Catching Monsters

Chapter 522 As expected of someone from a fairy island

Just after Jiang Yun and Ao Yu left the inn room.

Zhang Qingfeng, who was inside the room, changed his expression and hurriedly went to Liu Boqing's side, whispering, "Senior Liu, has the Dragon Clan discovered something wrong, which is why they won't let us leave?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Boqing remained calm, shook his head slightly, and slowly said, "He was talking to me the whole time and did not return to Dragon Crystal City."

"If there are some special means of communication among the dragons that we are unaware of."

“If he knows about the trouble at the Dragon Palace and connects it to us, he won’t leave.”

"They'll target us directly now."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Qingfeng nodded and said in a deep voice, "How about I transform into your appearance and stay here, while you leave this place first?"

Liu Boqing's eyes flickered, and he shook his head: "No need, Hu Yi and Jiang Yun might be able to help us get out of here."

"Him?" Zhang Qingfeng was stunned for a moment upon hearing this, and then said, "Director, can this person be trusted?"

"Of course, go and have Hu Yi come in first, before Ao Yu returns, and do it quickly."

"Yes."

Zhang Qingfeng went out. This was originally an inn belonging to the fox clan. Hu Yi was staying next to Liu Boqing and the others, which would be convenient when they needed to go to the immortal island.

Zhang Qingfeng knocked on the door, and after the door opened, Hu Yi quickly entered the room upon hearing Liu Boqing's call.

Upon entering the room, he saw Liu Boqing sitting inside, his brows furrowed, frequently glancing at Hu Yi, as if he had some unspeakable secret.

Hu Yi quickly sat down next to Liu Boqing and asked in a low voice, "Mr. Liu, what's wrong?"

"Alas." Liu Boqing sighed softly before saying, "Young friend Hu Yi, I'm afraid your plan to go to the Immortal Island with that Hu Meier is doomed."

Upon hearing this, Hu Yi's expression changed, and he became somewhat anxious: "What's wrong? We already agreed on this, these past few days..."

These days, everyone's been eating and drinking their own food and drinks, and things just won't go as planned.

However, Hu Yi did not say this aloud.

"Your Demon King is quite domineering. This time, the immortals only gave ten spots for demons to ascend to the Immortal Island, but when the Demon King came to see me, he claimed that all ten spots had to be given to the Dragon Clan."

Hu Yi's expression froze. He was not intelligent enough to doubt the truth of those words.

Because the Dragon Clan has always acted in such a domineering manner over the years, without any regard for the feelings of other demon clans.

Therefore, Liu Boqing's statement is probably true.

Hu Yi immediately became anxious and hurriedly said, "Mr. Liu, this won't do, we agreed on something..."

"This dragon clan is so domineering, why don't you just send an immortal down and give him a good beating?" Hu Yi was single-minded and said with a sneer, "Send an immortal down and slap this demon emperor twice across the face, how can he fight back?"

Liu Boqing said in a low voice, "I need to return to the Immortal Island first before I can inform the immortals, don't you think?"

"Alas, I am now unable to leave this inn even for a moment, and I am just waiting for the Dragon Clan to send ten people here so that I can take them back to the Immortal Island to report back."

"You know, this whole thing is a mess. If you ask me, in terms of all the conditions, you are the only one who can go to the Immortal Island."

Upon hearing this, Hu Yi gritted his teeth. He took a deep breath and said, "Normally, the Dragon Clan bullies others because the Dragon Saint is still alive!"

"Now that the immortals have sent people here, he's still acting like this. Mr. Liu, rest assured, the rest of us demons will not allow this!"

"I will go and inform the Tiger Clan, as well as the other clans, that they will surely protect you."

"If all else fails, we'll just have to fight the dragons!"

Hu Yi slapped his forehead, turned around, and stormed out of the room.

Zhang Qingfeng's eyes flickered slightly, and he subconsciously looked at Liu Boqing: "Senior Liu, what's going on?"

"Don't worry."

Liu Boqing smiled and said, "Once they start fighting, we'll leave. Also, go and tell Jiang Yun to come over."

Soon, Jiang Yun, who had been instructed by Ao Yu to keep an eye on the two of them, arrived at the room.

On the way here, I saw Hu Yi angrily running back and forth between the rooms on the second floor, I don’t know what he was doing.

Jiang Yun didn't think much of it and quickly entered the room.

Upon seeing Liu Boqing, Jiang Yun asked in a deep voice, "Mr. Liu, what's going on?"

“Jiang Yun, I don’t consider you an outsider. I’m afraid I need your help with the current situation.” Liu Boqing then briefly explained the situation.

After listening, Jiang Yun's pupils contracted slightly, and he said in a low voice, "Mr. Liu, are you trying to incite the Dragon Clan to fight with the other demon clans?"

“If we don’t take advantage of the chaos to escape, we won’t be able to leave.” After saying that, Liu Boqing slowly added, “I know you have some connection with that dragon princess of the dragon clan. If you feel it’s difficult and don’t want to help us, I can understand…”

“Mr. Liu, look at what you’re saying. When I was on the Immortal Island, Mr. Liu and others helped me a lot. This time I came here because I promised to help Mr. Liu in advance.”

Of course, it's not that Jiang Yun is truly so loyal.

It's not the first or second time he's gone back on his promises.

Jiang Yun knew in his heart that the group of people from the immortal island were not ordinary and should not be offended easily.

"Yes, on the way here you mentioned that there is a kind of flying demon bird on the demon island, right? Please go and get one, and then wait for us in the dense forest about ten miles northwest of the town."

"Don't tell anyone about this." Liu Boqing patted Jiang Yun's shoulder solemnly.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yun realized that the matter wasn't too troublesome or dangerous. He only needed to get a demon bird; he didn't have to go too far, as many could be found in this market town.

It should be noted that this market town is a trading place, and there are quite a few demonic birds that come and go carrying people.

"Okay." Jiang Yun nodded and quickly turned to leave.

...In Dragon Crystal City, within the Dragon Palace, many buildings have been destroyed in the fighting, and several palaces have become ruins.

At the same time, the four second-grade Earth Demon Realm dragons also transformed into human form, their expressions solemn.

The group consisted of three men and one woman, all appearing to be middle-aged, around forty years old, and dressed in a manner that suggested they were all middle-aged.

"If Brother Ao Lie returns and finds out that we let these four escape, he will probably scold us severely." The only woman among the four spoke up.

She was wearing a red dress, and her figure was graceful and charming.

The other three said, "Ao Qing, with your cultivation level, you can't even catch up with that dragon girl?"

Ao Qingqing rolled her eyes and said, "Don't talk about me. The dragon girl and the two she took away were all quite powerful. But the three of you, even when you teamed up to deal with a cat demon, it still managed to escape."

Upon hearing this, the three blushed slightly, and one of them quickly retorted, "What do you mean by letting it escape? It's not that we three are incompetent, it's just that the cat demon was agile and disappeared without a trace after it entered Dragon Crystal City."

"It has the ability to conceal its presence. There's no way the three of us could search every inch of Dragon Crystal City for it."

As the four were bickering, suddenly, their expressions changed slightly, and they looked towards the distant horizon.

"Big brother is back."

From afar, Ao Lie noticed the strangeness inside the Dragon Palace, as well as his younger siblings standing in front of the ruins of the Dragon Palace.

He instantly landed in front of the four of them, transforming into human form, his face ashen: "What's going on?"

The four looked at each other in bewilderment. It was clear that even within the Dragon Clan, Ao Lie was quite domineering and fearsome.

At this moment, Ao Qingqing stepped forward and said, "Big brother, something has happened."

"Someone took advantage of your absence to abduct the prisoners from your underground ice cell."

Upon hearing this, Ao Lie's eyes narrowed instantly, and he said coldly, "What?"

Ao Qingqing quickly tried to persuade him, "Brother, in my opinion, they're just two prisoners. It's okay if they escape..."

"Fools." Ao Lie glared at the two of them and said in a deep voice, "If they were just ordinary prisoners, would I care so much?"

"The key point is that the dragon girl is not one of our dragons."

"What does this mean? It means that there are other dragons in this world that we don't know about."

Ao Qingqing said, puzzled, "The world is so big, it's not uncommon for a dragon or two to be hidden in some small place, so why do you care so much, brother?"

Ao Lie glared at her: "Do you think I want to investigate this? This was ordered by Father!"

Upon hearing this, everyone present changed their expressions. They had not expected that this matter would attract their father's attention.

Apart from Ao Lie and Ao Yu, even they haven't seen the Dragon Saint for decades.

"Brother, what should we do? They've already escaped."

“They ran away.” Ao Lie said, then suddenly frowned, slowly turned around, and looked in the direction of the market town.

Strangely, my visit to Mr. Liu was supposed to be extremely secretive; only Ao Yu and I knew about it when I set off.

It's impossible that someone learned of his departure from the Dragon Palace and then sent someone to rescue him.

There was simply no time.

Unless someone knew in advance that they would definitely leave the Dragon Palace and arranged for someone to come to their rescue.

So, who would know in advance that they would be leaving the Dragon Palace?
This reminded him of Liu Boqing's actions in leading him to the market town.

Ao Lie's expression hardened, and he instantly soared into the sky, transforming into his true form: "You four idiots, come with me."

Upon hearing this, Ao Qingqing and the other three dared not delay in the slightest. They quickly transformed into their true forms, five true dragons, and flew towards the town at an extremely fast speed.

Meanwhile, the situation at the inn wasn't much better.

Ao Yu intended to enter the inn to check on Liu Boqing's condition, but unexpectedly, many monsters inside the inn came out and blocked Ao Yu's way.

“Miss Ao Yu, I heard that the Immortal Island is preparing to give ten spots to our Demon Kingdom to go to the Immortal Island.”

"But your dragon race wants to take all ten spots?"

Upon hearing this, Ao Yu's expression hardened, and he looked at the person who had spoken first. It was Hu Yuange, an elder of the fox clan.

Wei Nan, an elder of the Tiger Clan, was also among them.

Wei Nan chuckled and said, "In my opinion, if Miss Ao doesn't explain this matter clearly, we won't let your dragon clan see Mr. Liu again so easily."

"What are you trying to do? Are you looking for death?" Ao Yu's voice was icy. Seeing the monsters' reaction, he secretly clenched his fists.

Wei Nan stepped forward and said, "What? Miss Ao, are you really going to make a move? Are you sure you can kill us?"

Among the many monsters present, there were indeed quite a few experts. If a fight broke out, Ao Yu would inevitably suffer a loss.

Seeing this, Hu Yi, who was hiding behind the crowd, quickly went to find Liu Boqing in the inn's room, intending to take Liu Boqing and the others to a safer place.

But when they opened the door, the room was empty; there was no trace of Liu Boqing and Zhang Qingfeng.

Hu Yi hadn't thought much about it yet, but upon seeing this scene, he grinned and couldn't help but praise, "As expected of someone from the Immortal Island, coming and going without a trace, truly amazing."

At this moment, Liu Boqing and Zhang Qingfeng stood among the hordes of monsters in the inn.

However, Liu Boqing was dressed in a black robe, his face was covered, and only his eyes were visible.

Zhang Qingfeng, standing beside him, possessed a unique ability to transform, and actually appeared as a pig demon with a pig's face and a human body.

They were shouting along with the crowd, and no one noticed them.

(End of this chapter)