"No need for thanks, everyone!"
The Empty Prince casually waved his hand.
At this moment, he noticed Li Yao and Xiao Bai standing to the side.
He cupped his hands in greeting to Li Yao and Xiao Bai, and introduced himself: "I am the exorcist, Young Master Kongxu. May I ask who you are?"
"I am Li Yao, an exorcist."
Li Yao cupped his hands in greeting to the Empty Void Prince, then pointed at Xiao Bai and said, "This is my wife!"
Now that he has come to this world overrun by demons, he decides to use the identity of an exorcist to make it easier for him to travel.
"So you two are exorcists too! My apologies for not recognizing you!"
Although the Empty Prince spoke politely, his tone was disdainful.
He claimed to be the world's number one exorcist, so naturally he didn't take other exorcists seriously.
Furthermore, after observing Li Yao and Xiao Bai, he found that their auras were quite ordinary, and he couldn't discern their true strength.
"Where are you planning to go, my friend?"
Li Yao asked the question.
"I've heard that a pig demon has recently appeared in the Gaojiazhuang area."
"This boar demon is extremely powerful; many exorcists have already perished at its hands!"
"I'm currently on my way to Gao Family Village to get rid of this pig demon, cough cough cough..."
"Idle Young Master said calmly."
"A pig demon?"
Upon hearing this, Li Yao smiled faintly.
Gaojiazhuang!
Pig demon!
Without much thought, it was obvious that this pig demon was Zhu Ganglie.
However, the Zhu Ganglie in "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" seems to be somewhat different from the Zhu Ganglie in "Journey to the West".
In the original novel "Journey to the West", Zhu Ganglie was originally Marshal Tianpeng in the Heavenly Court.
Marshal Tianpeng was banished to the mortal realm by the Jade Emperor for drunkenly harassing Chang'e. Unexpectedly, he was reborn as a pig demon, Zhu Ganglie.
In "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", Zhu Ganglie is ugly like a pig and is disliked by his wife. His wife has an affair with a handsome man and they conspire to kill Zhu Ganglie with a nine-toothed rake.
Zhu Ganglie, driven by love turned to hatred, accumulated resentment and became a demon, transforming into a pig monster after his death.
After transforming into a pig demon, Zhu Ganglie vowed to kill all the women in the world who admired handsome men.
"Besides myself, there are two other exorcists traveling to Gao Village this time!"
"We made a pact long ago: whoever can eliminate this pig demon will be the greatest exorcist in the world!"
"Cough cough cough..."
As he spoke, Young Master Kongxu coughed again, covering his mouth.
"Mr. Li is very interested in this pig demon. Why don't we go together?"
Li Yao cupped his hands and said.
There are countless exorcists in this world.
However, there are only three most famous exorcists, known as the three greatest exorcists in the world.
They are the Demon Slayer of the Five Elements Fist of the Big Dipper, the Crippled Kick of Heaven, and the Void Prince.
The Five Elements Fist of the Big Dipper is the strongest among demon slayers, followed by the Crippled Kick, and then the Void Prince is the strongest.
However, in literature there is no first place, but in martial arts there is a clear second!
These three exorcists are at odds with each other, none of them willing to concede to the other!
This time, they learned that a pig demon was wreaking havoc on the land of Gaojiazhuang.
So they secretly agreed to go to Gao Family Village together, and whoever could eliminate the pig demon Zhu Ganglie would be the number one exorcist in the world.
Unfortunately, in the original story, these three exorcists not only failed to subdue Zhu Ganglie, but were also killed by the demon king Sun Wukong in the end.
"Since you are interested, fellow Daoist, please come with me!"
The Empty Prince smiled faintly.
"good!"
Li Yao and Xiao Bai exchanged a glance and smiled gently.
Afterwards, the group headed to Gaojiazhuang.
...
"Fellow Daoist Li, Gao Family Village should be just ahead!"
Sitting on a palanquin carried by four middle-aged women, the Empty Young Master pointed ahead and spoke.
Not far ahead, there was a secluded canyon.
Below the canyon, a narrow and gloomy mountain path can be vaguely seen.
In the middle of the mountain path, there is a recessed cave.
At the entrance of the cave, there was a dark, imposing door.
Two bright red lanterns hung on the door.
Even though it was broad daylight, the red lanterns were still lit, creating an eerie atmosphere.
Above the gate plaque, the three characters "Gaojiazhuang" are clearly written.
Li Yao discovered that an extremely eerie black aura was shrouding the sky above Gaojiazhuang.
This black aura is demonic energy!
"The demonic aura here is overwhelming; that pig demon must be inside, cough cough cough..."
As the Void Prince gazed at the overwhelming demonic aura above Gao Family Village, a hint of excitement flashed in his eyes.
This was the first time he had ever encountered such a powerful demon.
"The pig demon might not be inside!"
Li Yao scanned the area with his divine sense but found no trace of the pig demon.
"Could it be that they arrived first and already eliminated the pig demon?"
The Empty Prince frowned slightly.
"Let's go down and take a look!"
Li Yao and Xiao Bai took the lead and leaped forward, instantly arriving at the entrance of Gao Family Village.
Unexpectedly, those four middle-aged women also knew some magic.
Four middle-aged women carried the Empty Prince, stepping on the void, and floated down to the entrance of Gao Family Village.
Li Yao waved his sleeve, and the gate swung open.
The group entered Gaojiazhuang one after another.
Bang!
After they entered the house, the door suddenly slammed shut automatically.
Li Yao glanced around the room and saw that it was in a mess, with bloodstains and signs of a struggle on the floor.
However, there was neither a person nor a corpse inside the house.
"My lord, a fierce battle once took place here!"
Xiao Bai looked around at the surroundings and spoke.
"It's not the Big Dipper Five Elements Fist Demon Slayer or the Heavenly Crippled Kick!"
The Empty Prince looked at the traces of the fight and breathed a sigh of relief.
As three of the three great exorcists, they were naturally very familiar with each other's situations.
The Empty Prince immediately recognized the signs of a fight here; they weren't left by the Big Dipper Five Elements Fist Demon Slayer and the Heavenly Crippled Kick.
At this moment, Xiaobai twitched its nose and walked straight to a stove.
She opened the door to the stove and saw that inside, there were corpses hanging, their deaths extremely gruesome.
"vomit……"
The four middle-aged women couldn't help but vomit when they saw the corpses.
"Damn it, he deserves to die, cough cough cough..."
The Empty Prince frowned and shouted.
"Someone's coming!"
"two!"
Li Yao suddenly sensed two auras and his gaze shifted towards the doorway.
"They're here!"
The Empty Prince also sensed two familiar auras.
Those were the Demon Slayer of the Five Elements Fist of the Big Dipper and the Crippled Kick of Heaven.
No sooner had he finished speaking than the door was kicked open from the outside with a bang.
Then, two figures entered the house.
One of them was an elderly man with white hair, leaning on a cane.
He was born with one leg missing, which was very short, like a baby's leg.
This person is none other than Tian Canjiao, one of the three great exorcists.