The man raised his hand to wipe his sweat and replied in a low voice.

"For the past month, it seems like a monster has appeared in our town. Every night, several people die."

"I'm just scared."

Tu Lu gently sniffed the fishy smell in the air. "It's too late."

Before the middle-aged man could react to what he meant, there was a knock on the door.

"Can you open the door for me?" a hoarse voice came, as if someone was choking him.

The man suddenly stopped what he was doing, broke out in a cold sweat, and almost collapsed to the ground.

The crimson blood outside the door began to seep in through the cracks, and a stench grew stronger.

This made Liu Yin frown slightly, and she quickly covered her nose with her hand.

Noticing her movement, Tu Lu quickly shielded her behind him and shouted to the man blocking their way, "Get out of the way."

Even without him mentioning it, the man would avoid it; his legs would be too weak to walk, and his mind would go blank.

With a loud crash outside, the inn's door shattered into pieces, and the man was knocked to the ground by the table, clutching his waist and groaning, but unable to make a sound due to his inner fear.

In front of him was a familiar person, the owner of the noodle shop next door.

His face was contorted, and his limbs dangled as he roared at him, "How dare you not open the door for me! I'll eat you alive!"

Blood continued to drip from his limbs, landing on the ground and quickly spreading in all directions.

After saying that, as if only then noticing Liuyin and Tulu standing there, he grinned maliciously and said, "I didn't expect there would be more tonight..."

Lifting his droopy face, his eyes barely caught sight of the slaughter protecting Liuyin when the rest of his words caught in his throat.

His bloodshot eyes were filled with surprise; how could he be here?

Just as he was about to turn and leave, Tu Lu grabbed him by the throat and lifted him up.

"Please, Your Honor, spare my life! I will never dare to do it again."

The monster with the human face looked pleading, but the ill-fitting human skin made it appear somewhat strange.

He was originally a spirit from Wushan, and had only recently found this small town where there were no other demons, and not many people were eating him yet.

Since there were no other demons around, he wasn't in a particularly hurry to eat. He never expected to encounter slaughter here.

Tu Lu, his face cold, gripped his neck tightly. The words the demon hadn't finished saying earlier had fueled a surge of anger within him.

With a little effort, Tu Lu casually tossed his corpse aside.

Liu Yin looked at the bloodstains on his hands, took out a handkerchief, and gently wiped them away.

Noticing the fear on the innkeeper's face, Liu Yin smiled slightly and explained softly.

“My husband is a demon hunter. When he encounters these monsters, he naturally has to rid the people of this scourge.”

Before they left Wushan, the scent on their bodies was washed away by the cloud pool. Unless Tu Lu actively released the pressure of a great demon, no one would know that he was a demon.

"So you're a demon hunter." The middle-aged man raised his hand and pounded his feet, his legs were so weak he couldn't get up.

Last month, a group of demon hunters came to their town and captured a willow tree demon.

The man's gaze fell on the corpse on the ground, which was now just an empty skin, with a toad trembling slightly beneath it.

"He's not dead yet?" the man asked in horror.

“Dead.” Tu Lu said coldly, taking Liu Yin back a few steps.

The middle-aged man breathed a sigh of relief, "So it was just a toad spirit."

"Please excuse my presumption. As a demon hunter of such high status who also saved my life, I certainly won't let you pay for my lodging."

"The demon has been exorcised. Why don't you two stay with me for a few more days so that I can repay your life-saving grace?"

Liu Yin smiled and replied, "Then I'll trouble you."

The man gave them the best room, but it was in a remote location, and it was the best he could offer in town.

After bringing Liuyin and Tulu into the room, the man left first.

As he walked back to his room, he felt increasingly uneasy. It wasn't about the two guests who came tonight, but rather about the group of demon hunters who had come last month.

A group of people arrogantly settled into his small shop, dissatisfied with everything from food and clothing to lodging and transportation.

But they came to exorcise demons, and the shopkeeper could only smile and bow his head, enduring their disdain, since everyone in the town was afraid of monsters.

He had lived here for decades, and this was the first time he had ever heard of monsters here.

Indeed, those demon hunters were quite skilled; they captured a willow tree demon right in front of everyone.

The willow tree grew by the lake, and no one knew how long it had lived; even the townspeople couldn't say.

However, the day the tree was set on fire, it eventually transformed into a frail old man with white hair and beard, dressed in green clothes.

He originally intended to escape into the water, but the water had already been salted by the group of demon hunters. The amount of salt used was so large that the originally clear lake water had taken on a different color.

The agonizing screams echoed throughout the entire town.

Finally, the willow tree spirit was taken away by the group of demon hunters.

The people in the town should have been relieved, since the demon had been eliminated. But shortly after the demon hunters left, people in the town suddenly started dying.

This has continued until now.

The innkeeper never expected that the monster they had been fearing for a month would actually be a toad spirit.

Seeing that Tu Lu could kill a monster with a single move, he began to have some doubts about the group of demon hunters he had met before.

He secretly peeked out the window from upstairs and saw that the group of demon hunters had captured the willow tree demon alive.

Moreover, it was only after they left that the town began to be harassed by spirits.