Moe Girl Guardians

"Now that everyone's here, let's talk about the test. You can choose to attend the banquet first, or you can start right away," Mei said with a mischievous smile.

"Mitori, wait a minute!" Just as Mitori was about to tell Wenwen and Wufeng about the test with a mischievous smile, a kappa girl hurriedly came over from behind and whispered a few words in her ear. Mitori's expression changed slightly.

"...What a pity." After a struggle with her inner conflict, Mitsuki's pretty face showed a look of regret.

"What went wrong?" Wenwen immediately became interested; even during the engagement, her gossip reporter instincts were still there.

"There were some unexpected issues with the banquet, so the test will have to be changed slightly," Mitsuki said, still with a regretful expression.

"Give me the stamp card first." Taking the stamp card from Wenwen, Mitsuki also took out a stamp and stamped the character "River" on it.

"What is this?" Wenwen asked with a puzzled look on her face as she took the stamp card. "Does this mean I've passed the test?"

"Come with me first." After handing Kawashiro Nitori over to another kappa girl, Mitori jumped into the lake, peeking out with her head towards the two of them.

"The person in charge of guarding the banquet ingredients just sent a message saying that all the ingredients stored in one of the warehouses have mysteriously disappeared," Mei Xiang explained to the two on the way to the bottom of the lake.

"Is the problem serious?" Wenwen's expression turned slightly serious upon hearing this. While the kappa's individual strength was average, it possessed technology far surpassing that of the outside world. Combined with its innate water control abilities, it would be completely at ease at the bottom of the lake. To steal an entire warehouse of ingredients without being detected… which powerful demon had so much free time on its hands?!

"It's alright for now. We have enough ingredients stored up for this banquet to last for more than half a month. So far, only a quarter of them have been lost, but if they keep going, who knows?" Mitsuki gave a wry smile. Only a great yokai could do something like this... Who would be so idle as to do something like that...?

Upon hearing Mitsuki's description, Wu Feng paused slightly. Losing ingredients under the tight defense of a kappa—something only a powerful yokai could accomplish—what could he possibly think of in conjunction with these forces?

"Because of this incident, the challenge has changed to [finding the missing ingredients]."

"I've already stamped the seal beforehand. I'll do my best. If I really can't find it, so be it. If we guard the remaining ingredients carefully, we should be able to make it through."

"If this accident hadn't happened, what would the original test have been?" The changed test content suddenly piqued Wu Feng's curiosity about the original test. After all, he had almost guessed the culprit behind this [anomaly]...

“…What a pity,” Mitsuko sighed once again, glancing back and forth between Wenwen and Wu Feng.

"If it weren't for this accident, the test would have been for Aya and Yuuka to kiss right there in the center of the banquet. That would have been enough to pass. Tsk tsk, now we won't have the chance to see it." After saying that, Mitori looked regretful, as if she was sad to have missed such a wonderful scene.

"..."

"..."

Holy crap! Lady Yuyuko, I love you to death!

Although the two have both accepted the engagement and it's not exactly a fake marriage, kissing in front of everyone... that's something to just dream about!

Wenwen also looked relieved. If nothing had gone wrong, how awkward would the situation have been?

Following Mitsuki, we arrived at the bottom of the Xuanwu Marsh. Surprisingly, there was no water, but a high-tech protective shield that kept the water out.

We arrived at a large warehouse, a spacious room with almost no food left.

Is this the warehouse?

"Well, when I received the message, there should still be about a third left..." Mitsuki looked at the inside of the warehouse with a conflicted expression. There were still some ingredients left, but it would be good if there were about a tenth left. Maybe if she came any later, they would be completely gone.

"If this continues, it will affect the normal progress of the banquet, won't it?" Looking at the empty warehouse, Wu Feng asked Mei Qu.

"At this rate of loss, we won't even last until today." Seeing the current situation with her own eyes, Mitsuko realized that her estimate was wrong...

"...Although I am very grateful to Lady Yuyuko for helping me escape a crisis, it is not appropriate to continue making a fuss, so let's stop," Wu Feng said in a low voice, making up his mind.

"Is that a food storage warehouse over there too?" Wu Feng asked, pointing to a warehouse next to him after taking two steps back.

"Um"

"I need to borrow some ingredients, please wait a moment," Wu Feng said before disappearing from the warehouse. Not long after, a faint aroma wafted in from outside the warehouse.

"I didn't expect Yuuka to be able to cook!" Mitsuki and Aya said in surprise as they stood together. Most of their food was eaten raw, such as cucumbers, cucumbers, and so on. They only cooked this dish specially for this banquet.

In the world of Yokai Mountain, yokai that can cook are considered a rare attribute.

"...I just found out too." Wenwen was also a little surprised. In her memory, she had never seen Youfeng cook.

"You're in luck from now on," Mitsuki teased Wenwen, adding that finding someone who can cook is something to celebrate.

A moment later, Wu Feng walked in carrying a plate with dumplings-shaped pastries on it. Steam was rising from the dumplings, indicating that they had just been made.

"You're not planning to use this to lure the other party out, are you?" Seeing Youfeng walk in, carrying nothing but pastries, Mitsuko couldn't help but ask. Although the smell was indeed quite good, making her want to open it with her index finger, she thought that no monster would fall for this trick.

"If I'm not mistaken, this is enough..." Wu Feng looked at the pastry with a conflicted expression, hoping that this time he wouldn't lose his arm along with it...

"Lord Yuyuko, dinner's ready!" Just as Wenwen and Mitori were focusing their attention on him, waiting for their next move, Wu Feng suddenly shouted, his voice echoing throughout the warehouse.

Before the echo had even faded, a dark shadow had already arrived beside Wu Feng at a speed exceeding the limits of the three's ability to detect it, and took a bite.

"It's settled. Now we just need to wait for Sister Yaoji to come and accept it..." Wu Feng said calmly as he returned to the two of them. The plate in his hand had disappeared, and a ghost-like creature was now hanging on his arm...

"Please don't tell anyone about this..."

……

"I'm so sorry." In less than half an incense stick's time, Youki arrived at the bottom of the river and apologized to Mitsuki. While cooking, Wu Feng had just unleashed a little bit of his death power, which was enough to lure Youki here.

"Our Baiyulou will be responsible for compensation this time," Yaoji said, feeling a pang of regret. A whole warehouse of ingredients—how much money would that cost? Baiyulou had always been in a state of utter poverty…

"It is their honor to be able to eat the food of Lady Yuyuko..." With a stiff smile, Mitori hurriedly waved her hand, never expecting that she would eat all the ingredients... At first, she thought it was some great monster playing a prank.

"I'll take Lady Yuyuko away first. Yufeng, I'll leave the matter of repaying the money to you." Youki said seriously, placing one hand on Wu Feng's shoulder. Before he could speak, he and Yuyuko disappeared in an instant.

"...Has that person from Hakugyokurou always been like this?" Mitsuko suddenly asked Wu Feng as she watched the two leave.

"I don't think so..."

……

"So the test with the kappa is over, right?" Back on the shore, drying his clothes, Wu Feng asked hesitantly, "There are still two more..."

"In the end, this whole thing was caused by that person, so it's also your fault, Yufeng. Don't you two plan to do something to make amends?" Recalling the initial test, Mitsuki suddenly smiled and stood in front of the two of them, saying this.

"Just a kiss in the middle of the banquet and the debt is wiped clean, what a bargain!" Mitsuki's eyes gleamed, as if she could already see that scene.

"Let's forget it. The agreed-upon commission has been completed. We can talk about the money owed next time," Wu Feng said with a forced smile, pulling Wenwen along as the two gradually retreated to the other side of the banquet.

When Mitsuko suggested kissing, an immense pressure, filled with envy, jealousy, and resentment, suddenly emanated from the single male youkai, making him feel incredibly stressed...

Anyway, once I have the stamp, who would bother with anything else? (A fantastic event with freebies falling from the sky! Cool phones are waiting for you! Follow the Qidian/Chinese website WeChat official account (add friends on WeChat - add official account - enter ddxiaoshuo) to participate now! Everyone wins a prize, follow the ddxiaoshuo WeChat official account now!) (To be continued...)

P.S.: Today, while writing, I got to around 1500 words, then I don't know where I pressed, and the document closed without saving, so I had to start over.

It seems like these three days were all double monthly passes, but the momentum waned in the last two days →→

Unfortunately, the classic scene was still not released.

Chapter 372 Oh, your fiancée is right there.

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Mitsuki was probably just joking. After saying that, she didn't chase after them and let the two leave, escaping the area where the kappa was. Aya and Wu Feng returned to the deserted path for the insiders and continued their ascent into the mountains.

"The next place to go is the Ghost Clan, right?" After letting out a sigh of relief, Wu Feng looked at the small map in his hand. The next stop was the Ghost Clan's banquet.

"Shouldn't the demons be on the mountaintop? Why are they having a banquet in the mountains?" Wu Feng asked in confusion. In his mind, the demons were the nominal top of the Demon Mountain and would live in the mountains.

“…It should be Yamauchi,” Wenwen said irritably after glancing at the map. “You could at least look at it properly.”

"Mount Youkai was originally an active volcano that erupted frequently, but it has been dormant since the last eruption. Most of the oni (demons) live inside the mountain, as it is more suitable for them than the surface."

After taking a closer look at the map, it seemed that the location marked for the Oni clan was indeed inside the mountains... but it was way too close to the location inside the mountains! That's right, it's definitely not because he was stupid, it's all the mapmaker's fault!

"...To get to the Ghost Clan's territory, do we have to pass through the Giant Toad Pool halfway up the mountain first?" Skipping over the previous topic, Wu Feng continued.

The Pond of the Giant Toad is said to be a rather eerie place in human legends. The water there is said to be divine water, which can have unexpected effects when people pray to it.

It is one of the main places that humans go to when visiting the Monster Mountain.

He and Wenwen have been walking for almost half a day from the foot of the mountain. They're not too far from where they are in the mountains. Although they can't see the Giant Toad Pool from here yet, they should be close enough.

"Wenwen, if nothing unexpected had happened, and Mitsuki had presented the original test... what would you have done?" Halfway there, Wu Feng suddenly blurted out the question without thinking, and immediately felt embarrassed. Who asks a girl such a question?

There was no answer for a long time. When Wu Feng looked at Wenwen, her pretty face was already flushed, and there was a slight confusion in her eyes. White smoke was about to rise above her head, as if she had already begun to imagine the possible scenes.

Despite her cheerful and outgoing personality, Wenwen is surprisingly innocent in some ways.

"...In that case, we have no choice but to do it..." After spinning around, Wenwen unexpectedly recovered, her pretty face flushed, and she turned her head away, whispering.

"Let me make this clear, it's not for your sake. If the engagement falls through, it will be very embarrassing for both of us..." Her pretty face flushed red. Her voice grew softer and softer until it was almost inaudible.

Upon hearing the answer, Wu Feng was too embarrassed to look at Wenwen, and a moment of silence fell between them.

There was no one else on the mountain path besides the two of them, and because of the question from earlier, the conversation suddenly turned cold. What should have been a lively day for the engagement now felt eerily quiet.

"Ah!" As dusk fell and darkness descended, a woman's scream rang out, standing out starkly in the quiet environment.

"I'll go take a look first," Wenwen said immediately, spreading her wings. On one hand, she wanted to avoid the awkward situation, and on the other hand, this was their territory of the Monster Mountain. How could anyone dare to mess around?

As for the rules in the notebook, didn't they say that special cases should be treated specially? Now this is definitely a special case!

"I'll catch up soon," Wu Feng nodded, signaling Wenwen to go first. He wasn't slow either, but he was still far behind Wenwen.

A gentle breeze blew by, and Wenwen vanished without a trace. Even Wu Feng could barely keep up with the speed of the Wind Goddess, and there was little chance of him catching up.

"Who on earth dares to cause trouble on Youkai Mountain? Could it be that some male youkai has been single for too long?" Wu Feng muttered to himself in confusion. To dare to cause trouble today is really something else. At least a third of the great youkai in Gensokyo will be gathered here. Isn't this just blatantly courting death?

Just as Wu Feng was curious and wanted to rush over to see the result, a mass of darkness suddenly emerged from the shadows by the roadside without warning, enveloping him before moving back into the darkness.

No trace was left on the mountain path, including footprints and energy fluctuations; it was as if no one had ever been there, and the place returned to tranquility.

The source of the sound was not far from Wenwen; even if the distance increased several times, it would only be a moment to her.

But when Wenwen arrived at the source of the sound, she only saw a female demon girl on the ground. There was no one else there, and not even any residual demonic energy. Keep in mind that only a blink of an eye had passed since the sound was made. How could a male demon escape in such a short time?

Could this be another prank by some powerful demon? Wenwen couldn't help but wonder. After the previous incident at Hakugyoku-ro, who knows if this time it was the demon sage deliberately causing them some trouble?

After all, this incident was too bizarre. A monster that could escape in the blink of an eye and leave no trace? Only a powerful monster could do that.

When Wenwen approached the monster girl, she found that she had simply fainted and had no injuries. Her strength was not very strong, probably only around the level of the Fierce position. A Mad position expert could knock her unconscious in an instant, but there was no way she could have escaped before Wenwen arrived.

After giving the monster girl a little stimulation, her breathing became smoother and she gradually regained consciousness.

"??!!" As her consciousness gradually returned, the monster girl opened her eyes, her face still showing the confusion and bewilderment of someone who had just woken up.

"What just happened here?" Without wasting any time, Wenwen went straight to the point. Perhaps there was still time to catch the culprit, if it wasn't a powerful demon…

"..." A look of pain flashed across the monster girl's face, as if she was beginning to recall what had happened before, prompted by Wenwen.

"...Darkness, I fainted after seeing darkness, where am I?" the monster girl said uncertainly, glancing at her surroundings before suddenly asking in confusion.

"This is the Mountain of Monsters. Weren't you here before?"

"...No, I live near the Monster Mountain, but I wasn't within the Monster Mountain area when I fainted," the monster girl said definitively.