Hell Emperor.

Chapter 334 Xia Wei - Beast Poison

After parting with Su Miao and others, Xia Wei and her party embarked on a journey to find the earth dragon.

They first searched in the wild mountains and wilderness where the earth's spiritual veins were strong, but could not find any trace of the earth dragon. They then turned their attention to those sparsely populated paradises, but they did not encounter any earth dragons, but did run into several demon kings.

The monsters that can become monster kings all have extraordinary intelligence. The monster kings are afraid of Xia Wei's strength, and even if they notice that they have entered their territory, they dare not confront them head-on. Until now, Xia Wei and her group have been safe.

After searching for nothing, even Xia Wei couldn't help but feel anxious:
"If we continue like this, how long will it take us to find the whereabouts of the earth dragon? I'm afraid we won't be able to find a single earth dragon even if we search everywhere!"

Hua Xiaomei patted her shoulder and consoled her, "Don't worry. I think we should go find someone to ask for directions. Wherever there is an earthquake, there must be earth dragons. Maybe the residents around here know something. People are very concerned about news of earthquakes and are afraid that the next earth dragon will come to them."

Xia Wei nodded. This did sound like a feasible solution. At least it was much more reliable than exploring it slowly on her own.

At this time, Hua Xiaomei seemed a little worried, and couldn't help but look at the flying sword where everyone was standing. The flying sword was about ten feet long, much smaller than the flying sword controlled by Shen Qingge, and could barely accommodate three people standing:
"By the way, thanks to Sister Xia Wei's mastery of the sword-controlling technique, we were able to save ourselves the trouble of traveling...Since we set out, Sister Xia Wei has been flying the sword without taking a break. Is that really okay?"

Xia Wei smiled faintly: "It's okay, it doesn't matter if I'm a little tired. I'm more worried about Sister He's condition than myself. I have to find all the alchemy materials before the deadline!"

Hearing this, Hua Xiaomei felt quite emotional. Xia Wei's character of valuing her family more than herself reminded her of someone. It turned out that Xia Wei was taught by that person, and even this point is exactly the same.

Behind the flying sword, Ren Changhong stared at the scene below and couldn't help smacking his lips: "If I had known there would be such a busy day, I should have changed some magical instruments in the Demon Palace."

Hua Xiaomei was a little curious. She couldn't exchange for any magical tools in Guangwang Palace. "Are there many magical tools that can be exchanged in Mo Luo Palace?"

"Of course. As long as you have enough Yin De, you can get any kind of transportation tool, from a spiritual raft or spiritual boat with tens of millions of Yin De to a spiritual ship or spiritual warship with hundreds of millions of Yin De. Their speed is even faster than that of the sword-controlling method. There are even flying sword-shaped transportation tools that do not require human control of the sword."

After a pause, Ren Changhong continued, "Although these magical instruments are good, they consume a huge amount of spiritual stones every time they are activated. Ordinary ghost messengers cannot afford such expenses at all. Even ghost immortals can be completely emptied if their family background is not rich enough. With my savings in the Demon Palace for many years, I can only buy the most inferior magical instruments."

Hua Xiaomei laughed: "Don't worry, we have enough Yinde to cover the expenses of the magic tools."

"One hundred million merits? Really?" Ren Changhong was slightly stunned. She had been a Shura for so long, but she only had tens of millions of merits. Where could ordinary ghost messengers like Hua Xiaomei get one hundred million merits?

At this moment, Xia Wei, who was flying the sword, seemed to have discovered something and interrupted their conversation: "There are signs of human habitation below. Judging from the surrounding buildings, it seems to be a village. Let's go down and ask if there is any news of an earthquake nearby."

Several people had no objection, and the flying sword slowly fell and stopped steadily on the ground. However, the surrounding situation made their expressions change slightly.

Looking around, the village was in a mess. Fire was burning in the houses in the distance, and black smoke was rising into the sky. If you listened carefully, you could hear the whispering of wild beasts like protests.

"what happened……"

Xia Wei was stunned. The situation here seemed a little different from what she expected.

At this moment, the noise coming from behind attracted the attention of several people. Looking in the direction of the sound, they saw a man with a hunched body, approaching here with a trembling step.

"Do you know what happened here..."

Xia Wei opened her mouth and was about to ask, but Ren Changhong stopped her and looked at the man with a serious expression.

"Be careful, he has lost his mind."

As soon as Ren Changhong finished speaking, the man let out a strange cry and rushed towards everyone to bite them. What was waiting for him was a purple light as fast as lightning.

The purple light swept past and the man was cut in half. He let out a vague roar of pain, but the fierceness in his eyes remained undiminished. After his upper body struggled for a long time, he finally died.

Hua Xiaomei was shocked by the man's actions, while Xia Wei looked puzzled: "Is he crazy? Why did he attack me?"

"This is... the beast-shaped poison? But this is impossible..."

Different from the other two, Ren Changhong had a solemn and incredible look on her face. There was even a hint of fear in the depths of her eyes. She was completely different from her usual confident self.

Xia Wei noticed something was wrong with her. With Ren Changhong's many years of experience as Shura, she might have discovered something unusual, so she asked hurriedly, "Sister Hong, do you know what happened to that person?"

Ren Changhong took a deep breath, and then slowly told the news he knew: "If I'm not mistaken, he should have been poisoned by the beast."

"Beast-shaped poison? What is that?" Xia Wei asked immediately.

Ren Changhong did not hide anything and answered truthfully: "The beast-shaped poison is a very deadly poison. It will make people lose their human mind, forget all their past memories, and degenerate into a complete beast. Once poisoned, it is difficult to recover. The beast in the heart is completely aroused, and all they know is to attack others. Anyone attacked by the poisoned person will also be infected with the beast-shaped poison and become a beast."

Xia Wei opened her eyes wide and exclaimed: "There is such a poison?"

If Ren Changhong had not said that, Xia Wei would never have believed that there would be such a strange poison in the world. The degree of harm caused by the beast-shaped poison was far beyond her expectations.

At the side, Hua Xiaomei discovered something and couldn't help but twitch her eyes: "Wait a minute, beast form... Could it be the beast form I was thinking of?"

Ren Changhong nodded and confirmed Hua Xiaomei's guess: "You are right, it is that beast-shaped one. The beast-shaped poison is the poison that guards the Beast-Shaped Hall. Generally speaking, only the ghost fairies in the hall, that is, the Beast-Shaped Envoys in the mouths of the Shuras, carry it. But now it appears here..." At the end, thinking of the reputation of the Beast-Shaped Envoy, even Ren Changhong couldn't help sweating on his forehead. The strength of the Beast-Shaped Envoy is more difficult to deal with than the average Shura King.

"Beast-shaped Hall? What is that place?" Xia Wei was puzzled and could only look at the two people beside her for help.

Hua Xiaomei explained: "This Beast-Shaped Hall is one of the two Yama Halls that maintain Xiniu Hezhou. It is much stronger than Guangwang Hall and Jinlun Hall. The Turtle Hand Technique that you learned before came from the Beast-Shaped Hall."

Xia Wei nodded, but she still had one thing in mind: "So, shouldn't the Beast Hall's ghost immortals be active in the west? Why are they here?"

Ren Changhong sighed: "This is the problem... It seems that the King Kong City ruins that are about to be opened have also attracted many people who shouldn't come here..."

"The ruins of King Kong Castle..."

Xia Wei understood. Now she finally knew why the ghost immortals from the Beast-Shaped Hall appeared here. After all this time, they were all attracted by the ruins of the King Kong City.

The Lord of the Nether Spirit Palace can allow Su Miao and others to come here, and the Lord of the Beast Form Palace can also send out his own ghost immortals.

While they were discussing, a few more people who had lost their minds heard the noise here and were approaching Xia Wei and her group.

Xia Wei frowned: "Is it really impossible for the people here to recover? Before they were infected with the beast poison, they were all living people, but they suffered such a disaster..."

Ren Changhong sighed: "The beast-shaped poison not only affects these people's bodies, but also their souls. After death, they become ghosts and cannot regain their sanity. You must know that the Beast-shaped Hall is one of the Yama Halls. The poison in it specializes in attacking the soul. From the moment these people were corroded by the beast-shaped poison, they were already dead. Instead, there was only a body occupied by the beast-shaped poison."

"Even so, there should be a chance of recovery..." Xia Wei felt a little reluctant.

Ren Changhong just shook his head: "Among all the Yama Palaces, the ghost messengers of the Beast Palace are the least welcome. The reason is the almost untreatable beast poison. Once the beast poison breaks out, in order to prevent the harm from expanding, all those infected with the beast poison must be eradicated. If you can't bear it for a while, more people will be infected with the beast poison. What if the one who was attacked just now was not us, but an innocent person who knew nothing, what should we do?"

"I understand."

Xia Wei pursed her lips. Although she felt reluctant, she also understood that this was necessary. Sometimes, in order to cure the disease, the entire infected area must be removed. Although it was painful, the result was good.

The blazing purple light once again lit up in the depths of Xia Wei's eyes. The devilish light suddenly appeared, and no one infected around was spared, and the blood dyed the earth red.

Looking at the corpses around her, Hua Xiaomei sighed, with a lingering fear on her face: "Speaking of which... since this beast-shaped poison targets the soul, will we be infected with the beast-shaped poison?"

Ren Changhong saw her fear and said in a serious tone, "Of course it's possible. If you are not careful and get infected with the beast poison, your soul will be corroded and you will lose your mind, then we can only..."

Hua Xiaomei was startled, her already pale face turned even paler, and she was trembling all over. Seeing this, Ren Changhong waved his hand and smiled: "I'm just scaring you. It's certainly not that easy to be infected with the beast-shaped poison. The higher the cultivation level of the cultivator, the more they can resist the erosion of the beast-shaped poison. For people like Xia Wei and I, unless we run into the beast-shaped user head-on, otherwise, we don't have to worry about the beast-shaped poison at all. But you, you are not so lucky..."

Hua Xiaomei coughed dryly and said quickly: "You are scaring me again, right?"

Ren Changhong did not answer, but just looked at her with helpless eyes. This frightened Hua Xiaomei so much that she quickly ran to Xia Wei and asked for help: "Sister Xia Wei, you have to protect me. I don't want to lose my mind..."

In response, Xia Wei held her hand and replied in an affirmative tone: "Don't worry, Sister Mei, as long as I am here, nothing will happen to you."

Xia Wei's solemn answer made Hua Xiaomei feel a little embarrassed. After all, she was more than twice as old as Xia Wei. Hearing Xia Wei's answer, she couldn't help blushing. But since Xia Wei said so, her life was obviously safe and she didn't have to worry about the threat of the beast-shaped poison.

Looking at the corpses scattered all around, Xia Wei's face was heavy and she felt bad: "The deaths of these people were all caused by the beast-shaped poison! These people are just ordinary people, there are no cultivators at all. Why would the beast-shaped poison be so cruel to the people here?"

Ren Changhong simply said, "You also know that these people are just ordinary people. Does the beast-like user need any reason to attack these people?"

Xia Wei was stunned, but still said: "Of course! If there is no reason, why would you hurt them?"

Ren Changhong did not answer, but said: "If you want to give a reason... maybe there is one. In the eyes of the beast-formers, all living beings suffer. The more people understand and know, the more they will struggle desperately in the sea of ​​suffering and cannot be freed. Only by returning to the most primitive beast form can they escape suffering and gain happiness. The beast-formers are very different from ordinary ghost messengers. Due to their unique philosophy, even Shura can't talk to them."

Hua Xiaomei scratched her head, somewhat puzzled: "What kind of philosophy is this? Would it be better to turn people into people who lose their minds and only know how to attack others than they are originally?"

Ren Changhong glanced at her and said, "For a beast user, this is indeed the case. People's pain is caused by their own thoughts and desires. Even immortals cannot bear it. Only when they forget their human intelligence and degenerate their minds to a state of not knowing anything, will they naturally not understand what pain is."

After hearing Ren Changhong's remarks, Xia Wei felt that the beast-like figures were unreasonable: "How could anyone believe such a perverse theory? Would they be willing to turn into a beast that attacks people just to get rid of the pain?"

Ren Changhong shrugged and said, "These are what the beast-formers say. In their eyes, the beast-form poison is a good medicine to help all living beings get rid of it, but in the eyes of others, the beast-form poison is no different from a flood or a beast."

Xia Wei gritted her teeth, a determined light flashing in her eyes: "If I meet the beast-like people who are harming others like this, I will never let them go!"

Hua Xiaomei scratched her head. Looking at Xia Wei's appearance, she was afraid that if they really ran into the beast user, there would be another fierce battle.

After calming down a little, Xia Wei sighed deeply: "The people here have all had their minds corroded by the beast-shaped poison and have turned into wild beasts. If left alone, they will spread the beast-shaped poison. Some people have already run away with the beast-shaped poison. Let's catch up and put an end to these people!"

(End of this chapter)