So it turns out I'm the demon!

The pig demon stared at its companion, now in two pieces, and its mind went blank for a moment.

The next moment, an overwhelming rage exploded.

"You beast, how dare you!?"

It let out a deafening roar, its thick right arm carrying a foul stench, and punched straight at Jiang Mu's face.

Before the fist even landed, the violent demonic energy already caused the air to explode.

If that punch lands, it could smash not only a person's head, but also rocks to pieces.

Jiang Mu's footwork became unpredictable and she made a mistake.

His figure slid half a foot to the side like a ghost, effortlessly dodging the attack.

"Too slow."

Jiang Mu swung the blood-red blade in his hand.

The blade flashed like a crescent moon, slashing diagonally upwards.

"Pfft!"

A thick arm covered in stiff mane was severed at the shoulder and thrown high into the air.

"Aww!!"

The pig demon let out a shrill scream, clutching its severed arm and staggering backward, its scarlet eyes filled with terror.

Three Realms?

This is the third realm?!

escape!

Fear overwhelmed anger, and the pig demon lost all will to fight, turning to run away.

Jiang Mu thrust his long sword forward.

"puff!"

The knife tip pierced through the pig demon's fat rear end, penetrating its internal organs, and finally emerged directly from its mouth.

The pig demon's body stiffened abruptly, and it made a "clucking" sound.

It seemed to want to turn its head to see what had happened, but it was too weak to turn its neck.

Jiang Mu remained expressionless, twisted her wrist, and drew her knife.

Blood gushed forth like a waterfall.

Then, another flash of light appeared!

A pig's head flew through the air and rolled into a pool of blood, its face still frozen with pain and bewilderment.

The headless corpse then fell to the ground.

After twitching a few times, the demonic energy dissipated, revealing its true form.

It was a black-haired wild boar.

Jiang Mu wiped the blood off the blade, dissected the two demon corpses, took out their demon cores, and skillfully absorbed their demonic energy.

A new demonic shadow appeared next to the magic slot.

It belongs to that fox spirit.

"No pig demons... it really is all about probability."

Jiang Mu put away the demon core and went to touch the fox demon shadow.

The moment the fingertips touched it, the demonic shadow rippled out like water, and a stream of information flooded into the mind.

"Fox sound?"

Jiang Mu's expression was slightly strange.

This fox demon's ability is to mimic other people's voices.

It could be considered a niche skill.

Jiang Mu didn't pay much attention and continued to search the corpse.

They quickly found a package.

Upon opening it, they found a bag of Na Yin stones, containing more than a dozen of them.

Jiang Mu touched and listened to each one.

Three of them record the contents of Madam Shen's "intimate conversations in bed" with him.

The rest were all unfamiliar voices, and the content was mostly flirtatious whispers.

"This woman has quite a few lovers."

Jiang Mu clicked his tongue in amazement and put away the Na Yin Stone.

He stepped over the demon corpse and entered the house to search carefully for any missing backups.

However, judging from the mess inside the house, the pig demon had clearly already looted it.

Just then, hurried footsteps and shouts came from outside the courtyard:

"Seal off the front and back doors!"

"Hurry! Move quickly!"

Jiang Mu's expression shifted, he sheathed his longsword, and walked out of the house.

Several demon-slaying envoys were guarding the courtyard gate, led by a middle-aged man with a sinister expression.

This person is Yan Fenghuo, the fourth hall master of the Demon Slayer Division.

He is also the one with the highest cultivation level among the eight hall masters of the Demon Slaying Division in Huzhou City.

He had a nickname in the company: "Desperate Yama".

Because of his extremely ruthless and brutal style of handling cases, the casualty rate of his demon slayers has consistently ranked first in the department, and not many people dare to join.

When Jiang Mu walked out of the house, everyone in the courtyard was stunned.

"Hall Master Jiang?"

Yan Fenghuo narrowed his eyes slightly, a hint of suspicion flashing across his face. "What are you doing here?"

Jiang Mu remained calm:

"After receiving a tip from a concerned citizen that a monster was causing trouble here, I rushed over to take a look. Unfortunately... I was too late; the people had already been killed, leaving only these two beasts behind."

He turned to the side.

The monster's corpse was revealed behind him.

Yan Fenghuo's pupils contracted slightly when he saw the two demon corpses that had revealed their true forms.

He asked in a cold voice, "Who reported it?"

Jiang Mu said, "It was reported by the Chaoyang masses, but I don't know exactly who it was. If you have any questions, you can ask the head of the department."

Yan Fenghuo entered the room, surveyed the horrific scene, and then fixed his gaze on Jiang Mu:

"You killed both of these demons?"

"Yes."

Jiang Mu met his gaze. "Is everything alright?"

He paused, then asked in return:

"If I remember correctly, this place should be under the jurisdiction of Hall Master Xu Fu. Why has Hall Master Yan come here?"

Yan Fenghuo said coldly:

"The prison has been attacked, Shen Wanhai is dead, and the head of the prison ordered me to come and take a look."

Jiang Mu was startled.

Although I learned about this from the pig demon, I didn't expect that the mastermind behind it all would be so arrogant.

They dared to directly break into the Demon Slayer Bureau's prison and kill people.

How high must one's cultivation level be?

This is a complete slap in the face to the boss, a slap in my backside!

Just then, Xu Fu arrived with a group of men, panting heavily.

Upon seeing the scene in the courtyard and the two people facing off, he was first taken aback, then looked at Jiang Mu:

"Master Jiang? What are you doing here?"

Jiang Mu briefly recounted what had happened and then asked, "Has the demon that killed Shen Wanhai been caught?"

Xu Fu's face was grim, and he shook his head:

"No, that monster is too cunning. The four gates of Huzhou City are now sealed, and the lord has ordered everyone to conduct a thorough search. But judging from its extraordinary abilities, it has probably already left the city."

Jiang Mu said, "Then I will return to the office first and gather manpower to assist in the patrol."

"Wait!"

Suddenly, Yan Fenghuo's voice rang out.

His sharp gaze was fixed on Jiang Mu: "Hall Master Jiang, you think you can just leave like this? Shouldn't you give a reasonable explanation?"

Jiang Mu paused, then turned around: "What's there to explain?"

Yan Fenghuo's tone was aggressive:

"We had just discovered that Shen Wanhai was colluding with demons when his entire family was slaughtered, and even these two demons who came to benevolently were killed as well."

"Master Jiang... isn't your appearance a bit too coincidental?"

Jiang Mu laughed and said, "Does Hall Master Yan mean that I'm killing a demon to silence him?"

"Should we kill him to silence him, or kill the demon to silence him...?"

Yan Fenghuo took a step closer, "Hall Master Jiang should know this better than anyone else."

The atmosphere inside the courtyard suddenly became tense, like swords were about to be drawn.

Seeing that the situation was not going well, Xu Fu hurriedly stepped forward to smooth things over:

"Old Yan, you can't just say things like that! How could Hall Master Jiang collude with demons? He has made many meritorious contributions recently, and yesterday he even assisted Inspector Ling in eradicating a snake demon's lair. This is something that everyone can see."

"That's even stranger."

Yan Fenghuo sneered.

"The snake demon from yesterday was discovered by Hall Master Jiang after receiving a report. It was later found out that the snake demon was Shen Wanhai's new master."

As a result, today, Shen Wanhai's entire family was murdered.

"Master Jiang, on both occasions, you've mentioned someone reporting us. So who exactly is the informant? Could you please bring them out so I, Yan, can ask them directly?"

At this moment, several more people hurried into the courtyard.

It was the head of the department, Ran Qingshan, who rushed over with several close followers.

Seeing the standoff and the mess in the courtyard, he frowned: "What happened?"

Xu Fu quickly stepped forward and explained the whole story.

Ran Qingshan looked at Yan Fenghuo: "Was this place already like this when you arrived?"

"right."

Yan Fenghuo said in a deep voice,

"My lord, the coincidences are far too suspicious. I have reason to suspect that Master Jiang is killing demons to silence witnesses and cut off all leads."

Unless he can reveal the whistleblower's identity and have it verified by the department, otherwise...

Jiang Mu's expression turned cold.

Are you targeting me?

Damn it, I've been wanting to get back at you for ages.

It looks like a giant purple mushroom, and it's most likely the mole.