Journey to the West: Begins with Tiger Vanguard

Chapter 44: Ghost! 【4K】

The visitor was none other than the leader of the sparrow-eating snakes who, together with the leader of the barbarian bones, were on duty in guarding the bamboo forest in the south of the Jindou Mountain.

More than thirty years ago.

Snake-eating broke through and became the leader. He was considered the youngest leader of Jindou Mountain.

Now the youngest one has become Qi Hu.

"Qishan Jun"

Seeing Qi Hu, the Snake Food immediately smiled.

Three years ago, the Lingdi Bamboo Forest had been guarded by the King's sworn brother, the second leader of Jindou Mountain, Black Wolf Demon Wolf Three.

Before that, because of his personality, although Snake was the leader, he didn't have any monsters in the mountains that could be considered friends or acquaintances.

But since he was temporarily sent by the king to guard the spiritual land three years ago, he became acquainted with Man Gu, who was also guarding the bamboo forest, and they gradually became friends.

Qi Hu was a little demon under their command, and was able to break through and become a leader. As his direct superior, they also shared the honor.

In addition, Qi Hu has a good and friendly personality, so he naturally wants to make friends with him.

One fence has three stakes, and one hero has three gangs.

Although he, the snake eater, has a cold personality and is not willing to actively curry favor with others, he is naturally clear about it.

"Brother, are you coming back too?"

Looking at the snake-eating creature walking towards him, Qi Hu smiled.

Due to the popularity of sworn brotherhood, it is not easy to call someone "big brother" lightly. Calling him by his name is also a little inappropriate. Calling him "old brother" is just right.

Moreover, before him, the youngest snake-eating leader among the Jindou Mountain leaders was already in his sixties or seventies.

There's nothing wrong with calling Qi Hu "brother".

"need."

"Except for the King's temporary summons, our leader must come to see the King once every three months."

Snake Food said with a smile: "But the spiritual land needs a leader to watch over it, and Man Gu is on duty. Then I will come, and it won't take long to get here."

"I see."

After hearing Snake's explanation, Qi Hu nodded and said, "So this is considered a three-month visit? Or is it a temporary summons from the King?"

"This time I will see the king once every three months."

Snake Food laughed and said, "The King rarely summons us, but I am an exception. I often go to the human city to run errands for the King."

Hear this.

Qi Hu expressed his understanding.

If there is no special flying ability, the flying speed of ordinary monsters is naturally not as fast as that of bird monsters.

Ever since he came to this world, he had always wanted to see the world and the human world.

But before, our strength was too weak.

At this time, he became the leader. When he heard the snake-eater say that he often went to the human world, to the legendary "Land of Women", he naturally wanted to go to the human world.

However, considering that he had just achieved a breakthrough, his aura was unstable, and his strength was very limited, he did not have time to put into practice some plans that could enhance his strength.

It’s better to wait for a while until your strength is stable.

Anyway, after eating snakes, you will return to the human world.

Well, that's it.

I forced myself to suppress the urge to go to the human world to broaden my horizons.

Qi Hu continued chatting with the snake.

Soon.

The figures of the big squirrel demon and the big leader Niu Er flew up from the bottom of the mountain one after another.

But just because all the leaders are present does not mean you can rush into the King's Cave. You have to wait for the King to summon you.

So the four monster leaders were waiting in the forest beside the Jindou Cave.

The big squirrel demon who came up the mountain last was a little surprised to see Qi Hu and the snake-eater chatting well, so he walked up to them with a smile.

Over the past three years.

At this time, Da Ge, Snake Eater and the big leader Niu Er were basically waiting on their own.

At this time, there was one more person, Qi Hu.

With Qi Hu's mediation, the relationship between Da Ge and Snake was not so awkward.

then.

Not long after.

The three demons started laughing as they chatted.

The laughter and joy of the three monsters here made the lone bull monster leader Niu Er on the other side seem unsociable.

But Niu Er has always been like this. He doesn't care at all and has no interest in it.

Just like at this moment, listening to the laughter of the three monsters next door, Niu Er curled his lips in disdain and thought to himself: "Only the weak need to stick together!"

The four monster leaders didn't have to wait long.

The voice of the Bull Demon King Black Horn came from the Golden Dou Cave: "Come in."

Hear the king call.

The leader Niu Er, who was standing uncomfortably, took the lead and strode towards the Jindou Cave.

Qi Hu and the other two big snake eaters followed immediately.

As I approached the entrance, I looked past the two little demons guarding the gate and looked at the three crooked words "Jindou Mountain" above the cave. They looked like seal characters, but they were recognizable as ancient characters.

Qi Hu couldn't help but think to himself with evil humor: "I don't know whether the king kidnapped a human scholar to write these three words, or put them there in some other way, but if it is said that the burly bull demon king Hei Jiao in the mountain wrote them himself..."

He absolutely did not believe it.

This was the first time Qi Hu entered the Jindou Cave.

The space inside the cave is very spacious, about twice as large as the cliff cave where he lives currently.

There are some colorful ornaments hung around the walls of the cave.

In the middle, there is a large stone table and several stone benches.

Behind it, there was a long colorful bead curtain separating the back of the cave, making Qi Hu unable to see what was happening behind.

But he guessed that there was nothing more than a big bed behind it.

The decoration of this cave might seem beautiful and exquisite to ordinary monsters.

But in the eyes of Qi Hu, who has been a demon in two lifetimes, although the bull demon Heijiao, the king of Jindou Mountain, is very powerful, the decoration of this cave is far inferior to that of the most ordinary wealthy human homes in this world.

If Qi Hu could one day achieve the level of cultivation that the Bull Demon Black Horn has now, then his cave would definitely be...
Well, when that time comes, he may not live in the cave anymore.

As for the wine-serving maid standing next to Heijiao at this time, she was wearing gauze, with white flesh visible on her body, and had a slightly weird appearance.

After just one glance, Qi Hu didn't look at it any more.

Why do most of the monsters look very awkward when they transform into humans? That’s because they transform into humans in the eyes of monsters, not humans in the eyes of humans.

Just like the banshee in front of you who has completely transformed into a human.

Her appearance seemed very strange to Qi Hu, and was similar to some of the women who had failed plastic surgeries he had seen on the Internet in his previous life.

"Everyone is here"

At this time, sitting beside a large stone table filled with various fruits and meats, the bull demon Black Horn put down the small wine cup in his hand, pointed to a few stone benches and said, "Sit down."

Qi Hu, who was walking at the end, immediately stopped the messy thoughts in his mind and looked at the leader in front of him who sat down at the stone table in a generous manner.

The big guy and the snake-eating creature sat on the stone bench outside.

Qi Hu then stepped forward and sat on the outermost stone bench.

"Tell me everything."

Heijiao picked up a fruit and threw it into his big mouth, saying casually.

Niu Er, who was standing by, had just stuffed a piece of meat into his mouth. When he heard what his elder brother said, he quickly swallowed it whole and said, "In the past few months, there have been eleven newborn little demons on our mountain."

The leader Niu Er began to report on all aspects of the situation on Jindou Mountain.

Qi Hu was sitting nearby, listening, and suddenly he felt that he had learned a lot.

Niu Er finished his report.

Heijiao nodded and said nothing.

Then the sparrow-eating snake began to report.

The snake-eater talked about the number and growth of the spiritual herbs in the spiritual land, as well as the trouble caused by the Snake Neck Ridge next door next to the spiritual land.

After listening to this, Heijiao just nodded and said nothing.

Qi Hu looked at the big guy at this time. He thought that the big guy would do the same as Niu Er and Shi She, but he found that the other party just sat there.

Soon, he reacted.

Niu Er and Shi She had to report because they were responsible for the main mountain and the sacred land respectively.

The big ones don't.

The same goes for me. Next.

The Black Horned King simply asked Snake some questions about the spiritual land and then waved his hand.

Seeing this, the big guy and the snake-eating creature immediately stood up and walked out.

Seeing this, Qi Hu followed.

His first experience of attending a gathering of chief monsters ended just like that.

soon.

The three monsters walked out of the Golden Gourd Cave.

Only the big leader Niu Er remained in the cave.

But considering that Niu Er and Da Wang are sworn brothers.

Qi Hu didn't ask anything else.

I said a few words briefly.

The big leader left first.

Qi Hu told Shishe where he lived now. Shishe said he would visit him again when he returned to the mountain, and then he left.

Watching the back of the snake leaving.

Qi Hu, who had something on his mind, did not stay on the top of the mountain for long, and quickly flew towards his cave on the mist.

Go back to the cave located at the edge of the cliff.

He found that his eldest brother Changya and second brother Dajiao were still practicing meditation, so he did not disturb them. He sat in front of the fire pit, lit the dying fire, and took out the corpse of an ordinary sheep from his storage magic. After simply skinning and removing the internal organs, he put it on the grill and started roasting it.

Grilling breakfast.

Qi Hu was quietly thinking about some information he had heard from Da Ge and Shi She.

He had originally wanted to invite the big guy and the snake to his cave for a drink.

However, he immediately realized that he didn't have a drop of alcohol at all.

The only spiritual medicines they had were the pitiful six or seven that the three brothers had collected over the past three years, and they were all two, three, three or four years old. There wasn't even a five-year-old spiritual medicine.

This was accumulated because the king exempted the little demons from spiritual tax for three years because of the war three years ago.

In short, Qi Hu is very poor now.

Fortunately, the three-year period has passed.

Although the eldest brothers Changya and Dajiao have to continue paying spiritual taxes.

But the more than 20 monster subordinates under him also have to hand over.

As the leader, Qi Hu not only does not have to pay the spiritual tax himself, but he can also take one-fifth of the spiritual tax paid by the little monsters below. This is good news and also a privilege of the leader monster.

Of course, if the spiritual tax paid by the little demons below is not enough, Qi Hu will have to pay for it with spiritual medicine himself.

From this perspective, it is not easy to get that one-fifth commission.

But for the little demon who is in arrears.

The leaders naturally have a solution.

After all, the little demon's flesh and blood is a walking elixir and can barely be considered currency.

In addition to this most important aspect of spiritual tax.

The leader's usual duties are basically to assign tasks to the little demons, such as patrolling the mountains, chopping wood for the kitchen, finding new little demons, and other duties to maintain the normal operation of the entire Jindou Mountain.

However, it is not easy to earn spiritual medicine and blood food from these duties.

Basically, apart from making some money from spiritual taxes, the leader has no other way to make money.

Of course, if you are good at pleasing the king, you can also get some rewards from the king.

For example, alcohol, blood, food, elixirs and so on.

Moreover, the leader has a lot of time and can also look for elixirs on his own.

But Qi Hu couldn't afford to lose face.

If he doesn't find a way to increase his income, he can only endure the hardships in the mountains.

It can also be seen from this that although the monster leaders at the spiritual realm level are more comfortable than ordinary monsters, their conditions are still limited.

If you want to live a relatively free life, you must at least reach the level of a king and be able to occupy a mountain and be the king.

Digest the information heard from the big guy and the snake-eating man.

Qi Hu reviewed his situation again and then made a decision to gather all his monsters tomorrow to start learning new magical powers.

Although he has a system and a panel, if he is given time, he will be able to improve his skills slowly.

But the problem is, he is short of time.

Moreover, he didn't know when Sun Wukong, who was pressed under the Five Elements Mountain, would start to follow Tang Sanzang on the journey to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures.

Or maybe the wheel of the pilgrimage has already started, and the team of pilgrims is already on the road to the west, but he doesn't know it.

Anyway, there is the threat of the pilgrim team.

Qi Hu really didn't dare to relax.

Even though he has become a leader-level monster now, in the eyes of the three disciples of the pilgrim team and a group of gods, he is no different from a newborn monster and can be crushed to death at any time.

The only difference between Qi Hu and before the breakthrough is that if he escapes from Jindou Mountain now, his chances of survival will be higher.

Maybe after the team of pilgrims arrives.

He could escape in advance, but by then, Taishang Laojun's green bull demon would have already come down to earth and occupied Jindou Mountain.

You can imagine how dangerous it is to escape from a bull demon of the level of the Green Bull Demon.

As for now, although his chance of escape is higher than when he was a little demon, it is only slightly higher.

Given the current situation in Jindou Mountain, if he dares to escape, King Black Horn will definitely catch up with him and will not stop until he catches him.

What's more, let's not talk about whether Qi Hu can escape, even if he escapes, he has nowhere to go.

The more I think about it, the more my head hurts, and the more desperate I feel.

Qi Hu stopped decisively and didn't think about it anymore.

Anyway, the current priority is to do our best to improve our strength. As for the future, screw it!

Thinking of this.

Qi Hu shook his head and returned his gaze to the roasted lamb on the grill in front of him.

"What smells so good?"

At this moment, the sound of fangs suddenly rang out in the cave.

Qi Hu looked up and saw that his elder brothers Changya and Dajiao had woken up and were staring at the roasted lamb on the grill and swallowing their saliva.

"Third brother is still the best"

Changya quickly stood up and said with a smile: "I know that big brother has been busy all night and his stomach is empty, hehe"

"Third brother, you're here so early today"

Da Jiao also stood up, looked at Qi Hu and smiled.

For Changya and Dajiao, one of the biggest benefits of Qi Hu becoming the leader is that they no longer have to perform tasks as tiringly as the other little monsters every day.

Outside the cave, there are steep cliffs and heavy snow.

Inside the cave, the three brothers sat around the fire, eating roasted lamb and chatting, feeling extremely comfortable.

Early the next morning.

After the snow, the sky is clear.

Beside the cave.

In the flat mountain forest.

A huge bonfire was lit early in the morning, with a large cooking pot placed on top. In the pot were large bones and chunks of meat. In the rich soup, various side dishes and wild spices in green, purple, and yellow colors were floating.

When the cold wind blew, the deer demon with big horns took a long pot spoon and stirred it. The fragrance spread for ten miles, making more than 20 little demons gathered not far away drool.

The big pot is next to it.

The tusker was chopping bones and meat at the side.

On the other side.

After finishing the preparations, Qi Hu looked at the drooling little monsters and pointed at one of them and said, "You, the tiger monster, you go first."

Not long after.

A virtual reminder light flashed in front of Qi Hu's eyes: [You have learned the magical power "Ghost".]

immediately.

Qi Hu released his arm from the tiger monster and said, "Come over and eat."

"Thank you, Chief!"

The tiger demon cried out in excitement and quickly rushed to the cauldron.

Qi Hu turned his head and looked at the monsters in front of him. He looked at the black bear monster who was trying hard to squeeze in front and said, "It's you. Your name is Dahei, right? Come up!"

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