Chapter 5 - The Hidden Expert (1/2)

Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

As the Demon Monarch drew closer, Yi Qing finally had a clearer view of it. It was being followed by a bunch of slightly smaller white silhouettes—there were other rabbit demons! There were as many as up to 20 of them.

All of them were a group of highly powerful rabbit demons!

Yi Qing’s heart sank. One Demon Monarch had already forced him to try and bring out all his might, yet a whole group of demons…

While he was considering whether to self-destruct his Golden Core and fight to the very last breath, that Demon Monarch shook its long ears. Suddenly, it opened its mouth unhurriedly and spoke in a tone that was extremely sycophantic…?

“Hello, may I ask if Exalted Immortal Shen is here?”

“You…” Yi Qing had forced out a huge move but held it back, unsure of whether he should unleash it.

“Oh, I have a date with the Exalted Immortal at this time,” the Demon Monarch explained with a laugh, sounding even more sycophantic and almost subservient. “Is the Exalted Immortal busy? It’s alright, we can totally wait.”

As it spoke, it turned towards the colony of rabbits behind it. With a wave of its paw, around ten of the highly powerful rabbit demons fell into a straight line in a snap. They sat in an orderly row and did not so much as wag their tails, not to mention attack.

Yi Qing was a little confused. These were… demons? What about the known fact that the nature of demons was evil and that they would eat every human they came across?

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“Benefactor, fear not. We are all nice herbivorous rabbits.” Seemingly understanding his thoughts, the Rabbit Monarch was slightly anxious and afraid that he would misunderstand and so continued to explain, “It’s true, we are different from the other demons. We never eat humans.” At the end of its words, it clenched its claws and the rabbits became even more well-mannered.

“…”

“Hey, Rabbit, you’re here.” Yi Qing had yet to have a single clue as to what was going on when Shen Ying walked over after having washed her hands, drying them on that gray robe of hers as she said, “You’re pretty early.”

“Exalted Immortal.” The Rabbit Monarch’s body quivered as if having received an electric shock. Its originally upright rabbit body collapsed in a second and it laid feebly on the ground. If not for the fact that it was retaining a rabbit’s form, this scene would actually have seemed obsequious. “As per your orders, I have already found all the manpower you need.”

Shen Ying turned to scan the surroundings and asked, “Why are they all rabbits? Are you sure it will work?”

“Exalted Immortal, fret not.” The Rabbit Monarch strongly nodded its head. “My rabbits and rabbit grandchildren have always been dexterous with their work. It will not be a problem to let them handle it.”

“But they look…” Shen Ying took a quick glance at the sets of four snow-white paws which belonged to the surrounding colony of rabbits and asked, “Will it be convenient?”

“Oh.” The Rabbit Monarch was stupefied for a moment, but then finally understood what she meant and replied, “It’s alright. They are already capable of morphing but are just accustomed to the form of a rabbit.”

At those words, sure enough, around ten or so rabbits stood up simultaneously as their rabbit bodies transformed. Within a moment they had manifested human forms, except… with rabbit heads.

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Shen Ying’s mouth twitched as she couldn’t bear to look.

“Alright, that’s tough on you.” She promptly waved her hand to bring them in.

The Rabbit Monarch then led the colony of rabbits into the yard. Yi Qing was unsure whether if it was an illusion, but he kept getting the feeling that every rabbit that passed by the Benefactor seemed to quiver subconsciously.

“Benefactor, they are…” Yi Qing could not hold the question in any longer because she seemed to be the one who had invited these rabbit demons.

“Oh, I asked them to come and help out.” Shen Ying pointed to the straw cottage at the back and continued, “Wasn’t my house torn apart that day? I didn’t know how to fix it, but luckily it did not rain these past few days so I barely managed to make do with it. The rabbit said that it knew how to fix it, which is why I got it to help fix my house.”

“…” Asked a Demon Monarch to fix the house!

Yi Qing was taken aback. Demons were not just any creatures—they had always been on opposing sides from the humans, so how could they be willing to be ordered about by a human?