Pfft!
The snake demon with a snake's head and human body had barely finished speaking when it felt a chill on its neck, and then it couldn't speak anymore, instinctively covering its neck with both hands.
Icy blood spurted out…
Heh, heh~
It stammered twice, then fell into the pool of blood.
As it died, the snake demon glared at Chen Xi, its eyes filled with ferocity.
Just when it thought it was about to die, it saw the girl in front of it touch its forehead, lower abdomen, and lower body a few times, and then a warm current surged into its body.
Before long, it was horrified to find that although its neck was constantly bleeding, it felt no pain…
Moreover, it wasn't dead!
Huh?
What's going on?
The snake demon was extremely surprised.
Its throat had been cut, so why wasn't it dead yet?
Suddenly, it felt its skin turning yellow, and a strange aura suppressing it swept through its body, washing away its self-protective consciousness.
Before long, the snake demon stood up and bowed to Chen Xi: "Master."
Chen Xi looked at the snake demon in front of her, which she had refined into a corpse, and revealed a satisfied smile, "Do you know what to do?"
"I know!"
Just then, a group of snake demons, wolf demons, and dog demons rushed over, shouting angrily.
"Where are the remnants of the traitors?"
"Eat him!"
"Misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding!" The original snake demon quickly put on a smiling face and solemnly introduced Chen Xi, "This is a distinguished guest of the Four Great Kings, it's a mistake."
A group of demons glared fiercely at the snake demon.
"Why are you shouting nonsense when you can't see clearly? I was about to go to sleep."
"I'm in a hurry to go on a date, if the date doesn't go well, you'll be responsible."
A large group of demons left in a disorderly manner.
Only then did the snake demon say to Chen Xi: "Master, come with me, I'll take you to see the Four Great Kings."
…
Qingwu County.
Xie Mansion.
Later, it drank from a mountain spring in a certain place, and its body slowly changed, eventually becoming a fox demon.
But it was also an inconspicuous little demon, constantly bullied by other demons.
Later, it found the Fox Demon clan, and only then did it receive training.
After hundreds of years of hard cultivation, it slowly became a great demon comparable to a human martial arts grandmaster.
Finally, it was plotted against by other demons and injured, fleeing to Qingwu County.
After speaking, Master Huang looked sincere and even showed a resentful expression, sighing: "I have bad luck, I haven't had a peaceful life in hundreds of years.
It's been too difficult for me along the way."
At the end, Master Huang pretended to be very sad, even shedding a few tears and reaching out to wipe them away, making it seem as if his life had been so miserable and tragic.
Xie An sneered in his heart.
This Master Huang is dishonest.
The Spirit Treasure Mirror is a spiritual object, comparable to the Seven Treasures Exquisite Box.
The Other Shore Flower civilization is an ancient civilization.
That is to say, Master Huang is holding a treasure of a civilization.
If he didn't have a strong background, Xie An wouldn't believe it.
Alas.
Xie An sighed.
Master Huang said, "Lord Chief, you don't have to sigh about my miserable life, life is already difficult."
Xie An was even more speechless.
You're still in character, aren't you?
It's better to point it out.
"Master Huang, you misunderstood, I'm not sighing about your miserable life."
Master Huang curiously raised his head, still wiping the corner of his eye, "Then what are you sighing about?"
Xie An said: "I sigh… I have been sincere to Master Huang, but Master Huang treats me like a three-year-old child, making up a story to deceive me.
It's really sad."
Master Huang was very guilty, but on the surface, he said: "What I said is all true."
Xie An didn't say much nonsense, he directly took out the brush, ink, paper, and inkstone, and placed them in front of Master Huang, "Then please, Master Huang, write down what you just said, I'll keep it as a draft for verification.
To be honest, my family… that person's master is a Azure Dragon Martial Saint.
I have already sent a letter to inquire about the origin of the Other Shore Flower on the back of the ancient mirror.
If the information obtained does not match the information on Master Huang's paper, then don't blame me for not returning the mirror."
Master Huang shuddered, and glared at Xie An fiercely.
What a cunning human!
Even more cunning than this old fox of mine who has lived for hundreds of years.
Seeing Master Huang's embarrassment and distress, Xie An gave him a step down, "I sincerely want to return the mirror, and I also ask Master Huang to be honest with each other.
Continuing to beat around the bush will only waste everyone's time and be useless.
The east wing is empty, Master Huang can stay there temporarily, if you have thought it over, you can write down a draft on paper.
If you don't want to get the mirror back, then Master Huang, please do as you please.
I still have to go to the Demon Suppression Division to be busy, I'll take my leave."
Leaving a sentence, Xie An got up and left.
Master Huang looked at Xie An's departing figure, and the pressure in his heart increased even more.
He originally wanted to whet the appetite of this brat, but he didn't expect this little brat to not take the bait directly, and he didn't seem to care much…
For Master Huang, who has lived for nearly four hundred years, Xie An is just a little brat, isn't he?
But this little brat is not simple.
He even brought out the Azure Dragon Martial Saint.
Making Master Huang feel a lot of pressure.
Before long, Chunlan entered the east wing of the middle courtyard to clean, and did not forget to say to Master Huang: "Master Huang, the master said, let you stay in the east wing temporarily."
Master Huang glanced at the backyard, weighed it again and again, and finally moved into the east wing, sitting at the long desk and pondering.
After such a long time of pulling, Master Huang also knew… this kid is not easy to deceive, if he wants to get the mirror back, he can only tell the truth.
So, Master Huang picked up the wolf毫 brush and began to wield the brush and ink.
…
It is said that Xie An went to the Demon Suppression Division to visit Huang Silang, Huang Silang was transferred to the dispensing room, and was treated by Ye Luo.
Seeing Huang Silang unconscious, Xie An couldn't help but ask, "Master Ye, can Huang Silang recover consciousness?"
Alas.
Ye Luo sighed, "Yes, he can, but he was beaten too badly before, it will take about half a month.
I don't know who did it, two pieces of the spine were broken.
It's too ruthless."
Xie An: "…"
It's either Zhao Qing'er or Wei Haoran.
But Huang Silang deserves it.
Ye Luo then said: "But it's a good beating.
This kind of evil thief should be beaten.
Chief Xie, don't worry, if he wakes up, I will notify Zhao Qing'er."
Xie An nodded, then looked around.
Ye Luo understood, and immediately dismissed the two servants on the left and right, and leaned forward, "Could it be that Chief Xie has found another treasure?"
Xie An took out ten white cocoon stones and handed them to Ye Luo, "Master Ye, can you take them all?"
Hiss!
Ye Luo took a deep breath, took it over and looked at it, "Chief Xie really found a treasure trove.
Take it, I can take it.
Everything is according to the original price, seven thousand taels a piece.
A total of seventy thousand taels.
I need to go out, I will give you the silver note at dusk.
Is that okay?"
Xie An readily agreed, "Okay.
Then I will come again at dusk."
He has been fiddling with the white cocoon stone for a long time, but he has not found any use for the white cocoon stone.
It seems that in addition to retaining people's life breath and demon essence, there is no other use.
Keeping it in hand is just a broken stone, it is better to exchange it for silver.
After saying goodbye to Ye Luo, Xie An came to the seventh floor to drink tea with Chen Tie.
But he was absent-minded.
What he was thinking about was Master Huang.
The reason why he left suddenly in the morning was to put pressure on Master Huang, so that Master Huang knew… it doesn't matter whether he trades or not.
Anyway, he has the initiative.
I hope Master Huang tells the truth…
An ordinary day passed quickly.
At dusk, Xie An did not see Wei Haoran and Zhao Qing'er, so he asked: "Brother Chen, why don't I see Zhao Qing'er and Wei Haoran?"
Alas.
Chen Tie said: "Zhao Qing'er is in charge of the Black Swamp County, which is haunted by water monsters.
She can't handle it alone, so she asked Wei Haoran to help."
"There are really water monsters?" Xie An has been in Qingwu County for so many years, and he has heard rumors of water monsters often coming from the neighboring county, but they are mostly rumors, and he has never heard of water monsters hurting people.
Chen Tie said: "It's a real water monster.
But Brother Xie, don't worry, they are both at the seventh level of inner strength, and Zhao Qing'er is about to break through to the eighth level.
It's not a big problem to deal with a few small water monsters."
Xie An nodded.
But in his heart, he felt that things were not right.
Water monsters have not appeared for so many years, and now they appear when the Demon Suppression Division is established?
In addition to the dog demon colluded with by Huang Silang behind his back.
And the suddenly appearing Red Fox Great Demon…
I always feel that the situation nearby is not right.
After a while of greetings, it was time to leave work.
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Xie An bid farewell to Chen Tie, collected seventy thousand taels of silver notes from the dispensary, and then happily headed home.
He was now a bona fide wealthy man with one hundred and twenty thousand taels.
He had never been so rich before.
His mood immediately improved a lot.
By the time Xie An returned to the Xie residence, it was already dark. Xie An went straight into the central courtyard and saw Chun Lan sweeping the east厢房 (xiāngfáng, side room). "Chun Lan, where is Master Huang?"
Chun Lan put down her broom and bowed to Xie An. "Master Huang just left, saying he will come again tomorrow. But he left behind a pile of drafts."
Xie An followed the direction Chun Lan pointed, and indeed saw a thick pile of drafts on the long table, covered with dense writing.
Xie An was overjoyed and instructed Chun Lan, "Chun Lan, stop sweeping. I won't be eating dinner tonight. Don't let anyone disturb me unless it's important."
Knowing that Xie An had important matters to attend to, Chun Lan didn't insist. She lit the oil lamp for Xie An and placed it on the long table, then left, closing the door behind her as she went out.
Xie An sat down next to the long table and carefully flipped through the drafts.
The ink on the top page was not yet dry, indicating that Master Huang had indeed just left. The handwriting was scribbled and not exactly calligraphy, but barely legible.
Xie An read word by word, slowly learning a secret story:
Master Huang first admitted that he was the Red Fox, who had lived in the Five Elders Peak since he was a child.
Five Elders Peak?
Xie An was unfamiliar with this name.
As he continued reading, Xie An learned… the Red Fox was the Five Elders Demon that Da Qian spoke of.
Nine-Tailed Red Fox!
During the Tianbao era, Immortal Empress Jin Xiaotang, on behalf of the Tianbao Dynasty, had visited the Five Elders Peak, trying to get the Five Elders Demon to migrate away from the Five Elders Peak, and allow the excavation of the Dayin Mountain to open up the canal. Emperor Chen Haiming of Tianbao wanted to enter the South Sea and travel south to seek immortality.
But the negotiations broke down.
The Immortal Empress had no choice but to give up.
Later, during the Jingtai Dynasty, after the founding of the nation, the Jingtai Dynasty also sent people to the Five Elders Peak to negotiate, hoping to open up the South Sea and travel south to seek immortality.
The negotiations also broke down.
Then, the remnants of the Changsheng Sect fled into the Dayin Mountain, and He Nanfeng came to sign a hundred-year agreement. This agreement had two parts, one with the Corpse Refining Hall, and the other was signed by He Nanfeng and the Five Elders Demon.
Now, the hundred-year period was almost up, the Red Fox did not recognize the agreement, and had a conflict with the other four Elders Demon, and was then plotted against by the four Elders Demon, and almost beaten to death. The entire fox demon clan was wiped out, and the Red Fox escaped with the White Fox. Even so, the four Elders Demon also sent out demons to hunt down, lurk, and track.
Thousands of words in all…
After Xie An finished reading, he fell into a long silence.
He only felt his heart pounding wildly.
It was really scary.
Master Huang was actually one of the Five Elders Demon!
And the dog demon that Huang Silang had colluded with earlier should have been sent by the Five Elders Peak to hunt down Master Huang…
Su Yuqing had said before that the reason why the Corpse Refining Hall was able to lie dormant in Dayin Mountain for a hundred years, and still make Da Qian unable to do anything about them, was because of the Five Elders Demon behind Dayin Mountain.
Su Yuqing upgraded the Demon Suppression Chamber to the Demon Suppression Division in order to deal with the Five Elders Demon.
This shows how powerful the Five Elders Demon were.
What was even more terrifying was that the Emperor of the Tianbao Dynasty and the Emperor of the Jingtai Dynasty both wanted to open up the Dayin Mountain to the South Sea trade port. It seemed that trade was one aspect, and the other aspect was unknown… traveling south to seek immortality.
Could it be that there really was a place for immortality cultivation in this world?
"It's a pity, there are only these few thousand words, and the content of the other two conditions… Master Huang did not write it out. I can only wait until tomorrow. Writing a few thousand words a day is really difficult for Master Huang."
Xie An put down the drafts and paced back and forth in the room, unable to calm down for a long time. Finally, he came to the backyard to drink tea with Su Yuqing.
Su Yuqing was not surprised by Xie An's arrival.
After some pleasantries, Xie An asked about the Five Elders Demon.
Xie An was just asking casually, after all, it was a secret matter related to the court, and it wouldn't matter if Su Yuqing didn't say anything.
To Xie An's surprise, Su Yuqing asked first, "Master Huang is one of the Five Elders Demon, right?"
Xie An was very surprised, "How does the Princess know?"
Su Yuqing smiled faintly: "In this southeastern border, the only great demon at the level of a martial arts grandmaster can only be the Five Elders Demon of the Five Elders Peak. Which one of the Five Elders Demon is this Master Huang?"
Xie An weighed it for a while.
Since Su Yuqing already knew, there was no need to hide it.
Otherwise, suspicion would arise sooner or later.
Su Yuqing had helped him a lot and was candid. Xie An didn't want to appear stingy, so he took out the drafts he had been carrying and handed them to Su Yuqing, "Princess, take a look. These are the drafts left by Master Huang."
Su Yuqing took it and looked at it carefully, and finally frowned, "So it's the Nine-Tailed Fox, how did you get involved with it?"
Xie An told the whole story, and finally got up and cupped his hands, "I concealed it before, just because I was afraid that the Princess and the Red Fox would fight, so as to avoid hurting the Princess's precious body."
Su Yuqing smiled and said, "I'm not unreasonable. The Five Elders Peak is not within the territory of Da Qian. As long as the Five Elders Demon do not harm the people of Da Qian, I will naturally not do anything."
Xie An was surprised to hear this.
Su Yuqing explained: "Buddhism says that all things have spirits and all living beings are equal. This is the case with humans, and the same is true for demons. In Da Qian, there are martial artists who tame monsters. Many of the officers in the Da Qian navy have their own water beast mounts. And there are also beast tamers among the grand martial artists on land. These are all cases of peaceful coexistence between humans and demons. Many water beasts and demons are pure in nature and may not be murderous and vicious. This Master Huang has already transformed into a human and is extremely intelligent. If his injuries recover, he will at least be a fourth-grade grandmaster. It is excellent that you can get along smoothly with Master Huang."
Xie An breathed a sigh of relief and immediately felt the distance between him and the Princess had narrowed a lot, "How did the great demon transform into a human?"
Su Yuqing said: "You can use the Bright Jade Skill to rejuvenate yourself, so it's not uncommon for great demons to have some secret methods to transform into humans. However, at least the level of a fourth-grade grandmaster is required to reverse bones and muscles, and then take some heaven and earth treasures. Then there is the possibility of transforming into a human. My father also keeps a demon beast in the palace, transformed into a human at the fourth grade."
So that's how it is.
In the end, he was just ignorant.
It seems that when one reaches the martial arts grandmaster level, there are indeed all kinds of unpredictable supernatural means.
This aroused Xie An's impulse to open the human body's secret藏 (cáng, store), and step into the martial arts grandmaster.
The matter of cultivating immortality and longevity may not be fruitful in the short term. But this human body's secret store… is also a good thing.
Su Yuqing took a sip of Purple Bamboo tea, then returned the drafts to Xie An, "You don't need to worry about what I'm thinking. Although it is a tradition that humans and great demons are irreconcilable, it is undoubtedly the best way to resolve conflicts without killing. I also have a wish in my heart, hoping that humans and demons can coexist peacefully, and that conflicts can be resolved at the negotiating table. Fighting and killing also damages the elites of mankind. It is not easy for Da Qian to cultivate an elite."
Xie An took the drafts with both hands and sincerely praised the Princess, "The Princess really has a big picture, if there were a few more people like the Princess in the court, it would be a blessing for the people of Da Qian."
Su Yuqing chuckled: "You are good at putting a high hat on people. The human heart is sometimes more terrifying than a great demon."
Xie An deeply agreed.
After a chat, Xie An asked: "This time, Li Hao wants to excavate the canal, is it similar to the previous measures of the Tianbao and Jingtai Dynasties, also to travel south to seek immortality?"
Su Yuqing said: "Of course. But the situation is indeed different. Whether it was the Tianbao Dynasty or the Jingtai Dynasty, opening up Dayin Mountain was to destroy the Five Elders Demon. But the Prince of Huainan does not have this ability, but he can still promote the canal, which shows that he has reached an agreement with the Five Elders… Four Elders Demon. In other words, the day the canal opens is the day the Prince of Huainan rebels."
Xie An's heart "thumped" .
Is it finally coming?
Is this the ultimate purpose of the Princess leaving the capital to come to Nanyang Prefecture?
However, this matter was too big, and Xie An, a small fifth-grade chief secretary, naturally couldn't say anything, so he asked: "Can traveling south into the sea really seek immortality?"
