Chapter 357 - One Year

The weasel demon eyes squinted and looked at the Unsullied Sword in Xiao Chen’s hand. It had to be a treasure, it thought. It leaped and landed in front of him and punched him in the middle of his abdomen. Xiao Chen snorted, and the Unsullied Sword flew out of his hand.

The weasel demon reached out its hand and grabbed the Unsullied Sword. It smirked and said, “What a treasure, I will accept it then. When I leave, I can use it to show off!”

Xiao Chen saw the Unsullied Sword was taken away, he ripped open the spider silk forcefully and rushed up. He yelled, “Return the sword to me!” Unexpectedly, the weasel demon kicked him, and he flew several feet away.

“Poom!” Xiao Chen smashed into the pile of stones, and the dust flew. He coughed non-stop, and suddenly with strength out of nowhere, he quickly rushed up again and was again kicked off by the weasel demon.

“Return the sword to me!” Xiao Chen rushed up again like a madman.

“Ah——” A scream echoed. Xiao Chen was like crazy, pouncing on the back of the weasel demon, biting its left ear hard. The weasel demon was in devastating pain and yelled, “Bastard! Let go!” Then it punched Xiao Chen in his abdomen.

After more than a dozen punches, Xiao Chen’s mouth was full of blood. It was not known if it was from the beating or from biting off the ear of the weasel demon.

“Quickly! Kill him for me now! Ah——”

The group of demons then reacted, and quickly ran up to Xiao Chen and pulled him away. Then they punched and kicked him. Of course, they did not dare to kill Xiao Chen. If they were to take life here, they would also bear terrifying punishment or even be locked several floors below ground.

After beating him for a long time, Xiao Chen had already fainted while holding his head with both hands. The corner of his mouth was still stained with blood, and the weasel demon had been bitten off half of its ear. He snarled in pain and yelled, “Bastard boy, that’s all for today. Don’t beat him to death. We’ll come back again tomorrow. Let’s go!”

The group of demons gradually left, and the surrounding resumed its tranquility. The next day, Xiao Chen woke up in confusion, only to feel that he was about to fall apart. Yesterday, he was blackout from the beating.

“Koo-chee! Koo-chee, Koo-chee!”

A soft voice rang in the ear, Xiao Chen opened his eyes and saw an animal resembling a pig in front of himself, he instinctively sat back.

“Koo-chee!” The little animal was chubby with a pair of big eyes. It was not as fierce as the other demons and monsters. Xiao Chen remembered that when the group of demons sieged yesterday, it seemed that this little thing stood up and tried to stop them, so he gradually took back a bit of his hostility.

“What’s your name?”

“Koo-chee! Koo-chee, Koo-chee!”

“Koo-chee? Then I will call you Koo-chee.”

“Koo-chee! Koo-chee, Koo-chee!” The Koo-chee beast seemed to understand his words and nodded happily.

Xiao Chen forced a smile. He patted the dust off him and stood up. He did not expect himself to end up like this, and there was only one little demon which could not speak, was this how he was to spend the rest of his life? Master, Master, had not been found yet…

Suddenly, he tensed up, because the group of demons and monsters from yesterday came at him again like a turkey-cock under the leadership of the weasel demon.

“Koo-chee! Koo-chee, Koo-chee!” The Koo-chee beast quickly blocked in front of Xiao Chen, continually shaking its head. The weasel demon kicked it, and it flew off, it glared at Xiao Chen and said, “Boy, you’re alive today huh!”

Xiao Chen looked alertly at the group of demons and said coldly, “I did not offend you, what do you want?”

“What do I want?” The weasel demon touched its half-missing left ear, which hurt so badly it snarled. It said maliciously, “Beat him! Don’t kill him, just till he passes out!”

The group of demons was about to go forward again when suddenly a Buddha mantra sounded, and the group of demons immediately went pale. The spider spirit said, “Hurry up, cover your ears! That a*sshole monk is going to recite the mantras again…”

Before it finished speaking, and suddenly a low-pitched Buddhist scripture sounded. The group of demons immediately covered their ears and looked in pain. Xiao Chen suddenly felt a burst of headache and quickly covered his ears, but no matter how tight he wrapped them, it was useless. The scripture seemed to be directly transmitted to the brain.

“Ah—— Stop reciting! Stop reciting!” Xiao Chen suffered in pain, his eyes were bloodshot, the veins on his face popped, and the pain seemed to be much worse than the episode of the Heartless Curse.

“Ah——” Xiao Chen clenched his head tightly, and he looked crazy, “Stop reciting! Ah! Let me go! Let me go!” “What right do you have to lock me down! I am not a devil! Ah! ”

A trace of black Qi came out of him, and the group of demons afar were in horror as they exclaimed, “What’s happening! Why is he in so much pain? Is he a devil!”

The spider spirit said in a quavering voice, “Impossible! If ht is a devil, how can he not be locked below the ground floor? How can he be locked up on the second floor?”

The weasel demon was so scared that its face turned white, and its legs trembled, saying, “He is a devil… He must be a devil! I have seen the devil who was locked in, exactly like him!”

“Ah——” Xiao Chen looked up and shouted, his hair danced in the air, his face was covered with blue veins, his eyes gradually became red, and his body was emitting black Qi. His appearance was terrifying.

“Koo-chee, Koo-chee !” The Koo-chee beast rushed over hurriedly, but when it was still a foot away from him, it was knocked off by a fierce force.

“Kill! Kill! Kill!”

Suddenly, Xiao Chen rushed towards the group of demons. The group of demons was scared and started to scatter. The weasel demon wanted to run but was held by its neck and lifted to midair by Xiao Chen, who teleported to its side.

“Where is the Unsullied Sword! It was given to me by Brother Yifeng! Nobody can take it away!”

At this moment, Xiao Chen looked terrifying. The weasel demon was so frightened that he could not stop trembling. He hastily took out the Unsullied Sword from his back. Xiao Chen grabbed the sword and threw the weasel demon out hard, as it landed, the gravels flew and scattered.

Suddenly, a Buddha mantra rang once more, and Xiao Chen covered his head again. It was more painful than before. At this moment, the stronger the murderous intent in him, the more painful he would be. With every inch the devil nature grew, the pain would increase by 100 times! It was far more painful than the pain caused by the episode of the Heartless Curse.

“Ah——” At this moment, he was already in so much pain that he was tumbling on the ground. The group of demons had already fled away frightenedly. Gradually, he finally felt a little powerless, and the dirt on the land had been scratched out numerous traces by him.

“Muxue…Xin’er…”

Finally, Xiao Chen fainted and woke up after no idea how long. He felt a little wetness and warmth on his face, as he opened his eyes, it was the Koo-chee beast licking his face.

“Brother Koo-chee, did I hurt you yesterday…” Xiao Chen moved his pale lips and said softly.

“Koo-chee, Koo-chee!” The Koo-chee beast shook its head.

Xiao Chen sat up, picked up the Unsullied Immortal’s Sword by his side, and looked around. He thought that inside the tower, it should be a mystic domain, and there was no exit unless someone opened it from the outside, or the people inside could never get out? Even if he wanted to break out by force, he would not be able to do it during his heyday. Moreover, now that he had lost all his power. Was he going to be locked up in this Devil Repressing Tower that has no daylight for the rest of his life?

“Koo-chee, Koo-chee!”

Xiao Chen forced a smile and said, “Some people were like strangers even till they had white hair, and some were like old friends even when they just met. Brother Koo-chee, you and I were like old friends when we just met, but I don’t know why you were being locked in?”

He thought that there was not a single trace of Devil Qi in the Koo-chee beast, nor it looked like the kind of demon that would hurt people. Could it be locked in by the people of Wuyin Monastery just because it was a Demonic Beast? Demon Realm was destroyed, and the Demon Qi had penetrated the Human Worlds. There were countless Demonic Beasts in the world. Could the Wuyin Monastery enclose all of them?

“Koo-chee, Koo-chee!” The beast blinked its big eyes and shook its head.

Xiao Chen smiled, seeing it reminded him of Zhiluan. That Leopard Cat Spirit should now return to the Human World with Xian’er. Are they okay…

After a month, in this tower, Xiao Chen felt no hunger at all, but every time the Buddhist scriptures sounded, he was in so much pain that he went mad. However, the demons and monsters that were led by the weasel demon did not dare to disturb him again. Xiao Chen even grabbed him and asked about the situation here.

It turned out that this tower had a total of 18 floors. The nine floors above the ground locked some demons and monsters that caused troubles around. The higher the level, the stronger the demons and monsters. The nine floors below ground, each story was a hell, suppressing some malicious devils. The more it went down, the more powerful the devils were. The level where he was located was the second floor above the ground.

Not sure if it was because of the prohibition of this place or something else. Neither Guifeng nor the things in the Divine Vessel could be summoned here. Su Xiaomei in the Frigid Jade Pendant seemed to have fallen into an endless sleep.

…

Time flew like an arrow. The months and years passed by like a stream. The days in the tower had unknowingly gone for a year. Xiao Chen’s hair had grown a lot more, he had grown taller too, and he was full of beard. He had wrapped up the Unsullied Sword in a clothed and hung it over his shoulder. Now he did not look like the image of the former literary figure and was more like a swordsman of the world.

Whenever the Buddha mantras sounded again, he was not in as much pain as before, and his anger was somewhat relieved. Sometimes he would also read the scriptures engraved on the stone wall, “One load of sand, one load of sand, one realm, within one world, a speck of dust for a catastrophe…”

“A principle behind everything, such as a dream bubble, like dew or like lightning, it should be regarded as a view…”

“All the principles are empty, they don’t disappear nor born, they don’t get dirty nor they’re clean, they don’t increase or decrease…”

Although some of these verses were hard to understand, every time he recited them, his mind became clear. There were also lesser disputes in his heart, lesser murderous aura, and as he contemplated about the past, everything was like a dream of flying flowers.

“Koo-chee, Koo-chee!” Suddenly a soft voice rang behind him. The Koo-chee beast had not changed its shape for the past year. With it, Xiao Chen did not feel so lonely.

“Brother Koo-chee, what’s up?” Xiao Chen whispered and asked as he turned around, and saw the Koo-chee beast shaking its head while standing next to the shed that he had built a small grass shed under the stone wall.

“Koo-chee, Koo-chee!” The Koo-chee beast gently called out twice, and ran to the side, about a few feet away. It then turned back and called, “Koo-chee, Koo-chee!”

“Brother Koo-chee wants me to go with you somewhere?”

“Koo-chee, Koo-chee!” The Koo-chee beast nodded hard.

“Well, Brother Koo-chee don’t be flustered, I’ll come right now.” Xiao Chen took off the Unsullied Sword off his shoulder and walked over. Although he still could not restore his power for the past year, he had often practiced swordsmanship in his spare time. Dealing with the little demon like a weasel demon was not a problem.

A man and a beast walked for a mile and reached a remote corner. 3 stone tablets that were about a foot tall could be seen, the stone tablets were full of golden talisman. Amongst them, a golden mystic arts shrouded over. If ordinary demons were near them, they would have turned into ashes.

“Koo-chee!” The Koo-chee beast snorted and rushed to the back of the stone tablet. Xiao Chen exclaimed, “Brother Koo-chee, be careful!”

However, the Koo-chee beast went straight through the golden mystic arts safely. Then it turned back and called out twice at Xiao Chen, signaling him to keep up.

Xiao Chen carefully walked over and took the sword to touch the layer of golden mystic arts, only walking over after it seemed to be entirely safe. After a few steps, he found an underground entrance not far away. The entrance seemed to have a seal Barrier.

“Koo-chee, Koo-chee!” The Koo-chee beast ran to the entry of the Barrier, and Xiao Chen walked over too. A few layers of stone steps slanted down that led below. It seemed like a staircase leading to a level down. Although he had stayed in this tower for one year, he had never been here before.

“Brother Koo-chee, are you asking me to go down?”

“Koo-chee, Koo-chee!” The Koo-chee beast nodded. It seemed that it came here often. It went around the Barrier for a bit then went straight through the Barrier. Xiao Chen was stunned and could not but think that this little guy could disregard any Barrier?

At the moment, Xiao Chen also squatted down, but now he had no power at all, and he could not break open the Barrier. The Koo-chee beast gently called out and stretched out its two front paws and waved at the Barrier. Not for a moment, a hole of a size that just happened to allow Xiao Chen to pass through appeared on the Barrier.

Xiao Chen was stunned once more. This little guy had such an ability? At this moment, he went into the gap in the Barrier and passed through. Once inside, he felt a very heavy evil Qi and suddenly it became a lot darker.