The next morning, just as dawn was breaking, Huo Fei appeared in the beast enclosure. He glanced at the quiet iron cage, a hint of doubt flashing in his eyes.
Strange, why have these demons been so well-behaved these past few days? Last night, even their daily roars disappeared.
Huo Fei stood in the cage, his sharp eagle eyes slightly narrowed, trying to observe the strange behavior of the demons. But after looking around, he found that they didn't seem to have changed at all.
He cast aside his doubts and began to contemplate this matter daily.
As the Buddhist chants began, impatient grumbles once again echoed through the quiet beast enclosure. At the same time, a change occurred in Luo Mang's hut a moment after the chants began.
The essence of the moon infused his entire body, causing the veins in Luo Mang's forehead to bulge.
He was heartbroken!
He felt that if this happened every day, he would eventually explode and die.
He gritted his teeth, stared at the bloodshot snake eyes, glanced at Silver Ring who was sleeping soundly with her head slumped over, and sighed deeply in helplessness.
He had no choice but to endure it.
After finishing his morning prayers, Huo Fei looked at the small hut where Luo Mang was with satisfaction, then walked to the right side of the cage where Luo Mang was.
He swung his knife and swiftly sliced a narrow crack in the stone wall next to the cage.
Yesterday he went to the headquarters of the Special Security Bureau and extradited the demon that had made a mistake to prison.
Logically speaking, given the type of demon she was, she shouldn't have been kept in the predator enclosure. But she was ferocious and irritable, and almost none of the more docile demons or animals on the outskirts of the prison were a match for her.
After much thought, this wild animal enclosure is the most suitable place to settle her.
After all, this is the only place in the entire prison with a small demon-suppressing array, which can not only prevent criminals from escaping, but also isolate them to prevent riots.
Huo Fei possessed profound demonic power. He was an eagle, and his talons were naturally incredibly sharp. Through years of cultivation, his hands had long since been honed into the sharpest weapons in the world.
In no time, Huo Fei had developed the stone wall.
A slight smile played on his lips as he parted them, uttering a complex incantation. Immediately, rows of jet-black iron rods rose from the ground, instantly forming a new cage.
The commotion was quite loud, and many demons who were cultivating peeked out of their cages. When they saw the cage that had suddenly appeared next to Luo Mang, they immediately realized—new inmates were coming.
A hint of schadenfreude flashed in everyone's eyes. After taking a look and satisfying their curiosity, they all shrank back.
The essence of the sun and moon is very rich in the air today, so we must seize the opportunity to cultivate and not miss it.
All the demons were putting in their best effort to stabilize their demonic energy, which had been somewhat depleted due to the loss of their demon cores, before their official escape. Only by stabilizing their demonic energy would their subsequent actions proceed more smoothly.
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As the sun began to set, Silver Ring awoke from her slumber once more. She stretched her serpentine body, did a yawn that no one could decipher, and then, feeling refreshed, began exercising in the hut.
Twist left, move right. Swish its tail, and wrap it around its big brother's strong body.
My elder brother said that eating and sleeping, while increasing cultivation, would also make her fat. Because she wasn't tall enough, if she became too fat, it would affect her speed.
Speed is an extremely important skill for her to escape. No matter how lazy she is, she can't afford to neglect speed.
For the past one or two hundred years, Yin Huan has thoroughly carried out Luo Mang's instructions, determined not to let her muscles turn into lazy fat.
Silver Ring was exercising very hard, and a bright green toy frog was trailing behind its tail.
Because she couldn't kill living beings, she used to control the force she used when wrapping things around. This was the first thing a snake could wrap around freely without fear of breaking it, so she naturally wouldn't let it go.
After finishing her exercise, Yin Huan climbed off Luo Mang's back, glanced at the motionless Luo Mang, flicked her tongue, and dragged her little frog to the corner of the hut. Then, she flicked her tail and idly whipped the toy frog.
Every time she pulled it out, the toy frog would cooperate by making two "ribbit" sounds.
The silver-ringed snake's eyes were slightly raised, and its tail twitched even more merrily. It even managed to give its "quack" sound an indescribable charm.
After smoking for a while, Silver Ring got a little bored. She turned her head, opened her mouth, and put her own tail in her mouth to rest.
Snakes are naturally quiet creatures; they can remain still for an entire day. The silver ringed snake, while considered quite active for its size, still manages to stay calm and still.
The silver ring nourished the spirit, and as it did so, it began to ponder its own affairs.
After being here for two days, she felt that although this place was a prison specifically for holding monsters, apart from not being able to go out freely, in other aspects it really was just like her older brother said—suitable for retirement.
There was food and drink to eat, and someone sang to her every morning. Not only that, she also ran into an old acquaintance.
This is exactly the kind of life she's always dreamed of.
Why don't we persuade the older brother to just retire here?
Don't think she's really stupid and hasn't noticed anything. She's been reunited with her brother for two days, and she can tell he seems to be preoccupied with something, as if he doesn't want to stay in prison any longer.
She'd talk to her elder brother after he finished his cultivation. They could see if they could stay here temporarily until she achieved human form.
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The sky was dyed crimson by the sunset. As night fell, Luo Mang awoke from his cultivation, looked around the hut, and found his sister's figure in the corner. He grinned, curled his tail, and tucked the silver ring under his belly to cover her aura.
It's that time of year again when Huo the Great Demon King enters and leaves the prison; he needs to hide the silver ring well.
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