Chapter 307: A spirit beast senior with an incurable disease (1/2)
Chapter 307: A spirit beast senior with an incurable disease
Translator: G.o.dBrandy Editor: Kurisu
Its disposition could change at any moment… what it liked and disliked would also change frequently. Moreover, it could a.s.sume many different appearances—did it mean that its personality would change according to each transformation?
The confused Song Shuhang stepped on the dock and followed Nine Lanterns, setting out on a big road. After traveling on this road, they arrived in front of a huge palace.
The palace was extremely luxurious and resembled the residence of an immortal. It wasn't something that belonged to the world of mortals.
There were no guards at the entrance.
Therefore, Song Shuhang and Nine Lanterns directly barged in.
After entering the palace, Song Shuhang saw a row of musical instruments on both sides of the hall. There were zithers, pipas, bells… in short, all kinds of ancient musical instruments.
No one was playing these instruments, but their strings were automatically moving and bells were emitting sounds on their own, creating an extremely pleasant music. It was truly a marvelous scene.
In front, there was a big platform, and above this platform were ten layers of thick animal furs; they looked very soft and comfortable.
On top of these furs was lying a s.h.i.+ning ball of lightning, perfectly still.
If one were to look carefully, they would notice that the ball of lightning was actually a pig that had curled up into a ball. This one was even rounder and smoother than the one they saw on the parasol tree at the entrance to the valley.
”Tsk. Today, it has the appearance of a pig?” Nine Lanterns muttered.
This form was one of the thirty-six forms that this spirit beast senior could turn into. Moreover, this form was rather troublesome to deal with.
On the platform, the huge pig surround by lightning slowly opened its eyes. After shooting a look at Nine Lanterns and Song Shuhang… it closed its eyes again.
”Senior, I've come to see you!” Nine Lanterns loudly shouted at the spirit beast lying on the platform.
The pig opened its eyes once more. Then, it opened its mouth, but no words came out of it.
Blue veins started to bulge faintly on Nine Lanterns' forehead. She took a deep breath and said, ”Senior Lightning Pig, Nine Lanterns has come to see you!”
The huge pig opened its eyes again and looked at Nine Lanterns with great difficulty, uttering a single word, ”Oh.”
After a while, it moved its body and said, ”It's you, Nine Lanterns.”
And again after a while, the pig gasped for breath and said, ”Nine Lanterns! Don't casually come here to disturb me, alright? You know that I'm very ill…”
The bulging blue veins on Nine Lanterns' forehead doubled in size. ”Senior, what illness do you have?”
”I have an incurable illness.” The pig gasped for breath. It seemed as though it was about to die after saying just a few sentences.
What kind of disease reduced this powerful spirit beast to this state? Song Shuhang thought to himself.
”What incurable illness is it?” The bulging veins on Nine Lanterns' forehead seemed to have subsided a bit.
”It's cancer.” The huge pig bitterly smiled and said, ”This disease is really too fearful.”
”What nonsense are you babbling about?!” Nine Lanterns howled. ”You're a powerful spirit beast that has reached the Seventh Stage Venerable Realm! How can you even get cancer?!”
The plump pig was unexpectedly a Seventh Stage Venerable, an existence on the same level as Venerable White.
”I'm not lying.” The huge pig had a sad expression on its face and seemed on the verge of death.
Song Shuhang asked out of curiosity, ”What kind of cancer is it?”
Nine Lanterns rubbed her forehead and joined her palms together, starting to chant buddhist scriptures to calm herself.
The huge pig sighed deeply and said, ”It's the sloth cancer, and it's already in the terminal stage, no medicine can help me.”
”...” Song Shuhang.
”Sloth cancer your a*ss! Moreover, didn't you say the last time that your a.n.u.s had problems and that you wanted to change your name to a.n.u.s Pig—” Nine Lanterns had yet to finish her sentence when a huge hole suddenly appeared beneath her feet, making her fall down.
”Aaaaaaah!” Nine Lanterns screamed in fear, and her voice was getting more and more distant as time pa.s.sed by.
The hole seemed quite deep. Moreover, it surely had a formation to impede flight as to avoid Nine Lanterns directly flying out of it.
After Nine Lanterns fell inside the pit, one of the slates moved with a clang and covered the hole once more.
”Cough. She never learns, does she? Last time, I clearly told her that I wanted this place to be calm and peaceful, with no yelling. But why does she forget it every time?” the sloth-cancer-ridden Senior Lightning Pig muttered while putting down the remote control in its hoofed toes.
”...” Song Shuhang.
After dealing with Nine Lanterns, the Lightning Pig turned its small eyes around and looked at Song Shuhang. ”Little kid, who are you?”
”My name is Song Shuhang. Nice to meet you, Senior.” Song Shuhang earnestly greeted the pig.
The Lightning Pig used its leg to knock on its head.
After a while, it said curiously, ”Do we know each other?”
Song Shuhang shook his head. ”Miss Nine Lanterns brought me here, it's my first time meeting you.”
”Oh.” The Lightning Pig nodded silently and closed its eyes; it was preparing to sleep again.
”...” Song Shuhang.
Luckily, it opened its eyes again and asked, ”Speaking of which, why did that little girl bring you here? What do you need from me?”
”She brought me here because she was hoping to obtain the skeletal dragon's withered vine from you,” Song Shuhang replied honestly.
Since he didn't know what kind of disposition this senior had, it was better to tell the truth.