84. A smile erases enmity
Lord Huang Huo was momentarily dazed. Clearly standing beside him was the Yellowskin Sovereign, yet now it had turned into Chen Huangpi? One was the annoying little brat. The other was the Yellowskin Sovereign who devoured evil beings raw. How could it be the same person?
"Lord Huang Huo, you are unaware," Song Nine hurriedly explained. "Chen Huangpi originally intended to come to the Tomb of Burying Gods. It also titled itself the Yellowskin Sovereign. How many coincidences are there in this world? Who else could it be besides him?"
As soon as this was said, Lord Huang Huo's gaze immediately turned dangerous. You see, in the market of that cave, Lord Huang Huo had met the Yellowskin Sovereign. Not only had he invited it to sit in the front row to watch the show, but also shared blood food and given it a clod of yellow soil that could guide the location of the Tomb of Burying Gods. If the Yellowskin Sovereign was Chen Huangpi, wouldn't that mean it had been played like a fool from beginning to end?
However, although Lord Huang Huo hated Chen Huangpi to death, it also knew that Song Nine's words were just one-sided, to be heard but not fully believed. Moreover, the Yellowskin Sovereign hadn't even spoken. If he misjudged, wouldn't the hard-won relationship be severed immediately?
"Yellowskin Sovereign, do you have anything to say?" Lord Huang Huo's voice was neither cold nor warm, without revealing any emotion. The other evil beings, however, became restless one after another.
"Yellowskin Sovereign, are you really human?" "Nonsense, who would eat evil beings!" "I don't eat evil beings either, so am I not human?" "Then I am human too!" "Excellent! So you are all humans!"
The atmosphere immediately became subtle. Most importantly, even the evil beings' gazes toward each other became extremely dangerous. Lord Huang Huo saw this and was both annoyed and furious. He knew these evil beings had poor brains. But he didn't expect them to be this bad. Obviously talking about Chen Huangpi, yet somehow it escalated to them wanting to fight each other to the death.
"Shut up all of you!" "Lord Huang doesn't eat evil beings! He is human too!" A foolish evil being suddenly blurted out. The previously agitated evil beings immediately all looked toward Lord Huang Huo. Lord Huang Huo was instantly enraged: "You fools, you idiots, this god is Huang Huo, who feeds on divine beings, how could I be human!" "He admitted it, he doesn't eat people! He must be human!" "Lord Huang is human!!" "Yes, definitely!"
You see, although evil beings were inferior to calamity beings, the evil beings here in this channel were not one or two. But hundreds of them. So many evil beings, although they couldn't kill Lord Huang Huo, they could make it extremely headache. And just then, Chen Huangpi cleared his throat, spread his hands, and loudly said to the evil beings, "Everyone quiet down, let me say a few words." "Yellowskin Sovereign, please speak!" "You eat evil beings, we all fear you!" "As long as you don't eat, that's fine!"
The evil beings immediately fell silent. This scene fell into Lord Huang Huo's eyes, making him almost choke on his anger. This Yellowskin Sovereign, though stronger than before, was in no way comparable to himself. Even its fame had been self-proclaimed. How did it end up becoming the backbone of the evil beings?
"Chen Huangpi, can you really fool them?" "I'll try my best, if not, I'll act immediately." Chen Huangpi pacified the restless Brass Oil Lamp and spoke to the evil beings who were looking at him with anticipation: "First, whether we eat people or not, we are all evil beings!" "The Yellowskin Sovereign is right! We are all evil beings!"
"Secondly, I am surnamed Huang, he is surnamed Chen. I am evil being, he is human. How could I be him!" "The Yellowskin Sovereign is correct!" "I believe it!" "I believe it too!"
Seeing the evil beings like this, Chen Huangpi said to Song Nine, "You are a person who values life and fears death. To survive, you even have to betray your own kind and harm your fellows. Evil beings wouldn't do such a thing. Such a petty person truly deserves to die!" "Correct, deserves to die!" The evil beings hated Song Nine to the bone. Indeed, humans were truly too sinister. A few words nearly made them misjudge Lord Huang Huo. If not killed, it wouldn't be enough to vent the evil beings' hatred!
Song Nine angrily said, "Chen Huangpi, although I don't know what means you used to turn into an evil being, human is human. Lord Huang Huo, I have a method that can reveal his true form. If you believe me, let me try and you will know!" The true form is a strange thing. The body and gender can change at will, but the true form is what it is. Completely unchangeable. However, Chen Huangpi was different. His true form seemed to be changing all the time. Previously, it had been reflected by the evil being that could change into the true form, showing a dead fetus, a growing dead fetus, with golden black characters like tadpoles crawling on the amniotic sac, forming those bird-fish-insect like characters. In any case, his true form seemed more evil than the evil beings.
"Alright, go ahead and reveal it!" Chen Huangpi fearlessly stood in front of all the evil beings. Song Nine was excited, immediately about to activate the method to reveal the true form. But just then, the huge body of the Mutant Statue suddenly moved, blocking Chen Huangpi's front. This scene came too suddenly. All the evil beings present, including Chen Huangpi, were stunned. Lord Mang Mountain even said indifferently, "Great Evil God, what do you mean?" The Mutant Statue's chest opened a large mouth, and a head evil being crawled out from inside, saying, "The Great Evil God says it has known the Yellowskin Sovereign for a long time, it has nothing to do with Chen Huangpi, so this true form doesn't need to be revealed anymore." Lord Mang Mountain nodded, without saying anything more. And Song Nine at this moment was like he had lost his mind, his face suddenly turning pale. "Impossible, impossible."
Clearly, no matter how you looked, this Yellowskin Sovereign must be Chen Huangpi. Why did this Mutant Statue suddenly vouch for him? Was it really just a coincidence? But the names were almost the same. This was too much of a coincidence!
"Enough, this matter ends here." Lord Huang Huo deeply looked at the Mutant Statue, and said to Chen Huangpi, "Yellowskin Sovereign, it was my fault for not checking carefully. Don't let this create a rift between us, otherwise you'll fall for this person's scheming." Chen Huangpi waved his hand, "Lord Huang and I are from the same clan, how could I be angry." With that said, both of them couldn't help but laugh. A smile at meeting, forgetting enmity, is nothing unusual. But Lord Huang Huo did not feed Song Nine to the tomb-suppressing beast, instead grabbed the nearest evil being and threw it up. The tomb-suppressing beast opened its big mouth and swallowed it into its belly. "I am full! You all can enter!"
With that, the tomb-suppressing beast's huge head immediately plunged into the darkness. The other calamity beings saw this, all looking at Lord Huang Huo with strange eyes. Lord Huang Huo said indifferently, "The evil being just now was disrespectful to this god, give it a lesson." This wasn't an explanation, immediately making the calamity beings lose interest. Their purpose here was to seek opportunity and turn into calamity. As for why Lord Huang Huo left Song Nine, they didn't care. Therefore, the calamity beings followed behind Lord Mang Mountain, one after another, walking into that piece of darkness. Chen Huangpi saw this, and immediately followed. After all the evil beings entered, only then did Lord Huang Huo's anger erupt. "Great Evil God! Why did you protect Chen Huangpi?" There was no such thing as a smile forgetting enmity. Lord Huang Huo knew very well that Chen Huangpi definitely knew he had discovered his identity. But both parties tacitly passed over this topic. Chen Huangpi definitely didn't want to expose himself in front of so many evil beings. Lord Huang Huo was because of the Mutant Statue. "You are the god enshrined in that Taoist temple, and I and that fox are also made by the Daoist." Lord Huang Huo's voice was filled with anger: "And last time, in that market, he also turned into an evil being. You knew he was Chen Huangpi at that time, right!"
Even Nascent Soul cultivators can only live for 800 years. Chen Huangpi was just a little brat. This Mutant Statue was a high god. The god enshrined in the Pure Immortal Temple, existed before the heaven and earth changes, and who knows how many years it has experienced. A short-lived species, an immortal god. Where to meet for many years? But no matter how loudly Lord Huang Huo questioned, the Mutant Statue remained silent, not even giving it a glance. Ignoring was the greatest insult. This made the anger in Lord Huang Huo's heart instantly boil. But just when it was about to erupt and explode in anger, the Mutant Statue suddenly stepped into the darkness. As if it had only stayed behind to delay Lord Huang Huo's time a bit.
Inside the Tomb of Burying Gods. After Chen Huangpi entered that darkness, he felt dizzy. As if he had arrived in another world. Countless lights appeared before him. Then those lights intertwined together, finally forming a layer of gray membrane. Passing through that gray membrane, the scene before eyes suddenly changed. Gray sky, black earth. Slabs of stone covered with moss paved the road. Looking around, weeds and dead trees grew everywhere. Yin wind rolled up fallen leaves. Chen Huangpi rubbed his hand, and the fallen leaves immediately turned into ashes. He walked to a dead tree. Just blew a breath. The dead tree also turned into ashes. The Brass Oil Lamp suddenly spoke, "It seems this Tomb of Burying Gods was indeed imitated according to the old temple's layout, just having the form but no evil nature." Chen Huangpi nodded, "The evil beings are not here, it seems that channel has connected many areas inside the Tomb of Burying Gods." The evil beings indeed did not teleport him here together. Here there was only him, the Brass Oil Lamp, and the Soul Collector Ghost. "Pity." Chen Huangpi shook his head, "If only Lord Huang Huo were here. It's a pity it seems it was blocked by the Mutant Statue." He knew Lord Huang Huo must have recognized him. If not killed, his heart would be uneasy. "Soul Collector Ghost, didn't that Mutant Statue want to kill you? Why did it suddenly vouch for you?" The Soul Collector Ghost had just prepared for a desperate fight. Who knew the situation would change so quickly, quickly exceeding its cognition. The Brass Oil Lamp sneered, "It wanted to kill before, but now not necessarily." "What do you mean?" "Last time when Chen Huangpi sucked away its black smoke, what happened, forgot?" "You mean, it became clear-headed?" The Soul Collector Ghost frowned, "But it's been so long, it should have recovered its previous ferocity. According to reason, it shouldn't have..." "It was my true form!" Chen Huangpi suddenly spoke, "Last time, that evil being changed out my true form, and while I was fighting it together, we killed that evil being. It didn't want my true form to be revealed." Hearing this, the Soul Collector Ghost suddenly understood. Chen Huangpi's true form was indeed strange. And the Mutant Statue had been driven out from the Pure Immortal Temple, perhaps it knew Chen Huangpi's true form had a big problem, so it helped out. At this time, the Brass Oil Lamp suddenly spoke, "Wait, something is coming!"