The maid tremulously pulled the dagger from the ground and timidly approached Xu Xun.
A trace of helpless sorrow flashed across Xu Xun's face as she gently extended her palm toward the maid.
"Xiao Qing, do it."
The maid Xiao Qing's eyes were filled with fear. Trembling, she took Xu Xun's hand and steeled herself before lightly drawing the dagger across Xu Xun's palm.
Li Tuo held his breath and focused his mind, staring fixedly at Xu Xun without even daring to breathe too heavily.
Lu Jun had thoroughly offended Xiao Yungui.
What if Xu Xun really wasn't a demon?
Li Tuo had no idea what he should do next...
As Xu Xun's tender skin was cut open,
blood suddenly gushed out in an endless stream.
Li Tuo's heart sank straight to the bottom of the valley.
It was over!
It was all over.
Xiao Yungui's gaze sharpened as he looked at Lu Jun. "You saw it. The Xu woman isn't a demon."
Lu Jun said casually, "I saw it."
"But I already said before that it wasn't her."
Immediately afterward, Lu Jun raised his eyes toward the door, then lifted his hand and pointed toward the inner courtyard outside.
"The real demon is over there."
Within Lu Jun's line of sight, that wisp of azure demonic aura was rising!
"Heh, you wanted to see Xu Xun, so I brought her to you!"
"You wanted to verify whether she was a demon, and I agreed!"
"And what was the result? Now you're saying Xu Xun isn't a demon, and that the real demon is deep in my inner courtyard!"
"Aren't you being far too presumptuous!"
Xiao Yungui was furious. He rose to his feet, the veins on his forehead bulging.
A trace of boredom flashed across Lu Jun's face. Too lazy to say more to the Xiao Yungui before him, he stood up directly and walked toward the door.
"Stop! What are you trying to do?" Xiao Yungui immediately bellowed.
Lu Jun said casually, "What else could I be doing? Slaying a demon, of course..."
Immediately afterward, Lu Jun stopped hesitating and unleashed Soaring Wind.
A layer of flowing wind wrapped around his body as he shot toward the depths of the Xiao residence's inner courtyard!
"How dare you!"
The wooden table before Xiao Yungui shattered in an instant. Porcelain bowls and plates flew into pieces across the floor, then suddenly shot toward Lu Jun.
But Lu Jun was clearly faster. Riding the wind around his body, he moved at nearly top speed, locked onto the source of that wisp of demonic aura, and raced all the way to the rear courtyard of the Xiao residence, stirring up a fierce gale in his wake.
The Xiao residence, deep within the inner courtyard.
Xiao Yungui's legal wife, Yu Yun, was in her room.
Her maid was drawing her eyebrows for her.
"Madam, you look so beautiful today... Much prettier than that seductive fox, Xu Xun, the master brought back a while ago. The master will definitely come to your room tonight..."
"Is that so..."
Yu Yun's eyes shifted slightly, and a faint smile spread across her face.
"Of course, Madam!"
"I heard the Demon Slaying Division came to the residence today too. Xu Xun is apparently a demon! The Demon Slaying Division is about to come and arrest her!"
"That really is pitiful..."
"Madam, what kind of demon do you think Xu Xun is? I bet she's a seductive fox. Otherwise, how could she keep the master so bewitched..."
"I think she might be some other kind of demon... Perhaps a Skin-Peeling Ghost, one that put on the skin of another beautiful woman..."
"That does seem possible..."
The young maid pouted as she pondered.
With a thunderous crash, a wild gale suddenly burst into the room.
The objects inside rattled and shook in the wind.
The young maid looked back in terror.
Amid a cloud of dust, a human figure could vaguely be seen.
"Y-you... who are you..."
Lu Jun ignored her.
His eyes merely remained fixed on Yu Yun, Xiao Yungui's legal wife, burning with a hint of excitement.
"Well, well!"
"You really do know how to keep a rabbit three burrows."
"You knew you were about to be discovered, so you even changed skins in advance!"
Lu Jun's expression was excited.
"Y-you... what are you trying to do!"
"This is the Xiao residence!"
"The Pacification Commissioner won't let you off if he finds out!"
The young maid stubbornly stood in front of Yu Yun, shielding her.
Yu Yun, meanwhile, still wore a faint smile.
"Hahahaha..."
Lu Jun laughed. His See Through Myriad Illusions could reveal a person's evil thoughts.
The emotion on this demon's face was clearly disdain.
The meaning behind the smile on her face was obvious as well: five large words—Do you dare kill me?
At the same time, Xiao Yungui's voice, furious to the extreme, rang out from behind him.
"How dare you, thief!"
The young maid hurriedly called out, "Lord Pacification Commissioner!"
In the midst of his fury, Xiao Yungui moved extremely fast as well. He came directly behind Lu Jun and hacked down with his saber.
However.
Contrary to expectations, there was no sound of flesh being cleaved.
Instead, there was an exceptionally crisp crack!
Lu Jun's figure turned into a streak of light and vanished before Xiao Yungui's bewildered eyes.
"Not good!" Xiao Yungui cried out inwardly.
Only after the illusion before his eyes dissipated did Xiao Yungui see it.
Lu Jun had already silently appeared behind Yu Yun. He raised the long saber in his hand high and hacked down heavily without hesitation.
There was no scene of blood spraying through the air.
Yu Yun's head was gone from her neck, exposing what lay within.
A mass of dense black matter roiled inside the woman's shell, but it soon transformed into black smoke and began to disperse.
Yu Yun's severed head hit the ground and rolled, producing a rumbling sound as it turned.
The disdain on her face had already vanished, replaced by astonishment and confusion.
Lu Jun sneered.
"Heh! You bet I wouldn't dare?"
"You gambled your life on it?"
"Have you always been this brave?!"
[Slain the demon, Skin-Peeling Ghost, and comprehended its innate evolved ability—Skin Charm] [Skin Charm: The charm of a skin shell. Your kindred will develop favorable feelings toward you, while demons will develop an even greater craving for your flesh and blood] [Demon Essence: 7300]
"What a useful technique... I can use it as bait to lure demons in the future..."
"Having demons come out on their own is much better than searching for them myself..."
Before Lu Jun could bask in his delight,
a pained howl suddenly rang throughout the entire room.
"Xun'er!!!" Xiao Yungui abruptly embraced the head on the ground, his expression grief-stricken.
The young maid had been completely frightened unconscious by everything she had witnessed moments ago.
At that moment, Li Tuo also arrived late, staring at the shattered, disordered scene before him. For a time, he was left dumbstruck.
Only Lu Jun's expression changed.
From the relaxation that followed slaying the demon to icy coldness!
"Wait, what did he call her???"
"Xun'er???"
"He didn't call her Yun'er!"
"He actually called her Xun'er!"
Lu Jun was certain he hadn't heard wrong!
The right keyword had been triggered!
Before coming here, Lu Jun had already read the mission details carefully.
The secondary wife was Xu Xun, while the legal wife was Yu Yun.
As it turned out, Lu Jun had also investigated the matter clearly after arriving.
Xu Xun, the Skin-Peeling Ghost, had been worried about being discovered, so before Lu Jun came, she had already switched skins with Yu Yun and exchanged identities.
If Xiao Yungui had known nothing about this, then upon seeing Lu Jun kill the Skin-Peeling Ghost after it had successfully changed skins and assumed Yu Yun's identity, he should have subconsciously called her "Yun'er."
But he had called her "Xun'er" instead!
That meant one thing!
Xiao Yungui knew everything that had happened here!
If Xiao Yungui truly had known nothing and had been kept in the dark, Lu Jun wouldn't have bothered with him.
But if he knew everything...
Very good, very good!!!
This was excellent indeed!!
He knew and failed to report it!!! He kept a demon!!! He aided evil!!! He acted as a human traitor!!! He obstructed the Demon Slaying Division's investigation!!! And he had even shown murderous intent toward Lu Jun earlier!!!
How many lives did you have, Xiao Yungui, to dare play things this big?!
You're a human traitor, and you still expect me to waste my breath on you?!
Drop dead for me!!!
Lu Jun smiled, his smile savage and terrifying.
Then Lu Jun did not hesitate.
Wind Riding Technique! Rise!
Flowing wind coiled around his body as he drew his saber with force and hacked toward Xiao Yungui's neck.
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