Chapter 176

Chapter 176: Can This Worm Really Kill Me? (4000 words, combined two chapters)

The sky just brightened.

Stone Family Village immediately became lively.

The men and women of the village got up early, preparing for the “Dragon King Festival.”

In these few days, Stone Family Village had already arranged quite a bit for this festival. In the morning, they just needed to do some finishing touches.

Soon, a woman came to Third Lady Luo’s house, saying she brought new clothes for Xiaoman Luo.

The woman helped Xiaoman Luo change into the clothes, applied some makeup, and she looked like a little doll.

Then, four strong men carried a small flower sedan chair to Third Lady Luo’s door.

Xiaoman Luo glanced at her mother, then at Ming.

Ming smiled and nodded slightly.

Xiaoman Luo swallowed, despite being a bit scared in her heart, but still stepped onto the sedan chair.

“Raise the sedan!”

With the cry of an old woman, the suona horns blew, drums were beaten, and the four men carried the sedan chair away into the distance.

Third Lady Luo stood by the courtyard gate, her hands that were used to farming tightly gripping the doorframe, her thin lips tightly pressed together. Even when her daughter disappeared from her sight, Third Lady Luo did not take her eyes off.

“He won’t have any problems.” Ming stood beside Third Lady Luo and spoke slowly.

Hearing Ming’s words, Third Lady Luo snapped back to reality, looking at the young man beside her: “Third Lady trusts you, young sir; you are a good person.”

Ming smiled: “I’ve already said it, I’m not a good person. A good person wouldn’t save Xiaoman and then let another girl be sacrificed in her place.”

Third Lady Luo shook her head: “Third Lady has also said before, for our family, you are a good person.”

“Alright.” Ming patted his sleeves, “I’m leaving.”

“I entrust Xiaoman to you, young sir.” Third Lady Luo bowed deeply to Ming.

Ming didn’t say anything more, just bent down and returned a bow to Third Lady Luo, then walked with Yuan Rain toward the open space where the temple fair was held.

Meanwhile, most of the villagers in Stone Family Village had changed into new clothes, left their homes, and were going to participate in the temple fair.

On the other side, a little boy was also dressed in brand-new clothes, sat in a sedan chair, and was carried away by a big man.

The little boy’s sedan chair met up with Xiaoman Luo’s sedan chair.

The little boy thought he was going to be eaten, so he kept crying inside the sedan chair, wiping his tears. Xiaoman Luo sitting next to him could hear his cries.

But Xiaoman Luo didn’t cry.

“I believe in Brother Xu!” Xiaoman Luo tightly gripped the clothes on her thighs.

More and more people joined the celebration procession.

Among them, the village chief walked at the front, followed by representatives from each household, then the band playing gongs and blowing suonas, and then the sedan chairs. Behind the sedan chairs were the villagers of Luo Family Village.

The whole procession was very long, after all, Luo Family Village had over a thousand people.

Xu Ming and Yuan Rain didn’t hide; instead, they casually followed the long procession, as if joining in the festivities.

Not long after, the procession stopped in front of a temple in the village.

The temple was built twenty years ago, inside it enshrined the Dragon King of Yellow Sand River.

The village chief and several elders and young strong men from the village entered the temple.

“Twenty years ago, Stone Family Village suffered from a great drought, it was the Lord Dragon King of Yellow Sand River who brought rain to our Stone Family Village. To this day, Lord Dragon King has protected our Stone Family Village for twenty years.

Today, Stone Family Village holds this temple fair to express gratitude to Lord Dragon King.

We hope that Lord Dragon King will continue to protect Stone Family Village with favorable weather in the future.”

The son of the village chief lit incense sticks, three for each person, handed them to the village chief and others. The village chief and others bowed three times to the statue at the front, then inserted the incense sticks into the incense burner in front of them.

“The Dragon Lord sure knows how to enjoy himself.”

Mo Zhu’er entered the palace of the Yellow Sand Dragon Lord.

At this moment, the Yellow Sand Dragon Lord was drinking tea while enjoying the dances of some female demons in the Yellow Sand River.

These female demons wore revealing clothing, with slim waists and curvy hips, constantly swaying their bodies.

Moreover, in the palace of the Yellow Sand River, there were many other demon races. Mo Zhu’er roughly took a look around and saw tiger spirits, loach spirits, and even snake spirits.

The demonic aura emitted by these demons reached the highest level at the Dragon Gate Realm, with most of them at the Sea Observing Realm.

“Hey, the Holy Maiden is here.” Seeing Mo Zhu’er, the Yellow Sand Dragon Lord sat up, smiling at Mo Zhu’er, “Come, let me introduce you to everyone. This is the Holy Maiden of the Western Black Lotus Sect, currently one of the top ten beauties on the Red Beauty List—Mo Zhu’er, Miss Mo. How about it, haven’t you seen such a beautiful girl for hundreds of years?”

“Miss Mo.” All these mountain spirits and wild demons stood up and greeted Mo Zhu’er.

“Miss Mo, this is Gold Mountain True Lord, this is White Eyebrow Taoist, these are all my friends, we’re all friends.” The Yellow Sand Dragon Lord introduced to Mo Zhu’er.

“Zhu’er greets everyone.” Mo Zhu’er bowed politely.

“Miss Mo is too kind.”

“Miss Mo is truly as beautiful as a celestial fairy.”

“I have never seen a beauty as beautiful as Miss Mo.”

“Which man wouldn’t be dazzled by seeing Miss Mo.”

These demons looked at Mo Zhu’er with ardent eyes. Although the mountain spirits and wild demons living deep in the mountains had seen many seductive women, most of them were vulgar and ordinary compared to the stunning beauty in front of them.

Mo Zhu’er merely smiled faintly at these demons’ compliments, but inwardly she felt quite disgusted.

These demons are indeed demons, their wild nature hasn’t changed. The way they look at her is as if they want to tear off her clothes right away.

No, men are all the same.

“Xu Ming has already appeared in Stone Family Village. I wonder when the Dragon Lord plans to make a move?” Mo Zhu’er looked at the Yellow Sand Dragon Lord and asked with a smile.

“Not in a hurry, not in a hurry.” The Yellow Sand Dragon Lord waved his clothes, “Your Majesty is also waiting for news. Today, there will definitely be a result. At that time, we’ll go together to capture Xu Ming and use his head as a wine container!”

“Hmm?” Mo Zhu’er looked at the Yellow Sand Dragon Lord half-believing, “Is that so?”

“Your Majesty never…”

Just as the Yellow Sand Dragon Lord was speaking halfway through, while sipping tea, the Yellow Sand Dragon Lord paused with his teacup in hand.

The Yellow Sand Dragon Lord sensed threads of incense offerings and merits.

Closing his eyes, the Yellow Sand Dragon Lord saw a bunch of old folks worshiping him.

“Haha! It’s exactly now!” The Yellow Sand Dragon Lord stood up laughing loudly, “Everyone, Stone Family Village is holding a temple fair for Your Majesty. Please come along and join the fun, and also help kill someone for Miss Mo.”

“That sounds great.”

“It’s not just killing one person for Miss Mo. Even if it’s a hundred people, I wouldn’t blink an eye.”

“Speaking of which, the Dragon Lord is truly respected by the common people, unlike me who only eats people.”

“You tiger spirit probably only knows how to nurture ghostly accounts. The Dragon Lord is destined to enter the sea and become a true dragon, a man.”

Various demons flattered this water dragon.

The Yellow Sand Dragon Lord was increasingly pleased with being flattered.

The Yellow Sand Dragon Lord stood up, his eyes filled with confidence, as if Xu Ming was already dead in his eyes.

“Would Miss Mo like to come along?” The Yellow Sand Dragon Lord asked.

Mo Zhu’er bowed gracefully, her figure alluring: “Since the Dragon Lord has spoken, Zhu’er will naturally accompany you.”

The Yellow Sand Dragon Lord’s gaze burned like fire as he looked at Mo Zhu’er: “After the task is done, don’t forget the things Miss Mo promised me.”

Mo Zhu’er gave a flirtatious glance: “Of course~~~”

“Then I’ll be waiting for Miss Mo.”

The Yellow Sand Dragon Lord licked his lips, already eagerly anticipating tasting Mo Zhu’er’s flavor.

“Let’s go.”

The Yellow Sand Dragon Lord waved his sleeve, transforming into a water dragon and rushing out of the Yellow Sand River. Various demons naturally followed.

“Tch! So disgusting.” Mo Zhu’er touched her arms, goosebumps rising.

Meanwhile, on the open ground in Stone Family Village, it was already bustling with activity.

There were dragon and lion dances, opera troupes performing plays, and after the drama ended, there were folk songs being sung.

Xu Ming and Yuan Rain were mingling in the crowd, enjoying the festivity.

According to the timing method of Blue Ocean Star, Stone Family Village started preparations at six-thirty in the morning. After paying respects at the Yellow Sand Dragon Lord’s shrine, it was already nine-thirty.

Then, the village troupe performed plays and dragon dances until ten-thirty.

Now, many people were pulling things out, setting tables covered with red cloth, and the smell of food drifted everywhere, signaling the start of the feast.

At this point, the open ground looked crowded, but in reality, there were only about a hundred people. Others had already gone home, mainly to make it easier to escape quickly if a fight broke out.

“Please sit here, gentlemen.”

Third Lady Luo led Xu Ming and Yuan Rain to sit at a table.

“Thank you.” Xu Ming nodded, brushing his blue robe, and settled down calmly.

Third Lady Luo kept glancing towards the direction of the shrine.

Inside the shrine, Xiaoman Luo and the little boy were kneeling in front of the Yellow Sand Dragon King’s statue, waiting for the Yellow Sand Dragon King to arrive.

“Don’t worry, Third Lady. Xiaoman will be fine,” Xu Ming reassured the elegant woman.

Third Lady Luo just smiled: “This humble woman believes in you.”

Yuan Rain watched from the side, wondering if his master might fancy widows?

He didn’t dare to say or ask.

But Yuan Rain was really curious.

At first, the master didn’t actually need his help, just arranging a few magic arrays for support. Yet the master dared to face a Golden Core Realm water dragon alone.

Should he say the master is truly confident, or fearless? Though Yuan Rain himself was also at the Golden Core Realm, he had fought against the master in the White Hollow Secret Realm.

But that was different.

Back then, he fought the master in his true form, and because the master’s realm was slightly lower, his own power was also somewhat suppressed, unable to unleash his full strength.

However, this time the master would face a genuine Golden Core Realm water dragon.

“They’re here.”

Just as Yuan Rain was lost in thought, Xu Ming took a sip of tea and spoke indifferently.

Yuan Rain looked up, and not far away, waves of astonishing demonic energy swept over like a storm.

Yuan Rain’s eyes widened in surprise.

It wasn’t because of the overwhelming demonic energy coming from afar, but because his master’s perception was incredibly sharp, even more sensitive than his own at the Golden Core Realm.

A water dragon flew through the air, and the villagers of Stone Family Village saw it and knelt down one after another, shouting: “Welcome, Lord Dragon King.”

The water dragon transformed into human form and descended from the sky.

Following this water dragon were other spirits and monsters, as well as a stunningly beautiful woman.

When everyone landed, the villagers looked at the woman with bare white ankles, wearing a black dress whose hem didn’t even reach her knees, exposing her snowy thighs, and were all stunned.

They had never seen such a beautiful woman.

As the crowd entered the magic array without noticing, Xu Ming calmly drank a cup of wine.

Just as Xu Ming put down his wine glass, Third Lady Luo rolled up her sleeves and poured him another cup.

Xu Ming looked at Third Lady Luo, quite surprised: “Aren’t you going to pay respects to this Dragon King?”

Third Lady Luo gave Xu Ming a glare: “Why would you say that? This evil dragon wants to eat my daughter. How could I possibly worship him? I wish to shred him into pieces!”

Xu Ming was momentarily taken aback and apologized with a bow: “Sorry, sorry… You’re absolutely right.”

Yellow Sand True Lord looked at those who were bowing to him, feeling extremely satisfied. In front of other mountain spirits, wild demons, and Mo Zhu’er, he felt especially dignified.

In fact, watching Yellow Sand True Lord’s smug expression, Mo Zhu’er couldn’t help but chuckle inwardly.

A Golden Core Realm demon race being worshipped by hundreds of villagers was already getting a bit cocky. It was truly amusing.

One could only say that this Yellow Sand True Lord was still a country bumpkin who hadn’t seen much of the world.

In the Southern Demon Realm, a Golden Core Realm demon race was already the lord of a small city.

Soon, Yellow Sand True Lord spotted Xu Ming and his two companions drinking and eating nearby.

Most importantly, everyone else had knelt down, but only Xu Ming, Yuan Rain, and Third Lady Luo remained standing, making them extremely conspicuous.

“Which one is Xu Ming?” Yellow Sand True Lord asked.

“The one among the two men who looks the best,” Mo Zhu’er extended her white, delicate finger and pointed in Xu Ming’s direction.

Yellow Sand True Lord cast an unfriendly glance at Xu Ming and sneered twice: “No wonder he can be a prince’s son-in-law; he does look quite handsome.”

The other demons looked at each other, wondering what “prince’s son-in-law” meant. “Let’s go greet the prince’s son-in-law, otherwise, he might blame us for lacking manners before he dies.”

Yellow Sand True Lord walked toward Xu Ming.

Approaching Xu Ming, Yellow Sand True Lord spoke with a tone resembling a street thug: “Who would have thought I’d meet a prince’s son-in-law in such a remote place? I feel truly honored.”

Xu Ming took another sip of wine, set down the cup, and glanced at Mo Zhu’er beside Yellow Sand True Lord: “Did you find someone to help kill me?”

Mo Zhu’er’s eyes curved into a crescent moon shape: “Indeed, I did~”

“Is that so?” Xu Ming’s lips curled up as he looked at Yellow Sand Dragon Lord, “But do you really think this worm can kill me?”