darknovel Chapter 48 This is a good thing!
Chapter 48 This is a good thing!
It turns out that this yellow dog demon was originally a wild dog spirit from the Seven Absolutes Mountain area. More than two hundred years ago, it wandered here by chance and, seeing that the mountain stream was quiet and deserted, occupied this cave.
There are some objects deep inside the cave, which I guess were left behind by the former owner of this place.
Lu Changgeng followed him through a narrow passageway to a relatively spacious stone chamber.
Inside the stone chamber was a stone table and a stone bed, with a futon placed in the center.
On the round stone table were piled bamboo slips and wooden tablets, as well as several wolf-hair brushes and an inkstone.
The yellow dog demon trotted to the table, picked up the bamboo slips and wooden tablets, and showed them to Lu Changgeng as if they were treasures.
Lu Changgeng took it and examined it carefully.
"I love solitude, so I built my hut by this stream and called myself the Hermit of Fragrant Orchids..."
The years in the stream are long and peaceful, free from the noise of carriages and horses, and the disturbances of fame and fortune, which is enough to comfort one's life...
These bamboo slips and wooden tablets probably describe some of the things this person encountered in his daily life, similar to a diary.
However, one particular bamboo scroll immediately caught Lu Changgeng's attention.
"I recently stumbled upon a spring deep within a cave. The spring water was milky white, unlike ordinary water."
I happened to be bathing in it, and after a quarter of an hour I was surprised to find myself transformed into a woman. I was terrified and had no idea why.
He consulted numerous ancient texts and visited many alchemists, but still could not find the answer.
He then abandoned his old dwelling and traveled far and wide in search of a way to restore it.
"If anyone who comes after sees these words, be careful not to enter this spring, be careful not to enter this spring, be careful not to enter this spring..."
He repeated it three times in a row, but Lu Changgeng was not surprised but rather pleased after reading it.
The spring that the hermit Xianglan stumbled into was milky white, and bathing in it could transform a man into a woman—this was something no ordinary spiritual spring could do.
He immediately turned to the yellow dog demon and asked, "Where is this spring?"
The yellow dog demon pointed to a narrower fork in the path at the end of the stone chamber, a hint of fear on his face. He whispered, "Master, that spring is very strange. I saw a mouse fall in with my own eyes and come out as a female mouse with even shorter whiskers. If you want to see it, please follow me."
After saying that, he took the initiative to lead the way, and Lu Changgeng followed closely behind the yellow dog demon as he strode toward the fork in the road.
The spring is hidden deep within a narrower side passage at the end of the stone chamber.
Although it is called a spring, it is actually only about two zhang wide. The water quality is extremely peculiar. It is thick and white like milk, but it does not appear turbid. Instead, it is clear and warm, and it gleams with a faint pearly luster in the dark stone cave.
The water was calm and still, with no steam rising from it, and no smell of sulfur or vegetation. Only a faint, cool chill permeated the cave.
Upon seeing this spring, the demonic infant within Lu Changgeng suddenly opened its eyes, and the aura that shared the same origin as the true fire of the sun came from the bottom of this spring!
The demonic infant was restless, as was the chicken it was holding.
Lu Changgeng remained calm and suppressed his excitement as he walked to the spring, intending to take a look first.
He didn't want to become a woman out of nowhere; he'd always been a goofball and didn't want to be a troublemaker.
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"Taoist Master, you can reach out and try, but you absolutely must not go down," the yellow dog demon warned.
"Are you sure?" Lu Changgeng looked at him suspiciously.
Seeing that he didn't believe her, the yellow dog demon had no choice but to scoop up a handful of spring water with its paws.
"Master, look, I haven't changed much, have I?"
Lu Changgeng stared at him and suddenly asked, "Are you male or female?"
The yellow dog demon was somewhat speechless, but still respectfully replied, "I am a male demon."
"I do not believe it."
"...I am indeed a male demon. If you do not believe me, Daoist Master, I can take off my Daoist robe to verify." As he spoke, he was about to take off his tattered Daoist robe.
"No need. That could be fake. What if they stuffed a yam or something? Why don't you go down and try it? If you're a male demon, you'll naturally turn into a female demon, and vice versa."
Lu Changgeng said calmly. Of course he knew that the yellow dog demon was a male demon. He just wanted to see if the spring water was really as magical as the legends said.
"Huh? Me?"
"That's right, if you don't go down, I'll throw you down."
The yellow dog demon huddled at the crossroads, too afraid to go forward, its face full of misery.
"I'll count to three, and if you don't go down, I'll throw you down."
"I……"
The yellow dog hesitated, glancing furtively at the fork in the road behind it, seemingly wanting to make a quick getaway.
"This humble Taoist priest will begin counting."
"three!"
Lu Changgeng saw his little trick and didn't give him any time to think about it.
With a stretch of his hand, the giant water hand grabbed him directly.
Before the yellow dog demon could even howl, its entire body slammed into the pool of milky white spring water with a splash.
The giant hand of water pressed firmly above the spring, completely blocking his path to emerge.
"Awoo~"
The yellow dog demon let out a mournful howl, splashed around in the spring a few times, and suddenly shivered all over.
Lu Changgeng asked with a puzzled look, "You peed?"
"No...no...Master, it's so cold down here..."
The yellow dog demon shivered. He felt the chilling power of the spring water seep into his meridians through his pores, freezing everything it passed through. It was so cold that even his upper and lower dog teeth were chattering.
"Master... Master... could you let me go up... I'm cold..."
"If you can't even endure this little bit of hardship, how will you cultivate the path to immortality in the future?" Lu Changgeng said earnestly with a serious expression.
"Little one..."
The yellow dog demon had no way to express his bitterness. Who said he wanted to cultivate the path to immortality? He just wanted to live a comfortable life here, eating and waiting to die.
Lu Changgeng ignored the yellow dog demon's desperate pleas and waited quietly. The bamboo slip said that there would be a change in a quarter of an hour, so he would wait a while.
After about half a cup of tea's time, the yellow dog demon in the spring suddenly changed its crying and pleading.
"Master Dao..."
When he opened his mouth, he was startled by the sound that came out of his throat; it was high-pitched, thin, and soft, just like a seductive vixen.
He quickly covered his mouth, then let go, and tried to say a few words, but then covered it again in fright, tears welling up in his eyes.
Lu Changgeng watched as the yellow dog demon's appearance also changed.
First, the pair of pointed dog ears drooped down, the ear flaps shrank, and the stiff hairs at the tips of the ears turned into soft down.
Then the long, thin dog face began to narrow, the protruding muzzle slowly receded, the cheekbones slumped, the jawline softened, and even the thick, stiff rat whiskers at the corners of the mouth fell off one by one, with the new whiskers growing back thin and short.
The dog's eyes, which originally looked lewd and sly, have softened and become much larger, with an inexplicable watery look in them.
It's obviously a female dog.
Her shoulders tucked in a little, her waist became a bit thinner, and two mounds, not full but undeniably round, bulged under her originally flat chest, stretching the already oversized tattered Taoist robe to create some curves.
"This...this..."
The yellow dog demon also noticed the changes in its own body and was terrified!
He looked down at his chest, then reached down to touch his crotch. His paw froze in mid-air, the dog completely dumbfounded.
"Master, please save me! I don't want to be a female dog..." The yellow dog demon cried.
"Hey, you should refer to yourself as 'this concubine,' and besides, this is a good thing!" Lu Changgeng comforted him.