#179 - So what do you care about (4000 words, two in one)

“Roar!!!”

The evil dragon beneath Xu Ming let out a painful cry.

In the eyes of this evil dragon, killing the other party was a simple matter.

It had killed countless Spirit Origin Realm martial artists, and even more Cave Heaven Realm cultivators.

Now, it was just killing a cultivator who was both Spirit Origin Realm and Cave Heaven Realm.

Although the opponent cultivated both body and magic, the difference in realm was real.

Moreover, even if the opponent set up a formation to scheme against it, so what?

In the face of absolute power, everything was empty talk, everything was futile.

But Huangsha Dragon Lord never expected that this Xu Ming would be so strong!

His physique was so strong, his strength so great, and his spiritual power so abundant, coupled with the sharpness of his sword energy, Huangsha Dragon Lord had never seen such an opponent.

This kid's realm seemed fake.

Or, could it be that his Golden Core initial stage was made of paper?

Huangsha Dragon Lord regretted it very much, regretting that he should not have agreed to this matter.

He should have developed properly, then walked the rivers, entered the sea, and waited until he transformed into a Chilong before being arrogant.

But everything, there was no "if" anymore.

"Spare my life... I'm willing to do anything to spare my life..."

Huangsha Dragon Lord lay on the ground, dying, unable to move an inch after having his dragon tendons extracted.

In fact, even if Xu Ming spared his life, with such injuries, he would at most stay in the Golden Core Realm for the rest of his life, unable to take another step forward.

Being unable to improve in cultivation was despairing for a cultivator, but for Huangsha Dragon Lord, even if he stayed in the Golden Core Realm for the rest of his life, it was better than dying.

At worst, he would dominate a small river and do as he pleased.

Xu Ming stared straight into Huangsha Dragon Lord's eyes: "When you ate those young boys and girls, when you killed those people, did you ever think of sparing their lives?

When those people begged you for mercy, did you ever spare them?"

Xu Ming felt a very turbid demonic aura on this evil dragon.

A clear demonic aura meant that this demon usually didn't kill innocent people indiscriminately, and even if he killed people, they were basically cultivators, at least with mutual cause and effect.

But if the demonic aura was turbid, it meant that this demon had killed many ordinary people.

The turbidity and clarity of the demonic aura would not affect a demon's cultivation.

But!

Some famous and upright sects who subdued demons and eliminated evil would basically not let go of demons with such turbid demonic auras!

And the turbidity of this evil dragon's demonic aura, I'm afraid that the number of innocent mortals who died at his hands was no less than a thousand!

Huangsha Dragon Lord continued to beg for mercy: "Immortal Master, I will never dare again in the future, I will never dare to harm the innocent again!

Isn't there a good saying among those Buddhist monks? Put down the butcher knife and become a Buddha on the spot.

Please spare my life, I am willing to be your mount! I will definitely do more good deeds in the future!"

Xu Ming smiled: "You, you don't know that you are wrong, but you know that you are going to die."

"I, I, I..." Huangsha Dragon Lord was speechless.

"Let me ask you, why must you eat the young boys and girls of Shijia Village? And every year, you eat a pair each year?"

Xu Ming asked the question he was most puzzled about.

"If you answer well, I don't mind giving you a chance."

Although Xu Ming said so, saying he would give him a chance, it was just a chance, and he didn't say he would definitely let him go.

He would still die under his sword in the end.

"I, I..." Huangsha Dragon Lord's eyes flickered, and he even broke out in a cold sweat.

"You're not saying, are you?" Xu Ming's long sword was poised to strike down.

"It's not that I don't want to say it, Consort, but I can't say it, I... I..." Huangsha Dragon Lord's eyes flickered, extremely embarrassed, "If I don't say it, you will kill me, but even if I say it, I will still die."

Xu Ming: "If that's the case, then you should die."

"Consort, I really can't say it, but what I can tell you is that I really don't have those young boys and girls, I don't dare to kill the young boys and girls of Shijia Village, those young boys and girls are all..." Huangsha Dragon Lord's words were only halfway through when his eyes suddenly shrank!

"Not good!"

Xu Ming felt uneasy and quickly distanced himself.

Just as Xu Ming distanced himself, Huangsha Dragon Lord's head completely exploded into a blood mist.

Looking at the headless corpse on the ground, Xu Ming frowned tightly.

Obviously, this evil dragon had been placed under a magical restriction, and as soon as he told the truth, it would trigger the restriction and he would die directly.

This evil dragon didn't want to say everything, just wanted to say something close to the truth to let him spare his life, but he didn't expect that the restriction would still be triggered directly.

"Dare not eat?"

Xu Ming recalled what the dragon had just said.

What does it mean to dare not eat?

Could it be that those young boys and girls have something special about them?

After the evil dragon died, the other goblins turned pale. They began to have a clear understanding of this man's strength.

The remaining goblins wanted to beg for mercy.

But Xu Ming looked at the turbid demonic aura emanating from them and blasted them all to death with one punch, not leaving a single one alive.

"I'm sorry, Yuan Yu, could you help me with something, collect all the demon cores of these goblins, and cut off some of the things that can be used from their bodies, as for the storage bags, don't touch them."

Xu Ming said to Yuan Yu.

Yuan Yu smiled and bowed: "Master is too polite, it's just a small favor."

Yuan Yu took a small knife and got up to clean up the demon corpses.

The demon cores of these goblins and some parts of their bodies are all good things that can be used to buy a lot of money.

It's just a pity that many demons were blasted into a cloud of blood by the master, and there was nothing left.

When Yuan Yu was dealing with those demons, Xu Ming looked at Mo Zhu'er standing aside.

Noticing Xu Ming's gaze, Mo Zhu'er raised her hand high, then stretched it straight forward, obediently walking in front of Xu Ming, looking like she was surrendering.

It seemed that she had never thought of running away.

Xu Ming smiled and stared into Mo Zhu'er's eyes: "You don't plan to run?"

Mo Zhu'er blinked her eyes innocently: "Run? Where can I run to? Could it be that you can unlock the formation and let me leave?"

"That's indeed impossible," Xu Ming said.

"So, since I can't escape and I can't beat you, then I will naturally beg for mercy," Mo Zhu'er's eyes curved.

Xu Ming smiled speechlessly a few times, already having murderous thoughts in his heart.

Xu Ming wasn't the kind of person who wouldn't kill someone just because they were beautiful.

Since she wanted to kill him, then she would have to pay the same price.

It's just that Xu Ming looked at her calm appearance and always felt that she had some trump cards.

"You beg for mercy and I have to spare you? Who do you think you are?" Xu Ming probed.

"Of course I am the Holy Maiden of the Black Lotus Sect," Mo Zhu'er said as a matter of course.

Xu Ming: "So? You think I don't dare to kill you?"

"Why wouldn't you dare?" Mo Zhu'er smiled, "Of course you dare, I want to kill you, you want to kill me, it's a matter of course, but I have a reason why you can't kill me.

"Don't you want to know why the Black Lotus Sect wants to kill you?" Mo Zhu'er said directly, "What if you kill me? Someone else will come to kill you then. Instead of that, it's better to keep me. The two of us, I kill you and you escape, I chase you and you run, wouldn't that be a different kind of fun? I swear I won't hurt you."

"Heh heh," Xu Ming sneered a few times, "I can believe a demon girl's oath?"

Xu Ming held the long sword, sword energy raged around Xu Ming, and murderous intent filled the air.

Mo Zhu'er didn't doubt at all that Xu Ming would cut her throat with a sword in the next moment!

"Zheng!" A sword light flashed in Mo Zhu'er's eyes.

"The martial artist's true energy and spiritual power in your body are very chaotic, right? You probably can't hold on anymore," Xu Ming's long sword had already touched Mo Zhu'er's snow-white and delicate neck, and bright red blood flowed from the broken skin, constantly sliding down Xu Ming's long sword.

Xu Ming looked at Mo Zhu'er coldly, while Mo Zhu'er still looked at Xu Ming with a smile.

"Don't hold back, I can see it," Mo Zhu'er's white and delicate palm gently rested on Xu Ming's shoulder, "It's not good for a man to be too strong."

Just as Mo Zhu'er's words fell.

Blood flowed from Xu Ming's mouth, eyes, and ears.

"Master! Are you okay!" Yuan Yu, who had been paying attention to the master's situation, saw that something was wrong and quickly ran over.

"It's okay," Xu Ming waved his hand.

Mo Zhu'er continued, "I have a way to solve it, and in this world, only I have a way to solve it. If you don't believe me, you can kill me now, but the young master will have to face a choice in the future. Which path to choose, martial arts or the Qi Refiner?"

"Yuan Yu," Xu Ming called the golden toad's name.

"Master," Yuan Yu responded.

"When we were in the Baiwa Secret Realm before, you seemed to have a rope that could tie up the opponent? Seal off the cultivation?" Xu Ming asked.

"Yes, Master," Yuan Yu nodded, "Cultivators below the Golden Core Realm will be like mortals if they are tied up by my rope."

Xu Ming nodded: "Tie her up for me."

"Yes!"

Without saying a word, Yuan Yu sacrificed a golden chain rope, and the chain rope tied Mo Zhu'er up on its own.

Mo Zhu'er didn't resist at all.

Xu Ming then took out another pill and directly flicked it into Mo Zhu'er's throat, saying, "This pill is a treasure presented to His Majesty by the Myriad Poison Sect of my Wu Kingdom. After taking it, you will feel hot all over, and your Qi and blood will swell. You need to take an antidote every day. If you don't, you will turn into a puddle of thick blood!"

After taking the pill, Mo Zhu'er indeed felt a bit of heat in her body, and the blood in her body was constantly churning, which completely matched the symptoms Xu Ming had just described.

"Young Master is really kind-hearted," Mo Zhu'er said coldly, no longer having the composure she had before.

"Not as good as the Holy Maiden of the Black Lotus Sect," Xu Ming said, ignoring Mo Zhu'er's sarcasm.

"Awoo, awoo..."

A tender cry of a little girl came from not far away.

Shengsheng trotted towards Xu Ming on her short legs.

"Awoo." Shengsheng grabbed Xu Ming's pants, raised her little head, and looked at Xu Ming with concern.

"I'm fine," Xu Ming rubbed Shengsheng's head, took off the small Qiankun bag from his waist, and handed it to Shengsheng, "Go ahead, we have a lot of spoils again, so I'll leave it to you."

"Awoo!" Shengsheng cried happily, took Xu Ming's small Qiankun bag, and happily went to loot.

Mo Zhu'er looked at Xu Ming's gentle appearance, and then recalled Xu Ming's mad demon-like appearance when he was killing enemies, and felt that this man was a bit split.

Soon, hearing that there was no movement at the temple fair, villagers came over one after another to see what was going on.

Seeing the headless Flood Dragon on the ground, many villagers couldn't help but burst into tears.

It was not that the villagers of Huangsha Village felt sorry for the death of the Huangsha Dragon King.

But that they could finally no longer be threatened and restrained by the Huangsha Dragon King.

On this day, Shijia Village held a real temple fair, also for the Huangsha Dragon King, but to celebrate his death.

Xu Ming took the heart blood of this evil dragon and asked Yuan Yu to choose what he wanted.

Yuan Yu declined several times, saying that he had done nothing, just set up a few magic circles.

However, at Xu Ming's request, Yuan Yu still reluctantly chose the dragon gallbladder of this Flood Dragon.

Xu Ming directly threw the dragon gallbladder to Yuan Yu.

Yuan Yu separated the Flood Dragon meat, Flood Dragon blood, dragon scales, and other parts and handed them to Xu Ming, which was very convenient for Xu Ming to sell or use at that time.

After that, Xu Ming also asked Mo Zhu'er to take him to the Dragon Palace to ransack Huangsha Zhenjun's treasure house.

"Haven't you noticed? Many villagers have complaints against you?" In the room, Mo Zhu'er, who was still tied up, smiled at Xu Ming, "You killed Huangsha Zhenjun and destroyed their good weather. For them, they only need to offer a pair of virgins and boys every year to have a good life."

"Heh."

Xu Ming sneered.

"What qualifications does a small Flood Dragon have to summon wind and rain? At most, it can only sense the recent weather. That evil dragon took advantage of the approaching rainy season and hurriedly showed up, saying that it could bring them heavy rain, but in fact, it was going to rain anyway.

The reason why the villagers of Shijia Village have not lacked water in the past 20 years is entirely because of good luck. They have not encountered a drought in 20 years.

In comparison, that evil dragon did nothing, enjoyed incense, demanded a pair of virgins and boys every year, and plundered Shijia Village from time to time, using the villagers of Shijia Village as his slaves."

Mo Zhu'er: "You know these things, but the villagers don't."

Xu Ming: "I told the village chief."

Mo Zhu'er: "But many villagers don't believe it."

"It's normal. Many people only believe what they originally believed," Xu Ming turned around, looked at Mo Zhu'er, "I don't care."

"Then what do you care about?" Mo Zhu'er, who was trapped, smiled and walked forward, sitting next to Xu Ming, her breath like a faint orchid.

"Don't give me that useless stuff," Xu Ming said coldly, "Tell me, what can you do to help me regulate my true Qi and spiritual power?"