ATPnovel Chapter 58 Resurrect, My Beloved Princess
Chapter 58 Resurrect, My Beloved Princess
Lu Changgeng subtly stepped back half a step, using the gesture of bowing to avoid the ape's paw, which was larger than a palm-leaf fan.
She bowed her head and said, "Your Majesty, I have been feeling unwell these past few days, so please refrain from getting close. The person has already been brought; Your Majesty may wish to take a look at him first."
The Ape Demon King didn't mind, waving his hand dismissively: "Alright, alright, let's see who they are first!"
He strode to the sedan chair, lifted the black cloth, and his gaze lingered on "Lu Changgeng's" face for a moment.
With red hair, a youthful appearance, and clothing similar to what the Old Dragon King of Halloween had described, there was nothing particularly suspicious about him.
He nodded, pulled the black cloth back up, and said, "Take him away and lock him in the cold dungeon in the back mountain. Tomorrow, I'll ask that Dragon King of Ten Thousand Saints to take a look. If he can't catch anyone, my beloved concubine will take care of it, hahaha."
Lu Changgeng felt disgusted by his constant use of the term "beloved concubine" and wanted to leave as soon as possible. So he said, "Your Majesty, could you please give me what the Dragon King of Ten Thousand Saints promised? My men have done a lot of work this time, and many of my demon generals are still lying in their caves recovering from their injuries. We have also lost quite a few lesser demons."
"Oh? You're right, you're right!" The Ape Demon King laughed heartily, then turned to his attendant and ordered, "Go to the storeroom and fetch all the spiritual fruits listed on the bounty list, plus two bottles of my privately hoarded Rejuvenation Pills. As for the magical artifacts..."
He said casually, "The Bibo Pool agreed that you could choose from their treasure vault. It was an extra bonus that the Wansheng Old Dragon himself agreed to. I will send someone to Bibo Pool to tell the old dragon to take you there to make your selection."
Lu Changgeng's heart tightened.
If the Halloween Dragon comes, he will definitely personally verify the person.
Although the old dragon had never seen his true face, once the old mudfish infused the Soft Bone King with magic power, he would inevitably reveal his true form, and then he would be in danger.
His smile remained unchanged as he said, "Your Majesty, I am truly unwell today and would like to return to my cave to rest. Perhaps I may accept the spiritual fruits and pills first, but there is no need for me to personally select the magical artifacts; Your Majesty can choose for me and send someone to deliver them another day. I shall take my leave now."
The Ape Demon King glanced at her, feeling that his beloved concubine was acting strangely today.
When people come to his Ape Demon Mountain, they always stay for several days before they are willing to leave. They offer him newly brewed fruit wine and play the pipa for him. They can't be driven away no matter what.
Today, however, she seemed to be in a hurry and even resisted his advances.
However, he didn't think much of it. Women, after all, have those few days every month when they're in a strange mood.
He nodded, telling her to do as she pleased.
Before long, the reward that the Ape Demon King himself had offered was brought out.
The box contained dozens of spirit fruits, most of which were over five hundred years old.
A box of agate gems, an extra gift from the Ape Demon King, and several bottles of elixirs.
It is called a elixir, but it is only made using a crude method and is not as good as the pills made by the orthodox Taoist sect.
Lu Changgeng was about to have his men carry him away.
The Ape Demon King suddenly waved his hand and shouted, "My beloved concubine, wait!"
Lu Changgeng's heart skipped a beat, but he remained calm and composed: "Your Majesty, is there anything else?"
"I forgot to ask just now, my beloved concubine is only at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, how could she have caught that wild path?"
"Your Majesty, you are unaware of the truth, but it was just that this unruly man was unlucky." Lu Changgeng had already thought of this problem, and he immediately told the lie he had prepared beforehand, "When my men encountered him, he was already severely injured and had just been fighting with someone. I immediately took action and subdued him."
The Ape Demon King pondered, recalling that the Old Dragon King of Ten Thousand Saints had said this person had been hunted down by his men, and nodded: "I see. It seems my beloved concubine is very fortunate; to encounter an injured human being in human form, these things are yours!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
After bidding farewell to the Ape Demon King, Lu Changgeng left the Ape Demon Cave without looking back, carrying spiritual fruits and pills. He rode in a sedan chair all the way out of the Ape Demon Mountain area before slowly exhaling a breath of turbid air.
He then ordered the two demons to hurry the two maids back to the Soft Bone Cave. That night, he ordered the demons guarding the gate to rest, and secretly made several trips back and forth, emptying the cave of spiritual fruits, elixirs, and treasures!
Of course, he didn't leave the palace empty-handed either; he took everything of value.
It took almost half the night to move everything out. Lu Changgeng was exhausted. He wished he had a magic treasure like the Qiankun Bag.
However, in this Journey to the West world, such treasures that can contain the size of a mustard seed are all very famous and are in the hands of powerful figures. With his current cultivation level, it would be difficult for him to come into contact with them.
The reason they were in such a hurry to empty the store and leave was that the counterfeit goods couldn't be kept secret from the Ape Demon King for long; it would probably only take a day or a few hours.
He placed a mark on the True Soft Bone King's divine sense and did some minor tricks so that he would immediately notice if the other party showed any abnormality.
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Ape Demon Mountain, Ape Demon Cave Main Hall.
After watching "My Beloved Concubine" leave, the Ape Demon King drank two more jugs of wine and fell into a deep sleep.
When I woke up, it was already past midnight.
He seemed to remember something, and strolled leisurely to the cold prison behind the mountain.
The prison was cold and damp, with thin ice clinging to the stone walls, and the black cloth sedan chair stood alone in the center of the cell.
He lifted the black cloth, looked down at the unconscious "Lu Changgeng" in the sedan chair, and sneered, "Still not awake? You brat, you better tell me honestly, how did you learn the Canglang Nine Folds..."
As he spoke, the large, hairy hand patted his face.
I patted her a few more times, but she was still fast asleep.
He pondered for a moment, then extended two fingers and pressed them against Lu Changgeng's dantian, slowly channeling a wisp of demonic power into it, intending to examine the man's meridians.
The moment the demonic power entered his body, the man's body trembled violently.
Immediately afterwards, an extremely hot aura suddenly exploded from the depths of his dantian, so fast that even the Ape Demon King didn't have time to stop.
The face rapidly deformed in the heat, the pointed chin receded slightly, the brow bone gradually rose, the ear tips lengthened, and the hair faded from crimson to white rabbit fur. The face shape transformed into a rabbit face at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Before long, the unconscious "Lu Changgeng" revealed his true form in front of him.
That wasn't some rogue cultivator with long crimson hair at all; it was clearly the demonic form of his beloved concubine, the Soft Bone Queen!
The Ape Demon King's crimson eyes widened, and for the first time, his thunderous face revealed an expression of shock and rage.
He subconsciously channeled another wisp of demonic power to suppress the flames, but to his surprise, the flames not only did not go out but grew even stronger. The body of the Soft Bone King in his arms was like a piece of dry firewood doused with oil, and in the blink of an eye, it was completely enveloped by the golden flames.
The flames burned inward along the meridians, the dantian shattered inch by inch in the flames, the meridians were burned into charred, withered vines, and even the primordial spirit wailed in that golden flame.
"Your Majesty... am I going to die...?"
The Soft Bone King's primordial spirit awakened, and upon seeing the Ape Demon King before him, he instantly understood everything.
"Damn it!" the Ape Demon King roared in fury, "Guards, bring me my life-extending elixir!"
Suddenly, a little demon appeared and whispered a reminder: "Your Majesty, isn't that life-extending elixir hidden close to your body?"
The Ape Demon King was also anxious, so he immediately took out a porcelain bottle from his bosom and poured out a white pill.
"Aiki, you can't die, and you won't die. Just eat it, and you'll be fine..."
He carefully placed the pill into the mouth of the Soft Bone King, murmuring, "Resurrect, my beloved concubine..."