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#201 - Ancient secrets, the Taotie clan

"What are you shouting about? What are you shouting about?"

Xu Chengxian flicked his tail, blocking the charging Taotie.

Pointing to the crimson blood array flags on the ground, he asked Lingxiao, "Little sister, what do you think?"

"As long as you stand the flag surface upright," he said, gesturing, "tie a rope to the top and another to the middle at the bottom."

The flagpole and flag surface can also change in size.

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Taotie flew over, pointing at him with its hooves, "You're talking utter garbage!"

It glared, yelling, "This flag surface is made from this尊's (a respectful way of referring to oneself) skin, mixed with the Five Elements Spiritual Treasure Beads!"

"The flagpole is made from this尊's bones, infused with Yin-Yang energies and Chaos Beads, and then imprinted with the Great Dao runes from the Demon Emperor's seal!"

"Wind, fire, thunder, and lightning cannot harm it in the slightest!"

"The evil aura of heaven and earth avoids it!"

"You dare say that the wind and waves on the little Chaos Sea can damage this尊's flagpole?"

"Bah! You ignorant little thing!"

"Is it really that powerful?" After hearing his roar, Lingxiao remained calm, pursing her lips, "I don't see anything special about it."

"Wah! You can't see it because you're blind!"

Taotie was so angry that it jumped up and down, turning to Xu Chengxian, "This尊 is very angry!"

"How serious are the consequences?"

"One thousand blood energy!"

"No, I won't give it." Xu Chengxian said coolly, "Look, now my second sister and third brother both think you're not even good enough to be a sail. I'm starting to regret going to so much trouble to snatch you."

"You ugly flowery snake, you don't know what's good for you!" Taotie roared upon hearing this, "Was this尊 snatched by you?"

It was clearly because it didn't want to follow the Flood Dragon King and the little turtle spirit anymore that it voluntarily ran away with him!

"If this尊 hadn't been willing, do you think you could have taken me away?"

"Why not?" Xu Chengxian retorted, placing two hands made of blood energy on his waist, "I've refined the flagpole with blood energy, and I can store it in my belly. You're just a magic treasure spirit, so you have to follow the treasure."

"Hmph! Even if you soak the flagpole in blood energy, don't even think about taking it away without this尊's approval!" Taotie raised its head, "I am the spirit of the array flag, and also the true master of the array flag."

Only when it acknowledges a master will the array flag acknowledge a master.

"You said this array flag is made from your bones and skin?" Ling Yunzi asked, frowning.

"That's right!" Taotie answered loudly.

Xu Chengxian then laughed: "Your skin and bones have been taken to refine artifacts, what's there to be proud of?"

"...Aooo! You damned stupid flowery snake!"

Taotie's ferocious soul stiffened upon hearing this, then roared as if its vital point had been struck, "You juniors who know nothing! Your skin and bones wouldn't even qualify to be used for refining artifacts in front of the Demon Emperor!"

"Oh." Xu Chengxian said calmly, "So what?"

So, what, does, it, matter~

Taotie: ⊙▃⊙

It was stunned by this sentence.

"You, you!" Coming back to its senses, it pointed at Xu Chengxian, unable to think of anything to scold him with.

"Wait!" Lingxiao opened her mouth at the right time, pretending to look at Taotie with a surprised expression, "Judging from your words, could you be the Crimson Blood Array Flag cast by the first generation Demon Emperor?"

Ling Yunzi also seemed to react, asking, "I heard that the Demon Emperor hunted down the Taotie clan to refine the Crimson Blood Array Flag. If what you say is true, then aren't you the ferocious beast Taotie?"

"Haha! That's right, this尊 is the real Taotie!"

Seeing them so surprised, Taotie's ferocious soul laughed heartily, looking up to the sky, very satisfied.

Then, it waved its hoof generously and said, "Forget it, since you have recognized my identity, I will not pursue your previous impolite words."

"Can't be?" Xu Chengxian put on an unbelievable posture, "Second sister, third brother, it's so weak, how could it be a Taotie? I think it's mostly bragging, afraid that I don't want it anymore, trying to put on a good face."

"That's right." Lingxiao nodded, "After all, words are not proof."

Ling Yunzi also frowned and said, "Speaking of which, this array flag is indeed not as powerful as the rumors say."

"Hmph!"

Taotie was not as angry as before, it crossed its arms and looked at the three of them with slanting eyes, coldly snorting, "This尊 can see that you are trying to trick me into talking!"

"That's right." Lingxiao admitted very simply.

"We indeed have this intention." Ling Yunzi also said with a smile, "Therefore, please prove yourself."

"You want me to prove myself just because you said so..."

"Three thousand blood energy."

"..."

"How do you want me to prove myself?"

"You need to first justify your claims." Lingxiao said, "Why are you willing to follow my elder brother? Or to put it another way, why are you unwilling to follow General Si?"

"What follow?" Taotie retorted, "It is this尊 choosing a patron! I don't not want the little turtle spirit, I don't want the Flood Dragon King anymore."

"Why?"

"That guy is cunning and mean, only knows how to demand, unwilling to give me blood energy, and even wants to trick me into finding dragon eggs for him here. I didn't want him long ago."

"What do you need blood energy for?"

"I have an agreement with heaven and earth, I only eat blood energy." Taotie didn't want to say more.

"The Flood Dragon King didn't place any restrictions on you?" Ling Yunzi asked, "Nor any means to control you?"

"If this尊 doesn't agree, he can't refine the array flag." Taotie crossed its legs, "If he can't refine the array flag, how can he control me?"

After finishing speaking, he added, "So, do you believe me now?"

"No, you still have to tell an ancient secret for us to hear." Lingxiao laughed, "Just talk about why your Taotie clan was refined into array flags."

"...This尊 said, you wouldn't know if it's true or false." Taotie didn't want to say.

"You don't need to worry about that." Ling Yunzi said, "Just say it."

"In the beginning of ancient times, the Taotie clan fought a great battle with the Zhu Yan, causing a corner of the desolate continent to shatter, all things to suffer, and living beings to be devastated."

"The Demon Emperor subdued Zhu Yan and captured Taotie, using them to refine array flags."

Taotie said this passage without any fluctuation in its voice.

"That's not a secret." Lingxiao said with a faint smile.

"The Taotie clan voluntarily allowed themselves to be refined into array flags." Taotie glanced at her, "Does that count as a secret?"

"Voluntary?" Xu Chengxian opened his mouth wide in surprise.

Good heavens.

Extracting the soul, peeling the skin, removing the bones.

They could even be voluntary in this?

"The world only knows that Taotie is naturally greedy and insatiable, eating everything. If there's nothing to eat, they even gnaw on themselves."

Ling Yunzi suddenly sighed softly, "But they don't know that the Taotie clan is born with a sense of the Great Dao's true patterns, and they exist to suppress outer demons."

Outer demons can transform into thousands of forms, and they are behemoths, so they are born with the ability to eat as much as possible.

Outer demons can hide in all things, so they can devour all things.

But when the outer demons are all driven away, Taotie becomes a great threat.

The Demon Emperor took action and signed a heaven and earth oath with them.

"The divine soul and flesh are separated, and from then on, they only eat the blood energy of offerings, so as to avoid harming others." Lingxiao put on a solemn expression, cupping her fists and bowing to the black goat, "The myriad spirits of the desolate lands should all thank the Taotie clan for willingly sealing their own merits."

"You even know this?" Taotie was very surprised, its eyes scanning back and forth between the two, "That's not right, you are not ordinary demon clans."

Knowing ancient secrets, and knowing them in such detail?

Among the demon clans, only the four kings, including the Flood Dragon King, and a few old monsters, still remember the origin of the earliest batch of Demon Emperor's Crimson Blood Array Flags.

Lingxiao smiled without saying a word.

Ling Yunzi also bowed to Taotie, laughing: "Since we are destined to meet, we shall wait for the future, and we will naturally see the difference."

"Hmph!"

"Little black goat, stop hmphing." Xu Chengxian rubbed his hands, "Let's quickly drip blood to acknowledge a master!"