Miao Shu woke up after being unconscious for half a day. When she woke up, she had turned back into a cat. Her fur was no longer shiny and seemed to have faded, as if she was also showing signs of albinism.
Most importantly, he lost his tail, leaving his rear end bare, which made him uncomfortable.
He couldn't help but curse the entire family tree of the group that lured him out and then ambushed him—he thought about it again and again, and still felt it was a gang crime.
But the most important thing right now is to treat his own injuries; if he continues to lose blood, his life may be in danger again.
Although he still had one way out, which was to possess another body, this body was the most suitable one he had encountered so far, and he had used it for the longest time. He did not want to change it casually.
In order to improve the cultivation level of this body, to activate the meager bloodline ability within him, and to gain a second life, he even stole the demon core of the previous cat demon king. Having come this far, it would be a great pity to give up.
Moreover, even if he were to change bodies and extract the demon core from that body to refine, his strength would be halved. Even worse, his demon core was severely damaged by that sword strike, further diminishing the refining effect.
Between trying to regain possession and struggling again, he decisively chose the latter.
He was unwilling to give up and refused to start cultivating again.
As for possessing a powerful demon, even someone as rampant as Miao Shu never had such a dream.
Miao Shu dragged the half-paralyzed cat's body with his two front paws, searching for the elixirs he had obtained in his safe house, which was also his treasure trove.
Everything here is a rare, out-of-print item, and he wouldn't use it unless absolutely necessary, but now is that time of last resort.
Miao Shu only moved around in a small room with an area of about fifty square meters. The small room contained a bed, a table, a chair, and various dusty boxes, jars and bottles.
001 watched as he laboriously rummaged through the items with his cat-like body, occasionally accidentally knocking over a box to reveal its contents. The items inside shimmered with a radiant light, clearly indicating they were not ordinary objects.
In addition, there was a piece of imperial jade seal of an unknown country, which he treasured but also casually placed on the table. 001 suspected that it was used by him when he was emperor.
After another box was overturned, 001 said with some surprise, "Little Xiu Xiu, look, it's a spirit plant. There are still spirit plants in this era... Hmm? It's starting to wrinkle... Sigh, it's hopeless."
"He really does have medicine. Is it expired? By the way, why don't you try alchemy? Aren't there those kinds of medicines that can dramatically increase your cultivation level?"
Emperor Xiu: "...There are no spiritual plants."
If he had spiritual plants, he might try to refine them into elixirs to heal the merfolk.
001 immediately wilted, looking at the villain's spirit plant that had fallen into the mud, feeling that she had borne the heartache that should have been borne by the villain.
Miao Shu swallowed the pill, which was the size of a human eye, with great difficulty. Seeing his condition, 001 thought he was going to choke to death.
Even through the screen, Di Xiu couldn't be sure of the pill's effects, but it certainly wasn't a pill that could cure demon cores.
It's smooth and glossy, but it lacks that feeling of being expensive, mysterious, and enigmatic at first glance.
Pills that can heal wounds on demon cores are extremely rare, even in the ancient times when spiritual energy was abundant.
...
When the special department came to Jiangcheng to investigate the case, Miao Shu's injuries were gradually recovering, but she was still holed up in that small room and rarely moved.
At the same time, Di Xiu looked at the single-digit balance in his bank card and remembered that he hadn't solved his money problem yet.
He went to the pawnshop and cashed out some of the pearls, depositing the cash into his bank account.
Since online payment had never existed in this world's timeline, he kept a few hundred dollars in reserve for emergencies, and then bought a plane ticket to Feiyao City.
While waiting for their flight, 001 asked Di Xiu, "Is it possible that they will discover the traces you left behind?"
"If they go after the dog demon, it might cause some trouble."
Having never been a dog, Di Xiu wasn't sure if the dog demon's nose would detect the seawater scent he left behind.
He concealed all his presence with talismans and did not use any demonic power, but in order to lure Miao Shu away from the film crew, he inevitably left some traces.
It's only been less than two days. If a dog demon were to be summoned, as a sea demon from the East Sea who happens to be here at this time, he would inevitably be questioned.
"It's going to rain," Di Xiu said again.
001 instinctively asked, "Will the flight be delayed?"
What will happen if there's a delay?
"What if you run into those two from the special department here? Should you put up a talisman to hide?"
But the flight wasn't delayed, and Di Xiu boarded the plane smoothly, while the two people from the special department were still getting rained on on the mountain.
001 said with some melancholy, "In the last world, we were chasing after the male lead to deliver a castration package, and in this world, we're chasing after the villains to fight. Why do we always have to run around when we do missions?"
The Emperor Xiu himself, who was actually running: "..."
After getting off the plane, Di Xiu took a taxi to Miao Shu's lair. He was paid a generous amount of money and was driven directly to the foot of the mountain.
As humans began to develop the natural world, it became increasingly difficult for fairies to find a place where their lair wouldn't be suddenly destroyed, especially since they needed to cultivate and were particular about the environment and spiritual energy.
However, Miao Shu's lair was already set before he became a demon; it was his tomb. The small room that 001 saw was a secret chamber embedded in the tomb, providing double concealment.
The construction of a mausoleum is subject to feng shui principles, but feng shui changes with the terrain and the movement of mountains and rivers. So, from today's perspective, this place can only be praised for its seclusion.
This guy was able to successfully possess another body right after being tortured to death, which means he must have studied these unorthodox methods a lot during his lifetime. Most of the tombs he built probably have hidden passages for emergencies. He is so skilled that he doesn't seem like a novice. 001 is looking for that hidden passage.
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