Chapter 20: The Daily Life of Monsters in Journey to the West
"Well, you and I are not opponents of the Bull Demon King, and on the night of the Supreme Treasure getting married, we will take the opportunity to leave."
Hearing the three words Supreme Treasure, Zixia's eyes dimmed.
"Zixia."
Zhang Yang held her shoulders and comforted her, intending to completely untie Zixia's heart knot, but Zixia said loudly.
"Zhang Yang, needless to say, I have figured it out, as long as I can be with the person I like, what does it matter if it is destined by God?"
Zixia looked at Zhang Yang's eyes and said softly.
"Do you know, I entered your heart that day, and your conscience told me that you have a girl you love deeply named Liu Yu, and besides, you made a deal with Sister Qingxia."
"You said that you agreed to Sister Qingxia's conditions for your spiritual fire, let me fall in love with you and then you dumped me again, do you know how sad I was at that time? My crush deceived me, even you deceived me, I was the only one who was stupid, when I was injured by Sun Wukong that day, I thought you loved me. ”
Listening to Zixia's words, Zhang Yang finally understood why Zixia left suddenly, no wonder.
"When I saw you today, you said you were my sworn brother? You're just watching me marry the Bull Demon King? There is also the Supreme Treasure, while telling me that he has a wife and can't marry me, but now he is married to the sister of the Bull Demon King, and when I saw the two of you, I wanted to die in pain. ”
Zhang Yang hugged Zixia into his arms, felt the trembling from Zixia's body, and the sound of sobbing, and whispered in her ear.
"It's all my fault, I haven't had time to explain to you, I promised your sister's conditions, I didn't abandon your thoughts, but I wanted you two to shake hands and make peace, plus this time. As soon as I woke up, I met the Bull Demon King, what do you think I should do? ”
Zhang Yang's words finally completely untied Zixia's heart knot, and completely accepted Zhang Yang, Zixia broke free from Zhang Yang's arms, wiped away her tears, and said to Zhang Yang.
"Well, our relationship, even if it starts?"
"Well, probably."
officially confirmed his relationship with Zixia. Zhang Yang's heart let go of a burden, he and Zixia did not speak, quietly snuggled together, enjoying this rare tenderness, Zhang Yang's eyes fell on the Ziqing Sword. There was a sudden movement in his heart, and he took it from Zixia's hand.
"Publicity. You're ......."
Zhang Yang suddenly wanted to try again. Gently calming his thoughts, he reached out and grasped the hilt of the sword, gently pushing outward.
"Zheng!"
A slight metal friction sound came, Zhang Yang didn't feel any resistance, and easily pulled the purple and green sword out of the scabbard.
"Original...... As long as you work hard, you can also change your providence. ”
Zixia watched Zhang Yang pull out the Ziqing Sword. A subtle feeling flashed in his heart, remembering the first time the two met, thinking of the Supreme Treasure, and suddenly showing a smile. Zhang Yang turned his head and met Zixia's gaze, revealing a knowing smile.
"Huh, who said I couldn't pull out the purple and green sword!"
Pulled out the Ziqing Sword with his own hands, proving that he was also Zixia's intended person, and the trace of regret in Zhang Yang's heart disappeared completely, and there was no barrier between him and Zixia, and suddenly there was a sound of footsteps outside, Zhang Yang and Zixia hurriedly stood up.
A woman in green clothes walked over, exuding a fierce momentum, glanced at Zhang Yang coldly, pointed at Zixia and asked.
"Dead cow, who is this woman!"
"This, this..."
The Bull Demon King hesitated for a moment, then suddenly looked at Zhang Yang and made a color.
"Hey, Brother Xian, who are you talking about?"
Zhang Yang looked at Zixia with a smile in his eyes.
"This is my wife."
The Bull Demon King quietly gave Zhang Yang a thumbs up, and the Iron Fan Princess stopped answering Zhang Yang, still skeptical.
"Then what are you doing, why haven't I seen you before?"
"I'm the fifth master of the Demon King Village, a newcomer, and I've seen my sister-in-law."
Zhang Yang took the initiative to tell his identity, and the Bull Demon King hurriedly rounded the field, and was about to pull the Iron Fan Princess away, when suddenly the Iron Fan came back, glared at the Bull Demon King, and looked Zhang Yang up and down.
"Since you are the fifth master of the Demon King Village, you must have some ability? I am a dignified demon king village, and I will not let incompetent people be in charge, such as climbing relatives. ”
Princess Iron Fan was very thoughtful, she didn't think that the Bull Demon King would casually let someone be the fifth master, and opened her mouth to be tentative, Zixia was a little nervous, Zhang Yang gave her a look, signaling not to worry.
"I know a little bit about fists and feet, and compared with the big brother and sister-in-law, I really can't get into the eyes of the law."
Seeing that Zhang Yang was dressed like a talented scholar, with a hint of elegance, Tie Fan believed Zhang Yang's words in his heart, but said on his lips.
"Since you have joined my Demon King Village, I am not easy to meddle in a woman's family, but I wait for monsters to do things, unlike your mortals, there are no rules, everything is based on strength, when your eldest brother chased me, he defeated the Thirty-six Demon King successively, and I married him."
Zhang Yang didn't say much, but waited for the next step of Princess Iron Fan.
"Now that you have joined my group of monsters, then you have to do things according to the rules of the monsters, Lao Niu, this season's annual tribute has not been received, let this five masters go to collect it, one to show the generosity of my demon king village, with him as a human being, it is more convenient than those little demons under you." Second, when Xiangxiang gets married, I have to prepare more dowry, and I can't weaken the name of my Demon King Village. ”
Years of tribute?
Zhang Yang didn't understand it for a while, but he received a message from the system.
"The depth of plot exploration has reached 13.7%, the special plot conditions have been achieved, you have been suspected by the Iron Fan Princess, as an orthodox human, even if you join the circle of monsters, you need to prove your own strength."
"You triggered the Hidden Quest: The Everyday Life of the Yokai - Collecting the New Year's Tribute."
"Brief description: As a youkai, what do you do on weekdays?
Humans go back and forth just to eat, surf the Internet, and go shopping, and youkai are different from humans, they don't have modern technology, so they can only have some fun. For example, fighting, eating and eating people, robbing and robbing, collecting some protection money, etc., so it is hard to be a man, and it is also hard to be a monster. ”
"Mission Objective: In order to prove your strength to Princess Iron Fan, you need to go to a designated village instead of the Demon King Village, and successfully collect a villager annual tribute, and you can't rely on external assistance in the middle."
"Mission duration: 3 days. Before the Supreme Treasure and the cow Xiangxiang got married. ”
Looking at this system prompt, Zhang Yang understood the meaning of the Sui Gong, probably every once in a while, the monsters of the Demon King Village sent people to the village to collect the protection fee, as for how it was "collected". Zhang Yang can probably imagine it.
"This is to let yourself be a bad guy and bully people with a swagger."
In the style of these yokai. Probably every time you collect it, you have to go on a killing spree. After a general understanding, Zhang Yang could only accept the task.
"Since I joined the Demon King Village, I am a member of the monsters, and I intend to do things for the Demon King Village, and I will only collect a small tribute, so I will not disappoint my eldest brother and sister-in-law."
"You accepted this assignment. Please successfully collect the New Year's tribute and prove to the monsters that we humans are not vegetarians either. ”
Hearing Zhang Yang's answer, Princess Iron Fan nodded with satisfaction, and then turned to leave. The Bull Demon King said to Zhang embarrassedly.
"Brother Xian, thanks to you for helping me out of the siege, I'm really embarrassed, my mother-in-law is this temper, then this time the matter of the New Year's tribute will trouble you, just take it back to give my sister a dowry, haha."
After the Bull Demon King left, Zixia grabbed Zhang Yang's hand worriedly and said worriedly.
"Zhang Yang, these monsters are not good, and it is not a good errand for you to collect the annual tribute for them."
Zhang Yang patted Zixia's hand and signaled her not to worry, Zixia thought for a while.
"Your skills are not too high, if you encounter a powerful monster, you can't beat you, you will run, don't fight with them."
"Will you encounter other youkai?"
Zhang Yang frowned, and Zixia nodded.
"This is not accurate, I have heard of this year's tribute, it is harvested in half a year, and after it is collected, demons are not allowed to harass again, but there are so many monsters in this world, you have left and come again, and after half a year, it is common for new monsters to occupy the territory."
It turns out that it is so troublesome to collect the annual tribute?
Zhang Yang pinched his chin, comforted Zixia, and signaled to follow Jihua, don't make a noise casually, this time the Sui Gong is just before the Supreme Treasure gets married, and when the time comes, he will come back and run away with Zixia directly.
After saying goodbye to Zixia, Zhang Yang returned to stay away, grabbed a little demon casually, asked about the location of the Bull Demon King, and learned that the Iron Fan Princess had left, so he went to find the Bull Demon King.
"If you want to collect this year's tribute, there are still a lot of things you need to know, and you have to find out in advance."
Zhang Yang came directly to the hall, the Bull Demon King and the white-clothed Xiushi were discussing something, and when they saw Zhang Yang coming in, they pulled Zhang Yang to sit down, and Zhang Yang went straight to the point.
"Big brother, I'm here to ask about this year's tribute, I didn't know about it before, and I asked the eldest brother to tell me carefully."
The white-clothed Xiushi showed a hint of a smile, but Bai Sensen's face looked a little gloomy, and he slapped the folding fan in his hand a few times before looking at Zhang Yangdao.
"Five masters, these things are related to me, you listen to me." Seeing Zhang Yang nodded, the white-clothed Xiushi continued.
"This year's tribute is a rule of our monsters, within a radius of how many miles, is the territory of that demon, then this demon is on his own territory, collect offerings from those mortals, twice a year, after receiving the offerings to our demons, they will not go to that place to eat people."
Sure enough, it was similar to what Zixia said, Zhang Yang said secretly in his heart, the white-clothed Xiushi looked at Zhang Yang, and did not find any fear and disgust on his face, and he couldn't help but be a little more cautious in his heart.
"My Demon King's Village is eight hundred miles away, all of them are the territory of the Bull Demon King, who doesn't know, who doesn't know, when there was a big havoc in the Heavenly Palace, our eldest brother Bull Demon King, and the Monkey King are sworn brothers, plus the other five demons, namely: Jiao Demon King, Peng Demon King, Shituo King, Macaque King, Tamarin King and called the Seven Brothers, life is not comfortable."
When the Bull Demon King heard this, he smiled and said.
"At the beginning, I was ignorant and ignorant, and those brothers lived a free life all day long, until Sun Wukong made a big fuss in the Heavenly Palace, and now Bao Na Tang monk Xitian learned scriptures, and there are many fewer words between several brothers, now, this monkey is going to be my brother-in-law, haha."
The white-clothed Xiushi opened the folding fan, and Zhang Yang noticed that there was a long snake with white scales faintly painted on the surface of the fan, coiled on a rugged and strange rock, which looked very vicious.
"Our remaining six kings, except for Sun Wukong's Huaguo Mountain, each drew a territory, gathered soldiers and horses, collected some offerings on time and month, and did not interfere with the gods, but they also lived very comfortably." (To be continued......)