Cause and Effect

"Demons!" someone in the crowd immediately started to panic.

Everyone watched Ye Chen's transformation with terrified expressions, but the next sentence calmed them all down.

"What are you afraid of? Didn't you see an adult from the Demon Slaying Division here!"

Seeing Lu Jun, they immediately calmed down.

"So it's just a Green Zombie!" Lu Jun chuckled lightly.

Without any hesitation, Lu Jun raised his foot and stomped, exploding Ye Chen's head.

[Killed demon, Green Zombie, mastered its innate Spiritual Power - Bronze Skin Iron Bones]

[Bronze Skin Iron Bones: Increases strength, impervious to blades and spears]

[Demon Essence: 3026]

What a loser, only 26 points of Demon Essence...

Lu Jun scoffed internally.

He glanced down at the headless corpse of the Green Zombie beneath him, its fingernails sharp and its skin a bronze hue.

Suddenly, Lu Jun seemed to sense something and raised an eyebrow.

The next second, a pitch-black soul body shot out from Ye Chen's neck, transforming into a ferocious-looking head that roared at Lu Jun, "You just wait!"

Then, it swiftly floated away into the distance.

"Oh? It seems it wasn't just a Green Zombie..."

"Looks like there's more to play with behind this..."

"But he dared to threaten me!"

Lu Jun smiled.

Lu Jun didn't choose to pursue immediately.

His Spiritual Power, 'See Through Myriad Illusions,' had the ability to track the location of demons by their demonic energy. The opponent's aura was locked onto by him; it was only a matter of time before they died.

He would find them sooner or later.

Lu Jun quite enjoyed playing the long game and catching big fish.

Thinking this, Lu Jun raised an eyebrow, and the corners of his mouth turned up again.

"It seems there are subsequent rewards..."

After dealing with the demon, Lu Jun gently raised his eyes again and glanced towards the outside. Beyond the door lay the deep courtyard of the Li Mansion.

In Lu Jun's 'See Through Myriad Illusions' vision, a dense demonic energy still lingered there.

"Master Li, perhaps we should have a private chat," Lu Jun said calmly.

Master Li swallowed a mouthful of saliva, shivered all over, and quickly said, "Sir! Please follow me!"

In the attic.

Master Li and Lu Jun sat facing each other.

Master Li respectfully served tea and placed it in front of Lu Jun.

"Sir! The tea..." Master Li said cautiously.

Master Li wasn't unfamiliar with important figures.

But when these important figures mentioned the Demon Slaying Division, their expressions were filled with deep apprehension.

The Demon Slayers were the most mysterious group in all of Dagan.

Rumor had it they possessed extraordinary Spiritual Power and were always on the front lines fighting against demons and monsters.

This was Master Li's first time interacting with one, and he was naturally both surprised and fearful.

"Don't be afraid, I'm not a demon, I won't eat you?"

Lu Jun smiled peacefully.

Master Li also gave a dry, forced laugh.

It was hard to connect the polite, gentle-smiling young man before him with the brute who had just stomped a demon's head in.

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"Tell me, talk about Ye Chen's background, and then tell me about your daughter," Lu Jun said.

"Yes."

Master Li began to speak, his expression tinged with a hint of loneliness and grief.

"About two years ago, my daughter was just fifteen, the age of her coming-of-age ceremony. I was also preparing to find a suitable family for her to marry into."

"Unexpectedly, my daughter became pregnant."

Lu Jun raised an eyebrow.

"I was furious at the time. She was pregnant before we were even married. This would undoubtedly bring shame to the family. But no matter how I questioned my daughter, she just cried and told me she hadn't been with any man, nor had she done anything improper..."

"Half a month passed, and my anger gradually subsided. My daughter is my daughter, the only bloodline my late wife left me. If my daughter truly liked that man, it wouldn't matter if they were from different social classes. Our family isn't lacking in wealth. As long as my daughter is happy, that's all that matters."

"But when I asked again, my daughter still cried and told me she hadn't been with any man. At this point, I gradually sensed something strange. My daughter's wet nurse told me that she had indeed stayed in her chambers and rarely went out. The only people around her were her maids. In other words, besides me, my daughter had basically no contact with any other men."

"At the time, I still refused to believe it..." Master Li let out a wry smile. "Yes, according to the understanding of ordinary people like us, how could a woman get pregnant without contact with any man? It's simply a fairy tale."

"I had people search all the guards in my mansion... but the results were still disheartening. I found nothing..."

"Alas, in the end, I came to terms with it. I'll just treat it as if I gained a grandchild out of nowhere. After all, she's my daughter's child, so she's still my own grandchild... I gradually stopped searching for the man who ruined my daughter's life."

"But I never expected that this was just the beginning of the horror..."

Master Li's expression turned fearful.

"My daughter was pregnant for a full two years!"

"A normal pregnancy is only nine months, at most ten. But she was pregnant for two whole years!"

At this point, Master Li covered his face and began to cry.

"I finally understood. My daughter... didn't lie to me... didn't bring shame to the family. She was only fifteen years old then, and I scolded her, treated her coldly, and viewed her as a disgrace to the family... I finally understood her suffering..."

"I finally realized all of this was the work of demons and monsters..."

"Ling Nu, a girl in the prime of her life... I watched as she, once a plump girl, was tormented by the damned demon in her belly until she was skin and bones!"

"I ache! I hate!"

By this point, Master Li was sobbing uncontrollably.

Lu Jun did not rush him.

He silently listened to the broken father in front of him expose his vulnerability and pain.

After a long while, when the other party's emotions had stabilized.

Lu Jun gently asked, "What about that Ye Chen?"

Master Li replied, "Ye Chen came to us a year ago."

"A year ago, when my daughter was twelve months pregnant, I started to sense that something was wrong, so I sought medical help... But I knew this wasn't something ordinary physicians could solve. At the same time, I also asked some influential friends to find Law Seekers with Spiritual Power like yourself."

"It was at this time that Ye Chen arrived. He claimed to be a disciple of the demon-slaying forces in Yunzhou – the Puppet Corpse Dock – and said he could save my daughter."

"My daughter was already being tormented by the demon in her belly until she was skin and bones. And my daughter said she could sometimes hear the demon's voice from within her belly..."

"Finally, Ye Chen used his Spiritual Power, and my daughter's belly began to shrink. At the same time, her condition and complexion improved significantly..."

"I treated Ye Chen as my only hope for salvation. Who would have thought he was a demon..." Master Li clutched his hair in pain as he thought of this.

"Then why did you recently start summoning physicians again?" Lu Jun asked.

"My daughter's condition suddenly worsened recently, so I wanted to find some physicians to prescribe medicine to nourish her body, while Ye Chen would handle the demon in her belly. I naively thought this wouldn't have a significant impact."

Lu Jun said, "Then why didn't you seek help from the Demon Slaying Division?"

Master Li looked up at Lu Jun and replied hesitantly, "I didn't dare."

"Why didn't you dare?"

Master Li's voice trembled slightly, but under Lu Jun's sharp gaze, he answered truthfully:

"The Demon Slaying Division has a fearsome reputation. They kill all demons and monsters on sight... I was afraid you would kill my daughter."

"..."

Lu Jun.

He supposed he had come to the right organization.

This corporate culture was exactly to his taste!

It was just that their reputation wasn't great.

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