Section 42: Chu Yun’s First Tribulation Demon
By Gu Zhenren, February 9, 2013
“You don’t have to rush to transcend your tribulation. Young Master Chu Yun, you can observe Commander Bai’s tribulation first; this will give you ample experience.”
“You can also unseal the mysterious steamed bun you obtained from Night Emperor City to enhance your strength.”
“The Moon Rabbit in your hand, while possessing the cultivation of a Great Demon, has not yet overcome the Great Demon Tribulation. It is currently sealed by the Precious Light Dust Wiping Art. You can use the Heavenly Crystal Pill to elevate its cultivation to Peak Spirit Monster. This will be of great help for your tribulation!”
The Immortal Consorts were like Chu Yun’s think tank, offering him sound advice one after another.
Chu Yun accepted their suggestions. Over the next three days, he ordered Xiao Xiaoxian to refine pills and personally absorbed the spirit light from the White Bone Ghost Lord for an hour each day.
Concurrently, he used the Dao Transformation technique to help the Moon Rabbit successfully overcome the Great Demon Tribulation and the Spirit Demon Tribulation.
“Master…” The Moon Rabbit, in human form for the first time, opened her crystal-clear large eyes. She clasped her small hands together, her face filled with shyness, and greeted Chu Yun timidly.
A Sky Fox transforming into human form resembled a maiden of fifteen or sixteen years old, about to bloom. The Moon Rabbit, however, looked to be around the age of a young girl. She had cute black short hair, with twin tails extending to her earlobes.
Her face was rosy and a little chubby, with a small, delicate nose and cherry-like lips that were crystal clear.
She wore a red brocade jacket, cotton pants, and embroidered boots, resembling the Tang Dynasty style from the Tang Jin Kingdom. The edges of her clothes, sleeves, and collar were trimmed with soft white fur.
She was like a little elf, appearing dazed and exceptionally endearing.
Chu Yun smiled, grabbed her ivory-white little hand, squeezed it, pinched her small nose affectionately, and rubbed her little cheeks. The little蘿li Moon Rabbit furrowed her brow slightly, lowered her head, her face flushed red as she endured Chu Yun’s caresses.
With this, the Moon Rabbit’s cultivation soared to Peak Spirit Monster. Combined with the vast knowledge of Time Dao Law obtained from Night Emperor City, she immediately became one of Chu Yun’s three main beast companions.
The other two were, of course, the Sky Fox and the Spirit Snake.
As for the eight Tribulation Demons, they were only allied through contract and were not considered Chu Yun’s direct subordinates.
Unbeknownst to him, the demonic creatures under Chu Yun’s command had all grown. The number of Peak Spirit Monsters had exceeded ten.
Among them, the Sky Fox, Spirit Snake, Moon Rabbit, Colorless Rainbow Demon, Mountain-Climbing Dragon’s Eye Flower Branch, and the Five Virtues Wheel were all Supreme grade, possessing extraordinary potential.
If nothing unexpected happened, the first to be promoted to a Tribulation Demon would be among them.
As for the Hurricane Bow, the Revolving Pill Yuan Tree, and some other Demonic Creatures, they were only Upper grade, and their cultivation had reached the peak of Peak Spirit Monster, unable to improve further.
The Swift Grass Shoes and the Life Spring Imperial Seal, although Supreme grade, had single effects. Their potential for improvement was not as great as the Sky Fox, and so on.
Even among Supreme grade Demonic Creatures, there were subtle distinctions, dividing them into different tiers.
The Dragon Wish Tree, a mysterious Demonic Plant that Chu Yun had always been unable to fully comprehend, could only be left to develop freely.
There was another Demonic Weapon, even more mysterious than the Dragon Wish Tree, which was the Blue Pottery Ancient Bowl. It had once saved Chu Yun’s life in Night Emperor City, even scaring away the Dark Shadow.
This was not because its power surpassed the Dark Shadow, but because there was an aura of an Outer Heavenly Demon within the ancient bowl that frightened the Dark Shadow away.
Chu Yun now spent some time each day pondering this Demonic Weapon, but with little success.
Just as Master Yu Ya had speculated, this ancient Demonic Weapon required the spirit light of a Monster Tamer to reach a certain level before it could be truly controlled and used.
“I wonder, when I absorb all the spirit light from the White Bone Ghost Lord and ascend to Jun level, will I be able to meet the standard for using the ancient bowl?” Chu Yun wondered, filled with anticipation.
Three more days passed, and the Colorless Rainbow Demon fully recovered, regaining its combat strength and returning to Chu Yun’s side.
Less than half of the spirit light within the White Bone Ghost Lord had been absorbed. The spirit light of a Jun level expert was too abundant. Preparations for Bai Shasha to transcend the tribulation for the Red Moon Saber were nearing completion. Even the location for transcending the tribulation had been chosen: deep within the desert, in a desolate and uninhabited area.
The tribulation of a Tribulation Demon was terrifyingly powerful. If it were to be transcended within the Dunhuang Palace, the residual waves of the heavenly tribulation could undoubtedly devastate the entire Dunhuang Royal City.
The day before Bai Shasha’s tribulation, Chu Yun unsealed the steamed bun.
The moment the seal was completely broken, an accident occurred.
With a boom, a surging Tribulation Demon aura erupted from the white, soft steamed bun, shooting straight into the sky and filling the universe.
Instantly, Chu Yun’s breath hitched. He saw the steamed bun transform into a milky white rainbow and dart away from him, disappearing hundreds of feet away in the blink of an eye. Its speed was astonishing.
Fortunately, Chu Yun had made ample preparations. Before unsealing it, he had requested the Immortal Consorts to erect the Eight Trigrams Battle Formation. If this had happened within Dunhuang Royal City, the steamed bun would have long escaped. But now, within the space of the Eight Trigrams Battle Formation, no matter how far it flew, it could not escape Chu Yun’s grasp.
“This steamed bun is actually a Tribulation Demon!” Chu Yun had always found the steamed bun strange, but the truth still greatly surprised him.
In this world, there were Demonic Beasts, Demonic Plants, and Demonic Weapons. But he had never heard of Demonic Buns. More importantly, this steamed bun was actually a Tribulation Demon!
Was the world collapsing?
“Where do you think you’re going?” he shouted, cautiously summoning all the demonic creatures in his hand, forming a sharpened point, and chasing after the steamed bun, encircling it tightly.
Just as Chu Yun’s expression turned solemn, believing a great battle was imminent, the steamed bun transformed into a little boy, crying loudly, “Don’t eat me, please don’t eat me!”
The entire scene was petrified.
This steamed bun, though a Tribulation Demon, was likely the most useless and timid Tribulation Demon in Xingzhou.
He was even more timid than the Moon Rabbit. No, to be precise, the Moon Rabbit was shy, while this one was genuinely timid and fearful.
He looked like a boy of three to five years old, fair and plump, with tender arms and legs like young lotus roots. He was exquisitely carved, like a child from a New Year’s painting. At this moment, he wiped his eyes with the back of his small hand, tears flowing like a spring, resembling two miniature waterfalls.
“These are not ordinary tears; they are actually Upper grade pills – Purple Lin Drunken Immortal Spring!” An Immortal Consort was the first to notice and exclaimed.
“And that’s not all. Smell the aroma in the air; it’s the Upper grade pill fragrance of Blooming Moon Dragon Fetus Scent,” another Immortal Consort added in amazement.
“This ‘steamed bun’ is truly strange. No wonder it was buried with the Night Emperor,” Chu Yun mused, his curiosity piqued by the steamed bun.
Hearing his words, the little bun cried even harder.
“Don’t eat me, I’m not a steamed bun! Look, my skin is thick and rough, I’m not tasty, very not tasty. And I’m not hygienic; I often relieve myself anywhere, and I often wet myself.” As he spoke, he actually did.
His little face tensed, and he forcefully urinated, drenching himself.
A sky-piercing aroma immediately filled the entire formation space, assailing their senses.
“My heavens, this is the scent of Ten Thousand Year Green Wood Wine! His baby urine is actually an Upper grade medicinal wine!” Some of the Immortal Consorts were on the verge of collapsing.
This was an incredibly miraculous little steamed bun, whose baby urine was even a precious Upper grade medicinal wine.
“I won’t eat you, be good. As long as you acknowledge me as your master, I won’t eat you.” Chu Yun’s eyes rolled, a smile appearing on his face as he began to “kidnap” the child.
“Are you really not going to eat me? But, but my master is Lord Night Emperor.” The bun bit his thumb, his eyes sparkling, still tearful. His innocence and naivety made Chu Yun feel an involuntary sense of guilt.
“The Night Emperor is dead; I am the one who woke you up. I am your new master,” Chu Yun said.
“But, but Lord Night Emperor was only severely injured during the heavenly tribulation. He is only sleeping, not dead,” the little bun said hesitantly, his innocent words revealing a world-shattering secret.
“What? The Night Emperor is only sleeping and not dead?!” Chu Yun was shocked.
The Immortal Consorts’ expressions stiffened, and they gaped in astonishment.
This was too unbelievable. A figure from ancient times, millions of years ago, was merely in slumber and not dead.
“No wonder the Ink Qilin and the Dark Shadow have been guarding Night Emperor City and never left. The Night Emperor is actually not dead!” Chu Yun recalled, immediately realizing that the little bun’s words were highly likely to be true.
The Night Emperor was truly unfathomable; even the Outer Heavenly Demon tribulation couldn’t kill him, only severely injure him to the brink of death and plunge him into a deep slumber.
“If that’s the case, wouldn’t I be stealing the Night Emperor’s belongings if he were to awaken from his slumber one day?” Chu Yun’s head throbbed at the thought. This was undoubtedly the biggest piece of bad news today.
“This steamed bun is crucial. Regardless, I must subdue him first.” Chu Yun then realized the importance of the little bun as someone who knew the truth.
“Forget the Night Emperor. If you don’t acknowledge me as your master, I’ll eat you.” His expression darkened, changing in an instant. His sinister gaze was terrifying and dangerous in the little bun’s eyes.
“Please don’t! I beg you, don’t eat me. Master, from now on, you are Little Bun’s master!” The little bun, his tears and snot flowing, lacked any integrity. Under Chu Yun’s pressure, he immediately changed his stance and betrayed the Night Emperor.
“Heavens, his snot is Hibiscus Longevity Pastry; it’s also an Upper grade pill.” The Immortal Consorts were speechless.
The process of communicating spirit light was very smooth. Finally, Chu Yun looked at his first Tribulation Demon before him and fell into a long silence.
This little steamed bun must be the most cowardly and spineless Tribulation Demon in the world.
He could never have imagined that his first Tribulation Demon would be this thing!
“Speak, tell me your story with the Night Emperor.” After a long pause, Chu Yun broke the silence and asked.
“My name is Dan Dan. Lord Night Emperor was refining dishes when he suddenly had an epiphany in alchemy and created me, a Supreme grade little steamed bun…” The little bun revealed everything, recounting secrets that left everyone stunned.
This little bun was actually refined personally by the Night Emperor. He could comprehend various pill prescriptions, consume all sorts of heavenly treasures, and produce corresponding pills. At the same time, he could also consume various finished pills and deduce their prescriptions.
In essence, he should be considered a Demonic Weapon.
“No, he should be considered a pill. A Demonic Pill of Supreme grade potential!” Alchemy Master Xia Fan Immortal, however, had a different opinion.
