Chapter 34: A Giant Wolf In The Deep Cave

This was a natural cave, very deep, packed with vicious wolves, thirty or forty of them on various levels inside. At the deepest part, on a straw-strewn stone platform, lay a giant wolf the size of a tiger. The giant wolf stared with deep green eyes at the one-eyed wolf and the red fox who had entered.

“They’re here~” a hoarse voice announced.

The red fox quickly bowed her head and said, “I pay my respects, foster father.”

“Rise. How is the matter going? It’s been half a year. Has your mother’s inner core still not been drawn from that brat?” the giant wolf asked.

“It…it will take a little more time,” the red fox said with her head lowered.

The giant wolf suddenly snorted angrily and said, “You lie. Red fox, tell me, did you not intend at all to draw that brat’s inner core?”

“Ah, foster father, I did not!”

The red fox immediately lay flat on the ground and dared not move. The giant wolf continued, “You lie. I sent Big Wolf to watch that brat. There is no leakage of energy, no sign of physical weakness. If you had absorbed his inner core, how could he be so vigorous? He should be gaunt as bones now!”

The giant wolf’s voice was exceptionally fierce. The red fox lay motionless with her head buried in the ground. The giant wolf’s tone softened as he said, “That brat hates your fox clan. He killed your mother and slaughters one of your kin every day. Your mother treated him so well back then, yet he could bring himself to murder. What makes you hesitate to strike someone so ungrateful and violently cruel?”

The red fox continued to keep her head lowered and said nothing. The giant wolf said, “I will give you two more days. Go and draw the inner core from his body and hand it to me. If you still cannot, I will take it myself! Then he will be tormented to the point of death but be unable to die, ha ha ha…”

The giant wolf’s voice deepened as he said, “Second son, escort your sister out of the cave.”

The one-eyed wolf bowed and said, “Yes, my father.”

The one-eyed wolf then came before the red fox and said, “Sister Red Fox, get up. That brat repays kindness with enmity, is ungrateful, worse than I am. Why do you hesitate? Hurry and draw out the inner core to help my father advance. We will also reap many benefits.”

The one-eyed wolf led the red fox out of the cave. The snarling older wolf, Big Wolf, approached and said, “Father, why rely on this red fox? Why don’t I take two brothers and capture that brat and let you eat him yourself? That inner core is inside him. If you eat him, can’t you absorb the inner core just the same?”

“Fool. If the inner core is extracted, I can absorb it all. If I eat him whole? At most I can only absorb half. Not worth it.”

“Oh, so that’s how it is.”

Big Wolf nodded and stepped back. The giant wolf glanced at him and said, “Don’t idle these two days. Go stake out near that brat’s home. The red fox’s intentions are uncertain, she might not be reliable. If in two days she cannot draw that brat’s inner core, I’ll eat both her and the brat together. I have no time to dally with them.”

“Yes, father. Leave it to me.”

Big Wolf left happily, also taking with him the two paper puppets hidden under his fur.

Outside, the red fox was downcast while the one-eyed wolf jabbered beside her, “I tell you, Sister Red Fox, you must be ruthless this time. Father’s words are never a joke. If in two days you cannot draw Du Yi’s inner core, it will not end well.”

“Really, Sister Red Fox, don’t be sad. If you complete this, it will be a great merit. Then I’ll have father promise you to me, heh heh. Oh, one more thing: the Black Mountain Demon King has already made ties with the White Lotus Sect. The White Lotus Sect invited the Black Mountain Demon King to assist in attacking the human court. After success, they promised our demon clan a thousand miles of territory to rebuild the demon nation. Father says he has already received the Black Mountain Demon King’s invitation. Once the inner core is taken, we can go join the Black Mountain Demon King. When the demon nation is established, I can become some kind of general, and you will be the general’s wife, heh heh.”

“Sister Red Fox…”

The one-eyed wolf never stopped talking along the way and quickly escorted the red fox to Du Yi’s doorstep. The one-eyed wolf said, “Sister Red Fox, I’ll leave you here. Father forbids us from approaching further, so I’ll go now.”

“Mm.”

The red fox finally gave the one-eyed wolf a single word at the gate. He immediately trotted away giddily, wagging his head and tail like a sycophant.

The red fox leapt over the fence and took human form. She gazed into the vast night, feeling conflicted. Though Wolf-Head Mountain was vast, it held no place for her and her husband at all.

…

At this late hour in the dense woods, the old temple keeper and two others crouched on the ground while mosquitoes buzzed around. None of them cared, since these common mosquitoes posed no threat. As Postnatal powerhouses, especially the old temple keeper who was of the Training Bones realm, they already had Bronze Skin Iron Bone. Mosquitoes could not bite them at all. If a mosquito insisted, it would likely jab its proboscis crooked.

Li Chaosheng was not afraid of mosquitoes either. Although he had not reached the Bronze Skin Iron Bone level, after eating that Essence-Washing Marrow-Refining Fruit, Li Chaosheng found a strange phenomenon: the functions of every part of his body had reached the Postnatal standards recorded in the Nightwardens manual.

However, he was still cultivating the most basic Training Flesh cultivation technique. After all, it could still be advanced further.

So he was puzzled and uncertain about his true cultivation. In any case, if he got serious, Li Chaosheng could exert the combat strength of a Postnatal peak.

If one didn’t count knowledge of other various spells and mechanisms, the old temple keeper was no match for him. Yet his cultivation was only at the Training Flesh realm, and his physical power kept growing! Strange, wasn’t it?

Cuckoo, cuckoo~

Just as the three were seriously crouching on watch, a few cuckoo calls came from deep in the woods. The old temple keeper and Zhou Bo were startled. Where did cuckoos come from at this late hour?

Li Chaosheng, however, understood and said, “Ah, well, Elder Zhu, Brother Zhou, watch for a bit. My stomach feels uneasy, I’m going to take a dump.”

“Go, go. By the way, stay a bit further away.”

The old temple keeper waved his hand and said they must keep their distance. The old temple keeper intended to squat here regularly. If Li Chaosheng defecated nearby, he would not want to spend the whole night basically guarding the latrine.

Protecting the environment was everyone’s responsibility. Everyone should understand the complicated feelings of those on watch.

“Alright.”

Li Chaosheng said this and ran far off. Then, two paper puppets suddenly flew down from the sky. It was Little Black and Little White. They had been the ones imitating the cuckoos.

“How was it?” Li Chaosheng asked about the situation.

“Not bad, sir. That Ah Hong is really fair-skinned, and her calls were wild, very vigorous,” Little White said animatedly.

Little White described it with excited gestures. Hearing this, Li Chaosheng was bewildered and said, “What the heck? I told you to watch Ah Hong.”

“We were watching, and it was intense!” Little White said earnestly.

Little Black then kicked Little White aside and said, “Master, don’t listen to his nonsense. Du Yi is also quite sturdy and has abs!”

“Hey, hey! And you dare accuse me of watching something dirty!”

Little White laughed uproariously and pointed at Little Black. Little Black spat a few times and said, “Pah pah~ It’s my fault for teaching you the wrong things. Master, that Ah Hong is actually a big fox…”