Shangguan Hongyu knew the old tree spirit too well; she knew that the old tree spirit indeed only had this one peculiar hobby.
Logically speaking, after becoming a great demon, one should not need those filths to provide nourishment, but the old tree demon seems unable to live without the nourishment of filths.
Shangguan Hongyu then asked, "Are there any other harmful monsters in this place?"
“There are quite a few lesser demons, but whether they will harm people, I don’t know,” the old tree demon replied.
Even if they are just minor demons, ordinary people are no match for them.
Liu Yi and Dugu Qiusheng were thinking that they absolutely could not believe the old tree demon's one-sided story. He said he would not harm people, but could he really not harm people?
To find out the truth, they have to do their own investigation.
But judging from Shangguan Hongyu's appearance, she clearly trusted the old tree demon.
"By the way, I don't know if monsters are evil or not, but there are a few humans who are extremely wicked," the old tree spirit said.
Shangguan Hongyu frowned and asked, "Human?"
"Demon hunter." The old tree demon actually laughed.
The demon hunters he mentioned had frequently come to this mountain forest, intending only to kill the old tree demon.
However, their skill level was very limited, and they were no match for the old tree spirit.
After that, they never came back.
However, they often roam around this area, bullying the kind-hearted people in the neighborhood, and the old tree spirit knows all about it.
The old tree spirit had tried to intervene several times, but since it was a demon, rashly intervening in conflicts between humans would only provoke conflict between humans and demons.
Shangguan Hongyu said, "So it is the demon hunters, not the demons, who are harming the people here?"
“But the people all say it’s a monster,” Dugu Qiusheng reminded him.
Shangguan Hongyu looked at Bian Lang, hoping that Bian Lang could come up with a solution.
It may take a long time to thoroughly investigate this matter.
If they linger here too long, it could very well cause Bian Lang's corpse-transporting mission to fail.
Bian Lang laughed and said, "Let's go find those demon hunters first to find out what's going on."
The old tree spirit knew where those demon hunters were; they were in a mountain not far from here.
There are blessed lands and grottoes in those mountains, which are very suitable for mortals to cultivate themselves.
Bian Lang looked around silently, sensing the surroundings, but couldn't detect any signs of decay.
If the villagers were indeed captured by the old tree spirit, this place would have some human presence.
But it's also possible that the old tree spirit has a way to conceal all its presence.
It is best not to make hasty judgments without sufficient evidence.
The group immediately headed to the mountain the old tree spirit had mentioned.
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