Chapter 2086 The Vengeful Young Lady 22

The Qingxia disciples stationed there explained the situation in the city to everyone.

"About a month ago, people started disappearing one after another. At first, it was thought to be human. The government investigated for a while, and people continued to disappear during that time. But in the most recent case, the demon who committed the crime probably didn't have time to take the person away, leaving behind a blood-drained corpse. That's when people started to suspect that the demon was behind it. The government couldn't handle the matter, so they reported it to the Qingya."

Qingya is the stronghold of Qingxia Mountain in this area. Towns under the protection of Qingxia Mountain all have Qingya. This is to make it convenient for Qingxia Mountain disciples to stay when they go out to kill demons and monsters, and also to give ordinary people a way to escape and a place to seek justice when they encounter demons and monsters.

"Are you sure it was all the work of a single demon?" Zhang Huatai asked in a deep voice.

The garrisoned disciple immediately reported, "It's uncertain. Two more corpses, drained of blood, have appeared in the last two days. This is different from the previous cases where the victims were abducted and disappeared without a trace."

"Alright, I understand. What are your thoughts, fellow disciples?"

Li Chaoshan said smugly, "No matter what kind of demon it is, as long as it dares to come out and cause trouble again, I will catch it and beat this monster back to its original form to be food for my little calf."

Zhang Huatai shook his head and said, "Junior Brother Li, you must not be careless. Demons are mostly cunning, and you may fall into their trap if you are not careful."

Li Chaoshan disagreed, saying, "Senior Brother Zhang, you're being too cautious. We're all Golden Core cultivators; are we afraid of one or two demons?"

Zhang Huatai sighed helplessly. No matter what he said now, it was useless. People who had never suffered losses had no idea how cunning demons really were.

This demon increases its cultivation by sucking blood, so it doesn't seem to be a very powerful demon. We can let them try.

Even if they encounter danger, he can take action then; let them gain experience first.

Having made up his mind, Zhang Huatai instructed the group: "Form your own teams of two and search in the four directions of east, west, south, and north. If you find anything, you can notify everyone through the Azure Jade."

"Yes."

Before leaving the mountain, Sect Leader Chongyang also gave each person a piece of spirit jade for free. This spirit jade is a medium for communication within Qingxia.

If one wishes to connect with the entire cultivation world of the Cangjiu Continent and view information about various sects within it, one must spend a large sum of money to purchase the Nine Provinces Spirit Jade.

In Su Yan's view, the Nine Provinces Spirit Jade is similar to a modern mobile phone, except that it is charged by consuming spirit stones.

Su Yan didn't even need to buy it; he had already won a Supreme Edition Nine Provinces Spirit Jade in a lottery, which allowed him to view information about the Nine Provinces Continent at any time.

Everyone quickly formed teams, but no one wanted to be on Su Yan's team.

The main reason is that she was too arrogant ten years ago, and everyone had a bad impression of her. Her fellow students all resisted her.

Zhang Huatai was a little embarrassed, not expecting anyone to be alone.

He was about to suggest that Junior Sister Su team up with Tianxing and Li Mochou, but the two seemed to know what he was going to say and immediately said, "Senior Brother Zhang, why don't you team up with Junior Sister Su Yan? It's Junior Sister Su Yan's first time going out, and she doesn't know much. You can take care of her."

Over the years, the others have all gone out to do missions to earn sect resources.

Only Su Yan stayed in Tianwai Mountain. Not to mention the sect, she almost never left Tianwai Mountain.

Seeing that everyone was avoiding his gaze, Zhang Huatai knew that no one wanted to be on Su Yan's team, so he said, "Alright then, Junior Sister Su will be on my team. The rest of you should be careful."

"Yes."

Zhang Huatai originally planned to act alone, but since everyone was unwilling to team up with Su Yan, he decided to take her along and take extra care of her.

Li Mochou looked at Su Yan with obvious mockery on her face. She and Tianxing deliberately walked out with their heads held high, as if silently announcing that they disliked Su Yan.

Su Yan found their childish behavior incomprehensible. They were all Golden Core cultivators, yet they were still isolating themselves. He wondered how they had even reached the Golden Core stage.

Jianfeng Yuan Mingli and Chu Fan are in the same team; since they both come from Jianfeng, they naturally form a team.

Lin Chaoshan and Yin Feng Duheng are on the same team.

The group set off, with Zhang Huatai and Su Yan heading south, the direction from which the mummified corpse had been discovered.

As Su Yan walked down the street, he could feel a strong aura of evil spirits around him.

The world she sees is different from the world others see.

Perhaps to a normal person, the sunlight here is just right, and the pedestrians on the road are also vibrant.

But in Su Yan's eyes, the surroundings were filled with a layer of gray-black evil energy mixed with death energy, and most of the passers-by had no expression, giving them the feeling of being walking corpses.

Su Yan: "999, can you sense that these people's souls are still alive?"

999: "After scanning, the souls of these people are still intact."

Su Yan nodded, having roughly understood what was going on with these people.

Zhang Huatai, who was at the peak of the Golden Core stage, also felt that something was strange, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

There happened to be an old man selling steamed buns on the street. Zhang Huatai walked over and asked, "Sir, which household discovered the mummified corpse...?"

"I don't know, I don't know anything." After saying that, he immediately kicked the two out and refused to sell them any more steamed buns.

Zhang Huatai was taken aback. Their clothes clearly indicated that they were cultivators, so why were the other party so afraid of them?

"Let's go ask someone else." As soon as Zhang Huatai finished speaking, the families who were still selling things on the street immediately began to pack up their stalls, as if the two of them were some kind of monster.

At this moment, Zhang Huatai also noticed something was wrong. If he remembered correctly, the pedestrians on the road seemed to be the same people walking back and forth.

"Something's wrong; these people are acting strangely."

"Yeah, something's definitely not right." Su Yan nodded in agreement, thankfully he had finally discovered the problem.

"I'll go ask."

As he spoke, Zhang Huatai walked over and stopped a passerby who had already walked back and forth once.

"What you're doing..."

Before he could finish his question, the other person angrily shoved him away, his eyes as fierce as a wild beast's, startling Zhang Huatai.

With mixed feelings, Zhang Huatai said to Su Yan, "Junior Sister Su, be careful. They seem to be under control."

Su Yan feigned surprise and said, "What? Could it be that someone is using puppetry to control them?"

"Puppetry?" Zhang Huatai hadn't expected it to be puppetry before; he had suspected that monsters were using evil magic to control them.

If it's puppetry, that's a technique only cultivators use. Could it be that there are not only demons here, but also evil cultivators causing trouble?