Having already successfully smuggled herself across the border once, Silver Ring performed the act with practiced ease the second time. She simply poked the ground a few times with her little tail, creating a small hole just big enough for her to pass through.

Silver Ring was very pleased with her work. She wagged her tail proudly and eagerly darted inside. Just as she peeked out from under the corner of the wall, Blue Monkey jumped down from the tree next to her.

"Squeak squeak squeak—"

The little monkey stared at Silver Ring with its big eyes, seemingly puzzled as to why she didn't want it to carry her and instead went to dig a hole...

"Hiss hiss hiss—keep it down, don't make any noise."

Silver Ring crawled into the prison, stretched out its tail, patted the blue monkey's little paw, stretched out its body, climbed onto the little monkey's body, rested its little head on the blue monkey's forehead, flicked its tongue, and commanded the blue monkey to rush forward.

The blue monkey squeaked softly twice, curiously poked the hole from which the silver ring had crawled out with its little paw, grinned, and hopped and skipped into the zoo with the silver ring on its back.

The night was deep, and many of the animals in the zoo were nocturnal. Silver Ring rode the Great Sage, whom he had raised himself, and swaggered through the outer area of ​​the zoo, leaving the group of little demons who were out for a nighttime stroll in astonishment.

"Pheasant, pheasant, am I seeing things? Is that a snake on the monkey's back?"

"It's a snake, and a banded krait at that. Where did these two come from? Did they get into the wrong place...?"

"A few days ago, I heard news from the predator zone that a silver-ringed snake had smuggled itself into the predator zone and was caught and sent away by Huo Fei... Could that snake be the silver-ringed snake that monkeys wear around their necks?"

“I’ve heard about it too. I heard that snake demon is incredibly ferocious. This prison is nothing to her; she comes and goes like the wind.”

"So, that silver-ringed snake has returned?"

"It definitely is. But it's strange, wasn't she sent away? How come she's back... Holy crap, look, look, she's gone into the predator enclosure!"

"...The Great Demon King Huo just went to the beast zone."

Silver Ring was filled with the joy of her upcoming reunion with her elder brother and didn't hear a word the little demons were saying. She felt that her digging skills were getting better and better; not only had she successfully dug the tunnel, but she had also managed to do so without disturbing anyone.

Most importantly, we didn't alert that big bad guy surnamed Huo.

...This misunderstanding has become quite serious. Yin Huan is unaware that it wasn't that she didn't alert Huo Fei, but rather that Huo Fei was alerted beforehand.

Because there are a lot of demons digging holes tonight.

Inside the predator enclosure, Huo Fei stood quietly in front of the iron cage, his dark pupils flickering between light and shadow, his sharply defined, handsome face as calm and undisturbed as the calm before a storm.

Inside the iron cage, a group of imprisoned demons lay face down on the ground, looking like dead pigs unafraid of boiling water, sprawled out and letting Huo Fei look at them.

"Restore the ground to its original state and punish him with two days of meals."

Upon hearing that they would be punished with another meal, a crack appeared in the otherwise indifferent expressions of the demons.

...Another punishment meal!

This guy likes chanting scriptures, right? Hurry up and chant... Chanting scriptures is better than being forced to eat. If they don't eat, where will they get the energy to keep digging?

Looking at the chaotic prison, Huo Fei felt helpless. He no longer wanted to punish these reckless monsters with chanting.

I really don't know where they get their confidence from, thinking that digging a hole will allow them to successfully escape from prison... It's been eight days already. Ever since he discovered them digging a hole on the first night, this kind of activity has never stopped. They cause a ruckus every night.

No matter how he punished them, they did not give up.

These demons had been baptized by his Holy Zen Scripture for eight consecutive days, and several of the weaker demons were on the verge of turning into beasts. Huo Fei dared not continue chanting the sutra; he could only punish them in other ways.

Looking at this group of persistent demons, Huo Fei felt heavy-hearted.

He sighed and said coldly, "Stop wasting your time. The entire prison is covered by a net of demon slayers. Even if you dig a hole in the ground, you won't get out. Instead, you should study the scriptures I recite to you every day. Maybe in the future... there will still be hope of getting out."

Demons are naturally untamed and love freedom. Being imprisoned in this tiny place is indeed no different from killing them... But they made a mistake first, and he cannot release them until they fully understand the rules of this world.

Moreover, releasing them from prison isn't solely his decision; it requires a meeting of the Special Security Bureau to make a decision. Especially for the demons in the beast sanctuary, each one must undergo rigorous investigation before being released.

Of course, Luo Mang is an exception.

Because he wasn't captured by exorcists; he entered on his own. The prison is only temporarily housing him, and those in charge of guarding the prison have the authority to dispose of him.

The reason why Huo Fei hadn't let Luo Mang leave was threefold: first, the guy had been injured outside; second, he hadn't resisted or complained; and third... he had been misled and wanted to help him advance in rank.

In fact, Huo Fei had been considering whether to release Luo Mang from prison these past few days. However, given Luo Mang's situation, it was extremely unsuitable for him to leave prison at the moment.

The little guy was gone for eight days, and Luo Mang slept for eight days. During those eight days, he showed no signs of waking up.

Judging from his appearance, he seems to be making progress.

These past few days, the demons have been restless, causing a great commotion every night. In order not to disturb Luo Mang's advancement, he returned to Luohan Temple a few days ago and asked the abbot to give him a protective formation to seal off the small house where Luo Mang was.

After Huo Fei finished speaking, seeing that the demons remained unmoved, he waved his hand and cast a spell to restore the prison to its original state. Then, he gave the silently resisting demons a few deep looks, turned around, and strode away.

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