Black Myth: Journey to the West: Simulate becoming an immortal!

Chapter 221 If you don’t do it, there are plenty of monsters who will!
[My name is Chen Xi. When you see this sentence, I will be dead...]

[According to the Monkey and the Dog, I practiced the art of moving among the 72 Earthly Evil Techniques.]

[Maybe it's the supreme immortal fetus, blessed by nature. 】

[The magical power that once took nine days to cultivate now only takes one day. 】

[And I also vaguely feel that the upper limit of the Supreme Immortal Fetus is far more than this. ]

[If the Supreme Immortal Embryo swallows more divine immortal energy, the effect of cultivation may be even more exaggerated! ]

[While I was cultivating my magical powers, the Monkey and the Dog were also busy.]

[They informed the monsters of Baoxiang Kingdom that I was going to protect this place.]

[The monsters of Baoxiang Kingdom were originally still worried about what would happen to them after Kuimulang died, and whether they would be in danger of extinction.]

【Now, as I intend to bless this place, all problems will be solved instantly. 】

【For a moment, they were all overjoyed. 】

[Even these wolf demons spontaneously cast a statue for me and prepared to worship it every day.]

[I wanted to refuse, but Shen Hou said that I was often away from home and this would help to deter the evil spirits, so I had to give up.]

[After bidding farewell to the Monkey and the Dog, I continued on my way westward.]

[Crossing the endless yellow sand, stepping through the vast wilderness, and then entering the wild mountains and ridges. ]

[I don’t know how many miles I walked, but I finally reached Pingding Mountain. ]

[It is the spring season, a time of beautiful scenery, but unfortunately there is no scenery at all in these vast mountains. ]

[Most of the trees in the mountains are dry and black. There are no green leaves, let alone colorful flowers! ]

[What's even more bizarre is that these trees all have strange tumors growing on them.]

[The tree tumors were so heavy that they bent the tree and caused its branches to droop like a woman's long hair.]

[This situation is enough to scare ordinary people, but I have become accustomed to it. ]

[I stepped into this place, and soon felt something strange in the forest.]

[Since I became an immortal, my five senses have transformed and my supernatural powers have become extraordinary. ]

[Now my ear consciousness has many extraordinary features even without the need to activate my supernatural powers.]

[The sound of wind, water, and swaying trees...]

[The subtle message hidden in this may not be heard by others, but I can hear it clearly.]

[I heard some crying and sobbing amidst the strange wind sounds.]

[And these sounds seem to come from the tumor on this tree. ]

[I used my clairvoyance and telepathy to observe and examine him carefully.]

[I soon discovered that these tumors were actually alive! ]

[These tumors grow out of the tree and form a whole.]

[Some scattered emotions and muddled intelligence are mixed in. ]

【When I saw this, I couldn't help but be alert in my heart. 】

【I keep my eyes open and my ears alert. 】

【With the divine eye, the road ahead is clearly visible. 】

【Going further ahead, there is a high mountain, extremely steep. 】

[The towering mountains, the sharp peaks, the deep ravines, the lonely and steep cliffs. ]

[Looking up, the mountains tower up into the sky. ]

【Looking back, the valley is deep and close to the blue sky. 】

[I understood in my heart that we had reached Pingding Mountain. If we walked further, we would probably reach the Lotus Cave.]

[There are six hundred miles of continuous mountains, with only steep paths for people to walk on. ]

[This little obstacle is not enough to stop me. ]

[As soon as my mind moved, I used my divine power to cross many obstacles.]

[But I had only walked three or five miles when I discovered something strange.]

【Along the way, there were trees and insects, even weeds and stones on the roadside. 】

[Without exception, round tumors grew on their bodies. ]

[These tumors are shaped like round eggs, which is quite curious...]

Chen Xi stroked the human skin paper and frowned slightly.

How can mountains, rocks and plants produce eggs and tumors for no reason?
It seems that Pingdingshan is not peaceful either. I'm afraid there are also demons causing trouble.

I just don't know if it has anything to do with the Golden Horn and Silver Horn...

Chen Xi's gaze fell on the human skin paper again, and the gold-plated blood-written words were shining brightly.

[Just as I was thinking about this, I heard a noise in the distance through my clairvoyance.]

[I used my clairvoyance to take a quick look and saw that it was a group of little demons making a noise.]

[They are covered in colorful feathers and have sharp beaks, like a group of bird monsters.]

[However, these bird demons either had their long feathers clipped off or their wings folded back, and all of them lost the ability to soar into the sky. ]

[They carry medicine hoes in their hands, baskets on their backs, and their bodies are hunched over as they laboriously collect the round eggs.]

[Everyone is in a hurry and works in a hurry. ]

[“Hurry up, hurry up!”]

[“If you delay the king’s business, you will be captured and your eggs will be taken.”]

[I listened to the chattering of these little demons and couldn't help but feel curious.]

【Perhaps we can learn more about this place from them.】

[I suddenly had an idea, and I used my magical power to transform into an old myna bird wearing a Taoist robe.] [Immediately, I emerged from the bushes, took the initiative to show myself, and walked towards these bird demons.]

[These bird demons seemed to be frightened when they saw me.]

[Then they lowered their voices and urged me to leave.]

[After some careful inquiry, I finally understood why this place was so strange.]

[It turns out that in the Lotus Cave of Pingding Mountain today, there lived two powerful demons who were kings and overlords. ]

[One of them is called clever, and the other is called delicate. ]

[These two guys, I don't know where they learned a set of alchemy techniques, they cultivate their inner and outer qualities, and have become quite impressive.]

[Originally, they took advantage of the spiritual energy of Pingding Mountain to plant a lot of spiritual plants and herbs for their cultivation.]

[However, for some reason, the medicinal herbs and spiritual plants on the mountain are growing slower and slower, and their numbers are decreasing.]

[As the saying goes, it is not the equality that is the most worrying thing, but the scarcity! ]

[The pills that were originally enough for both of them became less, causing a lot of gaps and filth between them. ]

[As these two monsters fight, the yield of herbal medicine decreases year by year.]

[Their cultivation progress became slower and slower, so they racked their brains and finally found the problem.]

[It turns out that the reason why the herbs grow slowly is because the spiritual essence naturally generated by Pingdingshan is no longer enough to support their cultivation.]

[To solve this problem, the only way is to extract more spiritual essence from Pingdingshan Mountain, so that you can maintain your practice.]

[So, the two monsters joined forces again, causing the entire flat-topped mountain to begin to breed round eggs.]

[These round eggs are the essence of heaven and earth in Pingdingshan, the gathering of spiritual essence.]

[This is much faster than slowly planting herbs. ]

【However, this alone is far from enough. 】

[Harvesting the round eggs requires manpower. If you just keep mining, the Pingdingshan will soon be exhausted. ]

[So they spread all kinds of news, promised huge profits, and lured the little demons in the mountains to come and work.]

[When these little demons heard the news and came, they realized that the miraculous elixirs and magical skills they promised were all fake.]

【Only the hard work and exhaustion day after day and year after year are real. 】

[Even worse, when the demon's performance is insufficient and it is difficult to cut more round eggs, it will be captured and cast a spell.]

[They were disemboweled, their spirits were taken out, and thrown into Pingdingshan.]

[After a period of gestation, it emerges from the mountain again and becomes a round egg that can be mined.]

[Under such circumstances, the demons naturally became dissatisfied and began to go on strike.]

[So, Jingxi and Lingli came up with a way to classify the monsters into different levels! ]

[A high-ranking monster can manage smaller monsters. 】

[Some of the harvest from the work of these little demons will be allocated to them. ]

[As for meticulousness and cleverness, some rewards will be issued according to performance. ]

[This combination of punches made all the monsters flock to it. ]

[As a result, the high-level monsters spend all day thinking about how to get the lower monsters to work more so that they can get rewards.]

[The hatred that the little demons originally had for the two demons was transferred to the higher-level demons who desperately exploited them. ]

[In this way, meticulousness and cleverness only paid a small reward and made a lot of money. ]

[All the demons in the entire Pingding Mountain provided for the two demons, so their cultivation naturally increased day by day, and the conflicts between them gradually disappeared...]

When Chen Xi saw this, his face couldn't help but twitch.

For a moment, he couldn't help but think of his life as a beast of burden in his previous life.

What a clever ghost and a smart bug, born with the potential to be beheaded...

Chen Xi's eyes wandered. He didn't expect that the two little demons on the journey to the West have now become mountain kings.

But looking at the situation, they don’t seem to be... big monsters?
[Just when I was having a great time chatting with these little demons, I suddenly felt a demonic aura coming over. ]

[I looked closely and found it was a leopard spirit.]

[The leopard demon was furious when he saw that the bird demons were not working but chatting with me instead.]

[“How can you little demons be so lazy!”]

[“I work hard every day to urge you to work, but not only do you not appreciate it, you also cheat and act slyly. Don’t you want to live anymore?”]

【I couldn't help but laugh out loud when I heard this perverse logic.】

[“According to you, forcing these little demons to work hard every day is actually a good thing, right?”]

[The leopard spirit glanced at me, as if he thought this was natural, and started to argue.]

[“Of course. In today’s world, many little monsters cannot even hope to find a place to live.”]

[“These lazy and indolent little demons only think about themselves on weekdays, but don’t think about how hard it is for us and the king.”]

[“You can obviously gain something by working hard for two or three hundred years, but you are still so lazy!”]

[“If they don’t work hard, how can I be promoted? How can the king’s cultivation level be improved? How can Pingdingshan prosper?”]

[“Just a few days ago, the two kings caught a large golden pheasant with great spiritual energy that loved to make random noises and sing. They wanted to kill the pheasant to get its eggs and bring blessings to the mountains.”]

[“Pingdingshan will only get better and better in the future. There will be no shortage of little demons coming to work for us.”]

[“You guys don’t want to work, but there are plenty of monsters who do. Why don’t you just fill up the mountain and let me get my eggs to prosper…”]

[The leopard demon was talking freely, but when he looked at me and the bird demons, his eyes were filled with murderous intent, revealing his fierce appearance.]

[The bird demons were so frightened that they trembled and dared not say a word. ]

[Immediately, the leopard demon's head flew up, and became a mutilated corpse under the nine-ring tin staff...]

(End of this chapter)