Traveling Through Journey to the West: I Am the Dragon King

Yun Chonghua arrived at the edge of the cliff and saw the woman who had cried for help.

Yun Chonghua looked closely and saw that the woman was very young, only sixteen years old and in the prime of her life. She was hanging from the intertwined branches of the tree.

Her dress had long been torn to shreds by the tree branches, revealing a significant portion of her snow-white skin.

She wore only one embroidered shoe. Her hair, adorned with a hairpin, was covered in withered branches and leaves, and there were some scratches in some places. Her hair was disheveled, and her face was dirty.

Despite her disheveled appearance, her beauty was still undeniable.

Despite her flaws, her beauty was still exceptional; such beauty was one in a million. However, it held little appeal for Yun Chonghua.

The woman hanging in the tree looked at Yun Chonghua as he approached, as if she had seen a savior.

She cried out to Yun Chonghua, "Good brother, please save me! I'm not human, I'm a ghost! Oh no! I'm human, not a ghost!"

The woman's speech was very incoherent.

Seeing the woman's incoherent speech, Yun Chonghua slowly stepped forward.

The woman cried out, "Good brother, please save me! I've been hanging here for two days. If no one saves me, even if I'm not a ghost, I'll really become one."

Yun Chonghua stepped forward and sized her up, but he didn't have the discerning eye to see through her. He couldn't discern the woman's true nature.

However, judging from the woman's disheveled appearance, dry lips, and haggard face, she did indeed look like someone who hadn't eaten for a day or two.

Although he didn't know if this was a trap, Yun Chonghua felt that if this woman was really a courier ghost, she was at least much more "dedicated" than Red Boy and Lady Earth Surge.

Yun Chonghua walked forward slowly, pretending to be serious.

When she got closer, the woman was stunned when she saw Yun Chonghua's appearance.

Yun Chonghua stepped closer, slowly drawing his longsword. He asked, "Who are you? What brings you here?"

Now that he was pretending to be an ordinary person, he naturally had to act like one. After all, encountering a beautiful girl begging for help in the middle of nowhere late at night would make any normal person think twice. Not to mention the legends of monsters circulating around.

The woman replied, "My surname is Yun, and I am from Fengxian Town, east of Wushan. Three days ago, I was traveling with my father on a business trip when we encountered a giant tiger that scattered our caravan. While trying to escape the tiger, I accidentally fell, but fortunately, Heaven took pity on me and I survived. Please, kind brother, save me. My family is quite wealthy; if you are willing to help me, my father..."

But the woman fell silent at this point.

The woman then said, "My father's life is still uncertain. I can't promise my good brother anything. As long as my good brother saves me and takes me home, my brother at home will definitely repay his benefactor."

Upon hearing this, Yun Chonghua didn't argue with her. Instead, he quickly stepped forward, grabbed onto the trees extending from the edge of the cliff, and slowly climbed up the cliff.

When he got closer to the woman, Yun Chonghua couldn't help but smile to himself.

Yun Chonghua concealed his magical power, and he was unable to determine whether the other party was human or ghost by observing their aura.

But once he got closer to the woman, he was certain that she was not human.

Although he concealed his magical powers and could not see the demonic or malevolent aura emanating from her, his five senses were not shielded.

Even with his dragon-like sense of smell, he couldn't detect the blood on her body.

With just this one flaw, Yun Chonghua knew her identity.

After all, how could someone who has fallen down a mountain and is covered in scrapes not smell of blood?

Although he had already seen through it, Yun Chonghua remained calm. After all, the Azure-Backed Dragon had mentioned that the tiger demon knew the art of stealth, and without the guidance of the cougar, it would be difficult to find its location.

But the moment Yun Chonghua touched the woman...

A glint of clarity flashed in the woman's eyes, and she called out to Yun Chonghua, "Go quickly!"

Looking at the woman's sudden change in expression, Yun Chonghua asked, "What?"

The woman's face immediately changed, and she cried out to him in terror, "Run! A monster is trying to harm you! Run!"

But before the woman could finish speaking, she turned into a wisp of green smoke and flew towards the cliff.

Although Yun Chonghua didn't know what had happened, it seemed that his touch had briefly restored the ghost's consciousness.

Seeing this, Yun Chonghua didn't delay any longer. Golden lotuses appeared beneath his feet, and he leaped straight up from the cliff.

The woman's soul was still flying away into the distance.

Yun Chonghua immediately gave chase, but unfortunately the mountain was densely forested. Although he possessed the Kun Scale Treasure Robe and the ability to fly through the clouds, it was truly difficult to find any trace of the woman's soul while flying in the sky.

However, Yun Chonghua is quite skilled now, and he can catch up even without using the cloud-riding technique.

Finally, he arrived at a clearing. Behind the clearing stood a thatched hut, seemingly left by a hunter from the mountains. Now it was occupied by ghosts and monsters.

The woman who had just been taken away by magic slowly stood there.

The woman seemed to have lost her mind again and stopped speaking. With her were four other young women who were just as beautiful as her.

One of the women stepped forward and said, "Hehe, when I saw you before, I knew you were no ordinary person. The Buddhist power you possess not only allowed this ghost to briefly regain his senses, but also enabled you to catch up with me so easily."

Yun Chonghua looked at the woman before him and sneered, "Oh! So it really is you. It seems my guess was right. Your acting was quite convincing; you almost fooled me too. What? So coy and secretive, you only dare to control a puppet to talk to me?"

Yun Chonghua looked at the woman who had told him to leave quickly and said, "You sent her to lure me in, weren't you just trying to devour me? Although the process was somewhat unexpected, I'm already hooked. Show yourself! Don't you think my flesh is delicious enough?"

The woman at the head of the group chuckled, her alluring voice turning terrifying. She said, "Of course not. I just didn't want you to die such a regrettable death."

As she spoke, the woman took off her clothes and hairpins, and the other four women, including the one who had seduced Yun Chonghua earlier, also slowly took off their clothes and hairpins until they were completely naked.

The next moment, five jade-like bodies appeared in front of Yun Chonghua.

But faced with such a "beautiful spring scene," Yun Chonghua gave a disdainful sneer.

Looking at the spring scenery before him, Yun Chonghua sneered, "Such petty tricks might work on ordinary people, but they're hardly enough to deal with me!"

After Yun Chonghua finished speaking, he smiled and looked behind him, only to see a huge, blood-red mouth biting at him.

But Yun Chonghua neither dodged nor avoided, and his gaping maw bit directly into him.

A sharp "crack" was heard, the sound of teeth breaking followed. The tiger spirit, in pain, immediately released its grip.

He then staggered a few steps, covered his mouth, and fell to the ground.

Yun Chonghua looked up and saw that the tiger demon in front of him was a white-blue tiger with piercing eyes and a white forehead.

He lay on the ground and spat a few times until he spat out his broken teeth.

Yun Chonghua laughed and said, "Hehe, if you, a beast, can bite through my golden body, then I don't need to continue living here."

The tiger spirit looked at Yun Chonghua in surprise and said, "Who exactly are you? You're no ordinary minor deity!"

Yun Chonghua conjured a halberd, then pointed it at the tiger demon and said, "Who I am is unimportant. You just need to know that you're dead today!"

With that, he swung his halberd at the tiger demon!