Chapter Forty-six: The Great Rat

  A bold little mouse, with its belly bulging, swaggered into the inn along the wall corner, and strangely enough, the whole inn fell silent as soon as it walked in.

  It was as if even the sound of snoring had completely disappeared, as if everyone had fallen into a deep sleep.

  "Squeak, squeak..." The mouse spirit let out two delighted cries, its hind legs kicking even more happily as it headed towards Xuan Kong's room. Xuan Kong was meditating with his eyes closed, and at this moment when his senses were most acute, he felt a surge of evil energy approaching and naturally opened his eyes to look.

  Suddenly saw a big mouse, bigger than a cat, stuck to the wall of the inn with bright red eyes, and pushed open its own door.

  "You're quite bold!" Xuan Kong chuckled inwardly.

  But what's sad is that the heroes on the street are mercilessly killing each other, but in front of this seemingly insignificant mouse demon, they don't even dare to make a sound. What kind of logic is this, good people fear evil people, and evil people fear those who aren't human?

  It was just a huge rat. A demon like this would be inferior to even the mountain-patrolling little demons under the Demon King's command if placed in the wild, yet it dared to provoke him?

  Xuán Kōng's heart suddenly felt a little joy, the Great Song Dynasty was the central land of Nán Jiàn Bù Zhōu, and the two families of Buddhism and Taoism had stationed countless immortals and saints here to compete in magic. Even Ci Hang Pu Du, a ten-thousand-year-old demon, did not dare to show his true face, yet these little demons who were still wet behind the ears dared to walk openly among humans.

  Is this really what they mean by "the ignorant are fearless"?

  It's also amazing enough.

  Xuan Kong pretended not to see, secretly extending a finger to set off a small firecracker at the door, wanting to see what this bold old mouse spirit was going to do. The old mouse spirit raised its head, stood up straight and carefully closed the door with its front paws before lifting its leg to take a step forward...

  Suddenly, a loud "boom" was heard, and his entire body flew out of the door.

  Xuán Kōng was just bored and wanted to have some fun with this mouse spirit, so he didn't use his great magical powers. But that mouse spirit had suffered enough, half of its body was scorched black by the flames, and it stood at the door with a grey head and dirty face, not daring to come in.

  "Squeak, squeak, squeak..." The mouse spirit ground its teeth and saw that Xuan Kong was full of vital energy.

  Eating one xuan kong can counteract his eating ten live people.

  In fact, this was still the mouse spirit's lack of experience. He only thought that Xu Kong was a good martial artist in the mortal world, with a robust physique. But how could he have guessed that Xu Kong was a heavenly born son and a destined person, whose flesh and blood were far more precious than those of Tang Sanzang?

  But if it really knew, it would probably run as far as it could, afraid of being involved in this great calamity.

  Struck by the lightning, the mouse spirit didn't dare to be reckless for a while, but he was unwilling to let go of the duck that had come into his mouth. He simply stood at the door, baring his teeth and staring at Xu Kong. Xu Kong didn't look at him either, continuing to close his eyes and ignore this ignorant giant mouse.

  "Hmm, it seems like no one has discovered me yet... Hmm, what a powerful thunderclap, I wonder what that thing is..."

  Just as the mouse spirit was hesitating about whether to try again to go inside, a door on the opposite side creaked open. In the room next to Xuan Kong lived his junior brother Wang Qi, who had also sensed some demonic energy, but thought to himself: "Anyway, with Big Brother here, this little monster will only be sending itself to its death if it comes."

  As for the great demon and old monster, even if Xuan Kong can't defeat them, adding himself to the fight would only be giving them an extra dessert after dinner.

  Thinking of this, Wang Qi didn't even bother to lift his head, and continued to pull the quilt up, snoring loudly as he slept soundly.

  The one who pushed open the door was a young man with a pale face and a dignified appearance, looking like he had been pampered all his life. He walked out of the room with sleepy eyes, and as soon as he opened them, he saw a huge old mouse crouching on the ground.

  Human eyes, mouse eyes, four eyes meet.

  The young man's sleepiness vanished instantly, and he opened his mouth wide in surprise. The mouse spirit secretly rejoiced: "What a stroke of luck! The person inside the room hasn't even had a bite to eat yet, and now someone outside is sending over a tender and delicate morsel!"

  It let out a delighted "Squeak" and darted straight at the young man's throat.

  The young man was startled by the mouse spirit, his body softened and fell to the ground, using his hands and feet to avoid the mouse spirit's sharp teeth. His face turned pale with fright: "How dare you, coming to scare me..."

  In the midst of his busyness, he suddenly came to and changed his tone, saying: "What kind of monster are you?"

  To know, the young man's residence is Bianjing City, where the dragon vein of the Great Song Dynasty is located. How dare ordinary monsters and demons go there to cause trouble? Moreover, the young man himself has some status, usually entering and leaving in luxury cars, wearing brocade clothes and eating jade food, how could he possibly encounter such a giant rat?

  The mouse spirit didn't pay attention to his panic, one pounce didn't bite the young man's throat, and with a swing of its steel whip-like tail, it slapped the young man's buttocks.

  The young man let out a loud "ah" and fell to the ground, but instead rolled into Xuan Kong's room.

  The mouse squeaked twice and followed the young man into the Xuan Kong room, only to be struck by a fireball and fell out of the house again. The young man was overjoyed and turned around to see a Taoist priest sitting on the bed, hastily paying his respects: "Thank you, Master, for saving my life!"

  He saw that Xuan Kong had some skills, at least the big mouse outside the door rushed into the house several times in a row, and was struck out of the door by a thunderbolt each time.

  "Haha, you demon, dare to come in!" The young man stood in front of Xuan Kong, it was the first time he had faced such an exciting and thrilling scene since birth. His face flushed with excitement, jumping up and down, shouting for the giant rat to come in and meet its death.

  That clever mouse was struck by lightning several times, injuring its vitality, but it refused to retreat.

  Seething with rage, he pulled out tonight's prey and chewed on it for a few mouthfuls before feeling slightly better. The young man saw the big rat gnawing at its food, felt his chest suffocating, and vomited up his dinner with a retch.

  "Good goblin, how dare you eat humans!" Xuan Kong got up from the bed. Although he knew that in this world, it was common for humans to kill monsters and monsters to eat humans. However, Xuan Kong, who still retained the values instilled in him from his past life, could not accept the logic of a monster eating humans.

  He had originally pretended to fall asleep, only wanting to secretly tease the bold and reckless mouse spirit. However, from the moment the giant rat gnawed on the human leg in his hand, Xuan Kong's mind changed, and he walked out of the door with a cold smile step by step.

  The mouse spirit only then realized that in front of him was not prey, but a hunter.

  Dropped the half-eaten human leg in his hand, turned around and was about to escape from the inn, but how could Xuan Kong let the demon spirit go? He stretched out his hand on the sword he wore, and with a flick of his sleeve, the immortal sword shot out instantly, shining brightly like a white silk ribbon, piercing through the mouse spirit's neck, and suddenly turning back, it was retrieved as quickly as lightning.

  This was Xuan Kong's newly comprehended Sword Killing Technique, but it was still imperfect and could only fly out for several meters before losing its power.

  Xuan Kong put away the immortal sword and only then did he have the leisure to size up the young man beside him. He was also a brave person, this inn was full of people, not to mention the good men lurking outside in the dark night, but so many good men watched with their eyes open as the cunning mouse wreaked havoc, yet none dared to speak out, instead it was this young man who had the guts to stand up and confront him.

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