SWDnovel Chapter 102 Becoming the Queen of Women and Surviving the Calamity
Chapter 102 Becoming the Queen of Women and Surviving the Calamity
Chapter 102 Becoming the Queen of Women and Surviving the Calamity
Xu Xian lay half-reclined on the scorpion demon's embroidered bed, his expression rather languid, but the words he uttered were earth-shattering.
"Do you have any way to deal with the Pleiades Star Lord?"
The scorpion demon served Xu Xian a cup of tea, laughing as she said, "Do you know that my true form is a scorpion? Have you ever seen a scorpion dare to provoke a rooster?"
Xu Xian sighed softly, "So, you mean there's no way to counter the Pleiades Star Lord?"
The Scorpion Demon took another sip of the tea that Xu Xian had drunk from, and continued, "That's not how you say it."
Xu Xian's eyes lit up.
According to his deduction, creatures like centipede demons and scorpion demons would need to rely on the power of faith to withstand the Rooster Constellation.
Only by forging a golden statue with faith can the Pleiades Star Lord be rendered powerless.
The problem is that this method works for centipede demons, but not for scorpion demons.
Because the centipede demon was obsessed with alchemy, the seven spider demons beside him could not be considered extremely evil demons.
They are able to patiently communicate with ordinary people and help them fulfill their wishes, thereby reaping the blessings and power of their prayers.
But not the scorpion demon.
Given this scorpion demon's temper, she dared to sting even the Buddha, let alone ordinary people.
Therefore, Xu Xian did not intend to build a temple or Taoist monastery for the centipede spirit.
He had some ideas in mind, but he still wanted to see if the scorpion demon had any other tricks up her sleeve.
After finishing her tea, the scorpion demon returned to bed and engaged in close combat with Xu Xian, saying, "To withstand the Rooster Constellation Lord, all that's needed is merit and vows. But I don't want to associate with mortals, so of course I won't provoke the Rooster Constellation Lord, and it doesn't matter to me."
Xu Xian wiped the sweat from his brow, inwardly marveling at how torturous the scorpion demon's body was, and said, "There is another way."
"Hmm? Hmm~"
Xu Xian took a deep breath, pointed at the Women's Kingdom of Xiliang, and asked, "Do you want to become the Queen of the Women's Kingdom of Xiliang?"
"Hmm~"
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Xu Xian frowned slightly: "So you agree?"
"Hmm~ No, I'm thinking, wait a minute."
After the battle, the two rested.
Xu Xian nestled in the Scorpion Demon's arms. Something felt off.
The scorpion demon looked towards the direction of the Western Liang Women's Kingdom and said, "I don't have any particular ideas. Do you want me to become the Queen of the Women's Kingdom?"
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"Alright! I said I would treat you well, and I certainly won't go back on my word. Come with me to the Kingdom of Women."
Xu Xian naturally nodded in agreement.
The two changed their clothes and flew to the Western Liang Women's Kingdom.
Their methods of flying through the clouds are different.
The Scorpion Demon used a gentle breeze to lift herself and Xu Xian, while Xu Xian habitually erected a golden cloud on a jade platform.
This gave the scorpion demon a huge fright.
"Hey, why is your cloud-riding technique so terrifying?"
The scorpion demon stepped onto the golden clouds of the Jade Terrace, carefully sensing the golden light within. Her beautiful eyes revealed an uncontrollable excitement. "It seems you're even more powerful than I imagined."
Xu Xian, of course, knew how to deal with this kind of arrogance, so he chuckled and said, "Even if you're incredibly powerful, you can't compare to me."
"Hmph, that's right!"
The scorpion demon, head held high and hands on hips, strode onto the golden cloud-covered Jade Terrace.
Xu Xian then rode on the golden clouds of the Jade Terrace, heading straight for the Women's Kingdom of Xiliang.
The Kingdom of Women and the Pipa Cave of the Scorpion Demon are very close, and Xu Xian's Yaotai Golden Cloud is extremely fast.
In the blink of an eye, the two arrived above the Kingdom of Women.
Xu Xian looked at the vast mortals below him and was about to speak.
The scorpion demon spoke first, sneering, "Mere mortals, why don't you hurry and greet your queen?"
The mortals of the Women's Kingdom were startled, but not flustered.
It is not surprising that monsters often cause trouble in Xiniu Hezhou.
Moreover, most demons, hoping to achieve perfect merit, would not actually invade mortal dynasties.
A mortal dynasty gathers the collective will of all its inhabitants; a direct invasion would result in a massive backlash.
Aside from purely evil spirits or demons with extremely powerful backgrounds, no other monsters dare to invade the dynasty.
The Women's Kingdom was aware of the scorpion demon nearby, but the two maintained a very delicate balance and tacit understanding.
The people of the Women's Kingdom would not provoke the Scorpion Demon, and naturally the Scorpion Demon would not enter the Women's Kingdom.
Clearly, this scorpion demon also wanted to achieve perfect merit.
But today, the Scorpion Demon has actually come to the Women's Kingdom and is spouting wild words.
Why is that?
The people of the Women's Kingdom were puzzled, and the civil and military officials naturally reported what had happened on the street to the king.
A moment later, the Queen of the Women's Kingdom came to the street, looked up at the Scorpion Demon, and asked, "What brings you here, Your Excellency?"
Because of the TV series in his previous life, Xu Xian had a good impression of the Queen of the Women's Kingdom.
That face, while not exactly stunningly beautiful, certainly reflected the peace and prosperity of the nation.
However, this was still several hundred years before Tang Sanzang's journey to the West, and the Queen of the Women's Kingdom in that version had not yet been born.
At this time, the Queen of the Women's Kingdom was already an old woman, with a face full of wrinkles and white hair.
Clearly, his days are numbered.
The scorpion demon gracefully descended.
She looked at the Queen of the Women's Kingdom and said, "I have a request to make. Give me the Women's Kingdom."
The Queen of the Women's Kingdom slammed her cane on her heel and said coldly, "What did you say? Impossible!"
The scorpion demon strode toward the Queen of the Women's Kingdom, a slender golden hook protruding from beneath her crimson skirt.
"I know you're a tough nut to crack, but what about the rest of the Women's Kingdom?"
Seeing this, the surrounding civil and military officials looked at him with unwavering determination: "If you want to harm His Majesty, you'll have to get past us first."
The Queen of the Women's Kingdom raised her hand to stop the officials around her.
She looked at the scorpion demon and said, "I am the ruler of a country. You cannot touch me, or you will face a great calamity. You should leave now, and I will not pursue the matter."
"Ha, how ridiculous!"
The scorpion demon's tail twitched, ready to kill the Queen of the Women's Kingdom.
Seeing this, Xu Xian quickly stopped the reckless fellow: "Hey, what are you doing?"
The scorpion demon was quite puzzled: "Kill her! Otherwise, how can I become king?"
"Aren't you afraid of the backlash if you just kill like this?"
The scorpion demon stepped forward and touched Xu Xian's face, her tone gentle: "I said I would treat you well, and I won't go back on my word. Since you want me to be king, then I will naturally become king."
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Xu Xian thought to himself, "This fool really doesn't use his brain at all."
He stood before the Scorpion Demon, looked at the Queen of the Women's Kingdom, and said, "I know that in your Women's Kingdom, those who wish to conceive must drink the waters of the Mother-Child River. Do you know that my wife's stinger is highly poisonous? Once she dips the stinger into the Mother-Child River, the entire river becomes contaminated with the poison and can no longer be drunk."
The Queen of the Women's Kingdom was taken aback, then gritted her teeth and said, "You cannot do this, or you will suffer the consequences!"
Xu Xian pointed at the scorpion demon and said with a smile, "Do you think this guy is afraid of a backlash?"
The scorpion demon nodded in agreement, saying, "I'm not afraid!"
"————"
The Queen of the Women's Kingdom was taken aback, then finally sighed: "I can make you queen, and I can make the people support you, but you must swear an oath never to do anything to harm the Women's Kingdom."
The scorpion demon wanted to become king, but in reality, it was for the sake of the people's prayers and offerings.
In other words, she only wanted the title of king, and she didn't want to interfere in anything else.
Therefore, the scorpion demon immediately nodded and said, "Alright. I will be the queen, and you will be the prime minister, governing the Kingdom of Women for me. As for after your death, the person you choose will succeed you as the next prime minister."
Upon hearing the Scorpion Demon's words, the Queen of the Women's Kingdom was stunned.
According to the monster, she only wanted the title of queen, and it seemed that she still held all the power in the Women's Kingdom.
If that's the case, it can indeed be guaranteed that this monster won't do anything bad to the Women's Kingdom.
The Queen finally nodded and said, "In that case, I will issue a decree to abdicate the throne to you."
The Scorpion Demon was quite pleased and led Xu Xian into the palace: "From this day forward, I am the Queen of the Women's Kingdom, and as for you—you are the Queen!"
Although Xu Xian felt something was off, he still nodded and replied, "The title isn't important, but there's one more thing. When you take over as king, you will also face a backlash."
Under the laws of Heaven, the world possesses numerous rules.
There are especially many rules targeting demons and monsters.
One of these is that demons cannot truly rule over mortals.
Generally speaking, if monsters want to receive offerings from the people, they need to do good deeds so that the people will spontaneously build temples and offer incense.
This raises a problem.
Most monsters possess great supernatural powers and are adept at bewitching people.
Instead of doing good deeds and slowly accumulating merit through incense offerings, they chose to do good deeds.
It would be better to occupy a country and a city and force the people to build a temple for him and offer incense.
Not only is it more efficient, but the incense offerings will also continue indefinitely, and there's no need for monsters to worry about it.
To prevent such a thing from happening, the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth has imposed corresponding restrictions.
In other words, monsters cannot serve as kings of mortal dynasties, nor can they do anything to rule over ordinary mortals.
Otherwise, there will be a backlash.
Whether it's being struck by lightning, being consumed by karmic fire, or being suddenly struck by inner demons—
There are so many different things.
Hearing Xu Xian's words, the scorpion demon laughed and said, "You know quite a lot, but it doesn't matter, we'll just tough it out."
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Xu Xian remained silent for a while, then finally stopped speaking and simply waited quietly.
The Queen of the Women's Kingdom was very efficient.
She told the civil and military officials the Scorpion Demon's conditions, and soon completed all the procedures for the abdication.
Given the Scorpion Demon's personality, she certainly wouldn't care about declining the throne three times and would directly assume the role of king.
The coronation ceremony.
The old woman, formerly the Queen of the Women's Kingdom and now the Prime Minister, led the civil and military officials to pay homage to the Scorpion Demon.
The scorpion demon laughed and said, "My beloved subjects, rise—"
Before he finished speaking, countless golden rays suddenly appeared in the sky.
Upon closer inspection, these golden lights turned out to be strange lightning bolts.
It far surpasses ordinary lightning, possessing immense power!
Clearly, this thunder from the heavens is a calamity for the scorpion demon, one from which there is no escape!
The scorpion demon looked up at the sky and sneered, "So you really dare to come?!"
She leaped forward, ready to take the thunderbolt from the heavens with her own body.
Xu Xian was startled by her recklessness and quickly flew to the scorpion demon's side, asking, "Are you so confident?"
The scorpion demon immediately shook her head: "Absolutely not! But since there's no way to avoid it, we might as well take the initiative."
"Do you find it useful?"
The scorpion demon smiled broadly: "At least you'll die looking cool."
Xu Xian remained silent for a moment before asking, "You knew you were going to die? Was it worth facing such a calamity just because of one of my words?"
The scorpion demon's tone remained somewhat condescending, but it also revealed a degree of sincerity: "To me, there's no question of whether it's worth it or not. Since I said I would treat you well, I will definitely do so."
"Alright."
Xu Xian stood beside the Scorpion Demon, also looking up at the divine thunder from the heavens.
This startled the scorpion demon: "Hey, what are you doing here? Heavenly tribulation doesn't care whether you're destined for it or not. As long as you dare to be within its range, you'll still encounter calamity."
"I know. But you suffered this tribulation because of me, how can I stand idly by?"
The scorpion demon smiled and advised, "I know you possess an extremely exaggerated ability to fly through the clouds, but this heavenly tribulation is no ordinary one. You'd better leave quickly."
Xu Xian remained silent, but instead looked up at the sky, sensing the divine thunder from above.
He possesses the supernatural power of Samadhi Divine Thunder and has an extremely keen perception of lightning.
After carefully sensing the situation for a while, Xu Xian realized that these heavenly lightning bolts could not harm his indestructible body.
Although he also possesses great supernatural powers such as reversing yin and yang and creating things with a fist, which can help the scorpion demon avoid the lightning tribulation.
But heavenly lightning is rare, so it's perfect for tempering the body.
Xu Xian then decided not to use any other methods.
Thunder rumbled from the heavens above.
Amidst the clouds, the Scorpion Demon and Xu Xian stood side by side, waiting quietly.
The scorpion demon knew she couldn't persuade Xu Xian, but she felt a little sweet inside.
She took Xu Xian's hand and smiled, "I never imagined that we would go to the Yellow Springs together today."
Xu Xian patted the scorpion demon's head without saying a word.
Moments later, terrifying lightning struck.
A golden hook peeked out from under the scorpion demon's skirt, ready to withstand the heavenly lightning.
Suddenly, a figure beside him shot into the sky, actually using his physical body to withstand the heavenly lightning.
All the lightning from the heavens above was blocked, preventing it from contacting the scorpion demon.
Upon seeing this, the scorpion demon was terrified: "Hey, what are you doing?! If you are destroyed, even a great immortal cannot save you."
As she spoke, the scorpion demon was about to take off and plunge into the thunder.
Xu Xian immediately stopped him, saying, "No, you can't handle it!"
"If I can't handle it, do you think you can? Who do you think you are—"
Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly found himself in a scene that defied all explanation.
Xu Xian's physical body was surrounded by terrifying thunder from the heavens.
These lightning bolts, powerful enough to kill the scorpion demon, struck Xu Xian's body without causing any injury.
Instead, it produces a very regular rhythm.
It seems to be under Xu Xian's control.
"W-What's going on?"
Amidst the thunder, Xu Xian looked in the direction of the Scorpion Demon and laughed, "Did I forget to tell you? I'm quite strong!"
The scorpion demon watched Xu Xian bathed in lightning for a long time before murmuring, "You...you are much stronger than I imagined."
The tribulation lightning from the heavens did not last long.
About half a day later, the thunder dissipated.
Xu Xian returns to the Women's Kingdom with the Scorpion Demon.
The scorpion demon successfully assumed the throne of the Queen of the Women's Kingdom and created a golden statue using the incense offerings and prayers of all living beings.
At this point, the Pleiades Star Lord had no way to deal with the Scorpion Demon and the Centipede Demon.
Xu Xian exclaimed excitedly, "Mission accomplished!"