Volume 1: The magnificent Qixia Mountain, the young sparrows faded their spots, the phoenixes jumped on the branches and cried Chapter 009: The Toad Taoist Looking Up at the Starry Sky
Gray clouds were floating gently, revealing a half-moon. Stars were twinkling all over the sky, densely dotted on the night sky. The foothills became quiet at night, with the occasional long howl of a lone wolf.
In the quiet mountain village, everyone in the yard has gone to bed. A short figure with webbed hands stands on the window lattice, looking at the silver and gray starry sky. It is an indescribable beauty.
It has no name and has never been given a name. Many, many years ago, it was just a small toad in a puddle at the foot of a mountain. If it had not had a moon like tonight and a little girl it met by chance, perhaps like other toads of its kind, its life would have come to an end after a few months.
I don’t know from when on, I gradually developed a sense of my own self, and fell in love with the girl who often came to the puddle to talk alone. Later, she came less and less often.
It could only practice diligently beside the puddle while waiting for the other party to appear.
As its body grew larger and larger than its peers, it slowly hid at the bottom of the puddle and continued to practice and wait.
After a long time, maybe a while, it didn't count the time, it only remembered the repetition of spring and winter, and the first time in many years that puddles appeared was when it felt the scent of the girl passing by on the road outside.
Unfortunately, by that time its body had become so huge that tall trees would be knocked down by it. It could only hide far away in the mountains and watch the long dragon with music and drums carrying the sedan chair pass by on the road.
The girl was very beautiful that day.
It's a pity that I have no chance to have it.
Not long after, the hiding place was finally discovered by humans. Several young monks came, but perhaps because they were not skilled enough, they were beaten back by it and one of them was killed.
Within three days, more monks came. It knew it could not win and would be killed if it stayed, so it left the puddle and became a wandering toad.
In fact, demon cultivators would also devour and absorb each other, or just to satisfy their food needs. After several desperate fights, they understood the truth of this world. In order not to be killed or eaten, they had no choice but to elevate themselves to a more terrifying level. They absorbed several demon pills obtained from other demon cultivators, and after who knows how many years, they were able to gradually transform into human form.
The first thing he did after transforming into a human form was to return to the puddle where he had been before. It had become a clear pool of water with a pavilion built on it. A luxurious temple stood not far away, and the group of people he had driven away and hunted down became the people being worshipped here.
One night, the toad spewed out purple poisonous smoke, killing all the people in the temple in their dreams, and a fire burned the entire temple to the ground.
Its notoriety began to spread, and people called it the Purple Smoke Demon Taoist. However, it liked to call itself the Purple Star Taoist, and it wanted to be a human being.
Because he wanted to see how the girl was doing, but when he saw her, it was no longer the best time.
The girl grew up to be a woman, gave birth to two children, and was severely beaten by her husband. When they found her again, she had been drowned in the river. It was said that she had been having an affair with another man.
However, as soon as the woman died, the man asked someone to act as a matchmaker the next day and planned to remarry.
The truth of the world has never changed.
The toad fished out the woman's body from the bamboo cage, dressed her in the bright red dress that he had seen from afar in the forest that day, and held a wedding ceremony in the mountains to get married.
Then, he built a tomb for the woman and engraved the words "beloved wife" on it.
Some people say that suona is an amazing musical instrument, and it is the only instrument that can be played from happy occasions to funerals.
Soon, he came to the town where the woman's ex-husband lived. On the day of his remarriage, the whole town was shrouded in a sea of purple smoke. Countless people screamed and howled in the poisonous smoke, turning into puddles of thick water that flooded over his feet.
From then on, the monks who heard the news and rushed over began to hunt and kill him, coming in waves and killing in waves, from the heavy mountains in the west to the surging rivers in the east. After losing the support in his heart, he began to eat the monks and demon cultivators. As long as they dared to come, he would not let them go. His cultivation became stronger and stronger. If he was given another ten years, he might be able to catch up with the big demon in the demon king stage.
However, a few years later , the cultivation gained by devouring began to backfire, and during his weakness he encountered a terrifying enemy, an old monk. He didn't know whether it was a coincidence that day or the other party knew his location and came looking for him.
In that battle, there was only the old monk. He had a skinny body and pale beard, but he was like the angry Vajra in Buddhism. He had the Great Demon-Subduing Seal in one hand and a purple-gold bowl emitting golden light . He beat the old monk so hard that he had no power to fight back. However, in this weak battle, he was hit by the opponent's purple-gold bowl and escaped.
He rode the poisonous smoke to this world and hid in a remote forest where there were no evil spirits or cultivators to recuperate from his injuries.
Later, he met a young man who had good talent but had not seen much of the world. If he gave him the cultivation base of a demon cultivator and combined it with the elixir he carried with him, it would be a great tonic. Although it could not cure him, at least it could allow him to recover a part of himself. This result was the best.
The young man named Lu Liangsheng did not disappoint him. He was able to gather demonic power in just a few days. It was a pity that people could not train like that. Fortunately, when the backlash occurred, he was able to rush over and save him.
Now that everything is done, it's time to enjoy your achievements.
Then, things went beyond expectations. The originally perfect plan was ruined by an inscription that the young man had copied from somewhere. The inscription was blessed by incense, which caused him to suffer even more injuries . His human form disappeared, and his original form was revealed. The magic power that he had tried hard to maintain after being injured was almost completely gone.
Fortunately, during this period of time, the lies he had made were able to come to fruition and deceive the innocent young people, so that he was not discovered and killed. Of course, he was not worried that a little boy could take his life.
"After all, I am directly competing with the Demon King...quack."
Taoist Zixing thought this as he put his hands behind his back and looked up at the silver belt paved by the dense stars in the night sky.
I also remembered many things from the past.
I couldn't beat the old monk because of my own incompetence, but I ended up in this situation because...
There was a slight snoring sound in the room. The Toad standing on the window frame turned his head slightly. In his big eyes, a scarlet spot slowly spread and became ferocious.
Then, he jumped down, and his webbed feet made a clattering sound as he stomped across the ground, moving step by step towards the sleeping figure on the wooden bed.
"You ignorant young man, I have been badly hurt, how can I let you go just like this..."
He climbed onto the wooden bed and looked at the figure lying on his side. The dense bumps on the back were shaking slightly, as if they were about to break open. As he pushed hard, tiny dots of dark purple appeared.
However, in half a breath.
In the fierce frog eyes, the figure lying on its side muttered half a word in his sleep, turned over, and the back as tall as him enlarged in his sight. Taoist Zixing's pupils shrank and he turned and ran.
Bang!
The heavy back pressed down, and the huge pressure squeezed the toad's mouth wide open, and the tongue flew out and hung on the bed.
"That mother... quack..."
On the bed, Lu Liangsheng rubbed his lips and mumbled in his sleep: "Master, stop making trouble."
Continue to sleep soundly.
