Black Journey to the West: The Imposter Star Lord

Chapter 9: Better to kill the innocent than let the guilty go free

"You bastard."

The man in the yellow robe turned around, cursing, and walked to the alchemy furnace, where he plucked the gourd hanging on it.

After shaking the gourd vigorously, he pulled out the stopper and poured it out.

A ray of red light flew out of the gourd.

"Your Majesty!"

The figure of Hong Ling, appearing in the red light, knelt down and begged for mercy, saying, "Your Majesty, I am already a remnant soul. How could I dare to deceive Your Majesty? I truly did not take that inner core. I swear a solemn oath that if I had taken Your Majesty's inner core, I would be annihilated and never be able to be reborn."

Despite his beloved concubine's desperate pleas, the Yellow-Robed Monster seemed completely unconcerned and asked, "Who came to my alchemy room just now?"

"Your Majesty, I have no idea. I was inside the gourd, completely confused, and had no idea what was happening outside."

Hearing Hongling's words, the Yellow-Robed Monster was not surprised and sneered, "You lowly servant, still dare to be stubborn."

After saying that, he reached out and grabbed Hongling's soul, walked to the alchemy furnace, and chanted a spell.

"Click!"

A small hole popped open at the furnace opening, and crimson flames surged out, causing the temperature inside the entire alchemy chamber to rise rapidly.

Seeing the flames surging from the alchemy furnace, Hong Ling, who was held in the yellow-robed monster's hand, trembled and struggled to escape from his grasp. Just then, as Hong Ling glanced around, she suddenly saw Cao Xing peeking out from behind and watching coldly.

The two locked eyes.

Cao Xing clenched his fists suddenly.

The two did not exchange a single word.

But sometimes, it's just a fleeting moment when our eyes meet that we can understand a lot.

This moment is just like that moment back then.

In a fleeting moment, a bold idea popped into Hongling's mind.

No one told her, there was no evidence, and she herself didn't have a reason to convince herself, but she had a strong premonition.

"It's him!! It's him, it's all his fault, he must have stolen the inner core!!"

Hongling opened her mouth wide and pointed in Cao Xing's direction.

Cao Xing was stunned.

No, this woman's sixth sense is way too strong, isn't it?

The yellow-robed monster turned and glanced at Cao Xing, whose face was covered in filth.

then……

He grabbed Hongling's head and threw her into the alchemy furnace.

Before Hongling even had a chance to say a second word, the hole in the alchemy furnace was sealed with a loud "bang!"

The yellow-robed monster stretched out his finger and tapped the alchemy furnace: "It seems the inner core really wasn't stolen by you."

"Clang! Clang clang!!"

The alchemy furnace was well-sealed; a faint knocking sound could be heard inside, but Hong Ling's shouts could not be heard. After a moment, even the knocking sound disappeared.

The yellow-robed monster turned and walked to Bixia's side, grabbing her from the ground and shaking her violently a few times. "Who just came in?"

Cao Xing, who was standing nearby, also perked up his ears.

Although Cao Xing hadn't interacted with Bixia at all since he came in, he had been doing his job as a fool the whole time.

But if she really insists on her own version of events, even if the Yellow Robe Monster doesn't completely believe her, he will start to doubt himself.

However, when Bixia opened her eyes, she shook her head: "I only heard two voices. Before I could see who they were, I fell asleep. When I woke up, I only saw my brother rummaging through the medicine cabinet. There was no one else there."

"Two people?"

The yellow-robed monster narrowed his eyes, automatically ignoring the nonsense that followed.

He stared intently at Bixia's half-human, half-beast face, and only after confirming that he couldn't see anything wrong did he leave Bixia behind.

call! !

Cao Xing breathed a sigh of relief, but was also surprised, as it was clear that Bixia was protecting him.

But she...

Will you suspect I'm pretending to be stupid?

At this moment, the yellow-robed monster walked to the alchemy furnace, and after hearing that there was no more movement inside, he opened the furnace again.

With a wave of his hand, a rosy pill rolled out. The yellow-robed monster held the pill, turned around, and walked to the medicine table to start fiddling with it.

Cao Xing had no idea what the yellow-robed monster was up to.

He didn't dare to move, so he lay on the ground and put a bottle of pills into his mouth.

Seeing this, the yellow-robed monster even went over and snatched the pill bottle from Cao Xing's hand, then casually picked up a bone and stuffed it into Cao Xing's hand.

Those are the bones of Baihua Xiu.

But Cao Xing ignored his nausea and started gnawing on the bone.

Seeing Cao Xing gnawing on the bone with obvious delight, the Yellow-Robed Monster reached out and gently patted Cao Xing's forehead with satisfaction.

"younger brother!!"

At that moment, a hand grabbed Cao Xing; it was Bixia.

She pulled Cao Xing into her arms, stepped back, and dragged him into a corner, while discreetly stuffing a pill into Cao Xing's mouth.

Cao Xing didn't see what kind of pill it was; he just held it in his mouth without eating it, and when Bixia wasn't paying attention, he spat it into his clothes.

Perhaps the older sister meant well, but in this place, Cao Xing dared not easily trust anyone.

After all, it's your own life.

"Bang bang bang..."

At this moment, the yellow-robed monster threw the pills he had just refined with the red bell into the mortar and smashed them to pieces, then added some strange herbs.

Then he pulled out a strange thing from a jar next to him. It looked like a mass of scarlet rotting flesh, covered with some kind of fleshy tendrils, and emitted a thick, foul odor. Cao Xing almost vomited when he smelled it.

What is this?

He carefully examined the piece of meat in the yellow-robed monster's hand and discovered that it was still alive, wriggling in the monster's hand.

However, it seemed that even the Yellow Robe Monster was somewhat wary of this thing, and he picked it up very carefully.

Only after he made another cut on it, and the dark red liquid fell into the mortar, did the yellow-robed monster put the thing back into the jar.

He then wiped his hands on his robe a few times with a look of disgust.

After a while of fiddling around, the powder in the mortar was kneaded into several rosy pills by the yellow-robed monster, who then threw them back into the alchemy furnace.

"Cough cough cough..."

In that brief moment, the yellow-robed monster suddenly began to cough uncontrollably, and immediately turned around to take out a pill from the medicine cabinet behind him and put it in his mouth.

Only after the pill entered his mouth did the yellow-robed monster's expression gradually relax.

Cao Xing naturally witnessed this scene.

It seems that without the inner core, this old fellow is getting weaker and weaker.

Make it even more illusory, ideally so illusory that it reveals its true form.

Cao Xing glanced at the medicine cabinet where the yellow-robed monster had taken the medicine, and felt a pang of regret. If he had known that the monster needed to take drugs, he would have switched the medicine.

But on second thought, this trick might work against Baihuaxiu.

It was useless against the Yellow Robe Monster.

Old Deng was a master alchemist; he could identify any pill just by smelling it, and nothing could fool him.

"Someone come here!"

The Yellow-Robed Monster felt he had recovered enough and called out to the door. The two little monsters who had been guarding the door came in: "Go and invite them, invite all the ladies over here."

After receiving their orders, the two lesser demons immediately left the alchemy room.

After the two little demons left, the yellow-robed monster stood up, straightened his collar, strode up to Bixia, looked down at Bixia's half-human, half-beast face, and at Cao Xing, who was gnawing on a bone in her arms.

After a few flickers in his eyes, a smile appeared on his tense face. He reached out and placed his hand on Bixia's face: "Xia'er, the matter of the inner core has nothing to do with you. I was wrong to blame you. You won't blame your father, will you?"

Bixia was stunned for a few seconds, seemingly quite uncomfortable with the gentleness shown by the yellow-robed monster in front of her.

Not to mention Bixia, even Cao Xing felt nauseous.

A weasel offering New Year's greetings to a chicken has ulterior motives.

Is this guy afraid that when the ladies arrive, Bixia will reveal that he lost his inner core?

Cao Xing muttered to himself, but dared not show any emotion on his face.

"Good child." The yellow-robed monster stroked Bixia's forehead with his palm, then suddenly grabbed Bixia and bit her neck hard.

"ah!!!"

Blood gushed from Bixia's neck instantly. Cao Xing froze, his fist clenching the golden ring, ready to fight back at any moment.

The yellow-robed monster took a bite, but it didn't kill Bixia. It only left a wound on her neck. Strangely, the wound healed quickly, and at a glance, there was only a strange tooth mark.

Having left his mark, the Yellow-Robed Monster nodded in satisfaction, while Bixia collapsed to the ground, completely limp.

He glanced at Cao Xing again, seeing that he was still holding onto the bone and refusing to let go, and sneered, completely ignoring the meatball.

He even pinched Cao Xing's cheek before turning around and walking to the alchemy furnace to take out the pills he had just thrown into it.

Just then, footsteps came from outside the door.

The concubines cautiously entered the alchemy room.

Cao Xing immediately noticed the Fourth Sister, as well as Bai Yao and Liu Yao, especially the Fourth Sister, whose face still had rosy handprints.

The female demons stood cautiously in a row: "Your Majesty."

The yellow-robed monster glanced at the concubines and said, "I will be going into seclusion for a while and will not have time to take care of you. Here are some newly refined pills. Those who take them can increase their cultivation by a hundred years. After taking them, you should cultivate diligently."

As the yellow-robed monster spoke, he placed the pills he had just taken from the alchemy furnace into a jade plate and personally carried the plate to the female demons.

Looking at the crystal-clear pills on the plate, the female demons were surprised, but they didn't doubt them and were overjoyed.

Cao Xing watched from the side, and couldn't help but feel a sense of foreboding.

broken!

This old scoundrel is planning to undermine our foundation, so he'd rather kill the innocent than let the guilty go free.