Black Journey to the West: The Imposter Star Lord

Chapter 6: Supernatural Power - Disguise

The yellow-robed monster glanced at the medicine bottle on the ground, then slowly reached out to pick it up and opened the cap.

A unique medicinal fragrance of pearl skin-regenerating powder wafted from the bottle. The yellow-robed monster trembled, and his reddened eyes stared at Hong Ling like a vicious dog.

"Your Majesty!" Hongling looked at the bottle in the yellow-robed monster's hand and her face turned deathly pale. "It's not me, this...this isn't mine."

Upon hearing this, the Yellow-Robed Monster lowered his head, then raised it again and smiled.

He smiled easily, straightened up, and said, "Of course this isn't yours."

He walked up to Hongling and handed her the muscle-regenerating powder again: "If you need muscle-regenerating powder in the future, just tell me. Don't enter my alchemy room without permission."

At this moment, Hongling's heart was in her throat.

He was afraid that the Yellow Robe Monster would misunderstand him, but he never expected that this would be the result.

In the past, when the Yellow Robe Monster got angry, he always had the power of life and death over them. He had never been so polite before.

Hongling glanced at the yellow-robed monster again and found that it really didn't look angry at all. Feeling a little more at ease, she didn't dare to refute the creature's origin anymore and nodded carefully: "Yes, I understand."

Seeing her cautious demeanor, the man in the yellow robe placed his hand on her shoulder and continued to comfort her, "Hongling, with Madam in this state, you'll have to be more attentive to the responsibilities of this household from now on."

Upon hearing this, a strange light appeared in Hongling's eyes, and even the other concubines couldn't help but turn their attention to Hongling.

Envious, jealous, and doubtful gazes focused on that foxy face, causing Hongling to blush. She bowed excitedly and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, I am willing to share your burdens."

Cao Xing, who was squatting in the corner, paused for a moment, then continued to bury his head and poke at the ground with a small stick.

The Yellow Robe Monster's sudden and unusual behavior was strange and even incomprehensible to Hong Ling and her concubines.

But Cao Xing remembered a TV series he had watched called "I Am Yu Huanshui".

He is afraid!

However, this isn't a TV drama. The more afraid the Yellow Robe Monster becomes, the crazier he'll probably become. He's not someone who will accept threats.

The more you try to appease them now, the more panicked they probably are inside.

"Disperse, everyone. Hongling, help me take Madam to the alchemy room. I have a few words to say to you." After saying this, the yellow-robed monster glanced sideways at Bixia on the ground: "You go too."

Bixia trembled and nodded hurriedly.

As for Cao Xing, the Yellow-Robed Monster didn't even bother to glance at him.

Even if a baby who has just been born for one day has their body stimulated, their intelligence is no different from that of someone with dementia.

After everyone dispersed, Bixia wrapped Baihuaxiu in a bed sheet and followed Hongling out of the cave.

Before leaving, Bixia glanced at another blonde, blue-eyed lady, opened her mouth as if to say something, but she dared not hesitate for a moment, and quickly left with Baihuaxiu in her arms.

Soon, the Yellow-Robed Monster left the cave without any lingering attachment, and the other concubines also withdrew one after another, leaving the large cave quiet.

The empty cave was filled with a strong, pungent smell of blood that made people want to vomit.

Cao Xing continued digging slowly, but in a different spot, digging faster and deeper each time.

Soon, Cao Xing dug out an inconspicuous yellow cloth bag.

The yellow cloth bag was about the size of a fist.

It was layered three times inside and three times outside, with three layers of water soaked inside.

Cao Xing looked at the package in his hand, his heart pounding faster and faster, his gaze burning as he looked at it.

at last!

I got it.

The moment Cao Xing got his hands on this thing, he thought of all sorts of methods, and even considered eating it directly.

But in the end, he still chose to hide the inner core right under the nose of the Yellow Robe Monster.

Because he's a coward, he doesn't dare to gamble.

I'm betting that the Yellow-Robed Monster might have other ways to sense this inner core. Leaving it here means I'll still be safe even if the Yellow-Robed Monster discovers it.

Now, this treasure is mine!!

Cao Xing dared not linger for a moment. He picked up the cloth bag and quickly left the cave. Following his previous memories, Cao Xing followed the cave passage to an inconspicuous cave.

There were several dazed-looking brothers lying on the straw, instinctively gnawing on the bones that had been thrown on the ground in front of them.

This is the place that Bixia brought her to the first night.

well.

Cao Xing sniffed, and a sour, pungent smell hit him. For the first time, he felt that this nauseating smell was so familiar, making him feel safe.

Cao Xing walked among the brothers, found the seat of the prince from last night, felt grateful for the prince whose name he did not know, and then lay down in his seat.

The brothers and sisters around him did not feel repulsed by Cao Xing's arrival. In fact, because of the familiar fur on Cao Xing's body, they were very friendly to him.

With their intelligence, they probably wouldn't be able to figure out who Cao Xing really is.

At this moment, Cao Xing took out the cloth bag from his arms and carefully unwrapped the packaging inside and out.

Soon, the inner core hidden inside was clearly revealed to Cao Xing.

This pill was no bigger than a fingernail, its surface shimmering with gold, yet it had the texture of a layer of glass.

Cao Xing only glanced at it before immediately putting it in his mouth, without swallowing, just holding it under his tongue.

Instantly, a liquid resembling a clear spring welled up from under the tongue.

Cao Xing instinctively swallowed the liquid, and immediately, a warm sensation swept through his abdomen, which invigorated him and made him feel as if he had inexhaustible strength.

My darling!

It really is a great treasure.

No wonder that after Sun Wukong obtained the inner core in the original story, there was no further development.

Cao Xing felt a surge of joy. He couldn't quite explain how good this thing was, but he was certain of one thing: even just holding this inner core in his mouth would bring him immense benefits.

But Cao Xing kept it in his mouth and dared not swallow it.

He recalled the actions of the Yellow Robe Monster carefully groping Hong Ling's belly.

This guy definitely has a way to find and sense the inner core. Eating this thing would be a hidden danger for me, so I'd better be careful.

After all, Cao Xing couldn't guarantee that the Yellow-Robed Monster, who couldn't find the inner core, wouldn't suddenly focus his attention on him.

He held the elixir in his mouth, closed his eyes, and soon fell into a deep sleep.

In his sleep, Cao Xing had a dream in which he was floating in a galaxy.

In the boundless darkness, twinkling starlight, like millions of tiny diamonds, surrounded Cao Xing.

Driven by a hazy, confused consciousness, he subconsciously reached out his finger, trying to touch the brightest point of starlight that was closest to him.

The fingertips did not feel any physical substance, but the starlight suddenly brightened the moment they touched it, like a flame that had been awakened.

In an instant, more starlight seemed to be summoned by an invisible force, and gathered around, and a huge disc appeared in front of Cao Xing.

The disc was engraved with countless stars. As it slowly rotated, a talisman emerged from it.

Before Cao Xing could even react, the talisman quickly merged into his body.

scare!

On the straw mat, Cao Xing suddenly opened his eyes, his chest pounding, and he looked around warily.

The dimly lit cave was very quiet, with the occasional snores of a few of the brothers audible.

Phew~~ It was just a dream.

Cao Xing breathed a sigh of relief, but his body quickly stiffened involuntarily. The talisman from his dream had appeared in his consciousness. Cao Xing could clearly feel its presence, as if it were branded into his mind.

What is this?

Cao Xing focused his consciousness on the talisman. The next moment, a wisp of green light flashed on the talisman. Cao Xing's body trembled, and a sense of enlightenment rose from his heart.

Supernatural Power: Imitation

The art of transformation can change people, things, and appearances; it can skillfully change a thousand forms and avoid three calamities.

Cao Xing's pupils dilated violently as he lay on the cold haystack, the inner elixir relic in his mouth, his heart pounding wildly in his chest.

Deception!

Cao Xing was both surprised and delighted. This kind of transformation-type supernatural power was actually quite common in Journey to the West.

Basically, any powerful demon with some spiritual abilities can do it.

Characters like the White Bone Demon, Red Boy, and Lion Demon.

Leaving aside distant examples, let's talk about the Yellow Robe Monster.

In Chapter 30 of Journey to the West, Pigsy and Sandy came to the Yellow Robe Monster for the second time, only to be beaten so badly they were running away and being grabbed. After that, the Yellow Robe Monster decided to teach Tang Sanzang a lesson, so he went to Baoxiang Kingdom to claim kinship. Baihua Xiu was afraid that he would scare her father to death, so the Yellow Robe Monster said, "I'll just transform into a handsome boy and go."

After saying that, he transformed into a handsome man. Just how handsome?

The original text describes him thus: "His speech is full of official airs, his conduct is that of a young man in his prime. His talent is like that of Zijian, who could easily compose a poem; his appearance is like that of Pan An, who could casually toss fruit."

Baihua was overjoyed at the sight of him and said, "You've changed for the better. Now that you've entered the court, my father will never abandon you. He will surely order all the civil and military officials to invite you to a banquet."

You see, it's not that the Yellow Robe Monster couldn't become handsome. If he had become a handsome man with six-pack abs and looks as good as Pan An, would Baihua Xiu still have thought about letting Tang Sanzang go to her home to report for help?

If the Yellow Robe Monster so desired, he could even have a different handsome man every day.

The Yellow-Robed Monster didn't want to, or rather, he simply didn't care about Baihuaxiu's thoughts.

This ecstasy lasted only a few seconds before being extinguished by a deeper chill.

Cao Xing suddenly thought of another question: he had only been able to comprehend this transformation ability because of the help of this inner core, so one could imagine how important this thing was.

The fact that the Yellow-Robed Monster lost such an important item as his inner core without letting a word out, and instead easily suppressed the situation, is what truly terrifies Cao Xing.

Throughout Journey to the West, the Yellow Robe Monster is definitely one of the most intelligent monsters. If Golden Horn and Silver Horn had even half his intelligence, the stable boy would have died eight hundred times over.

Therefore, I must be extremely careful to deal with such a monster.

Thinking of this, Cao Xing dared not swallow the inner core easily.

Before his brothers woke up, Cao Xing spat out the inner core that had been under his tongue, wrapped it up tightly again with layers of cloth, dug a hole under his buttocks, buried the inner core in it, weighed it down with a few stones, and then covered it with a thick layer of straw.

To even mask the smell, Cao Xing personally placed one of his brothers' Oli Gei on top.

After doing all that, Cao Xing let out a long sigh of relief: "It's settled."