Chapter 271: Backed Down, Backed Down
Inside the desolate village, Lu Heng smiled and talked with the children, comforting their emotions.
Meanwhile, in the wilderness, five hundred miles away from this place, in a mountain stream, a black demon qi suddenly burst out from the creek and turned into a thin scholar's figure under the moonlight.
It was none other than Xiao Juechen, one of the Four Elders who had previously escaped from the desolate village.
After revealing himself, Xiao Juechen still felt somewhat uneasy and nervously looked around before muttering in a low voice.
"It seems that the Wolf God didn't follow along..."
In the shadow behind Xiao Juechen, a half-rotten head slowly emerged.
This head was half-rotten, with only one-third of its face intact. Now it emerged from Xiao Juechen's shadow, looked around and snorted.
"It seems he has gone to pursue the Heavenly Demon Lord... Ha... You are lucky this time. A stronger demon is helping you out, otherwise you wouldn't have a chance to escape."
"Although you have escaped now, you have sacrificed a powerful demon... Haha... You were hoping that this Heavenly Demon Lord would join you and help you deal with Emperor Yan and Lianshan Jing, right? But now it's just like pouring water into a bamboo basket, your predicament remains unsolved... Hahaha..."
The tone of the rotten head was full of sarcasm.
In normal times, Xiao Juechen might have been able to ignore such a tone.
But at this moment, having just escaped from a desperate situation and in a bad mood, the sarcastic voice of the rotten head sounded extremely jarring.
Xiao Juechen suddenly kicked the rotten head behind him and said, cursing.
"Shut up!"
In the moonlight, Xiao Juechen's kick was so fast that it couldn't be seen clearly. Even cultivators of the same level would find it difficult to avoid at such a close distance.
However, the rotten head that emerged from the shadow smirked and instantly shifted, avoiding Xiao Juechen's kick.
It continued to mock.
"You're getting anxious? Aren't you the famous Smiling-face Demon in the Green Hell Cave? Where's your composure? I can't see even a hint of it."
"You can't even bear a little sneer, with such a poor temperament, how can you deserve to be called a senior or ancestor?"
The provoking and sneering words of the rotten head made Xiao Juechen's face darkened.
It tilted its head and looked coldly at the rotten head in the shadow behind, but this time it didn't get angry anymore.
After a moment of silence, Xiao Juechen said coldly, "The evil lord won't have any trouble."
The tone of such certainty made the rotten head somewhat surprised, "Oh? Are you so sure?"
"Of course!" Xiao Juechen sneered, "The Wolf God is known for eradicating evil. If he intervenes, he won't let the demon go easily. But when we were fleeing, we didn't see him obstructing us."
"Obviously, the heavenly punishment cloud above the barren village was not summoned by the Wolf God. It should be just our bad luck and the overwhelming demonic energy that attracted the automatic condensation of the heavenly punishment cloud."
"If it was really the Wolf God of Hanyu Mountain who took action, he wouldn't just sit and do nothing while watching us escape... So the evil lord must be safe and sound now!"
Xiao Juechen said with conviction.
To this, the rotten head nodded after shaking up and down, "Mm-hmm, you make some sense... But if you dare to deceive yourself like this, will you dare to go back?"
The rotten head chuckled, "Would you dare to go back and check if the situation is really as you think it is, and if the Wolf God of Hanyu Mountain is not there?"
Xiao Juechen snorted at the provocation of the rotten head, "Why should I go back? I have arranged a meeting place with the evil lord. I'll just go and wait for him at the Floating Jade Mountain."
"As for those other demons, they are just a bunch of useless people. If they die, they die. It just makes things easier for us."
With caution, Xiao Juechen looked around again and confirmed that there were no pursuers. Then, he transformed into a black mist and disappeared through the mountain valley, following the stream.
Meanwhile, the laughter of the rotten head echoed incessantly in its ear, extremely unpleasant and piercing.
"Hahaha... you got scared, you got scared!"
"The Four Elders of the Green Hell Cave got scared!"
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In the wilderness, demons run wild.
Outside Zhaoguang City, Lu Heng bid farewell to the Wuzhu of this place and set foot on the eastbound road once again.
After the divine message was transmitted last night, the Wuzhu of Zhaoguang City was summoned and hurriedly came with the wizards to receive the forty children who were raised as top-grade ingredients by the demons of the Green Hell Cave in a deserted village.
Although these children don't know the location of the Green Hell Cave, they have grown up inside it after all, so if we ask in detail, we can still glean a lot of useful information from them.
However, this matter needs to be addressed after the children have calmed down.
Before that, the wizards need to pacify the children's hearts and help them gradually integrate into humanity.
As for the parents of these children... not to mention that these children have never seen their parents from birth, and they don't know their names and surnames.
Even if we knew, their parents was probably eaten by the demons long ago.
After all, the demons don't like meat that's too old.
As for the detailed experience of these children in the Silent Creek, Lu Heng didn't inquire, but the young boy Shen Wuyou talked with the children all night.
It wasn't until Lu Heng set off in the morning that he followed along with a gloomy mood.
They walked a long way out, and the city of Zhaoguang fell far behind. Shen Wuyou still had a drooping and powerless head.
As they passed a bend in the river, Lu Heng smiled and spoke.
"Wuyou, are you worried about your sister?"
The young boy was stunned for a moment before he snapped out of his reverie, only to see Lu Heng smiling at him.
Shen Wuyou quickly shook his head and said, "To answer Father's question, Wuyou is not worried about his sister, but...Wuyou only feels unhappy in his heart."
"Oh? You feel unhappy? Why?" asked Lu Heng. "Is it because of those children who were raised in the Green Hell Cave?"
The young boy nodded heavily and said, "These demons are so cruel. Inside the Green Hell Cave, they breed 100,000 live humans for sustenance... Maybe even as we speak, someone is being eaten by those monsters."
At this point, the young boy's expression became sad.
Lu Heng smiled and said, "That's why we must destroy the Green Hell Cave and save those mortal beings who are being bred there."
"But Father, shouldn't we be going to the Floating Jade Mountain? If we go to the Floating Jade Mountain, we can meet that demon Xiao Juechen, and he will take you to the Green Hell Cave. This way, Father can quickly exterminate the monsters in the Green Hell Cave and save those victims..."
The young boy's words made Lu Heng suddenly realize something.
"So it was my fault for not immediately going to slay the demons... Hahaha..."
Shaking his head with a smile, Lu Heng said, "While it is important to meet Xiao Juechen at the Floating Jade Mountain, going to the Luwu Mountain is also a major affair."
"Perhaps the envoy sent by the Green Hell Cave to negotiate with us is waiting for us on the road ahead. If we go directly to the Floating Jade Mountain, we might miss this messenger and lose the chance to negotiate with the Green Hell Cave."
"Even if I plunge into the Green Hell Cave, what can I do without rescuing your sister? When the demons use your sister to threaten me, should I save her or not?"
