Chapter 10 (1/2)

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What Makes A Demon

The leader of the Prefecture Chief's troop was named Qiu Liansheng. He wasn't tall, ugly with a pock-marked riddled face and quite thin. He wore light armour, a horse whip in one hand. With courage that stemmed from his pride in his position, he leapt from his horse's back and flipped onto the wall surrounding the building. At this height, he saw that the courtyard was filled with black-robed people. There were now more than ten crossbows near the entrance pointing murderously at himself.

He was shocked. What was all this? Who…who were they? Why are there so many people surrounding the building? Are they lining up for something? But that's too many crossbows! This is bad!

Qiu Liansheng roared, “Hey, who are you all?”

The black-robed man tossed a s.h.i.+ny object straight at Qiu Liansheng, who instinctively caught it. His hair stood on end when he looked down to see that it was a heavy bar of gold!

There was an engraving of one murderous, threatening character on the bar: Zhan!

Qiu Liansheng's face changed. His gaze at the black-robed man now had a few more hints of reverence. He did not know what to say.

The black-robed man smirked. “We're just doing our job here, I hope you'll make this easy for us, Sir!”

Qiu Liansheng was caught in a dilemma now. He was drenched in cold sweat.

Li Chengfeng inside the house was shocked. “Who the heck are all these people? And why is even Old Qiu here?” He looked at Su Zhixian incredulously, “Why do they want you?”

Su Zhixian was already in too much shock to speak. She stared outside, unmoving.

Li Chengfeng looked out at the courtyard, exasperated.

Qiu Liansheng looked behind him to see crowds of people surrounding them, as if to watch a chicken fight. They were all excited and their eyes seemed to scream, 'Fight! Kill! We're here for blood!'

All these useless sc.u.ms of society! All they do is sit and watch fights! Why did I even get out of my house today?

Qiu Liansheng was now a representative of the Prefecture Chief's dignity and power. If he did not handle this well, then he would be fired from his position. His parents and neighbours would not hesitate to laugh at him during after-dinner gossip sessions, and what would the ladies think?! The ladies were vicious, they could ch.o.r.eograph so many performances based on the plot of today just to laugh at his weakness. His reputation would be ruined! No one would want to hire a servant who wasn't willing to protect his master's dignity.

He could feel the bitterness on his tongue when he asked shamelessly, “What are you planning to do?”

The black-robed leader was silent. He knew that Cheng Qianfang had morphed herself into the third mistress of the Prefecture Chief. If he killed her, it would be a major crime. But if he forcefully dragged her away, that would also be impossible. Even if he had a strong family backing him, he still wasn't in the position to drag such a high-ranking official's mistress away.

But… he had a good explanation for this!

The black-robed leader sneered. “We are here on orders to catch a demon, are you sure you want to stop us?”

Li Chengfeng was stunned, his face paled. He instinctively took one look at Su Zhixian and quietly stepped away from her.

She noticed his reaction, gazed intensely into his eyes and smiled a pitiful smile.

After the Great Magical Being-Immortal War two thousand years ago, Sun Heluo was defeated by Luo Jiuchong and sealed in Heaven's Corner but Sun Heluo found several portals to other smaller realms there. He opened up one of the portals and released two terrifying races: the magical beasts and the demons. He claimed a portion of them and then one thousand years later, unleashed them all on a second raid of the worlds.

At that point, Luo Jiuchong had already ascended to become a deity, his successor was the Heavenly Emperor, Zhang Zhaoyang. But the immortal realm did not fare well under the pressure from the magical race, magical beings and demons who had formed a huge army. He was forced to recruit help from cultivators in the human realm, finally chasing Sun Heluo back to Heaven's Corner.

But while Sun Heluo was sealed in exile once again, many magical beasts and demons were left behind in this world. Although the mortal realm had done its best to exterminate these beings, they were stubborn and resilient enough to remain in this realm. There were occasional terrifying incidents of demons and beasts wreaking havoc.