Chapter 13 Receiving the Messenger
Yin An, who had never seen a pangolin before, let alone seen a pangolin preying on ants, was an eye-opener. The little pangolin has no teeth in its mouth, and when it reaches out into the anthill with a hooked tongue about half a meter long, it is full of hundreds of ants into its mouth.
Because the pangolin is very good at digging and burrowing, the common anthill is completely exposed in broad daylight without it being gouged three or five times, and only to see the swarm of ants and the tender queen disappear under the long tongue of the pangolin.
As we all know, ants, especially termites, are extremely harmful to mountain forests, dikes, dwellings, and farmland, especially in some subtropical areas in the south, termites often destroy patches of farmland, forests and even the foundation of houses. Scientific research has found that every 250 to 300 acres of woodland, as long as there is an adult pangolin, the ant infestation can be completely eliminated, and a goblin like the small pangolin has been cultivated, I am afraid that a few mountain forest ants can meet its needs.
"Hey, you can eat so much, you must have a lot of ants in your house. Yin An, who was watching it, couldn't help asking.
"At home, I really don't have a few nests of ants at home, only one nest is still raised by my father for a long time, when I was at home, my father only allowed me to eat a dozen a year. The little pangolin said.
"Ah, eat more than a dozen a year, depending on the amount of food you eat today, a dozen is not enough for you to stuff your teeth. Yin An said in disbelief.
"Hehe, each of the purple ants in the family is more than ten times the size of ordinary ants, and I don't feel hungry for a month every time I eat one, so it's enough to eat a dozen a year. I remember my father saying that the ants raised at home are called 'Zijin Ant King', which is the highest species of ants. The little pangolin said with a little pride.
"Oh, how are you feeling now after eating so many of our ordinary ants here, by the way, my dad asked me to ask you if you can do us a favor. Yin An obeyed Uncle Teng's instructions and prepared to talk to the little pangolin about the Linglong Demon Realm straight to the point.
When the little pangolin who was burying his head in hard work heard Yin An's words, he quickly stopped the ransacking of a nest of termites and said to Yin An: "You are my benefactor to save the people, although our demon clan has very little contact with humans now, but the truth that the grace of dripping water should be reciprocated by a spring is also very particular in our clan, you say, as long as I can help you and Daddy Teng, naturally there is no second word." ”
Don't look at the childish voice of the little pangolin, according to Yin An's self-introduction from the little pangolin, he learned that this pangolin has been cultivated for more than 200 years.
"That's right, are you from a legendary place called 'Linglong Demon Realm'?" Yin An asked.
"Ah! You actually know the Linglong Demon Realm, that's right, I am indeed from the Linglong Demon Realm, I really didn't expect that there are still people in this world who know the Linglong Demon Realm. "The little pangolin thinks that in today's world, no one knows the secrets of the Linglong Demon Realm.
"Sure enough, I didn't expect this Linglong Demon Realm to really exist! I've always suspected it, but it's just a legendary thing, but Daddy has been looking for it for so many years. Little pangolin, do you know, in fact, we have been looking for the Linglong Demon World for many years, and my Daddy's masters, including my Daddy's master's masters, and even earlier, have been looking for the whereabouts of the Linglong Demon Realm. Yin An was also a little surprised because he confirmed the existence of the Linglong Demon Realm.
"Ah, then, you, what are you looking for the Linglong Demon Realm?" Seeing Yin An's excited face, the little pangolin suddenly became vigilant.
"Don't worry, let me tell you slowly....... Seeing that the little pangolin seemed a little suspicious, Yin An slowly told the history of the Miao people and the legends of the Jiuli tribe about the relics hidden in the Linglong Demon Realm.
"Oh, I haven't heard anything about Chiyou's relics, but there are a lot of strange things in our place, all brought in by many demon clans from the human world for thousands of years. The thing you said about someone accidentally breaking into the demon world happened before, but in the past hundred years, because more prohibitions and levels have been added, humans can't enter it at all. The little pangolin said.
"Then, I wonder if you can take us in to find the relics of our ancestors?" Yin An asked the little pangolin.
"It's not good to say, we have a lot of rules there, and I can't remember clearly, when the time comes, there will be uncles and uncles guarding the boundary at the entrance, and only if they agree, humans will be able to enter. If you really want to go, I can ask for mercy, but I don't know if it's useful. The little pangolin replied truthfully.
"Oh, that's until then. Daddy and I will send you home, and when you go back, help us intercede, we just want to retrieve the relics of our ancestors, and have no other purpose. Yin An said.
"Well, but, but I can't go back. The little pangolin suddenly said with a dejected face.
"Ah, why is that?" Yin An hurriedly asked.
"Because I can't remember the way back. The little pangolin said depressedly.
It turned out that the exit of the Linglong Demon World was set up by the ancient demon fairies in a strange psychedelic array, only the old demon who was familiar with the formation mastered the method of entering and exiting the big array, the little pangolin was sneaked out with a few monsters last time, and it was not familiar with the formation and location, and later because of playing peek-a-boo and those monsters were separated by the zombies and transferred to a dark and lightless crypt, naturally I don't know the location and way to go back when I first came out of the demon world.
"Then what should I do, is there no other way to go back?" Yin An asked again.
"Well, let me think about it, as if I had heard my father say that there was a messenger somewhere, and well, I can't remember the name of the place all of a sudden. The little pangolin scratched his cheeks anxiously, but Yin An on the side was confused.
"Don't worry, let's go back first, think slowly, say slowly, if you take more supplements in the past two days, the blood loss is still too much. Yin An comforted the little pangolin and asked about what the little pangolin said about receiving the messenger.
When he returned to the bamboo forest Xiaozhu, Yin An also roughly understood the concept of the little pangolin to receive the messenger, and had a better understanding of the Linglong Demon World: according to the little pangolin learned from its father, the Linglong Demon World is actually just a transition between the earth and the real demon world, and in ancient times, the god Gou Chen Emperor in order to restrain the demons in the world and create a cultivation space for the demon clan that is not easy to cultivate without human interference, specially used a powerful divine power to create a cultivation space that looks like a mustard seed and hides the heaven and earth inside, and called it the Linglong Demon World.
Because the Linglong Demon Realm is protected by divine power, the inner environment is primitive and pure and suitable for cultivation, so it has become a holy place for the demon clan to yearn for, but all the demon clans who have a little Taoism, after cultivating to a certain realm and enlightening wisdom, if they are lucky enough to meet the demon envoy who wanders in the world and specially leads, they can be taken by the messenger to the Linglong Demon Realm to continue to practice, with a view to eventually becoming a demon fairy and going to the real demon world.
However, there are also some goblins scattered in the world who like to be free and do not want to go to the Linglong Demon Realm, among these goblins, if they are silently practicing and fending for themselves, they can settle their own destiny, but if there are traitors and criminals, and there are those who hurt the heavens, the messenger of the Linglong Demon World will incarnate as a demon law enforcer to capture the evil goblins back to the Linglong Demon World and accept trial.
After living on a small wooden building in the bamboo forest outside Damiao Village for more than ten days, the little pangolin's vitality finally recovered, but unfortunately it never remembered what his father had told him about the place where the messenger was regularly inhabited.
originally thought that the clues of the Linglong Demon World might be cut off, but after a few days, when he heard another incident about the Linglong Demon World mentioned by the little pangolin, Uncle Teng found a glimmer of hope again.
The little pangolin said that more than 20 years ago, there was an incident in the Linglong Demon World: at that time, there was a powerful messenger who was a female white peacock spirit, and in the process of going to the northwest to perform a mission, he encountered a powerful and evil weasel spirit.
The white peacock, who was seriously injured and fled for a long distance, could no longer support it after escaping into Miao Jiang, and when it was attacked by a weasel again, it was so weak that it was dying in a deep valley. In fact, although the weasel threw his opponent to the ground after a hard fight with the white peacock, which was not very different in strength, he also belonged to the end of the crossbow.
Seeing the white peacock lying at his feet, the weasel licked his lips and even laughed proudly, if he ate the white peacock and absorbed the other party's cultivation, it would not be in vain. Who knows, just when the weasel opened its mouth and was about to enjoy a gluttonous feast, he coldly killed a "Cheng Biting Gold" from one side.
What suddenly came out of the middle of the path was a Miao witch master who had been sneaking and practicing in the valley before. When he found that the weasel had knocked down the white peacock and wanted to eat the other party, the witch master suddenly rescued the white peacock by means and gave the other party a fatal blow with a very powerful witchcraft while the weasel was weak, but what he didn't expect was that the weasel with a lot of resentment also performed a witchcraft before dying and caused the witch master to lose his left leg.
This story originally seemed to end here, the witch master killed the weasel spirit to save the white peacock, and helped the white peacock complete the task and return to the Linglong demon world. But what happened later made many monsters in the Linglong Demon World unexpected, the white peacock actually begged the demon king in the Linglong Demon World to say that it was ready to resign from the position of the messenger who could increase his merits and become an immortal as soon as possible, and to go to the human world to take care of the witch master who broke a leg in order to save himself, and said that he would be the wife of the witch master until he took care of the witch master and finished his life.
This matter has caused a lot of shock in the demon world, one is that the white peacock is respected in the position of the messenger, it itself and the demon king also have a trace of blood kinship, its choice surprised the group of demons, although the monster also pays attention to the gratitude, but the white peacock can give the witch master some precious elixir to repay the favor, there is really no need to give up the noble status of the messenger and deign to serve a disabled witch master in human society. The second is that according to the white peacock himself, it fell in love with the witch master who saved himself, although the demon king disagreed with its decision to imprison the white peacock on the grounds of the demon precepts, but the white peacock was like fire, and even committed suicide to resist the demon king's order, and finally forced the demon king to have compassion and agreed to the white peacock's request.
The white peacock gave up his status to take care of his benefactor, whether it was because he repaid his kindness or really fell in love with humans, which became a hot topic of discussion among the demons in the Linglong demon world after tea and dinner, and the relationship between goblins and humans and the so-called love, it is often a top secret that many monsters are confused and curious, because in the legend, monsters cannot fall in love with humans, otherwise it will bring a catastrophe that is not tolerated by heaven and earth.