Lao Tzu is Ji Gong

"Brother is right. We did a much better job this time than those idiots last time. When we get back, the king might see a beautiful woman and be so happy that we brothers will become his favorites."

"Hahaha, what the third brother said makes sense. Let's go, let's hurry back to report." The group chatted as they walked away. As Li Xiuyuan listened to the voices fading into the distance, he opened his eyes and smiled wickedly. Everything was exactly as he had expected.

They never imagined that the so-called peerless beauty Xiaoyu they had kidnapped was just a trick by Li Xiuyuan using withered tree branches!

Otherwise, these little demons would come and cause trouble every now and then, which would be quite annoying. It would be better to turn the tables and go with the flow to completely cut off the Bull Demon King's thoughts and let Princess Iron Fan teach him a big lesson.

Yang Jian and his group never expected that they would encounter a group of ignorant monsters.

"Stop right there! You want to pass through? Then you should know that this mountain belongs to me, and these trees belong to me. If you want to pass through, leave your toll. Hand over your travel expenses obediently, and I'll let you go. Otherwise, hmph, hmph, hmph!" A group of monsters appeared in front of Yang Jian and the six Meishan brothers. They had ferocious and strange appearances, and they were carrying weapons such as large knives. Judging from their appearance, they should all be small monsters with low magical power, not worth mentioning at all.

Chapter 1184 Erlang Shen in Anger

Yang Jian and his companions traveled a long and arduous journey, enduring much hardship along the way. Their faces were somewhat grim. Having long held high positions and lived a smooth and comfortable life, the sudden loss of their magical powers, coupled with the need to live a mortal life and spend many days toiling in the human world, was truly disheartening.

Seeing this, the sixth brother of Meishan made a move to use his magic to kill the few minor demons. The eldest brother of Meishan saw through his intention and immediately grabbed his hand to stop him: "Sixth brother, don't be impulsive. What are you trying to do? Don't forget that we are in the mortal realm now. We can't reveal our identities at will, and we can't use our magic at will. Otherwise, the True Lord might be implicated by us. Have you forgotten what our original intention was?" Seeing his elder brother's serious expression, the sixth brother of Meishan couldn't help but withdraw the magic he was about to unleash, and a hint of caution appeared on his face.

Yang Jian, who was in the lead, looked at the situation and said, "It's shameful for demons to do this kind of thing."

Looking at the group of people before him, Yang Jian felt a headache coming on. They had already suffered enough along the way, but even these minor demons were so arrogant, lawlessly claiming themselves as mountain kings and collecting protection money. They had been living too comfortably. Yang Jian wanted to deal with them, but he didn't know where to begin. Using his magic would surely defeat them, but it would also reveal their location. Yang Jian pondered this, still unsure what to do. Just then, the demon spoke again.

"Hey, I'm talking to you! What are you dawdling about? Hand over your money now, or I'll spare your lives. Otherwise, don't blame me for being impolite." The leader of the monsters said, about to attack, completely disregarding Yang Jian.

"You bunch of lackeys, get out of my way! Do you even know who he is?" Kang Anyu stepped forward and arrogantly pointed at the group of little monsters, cursing them.

"I don't care who he is. As long as he's on my turf, even the Jade Emperor has to pay me protection money!"

"How dare you! He is Erlang Shen, the God of War of Heaven! You bunch of monsters, get out of my way! Considering that no one has been killed yet, we can spare your lives for now!"

"Oh my, I'm so scared! You guys are so amazing! Hahaha, brothers, he says he's Erlang Shen, do you believe him? Hahaha!" The leader of the demons laughed and turned to look at his group of subordinates, who were all laughing so hard they were doubled over and couldn't straighten up.

"You, you guys are simply shameless!" The Meishan brothers could not tolerate such humiliation of their master, Yang Jian. However, they had been enduring it because they remembered Yang Jian's words before descending to the mortal realm: he should not reveal his identity casually.

Yang Jian was furious. He was already in a bad mood because he was ostracized by his colleagues in Heaven because of the matter of the Third Holy Mother and Chenxiang. He never expected that after descending to the mortal world, these monsters would not take Erlang Shen's name seriously at all!

Yang Jian grew angrier the more he thought about it. Unlike others, Yang Jian remained remarkably calm when angry. Seeing Yang Jian's somber expression, the Meishan brothers knew that he was definitely having a hard time calming down, so they stopped trying to say anything more and instead retreated.

At this moment, Yang Jian no longer cared about the rule that immortals could not use their magic power casually in the mortal world. However, he also left himself a way out. He erased his own aura from his magic power and used the moves of an unknown rogue immortal, hoping to evade the Heavenly Court's investigation.

Yang Jian was furious, and the suppressed emotions he had been suppressing along the way combined with his anger, so he naturally didn't act gently. He showed no mercy, and these little demons, who already had weak magical powers, were easily defeated without any doubt, thanks to Yang Jian's deliberate actions. That's how these little demons were eliminated.

These demons didn't deserve to die, but they never expected Yang Jian to be so ruthless!

The people behind him stared at each other in surprise, but they wisely kept quiet and followed Yang Jian on his way.

No one spoke along the way, and they naturally didn't communicate with each other. In this silence, they arrived at their destination.

"My Lord, do you really not need us by your side?"

"Alright! You guys should go back to Heaven first. This will reduce the risk of being exposed. You can use yourselves to cover yourselves up!"

After hearing this, the six brothers from Meishan could only nod and leave.

Meanwhile, on Li Xiuyuan's side, the little demons sent by the Bull Demon King kidnapped Xiaoyu, leaving only the drugged Chenxiang and Li Xiuyuan, who had secretly orchestrated the whole thing.

After those little monsters left, Li Xiuyuan opened his eyes and smiled as he watched their departing figures.

He didn't wake Chenxiang up, but just lay in the same spot and waited quietly for Chenxiang to wake up.

As dusk settled and the sun set, Chenxiang awoke with a soft moan. He found only Li Xiuyuan there, but Xiaoyu was nowhere to be seen. Seeing Li Xiuyuan's calm expression, he assumed everything was alright and curiously inquired about Xiaoyu's whereabouts, without suspecting anything amiss: "Where's Xiaoyu? Why are you alone? Did she go wandering around?"

"Xiaoyu has been captured by the Bull Demon King."

"How could this be? No, then how did you get here? Why didn't you stop them? Why did you just let them take Xiaoyu away?" Chenxiang said angrily.

"How can we stop them? They used a sleeping potion, and you just woke up yourself."

“You were also drugged, but that doesn’t make sense. How do you know it was the Bull Demon King who kidnapped Xiaoyu, and not that Xiaoyu went out on her own?” Chenxiang asked. Li Xiuyuan didn’t want to explain further, and simply said, “Don’t worry about that. I’m all ready. We’re setting off to rescue Xiaoyu right now.”

Helpless, Chenxiang asked Li Xiuyuan no more questions, so he had no choice but to pack his things and go with Li Xiuyuan to rescue Xiaoyu.

Halfway there, Xiaoyu appeared in front of them, much to Chenxiang's surprise.

"you you you…"

Chapter 1185 Enemies Meet on a Narrow Road

Xiaoyu was so surprised to see Chenxiang that she couldn't even speak properly, which made her laugh and cover her mouth.

Chenxiang then realized that he had been tricked by his master again.

"Master! How could you do this?"

Li Xiuyuan, who had been looking very serious, was also amused and burst into laughter. When he saw his obedient disciple's displeased expression, his face immediately changed. He straightened his clothes and looked at Xiaoyu, "Ahem, Xiaoyu, how can you be so naughty?"

"Master, how was I being naughty! I was just doing what you told me to do!" Xiaoyu blinked. Li Xiuyuan was taken aback, then chuckled, "Ah! Really? Hahaha, well then, let's go find the Bull Demon King now!"

"Why?" Chenxiang asked, puzzled. Since Xiaoyu was standing unharmed in front of him, why did he still need to go to the Bull Demon King? He thought for a long time but still couldn't figure out why his master was doing this.

"You idiot!" Xiaoyu playfully scolded, pointing her little finger. "Forget it, there's no point in arguing with you. Don't ask why anymore, just follow your master's instructions. He definitely won't harm you, right?"

"That's right! You brat, why do you have so many questions every day? Why do you just do what your master tells you to do? Are you going to disobey your master's orders?"

After hearing this, Chenxiang scratched his head and said no more.

Chenxiang and Li Xiuyuan arrived at the Bull Demon King's cave. Li Xiuyuan had Chenxiang sneak in and disguise himself as a servant to inform Princess Iron Fan that she was about to return. In an instant, the Bull Demon King's cave was in chaos.

The Bull Demon King loved his wife very much. As for why he liked Princess Iron Fan and still sought other beauties outside, it naturally stemmed from the inherent flaws of men.

The main reason for this was that Princess Iron Fan, the wife of the Bull Demon King, had a bad temper and was jealous. The Bull Demon King himself was also afraid of his wife. If she knew that the Bull Demon King had brought a beauty back, she would definitely have a big fight with him. So when he heard that Princess Iron Fan was going to return to the manor, the Bull Demon King was naturally very nervous. In addition, he had just kidnapped Xiao Yu and brought her back to his cave. He didn't know what to do with her for a while.

Naturally, he couldn't harm Xiaoyu at this time. He would definitely arrange for someone to quickly transfer Xiaoyu away. At that point, he could rescue Xiaoyu without lifting a finger.

Things went smoothly, and Chenxiang soon slipped out of the cave: "I've done as you said, what do you want me to do next?"

"Don't worry about it. The best is yet to come. We just need to wait. Then the Bull Demon King will never dare to mess with Xiaoyu again." Just as Li Xiuyuan had imagined, the Bull Demon King was filled with trepidation.

At this moment, Chenxiang understood Li Xiuyuan's intention in doing so, and he greatly admired Li Xiuyuan's intelligence and resourcefulness.

"So this is how you planned to rescue Xiaoyu? But since Xiaoyu wasn't captured, why should we bother fighting the Bull Demon King here?"

"Hmph, how dare the Bull Demon King covet Xiaoyu? He'll have to pay a painful price for it!"

After listening, Chenxiang agreed with his master's words and said no more. Li Xiuyuan then led them in disguise and into the Bull Demon King's cave.

A short while later, the servants announced, "Madam has returned! Welcome back to the manor!" The Bull Demon King had received prior notice, and when Princess Iron Fan entered, he eagerly went up to take her cloak, saying sweet words, "Madam has finally returned! Welcome back, Madam! I've missed you so much!"

Unexpectedly, Princess Iron Fan did not accept the Bull Demon King's goodwill at all, and instead struck him with a solid slap.

"Madam, what do you mean by this? Why did you hit me? Did I do something wrong?"

"You're still pretending! I know everything! You dared to abduct a fox spirit behind my back! I've only been gone for a short time, and you've already become lustful again, doing these despicable things behind my back. I'll make you pay!" With that, Princess Iron Fan started hitting him again, making the Bull Demon King beg for mercy repeatedly, saying he would never dare to do it again and would never go looking for her again.

Li Xiuyuan and Chenxiang couldn't help but laugh. Who would have thought that the mighty Bull Demon King was actually afraid of his wife? It turned out that after those little demons kidnapped him, Li Xiuyuan went to Princess Iron Fan and told her about the Bull Demon King's great achievements. Upon hearing this, Princess Iron Fan naturally rushed back without stopping, hence this scene. Of course, the real Xiaoyu wasn't actually kidnapped by the Bull Demon King at all.

After enjoying the miserable state of the Bull Demon King, the three headed straight for the Lotus Lantern. However, to their surprise, Erlang Shen had already gotten there first.

Li Xiuyuan coldly said to Yang Jian, "Hand over the Lotus Lantern!" He released a powerful aura as he spoke. Yang Jian sensed the danger, but for the sake of the Lotus Lantern, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "This is not something you should have!"

"Hmph!" Li Xiuyuan sneered, "Since you're unwilling to hand it over, then I'll have to go get it myself. Don't blame me for being ruthless later."

"Ha!" Yang Jian looked at the young man in front of him with disdain. He, Yang Jian, had been a powerful figure for over a hundred years, and no one had ever dared to speak so recklessly in front of him, the God of War. He simply took the young man's arrogant words and paid no attention to them.

Unexpectedly, the person in front of him quickly ran to Yang Jian's side, intending to launch a surprise attack, but was bitten on the foot by the Howling Celestial Dog guarding the side.

The Celestial Hound is a divine dog that is rarely seen in millions of years. Its bite caught Li Xiuyuan off guard. Seeing this, Yang Jian immediately picked up his weapon and stabbed at him.

Fortunately, Li Xiuyuan reacted very quickly and dodged the attack by turning his body to the side. Li Xiuyuan knew that he was now fighting two people at once. He had not taken that little beast seriously before, but he did not expect that the little beast to be so protective of its master!

But so what? Even if he were to fight two people at once, he wouldn't be a threat.

Seeing that he could not break through, Erlang Shen had no choice but to activate his Heavenly Eye and release a dazzling laser beam, shooting it towards Li Xiuyuan with all his might.

Li Xiuyuan was busy dodging when Xiaotianquan rushed over again and bit his hand.

Chapter 1186 Fighting for Treasure

"Hey, you little beast! I'm letting you off the hook because you're usually so well-behaved, but you're pushing your luck!" Li Xiuyuan channeled his strength into his left arm, and with a swipe of his hand, the Howling Celestial Dog was sent flying three zhang away.

Meanwhile, Erlang Shen, taking advantage of the situation, used the same trick again. While Li Xiuyuan was fighting with Xiaotianquan, he thrust his weapon at him. At this moment, Xiaoyu, who was standing nearby, was anxious and flew forward to kick Erlang Shen's weapon away. Otherwise, Li Xiuyuan would already be in danger.

Yang Jian was a renowned war god in the heavens, and this attack used all of Xiao Yu's strength.

Seeing that Xiaoyu dared to harm her master, the celestial dog, which had been knocked away, launched a series of attacks on Xiaoyu.

"How dare this mere fox spirit attack Erlang Shen! You're courting death! Woof!" The Celestial Hound bared its teeth and charged at Xiaoyu, determined to avenge its master!

When Li Xiuyuan saw that Xiaotianquan had actually charged at Xiaoyu, he was furious! You must know that Xiaoyu was extremely weak after attacking Erlang Shen, and she was lying on the ground unable to stand up.

Xiaoyu was powerless to resist the attack of Xiaotianquan.

Li Xiuyuan's gaze was drawn to Xiaotianquan's side, and Erlang Shen was very dissatisfied when he saw this, shouting: "Your opponent is me, not him! Don't underestimate me!"

Li Xiuyuan said helplessly, "Tch, you alone, even the two of you can't beat me, let alone you alone."

This short sentence enraged Erlang Shen, who intensified his attacks, wishing to kill him.

Li Xiuyuan was relieved to see that Xiaoyu had Chenxiang's help. Although Chenxiang was poisoned by the bull demon and could not use his full cultivation for the time being, it was still enough to give that Howling Dog a hard time.

Suddenly, the Celestial Hound shifted its position and charged towards Li Xiuyuan.

Xiaoyu was anxious and looked worried.

At this moment, Chenxiang walked to Xiaoyu's side and said, "Don't worry, with Master's strength, dealing with the two of them is more than enough." Chenxiang had full confidence in his master's abilities; he knew that those two were no match for his master at all.

Xiaoyu thought about it and realized that although her master usually seemed carefree, his cultivation was unfathomable. Only then did she feel relieved.

As the God of War, Erlang Shen naturally possesses superb magical abilities. Countless battles over the past hundred years have earned him the title of God of War, which gives an idea of ​​how powerful Erlang Shen's abilities are. However, he is still slightly inferior to Li Xiuyuan.