owlsbooks Chapter 3: Yellow Sprouts
Chapter 3: Yellow Sprouts
Cao Xing's mind went blank, and a buzzing sound filled his ears.
His hands involuntarily clenched into fists.
calm! !
calm! !
You are just a newborn ant. Not to mention Baihua Xiu, even the maids beside Baihua Xiu could crush you like a grasshopper!
Cao Xing's rationality was desperately suppressing the anger in his heart.
But his gaze was fixed on Baihuaxiu's face through the bronze mirror. Her face, with its distinct features and delicate charm, was distorted in the flickering lamplight, making her look more like a monster wearing human skin.
"Madam."
Just then, the Yellow Robe Monster's voice came from outside the cave. Baihua Xiu hurriedly went to Cao Xing's side, straightened his clothes, and glared at him fiercely: "You'll hear me when you're behaving yourself."
After saying that, she turned around and went to meet them.
The man in the yellow robe strode in, only to be immediately surrounded by Baihua Xiu, who grinned and said, "Madam, you've just given birth, you mustn't overexert yourself."
As he spoke, he casually pulled Baihuaxiu into his arms, glanced sideways at the corpse the maid was carrying, and was immediately stunned. Then he saw Cao Xing standing to the side.
He then burst into laughter: "Hahaha, good, good, this beast is the most nourishing. I'll make a soup for the madam later."
Upon hearing the Yellow Robe Monster's words, Cao Xing swayed slightly, and goosebumps rose uncontrollably all over his body beneath his crimson fur coat.
The fist that had been clenched tightly slowly opened at that moment.
After the Yellow-Robed Monster sat down, he looked up and examined Cao Xing again, seemingly quite satisfied with his son's appearance.
He beckoned to Cao Xing: "Come here, come here, let Dad take a look."
Cao Xing raised his head, a silly smile appearing on his blank face, and swayed as he stretched out his hands and walked towards the yellow-robed monster.
Although he was thrown into the pot last time, Cao Xing had basically figured out the old thief's temper. He just needed to be a little obedient and make the old thief happy.
Sure enough, seeing Cao Xing staggering towards him, the Yellow Robe Monster was immediately in a good mood. He reached out and pulled Cao Xing in front of him, carefully searching Cao Xing's body.
"Good, not bad, really not bad." The yellow-robed monster stared straight at Cao Xing, making him feel uneasy.
The way the yellow-robed monster looked at him felt more like he was looking at a piece of merchandise.
Seeing that the Yellow Robe Monster seemed to be in a good mood, Baihua Xiu leaned closer and said, "Your Majesty, you haven't named your son yet."
"Hmm." The yellow-robed monster nodded and said almost without thinking, "Let's call him Huang Ya'er."
Baihua Xiu clapped her hands and praised, "What a good name! What a good name!"
Cao Xing rolled his eyes inwardly and couldn't help but curse in his mind: "You son of a bitch, you didn't even care what my name is, did you?"
The name sounded strange, but Cao Xing thought about it again and realized that a monster couldn't possibly come up with a good name.
Despite his inner complaints, Cao Xing still had to put on a silly, goofy grin on his face.
At this moment, seeing that the Yellow Robe Monster was in a very good mood, Baihua Xiu's eyes lit up and she pressed herself against him, her fingers tracing patterns on his chest, and said in a sweet, coquettish tone, "Your Majesty, what about the promise you made to me?"
Upon hearing this, the Yellow-Robed Monster reached out and pinched Baihua Xiu's cheek: "Haha, of course it's prepared for Madam."
He then took out a ring inlaid with an emerald from his pocket and handed it to Baihuaxiu.
Holding the ring, Baihua Xiu asked doubtfully, "This... is this the treasure that Your Majesty promised to give me? Your Majesty is probably just trying to fool me."
"Hmph!" The yellow-robed monster snorted lightly, "This ring contains golden light, which kills without leaving a trace and is specifically designed to counter the primordial spirit. Ordinary demons would find it difficult to resist. With this ring, none of those lowly maids in this mansion will dare to bully you."
"Really?" Baihuaxiu's eyes lit up.
"It's true." The yellow-robed monster whispered to Baihua Xiu how to use the ring.
Cao Xing heard everything clearly, but he could only listen; once the item fell into Bai Huaxiu's hands, he couldn't take it away.
Upon receiving the treasure, Baihua Xiu beamed with joy and put the ring on her hand. It fit perfectly, but then her eyes darted around and she sighed, looking worried.
"Your Majesty, I have given birth to a fine son for you, but the skin on my body is terribly unsightly. I am not concerned about myself, but I am afraid that I will not be able to serve Your Majesty and will make you dislike me."
Upon hearing this, Cao Xing cursed inwardly, "What a green tea b*tch!"
However, the Yellow Robe Monster seemed to fall for this act. Seeing Baihua Xiu's pitiful appearance, he immediately felt heartbroken.
"My lady, don't worry, I have a way."
The yellow-robed monster opened his mouth and spat out a golden pill, no bigger than a fingernail, its surface as white as gold.
"Madam, this is an inner elixir with endless wonders. I will send someone to deliver this precious medicine later. Madam, take the inner elixir and bathe in it. I guarantee that you will be full of energy and your skin will be as smooth and delicate as mutton fat."
Cao Xing stared at the golden pill, and a thought suddenly struck him.
"The exquisite inner elixir of the relic!"
This stuff is really good.
Journey to the West, Chapter 31: [Pigsy's Righteousness Provokes the Monkey King, Sun Wukong's Clever Subdues the Demon]
The story goes that Sun Wukong disguised himself as Princess Baihuaxiu, pretended to have a heart ache, and tricked the Yellow Robe Monster into spitting out his exquisite inner core to heal her. However, Sun Wukong took the opportunity to steal the inner core.
Interestingly, in the original text, Sun Wukong obtained the inner elixir but did not return it to the Yellow Robe Monster; the elixir disappeared from the story afterward.
Nine times out of ten, they were cheated by that monkey.
This is good stuff.
The original text clearly states that this object underwent countless meditations, endured years of trials, and underwent several cycles of male and female transformations before finally being refined into this inner elixir relic.
Its mysteries and wonders surpass many magical treasures.
If we can find a way to take this thing back.
The thought only flashed through Cao Xing's mind for a moment before he immediately dismissed it.
Just kidding, Baihuaxiu is no pushover. Although she is a mortal, she is a fairy reincarnated.
Even though she's just a mortal with no real power, all she has to do is howl, and those little monsters will tear her to pieces.
"Bixia!"
At this moment, the yellow-robed monster shouted outside.
Then, the older sister who had pulled him to the haystack last night ran in from behind, her head down.
When she came in, her eyes first fell on Cao Xing's bright red fur coat. Her pupils contracted sharply, and her already dim eyes instantly filled with a thick mist. It felt as if something was tightly choking her throat.
"younger brother……"
A hoarse, choked voice, almost squeezed out from between his teeth, left Cao Xing, who was standing to the side, at a loss for words.
Although it wasn't his fault, the leather was on his own body, and his face flushed. He felt a wave of unease and didn't even dare to look into those eyes.
Fortunately, when Bixia cried out, she almost instinctively lowered her head before Huangpao Guai and Baihua Xiu fully realized her blunder.
The muscles on half of her wolf face were tense, while the tears on the other half of her human face were forced back into the depths of her eyes.
The Yellow-Robed Monster and Baihua Xiu were so engrossed in their sweet nothings that they didn't look back and didn't notice the strange expression on Bixia's face. They only heard the Yellow-Robed Monster say, "Go to my alchemy room and bring me the regenerating pearl powder I made."
"Yes."
Bixia lowered her head and responded softly, then turned to leave.
"Wait a moment!"
At this moment, Baihuaxiu called out to Bixia, "Take him with you!"
"Yes."
Bixia turned around, walked to Cao Xing's side, and looked at the fur coat draped over Cao Xing's body. Her body trembled almost imperceptibly, but she gritted her teeth and dared not make a sound. She pulled Cao Xing and walked outside.
On the way, Cao Xing kept his head down, his eyes occasionally glancing at the woman. He wished he could just peel off this layer of skin as soon as possible.
Suddenly, Bixia, who was walking ahead, stopped.
She turned around, her gaze fixed on Cao Xing's fur coat.
In the dim light inside the cave, the bright red fur was as striking as congealed blood.
She raised her hand with trembling hands, but instead of reaching for Cao Xing, she slowly hovered her hand over the rough surface of the leather coat.
After a moment, her gaze moved inch by inch from the fur coat to Cao Xing's face, where half of her face was contorted in pain. Cao Xing could clearly hear the grinding sound of her canine teeth.
Suddenly, Cao Xing felt a tightness in his chest, and his body involuntarily stiffened.
Oh no, is she trying to kill me?
This isn't my fault.
Cao Xing's heart raced, and his body involuntarily tried to back away.
Suddenly, Bixia raised her palm towards Cao Xing, startling him so much that he involuntarily closed his eyes.
However, the expected pain did not come.
She felt a weight on her chest as Bixia buried her head deep in Cao Xing's fur coat.
The choked sobs reached Cao Xing's ears through the fur coat. Cao Xing stiffened and instinctively raised his hands, but after thinking for a moment, he put them down.
After crying for a while, Bixia took a deep breath, wiped the tears off her face, looked up at Cao Xing who had a silly look on his face, pursed her lips, reached out and pinched Cao Xing's cheek, forced a smile, and then pulled Cao Xing to another cave.
The environment inside this cave is terrible, with many twists and turns, and some places are bottomless abysses.
But Bixia seemed very familiar with this place, until she reached the depths of the cave and saw a large door in front of her.
There were two little monsters guarding the side.
After seeing that it was Bixia, he ignored her.
Bixia carefully pushed the door open a crack and pulled Cao Xing inside.
So big?
Cao Xing looked up at the cave in front of him, which was as big as two basketball courts. There was a hole in the ceiling, through which light refracted and shone on the alchemy furnace inside the cave.
Looking again, the left stone wall was covered with all sorts of bottles and jars.
At this moment, Cao Xing noticed the futon in front of the alchemy furnace, which should be where the Yellow Robe Monster usually refined elixirs.
Curious, he walked over and saw a book next to the cushion.
The words "Dan Jing" (丹经, meaning alchemical text) are written on it.
Cao Xing didn't know if this thing was important, but in his mind, any book that could be called a scripture was a good thing.
Looking in Bixia's direction, Cao Xing saw that she was still counting the bottles and jars. He picked up the book and noticed that one of the pages had a folded corner, indicating that it was frequently read.
Cao Xing turned the page.
【Hua Kan Run Fei Dan】: It has a very strong therapeutic effect on lung cold caused by damage to the Qi of Kan Metal.
Could it be that the Yellow-Robed Monster is injured?
Cao Xing's heart stirred, and he looked down carefully.
But the book had drawings of the heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys.
No! Is this alchemy or braised food? Why is it all meat?
Just as Cao Xing was feeling puzzled, the next page turned out to be a poem.
"The blood of the dragon is forged into crimson sand, the metal of the lungs is refined into white powder, the water of the kidneys is boiled into mysterious ice glue, the earth of the spleen is nurtured into yellow sprout grass, the wood of the liver is condensed into azure ointment, and the mysterious fire is combined to form a pill."
Bixia? Huangya?
Upon seeing the familiar name, Cao Xing froze for a few seconds, and the book in his hand suddenly fell to the ground.
This monster,
They want to use me to make pills!