The night was dark and windy. It was a demon hunting night.
The entire inn had long since been cleared out. It was silent. In the middle of the inn's inner courtyard, there were four to five fat roosters in a chicken coop. From time to time, the sound of their wings flapping could be heard.
There was no one around. Even the waiters who usually patrolled the area at night were nowhere to be seen. However, if one looked closely, they would see a few figures lying on the roof, under the eaves, behind the door, and even in the flowers and grass in the courtyard. All of them were staring intently at the few snoozing chickens in the courtyard.
Two hours passed …
Nothing happened.
Four hours had passed … …
Dead silence.
Six hours had passed … …
"Achoo!" Lonemoon couldn't help but sneeze, attracting dozens of condemning gazes. His heart tightened. Damn it, he must be crazy not to stay up in the middle of the night to mess around with these idiots. After so long, not even a hair of the demon was seen.
"Alright, alright. You guys are done." He nudged Shen Ying, who was next to him. He really didn't want to lie on the roof anymore. He already said that such a stupid plan wouldn't work. Those Foundation Establishment disciples didn't know how to restrain their auras. The demon would be blind if it couldn't see a dozen cultivators full of Spirit Qi. "It's all your fault for coming.
"It's coming!" As soon as he finished speaking, a disciple called out in a low voice.
A cloud of black Qi suddenly descended from the sky.
Lonemoon: "…"
(⊙_⊙)
Holy shit! There really was a blind demon!
The cloud of black Qi pounced on the chickens in the coop as soon as it landed. There were a few crows in the courtyard. After two breaths, the chickens were gone. There seemed to be a yellow mass among the chicken feathers in the coop.
"Err …" The black Qi trembled and seemed to burp. Its body grew bigger and floated up again, as if it was going to fly away.
"Catch her!" Cheng An shouted. Instantly, the array formation in the courtyard lit up. The disciples who had been lying in ambush rushed over with their weapons.
The black gas seemed to be startled. It quickly spun around on the spot and began to jump up and down under the attacks of the disciples. Perhaps it was because the Inner Courtyard was too small and there were too many Black Heaven Sect disciples, but the crowd was so crowded that the demon managed to escape.
"Don't panic. Junior Brothers and Sisters, guard your own Formation Cores!" Cheng An was, after all, the eldest disciple of the Sect Leader. Seeing that they couldn't take it down in a short time, he began to instruct the others to first use a formation to restrain the monster.
Only then did the chaotic disciples retreat. But it was precisely because of this retreat that the black gas instantly drilled out from the crowd, seized the opportunity to soar into the air, and rushed towards the right direction.
"F * ck!" Cheng An panicked. He looked up and saw that the mass of black gas had already rushed out of the range of the array and was flying directly to the right. And the one guarding there was …
Shen Ying, Lonemoon, Yi Qing: "…"
Cheng An stopped in his tracks. Remembering that this was their training, he immediately shouted at Shen Ying, "That Junior Sister, stop it!"
Huh? Ah!
Shen Ying paused. The ball of black Qi was already right in front of her. It was a chubby ball with two black tails trailing behind it, swaying back and forth. She subconsciously reached out to grab it and gently pulled it down.
Meow …
A blood-curdling scream pierced through the sky. That thing fell on the roof with a thud. The black Qi on its body dissipated, revealing a black-clothed youth. There were two black ears on his head, and two chubby tails on his back.
Uh … Cat cosplay?
"A two-tailed civet cat?!" Lonemoon took a step forward in surprise. Wasn't this a sixth-level demon? Wasn't it supposed to be an eighth-level demon?
The transformed civet cat looked to be about ten years old. Perhaps it was in pain from the fall, but it pitifully hugged its big tail and blew at it. Its green eyes were filled with tears, as if it was about to cry in the next second.
"Meow …" It looked up weakly at the three of them. Suddenly, as if it had thought of something, it turned around and took out a lump of yellow from its bag and pushed it in their direction.
Lonemoon took a closer look and found that it was actually a piece of gold!
(⊙_⊙)
Eh! What did it mean? Was it bribing them?
Seeing that they were not moving, the civet cat was stunned. It took out another piece of gold from its bag and placed it side by side with the previous one.
The three of them: "…" This was a "sensible" civet cat.
Seeing that they were still not moving, the civet cat demon gritted its teeth and poured out all the gold in the bag. Suddenly, seven or eight pieces of gold fell from the roof. It looked at them weakly and said, "No … no more, meow."
"…" The corner of Lonemoon's mouth twitched. It was not that he thought it was too little! Where did this demon that did not forget to pay for eating chicken come from?
"Tell me, why did you harm people?" Ignoring the pile of gold as much as possible, Lonemoon took a step forward and pointed the jade flute in his hand at the civet cat on the ground.
"Meow!" The civet cat trembled in fear, tears welling up in its eyes. It shook its head vigorously. "Exalted Immortal, have mercy meow. I didn't do it? Although I'm not a vegetarian, I'm a pure house cat. I've never harmed anyone, good meow meow. "
"Don't even think about quibbling." Lonemoon's voice deepened. "Do you dare say that the chaos in this town was not caused by you?"
"I … I ate a few chickens secretly! That was because I was hungry, meow. "The civet cat cried even louder, its face full of grievance." But … but I paid for them! Really, I didn't harm anyone. " It pointed to the gold on the ground and began to count with its fingers. "I also cured Uncle Wang's waist injury, Uncle Li's foot pain, Uncle Zhao's rheumatism, Auntie Sun's water imbalance …"
"Stop, stop, stop!" What nonsense, a little civet cat demon like you knows quite a lot. "Then how do you explain the dozen or so people who died in the town, and the Golden Core cultivator who had his heart cut out and his stomach dug out?"
"That … that was all done by that eighth-level fox demon." The civet cat seemed to think of something and trembled all over. "I passed by here ten days ago and saw it harming people. It even wanted to snatch my things, but I couldn't beat it. I had to hide in the town. "
"Hide?" Lonemoon was stunned. A moment later, his eyes widened. "You mean the town's protective array is still there!" Thinking of this, he immediately conjured a seal. A bright light flew out from his fingertips and rushed to the sky. In a moment, a transparent protective shield appeared above the town, covering the whole town. It really was there!
Every town under the protection of the Blackheaven Sect would set up a protective array in the town to prevent demons, beasts, and fiendish cultivators with malevolent Qi from entering and harming mortals. Therefore, without breaking through this layer of protection, there was no way to enter the town. When he first received a request for help from this town, saying that there were demons causing trouble in the town, he subconsciously thought that the protective array had long been broken. That was why no one thought to check, but he did not expect it to still be there.
And the reason why this civet cat could enter was probably as it said, that it had never harmed anyone. That was why there was no trace of malevolent Qi on its body and it did not trigger the array.
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