The Lord of Void and Real
Chapter 602

Chapter 602: Chapter 598: Sneaking Up the Mountain Chapter 602: Chapter 598: Sneaking Up the Mountain After standing in deep thought for a moment, Shen Luo made a spell with one hand, hiding his breath, before setting off in the direction of the Flower Fruit Mountain.

Not long after walking along the shore, a fishing village appeared ahead, seemingly unoccupied, exuding a bleak and depressing atmosphere.

He stooped low and stealthily passed by, looking around, he saw that the majority of the houses in the village had collapsed. Everywhere were remnants of crumbled earth walls overgrown with weeds and green moss. It was apparent that the village had been abandoned for a long time.

Walking into the village, most of the sites were left scorched black, still bearing the traces of fire. At numerous corners of houses and the bottom of walls, piles of scattered human and animal bones could be seen. Some had become nests for sand crabs and centipedes, crawling in and out of the dried skulls.

Getting out of the village, a twisting trail hidden in the grass led into the forest behind.

Shen Luo followed the trail into the forest for half an hour until he heard rowdy noises ahead. He cautiously approached and saw several oddly looking monsters at the entrance to the mountain.

One of them seemed to be the leader, a humanoid with a bear's head, extremely tall and covered with black hair. He was wearing a worn-out iron armor and seemed to only be at the Grain Avoidance stage.

In his hand, he held a short red flag, flaunting it boastfully to the other green-skinned little demons, proudly declaring,

“Hehe, see that, see that, this mountain patrol command was personally bestowed to me by the Third Cave Master!”

“Wow, Brother Bear sure is capable! You even got to meet the Third Cave Master? And you received a flag from him?” one of the little demons said with surprise.

“Impressive, impressive! Among us newly recruited little demons, only Brother Bear is this capable. We also get to gain some prestige because of him, hehe…” The remaining little demons all clapped in unison, complimenting him.

Only a single-horned little demon with a confused expression asked, “Isn't every mountain patrol team supposed to have a patrol command? Zhu Ye Wu also seems to have one. I caught a glimpse of it from afar, and it looks quite similar…”

“What do you know? Is Zhu Ye Wu's flag personally given by the Third Cave Master? Does his flag carry the fragrance of the Third Cave Master?” The Black Bear Demon's expression instantly darkened at his comment and angrily retorted.

“What fragrance?” The single-horned little demon ignorant of the ways of the world couldn't help but ask.

The Black Bear Demon rolled his eyes, reluctantly stretched the mountain patrol command flag to the single-horned demon's eyes, gave it a quick wave, and then quickly pulled it back, asking, “Did you smell it?”

“I smelled it, I smelled it… It seems to be the smell of a skunky fox.” The single-horned little demon frowned, hurriedly covered his nose, and said.

A little demon close to him quickly covered his mouth, preventing him from blabbering further.

The Black Bear Demon naturally heard his comment. It held the flag to its nose and took a deep breath, a satisfied and intoxicated expression immediately spread across its face.

Meanwhile, in its mind appeared the image of the Third Cave Master, a thousand-year-old fox after transforming. The seductive curves of its body caused his heart to itch unbearably.

“It's because of me that you're still alive with that loose tongue of yours. Otherwise, God knows how many times you'd have died already.” After savoring the scent, Black Bear Demon wiped the drool from the corner of its mouth, smacked the single-horned demon on its head with his big cattail fan-shaped hand, and said.

The little demon held his head and was about to argue when his eyes suddenly lit up. He spotted a person in coarse clothes, weak and staggering, a frail scholar, coming towards them over the long deserted trail.

“Quick, quick…someone's coming.” The single-horned demon hastily shouted.

The other little demons were all startled and quickly formed their defense line, all turning to look. Only after they saw that it really was a weak and defenseless young scholar approaching, did they relax their guard.

The scholar was, of course, Shen Luo in disguise. He initially wanted to head directly up the mountain, but considering the mountain was crawling with monsters, he was afraid of accidentally stirring up a hornet's nest and attracting more trouble.

He then came up with a plan: he simply disguised himself as a scholar and confidently strode over.

As the one-horned little demon shouted out, Shen Luo pretended as if he had just seen them as well. He cried out in alarm, “Ah… There… there are monsters!”, and then abruptly turned around, running away in apparent fear.

After running a few steps, he “accidentally” tripped over a stone and fell flat on his face, as if he was eating mud.

The small group of monsters immediately circled around him, chortling as they pinned him to the ground in a flash.

“Great King, spare me, spare me…” Shen Luo feigned terror and cried out a few times, but the monsters didn't pay him any heed, acting as if they hadn't heard him at all.

“Ho ho, never thought we'd run into such a clean-looking person from the human race at this time. If we offer him to the Great King, he might even reward us with a little merit,” a small demon stepped on Shen Luo's rear and laughed to himself.

“This small merit isn't even worth reporting. We'd be better off roasting him ourselves. This tender and smooth meat will definitely taste good,” another small demon licked his lips and said, smirking.

“Excellent, excellent. We just happen to need to banish our hunger a little. If we miss such good fresh meat, it'll be hard to find again.” The one-horned little demon also salivated, swallowing his saliva and said.

The Black Bear Demon at the front furrowed his brow and shouted, “When did you all start becoming so unruly? What is our Mountain Patrol Team's duty?”

“To patrol the mountain, report immediately if any abnormality is found,” the one-horned little demon immediately stood up straight and replied loudly.

“Should the appearance of this human be considered abnormal?” the Black Bear Demon asked again.

“Yes, of course,” the other two little demons understood his meaning and promptly replied.

“So, should it be reported if it's an abnormality?” The Black Bear Demon's voice rose again as he shouted.

“It should, it should, of course it should,”the other small demons chimed in together.

“Mm, at least you all still remember, at least you haven't forgotten. I'll take this human back to Flower Fruit Mountain, and if there are any rewards, I'll definitely bring them back to you,” the Black Bear Demon finally nodded in satisfaction.

With that, he had Shen Luo tied up with rope by the other small demons. He then lead him by the rope, pulling Shen Luo towards Flower Fruit Mountain.

“With this kid as an excuse, I can see the Third Cave Master again, hehe…” Only after they were out of the sight of the other small demons did the Black Bear Demon reveal a grin and murmur to himself.

On hearing this, Shen Luo was left speechless, allowing the demon to urge him up the mountain.

Midway, in order to make his act of being a powerless commoner more convincing, he stumbled all the way, and even pretended to faint due to exhaustion.

After the Black Bear Demon had kicked him a few times and seen no signs of him waking up, he simply hoisted Shen Luo onto his shoulder. Surprisingly, their pace quickened.

Shen Luo took advantage of the rare moment of relaxation and continued to pretend to be unconscious, allowing the Black Bear Demon to carry him up the mountain.

From the small fishing village in front, they bypassed seven or eight checkpoints. Along the way, there were various patrolling monsters appearing in groups, some of which were even in the Nascent Soul Stage. After a covert sweep from his Divine Sense, Shen Luo felt relieved that he hadn't acted recklessly earlier.

If he had caused a major commotion, the abundant little demons all over the mountain would have been enough to drive him mad.

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