Back in their room, Leng Yue and Qian Chen went to bed early. Tonight, they tacitly avoided mentioning cultivation.

At midnight, the town church bells rang. Clang, clang, clang... It rang twelve times in total, and Qian Chen gently squeezed Leng Yue's hand, which was hidden under the covers.

Leng Yue gently pinched back, and both of them kept their eyes closed, neither of them making a sound.

In the small town, outside the hotel, a black figure appeared in the pristine snow. It moved so fast that even someone who saw it with their own eyes would think they were seeing things.

The hotel door rang with a loud "bang, bang, bang," a stark contrast to the quiet of the night. The person knocking was patient; they knocked only once and then stopped without making a sound.

The person outside waited quietly, and the hotel fell silent once more. After an unknown amount of time, footsteps sounded inside the hotel; the voice sounded like Julia's. The door creaked open, and a moment later, it closed. "Tap tap," but only one person's footsteps could be heard.

The inn remained quiet, but Leng Yue and Qian Chen both knew that those people, or things that weren't human, had entered. The door opened silently, and two vampires walked in.

They stood by the bed, watching, seemingly trying to confirm whether Leng Yue and Qian Chen were truly asleep. At that moment, one of the vampires tentatively approached Leng Yue, leaning forward and placing its mouth against her neck, revealing its fangs.

Seeing him like this, the other one chose to walk to the other side and came directly to Qianchen's side, wanting to drink Qianchen's blood.

At this moment, Leng Yue squeezed Qian Chen's hand, and the two attacked simultaneously. Unexpectedly, the two vampires were captured before they even had a chance to resist.

Leng Yue lit the candles in the room, illuminating the space. She carefully observed the two vampires controlled by Qian Chen. To be honest, these two vampires weren't handsome at all; in fact, they exuded a somewhat lewd aura.

"Disappointed?" Qianchen looked at Lengyue with amusement. "It seems their quality is inconsistent?"

Leng Yue nodded. "Aren't vampires supposed to be handsome and charismatic? I was actually quite looking forward to it!"

These two vampires were more like ghosts; their pointed snouts, monkey-like faces, and greasy hair were repulsive. Although one was tall and the other short, they were both undeniably greasy. Leng Yue couldn't help but gag a few times, remembering how she had almost been bitten by one of these vampires before.

"What is your purpose in coming here?" Leng Yue held up a ball of flame in her hand. This flame was Samadhi True Fire, which was no less harmful than the sun to such a low-level vampire.

Although Leng Yue wouldn't admit to being a member of the "looks-matter" club, seeing such an ugly vampire who came out to scare people, she really couldn't feel a single bit of sympathy. So, she waved a ball of fire back and forth in front of them.

Sure enough, the two vampires were terrified. "Please, could you please keep this thing away from us? We won't play any tricks, really! I promise!"

"I also promise I won't hurt you casually, but you still have to tell me first." Leng Yue completely ignored their bargaining and continued to hold the fire in front of them with a sinister smile.

Seeing that the two vampires were still being manually bound by Qian Chen, he took out immobilization talismans from his pocket and gave one to each of them. Thus, the interrogation was no longer a solo affair for Leng Yue, but was now being conducted by Leng Yue and Qian Chen together.

The two vampires were terrified and stammered, "We're really starving, we've come looking for food. Please, you have to believe us!"

"Who are you? Who opened the door for you? How many of you are here?" Leng Yue looked at the two vampires' attire and sensed that they weren't very wealthy vampires.

These two vampires were dressed in shabby clothes, completely at odds with their supposed aristocratic air. Leng Yue was starting to doubt the realism of what she saw on TV!

"We are residents of this small town and know the landlady of this inn. We heard that humans had come here again, so we came to see if we could fill our stomachs." The taller vampire seemed to be quite honest, answering whatever Leng Yue asked.

Leng Yue decisively moved the fire away from him, but placed it next to another short vampire. The other vampire immediately screamed in fright, "Madam, me too, me too, we're just really hungry!"

"How many came this time?" Leng Yue hadn't heard any sounds from the next room yet, so it seemed they hadn't been attacked.

“It’s just us,” the short vampire answered first. “We’re familiar with the landlady, so we came here for help.”

Leng Yue held the fireball, looking at them thoughtfully. At this moment, Qian Chen spoke up, "How many of your kind are there in this town?"

“I don’t know. We don’t dare to go out normally, let alone talk to people. We’re also afraid of running into blood hunters and people from the church.” The tall vampire looked sorrowful. “We’ve become like rats in the street now, and we don’t dare let anyone know about us.”

"How did you become like this? How long has it been?" Qianchen asked again.

"About two weeks ago, the innkeeper, Julia, commissioned a very special table from us. We happened to be out of wood at home, so we went up the mountain to find some. That day, we had no idea what was happening; we just collapsed in the woods. Later, we became very hungry and craved blood. We attacked other people at nightfall, but we didn't succeed," the tall vampire answered truthfully, seemingly not making it up.

“But Julia says you attack humans not only in the mountains, but also in the town, even during the day!” Leng Yue looked at them. “How come your stories are different?”

"This is a complete injustice! We really didn't do this!" the short vampire struggled. "It wasn't us! We're innocent! We just want to live, really!"

The tall vampire added, "Yes, ma'am, we've heard some of the legends about the town, but they really have nothing to do with us."

"Unrelated? If it were unrelated, why would you still be drinking human blood?" Qian Chen laughed. "I don't think you're as innocent as you seem, are you?"

"I've heard that newly embraced vampires, if not guided, will become addicted and go mad once they start drinking blood. The direct result of going mad is that they will drain people dry. So, how many humans have you killed without guidance?" Qian Chen pressed closer, and neither of the two vampires dared to look him in the eye.

They didn't know why, even though this man was just an ordinary human being, he could bring them such a powerful sense of oppression.

"What else do you know? I advise you to stop playing the victim." Qian Chen had already seen through the fact that these two vampires were working together to try and get away with it by feigning helplessness.

Seeing Qianchen say this, Lengyue smiled and said, "So, you were all lying to me just now? That's easy, just set it on fire, and out of sight, out of mind!"

Vampire: ...These two angel-like humans are actually the real devils!