Demon Master

"It's okay. We know Junior Sister Yu well enough." He was full of confidence. "Junior Brother, don't you agree?"

"Of course." Leng Can raised the corner of his lips, "Even with my eyes closed, I can still tell Xiaomo apart..."

"Pfft… What are these? Ah… Wuuu… Pfft…"

"Pah, pah, pah..." He spat out the hair in his mouth, wanting to cry but unable to, "Why did I turn into a duck... quack... monster!"

Not only does it change, but it also sheds hair!

"Woo woo..." Leng Can stared at his long, dark green, smooth tail and hugged Xi tightly in fear. He hadn't felt this scared in a long time. "Then, what is that ugly green thing? Where are my legs?"

"Snake, snake tail!" Yi looked in the direction he was going and saw a long, smooth, dark green tail. He was most afraid of this thing. After seeing what it was, he jumped onto Leng Can, even more frightened than him. "Junior brother, it's a snake! There's a snake, run... No, what's wrong with this snake? Oh... You are a snake!"

They howled to the sky in agony.

This is actually... a monster village!

They also turned into monsters.

So the two of them faced reality and realized that they could not escape, so when they walked together, they had to keep a distance of one meter between them.

"Why are you... a... snake?" He swung his short, flat tail, had a small tuft of curly yellow hair on his head, and looked at Leng Can warily, as if he was going to rush up at him the next second.

"How...hiss...do you know why I'm a snake, with such a long, ugly tail?" Leng Can's hair had turned even darker, flowing down his back like an ink-stained river. He pursed his lips, looking aggrieved. He had no legs, only a tail, and needed to rely on it to walk. The tail swung back and forth, making a rustling sound as it slid along the ground, giving people goosebumps for no reason. "I...hiss...don't want to either."

Yu also realized that he had gone too far and felt a little guilty. "I...ah...didn't mean to distance myself from you. You...ah...brother, I'm really scared."

"I'm scared too." Leng Can became more and more annoyed the more he thought about it. He was obviously afraid of this kind of thing the most, but after entering Cong Mo's dream, he became the thing he feared the most.

Cong Mo...does she hate him?

"Did you manage to get in?"

The old man's voice echoed through the air. The two men raised their heads and quickly replied, "It went smoothly."

The old man carefully observed the scene displayed on the scroll. "This dream... seems like a world where humans and demons coexist."

In the modern world, if a demon wants to cultivate into a human form, it needs to rely on spiritual power or demonic energy, plus hundreds of years of practice before it can transform into a human form. Therefore, generally speaking, it is extremely rare to see demons in the human world. Rather than being afraid, people are more curious. Most demons have finally transformed into human form in order to integrate into the human world, so it is rare to hear about demons causing trouble in the human world.

"We turned into monsters too!" he said hurriedly. "I turned into a...quack...duck, and my junior brother turned into a snake."

"We are not all...hiss...transformed into human form, but half-human, half-demon, with some demonic qualities. Master, I don't even have legs..."

"How can a half-human, half-demon be like this..." the old man said, a little confused. "A demon is a demon, and a human is a human. If they haven't fully cultivated into a human form, why would they appear in the human world? Cong Mo's dream is so strange, I can't figure it out. I need to follow your actions to predict what's happening. You still need to continue exploring."

"yes."

"yes."

The two continued walking along the market. All they saw and passed by were demons that had not yet fully cultivated into human form. Some of the older half-demons were much more severely transformed into demons than them, with short hair or scales on their bodies. The demonic characteristics of babies still in swaddling clothes would also be more dominant.

After searching for a long time, I still couldn't find out whether it was Cong Mo's half-demon.

Before they knew it, they had reached the end of the village.

"This village doesn't even have a village sign."

"And the surroundings are all wilderness, as if isolated from the surroundings." Leng Can felt more and more puzzled. "This village is also particularly shabby, as if it was just built not long ago. Master just said that Xiaomo's fantasy world is a world where humans and demons coexist. We are demons, so where do the humans live?"

"Live in the prosperous Kyoto."

An elderly voice interrupted their conversation.

"Oh..." He was so scared that he pulled Leng Can back a step.

"You are the young demons who have just arrived here."

"Yes." Leng Can looked at the cat demon before him. Its fur was orange, not much different from that of an ordinary cat, yet it could stand and walk. Its eyes, unlike a cat's, were the round eyes of a human, revealing a shrewd and calculating expression. He swallowed and asked, "Hello, we arrived here after waking up. We don't know much about the situation here, so please tell us a little."

"Haha... You're so nervous. The people here aren't bad demons. You can relax." The cat demon sat down on a nearby stone block and said with a kind smile, "You must have been captured and sent here."

"What does this mean?"

"It seems you don't know yet," the cat-man explained. "This is a village that the Demon Master built for us, the good demons, behind the imperial court's back. All demons captured by the Demon Masters are guarded by the Demon Master. She sends those who have done no evil here and disposes of those beyond redemption. Your presence here proves that you two have done no evil."

Leng Can asked doubtfully, "Cong... Demon Master"

The cat demon's eyes were filled with admiration. "Yes, he is one of the few people who is willing to treat demons with normal eyes."

Leng Can and Li exchanged glances, then asked, "Is her real name...Cong Mo?"

"How do you know you know the Demon Master?"

"Of course." It was effortless, Leng Can was overjoyed, and calmly told a completely impossible fact, "I am her husband."

Cang: "......"

Catman: "......"

The snack in the old man's mouth fell out: "..."

He covered Leng Can's mouth with his hand and said, "My teacher, bah, my brother loves to dream and talk nonsense."

"Um...what...let me go..." Leng Can was stronger than Xi, and he was now a carnivorous snake demon. Xi, a herbivorous duck, was no match for him. "...hiss...I am Xiao Mo's husband!"

"Brother!" He was so angry that Leng Can would lose his mind immediately when anything had something to do with Cong Mo. He dared to say anything without thinking. He was so angry that a layer of fine white hairs appeared on his skin. He kicked Leng Can on the butt, "It's summer now. Your estrus period is over!"

"What estrus? So what if it's over?" Leng Can shuddered, covered his butt and took a half step back. "I'm not lying. I'm Xiaomo's husband, but we haven't gotten married yet."

Pointing at him, "You..."

Leng Can choked his neck, looking unconvinced, "It's useless for you to beat me. She doesn't practice the ruthless way anymore. We...hiss...naturally we have to get married."

The two seemed to have returned to the time when everything was fine in Wuqing Mountain. They no longer pretended to be calm and self-controlled adults, but could quarrel and play around at will.

"Don't argue." The old man, staring at the scroll, listened to the two people's quarreling, not knowing whether to feel relieved or annoyed. "There's no point in arguing about this."

He took a deep breath, restrained his impulse, thought for a moment, and turned his head away, not saying a word or looking at him, "Ga..."

"Hiss..." Leng Can stuck out his tongue at him, wagged his tail, and kept a distance from him.

Cat demon: “…”

These two monsters might have some problems with their brains.

"Ahem..." He tried to lighten the mood. "Well, I know a lot of demons have feelings for the demon master. Eight out of ten demons in this village share your sentiments. It's perfectly normal. There's no need to panic."

"Of course I'm different from them." Leng Can said proudly, tapping his lips, feeling very happy. "Xiao Mo and I have kissed before, and our tongues have even tangled together."

Cang: "?"

Cat demon: “?”

An old man asked: "?"

"When did you..." He widened his eyes, a look of disbelief on his face. He grabbed his collar and shook him hard, his upper lip touching his lower lip, making a "pop" sound. "When did you do this..."

"Of course I can't let you see it." Leng Can raised the corner of his mouth, smiling triumphantly, "Mouth to mouth, this is a private matter, it must be when you can't see."

"Junior sister practices the way of ruthlessness." Xi's expression was dazed, and he let go of her hand in a daze. What made him more sad was not that the two of them were kissing each other, but that they were hiding a secret from him.

"So what?" Leng Can patted his wrinkled collar. "Even if we can't get married after we go back, Xiao Mo will always be with me."

"you…"

"Haha... but humans and demons have different paths, so they can't be together after all. It's understandable that some demons would have fantasies about this, and besides..." The demon cat didn't believe him, "The demon master doesn't like demons."

"Huh? You don't like demons?" He blinked, briefly coming back from his trance. "Then why did she save us?"

"Rumor has it that Master Cong Yao was saved by a monster, which is why she let go of her prejudice against monsters and showed them mercy," the monster cat said. "Originally, Master Cong Yao was a demon who would kill monsters without blinking an eye, and would flee from them. Every year, she was the most monsters killed in the Monster Hunting Sect."

The two who were listening shuddered subconsciously.

"So cruel?" he asked in surprise.

Leng Can continued, "That actually fits Xiao Mo's personality."

"Killing monsters without blinking an eye... zizi." He raised his hand and placed it on Leng Can's shoulder, "Brother, I advise you to give up."

"No, no, I think we should face the challenge head-on. After all, Xiaomo made a promise to me. She loves me the most and she won't kill me." Leng Can cast a hopeful gaze on the cat demon. "Grandma Cat, our village is so big... Is there any... herb or something that can maintain human form for a short period of time..."

"Uh..." Grandma Cat scratched the fur on her face, "Is that so..."