Di Anyu sensed a powerful demonic aura emanating from the woods from a distance, but all he saw was a monk killing the cat demon and chanting sutras to help her pass on to the afterlife.
He assumed the strong demonic aura was coming from the cat demon and didn't think much of it.
Seeing Juechen trembling, and worried that he might have been injured by the cat demon, he stepped forward and asked, "Master?"
Juechen suddenly opened his eyes, pressed his staff against Di Anyu's neck, his dark eyes terrifyingly gloomy.
Di Anyu's heart skipped a beat. He looked at the Zen staff that emitted a faint golden light and had a strong Buddhist aura, and felt extremely guilty.
His eyes darted away, avoiding direct eye contact.
"Master...are you...are you alright?" Di Anyu tried his best to calm down and asked with concern.
Juechen suppressed the desire of his inner demons to take over his body, ignored Di Anyu, and walked away.
"Hey..." Di Anyu was about to chase after him, but remembering his identity, he stopped and muttered to himself, "He's quite aloof and doesn't know how to talk to people."
He glanced at the cat demon's corpse on the ground, which resembled a human but was covered in cat fur, making it look like a monster.
Di Anyu examined it and concluded that it was probably the cat demon that Mingyu had been chasing earlier. Judging from its shape, it should have been a human, but it had been affected by demonic energy and had become like this.
This county town definitely has a lot of problems.
...
System: [Heartbreak Points increased by 10, currently 115.]
Mu Tiantian, who hadn't fully fallen asleep, suddenly opened her eyes upon hearing the system notification.
Mu Tiantian: [So sudden?]
Qi Tong: [It's probably his inner demons acting up; he's been affected by them more and more frequently lately.]
Mu Tiantian: [Have you found Master Zhenhui yet?]
Seven Unifications: [...Not yet.]
Mu Tiantian: [Efficiency! Efficiency!]
Qi Tong: [I'll go right away.]
Mu Tiantian sighed.
If she had known this would happen, she shouldn't have made the scene so bloody back then. Juechen must have been terrified by her.
Mu Tiantian was extremely agitated and tossed and turned for a long time.
According to Qi Tong, if Juechen can kill and deliver the sinful demons, he can increase his merits, wash away the demonic aura from his body, and thus further eliminate his inner demons.
Therefore, we should first force the cat demon out so that Juechen can deal with it.
The next day.
After Mu Tiantian and several dancers got up, Fang Ru also woke up in the courtyard.
She discovered that she had actually slept in the yard all night, and flew into a rage to find Wantong, exaggerating her story in the process.
As a result, Wantong was unwilling to care about such a trivial matter; she only cared about whether these dancers could absorb people's life essence.
Fang Ru was met with a cold shoulder, and she could only swallow her anger.
On the round wooden platform on the first floor.
As the music of the pipa and guzheng began, the three women in the middle started to dance.
They wore veils, giving them a hazy beauty that made people reluctant to look at their faces beneath.
The audience was almost full, as if they had all forgotten that someone had died here yesterday, and were drinking tea, listening to music, and watching dance as usual.
"Shopkeeper, why are they all wearing veils today?"
During the meal, a guest asked Wantong a question.
Wan Tong smiled charmingly and said, "This is to increase everyone's interest in watching the dance."
This idea came from Mu Mu, who said it was to give guests a different experience, and if they wanted to see her face, they would have to spend money.
She also gave the dancers a completely different look than usual; each one was stunningly beautiful, and once they lifted their veils, they would surely attract even more people.
Wan Tong thought it was worth a try.
She can earn more money, and if she attracts more men, she can gain more vital energy.
"Shopkeeper, is that a new dancer? Let her take off her veil and let us see," a man said lecherously, stroking his chin.
"If you would like to see more, please consider giving me a tip."
Wan Tong was initially worried that this rule would scare away customers, since who would pay extra just to see a face?
Unexpectedly, although the guests complained, none of them left; they all wanted to see the face behind the veil.
As soon as the dance ended, some customers started throwing money at the dancers.
Wan Tong gestured to the five of them to remove their veils.
At this moment, Wan Mingyu and Di Anyu came out from the second floor and saw Mu Tiantian take off her veil.
Both of them were stunned.
Soon, the dancers put on their veils, and if you wanted to see them again, you had to pay more money after the dance.
Di Anyu and his fellow apprentice went downstairs and found a table.
Wan Mingyu told Di Anyu everything about the girl Mu Mu he had met the previous night.
Di Anyu gave a perfunctory "hmm," his eyes fixed on Mu Tiantian.
"Senior brother, are you even listening to me?" Wan Mingyu raised his voice.
Di Anyu snapped out of his reverie, tapped his fingers on the table, and looked at him. "Do you know what these women do?"
"Isn't it just playing music and dancing? Making a living by performing." Wan Mingyu didn't know why his senior brother suddenly asked him this.
Di Anyu looked at Wan Mingyu as if he were an idiot and whispered, "These women are obviously in that kind of business. Making a living through performing is just a front. Didn't you see what happened last night? Those women all went up to the third floor. I went to the third floor and saw that the guest rooms were filled with books..."
When Di Anyu finally mentioned the book's title, his voice suddenly became softer, but Wan Mingyu could still hear him clearly.
After hearing what his senior brother said, Wan Mingyu's face instantly turned bright red.
"Please have some tea, sir."
Just as the two finished talking, a sweet voice came from beside them.
Above the woman's veil were a pair of exceptionally beautiful almond-shaped eyes, the corners of which were painted with crimson powder and slightly upturned, making her extremely alluring, like a fox spirit.
Mu Tiantian and the other dancers went down from the stage to serve tea and water to the guests.
"Miss Mu Mu?" Wan Mingyu excitedly grasped Mu Tiantian's wrist.
She subtly pulled away and continued pouring tea for Di Anyu, saying softly, "I'm busy right now and have no time to chat with you, sir."
Di Anyu toyed with the palm-sized jade gourd, his sharp, wolf-like eyes fixed intently on Mu Tiantian, a slight smile playing on his lips. "I wonder if Miss Mu has ever been to Immortal Herb Valley?"
When Mu Tiantian heard about the Immortal Herb Valley, she paused in her tea-pouring motion and looked up at the man who had asked her the question.
His face was handsome, and he was more mature than the delicate-looking young man next to him. However, there seemed to be a hint of wickedness between his eyebrows and eyes, and his beautiful thin lips curved up, with a playful look.
She had never seen his face before, but his voice sounded somewhat familiar.
Now that she knew she had stayed in Immortal Herb Valley, she couldn't think of anyone else besides the little demons near the valley who would know.
Could he be a demon?
Seeing that Mu Tiantian lingered in front of one of the tables of guests for too long, Wan Tong called out to remind her, "Mu Mu, why don't you pour tea for the next table of guests?"
"Yes." Mu Tiantian said to Di Anyu, carrying the teapot, "This humble woman has never been to Immortal Herb Valley, please excuse me."
Seeing that she was about to leave, Di Anyu shook the jade gourd in his hand a few more times.
A faint shout came from inside, "You damn demon hunter, what are you shaking for? I'm getting dizzy, stop right now!"
Mu Tiantian had sharp ears and recognized the voice. She glanced back at the jade gourd and then casually poured tea for the other tables.
She summoned Qitong and ordered it to investigate the background of the two men.
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