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Chapter 111, Section 110: [The Spell to Subdue the Demon]

"Good wine, good wine!"

After downing a cup of flowing wine, the Black Wind Monster felt as if a full moon had been placed in his stomach, continuously radiating a cool, clear light that illuminated his body and mind.

After the wine was fully digested, he exhaled a long, fishy breath and turned to Chen Sheng.

"Abbot, you're being too stingy! This tiny cup of wine isn't nearly enough for us brothers!"

The white-robed scholar and Ling Xuzi, who were standing nearby, echoed his sentiments.

"Yes, yes, your wine glass is smaller than my fingernail, it's no fun to drink from it."

"Abbot, quickly bring more wine, and use a larger cup."

Chen Sheng naturally wouldn't stop the three demons from drinking freely, and immediately laughed loudly.

"For ordinary monsters, only one of these flowing wines can be drunk today."

But given the status of the three kings, even if Miaochan Temple were to empty its coffers, it would still provide them with ample supplies.

As he spoke, Chen Sheng clapped his hands, and two powerful warrior monks came out of the main hall behind him, each carrying a dozen or so wine jars.

When the wine jars, each half a person tall, were neatly arranged around the three demons, their height barely reaching their knees.

These monsters grew up in the mountains and fields without any restraint. They were unruly and behaved wildly and violently. After smelling the wine, they tore open the seal and drank from the wine jar.

The golden wine poured into the three gaping maws, making the little demons and monsters below swallow hard, but they dared not hope to receive the same treatment. They could only lower their heads and drink some ordinary wine on the table while tearing at the meat on their plates.

Fortunately, the bald monk at Miaochan Temple was very generous this year, not only giving the demons spiritual wine to drink, but also no longer putting on a show of vegetarian feasts as in previous years.

There were all kinds of meat to eat and ordinary wine to drink. Hundreds of busy monks kept setting out various delicacies on the banquet table, which made the monsters who came to the feast very happy.

In a secluded corner of the banquet where no one was paying attention, He'er from Feiyun Temple quietly transmitted her voice to her abbot.

"Master, Miaochan Temple has actually put out a kind of spiritual wine! Shall we try it?"

"Absolutely not! Emperor's Dew is a spiritual substance that helps monsters awaken their intelligence. Monsters will benefit greatly from drinking it, but humans may turn into monsters after drinking it."

"Given Master's level of cultivation, a little wine is fine for him, but it will hinder your cultivation if you drink it."

Despite saying that, the abbot of Feiyun Temple was still secretly shocked by the generosity of Miaochan Temple.

The Emperor's Dew is something that is always priceless and hard to find; it's a spiritual item that money can't always buy. Where did these bald monks get so much of it?

Time always flies when you're at a dinner table.

After several rounds of drinks and dishes, and as the full moon began to set in the west, some of the less powerful demons had already become very drunk and turned into their original forms under the table. Those who were still sober were somewhat dazed. Even the ghosts had consumed the food and drinks and were completely satisfied. Bones covered in teeth marks were scattered all over the square, and the tables were full of cold leftovers.

Seeing that the atmosphere of the banquet was almost over, the three demons—bear, wolf, and snake—sitting at the front suddenly looked at each other, and finally the Black Wind Monster spoke.

"Before coming to the banquet, the three of us brothers had already discussed something, and now we need to inform the abbot."

Chen Sheng raised an eyebrow, seemingly quite surprised by the word "inform".

"Miaochan Temple has cooperated with the three kings for many years and is a true friend who understands and supports each other. Your Majesty, please speak freely."

The black wind monster seemed to be somewhat clumsy with words. It smacked its lips and looked at the eloquent white-robed scholar.

The thin boy covered in white scales took over the conversation and spoke to Chen Sheng.

The Book of Changes says: "When things reach an extreme, they change; when they change, they become accessible; when they become accessible, they endure. Therefore, Heaven blesses them, and good fortune follows without misfortune."

Nothing in this world is permanent. The reason why Wenzhou's shipping business and cargo ships can move freely at sea is because your temple has connections with the Dragon King of the East Sea, and has nothing to do with us three brothers.

Therefore, maintaining the current 30/70 profit-sharing ratio for ocean-going vessels is barely acceptable to us.

However, the reason why cargo ships on the Oujiang River use the blessings of your temple is entirely because they fear the tolls charged by the spirits along the way.

Abbot, don't you think that we monsters have always taken too little of the profits from inland waterway shipping, while your temples have taken too much?

Our brothers and I are here to inform your temple that we want to take 90% of the profits from the inland waterway vessels!

The white-robed cultivator's words made Chen Sheng put down his wine cup and sigh.

"Sigh! It's so hard to do business with partners!"

Did the three kings see that I am young and weak and think that my Miaochan Temple is weak and easy to bully, and that is why they have become greedy in their hearts?
It is my fault that I led these three astray.

With that, Chen Sheng clasped his hands together and spoke in a voice as loud as thunder.

“Tight! Tight! Tight!”

These three loud shouts echoed like thunderclaps in a clear sky within Miaochan Temple, waking up all the drunken monsters.

Immediately following, illusory golden halos emerged from the heads of all the demons and spirits who had drunk the wine, gradually drawing them inward.

Roar! Awooo! Woof! Woof! Meow! Baa! Moo! ...

The screams of the monsters rose and fell, and the excruciating pain surging from their heads threw the square into chaos.

Some monsters, unable to bear the pain, choose to revert to their original forms, lose their reason, and rampage around recklessly;
Some monsters curled up in agony, unable to control their bodies, and their excrement and urine flowed freely.
Some monsters endured the pain and used their magic to slash at the top of their heads, but they failed to touch the illusory halo and instead injured their own heads.
Some ghosts become invisible and disappear into various objects, but they still cannot escape the binding of the headband.
……

Amidst the chaos of the demons, golden hoops also appeared on the heads of the bear, wolf, and snake demons, tormenting them to the point of ecstasy.

Chen Sheng clasped his hands together and looked at the three demons struggling in pain before him.

"Three kings, do you still harbor greed in your hearts?"

"It's you! The wine was cursed!"

"You damned little bald monk, I'm going to kill you."

"You treacherous villain, take this!"

However, compared to those first-tier demons, they were much more resistant to the headband, and even had the strength to resist.

The black wind monster rolled on the spot and transformed into a giant black bear, ten feet tall, within the black wind, and pounced towards Chen Sheng.

The white-robed scholar's body also swelled up at the same time, stretching and thickening into a large white-scaled snake as thick as a water bucket, spitting out two streams of milky white venom.

Ling Xuzi, maintaining his half-demon form, drew a thick-backed broadsword from his waist, transformed into the wind, circled behind Chen Sheng, and slashed at his head.

Faced with the combined attack of three monsters of the same level, Chen Sheng smiled faintly, and his size and the clothes on his body instantly increased dramatically.

He transformed from a ten-year-old child into a towering giant, three zhang tall.

The enormous size difference between the two sides in the battle was reversed at this moment.

He subdued the charging black wind monster with just one hand; with the other, he swung his arm to grasp Ling Xuzi's broadsword; at the same time, he opened his mouth and blew forward, dispersing the white-robed cultivator's venom...

(End of this chapter)