"That gentleman seems to be quite serious about this job."

"Yeah, I didn't expect that either." Another voice sounded, "I didn't think he would take it so seriously."

"But he really cares about it." A middle-aged man turned around, "So I say don't worry about him, he won't do anything bad to us. The loyalty of old monsters is beyond our imagination."

A small teahouse, the top floor is only used to entertain VIP guests. Teahouses are usually not used for drinking tea, and the decoration of the top floor is completely different from the bottom floor.

If the teahouse below still has a bit of modern flavor, then the upper floor looks completely like it’s from the last century.

"Foolish loyalty."

A sound rang from the big clock in the room. Everyone looked over and saw a woman in white standing there.

She was the one who said that just now.

Her face was very beautiful and her skin was as white as porcelain, but what attracted people's attention most was the white ancient costume she was wearing.

In this room, the woman in white and ancient costume looks a little out of place.

"If there is no other hidden secret in this matter, then this Yuan is the dumbest monster I have ever seen." The woman in white said, "I originally thought that he was a rare smart man in his time."

"Nowadays, few people can explain what happened back then. After all, the monsters and people who can explain it are all dead." The middle-aged man said. "But if there is really a hidden secret, the new big monster in S City should know something. Do you want to ask him?"

The woman in white gave the middle-aged man a cold look, then left the room with a flick of her sleeves.

"Who was the one who promised to send him to Hongshajing?" said another monster next to him. "Don't say you don't know anything."

"Back then, the leader of the hundred demons and several of his generals agreed to send him there, but some people say that he went there voluntarily." The middle-aged man flicked the ash, "But no matter what, none of his soldiers are alive now. Many of the Blood Jade Demon Army from other departments managed to survive the Second Human-Demon War, but the spy camp he brought out didn't have a single demon left in the end."

"What a pity! I remember that the spy camp was basically made up of girls, and each one was prettier than the other." said another monster nearby.

"He looks nothing like he did back then," the middle-aged man said. "I don't know why he doesn't wear red anymore and has started wearing black instead."

"To be honest, I thought Yiqi would only wear red in his life."

…

The recent rankings of "Monster Records" have been surging again, with countless readers rushing to vote for their favorite characters. The website simply puts the ones with higher votes on the homepage.

Yuan had not appeared for a long time, so the previous crazy rising trend of his votes had slowed down a bit. However, when the second volume of "Demon Chronicles" was recently released, Yuan only appeared in one scene, and his popularity immediately returned amazingly.

Readers left comments below, and everyone could tell at this moment that this was the rhythm of upgrading from a supporting actor to a big boss, so readers said that this was a bit of a routine.

[What the hell! Ji Qiu, you have nothing to write, so you turned me into a villain! ]

[Why is he a traitor? I feel like there is something fishy going on here. Your drawing is poisonous. You have laid out so many foreshadowings at once. I am so confused.]

[When a male supporting role is promoted to a big boss, there is usually a lot of stories behind it. If it is a simple male supporting role with no story, it is estimated that he cannot be promoted to a villain. I guess the story behind this Yuan is very deep. Haven’t you seen that the bosses nowadays are more fashionable than each other? ]

[What is Na Yuan's background? It must be related to being called a traitor. But what did he do to be called a traitor? ]

[It's a common pattern for a male supporting character to become a boss... But Ji Qiuhua's was a bit too sudden. Why did he have so many interactions with Fanning before? Was it a love-hate relationship? ]

[Why are there so many monsters surrounding Yuan? No no no... I think what's even more confusing is, is Yuan actually that powerful? ]

[I don’t know… I thought Kan Yuan was a powerful monster, but I didn’t expect him to be this powerful. It’s beyond my imagination.]

Most of the readers' comments were that they didn't expect Yuan to be so amazing. Since Yuan's role will be visibly increased in the second volume, everyone's attention is more focused on Yuan.

I still remember that when Yuan appeared in the second issue of the first volume, many readers were surprised. The main reason was that this Yuan was different from the Yuan they had in mind. In their impression, Yuan would save young ladies on the street, and had a somewhat neutral and beautiful Yuan. However, the Yuan in the second volume was surrounded by a group of monsters as soon as he appeared.

At that time, the perspective was originally one of looking from the outside to the inside, so the figures of the people around appeared particularly large, while the figure of the person inside appeared particularly small.

And when the Yuan in the middle, dressed in black, looked outside, his expression looked frighteningly cold, completely different from the Yuan in the readers' memories, who also had a cold expression but was willing to save the little sister.

I can't describe the feeling, but it was a feeling of being out of place, as if there was a line separating the abyss in the middle from the other monsters.

An indescribable sense of coldness emanated from Yuan. Even though it was a two-dimensional painting, the readers around him could see that feeling.

This is why when readers saw the big monster cursing it as a monster, no one raised any objections.

This looks too much like the expression after a relationship breaks down. In short, it is definitely not an expression that a monster with a normal relationship can show.

Just this one expression filled two full pages of comments, almost setting a record for the highest level of discussion about a character.

Some people were still guessing why Yuan was called a traitor, but who knew that in the next issue, Ji Qiu revealed this foreshadowing and began to provide readers with a completely new idea.

This idea suddenly attracted many fans among the audience, and the comic book "Yoki" suddenly developed in a certain direction...

Yuan Yuanyuan was lying on the table, flipping through the comments, reading them one by one, feeling a little weird.

Is this her... Who is the name of this person you are talking about? Why does she look so strange?

There are many talented people among the readers. At this time, some people have already started writing fan fiction. Yuan Yuanyuan took a look and found that they were all written quite well.

In the comments, she unexpectedly turned into an "aloof" and "cold" person.

Yuan Yuanyuan felt very strange, a bit like when you made up a lie for someone and they believed it so easily, and you even felt a bit puzzled for believing it.

Her true personality is not like this. Rather than being aloof or cold, the previous "sissy" is closer to her true nature...

However, after being drawn in the comic, she looked at the character in the comic and could hardly recognize herself.

Yuan Yuanyuan felt puzzled, but the people around her obviously didn't think so. Siqun was reading the comics very seriously, and Sister Lizi was also reading while eating sunflower seeds. After reading for a long time, she suddenly said, "Why... am I so angry when reading this comic?"

"Why are you so angry... Isn't this sold at the newspaper stand at the door?" Yuan Yuanyuan walked over, "Or are you saying there are pages missing?"

"No, you don't understand what I mean." Sister Li Zi threw the melon seeds aside. "Forget it, it's not good to tell you. It's easy to cause trouble for you. It's better for a little devil like you not to know."

"...Don't tell me to keep half and half. I'm getting impatient." Yuan Yuanyuan handed the phone to him. "The latest one will be out soon. Do you want to see it?"

"look."

Sister Li Zi took the phone and refreshed it over and over again. Yuan Yuanyuan looked at her own little phone... and wanted to laugh for some reason.

I remember that Sister Li Zi looked down on her for reading comics during work hours... but for some reason, she gradually caught up with her. Yuan Yuanyuan was shocked when she saw her buy the physical edition of "Dream Man" by herself for the first time, but she gradually got used to it.

However, Sister Li still insists on not using a mobile phone. Even though she sometimes uses the original round one, she insists on not buying one for herself.

Sister Li Zi refreshed the page for a long time, tapping the screen with her fingers frantically, and finally it came out. She immediately clicked into it, crossed her legs, and ate some melon seeds. She looked exactly like an internet-addicted girl...

Yuan Yuanyuan felt a little guilty as she watched. She thought that Sister Li didn't even know what a cell phone was at the time, and now she had been corrupted like this by her.

In order to atone her sins, Yuan Yuanyuan looked at the large jar of wine over there, walked over and slowly started to package it, which was usually Sister Li's job.

…

She had been doing this for about ten minutes when she suddenly heard a deafening roar from behind her, "Fuck!"

The voice almost broke through the roof.

Yuan Yuanyuan was so scared that she almost fell to the ground.

She quickly turned her head to look. It was Sister Li Zi's voice. When she turned her head, she saw Sister Li Zi looking at the screen with anger, like an angry lion.

"What, what happened?" Yuan Yuanyuan asked tremblingly. Siqun over there had already hid under the table with his head in his hands when his sister called out for the first time.

"This, this..." Sister Li looked at the comics and couldn't say a word for a long time. She turned her head and said, "Is this how you usually read picture books? Would the artist draw so many things that would make you furious?"

"Isn't this unusual..." Yuan Yuanyuan said something that sounded a bit masochistic without realizing it...

She walked over, took the phone and looked at it. "What's wrong?"

"He, he..." Sister Lizi didn't read many comics, and her life experience was not as rich as Yuan Yuanyuan, who had already become indifferent to life after reading comics. She pointed at the comics and shivered for a long time, and finally said harshly, "He drew nonsense! He drew a bunch of nonsense!"

Yuan Yuanyuan walked over and silently read what was in the magazine.

As she thought, this time she painted the story of Fanning, who arrived in a city, now penniless and acquainted with everyone, feeling quite lonely.

However, he had obtained a lot of useful information from the memory of the little monster before. Fanning directly robbed several wealthy monsters around him, and all of them were successful. Now he has a small fortune...

"Oh my god." Yuan Yuanyuan looked at her with envy and hatred. Why wasn't she so lucky?

One day, Fanning, who had some starting capital, was lying on the roof looking at the stars. Suddenly, an idea popped into his mind.

Many people's ideas are usually inexplicable, just like sometimes when you lie under an apple tree, you suddenly wonder why apples fall. The ideas that popped up in Fanning's mind were also inexplicable.

He suddenly thought...why not become a "demon exorcist" who specializes in punishing evil spirits?

Before, Fanning was also a "demon exorcist" who punished evil spirits, but this time, he was different.

Before, every action of his was very well-behaved, even a little gentle. This was the teaching that Fanning had received since he was a child. However, now, Fanning actually wanted to become another kind of "exorcist".

This kind of "demon exorcist" is colder than the coldest monster, and more cruel than the most brutal monster.

Fanning suddenly sat up from the roof and walked into the house.

Until now, Yuan Yuanyuan didn't see anything that was worthy of Sister Li Zi's rage, although Fanning was in trouble... But it wasn't a big problem. There were actually quite a few Taoists who had this idea, but they were kept secret and didn't say anything.

Yuan Yuanyuan alone had encountered several Taoist priests who would chop people without thinking.

She flipped the page again and suddenly saw a few scenes related to the naked giant monster.

Yuan Yuanyuan was looking at these paintings. The naked monster was sitting on a huge chair.

This chair is made of bones... countless bones scattered underneath, looking like a disgusting work of art.

[So...it's him?] The big monster slowly smiled, [I was wondering who it was...it's him.]

[His subordinates back then all died because of him, why is he still alive? Where did he go when the leader of the hundred demons liquidated his subordinates because of him? ]