Journey to the West: Begins with Tiger Vanguard

Chapter 12 Absurd and outrageous [4K, please read]

I got an extra magical medicine unexpectedly.

The three Qi Hu brothers were naturally happy.

They carefully walked out of the cave led by Man Gutuo and stood at the entrance of the cave. The three brothers had happy expressions on their faces and seemed to have something to say, but they all knew that their leader was in the cave behind them, so no one spoke and they walked directly down the mountain.

Until you are far enough away from the leader's cave.

The elephant demon Changya finally couldn't help it, turned around and looked at the two brothers beside him and said excitedly: "Hehe, you didn't expect that the leader actually gave us an extra elixir! Hehe"

As he said that, he immediately opened the gourd hanging from his waist with the same waist bag as the second Deer Demon. Although his gourd was bigger, he couldn't stop smiling when he saw the four different sized and types of spiritual medicines inside: "Hehe."

Seeing his elder brother Changya looking so happy and foolish, Qi Hu couldn't help but laugh and said, "Brother, that was the reward we got for killing a fox demon in the late stage of Qiling Realm in Shejingling and handing it over. It was not given to us by the leader for no reason."

"Of course, Big Brother knows."

Hearing Qi Hu's words, Chang Ya carefully closed the gourd lid, patted it like a treasure, then looked up at Qi Hu and said, "But this has never happened before. In the past, we killed the monsters in Snake Neck Ridge and fought with the wolf cubs in Black Wolf Valley in the north, but the leader never rewarded us. This time he rewarded us with a magic medicine, which is quite unexpected."

"That's right."

The deer demon Dajiao also smiled and said, "We fought with the demons in Snake Neck Ridge before, and many of our brothers died. The king just gave us a feast and a bowl of wine for each of us, and that was it. It is really unexpected that the leader can reward us with a magic medicine this time."

Hearing what Lao Er said, Chang Ya also agreed very much: "Yes, I'm so happy."

I heard both demon brothers say this.

Qi Hu paused, realized something, smiled, and said nothing more.

The original owner of this body went up the mountain later than the elephant monster and the deer monster, and had not experienced many things before.

In addition to his experiences in his previous life, Qi Hu did not have the intention to obey the monsters above him, no matter whether they were leaders or kings, take everything he gave for granted, and not ask for anything in return.

In his previous life, he lived in an extremely competitive society. After suffering many losses in society, he gradually developed a picky personality and was regarded as a "thorn in the flesh" by many of his work leaders.

The value of the corpse of the fox demon in the late Qi Ling realm in Snake Neck Ridge that he and his two sworn brothers had killed before was more precious than the nearly seven-year-old spiritual medicine white peony that he had snatched from the panda demon Hua Lian last night.

After handing it over to Man Gutuo, the other party said that he would give them brothers a reward, but several days have passed and there has been no movement.

Qi Hu was always thinking about it in his heart.

This time, Man Gutou was rewarded with a two-year-old spiritual medicine. He guessed that the fox demon's corpse must have been swallowed up by the other party.

Therefore, he felt at ease with his three brothers taking the elixir, and he did not feel any gratitude towards the leader.

But Changya and Dajiao are different, they are native monsters born and bred in this world. Whether it is because of their personality or their nature that believes that the strong are respected, they have a natural admiration and blind obedience to the leader above them, the king.

This is also the reason why the two monsters were so excited and grateful for the elixir that Leader Man Gut was supposed to reward them with.

Therefore, after realizing this, Qi Hu did not say anything more.

This kind of concept cannot be changed all at once, especially when the target is one's own leader.

However, he will subtly influence them in the future as they interact with each other so that they will not be "too kneeling".

Just like last night, when I treated the fox demon Big Eyes.

Of course, although Qi Hu has far more ideas in his mind than the other monsters, he will not do anything stupid before he has enough strength.

“Have we forgotten something?”

At this time, Da Jiao looked at the gourd on his waist, suddenly remembered something, and spoke.

"What's the matter?" Longfang asked.

Da Jiao: "We forgot to pay the spiritual tax!"

Spiritual tax, the spiritual medicine that the little demons below must hand over to the king above on time, is also called "spiritual tax".

Such rules exist not only on Jindou Mountain, but also on Shejing Ridge in the south and Black Wolf Valley in the north.

This is almost an unwritten rule in the demon world.

However, the spiritual taxes paid by different monster groups on different mountains are also different.

Some are heavy, some are light.

The rule of spiritual tax on Jindou Mountain is that every little demon must hand over a two or three year old spiritual medicine every three months.

This is the most important mountain rule on Jindou Mountain, and no one is immune to it.

The same is true for leader-level monsters, but the spiritual tax they pay is different.

One magical medicine every three months, four medicines a year, may not seem like a lot, but with so many monsters in Jindou Mountain, the number would be astonishing over the years.

Although magical herbs can be picked and grown again, it takes time to grow.

Moreover, the territory of Jindou Mountain has not expanded for many years, which has made it increasingly difficult to find elixirs.

Fortunately, the territory occupied by Jindou Mountain is not small, so it can continue for the time being.

Otherwise, once the supply of resources such as mortal beasts and spiritual medicines begins to fail, Jindou Mountain will have no choice but to seek more territory and declare war on external forces.

Of course, there is also a sacred bamboo forest on Jindou Mountain bordering Shejing Ridge.

However, that spiritual land has nothing to do with the little demons below. No matter who takes charge of it, the spiritual medicines produced in the spiritual land belong to the kings of each family.

"yes."

Changya reacted immediately after hearing the voice, stroking his long nose and said immediately: "Second brother, you have one in your gourd, and I have four here, that's five, five spiritual herbs. We brothers have never been so rich. If other monsters find out, it will be bad."

At this point, Changya looked at the two brothers and asked, "Let's go back and pay the spiritual tax first?"

"Let's go back"

Qi Hu immediately responded, "We snatched the elixir from the bear monster last night. Who knows, he might tell others about it in order to get revenge on us. And the fox is also unhappy that we got the elixir. He might tell others about it too. We'd better pay the elixir tax as soon as possible!"

"Then go back."

Dajiao also nodded.

"Walk"

Soon, the three brothers followed the original route again towards the Manguling Cave.

Although I just paid the spiritual tax last month, there are still more than two months until the next deadline for paying the spiritual tax.

However, these elixirs reveal their wealth, so it is better to hand them over early to avoid being snatched away by other monsters who come here after hearing the news.

Not a moment.

The three brothers came to the leader's cave again and happened to meet their leader walking out of the cave.

"Why are you three here again?"

When the Bull Demon Man Gu saw the three brothers, he asked, "Is there something wrong?"

As the eldest brother and representative, the elephant demon Changya immediately said respectfully: "Leader, the three of us brothers would like to pay the next spiritual tax."

Soon.

When Man Gutou led his feet into the black smoke and walked away.

The three Qi Hu brothers all breathed a sigh of relief.

Da Jiao said at this time: "Now that the next spiritual tax has been paid, we brothers can relax for a long time from now on."

"yes."

Changya sighed and said immediately: "Let's go, after paying the spiritual tax, we will go to the big leader and ask Lao San to learn the leader's "storage magic". I don't want to go hungry in the middle of the night anymore!"

Da Jiao nodded: "Let's go!"

soon.

The three brothers headed towards the cave where one of the eight leaders of Jindou Mountain, a big leader who was actually a squirrel monster, lived.

As the only monster in the entire Jindou Mountain who is gifted with the ability to create his own space for storage, the big leader is also the most famous among all the leaders. His popularity in Jindou Mountain is second only to the king.

As for the leader who had made a fool of himself, the leader of the bull demon Niu Dali was only second to the big leader in terms of popularity. They came to the residence of the big leader: a towering tree with a height of nearly 200 meters and a trunk so thick at the bottom that it required 30 or 40 small demons to hug it.

Changya stepped forward and explained his purpose to the gatekeeper demon and the squirrel demon.

The three brothers realized that they had to queue up. In front of them, there were two little demons who were also waiting to learn the power of storage.

Qi Hu, who was learning supernatural powers this time, was the last one in line. He started talking to his eldest and second brothers beside him. At the same time, the three brothers were observing the huge and strange tree house of the big leader nearby.

"There are so many monsters coming to learn every day, and the big boss is making a lot of money."

Changya's gaze quickly shifted from the tree house to the two monsters queuing in front, and he couldn't help but whisper to the two brothers beside him: "I think the big leader must be the one with the most spiritual medicines on our mountain."

Hearing the envy expressed by his elder brother, Da Jiao laughed and said, "It is certain that the big guys make the most money, but if we talk about who has the most spiritual medicines, it must be the king."

“I’m not done.”

Realizing his mistake, Changya immediately corrected himself and said, "I meant besides the king."

Da Jiao then smiled and nodded: "Of course."

The eldest and second brothers were chatting.

Qi Hu had already lost his concentration and was concentrating on looking at a creature sitting on a rock not far in front of him. It was only about 1.23 meters tall, but had a brown thing on its back that looked like armor and wings.

Similar blocks of brown muscles were arranged side by side on his body and chest, and his head was covered with hard-looking brown armor.

The face looks very much like a bug, the mouthparts look very ferocious and scary, and it is really ugly.

What’s most eye-catching is that this little monster has a pair of long tentacles on its head.

The beautiful brown armor all over his body and the pair of long tentacles on his head make this small monster look a little majestic.

Just had this idea.

Qi Hu was suddenly shocked. He found that this thing seemed to look very similar to the cockroach in his previous life.

Yes, the little monster in front of him looked very much like a cockroach, especially its pair of tentacles and the armor all over its body. The more he looked at it, the more he felt that it looked like a cockroach.

"The cockroach becomes a demon."

For a moment, the thought that popped into Qi Hu's mind made him feel absurd and outrageous.

But on second thought, since he could transform himself into the body of a tiger demon, it seemed that no matter how outrageous the matter was, it was nothing.

I was just thinking whether I should go up and say hello, after all, monsters like cockroaches are rare.

"Six legs."

At this moment, a monster suddenly walked out of the tree house in front and shouted, "It's your turn!"

"coming."

The cockroach demon called Six Legs responded, immediately stood up and walked quickly into the tree house.

Watching the other person enter the room, Qi Hu had to give up the idea of ​​getting to know him.

The two hundred or so monsters on Jindou Mountain may not seem like a lot, but Jindou Mountain is big enough, and the monsters are divided into groups under different leaders. Except for the big gatherings convened by the king, the monsters usually follow their own leaders.

When he sometimes cannot even recognize all the twenty-odd colleagues under his own leader, let alone recognize the monsters under other leaders.

Therefore, it is common for little monsters to meet each other without knowing each other on Jindou Mountain.

Time passed slowly.

There were two brothers beside me chatting with me.

Qi Hu didn't feel the time was boring either.

The three brothers waited outside the huge tree house for half an hour.

Finally, the monster that walked out of the tree house called out a name: "Nagao."

Qi Hu was stunned for a moment, looking at the stone pillar in front of him with no monster in sight, then he realized that Changwei was the name of this body. No one had called it for a long time, and he almost forgot it.

The little demon who was notified was taken with him.

Qi Hu soon met the most famous leader on Jindou Mountain: Big Guy.

He has a squirrel head, a two-meter tall body, solid muscles, and a big tail hanging behind his butt.

The squirrel leader in front of him seemed to be no different from ordinary squirrel monsters except that he was much larger in size.

After the big leader said a few simple words.

Qi Hu handed over a two-year-old magical medicine according to the procedure.

Then, under the other party's instructions, he extended his spiritual sense and was guided by the other party into a space of magical powers.

There are the original owner's experience and memory of learning magical powers from his eldest and second brothers, as well as the guidance and instructions from the knowledgeable big leader.

It didn't take much effort.

When Qi Hu's spiritual consciousness had completely passed through the magical structure in the big leader's body.

A virtual prompt message suddenly appeared in front of my eyes:
[You have learned the magical power "Cheek Pouch".]

Not long after.

Qi Hu walked out of the tree house.

Longfang and Bighorn, who were waiting outside, immediately stopped talking and quickly came forward.

"Third brother, how are you?"

Long Tooth couldn't wait and asked immediately: "Have you learned it?"

Da Jiao, who was standing aside, was also looking at his third brother with expectation.

Knowing that the two demon brothers were anxious, Qi Hu did not keep them in suspense and said directly: "If I take action, it will be foolproof. I have learned the magic power of the big leader!"

Hearing that Qi Hu was not bragging, Changya's eyes lit up instantly: "Awesome, my third brother!"

Da Jiao was also overjoyed when he heard this. He immediately thought of something and looked at Chang Ya and said, "Brother, my third brother is so good at learning magical powers. In the future, we can ask more about the magical powers of other monsters. If we meet a powerful one, we can let my third brother learn from him. How do you think?"

"Of course!"

Hearing what his second brother said, Changya nodded immediately: "If the third brother learns, it means that we have learned. If the third brother becomes powerful in the future, it means that we will become powerful too."

"But before that, how about we go get something to eat?"

"I'm hungry"

"Is it almost time for the kitchen to serve food?"

"It's almost time."

"Let's go."

“I’m hungry too.”

"How about we go find some elixirs once we're full?"

"We now have the ability to store things, so we can store meat and food when we come back at night, and we don't have to worry about being seen."

"Third brother, how big is your storage ability?"

"Not bad, I have no problem pretending to be Big Brother."

"Can they all fit big brother?"

"That's enough"

"It's decided then. After we finish eating, we brothers will go find the elixir."

The three brothers talked as they walked towards the kitchen on the mountain.

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