"It walks silently, has extraordinary hearing, and has nails like this... It's a cat demon, right? It can be said that it has been practiced for more than a hundred years."
These words did not come from Shi Wuqi's mouth, but from Lin Shanhai who had been waiting on the roof behind him for a long time. He had excellent Qinggong, but he still attracted Miss Bai's attention. He was holding the lamp in one hand, and suddenly raised his other hand, pouring a bowl of water melted with the Appearance Talisman on her body.
Suddenly, her hair exploded and she let out a harsh and inhuman scream. Shi Wuqi let go of his hand and avoided her. She sometimes pulled his hair, sometimes shook it wildly, as if he hated the water. A few wisps of smoke came out of her face, and when she calmed down and let go, her appearance changed completely.
Miss Bai's face became white and pointed, covered with fine and soft down, and there was a large yellow spot. Her teeth became sharp, like her fingernails. Behind her, a thin and long white tail was revealed, flapping up and down anxiously.
Around the tail, there were several afterimages of gathered spiritual energy, which looked like nine agile tails. The cat cultivates a tail every nine years, and only when he becomes an adult does he have nine real lives.
She wanted to run, but at some point a formation was set up here, keeping her legs tightly in place.
She knelt on the ground and bowed her head deeply.
"I said you don't want to see me during the day, but it turns out you're tired of my dog smell."
At this time, Mu Wan came over holding an umbrella, followed by Aluan and Qi on both sides.
"Miss Liangqiu actually came to see me? Why, are you really afraid that I will abandon Miss Qi and run away with other vixens?"
Shi Wuqi teased him like this, but Mu Wan ignored him. But Shanhai answered:
"Seeing that you left Miss Qi behind, I knew what you meant. As soon as she went out according to your wishes, we followed her. Although she is not a vixen, she is not much different. Monsters like them are very easy to seduce ordinary people. Human.”
Shanhai held the lantern, jumped down from the house, and came to Miss Bai. Shi Wuqi said:
"I went to the ravine she mentioned before, and there were indeed many travelers who were murdered. I touched their bones, and Miss Bai's words were true. Then, I went to the place where the villager you asked about was buried, and I also touched the bones. , seeing that it was indeed the face of the cat demon that he had seen before his death, it was very ferocious. Presumably the other men who died were also eaten by her. I am afraid that if two more people die, this magic circle will not be able to stop her. The demonic power."
"So, it's a scourge that needs to be eliminated?"
Mu Wan aimed the umbrella at her, but was stopped by Shi Wuqi. Miss Bai suddenly raised her head, bared her teeth, and almost bit the tip of her umbrella.
"Listen to me. I found the only old corpse in the ravine where the body was dumped. It was an old lady... Miss Bai's words are half true and half false. The truth lies in her life experience . This old lady married here when she was young. Her husband got sick and died early, and she had no children. She was really angry with many people in the village."
Mu Wan sighed softly.
"Later, a cat with white background and yellow flowers came to her house. She named it Xiaobai and took good care of it. Xiaobai was actually a cat demon who had been practicing for hundreds of years. He often stole food and small items from the villagers to support the family. For many years, the old lady was ill in bed, and was visited by a group of robbers - naturally the gangsters in the village. They said that the old lady had trained the cat to steal things, and they wanted to take back all the items. Even so, They robbed her of her dowry when she came here. Xiaobai was not around, so she tried her best to stop them and was beaten until she lost most of her life. By the time Xiaobai came back, she was already helpless."
"I thought at the time, it would be great if I could spare her life." Miss Bai suddenly raised her head, "But I wasn't so capable at the time - knowing that cannibalism can have such strong demonic power, I should have eaten them all alive. I'm dead! It's bad luck for me to fall into the hands of you charlatan sorcerers. I still have a lot of life left. If you kill me, I will come back to take revenge——"
"Xiao Bai, do you really hate them so much?" Dai Luan walked up to her and asked her with her hands on her legs.
"They all deserve to die! No human being is good! Only...grandma is different. Once, she mistakenly saw me in human form, choosing dishes, but she was not afraid of me because I was a monster, and drove me away, unlike It's the same as anyone I've seen before. They only see me as a cat or a human. If I change my appearance, they no longer recognize me and will only curse me as a monster."
"So you want to eat them one by one?" Aluan asked, "But not everyone harmed grandma. If you do this, wouldn't you also harm innocent people?"
"I don't care! Is it guiltless to watch indifferently? I want each of them to know what it feels like to lose a loved one!"
Xiaobai showed a fierce look again, and Shi Wuqi pulled Aluan away. He came forward and said to her seriously:
"I've heard enough about monsters' grudges against people. I've seen a lot of monsters like you. I'm the first to disagree with killing you. Why don't I tell you a good thing? I have How about I find a way to take revenge on those people for you, so you just stop and stay far away from the right and wrong of this mountain village?"
"On you? Who do you think you are?"
"Master Bai Skeleton, Shi Wuqi."
Xiaobai's eyes suddenly lit up, and their pupils were much larger than during the day. The bright light in the morning made her pupils appear slightly slender, making her a little more charming. Now it seems a bit softer.
"Are you the Master of Hundred Skeletons? The one who... prefers to associate with monsters? No wonder you have such a strong monster aura. But, what can you do? If you don't kill the evildoers yourself, I won't be willing to do it."
She was very determined. Shan Hai pondered for a moment and stepped forward:
"Let's do this, Miss Bai, let's each take a step back. We won't kill you, and we ask you to let the other villagers go. As for grandma's revenge, Mr. Shi will find a way for you. And the regret in this... I and I An old acquaintance of the six realms of impermanence, let me find out for you where your grandma has been reincarnated, and you can leave here to find her so you can meet her again, how about that?"
"……real?"
Miss Bai's eyes were so bright that it seemed as if all the stars in the sky had fallen into her eyes.
"Is it possible to lie to you? As a businessman, integrity is what matters."
"...But what are you going to do?"
Shi Wuqi raised his fan and whispered something in her ear. Like this, like this, Xiaobai nodded slightly, as if he approved his method. Mu Wan asked curiously: "What do you want?"
Shi Wuqi just put away his fan with a bang and said with a smile, secret.
He asked Shan Hai to release the formation that restrained Xiao Bai. Shan Hai looked hesitant, but he said it didn't matter. So Shanhai took out the talisman from his sleeve, burned it with spiritual power, and the formation was unlocked.
Xiaobai tried to stand up, shaking a little. Mu Wan still raised his umbrella with some vigilance and protected Aluan with one hand. Seeing that she really had no intention of attacking, she felt relieved a little.
"By the way, Mu Wan, where did you see the fire-bending monster you mentioned earlier?"
So, they divided into two groups. This time, Mu Wan took Shan Hai and Aluan to the place where they had fought before, and Xiao Bai was with Shi Wu Qi. The two places were a bit far away, so she summoned the Tengu and carried the three of them to the place where the incident occurred. Ah Luan flew so high for the first time, looking excitedly and curiously at the mountains and forests. The mountains and seas were really afraid that she would fall down.
After a while, they landed on the ground. Lin Shanhai raised the lamp a little higher, and wherever the aperture touched, there were burnt vegetation and dust. The burnt smell has long since dissipated with the mountain breeze, but occasionally, there are still sparks of fire that have not been completely extinguished, flickering in the darkness.
The completely destroyed trees and rocks silently described a thrilling battle not long ago.
"I was here at the time, trapped by a wall of fire. Mr. Shi arrived in time and dispersed the deadly fire... If he had said less, he would have saved a lot of time."
Although he was unwilling to admit the matter, Mu Wan did not hesitate to praise him.
Suddenly, there was a rustling sound in the grass ahead. The three of them were all alert, fearing that they would not be able to resist.
The person who emerged from the bushes turned out to be their old acquaintance, Lord Jiyue.
"Huh? It's so late at night, and you haven't rested yet."
Although he couldn't see it, Lord Jiyue knew who the people in front of him were. The three people who had just faced a formidable enemy breathed a sigh of relief, and Aluan complained as if:
"Are you weird? What are you doing here at night? We thought a monster was coming."
Lord Jiyue lifted one side of his hair and sounded a little confused.
"Why can't I be here? There is a spiritual vein here. It would be very convenient for me to come find you."
"Spiritual veins?"
Mu Wan fell into a brief thought. She suddenly remembered something, raised her voice, and said with some excitement:
"In Huansha City, do you still remember? It's not that someone destroyed the spiritual veins, which destroyed the balance between the two paths. I happened to meet the monster twice, both times near the spiritual veins. Could it be that he is..."
Shan Hai frowned and responded that it was not impossible. Lord Jiyue raised his chin and said unhurriedly:
"Although I don't know who the monster you are talking about is, I am here to tell you about the progress of the matter in Huansha City. The Lord has left it to Lord Ye Yue to handle the matter there. I saw her when I returned to Hades to report. , although she hasn’t found out the truth yet, she told me that the person who trapped He Shen Fox was actually member Pei."
"Member Pei?!" The three of them exclaimed almost at the same time.
"I can't say that. Someone pretended to be Mr. Pei to exchange with you. The real him was tied up and trapped in the woodshed of Yu'an Restaurant. When others found him, he almost starved to death. It's just that when he woke up, he didn't remember anything, and neither did the person who pretended to be him - the impostor you saw was another shikigami of the God of Wo, made of a civet cat. It's just that the civet cat was also injected with fake... I can’t remember anything.”
They were so surprised that they were speechless. The most bizarre thing is that none of them saw the true identity of the impostor, at least not even that he was not human. As if he knew what they were thinking, Lord Jiyue continued:
"Well, it stands to reason that I should be able to detect that member Pei is a monster - but I didn't see the flaw. It seems that the initiator of all this must not be an ordinary person... By the way, you just What about the monster you mentioned?"
