I became a saint in the world of Liao Zhai, and flirted with monster girls

The Taoist priest looked solemn and replied in a low voice:

"Master, we just heard the news too, but it's too late... We have to pack up quickly, otherwise, disaster will strike and we won't be able to leave."

He said, his voice lowered:

"The power of nature is unpredictable. It's beyond human control. Even if we want to save others, how many people can a boat hold? We can only save as many as we can."

"You actually concealed the truth and didn't report it--!!"

The prefect was furious and grabbed the Taoist priest by the collar, his eyes wide open:

"You are going to kill millions of people in this city!!! That is all my policy."

"Master! We just noticed it too!!"

The Taoist priest waved his hands repeatedly, his face pale:

"The power of heaven is unpredictable, simply because the secrets of heaven are in chaos, great master. How can we contend with it? In this world, can an ant succeed in trying to shake a tree?! Even if I have a great conscience now, what good is it? It is better to preserve my usefulness and serve the people in the future."

He paused, his tone becoming even lower:

"In the face of natural disasters, even if the master wants to help the people, what can he do?"

"..."

The prefect's face suddenly changed, his lips trembled slightly, and he remained silent for a long time.

Seeing this, the Taoist priest immediately whispered:

"Master, since you're here, I won't hide it from you. If you come with us now, you can save your life and redeem yourself in the future."

He looked around and lowered his voice:

"But in my opinion, under the might of heaven, what crime has the master committed? This is not something that can be countered by diligent work."

"what do you mean……"

"The master can take whoever he wants."

The Taoist priest said softly:

"We have to leave before midnight."

"..."

Although the Taoist didn't say anything explicitly, the prefect knew it and told him everything.

The Golden Armored Crocodile King, who escaped, was in excruciating pain.

The base of its tail was constantly oozing blood. The three-meter-wide cross-section was a mess of blood and flesh, with a smooth blade. Anyone who took one look at it would be unable to help but cry out:

“Great sword skills!!”

"I, the old crocodile, have a really hard life..."

It panted and whimpered softly:

"I've come all this way, lost my subordinates and myself. Ouch, ouch... This hurts so much, I'm almost losing my soul!!"

The pain was unbearable. Zhou Kao's strike was so precise and ruthless.

It's like a small whip dipped in alcohol, combining magic with physics, striking deep into the soul!

The Golden Armored Crocodile King had no choice but to shrink his body, endure the severe pain, and tremblingly and fearfully found a reed marsh to go ashore.

But its true appearance is really ugly, with a long mouth and sharp teeth, and its body is covered with scales. If it is discovered by people, they will definitely kill it when it is weak.

So, in desperation, it suddenly remembered that there was a small alligator called the Yangtze alligator in the local area, which looked quite docile and cute.

"If I can't change into a human form, I can at least change my appearance!"

It slapped its face with its front paws, a slap on the left and a slap on the right, making its eyes see stars, its face flushed, and its whole body tremble.

But there was really no way. It wasn't that it didn't want to transform into a human form, but it had never learned such a skill in its hometown.

Besides, if a great demon king were to transform into a human, his appearance would be...

I have golden armor, mighty claws, a thick tail, piercing eyes, and sharp white fangs! !

I can’t bear to give up any of them!!

Hey……

When we came here, the 20,000 men were all heroes in the water and warriors at the bottom of the river. But now—

These 20,000 men can never go back!!!

hateful! !

The more I think about it, the angrier I get, and the angrier I get, the more painful it gets.

The Golden Armored Crocodile King touched his gradually shrinking head, his eyes filled with despair:

"How could this killer named Zhou have cultivated such a cruel and insane magical power..."

It applied some hemostatic powder, but it was useless; it swallowed a healing pill, but that didn't work either.

The base of his tail continued to bleed, and he finally couldn't hold it any longer, so he lay down in the reeds and cried loudly:

"My life is so miserable!! How did I end up like this!! Now it's all right, now it's all right!! I'm going to be a short-lived Hulu with blood running dry and tears still lingering!! Wuu ...

It howled loudly in the reeds, and its body became extremely small. Including the broken tail, it was about seven feet long, but now it was only five feet long. If you look closely, you can estimate that it was less than four feet long.

His once resonant voice, which could stir up the tide of a river when he opened his mouth, can now only hum, like a pig in the water.

In the middle of the night, too much blood flowed and the screams gradually became weaker.

It used up its last bit of strength, struggled to climb out of the reed marsh, climbed onto the river bank, and found a dry place along a dike - and continued crying.

I can’t go back to my hometown, so I can only be an unlucky and miserable person here.

Now it only thinks that after this death, its soul can find a good place to reincarnate. Next time, it will definitely not believe the words of those ambitious people, and will be a demon honestly, and never wade into such muddy water again.

As it was crying, it had become completely weak, its consciousness was blurred, and it was just waiting for its soul to leave its body.

Suddenly, an old voice came:

"Oh, who is so cruel? They actually cut off the tail of this little pig."

Although the voice was soft, it was filled with pity and curiosity.

The night was dark and the vision was blurred. The Golden Armored Crocodile King could not see clearly who was coming. He only saw a hunched figure pulling a small cart and leaning on a crutch, slowly approaching.

When the figure came closer, the Golden Armored Crocodile King could see that it was a thin old woman.

She had difficulty walking and was leaning on a bamboo stick, pulling a tattered cart loaded with some low-quality coarse silk.

Looking at her, she was wearing an apron around her waist, worn straw sandals on her feet, and her fingers were covered with cracks. It was obvious that she was a female worker who had been washing coarse silk all year round.

The Golden Armored Crocodile King had now shrunk into the shape of a little pig. His body was wet, blood was gushing from the broken tail, and he was crying.

The old woman couldn't bear it, so she slowly squatted down and took out a small piece of rice cake from her arms.

This rice cake is not made of the high-quality glutinous rice of wealthy families, but dry food mixed with rice, vegetables, and diced meat. It is dry and hard, and ordinary people find it difficult to swallow.

Chapter 185 The Old Crocodile Gains Humanity

That rice cake is not a very good thing.

Even a strong laborer would have a hard time eating it. If it weren't so difficult and filling, who would prepare this thing to eat?

But the old woman was still reluctant. She just couldn't bear to do it when she saw the old crocodile was seriously injured and dying.

She took some clean water, broke the rice cake into pieces, stirred it into a paste in her palm, and fed it into the old crocodile's mouth little by little.

I thought I was going to die and could only wait for my soul to be scattered and reborn.

But when this mouthful of porridge went down my throat, it felt like a warm current flowed through my whole body!

That warm current was not a panacea, nor was it the power of incense and prayers, but something it had seen but never truly tasted - the blessing of centenarianism.

That is the warm energy that mortals have after experiencing the vicissitudes of life and the years of precipitation. In the eyes of all spirits, it is a tonic!

The old crocodile recovered some of its strength and struggled to open its mouth to swallow the old woman in one gulp.

However, when it twisted, it was like an earthworm, flapping in place and unable to even fly an inch in the air.

"Oh my, don't worry, there's more, there's more..."

The old woman thought it was just extremely hungry, so she quickly added some water, stirred the rice cake into a paste again, and slowly fed it into its mouth.

At this moment, the old crocodile's eyes suddenly became hot.

Its tears were cold before, but now, two lines of hot tears slid down its cheeks.

Helping someone when they need it warms their heart the most.

The way it flapped its wings just now clearly showed that it wanted to eat the old woman, but the old woman had no other thoughts. Instead, she fed it another mouthful of life-saving food.

It immediately stopped moving and just opened its mouth, waiting for the old woman to continue feeding it.

Soon, thanks to the nourishment of "blessings", the wound on the old crocodile's tail did not heal, but the bleeding stopped.

The old woman was kind-hearted. In the middle of the night, she just kept watching over the dog and feeding it.

The old crocodile sighed in his heart, unable to express himself with words.

It had already seen that the centenarian woman was probably unable to compete with others in the bleaching work during the day, so she chose to come to the river in the dead of night.

As for why he still has to work so hard at the age of 100, why don’t his neighbors, relatives and friends help him out?

It was exhausted at this moment and had no energy to think anymore.

"I lost my father when I was young, my husband when I was middle-aged, and my son when I was old. I don't have many days left to live..."

The old woman sighed softly, her tone calm, yet revealing endless vicissitudes of life.

The old crocodile's body suddenly trembled, and it finally understood -

It turned out that it wasn't that no one helped her, but that she was unwilling to deal with others.

Seeing other people’s happy reunions too often will only make you sadder.

"Hum hum……"

It wanted to speak, but it turned into a little crocodile and could only make pig-like sounds.

"If you can scream, maybe you can survive."

The old woman said softly, feeding the last bit of rice cake porridge:

"Pig woman, you must survive..."

After saying that, she leaned on her bamboo stick, pulled the cart, and slowly walked to the spacious water storage area to continue washing the coarse yarn.

The old crocodile looked at her back, feeling mixed emotions.

It followed the river bank to the old woman's cottage, and discovered that there were two graves beside the cottage, one with "husband" written on it, and the other with "son" written on it.

It thought of the past, Zhou Kao's amazing magical powers, and how it had fallen to this point. It even wanted to bite its savior before dying.

"Have I lost all my conscience and am I being punished?!"

It was about to turn around and leave when it suddenly had an idea:

"That old woman is a hundred years old. What if she slips and falls into the water when she goes to the river in the middle of the night?"

As soon as the thought came to its mind, its body, which was originally planning to crawl away, suddenly stopped.

"How can I, the mighty Demon King, be so hesitant and unable to make up my mind?!"

It cursed itself and said, "Let's go, let's go. Zhou Kao is very good. If he catches up with me and sees me, I'm afraid he'll roast me and eat me..."

Even as he said this, his body involuntarily moved towards the river.

After climbing for a while, it laughed at itself and said, "Have I lost my mind? That old woman is already a hundred years old. For a mortal to reach that age, she must have lived enough. What's the harm in eating her? Why should I bother with this?"

He turned around and was about to leave.

But after crawling two steps, it turned around impatiently: "No, no! I am the old crocodile demon king, how can I be so uncivilized as Zhou Kao! As the saying goes, a man who has eaten someone's food should be grateful..."

At this point, it raised its paw and touched its head: "It's a little short."

It shook its head and sighed, "Even if she's dead, she's just a mortal. Why should I worry about her? Birth, aging, sickness, and death are an endless cycle for humans. I just hope she fell into the water and died, and then she'll be reborn into a good family. That's all."

Turned around and prepared to leave.

But after climbing two sections, it suddenly stopped and muttered, "I'm so stupid! She's a centenarian. Isn't that the best blood food? Eating it will bring blessings. Maybe my Taoism will increase greatly, my cultivation will be restored instantly, and it won't be too late to return home."