Junior Sister is skilled in subduing demons.

Chapter 26: Being intercepted
night,

The village entrance, which was bustling during the day, was now eerily quiet, even frighteningly so.

Only the old locust tree at the village entrance still struggled to twist its aged and bloated body under the moonlight.

Under the moonlight, village chief Niu Benben openly drove several fools to the fields to work like cattle and horses.

On the roof of the village chief's house, Kui Ran lay on the tiled roof, legs crossed, drinking wine from a gourd. Meanwhile, on a nearby tree, an owl stared intently at the field, hoping that a few large rats would dart out of some hole.

Shen Anzhi sat in the courtyard watching the people busy in the fields, while the spirit snake curled up on the table.

"Snake Baby, this village chief is inhumane," Anzhi said, looking at the few idiots toiling away in the fields in the distance.

The serpent twitched its antennae and said, "Don't pity them yet, pity ourselves. If we can't deal with the river monster, we might end up as slaves. Do you think the village chief and villagers will let us go?"

These words reminded Shen Anzhi that, looking at the fate of these spirit masters, he could understand why Kui Ran accepted twenty taels of silver to do this; it was indeed extremely risky.

"What should we do then? Let's go to the river again tomorrow morning." Anzhi said, then felt a little angry: "That kid from Wugong Mountain, yeah, Ran something-or-other, he actually tried to steal it today too."

The spirit snake reminded him, "That kid looks like a green cabbage, it's his first time coming down the mountain, he seems to have never seen the world before."

"Yes, yes, we were almost eaten by the river monster." Anzhi kept recalling the battle at the ferry crossing today.

Kui Ran, who was on the roof, heard this. He was extremely frustrated but helpless because what An Zhi and the others said was true.

After a moment of contemplation, the serpent said, "Master, I think we should strike first. We can't let him snatch this demon seal. This is our first battle after descending the mountain, and we must get the first blood."

“Yes, yes, yes, yes.” Anzhi nodded in agreement. “If we get rid of this demon, the villagers will report the good news to the mountain. We will have won the first battle. Wouldn’t that make Elder Taiqing and Luo Ling furious?”

The spirit snake wholeheartedly agreed: "Master, I think that Kui Ran probably thinks the same way."

Upon hearing this, Kui Ran on the rooftop actually sat up. He looked at the moon in the distance, took a sip of the wine in his gourd, glanced at An Zhi and the spirit snake in the courtyard, and then lightly flew off the rooftop.

The next day

In the early morning, Jiangxin Village is shrouded in a light, misty fog, creating a tranquil and mysterious atmosphere.

Sunlight pierced through the clouds and mist, illuminating the verdant rice paddies and the neatly arranged houses, creating a scene reminiscent of a delicate ink painting.

A few idiots worked all night and fell asleep in the thatched hut in the backyard, with a basin full of steamed buns next to them.

An Zhi stretched, rubbed his eyes, then turned around, picked up the Jade Flower Sword, and walked towards the river.

No sooner said than done, just as they reached the riverbank, they saw Kui Ran sitting on a rock, watching the movement of the river.

"Master, I told you so, didn't I? This kid definitely wants to steal this monster seal too." The spirit snake poked its head out from Anzhi's satchel, its two antennae searching like radar: "Oh no, it's here."

Kui Ran also sensed it; a powerful demonic aura was coming from afar on the river, and the entire surface of the water began to churn.

Upon seeing this, Anzhi took a few steps back, then drew his Jade Flower Sword from its sheath and prepared for battle.

Seeing this, Kui Ran also drew her own horse-slaying sword.

The horse-slaying saber is seven feet long, with a blade three feet long and a handle four feet long. It is made of iron drill and has a built-in demon-locking aid. With a single powerful strike, it can sever the waists of ten thousand demons. Its power is no less than that of the Jade Flower Sword.

Ow...

With a roar from the river monster, the river surface suddenly boiled, the water churning like boiling water, and the water quickly formed the shape of a tilapia, rushing towards Kui Ran.

Kui Ran was unprepared and was dragged into the river by the river monster's immense strength.

"Wow, I'm being rubbed in the water!" Seeing this, the snake quickly jumped out of Anzhi's backpack and hid in a crevice. Seeing this, Anzhi rushed forward with his Jade Flower Sword, focused his strength and slashed down, instantly creating a crack in the water.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Kui Ran jumped out of the water, concentrated her spiritual power into the sword, and slashed down when the time was right.

The tilapia, formed from water, was thus cut in half.

Immediately afterwards, Anzhi seized the opportunity to ascend and slash down with his sword, sending three cold sword energies flying towards the river demon.

"what……"

The river monster was eventually wounded by Anzhi's Jade Flower Sword, and the river surface quickly returned to calm. An injured fish monster appeared on the riverbank, struggling to climb into the water, because it had a chance to live if it entered the water.

"Master, don't let it go back into the water, or it will escape!" the spirit snake shouted from the rock.

Upon hearing the commotion, Kui Ran and An Zhi both raised their weapons, eager to claim the first blood.

A sword struck down with lightning speed, a blade sliced ​​him in half at the waist.

And so, a monster seal floated on the riverbank, and the river monster met its end.

"Hahahahaha."

"Hahahahaha."

Suddenly, a woman's voice appeared all around, her laughter extremely unpleasant, like a curse.

Immediately afterwards, a red cloud flew out of the village chief's house and quickly flew towards the monster seal.

Before they could react, the two watched helplessly as the cloud swept away the monster's seal.

The two stared blankly at the empty riverbank...

All of this had already been seen clearly by the villagers on the shore. While cheering for the river monster's death, everyone ran towards the village chief's house, since the red cloud had just flown out from there.

Seeing this, Kui Ran and An Zhi hurriedly ran to the village chief Niu Benben's house.

Niu Benben stood there dumbfounded, staring at the table in the middle of the main room, but the blue and white porcelain on the table was gone.

Kui Ran instantly understood what was going on.

"Village chief, you actually keep one at home?" Kui Ran's words startled everyone.

Niu Benben didn't actually know that he had raised a demon. He had bought the blue and white porcelain in Jingdezhen because he thought it was beautiful. Just now, it turned into a beautiful woman in red and then flew away in a cloud.

"I, I, I don't know, I really don't know," Niu Benben said, somewhat surprised.

"Hmph, I see. You said these spirit masters went mad without even seeing the river demon's face. It turns out it was this demon you raised that was causing trouble. You're quite the village chief." Shen Anzhi also seized the opportunity to elaborate.

The crowd erupted in discussion upon hearing this.

Although Niu Benben was in the wrong, he was, after all, the village head and the de facto leader, so he forcefully said, "What are you saying? Don't you know who I, Niu Benben, am? If anyone talks nonsense again, I'll go to their house for a chat tonight."

Upon hearing this, the villagers immediately fell silent.

Seeing that the villagers were subdued by him, Niu Benben's face turned into a smile: "Hehehe, the two young masters are indeed remarkable, our saviors! On behalf of all the villagers of Jiangxin Village, I thank you."

"There's another demon, the porcelain demon," the spirit snake reminded Anzhi as it climbed onto his shoulder.

After hearing this, Kui Ran and An Zhi turned around and walked out of the village chief's house...