I sell demon meat in the city

Chapter 207 A Well-Planned Scheme
"Jinshan Town is a lawless place, belonging neither to the cultivation world nor the demon world."

Xiao Qi followed Lu Xiaowu into Jinshan Town. While listening to her senior brother's explanation, she glanced at the alluring woman walking in front of them with a fluffy tail trailing behind her.

That's what she was trying to cut with the knife.

"These two veteran Nascent Soul cultivators are in charge of this place. It is said that the purpose of creating this place was to ease the relationship between the cultivation world and the demon world and to facilitate the exchange of resources between the two sides."

Xiao Qi sneered, "To ease tensions between you, and then seize our territory?"

The Demon King did indeed have this plan. Unable to defeat the powerful figures in the cultivation world, he could only find another way to expand his territory.

It's unclear whether it received any news, but of the batch of demons it threw into the modern world, very few remain.

"So we need to find Qin Yuanheng as soon as possible and ask him what his deal with the demon realm is."

"Correct."

Lu Xiaowu seemed to have been here before. He led the two of them to an inn, where they found the place with familiarity. The man who looked like the innkeeper was sitting behind the counter. He was stunned for a moment when he saw Lu Xiaowu, and then he stood up excitedly.

But at Lu Xiaowu's prompting, he quickly calmed down, told the waiter to watch the counter, and personally led the three of them upstairs.

At Lu Xiaowu's request, the innkeeper booked two rooms for them.

Lin Yan assumed Xiao Qi would have a room, while he and Lu Xiaowu would share one. He was just about to say that his granddaughter was too young and it wasn't appropriate for her to have a room by herself, especially since this place was too close to the demon realm, and who knew what might happen at night.

But the result was that Xiao Qi and Lu Xiao Wu shared a room, while he had a room all to himself.

Lin Yan frowned. Wasn't this even more inappropriate?

Although my granddaughter is only twelve years old, she is still a girl.

He wanted to object and ask Xiao Qi to share a room with him. But before he could even speak, Lu Xiaowu had already led Xiao Qi and the innkeeper into the room and slammed the door shut.

Lin Yan:
Outrageous!

"Young Master, it's so good that you're still alive."

After the door closed, the innkeeper immediately activated the protective array, then faced Lu Xiaowu and almost knelt down while bowing excitedly.

“Gibberish, there’s no need for that.”

Meng Qi noticed that her fifth senior brother spoke to this man named Ji Bo more intimately than he did to her senior uncle, and he even called him young master. So, this must be a servant of her fifth senior brother's family.

Xiao Qi didn't know anything about Lu Xiaowu's family background or origins, and she had never asked.

She's not one to meddle in other people's business; it's not good to ask too many questions about other people's affairs.

After exchanging pleasantries, Lu Xiaowu briefly explained how he was resurrected and introduced his junior sister.

Ji Bo turned around to bow to Xiao Qi, but she jumped back in fright. "Don't be so polite. He is my senior brother. It is only right that I save him."

In reality, when her master placed her fifth senior brother's soul into her sea of ​​consciousness, she had no ability to refuse.

Then the two sat down at the table and started talking about serious business.

When Uncle Ji saw that his young master didn't intend to avoid the young girl, he was surprised, but he also knew that she was trustworthy. "On the surface, the Demon King seems to be quite well-behaved, and hasn't left the Demon Realm even once in all these years. But Hong Gu sent a message back saying that it seems to have some big plan. What exactly it is, we haven't found out yet. However, seventeen years ago, a major event occurred in the Demon Realm: many low-level demons disappeared on the same day. It is said that the Demon King was in seclusion at the time. It was the Demon King who later went to Hun City at the border and confronted Daoist Mo Ran, saying with certainty that cultivators had captured their low-level demons and demanding an explanation from Daoist Mo Ran. In reality, he wanted compensation."

"Everyone knows that the demon realm is territorially strained. Although the Demon King hasn't said anything, the Demon Queen has long been dissatisfied with these low-level demons. She even tried to drive them to mortal towns and villages, but the cultivation world discovered this and slaughtered them all, then went to the Demon King to demand compensation. After this avenue was blocked, the Demon Queen dared not do anything more. But she only remained peaceful for a few years, and then suddenly a large number of demons disappeared. As for how they disappeared, no one has found out yet. Some people speculate that they were killed by the Demon Queen and then blamed on the cultivators. However, most people think it's impossible, because the Demon Queen wouldn't dare to do that, for fear of incurring public wrath."

Xiao Qi, who was listening from the side, almost widened her eyes. What a beast that has become a demon! It has so many tricks up its sleeve.
They ceded someone else's territory, yet they're demanding compensation from another group of people—that's quite a clever scheme.

"What happened next? Did that Daoist Mo Ran offer any compensation?"

Seeing the little girl listening attentively, Uncle Ji patiently explained to her, "Without evidence, Daoist Mo Ran simply ignores it. It's like if your child goes missing and you blame the neighbor, suspecting them of killing the child, would the neighbor admit it?"

That's a very apt metaphor.

Xiao Qi nodded repeatedly, "That's right, only a fool would agree."

"Xiao Qi, find Qin Yuanheng's photo and show it to Uncle Ji."

Xiao Qi took out her smartwatch, which also contained a wanted poster for Qin Yuanheng.

The watch only has one bar of battery left; once it runs out, it will never be able to be turned on again.

Her power bank was out of power, and her senior uncle had used it to charge his tablet. Now her tablet also belonged to him, even though she repeatedly explained that it was unusable without power, he still insisted on taking it away.

Ji Bo was first startled by the little thing in front of him, and then he heard his young master say that those little demons had gone to another world. Now it seems that Qin Yuanheng's collusion is very likely with the Demon Queen.

However, it's impossible for the Demon King to be unaware. How could such a momentous event be kept from him?

It is estimated that the Demon Queen only implemented it after the Demon King's tacit approval.

"Uncle Ji, we're looking for this person. We heard he's in Jinshan Town."

After confirming Qin Yuanheng's appearance several times, Ji Bo took out the image stone and scanned it. Xiao Qi sighed in amazement, thinking that this thing was not high-tech, but it was better than high-tech.

As expected of the cultivation world.

Afterwards, Ji Bo went out and sent someone to find Qin Yuanheng.

Xiao Qi asked Lu Xiaowu in a low voice, "Fifth Senior Brother, aren't you planning to contact Yuan Zhen's eldest senior brother?"

She had already figured it out: although Lu Xiaowu had accepted Yuan Zhen's message talisman, he genuinely had no plans to go find him.

Lu Xiaowu poured himself a cup of spirit tea that had just been brought in, squinted his eyes, took a sip, and said, "It's better to rely on yourself than on others. Of course, most importantly, I don't think Yuan Ren can find Qin Yuanheng."

He analyzed for his junior sister, "That old man chose to come here when his lifespan was about to end. Think about where his first stop was when he arrived here?"

"The Valley of Ten Thousand Saints in the Demon Realm".

"What is his cultivation level?"

"Compared to the people here, I'm at most at the Qi Refining stage."

"Yes, a Qi Refining cultivator. He first appeared in the Demon Realm, and even though he was able to leave safely because he colluded with demons, what happened after he left the Demon Realm? The border area is always very chaotic. With his cultivation level, he would have died if he hadn't even made it five miles outside the Demon Realm. Yet, he still managed to reach the Sanqing Palace safely. Do you think that's the reason?"

(End of this chapter)