Zhong Yuan He stepped into the territory of Huang Feng Ridge, and he saw that the yellow sand was everywhere, with a strong demonic aura mixed within.
On the road before, he could still feel a little bit of human presence, but here it had practically become the demon realm.
“I remember there used to be a small country over there.”
“The Huang Feng Monster was revered as the national teacher in that small country back then. Later, he encountered Sun Wukong and his disciples, and in the end, the Huang Feng Monster was taken away by Ling Ji Bu Sa.”
“Let’s cut over and take a look.” Lao Ma, though not familiar with this place, had some understanding of it. He took the lead and walked forward.
However, as they walked through the yellow sand, after some distance, they arrived near where Ma Tian Ba had mentioned, at the mountain cliff pass, the first thing that greeted them was a volley of arrows shot suddenly.
The power of the arrows was quite strong.
Zhong Yuan rolled up the wind and sand to blow away the arrows. He hesitated to barge in, and turning around, he said: “Ma Ge, wait for me. I will sneak in and take a look.”
It was impossible to see clearly who was shooting the arrows from within the yellow sand.
Zhong Yuan could use the Fire Eyes and Golden Sight to directly see, but he didn’t want to rely too much on this ability that relied on external objects.
If Sun Wukong truly had a chance to resurrect, the six roots he brought back should ultimately be sent to the giant stone on Flower Fruit Mountain.
At that time, those powers would be lost again.
He should focus on honing his own divine powers and methods.
Zhong Yuan didn’t make any changes, and he simply used the Gather Form and Scatter Qi technique. His body turned into a wisp of blue smoke, and in the blink of an eye, he passed through the front gate.
He landed on the stone walls on both sides.
But what he saw instantly stunned him.
He originally thought that these were soldiers from the small country mentioned by Ma Tian Ba, defending against the monsters, so he directly attacked when he saw them appear.
However, unexpectedly, the soldiers on the mountain were not human, but a group of rat demons.
A group of rat demons dressed in soldier uniforms.
Zhong Yuan quickly moved forward, gazing down from above. In the distance, he could vaguely see a village, but the ones moving around were all rat demons.
There were so many rats.
Sensing the aura carried by the wind, Zhong Yuan didn’t continue looking. He turned back and told Ma Ba Tian about what he had seen: “That small country, I’m afraid it has become a rat country now.”
Ma Tian Ba was also startled: “Could it be the work of the Huang Feng Monster?”
“Since they’re all demons, why don’t I go up and talk to them. See if we can get them to let us through, and directly go pay our respects to the Huang Feng Monster?”
Zhong Yuan also nodded: “Alright.”
Although he knew that the next Great Sage root should be in the hands of the Huang Feng Monster, it wasn’t necessarily true that he could only obtain it through fighting.
He wasn’t a hired thug sent by the Heavenly Court to slay demons and exorcise evil spirits, helping the Heavenly Court clean up demons.
Even if the Heavenly Court wanted him to do this, he had no reason to do so.
He just saw those rat demons. Some were stained with evil, but some looked clean.
Huang Feng Ridge was isolated and remote. If the Huang Feng Monster had just gathered some rat demons to live here, he had no reason to directly go and attack them.
There was no reason.
Even if he wanted to retrieve the Great Sage root, he could just directly go and talk to the Huang Feng Monster.
Perhaps, if the Huang Feng Monster truly established an independent rat country, there would be a chance to join forces in the future, having an ally to face the Heavenly Court.
The Heavenly Court right now, perhaps fearing the unity of all demon tribes, was ultimately hard to deal with, and they hadn’t directly torn their faces.
They still didn’t really manage the human demon tribes.
They also tried to split and win over some demon tribes.
Many demon tribes probably haven’t yet figured out what Jade Emperor’s ultimate plan was.
He might be able to directly persuade the Huang Feng Monster.
Hearing Zhong Yuan’s agreement, Ma Tian Ba stepped forward again and shouted: “Rat demons inside, I am Ma Yao from Flame Mountain. My brother and I have come here, and we have something we want to see your King about. Please go back and report it.”
Ma Tian Ba didn’t directly mention Zhong Yuan’s origins and identity.
Zhong Yuan understood this as well.
If he mentioned his Heavenly Mandate Person identity, it might also be directly interpreted as wanting to steal the Great Sage root.
Although Zhong Yuan didn’t know if other monkeys had been to Huang Feng Ridge, he knew from the Black Wind Mountain side that most demons would directly attack when they saw monkeys.
It had been hundreds of years since the Heavenly Mandate Persons from Flower Fruit Mountain had actually wanted to find the six roots of the Great Sage. Well-informed little demons would probably have heard of them.
Ma Tian Ba shouted into the wind several times, and after a while, he actually received a response. A rat guard stood out and shouted: “Since that is the case, you two can come in.”
Zhong Yuan and Ma Tian Ba were both quite happy.
They weren’t afraid of any tricks, and they walked through the gate once again. Soon, some rat demons came to lead them to an open area.
The rat guard who had spoken earlier stood in a pavilion.
Zhong Yuan and the two were about to go over, but at that moment, a large group of rat demons suddenly ran out from the surrounding area, directly encircling them on the spot.
On the high ground around them, there were also quite a few rat crossbowmen aiming their crossbows at the two.
The rat guard laughed loudly, extremely delighted: “Two food items have arrived, excellent, excellent.”
“The two of you should just obediently surrender. This will save me from having to destroy good meat. You will suffer as well.”
“I’ll get some spices. Then I’ll pickle you both and send you straight to Wo Hu Temple.”
Zhong Yuan’s heart instantly burned with unnameable anger.
How outrageous!
They actually played tricks, wanting to eat them!
Zhong Yuan was no longer polite and shouted: “Ma Ge, protect yourself. I’ll go up and take care of those crossbowmen.”
He transformed into a gust of golden wind, instantly creating a fire, directly rolling towards the crossbowmen on the mountain.
The group of rat demons were shocked. They quickly wanted to attack, but how could they possibly defeat Zhong Yuan now?
Soon, the group of rat demons were all defeated by Zhong Yuan.
They voluntarily gathered together, saving Zhong Yuan some trouble.
Zhong Yuan didn’t directly kill all the rat demons. He simply injured them. He stepped on the rat guard who had given the initial command and angrily asked: “You rat demon, I ask you, who told you to attack?”
“We came to pay our respects to your Huang Feng King. You dare to directly attack us?”
The rat guard hurriedly pleaded: “Hero, spare my life. Our Huang Feng King has been in closed cultivation for a long time, and he has not been seen for a long time. Even Tiger Foremost and Old King cannot see the King anymore.”
Zhong Yuan coldly said: “Then you dare to attack us directly?”
The rat guard said: “I really couldn’t help it. Tiger Foremost demands to eat a few of us every day. We have no power to resist. If we can send some passing food items up there, we can save some of our own lives.”
“This is why I wanted to attack the two of you…”
Ma Tian Ba was very surprised: “Tiger Foremost? I heard that the Black Wind King had a Tiger Foremost, and he was very powerful. But wasn’t he finally killed by Sun Wukong?”
“And your King is also a rat demon. How dare Tiger Foremost eat you?”
Tiger Guard, however, was helpless: “This is naturally because the King has not appeared for a long time… If Sha Er Lang hadn’t been quite powerful, holding back Tiger Foremost a bit, he would have done even more outrageous things.”
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