Zhongshan Shenzhu Chi

just?

What is fairness?

Are we to meticulously chop the medium into minced meat, dividing it equally, no more and no less, among every demon gathered in the mountain cave...?

Is this what constitutes fairness?

The giant snake shook its head; it trusted its own decision.

The enormous serpent slowly loosened its embrace of the lotus, and the scales that were tightly attached to its body collided and rubbed against each other, producing a booming sound like metal clashing.

Under the horrified gazes of the demons below the mountain, the giant serpent raised its head, its golden and silver eyes overwhelming the heavenly light, etching fear into their hearts.

The once noisy and chaotic demon horde fell silent instantly, so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

"Prison Wolf." The Crimson Serpent's voice surged like the tide, layer upon layer, containing an irresistible power.

"Yes, yes." Among the pack of wolves, the largest, the King of the Prison Wolves, responded, his fur as black as ink, billowing in the wind like dark clouds in the sky.

"Come up here." The red serpent's gaze shifted. "Mountain Lord, you come up here too."

The two ferocious creatures responded to the call and leaped up, climbing along the rock wall to the top of the cave.

As it passed the Golden Ape King, the Prison Wolf King glanced at it sideways, its eyes cold and undisguised in its disdain.

"You!" Just as the Golden Ape King was about to make a move, a piercing gaze fell upon it.

Three have already been taken...

The Golden Ape King clenched his giant fist and looked up directly at the Red Serpent.

In an instant, the sun and moon in the red serpent's eyes ignited with torches, the cold and heat piercing the Golden Ape King's sea of ​​consciousness, causing its eyes to ache and tears to well up.

The giant fist remained clenched, but it was pressed firmly against the rock, not lifting even an inch.

"Two Prison Wolves and Mountain Kings... three left."

Seeing the Golden Ape King lower his head, Huai Nian looked away and scanned the group of demons gathered below the cave.

From Zhongshan's perspective, the medium cannot be limited to living beings on earth.

There should be a great demon in the sky and on the Luo River.

The red snake's gaze swept over.

The two demon beasts, the Black Crow and the Golden Roc, who were originally clearly divided and at odds with each other, almost simultaneously restrained their hostility.

They straightened their gaze, puffed out their chests, and stood proudly in place, like soldiers being inspected.

"There isn't a single demonic bird that can at least match the Golden Ape King in terms of cultivation level... They're too weak," the Red Serpent murmured to himself.

But perhaps my expectations were too high.

Although the Golden Ape King was a reckless man, he was one of the top geniuses in Zhongshan when it came to cultivation.

"Since they lack the ability, let's look at their potential..."

The red serpent activated the yin-yang vortex within its body, its heterochromatic eyes radiating divine light as it scrutinized each of the demons and birds below the mountain.

Those birds that were originally standing tall and proud, when faced with the gaze that could sting the Golden Ape King, all crumbled at the slightest touch, shrinking back and no longer standing upright.

Looking around, Huai Nian sighed inwardly.

It seems that the birth of the Prison Wolf, the Mountain Lord, the Black Bear, the Golden Ape King, and the Bloodhound that has never appeared has exhausted Zhongshan's resources.

Just as they were about to look away, at the very back of the demon horde, a black raven struggled to prop itself up with its weak wings and met the red serpent's gaze again, its eyes filled with resentment and defiance.

The red serpent fixed its gaze, and the black raven's eyes were instantly filled with light, tears streaming down its face. Huai Nian looked deeper, but all it saw was the blazing sun and golden rainbow, not the bright moon and frost.

"Interesting," the giant snake hissed.

The prison wolf understood, and its enormous body transformed into a black gust of wind, carrying the little black crow to the mountaintop.

The surrounding environment suddenly changed, and the black crow snapped back to reality.

Three fierce-looking figures stood before him. Behind him, the Golden Ape King, known for his tyranny, stared intently at him.

All eyes were pressing down on us like mountains.

The little black crows were not intimidated at all. Except for Huai Nian, they raised their heads and glared back fiercely.

"Candle, how did you find it?" Mountain Lord was amused by its clumsy yet stubborn appearance. "This little guy, aside from anything else, has a really high spirit."

"It has one." The red snake flicked its tongue, made up its mind, and then swam forward to look down at the Luo River below the mountain.

A huge bluefish, as big as a fishing boat, suddenly floated to the surface of the water.

Unlike other aquatic monsters, it is covered in ice, clearly indicating that it has abandoned the spiritual power of water and is focusing on cultivating the Xuan Yin Moon Essence.

They are unyielding in the face of their own gaze, which makes them look proud.

However, those few bluefish yesterday were probably its doing.

Huai Nian scanned the area but didn't find any other aquatic monsters coming out to compete with it.

"You alone."

Upon hearing this, the bluefish sank to the surface.

The red serpent turned and snaked its way back.

One left.

Before this media allocation, when the white fox was nurturing media, Huai Nian had considered whether to share one with it.

At the time, I decided in my heart not to give it to them.

But now that the moment has come, memories of the white fox and its mother, and the more than twenty years of companionship, flood back to him.

A pang of bitterness welled up in Huai Nian's heart.

The red serpent scanned the demons again, but found no trace of the white fox.

"Candle!" The Golden Ape King's voice boomed angrily, like a muffled thunderclap.

"You don't have any." The red snake snapped out of its reverie and replied calmly, "And the black bear, neither of you have any."

"Why!" The black bear smashed a rock with its paw and glared fiercely at the red snake.

"Why do you all know in your hearts that the Serpent God forbids deadly battles in the presence of a medium? Have you forgotten?"

Facing the two ferocious glares, the giant serpent did not back down. Lava flowed within its heterochromatic eyes, and its crimson scales pulsed with the fighting spirit within it, clanging and tightening, like a god in armor.

"There's one left. I plan to keep it and try to breed it."

"There's only one left?" The Golden Ape King's breath hitched. "You don't want it?"

"I need no medium," Red Serpent said matter-of-factly.

For demons, innate intuition is often the most truthful than the five senses.

Since the fragrance emanating from this medium fruit only made it feel refreshed and did not arouse any desire to eat it.

This suggests that, at least for him, this medium has little effect on him.

"What exactly did the Snake God give you...?" The Golden Ape King and the Black Bear lowered their beast masks and asked at the same time.

"I've already said it, there's only this book," Red Serpent replied.

The ancient books hidden beneath the scales on its neck flew out with a sound.

As before, this book is mysterious, hanging in the air without any fluctuation of spiritual power.

"A human book can make you give up media?" The Golden Ape King looked incredulous.

"It's up to you." The red serpent flicked its tail, sending the ancient book flying to the Golden Ape King's eyes. "Don't even think about using a medium, but this ancient book was bestowed by the Serpent God, and all living beings of Zhongshan can see it."

"Give it a try."

"Hmph, so it was bestowed by the Serpent God..." The Golden Ape King exhaled two puffs of white steam from his nostrils, suppressing his anger and not rushing forward to fight the Red Serpent to the death as usual.

It raised its finger and slowly approached the ancient book.

The moment the fingertips touched, the resentment, anger, and frustration that had been building up in the Golden Ape King's heart were all sensed by the ancient book through that point of contact.

The pages of the book fluttered on their own without any wind. Under the watchful eyes of the demons, a golden character emerged from the book, transforming into light and disappearing into the Golden Ape King's brow.

Huai Nian suddenly had an epiphany.

Thunder God Casts Bones

Thunder is the punishment of Heaven.

During practice, one must strike the entire body to generate Yang energy, eliminate Yin energy, and unify the spirit of the five internal organs, seemingly able to withstand thunder without collapsing.

"It seems the Golden Ape King is still quite dissatisfied with me... The ancient texts passed down a body-strengthening technique."

"However, it seems to be very different from the Three Qi Transformation... It is said to be the Thunder God's Bone Forging, but in reality, it depends on the individual."

Huai Nian glanced at it briefly, absorbing it into his mind, then turned to look at the Golden Ape King, who was deep in thought, and the restless black bears and demons below the mountain.

"You should try it too, everyone come up and give it a try."