Hell Game: Starting from Metropolis

Fortunately, he reacted immediately.

The Fantian Seal is a supreme treasure of the immortals, how could it be in the hands of a divine cultivator?

Moreover, its strange design is clearly not in the style of Taoist magical artifacts.

Although it is not the Heaven-Turning Seal, its effects are similar. Even if he were alive, he would not have been able to withstand this attack, let alone now that he only has a wisp of remnant soul left.

“Esteemed benefactor, we have no deep-seated hatred for each other, so why are you pressing us so hard?”

The man in feathered robes sighed.

"You've been pushing your luck. Now I'm counting down from three. If you still don't have any constructive suggestions, then it'll be like sashimi on a hot plate."

Liu Zheng raised three tentacles.

"three!"

He lowered one of his tentacles.

"two!"

He lowered the second tentacle.

"If I agree to be your bodyguard, what responsibilities will I have, and what will my compensation be?"

Before Liu Zheng could count to one, the man in feathered robes asked.

"Master!"

The giant panda stared at him in disbelief.

"Shut up. If you had diligently practiced the Five Elements Escape Technique, how could we be facing this calamity today?"

The man in feathered robes said with a sense of disappointment.

"woo"

The giant panda curled itself up into a ball, looking aggrieved.

"I won't go into specific duties, but I won't ask it to die in the line of duty. However, if it runs away at the slightest sign of trouble, I will definitely take it out before I take out the enemy."

"As for the reward, isn't it looking for its own kind? I just happened to see someone wearing panda pajamas, so maybe we can find some clues by following the trail. Besides, I also know someone in the sanitation department, so we can check the records and find out where the pandas are."

Liu Zheng said.

"Master, what is the Sanitation Department?"

The giant panda used telepathy to communicate.

"I don't know either, but it should be some department of the city hall."

The man in feathered robes replied.

He entered the Ten Thousand Mountains for arduous cultivation very early on. The structure of the city hall at that time was quite different from that of today.

"Is what he said reliable?"

The giant panda once again conveyed its secret message through telepathy.

"The car he was driving was clearly an official vehicle; it's probably not an exaggeration."

The man in feathered robes replied.

"So I really have to be their bodyguard?"

The giant panda was still reluctant.

"It's all your own fault. By the way, why did he call you Panda?"

"He said I have the strength of a bear and the agility of a cat, and I am so strong that calling me a giant panda is much more appropriate than calling me an iron-eating beast."

The giant panda said with no small amount of pride.

"And then you agreed?"

"I agreed. I think what he said makes a lot of sense."

The giant panda returned.

"Didn't you notice anything unusual?"

The man in feathered robes pressed for an answer.

"No, Master, is something wrong?"

“Something’s not right. Do you think a clan’s name can be changed so easily? If the person who changes the name can’t bear the consequences, your entire clan will suffer as well.”

"Alright, alright, you scoundrel, open your mind. I'm going to use your body to cast a spell."

"The man in feathered robes gave the order."

"Master, you wouldn't be trying to take over my body under this pretext, would you?"

The giant panda became alert.

"I wouldn't even look at your messy inner core. If I can't possess a primordial body, I'd rather disintegrate and start over."

The man in feathered robes replied dismissively.

He's aiming to cultivate the Path of Celestial Immortality; a mere first-grade cricket inner core is hardly of any use.

"Isn't that because you scared me when I was cultivating, so I didn't dare to cultivate my inner core to a high grade?"

The giant panda felt very wronged.

"Hmph, this is how it has always been in our Hun Dan Sect. If a disciple achieves a top-grade pill, the master and disciple will fight each other fairly in the Hun Yuan Pill Cauldron, and the winner takes all. With your talent, if you had achieved a top-grade pill back then and then eaten me, you would have had no trouble passing through the Heavenly Immortal realm, and you wouldn't be being coerced like this now."

The man in feathered robes reprimanded.

"Forget it, I don't want to be eaten by you, nor do I want to eat you. The path of cultivation is long and arduous; I'm afraid I won't be able to survive if one bear leaves me."

The giant panda's eyelids drooped.

"It's worthless."

The man in feathered robes muttered a curse under his breath and then looked at Liu Zheng.

"Ahem, sir."

"Have you two finished discussing?"

Liu Zheng smiled.

"Please wait a moment, there is one last step. If anything unusual happens later, please do not panic, it is not meant to harm you."

The man in feathered robes gave a heads-up.

Otherwise, if he casts a spell later, that divine cultivator might throw the fake Heaven-Turning Seal at him.

"decide as things go."

Liu Zheng said noncommittally.

The man in feathered robes didn't care about anything else and returned his soul to the giant panda's body.

Although its appearance remained unchanged, everyone felt that the giant panda's temperament had changed, transforming it from a somewhat clumsy and adorable creature into a wise and virtuous person.

"Green aura in the east, red aura in the south, white aura in the west, black aura in the north, and yellow aura in the center—observe these five colors closely, and good or bad fortune will reveal themselves!"

The man in feathered robes closed his eyes and chanted an incantation, turning one eye pure black and the other pure white.

"Open the Yin-Yang Qi Observation Eye!"

He opened his eyes and looked at Liu Zheng.

"what!"

It was fine if you didn't look, but as soon as you did, a scream rang out.

The man in the feathered robe retreated repeatedly, his eyes tightly closed, tears of blood streaming down his face.

"His fortune is extraordinary, and not just one. The Metropolis has produced such a figure!"

He closed his eyes, utterly shocked.

At the same time, the man in feathered robes also felt the weakness of his soul.

Although he closed his eyes in time, he was still injured by the dragon of destiny and needs to recuperate for a while.

While he could still hold on, he immediately communicated with the giant panda's spirit.

"My disciple, remember this: from now on, you will follow this person. As long as he doesn't abandon you, you will never leave him. One day, he will face a great calamity. If you can help him overcome it, you can borrow his fortune to rebuild your inner core, making it a top-grade elixir!"

"If you let him name you, connecting your destinies, it's not impossible to take things a step further!"

The man in the feathered robe spoke with a mixture of urgency and fervor.

Above the highest grade inner core is the immortal grade inner core. If one can achieve the immortal grade inner core, the path to immortality will be smooth sailing.

"However, if that's the case, he will face calamity in the future, and you will be doomed as well. The choice is yours."

"Foolish child, foolish child, don't disappoint your master! Your master is still waiting to possess your body and become an immortal! Hahaha!!!"

The man in feathered robes laughed wildly several times before gradually falling silent.

"Now that you've said that, who would still bother to rebuild their inner core?"

The panda muttered as it regained control of its body.

It rubbed its eyes and slowly walked up to Liu Zheng.

“My master told me to follow you from now on. But let me make this clear first, I’m not acknowledging you as my master. I can leave whenever I want. Also, you have to make sure I eat and drink well, and you can’t skimp on my salary.”

The giant panda emphasized.

How much salary do you want?

Liu Zheng asked with great interest.

"I'm a demon king, after all. I should make at least 100,000 yuan a month, right?"

The giant panda thought for a moment and said.

"Can the Demon King earn this much in a month?"

He asked Bai San.

"It's hard to say. The gap between rich and poor demon kings is quite large. Some poor demon kings don't even earn as much as my men."

Bai San shook his head.

"That's pretty tragic. How much could the former demon king of Green Bamboo Mountain earn in a month?"

Liu Zheng asked.

"We give it about 30,000 yuan a month in cash and supplies."

Bai San thought for a moment and then said.

It may not sound like much, but most demon kings are long-lived beings, easily living for hundreds of years.

At 360,000 a year, that's 36 million in a hundred years.

With the prices in the metropolis, being a mountain king for decades, and then finding a way to get citizenship, would allow you to move to the city and live a life of luxury. That would be pretty awesome.

"Did you hear that? Your price is too high."

Liu Zheng raised his chin and said.

"How can that be the same? I'm much stronger than that bear demon."

The giant panda said indignantly.

"How about this? You come with us to complete this journey through the Ten Thousand Mountains first, and I'll give you 100,000 yuan afterward. We'll talk about the rest later, okay?"

He thought for a moment and said.

"Okay. So what are you going to do in the mountains?"

"The giant panda asked."

"Do you want to know? Once you know, don't even think about leaving halfway through."

"Never mind then, you'd better not tell me."

The giant panda shook its head like a rattle drum.

"You're quite smart. By the way, what's your name? It's kind of weird to always call you by your race name."