CFRSIO Chapter 26

Lin Yunliang opened his eyes to a vibrant red scene, his brow furrowed in confusion and annoyance. He recognized the setting as a wedding ceremony, but he couldn’t understand why he was there. Where was An’an? Where had An’an gone?

“Siam!” He thought of the only person who could explain this to him, Siam.

But the person who opened the door and entered was not Siam.

Who else could it be?

Lin Yunliang looked at the person before him with confusion. The person who walked in was also wearing a bright red robe. And what was on his head… Lin Yunliang stared at the top of the person’s head.

It was a pair of fluffy ears, like wolf ears, and the wolf ears were twitching. It was as if they had a life of their own.

It was truly shocking and made him want to reach out and touch them. Fortunately, Lin Yunliang restrained himself.

“Your Majesty, the Demon King?” The person who entered was a handsome young man. He looked at Lin Yunliang, who was staring at his ears, and asked, “Do you have any instructions?”

He had come in after hearing a sound, but the Demon King’s reaction was clearly not right. Could it be that His Majesty the Demon King had suddenly come to his senses and decided not to marry Chu Shi?! This was good news!!

The young man’s expression changed several times, leaving Lin Yunliang speechless. Was this guy changing his face?

“Your Majesty, have you come to your senses and decided not to marry Chu Shi?” The little wolf-eared one asked bravely, as many adults had been directly driven out by His Majesty the Demon King when they had offered similar advice before.

Actually, the little wolf-eared one couldn’t understand what was so good about Chu Shi that the Demon King, who dominated one side, absolutely had to marry him. Moreover, there was also that demon hunter from the human side, wasn’t it said that he was also one of Chu Shi’s admirers?

What kind of little demons did the Demon King want? Why did he have to find a little demon related to the human race? This was truly perplexing.

Seeing that the person seemed to have woken up, the little wolf-eared one became even happier. Even his wolf tail behind him wagged vigorously.

The wagging tail left Lin Yunliang speechless. So, what was the current situation?

“Your Majesty…”

“You can go out first.” Lin Yunliang sensed the approach of other presences, not strangers. Without understanding the current situation, he decided to have the person leave first. It was better to avoid contact with people for now.

“Ah…” The little wolf-eared one was stunned for a moment, but he still respectfully cupped his hands and withdrew. “Yes. Your subordinate withdraws.”

Subordinate? What kind of strange script was this? Lin Yunliang turned around, hiding his other emotions. Lin Yunliang clearly realized some things.

When he woke up, thoughts related to Siam and the Universe Wish Bureau had appeared in his mind. At that time, he had an idea. Because his interactions with Siam had always felt very natural, as if they had been interacting with each other for a long time.

Now he had changed places, and everything here revealed something was wrong, making him realize that something must have been hidden here.

However, no matter what, the most important thing he wanted to do now, besides figuring out where he was, was to find Zhang Qing’an. His intuition told him that he could find Zhang Qing’an.

It was just that he might need Siam’s help to find him.

Although Siam only knew how to eat, he was sometimes useful.

As expected, the familiar guy soon appeared. It was Siam. Unlike his previous kitten appearance, Siam appeared in human form this time, as a young boy. He had dark skin and round eyes, and he was wearing a fur outfit, which, upon closer inspection, had white tiger markings. His close-fitting clothes were mostly light-colored.

If they hadn’t known each other well enough, Lin Yunliang wouldn’t have recognized this dark-skinned boy as Siam.

Siam was now in human form, but when he appeared in the room with agile movements, he landed on all fours. That action was almost identical to the dazed Siam.

Lin Yunliang: … Forget it, as long as he’s happy.

“Host!” Seeing Lin Yunliang, Siam was happy and about to pounce, but he forgot that he was in human form now.

Let alone that, even when he was a kitten, Lin Yunliang hadn’t held Siam that many times. The result of Siam pouncing like this would only be one.

Lin Yunliang calmly dodged, ignoring the other’s resentful little gaze.

“Where is this? How can I find An’an?” Lin Yunliang asked directly.

What he didn’t know was that the commotion in the room had also alerted the people outside. Hearing the clanging sounds, the little wolf-eared one was outside, revealing a smile of self-proclaimed understanding of what had happened.

He said that their Demon King, such a majestic and noble figure, wouldn’t hang himself on a crooked necked tree like Chu Shi. As expected, it had to be his Demon King.

His little tail swayed even more vigorously, feeling very pleased.

Siam gave him a look like he was a heartless man, but he didn’t delay. He quickly transmitted the plot line of this small world to Lin Yunliang.

This was an era where monsters, humans, and demon hunters coexisted.

And Lin Yunliang happened to be one of the Four Great Demon Kings in this world. There were four most powerful Demon Kings in this world, their strength astonishing, even the most powerful demon hunters couldn’t do anything to them. The four of them had their own territories and normally wouldn’t offend each other.

This also maintained a relatively stable situation in this world.

Because they had lived for a very, very long time, these four Demon Kings had mostly gone into seclusion and stayed out of worldly affairs. It was rare for people to know or have seen these Demon Kings in their daily lives.

But Lin Yunliang, this Demon King, was different. He had stayed in his territory for a long time, and being bored, he wanted to go down the mountain. As a Demon King, it was easy for him to hide his demonic characteristics.

It was in this situation that he accidentally met a runaway sheep. Demon.

“Bait demons” were an awkward existence in this world. In this world, when human demon hunters encountered demons, they would first capture them. If they resisted to the death, then the consequence would naturally be death.

Of course, there were exceptions. Some demons would choose to surrender, and after surrendering, they would be kept by the demon hunters. They then became “bait demons,” with talismans planted in their bodies to restrain them. They would appear as bait when human demon hunters went to capture some demons, serving as a trap to help demon hunters capture demons.

At the same time, they had to protect the demon hunters. If the demon hunters were injured or killed, they would suffer the backlash of the talismans. To avoid being tortured to death by the bone-gnawing, heart-piercing pain of the talisman backlash, they could only try their best to follow the demon hunters’ orders.

In such a situation, sometimes the things demons offered were more terrifying than they could have imagined.

This identity caused these demons to be ostracized among demons. And after years of fighting with demons, humans couldn’t produce any trust in them.

In this state of distrust from both sides, their descendants were the same. The children born to bait demons were also only bait demons.

The protagonist of this world, Chu Shi, was like this. His master was the most talented and best-born young demon hunter of this generation, named Shi Ren.

Shi Ren also possessed many characteristics of a novel’s male protagonist: benevolent and kind, and he held contempt and suspicion towards other demon hunters who abused and tormented bait demons. He even had an overly ideal and beautiful thought: to create a world where monsters and humans lived in peace.

In this situation, inevitably, he developed some thoughts that were out of sync with the era with the bait demon beside him. However, Shi Ren at that time did not know his own thoughts and only thought that he was pitying the bait demon Chu Shi beside him. Thus, Shi Ren deliberately let him go.

The Shi family could be seen from their surname; their family were all demon hunters. As a result, the most outstanding child of this generation did such a thing. The elders gave him a strict order: if he didn’t catch the person, he would be punished.

Shi Ren knew that if he didn’t catch the person himself, Chu Shi’s escape would be meaningless.

Therefore, he had to pretend to go out and look for him.

Furthermore, at the same time, Lin Yunliang accidentally met Chu Shi. With his extraordinary eyesight, he naturally saw Chu Shi’s specialness at a glance. He knew that this person was a descendant of a bait demon, but Lin Yunliang had never interacted with such a person.

Therefore, Lin Yunliang deliberately pretended to be friendly and interacted with him.

Their relationship grew closer along the way, and Lin Yunliang even had the thought of marrying him.

After this news spread, Shi Ren, after years of failed pursuit, recognized his feelings. He knew that he couldn’t bear to let Chu Shi marry the wicked Demon King like this.

So he went to find them.

Chu Shi, on the other hand, also couldn’t forget Shi Ren. On the eve of the wedding, he made a move against the Demon King and poisoned him.

The Demon King should have been sincere, so he didn’t discover anything.

Just as the wedding was about to begin, Shi Ren arrived, and the two of them cooperated to take the Demon King’s life.

The Demon King was hard to kill, and the Demon King had countless subordinate demons. Now that one Demon King was dead, it naturally worried the other Demon Kings.

And Shi Ren, after killing Lin Yunliang, his cultivation greatly increased, allowing him to directly confront the challenges from several elders in his family. He even successfully escaped with Chu Shi.

From that day on, a rumor spread: the Demon King’s inner core could increase the strength of a demon hunter and even grant immortality.

However, among a group of demon hunters, except for Shi Ren, few could deal with a Demon King.

The final outcome was naturally that Shi Ren killed all the Demon Kings, becoming the true number one demon hunter. Then he lived happily ever after with Chu Shi.

Lin Yunliang: … Fine, another unlucky guy who died tragically.

“Then what about An’an? He’s in this world too, right?”

Siam couldn’t help but look up to this person, truly sharp and perceptive.

“Yes.” Siam replied, and continued to talk about Zhang Qing’an’s situation.

Zhang Qing’an was human, born into a wealthy family in a prosperous Jiangnan water town. This time, he had nothing to do with Shi Ren or Chu Shi. But because the Demon King was dead, the other Demon Kings worried that they would be the next to die.

Everyone feared death, let alone demons. After becoming Demon Kings, their strength increased greatly, and the more powerful people were, the more they feared death.

Therefore, they began to capture humans. It was in this situation that Zhang Qing’an was captured.

And finally died tragically.

When Siam finished his last word, he didn’t dare to look up at Lin Yunliang, for fear that this guy’s anger would be directed at him. He didn’t want that either, who knew that after the mission binding, he only found out about Lin Yunliang’s previous soul wandering.

Lin Yunliang was indeed filled with anger after listening. But he also knew that since he was still standing here, nothing had happened yet.

However,

“You said just now that Shi Ren and Chu Shi made a move at the wedding, so now I…” He looked down at the red robe on his body, what else did he not understand.

He was now at the wedding, but this wedding hadn’t started yet.

“Yes.” Siam said, then transformed back into a kitten, and quickly left the place, moving away from Lin Yunliang. “You are now at the wedding with Chu Shi, and Shi Ren is on his way.”

“He will arrive in about two hours.”

Siam’s clear, watery eyes looked incredibly innocent. Lin Yunliang and the cat stared at each other for a long time, his heart churning with emotions. But the pressing matter was not to find someone to settle accounts with.

The memory infusion he had just received made him understand the situation of the little wolf-eared one. That guy was a wolf demon. When he was born, he was rescued by Lin Yunliang, who happened to pass by, and thus became Lin Yunliang’s guard.

Here, almost no one approved of this marriage, but Lin Yunliang was the Demon King, so why would he need their approval? Moreover, Lin Yunliang had dealt with those who dared to speak up.

This made others who had opinions afraid to speak.

“Cang Shu.” Lin Yunliang called out.

Cang Shu, who was the little wolf-eared one who had just barged in.

“Yes.” Cang Shu immediately pushed the door open and entered.

“Please invite Chu Shi over.” Lin Yunliang said. He had insisted on marrying Chu Shi earlier, and now suddenly saying he wouldn’t marry him would surely make people find it strange, so Lin Yunliang decided to meet this person first.

Then he would leave. Two hours, if used reasonably, could have wonderful effects.

“Yes.” Cang Shu replied, but his eyes gave Lin Yunliang a strange look.

No, didn’t you just finish fighting? What do you want Chu Shi for?

Chu Shi was brought over by force. Therefore, since Chu Shi was unwilling to marry, Lin Yunliang had severed his hand and foot tendons, both to prevent him from escaping and to tell Chu Shi that the power gap between them was huge and it was best to obediently fulfill his wishes.

Chu Shi was indeed beautiful, with red lips and white teeth, like an elf, a fair-skinned youth. Now he was wearing a red robe. Although his movements were inconvenient, it made people even more inclined to possess him.

Such a jade-like youth, it was no wonder Shi Ren couldn’t forget him. But what did this have to do with Lin Yunliang?

Chu Shi didn’t understand the meaning of Lin Yunliang’s gaze. He could only stubbornly look at the person before him. He would never marry Lin Yunliang, even if Lin Yunliang had already severed his hand and foot tendons, he would not marry!

Lin Yunliang knew that his current identity was not good, so he ignored the resentment on the young man’s face. He turned his back and glanced at his hand.

[You can use magic in this world. You can try it.] Siam communicated with him from afar, hiding his figure.

[Just think about what you want to do.]

Lin Yunliang was silent. The thing he wanted to do most now was to have Chu Shi change out of that annyoing red robe.

During the years he lived with Zhang Qing’an, Lin Yunliang clearly remembered all of Zhang Qing’an’s preferences and his possessiveness. Even though Du Lin had long been kept as far away from their lives as possible, Zhang Qing’an still disliked him very much.

If people knew he was going to marry someone and wear a wedding dress very similar to the one they wore back then, he would be very angry.

Lin Yunliang least wanted Zhang Qing’an to be angry, especially because of him. He would also feel guilty.

Siam, seeing Lin Yunliang’s expression, knew what he was thinking. That wedding dress was similar to the one Zhang Qing’an and Lin Yunliang wore in the previous world. At that time, even Siam had a bright red outfit.

The whole family even took a family photo.

Speaking of which, that photo was still in his small space.

Lin Yunliang must have found Chu Shi very displeasing now. Indeed, he heard Chu Shi exclaim.

The red robe on his body shattered, and sparse pieces of cloth fell to the ground. He was left with only his inner garment. Lin Yunliang was a Demon King, so his wife’s wedding dress was naturally a top-quality product. How could it be so easily torn?

Unless… this person was truly malicious, and wanted to humiliate him like this.

Chu Shi felt even more desolate and increasingly wanted to see Shi Ren. He wanted to tell him not to worry about him anymore. He was just a despicable demon.

He closed his eyes, tears falling from the corners of his eyes. What a stubborn beauty. Unfortunately, Lin Yunliang had no intention of looking.

After waiting for a while and seeing no other movement from the person, he opened his eyes blankly.

Seeing Lin Yunliang already sitting sternly on the main seat.

So he wasn’t… Chu Shi now couldn’t understand what Lin Yunliang wanted to do.

When he first met Lin Yunliang, he only felt that the other party was elegant and decent, looking like a good person. Later, when Shi Ren chased after him, he let him go several times. He was already closer to Shi Ren.

How could he have known that this person who looked like a good person was actually one of the Demon Kings? And he changed his initial gentle and humble demeanor and insisted on marrying him, which made him feel both indignant and overwhelmed. He was unwilling. At least, he was particularly unwilling at the moment.

“Lin Yunliang, kill me or cut me as you please.” His gaze was firm, yet tinged with sadness.

Perhaps it was because he had been cherished by this person before, but now he was being humiliated like this, he felt a huge drop in his feelings, making him extremely embarrassed and sad.

“Why do you have to humiliate me like this!”

Lin Yunliang sneered. To Chu Shi, it made him blush even more. Not from shame, but from anger.

“You and Shi Ren…”

“What do you want to do to him! This has nothing to do with him!” Chu Shi blurted out, as if his tail had been stepped on.

Chu Shi’s eyes still showed some evasiveness, indicating that he really had some plans in mind. Lin Yunliang knew what those plans were. He was someone who had the original plot line, how could he not know Chu Shi’s calculations?

Looking at the white lotus-like guy, he still had many calculations in his heart.

That was true. This world had monsters and demon hunters. If he were really that naive and innocent, how could he survive?

Chu Shi closed his eyes and reached for the tie of his inner garment with trembling hands. “Your Majesty, please don’t bother with such a small demon hunter.”

“This little demon… is willing…”

His slender, jade-like hands began to struggle with the ties. His hand and foot tendons were severed, so his movements were naturally inconvenient, but such a beauty willing to undress himself naturally stirred desires.

Uh… if the other party wasn’t Lin Yunliang.

Lin Yunliang’s face darkened even more. Let alone that he didn’t have any intentions towards Chu Shi in the first place, even if he did, it would only be for one person.

He directly threw a round pill into Chu Shi’s mouth. “I have no interest in you, nor in Shi Ren.”

“This marriage is hereby called off. I will not marry.”

Chu Shi looked at the person before him with confusion and helplessness. No… you made such a big fuss earlier, and now you’re saying you won’t marry? Do you know what you’re doing? However, Chu Shi soon had no time to care about those things.

He felt a heat in his body, especially in his dantian.

He moved his hands and found that it was not as uncomfortable as before.

So… this was his…

“Your Majesty, you…” What exactly do you want to do?

Chu Shi didn’t understand. No, he had never understood what this person wanted to do. Otherwise, why would he have been tricked by him back then?

Yes, it was this person. He was too cunning. Chu Shi didn’t think he was wrong, nor did he think that he had any manipulative factors in it back then.

Lin Yunliang ignored him. Seeing the person in disheveled clothes, he felt it wasn’t quite proper, so he waved his hand again.

A new set of clothes was put on Chu Shi.

No… What exactly do you want to do? Chu Shi looked at the person before him blankly.

And he would soon know what Lin Yunliang wanted to do.

“Cang Shu.”

“Yes!”

Cang Shu, who entered, saw Chu Shi change his clothes and his expression changed slightly, but he still respectfully bowed to him. “Your Majesty, do you have any instructions?”

“Remove these annoying decorations.”

“And throw this person out.”

“Also, issue an order that Qingyun Mountain will not allow anyone to set foot on it from today onwards.”

Throw him out?? What… throw who out? It couldn’t be him, he just arrived. So it could only be one person, but didn’t you just insist on marrying him with all your might?

Cang Shu couldn’t understand what was happening, but Cang Shu was obedient. “Yes!”

Chu Shi was also stunned. What? Throw him out?? Lin Yunliang, what are you doing!

Although Chu Shi was very unwilling to marry Lin Yunliang, such behavior was undoubtedly a humiliation!

Looking at the person on the main seat, Chu Shi’s gaze was not friendly.

Lin Yunliang, however, had no intention of paying attention to him. The environment of his Qingyun Mountain was very good. He thought An’an would definitely like it. How could he let someone ruin it?

He also remembered that after the Demon King died, all the demons attached to Qingyun Mountain fled in a panic, and even the originally beautiful Qingyun Mountain ceased to exist.

Although Lin Yunliang was not truly this Demon King, if such a beautiful place really ended up as it did in the original plot line, he would feel regret.

There were still many demons outside. Some of them were demons from Qingyun Mountain, and some were from other mountains, who had come specifically to drink at the feast.

But they didn’t expect that instead of feasting, they would witness a play.

Several little demons gathered together, removing the red silk ribbons from the roof ridges and eaves while chatting.

“His Majesty the Demon King is truly fickle. He insisted on marrying that bait demon earlier, and now he’s ordered Cang Shu to throw him out.”

“Why do you care? I think it’s wise for His Majesty the Demon King not to marry that bait demon.”

“How do you say that?”

“That bait demon is the bait demon of Shi Ren, the eldest young master of the Shi family, a family of demon hunters.” The little demon who knew more said, looking like he had seen through everything.

“What do you think of those demon hunters? Perhaps they also had a hand in Chu Shi meeting His Majesty the Demon King.”

“Is that so? Then that’s too hateful. Our Demon King is a rare good Demon King.”

“Exactly! I heard from brothers and sisters from other mountains that the Demon Kings in their areas eat several people and several demons every once in a while!”

“Really?!”

Whether these words were true or not, Lin Yunliang was indeed among the rare few who had good character among the Demon Kings. At least that’s how other demons saw it.

They all knew that as long as they became demons of Qingyun Mountain, they would not be easily bullied.

“Why are you still gossiping? Hurry up and clean up!” Other little demons saw them still chatting and immediately went over.

“His Majesty the Demon King ordered that Qingyun Mountain will be closed. Hurry up and finish your work!!”

The noise outside did not affect the people inside the house.

Looking at Lin Yunliang on the main seat, several elders showed satisfied expressions. They were the ones among the demons who most objected to Lin Yunliang marrying Chu Shi. Now that they saw he had come to his senses, they were naturally happy.

“I have invited everyone here for an important matter.”

“I need to go into seclusion for a while.”

“Your Majesty, the Demon King,” said a man with a fox tail, who looked no more than twenty years old, but was actually quite old. However, fox demons were naturally beautiful, so he looked exceptionally young.

The fox demon asked doubtfully, “Why suddenly go into seclusion for no reason? And Cang Shu just said you are also closing the mountain?”

Closing the mountain meant using magic to cover the entire Qingyun Mountain. Every mountain with a Demon King had a formation large enough to cover the entire mountain. As long as the Demon King activated the formation, the mountain would be sealed.

Humans couldn’t see it and couldn’t enter. Monsters and demon hunters would be blocked outside.

However, it was rare to close the mountain. Unless something happened to the Demon King.

“Are you alright?”

“Could it be that the damned bait demon did something to you?”

Chu Shi did do something, but with Siam by Lin Yunliang’s side, he would naturally not be in trouble. And the current situation gave Lin Yunliang an excuse, and it also allowed him to disappear more plausibly later.

Lin Yunliang frowned, his expression turning grim as he nodded. “Chu Shi and I met and became connected outside. Who knew this bait demon was so cunning.”

“Now, only by closing the mountain can the medicinal effects be gradually resolved.”

“In addition, Shi Ren is also leading countless demon hunters towards Qingyun Mountain and will arrive soon.”

“Now that I have been ambushed and my demonic power is greatly dispersed, if I continue to keep the mountain gate open at this moment, the demons of my Qingyun Mountain will not be protected.”

“That damned bait demon!” The fox demon was quick-tempered. Upon hearing this, he became angry and wanted to go and capture Chu Shi.

“Elder Hu.” Lin Yunliang reprimanded softly.

The fox demon thought Lin Yunliang was still reluctant to let go of Chu Shi. “Your Majesty, why are you stopping me? Could it be that you are still infatuated with that bait demon?”

The eyes of several elders showed some worry, fearing that he would still marry Chu Shi.

Lin Yunliang really wanted to roll his eyes. How could that be? But to maintain his persona, he did not do such an ungraceful thing, and continued to explain.

“How could that be? Am I, Lin Yunliang, such a muddled person?”

“I ordered Chu Shi to be thrown out simply to attract the attention of Shi Ren and his group. It also buys time for my Qingyun Mountain to close its gates.”

“Now that the medicinal effects have taken hold, the matter of closing the mountain will trouble the elders. Also, please rest assured, I will not marry Chu Shi. I will not marry any demon.”

Upon hearing this, the elders were greatly relieved. They had no idea that Lin Yunliang was not joking. He truly would not marry any demon.

“Please rest assured. We will definitely complete this task.”

“Thank you for your trouble.”

The few people withdrew. Lin Yunliang then slumped onto the couch. He had finally handled it. He would stay in the secluded chamber for a few days, making his subordinates truly believe he was in seclusion, and then he could go down the mountain to find Zhang Qing’an.

He wondered how An’an was doing now.

“Siam, do you really have no way to let me see An’an now?” Lin Yunliang did not forget to give him a difficult task.

“No.” Lin Yunliang was very speechless. How could he not have seen that you were such a Lin Yunliang before?

Could this thing called “lovestruck” be hereditary?

Lin Yunliang had a look of “you’re really useless” on his face, and turned over, ignoring him. Although Siam repeatedly assured him that Lin Yunliang was now very safe, and no one in his household dared to lay a hand on him, urging him to be patient and wait until it was time to leave before seeing the person.

But as long as Lin Yunliang hadn’t seen him, he couldn’t help but worry. Now, he finally understood Zhang Qing’an’s feelings at that time.

When Shi Ren arrived with a group of people, they discovered that Qingyun Mountain had already closed its gates. This situation was unusual.

“What’s going on?” a senior demon hunter questioned.

The reason they had followed was simple. Shi Ren had promised them that this time they would become famous, because his people had infiltrated Qingyun Mountain. Just as he arrived, they could cooperate from the inside and outside to capture all the demons of Qingyun Mountain in one fell swoop.

Shi Ren did not explicitly say who this person was, but they knew in their hearts.

Shi Ren’s escape of his bait demon had long since spread throughout the demon hunter circle. In a sense, it was a huge joke.

The Shi family’s status in the demon hunter circle was not ordinary.

Everyone knew that as long as the Shi family took action, except for demons like Demon Kings, other little demons could almost all escape their clutches. But now, the most famous genius demon hunter of this generation had let his bait demon escape.

Wasn’t that a joke?

However, Shi Ren was not affected by any external influences. He even took the initiative to lead people to capture the escaped bait demon Chu Shi. Although they had escaped several times.

According to the original plot line, it was at this point that Chu Shi and Shi Ren cooperated from the inside and outside, allowing Shi Ren to achieve what past demon hunters couldn’t.

He should have become famous, but… due to Lin Yunliang’s appearance, there was a change.

Shi Ren had nothing to say. Because he really didn’t know what had happened. He had only received a message from Chu Shi a month ago.

The message only said that he would secretly drug Lin Yunliang and have people find the right time to go to Qingyun Mountain. At first, Shi Ren didn’t know what that time was. And half a month ago, he learned about the wedding of the Qingyun Mountain Demon King.

He immediately connected the two events, even using Chu Shi’s blood essence to contact Chu Shi.

Demon hunters and monsters had been fighting for years, so naturally, they had many ways to target them, especially those who willingly surrendered. The blood essence produced by each demon was very limited. And they would take a drop of blood essence from the bait demon’s offspring when it was just born. This drop of blood essence was the most powerful and most useful.

After that, they would take blood essence from the bait demon every five years to control it. Even with enough power, they could use the blood essence to make the bait demon wish it were dead.

The one Shi Ren used was that drop of blood essence.

Chu Shi’s escape was also related to his bait demon mother. She couldn’t bear for her child to be coerced by demon hunters for a lifetime like herself. Therefore, she deliberately used her own blood essence to replace the blood essence that Chu Shi was supposed to have taken.

Therefore, Chu Shi had some ability to escape.

The one Shi Ren used was the last drop, and the only one. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been able to find this place.

But now it was another outcome.

Let alone the people who came with him, even Shi Ren himself was somewhat annoyed.

“Uncle!” The younger generation who went to check for danger nearby returned, their expressions showing a hint of excitement.

They stepped forward, then immediately slowed down their pace, respectfully cupped their hands and bowed: “We have found traces of Chu Shi ahead.”

Hearing this, everyone couldn’t help but look at Shi Ren, their eyes seeming to ask: what exactly is going on? Didn’t you say that demon was in the Demon King’s villa?

“Let’s go and see.”