Chapter 150 People Are Truly Terrifying
Luopo Ridge, Yuanqi Mountain.
Inside a carved-out cave on a certain peak, one only needed to take a few steps in to see wine jars and bones scattered all over the floor.
The current nominal leader of Luopo Ridge—Tiger Seven.
At this moment, its tiger face was dejected, its large body sitting on a simple throne made of stone.
Endless sorrow filled its heart. Its tiger eyes looked down to the left, at the face of an old fox that was equally bitter.
Tiger Seven's tone was gloomy as he asked with a hint of blame:
"Broken Abacus, your planning is terrible. Didn't you say that if we just raised a banner, we could trick demons into building a palace for me, and assign all sorts of miscellaneous tasks to them in the future?"
"And now? Look outside the cave. Can that thing be called a palace? It's just mud plastered over rotten stones. It's tall enough, but I dare not even lean on it, for fear it will collapse."
"I've lived here for two days. When it rains heavily outside, it rains lightly inside—and it's muddy rain!"
"It has already collapsed twice just from the rain! I'm thinking this thing isn't even as good as living in the cave. Look at this cave, at least it doesn't leak!"
The old fox hung its head, its left hand unconsciously fiddling with the old abacus beside it.
Tiger Seven shook his head gently, his tone even more tragic:
"Broken Abacus, you also said that after we had little demons, we could have them do everything. In the future, if we wanted to eat something, we just had to give the order."
"And now? The moment I open my eyes, how many demons outside the cave ask me what we're eating today?"
"What to eat? I don't even know what I can eat!"
"And... not only the Xuanwu Kingdom, but even the nearby Xia Dynasty have gathered many immortal sects, preparing to pincer attack us."
"That's the right way to use that phrase, isn't it?" Tiger Seven scratched his waist with a claw. "Listening to you this time was truly a huge deception."
"I have a feeling that it won't be long before this tiger skin of mine is used as a rug for someone to lie on."
Hearing this, the old fox couldn't help but lift its head, its tone carrying a fair amount of complaint:
"I told you, you have to handle things yourself at the beginning. You wanted convenience, so you insisted on a council system, and even let the other demon kings recruit demons!"
"That group of demon kings doesn't care about so much; whoever causes the trouble is responsible! And then you didn't want to manage affairs. How could there be such a cheap deal!"
"Now there are many demons and little territory. This land itself has little food. How can it withstand such recruitment!"
"When the mountain was full of demons, you said it was very impressive, that this was the style a tiger demon should have. Do you still have that style now?"
"Now they're preparing for a fight! And you're still bickering with the council system. Who plays this kind of game during a war? This time, we're really in trouble."
Knowing he was in the wrong, Tiger Seven did not argue back. Back then, Broken Abacus had advised him for several days, but he hadn't listened to a single word.
After all, when the dense crowd of demons was shouting and calling him the savior demon king, his tail didn't know which way to wag.
This current situation couldn't be entirely blamed on it.
Moreover, he and Broken Abacus had a genuine, life-and-death friendship.
His own Golden Core cultivation was something that Broken Abacus had nearly traded his life to obtain for him.
Among animals, the bond of shared hardship is the most sincere.
Tiger Seven gently rubbed his tiger paws for a moment, then tentatively proposed:
"Broken Abacus, how about we run? Who cares about being a demon king or not. With my current cultivation, I can just find another mountain."
The old fox gave a bitter smile. Many things are not so easy to give up.
Now that the great momentum of the demons of Luopo Ridge had gathered, Luopo Ridge itself could not support so many demons.
Apart from sustaining war through war, Luopo Ridge had long been out of options.
Besides being able to capture humans for food, dead demons also don't need to eat.
This could be considered, in their respective ways, increasing revenue and reducing expenditure.
This was a war chariot that would not stop once it started rolling.
Either it expands enough to feed everyone, or it is torn apart and used as firewood.
In the current situation, the latter possibility was almost a certainty.
After all, you can't expect your opponent to be worse off than you, right?
The old fox naturally understood that the current Luopo Ridge had no real strategy at all, relying entirely on baseless slogans to maintain morale.
After suffering a few defeats, it would probably scatter.
And this defeat would come very quickly. The recent rumors and intelligence all indicated that the Xuanwu Kingdom was preparing to get serious.
Time was running out for the two demons.
Especially for Tiger Seven, the great banner. If a real fight broke out, he would surely be the first to be killed.
Inside the cave, the sound of the old fox's abacus echoed.
Hearing it, Tiger Seven frowned but did not dare to speak. This was the old fox's standard gesture when he was thinking.
He was moving the abacus, but he wasn't calculating numbers; he was plotting schemes.
After a long while, the old fox slowly spoke:
"Things have come to this. Simply trying to run away will definitely not work. That Demon Lord clearly has another purpose. As for us demons, whether we live or die, he certainly doesn't care."
"The current situation is clearly what he wants to see. If we try to run away now and ruin his grand plan, your tiger head will likely be twisted off by him."
Tiger Seven nodded heavily. After all, what kind of decent demon wears a thick black cloak all day, not even daring to show their face?
Even though Tiger Seven was uneducated, he knew that this Demon Lord was surely up to no good.
But since the old fox had put it this way, Tiger Seven's mind turned, and he asked in a low voice:
"Don't tell me you plan to ambush that Demon Lord first, then make a run for it?"
"No! That risk is too great." The old fox's gaze turned slightly cold. "The Book of Man has a strategy called—Golden Cicada Sheds Its Shell!"
Tiger Seven didn't know what "Golden Cicada Sheds Its Shell" meant, but since the old fox had thought of a plan, he would naturally listen to it.
A demon still had to have some self-awareness.
Tiger Seven took a sip of wine, his tone still somewhat unwilling as he asked:
"We demons... in the end, is there truly no path for us?"
The old fox reset the abacus and answered softly:
"The Book of Man records that in ancient times, humans asked the same question."
"There will always be a time of reversed reincarnation. It's just that we won't be the ones to see it."
Hearing this, Tiger Seven couldn't help but laugh: "A book written by humans would naturally portray demons as evil. Can you believe it?"
The old fox sighed:
"Naturally, you can. Humans hold grudges far more than demons do."
"If you steal a single fruit from them, they will carve it on a mural, telling their children and grandchildren to never forget, to kill all of us demons who steal fruit."
Hearing this, Tiger Seven couldn't help but shiver and said:
"These humans... are truly terrifying to a demon."
...
"Master, a letter from Central State has been sent back for you."
Chen Baiqing held a letter and walked into her master's room.
She looked up and saw her master staring intently at the map on the table.
Regarding this battle, the master was taking it far more seriously than the Eldest Senior Sister thought.
Her master had told her that your position determines your perspective.
He was human, so he should naturally plan for humanity.
Chu Xingchen gently waved his hand, taking the letter from Chen Baiqing's hand.
He opened the envelope, and Chu Xingchen's eyes fell on the short letter of just a few lines.
After a long time, Chu Xingchen sighed.
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