Unparalleled Evildoer

Chapter 124 The stinky Taoist priest teases the two demons

Although there were many wounded soldiers in the army, few were unconscious, and they had stolen the Taoist's things. Meng Tian felt that the man might be referring to Wuzhan. If he could wake Wuzhan up, it would be a blessing. He immediately replied, "Bring him in to see me!"

Not long after, the soldiers led the Taoist outside the military tent. Meng Tian went out to greet him. He saw a slovenly Taoist with gray hair and beard, a mischievous smile on his face, and wearing a black robe. He asked, "Master Taoist, you have come to my camp. Who and what are you looking for?"

The Taoist didn't even greet him. He rolled his eyes, chuckled and said, "The man is inside this tent. I don't even know his name, but the thing is on his hand!" Then he was about to go in.

Meng Tian stretched out his hand to stop him and said, "Master, stop. If you don't know, why do you think he stole your things?"

The Taoist said disdainfully: "Have you ever seen a man leave his name after stealing other people's things? I think you are getting old and confused!" He turned his body and easily bypassed Meng Tian like a gust of wind and entered the tent.

Meng Tian turned around and shouted angrily, "How dare you, Taoist priest, trespass into the camp! Come, arrest this Taoist priest!"

When the Taoist saw Jin Xingzi and Ling Kongzi stepping forward to stop them, he laughed and said, "One is born from the womb, and the other is born from an egg!"

The two men shouted angrily at the same time: "Damn Taoist priest, who are you scolding!" and reached out to hit him.

As soon as their palms touched the Taoist's body, they were struck by lightning and instantly became stiff and unable to move.

The Taoist looked at the two of them with his eyes shining, tapped the back of Lingkongzi's hand with his finger, and said with a smile: "Your claws are not painted well!" After Lingkongzi's hand was touched, thick bird claws appeared immediately. After the Taoist retracted his fingers, the bird claws turned back into palms, and he tapped Jin Xingzi's head again, "Your head is not painted well!" Jin Xingzi's rat head immediately appeared.

The two were both horrified at the same time, knowing that this Taoist must be a hermit master, and asked in panic, "You...what do you want?"

The Taoist nodded back and forth over the two men's heads and laughed, "This is fun, this is fun!"

The guards who rushed in were shocked. Seeing two people appearing with a bird's head and a rat's head, they thought that the Taoist priest had some magic and was playing tricks on them. Meng Tian shouted, "Stop!" The guards surrounded the Taoist priest.

The Taoist waved his sleeves and a foul smell spread. The guards around him were knocked down instantly before they could cover their mouths and noses.

Meng Tian shouted angrily, "Evil Taoist, what do you want to do?" He drew his sword and stepped forward to stop him.

The Taoist flicked the sword with his hand, and with a crisp sound, the sword broke. Meng Tian felt numb in the palm of his hand and was horrified.

"It's boring. I don't want to play anymore!" He pointed at Wuzhan's hand and said, "Don't panic. I just came to get my ring. Hehe, I won't embarrass you."

Ling Kongzi knew the power of the ring and shouted, "This ring belongs to my young master, how could it be yours?"

The Taoist chuckled and said, "The words 'Luo Luo' are engraved on the back of the ring, so it must be mine. If you don't believe me, you can see for yourself." As he spoke, he used some kind of magic, and the ring on Wuzhan's hand actually flew up into the air and landed in front of Lingkongzi.

When Ling Kongzi saw it, he found that it was indeed engraved with the Chinese character 'Luo Luo'. He immediately snorted, "Little Master, I have never seen you before. How could he have taken your things? This must be a magic trick you used!"

The Taoist said "Hey!", took back the ring, and said with a smile: "You have learned to be smart from him, and you know how to cheat. Hehe, but today I will take it away, what can you do to me?"

Meng Tian saw that the Taoist was very powerful and knew what was going on in the tent before he even entered. If he had evil intentions, he could not be stopped. Thinking of his claim that he could wake Wuzhe up, he said calmly, "This ring is on the hand of my benefactor. He naturally knows where it came from. If the Taoist wakes him up and confronts him, wouldn't it be clear who it belongs to?"

The Taoist rolled his eyes and said, "You are still a sensible old man, hehe, but I don't want to confront him now."

Meng Tian asked: "Didn't you claim that you wanted to wake him up?"

The Taoist said, “Yes, but I don’t think I said when.”

Meng Tian angrily said: "You... are shameless!"

"My teeth are still hard. I can chew them for thousands of years without any problem. Hehe, do you still want him to wake up?"

Jin Xingzi said anxiously: "Do I even need to ask? Of course I want to, but I'm just afraid you don't have the ability."

The Taoist said disdainfully: "If I don't have the ability, how can you do it? You don't even know the rules when asking others to do something for you." As he spoke, he reached into his sleeve to take something out, but couldn't get it out for a long time. "Hey... I clearly put it here, how come it's gone!" He reached into his arms again, and finally took off his Taoist robe and shook it many times, but still couldn't find what he was looking for. The stench filled the entire tent, and Meng Tian almost fainted.

The three of them didn't know what he was looking for, so Jin Xingzi asked, "What are you looking for, old Taoist? First, you can remove the spell that has imprisoned us, and we will help you find it."

"No need, I can do it myself!" As he said this, he put the Taoist robe on Jin Xingzi's head. Jin Xingzi quickly held his breath and dared not say another word.

"Hey, here it is!" The Taoist took off his dirty, smelly shoes. There was a black pill stuck in his black feet, which looked like a ball of mud. He stretched out his hand to pinch it, and covered his nose and said, "This is the medicine that will wake him up. Fortunately, it fell into the shoes and didn't get lost."

Ling Kongzi said angrily: "What kind of good medicine is this? This is clearly the stinky mud in your feet!"

The Taoist put the pills on the table beside Wuzhe's bed and put on the Taoist robe draped over Jin Xingzi's head. "I gave you this good medicine. Whether you believe it or not is up to you. I didn't force you to believe it."

Ling Kongzi shouted, "If you want us to believe you, you need to tell us what disease the young master has?"

"The secret must not be revealed!"

Meng Tian saw that there was no need for the Taoist to deceive them, so he asked, "Can this... this pill cure my benefactor's illness?"

"It can't be cured, we can only make him wake up quickly." Ling Kongzi said: "Since it can't be cured, return the ring to you, otherwise we will chase you to the ends of the earth to find you?"

"Hehe, now that you've found me, what can you do to me?" The Taoist laughed while tapping Ling Kongzi's head.

There were thunder rumblings in Lingkongzi's head, stars in his eyes, and cold sweat dripping down.

Meng Tian asked: "May I ask your honorable name, Master? Where do you cultivate immortality?"

"Hehe, I have no name or surname, so it's useless to tell you." Before he could finish his words, the figure flashed and disappeared. Meng Tian rushed out of the tent to look for him, but still could not find him. He hurriedly shouted, "Thank you, Immortal, for your help!"

After the Taoist left, the guards in the tent woke up, picked up their weapons, and left the tent. The stiff bodies of Jin Xingzi and the other man also regained their composure. They covered their noses and looked at the black pill from afar, unwilling to move forward.

Jin Xingzi said, "Little face, do you think this stinky ball will wake up the little master?"

"It can even suffocate a living person. It must be that stinky Taoist priest who is playing a trick on us. Throw him away!"

"No, you don't understand. Good medicine tastes bitter but is good for the disease. I think this must be a good medicine."

"Good medicine tastes bitter, and there is no good medicine that irritates the nose. If the young master takes it, the little master's pulse will probably disappear. Throw it away!"

"If you think it stinks, throw it away. Then, let's see what you can use to wake up the little master!"

At this time, Meng Tian walked into the tent and came to the table. He picked up the pill in his hand and examined it carefully, not minding the smell. With a "pop" sound, the pill broke into pieces, and a wisp of white smoke came out and suddenly drilled into his unobstructed nostrils.

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Wuzhan opened his eyes in a daze, his whole body was sore and weak, and he seemed to have been dreaming in his coma. He dreamed that he was floating in the dark universe, unable to see or hear anything, without pain, and all five senses were gone. There was only endless loneliness. He thought that was death, but unexpectedly, he came back to life.

When Meng Tian saw Wuzhan wake up, he said excitedly: "Master, you finally woke up!"

Wuzhan said weakly, "I'm sorry, I'm too weak to get out of bed to greet you."

Meng Tian immediately knelt down in front of the bed and said, "If it weren't for the Taoist priest's help, how could I be here alive? Please accept my greetings!"

"Help the general up quickly. How can a mere mortal like me accept such a great honor? Moreover, your brother is my sworn brother. It is too much for the general to do this!"

After Jin Xingzi helped Meng Tian up, he said to Ling Kongzi proudly, "I am so smart that I could recognize a pearl. It was almost thrown away by someone as ignorant as you!"

Ling Kongzi smiled and said, "It's good to wake up, it's good to wake up!"

Wuzhan said weakly: "Where is this? How many days have I been unconscious?"

Meng Tian hurriedly said, "This is Yanmen. The Taoist priest has been in a coma for seven days!" He then narrated to Wuzhan what had happened in those days, his words still revealing his admiration and gratitude for Wuzhan.

After hearing this, Wuzhan said calmly, "The task entrusted by my second brother has been completed. Once my body recovers a little, I will take them away."

Meng Tian said, "Master, you can't do that. I have already written down all your military exploits and reported them to His Majesty. Your Majesty is very pleased and has issued an imperial decree, ordering me to accompany you back to Xianyang to meet His Majesty. Your Majesty will decide on your merits and rewards you."

"I am just an ordinary person, I don't know the rules of etiquette, I can't be accepted by the emperor, and I am also ill, I like to be quiet and free, I'm sorry I can't obey your order."

"It would be a pity if the Taoist priest's talents could not be fully utilized. Moreover, His Majesty wants to see the Taoist priest. If the Taoist priest does not go, then His Majesty will certainly punish me. I beg the Taoist priest to grant me this favor."

Wuzhan sighed softly, "Okay, then I will boldly follow the general into Xianyang."

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After Meng Tian left, he ordered someone to bring ginseng soup and food. Wuzhan was helped by Lingkongzi to sit down. He drank the ginseng soup and ate a few mouthfuls of food. After his body felt much better, he saw that there were only Lingkongzi and him in the tent, so he whispered to Lingkongzi: "What happened after I fell into a coma? How did I survive?"

Ling Kongzi exclaimed in a low voice: "Little Master, you scared the bile out of me. You were even more terrifying than the beast at that time." He immediately recounted the entire process of getting rid of the beast that night.

Wuzhan asked: "Who did you tell about this?"

"I only told General Meng that you fought with the beast and exhausted all your magic power before you eliminated it!"

Wuzhan said softly, "Very good, don't tell anyone else about it in the future."

"That's for sure. By the way, the ring on the young master's hand was just taken away by an old Taoist priest, who said the ring was his. That Taoist priest was very powerful. As soon as Da Changya and I touched him, we were immobilized. He also played tricks on us and revealed our true forms. Fortunately, General Meng didn't suspect anything. However, the young master was able to wake up because of a pill he left behind." He recounted the incident in detail.

Wuzhan said, "That ring should be his, but this Taoist priest actually found me. Regardless of his cultivation, his words are very suspicious, as if he is hiding something. If I have a chance in the future, I must find him and ask him for clarification."

(End of this chapter)