Woof woof...
The big black dog, holding a thick rope, barked wildly in the direction of a short figure passing by the wall.
Woof woof woof…
The long shadow cast by the moonlight on the ground paused for a moment, and the Toad Taoist turned slightly and raised a finger.
"Hush! Don't scare them."
As a result, the big black dog whimpered twice, tucked its tail between its legs, ran back to its kennel, raised its head and looked aggrievedly at the toad that turned the corner of the house, wanting to shout but not daring to.
Rustle, rustle, rustle…
The tree branches were swaying, and dense leaves were sweeping over the eaves. The Toad Taoist stroked the wall , looked at the moonlight behind the gaps in the swaying branches, and walked slowly.
"When I was still an old man, I fell in love with a human girl. She was kind and beautiful. In comparison, other people were disgusting and ugly..."
The hoarse voices were accompanied by the faint croaking of frogs, walking around the corner and coming to the donkey shed behind the house.
"…After transforming, I discovered that I was quite interested in food. Whether it was a monster or a human, cooking them made them taste delicious."
"After the disaster, I have some realizations..."
The Toad Taoist stopped at the entrance of the shed, muttered to himself, took off the gourd he was carrying on his back, and put it on the ground.
"...Perhaps, humans are the most intelligent creatures in the world, and if they become addicted to eating for a long time, they will become full of hostility...That's why I have ended up like this today."
The old donkey neighed with a grunt, swung its bald tail and twisted its neck. In its cloudy eyes, it reflected the toad over there, which was covered with a layer of purple air.
A huge, wild purple clam condensed in the air behind him.
The Taoist Toad's eyes turned red as he looked at the pile of hay beside the donkey shed. He smacked his lips, and saliva flowed from the corners of his mouth and slid down like silk.
"…But eating monsters is not on the list. I haven't eaten meat for three years and seven months. I really miss it."
Slurp.
He sucked the saliva back, waved away the old donkey's tail, walked to the haystack, and put on his flippers.
"You two little demons, it's ridiculous to hide your head and show your tail in front of this old man."
The frog spread its webbed feet and waved them out.
"Come out!"
Clusters of haystacks flew to one side, and two foxes, one red and one white, curled up appeared in the depths of the haystacks. The red one had a bloody tail. It raised its long face and trembled when it saw the toad full of evil spirit.
The white fox was also injured, and raised his head: "Senior..."
"snort."
The Toad Taoist walked over, and his frog mouth slowly opened, revealing tiny and dense sharp teeth. Saliva kept sliding down like a thread, and he sucked it back and swallowed his saliva.
"There is no senior or junior among , only eating and being eaten... Let me think about how to eat fox meat. Steam one and chop the other into small pieces and boil it, adding some seasoning to remove the fishy smell. Do you think my arrangement is satisfactory?"
The sound of swallowing saliva was particularly clear. The two foxes trembled even more violently. The red fox's tail was cut off, and its magic power was almost unsustainable. Only the white fox demon could still speak.
"...Senior... can my sister...my sister... exchange her life for yours?"
Upon hearing this, Toad Taoist's mouth curled up.
"I am not greedy for your bodies...but."
Hearing the last two words, the red and white demons were all nervous. Their furry ears stood up and they looked at the toad opposite them nervously. They would not think that the other was weaker just because the other was short. The level of Taoism was not determined by physical appearance.
"But what..." The white fox was a little impatient and couldn't help asking in a low voice.
The Toad Taoist narrowed his eyes into a line and slowly stretched out a webbed finger.
"Hand over the demon pill and you can avoid death."
At the same time, a cloud of purple smoke spread out like a blanket, touching the scattered hay and corroding it into ashes.
Chirp...
The red fox screamed in fear and struggled to get up and escape. At the side, the white fox, which still had some magical powers, suddenly opened its long snout and bit the sister on the back.
The moment the fox howled miserably, the red fox struggled and rolled over to the toad over there. The white fox took the opportunity to ride on the cold wind and rushed to the courtyard wall. It did not dare to stay and jumped to the long street without looking back.
Toad Taoist seemed to have anticipated this series of changes.
“Hiss… Woo…”
The red fox rolled over in pain with grass debris on her body, as if she knew her sister had abandoned her and escaped. She bent her front legs and bowed to the toad, imitating a human, wailing for mercy.
"Look, there is no affection between demons. Your sister just left you and ran away. Do you feel resentful?"
The Toad Taoist patted the fox on the head twice and said softly, "Give me the demon pill."
The demon pill is almost as important as a demon's life. If a demon loses the demon pill, it will only be an intelligent monster. Not only will its life span be shortened, but it will also be easy for it to be hunted by ferocious wild beasts.
But at the moment, the red fox had no way to escape. While trembling, it opened its mouth and a round bead floated out.
Just as he opened his mouth, he was grabbed by the Toad Taoist with his webbed feet. Feeling the demonic power coming from him, he closed his eyes and let out a satisfied "Ah..." sigh.
Then, he waved his flippers.
"You go now."
The red fox looked at the demon pill reluctantly, with its long ears drooping. It limped along, dragging half of its tail, looking back from time to time, and gradually disappeared among the flowers, plants and trees in the mansion.
The evil spirit dissipated, and the Toad Taoist breathed a sigh of relief. There was no trace of those ferocious sharp teeth in his mouth.
"My illusionary energy is no worse than that of my stupid apprentice, but these two ignorant little demons actually believed it."
He spread out his webbed feet, with his long tongue hanging excitedly at the corner of his mouth. He ran with the magic pill in his hand, all the way back to the house, rummaging through all the drawers and cabinets in an attempt to hide the magic pill.
The Toad Taoist leaned against the small door of the bookshelf compartment where the magic pill was hidden, his white belly heaving up and down. He looked left and right, and suddenly remembered the scene in the yard that day.
"No... leave now before Liangsheng and the others come back."
He turned around and took out the demon pill, put the gourd on his back, took out two nice little clothes from his small wardrobe, packed them up, and rushed to the gate while the servants who were busy guarding the courtyard were not paying attention.
…
It was a dark night and the sound of horse hooves could be heard coming towards this side from the street.
The courtyard gate was open, and servants were carrying broken flower beds and wooden fences in and out. The sound of horse hooves was heard, and looking to the end of the street, figures on horseback were approaching.
It was Zuo Zhengyang who was chasing the monster.
He watched several servants from the Zhou residence put some damaged items on the street, then turned back, quickly dismounted and stepped onto the stone steps.
He reached out to stop the gate from closing.
…
"Leave this place of trouble. After I absorb this demon pill and heal my injuries, come back and act like a role model for others."
Several servants walked hurriedly, and under the wall on one side, Toad Taoist priest, holding the magic pill, carrying the gourd on his back and carrying a package, walked over carefully. The servant who came in was also talking.
"Have you thrown everything away?"
"Then close the door and go back to rest. It's been a rough night tonight and we have to get up early tomorrow..."
"No more talking, close the door quickly."
When the courtyard door creaked and slowly closed, Toad Taoist's heart skipped a beat. He quickly jumped onto the stone steps and rushed forward, dodged the servants' legs, and watched the gap gradually close.
Oops……
I raised my head. If the door was closed, how could I get out... Alas, I had no choice.
The toad sighed, raised the magic pill in his webbed feet, and was about to activate the magic power on it to knock those people unconscious, when suddenly a voice came from outside.
"Wait a minute!"
Zuo Zhengyang strode over and pushed the closed door with one hand. With a bang, the force was beyond the reach of ordinary people and there was no way a few servants could withstand it. The Toad Taoist hurriedly withdrew his magic power and leaned against the wall. The door suddenly opened inwards, and the huge door instantly enlarged in his eyes.
"... that person..."
Bang!
The gate hit the wall and stopped. The servants at the door did not notice it. They just looked at the figure standing outside the door. Someone recognized the other person and hurriedly saluted.
"The little one has seen the adults"
"Yeah." Zuo Zhengyang nodded. He roughly guessed why the mansion was moving some junk, so he asked, "Is Lu Liangsheng in the mansion now?"
The three servants looked at each other and shook their heads.
"Reporting to the Chief Constable, Master Lu and Taoist Sun have gone to Zhang's house. My master is still at home. Would you like to come in?"
Zuo Zhengyang pondered for a moment, waved his hand without saying anything more to the servants.
"Then I won't go in. Goodbye!"
After saying this, he turned around, walked down the stone steps, jumped on his horse, and ran straight to Zhang's house with four long swords swaying behind him.
"Okay, there's nothing to do now, close the door and go to sleep!"
Watching the figure on horseback disappear into the darkness, the three people inside the door yawned several times and quickly closed the door, as if afraid that someone else would come. They inserted the bolt and fastened the copper lock before leaving with peace of mind.
However, he did not notice that on the wall opposite the door, there was a toad sitting on the ground, its legs twitching slightly, and its webbed feet covering its bulging belly.
The toad stared blankly, its other empty webbed feet, the corner of its mouth twitching.
"That woman... swallowed the demon pill..."
Gu~~
The next moment, his stomach started to growl, so he stood up and ran towards the flowers and plants.
…
At the same time, all the maids and servants in Zhang's house stood up, stood in the corridor and under the eaves, looked nervously at a courtyard, and whispered to each other.
"Just now... that was a fox demon... and it brought in a scholar and a Taoist priest."
"I don't know. I didn't see him. But the master and mistress followed him."
"You know nothing... I heard from the steward that they were two masters in the Zhou residence, and as for that woman... I don't know who she is, and the steward doesn't know either."
"Humph, that woman is extremely beautiful. You can tell at first glance that she is not from a good family."
In the courtyard that everyone was talking about, the lights in the side rooms illuminated several figures walking through the window lattices.
Zhang Dongming held his wife's hand tightly, and looked nervously at the scholar and Taoist priest in front of his son's bed. He wanted to speak anxiously several times, but held back.
The old wife beside him was staring at the woman standing at the end of the bed with confusion in her eyes.
"Is a vixen really this beautiful?"
When I subconsciously looked behind the other person's skirt, I heard Lu Liangsheng's voice.
"The thing running around in his body is the Yang Yuan?"
The Taoist let go of Zhang Liancheng's hand, retracted his gaze, looked at the fox demon at the end of the bed, and spoke in a low voice.
"With so much Yang Yuan, how many men's lives will be lost?"
Zhang Dongming and his wife didn't know what it meant, so they hurried over, raised their hands and looked at the two of them: "You two, how is my son? What happened to Yang Yuan?"
"Yes, we old couple don't understand anything. After all..."
Before Mrs. Zhang could finish her words, Yanzhi knelt down again in front of the old couple's sight.
"Yanzhi has never harmed anyone else. I hope that Taoist priest and young master can see clearly. This Yang Yuan was stolen by me from my elder sister and second sister. I don't know how many people they have harmed... I only know that it is the essence of a person. I just thought that since Lian Cheng is so sick, if I give it to him, maybe he will get better..."
Over there, Zhang Dongming finally understood a little bit. If he hadn't been held back by his wife, he would have rushed over.
"You haven't harmed anyone else, so why are you targeting my son alone?!"
He was so angry that he even forgot that the woman in front of him was a fox demon.