Chapter 195 Chaotic Dance of Gods and Demons

Several children, dressed in ill-fitting clothes and with disheveled hair, stared timidly at the empty house that had been uninhabited before. They had heard from their families that someone was living there today, and that the person inside was the village's great benefactor who had killed many hyenas the night before.

“My father said that our benefactor killed a lot of hyenas and scared them all away. They won’t come to our village again.”

"How much is 'many'?"

"Anyway, there are a lot more, more than the fish in the river."

The child nodded blankly after hearing the explanation. There were so many fish in the river, and the benefactor had killed so many hyenas. That was amazing!

As soon as Rong Yi stepped out, she saw several little kids chatting and laughing across the street. When they saw her open the door, they dispersed with smiles.

The village was quite quiet in the early morning. The men got up at cockcrow and went to work in the fields. The women cleaned the houses, fed the pigs and chickens, and prepared lunch to deliver to the men in the fields. The older children went out to cut pig feed or sweep the house.

The younger children, just like before, played together, going out to pick wild fruits or catch fish and shrimp.

The village has cattle, and the children, seeing horses for the first time, couldn't help but gather around to watch.

Rong Yi stretched and reminded them, "Don't get too close, the horse will kick you."

Hearing her words, the children nodded shyly and took a step back.

Yesterday's timing was wrong, so it wouldn't be easy for the villagers to express their gratitude. Rong Yi and Wei Yanqing packed up their things and left before the villagers returned from the fields.

To express their gratitude for the lodging, five hyenas with their inner cores were left behind; how they would be divided up was up to the village chief.

The only usable parts of the second-tier hyenas are their inner cores. Their fur is just average; it's enough to make a simple cloak, but there are only two of them, so they don't need that much. As for their meat, it's nothing compared to the Ice Essence Ox.

As they drove away, the children instinctively followed, but Rong Yi quickly waved them off, signaling them not to follow. It would be bad if they got out of the village.

"Go back now. I left something in the house for your village chief. Keep a close eye on it and don't let the demons outside steal it."

Children in this age group can be mischievous, but they also have a strong sense of mission.

As expected, the children listened to her, waved goodbye, and ran towards the empty house.

When the village chief returned from town in the afternoon, the two had already left. The children pointed to the five coyote carcasses in the empty house, saying that their benefactor had left them for him.

The village chief could only sigh, thinking that the village was incredibly lucky to have encountered two extraordinary people.

The strange behavior of the coyote demon has been reported to the county magistrate, who says that disciples from the immortal sect will arrive in a few days.

This matter must be taken seriously. If a large village is massacred, the local county magistrate will be held accountable, and may even lose his job and be imprisoned.

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Rong Yi and Wei Yanqing arrived in the town, which was more lively than Gaoyang Town.

The two found the largest restaurant, and as soon as they entered, the waiter warmly greeted them, led them to their seats, and asked what they would like to eat.

Rong Yi glanced at the menu, not wanting to order anything, and looked up to ask, "Does your restaurant accept meat from demons?"

According to what the constables had said, everything about the demons was quite expensive, and ordinary merchants couldn't possibly afford to eat so many hyenas, so they came to the restaurant to try their luck.

The waiter was taken aback; no customer had ever asked him this question before, but demons were valuable items.

"Please wait a moment, sir, I'll go find our manager."

A moment later, someone lifted the curtain and came in, and the waiter pointed to where the two people were.

The innkeeper, sporting a small mustache, approached the table. "Do you two have meat from monsters?"

Wei Yanqing nodded, "Some hyenas, I wonder how much your restaurant can charge."

The shopkeeper thought for a moment and asked, "Did you bring the meat? I need to check before I can give you the results."

They followed the shopkeeper to the kitchen, where a fresh coyote carcass appeared out of thin air. The shopkeeper was visibly startled, thinking they were disciples of a celestial sect.

"So it's you two immortal masters..." The shopkeeper seemed to want to get along with them.

"Stop." Rong Yi interrupted his rambling. "Take a look at these hyenas, how many can you catch?"

That's a bit suspicious. Saying how much they can buy means they have a lot of goods on hand. And since the two are immortal masters, they probably killed a bunch of hyenas to sell.

The innkeeper beckoned over a plump cook. The cook examined the wolf and found no wounds on its body. The area where the inner core should have been was empty, clearly removed by the two immortal masters using extraordinary methods. Touching the spine, the cook knew how the wolf had died.

The cook held up two fingers to the shopkeeper, indicating his satisfaction with the coyote's completeness.

Wei Yanqing was able to get his inner core out of the wolf's mouth, so he was perfectly fine both inside and out.

"Then let's be frank. I can handle twenty hyenas. I'm the only one in the whole town's restaurants who can take in so many, and that includes their pelts," the shopkeeper said proudly.

Rong Yi: "..." There are nearly a thousand of them, and he only collected twenty.

Wei Yanqing thought that they could only sell them in big cities, as small towns simply couldn't handle nearly a thousand hyenas.

"We have a total of nineteen, and you can take twenty, which is just right."

Nineteen hyenas were sold in this way, and the price was even higher when they were sold with skin and meat included.

Rong Yi held the bulging money bag. The shopkeeper paid mostly in gold ingots, while a small portion was exchanged for silver and copper coins according to their wishes.

They're going to live in this world for a while, and aside from food, they'll have to think about accommodation when they go to the city.

We left the town and headed towards Heshan City.

This world is very large, usually divided into a village surrounding a town, and then a ring of towns surrounding a city. Their destination this time is Heshan City, which Fan Xinyuan mentioned.

The city walls of Heshan are tall and the city gates are magnificent, far superior to the simple thick wooden doors of the town. The city gates here are not only wider, but also covered with a layer of iron.

Upon entering the city, they handed the tokens to the soldiers for inspection; once confirmed to be genuine, they were allowed in.

However, as they left, the soldiers on both sides stared at them intently, finding it too strange that they had come all the way from Gaoyang Town with just one carriage and two people, without even hiring any escort agency.

Upon seeing the even larger demon-identifying stone disc, Rong Yi waited until the two of them passed through safely before the soldiers looked away.

Once inside, the streets were packed with people, a crowd that reminded the two of the lively atmosphere during the worship ceremonies in Gaoyang Town.

But such a large number of people only come to the town for the worship of the gods. If Crane Mountain City has such a grand occasion on ordinary days, I wonder what it's like here when the gods are worshipped.

The two found an inn and settled in with a room available.

The innkeeper registered the two people with their talismans, and Rong Yi looked around curiously.

"I wonder how many disciples the Ziyang Sect will take in this year."

"In previous years, it was around fifty, and this year will be about the same."

"It's hard to say. Maybe we'll collect around fifty in the next hundred years, and around thirty in the next hundred years. There's no fixed number."

Is the Ziyang Sect accepting disciples?

It seems that Heshan City is also experiencing a grand occasion, unlike any other day.

Rong Yi turned to the shop assistant and asked, "We're new here from out of town. Is the Ziyang Sect recruiting disciples recently?"

Upon hearing her mention Ziyang Sect, the shop assistant grinned, "Yes, it's been going on for over half a month, and today is the day to finalize the disciples."

(End of this chapter)