plumnovel Chapter 19 Borrowing a Treasure
Chapter 19 Borrowing a Treasure
This young man was Lu Changgeng's water-shaped incarnation.
She was still wearing a long, wide-sleeved robe in vermilion, but it was no longer made of spring water. Instead, it was made of fabric that Teng San Niang had bought at the human market over the past three days and sewed overnight.
Lu Changgeng originally intended to let the tailor do it, but Teng Sanniang insisted on doing it herself.
He had no intention of stopping her. She had already soaked his body for so long; it was too kind of her to only repay him with a piece of clothing.
I glanced at Teng San Niang. She was wearing a dark green semi-transparent long dress, with a vine whip tied around her waist. Her vine hair was braided into a long braid that hung down her back, with a small white flower at the end tied with a silver thread to prevent it from coming apart halfway.
However, the neckline of the long dress was pulled down quite low, revealing a pair of full, white, and rounded breasts.
"This Madam Teng, really, she wasn't like this before. How come she's getting worse and worse now?" Lu Changgeng stared intently, seemingly about to be drawn in, but inwardly he was cursing her.
If Teng San Niang knew what Lu Chang Geng was thinking, she would definitely cry out that the immortal was wronged.
Ever since she accidentally discovered that Lu Changgeng always liked to stare at that spot, she began to intentionally or unintentionally pull down the hem of her skirt.
What puzzled her was that when she was soaking in the spring naked, Lu Changgeng showed no interest whatsoever, and instead focused on meditating cross-legged.
Teng San Niang was quite clever and quickly realized that Lu Chang Geng liked the feeling of being half-concealed, so now she always dressed just right.
Seemingly sensing Lu Changgeng's gaze, she naturally pulled her collar down a little further.
Seeing this, Lu Changgeng coughed lightly, looked up at the sky, and said, "Hmm, the weather is nice, a good day to go out. Let's go."
Teng San Niang also looked up at the sky. The sky was gloomy and the wind was howling. She didn't know where to go.
Qilin Mountain is located two thousand miles southeast of Pansiling, which is neither close nor far.
At Lu Changgeng's current speed, he could have arrived in half a day.
However, with Teng San Niang along, plus the bulging cloth bag she was carrying, and the need to conserve some of their magical energy, it took the two of them a whole day to finally reach Qilin Mountain.
That night, the two found an abandoned cave about ten miles away from the Xie Zhi Cave and stayed there temporarily, planning to visit the Great Sage who guards the mountain again the next day.
The next morning, the two flew to the top of the mountain.
From a distance, the mountain resembles a reclining Qilin, with its head to the east and its tail to the west, its four legs lying on the ground.
At the top of the mountain is a huge cave, and at the entrance of the cave is a stone xiezhi carved with a single horn, a lion's body, and dragon claws, which is very lifelike.
Two stone pillars stand on either side of the cave entrance, with two lines of text engraved on them: "True beasts are hidden on Qilin Mountain, and great demons are suppressed in Xiezhi Cave."
Lu Changgeng glanced at the two lines of text, shook his head, and thought to himself that this mountain demon wanted to show off his literary talent and embellish his image, but it backfired and he clearly didn't have much culture.
The first part is fine, but the second part is about suppressing a great demon. This cave is his own residence, so wouldn't the Xie Zhi be suppressing himself?
Teng San Niang also noticed it and chuckled softly.
When the two were still several hundred meters away from the cave entrance, a guarding demon came to greet them.
One had the head of a wolf and the body of a human, and the other had the head of a deer and the body of a human, both wearing iron armor and holding spears.
Seeing the two descend from the sky, the wolf demon brandished his spear and shouted, "Halt! Who goes there?"
Teng San Niang took the lead, clasped her hands and said, "Please inform the Great Sage of the Mountain that our old friends, the wife of the Iron-Boned King Teng San Niang and Daoist Yangquan, have come to pay their respects with gifts."
The wolf demon sized up the two of them, his gaze lingering on Lu Changgeng's water-form avatar for a moment before he spoke: "You wait here, I'll go inform the king."
He then turned and went into the cave, leaving the deer demon to watch over the two of them.
After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the wolf demon came out, his attitude more polite than before: "Please come in, both of you. The King is waiting for you in the back hall."
The two followed the wolf demon into the cave. Along the way, hundreds of little demons and monsters stared at them, most of them with ill intentions.
Lu Changgeng was not afraid. The most powerful of these little demons were only a few at the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm, which was like Cao Pi's wife entering the vegetable garden.
Once inside the cave, the interior of the Xie Zhi Cave was much more spacious than Lu Changgeng had imagined.
The cave passage is about three zhang high and two zhang wide, with luminous pearls embedded in the stone walls on both sides, making the cave as bright as day.
The ground was paved with bluestone slabs and was swept spotlessly clean.
After passing through three stone gates, a bright and open space suddenly appeared before us.
This is a naturally formed stone palace, about ten zhang high and over a hundred zhang in circumference.
In the very center of the stone hall stands a stone platform, upon which lies a huge tiger skin, and upon the tiger skin sits a…
When Lu Changgeng saw what the thing looked like, he felt a slight chill.
Although it's called a mandrill, it doesn't really resemble one anymore.
The creature was a size larger than Iron Bone, standing over ten feet tall, and covered in reddish-black scales.
It's not something you wear; it grows from within your skin.
It has a single horn on its head, about a foot long, and is entirely black with a subtle, flowing luster.
His face was like that of a thunder god, with a sunken nose, bulging eyes, protruding fangs, and blood-red eyes that revealed his ferocity and tyranny.
His entire body exuded a murderous aura, as evidenced by the withered bones and rotten, hardened flesh beneath the stone platform.
Lu Changgeng was sizing him up, and the mountain demon was also sizing up the two of them, its gaze finally settling on Lu Changgeng, who had the highest cultivation level.
However, he ignored her and instead looked at Teng San Niang, his voice booming like thunder: "Are you Lady Iron Bone?"
Teng San Niang clasped her hands in greeting: "San Niang greets the Great Sage Who Guards the Mountain. Your Majesty has discerning eyes. I am none other than the Iron-Boned Lady Teng San Niang."
At this moment, some miscellaneous demons jumped out from the side.
"How dare you! You don't even kneel before the King?!"
Teng San Niang was hesitant and about to look at Lu Chang Geng when the Great Sage of the Mountain laughed and said, "It's alright. Since she's the wife of an old friend, why bother with such elaborate formalities?"
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
"Fellow Daoist..." The mountain demon turned to Lu Changgeng, narrowing its eyes, a strange glint flashing in its crimson pupils. "This fellow Daoist is quite peculiar. A water-form body, its true form is not here, yet it can condense such a solid avatar. Madam Teng, where did you find such a master?"
Lu Changgeng's water-form avatar cupped his hands and said, "I am Yangquan Daoist, a rogue cultivator from Pansiling. I have long admired Your Majesty's reputation and have prepared a small gift to pay my respects."
"A visit? I suppose you have something to ask of me?" The mountain demon could tell at a glance that Lu Changgeng was at the peak of the Nascent Soul realm, and he knew exactly what was going on.
"Your Majesty has excellent eyesight. I have come here today with a request."
The mandrill leaned against the tiger skin, resting its chin on one hand, and looked at Lu Changgeng with great interest: "Tell me about it."
"I will soon undergo the Heavenly Tribulation of Transformation, but I have no magical artifacts to protect my body and no spiritual medicine to prolong my life. I fear that the tribulation will be more dangerous than successful. I have heard that Your Majesty has already transformed into human form and must have magical artifacts and spiritual medicine. Therefore, I have come to ask to borrow one or two magical artifacts and one or two spiritual pills. I will definitely return them after the tribulation and will also reward you handsomely."
The stone hall fell silent for a moment.
The mountain demon stared at Lu Changgeng for a long time, then suddenly laughed. The laughter wasn't loud, but it made Teng Sanniang's heart skip a beat.
"Borrow?" The mandrill's laughter stopped abruptly, and its gaze suddenly sharpened. "The things in this cave of mine are never taken out! You are the first one who dares to borrow them."