Yu Ling chose to go down to the scene from the rooftop to scout the location, checking things out before the two demon hunters who were sound asleep inside.

[Host, Mr. Li doesn't seem to be very bright, but his wife, Madam Li, seems to know some inside information. She wasn't scared at all when she looked at those two corpses!] On the way, the system couldn't help but speak again.

"Madam Li? She doesn't seem to harbor any resentment, and her demeanor is calm, so she's probably not the person behind it all... However, what you said makes some sense. Her reaction was indeed too calm; she must know something. We can eavesdrop and follow the clues..."

Let's see what shady business the person behind this is plotting to pull off such a good show, which actually managed to draw out the demon hunter from Master Li.

Then, you can have a friendly conversation about how, "Madam, you don't want the master to know that the monster-related drama is related to you either..." Hehehe...

As Yu Ling started talking about scheming, she seemed to get more and more excited. The upward curve of her lips really gave her a villainous air, but as she spoke, something seemed off...

Wait a minute, something's not right! I'm a fox now, not a celestial master, and I'm not really here to catch 'monsters'. My main purpose is clearly to find a place to hide, heal my injuries, regain my human form, and go back to being a celestial master to exorcise demons!

Why is she so concerned about the Li family's privacy? There's no reward for it! Thinking this, Yu Ling replied perfunctorily to the system:

"Since Master Li has invited both demon hunters, the person behind it will definitely get restless. Just wait for him to come out on his own; I don't need to bother investigating further."

Besides, answering questions should be the job of the two demon hunters who were invited. I'll just jump out when the two sides are fighting and help stab the guy who's ruining the demon's reputation.

This trip to scout the location is just to completely rule out the possibility of monsters... As for the rest, let those two demon hunters practice their skills.”

After Yu Ling finished speaking, she continued her rooftop tour, wandering around the areas near the incident sites in the mansion. After listening to the sounds for a while, she found that everything around her was quiet and nothing unusual had happened.

After wandering around for a while and planning to call it a day, Yu Ling remembered that her fox identity was of unknown origin and she couldn't be seen by people. So she didn't go back to the guest room where the demon hunter had stayed. Instead, she found a relatively clean place nearby and settled down to rest.

Just as she was recuperating and resting, a series of eerie winds swept through the Li residence, blowing fiercely as if trying to wake everyone in the mansion.

But strangely, everyone, including Yu Ling, was completely unaware, sleeping soundly as if they had taken sleeping pills...

Although the system doesn't need to sleep in the system space, its intelligence is limited. It can't detect dangers that aren't right in front of it, and assumes the host is asleep. Moreover, it doesn't wake up even with such a strong wind, so it seems to be sleeping quite soundly.

Time passed, and night fell. The moon hung in the sky, its bright light shining through the gray clouds and illuminating the entire Li family mansion, bathing the whole village in a soft white glow... making the sleeping figures of the Li family members appear exceptionally peaceful.

But in the dead of night, in the Li residence where everything was quiet except for the sound of the wind, a sudden, noisy, screeching sound rose into the sky and spread everywhere.

A swarm of small animals and insects, chirping and squawking, burst forth from all directions and nooks and crannies, rushing towards the room where Yu Ling was resting—the room where the 'monster incident' had occurred...

They were incredibly fast, reaching the bedroom in an instant.

Even in hibernation, Yu Ling wasn't completely oblivious to the outside world. Before the system could even summon her, her alert soul sensed something was wrong, and the little red fox immediately bristled. She bared her teeth and jumped onto the roof beam.

When she regained consciousness and opened her eyes wide to observe what was below, she saw various snakes, rats, birds, insects, and other animals (insects) that were clearly not on the same food chain, all of which began to... collectively go berserk?

It was somewhat like a bizarre ritual, but more like a delirious outburst of thought, spinning and rolling around, making a mess of the room that Master Li had sent people to clean.

[Host, are they under some kind of mind-disrupting curse?] The system had never seen such a strange phenomenon before. It was already a miracle that these animals weren't eating each other, so why were they having a party here?

"Do you think this is the previous world? Curses flying everywhere? Of course they're not cursed! Besides, with such small bodies and barren brains, they're practically unintelligent, so why would they need curses to disturb them?"

Seeing that these ordinary animals posed little threat and clearly couldn't harm her, Yu Ling curled up again and prepared to rest on the roof beam, resting her head on her soft tail and half-closing her eyes.

"This is confirmed. Those strange things happening in the Li residence were definitely man-made. We just arrived too late to see what methods that person used to make the animals obey his commands..."

After saying that, Yu Ling released a bit of her divine soul aura, which kept the snakes, insects, rats and birds having a party below from disturbing her. Then she buried her face in her tail fur and fell asleep again.

Meanwhile, in a secluded alley outside the Li residence, a group of ugly, rascal-looking thugs were whispering and gossiping loudly about the Li family...

One of the burly men, with round eyes and a scar on his face, laughed and said:

"Hey, that little wench's gift was actually quite interesting. We just lit a bit of that incense laced with medicine and threw it into the little beasts' burrow, and they behaved so well. Not only did they not attack us, but they also caused chaos throughout the Li mansion. So that's how the strange incident of the Li mansion catching fire came about!"

"But what if...the two exorcists that Master Li hired really find out the truth about the Li family's affairs and drag us workers out too? Wouldn't we be in danger?! Maybe we should just quit after this is over. There's no need to risk our lives for money..." a thin man said.

He was the kind of lookout who got the least share of the money. He still had a conscience and didn't know if what he was doing was harmful. He didn't dare to refuse the marginal members of the small group, so he felt a little scared and uneasy.