Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons

Regarding how the Hu people turned into a lion and changed their gender, Wen Jiao said it was a funny story that was not bizarre.

It turned out that after the Hu man expressed his willingness to surrender, the guards wanted to take him away and guard him, and report to the authorities at dawn. Unexpectedly, the Hu man took a few steps back and said, "Don't come over, I'm only talking to her." He pointed in the distance, and the direction he was facing was Wen Jiao who was standing on the upper floor overlooking him.

The guards shouted, "Hey! This red-haired devil doesn't know the rules. Do you think you, a thief, can see our young lady whenever you want? Don't listen to his nonsense. Tie him up first and send him to the government office at dawn. We will ask him for the crimes of trespassing, attempted theft, injuring people, pretending to be a ghost, and deceiving people!"

The Hu man's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he nodded as if he understood something, and said, "I can't see the thief man, but I can see the thief woman, right?" After saying this, he turned around, and with a flash of red light, he turned into a woman, pointed at Wen Jiao and repeated, "I just want to talk to her."

The Guardians: ...

Wen Jiao originally thought that this person could only transform into a lion, but she didn't expect that he could change into a man or a woman, and change genders as easily as eating or drinking. She couldn't help but become interested, and she leaned on the railing and said loudly: "I can receive female guests, but you are a thief who broke into the house and disturbed the women. You said you wanted to see me, but why should I see you?"

"I just wanted to sneak in, but I didn't expect you to open the window, so I bumped into you. I didn't mean to disturb you." The woman in red was very distressed. She frowned and thought for a long time, "Can I return the bracelet to you as compensation?"

Listen to this little tone of aggrieved.

Wen Jiao thought about it and realized that before she cut her paw, the Leo woman did not seem to have any intention of hurting anyone. She didn't know why she sneaked in late at night. During the day, she was very interested in her Ruyi Pearl. Was she trying to steal it?

Touching the golden hairpin on her bun, Wen Jiao became wary, but she was also curious about this Leo woman who seemed to be quite proficient in the art of transformation, so she ordered, "Tie him up, I will personally interrogate this thief."

The guards had no choice but to bring the heaviest chains. The lion girl was tied up straight, weighing half her body weight. Su Xin was still afraid that she would hurt someone again, so the guards put a big knife on her neck, ready to stab her at any time. Although Wen Jiao's experience of fighting with the lion girl showed that the other party's skin was very tough, Su Xin's little strength was pretty good among the maids, and she could only cut a hair on the lion girl with all her strength.

Thinking of Mingxin and the others' glorious deeds of taking great pains to remove a table leg, Wen Jiao couldn't help but shake her head and smile, concentrating her mind on the present: "Name?"

As soon as the Leo girl met Wen Jiao, her overly active cat-like eyes started to swirl around, and no one knew what she was looking for. Upon hearing what she said, she said, "Kaniska."

Wen Jiao felt that the name sounded very familiar, as if it was the name of some ancient Western Region monarch: "Is it your real name?"

"That's the name I heard from Hu Shang's stories about ancient times. I thought it sounded nice, so I borrowed it. I don't have a name of my own." The Leo woman was very frank.

Ming Xin couldn't help but ask, "How can a person not have a name? Even if one's parents are illiterate, cats and dogs must have a name."

Wen Jiao suddenly had an idea and asked directly, "Are you human?"

"No." The Leo woman was very frank.

The maids couldn't help but move a few steps away from her. Su Xin's hand holding the knife was shaking, and the knife on her neck was shaking. If the Leo girl's skin wasn't as hard as stone, she would have bled on the spot.

Considering that the Leo girl had transformed into a lion twice in front of her, Wen Jiao had an idea of ​​her original form, but she still asked, "What is your original form?"

The Leo woman's answer was beyond her expectations: "I am a fire crystal lion paperweight."

According to the lion girl, she was originally a favorite item of a prince's concubine during the Eastern Han Dynasty. The concubine died young, so the prince buried all her favorite things with her. Later, in an unknown year, a group of unscrupulous tomb robbers dug up the concubine's tomb and looted all the burial objects inside. The fire crystal lion paperweight was left out because of its small size and fell into the weeds.

That day was the 15th day of the seventh month. It was also a coincidence that the moon was high in the sky at night, and the moonlight was blazing. It happened to be the Emperor's Flowing Blood that only appears once every sixty years. One night of absorbing the Emperor's Flowing Blood can be equivalent to a thousand years of practice. The lion paperweight is a dead object and will not actively absorb it, but after being soaked in the Emperor's Flowing Blood for a night, it actually opened up its spiritual wisdom and turned from an object into a demon.

It has no outstanding magical powers, and its martial arts are mediocre. It can only transform into a lion and pounce. The big demons don't want to recruit it. Since it has no ties, no cave or home, it can only wander around, performing the magic of transforming into a lion to make a living.

She was able to perform at the banquet of the Princess of Xiangyang, which showed that the Leo woman's career of eating and drinking for free was developing well. Wen Jiao found it quite funny: "Why did you sneak into the Prime Minister's residence late at night?"

"Your mansion has high walls and deep courtyards, and there are so many eyes watching inside and outside. You can't sneak into my house even if you sneak in during the day." The Leo woman said as a matter of course.

"Just to see me? Or... for the wish-fulfilling pearl on my gold hairpin?" Wen Jiao asked.

"I just want to take another look at the Ruyi Pearl. By the way, where is your Ruyi Pearl?" The Leo girl stretched her neck and looked around, her eyes full of curiosity.

Ming Xin couldn't help but said, "If you want to see it, then I'll let you see it. Who knows if you're looking for an excuse to steal our young lady's pearl?"

The Leo girl felt very aggrieved: "Why would I snatch a pearl? We are all the same kind and I can't eat it. I just saw it was sparkling and wanted to look at it a few more times. I have no other pursuits as a monster. First, I want to look at the sparkling things as many times as I can, and second, I want to eat a few more bites of delicious food. I originally wanted to come and see it secretly, but I didn't expect to get a beating."

Are you a Western dragon? And you prefer shiny things? Wen Jiao held her forehead and said directly, "I don't believe it."

The Leo woman jumped up and down: "I can swear to heaven that I have absolutely no intention of your wish-fulfilling pearl! If I lie, I will be struck by lightning."

In an age where gods truly exist, such a vow is indeed a heavy one.

"Okay, I believe it." Wen Jiao said reluctantly, "But Mingxin is right. Why should I show it to you just because you want to?"

The Leo girl went crazy: "Ms. Yin, what do you want? Stop beating around the bush and just say it!"

Wen Jiao said: "Answer me three questions. If you can answer them, I will lend it to you to see."

The Leo woman nodded like pounding garlic.

"First question, are you a man or a woman?" Wen Jiao asked curiously. There are many fairies in Journey to the West who are good at changing their gender, but once the gender is determined, they will never change unless necessary. It is rare to see a fairie like the Leo woman who can change her gender so easily.

The lion lady had a complex expression, and her eyes were hard to describe: "The craftsman forgot to carve, and I don't know either."

Everyone looked at it with sympathy in their eyes.

"Second question, weren't you carved by a craftsman from the Central Plains? Why did you dress up as a Hu person?"

The Leo girl wanted to scratch her head, but her hands were tied, so she had to give up and sighed, "I wonder if Miss Yin has ever heard of this saying?"

"Ok?"

The Leo woman said helplessly: "Foreign lions are good at chanting sutras."

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