novelaction Chapter 160: Bringing the Rat Demon Back to Qingyun Temple
Chapter 160: Bringing the Rat Demon Back to Qingyun Temple
After breakfast, he waited for a long time. When there was a commotion under the big willow tree again, Jiang Li finally saw the tree demon poking its head out from the gap.
After it exchanged a glance with Jiang Li, it shrank its body back, then used the art of voice transmission to begin explaining to everyone what it had done over the years.
But as it continued to speak, the scene gradually became noisier, and finally the increasingly loud discussions were heard clearly by Jiang Li, who was dozens of meters away.
"What? What we've been worshipping all these years is actually a mouse?"
"Were we not worshipping the willow god? How did it turn into a mouse?"
"Is this rat demon using the help of Lord Willow God to cheat people here?"
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In short, the people could not accept that the willow god they had worshipped for decades suddenly turned into a rat spirit, and in the end some people even cursed it.
People tend to follow the crowd, and some ignorant onlookers have unknowingly joined the condemnation.
As time went by, some people actually picked up stones and clods of earth and threw them at it. Fortunately, it was agile and dodged most of the stones. Occasionally, some clods of earth hit it, but were blocked by its demonic power.
But the rat demon didn't want to give up and continued to explain through voice transmission, hoping to clear up the misunderstanding.
But at this time the crowd was in an uproar, how could it possibly explain clearly? They kept swearing and picking up things and smashing them.
In the end, because there were too many objects thrown at it, it couldn't dodge in time and was hit on the nose by a stone. The pain made it cry and nose flow, both because of the pain and the grievance.
As the incident escalated further, it had no choice but to flee in a panic. Fortunately, it had practiced for many years and its physical and magical powers were not weak.
After turning around and running for a few steps, it arrived at the restaurant where Jiang Li was. It transferred its magic power to its claws and climbed up to the second floor in a few steps. It found Jiang Li who was watching the show at the window of the private room.
Seeing Jiang Li, he asked him with his head down, "Why don't they listen to my explanation? I have done so many things for them, why do they chase me away?"
"Just because you appeared out of nowhere, and because you can't prove what you said, if you were some other lovable animal spirit, they might not be so."
"But you are a mouse!"
The rat demon refused to accept the argument and said, "I am a rat, so what? I didn't kill anyone, I didn't steal anything, and I did so many good things. Why did they chase me away?"
Jiang Li sighed upon hearing this, "You don't have to be discouraged. As the saying goes, things change over time. They're driving you away today, but they'll regret it when you become a mountain god. Then you can look down on them and mock them to vent your anger."
Upon hearing this, the rat demon immediately perked up and bowed to Jiang Li, saying, "Thank you for your guidance, sir. I will practice hard in the future and strive to become a god as soon as possible to repay your kindness."
Jiang Li didn't say much when he saw this, but took a big bun from the table and handed it to it, "Eat it quickly, and we will go back after you finish eating, so that we can build a temple for you as soon as possible and let you become a god as soon as possible."
The rat demon was so moved that he took the bun and started to eat it. Although the bun was dry and cold, he ate it with relish, obviously because he had not eaten much since last night.
After it finished eating, Jiang Li ordered some more cakes, asked someone to buy some dried meat and pickles, and then set out on the journey home.
Although the journey was not peaceful, there were no major accidents. Apart from fighting off a group of short-sighted thieves, nothing happened.
After returning to Renjia Town safely, he bought some things and visited Ren Fa, then took his people to Qingyun Temple.
As soon as he saw Uncle Jiu, he told Uncle Jiu about the rat monster. Uncle Jiu was shocked when he heard it, because he knew what level of monsters that could transmit sound through telepathy were.
Unexpectedly, it was easily captured alive by his apprentice, which made him wonder if there was some conspiracy.
So he quickly questioned the rat demon, "What's your name? How many years have you been practicing? How come you were easily subdued by my disciple?"
After asking, he frowned and stared at the rat demon, trying to find some clues from its face.
"I don't have a name, and I don't remember exactly how many years I've been practicing. From the time I can remember, it's been fifty-two or fifty-three years."
"As for why I was caught, it was because he was unethical and launched a sneak attack. I, a demigod, was suppressed by his luck and had no power to resist at all."
The rat demon explained angrily.
Uncle Jiu looked at the rat demon's expression and movements without saying anything in rebuttal. He just glanced at Jiang Li intentionally or unintentionally.
Finally, he asked Jiang again, "What are your plans? Do you really want to train it into a mountain god?"
"You know, with Huang Silang here, there might not be room for a second mountain god nearby!"
Jiang Li naturally knew what was going on, so he told everyone about his plan.
"Master, look, Renjia Town in Guyang County has also had its luck absorbed. If I send it to the Ren family, will they take good care of it?"
Uncle Jiu nodded repeatedly when he heard this, "Providing for the family spirit is also a solution. I think Ren Youfu will accept it for the sake of his prosperity."
"I don't want to be a family fairy, I want to be a mountain god. You promised me that!"
The rat demon looked straight at Jiang Li.
He originally wanted to make it the mountain god, but was misunderstood by Uncle Jiu. However, he didn't want to ruin Uncle Jiu's plan at this time.
So he tried to smooth things over, "The mountain god is the mountain god, I'll talk to Ren Youfu and ask them to ask the elders of the tribe to get some money and people together, and we can solve the problem."
The rat demon was delighted upon hearing this, but then it stammered, "Um, when will you give me the antidote? I swear I won't run away!"
Uncle Jiu was very curious when he heard this, "What antidote? Are you poisoned?"
Before Jiang Li had the chance to explain, the rat demon knelt down and kowtowed to Uncle Jiu, while kowtowing, he transmitted his voice to explain Jiang Li's previous nonsense.
After hearing the whole story, Uncle Jiu didn't know what to say. Logically speaking, the Maoshan precepts clearly stated that lying is not allowed.
But it is so difficult that even he himself sometimes makes excuses and sometimes says ambiguous things to cover up his own secrets.
Although Jiang Li lied, he did not cause any harm. Instead, he saved a monster that stole incense and put it on the right track, which made him unable to even criticize him verbally.
Seeing Jiang Li wanting to explain but not knowing where to start, he finally didn't say a word.
"Okay, Ali, explain it to it yourself!"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Li began to explain to it carefully. The rat demon realized that he was not poisoned at all, and for a moment he didn't know whether to be happy or sad.
Jiang Li didn't say much when he saw this. He bowed to Uncle Jiu and left with it.
After leaving the hall, Jiang Li said to the rat demon, "Since you don't have a name, how about I give you one?"
"Really? Then get up quickly, but I won't do it if it doesn't sound good!"