Chapter 37 The Mohist School of Central Plains (2) "It's him, isn't it?"...
The person who fell to the ground did not cause any alarm in the town; they remained calm, as if it were the most normal thing in the world.
Some people are even discussing, "Is this the third time this month?"
"Yes, this should be the same demon from ten days ago."
"The Demon Suppression Division is moving faster and faster."
"That's right, I heard..."
The Demon-Slaying Bureau?
Fu Yunyao looked outside the noodle shop and saw several people dressed in black and wearing masks who suddenly appeared after the person, or rather the demon, fell to the ground.
The tokens at their waists gleamed coldly in the sunlight as they swiftly and neatly bound and led away the unconscious demon.
The noodle stall owner brought a pot of tea to Fu Yunyao and her companion's table, gesturing towards the departing figures of the group, "See them? Those are the people from the Demon Suppression Bureau, the guarantee of peace for the people of Zhongzhou."
Fu Yunyao curled her fingertips and tapped them lightly on the table.
Seize, demon, place.
She silently thought to herself, "Mortal weapons are no match for demons, but their things can make demons faint. It seems I need to go to the Mo family first."
...
The Mohist school.
"Still haven't found it?" The woman sitting in the main seat flipped through the book in her hand, her eyebrows slightly raised.
The person below shook his head, "Master, perhaps Miss is just out having fun. She'll come back when she's had her fill of fun."
The Mo family patriarch rubbed his temples in exasperation. "Xiao Bei has never been away for this long before. It's been almost three months. How come there's not a single word from her?"
She thought back to three months ago, when she had just come out of the Demon Suppression Office and saw the letter that Mo Beili had delivered in a mechanical bird.
The Mo family leader sighed and picked up the letter again.
There were a few short sentences written on the paper.
"I'm going out to make my way in the world, and perhaps I'll have the chance to meet Young Master Yao again. Don't worry about me, elder sister."
Xiao Bei...
"Knock knock".
Someone knocked on the door. "Master, there are two people at the door who say they are looking for you."
The Mo family held an extremely high position in the cities of Zhongzhou, but the head of the Mo family was an approachable person. If any unsolvable problems arose in the city, he would appear outside the Mo residence. Therefore, the Mo family servants were not surprised to see Fu Yunyao and her companion appear at the gate.
"Please wait here for a moment."
The attendants led the people to the side hall where the meeting was to be held.
The waitress serving tea looked at the two of them with some curiosity.
One wore a veil and simple white clothes, while the other was covered in jingling decorations. Yet, the boy's spirited face perfectly complemented the decorations, making him look exactly like a young master from a noble family.
Shi Yubai originally wanted to inquire about the Mo family head and the Demon Suppression Bureau from the Mo family, but every question was met with a smile from the Mo family members.
Shi Yubai took a sip of tea, feeling somewhat annoyed. He looked at the ingenious mechanisms in the room and was amazed. The Mo family truly lived up to their reputation as a family of mechanical masters.
"Master of the family."
The servants guarding the side hall entrance called out, their excited voices clearly revealing their adoration for the Mo family leader.
The head of the Mo family walked into the hall and paused when he saw the girl in plain clothes sitting in the seat.
Fu Yunyao looked up, her gaze meeting hers through the hazy veil.
"Patriarch?"
The servant at the door looked puzzled. She suddenly stopped and asked in a low voice, "Is there something wrong with these two?"
The leader of the Mohist school shook his head with a complicated expression, then turned to them and said, "You may all leave now."
The two servants glanced at her hesitantly, but ultimately obeyed her orders and left.
The head of the Mo family composed herself. She never expected that the young master of Yaotai Realm, whom Mo Beili had been searching for, would reappear in Zhongzhou after so many years.
She looked at the young girl in the hall and said with some emotion, "Young Master."
Upon hearing this, Shi Yubai's gaze shifted between the Mo family head and Fu Yunyao in shock. He had never been to Zhongzhou before, so the "young master" could not possibly be addressed to him. Therefore, it could only be Fu Yunyao.
Fu Yunyao was surprised that she could recognize her. "You recognize me?"
“Young Master has done great favors for my Central Plains and the Mo family, and I will naturally remember them,” the Mo family leader said with a smile. “However, it was because my younger sister Xiao Bei was naughty and wanted to find Young Master that I specially found Young Master’s portrait. Combined with my memory, I was able to recognize Young Master at a glance.”
“Xiao Bei? You mean Mo Beili?” Shi Yubai asked, recognizing the somewhat familiar words.
The Mo family leader finally shifted his gaze from Fu Yunyao, "You've met Xiao Bei?"
Shi Yubai nodded.
“She…” He thought of the girl in his memory, and began, “She was outstanding.”
The head of the Mo family truly understood her sister's temperament. Seeing Shi Yubai's somewhat complicated expression, she roughly knew that their interaction was probably not pleasant. "Xiao Bei has never left Zhongzhou and is not good at getting along with people. If she has offended anyone, I apologize to her."
"She is indeed outstanding."
Fu Yunyao's voice was soft, and when it reached the ears of the Mo family head, she couldn't help but smile. "If she knew that she had received the young master's praise, she would definitely be very happy."
She paused for a moment, then asked again, "Young Master, has something happened to bring you here?"
Fu Yunyao blinked lightly and tilted her head slightly. "I lost something earlier, so I came back to look for it."
Shi Yubai: ...No, you're really here to find something?
The Mo family head's smile froze, and she repeated, "Looking for something?"
"Hmm, is there a problem?"
The Mo family head shook her head. She could roughly guess what she was looking for. She also knew that looking for something was a pretense. Fu Yunyao's purpose in coming here was probably to find out about another person.
The thought of that thing gave her a headache.
She sighed softly, "I'm afraid I can't repay what the young master is looking for."
Fu Yunyao looked up. "It's him, isn't it?"
She asked the question, but deep down she already knew the answer.
The Mo family leader remained silent for a moment, then nodded slightly in agreement, "Yes."
With those words, the matter was settled.
Shi Yubai thought to himself, "I knew it! How could Fu Yunyao be looking for just one thing? But..."
"who is he?"
A red figure flashed through his mind. Over the years, there had only been one person who could make her care so much. But... how could that be?
The Mo family leader tilted his head slightly, looking at the bright spring sunshine outside the hall, and slowly spoke.
"If you two are not in a hurry, you can listen to a story first."
In the first year after the seal on the Demon Realm was broken, demons roamed freely.
Although the border of Zhongzhou City is protected by the sword energy left by Fuyun Yao and the protective shield developed by the Mo family over several months, too much demonic energy has seeped into the city, nourishing many demonic creatures and monsters.
That year, in order to eliminate demons and protect the city, the Mo family and the people of the city paid a heavy price.
"Give us a little more time, give us a little more time, and we will definitely be able to develop a weapon to deal with the demons!"
"What's missing? Why is it still not working?!"
The Demon Suppression Bureau, temporarily established in Zhongzhou, was brightly lit. Countless mechanical geniuses poured their hearts and souls into researching weapons that would enable mortals to fight back against demons, despite their natural disadvantage.
"Master! Another team from the Demon Suppression Division has been seriously injured while hunting demonic beasts!"
"Master! A massive demonic beast tide has appeared in the southern city!"
"Master!"
"Master..."
Unfortunate news followed one after another. If they were to gamble everything and use the latest mechanical weapons that still had problems, they might still have a chance of winning.
However, the price was too high.
"Give me a little more time, give me a little more time..."
The elder in charge of the research and development of the mechanism had disheveled hair and a pale face. He kept muttering to himself as he rummaged through the pile of mechanical drawings on the table.
"Something must be missing, it must be! I'll find it, just give me a little more time!"
As he spoke, a mouthful of blood spurted out and dripped onto the drawing paper.
"Elder!"
The people beside him quickly supported him; everyone's face was pale, clearly indicating that he had reached his limit.
"Give me a little more time..."
The elder was unconscious, muttering incoherently.
Someone looked helplessly at the Mo family patriarch inside the room, whose face was also pale, "Patriarch..."
The Mo family leader closed his eyes, his heart filled with sorrow, "There is no time left."
As long as the demons in the city are not eliminated, the people will have to endure another day of darkness and uncertainty in the future, and those on the front lines, fighting against the demons with their own flesh and blood, will be in even greater danger.
Under the shadow of demonic energy, the people in the city grew increasingly weak.
The Mo family leader looked at the central mechanism of the Demon Suppression Office, the large-scale explosive mechanism that had been researched since the very first day the seal on the Demon Realm was broken.
Once activated, it can annihilate demons within its range. However, the mechanism requires nearly a hundred people to activate, and those who activate it will never return.
"Master..."
Everyone's face was filled with grief. "Is there really no other way?"
The Mo family leader smiled and said, "Don't be afraid. If the mechanism is triggered, I will be one of the hundred people."
"I am the head of the Mo family, the pillar that the people of Zhongzhou are struggling to support. I cannot fall, I cannot run away."
As the leader of the Mohist school spoke, it was as if he had returned to those despairing days.
Fu Yunyao lowered her eyes, her long eyelashes trembling slightly. "Is that so? It's a pity I didn't know."
But...is that so?
Does she know what a city shrouded in demonic energy, without the protection of cultivators, will face? Or perhaps, she has never cared at all...?
Fu Yunyao knew that she was cold-hearted and cold-natured, and the only kindness and gentleness she showed was something she learned from Fu Yusheng.
If she had known at the time, she probably wouldn't have cared. A city can't just barely survive under her protection, barely scraping by.
The Mo family leader shook his head. "Young Master is very good. He has brought us a new lease on life. Such a large city cannot rely on Young Master for everything."
Zhongzhou is our home, and it is our duty to protect it.
Shi Yubai never knew that in the Central Plains where spiritual energy was scarce, there was actually a mortal city where people fought against hordes of demons and monsters with their own bodies.
"So, did you succeed in the end?"
It must have been a success. Now, everything in Zhongzhou is peaceful and harmonious.
The Mo family leader raised his eyebrows and said, "Yes, we have succeeded. After I had recruited hundreds of civilians who had no ties to the city and were willing to sacrifice themselves for it, someone knocked on the Mo family's door and brought us hope for survival."
"Patriarch, give me a little more time! I already know what we're missing! It's the essence blood condensed from gathered spiritual energy!"
Spiritual energy and demonic energy are mutually reinforcing and mutually restraining; as long as we can find…
The disheveled elder of the Mo family held the drawing paper, his expression excited.
The Mo family leader sighed, "The city is full of mortals; where would they find such essence blood?"
"It will happen, it will happen! Patriarch, please wait for me!"
The elder, who was over fifty years old, had tears streaming down his face, and everyone in the city couldn't help but have tears in their eyes as well.
The leader of the Mo family looked at the demonic energy shrouding the city and said, "It's too late, we can't wait any longer."
She closed her eyes, steeled her resolve, and said, "Everyone, it is my fortune to go with you! I hope that in the next life, we will still be each other's strongest support!"
"Please, prepare the explosives."
"Master!" The Mo family member in charge of moving the explosives appeared in front of the Mo family master, panting heavily.
"Someone...someone has appeared at the central hub of the organization! He says he has a way!"
The Mo family patriarch was stunned, while the Mo family member's voice rang with excitement, "He's a cultivator, he's willing to help us!"
She doesn't know how she got back to the central hub of the organization, but she will never forget that day.
Before the massive, operating mechanism, the boy in plain clothes slowly turned around, the two red ribbons around his waist swaying gently with his movements.
His light-colored eyes held a smile, exuding youthful spirit and unrestrained exuberance.
He said.
"The Mo family's mechanisms are truly amazing; they have been able to fight against demons for so long."
"I've heard a lot about Mo Tingchuan, the head of the Mo family."
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Author's note: But I still think Liao Liao is a very gentle person.
She certainly had the ability to protect Zhongzhou, but she didn't, not out of indifference, but because she believed that the people of Zhongzhou were capable enough to protect their homeland.
She was able to protect them when the seal on the Demon Realm was first broken ten years ago, giving them time to recover and grow.
Rather than removing all obstacles for them, Liao Liao prefers to see them grow on their own.
Moreover, if every difficulty is resolved by Liao Liao, in the long run, Zhongzhou will only become a "dead" city whose lifeline depends on others.
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