I, the transmigrated villain, please wait, gentle master.

Chapter 154 The Xiang River Breaks and the Jade Mountain Collapses (3)

Wangcai bared its teeth angrily and barked at the judge.

Does he look like the kind of stupid dog that could be tricked with a bone?

No, absolutely not. One bone is too meager; at least two are needed to match his worth.

Back in the day, when he was a wanderer with his master, and they were penniless and hungry, someone tricked him into coming with them by offering him a large bone. That's what his master said:

"One bone is too meager. If it were me, I would need at least two before I would go with him."

Despite having nothing of their own, they dare to mock others for being stingy.

Perhaps the boy wasn't being sarcastic; he was just speechless.

He was afraid that his dog would succumb to temptation and leave him, but he also felt that it would be good for the dog to leave him and go with someone else. So he said something incoherent and nonsensical, and then quickly turned around and ran away.

Wangcai quickly turned around and caught up with its owner.

The dog was afraid the boy would abandon him.

Little did he know, the boy was thinking the same thing.

That's why we have to run away, and run as fast as we can.

"Two big bones, want to come with your uncle?"

Cui Jue held up two fingers, her coaxing tone sounding like she was abducting a child.

Xuan Yu couldn't bear to watch any longer. Had Cui Jue relapsed again, wanting to keep everything he saw as a pet?

The black cat transformed into human form, picked up Wangcai, and said, "Lord Cui, this dog has a name and an owner. He is not a stray dog, but a spirit pet. If you manage to abduct him, then congratulations... you will live forever and be immortal."

Cui Jue waved his hand and said calmly, "Don't be in a hurry. Of course I know what kind of dog this is. I'm just curious why the Lord of Taiji Hall keeps a little mongrel. He must have some extraordinary abilities. That's why I thought I'd tease him a bit."

Xuan Yu said unhappily, "Lord Cui, I advise you not to tease other people's dogs. Haven't you heard the saying 'a dog follows its master'? If you provoke him, you'll have to bear the consequences."

Cui Jue chuckled twice. "Really? I think he's stupid and dull. I was just teasing him. Saying 'he'll bear the consequences' is a bit too much, isn't it?"

Wangcai wrinkled its moist nose, revealing its canine teeth, and whimpered softly in Xuan Yu's arms.

Seeing his amusing reaction, Cui Jue pointed at the dog's head and laughed, "I said he's stupid and dull, and he doesn't seem to agree?"

With a kick of its hind legs, Wangcai leaped out of Xuan Yu's arms and bit Cui Jue's finger.

"..."

After a while of silence.

Cui Jue screamed in agony, flailing his arms up and down, shouting, "You mad dog, let me go!"

Wangcai held on tightly, letting its body fly up and down as it was pulled along, resolutely clinging to the green hill without letting go.

Xuan Yu quickly grabbed Wangcai's two hind legs and pulled hard backward, shouting, "Wangcai, let go of your dog mouth!"

The three were deadlocked and came together in a strange way.

It's like a tug-of-war.

But neither can win against the other.

Then, with a sharp "crack," Cui Jue felt a sharp pain in his hand; his finger... had been bitten off!

One end suddenly broke off, while the other end was still pulling. Wangcai was pulled into Xuanyu's arms and fell to the ground at the same time.

Cui Jue's face was deathly pale, and he tremblingly raised his right hand, which had lost a finger.

To think that a scholar, a pale-faced gentleman, would have his dominant hand for writing crippled!

His vision blurred, his mind buzzed, and his lips trembled uncontrollably.

Wangcai, feeling extremely guilty for using Xuanyu as a cushion, quickly transformed into human form, helped him up, and then, grinning, turned to look at the judge and made a face.

"You dare call me stupid and dull? You blind fool!"

However, upon further reflection, he realized that he was always being called a "stupid dog" by his master and Xuan Yu, so Cui Jue's words didn't seem to be wrong. He could only purse his lips and say, "Okay, compared to smart people, I am indeed very stupid..."

He was laughing for a while, then his expression suddenly changed. "But are you a smart person? You're smart my ass! If you were smart, you would know not to point fingers at other people's dogs, otherwise, getting your fingers bitten off would be the least of your worries."

Xuan Yu looked at Judge Cui, who was about to faint, and slapped his forehead. He was already overwhelmed with work because of Si Wuyou's matter, and now, one problem after another arose.

He was about to faint.

"Lord Cui, loose lips sink ships. I warned you long ago, be careful when teasing dogs."

Xuan Yu, unsure of what else to say, stretched out his arm to shield Wang Cai, and while stepping back, said goodbye, "We have urgent business to attend to, so we'll have to take our leave now..."

"You think you can leave before the debt is settled?" Cui Jue roared. "Xiezhi, stop them!"

After causing a huge disaster, Wangcai didn't even think twice before grabbing Xuan Yu's sleeve and running away!

Cui Jue shouted for the Xie Zhi beast to catch up with them, but there was no response. He turned his head and saw that the little unicorn was buried in the pile of magic stones, with only its head sticking out. It was fine that it was just watching the fun, but why was it jumping around and clapping its hands?

Judge Cui's expression changed drastically. "You idiot, I've wasted my time raising you! If you don't remove that big yellow dog's tail today, I'll take all your chicken legs away!"

The Xie Zhi beast was finally awakened. It shook its head vigorously and jumped out of the pile of magic stones. Its eyes became incredibly sharp, and its body was surrounded by demonic energy, its killing intent surging—even if it wasn't for anything else, it would fight for the chicken leg!!!

Wangcai's ears twitched, and hearing someone about to remove his tail, he grabbed Xuanyu, picked him up, and ran even faster.

A pair of swift legs spun around, leaving afterimages.

Wangcai glanced back briefly and saw that the Xie Zhi had already transformed into a ferocious beast, its enormous size beyond description.

At the very least, it could swallow seventy or eighty adult dogs whole!

"Pah! Even a dog knows that you can't change size anywhere!"

Even while fleeing for his life, Wangcai couldn't resist indulging in a bit of banter.

In terms of strength, he can't beat them, he simply can't beat them.

The Xie Zhi could crush him with one stomp!

If he were to spit out a few fireballs and throw them at it, perhaps he could burn off a few of the giant beast's nose hairs.

"Put me down, I can run by myself!"

Xuan Yu was jostled around so much that he almost knocked out his teeth.

Wangcai's eyes darted around, and with a quick release, he dropped the person in his arms!

"Cat, you hide first, I'll lure him away."

As soon as his feet touched the ground, Xuan Yu transformed into a cat, nimbly climbing a large willow tree. He then leaped from the treetop to the nearest rooftop, scaling walls and skimming over several buildings before disappearing into the night in an instant.

Wangcai galloped along, leading the Xiezhi beast through the streets and alleys. Along the way, countless buildings collapsed and houses were destroyed, and the streets and roads were trampled into uneven terrain.

During the curfew, the little devils hid and dared not come out. The earth-shattering noise outside terrified them, so they peeked out, took a look, and quickly shrank back, afraid that their heads would be chopped off by the wildly flailing tail of the giant beast!

Wangcai ran away as if divinely aided, managing to dodge the Xiezhi's lightning-fast attacks each time. He even had time to bark provocatively, which enraged the ferocious beast, which chased after him relentlessly, impossible to shake off.

The black cat stood on a high roof ridge, its emerald green eyes gleaming in the darkness.

He gazed at the man and beast in the distance, watching them disappear from sight.

With its enormous size, the xiezhi could take a hundred steps in one stride, so how could that stupid dog possibly escape?!

He was worried and insisted on chasing after them to check, so he jumped—

His four feet were off the ground, and his body was suspended in the air, but he did not fly away.

Someone grabbed him by the back of the neck?!

"Meow meow meow?"

Xuanmao was startled, and a cheerful voice came from above.

"Kitty, you're worried about me, aren't you?"

Wangcai chuckled and buried his head in the cat's belly, taking a deep breath.

"Don't forget who taught me my 'Star-Picking Step'. That big guy with his fangs bared and claws thinks he can catch me? Dream on! I'll leave him in the dust!"

The black cat grabbed Wangcai's head with its front paws and kicked him more than a dozen times with its hind legs, almost deforming his facial features.

Then, it jumped off him, transforming into a human, yelling, "Stupid dog! Stupid dog! Stupid dog!!!"

Wangcai begged for mercy repeatedly. Knowing why he was so angry, he explained, "Cat, can't you see that it was that guy surnamed Cui who deliberately stirred up trouble? Don't you think about why he's causing me trouble?"

Xuan Yu narrowed his eyes and asked suspiciously, "What do you mean by that?"

Wangcai said, "I smelled my master's scent in that pile of magic stones. I'm sure he's in this market! Why is Cui Jue causing me trouble? He must have suffered a loss at my master's hands!"

"Didn't you notice anything different at the border market today? We've already searched through so many ghost towns, and we haven't encountered a single ghostly figure..."

"Perhaps it was my master who strangled them to death, which is why Cui Jue is making things difficult for me!"

The dog wasn't particularly smart, but his thinking was the most direct and his logic the simplest. This time, by sheer luck, he guessed the whole story perfectly.

Xuan Yu couldn't convince himself to believe Wang Cai's baseless explanation.

Firstly, he didn't believe in the dog's judgment, and secondly, he felt that the stupid dog's statement was baseless.

"No matter what, Cui Jue is a judge in the underworld. How could you bite off his finger just because of a verbal argument?!"

Xuan Yu grabbed his ear and said, "Even if you're not afraid of causing trouble for your master, have you ever thought that your recklessness and impulsiveness could potentially kill me and Si Wuxie!"

Now that Cui Jue knows Wangcai's identity and background, it means that what he and Si Wuxie have been intentionally hiding is no longer a secret in the local area.

Long ago, Si Wuxie had repeatedly warned Xuan Yu not to associate too closely with Wangcai. After all, they were underworld messengers from the mortal realm, and if they did too many things that were outwardly compliant but inwardly defiant, the mortal realm would not be satisfied with them.

But clearly, his words were utter nonsense.

How could Xuan Yu possibly abandon the dog he'd raised for 130 years?!

Even though I call him stupid and dumb every day, scratch his face, pull his ears... as the saying goes, "beating is a sign of affection, scolding is a sign of love, and the deepest love is to kick him."

This is exactly how the black cat and the dog get along.

A cat and a dog once lived under the same roof, managing to survive for at least 130 years amidst chaos.

The habits and tacit understanding that have been formed over the years are hard to break; one is willing to give and the other is willing to receive.

The story of the black cat and the dog living together for over a hundred years can be traced back to when Li Tingyun fell off a cliff and died at the age of twelve...

At that time, Wangcai found the boy's body at the bottom of the cliff. He couldn't believe it and sat beside the boy for a day and a night, sniffing and nudging him from time to time. After a long time, he realized that he really had no owner and was going to become a stray dog ​​again.

From now on, no matter if others tie him up and kick him a couple of times, or put him on a chopping board to be eaten like dog meat, no one will come to save him or avenge him.

Wangcai suddenly started digging the hole frantically, its claws bleeding, but it didn't stop.

He thought, at least we should bury the owner; don't people believe in "peace in the grave"?

Just like the master's mother, bury her in the ground, plant willow branches, and that will be a grave.

The valley was damp and rainy. Wangcai was digging a hole when the weather turned against him, and a light drizzle began to fall. The rain grew heavier and heavier, as if a huge hole had opened in the sky, and a torrential flood was pouring down. The dog's fur was soaking wet, and he couldn't even open his eyes. He was a true drowning dog.

His cultivation level was too low, and he had suffered many injuries, so he was unable to transform into human form. He used his teeth to bite the boy's sleeves, collar, and shoes, trying to drag him somewhere to avoid the rain. However, he could neither find a place to take shelter from the rain nor move the boy's body. He could do nothing but lie on the muddy ground and wait for the rain to stop.

The rain lasted for an unknown period of time before it finally stopped.

Wangcai felt like he was being worn away by the constant dripping of water; the large raindrops hitting his body caused a dull ache.

The rain stopped and the sky cleared up. The dog quickly stood up, turned its head and looked, and good heavens, its owner had actually gone moldy!

Terrifying green hairs grew on the boy's face, completely covering it!

Wangcai was in a panic when he encountered Xuanmao.

Xuanmao was knowledgeable and had often dealt with corpses, so he knew that this was a sign that a human was turning into a zombie. But he also knew that it was a pipe dream for this stupid dog to try to take a corpse out of the Daoxuan Sect's territory.

The best option is to leave the body there and let it die on its own.

One can only imagine what would happen to a stiffened corpse at the foot of the Dao Xuan Sect cliff.

But once a person is dead, their soul has drifted away, so the corpse and such are no longer important.

The black cat said to the dog, "If you want to see your master again, you can go to Fengdu Underworld. Maybe he's still waiting to be reincarnated in the market."

So, guided by the black cat, Wangcai went to Fengdu, but with his current level of cultivation, forcibly entering the underworld would be tantamount to courting death.

When Xuan Yu saw that the stupid dog actually dared to sneak into the gates of hell, he put a dog leash on him without saying a word and tied him up in Yongjie Town.

Xuan Yu, being a cat, was extremely unfriendly to people and always lived alone. He looked down on every troublemaker present, but he took the dog Wang Cai home on his own initiative.

At first, the dog was ungrateful and untamed. It not only fought with the black cat, causing cat and dog hair to fly everywhere, but also frequently went on hunger strikes, biting the iron chain with its teeth and howling until the middle of the night, disturbing all the cats in Eternal Town and causing them to lose sleep.

Xuanmao's underlings were all angry but dared not speak out about their boss keeping a dog.

Si Wuxie did not express his opinion on this, but he also did not understand: Xuan Yu was clearly a proud and arrogant cat, so why was he so insistent on raising a dog, such a stubborn, stupid, and ungrateful dog?

Cats are generally disdainful of associating with humans, but Xuanmao was different. He insisted on keeping Wangcai, and over time, he became the second person besides Li Tingyun to tame a dog.

Wangcai waited anxiously outside the gates of hell for 130 years, and finally, his time came.

Xuan Yu and Si Wuxie then realized that the owner of this silly dog ​​was actually that little ghost whom even the Ghost Emperor feared, and that this little ghost had returned to the human world after causing trouble in hell for hundreds of years.

From then on, they had to hide Wangcai's identity and origin from the local authorities, fearing that the local authorities would not be able to do anything to Li Tingyun, nor would they dare to touch his dog, and instead turn around and make fun of them!

But obviously, this kind of thing can't be kept secret.

After Wangcai and Li Tingyun reunited, Wangcai followed him around like a puppy, constantly traveling between Taiji Palace, Yongjie Town, and the border. Later, for some unknown reason, he stopped returning to Taiji Palace as often and instead lived in Yongjie Town, changing his appearance and becoming the owner of a ramen restaurant.

Si Wuxie was in a dilemma. He couldn't slap the dog twice to make it smarter and go back to Taiji Palace so it wouldn't bother them anymore and cause them trouble; nor could he destroy his own Great Wall by completely severing ties with the local area and destroying Yongjie Town, his sanctuary.

He had no choice but to play both sides, surviving in the gap between the Taiji Palace and the Fengdu Ghost Realm.