NOVEL NEXT Chapter 42: Huli Mountain.
Chapter 42: Huli Mountain.
In the past, there was a mythical beast or demonic beast that had the head of a dragon and the body of a horse. Humans called it Qilin, or dragon-horse. One day, a boy from a Qing family gets lost in the forest and meets a green-scaled dragon-horse. That day, Long Ru became friends with the boy.
After the passing of time, the boy becomes a man who wants to unite the whole kingdom and create a world where there is no war or suffering. Long Ru, after being influenced by him, helps the man defeat many enemies together.
Long Ru also became a stallion, mating with many mares to create a large and powerful horse cavalry with his bloodline. Because of that, none of the enemy kingdom's armies can defeat them.
After the war is over, the man becomes the greatest general. He received a lot of praise at the same time as envy and fear. In the end, the empire that the man belongs to becomes wary and wants to kill him. Feeling betrayed, the man rides the dragon horse, kills everyone in the palace, becomes the new emperor, and renames the empire Qing.
However, there is something that all humans can’t escape, and that is death. To live longer, the Qing emperor had to search everywhere to prolong his life, and in the end, the emperor betrayed his long friend, the dragon-horse.
Although the Qing emperor knows that the information is false, He still proceeds with the plan to kill his old friend and consume him.
Someone with one foot in the grave doesn’t care about the consequences.
Long Ru, at that time, is surrounded by numerous soldiers and only manages to escape because his descendants betray the Qing cavalry. But he is heavily injured and exhausted.
He collapsed on the meadow, unable to move. He gazes serenely at the starry night sky and full moon. When he thought his time had finally come, a hand as white as snow reached out to him and healed his injury. "Come help me build a home for demonic beasts." A beautiful woman with white hair and eight fox tails is smiling at him.
Long Ru is initially dazed because his injury is healing. However, he simply snorted and ignored her. He is already exhausted and does not wish to become involved in world politics. But, thanks to her persistent pestering, she eventually persuaded him to join.
"How many demonic beast followers do you have?" Asked Long Ru.
"Including you, three." The beautiful woman smirked while pointing her slender finger at the dragon-horse.
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Huli Mountain is located at the border of the Wu and Qing kingdoms.
On the flat rock, a green-scaled dragon horse is resting and reminiscing about the past. The Qing empire after the emperor died turned into a kingdom again because of the civil war and the conquered kingdoms' rebellion.
However, their dream to build a place where they truly belong has not yet been realized. The demonic beast army is growing, but to defeat or conquer even one human kingdom is impossible. Because of that, they join forces with unorthodox and demonic cult factions.
While Long Ru is resting with his follower, a humanoid wolf comes near him and kneels. "Leader, a dragon turtle wants to join us and see the queen."
"Report this to the prince." After saying that, Long Ru comes down from the flat rock and heads out to go see the dragon turtle.
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Inside a chamber that is decorated with expensive furniture and items. A handsome man wearing a white robe leisurely lay on the sofa while being served by several voluptuous women. The strange thing is that the woman has a vertical eye-like snake.
"Your Highness, a demonic beast wants to see the queen." A slender woman with cat ears and a tail enters the chamber and bows her head.
"Who?" The man lazily opens his eyes.
The cat woman explained what had happened below the mountain.
"Have you reported this to my mother?"
"No, the queen is in seclusion."
"I understand. Let’s go." The handsome man stands up at the same time that seven golden fox tails appear behind his back. While walking, the man's figure gradually becomes blurry and disappears.
The woman inside the room is not surprised because this is one of Prince Shen Tu's abilities.
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Levi looks around at the various demonic beasts that surround him. They are powerful, but they are nothing compared to the two martial artists who injured him. He was fortunate to hear about this location by chance from a human on the boat about the demonic beast on Huli Mountain. His guess appears to be correct.
Suddenly Levi senses danger; even when he is fighting with the two martial artists, he doesn’t feel like this.
The demonic beasts make a path, and a demonic beast with a dragon head and horse body walks toward him. Although Levi is larger than the dragon horse, he can feel that the demonic beast in front of him can kill him with ease.
"The queen is busy; you need to wait for the prince to arrive."
"Okay." Levi nodded his head, and while waiting, he looked around to gather information. The number of demonic beasts is around a hundred; the number is too small, or maybe this is not all of them. He also doesn’t see any humans, according to the demonic beast leopard Boa Qi. The unorthodox and demonic cult is working together with the demonic beast.
Levi had a feeling that he could see Boa Qi here. Because normal demonic beasts will not know this type of information.
While Levi is observing them, Long Ru is also doing the same. He had lived for a long time and never heard of or seen a dragon turtle demonic beast. Actually, he has many questions to ask. But it’s better to wait for the prince.
"Sorry for the wait." A handsome man with seven golden fox tails suddenly appears beside the dragon horse. The other demonic beasts are not surprised. Because the prince likes to prank them using his illusion skills.
"My name is Levi, and I want to join your demonic beast group." Levi is amazed because the prince looks like a human except for the tail.
"I am Prince Shen Tu. Let’s talk inside."
However, when they arrive near the cave entrance, They notice that Levi's size is too large.
"How about we talk outside?" Prince Shen Tu suggested
"It's fine; I can change my size." Levi's body shrank in size and transformed into a turtle.
The prince doesn’t show any reaction and enters the cave, followed by Long Ru. The other demonic beasts are shocked but don’t dare do anything strange since they know Levi's true appearance.
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A few months later, in a large chamber, a white demonic fox with eight tails is closing her eyes. After a long time, she opens her eyes and transforms into a beautiful woman with white hair and an eight-foot fox tail.
Although Shen Yi declared herself the Queen of Demonic Beasts, she is treated the same as the human bandit king or wild beast. The only reason the humans ignored her was because they were wary of other kingdoms and didn’t want to waste their resources on killing her.
"The time for the demonic beast to rise is coming closer." Shen Yi, ever since she became a demonic beast, received a vision and had the ability to predict the future. Though it is not always accurate, it has saved her life many times.
After that, she called her servant, a woman with cat ears and a tail, to report everything that had happened while she was in seclusion.
Several minutes later, Shen Yi showed an interested face. "Oh, to think a dragon came here voluntarily to serve me." Demonic beasts that have the blood of dragons are too proud and arrogant to become someone else's followers.
"Your majesty, do you want me to summon Sir Levi?"
"No, where is he now?"
"Sir Levi has been in charge of guarding the river."
"Keep a watch on him and summon the prince to see me." Shen Yi still doesn’t know if Levi can be trusted. She has lost count of how many demon beasts have betrayed her. However, all of them are dead now. Now she needs to be prepared for the world's changes in the future.
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In the river, on top of the large demonic crocodile head, there is a turtle patrolling his territory. After discussing this with the prince, he is now in charge of protecting the river from humans. Levi has asked the prince how to transform into a human, but according to him, it is his natural ability.
He also becomes the leader of the demonic water beast. However, their number pales in comparison to the land's demonic beasts. Of course, at first, they don’t want to follow his order, but after killing and eating several of them, they become subservient. Thank to that his evolution point raised a lot.
After that, he tried to provoke them to rebel against him. But they are too scared to do anything. Feeling disappointed, he let them be. He still remembers that his mission is to protect the demonic eight-tail fox.
According to the prince, his mother, the queen, is indeed the demonic eight-tail fox. Now his job is to stay here until the time comes for the queen to become a demonic nine-tail fox. While he is thinking, a large catfish is coming near them.
"Leader, there are human ships not far from here."
"Oh, our food is here; gather the others."
Hearing that the demonic crocodile and the catfish grin. Levi, although harsh, always share the human they hunted; sometimes he doesn’t even eat the human. What they don’t realize is that Levi prefer to eat strong martial artists to gather more evolution points.