Chapter 416: Chapter 234: Rescue the Sly Ghost, Escape from the Dharma Temple_2
[There are cages on both sides filled with weak little monsters, most of whom have not even fully mastered the ’Art of Transformation.’ Some don’t even have the ability to communicate like humans and can only roar like wild beasts.]
[Disregarding the howls and curses of these monsters, you approach the altar.]
[The ’Chaos Origin Dragon’ statue in front of you is covered with greasy dirt, stale vegetable leaves, saliva, and other filthy substances. Even the horns on the dragon’s head have been broken off by people.]
[As the monsters see you approach the statue, their cursing grows louder as they think you are going to insult their revered statue.]
[Do you want to offer incense to the ’Chaos Origin Dragon’ statue?]
Lin Xun has seven superior incense sticks left in his pocket, but considering his commitment to the gods that are trapped in malice, offering them incense would be akin to inviting death.
Best not to attract the attention of the ’Extreme Delusional Evil Fruit.’
Lin Xun carefully searches within the Gold Hall.
Aside from a single statue and some monsters in cages, there doesn’t seem to be anything else to explore.
His brows furrow in confusion.
"Is the Gold Hall merely a simple monster respawn point?"
The monsters imprisoned here are all weak, yielding little reward or experience.
It makes sense, if there were any large monsters captured, they would have been suppressed by the Yin Yang Master and turned into Shikigamis. They wouldn’t be locked up here, subject to people’s spits and curses.
According to the shipwrecked wizard, although Dragon God Descendants can extract the ’Dragon Seed’ power from other monsters, only stronger monsters can provide it.
Put in gaming terms, the ’Fallen Dragon Seed’ level of the defeated monster needs to be higher for there to be a chance of dropping the ’Demon’s Heart’, thereby improving special attributes.
The lesser monsters imprisoned in the Gold Hall clearly can’t help him improve these attributes, probably providing only some experience and spirituality at best.
Lin Xun has a hunch that there’s more to this place than meets the eye.
As a Dragon God Descendant, he might trigger some hidden scenarios here.
He narrows his eyes and decisively switches to a different form.
[You’ve slipped into the ’Knowledge Seeking Primordial Incognito’ Shell!]
[The ninja-looking you suddenly transform into a terrifying monster with a dragon’s head and a man’s body. The surrounding curses and howls immediately cease!]
[There’s a noise from one of the cages...]
[...You’re not a human, you’re a large demon!]
[At that comment, discussions arise among the other little monsters imprisoned in the cages.]
[...Is the large monster here to free them?]
[The monster looks strange...like the offspring of a snake demon and a lizard demon.]
[Don’t care what kind of hybrid monster it is, as long as it can save them, it’s a good demon!]
[...Finally, they will be saved!]
Lin Xun rolls his eyes.
He had thought revealing his identity would trigger some special events.
Didn’t expect these naive little monsters to not recognize a ’Dragon God Descendant,’ they are indeed narrow-minded!
On second thought, perhaps freeing these little monsters is the special event?
[You look around, emitting a dignified dragon chant, immediately drowning out the little monsters’ noise.]
[You ask in a deep voice who the leader here is?]
[The little monsters all turn their gazes to the cage closest to the ’Chaos Origin Dragon’ statue...]
[You step forward to approach the cage...]
[In the cage, there’s a young boy sleeping soundly, his body littered with whip marks, covered in bloody wounds, and his clothes have been torn into rags by the lashings.]
[What surprises you is that he has a rather handsome face. Even the whip marks all over his face couldn’t obscure his good looks, which sets him apart from the other monsters.]
[However, the boy’s head shape ruins this handsome appearance, his odd head shape resembles a short crooked winter melon.]
[You’ve found the ’Young Sly Ghost of Original Source’!]
[Seemingly sensing a foreign gaze, the young demon suddenly opened its eyes.]
[Its eyes immediately focused on you. The young demon then widened its eyes, exclaiming in shock, "A descendant of the Dragon God!"]
[The golden hall instantly fell silent. The young demon quickly kowtowed, gratefully declaring that the Dragon God had finally sent a descendant to save them. They were saved. Even their grandfather was saved!]
[All the little demons looked at each other, although they didn’t know when the Dragon God had descendants, and they didn’t know how the odd-looking you were related to the descendants of the spirits.]
[But as soon as they heard you were here to rescue them, and the leading demon showed you such respect, they too quickly prostrated and knelt in great excitement.]
[You ignored the bunch of little demons, questioning the ’young Sly Ghost’ in front of you about what exactly happened to the Dharma Temple.]
[The demon boy wiped away his tears and snot and slowly recounted the story...]
[The Dharma Temple was originally a place of worship for the ’Chaos Origin Dragon’. Prior to the war of the gods, it was thriving with a steady stream of worshippers.]
[Until the Dragon God was defeated and the Dharma Temple was occupied by the new god’s followers...]
[As the most devout citizens of the Dragon God and the powerful Sly Ghost clan who has guarded the Dharma Temple for generations, they suffered heavy casualties in the war.]
[But because the Sly Ghosts were one of the strongest demon races and were favored by the Dragon God, the new god’s followers couldn’t erase their divine knowledge and were forcibly made into Shikigami.]
[Fortunately, the young demon boy in front of you was weak and not a threat, so he was imprisoned and tortured here.]
[The new god’s followers planned to torture and humiliate him into submission, making him obey willingly, becoming a Shikigami dog.]
[The other demons in the golden hall were all captured and brought here by the new god’s followers. Fortunately, they were weak and were merely imprisoned, instead of becoming walking corpses like the Shikigami.]
[Compared to those who became Shikigami, those being humiliated here were already considered lucky.]
[They begged for the divine descendant to save them, promising to serve you in the future!]
[Do you want to destroy the iron cage and save the little demons immediately?]
Lin Xun grimaced.
It’s not that he didn’t appreciate the little demons’ abilities, refusing to save them.
But beyond the Dharma Temple was the ’Guardian of the Ten Directions’ Absolute Realm’, how to break the barrier and help all the demons escape was a significant problem.
Moreover, even if he could get the demons out of the Dharma Temple, don’t forget, Thousand Hui City was not like ’Fugang City’, a poor and remote place. The strength of the new god’s followers here was too strong.
Even if they escaped from the Dharma Temple, it would be hard to leave Thousand Hui City.
Running away with a large group of weak demons, they probably wouldn’t make it back to the ’Dragon Pond Temple’, their lair, with a single one alive.
Saving a large group of demons would be too conspicuous and would likely be besieged by a large army.
But... Saving only one would be a lot easier.
Lin Xun quickly thought of a solution.
There’s only one token key to cross the barrier, and it can only accommodate one person.
He can take off the ninja’s equipment, let the young Sly Ghost demon disguise as a ninja, give him the token key, so he can leave the barrier safely.
As for Lin Xun, although he didn’t have a token key to exit or enter, he could always return to the city for free upon death.
That way, he could save one demon successfully.
However, his respawn point is in Fugang City, to make it back here would take a while.
By the time he arrives, the demon’s escape would likely have been exposed, and it would be even harder to save the remaining little demons.
[You explain all these difficulties in escaping, leaving the little demons downtrodden.]
[You suddenly change the tone of the conversation, claiming that it’s not that you can’t rescue them, but that you can only rescue one now.]
[Upon hearing this, the demons began to discuss it, but not long after, they all turned their gazes to the young Sly Ghost.]
[’Baby Sly Ghost of the Source’ knew what the other demons were thinking. It frowned and thought for a while, then slowly shook its head saying, they should escape together. If only one could be saved, the remaining demons would never be able to get out!]
[A group of little demons tried to persuade the young Sly Ghost to leave, but it was as stubborn as a mule and refused to leave on its own.]
"This stubborn kid..."
To escape the Dharma Temple, the young demon had to cooperate. If it wasn’t willing, the plan could not be implemented.
Lin Xun scratched his head, feeling that the current situation was somewhat unsolvable.
