Chapter 22 - Demons and Coincidences (1/2)

Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Lu Yu left early and returned late. He wanted to find some wild beasts or thieves around Windmill Town to kill and see if he could gather enough experience points.

In the end, he only caught a few pheasants. Each pheasant gave him 1 experience point.

When he carried the pheasant he caught back to the courtyard, he saw Little Tail lying on the table and asked, “Why are you lying here?”

“Hungry” Little Tail said weakly.

“You didn’t eat lunch? You didn’t eat dinner either?”

“Yes.” Little Tail nodded.

Lu Yu said loudly, “Why don’t you ask the guard at the door for food! You’re so stupid! How did you survive until now?”

He threw a few pheasants that had been killed in front of her and said, “Take them and eat them yourself.”

Seeing the pheasants in front of her, Little Tail’s eyes lit up. She quickly jumped up, grabbed the pheasants, and brought them to the well to cut them. This time, she was smart and knew to ask the guard at the door for tools and spices.

The things she wanted were very common, and many of them could be used as medicinal herbs. The guard quickly brought her the things she wanted.

After a while, Lu Yu, who was in the middle of training, smelled the fragrance and stopped training. He found that the pheasants had been made into roasted pheasants, and the fragrance was really good.

He snatched one of the roasted pheasants from Little Tail’s hands. He did not care how hot the pheasant was and bit it. With just one bite, he could feel that the delicacy in his mouth was exploding.

Little Tail saw that the roasted pheasant in her hand had suddenly disappeared. She was a little dumbfounded. After a while, she realized that it had been snatched away by Lu Yu.

Lu Yu touched his stomach and picked up the second roasted chicken.

Two of the three roasted chickens entered Lu Yu’s stomach. After drinking a pot of tea, he looked at Little Tail in surprise and said, “You know how to roast chicken? Who did you learn it from?”

“An old beggar, but he’s already dead.” Little Tail was a little depressed when she mentioned the old beggar.

Seeing her like this, Lu Yu did not say anything. He continued to cultivate for a while and then went back to his room to log off.

For several days in a row, Lu Yu had left early and returned late. People thought that he was wholeheartedly completing the mission that Butler Zhang had given him. In reality, he was only looking for places around Windmill Town where he could farm experience points.

“I’ve looked in all directions. There are no wild beasts or mountain bandits.” Lu Yu looked at the road leading to the Han Residence. “I’ve never been to this place before. I wonder if there are any places that can farm experience points?”

Under normal circumstances, there should be a place outside the novice village where players could farm experience points.

In fact, Windmill Town originally had a way for players to farm experience points. It was those underground sects. Unfortunately, all of them had died in the Han Residence. As a result, Lu Yu could not even find a place to farm experience points.

Walking towards the road leading to the Han Residence, Lu Yu naturally did not want to return to the Han Residence. Moreover, he wanted to look for a place that could farm experience points.

At the fork in the road leading to the Han Residence, one could take a turn and walk up the road leading to the Han Residence. Naturally, Lu Yu would not go that way. He continued to walk forward.

Soon, he found a small path leading to the forest. Lu Yu took out his sword from his backpack and walked towards the small path.

After walking for a while, he heard some movement in front of him. Lu Yu became alert and slowed down his pace to walk forward quietly. Through the gaps between the leaves, Lu Yu saw a strange creature.

It was grayish white in color and looked like a stone. Its hind legs were short, and its forelimbs were huge. There was also a single horn on its head. It looked like a combination of a gorilla and a rhinoceros.

What surprised Lu Yu even more was that this strange creature was eating a stone. With a crunching sound, the hard stone quickly disappeared into the monster’s mouth.

“Is this a demon?” Lu Yu was a little curious. He had heard from Zhang Lun that in some deep mountains and old forests, there were terrifying demons. Even martial art cultivators did not dare to enter the deep mountains and old forests casually.

“I don’t care if you are a demon or not. I will fight you!” Lu Yu unsheathed his saber. With the momentum of Fierce Tiger Descending, he slashed at the demon that was squatting on the ground and gnawing on a rock.

Clang ~ the sound of hard objects colliding.

Buzz ~ the saber was vibrating. Lu Yu’s arm could not stop trembling.

“Hard! Too hard. What the hell was this thing? It was even harder than steel!” Lu Yu did not doubt that he could cut open the stone with Fierce Tiger Descending. However, only a white mark was left on the gray-white demon’s body, and it did not break through its defense at all.

Looking at the gray-white demon that stopped eating the stone, Lu Yu was very panicked. He had just left the novice village, but he had already encountered such a strong demon. Who could continue playing this game!

“Brother Demon, you continue eating your stones and pretend that I never came. You eat your stone and I’ll go my way. Can we each take a step back?”

Lu Yu said as he retreated. The speed at which he retreated was extremely fast. He was just short of using the Eight Steps Chasing Cicada to escape.

“Roar” the gray-white-skinned demon did not seem to agree with Lu Yu’s suggestion. It put down the food in its mouth and rushed towards Lu Yu.

“I’ll go!”

Lu Yu no longer hesitated. He turned around and fled. The gray-white demon chased after him relentlessly. When it encountered an obstacle, it rammed into it. Its strong horn easily broke a tree as thick as its thigh.

Soon, Lu Yu realized that it was not because the gray-white demon had a bad temper, so it rammed into everything in front of it. It was because it was difficult for it to turn, so it could only crash everything along the way.

After dodging the gray-white-skinned demon’s strike a few times, Lu Yu realized that the demon was actually not as terrifying as he had imagined.