Catching Monsters

Chapter 721 I am still me, I am still Dongfang Yao.

Ao Tianyu frowned deeply as he listened to Chang Xiaoyu's words, unaware of what had happened.

Seeing Chang Xiaoyu's aggressive attitude, he said coldly, "Chang Xiaoyu, what happens in your snake clan's Changling City is none of my business. If you want to cause trouble for our dragon clan, you've chosen the wrong target!"

Ao Tianyu's demonic aura continued to rise, and his eyes, fixed on Chang Xiaoyu, were filled with a threatening intent.

"You really didn't do it?" Chang Xiaoyu looked at Ao Tianyu's attitude and vaguely realized that something was wrong.

At this moment, Ao Tianyu's behavior gave him the feeling that...

Is this matter truly unrelated to their dragon clan?
But he asked repeatedly...

It is claimed that when Changling City was attacked, a clear dragon's roar was heard, and this is probably not false.

“If I wanted to take action against your snake clan, do you think I wouldn’t take you down with me?” Ao Tianyu’s eyes darkened. Then, he glanced down at the Dragon Palace and slowly said, “You’d better think about how you’re going to explain this to me.”

……

In the courtyard outside the Imperial Study of the Zhou Dynasty's royal palace.

Xiao Jingzhi stood outside the Imperial Study. In front of him stood Qin Hong, Jiang Yun, and many experts from the Tongyou Guard.

The corpses of four snake clan elders were placed in front of Xiao Jingzhi.

Xiao Jingzhi slowly squatted down in front of the four corpses, staring at them with a gloomy look in his eyes.

At the same time, Qin Hong spoke up, "Your Majesty, these are the corpses of the four snake clan elders. Our Tongyou Guard has lived up to our mission and has completely destroyed Changling City."

Qin Hong quickly explained the details and gains of the operation to Xiao Jingzhi.

Upon hearing that Changling City had been completely destroyed by the Tongyou Guard in one fell swoop, Xiao Jingzhi's eyes immediately lit up, and he said, "Very good!"

"very good!"

"very good!"

After repeating himself three times, Xiao Jingzhi pointed to the four corpses on the ground and instructed Jiang Xing beside him, "Announce this matter at the morning court assembly tomorrow! Also, post notices to tell the people of the world that the snake clan that plagued Hongjiang Prefecture has been wiped out!"

"Yes." Jiang Xing saw the joy on Xiao Jingzhi's face and quickly agreed.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yun's lips moved slightly, and he said, "Your Majesty, we don't yet know the situation of the Serpent Saint in this operation. If we announce it like this, the Serpent Saint might be furious and come to the capital..."

This is also what Jiang Yun is worried about.

Xiao Jingzhi frowned slightly and said in a deep voice, "Brother Jiang, I understand this principle, but if this matter is not announced, it will not be able to appease the people's hearts, and the significance of doing this will be greatly reduced."

It should be noted that during this period, officials from all over the country were constantly submitting memorials, and students from all over the country were even more agitated because of this matter.

The announcement at this time that the snake clan had been nearly wiped out would surely boost public morale and significantly enhance Xiao Jingzhi's prestige.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yun nodded and did not object further.

"Rest assured, I will not mistreat those who have participated in this operation," Xiao Jingzhi said, his face beaming with smiles.

Soon, Xiao Jingzhi instructed Jiang Xing to take the corpses of the four snake clan elders to the imperial kitchen and have the imperial chefs work overtime to prepare several pots of snake soup.

These snake elders all possessed hundreds of years of cultivation. The snake soup made from their flesh and blood would be very beneficial to ordinary people.

Tomorrow morning at court, all civil and military officials will be served snake soup.

……

Inside Hongjiang Prefecture, Hu Yao had already managed to fend off the towering floodwaters.

The local people, seeing the white-clad woman in the air casting a spell to draw away the floodwaters, all believed it to be a divine manifestation. They knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly to Hu Yao in the air.

Seeing that the people below were no longer in danger, Hu Yao breathed a slight sigh of relief, waved her hand, and flew away gracefully towards the coast.

At this moment, on a coastline, there were many fox corpses laid out.

Hu Xinglan was sitting cross-legged on the shore, using magic to heal his internal injuries.

There were over a hundred corpses here, many of which had been mostly corroded by the Serpent Saint's demonic light.

Among them, Hu Yi's injuries were relatively minor, and he was currently standing guard beside Hu Xinglan.

"Ancestor." Hu Xinglan sensed Hu Yao's arrival, opened his eyes, and showed joy in them. He clutched his chest, enduring the pain of his injuries, and hurriedly tried to stand up to properly greet Hu Yao.

“There’s no need for that.” Hu Yao quickly raised her hand, gesturing for Hu Xinglan to sit down, before saying, “I know you’ve gone to great lengths to revive me.”

"It's all what we should do." Hu Xinglan was overjoyed to hear this. The Demon Saint Ancestor remembered their hard work, so it was all worth it. "You take the Fox Clan back to the Demon Kingdom first," Hu Yao said calmly. "I still have some things to take care of in the Zhou Kingdom. I'll return to the Demon Kingdom after I've finished taking care of them."

Hu Xinglan dared not object in the slightest, and replied, "Understood."

Hu Yao leaped up and transformed into a white aurora, heading towards the capital of Zhou.

"Our ancestor is gone just like that?" Hu Yi glanced at the numerous corpses of the fox clan's experts around him and couldn't help but say, "Our ancestor was, after all, a Saint Realm expert. I thought she might have some magical means to revive these experts who died or were injured in our fox clan."

As he spoke, he helped Hu Xinglan up from the ground.

"Don't worry, tonight, the number of snake clan members who die will not be less than ours." Hu Xinglan took a deep breath, his eyes showing a hint of coldness, and slowly said, "Now that the four great demon saints have all been revived, we just don't know what major events will happen next."

"Something big has happened?" Hu Yi touched his hair, somewhat confused, and asked, "What big thing could happen?"

Hu Xinglan glared at Hu Yi and slowly said, "If we were to say, the whole world can be divided into three stages."

"The first stage was the beginning of chaos, the era when our demon race ruled the world."

"In that generation, the four demon saints were the main force. But later, about two thousand years ago, a Confucian sage appeared, defeated the four demon saints, and made the world dominated by the human race."

"The second stage was the decline of the demon race, after which they collectively went to live in the demon kingdom. At that time, saints began to appear one after another among the human race on the continent."

"Human saints fought and killed each other."

"The third stage was about a thousand years ago, when the first unified dynasty of the human race appeared, and it continues to this day as the Zhou Dynasty."

"Now that the four demon saints have gathered, what do you think will happen next?"

Hu Yi frowned as he listened to the clan leader's words: "We can't possibly allow our demon kingdom to launch a full-scale invasion of the Zhou kingdom."

Hu Yi had absolutely no interest in such matters. In fact, his mind was currently focused on how to ascend to the Immortal Island and become a qualified immortal pet for the immortals...

"I can't say for sure, I can't guess." Hu Xinglan sighed deeply, looking in the direction Hu Yao had left, and said, "What we insignificant people will do next depends on the opinions of you great demon saints."

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Zhenguogongfu.

Xu Xiaogang sat in the courtyard, holding a long sword. Feeling frustrated, he practiced his sword technique, repeatedly slashing at the wooden stake in the courtyard.

Xu Xiaogang felt a deep sense of powerlessness; he didn't even know whether Dongfang Yao was alive or dead.

Despite being the Duke of Zhenguo, a man of high rank and great power, he was powerless to help the woman he loved when she encountered trouble. He could only wait for news in this courtyard.

This feeling is not pleasant.

He kept swinging his sword and hacking, and soon the wooden stake was chopped into several pieces. Just then, a sound like the tinkling of bells suddenly came from the eaves behind him.

"Some people seem to be in a really bad mood?"

Xu Xiaogang shuddered and turned around abruptly upon hearing the voice.

Dongfang Yao was sitting by the eaves, her legs dangling over the edge and swinging gently. Her eyes were bright and lively as she looked at Xu Xiaogang and asked, "Are you afraid I won't come back?"

"Xiao Yao." Xu Xiaogang's eyes lit up when he saw Dongfang Yao appear, but soon he also noticed that her temperament had changed drastically.

Although his appearance remained the same, it's not just his looks that matter; his temperament also remained unchanged.

"You..." Xu Xiaogang was about to step forward, but then he paused. He looked at Dongfang Yao and asked, "Are you Dongfang Yao, or... the Fox Saint?"

Dongfang Yao lightly leaped down from the roof and landed in front of Xu Xiaogang. She reached out and pinched Xu Xiaogang's nose: "What do you think?"

"I told you I'd be back."

After saying that, Dongfang Yao reached out and hugged Xu Xiaogang tightly, saying in a deep voice, "I have restored my true form as the Fox Saint, but I have not been affected by the Fox Saint's memories."

"I am still me, I am still Dongfang Yao."

Xu Xiaogang held Dongfang Yao's wrist tightly, and the two looked at each other.

"Oh, right." Dongfang Yao seemed to have remembered something and hurriedly said, "I have something I need to tell Jiang Yun right away. There is something extremely important in my memory!"

"Important matter?" Upon hearing this, Xu Xiaogang grasped her hand and said, "Come on, let's go see my brother-in-law now!"

The two quickly left the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion and headed towards the Jiang residence.

(End of this chapter)