Catching Monsters

Chapter 530 What does it mean to like someone?

Inside Dragon Crystal City, Qu Wushang, wearing a black bamboo hat and a black robe, walked along the city streets with his head slightly lowered. His destination was the Dragon Palace.

Before long, Qu Wushang arrived at the gate of the Dragon Palace. The demons guarding the palace exchanged glances upon seeing Qu Wushang, and then a little demon stepped forward and asked, "Who goes there?"

"I want to see the Demon Emperor."

"To see the Demon Emperor?" The little demon sniffed, but couldn't sense any demonic energy from Qu Wushang; he was a human.

"Tell Ao Lie that Qu Wushang has arrived." After saying this, Qu Wushang sat down against the corner of the wall and closed his eyes to rest.

"Please wait a moment." The little demon guarding the gate, seeing this, was also unaware of Qu Wushang's true identity.

With so many demons in the Demon Kingdom, those chosen to guard the Dragon Palace's gates wouldn't be fools. It's just a matter of announcing it, no trouble at all.

Not long after, the little demon rushed out, smiling broadly, and said, "Mr. Qu, the Demon Emperor requests your presence."

Inside the main hall of the Dragon Palace, Ao Lie was sitting on the throne above. Soon, Qu Wushang, wearing a bamboo hat, slowly walked into the hall alone.

As a human being, standing inside this enormous palace, the entire palace appears exceptionally spacious and vast.

"Qu Wushang, are you really still alive?" Ao Lie stared intently at Qu Wushang.

"It seems that I am still alive. The Demon Emperor seems a little disappointed?" Qu Wushang asked with a smile.

Ao Lie was naturally disappointed. Below the Saint Realm, if there was anyone in the world who could kill him, it would probably only be Qu Wushang at his peak more than 20 years ago.

Ao Lie's gaze was scorching as he noticed something unusual about Qu Wushang's body: "Your body has been crippled?"

Qu Wushang said slowly with a blank expression, "Let's get down to business. Jiang Yun is in your Dragon Palace, right? I have quite a bit of a relationship with this kid, although I don't know how he offended your Dragon Clan."

"Give me some face and let them go."

Ao Lie's eyes flickered slightly. He gripped the wooden chair with his large hand and said slowly, "Qu Wushang, if it were twenty years ago, you would have this kind of face, but now, I'm afraid it won't be possible."

Ao Lie slowly stood up, a hint of killing intent rising in his heart. Qu Wushang was once the number one expert below the Saint Realm. It would be best for such an expert to die so that people could remember him.

Qu Wushang slowly took down the sword box wrapped in black cloth that he had always carried on his back, and said calmly, "Demon Emperor, although I am far inferior to my former self, I can still take the life of the snake clan chief."

"Take a guess, if the two of us were to fight, who would win?"

Ao Lie chuckled: "Qu Wushang, you don't need to scare me. You've lost all your magic power..."

"Then try it."

Suddenly, four words echoed through the empty hall.

Qu Wushang stared calmly at Ao Lie, his hand resting on the sword box.

Ao Lie was speechless at these four words. Looking at Qu Wushang, who had no magic power at all, even someone as powerful as Ao Lie dared not ask for permission.

The main reason was that Qu Wushang was too dazzling back then. Even in the eyes of Ao Lie and other demons, humanity might have a new sword saint.

Unexpectedly, they eventually disappeared without a trace.

Ao Lie took a deep breath before slowly speaking: "If you want me to release the person, it's not impossible, but it's not enough to save face."

"I want to know, who exactly crippled your cultivation?"

Qu Wushang was already the number one person below the Saint Realm back then.

Even if the second, third, and fourth teams were combined, it wouldn't necessarily be enough to take them down.

There's only one possibility that could have crippled him: it was done by the Holy Realm.

But this was not done by the Dragon Saint.

Upon hearing this question, Qu Wushang placed his hand on the sword box, closed his eyes, and slowly said, "I don't know."

Ao Lie frowned slightly: "Is it that you don't want to say, or that you don't know?"

“They’re all the same.” Qu Wushang opened his eyes.

Ao Lie took a deep breath and said slowly, "You should stay in Dragon Crystal City for now. Jiang Yun cannot leave yet."

"What do you mean?"

Ao Lie's eyes flickered: "Whether he can leave or not is not up to me."

……

In front of the thatched house, Jiang Yun was fertilizing the fields, while Uncle Fu sat at the door, eating freshly ripened fruits.

"Jiang Yun, come here, come here, have some fruit before we talk."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yun put down her farm tools, turned around and went to Uncle Fu's side, asking in confusion, "Why are you being so kind today, even getting me some fruits to eat?"

Uncle Fu chuckled and then said, "Come to think of it, you've been helping me for over half a month now. How's it going?"

"It'll do." Jiang Yun took a bite of the yellow melon in his hand. It was a specialty fruit of the Demon Kingdom, and it tasted sweet and astringent. "Young man, you can't stay in these fields all the time." Uncle Fu said, fanning himself with his fan, and casually asked, "Speaking of which, do you really have no feelings for that Dragon Clan girl, Ao Yu?"

"I think you two are quite a good match."

Jiang Yun shook his head and gave a wry smile: "Uncle Fu, why are you bringing this up again? It's baseless, don't gossip."

"Finish your work today and then you can go," Uncle Fu said slowly, lying back in his chair. "Before you leave, I'll give you a gift, so that your help here won't have been in vain."

Treat yourself to a gift?
Jiang Yun glanced at Uncle Fu with surprise. He looked at the melons and fruits not far away and assumed that Uncle Fu would ask him to take some fruit with him before leaving, so he didn't think much of it.

After finishing the melon in his hand, he quickly got back to his work.

After spending time together, Jiang Yun discovered that Uncle Fu wasn't as bad as she had imagined.

He's a fairly kind and honest person, but he's also very petty and scheming.

After finishing her work, it was almost evening, and Jiang Yun was about to go inside to say goodbye to Uncle Fu.

After pushing open the door, you can see Uncle Fu holding a rather exquisite box. He said with a smile, "Young man, this is a gift I'm giving you."

"What is this?" Jiang Yun asked curiously, about to open it.

Uncle Fu pressed his hand down: "It's not too late to open it after we leave the demon kingdom."

Seeing Uncle Fu's mysterious demeanor, Jiang Yun nodded in agreement.

"Okay, let's go."

"Then I'll be going, Uncle Fu. If I have the chance to come to Dragon Crystal City again, I'll come to visit you again." Jiang Yun put away the gift and asked one more question: "What about the Demon Emperor?"

"Don't worry, letting you go is the Demon Emperor's will. How could an old farmer like me make such a decision?" Uncle Fu chuckled.

Watching Jiang Yun's departing figure, Ao Lie soon crawled out from under the bed.

"Father, I haven't hidden under the bed in years. I am the Demon Emperor, after all. If this gets out, where will I put my face?" Ao Lie complained.

Hiding it under the bed was certainly not his choice.

He was forced to sit under the bed by his father, who forbade him to make the slightest sound.

"Although this lad doesn't seem to have developed feelings for Yu'er yet, the more I look at him, the more pleasing he becomes," Uncle Fu said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Ao Lie said in a low voice, "Father, you shouldn't worry about your granddaughter's matter..."

"Why are you worrying about me?" Uncle Fu glared at Ao Lie. "I'm telling you, you're such a big demon, yet you let Yu'er run wild all day long."

"Now, Yu'er's reputation in the demon kingdom is that of a cold-blooded killing god. Which demon would dare to pursue Yu'er?"

Ao Lie lowered his head and said softly, "Isn't this all because you spoiled him..."

"I..." Upon hearing this, Uncle Fu pursed his lips and changed the subject: "Have you found out who crippled Qu Wushang?"

"No."

"Then hurry up and investigate. It seems there are hidden human holy realms within the Zhou Kingdom. They've been quite good at hiding, not revealing themselves at all all these years."

After leaving Uncle Fu's vegetable garden, Jiang Yun first returned to Ao Yu's palace to rest.

"Why are you back?" Ao Yu was pleasantly surprised to see Jiang Yun return. "Me? Uncle Fu from the backyard, he's willing to let you leave?"

Jiang Yun quickly took Ao Yu's hand and led her to sit down in the living room. She asked in a low voice, "Miss Ao, what exactly is Uncle Fu's identity? My intuition tells me that he is somewhat unusual."

"Hey, he's the old farmer who grows vegetables for my dad. He's been growing vegetables with my dad for a long time, so we've gotten to know each other."

Jiang Yun stared at Ao Yu, naturally disbelieving his statement, but did not press him further.

Ao Yu quickly added, "By the way, someone from your Jiang family has arrived. You should know Qu Wushang, right? He's currently staying in Dragon Crystal City. You can go home with him first thing tomorrow morning."

"Senior Qu is here?" Jiang Yun looked surprised.

Ao Yu nodded and honestly said, "I heard that your wife, Xu Suwen, was extremely anxious when she heard that you had been imprisoned by my father. She was originally planning to come to the Demon Kingdom to rescue you herself."

"However, the one who came next was Qu Wushang."

Jiang Yun nodded: "Okay, then I'll go and rest for a bit..."

Just as Jiang Yun was about to turn and leave, Ao Yu suddenly asked curiously, "Jiang Yun, what do you mean by 'like'?"

Jiang Yun turned around, thought for a moment, and said, "It's nothing more than liking to be with someone, spending every day enjoying romantic moments..."

"Oh, so this is called liking someone?" Upon hearing this, Ao Yu's eyes also showed a thoughtful expression.

After returning to her room, Jiang Yun curiously took out the gift that Uncle Fu had given her.

Should we open it again after leaving the demon kingdom? Jiang Yun's curiosity wouldn't allow him to wait until then.

(End of this chapter)