Journey to the West: Reincarnation as a Woman in the Cleansing Spring (Limited Time)

Chapter 46 Fragrant Orchid Valley

The six spirit fruits were about the size of a fist, entirely crimson, with faint light patterns flowing across their skins, and their fragrance permeated the air.

"These are six Hundred-Year Blood Cloud Fruits. Consuming them can increase your cultivation. You can take them." Lu Changgeng raised his hand.

The deer demon smelled the fragrance of the fruit, its Adam's apple bobbing involuntarily, its eyes fixed on the three spiritual fruits.

The wolf demon's gaze lingered on the spirit fruit for only a moment before quickly returning to its lowered position, its posture still respectful, but its breathing noticeably heavier.

In the past, the two of them could only get one and a half of these spiritual fruits from the mountain demons a year. Now, they suddenly had three fruits for each demon. It would be a lie to say they weren't excited.

"You two did a good job tonight." Lu Changgeng's voice was unhurried. "These three spirit fruits are a reward for you. If the Ape Demon King can afford three hundred-year spirit fruits, I can afford them too, and even more. As long as you two work well for me, you will be rewarded handsomely."

"Yes, thank you, Immortal Master."

"Furthermore, from today onwards, you two no longer need to go back to the mountain demons to serve. You will work directly under me. Your daily tasks are simply to patrol the mountains and keep watch. If there is any disturbance, report it directly. If the mountain demons have any complaints, let them come to me."

"Your Majesty, I obey!" the wolf demon thought to himself. "How could Your Majesty dare to have any complaints?"

The deer demon was so excited that he almost dropped the spirit fruit on the ground. He was right, and he immediately became Lu Changgeng's disciple, without any middlemen taking a cut.

It quickly hugged the spirit fruit to its chest, put its two front legs together, and bowed three times to Lu Changgeng, imitating the way humans bow.

"By the way, you just said that the long-eared, blond-haired guy was under some demon king's command?" Lu Changgeng suddenly asked, remembering something.

The wolf demon bowed and replied, "They are under the tutelage of a thousand-year-old rabbit spirit. The Demon King Mountain is nearly a hundred miles from here, called something like Star Mountain. There is a cave in the mountain called Soft Bone Cave, where the rabbit spirit resides."

Lu Changgeng raised an eyebrow: "Is that rabbit spirit male or female?"

"Reporting back to the Immortal Master, she is a woman. I heard that she is interested in the Ape Demon King, which is why she is willing to obey his orders."

"Oh?" Lu Changgeng pondered for a moment, then indicated that he understood.

He asked the two demons a few more questions, then let them leave.

After sending the two demons away, Lu Changgeng lightly tapped the edge of the pool with his fingertips, already making plans in his mind.

Continuing to defend will only make us more passive, and sooner or later, Wansheng Laoniqiu's net will cover Pansiling.

Instead of waiting for someone to come to you, it's better to take the initiative and overturn the chessboard.

The people of Bibo Pool are looking for his current appearance. As long as this body is erased from Pansiling, no one will be able to associate the bounty on Bibo Pool with him.

Across from him, Teng San Niang had opened her eyes at some point and was quietly gazing at him, her plain gauze dress gently swaying in the water.

Lu Changgeng turned around and said, "Third Sister, you should go down the mountain tomorrow. Don't come back here without my permission."

We had originally planned to send her down the mountain a few days ago, but because she had recently learned the "Yi Wood Creation Classic," we let her stay here for a few more days to see how the feedback would be effective.

Teng San Niang nodded slightly: "This concubine obeys."

She knew that staying there would not only be of no help, but might even affect Lu Changgeng, so she didn't hesitate and obediently accepted the order. Taking care of the seven little spiders was her duty.

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The next day, a ray of morning light broke the silence of the night.

Lu Changgeng emerged from the cleansing spring and shook off the water droplets.

Teng San Niang and her two maids have already descended the ridge, leaving him alone on the ridge.

With no one else around, he directly merged into his main body, allowing the demon infant to return to its origin, and carefully examined what exactly was going on with the Golden Crow Evil Fire.

As soon as the demon infant entered the depths of the spring, the evil fire of the Golden Crow, which had appeared out of nowhere in the spring, seemed to have found an outlet and rushed into the demon infant's body. At the same time, the chicken in the demon infant's arms began to grow and become more and more real.

From a blur of light and shadow at the beginning, now every feather and toe on the body is becoming increasingly clear.

It took the demon infant several hours to completely absorb the evil fire energy of the Golden Crow in the spring, and the chicken's appearance stopped changing.

This chicken has three legs, a sharp beak, and golden scales. Its wings are not very big, about the same size as a domestic rooster, and it has a basketball-sized bulge on its head.

Although it is lifelike, the chicken's eyes are tightly closed, making it look like a dead thing.

Lu Changgeng didn't know whether it was a golden crow or a chicken, because he had never seen a golden crow, but he had seen all kinds of chickens, some costing dozens of yuan each, and others costing hundreds or thousands with no upper limit...

In the end, Lu Changgeng decided to just treat it as a chicken for the time being.

He didn't know why his demon infant was holding it. He wanted the demon infant to throw it away, but the two seemed to be one, and the demon infant wouldn't listen to him at all.

Left with no other choice, Lu Changgeng could only check what changes the demon infant had undergone, but whether it was fortunate or unfortunate, nothing changed.

His magical power, supernatural abilities, and physical body remained unchanged.

The only change was that he always felt a surge of lustful desires, especially when he saw a woman.

Fortunately, he managed to send Teng San Niang and her two maids down the mountain in time, otherwise he didn't know if he could have held back.

Something's wrong with this spring...

Lu Changgeng couldn't think of a way to suppress this desire, and he probably couldn't let the female cultivator soak in the spring until he found a solution.

Of course, he didn't gain nothing at all. After absorbing this energy, he once again sensed the same true solar fire energy from the northeast.

Last time I used Teng San Niang's perception method, but I haven't had time to check it out yet, and then I forgot about it.

Having sensed it again, Lu Changgeng decided to go and investigate.

With a thought, he transformed himself into another form: black robes, black hair, an extremely ordinary appearance, and a height of only five feet, about 1.7 meters, somewhat thin. This was his appearance in his previous life.

He glanced at the spring and suddenly sighed, "No money, no talent, and no looks—no wonder I'm single..."

He shook his head, stood up, and flew northeast on the clouds.

He traveled along the way, stopping frequently, because the aura he sensed was weak and intermittent, requiring him to stop and carefully perceive it with his demonic infant.

We passed through a mountain with a trail that stretched for about 800 miles, and the whole mountain was covered with persimmons.

Such an obvious landmark naturally attracted Lu Changgeng's attention; could this be the Seven Absolutes Mountain?

Passing by a village beside the mountain, Lu Changgeng descended from the clouds and listened to the conversations of the people passing by. He then learned that this village was Tuoluozhuang.

Since it is Tuoluo Village, then the mountain next to it must be Qijue Mountain.

He sensed the area around the mountain but found no demonic aura, nor the giant red-scaled python. Considering that the journey to the West was still far off, he guessed that it was probably being kept by some deity.

He flew westward along the Seven Absolutes Mountain for about two hundred miles and finally arrived at the place he had sensed.

This is a mountain stream.

The stream water is clear and cold, flowing gently around the bluestone.

A cool mountain breeze wafted through the valley, and a lingering mist hung in the air.

The surroundings were quiet and serene, a tranquil scene of autumn mountains.

Three large ancient characters in clerical script are carved on the cliff by the stream: "Xianglan Stream".

"It seems this place is already occupied?" Lu Changgeng thought to himself, the aura he sensed was deep within the mountain stream.