Junior Sister is skilled in subduing demons.

Chapter 33 Ancient Kiln Site
Anzhi was about to rest when he suddenly felt dizzy.
The serpent once again cast its Dreamscape spell, allowing Shen Anzhi to meet Meng Hong, the Ten-Coin Demon Slayer, in a dream.

Since descending the mountain, Anzhi has had the spirit snake take her into her dreams almost every day to receive guidance from Meng Hong.

This time, the two met in their dreams in Jingdezhen.

"Grandmaster, what brings you to Jingdezhen?"

An Zhi immediately recognized Meng Hong in the crowd. He was carrying a demon-slaying sword on his back, wearing a long Taoist robe, and walking steadily toward a porcelain mountain. An Zhi followed closely behind.

Meng Hong stopped and slowly turned around to look at An Zhi, asking, "Grandmaster, I've come to slay the demon for you."

An Zhi was surprised. In the past, their meetings in dreams were always in bamboo forests or mountains. How did they end up on the street today? "Hehe, Kui Ran and I have already experienced this little demon. How could we trouble our ancestor to personally intervene?"

Meng Hong sighed deeply: "Alas, I'm afraid you won't be able to subdue this demon; she's adept at disguise."

That really hit the nail on the head. Anzhi repeated, "That's true. She told Kuiran that she never did anything immoral and only wanted to promote Jingdezhen porcelain." After a moment of thought, Anzhi continued, "It seems..."

"Shen Anzhi!" Meng Hong's expression suddenly changed drastically, and she rebuked him with a serious face: "You are a demon hunter, and she is a demon. How could you feel pity for a demon? That's why you can't capture this demon."

After saying that, Meng Hong turned around and continued walking towards Cishan, looking very disappointed.

Indeed, Liu Yulin had overheard Kuiran's conversation from the beginning. She felt that the demon was a good one, so she had been conflicted ever since she returned.

"Grandmaster, Grandmaster!" Shen Anzhi hurriedly followed after Meng Hong, who had already gone far away.

Seeing that Shen Anzhi had followed, Meng Hong advised, "You must remember, you are a demon hunter, and she is a demon. Demon hunters exist for the sake of demons. If you are indecisive about this, how will you advance?"

Indeed, the only way for a demon hunter to advance is to continuously slay demons to obtain seals, and then digest those seals to complete the upgrade.

"Also, Kui Ran told you not to interfere, but actually she just wanted to keep the demon seal for herself. Do you want to just hand it over?" Ever since Shen Anzhi left the mountain, Meng Hong has mostly guided Anzhi onto the right path in her dreams.

Anzhi nodded: "I think so too. This Kui Ran has always valued fame and fortune. It's unbelievable that she would ask for twenty taels of silver to help Jiangxin Village exterminate the river monster."

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In his dream, Shen Anzhi had already met the patriarch Meng Hong.

However, the entire Hengfeng Porcelain Shop was in an uproar. Due to the severe damage to the porcelain warehouse, more than thirty pieces of high-quality porcelain were smashed to pieces. A group of people had been searching the porcelain shop for a while, and Ding Tianfeng had already been pulled out of the shop by the shop assistants.

"Have you found the young mistress?" Ding Tianfeng had just come out of the porcelain storehouse. Although he felt regret and anger at the damage to the fine porcelain, he was still anxious to ask the servants, thinking that he had been searching for Liu Yulin for half an hour.

The servant shook his head: "No, we've searched everywhere."

No sooner had the servant finished speaking than Liu Yulin, dressed in red, appeared at the door, looking somewhat haggard.

"Yulin, Yulin." Ding Tianfeng quickly stepped forward to support Liu Yulin, his eyes full of doting affection.

Seeing that his men all looked aggressive, Liu Yulin said, "The porcelain shop manager should assign a few people to keep a close watch on our warehouse. The rest of you should go back to sleep. The town government will come after dawn."

Seeing that it was already the hour of Yin (3-5 AM), Ding Tianfeng nodded in agreement.

And so, everyone ended their night of chatter.

Ding Tianfeng helped Liu Yulin into the house.

"Yulin, where did you go? I was so worried!" Ding Tianfeng asked with concern.

Liu Yulin stopped in her tracks, her eyes filled with worry. She was terrified because being targeted by a demon hunter meant that her future life and career would be anything but peaceful, and she could face enormous risks at any moment. "Tianfeng, I'm tired." Liu Yulin dragged her weary body and, with Ding Tianfeng's help, walked into the house.

After settling Liu Yulin in, Ding Tianfeng asked, "Why don't you rest first? We can postpone tomorrow's ignition ceremony?"

Liu Yulin pondered for a moment and shook his head: "Forget it, the firing time of the ancient kiln has already been set, and these apprentices have all reached their terms. Let's not change what's already set."

After saying that, Liu Yulin lay down and went to sleep...

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Ancient kiln site.

Several kilns were lined up in a row, and the craftsmen put the clay they had already prepared together.

Today is the opening day of the apprenticeship program, and forty apprentices from all over the country are already waiting at the front.

Seeing that Kui Ran was standing at the front again, An Zhi squeezed through the crowd and came to Kui Ran's side.

The snake seemed quite mischievous in Anzhi's arms, sometimes darting out and sometimes bouncing onto his shoulder.

"I thought you'd been crushed to death last night," Anzhi teased, sounding a little annoyed.

Kui Ran rolled her eyes and didn't continue An Zhi's words: "If possible, we'll take down this porcelain demon on the spot later."

This was exactly what Liu Yulin was worried about. She had already arrived at the scene, but she hesitated to show herself.

She hadn't expected that Kui Ran and An Zhi would not only come last night, but also stand at the very front of the line. They must have come specifically for her.

"Yulin, what's wrong with you?" Ding Tianfeng asked, seeing that Liu Yulin seemed distracted.

It would be a lie to say I'm not worried. I've spent fifteen years working diligently at Hengfeng Porcelain Shop, and I've finally managed to bring Jingdezhen porcelain to its full glory. I can't even imagine what it would be like if I were brought back to square one or even lost my life here today.

Filled with fear and unease, Liu Yulin lifted the curtain to look at Shen Anzhi and Kui Ran, who were observing everything around them.

"Tianfeng, Tianfeng." Liu Yulin called her husband Ding Tianfeng over and pointed at the crowd, saying, "Take a few men and drive Shen Anzhi and Kuiran away."

Ding Tianfeng was astonished: "Yulin, didn't you say that Shen Anzhi was a promising talent for inheriting the craft?"

"Oh, just go when I tell you to," Liu Yulin said impatiently. "I... I'm afraid they'll cause trouble."

"Disruptive behavior!" Ding Tianfeng immediately called to the men beside him and said, "Bring a few more people. Either drive them away or surround them and tell them that if they dare to cause trouble, they will be beaten to a pulp."

"Yes!" The men, carrying sticks, stormed downstairs.

Liu Yulin lifted the curtain again to look at the crowd. He saw eight burly men rushing towards the crowd. They then came to Kui Ran and Shen Anzhi and whispered for a while. The two of them looked terrified, especially Kui Ran, who actually raised her hands.

After a while

The shop assistant came to report: "Young Madam, they said they came to learn the craft of porcelain making. I'm afraid that if we drive them away without a proper reason, it will cause unnecessary trouble. If it is over-interpreted by outsiders, it will damage the reputation of Hengfeng Porcelain Shop."

Liu Yulin was still afraid, after all, these demon hunters were very excited when they saw a demon, just like cats seeing mice.

"Sure, surround them both. If anything seems amiss, act accordingly." Seeing that Liu Yulin still looked worried, Ding Tianfeng instructed his men, "After this is over, make sure to thoroughly investigate all of these people."

"Yes!" the waiter replied and left.