Miss, Who Did You Call a Demon?

"I'm afraid he wouldn't even give me a year or half a year!"

Chen Fan could not help but sigh when he heard that, but he showed no fear.

"At this point, all we can do is take things one step at a time."

"If things truly cannot be done, go to the Dragon Abyss Prefecture Thousand-Household Office ahead of time to register your records, then apply to remain in Dragon Abyss Prefecture."

"With your talent, it should not be difficult."

"Then Cao De's reach will fall short, and it will be impossible for him to use demons to kill you."

Huang Chengyue said.

That had been what he thought when he was promoted to Chief Squad Leader of the Brocade Guard back then—he had wanted to remain in Dragon Abyss Prefecture, only to be rejected outright. But Chen Fan was different from him.

Chen Fan was a genius martial artist, while he himself was merely mediocre.

Any force would look upon geniuses with special favor and leave them a door open. Before a genius, all rules existed to be broken!

"We'll talk about that when the time comes!"

"My foremost task now is to slay demons and eliminate evil, to wipe out every demon that recklessly treats humanity as blood food!"

Chen Fan said with killing intent boiling over.

Huang Chengyue was also infected by his lofty ambition. If he had possessed such spirit back then, would Ping An County have become a better place today?

While Chen Fan and Huang Chengyue were chatting, a constable from the yamen came to the Brocade Guard garrison looking for Chen Fan.

"Lord Chen Fan, Captain Lu ordered me to deliver this brocade pouch to you!"

Upon seeing Chen Fan, the county yamen constable immediately handed him a brocade pouch, then swiftly turned and left.

"A demon is lurking in County Commandant Liu's residence. Come at once!"

Chen Fan opened the brocade pouch and was initially stunned by the note inside. Then he immediately headed toward County Commandant Liu's residence. But after running only a few steps, he turned back and asked Huang Chengyue:

"Elder Huang, may I ask where County Commandant Liu's residence is?"

"I'll take you there!"

Seeing Chen Fan's urgency, Huang Chengyue spoke up.

At this moment.

Inside County Commandant Liu's residence.

Lu Xuening stood alone before the gates of the Liu residence, one person and one sword. At that moment, a crowd of yamen constables stood before County Commandant Liu's residence with weapons in hand, confronting Lu Xuening.

"Move aside!"

"I want to see County Commandant Liu!"

Lu Xuening shouted sharply, frightening the constables into retreating several steps.

"Captain Lu, please go back!"

"County Commandant Liu has ordered that you cannot mobilize a single constable from the county yamen now."

"Moreover, he does not wish to see you. Why make things difficult for little nobodies like us?"

A constable said to Lu Xuening with a miserable expression.

If County Commandant Liu had not given the order, he truly would not have wanted to oppose Lu Xuening. Though this Ninth-Rank Black-Robed Constable, who had been transferred down from Dragon Abyss Prefecture, was a woman—

She was a martial artist at the great completion of the Divine Treasury Realm. Looking across all of Ping An County, likely only that Hundred-Household Officer of the Brocade Guard could fight her.

If people like them truly started fighting, they would simply be serving themselves up on a platter!

"There is a demon causing trouble in County Commandant Liu's residence. Move aside and let me slay demons and eliminate evil for County Commandant Liu!"

Lu Xuening said in a deep voice.

That very morning, she had personally seen a tiger demon enter Liu Xuan's residence. She had wanted to enter Liu Xuan's home to investigate, but Liu Xuan refused to open the door no matter what. Not long after, a group of constables had gathered around as well.

"Captain Lu, how could there possibly be demons in County Commandant Liu's residence?"

"Don't use that as an excuse to brush us off."

"You should leave quickly, lest we damage our harmony."

"We know Captain Lu's strength is extraordinary, but County Commandant Liu is, after all, a court-appointed official. He has eight hundred county soldiers under his command, and the yamen's three divisions and six offices all answer to him. If you truly provoke him, you may not care, but people like us cannot bear the consequences!"

"We have elderly parents above and young children below. We need this job to help support our households. Surely you cannot force us onto a road of no return?"

An old constable looked at Lu Xuening and said in a grave voice.

The other constables echoed him one after another. They knew they were no match for Lu Xuening if they fought directly, so they intended to move her with emotion and enlighten her with reason!

They wanted to play the emotional card with Lu Xuening!

"I'll say it one more time!"

"Move aside!"

Unmoved, Lu Xuening shouted again. Then she unleashed the Spirit Cat Movement Technique, passing straight through the crowd of constables. She arrived before County Commandant Liu's gates and kicked hard, snapping the vermilion solid-wood doors apart with one kick!

Lu Xuening strode into County Commandant Liu's residence, crossed the front courtyard, and entered the main hall. There, she saw a young man in a black robe seated in the seat of honor. A table stood before him, covered with all manner of delicacies made from human flesh!

County Commandant Liu and his family knelt before the black-robed young man, trembling like leaves.

"Third Master!"

"I didn't bring her here. This has nothing to do with me!"

"Third Master, spare me! I still have children, and I can marry many more wives and bear many more children for Third Master's enjoyment!"

When County Commandant Liu noticed that Lu Xuening had already broken in, he trembled as he spoke to the black-robed young man seated in the chair, enjoying his meal.

Lu Xuening saw every bit of this scene.

"You, Liu Xuan, are also a county commandant of Ping An County, commanding over a thousand people, yet you are threatened by a demon. You truly are unworthy of being called human!"

Lu Xuening looked mockingly at County Commandant Liu and sneered.

"Miss, who did you call a demon?"

The black-robed young man seated in the chair raised his head to look at Lu Xuening upon hearing this. Then he shifted his gaze to County Commandant Liu, who was kneeling on the ground, and asked:

"Liu Xuan, do you say I am a demon?"

"No!"

"You are human!"

"You are the greatest good man under heaven, and also I, Liu Xuan's, master!"

"Spare me!"

"Third Master, this truly was not my intention!"

"I'll have her get lost right away. Don't let her ruin Third Master's mood while dining!"

County Commandant Liu kowtowed on the ground like a pounding garlic pestle, tears and snot streaming down his face as he spoke.

Then he turned his head and immediately changed his expression. With a ferocious face, he said to Lu Xuening:

"Captain Lu, leave my home immediately!"

"Third Master is my honored guest. If you disturb Third Master, I will not spare you!"

Lu Xuening was so enraged that she laughed instead. Pointing at the feast on the table before the black-robed young man, she rebuked him furiously:

"Third Master?"

"You acknowledge a tiger demon as your master?"

"He is calmly eating human flesh and drinking human blood, yet you say he is not a demon?"

Her lungs were truly about to burst with rage.

Calling a deer a horse—nothing could be more fitting!

"That is my son. What business is it of yours?"

"In ancient times, there were those who killed their wives to feast their guests. Today, I, Liu Xuan, kill my son to feast a guest. What is wrong with that?"

County Commandant Liu said in anger born of shame.

Actually, he was not wrong about that. The dishes on that table truly were his child—his biological son!

This tiger demon came to his home roughly twice every year. Each time it came, it would surely eat one of his children, or else eat one of his wives or beloved concubines.

Over the years, he had kept marrying wives and taking concubines, striving to make children, all to supply this tiger demon with food in the hope that it would spare his life.

He feared death!

He truly, truly feared death!

"Why waste words with him? Just kill him!"

At that moment, Chen Fan and Huang Chengyue also arrived at County Commandant Liu's residence. Seeing the scene before them, their eyes were filled with lurking killing intent.

"Alas!"

"I had originally come down the mountain to enjoy a fine meal, yet you people have ruined my good mood."

"Tell me, should you die or not?"

The black-robed young man tossed aside the chopsticks in his hand, rose to his feet, and looked coldly at Lu Xuening and Chen Fan as he asked.

"I don't know when I will die, but I know you are about to die!"

Chen Fan said calmly.