Fairies' strength is generally related to their age and background. Di Xiu is in the guise of a 25-year-old mermaid. Even if he stood up and said that he killed Miao Shu, most fairies would probably not believe him.
But he couldn't let himself remain weak forever; his strength would inevitably increase rapidly. To avoid having his past misdeeds brought up and arousing suspicion in the future, it was better to play the part completely. So he stayed for two days—not at the foot of the mountain.
As for whether Miao Shu will die from her injuries, both Di Xiu and 001 tend to think that a scourge can live a long life. Miao Shu even dared to steal the demon core of the former cat demon king, so she may have other ways to prolong her life.
Miao Shu is a registered demon in the Fairy Association. He became a triple-crown actor because of his acting skills, and many demons have seen his TV shows and movies. His sudden disappearance not only caused a stir among humans, but also attracted the attention of the association.
The special department quickly took over the case, but they didn't have the ability to trace shadows. They just had more experience than ordinary people, knew some magic, and had a demon witness in addition to witness testimony... So they still had to follow the human way of investigating cases.
The road up the mountain had been blocked. The people sent by the special department showed their credentials, but the local police and Miao Shu's assistant still looked skeptical because the two who came looked hard to believe.
After learning the information they already had, the two followed the path up the mountain.
"I can't sense any residual demonic energy, but there is a rather pungent demonic power, like it came from Sword Valley." The speaker was a woman with long hair piled up, full makeup, wearing a cheongsam, carrying a small bag, and wearing high heels—wearing high heels in the mountains, she must be a ruthless person.
Beside her was a young man with thick eyebrows, big eyes, and a baby face, who looked like he was still a minor. Hearing this, he asked in confusion, "But Sword Valley is usually too dangerous and not allowed to enter the world, right? Or has someone already taken a master?"
"Why are you asking me? Find the boss and have him ask about Sword Valley."
The young man pulled out his phone; it was a special phone for a special department, usable regardless of signal strength.
After hanging up the phone, the young man continued to mutter, "Sigh, really, they didn't just call the police when they found out the person or the demon was missing. Now they've even disturbed the scene. How are we supposed to investigate? Besides, it rained that night. They must have come prepared."
"Stop talking nonsense, am I blind?"
Sister Dan led the young man to the location she sensed, glanced down at her skirt, and kicked the young man: "Check if there's anything here."
The young man pulled out latex gloves from his pocket, found a twig, and started digging at the ground. He would occasionally move his position slightly, turning over the weeds and leaves covering the ground, and couldn't help but ask, "Aren't Sword Valley and the Cat Clan neighbors? Why are they fighting?"
"You're asking me? Who should I ask?"
The young man chuckled awkwardly, about to speak, when his phone rang. He looked at his hand, then innocently glanced at Sister Dan, who pulled it out and answered it.
"Boss... could it be a sword spirit that went out before and never returned... Oh, I see." After hanging up the phone, Sister Dan's expression was not good.
"Is it the sword spirit of Sword Valley?"
Sister Dan shook her head and put her phone in her bag first: "No sword has left Sword Valley in the last two hundred years, and since the Wen Shi incident, no sword has recognized a master."
"Huh? Eh? What's this?"
The young man pulled out a dark, muddy, strip-shaped object. He recited an incantation, and the thing immediately became clean, revealing golden hair.
"It looks like a tail, and the fur color matches that of Miao Shu."
Dan Jie looked at the tail, which was almost completely severed at the root, and frowned deeply: "Under what circumstances would a cat demon lose its tail?"
The young man wanted to retort with "You're asking me? Who should I ask?" but ultimately didn't dare, and timidly replied, "I don't know either."
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As a major villain, Miao Shu doesn't have a record of going on a killing spree. Sometimes he even pretends to be a good person. For example, right now, on the surface, he is still a law-abiding good demon.
His evil is the evil of committing crimes, such as what he did to Wen Shi and Chao Xi.
His original name wasn't Miao Shu. He was an emperor of a certain country during the same period as Xiao Xuan. If we calculate his age carefully, he might be a full twelve years older than Xiao Xuan—if that emperor was his original self.
He enjoys tormenting people. Years ago, he fell in love at first sight with the sword spirit Wen Shi, who appeared gentle and weak but had a heart as firm as a rock. He used domestic resources to ask Xiao Xuan for this useless sword.
At that time, Xiao Xuan had just ascended the throne and needed those things. In addition, he was already dissatisfied with Wen Shi, who had not made any progress. After hesitating for a while, he agreed.
Wen Shi is a sword that focuses all its attacks on wear resistance, which makes it both blunt and tough, perfectly satisfying Miao Shu's quirks.
Wen Shi was stubborn and unyielding, but he could not resist because of the sword spirit contract that was temporarily transferred to Miao Shu's hands. Miao Shu had a lot of fun, but always felt that something was missing. Until Xiao Xuan visited, he noticed the longing and love that Xiao Xuan unconsciously revealed, and thus he had a new mischievous idea.
At that time, Wen Shi begged Xiao Xuan to take him back, and Miao Shu used sweet words to make Xiao Xuan, who had already softened, harden his heart again.
Before this, Wen Shi had been trying to make amends for Xiao Xuan in his heart, believing that he had also been deceived. But after this incident, he began to feel disappointed, then desperate, and exhausted.
They had depended on each other for twenty years, and he knew perfectly well that he didn't want to put him in a difficult position. If he hadn't been forced to, why would he beg him under these circumstances?
Miao Shu reveled in Wen Shi's agonizing screams, feeling a sense of pleasure. He then began to devise other ideas. He instructed his men to ingratiate themselves with Wen Shi, help him escape, and then reappear when Wen Shi saw a glimmer of hope, capture him, and tell him the truth.
The third and final time, a cook genuinely wanted to help Miao Shu, but after being discovered, Miao Shu, deceived by him, killed him in despair. The real truth became the final straw that broke him.
When Xiao Xuan realized he still couldn't bear to part with Wen Shi and asked to switch him back, the latter had already shattered his sword heart and was preparing to embrace death.
The very nature of the sword dictates that every sword spirit must possess an unwavering will, even if it appears gentle and yielding.
His will began to crumble, cracks appeared in the sword, and Miao Shu, feeling it was pointless, agreed to switch him back.
After Wen Shi died, Xiao Xuan, who had finally understood his own feelings, went mad and tortured and killed Miao Shu, but the latter's soul escaped and possessed a bird.
He then possessed humans, ordinary animals, and demons, until he possessed a newly transformed cat demon, who was the real Miao Shu.
About two hundred years ago, he infiltrated the forbidden area of the cat demon clan and stole the demon core of the previous cat demon king. How he stole it is unknown, but he has not been caught to this day. Because he digested the cat demon king's demon core, he is still a four-hundred-year-old minor demon on the surface, but in reality, he has already begun his cultivation of a thousand years.
What Miao Shu did after stealing the demon core is unknown. The only record in the timeline is that he was forced back into cat form and was taken back by the tide.
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