Catching Monsters

Chapter 394 Wei Li
Soon the two followed the tiger demon onto the sailboat.

The cabins on the middle deck of the sailboat are quite spacious, with many tables and chairs. Further ahead is a corridor with many small rooms on both sides.

Inside the cabin, there were already quite a few monster merchants waiting to depart.

Upon seeing two humans suddenly board the ship and enter their cabin, they looked at the two with strange eyes.

Jiang Yun also observed these monsters. Their strengths varied greatly, and the strongest of them probably hadn't even reached the fourth rank.

Many of them cannot fully transform into human form; some retain demon ears, while others have human bodies and animal heads.

After settling Jiang Yun and Linglong into one of the rooms, the tiger demon said, "It will take five days to get to the demon kingdom from here, so bring some dry rations."

"Don't cause trouble, don't make trouble."

After leaving those words, the tiger demon turned and left.

The room was not spacious, only about eight square meters, and contained two narrow beds.

After all, men and women are different, so Jiang Yun said in a deep voice, "I'll go and ask them to arrange another room for me..."

Linglong glanced at the door and said in a deep voice, "Alright, just make do with it. I haven't said anything yet."

Having traveled far and wide and roamed the martial world for many years, Linglong didn't have many rigid rules. She casually sat on the bed, crossed her legs, and asked in a low voice, "You know Ao Yu of the Dragon Clan, right? When we get to the Demon Kingdom, we need to find a way to contact her."

Jiang Yun closed the door and asked in a low voice, "Speaking of which, what exactly is this Night Pearl in the Dragon Clan's palace? A luminous pearl? Or something else?"

If it were just an ordinary light-emitting treasure, Jiang Yun would have shamelessly asked Ao Yu to give it to him.

According to Jiang Yun's understanding, the Dragon Saint Saliva is actually the saliva of that demon dragon saint...

Dragons are treasures from head to toe, let alone those who have reached the level of Dragon Saint.

“Of course not.” Linglong shook her head, indicating that she wasn’t sure either, and said, “However, all the Tongyou Guards serve my father, and this Night Pearl is probably what my father wants.”

Before he could finish speaking, there was a knock on the door.

Jiang Yun and Linglong exchanged a glance, and Jiang Yun quickly got up and opened the door.

Outside the cabin door, Wei Li, dressed in a white scholar's robe and imitating the manner of a human scholar, looked at Jiang Yun and Linglong with great curiosity: "What brings you two to the Demon Kingdom this time?"

Wei Li chuckled and said, "I forgot to introduce myself. That would be considered impolite by humans."

"My name is Wei Li, a demon of the Tiger Clan."

"Where in the State of Zhou do you two come from?"

Linglong replied calmly, "The capital city."

Upon hearing the word "capital city," Wei Li's eyes lit up with excitement. He exclaimed, "I have long heard that the capital of Zhou is incredibly prosperous, teeming with people, and home to five great academies, making it a sacred place for scholars from all over the world."

"I have long admired you, but I have never had the opportunity to visit you."

Jiang Yun was stunned for a moment. Could this monster have something wrong with its head? You're a perfectly normal monster, yet you speak more eloquently than I, a proper scholar.

But thinking about it carefully, I realized that I wasn't exactly a proper scholar either; I only got my place by having the provincial education commissioner help me with the exam.

Seeing that the monster liked this, Jiang Yun bowed in return: "I am Jiang Yun, a scholar from Nanzhou Prefecture. Greetings."

"A scholar." Wei Li was even more surprised.

Although there are many people in the Demon Kingdom, the vast majority of them are either slaves who have lived there for generations.

Or they'll end up like this, sold to a demon kingdom and about to become slaves.

Those who have achieved the rank of scholar will not be sold to the demon kingdom...

There are indeed scholars in Haiyan City, but most of these poor and pedantic scholars uphold the integrity of a scholar.

Even if he spent money to invite some scholars to discuss literature, poetry, and songs with him.

These scholars secretly mocked and ridiculed him, saying that it was simply unrealistic for a beast to want to learn poetry and literature.

Wei Li always respected scholars, and even when he heard them secretly mocking him, he never killed them.

"Scholar Jiang, who arranged for you to stay in a place like this? Quickly, there are private rooms and other rooms upstairs, please come in." Wei Li said, glancing at Linglong: "Is this your maid?"

"Do I look like his maid?" Linglong immediately felt a little unconvinced.

"That was my rudeness. This must be Scholar Jiang's order."

Upon hearing this, Linglong blushed slightly and was about to rebuke him when Jiang Yun quickly explained, "This is my companion, not my wife."

"Oh." Upon hearing this, Wei Li enthusiastically pulled Jiang Yun upstairs: "Young Master Jiang, hurry, let's go to the private room upstairs..."

Jiang Yun looked at Linglong: "Don't just stand there, aren't you happy about the free upgrade?"

"Huh? Upgrade?" This was the first time Linglong had heard this term, but she could roughly understand its meaning.

Soon, the two arrived at the third floor.

The sailboat is quite large, but there are only eight rooms on the third floor.

Soon, Wei Li led the two to a spacious room. As soon as they sat down, he asked impatiently, "Scholar Jiang, you are a man of letters. I have read your essay that made you the top scholar in the imperial examination in the 21st year of Zhengde many times. I love it so much."

"You're well-educated, how about sharing your thoughts?"

Jiang Yun was taken aback: "Huh?"

Seeing this, Wei Li seemed to realize that he had been a bit abrupt: "Yes, yes, look at my impatient nature. Well then, I'll come to see you again tomorrow. I also need to ask you about the 'Taigong Cijing'."

"You should get some rest; the ship will be setting sail soon."

"I'll have someone bring the food over."

Watching Wei Li leave happily, Jiang Yun opened her mouth wide. Linglong, who was next to her, was quite pleased. She picked up the fruit on the table, checked it, and after confirming that there was nothing wrong, she took a bite: "Why are you opening your mouth so wide?"

"The Book of Taigong's Words is something every scholar knows, so it must be very simple for you."

"Since this monster likes this so much, why don't you tell him about it these next few days?"

Jiang Yun gave a wry smile: "I don't know how either."

"Aren't you a scholar?" Linglong's eyes widened. "My status as a scholar is not in question, but..." Jiang Yun smiled awkwardly, "It's a little bit exaggerated."

Linglong: "How much is this 'little bit of moisture' you're talking about?"

"It's all water, nothing but water."

Soon, the sailboat lowered its sails, hoisted its sails, and set sail eastward.

The huge sailboat was sailing on the water, and it was more stable than I had imagined.

This luxurious room only had one bed, which was naturally given to Linglong.

Jiang Yun meditated and cultivated in the same spot all night. The next morning, there was a knock on the door. Wei Li brought food to Jiang Yun in person.

"Young Master Wei, you're too kind." Jiang Yun quickly stepped forward to accept the gift.

Upon hearing this, Wei Li's eyes welled up with tears: "What did you call me?"

"Um, Young Master Wei, is there a problem?" Jiang Yun was surprised by his reaction.

Wei Li took a deep breath. For the first time in so many years, someone had called him Young Master Wei.

He had been reading poetry for many years, but his father, brothers, and elders thought he was wasting his time on frivolous pursuits. They wondered what use it was for him to spend his days reading Confucian and Taoist classics instead of properly cultivating his demonic arts.

Of all the monsters in the entire tiger clan, only he was such a freak.

Because of his father's high status, others dared not voice any objections to his face, but they treated him as an outsider.

As for human scholars, they would look down on him even more.

Soon, Wei Li pulled Jiang Yun aside to discuss literary classics, poems, and songs.

Jiang Yun only knew a little about poetry, and he was just copying it from his memories of his previous life.

If we were to discuss this matter in detail, we would definitely slip up.

Jiang Yun could only cover her forehead and sigh, "Alas, I just boarded the ship and I feel dizzy. I'm probably seasick."

"Cough cough."

"Cough cough."

Jiang Yun coughed several times before Linglong, who was sitting some distance away, realized what was happening. She quickly walked over and tried to smooth things over, saying, "Young Master Wei, Jiang Yun isn't feeling well today. Let's talk about poetry and literature again tomorrow."

“Very well, the journey back to the Demon Kingdom will still take some time.” Wei Li nodded, feeling a little regretful, and then said, “By the way, Brother Jiang is a scholar, why would you go to our Demon Kingdom?”

“You should know that the Demon Kingdom is quite dangerous. You two…” Wei Li glanced at them, “I’m afraid you won’t be able to stay for more than a few days. Once other demons confirm that you are not their slaves, they will capture you and force you to become their slaves.”

“All slaves are marked with a slave badge on their foreheads. Since you two don’t have one, you two will be targeted by other monsters.”

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yun smiled and said, "I do have some friends in the Demon Kingdom. If I could contact them, perhaps the situation would be better..."

Hearing this, Wei Li blinked: "Brother Jiang, you know people from the Demon Kingdom? Who do you know? I can help you make some connections later?"

"I know the Fox Clan's Deadly Duo."

"Who?" Wei Li was taken aback, startled, and looked at Jiang Yun with some surprise. He quickly covered Jiang Yun's mouth, subconsciously glancing outside, and reminded him, "Brother Jiang, you're not joking, are you? Do you know those two guys?"

As Jiang Yun slowly released her hand from her hand, she asked in surprise, "Is there something wrong?"

"Hiss." After a moment of contemplation, Wei Li said, "Brother Jiang, you can say that to me, but once you get to the Demon Kingdom, please don't mention knowing those two guys..."

"Those two have countless enemies. If it weren't for the protection of the fox clan, even if they were at the third-grade demon king level, they would probably have been killed long ago."

"You have no idea how incredibly stupid those two are."

"Thirty years ago, these two were ordered by the Fox Clan to go to the northern ice plains of the Demon Kingdom, where they were supposed to slaughter a branch of the wolf demon clan who did not respect the Fox Clan."

"As a result, they got lost in the icy plains and slaughtered an entire dog demon tribe, more than a hundred demons..."

"Twenty years ago, the Great Tree Demon and the Fox Clan became enemies. The two of them set a great fire, intending to burn down the Great Tree Demon's roots."

"As a result, the fire got out of control and burned the forests of the demon kingdom for a full six months, killing and injuring countless demon cubs in the forests."

"Twenty-one years ago..."

Wei Li recounted the deeds of the two fools of the fox clan, how these two single-handedly caused the fox clan's once decent reputation to plummet in the demon kingdom.

The key point is that they both claimed each time that they were acting on orders from the fox clan.

At best, it can only be described as good intentions gone wrong.

The fox clan couldn't do anything about them; they were a bit stupid, but still loyal to the fox clan.

In recent years, the fox clan has also dared not let the two of them easily carry out any missions.

In the end, it was only after hearing that the mission was to kill someone in the Zhou Kingdom that they were sent to carry out the mission...

Jiang Yun's face darkened; he never expected Hu Yi's reputation to be so bad...

That bastard even made me go to the demon kingdom and give his name.

Jiang Yun then asked, "What about Ao Yu of the Dragon Clan?"

"Hiss." Wei Li looked Jiang Yun up and down: "Ao Yu? That dragon girl from the Dragon Clan? You know her?"

"I know him." Jiang Yun nodded.

Wei Li was not convinced. He knew that Ao Yu was a well-known figure in the demon kingdom, with an extremely cold and cruel personality and a great thirst for blood.

Over the years, I have never heard of her having any friends.

She even hunted down Ao Qing, a member of her own clan, for countless years.

How could she be friends with Jiang Xiucai in front of her?

Jiang Yun asked in a deep voice, "Young Master Wei, can you help me contact Ao Yu?"

Wei Li immediately shook his head: "If you want to find Ao Yu, you can only go to Dragon Crystal City where the Dragon Clan is located."

(End of this chapter)