A Tale of Encounters with Immortals: A Peach Blossom Temple in the Martial World

The Black Mountain Demon possesses immense magical power and specializes in absorbing human essence to enhance its own strength.

Unfortunately, he landed right where Zhang Zhengdao was sleeping.

Zhang Zhengdao had his eyes closed and was snoring softly.

The Black Mountain Demon felt that the Taoist's attire made him look like someone with cultivation, but even though he was right next to him, the Taoist couldn't detect him.

There are always some Taoist priests who are pretentious, pretending to be wise and swindling people out of food and drink; this is probably one of them.

This is the hot and sour soup served before dinner tonight; it's an appetizer.

He leaned down, put his mouth close to Zhang Zhengdao's face, and gently inhaled.

Normally, a person's vital energy is drawn out of the body with each inhale, then exits through the mouth and nose and is inhaled back in.

This Taoist priest...

There's absolutely no energy left!

Only the dead lose their vital energy, right?

The Black Mountain Demon was puzzled. Was this Taoist priest dead?

But I can still snore. Is there something wrong with my ears?

When I inhaled again, I used a little more force.

A breath of cold air entered my mouth, but it contained no human essence.

Black Mountain Demon: ? ? ?

This Taoist is trying to force me to use my ultimate move, isn't he?

So he moved even closer, opened his mouth wide, and used his magic to forcefully inhale into Zhang Zhengdao's mouth and nose. With this inhalation, his chest swelled up and his stomach deflated.

The force she used was so great; she hadn't used this much force since her debut.

The main purpose was to teach the Taoist a lesson, to drain him dry in one go, turning him into a dried-up corpse, and even to absorb his soul after death—that would be a great tonic.

Then a wisp of white vapor was drawn out of the Taoist's mouth and nose, entered the Black Mountain Demon's mouth, then his throat, and finally his heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys.

It's so cool!

The Black Mountain Demon felt that the white mist was very cool and pure, and that it also contained a strong Taoist aura.

This Taoist priest is a cultivator.

Without cultivation, it would be impossible to possess such pure Taoist essence.

The Black Mountain Demon was very satisfied, feeling that he had made a fortune on this trip. Such excellent Daoist energy—how many years had it been since he had absorbed it? How many years… no, he had never absorbed it before.

He felt a cool, refreshing sensation, and then he stood up, feeling the Daoist energy flowing through his entire body. He could feel the flow of Daoist energy in every inch of his skin and every hair.

This Taoist priest is really something...

The Black Mountain Demon shuddered with satisfaction again, straightened up, and then heard snoring beside him. This startled him for a moment.

Logically speaking, since the Taoist's essence and the Taoist spirit within it have been absorbed by him, he should be dead by now. So why is he still shouting?

He stopped just as he was about to take the first step.

The Black Mountain Demon was somewhat skeptical and wanted to take another bite to see if he could completely drain Zhang Zhengdao.

On the other side of the sand dune, the three of them, master and disciples, kept glancing at each other, their hearts pounding in their chests with tension. They could only hope that the Black Mountain Demon had a smaller appetite.

One Taoist priest is enough to satiate him, so he won't come over to suck their blood anymore.

The three continued to exchange glances.

Tang Sanzang: Does the Black Mountain Demon want to take another bite of the Taoist priest?

Pigsy: You have quite a big appetite.

Sha Wujing: If you have a big appetite, we'll be in trouble.

Tang Sanzang: It's better to eat less. I usually eat little and I'm healthy and free from illness. This is the way to maintain good health. I hope this Black Mountain Demon understands that as one reaches middle age, maintaining health is of utmost importance. Take a couple of puffs, then go for a stroll. That way, you can live a long life…

Pigsy: I eat a lot too, and I'm just as good as you!

Sha Wujing: I'm the most unlucky one. I don't eat much, and I still have to carry a load.

……

Pigsy: Look, what's wrong with the Black Mountain Demon?

So everyone looked towards the Black Mountain Demon.

The Black Mountain Demon originally wanted to take another breath.

First, the Taoist's vital energy still contained Taoist essence, which was extremely nourishing and put his body in a state of extreme excitement. Second, the Taoist didn't die after having his vital energy absorbed.

It's good that he's not dead. This pure Daoist essence is very addictive.

Take another drag!

However, before he could bend down, his body suddenly froze.

The essence of Daoist energy emanating from his body suddenly grew colder and colder. The white vapor he inhaled gradually became colder.

It was so cold that before the Black Mountain Demon could even shiver, it began to freeze from the inside out.

The heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys gradually froze solid, covered by a layer of stiff ice.

The blood, muscles, and fat gradually grew cold, covered with a layer of ice. Even the urine in the bladder froze into a block of ice.

Then the layer of white, cold air gradually emerged from the inside out.

As the Black Mountain Demon's body and eyes gradually solidified, he was horrified to discover that his skin had suddenly begun to emit wisps of white gas.

This white gas is just like the white gas that I inhaled from the Taoist priest.

A chill emanated from within her body, gradually creeping along the pores of her skin and covering her entire body, even the black robe she had carefully chosen and changed into was now covered in this white mist.

Where the white gas spread, it quickly froze into a layer of ice.

Black Mountain Demon: ...

I just went out for dinner, how did this happen?

Taoist priests aren't human, are they? Why are you pretending to be an ordinary person, sleeping in this desert? With such high cultivation, why don't you go to the Heavenly Court and become an official? Why don't you go to some mountain and become a king? At the very least, you could go to the mortal world to tell fortunes, perform rituals, and conduct ceremonies. Wouldn't that be much better than this?

This was the Black Mountain Demon's last thought.

As a layer of ice solidified on his eyeballs, even the strands of his hair froze into ice threads, his thoughts seemed to be cut off.

Everything was dark; there was nothing left.

Even their souls couldn't escape; they were all frozen in place.

The Daoist principles of the Great Dao require that if one's soul wants to leave the body, unless Zhang Zhengdao is willing to let it go, the soul will simply be scattered, no matter how high one's cultivation level is.

Pigsy was the first to shout, "Master, the Black Mountain Demon is dead!"

Tang Sanzang: "My eyes are not blind."

Sha Wujing: "Frozen into an ice block."

Pigsy: "What a huge block of ice!"

Tang Sanzang: "You can't use lumps of ice. There's only a huge lump of poop, not a huge lump of ice. Pigsy, if you don't believe me, go over there and take a dump, then put it next to that huge lump of ice..."

Pigsy looked at Sandy and said, "Brother Sandy, why don't you knock Master unconscious?"

Sha Wujing angrily retorted, "He wasn't talking about me, he was talking about you! How could you ask me to knock out Master?"

Tang Sanzang: "Bajie, I didn't mean to be so vulgar. It was your words that were too vulgar, which led me to say such vulgar things. So it's all your fault. If you admit your mistake, I will forgive you. If you don't admit your mistake, I will still forgive you. After all, you are my disciple, and we..."

Pigsy decisively ran towards Zhang Zhengdao.

Not to be outdone, Sha Wujing also ran over.

"Greetings, Daoist Master."

Pigsy bowed to Zhang Zhengdao.

Zhang Zhengdao had already sat up. Looking at the two of them, he nodded and said, "If you're Pigsy, then you're Sandy?"

Sha Wujing: "My formal name is Sha Wujing, but I am a monk, so everyone calls me Sha Wujing."

Pigsy said, "Thank you for saving my life, Taoist priest."

Sha Wujing: "Master, let me treat you to some steamed buns!"

He actually pulled a steamed bun out of his pocket; it was a bit dark and looked a bit hard.

Pigsy glanced at it: "Brother Sandy, when did you hide a steamed bun?"

Sha Wujing: "Is the point that I hid a steamed bun? The point is that I want to thank the Taoist priest for saving my life."

Zhang Zhengdao said, "Keep it for yourself."

Tang Sanzang also ran over, put his hands together in prayer before Zhang Zhengdao, and said, "Amitabha, you saved me, so you must have a connection with Buddha. Why don't you join us, Daoist, and..."

"roll!"

Tang Sanzang nodded, glanced at the Black Mountain Demon who was frozen solid beside him, and quickly ran back, sitting down cross-legged with a solemn and dignified expression.

Pigsy asked, "Master, after my eldest brother has been gone for five hundred years, will he be able to come back?"

Zhang Zhengdao said, "It's hard to say. He might not come back, or he might."

Sha Wujing said, "Our eldest brother will definitely come back. As long as Master recites the Tightening-Headband Mantra, he will get a headache. When he can't bear the pain anymore, he will come back and beg Master not to recite it anymore."

Pigsy mocked, "Brother Monkey's golden headband is gone, how can he recite the Tightening-Headband Mantra? Even if he still had the golden headband, could Master's voice still carry for five hundred years?"

Sha Wujing thought about it and agreed.

"Please, you two, deal with the Black Mountain Demon!"

Zhang Zhengdao didn't want to say anything more to these two.

This life's journey to the West is actually not related to his previous life's journey. He helps the monkey only because he doesn't want him to miss Bai Jingjing five hundred years later.

In that case, Zixia would have no connection with him.

"I'm leaving."

Zhang Zhengdao glanced at them, then turned and walked towards the other side of the sand dune.

"Will we ever meet again?"

Pigsy asked.

Zhang Zhengdao did not answer, and walked further and further away, soon disappearing into the night under the starlight.