Chapter 35 (1/2)

Translator: Atlas Studios

Editor: Atlas Studios

Li Ang asked softly, “What’s the background of that tiger?”

Chai Cuiqiao, who was hidden in his body, answered, “He’s the human-eating tiger of Jingyang Ridge. Later on, he fell down a cliff. Thankfully, he fell into a cave abode of an Itinerant Cultivator of the Tang Dynasty and obtained an inheritance. Thus, he no longer eats humans and he changed his name to Tai Gezi.”

What? Brother, did you go down the wrong path…

“What about that cyclops?”

“He’s mixed. His mother is a descendant of the ancient Fangfeng Clan, while his father is a gentle, frail-looking scholar.”

Li Ang, who was stunned, roughly outlined a cyclops’ build. “How can he be mixed?”

“It’s not what you think… When his father was young, he entered the capital to take an imperial examination and hid in the cave to avoid the heavy rain.”

Chai Cuiqiao went silent before awkwardly adding, “In the end, his father was very skilled. During his free time while avoiding the rain, he took out a drawing book. After the rain stopped, he walked out of the cave and continued rushing to his imperial examination.”

Li Ang raised one eyebrow. “You mean…”

“That’s right,” Chai Cuiqiao said in embarrassment, “You’d better not talk about this with that cyclops. He used a wooden club to smash a pile of demons to death during the previous banquet.”

Alright then. The great wide world was full of bizarre things. Such an odd birthing method was similar to the story of Huaxu getting pregnant with Fuxi.

The corners of Li Ang’s eyes twitched non-stop as he continued to ask about the background, nature, and strength of the other demons and monsters. Chai Cuiqiao particularly loved reading novels and was very capable of collecting information to imagine and reach inferences. Previously, she had peeked and eavesdropped about the banquet two to three times and managed to deduce a lot of information on demons and monsters through inference.

Just like Chai Cuiqiao had said, the demons and monsters who came to attend the banquet did not question the identities of Li Ang and the others. However, they curiously looked at them for a while before turning their heads back to talk with the other demons and monsters.

After all, their ability to face so many demons without getting overwhelmed by the soaring demon aura had proven that the people on the quest team were unusual people that belonged to the same race.

“We’re all here. Why is the mandrill not here yet?” the plague demon, who was full of toxic sores, yelled hoarsely.

“Why are you so anxious?” The tiger Daoist waved his fly-whisk and said with a smile, “Wasn’t he always the last one to arrive in the past? He probably has to wait until the sun sets before he arrives.”

“In that case, let’s tidy up the Hall of Great Strength.” The thin, old, crafty-looking mouse spirit chuckled and waved his robe before countless grayish-brown plump rats dropped from the empty loose cuff like a waterfall.

When the rat spirit waved its chicken-claw hands, the disgruntled group of rats by his feet rushed into the Hall of Great Strength as though they had received an order.

The countless plump rats squeezed into the area under the Gautama Buddha statue and worked as one to lift the Buddha statue. A pile of wooden boards appeared out of nowhere, stacked on each other in a slanted manner underneath the Buddha statue’s base stand. They then carried the Buddha statue and slipped out of the Hall of Great Strength before they put the Buddha statue in the empty courtyard.

The group of rats followed a certain pattern and shifted all the Buddha statues in the Hall of Great Strength as efficiently as possible. They even brought dustpans and brooms to clean up the accumulated dust. In just a few minutes, they managed to clean up the Hall of Great Strength without leaving a speck of dust. It was as bright and clean as though it was new.

This was much more efficient compared to modern housekeeping companies.

The group of demons walked slowly up the flight of steps into the Hall of Great Strength, took a praying mat, and jumped up from both sides of the mat. They sat on the praying mat upright, all of them looking like really elegant scholars attending the banquet in the human world.

Xing Hechou and the others looked at each other and found a remote place to sit down as they watched the group of rats, which was particularly proficient in moving candles out of the temple’s warehouse, lighting the pillar candle, and illuminating the Hall of Great Strength as if it was daytime.