"Isn't there ready-made meat here? And eating it can even increase your cultivation!" The long-tailed man swallowed hard, his eyes burning with desire as he stared at the door. "I haven't tasted that flavor for hundreds of years! Human flesh is so delicious, the tenderer the flesh, the more delicious it is!"
The other demons seemed to have been reminded and looked over in the direction of the long, thin tail. Their eyes showed a hint of excitement, but they were still hesitant. "But there is an alliance between the human and demon realms. The Demon King has ordered that we are not allowed to leave the realm to eat humans."
"Hmph! What alliance? How many years has it been? Those who made the covenant back then have all perished; it should have been null and void long ago!" The slender-tailed man sneered and continued, "The fact that we're here proves that our king has long harbored the intention to break the covenant, doesn't it?"
The other demons' eyes lit up. Indeed, the seal on the demon realm had been weakening recently. Many demons were eager to make their move. Hadn't they taken advantage of this opportunity to slip out? Although they only dared to linger in the small mountain villages near the seal and dared not enter the towns, the seal would eventually be broken.
"This is just a small border village. Even if we eat one or two people beforehand, who would know?" The long-tailed man got more and more excited as he spoke, as if he was thinking about the taste, and his mouth started to water. "If you don't eat, don't blame me for not leaving any for you. I'll take the tenderest one inside first!"
As he spoke, the long, thin tail transformed into a black shadow and flew towards a nearby farmhouse. The other demons, already tempted by his words, immediately chased after him, seeing the long, thin tail go first, "Wait, I want some too!"
In an instant, the four demons transformed into black shadows and flew over, vying to rush into the room and devour the people inside.
Suddenly a white light flashed, and a magic seal appeared on the door, like an invisible wall, which directly repelled the four demons who rushed over, sending them crashing to the ground.
"Who is it?" The four demons were startled and quickly got up, looking around warily.
"Since you know there's an alliance between the human and demon realms, why do you still dare to come and eat people?!" A female voice rang out from above.
The four demons looked up and saw a man and a woman flying down from above on their swords. The two had no spiritual energy, but the prominent auspicious cloud patterns on their clothes made their hearts sink.
“You…you are cultivators!” The long-tailed man glanced at the two of them, calculating their cultivation levels in his mind.
Youyou glanced at the four demons ahead and noticed that they were all surrounded by a faint red aura. Yuan's father had said that it was the aura of blood and evil, so it seemed that this was not the first time they had eaten people.
"Hmph, eating a few people is nothing. This is the border of my demon realm. These mortals dare to settle here; they should be prepared to be eaten!" Seemingly sensing their lack of spiritual energy and assuming their cultivation was low, the long-tailed creature not only remained unafraid but became even more arrogant. "Mind your own business! We'll eat you both too. I've heard that cultivator's flesh can enhance..."
"Feng Rong, I'm leaving her to you!" You You was too lazy to continue speaking and simply turned to look at the person next to her.
"I'll listen to you!" Feng Rong nodded, without moving an inch. The next moment, blinding flames erupted around the four demons, trapping them all inside. Screams filled the air, and the entire mountain village was filled with the smell of burning.
"Wait, just return them to their original form, but keep one that can be questioned!" Youyou quickly added.
The flames Feng Rong summoned sizzled and quickly went out. "You should have said so earlier! They were overheated!"
Youyou walked over and took a closer look. Oh! In the blink of an eye, only four charred little animals remained on the ground, not a single hair left. But you could vaguely make out that they were two foxes, a mouse, and a snake.
As if to salvage the situation, Feng Rong made a hand seal towards the four demons, restoring some of their spiritual energy, before looking at her and saying, "You can speak now!"
Sure enough, the four demons regained consciousness in no time. As if recalling what had just happened, they began to tremble violently, shaking off a layer of black ash. "Great...Great Immortal, spare our lives! Our cultivation has been hard-won, please spare our lives!"
"If you dare to eat people, you should be prepared to be purged by the immortal sects!" You You said directly, unmoved. "Answer me one question first, and perhaps I will consider it."
The four demons exchanged glances before asking, "What's the problem?"
"You came from the demon realm, so you should know where to find Nightmare Demons, right?" Youyou asked seriously.
"Nightmare Demon? Lord Nightmare Demon who feeds on souls?" The four demons were taken aback.
"That's right!"
The four demons looked even more flustered, shaking their heads and saying, "This... Nightmare Demon is a high-level demon, with cultivation comparable to a demon king, and it always acts alone. We... we lowly demons don't even know its whereabouts."
“I see…” Ling Qi was right, it was indeed hard to find. You You sighed, “Then it’s alright!” She gestured for Feng Rong to continue.
"Wait!" the four demons exclaimed in surprise. "Didn't you just say that you would consider letting us go as long as we answered your questions?"
"I've thought it over!" Youyou said seriously, "We can't let it go!"
"……"groove!
"Feng Rong, make your move!"
"Alright!" Feng Rong's hand flashed with fire again.
"Wait! You'll regret this! You can't touch us!" The rat among the four demons, the one with the long, thin tail, suddenly shrieked. "If you kill us, you'll be breaking the non-aggression pact between the human and demon realms. Now that the Heavenly Maiden Qinyan has fallen, the alliance between the two realms can be torn up at any time. Although we are just minor demons, if you kill us, you will be the ones breaking the pact, which is tantamount to giving our king a reason to invade the human realm again."
The alliance between the two realms was originally established by the Celestial Maiden Qinyan and the Demon King. Now that the Celestial Maiden has perished, the Demon King has long harbored ambitions to re-enter the human realm, but he is constrained by the covenant of the Heavenly Dao and cannot openly break the agreement. Now, the seal between the two realms is weakening, and demons frequently appear around them, which is actually the Demon King's deliberate act. His aim is to provoke the immortal sects and force them to strike first.
This way, the immortal sects, not the demon kings, would be the ones to break the contract first, allowing them to enter the human realm openly. Of course, this is on the premise that these demons haven't killed anyone or eaten anyone, but they hadn't even had a chance to eat anyone yet!
The rat demon had considered everything carefully. As long as this fact was revealed, these cultivators would definitely not dare to kill them directly, thus provoking a conflict between the two realms.
"So that's how it is..." No wonder Ling Qi said that there have been more and more cases of demons harming people recently. Eight out of ten cases in the sect are about demons. I didn't expect it was because of this reason.
"If you know what's good for you, you'd better let us go!" the rat demon demanded, thinking she was about to give in.
You You's eyes darkened, but she showed no intention of releasing the demon. Instead, she said thoughtfully, "I remember, the reason why the Demon King made this alliance in the first place was... oh, because he was beaten up by the Heavenly Maiden Qin Yan. Thank you for reminding me of this. I'll go find it on my way and renew the agreement!"
Rat Demon: "..."
The three demons: "..."
The Demon King, who had just started causing trouble: "..." Meow meow meow?
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