ATPnovel Chapter 23 If you're not dignified, I'll help you be dignified.
Chapter 23 If you're not dignified, I'll help you be dignified.
The moment the cyan-gold Xuan character mark appeared, the Great Sage of the Mountain's heart pounded wildly, sensing something ominous.
They attempted to forcibly seize the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and use their escape techniques to flee.
Teng San Niang, Tie Gu, and the little spiders were quite familiar with the cyan-gold mark; it was the Xuan Yuan Locking God Seal!
They had long been isolated from the battlefield by Lu Changgeng's spring water to prevent them from being affected by the battle, but seeing that mark still made them feel scared.
Lu Changgeng flicked his finger, and the cyan-gold mark slowly drifted towards the mandrill's brow.
The speed seemed slow, but in reality, the mandrill didn't even have time to think before the mark suddenly disappeared in front of him, and in an instant, the mandrill's eyes became dazed.
After only a few breaths, the mandrill's eyes rolled, as if it had regained consciousness.
He turned to look at the water giant that Lu Changgeng had transformed into, his face showing mockery.
"You dare to lock my soul with your mere Concentration skill? Even if I die, you will never be able to command me!" The mountain demon was already at its last gasp, but it was still very stubborn.
Lu Changgeng remained silent. It seemed that the Xuan Yuan Locking God Seal was still unable to restrain the resisting transformed demon. It would require the other party to be willing.
He immediately changed his move, and the spring water condensed, sending out a series of menacing water dragons that rushed towards the mountain demon.
The latter was powerless to resist and could only stare fiercely at Lu Changgeng.
However, the water dragons did not kill him; instead, they pierced through his collarbone layer by layer, binding him.
With its collarbone locked, the mountain demon is unable to use its transformation abilities, fly, or employ any stealth or invisibility techniques.
He then used the Weaving Clouds Technique to seal the Qi in the Dantian, preventing it from recovering its magical power.
"Kill me if you want!" the mandrill roared. "If I ever regain my power, I'll skin you alive, drink your blood, and use your skull to make wine!"
Lu Changgeng ignored him, withdrew the raging torrent of water, and the giant, tens of feet tall, slowly shrank back to the appearance of the young man in the vermilion robe.
He paid no attention to the harsh words the mandrill uttered.
It's normal for a bandit king to become arrogant and fierce after being a bandit for so long.
He didn't look at the mandrill, but instead looked around.
The surrounding area was a mess; the flowers and plants had been destroyed, and the corpses of various demons lay scattered on the ground.
With a thought, several water dragons rose from the Cleansing Spring, washing the surroundings before Lu Changgeng summoned Teng Sanniang and Tiegu, who were not far away.
Both of them were feeling uneasy. If they weren't entirely convinced of Lu Changgeng's abilities before, they were now completely convinced.
Even the Great Sage of the Mountain, after transforming into human form, was defeated by Lu Changgeng with seemingly little effort, unable to even escape. What are they compared to him?
"Immortal Master, please give your orders." Teng San Niang bowed gracefully, while Tie Gu followed behind her in a muffled voice.
"Third Sister, go and get some paper and pen."
"Yes."
Teng San Niang didn't dare to ask anything and quickly brought over paper and pen.
Lu Changgeng immediately took a pen and started writing and drawing on the paper, then handed it to Teng Sanniang and whispered something to her.
Teng San Niang quickly understood, glanced sympathetically at the Great Sage of the Mountain who was lying on the ground, and swayed away.
Tie Gu scratched his head, wondering what his wife had gone to do. He dared not eavesdrop on the immortal's conversation.
"Iron Bone, I'm also giving you a task: go and build a stage, and then I'll trouble you to go to the Xie Zhi Cave and invite all the demon soldiers from the Zhen Shan Cave... no, I mean, the Shan Xiao Cave."
The word "please" was pronounced quite heavily.
"This..." Tiegu hesitated for a moment, "Immortal Master, setting up a stage is easy, but I'm afraid we'll be surrounded by those demon soldiers in the Xie Zhi Cave... There's more than one Nascent Soul Realm demon in that cave..."
"That's easy." Lu Changgeng waved his hand, and a foot-long unicorn flew up from the spring and landed in his hand.
The mandrill's eyes widened in fury as it stared intently at the single horn, its prized possession.
"With this, you won't be afraid of those miscellaneous demons anymore, right?"
"Hehe, I'm not afraid anymore..." Tie Gu took the unicorn with both hands, his pig snout already drooling. This was the first time he had ever touched a magical artifact.
"Oh right, bring all the treasures from that cave back with you." Lu Changgeng remembered that he hadn't found the pills the mountain demon had mentioned, which meant that the guy hadn't brought them at all and had no intention of lending him the magic weapons and pills.
Tiegu accepted the order and immediately went.
Lu Changgeng went to check on the little spiders again. He couldn't help them stay in their original form during the battle, so they all revealed their true forms and hid to the side.
Fortunately, they were all quick-witted and were not affected by the battle. Now, seeing that the mandrill had been captured, they surrounded it menacingly.
"Brother Daoist, why don't you kill this bastard?" Green Ivy transmitted telepathically.
"I have other uses for this." Lu Changgeng did not explain further.
The little spiders jumped on the mandrill, punching and kicking it, but the mandrill, with its thick skin, didn't even suffer any superficial injuries.
After playing for a while, the little spiders got bored and went back to soak in the spring.
Now, apart from Ziying, everyone else has reached the peak of the Refinement stage, and Green Luo is just one step away from breaking through to the Condensation stage in the next few days.
"What do you intend to do to me?" the mandrill glared at Lu Changgeng.
Lu Changgeng ignored him, and the giant water hand grabbed him and threw him directly into a mountain hollow.
Then he turned around and stepped into the spring, and with a "splash," he transformed into the spring water and merged into his body.
It's useless to say anything now; the only way is to make him completely submit and trample his dignity and prestige into the mud.
Two days later, Teng San Niang and Tie Gu returned one after the other.
Iron Bone was followed by hundreds of demons, both large and small, as well as the familiar gatekeeper wolf demon and deer demon.
The stage has been set up, and everything is ready.
Lu Changgeng revealed himself, and then a giant water palm condensed, pulling out a listless, disheveled mountain demon from some unknown corner.
Upon seeing the demons and the stage before him, the mountain demon's face immediately darkened: "Yangquan Daoist, what are you trying to do? Don't even think about humiliating me!"
He wasn't stupid; he vaguely guessed what Lu Changgeng wanted to do by gathering all the demons.
The lesser demons had already heard what had happened from Tie Gu, and they had also seen their king's unicorn horn in Tie Gu's hands.
But at this moment, he still couldn't believe his eyes. His mighty king had become a prisoner just by going out for a short while.
"I'll give you two paths now. One is more dignified, where you simply bow down and accept my God-Locking Mark; the other is less dignified. See this stage? I'll arrange an amusing role for you to play for forty-nine days, for your former demon subordinates to enjoy. What do you say?"
Lu Changgeng spoke in a nonchalant tone, as if he were talking about something trivial.
As soon as he finished speaking, the mountain demon's expression changed drastically. It would be better for him to die than to be made to perform like a clown in front of these miscellaneous demons!
As for another respectable path, he never even considered it!
"You're dreaming!"
The surrounding demons exchanged bewildered glances, some of them furious, for this was an insult to their king!
Some looked on with amusement, some even with anticipation in their eyes as they looked at the mountain demon. Usually, they were the lesser demons who performed, but today it was karma that had come full circle, and it was their turn!
"Three!" Lu Changgeng didn't waste any more words with him and started the countdown immediately.
"two!"
"one!"
"Alright, you don't need to choose anymore. Since you don't want to be dignified, I'll help you be dignified." Lu Changgeng waved his hand. "Third Sister, bring over the clothes and props."