Chapter 543 Tempering a Sword (2/2)
The demon king opened his mouth and said, ”I am Chong Hou, the King of this mountain. My title is conferred by the son of the White Emperor. All areas within three thousand miles from here would be my feoffment. You, young cultivator, want to look for trouble with me? That would mean you are also opposing the union of the Eastern Barbarians.
The demon king, Chong Hou, was a fierce tiger within the mountains that cultivated into a demon. He cultivated for a thousand years and had shapeshifted for three hundred years. Within this three thousand mile of area, he acted like a tyrant. At that time, Yunyang was gathering warlords from the Eastern Barbarians. Coincidentally Chong Hou Tiger had some reputation and mana, coupled with the fact that he was a demon, he was then simply conferred by Yunyang
Originally, he wandered all over different mountain peaks. Ever since he accepted the conferment, he settled on this mountain peak. Due to the evil arts he cultivated, he needed to consume humans. He turned the Wuzhong tribe leader into his own Changgui, so the tribe leader could steadily supply fresh ingredients to him.
Before that, there was a simple-minded cultivator of Qi which was hardly his opponent. He was devoured within two or three moves. But this cultivator before him, even though he seemed young, he was hard to read. Chong Hou could only use the name of the son of the White Emperor in hopes that he could scare the other.
Shen Lian opened his mouth and replied, ”There is a good saying in the human world, ' for visiting.
He kicked the black Qilin with both feet and left.
Shen Lian smiled, ”Those whose courses are different cannot lay plans for one another,” he thought. He then took another look at the spiked mace that was embedded within the wall of the mountain and turned towards Xiao Hei and the mother. He said, ”I would like to temper a weapon here.”
Xiao Hei asked, ”What kind of weapon does master want to temper?”
Shen Lian stared at Xiao Hei and leisurely spat out, ”The Treasure Sword.”
Xiao Hei was stunned and muttered to itself, ”This name sounds a little tacky.” But his reaction was quick as it said, ”This name is really good. It appeals to all. Master is truly formidable.”
Shen Lian smiled and said, ”Of course, this will not be the true name. But I am serious about tempering a treasure sword. I have other uses for it.”狐假虎威 – Literally translated as 'a fox masquerading as a tiger' to fit the context of the text. This Chinese idiom means assuming the dignity or authority of somebody else as one's own.