Chapter 32 A Great-grandmother Named Yue Qiran

The beasts in the world are divided into three types: spiritual beasts, demon beasts and ordinary beasts.

Ordinary animals are animals without any spiritual energy and cannot practice cultivation, such as domestic chickens, ducks and geese.

Both spirit beasts and demon beasts can practice cultivation. The difference is that demon beasts are born with wisdom, or they are enlightened by chance, and their chances of transforming into human form are much greater than those of spirit beasts. Spirit beasts are ignorant and only know how to practice according to the most instinctive methods. After surviving a heavenly thunder, they will gain wisdom.

Since ancient times, humans have favored spirit beasts, and their mounts and pets have often been spirit beasts. In Tao Zi's hazy recollections, someone once said, "Humans are selfish and xenophobic. They regard anything non-human that possesses intelligence but is difficult to utilize as a demon, and those that can be used as a spirit."

The man's tone was quite cold and disdainful, and his emotions tended to be in favor of monsters, but it must be said that spiritual beasts that can be tamed are more lovable than monsters that are unruly and often hurt people.

A long time ago, the Xujia Clan began to raise spiritual beasts, nurturing them from innocence to nascent wisdom, and then transforming them into instruments based on their characteristics.

Tao Zi once had the "fortune" of witnessing the instrumentalization process. A trainer personally cut off the limbs of a defensive spirit beast he had raised, poisoned its throat and made it mute. He used special means to maintain the spirit beast's life and then embedded it into a mecha to strengthen the mecha's defense.

During this process, the spirit beast's eyes were always obedient and confused. No matter how painful it was, it did not attack. It even stretched its head out to rub against its trainer.

Tao Zi herself was not a kind-hearted person, and all this was not enough to make her disgusted. At most, she felt disgusted. What really made her hate Xujiamen was another thing.

Zhao Xue noticed that the senior sister looked unhappy, so he stopped talking.

Yi'er, who was standing on the side, had crawled to Grandpa Zhou's side at some point. Zhao Xue sighed and held him in his arms: "Be good, Yi'er. Don't disturb Grandpa Zhou."

Yi'er nodded obediently and said, "Brother Zhao, will Yue Qiran come over to stop them?"

Tao Zi's pupils shrank and she looked over quickly.

Zhao Xue's reaction was even greater than hers, and he actually scolded her: "Yier, what nonsense are you talking about!"

Yi'er was frightened, not understanding why his usually gentle brother would suddenly yell at him. Tears welled up in his eyes as he said aggrievedly, "Grandpa Zhou said it himself. He said those bad guys used to do the same thing, until a very kind great-grandmother named Yue Qiran showed up and fought with them. Later, that great-grandmother died, and they continued their evil deeds."

Tao Zi didn't know where to start complaining for a moment, and could only say that the rumors were not credible and that she was not that kind.

Her junior brother took a deep breath and said sternly, "Yier, you can't say this name anymore, understand?"

"Why can't I tell you?"

"She did something very bad. If others knew you said that about her, they would arrest you and sell you off."

Tao Zi watched as her junior fellow was so frightened by her name that he didn't even care about feeling sad. He was only focused on scaring people, and her mood became complicated.

Not long after, Yier nodded with sobs.

Zhao Xue also breathed a sigh of relief. She looked up at the senior sister beside her and, remembering that they had mentioned this name in front of her, she reminded them, "Colluding with alien races is unforgivable. If people knew about her, she would be in big trouble. Besides, she has done too many bad things besides alien races. So, it's best not to discuss her anymore."

Tao Zi nodded, indicating that she understood. Judging from the situation, in a while, no ordinary people would know about Yue Qiran. Of course, it would be even better if her enemies could also forget about her.

I don’t know how long it took, but someone pushed the door open and came in. It was Widow Li. She had two talismans stuck on her ears and a few more in her hands.

Seeing them here, she breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I've searched many houses and finally found you." Her voice was sometimes louder and sometimes softer, as if she couldn't control it.

As she spoke, she handed over the talisman in her hand and said, "This is a talisman that Old Man Wen drew urgently. It can block out that damn sound, but it can only be used once. You guys just use it."

Zhao Xue took it and said, "Sorry for the trouble."

She waved her hand. "Don't talk. I can't hear you right now. I only have two copies. There are four of you here. I'll give them to you and Xiao A Zi first. You still have to go back to the sect. Yi'er and the others can stay here overnight. We'll talk tomorrow."

Tao Zi looked at Zhao Xue in silence. He shook his head with a sad face. Widow Li realized something was wrong and walked straight towards the lying Grandpa Zhou.

She felt his pulse and found that his body was stiff. She cursed, "Damn Xujiamen, aren't you afraid of retribution?"

Widow Li was not as excited and sad as Zhao Xue. She quickly calmed herself down and said, "You guys go first. I'll take care of this."

Zhao Xue shook his head, took out a piece of paper and wrote: It’s okay, I’d better stay and see Grandpa Zhou off for the last time.

She glared at him and reminded him unhappily, "You're alright, but what about little Ah Zi? She doesn't know the way. Do you think I should take her there? The road is so winding and bumpy. What would we two weak women do if something happened to us?"

He was stunned for a moment, and Tao Zi immediately said: "It's okay for me. I remember the way and I can go there by myself."

Widow Li couldn't hear what she said, but she could tell what she meant from her expression, and her brows furrowed even deeper.

She added, "I'm not a weak woman, and I walk mountain roads often, so don't worry."

In the end, Tao Zi persuaded them and went back alone.

It was dark outside, with no stars or moon, and it looked like it was late at night.

She walked cautiously on the road, not because she was afraid of the dark, but because the talisman on her ears prevented her from hearing anything, so she had to be careful.

"Tsk, you're no good, Junior Brother."

She looked at it and deliberately lowered her voice: "It's so annoying. Even the talisman paper can't block your voice."

It laughed, a laugh that drifted through the silent world, as strange as it could be. It said, "I am a part of you. This talisman paper can't stop me."

"What are you doing out here? You want me to chat with you again?"

It walked beside her and shook its head: "It's not you accompanying me, it's me accompanying you."

Tao Zi looked at it in surprise: "What?"

The inner demon said as if jokingly: "It's so dark, wouldn't it be nice to have me accompany you?"

"I'm not afraid of the dark."

It said nonchalantly, "Oh, what does it have to do with me whether you are afraid of the dark or not?"

"It's up to you."

The inner demon followed her slowly, reminding her of the pebbles on the road from time to time.

Before reaching the sect, Tao Zi stopped and asked, "Are you really my inner demon?"

It asked in return: "Whose is it?"

"You really don't look like a demon."

The inner demon smiled and said, "If you give me a chance, you won't think I'm different."

Hearing these words, Tao Zi recalled the scene when she first saw it. At that time, it really looked like the legendary demon.