Cultivate, Sign In, And Be Rewarded Handsomely Novel - Chapter 167
Chapter 167: Confrontation
In a restaurant in the inner city.
A human young master’s face was red as he leaned against the wall. In his arms were two enchanting women. He kissed one cheek and stroked the other’s back. He kept saying dirty things.
“Young Master Zhao, you’re so bad.”
“How am I bad?” The man smiled evilly at the woman. “I think the two of you are the bad ones. You were so shy just now, but now you’re relaxed.”
“Young Master Zhao, what nonsense are you talking about?”
“We didn’t. The two of us drank too much and are going back to bed.”
“Sleep? Where are you going to sleep? The two of you can forget about going anywhere today.”
As the man spoke, he grabbed the wrists of the two women. However, at this moment, the door of the cubicle suddenly opened and a graceful figure floated past the door. It was clearly a beautiful face.
The man looked in the direction of the door and was stunned. Was it a side profile or a front profile? However, his subconscious kept reminding him that he saw an incomparably beautiful face.
This power of suggestion kept repeating itself and changing his understanding. In the end, he simply imprinted that incomparably beautiful appearance in his mind. The graceful scene of the two of them dancing appeared in front of the man’s eyes.
…
The man slowly let go of the two ordinary women accompanying him and walked out of the door in a daze, as if he had lost his soul.
“Young Master Zhao, Young Master Zhao, where are you going?”
“Young Master Zhao, don’t leave.”
However, no matter how hard they shouted, they could not stop Young Master Zhao.
The man walked out the door and walked along the corridor. Finally, he reached the end and turned into a wing. There was a rich peony fragrance in the incense shop. The fragrance was so intoxicating and refreshing.
The man looked around as if everything in this space was flickering with a peach color. This light spread and dispersed. The peach color slowly covered the man’s eyes.
An extremely huge peony petal slowly wrapped around the man and floated to the bed. This person was already enchanted by the petals, but in his imagination, he was dancing with the beautiful person in his imagination.
The next morning.
“Ouch.”
The two drunkards had just come out of the restaurant when the cool breeze outside couldn’t help but shiver.
The two of them had just turned into the alley and taken off their pants. They wanted to relieve themselves, but someone beside them suddenly tripped over something.
“What the hell? Who threw things around every day? I fell because of this.”
The person who fell down had a red face and was complaining with vulgarities.
“I think you just refused to admit that you drank too much. I’m telling you that I won’t look for you for this kind of thing next time. Not only are you talking nonsense after drinking too much, but you can’t even stand properly. Don’t fall to your death. Your wife even wants to find trouble with me.”
“Nonsense!”
The person who fell waved his hands indignantly and fell to the ground again. However, this time, he felt like his hand had touched something. He picked it up and held it close to his eyes, studying it carefully.
This long white rod-shaped thing looked familiar, but his mind was muddled and he could not remember what it was.
“What’s so hard? My hand hurts.” He held the leg bone and muttered.
“Ah!”
The person who was peeing turned around. When he saw the thing in his friend’s hand and the skeleton on the ground, he was so frightened that he almost sat down. However, he still maintained his peeing posture and splashed hot yellow pee on the face of the person who had fallen to the ground.
“What are you doing? You bastard, you peed on my face!”
This person’s mind was much clearer after being splashed with urine. He looked at the thing in his hand. It was a human bone. There was a body lying on the ground. The bones were scattered on the ground, and a human figure could be vaguely seen. There was some pink minced meat on the bones. Large pieces of meat had been eaten up, leaving only a little residue.
The two of them did not even have time to pull up their pants. They shouted in surprise and fled the alley.
After an hour, Minglun and his men sealed the place off.
Minglun’s expression was solemn as he looked at the miserable fellow on the ground.
“Captain, this is the tenth case this month. Everyone dies the same way.”
Even their subordinates were terrified when they saw this scene. They were afraid that they would encounter such a thing one day.
The strength of these people who died was not low. All of them were at least at the second or third stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm. Even such a powerful expert had died so miserably. Small soldiers like them were just food between their teeth.
Minglun’s expression was solemn. He had been worried sick about this case recently.
Although he had already sent his subordinates to keep an eye on all those unfamiliar faces, it was still useless. Originally, he did not intend to trouble the City Lord with this case. In addition, the City Lord had been busy with these matters for the past few days, so Minglun had not reported it.
However, from the looks of it, he had no choice but to report it.
The City Lord had a powerful surveillance system. He believed that she would be able to discover the murderer.
“I understand. Strengthen the area with the guards you brought.”
“City Lord, this person is a disaster. If we can’t stop this in time, I’m afraid it will affect everyone in the city. Many people have already begun to consider leaving.”
“I understand. Go and calm everyone down. Leave this to me.”
Hu Jiujiu did not come out of the room. After giving his report, Minglun left carefully.
Hu Jiujiu was pacing back and forth in the room. “Can’t find it. How can this be?”
The Man-eating Vine said helplessly, “I went to look for it, but this fellow shouldn’t be an ordinary demon. His aura is very well hidden, and it’s spread throughout the entire city. It’s not that easy to control him.”
“Don’t you have any idea what kind of demon it is?”
Although the Man-eating Vine could already control the entire Ping City, it had encountered a tricky problem this time.
“I’m not especially sure now. I might have to wait for Master to come out and make a decision. Every time I want to control him, he can easily escape. I don’t think this method will work.”
“Did you sense the general form?”
The Man-eating Vine sat cross-legged on the ground and closed her eyes with a solemn expression. “I’ll try again.”
An inexplicable energy slowly spread out with the City Lord Manor as the center. The place where the energy spread only left behind some fluctuations, so no one could sense any abnormalities. However, in an ordinary courtyard, a beautiful human cultivator suddenly opened her eyes.
Female human cultivators with such looks were rare. In terms of cultivation, men had a huge advantage. However, this woman actually had such deep strength. It was really impressive.
The woman revealed a strange smile and looked in the direction of the City Lord Manor. Her lips curled into a disdainful smile.
After trying again, the Man-eating Vine stopped, panting.
“How is it? Can’t you find it?”
“Something’s wrong. If he’s a demon, I’ll definitely be able to find his aura. However, every time his aura flashed past, I won’t be able to find him anymore. It seems to be hiding somewhere that I can’t track.”
The Man-eating Vine was very puzzled. Logically speaking, there shouldn’t be such a blind spot in Ping City that could hide from her. If there were demons who could do such a thing, they would have to be strong enough or have other methods.
Hu Jiujiu saw that the Man-eating Vine could not find any clues for the time being. It was probably not feasible to rely on the two of them to resolve this matter.
“Then did you find any characteristics? If only some characteristics are needed, we’ll spread the news.”
“According to the aura he left behind, this is a flower demon. It’s powerful and has even stronger concealment methods.”
“What? So the murderer is actually the Flower Demon?”
“I knew it. Such cruel and unreasonable methods must belong to the demons.”
“Brother, you can’t say such things. What did the demons do to you?”
“What do you mean what’s wrong with me? Haven’t you demons done this many times in the past? What’s wrong now? You have a bad temper and still have the guts to shout like this?”
The anger between the demons and humans was about to be ignited. In addition, the increase in the number of demons in Ping City made their momentum even stronger.
“Everyone, be more amiable. What’s the point of saying this now? Since it’s a flower demon, and he didn’t say that his target was only humans, I think there are many demons who died.”
“That’s right. This fellow is ruthless. No matter who it is, we should unite and save it as soon as possible. Otherwise, more people will die.”
There were still people who understood and temporarily resolved the conflict between the two groups.
This flower demon was not particular at all. No matter which race it was, as long as they encountered her, there would be unlucky people.
“Then arrest the flower demon. I don’t believe that a small flower demon would dare to commit crimes in Ping City!”
There were several different images posted on the notice. They were all drawn according to the people associated with the previous victims.
Aaccording to the Man-eating Vine, the murderer should be the same flower demon, but the images drawn on them were very different. It was also because this was the Flower Demon that they could not arrest it. For a time, everyone in Ping City was in danger.
Everyone was afraid that such an unlucky thing would happen to them. This guy was very strong. If it was true, they could only blame themselves for being unlucky.
It was unknown if it was a provocation or because she was fearless. Ever since Hu Jiujiu released the news, the number of people killed had increased. Moreover, every time this guy revealed her aura, it was very short. Every time she planned to attack, she would disappear. This concealment method could be said to be extremely profound.
In just a few days, more than ten people had died tragically on the streets.
“Can the City Lord still do it? If she can’t arrest such a murderer, I think we should change her as soon as possible!”
Many demons gathered on the streets and shouted. Although the humans were objecting, they were not confident at all. This was because many humans had also died. They could not protect Hu Jiujiu and instead ignored the murderer.
“Change the City Lord. I want to change to a truly capable City Lord, not a piece of trash like now!”
The demons surrounded the City Lord Manor and shouted loudly, looking like they were forcing her to abdicate.
Minglun led the team and guarded outside. There were also many spontaneously organized city guards guarding here.
“Everyone, I was ordered to capture this criminal. It’s all my fault now that I’ve let her get away with it. I’m not strong enough, so you can vent your anger on me.” Minglun took off his armor and stood in front of the demons.
“You’re nothing!”
The demons spat at him.
“Let that bastard City Lord come out. She only knows how to hide at the back all day long. I think she clearly doesn’t have any ability at all. It’s time for someone else to be the City Lord.”
“That’s right. There are so many capable people in Ping City, but we had to let the most incompetent person be the City Lord. If we let a little thief get away with it, where will the reputation of Ping City be?”
“Minglun, cut the crap. Hurry up and hand over the City Lord. If you still can’t give an explanation today, everyone will tear down the City Lord Manor!”
As they spoke, they pressed forward again. It was obvious that they planned to stake everything today. Naturally, there were many foreign demons who were taking advantage of the situation. How could they give up such a good opportunity?
The demons relied on their increased current strength to howl.
The humans gathered at the side in silence. They naturally would not watch as the demons tore down the City Lord Manor. However, they would not let Hu Jiujiu hide in the City Lord Manor and not investigate the murderer.
They did not know if this so-called Peony Flower Demon was a smoke bomb thrown by Hu Jiujiu or if such a thing did not exist at all. Now, many people guessed that Hu Jiujiu had absorbed the essence of these people to cultivate after controlling the city.
Many people swayed and believed this saying. The Fox Clan had a history of absorbing people’s essence to cultivate.
“Everyone, I believe that the City Lord will definitely not do such a thing. Today, all of you will accompany me to guard the City Lord Manor. Tonight, we will capture that peony flower demon. No mistakes are allowed!”
Although the leader of the humans was very imposing, everyone below was listless. Clearly, they were not determined to do this.
“Come on, humans are born to be suspicious of each other and scheme against each other. How can we gather together and fight together?”
“These humans are really interesting.”
