Saving the World in an Apocalypse-Style Text Game-Chapter 1118 - 508: The Story of Lu Wu_2

[The Nine-tailed Fox was also visibly shocked. Long residing in Sakura Fall, a place as small as a speck of dust, when had it ever seen such a plethora of treasures? So many that they required an entire mountain to store...]

[The White Elephant Demon suddenly snapped out of its daze and asked, puzzled, "If we two can choose treasures from Treasure Mountain, what about our junior apprentice brother?"]

[Before Lu Wu could respond, the Nine-tailed Fox spoke up. "Lord Husband and the Supreme God Lu Wu have a very good relationship. The two of them could enter Kunlun and obtain treasures all because of Lord Husband’s connections."]

["If even the two of us could obtain treasures, how could the Supreme God possibly treat Lord Husband unfairly? Senior apprentice brother is worrying over nothing."]

[Lu Wu laughed heartily, "Exactly, exactly! How could your Lord Husband, with his profound good fortune, be treated unfairly?"]

[Lu Wu gestured for them to quickly decide which Treasure Mountain to choose from for their treasures.]

[The White Elephant Demon looked left and right, seemingly wanting to visit every mountain. It struggled deeply before finally deciding on the ’City of Tianyong’ to choose Magical Spiritual Treasures.]

[The Nine-tailed Fox, however, did not make an immediate choice but instead turned to you, asking you to decide for it.]

[After some consideration, you chose ’Lang Feng Dian’, a peak abundant with Exotic Beasts, for the Nine-tailed Fox.]

[Seeing that the two had made their decisions, Lu Wu waved his hand, and with a flash of golden light, the two figures transformed into a streak of light, each sent to a different Treasure Mountain by the Great Divine Power.]

[After sending them away, Lu Wu led you into ’Kunlun Palace.’]

[Once inside Kunlun Palace, you noted that while the palace was decorated luxuriously and exquisitely, there were neither maids nor slaves to be seen, nor any servants at the gates, making it seem as though Lu Wu was the only person there.]

[As you walked, Lu Wu spoke to you, "Are you wondering why I am the only one in this Kunlun Palace?"]

[You already had a suspicion, but it was difficult to speak plainly, so you just nodded your head.]

[Lu Wu looked serene and spoke openly, "Those Heavenly Demons have all been slain by the drunkard, not one was left behind."]

["However, there are countless Heavenly Demons in this world, impossible to kill them all or to cut them to extinction, and even the drunkard, with his immense divine power, can only clear the snow from his own doorstep, confined within his own home..."]

[Upon seeing Lu Wu being open and honest, you responded frankly, "So, the drunkard just sits here, waiting for someone predestined to visit?"]

[Lu Wu shook his head and sighed, "The matter is far from being that simple..."]

[Saying this, he led you into a hidden room where he waved his hand, and the table was soon laden with fine wines and dishes.]

[Having you sit down, Lu Wu downed a large bowl of wine before continuing, "The drunkard was originally a steward in a landlord’s house, a close trustee who helped the landlord in overseeing agricultural affairs and guarding vast farmlands."]

["Then one day, a domineering bandit arrived in the village, seizing the landlord’s farmland without negotiation."]

["Naturally, the landlord was unwilling, so he gathered his family warrior guards to fight the bandit."]

["Unexpectedly, the bandit was very skilled in martial arts; not even the landlord, a trained warrior himself, was a match for the bandit."]

["The landlord could only watch helplessly as the bandit seized his farmland, bit by bit, unable to do anything."]

["Fortunately, the bandit was only after wealth, not lives, and did not drive the landlord and his family warrior guards to extinction."]

["Perhaps the family warrior guards saw that the landlord’s power was waning, and one after another they switched allegiance to the bandit, who did not reject them but accepted these family warrior guards and became another significant landlord in the village."]

["Knowing this set of circumstances was untenable, the landlord then dispatched his most trusted steward, the drunkard, to pretend to join the bandit while secretly investigating the bandit’s critical weaknesses."]

["Given that the bandit had come to the village to seek wealth and needed someone who could manage the farmlands to sell the produce for money, it was natural for him to accept the drunken steward’s offer to join him."]

["In this way, the drunken steward successfully infiltrated the bandit’s household, gaining the bandit’s trust and secretly investigating the origins and vulnerabilities of the bandit."]

["The drunken steward was somewhat capable, and after many years of infiltration, not only did he gain the bandit’s trust to become the caretaker of his treasure trove, but he also managed to find out about the bandit’s origins."]

["However, the origins of this bandit are truly terrifying..."]

["The bandit was not just a skilled martial artist but a Qi Refiner with great magic; trying to find his weak spot through ordinary martial skills was nearly an impossible task."]

["The reason the bandit did not harm the landlord’s life but slowly seized his prime farmland was that the cultivation technique he practiced forbade killing."]

[To be more precise, his cultivation technique did not permit evil deeds, so the thief had lingered in the village for a long time, gradually scheming.]

[After the drunken steward informed the landlord of this news, the landlord found himself without a solution and thought about moving out of the village to find another piece of farmland...]

[Perhaps it was karma, but the thief, who had been committing evil under the guise of doing good for many years, finally lost control during a Qi refining session one day and was possessed by a demon.]

[Seeing a great opportunity fall from the sky, the landlord no longer thought about abandoning his home, as good farmland was hard to find, the roads outside the village were rugged, and it was unknown how far away that good farmland might be...]

[Taking advantage of the thief being possessed, the landlord gathered all the savings he had accumulated over the years and once again resisted the thief.]

[Unfortunately, the landlord did not realize that great terror was hidden within that possession!]

[Perhaps had the landlord moved away earlier, preferring to die of thirst or hunger while searching for good farmland, it would have been better than continuing to stay in the village.]

[For the thief’s Heart Demon secretly infected every villager, turning them into Heavenly Demons.]

[By the time the landlord realized the dire situation, it was too late to turn things around, not to mention the villagers, even the landlord himself had been tainted by the Heart Demon.]

[The thief also suffered greatly since the Heavenly Demons were born from the Heart Demon that possessed him during his moment of instability; to have a moment of clarity within a day was immensely rare for him.]

[Moreover, his moments of clarity were increasingly shortened as the Heart Demon grew more rampant, until at last, he would completely succumb, becoming the most powerful among the many Heavenly Demons.]

[Now, the thief and the landlord, in order to protect themselves, had no choice but to put aside their past grievances and join forces to combat the Heart Demon.]

[Unfortunately, it was already too late!]

[Returning to that drunken steward...]

[Each Heavenly Demon in the village was a spy for that terrifying Heart Demon, which could peer into the village through the Heavenly Demons and inspect each hidden and sheltered villager.]

[The thief’s treasure chamber was its own Small Thousand World, isolated from the village. As long as he eradicated all the Heavenly Demons within the treasure chamber, the drunken steward need not worry about eavesdroppers or being surrounded by Heavenly Demons and suffering from their demonic aura.]

[But this was not a long-term solution because, even if there were no Heavenly Demons nearby, inadvertently attracting the Heart Demon’s attention would ultimately lead to transformation into a Heavenly Demon.]

[The drunken steward still existed because the treasury was secluded, unlikely to attract the Heart Demon’s notice, and the Heart Demon’s focus was elsewhere.]

[But if the drunken steward dared to leave the treasury and venture into the Great Thousand World of the village, he would likely immediately attract the Heart Demon’s attention...]

[Initially, the drunken steward, just like you might think, went out to find villagers who were still clear-headed.]

[Back then, the steward still had Family Warrior Guards under his command. Being cautious, he sent the guards out to find allies to fight against the Heavenly Demons and to survive in the chaos.]

[The Family Warrior Guards indeed found like-minded individuals and brought them back to the treasury...]

[But the good times didn’t last long; those villagers didn’t remain clear-headed for many days, showing tendencies of turning into invisible Heavenly Demons.]

[Not only did the villagers show trends of transforming into Heavenly Demons, but the Family Warrior Guards who had gone out to find the villagers were also each tainted by the Heart Demon.]

[The drunken steward could only pick up his weapon and, before they completely transformed into Heavenly Demons, he killed them all to avoid being discovered by the Heart Demon.]

[Since then, the drunken steward dared not leave the treasury again, because he knew that he had already attracted the Heart Demon’s attention.]

[The reason the Heart Demon had not yet come to the treasury to deal with him was because the Heart Demon had more important things to do at the moment and was briefly too busy to bother with him.]

[But if he dared to take even half a step out of the treasury, the Heart Demon wouldn’t mind dealing with him as an aside.]

[The drunken steward was like a prisoner, ’imprisoned’ by the Heart Demon within the treasury, daring not go anywhere...]

[Speaking of which, Lu Wu slapped the clay seal off the wine jar, lifted it to his lips, and took large gulps. The wine soaked his collar as it streamed down his neck, but he was completely oblivious until he had drunk the entire jar. Setting down the empty jar, he stared intently at you.]

[With a slight drunken haze, he asked, "Hey, aren’t you afraid of the Heart Demon?"]

[Do you want to know what pressing matter the Heart Demon is up to?]