(88) Rabbits
1039 Words
"Ehm?" Zi Gu Wen felt a headache. His head throbbed that he thought he will faint. When he looked up, he was stunned to see a field of soft white fur. Zi Gu Wen immediately sat up. He blinked once and cleared his sight. Ye Zen was ahead, speaking with Zi Yingjun. The first one to notice him awake was Ye Zen. He waved his hand at Zi Gu Wen and smiled amiably. Zi Gu Wen thought for a moment. He cant remember anything aside from the time he and Ye Zen guarded Hai Liang while the rest faced the demonic cultivator. "Hm? Where are the elders?"
Ye Zen's smile froze. Zi Yingjun turned to look at Zi Gu Wen. "Brother Wen, the elders died already because of the demon beast. Its understandable you don't know since you suddenly passed out. I managed to survive though and Shi Zhao helped me heal the injuries I had." he lied as if it was the truth. Ye Zen can almost see himself raising a brow. What a good liar Zi Yingjun is.
Zi Gu Wen went silent. Those were his relatives. The ones he saw as comrades. But he actually lost consciousness when they died!
"We can't possibly bring their corpses with us. The travel back to Zi Clan is long and even if its winter, they will rot." Zi Yingjun added after seeing through Zi Gu Wen's thoughts. As of now, his gaze was the usual unreadable one. But, only Ye Zen and he knows how he had tried to sacrifice Zi Gu Wen without a second thought.
"I wonder what qualified you." Ye Zen said in a low voice so Zi Gu Wen cant hear him. Zi Yingjun looked at him and smiled lightly.
"I don't know either." he laughingly said. Zi Yingjun doesn't know what qualified him to discover the Time Lotus Essence. He is ambitious and cruel but he lacks trust from other. A demon king should be someone who have capable loyal subordinates but Zi Yingjun had betrayed a lot of people and only few left to stand his obscure attitude. Connections and loyalty, that is what he needed in order to strengthen his faction against the righteous path.
Moreover, there are a lot of demonic cultivators with better perspectives than him. They are far tyrannical, decisive and merciless. If they are probably in Zi Yingjun's shoes, they would have chosen to rob their clan and leave immediately. They don't have to follow rules and values. But Zi Yingjun, he wants a fair play. Time is on his side, literally. Before he starts his plans, he at least needs a little rest and play around in accordance to his wishes. Furthermore, it made him gain a Feral Semi-Devil which is halfway to immortality.
On the way to Zi Clan, they met again with the scouting members. Ye Zen explained the lies Zi Yingjun fabricated in order to cover up what truly happened. Even if it was against his will, he still needs to follow what his seniors said. This is the first mission his master gave him and he has to keep up with it or he will lose the chance of his master's recognition.
"The situation is not bad here northward. Your Aunt Yanfan led another group westward to southward. Up until now, we didn't receive any news on their side." Zi Mingde sounded worried. However, even if he wants to know the situation of his wife, he needs to move forward east.
"Mister, we can lend a hand to guard around for a while. We're in no rush to return." Ye Zen suddenly said when Zi Yingjun thought of bidding farewell. He received a sharp look from Zi Yingjun.
"Shi Zhao is right." Zi Gu Wen agreed before Zi Yingjun can say another disagreement.
"Waste of time." Zi Yingjun thought. However, wasn't it this year where Zi Mingde died? Moreover, he have at least a dozen elders with him within the second and third talents. Zi Yingjun took a peek at them. Sovereign Hei laughed in the dantian just watching how Zi Yingjun looked at the elders. It was how a sparrow awaits for the mantis to strike. "Sovereign Hei, what do you say? Are you still hungry?"
"They are not as good as first-rate talents but, I don't have a choice to be picky as well. They are good enough, good enough." Sovereign Hei finds his state pitiful. When he was still the ruler of his kin, he can have anything he wants that were of high quality. But now, he is stuck in the lower realm, in a different world that is similar to his. The problem he needs to overcome first is to raise his cultivation back to the peak. It is no problem to give Zi Yingjun a hand in becoming the demon king of this world. Once that happens, Sovereign Hei can return to his own world and leave everything to Zi Yingjun and Sui Shen.
The group headed east. There are few hordes of carnivorous spirit beasts but since Sovereign Hei devoured demon beasts in the past, there was almost no signs of them. Zi Yingjun made a stop upon seeing a white ball of fur ahead. It was a rabbit with sharp front teeth with red ruby eyes and a meek temperament surrounded it. His brows furrowed upon seeing that familiar animal.
"How cute." a female elder went down to hold the rabbit. She cuddled it in her arms when unexpectedly, more rabbits appeared. Almost thousands of them. They looked at the female elder and rushed to her. The group laughed at first except for Zi Yingjun. It was a funny sight to see the cute female elder having fluffy rabbits to surround her.
"Fools." Zi Yingjun lazily said. It was at the same time, blood splashed. The female elder screamed and everyone was taken aback. As if the scent of blood turned a switch on, the rabbits began lunging on her and gnawed on her flesh.
"What the?! Since when did these critters eat meat?" someone asked in disbelief. The rabbits moved quick and turned their heads to them. They felt helplessness reign over their courage.
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