Deep within the endless forest, a figure sped past like lightning, leaving behind a ghostly silhouette, silently darting through the sea of trees.
The wind fluttered his long robe, his hair danced in the speed, as if an invisible gale in the forest, causing the surrounding trees and grass to sway.
"Master, slow down a bit."
Miaomiao, supporting herself against a towering tree, gasped for breath, her pretty face as red as an apple.
Chen Changsheng's figure, from far away to near, instantly appeared beside Miaomiao: "Your little body is truly fragile. When I was at your cultivation level, I could still travel another thousand miles."
"There's a small village ahead. I'll carry you over there to rest."
Upon hearing this, Miaomiao immediately put on a bright smile, and her graceful and voluptuous body instantly leaped onto Chen Changsheng's back, her legs tightly wrapped around his waist.
Chen Changsheng felt the foul of 'charging with the ball,' while Miaomiao felt her master's speed, like cutting through waves.
The master and disciple transformed into a streak of afterimage, treading the rugged and undulating mountain road as if it were flat ground.
The whistling wind rushed past their ears, and in the blink of an eye, they arrived at a small village within the mountains, inhabited by perhaps several hundred people.
A dense demonic aura permeated the entire village, instantly arousing the vigilance of the master and disciple.
The villagers, upon seeing strangers arrive, were frightened and lost color, as if facing a great enemy! But when they clearly saw the appearance of Chen Changsheng and Miaomiao, their expressions softened somewhat.
Chen Changsheng's gaze swept over each villager, discovering that these people were sallow-faced and emaciated, their blood energy withered.
"Everyone, with your appearance of depleted blood energy, have you encountered some trouble?" Chen Changsheng asked directly.
One of the women, with a pale face, said in a cold voice: "Young master, please return. We have not encountered any trouble."
"Your village is filled with demonic aura. I suspect there is a demon hiding inside, consuming your blood energy for a long time. I am here to help you slay demons and eliminate evil," Chen Changsheng said calmly.
He noticed that the villagers here did not welcome him, but this place belonged to the territory of Taiping City, so regardless of whether the other party welcomed him or not, he would complete the demon-slaying work.
"Go, go, go! Don't enter our village. The evil cultivator who consumed our blood energy has already left. What's the use of you coming now? There are no demons in our village."
An old man with white hair walked out of a wattle house, waving his hand dismissively at Chen Changsheng, urging him to leave.
Miaomiao, hearing this, became somewhat angry and said: "What kind of attitude is this? We're kindly helping you, yet you despise and drive us away?"
Being reprimanded by the beautiful young girl, the old man's face suddenly became embarrassed. His tone softened and he said: "We know you are kind, but you cannot enter the village. The person who harmed us left two days ago. We don't know when he will come again."
Chen Changsheng said expressionlessly: "Could it be that you are sheltering demons, willingly becoming blood food? Or are you being forced or manipulated by the demon to say this?"
During their cross-domain journey, the master and disciple had encountered many demons and evils, witnessing all kinds of bizarre and strange scenes.
There was once a female demon who seduced and bewitched an entire village. All the men and women, old and young, in the village fell at the female demon's pomegranate skirt. In order to be favored and serve in her bedchamber, they even united to shelter the female demon.
Knowing that the female demon would replenish her energy by harvesting their blood, they each fearlessly threw themselves at her, going crazy for it.
Chen Changsheng's words were like tearing off the old man's fig leaf, making his old face turn red with anger: "Nonsense! You are not welcome here, get out of here quickly!"
"Get out! Leave here!"
"You are not allowed to enter the village!"
The surrounding villagers gathered, even taking out brooms and iron shovels, appearing as if they would fight Chen Changsheng to the end.
Miaomiao furrowed her delicate eyebrows, and with a single hand seal, she blew forward.
A fragrant breeze brushed past, and the villagers in front of them suddenly stopped moving, standing motionless in place, their eyes filled with panic.
A Body-Freezing Spell!
A simple little spell that could be dispelled at any time with Qi or True Qi, therefore it was only effective on mortals and objects.
It could freeze wind and frost, freeze rivers, freeze falling cups, and so on. Skillful use in life could have miraculous effects.
Chen Changsheng said calmly: "This place already belongs to Taiping City. Demons and evils are strictly forbidden from causing trouble. You can choose to become residents of Taiping City, or you can choose to leave."
"Before that, let me see what kind of demon is in the village."
The master and disciple passed over the villagers who were frozen in place, and walked in the direction of the demonic aura, gradually hearing neat and loud reading sounds.
The place with the most concentrated demonic aura was actually a school!
More than a dozen children were holding books and reading aloud, their eyes sparkling with a desire for knowledge, a heartfelt love of learning.
And the teaching teacher on the podium was tall and sturdy, wearing a black robe that was wrapped tightly, wearing a jet-black hat, covering his head and face completely, unable to see his appearance at all.
And that strong demonic aura was emanating from the teaching teacher.
"Master, there's a spider, but it doesn't seem like a bad spider," Miaomiao suddenly said.
The teaching teacher was silent for a long time, took off his hat and mask, revealing an ugly face covered with fluff, especially since he also had eight eyes, fangs and pointed cheeks.
This was a spider demon!
"I don't have a name. The children in the village call me Mr. Spider. I have no malice, I just want to experience the fireworks of the human world, and I ask the immortal elder to let me go," Mr. Spider said cautiously, his eight eyeballs filled with fearful expressions.
A humanoid demon with a spider's head, yet speaking civilized words, standing on the opposite side with an elegant temperament, it looked quite strange no matter how you looked at it.
Chen Changsheng did not immediately attack. He found that the children in the school had stopped reading and were staring at them straightly.
Seeing Mr. Spider's ugly appearance, these children did not show a trace of fear, but instead revealed a look of worry deep in their eyes.
Moreover, they were not worried about Chen Changsheng and Miaomiao, but were worried about their Mr. Spider...
"Interesting."
Chen Changsheng narrowed his eyes slightly and sacrificed the bronze mirror to shine on Mr. Spider.
The huge spider's true form appeared in the mirror. Not only did this demon not have any murderous intentions, but it also carried a few strands of incense aura!
Chen Changsheng had cultivated immortality for nearly a hundred years, and this was the first time he had encountered a demon with incense on his body!
The ferocity of demons was far greater than that of demon beasts. He had encountered tree demons and fox demons with incense on their bodies, but demons were basically entangled in murderous intentions, and had never had incense aura.
However, the Mr. Spider in front of him not only did not have murderous intentions, but was also loved by the villagers and worshiped by incense. No wonder these children did not show cowardice when they saw Mr. Spider's appearance.
No wonder the villagers just now did not allow him to enter. It turned out that they were worried that he would kill this demon!
"These villagers are all short of blood energy. What's going on?"
Chen Changsheng would not slay demons and eliminate evil without thinking. He only killed demons and evils that harmed the world.
Mr. Spider obviously breathed a sigh of relief and said in a deep voice: "There is an evil cultivator in this mountain range who specializes in sucking human blood. He comes once every so often. He just came two days ago, so the people are short of blood energy."
"Are you just letting them be sucked by the evil cultivator?" Chen Changsheng frowned.
Mr. Spider said awkwardly: "My cultivation level is low, and I can't protect the villagers here. Every time that evil cultivator comes, he will seal me. He didn't kill me, maybe he was thinking of waiting for my cultivation level to rise before becoming his blood food."
