Catching Monsters

Chapter 526 Uncle Fu
Hearing Ao Yu's words, Jiang Yun sat in her palace, only able to show a helpless bitter smile on her face.

He couldn't help but wonder how Liu Boqing and his group were doing.

He looked at Ao Yu curiously and asked, "Have you found any trace of the people from the Immortal Island?"

Ao Yu honestly shook his head and said in a low voice, "You should be the one to ask them about this. Aren't you their companion?"

"They even vouched for me, saying they were from the Immortal Island."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yun quickly explained, "I'm not lying to you about this. Those two really did come from the Immortal Island."

"Come on, they're only after the two people in the ice prison." Ao Yu curled his lip and said in a low voice, "If they were really from that mysterious immortal island, would they need to go through all this trouble to rescue people? They could just attack my Dragon Clan's Dragon Palace, and my father would surely release them."

Jiang Yun opened her mouth slightly, but for a moment she didn't know how to explain, because what Ao Yu said did seem to make sense...

But he didn't yet suggest how to explain it to Ao Yu.

have to……

Jiang Yun sighed softly. Footsteps sounded outside the courtyard, and soon, Ao Lie slowly walked in from outside, his face ashen.

Seeing this, Ao Yu quickly stepped forward and asked, "Father, what did the people from the Tiger Clan say?"

"You think you can fight me?" Ao Lie said in a deep voice, "Of course it's the same old thing: confess your sins, apologize, and kneel down like a dog."

After speaking, Ao Lie's gaze fell on Jiang Yun, and he slowly said, "Jiang Yun, right?"

"Your Majesty the Demon Emperor." Jiang Yun hurriedly bowed with an unusually standard Confucian scholar's salute.

"Who exactly are the two people who came with you?" Ao Lie's eyes were cold. Given his personality, if it weren't for Ao Yu's private persuasion and the fact that Jiang Yun had stood in front of Ao Yu when Hu Yuange and Wei Nan tried to attack him, he would have been completely unaware of the situation.

Jiang Yun didn't receive such good treatment; he was probably already imprisoned and would definitely not be able to leave the Dragon Palace alive.

Ao Lie said coldly, "Where did you find those two swindlers?"

Clearly, in Ao Lie's eyes, the behavior of those two people was not at all like that of people from the Immortal Island.

Jiang Yun was somewhat embarrassed and said in a low voice, "Demon Emperor... they are indeed people from the Immortal Island."

"What time is it, and you're still lying to me?" A hint of displeasure appeared in the Demon Emperor's eyes. He patted Jiang Yun's shoulder and reminded him, "Jiang Yun, you're a smart person. I don't like talking nonsense with smart people."

"I don't care if they're from some fairy island or not, just tell me where they are."

Jiang Yun was both amused and exasperated: "Perhaps even if the Demon Emperor were to tell this, he wouldn't believe it. If I were you, I wouldn't believe it either..."

"Actually, I'm not really familiar with them..."

Ao Lie stared at Jiang Yun, his eyes clearly asking, "Would I believe that?"

Jiang Yun was also feeling bitter. Regardless of whether this Demon Emperor believed it or not, everything he said was true.

Seeing that Jiang Yun was so uncooperative, Ao Lie could only snort coldly and wave his hand: "Since you can't figure it out, then you should think about it properly. If you don't tell me their whereabouts, you won't have to leave the Dragon Palace."

After saying that, Ao Lie turned around and strode away from the place, watching Ao Lie's back.

Jiang Yun stared dumbfounded at Ao Lie's retreating figure, and could only shake her head helplessly.

He looked at Ao Yu beside him: "Miss Ao, why don't you go and talk to the Demon Emperor again and plead for me?"

"Come on, my father has such a bad temper. It's already a favor that he spared your life. I've already said all the right things." Ao Yu shook his head helplessly and said in a low voice, "You don't know, my father values ​​that captured demon dragon very much."

“I will have someone prepare a room for you in the back of my palace.”

"You can stay here for now. Don't worry, with me here, my father definitely won't do anything to you."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yun sighed slightly and could only nod in agreement.

Fortunately, his activities were limited to the Dragon Palace, which was very large.

The magnificent palaces in front are self-evident, and behind them, near the mountains, is a vast garden used by the many dragons in the Dragon Palace to relax.

For the next few days, Ao Lie did not come to see Jiang Yun again, and no one knew what he was busy with.

Ao Yu, on the other hand, had plenty of free time, so he took Jiang Yun for a walk in the large garden behind the garden.

"This place is actually suitable for cultivation."

Alongside the path paved with bluestone slabs, there were lush, dense forests full of spiritual energy. Ao Yu walked beside Jiang Yun with his hands behind his back and said, "To be honest, Jiang Yun, it seems not so bad that my father left you behind. At least you can keep me company for walks and chats."

"Miss Ao, what you're saying is easy. You want to find someone to accompany you for a walk and a chat? Isn't that a simple matter?"

Ao Yu shook her head, her delicate face showing a slight furrow in her brows, and said, "Our lives as demons are not as rich and varied as yours as yours."

"In your leisure time, you humans can listen to operas, drink tea in teahouses, ride horses, shoot arrows, hunt, or, if you are more refined, seek out cultured people to compose poems and couplets."

"Why do you think we monsters like to transform into human form and learn human habits?"

"Isn't it just that life is too boring?"

"If it doesn't transform into a human, does this ancient monster, hundreds of years old, still hide in the mountains and forests, using the sky as its blanket and the earth as its bed?"

Hearing Ao Yu's words, Jiang Yun smiled and nodded. Walking through the mountains and forests, his gaze passed through many dense forests and saw several farmlands deep in the garden, where many fresh fruits and vegetables were planted.

"You guys have the leisure to plant a bunch of fruits and vegetables in such a beautiful place?" Jiang Yun said with a smile.

Upon seeing this, Ao Yu pulled Jiang Yun away, reminding him, "That's a place where my father grows vegetables. Don't go near it easily, lest you anger my father."

"Okay." Jiang Yun nodded upon hearing this.

Fortunately, the spiritual energy in this Dragon Palace was quite abundant. Apart from occasionally accompanying Ao Yu to wander around and see the sights, Jiang Yun devoted himself to meditation and cultivation here.

His current rate of magical power growth is naturally not slow. However, after reaching the second-grade True Monarch realm, further advancement is not something that can be achieved simply by accumulating the magical power contained within his body.

Instead, one needs to continuously enhance one's spiritual awareness and make it stronger.

Ao Yu arranged a room for himself in a fairly large mansion, and a little demon was responsible for delivering three meals a day and serving him.

Ao Yu even asked Jiang Yun curiously if she needed to catch a few fox spirits for him.

After all, Ao Yu knew that this little fox spirit had many ways to make human men happy.

Jiang Yun is my friend, so I can't treat him unfairly.

To everyone's surprise, Jiang Yun shook her head and refused repeatedly upon hearing this.

They stayed there for half a month.

Although he had diligently cultivated for half a month, the improvement in his spiritual sense was not significant.

That day, Jiang Yun was cultivating when Ao Yu's voice came from outside the door: "Jiang Yun, Jiang Yun, I have good news and bad news."

Jiang Yun quickly opened her eyes, snapped out of her meditation, and stood up abruptly: "What's wrong?"

"The good news is that your human emperor seems to know that you have been detained by us, and has sent someone to deliver a message to my father asking him to release you."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yun was slightly moved; His Majesty the Emperor was quite considerate after all.

"The bad news is, my father won't release him." Jiang Yun: "..."

"In addition, I have to leave the Dragon Palace for a few days." Ao Yu frowned and said in a deep voice, "I don't know what the fox clan is up to. They secretly took Yan Jiu away from the demon kingdom and went to the Zhou kingdom."

“My father told me to secretly investigate and see what they were up to. If it was related to the resurrection of the Demon Saint, we had to find a way to nip it in the bud.”

"Don't make my father angry while I'm away."

Hearing Ao Yu's instructions, Jiang Yun naturally kept them in mind and nodded repeatedly.

As Ao Yu was leaving, he couldn't help but remind her again: "Also, I know you like to take a walk in the back when you have nothing to do, but you can't go to that vegetable garden, remember?"

"I've got it." Jiang Yun nodded.

Only then did Ao Yu leave, relieved.

As dusk approached, Jiang Yun stretched and prepared to take a walk in the back.

This is practically the only form of entertainment while we're here.

There was no other way; he had no other friends in the Dragon Palace, and he couldn't just stay there like an idiot.

The garden behind the Dragon Palace covers a vast area. As Jiang Yun walked along the shaded path, he pondered how to leave the Dragon Palace.

Ao Lie's attitude suggests that he cannot leave until he finds Liu Boqing.

But what about Liu Boqing's whereabouts...?

Jiang Yun did know one: the Immortal Island.

Even if Ao Lie were told, he probably wouldn't believe it at all.

Or perhaps we could try to find a way to get Ao Yu to help us sneak out?
Headache.

Thinking about these things, Jiang Yun unknowingly walked into the depths of the garden.

"Ouch..."

Suddenly, a shout came from the dense forest on the right, and Jiang Yun subconsciously looked over.

An elderly man who looked to be in his seventies, dressed in a plain gray cloth shirt and carrying a pile of wood, fell to the ground.

"Young man, young man, come and help me."

"Are you calling me?" Jiang Yun asked, pointing to himself.

The old man looked up: "Who else could be here besides you and me?"

Jiang Yun quickly stepped forward, helped the old man up, and then helped him pick up the firewood from the ground one by one.

"Grandpa, what are you doing?"

The old man patted the dirt off his clothes: "These young people nowadays, have they never even gathered firewood before?"

After saying that, the old man glanced at the firewood on the ground and said, "No, I mean, young man, shouldn't you offer to help this old man carry the wood back?"

"Who are you?" Jiang Yun became somewhat wary.

This is the garden behind the Dragon Palace. Suddenly, an old man carrying firewood appeared out of nowhere. Is this normal?
This is very abnormal.

The old man glared at Jiang Yun, then patted his back and slowly said, "I grow vegetables for His Majesty the Demon Emperor. I was sold to the Demon Kingdom years ago, but fortunately, my vegetable-growing skills are exceptional, which earned me the Demon Emperor's favor."

Without any hesitation, the old man picked up the wood from the ground and placed it on Jiang Yun's back, saying, "Let's go, help me carry these things back."

Jiang Yun remembered Ao Yu's reminder: "Grandpa, I won't go to that vegetable garden. You'll have to carry the timber yourself."

After putting down the timber, Jiang Yun turned and left.

Watching Jiang Yun's retreating figure, the old man was somewhat dumbfounded and couldn't help but shake his head: "How come young people these days are all so bad-natured? Oh well, I'll just carry it myself."

After saying that, he slowly picked up the wood from the ground. He had only taken two steps when he suddenly stumbled and fell to the ground again.

"Young man, young man."

Jiang Yun disappeared without looking back.

"Young people these days not only have bad character, but they also lack compassion and the virtues of respecting the elderly and caring for the young," the old man complained.

……

After taking a walk and a shower, Jiang Yun changed his clothes, sat down cross-legged, and continued his cultivation. However, he never expected that the next morning, just as dawn was breaking, he would fall into a deep sleep.

Suddenly, footsteps sounded outside, and the door was quickly pushed open.

Ao Lie's face was grim; he had come once again.

Jiang Yun opened his eyes and hurriedly said, "Demon Emperor..."

After a full two weeks, Ao Lie finally had time to see him.

Jiang Yun quickly stood up and said, "Over the past two weeks, I've carefully considered where Liu Boqing is hiding..."

"You went to my vegetable garden?" Ao Lie asked slowly, his face cold.

"Huh?" Jiang Yun was taken aback, and quickly shook her head: "No, why would I go to that place?"

"Uncle Fu, who grows vegetables for me, claims that many of my vegetables were destroyed yesterday. He said that during the night, a young human sneaked up and tried to steal my vegetables. He shouted, and the young man ran away."

Jiang Yun hurriedly explained, "Demon Emperor, why would I steal your vegetables for no reason..."

The Demon Emperor said in a deep voice, "There are vegetable seeds brought down from the Immortal Island there. They are immortal vegetables. It is not surprising that you coveted them. Go to that vegetable garden and find Uncle Fu. The two of you should explain this matter clearly. Otherwise, don't blame me for being impolite."

After saying that, Ao Lie turned and left.

Jiang Yun found it strange. This Demon Emperor hadn't been interested in seeing him for half a month, so why was he so concerned about the vegetable garden incident?

Besides, that old man was just bored yesterday. All he did was not help him carry firewood, so why did he start framing him?

Thinking of this, Jiang Yun quickly set off towards the vegetable garden, wanting to have a proper talk with the old man.

Not long after, Jiang Yun arrived at the vegetable garden.

This vegetable garden is quite large, covering five or six acres, and contains all sorts of fruits and vegetables.

To the east of the vegetable garden was a small thatched hut. The old man from yesterday, the fellow called Uncle Fu, was lying on a rattan recliner, smoking a pipe and humming a little tune.

"Uncle Fu?" Jiang Yun took a deep breath and slowly walked forward.

"Oh, you've arrived?" Uncle Fu opened his eyes, shook the pipe in his hand, slowly got up, and rubbed his lower back: "Since you're here, let's get to work."

"What work?"

"Go fertilize the vegetable garden."

(End of this chapter)