Chapter 2838 - 88: Time Flies Like Lightning (Part 2)

The true inheritor Buddha Son of Ancient Nan Mountain naturally possesses his benevolent thoughts and Buddha heart.

But from the perspective of Shujia Lan, it is of course different.

No need to elaborate on the tragic experiences of Xiong Sansi; in the current Shenxiao World, Xiong Sansi is indisputably a strong force. His performance in the Evil Inquiry at Crane Flower Pavilion sufficiently demonstrates his reliability.

Yang Yu is recruiting allies!

Shujia Lan cannot let him succeed.

"Does Ancient Nan Mountain eliminate dissidents and claim supremacy?" Yang Yu looked at Shujia Lan: "With the descent of the Black Lotus, in the End of Dharma for All Beings, those who do not worship, are insincere, and disrespectful, shall fall into the animal realm—this, I wonder who said?"

Controlling the Knowledge and Hearing Bell, while capturing the true secrets of Shenxiao, he didn’t even know how many secrets he had heard about Mo Yun City.

Shujia Lan sneered: "I was just saying, at some prior time, you borrowed the Knowledge and Hearing Bell and knocked all present here once over."

Yang Yu was extremely annoyed, glared at him saying: "Since you know what happened during that time, you probably also know the incident where I smashed your skull."

This phrase struck a nerve.

In Shujia Lan’s only pair of benevolent eyes, fierce light flashed: "Without the Knowledge and Hearing Bell, you’re nothing. Dare you try against Lord Buddha again?"

How to make two new Heavenly List kings fight for me, killing each other?

Having a say on this, Xiong Sansi merely said hoarsely: "If I’ve become this way, it’s not my fault, I have nothing to be ashamed of. No matter how the eyes by the road view me, I don’t care. After escaping from the Thousand Tribulation Cave, I was bewildered for a time. Tiger Venerable favored me, disregarded my state, and made me work under his banner... Here in the Shenxiao Bureau, of course, I have my own desires. After leaving this place, if you two still have the intention, we can discuss further."

His meaning is very clear—if you truly wish to help treat my physical state, I would be grateful. But it will never be a transaction related to the Shenxiao Bureau.

He has walked the world within a flesh body mixed with demon-human, not just for one or two days. No matter the bitterness or pain, he has endured it, he has survived.

Yang Yu said: "Indeed as the benefactor says, becoming like this is not your fault. Lord Buddha wishes to heal the illness and save from suffering, soothe and relieve distress, unrelated to worldly matters. In this Shenxiao Bureau, you and I rely on our own means. No matter what happens in the process, no matter if I’m present then. After exiting the Shenxiao Bureau, you may go to Ancient Nan Mountain, which will still be willing to find a way for you."

Shujia Lan said: "My Black Lotus Temple will do the same!"

"A question out of curiosity." The Peaceful Ghost Messenger bearing two blades suddenly asked: "Where is the Thousand Tribulation Cave located? Any clues about the Three Evil Tribulation Monarch?"

Unlike these new Heavenly List kings with clear goals, Pig Dali came here confusedly, thinking everything was the Taiping Taoist’s layout, thus he has only been waiting for orders, indeed having no personal goal.

However, upon hearing Xiong Sansi’s true words, this "goal" has appeared.

Taiping Dao pursues world peace, must eliminate all evil, should Three Evil Tribulation Monarch, such a malignant force, not be slain?

Perhaps sensing Pig Dali’s genuine righteous anger.

Xiong Sansi was silent for a while, then said: "I have always been searching too."

This man who maintained calm and collected in the Evil Inquiry at Crane Flower Pavilion said with difficulty: "Although he turned me into this state, I still know nothing about him. I don’t know if he’s demon, devil, ghost, or human, I don’t know if he is male or female, I don’t know his cultivation, I don’t know his appearance. The name Three Evil Tribulation Monarch is the only thing I know. When he dissected my flesh and used demonic Qi to replace my meridians, he told me that I will forever remember this name..."

What supported Xiong Sansi to survive in such torment?

It must involve the word revenge.

"I think he hopes for me to hate him, to use this hatred to live longer, to cooperate with his transformation."

"My prison cell was in a corner, and the cell next to mine held a human race. Initially, we didn’t speak, only judging the degree of each other’s transformation from the screams."

"For a time, he was completely silent, I thought he had died. I can’t remember the exact time, but only when my entire right leg had been transformed did I hear him moaning again—he nearly died, but survived again."

"He spoke to me for the first time then, saying, ’Why the hell aren’t you dead yet?’"

Slowly, Xiong Sansi narrated: "I said I don’t want to die, I want to live, I want revenge. I then asked him, why haven’t you died yet?"

"He said, ’The human race cannot lose to the demon clan. You don’t die, I absolutely won’t die first.’"

"From then on, I started counting time again. Not for anything else, just to see how many more days I can live than him."

This damn competitiveness, in such a gloomy environment of the Thousand Tribulation Cave, has a certain bloody humor.

"That’s how we began communicating. Initially yelling insults at each other, later we were too pained, exhausted to curse, then began talking properly. Later... we set up secret codes, using normal language for conversation, and secret codes for escape plans."

Irreconcilable humans and demons, facing shared adversity, gradually joined hands in self-rescue.

This goes beyond any morality; it’s an instinct for survival.

"...We had long memorized the Three Evil Tribulation Monarch’s patterns. That day, after finishing a new round of transformation, while bodies were collapsing, we needed to pause and wait. Either wait for another transformation or collapse and die. During such states, the Three Evil Tribulation Monarch would typically take a long time before coming again."

"He hid a curse seal deep in his soul to conceal his tracks, I feigned death to trick the guards into collecting the corpse..."

The specific process of escaping from the Thousand Tribulation Cave, Xiong Sansi didn’t recount in detail, but all the demons could imagine the thrills involved.

"We escaped from the Thousand Tribulation Cave this way. We bid farewell to each other, agreed to settle scores and life-death battles on the battlefield if we met again. Promised that whoever first gathered information about the Three Evil Tribulation Monarch would inform the other."

Xiong Sansi said: "But right before my eyes, the human race’s body collapsed. He had reached his limit. His body turned into many meat worms, writhing on the ground like maggots."

Jiang Wang observed in silence from the Mirror World. Though concerned about returning home, he was captivated by Xiong Sansi’s story. He wished to ask for that human’s name. Alas, neither Chai Asi nor Pig Dali had the stance to ask.

The demon clan doesn’t concern itself with the human race.

The scene Xiong Sansi described made Yuan Mengji’s neck cold with fear.

And he continued: "I erased my traces and fled for a long time, finally reaching a place with the demon clan’s city..."

"Later I returned to the Purple Wu Hills, with revenge never forgotten in my heart."

"After years of building power, I returned to search for the Thousand Tribulation Cave but found the place in my memory didn’t exist."

"I scoured all possible historical records related to the ’Three Evil Tribulation Monarch’ and activated all information channels I could... but found no trace at all. I even used merits won from life-threatening endeavors to ask Tiger Venerable for help, Tiger Venerable personally retraced my escape path, but discovered nothing."

"It’s as if the Three Evil Tribulation Monarch never existed, as if the Thousand Tribulation Cave never existed."

"Sometimes I wonder, am I merely dreaming?"

Xiong Sansi gripped his knife: "Yet my not-quite-demon, not-quite-devil body always reminds me... of its reality!"

In the silence of demons not knowing how to speak.

Xiong Sansi walked alone forward, towards the Qingshi beside the Eternal Youth Spring.

"In Yuan Xi 3922 of the Land of Shenxiao, I left something."

"Now, it’s the new era we’ve reached."

"Long time disappears like this."

"Spider Girl still controls the Eternal Youth Spring, Crane Flower Pavilion has completely perished... You all still so fresh and lively!"

"Let’s see if what I left behind brings any message."