Chapter 35: Arnold is dying
Tanuki's eyes widened slightly, and his gaze gently swept over Arnold, who was kneeling on the ground, and finally landed at the door, and then seemed to land elsewhere: "Get up first." ”
Arnold hurriedly thanked him and carefully stood up to the side.
There was silence in the room, Arnold was worried but didn't dare to speak again, for fear of angering the moody demon king in front of him.
And although Tanuki seemed to be in a trance, he used his afterglow to see Arnold's every move. The cat demon in front of him stood silently, although his face was full of relatives, but it was still difficult to hide his innate elegance, and that face gradually overlapped with the face in his memory.
Tanuki can't remember exactly when, it was just an ordinary thousand-year-old goblin meeting ceremony, he had already met with a group of people who had cultivated for three thousand years and two batches of two thousand years before, and this group of thousand-year-old demons who had just cultivated into a human form and officially crossed the catastrophe into demons were the last group he received today.
When the young demons who had just become demons were led into the temple, he was already very tired, and he really had no intention of dealing with it anymore, so he sat on the chair and thought that after they finished worshipping, he quickly said a few high-sounding words and left.
He had thought it was just an ordinary veneration, as had been done every hundred years before. But what was different from the past was that this time, since those little demons entered the hall, he felt a ray of burning gaze fall on him.
In fact, this is nothing, the young demon who has no skills blindly worships him as the demon king, and it doesn't hurt for him. He had received all kinds of eyes before, but this time it was more straightforward and enthusiastic than all the previous ones.
If the gaze is only for a moment, but in fact it does not know how to restrain at all, and when it sees that he does not react, it falls on him even more unscrupulously, and even makes Tanuki feel that he has been looked at everything from his hair to his toenails.
No matter who it is, being stared at for a long time by such a gaze will be more or less uncomfortable, not to mention that the raccoon dog is already a little impatient, and it is even more unpleasant to be stared at like this again.
So when the sound of worship just fell, the raccoon dog raised his head and looked at the owner of the gaze quietly.
A cat demon who has just cultivated to a human form, his cultivation is average, and his appearance is good.
The cat demon saw that he looked at him as if he had been caught, and hung his head down slightly in embarrassment, and then raised it again, just bumping into the tanuki's gaze.
The raccoon's eyebrows wrinkled slightly, and a feather fan slightly covered half of his face, so that people couldn't see his joy and anger, the narrow fox's eyes were misty, and his voice was extremely soft, and the sound was like a pearl rolling down and listening to it, but the words were bloody and cruel: "You are bold, aren't you afraid that I will gouge out your eyes?" ”
As soon as these words came out, all the goblins in the Demon King's Palace showed fear on their faces, and they all hung their heads and did not dare to come out, for fear that if they didn't pay attention, they would make the raccoon angry against.
But the cat demon was blind, and he met the eyes of the raccoon without fear: "Yu thinks that the king is not such a killer, so he is not afraid." ”
Tanuki was still sitting on the chair carelessly, the feather fan in his hand was folded by him, knocking on it again and again, his face was not recognizable to be happy and angry, and his voice was a little lazy: "Oh? How do you know I'm not one of those killers? ”
"Because the king has been loyal to the old lord for so many years." The cat demon used his wide sleeves to slightly hide his clenched fists, maintaining the inherent elegance of a scholar on his face, and said unhurriedly, "Yu Fang dares to boldly think that Wang Shangshi is a person who is deeply affectionate and righteous. ”
"A good one is loyal, and a good one is deeply affectionate." Tanuki got up with a smile and walked down the stairs step by step with his hands behind his back, towards where the cat demon was.
The goblins who worshiped below saw the face of the raccoon dog smiling, and instantly breathed a sigh of relief, and when they saw the raccoon dog coming, they hurriedly got out of the way and formed a road, leading straight to where the cat demon was.
"What's your name?" Tanuki asked.
When those goblins heard this, they all looked at the cat demon, their eyes were full of envy, and they all wanted to replace them.
After all, a little demon like them who has just cultivated a human form, if they can get the blue eyes of the demon king, their status can go up a lot in an instant, and whether it is cultivation or anything in the future, it will only be beneficial and harmless.
It's just that the cat demon doesn't think he's lucky, he looks at the faint smile on the face of the raccoon dog, but he is scared for no reason, but he has no way to retreat.
The cat demon looked at the raccoon dog who was approaching step by step, was silent, and replied stubbornly: "Yu Zhao Arnold." ”
"Arnold, Arnold." Tanuki read slowly, with a smile on his face: "You are so guts." ”
Just as Arnold stretched out his hand to thank him, Tanuki suddenly stopped moving forward, glanced at Arnold strangely, and slowly stretched out the hand holding the fan.
In the next second, Arnold was suddenly knocked out of dozens of feet, directly hitting a pillar in the corner of the hall, and then fell to the ground fiercely, spitting out several mouthfuls of blood.
"It's a pity that your guts are in the wrong place." Tanuki said slowly, his voice was as cold as ice, so cold that all the goblins present trembled, and he didn't dare to come out, for fear that Tanuki's anger towards Arnold would affect him.
As he spoke, he withdrew his hand and took out a handkerchief to wipe it carefully, without the slightest displeasure on his face, as if it was not him who hit Arnold hard, his voice was as mellow and beautiful as before, but it made the little demon feel fear and respect in vain: "What to say and what not to say, I shouldn't have to teach you." ”
The little demons only responded, but none of the demons dared to look at Arnold who fell not far away, and even those demons who had a little friendship with Arnold didn't dare to say more.
After a long time, the raccoon dog raised his head, looked at his hands carefully and made sure that he was clean, and then said with satisfaction: "Disperse." ”
Although the goblins did not know what they said, they all seemed to be relieved, and after saluting, they squeezed towards the door in an "orderly manner".
Tanuki glanced sarcastically at the little demons who were scrambling to leave the hall, raised his hand to throw away the handkerchief, and took a step, still walking towards Arnold.
Tanuki is sure of his own technique, and with his palm, even if the little cat demon in front of him does not die immediately, he will not live long, so looking at Arnold, who is obviously dying in front of him but refuses to fall, he can't help but feel a little bit of exploration in his heart.
It's just that the more important thing at the moment is how to deal with the cat demon in front of you. Although he did descend to earth because of the death of the Vermilion Bird Divine Monarch, and the relationship between him and the Vermilion Bird Divine Monarch is a pet and owner, it is not a secret in the Heavenly Realm and the Demon Realm, but that was thousands of years ago.
What's more, because he is willing to be a demon, the other side of the heavenly realm and his race are unwilling to admit his identity, thinking that he is a great shame among the Suzaku Divine Monarch, so they have been intentionally or unintentionally blocking the spread of this matter.
Therefore, although his identity is a common secret of the three realms of immortals and demons, it should not be something that the little cat demon in front of him who has only cultivated for a thousand years knows.
Tanuki stood silently a few steps away from Arnold, coldly looking at Arnold who was unwilling to crawl on the ground, and opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say.
Arnold didn't notice the movement of the raccoon dog standing in front of him, but when he saw the raccoon dog coming, he finally became afraid, and struggled to back a little, but in vain.
He is now on the verge of death, and he can't use much strength at all, the demon king's palm came out suddenly, although it only used five points of strength, it was enough to make him, the little demon who had just finished the thunder tribulation, die. And the reason why he held on to his breath was just because he was unwilling.
Under the silence of the two sides, Arnold couldn't bear it first: "Wang ...... The king. ”
Tanuki raised his eyebrows slightly, but did not speak.
"Yu ...... I don't know...... He angered the king...... Yu Wei cat...... Ever...... There was a master...... After the mourning of the Lord...... Fall into the wilderness...... Crossing the Demon ...... Remembering the Lord is unforgettable...... Wen Wang also said this......"
Arnold said intermittently, but it was only a short sentence, but it consumed a lot of his mind.
After saying this, Arnold no longer had the strength to speak again, and he knew that he couldn't wait for Tanuki's answer.
Arnold's consciousness began to drift slightly, and dimly he seemed to see his previous master. He saw his master running forward with a smile on his face, and as he ran, he turned back to him and said, "Arnold, Arnold, keep up." ”
"Lord...... Wait...... Wait...... Arnold"
Seeing this, Tanuki couldn't help frowning, he had been in the demon world for so long, and he had heard the phrase "those who are dying are also good at their words" in the world. Hearing the cat demon in front of him, whose breath was gradually weakening, the words that were still murmuring until death couldn't help but make his heart move slightly.
Tanuki didn't know why he suddenly couldn't bear to watch this cat demon named Arnold die like this, probably because what he was thinking about before he died was his master, so he had compassion.
Thinking like this, Tanuki immediately walked up to Arnold and squatted down, probed his situation, and then reached out without hesitation to send a lot of spiritual power into his body.
Arnold was about to die, and the three souls and seven spirits were about to break out of his body, but he was trapped by the spiritual power suddenly sent by the raccoon, and instantly returned to his body. Black and white impermanence was supposed to stay on its side and want to take Arnold's soul away, but when he saw the raccoon dog come to the rescue, he had to leave in a huff considering his identity.
Because of the return of the three souls and seven spirits, coupled with the protection of the spiritual power of the raccoon dog, Arnold's consciousness gradually became clear again, and when he opened his eyes, he couldn't help but be a little shocked when he found that he was not dead, and he couldn't help but be even more puzzled when he saw that it was the raccoon dog who saved him.
It's just that this time Arnold learned wisely, and he didn't dare to make a mistake in front of the raccoon dog again, but said honestly: "Thank you for saving the king." ”
Seeing that Arnold was no longer in danger of life, Tanuki decided not to care about him, got up and walked towards the outside of the Demon King's Palace, his voice was cold and ruthless, with a little warning: "You don't have to thank me, this time to spare your life is for the sake of your 'deep affection' for your master, next time, you will not have such good luck." ”