29. Fragrant Grave Soil · 2 · Demon Management Bureau

Gui Fang's face darkened, secretly angry at his own carelessness.

Half a minute ago, outside the forest, he suddenly sensed a very faint gaze, but due to the physical discomfort caused by the teleportation, Gui Fang took the vague gaze as an illusion.

Upon recognizing the person, Bei Chen immediately roared, "Fu Guanhong! You've fallen into the clutches of an evil spirit master, framed your own siblings, and harmed your classmates. Now you're even impersonating the Monster Management Bureau, acting like a tyrant here!"

framing a comrade?

Tangxi was somewhat puzzled.

Before being forcibly teleported, Tangxi vaguely remembered that this woman and the exhausted Guifang were evenly matched, and Guifang seemed very surprised. It turned out that Beichen also recognized her.

The original work never mentions any supporting character using a talisman gun as their magical weapon.

Is this yet another unexpected event?

Tangxi and others became even more vigilant.

"So what if you're an evil spirit master? Might makes right. Since your eight great families have your own methods to rise above others, we have our own methods to become upper-middle class. Also, I don't deny that you murdered my sister and harmed my classmates. But..."

Fu Guanhong coldly glanced at the three people in front of him, and slowly raised the muzzle of his gun.

"We are legitimate inspectors from the Monster Management Bureau! You three, who did not apply for the training entry qualification, must be detained for seven days according to the rules..."

Before she could finish speaking, Lang Yuehua pressed the gun down beside her.

Fu Guanhong looked over in confusion, only to see Lang Yuehua say in a deep voice, "Hand over the evil crow, and I'll let you off the hook."

Upon hearing this, Fu Guanhong raised an eyebrow and obediently put away his hunting rifle.

"A raven?"

The three of them glanced at Pipi, who was hiding behind a tombstone and dared not utter a sound, and silently stood in front of the cemetery.

"Go away, I'm not going with you!"

Pipi peeked out from behind the tombstone, his eyes blazing with fury. "Why are you always chasing me! Who wants to kill me?"

Fu Guanhong chuckled. "Why would he kill you? He'd be more than happy to keep you around!"

She then pointed her gun at Tang Xi and said, "What future do you have following him? Look at you, you've gotten so fat in just a few days! How will you ever become a powerful demon? If we hadn't run into you while investigating Di Yin, how would we have known you were becoming more and more degenerate as your master grew!"

...Am I degenerate?

Tang Xi glanced back, and Pi Pi looked as if struck by lightning, pecking at its own belly, but unfortunately it couldn't reach it.

She has gained a little weight.

Tang Xi said to Fu Guanhong, "It was clearly you who chased Pipi and cornered it in the abandoned building, leaving it with nowhere to escape, that forced it to..."

Forced to shed his skin and let his soul wander, it crashed into his own body, leading to a series of troubles that got him involved in the protagonist's storyline.

Tang Xi paused for a moment, then said evasively, "If it weren't for you, Pipi wouldn't have had to flee in such a sorry state, ending up on the streets, and being picked up by a kind person like me."

"It's the higher-ups who want to kill it, what does it have to do with us!"

Fu Guanhong's eyes widened. "Who knew the little fat chicken was so timid? I only meant to make a show of it, but it scared itself and ran away!"

Fu Guanhong's opening remarks were packed with information, leaving the three of them stunned.

Although the two people in front of me have joined the "Monster Management Bureau", are they going against their superiors?

Things are getting even stranger...

Tang Xi asked, "Let's put Pipi aside for now and let me confirm whether the orders you received were to capture Beichen's entourage alive or to eliminate them?"

The protagonist being discussed frowned when he heard his life or death being so easily mentioned.

"Elimination".

Lang Yuehua glanced at Fu Guanhong, and only after receiving a reassuring gesture from him did she continue, "I can tell you part of the information. For some reason, half of the higher-ups support eliminating Beichen, while the other half want to capture him alive. Ultimately..."

His crimson eyes swept over Bei Chen's entourage. "It's all because of this guy's Star Power."

It can summon the power of stars from various celestial deities.

Everyone fell silent. Even though they hadn't personally witnessed Bei Chen summoning the Martial Star Lord, the overwhelming spiritual energy suppression and the lingering power of the star force that had shattered the attacking evil spirit masters still left Tang Xi and the others with lingering fear.

"He's really popular, a true star."

Gui Fang said coolly, rather carefree, "So many people are vying for you, why don't we send you to the Demon Management Bureau right now in a grand sedan chair..."

"Are you even human?! Remove the threads!"

Tang Xi pressed on, "So you're here to eliminate Bei Chen?"

Lang Yuehua was taken aback, then immediately felt wronged and shouted, "No! I was just testing you!"

Bei Chen, standing to the side, felt a lump in his throat, his thoughts a jumble of emotions.

Pretending? That speed and force was just 'pretending'?

If it weren't for Tang Xihe, he might have been seriously injured, or even dead.

Fu Guanhong coughed loudly and then slammed his elbow into Lang Yuehua. Realizing she had lost her composure, Lang Yuehua snapped out of her daze and said, "I didn't use my full strength just now. I was just watching you talk, so I wanted to test your reaction speed."

Pipi, who had been listening for a while, cautiously peeked out from behind the tombstone. "Are you fighting amongst yourselves? If you're looking for Beichen, why did you arrest me?"

"This is another task required by the higher-ups, so there's no conflict."

Lang Yuehua paused for a moment, then said, "Exterminate the entire Crow Clan, leaving no survivors."

The surroundings were quiet.

Gui Fang couldn't help but rub his arms. "Hey, saying you want to wipe out the entire Raven Clan on their graves, even I think that's immoral."

And why haven't we seen a single monster after being in Fragrant Graveyard for so long?

What about the other crows?

Gui Fang glanced out of the corner of his eye at the crow heads on the tombstone that were constantly opening their mouths and trying to speak, and a sense of foreboding suddenly flashed through his mind.

“I’m telling the truth. Didn’t you notice? After stepping into the Fragrant Graveyard, we didn’t encounter any other crows.”

Hiding in the back, Pipi was in a state of turmoil. Lang Yuehua drew the sword from her side and showed it to Pipi, "You should recognize this, right?"

The short bayonet gleamed coldly, its blade so sharp it seemed capable of slicing through the air. Seeing the familiar glint of the blade, Pipi leaped out from behind the tombstone.

Of course I recognize it.

Triangular banner, short bayonet, and a bronze-colored iron shield that could deflect attacks.

When it was fleeing through the abandoned building, its pursuers were each carrying one of these three magical artifacts. For some reason, they started fighting each other, which gave it a chance to escape.

Under the thick fog, Pipi couldn't see very clearly, so it flew closer, landed on Tang Xi, and craned its neck to get a closer look. "That's right, that's right! It's this knife! You were one of the people who captured me back then?"

“Yes.” Lang Yuehua sheathed her dagger. “We don’t want to fight here today. Come with us and we’ll let them go.”

Fu Guanhong immediately became displeased and stomped his foot heavily, "Hey!"

"We're here to investigate the sound of the flute," Lang Yuehua said firmly.

"..." Fu Guanhong said irritably, turning her head away angrily, her high ponytail hitting Lang Yuehua's face, "Yes, yes, yes! The leader is right!"

Pipi looked around in a panic, not knowing what to do, and asked Tang Xihe, "He said too much, I didn't quite understand."

"These two evil spirits like to go against the boss."

Tang Xihe said, "When the boss says he wants to eliminate Beichen, he just pretends; when the boss says he wants to eliminate you, he also pretends."

After a pause, Tang Xi asked softly, "Without considering anyone else's feelings, do you want to go with them?"

"Why is Tangxi acting crazy with you? Of course not!"

Gui Fang revealed a pair of dark gold skeletal hands, staring at the two evil spirit masters and saying, "You can even develop feelings for a dog. Pipi has been with us for so long, and you want to snatch it halfway? Who are you trying to scare with your training application? What's the difference between you and those human traffickers who snatch children to their faces and threaten them not to call the police?"

A barrage of sharp sarcasm snapped Beichen out of his reverie.

This half-demon's true strength is indeed above his own, but whether before or now, he is clearly no match for the werewolf.

Bei Chen carefully examined Lang Yuehua and found that she was also looking at him intently. Their eyes met, and Lang Yuehua looked away first.

“We have no intention of taking action,” Lang Yuehua said, glancing quickly at the skeleton hand of the Ghost Fang, “but if you are unwilling to cooperate, then there’s nothing we can do.”

Before Lang Yuehua could finish uttering the last word, she suddenly grabbed Fu Guanhong and pulled him backward.

Tang Xi suddenly launched an attack, teleporting to where Lang Yuehua was standing and delivering a flying kick, then tossing Pipi into a hiding place. "Run!"

With limited space and heavy fog in the deep forest, Lang Yuehua narrowly dodged, and the two of them crashed into thick tree trunks one after another. Fu Guanhong was so dizzy from being pulled by Lang Yuehua that he realized that the other party had launched the first attack.

Fu Guanhong: !!!

This is outrageous!

"you!"

Lang Yuehua was incredulous that Tang Xihe, who was usually unnoticed, would suddenly launch an attack. "You actually ambushed me?"

"It's only fair to return the favor; you were the one who launched the sneak attack on Beichen first."

As Tang Xi spoke, she faced him head-on, while Bei Chen and Gui Fang blocked her path from the left and right, forcing Lang Yuehua to retreat rapidly. The golden threads tightly bound the sharp claws, and Lang Yuehua struggled desperately, immediately feeling the claws dulling rapidly.

Are the threads of the Ghost Clan golden...?

wrong!

The more Lang Yuehua struggled, the faster her claws wore down, and she was startled.

Has this guy's attack style changed in just a few days?

Unbeknownst to him, the Ghost Fang's "golden threads" had absorbed a large amount of gold from the Labyrinth Mountain, making the threads "extremely soft and resilient," which perfectly countered the "hardness" and "fierceness" of his wolf claws.

Lang Yuehua dared not struggle forcefully, feeling her claws rapidly wearing down. Distraction is the worst thing in battle; in that moment of hesitation, Lang Yuehua was immediately kicked away by Bei Chen.

Former classmates suddenly found themselves amidst gunfire and the clash of knives.

Lang Yuehua leaned against the broken branch, catching her breath. Her eyes sharpened, and she revealed her wolf claws. Her muscles tensed, and her bones creaked unpleasantly due to her rapidly expanding body.

"Then let's have a good fight!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lang Yuehua darted out, and at the same time, two gunshots rang out as Fu Guanhong raised his hunting rifle and shot at Gui Fang.

The skull's hand bones shattered instantly, scattering golden sparks everywhere.

"How could I forget about you?"

Gui Fang abruptly stopped, turned around slowly, and immediately attacked Fu Guan Hong.

"What!"

Fu Guanhong watched in shock as the talisman bullet pierced through the two skeletal hands, and Gui Fang's skeletal claws instantly healed as before. He shuddered and hurriedly turned his gun from Bei Chen to the rapidly approaching Gui Fang.

After firing several shots, Gui Fang did not dodge or evade, but instead moved closer with ghostly speed. Fu Guan Hong immediately retreated and hastily dodged using the terrain.

Gui Fang watched helplessly as the woman in front of him, her steps frantic, vanished on the spot.

Gui Fang was shocked and stared wide-eyed, trying to see clearly. Now he was even more certain that he had not seen wrong. Enraged, he spread out the chaotic silk threads, and the overwhelming net attacked the surrounding hiding places.

"Damn it! No sportsmanship! Wearing an invisibility cloak!"

A fierce battle unfolded in the tranquil cemetery.

Tang Xi sent out a kick, which Lang Yuehua narrowly dodged. Bei Chen then threw several straight punches in succession, leaving Lang Yuehua in a sorry state. Lang Yuehua gritted his teeth in frustration.

Even though he was a werewolf, and a specially trained evil spirit master at that, Lang Yuehua was no match for his many opponents. After a few moves, Lang Yuehua quickly found himself at a disadvantage.

"Bang bang bang!"

Gunfire continued from Fu Guan Hong's side. The three men locked in combat heard Fu Guan Hong shout, "Hand over Evil Crow! Fat Chicken! Where are you hiding! It's all your fault for refusing to come with us, Gui Fang is injured!"

The black figure hiding among the tombstones trembled, and Gui Fang roared, "I'm perfectly fine! Don't believe her!"

The air seemed to grow heavier and heavier. The group gasped for breath and realized that the fog had grown thicker and thicker, so thick that they couldn't see their own hands in front of their faces.

"Should we stop?"

Lang Yuehua's voice was very close, panting as she said, "This fog is strange; it might be related to the flute music."

"..."

Tang Xi and Bei Chen tried to turn back to the tombstone they had just seen, but when they turned around, they were met with a thick fog and could only hear continuous gunshots and Fu Guan Hong's incoherent curses.

"Ugh, so annoying! Were you a spider in your past life?!"

You're the pig!

"Stop firing!" Tang Xi shouted in the direction of the gunfire, "Where are you?!"

"call--"

A sudden gust of wind arose from nowhere, howling and blowing away the white mist.

Tangxi and the other two immediately regained their vision, seeing the tree trunks that had been destroyed in the battle. The white mist dissipated extremely quickly, and in the blink of an eye, the group was pulled out of the fog and could clearly see Fu Guanhong and Gui Fang stopping their fight dozens of meters away, looking over in the distance.

Both sides turned their attention to the same spot with vigilance.

During the fight, a woman in green suddenly appeared out of thin air, hovering in mid-air. She had a slender figure, long hair like fire, and her hands were making strange hand gestures that she had never seen in class.

To everyone's astonishment, the woman in green slowly opened her eyes, glared angrily at Fu Guanhong, and changed her hand gestures.

"You are not allowed to be disrespectful to His Highness!"

Fu Guanhong was startled and had no time to react when a strange wind howled in, almost forming a solid shape, blowing Fu Guanhong almost backward.

Fu Guanhong tried to use the force to turn over and avoid the attack of the strange wind, but unexpectedly, wave after wave of gale came, and she was caught in a mess and flipped over repeatedly.

"Depend on!"

Fu Guanhong cursed loudly, slammed his hunting rifle into the nearest tree trunk, flipped over abruptly, and stopped in mid-air, drawing his gun and aiming at the woman in blue.

But the target of the gun was intercepted by another guy.

"A sneak attack while wearing an invisibility cloak?"

Fu Guanhong's pupils contracted. Gui Fang Wu Di had appeared in front of her without her noticing. At this moment, she was suspended in mid-air. Activating the talisman spear required ghostly energy, and it was too late to move again.

The terrifying pain of being sliced ​​into pieces by the golden threads that she had imagined did not come; Gui Fang simply kicked her heavily to the ground.

Fu Guanhong crashed heavily to the ground, her back throbbing with pain, and her vision blurred. She struggled to make out her surroundings; Gui Fang was bending over, looking down at her with a complex expression.

"Kill me if you want." Fu Guanhong stiffened his neck and closed his eyes.

"You helped me, I won't kill you."

Gui Fang said with a complicated expression, "Back then, even if you couldn't beat your opponent, you would choose to fight them head-on. How did you become like this?"

Fu Guanhong was startled by what he heard, and was somewhat lost in thought. What was going on? Was it a sneak attack?

"What's the point of being honorable in a life-or-death struggle? As long as you can win, any means are justified..."

Fu Guanhong's voice gradually lowered as he lost his confidence.

then?

It sounds like something very far away.

Two years ago, she was also a student at the University of Magic, and two years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Fu Guanhong's heart skipped a beat, and for some reason, he suddenly felt an urge to explain, "Actually, we..."