Chapter 015: Higanbana Demon
"After a thousand years, someone finally calls me again."
A light breeze blew across the blooming red spider lilies, bringing up a field of blood-red petals. The petals gathered together, and a beautiful monster as gorgeous and dazzling as the red spider lilies appeared.
The enchantress was wearing a gorgeous tube top dress in gold and red, the hem of the skirt was embroidered with scattered red spider lilies, and her waist was decorated with an exquisite forbidden step. The long tassels swayed in a graceful arc as the enchantress walked. The loose outer robe hung loosely on her arms, revealing her beautiful shoulders. Her slender fingers were faintly visible under the cover of the wide sleeves that trailed on the ground. Every movement she made attracted everyone's attention.
The banshee seemed very satisfied with everyone's reaction, and she gave a charming smile. Her charming eyes painted with gorgeous golden red eyeshadow slowly swept across the humans present, and she slightly opened her red lips: "A thousand years have passed, and I'm sure the human race has forgotten my existence. Your lives are always so short."
She sighed. The life of monsters is too long, and humans are nothing more than passing clouds to them. "My name is Shahua, and humans used to call me Madam Shahua."
The dazzlingly gorgeous Higanbana demon said so.
However, no one present dared to respond. This monster lady doesn't look like someone who is easy to talk to. It would not be a good thing to be remembered by her.
"Madam Shahua." Liu Jimeng bowed respectfully to Shahua. This Madam Shahua gave her the feeling of being unfathomable, but she was summoned by herself, and Liu Jimeng did not want to offend her. "My daughter's name is Liu Jimeng."
"It was you, a little girl, who summoned me?" Sha Hua turned her head and looked at her carefully for a while. "It is also your chance to get my token. What you want is this man's life."
"Yes."
"It has always been like this throughout the ages." Shahua let out an inexplicable sigh, not knowing what he was thinking of. "Then I won't be polite."
Shahua raised her sleeves to cover her cheeks, her beautiful eyes wandering around, and every move she made revealed an indescribable charm.
If Pan Jingyi had seen such a beauty in the past, he would have definitely used all means to get her. But now he could not see Shahua's beauty, and there was only endless fear in his eyes. He didn't know what the monster was going to do to him, but he couldn't just sit there and wait for death.
Pan Jingyi turned around and stumbled towards the crowd, trying to divert the blame. Even if he has to die today, he has to take a few people with him!
"Oh my~ Where are you planning to run to? None of the prey that I have set my eyes on has escaped yet!" Shahua shouted, and two blood-red ribbons instantly sprang out from under her skirt. The silk ribbons flew wildly, trapping Pan Jingyi in the blink of an eye and dragging him back to Shahua's feet.
Sha Hua stepped on Pan Jingyi's back to stop his frantic struggle, "This heartless man is the most delicious food in the world."
As Shahua spoke, she licked her lips with her bright red tongue as if savoring the moment, her face showing a look of ecstasy.
After hearing what she said, everyone knew that this monster from hell actually liked to eat people!
Now no one dared to covet Shahua's beauty. Although beauties are beautiful, they cannot afford this man-eating monster beauty.
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry, Xiao Meng! I was wrong! I shouldn't have cheated on you, shouldn't have had an affair with that woman, and shouldn't have falsely accused you of murder. I admit my mistake! I regret it!" Pan Jingyi couldn't move his body, so he kowtowed frantically and admitted his mistake to Liu Jimeng, "As long as you are willing to forgive me, I will do whatever you say! Please, please forgive me!!!"
Before Liu Jimeng could respond, Shahua became impatient. She stepped on Pan Jingyi with a little force, breaking several of his ribs. Then, amid his howling like a pig being slaughtered, she said coldly, "I have never regretted the deals I have taken."
Shahua stopped talking nonsense to him. Without seeing her making any move, the red spider lilies at her feet suddenly began to grow wildly. They rushed towards Pan Jingyi one after another, slowly covering Pan Jingyi and his screams under the dazzling petals.
After wrapping the person into a human-shaped silkworm pupa, the flowers began to slowly shrink. At this time, no one could hear any sound. They could only watch in horror as the flower pupa gradually shrank, shrank, and shrank again, before dispersing, leaving behind only the snow-white human bones.
Shahua sighed with satisfaction, a satisfied smile on her face. She hasn't felt so satisfied for a long, long time since the arrival of the Dharma Ending Age.
"......"
In the brightly lit banquet hall, there was complete silence. No one dared to speak or move. At this time, everyone had only one thought in their mind, that as long as they could get out alive today, they would do good from now on and never do evil!
In the era of spiritual revival, the price of doing evil is too high.
I wonder if Duan Shi would be happy after understanding their thoughts. After all, there are so many things rich people can do to do good.
But in fact, Duan Shi no longer had time to think about anything else. The witch hiding behind the scenes had not released her control over them until now. If this continued, everyone in the banquet hall might die together.
"Okay, little girl, the deal is done." Shahua raised her hand and adjusted the red spider lily on her temples. After a long time, she finally had meat again, and she didn't mind giving this little human girl with a miserable life some good treatment.
Liu Jimeng's face showed a mixture of relief and confusion. She stared blankly at Pan Jingyi's bones for a while before she spoke to Sha Hua, "...Thank you very much for your help, Madam Sha Hua."
The only reason that had kept her struggling until now was gone, and she didn't know where to go in the future.
Liu Ji dreamed of committing suicide to search for her mother who had passed away earlier, but after the transaction was completed, her life already belonged to the witch, and she did not dare to break the agreement with the witch. She was afraid that if she broke the contract, the witch would be able to harm her mother's soul. During the two days of waiting, she had fully understood what great changes had taken place in the world.
When reincarnation becomes a reality, no one dares to act recklessly anymore.
"..." Shahua stopped turning around and stood among the flowers, thinking about something. She originally wanted to just leave. Since the deal was done, there was no need to get involved with the human race anymore, but now she had a good idea.
She put on a kind expression and said to Liu Jimeng, "Little girl, do you want to know the secret of your life?"
As soon as Shahua saw Liu Jimeng, she knew that she was half-demon, but humans probably had no means to distinguish, so she must have known nothing about her own life experience. After all, if I knew, I wouldn't have to beg her, right?
Considering that Liu Jimeng is quite interesting, Shahua is ready to give her an opportunity.
"...My...background?" Liu Jimeng was confused. She was very sure that she was her parents' biological daughter, and her parents were honest people. How could they have any secrets?
"You are not a human. You should be a half-demon born from the union of a monster and a human." Shahua threw a bomb indifferently, making everyone present dizzy.
"This is impossible!!!" Liu Jimeng found it ridiculous. How could she be a half-demon? "Madam Shahua, you must be joking. My parents are just ordinary people. How could I be a half-demon?"
"Who said your parents were monsters?" Shahua found it funny. She nodded her lips and said, "Your ancestors once had a connection with monsters. Their bloodline was passed down from generation to generation until your generation."
"..." Liu Jimeng lost her composure for the first time tonight. She took a few steps back as if she couldn't stand steadily, her body swaying a little, "This... This is impossible..."
"What?" Seeing her reaction, Shahua suddenly became unhappy. She lost her kind expression, revealing the pride of a monster, and asked calmly, "Is it so hard for you to accept being a monster child? If it weren't for your identity, do you think I would respond to anyone's call?"
"No, no, no, I don't mean to look down on monsters. I'm just too surprised to suddenly learn such important news." Seeing Shahua was angry, Liu Jimeng hurriedly explained. She didn't want to make Shahua angry because of her and bring harm to the innocent people present. She killed Pan Jingyi out of hatred, but she had no grudge against anyone else, and she didn't want to take innocent lives.
"Haha~ That's better." Monsters are not a reasonable race, not to mention that humans are on their menu. However, after being questioned like this, Shahua no longer had the heart to continue playing. She casually cut her finger, and threw out a drop of blood, which merged into her forehead before Liu Jimeng could react.
Then, without even an explanation, the surrounding scene disappeared in an instant, and the banquet hall returned to its original splendor.
"Please wait," Before Liu Jimeng could finish his words to persuade him to stay, he was interrupted by a sharp pain coming from inside his body. The pain was so severe that she couldn't even breathe for a moment.
Liu Jimeng fell to the ground, his eyes went dark, he lost all perception of the outside world, and there was only pain in his mind.
But even though it was so painful, she did not faint and could only passively endure the torture.
At this moment, Duan Shi and the other two nearby finally felt that the control over their bodies had been released. He rushed to Liu Jimeng in an instant and stopped anyone who wanted to approach her. Yu Gaoyuan and Meng Zhengqi followed closely behind, and the three of them together protected Liu Jimeng tightly.
"The door should be open now. Unrelated people please leave as soon as possible! Someone will deal with this matter outside." Duan Shi said seriously.
Although he did not explain his identity, everyone present was smart and they all understood their identities immediately. Therefore, no one had any objections, and everyone lined up tacitly and left the banquet hall quickly.
"Team Leader Duan!" Liang Hang, who had been on standby outside, rushed into the hall with a team of fully armed soldiers.
They had always thought that Liu Jimeng had not come because everything was normal in the banquet hall, but since they had not received any instructions, they continued to wait outside. Unexpectedly, the door suddenly opened and the guests rushed out in panic.
Only then did they realize something was wrong. After leaving some people behind to deal with the aftermath, Liang Hang rushed into the hall with a team of elites. There is still no news about their team leader.
Fortunately, after Liang Hang came in, he found that Duan Shi and his two teammates had no physical injuries except that their faces looked serious.
He breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed his tense muscles. "Team Leader Duan, what are the arrangements now?"
Duan Shi nodded at him and gave him an order, "Stay alert and don't let anyone disturb Liu Jimeng."
"Okay." Liang Hang gave the order and quickly arranged the team of soldiers he brought in, asking them to disperse throughout the hall and conduct 360-degree defense without blind spots.
After making the arrangements, he asked Duan Shi with a little curiosity, "Duantou, what's going on here? Why did everyone rush out suddenly?"
Duan Shi did not answer him, but asked back: "Did you really not notice anything unusual outside?"
"No, there is nothing unusual at all." Liang Hang answered honestly.
Duan Shi was thoughtful. It seemed that he had to raise the threat level of the witch a little higher after returning.
Seeing that he was thinking about something, Yu Gaoyuan pulled Liang Hang aside and explained to him what had just happened. Yu Gaoyuan was so excited when he spoke, and with Meng Zhengqi's supplementary remarks, Liang Hang was stunned. He didn't expect that such a tortuous and bizarre thing had just happened.
"So is Liu Jimeng now... um... evolving?" Liang Hang asked curiously, looking at Liu Jimeng with his eyes closed and a painful expression on his face.
Meng Zhengqi shrugged, thinking it was okay to say that. "If we are not mistaken, she should be awakening her half-demon bloodline, so it is not wrong to say that she is evolving."
Suddenly, Duan Shi seemed to remember something, and came out of his contemplative state and asked Liang Hang, "What's going on, Senior Qiao Ji?"
"Yes, where is Senior Qiao Ji? Isn't she outside maintaining the illusion?" When Duan Shi mentioned it, Yu Gaoyuan also remembered that they had brought an external aid this time.
"Isn't Senior Qiao Ji here?" Liang Hang felt strange. When Qiao Ji suddenly came in through the wall, he thought that Duan Shi had asked her to deal with other things now that she was not here. But judging from what Duan Touer said, is Senior Hashihime missing?
For a moment, they looked at each other, not knowing how to react.
"Oh no!" After looking at each other for a few seconds, Duan Shi was shocked. Something must have happened to Qiao Ji!
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