After waking up in the morning, Chu Yanyan felt something in his arms. He looked down at the young man who was leaning against him, with one hand on his waist, tightly restraining him and preventing him from moving.
Is it this sticky when sleeping?
Because of their close proximity, he could sense changes somewhere in Zhao Yuyue's body. His eyes moved slightly, revealing a hint of thought. Why did it seem to be much bigger than before? Was it his illusion?
Worried that Zhao Yuyue was pretending to sleep, Chu Yanyan didn't dare to verify it with her hands. She reached out and grabbed the hand on his waist, put it down properly, and then stood up.
After Chu Yanyan got up and changed her clothes, Zhao Yuyue woke up at the right time and called Chu Yanyan affectionately again.
In the morning, Chu Yanyan had to go to the sect to do some things. Zhao Yuyue was bored, so he followed Chu Yanyan down.
After having Chu Yanyan's jade, even though Zhao Yuyue had a demonic aura, no one else discovered it.
There were about two to three hundred people in the Xianle Sect. Aside from the most senior elders who enjoyed a leisurely day, the others were in seclusion. Upon emerging, they were swamped with sect affairs, teaching new disciples, searching for wandering disciples who had disappeared due to unexpected circumstances, and extinguishing their one-time life-saving talismans when they encountered danger, thus urging the sect's assistance. Then there were the miscellaneous tasks.
Look, Chu Yanyan has another mission to do. There are monsters attacking villagers in the villages near Xianle Sect, and several families have suffered. Normally, when there is danger in such a situation, there should be disciples to rescue, but the outbreak points of the attack are not just one village, but several.
This requires them to protect the villagers while investigating the origins of these monsters.
Chu Yanyan understood. Ever since he returned from Wanhe Town, trouble had been piling up. It seemed Jiang Jiulai's identity had drawn the attention of the remaining monsters, and he'd even gone so far as to attract the attention of the Xianle Sect, acting rather aggressively and provocatively.
Unlike the last time when Chu Yanyan brought Zhao Yuyue alone, Xianle Sect adheres to the principle of fewer people but better quality. This time, there are new partners in the team, Wang Guiyan and her junior brother Liu Yu. They are both direct disciples of the fifth elder.
Wang Guiyan has more experience and is well-known in the Xianle Sect.
The two men greeted each other with a fist salute, then flew to the scene of the incident on their swords.
Because Zhao Yuyue has no spiritual power, he can only stand on Chu Yanyan's sword, while Liu Yu is extremely talented and has already mastered the sword-wielding technique.
After the four of them arrived at the village, the village chief and the sect disciples who had been sent out earlier, who had been waiting for a long time, hurried over to greet them. Chu Yanyan asked about their situation, Wang Guiyan checked the conditions of the dead, and Liu Yu and Zhao Yuyue stood aside to observe the experiences of their senior brothers/sisters.
The dead could not be resurrected. After Wang Guiyan confirmed the circumstances of their deaths, he gave some silver to appease the families of the victims, and Chu Yanyan eliminated the evil spirits that remained here.
The murder took place at night, and no one knew what the deceased had experienced before his death.
When they were found, their souls seemed to have been sucked out of them, leaving only shriveled bodies.
After a busy time, they continued to the next village. The villagers in the next village who were attacked and injured by monsters were still alive. Wang Guiyan used magic to dispel the evil spirits in those people's bodies.
After the villager recovered, he told them what had happened. That night, he got up from the bed in the middle of the night to urinate, and then he saw a dark shadow standing in the yard. Before he could react, he fainted, but because he was wearing the jade he had obtained from the Xianle Sect, he avoided being killed.
The jade sold by Xianle Sect has all been enlightened by Ling Zhenzi, commonly known as consecration, and can save lives at critical moments.
From this, Chu Yanyan and Wang Guiyan concluded that they were a group of nocturnal monsters, likely of low cultivation. Evil monsters fuel their cultivation by absorbing human souls, a common trait. This was what caused Zhao Yuyue and his companions, whose eyes didn't resemble those of a normal person, to be cursed and even driven away by the villagers.
Zhao Yuyue stood beside Chu Yanyan, listening to the villagers' stories, a pensive expression on his young face.
When Chu Yanyan and the others arrived at the third location, a monster attacked them, but they were rescued before the attack. Chu Yanyan also saw Qin Chunyu and Jiang Jiulai.
Chu Yanyan sent Wang Guiyan and the others away and chatted with Qin Chunyu and Jiang Jiulai for a while.
"Do you live here now?" Chu Yanyan asked.
"Well, thanks to the Taoist priest, we are relatively safe along the way, but I don't know why we have become restless again these days." Qin Chunyu said with a guilty look on his face, what if the villagers here were implicated.
Seeing Qin Chunyu worried again, Jiang Jiulai pursed his lips and said, "It's not that group of monsters, but other monsters."
It wasn't just this group, there was another one. Chu Yanyan tried her best to maintain basic manners, but she couldn't help but say, "You have quite a lot of enemies. How did you get through it in the past?"
"I will solve it, but this time it was a little strange. After I came out, it disappeared, as if it was testing me." At this point, Jiang Jiulai frowned, looking thoughtful.
"Since its target is you, it will come back to find you again." Chu Yanyan said after a preliminary judgment.
Jiang Jiulai agreed with him: "You're right. But I'm suspicious. I don't sense any demonic energy from it. I speculate that perhaps it has already taken over a human body, and its cultivation is so powerful that it can contain the demonic energy, resulting in strange behavior."
After hearing what Jiang Jiulai said, Chu Yanyan fell silent for a rare moment. He was speechless for a while and said, "Logically speaking, no ordinary monster would take the initiative to provoke the village under the protection of the Xianle Sect. But now they have realized that something is wrong and are so anxious to take action. Jiang Jiulai, how many secrets are you hiding?" As he spoke, he looked up and looked directly at Jiang Jiulai who was standing beside him.
After Chu Yanyan's questioning, the surroundings became quiet. Qin Chunyu was stunned. She reached out and tugged at the sleeve of the person next to her.
Jiang Jiulai sneered, "Are you doubting me? Well, it's not impossible for you to doubt me, but I have nothing to say."
Qin Chunyu clenched her fingers. "Master Chu, I promise you, Jiulai won't cause any trouble. He has his own reasons for doing this, so could you please just trust him for a moment?"
Chu Yanyan really wanted to tell her that even if Jiang Jiulai did something wrong, he would not do it in front of her. Just like Zhao Yuyue had kept it a secret from him. He sighed: "Okay, since he doesn't want to say it, I won't force him."
"Thank you!" Qin Chunyu expressed his gratitude.
Chu Yanyan walked towards Zhao Yuyue.
After the people left, Qin Chunyu turned to look at the man standing beside him: "Okay, Master Chu is also thinking about you, we have to trust them."
"Chun Yu, I only trust you." I don't care about what those people think, let alone trust them.
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