Chapter 512: Chapter 502: True Analects

Elder Zi smiled as he led the two towards the back mountain, saying as they walked, “That Little Demon is a fellow known as the Peng Demon King, quite famous outside. He got here to Ganding Mountain before you and, for some reason, asked us to move out right away because he wanted to settle down here.

This request was indeed a bit excessive.”

Yi Zheng’s heart trembled, “Peng Demon King? Is that the one who became sworn brothers with the Great Sage Equalling Heaven, Sun Wukong, and the Great Sage Who Pacifies Heaven, Bull Demon King?”

Elder Zi nodded casually, “Uh… I don’t know, I never asked. He’s quite fierce; he didn’t say much and started fighting his way up the mountain. As you’ve seen, we here are all scholars. We really don’t understand all this fighting and killing.”

Bam!

A muffled sound, and Yi Zheng saw a burly man twist off the head of a chicken that was extremely fierce-looking and as big as two cows, “Junior Brother, time to stew the chicken!”

Looking back at Elder Zi, Elder Zi smiled and said, “See, we can indeed handle a chicken.”

Yi Zheng: “Heh heh…”

Meanwhile, Yi Zheng was staring at that chicken, feeling it looked more like a giant eagle.

But he didn’t have much time to think about it, as Gold Star Taibai cleared his throat to steer away the conversation, “Your sect is quite renowned in the myriad realms, and yet the Peng Demon King dares to come and seize it, clearly very confident in his own power. But I wonder what happened to that Peng Demon King later?”

Elder Zi sighed, “We scholars can only do so much.

We had no choice but to reason with him.

It was rather timely that Confucius had just finished his retreat. Seeing his outrageous behavior, he decided to personally reason with him.

Just now, he went to the back mountain to reason with Confucius.”

After a long walk, Elder Zi pushed open a large door, and everyone finally saw the sight behind the mountain!

There, a white-haired old man, his hair like silver threads, sat on a large rock in a wide Confucian Scholar robe.

Across from him, a sinister-looking middle-aged man stood proudly atop a large tree, talking down to the old man, “Old fellow! My patience is limited!”

The old man smiled back at the middle-aged man, “You little bird, why so fierce? What do you mean by old fellow? If we’re really talking age, aren’t you even older than me?”

With a wave of his hand, the Peng Demon King, his gaze sharp, stared at the old man, “Kong Ni, I’m not going to beat around the bush! Previously, one of my disciples went out and was captured by your people to Ganding Mountain. Are you aware of this?”

Kong Ni was startled and turned to look at Elder Zi, “Is this true?”

Elder Zi bowed respectfully, “Teacher, this disciple has not heard of it… We on the mountain always uphold the virtue of life, not to mention killing a bird, we don’t even kill a chicken.”

A chuckle rose in Yi Zheng’s heart, damn, wasn’t that thing whose head was twisted off just a chicken?

Yi Zheng seriously doubted if this sect was a proper sect…

Gold Star Taibai also frowned, looking a bit lost. He was beginning to consider whether to take Rabbit and find somewhere else to train.

Kong Ni nodded, “That makes sense…”

Then Kong Ni looked at the Peng Demon King, “It seems your disciple is not here, why don’t you check somewhere else?”

After speaking, Kong Ni added, “Daoist Fellow, I’ve heard that your disciples are quite involved in the Righteous Path. They’ve done plenty of looting, killing, and capturing Female Cultivators for Furnace Tripods. Truly, these acts are abhorred by gods and men… You really should take care of it.”

The Peng Demon King proudly said, “My disciples aren’t up to you to criticize! Heavenly Dao Laws, survival of the fittest, the weak are but amusement for the strong, death is just death, why bother with so much reasoning?”

Kong Ni sighed, “You can’t say that, Buddha says: retribution comes; Daoists speak of: Heavenly Dao Reincarnation…”

“Shut up! Kong Ni, I know you like to win over others with virtue, full of empty talk! All this nonsense might look like moral lessons to others, but in my eyes, it’s worthless! Today I ask only this, where is my disciple?!” Peng Demon King roared.

Kong Ni replied, “Calm down, wait a bit longer, I’ll calculate with my fingers, it should be stewed soon… figured out.”

The Peng Demon King, seeing Kong Ni pinching his fingers and muttering as if he was really divining the future.

Half a stick of incense later, Peng Demon King’s patience was exhausted, and he could no longer hold back, coldly saying, “Kong Ni!”

Kong Ni almost simultaneously looked up, “Figured it out!”

Peng Demon King asked, “Really? Where is he?”

“In the pot.” Kong Ni smiled.

As soon as the words fell, someone nearby shouted, “Teacher, the chicken soup is ready, would you like a taste?”

Meanwhile, a man came running with a huge basin, inside which lay a two-meter-long hairless chicken, the aroma of the chicken soup spreading far and wide. Yi Zheng sniffed and immediately felt a pang of hunger.

The burly man placed the large basin in front of Kong Ni, who rolled up his sleeves and took a sip of the soup, squinting his eyes and sighing, “This soup is really fresh… Daoist Fellow, since you have come from afar, would you like a taste?”

Boom!

Dark winds rose, and murderous intent filled the air!

Peng Demon King clenched his fists, his eyes blood-red, as he stared intently at the chicken in the basin and then bellowed, “Kong Ni! People say you win others over with virtue, but you killed my beloved apprentice and even stewed him! You… You hypocrite! Today, I will twist off your head as a burial gift for my apprentice!”

Peng Demon King was about to take action as he spoke.

Kong Ni quickly said, “Peng Demon King, calm down, please!”

Upon hearing this, Peng Demon King roared, “Caught red-handed, what more can you say?”

Kong Ni smiled and said, “Can I take two more bites first?”

“Fuck your mother!” Peng Demon King completely lost his temper and turned into a black wind as he charged at Kong Ni.

Kong Ni sighed, put down his spoon, and slowly stood up, saying, “Trying to reason with you is fruitless; you force me to win over with virtue! This is really too much!”

As he spoke, Kong Ni stood up, and it was only then that Yi Zheng realized that Kong Ni was incredibly tall–nearly eight feet tall, like a giant!

He clenched his fists, and in an instant, his clothes burst apart, revealing his incredibly ripped upper body. His powerful muscles shimmered like steel in the cold light, and the thick, tree-root-like muscles on his brawny arms were intertwined, looking terrifying!

With every movement of his arms and legs, Kong Ni’s muscles made explosive sounds. Then, he raised one hand and grabbed at the Void!

Bang!

As if by coincidence, Peng Demon King’s head just happened to hit his large hand, and Kong Ni grabbed his hair, stopping Peng Demon King’s momentum abruptly.

Then, looking back at Kong Ni, with one huge hand holding Peng Demon King, he wound up the other and punched Peng Demon King’s face!

Boom!

A loud noise echoed, the Void itself cracked, and the ferocious energy spread. Peng Demon King’s sinister face was instantly deformed, the severe pain causing him to open his mouth wide, revealing teeth that shattered and scattered under the iron fist…

And this was just the beginning!

Kong Ni raised his hand and delivered a slap, causing Peng Demon King’s face to swell up on one side, then backhanded him another slap, swelling up the other side of his face.

Dizzy with stars in his eyes, Peng Demon King howled twice, then his demon energy went berserk. A black aura surged around him, gathering all his energy, and then he threw a punch at Kong Ni, yelling, “Die!”

However, Kong Ni simply grinned, leaned back slightly, and then headbutted the fully powered hand of Peng Demon King!

With a loud bang followed by a crack, Peng Demon King’s arm was broken into pieces by Kong Ni’s headbutt!

Kong Ni, his face covered in blood, laughed wildly, “I tried to reason with you, but you wouldn’t listen, so I’ll use a language you understand! You like to fight; we’ll just have to talk slowly then!”

Kong Ni wiped his face, removing most of the blood, his face surprisingly unharmed after taking a punch from Peng Demon King–all the blood was Peng Demon King’s!

Kong Ni glanced at the blood on his hand and then backhandedly slapped again!

Slap!

Peng Demon King’s body swung from the impact, his face now looking like a pig’s head.

As he continued slapping Peng Demon King, Kong Ni said, “You don’t listen to kind words, so we have to fight it out. I’ll keep swinging my arms and slapping so you’ll understand!”

Watching Kong Ni swing his arms and slap Peng Demon King repeatedly, Yi Zheng couldn’t help muttering, “Damn, this is the real ‘Analects’! Speaking with slaps!”

When the slapping Kong Ni heard this, he tilted his head, his face bloody, glanced at Yi Zheng, then grinned and said, “Hey, Little Rabbit, you’re quite sharp! Have you gone to school? How about coming to study with me? I’ll give you a 20% discount!”

Seeing that terrifying face, Yi Zheng really wanted to say no; he instinctively tugged on Gold Star Taibai’s trousers.

Immediately, Gold Star Taibai said, “This child was actually sent by Queen Mother to learn etiquette from you. From now on, he’s in your hands; please take good care of him.”

Yi Zheng glared at Gold Star Taibai, thinking, “Damn, you’re selling me out! And you’re asking him to take extra care? It’s like you really don’t want me to come back alive! Ugh!”

Gold Star Taibai wiped the sweat from his forehead and gave Yi Zheng a look as if to say, “It was always planned this way, okay? Besides, you don’t want to get ‘Analects’ slapped, do you? I sure don’t!”

Yi Zheng, speechless, looked at Kong Ni’s fierce face. He really feared saying the wrong thing and getting slapped to death.

Although Yi Zheng had the Kunlun Mirror, he really wasn’t sure if it could withstand a couple of fierce slaps from this brute!

He was just too fierce!

Regardless of what Yi Zheng thought, Kong Ni seemed quite happy. He grinned broadly and said, “Great, great, go back and tell Queen Mother that this rabbit will definitely learn etiquette with me, guaranteed fucking classy!”

Yi Zheng wanted to cry but had no tears, wailing inwardly, “Big brother, you fucking don’t know etiquette yourself; how can you teach me?”

Gold Star Taibai also felt like crying. He had boasted to Queen Mother about the famously virtuous Confucius teaching the Rabbit etiquette… Now it seemed like after seven years here, it would be a blessing if the Rabbit didn’t get worse!

Gold Star Taibai could already envision the scene seven years later of Queen Mother furiously lecturing him with ‘Analects’…

Alas, the situation being as it was, he was powerless to change it.