My Core is the Boss

With a toss of the rope, Qi Yuan separately bound the man and woman inside the black sacks. Following that, he handed the rope to Huo Mushi. “You’ll lead these two. We’re heading to Xianlong Mountain!”

Xianlong Mountain was over three hundred li away from Shuyao Mountain. It housed as many demons as the latter, or perhaps more. The only difference was that the demons there were not organized into armies, but were instead scattered everywhere.

Huo Mushi excitedly gripped the rope. “Alright!”

Meanwhile, the two captives felt as if ten thousand grass-mud horses were galloping through their minds. Especially Flower Demon Manluo, who was utterly dumbfounded. Who had come? What did they want? Why did they tie me up?

As much as she wanted to speak, she couldn’t produce a sound. Moreover, the shock caused by the conversation she heard wouldn’t fade even after ten thousand years.

“I held this stick all night and my hands are sore. I really want to call my wife over to massage them.”

“How mighty you are, my lord!”

“When we get to Xianlong Mountain, I’ll spare two beautiful demonesses to give me a massage, then kill them.”

“How incredible you are, my lord!”

Anyway, Huo Mushi was basically a robot who only knew how to praise him.

Manluo sneered inwardly. This guy really knew how to brag. Wipe out all the demons on Xianlong Mountain? If you’re that amazing, why not pluck the stars from the sky too?

Not long after, she heard the detestable man bragging again, “Mushi, do you know any good ways to make money?”

“Do you lack money, my lord?”

“Mm, a bit.”

“If you return to Zhenyang, the county magistrate would definitely gather the entire city’s strength to raise enough silver for you!”

To the people of Zhenyang City, Qi Yuan wiping out the demons on Shuyao Mountain was a life-saving grace, akin to rebirth. Even if Qi Yuan raised a rebellion banner, the magistrate and county lieutenant would probably raise both hands in support. What was a little silver worth?

“It’s not enough. I want to buy a planet. Something like Arch Star.”

Huo Mushi fell silent. As expected, he still could not keep up with Qi Yuan’s train of thought.

Even in the ancient times of this world, the concept of planets already existed. Commoners also knew they lived on the surface of a planet. Hence, hearing Qi Yuan said he wanted to buy a planet left Huo Mushi speechless.

Manluo was struggling to hold back her laughter.

“What a pity. There’s no buyer in your world. Otherwise, if I sold it, I’d definitely make a lot of money!”

She grew even more convinced that Qi Yuan was arrogant and ignorant. Nevertheless, his terrifying strength left her unable to escape nor refute him, remaining a prisoner.

Her heart was filled with confusion. These two had to have captured her for a reason. For money? For lust? Or because of Tong Tianyou? At the very least, they should interrogate her, right?

Instead, they just kept traveling. If not for the childlike attendant who fed Tong Tianyou once midway through the journey, she would have thought they had been completely forgotten.

She really wanted to say, “I may be a demon, but I still need to eat?!”

Unfortunately, Huo Mushi never fed her. At this point, all she wished was for them to hurry to Xianlong Mountain and die. That way, she could finally be rescued and relieve herself.

***

Meanwhile, the demon slayers in Zhenyang City gradually advanced toward Shuyao Mountain.

These past days, they had already pieced together most of the mission: Tong Tianyou was with Manluo. As long as they went to Fenghua Cave and found her, everything would become clear.

The only possible threats were encounters with other great demons and the danger posed by Manluo herself. Thus, the demon slayers cautiously navigated through the mountain.

For example, Yang Guang even wore a boar hide to disguise himself as a boar demon. He sniffed and revealed a strange expression. “Strange. Why do I smell such a dense scent of blood?”

An Qiao gave the leash a tug. “You’re not a dog. Leave this kind of thing to the professionals.”

The tracking dog reluctantly came over. “Honestly, I think he’s pretty dog-like too. Very professional.”

It was as venomous-tongued as ever.

Yang Guang glared fiercely at the dog and snapped. “Careful or I’ll catch a male dog demon and breed you with it!”

The tracking dog immediately tucked its tail between its legs and dared not retort.

An Qiao said worriedly, “Try sniffing for Mr Qi’s scent so we can rescue him!”

They discovered that Qi Yuan was trapped within Shuyao Mountain as well. He could even be surrounded by demon soldiers.

Having recovered his blood martial qi, Yang Guang had regained his confidence. “Right, we have to find Brother Qi. I promised I’d protect him thoroughly!”

The tracking dog lowered its nose to the ground and began sniffing hard. “Mm, got it.”

Yang Guang quietly waited. The thick scent of blood unsettled him greatly.

Just then, the tracking dog’s tail shot upright as it raised its head toward the north, a human-like terror flashing in its eyes. “Blood... So much blood! I smell mountains of corpses and seas of blood!”

An Qiao hurriedly asked, “What is it?”

The tracking dog said fearfully, “That place is filled with blood everywhere. A demon purgatory!”

Yang Guang’s expression turned grave. “That’s the direction of the demon camp!”

Could some enormous upheaval have occurred in Shuyao Mountain?

“What about Mr Qi?”

The tracking dog cried out loudly, “That's not good! Mr Qi’s scent is in there too!”

Yang Guang’s heart tightened. “What? No! I promised to protect Brother Qi!”

He feared Qi Yuan had already met with disaster. After piecing together the dog’s words, it was very likely that Qi Yuan had been trapped inside the demon camp, leaving him no choice but to slaughter his way through. That would explain such an overwhelming scent of blood.

Yang Guang was a man of his words. “I have to take a look!”