Chapter 231: Little Demon, Time to Choose Treasures (5k)

"Don’t get involved recklessly—did you forget what happened decades ago? What if it’s a foreign guest again? You just got to Nanwu County, be careful not to stir up a big mess."

The Seventh Great-Uncle Master offered a word of advice.

The Eighth Uncle-Master Ancestor thought for a moment and could only sigh.

"That’s true. I saw a lot of foreigners along the way just now. Summoning a devil seems kind of normal, maybe it’s just some devil who didn’t want to travel. Wait, no, if that’s the case, isn’t he just sneaking across the border?"

The banter between man and zombie left the driver and the Scorching Sun Department’s reception staff with grim faces—they were almost green with anxiety.

Someone’s summoning a demon or a devil in the city?!

The smile on Wen Yan’s face froze in place.

Clearly, he knew well that Nanwu County wasn’t open-minded enough to let people summon demons in the middle of the city.

He pulled out his phone and dialed Cai Qidong directly.

"Hello, Minister—oh right, I’ve picked up both Great-Uncle Masters, plus a few elder brothers and uncles."

I’m not talking about that.

It’s my two Great-Uncle Masters, they sensed on the road that someone seems to be summoning a devil or demon."

I just wanted to ask you—was this guy smuggled in, or is he registered with our Scorching Sun Department?"

"How could something like this possibly be registered!" Cai Qidong’s blood pressure shot up.

"Oh, then I’ll help you ask about the general location."

Wen Yan covered the phone and asked, the Seventh Great-Uncle Master shook his head.

"I just suddenly sensed a little earlier; back in the day I dealt with these foreigners, vaguely remember.

Demons can be killed, and after processing some parts are edible—they dispel dampness."

The inedible parts can be used in medicine, made into some ointments for external use, good for rheumatism."

It’s a pity, back then ran into a devil with spiritual intelligence about equal to humans; at the time Divine Land said we had to watch the impact, so we didn’t cook him."

The Medicine King Mountain folks regretted it for a long time, said they’d already developed several formulas."

Even some formulas handed down by several founder-ancestors went without the original ingredient, and now we finally had something fitting."

Wanted to give it a try, but in the end it didn’t happen."

That devil was sent abroad, and the foreigners over there gave quite a few benefits in exchange."

The Seventh Great-Uncle Master looked a bit nostalgic, then glanced out the window and asked the Eighth Uncle-Master Ancestor.

"About fifteen li away from us, probably inside a building, not sure if it’s a devil or a demon. Honestly, I’ve always felt there’s not much difference between the two."

Wen Yan repeated the message word for word to Cai Qidong.

Cai Qidong was standing in the command hall by now, and after issuing orders, someone quickly did the calculation and a circle appeared on the screen.

"What’s at that location?"

"That’s the Fengli Company office building, a subsidiary of Changfeng Group. The entire building belongs to Chang Feng Group."

Cai Qidong’s face turned grim as he started deploying manpower immediately.

If they hadn’t gotten caught in the act, maybe. But now that they’ve been busted, there’s no way he’s doing nothing.

Just perfect—one Impart Teaching Great Cultivator from Fuyu Mountain is here, plus a Great Zombie, and Qin Kun is in Yu State, it’d be a waste not to use their power.

Inside the Fengli Tower, on the top floor—the floor and ceiling here were set with magic arrays, and all sorts of items were arranged around.

Inside the magic array, a three-foot-tall imp with a head almost a foot wide, pointed mouth, monkey cheeks, and a long nose stood there gnawing on a pig’s head.

"I want to know where my husband is right now."

"That price falls far short."

"Then I want to know how my husband is right now."

"Three more sacrificial offerings."

Liu Qiying pushed over a small cart from the side and upended seven or eight fresh pig heads onto it.

The imp opened its huge mouth, swallowing them whole one by one, and when it finished, patted its belly.

"Hasn’t dissipated."

The imp rubbed its round belly, looking deeply satisfied.

"The native pigs of Divine Land really taste rich. Since you’re so generous, I’ll give you something a bit more detailed.

He’s very weak, his divinity is almost gone, but he really hasn’t dissipated."

Alright, anything else?

Next time you want to ask something, it won’t be at this price.

Divine Land is too dangerous—risking my life for some sacrificial offerings just isn’t worth it."

"I want to know the name of the Dragon God who revived upstream from West River."

"Impossible. Other things, sure, but that I absolutely can’t touch. Messing with that is certain death. Don’t think I don’t know what you people in Nanwu County are like—you’ll eat anything, even demons. I don’t want to get eaten."

Liu Qiying sneered coldly.

"You guys care about being eaten?"

"Not so much, really. It’s just the cooking methods I can’t quite accept."

"But you’ll accept Bel’s cooking methods in Europa, then?"

The imp was tongue-tied, not knowing how to argue back for a long time.

The thing he really couldn’t accept was that one’s culinary methods.

Just twist off the head and eat it? Even demons think that’s way too crude.

"Someone’s coming—I’m out."

The imp tried to burrow into the magic array and escape, but smacked straight into what felt like a wall of solid bronze.

An oppressive force crashed down on the place, outright disrupting everything and making it impossible for things to function normally.

In the next instant, a long knife caked with blood and chipped blade stabbed through the glass, its blade embedding in the ceiling.

The congealed blood on the blade began to return to its original state, fresh blood flowing along the steel, a chilling murderous aura swirling in the air.

Liu Qiying froze for a moment and looked out the window—on the distant overpass, a burly man in sunglasses was standing there, looking this way.