heartbreakingly, and pounced on Li Anran with red eyes: “I will kill you!”
Bang!
Before he could get close to Li Anran, he was bounced away, hit the wall, and fell heavily to the ground.
Li Anran waved his right hand and collected the eight bloody heads that fell to the ground.
These heads of the Nine-headed Insect are somewhat similar to the tails of the Qingqiu Fox Clan. Each has its own magical powers and is an excellent material for refining weapons. It should not be wasted.
After doing all this, Li Anran immediately set off for the Temple of Justice.
Nezha was drinking tea in a side hall of the Temple of Justice.
Upon asking, I found out that because they were so efficient, the whole process took less than half an hour.
Yang Jian and the Meishan brothers have not returned yet.
Nezha placed the Third Holy Mother in a quiet room in the Temple of the God of Justice, lit some sandalwood for concentration, and asked the Third Holy Mother to have a good rest while he waited there.
Nezha said, "Li Anran, if you have something to do, go and do it first. I will stay here and notify you when my second brother comes back."
Li Anran smiled and said, "You know what my prison is like. I'm usually quite free. I'll wait with you."
Nezha thought so too.
If Li Anran wasn't also an idle person, he wouldn't have gone to Tianlao Palace to drink and compete with Li Anran every day.
Nezha stopped trying to persuade her and talked to Li Anran about how he and Yang Jian San Sheng Mu met.
"The first time I met my second brother was at Chentang Pass. I was only seven years old at that time..."
"It was already very late when I first met the Three Holy Mothers. At that time, the war between Shang and Zhou was almost over ..."
The relationship between Nezha and Yang Jian can be said to be quite deep.
When he met Yang Jian for the first time, the Battle of the Gods between Shang and Zhou had not yet begun.
He was just the son of the general of Chentang Pass, but because he had not been born after three years of pregnancy and Chentang Pass happened to have suffered from a three-year drought, he was regarded as a disaster and an ominous sign by the people of Chentang Pass and Li Jing.
Although Taiyi Zhenren accepted him as his disciple, he left after giving him the Jade Purity magic formula and magic weapons.
It was not until he met Yang Jian that Nezha made his first friend.
The first time he met the Three Holy Mothers was in the late period of the Conferred God Era.
Nezha was wounded by Yu Hua's Blood-Transforming Divine Sword. Although he took the antidote that Yang Jian tricked from Yu Yuan, his injuries could not be recovered in a short period of time, so he had to return to the rear base of Xiqi to recuperate.
Then, he met the Third Holy Mother who sneaked out of the Queen Wa Palace to look for Yang Jian, and the Third Holy Mother healed his injuries with the Precious Lotus Lantern.
He also learned from the Three Holy Mothers that in his previous life he was Lingzhuzi, who was beside the goddess Nuwa. He was not a disaster, nor was he a bad omen.
The three-year drought in Chentangguan had nothing to do with him. On the contrary, it was because of his birth that the drought in Chentangguan was averted.
"Don't you think this is funny? I helped them resolve the drought, but in their eyes, the drought was caused by me!"
Nezha said it lightly with a smile on his face, but Li Anran was keenly aware of the coldness and brutality hidden underneath.
Apparently, after so many years, Nezha still hasn't let it go.
"And there's Li Jing. He followed Master Du'e to visit the Dao and cultivate himself for decades since he was young. In the end, he only learned the Five Elements Escape Technique and can't even tell the difference between good fortune and disaster! But such a fool is now the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King of Lingshan and the Great Marshal of the Heavenly Court to Subdue Demons. It's really hilarious!"
Li Anran: "..." Brother, this is not funny at all! This is scary, okay!
Others have practiced for so many years, learned so many spells, have so many magic weapons in their hands, and have such a strong background, but in the end they all became cannon fodder and were included in the list of gods!
Li Jing was dealt a bad hand, but he had a smooth journey and got to where he is now. Doesn't this speak for itself?
A large part of this is due to Li Jing's ability to give birth to three powerful sons, but his own choice is also very important!
When King Zhou of Shang was strong, he was the general of Chentang Pass in the Shang Dynasty and enjoyed wealth and glory.
During the Conferred Gods Tribulation, he was the general of Xiqi, the disciple of the Taoist Master Ran Deng, and the father of the three direct disciples of the Chan sect, Jinzha, Muzha and Nezha. He also became one of the only seven gods who became saints in the flesh during the Conferred Gods Tribulation.
When Buddhism was on the rise, he was a disciple of the previous Buddha Dipankara at Lingshan and the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King of Lingshan.
When the Heavenly Court was at its peak, he was the Great Demon-Subduing Marshal who commanded 100,000 heavenly soldiers and generals.
Now that Duobao Taoist has transformed himself into a Buddha and become the Buddha of Lingshan, he has already established a relationship with Tathagata and obtained a ticket to participate in the journey to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures and have a share of the pie.
No matter how Li Jing's cultivation level or character is, as long as he has the ability to stand in line and curry favor with others, or it can be said that he has luck, even without the three Nezha brothers, he will not do too badly!
Li Anran really wanted to remind Nezha not to underestimate Li Jing, but Nezha didn't look like he would listen to any advice.
Li Jing has become an obsession for Nezha!
Only he can break it, no matter how much others say it, it will be useless!
Li Anran did not waste any words and just acted as a loyal listener.
However, when Nezha mentioned Li Jing, he was only filled with resentment and lost interest in talking. He grabbed the teapot and gulped down a few gulps, then stopped talking.
Li Anran was not a talkative person, and at this moment he didn't know what to say, so he simply started to check the life of the Nine-headed Insect.
Countless scenes flow.
Soon, Li Anran knew the life and origin of the Nine-headed Insect very well.
The Nine-headed Insect is the son of the ancient demon clan's great saint Guiche, but he was not conceived normally. Instead, Guiche was forced to give birth when he was dying and had to condense all his blood and essence together.
Because of this, the Nine-headed Insect was born deficient and almost died in the egg as soon as it was born.
It was the demon master Kunpeng who found a branch of the Fusang tree and used his great magic power to help the Nine-headed Insect maintain a glimmer of life, which allowed him to barely survive.
The Nine-headed Insect was nurtured in the egg for tens of thousands of years before it finally took shape and gained intelligence. It broke out of the shell and became Kunpeng's third apprentice.
Among Kunpeng's disciples, the Nine-Headed Insect's aptitude was only average. It practiced for more than 13,000 years before it finally broke through to the Golden Immortal realm 120 years ago.
And, around the same time.
Kunpeng's ninth disciple and youngest closed-door disciple is not even a fraction of Kunpeng's age, but he has already broken through to the Golden Immortal realm and became the famous Great Sage Demon King of the Sea in the Three Realms.
The Nine-Headed Insect was extremely envious and jealous, but was unwilling to endure the bitter cold and poverty of Uttarakuru any longer, so he took advantage of Kunpeng's retreat to practice and sneaked out of the Demon Master's Mansion.
Then, he discovered that the Three Realms were not at all full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers and full of dangers as described by Kunpeng and the ancient demon clan great sage.
Along the way, he encountered many monsters, but none of them was his opponent, and many of them were not even a match for him.
The Nine-headed Insect became more and more excited, and wanted to emulate the Dragon Demon King to become famous.
But at this time, he met Princess Halloween who was traveling in the West Sea. He decisively threw all his ambitions into the wind and began to pester her, just for a taste of her beauty.
Li Anran can check the life story of the Nine-headed Insect and the life story of Princess Halloween.
By comparing the two, it can be clearly seen that Princess Halloween despised and hated the Nine-Headed Insect at that time.
In order to get rid of the Nine-headed Insect, Princess Halloween asked the Nine-headed Insect to kill all the demon kings who often came to Bibotan to take advantage of her, to vent her anger.
Her original intention was to kill the Nine-headed Insect, but unexpectedly, the Nine-headed Insect actually killed all the monsters.
After that, the Nine-headed Insect became a VIP guest of Bibotan.
With the help of the Nine-headed Insect, the Halloween Dragon King and the Halloween Princess wiped out all the monsters around the Bibotan Lake. They also made use of the relationship between the Nine-headed Insect and the Jiao Demon King to make friends with the Bull Demon King, and their strength gradually grew.
At this time, the Halloween Dragon King and the Halloween Princess had a disagreement on how to deal with the Nine-headed Insect.
The Wansheng Dragon King felt that the Nine-headed Insect had an unknown origin, so he could reward him with more money and beauties. Princess Wansheng would still marry the Third Prince of the West Sea Dragon in the future.
However, Princess Halloween has always admired strong men, and she had been in contact with the Nine-headed Insect for a long time. She fell in love with him over time. She was reluctant to part with her lover, but also unwilling to give up the glory of marrying the Prince of the West Sea Dragon.
It was not until half a year ago that Little White Dragon discovered their affair, forcing Princess Halloween to make a choice.
Under the persuasion of the Halloween Dragon King, she gradually leaned towards the Little White Dragon.
The Nine-headed Insect was not stupid and soon realized what had happened. So he sneaked into the spring of Bibotan and cast a spell to block the spring, hoping to force the Halloween Dragon King and the Halloween Princess to surrender.
Unexpectedly, this made the All Saints Dragon King even more eager to marry the West Sea Dragon King, which led to the previous engagement.
Afterwards, Li Anran and Nezha uncovered the affair between Princess Halloween and the Nine-headed Insect.
The Halloween Dragon King and the Halloween Princess were driven out of the West Sea Dragon Palace by the West Sea Dragon King and returned to Bibotan.
When the Nine-headed Insect heard about the Heart-Searching Pearl from Princess Wansheng, he wanted to snatch the Pearl and present it to the demon master Kunpeng to atone for his sins.
As a result, Li Anran and the others had already left, and he only blocked Long Si.
The Nine-headed Insect wanted to capture Long Si alive and hand him over to Princess Halloween to torture him, but Long Si had a strong temper and when he saw that there was no hope of escape, he chose to commit suicide.
Until this moment, the Nine-headed Insect had not thought about escaping back to the North Sea. Instead, he thought that Li Anran and the others would definitely come to the Bibotan again with the Heart-seeking Pearl to find out the truth.
At that time, he can take the opportunity to snatch the Heart-Questioning Pearl.
Afterwards, he was thrown into the Sky Prison by Li Anran and his gang, who fought three of them against one, and had eight of their heads chopped off.
"It's really his own fault! He deserves to die!"
Li Anran sneered in his heart.
The most valuable content in Jiu Tou Chong’s life is what Kunpeng taught him.
Li Anran compared Kunpeng and Taoist Yan in his mind.
In comparison, the content of Taoist Yan's preaching is more profound and mysterious, but this does not mean that Kunpeng is worse than him.
Instead, Kunpeng is more like a real teacher, and the content of his sermons is completely tailored for Jiu Tou Chong, which is more detailed and targeted.
He knew that the Nine-Headed Insect had mediocre talents, so he did not teach it any profound magical powers, but instead let it focus on its physical body.
The content of the sermons is all about how to temper the body, how to strengthen the body, how to improve the feet, and how to be reborn in flesh and blood.
Many of its contents are similar to some of the methods in the Nine Revolutions Yuan Gong.
Li Anran felt that he benefited a lot from it after just listening to it once.
In other words, the Nine-Headed Insect’s cultivation was not very sophisticated.
Otherwise, even if Li Anran could seal his magic power and knock his soul out of his body, it would not be easy to kill him, let alone take eight of his lives in one breath.
