Chapter 203

The atmosphere at the scene was indescribable.

The most bewildered was Chu Er. He stood beside the blood-soaked sacrificial table, with the dying Lin Jing at his feet and the "evil god" he had painstakingly summoned over the years in front of him. He couldn't understand how things had come to this.

Just three minutes ago, he was still fantasizing that the gods would grant him complete fusion with this body, bestow upon him supreme magical power, and help him defeat the Taoist priests and dragons on the other side.

However, three minutes later, his greatest hope was to kneel on the ground, trembling as he explained his origins to the dragon.

"I can't remember when I fell asleep. It seems that the dynasty was founded by a beggar. At that time, there were still many gods in the human world. Unless I was starving, I dared not walk around the human world much."

"Later, I took a nap, and when I woke up, I found that the spiritual energy in the world was too thin to support the survival of great demons like us, and I couldn't even leave the mountain where I was sleeping, so I fell asleep again."

"My consciousness has been gradually clearing up in recent days, but I haven't been able to fully wake up until tonight when I felt the Emperor's Dew and sensed someone calling me. I was so hungry that I ended up here in a daze."

As Taotie finished speaking, it cautiously looked up at the little dragon with its black back and white belly.

"I didn't mean to ignore you. I just woke up and my mind wasn't clear yet. I was only focused on filling my stomach, so I didn't notice your imposing aura."

Little Dragon didn't know what to ask him, so he lowered his eyes and glanced at him with feigned majesty, then gently brushed Qin Su's shoulder with his tail.

Qin Su understood and asked, "You said you woke up once in the middle, felt the spiritual energy was thin, and then fell asleep again. What about the other powerful demons you know? Where did they go?"

Taotie couldn't fathom her level, but he wasn't stupid. He knew that anyone who could raise dragons in any era was extraordinary, so he honestly replied, "I don't know either. Maybe she's asleep like me, or maybe she's disappeared. If I hadn't been summoned today, I once felt that I would have disappeared into the world as well."

Qin Su then asked, "You said you've been gradually regaining your senses these past few days, when did that start?"

Taotie replied, "Not long, in human time, about a month or so."

Qin Su's thoughts stirred slightly. She calculated the time and felt that it was around the same time as when Ye Yan appeared in this world.

So, the awakening of these great demons must have occurred at the same time.

Chu Er suddenly spoke up, as if he had just realized something: "Taotie? You're Taotie!"

He acted as if he had suffered some great humiliation, "You just lied to me and said you were some ancient god, you're clearly just a ferocious beast!"

Taotie glanced at him sideways, his tone defiant yet assertive, and said, "How can that be considered lying to you? Taotie was also born in ancient times, so it's perfectly reasonable for me to say that I am an ancient god."

Chu Er's awe of him vanished, replaced by hatred for his shattered dreams and failed efforts. He said with a vengeance, "No wonder you only knew how to eat the moment you showed up, always asking for food. You're just a beast with a head to eat."

The gluttonous beast roared, "You still have the nerve to insult me? I haven't even settled the score with you for the food you gave me! That meat probably had not only cockroaches crawling on it, but also their remains... Ugh..."

At this point, he felt nauseous again, gagged, and quickly stopped himself from thinking about it any further.

Chu Er sneered, "You deserve it."

The gluttonous beast was furious: "How dare you, a mere brat, speak to me like that!"

He slapped him, and Chu Er fell to the ground.

The Xuanmen practitioners present watched helplessly as Chu Er's soul floated out of Chu Shuangyan's body.

Taotie grabbed Chu Er's soul and said hatefully, "I'm going to eat you up today."

Chu Er screamed in agony as his arm was immediately bitten off by the Taotie.

Everyone: "..."

How did they end up fighting like that?!

Everyone quickly stepped forward to stop the Taotie.

Chu Er can't die yet. We haven't interrogated him yet. We don't know if he's done anything else bad over the years, or if he has any other accomplices or followers.

After much persuasion, everyone managed to snatch food from the jaws of death and save Chu Er, who was missing an arm and a leg.

Chu Er collapsed to the ground with a wail, next to Lin Jing, who was barely clinging to life.

Then everyone remembered that Chu Er's accomplice was also involved.

Tang Xuan slapped his thigh and exclaimed, "Wait a minute! One of the criminals has been dead for twenty-five years and his soul is incomplete. The other is about to die and has lost his heart. How are we going to close the case?!"

Everyone:"……"

After glancing at Chu Er, who was now just a soul, and then at Lin Jing, who was about to kick the bucket, everyone fell silent.

It has to be said that this is indeed a problem. It's easier to deal with the special management departments, since they are dealing with people from all walks of life, and everyone understands what's going on. But child trafficking needs to be explained to the public.

You can't just go to court and tell the judge, "This matter can't be handled in the mortal world, it has to be handled in the underworld," the judge won't believe you.

Tang Xuan looked at everyone one by one, seeking their help.

Everyone else was helpless. Qin Su pondered for a moment and asked Taotie, "Can you turn back into your original form?"

Taotie said awkwardly, "It can, but it's a bit ugly."

"That's alright, go back to your original form and give her back the heart in this body." Qin Su pointed to Lin Jing, who was about to breathe her last.

Taotie agreed.

It transformed into a four-limbed monster with the body of a sheep, the face of a human, and horns on its head; at first glance, it was indeed a bit ugly.

Taotie returned the heart from the statue to Lin Jing and infused her with some demonic power. Lin Jing came back to life, but her face was pale and she was extremely weak, unable to even stand up.

She kowtowed to Qin Su in that position, sincerely saying, "Thank you so much, Master, for saving my life. I am willing to serve you like a slave..."

"Stop." Qin Su interrupted her. "There's no such thing as saving your life. I have no intention of letting you go. You'll go back to the police station with Tang Xuan later and explain your crimes properly."

Tang Xuan promptly pulled out handcuffs and cuffed Lin Jing: "Don't even think about working like a slave for her. You don't have the time for that. You'll be working the sewing machine inside."

Lin Jing lowered her head in silence.

Tang Xuan's words brought the people present back to their work rationality.

Yes, although the crisis was resolved and the child was saved, there are still many things to deal with afterward.

The trials of Lin Jing and Chu Er, the compensation and consequences they should pay, Chu Shuangyan's physical and mental condition, and the conclusion of the child abduction case all require joint work from the police on Tang Xuan's side and the Special Management Department on Hu Meng's side.

Zhang Yan felt a headache coming on just thinking about it, and said listlessly, "No way, I just came back from the brink of death, and now I have to start working again."

Hu Meng sighed and gestured for him to look up at the sky: "It's almost dawn, let's get ready for 007."

Zhang Yan: "..."

What a tragedy for a corporate slave!