I can't be a demon.

Chapter 8 The Nine-Eared Demon in the Starling's Belly

When Shen Lian thought about the fundamental things, he became less and less interested in staying in the martial arts gym.

"Master Bai, the corpse stripping case is still brewing, and there is also a 70-year-old woman who died tragically at home nearby. Why don't I go back to the pawn shop first?"

"Tell me more specifically about the corpse stripping case."

Bai Haibo had just finished listening to Shen Lian's retelling of the corpse-stripping case, but within half an hour he could already smell the smoke from burning paper money.

"It might be Chen Maochun's mother."

Bai Haibo frowned slightly.

The old lady of the Chen family lives a secluded life, how could she offend the criminals wanted by the government?
still is……

Bai Haibo's pupils shrank slightly as he realized that the corpse stripping case might involve demons and ghosts.

His face was solemn, and his deep eyes swept across the outside of the martial arts hall. The yamen runners were beating gongs and drums, loudly announcing the curfew in the neighborhood.

Bai Haibo once traveled around the world and witnessed the horror of demons and monsters.

Warriors are as powerless as a mantis trying to stop a chariot in front of demons and monsters. Only the legendary alchemists can hurt one or two of them.

It seems that internal energy is also effective in dealing with demons and monsters, but it is extremely difficult to kill them.

Bai Haibo had never come into contact with internal energy, and he had heard that internal energy had unimaginable disadvantages. Generally speaking, warriors were not much better than ordinary people.

"Shen Lian, let me take you back to the pawn shop."

Bai Haibo deliberately did not mention demons and monsters.

The qi and blood of living people are like flames, which can resist the resentment emitted by demons and monsters.

However, if a living person is frightened, it is inevitable that his mind will be disturbed, leading to the decline of qi and blood, which will easily attract the attention of demons and monsters.

Therefore, the government issued an order stipulating that matters concerning demons and monsters must not be spread outside.

"It's okay, in broad daylight."

Shen Lian didn't know whether Zhu Sanxing was a demon or a monster, but the targets of the corpse stripping cases were all women, and the crimes were committed in the middle of the night. There was no reason to be so frightened during the day.

"I'll walk you to the entrance of the alley. It's only a few steps away."

Shen Lian and Bai Haibo chatted and walked out of the lobby.

In the courtyard, the children were still doing horse stance. Lacking any efficacious medicine, they could only rely on the severe cold from the outside world to stimulate the transformation of their skin and flesh.

"Hello, Master."

"Hello, senior brother."

"You continue to stand for half an hour, and then go home early."

The two of them walked straight into the shadowy alley.

Shen Lian was in front, and the mynah bird flew off his shoulder and patrolled in the air; Bai Haibo was behind, and the moment he stepped into the alley, he stumbled.

The sound of dripping water and squeaking rodents in the corners.

"Something's wrong!"

Bai Haibo took a deep breath and smelled a bloody smell in his nose.

Veins popped out on his forehead, his muscles tensed up, and his heartbeat became more and more frequent. His experience in the martial arts world quickly led him to a conclusion.

"Resentment is overflowing, there is a ghost!!!"

What puzzled Bai Haibo was that Shen Lian did not stop at all.

Normally, unless the ghost shows up actively, ordinary people cannot directly sense the ghost, but since there is resentment here, it will cause some discomfort.

Am I worrying too much?

"Shen Lian, you..."

Bai Haibo continued to take a step forward.

Before he finished speaking, an inexplicable chill penetrated deep into his bones.

Bai Haibo took out a jade bottle containing talisman water given by the government office. He quickly smeared it on his eyelids to peek into the true appearance of demons and monsters.

"Hehe, bring me my human skin."

Bai Haibo was horrified to see a woman's face appear on the wall, her mouth stretched from ear to ear, blood dripping from her sharp teeth.

"ghost!"

Even the newly born demons and monsters are not something that warriors can contend with.

Bai Haibo wanted to remind Shen Lian, but he could only make a slight gurgling sound, and he had to mobilize all his energy and blood to barely stop his vitality from collapsing.

"Master Bai, you don't have to see me off. I will come again tomorrow to ask for martial arts instruction."

Shen Lian disappeared into the alley as if nothing had happened.

The ghost face was filled with greed, flesh flowing between the cracks in the wall, the upper and lower jaws were opened half a meter, and the tongue covered with herpes kept twisting.

"Die!"

Bai Haibo didn't think Shen Lian was immune to the ghost's grievances. The ghost was probably trying to lure its prey into a trap and eat Shen Lian alive. With the speed of the ghost, it might have already caught Shen Lian...

At this moment.

"Ahhhhh!!!"

A shrill scream rang out for no reason, as if the woman was being tortured to death.

All the resentment is gone.

Bai Haibo regained control of his body and realized that the scream came from the ghost in the wall, so he quickly looked deep into the alley.

His pupils were shaking.

The scene that came into Bai Haibo's eyes was enough to make him unforgettable in his life.

The darkness was pitch black.

Shen Lian was nowhere to be found, only a giant nine-eared beast about six or seven meters tall was vaguely visible, with black and gray hair scattered all over it, and it was biting something.

He listened carefully to the source of the scream. Wasn't it coming from the mouth of the nine-eared beast?

Roar!
The ghost face disappeared into ashes.

Blood-red vertical pupils lit up. Bai Haibo could not bear the intimidation from the mere gaze of the nine-eared beast. His legs went soft and he fell to the ground with his head raised.

After the nine-eared beast swallowed the ghost face, it turned into invisible smoke and dust and gathered together.

The starling opened its beak and stood on the eaves beside the alley. The smoke and dust of the nine-eared monster disappeared into it, and then it made a few more chirping sounds.

"It's worthless stuff!!"

The mynah bird grabbed a human skin scroll and threw it to Shen Lian who was walking.

Shen Lian held the human skin scroll in his hand, his mouth slightly opened, and a large amount of information was revealed on his career panel.

"You are crazy, Brother B, where did you find the human skin scroll?"

[Ladies' painting appraisal is successful, Nine-eared Courtesan experience +1.3%]

[Tang Dynasty Ladies]

[Worked by Zhu Sanxing, the scroll was made half a day ago, the raw material is patchwork women's skin, which is easy to be infested with insects and difficult to preserve.]

Shen Lian's face looked slightly better. After his career advancement, Zhu Sanxing's human skin scroll seemed to be the only one that provided more than 1% of experience.

"Hiss, half a day ago?"

"Damn it, isn't this just the old woman's human skin? Do you really think you are a crow? Picking up garbage everywhere, I will be killed by you sooner or later!"

Contact the Jinwu Guards? No, if they get targeted by the Three Sects, it would be more trouble than it would take.

"what."

Shen Lian grabbed the starling and stuffed the human skin scroll into the bird's claws.

"Master Ba, throw the scroll in from the east back wall of the yamen. Stay away from the constables and make sure you are not discovered by the Jinwu Guards."

The starling tilted its head and flapped its wings to fly through the blind spots between the houses.

Shen Lian breathed a sigh of relief.

"Shen Lian, are you...are you okay?"

Shen Lian turned his head and saw Bai Haibo moving towards him, holding on to the wall.

"Master Bai, I'm fine. How did you suddenly get hit so hard?"

"Cough cough cough."

Bai Haibo looked around in confusion.

Shen Lian didn't look like he was encountering a ghost. Could it be that the Jinwu Guards were attacking him secretly? Why did it feel like demons and ghosts were fighting each other?

Bai Haibo suppressed his distracting thoughts. He couldn't participate in it anyway.

"Master... was seriously injured in his early years, and the injury recurred if he is not careful."

Shen Lian felt that his cheap master was just a show-off. How could a warrior be so fragile?

He wanted to support Bai Haibo, but the latter waved his hand to refuse.

"It's okay, Master. Don't walk down this alley from now on. It's unlucky."

Bai Haibo suppressed his injuries. After all, the ghost was dead and its resentment had dissipated. However, he was inevitably weak and infirm recently.

Shen Lian exchanged a few quick words of greeting and left the alley, anxious to bind his essential items.

Bai Haibo watched Shen Lian go away, the latter's shadow lengthening little by little in the sunlight.

He couldn't help but think back to the horrifying nine-eared beast.

After a long time, Bai Haibo smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"It's impossible that Shen Lian is a demon or ghost in disguise, right? Huh, there seems to be an alchemist among the Jinwu Guards. Could it be that some master has taken action?"

(End of this chapter)