Cutting Down the Green Plum, Curse

The Huang Ni'er before him had turned into a giant weasel demon, standing naked in front of him.

Lu Jun froze.

Before he could react, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his neck.

A furry tail wrapped around his neck and then lifted him straight up.

Lu Jun's face turned red, his limbs flailing in the air.

The furry yellow tail then lifted Lu Jun to the same eye level as the demon in front of him.

The ugly, disgusting, and bizarre weasel demon in front of him, using its furry paw, gently stroked Lu Jun's head. It still spoke in Huang Ni'er's clear and sweet voice.

"What a shame, Brother Jun, I thought you asked me here because you wanted to marry me..."

"But why did you tell me all this..."

"You made me almost forget..."

"I even thought I was human..."

"Hahahaha... It's too funny... I almost married a human!"

The voice became increasingly wild, sharp, and ferocious towards the end!

Haha... Hehehe...

The laughter even turned into a sharp 'Heh heh heh' sound at the end.

"Brother Jun, you smell so good!"

"Be completely with me, my good brother..."

At this moment, Lu Jun's head began to spin again.

My name is Lu Jun, an eighteen-year-old high school student from Earth. My parents died when I was young, and I lived with my uncle.

One day after school, I happened to discover a newly opened fortune-telling booth at the school gate.

Curious, I went inside.

The owner of the fortune-telling booth was a woman wearing a veil with beautiful purple eyes.

The woman casually wrote a few characters in front of me—'died' 'collapsed' 'perished' 'passed away'.

Then, she told me to choose one, and she would divine based on the character I wrote.

I subconsciously chose the character 'mò' (to die/perish).

There was no other reason. The first three characters all described the death of ancient high-ranking officials.

Only the last character, 'demise', looked like the meaning of total annihilation.

Since it was all death anyway, it was better for everyone to die together; at least I'd have company.

The owner suddenly smiled and asked me a question.

"If there were demons and monsters that ate humans in a world, what would you do?"

I inexplicably remembered the popular manga Demon Slayer and blurted out, "Kill them."

Then, I pondered for a moment and said, "Of course, if there were kind demons and monsters, or those who hadn't eaten humans, they could stay."

I felt that no creature should be judged solely by its kind. What if there were good people among them...

The owner smiled and shook her head: "There are no kind demons and monsters in this world. When you encounter them, don't waste your breath; you can kill them all."

Then, a mysterious smile appeared on the owner's face: "Of course, words are not proof. You will see everything one day."

My name is Lu Jun. I was born in a remote mountain village in the Dagan Kingdom.

My mother died during childbirth when I was born, and my father was eaten by a bear while hunting in the mountains one winter.

My grandfather raised me from a young age. I always called him Grandpa.

Because I lost my parents, as the only bloodline they left behind, Grandpa always doted on me.

When I was young, our family was already poor. Grandpa still used the only valuable hens we had to trade for milk from villagers, while he gnawed on wild vegetables and bark...

When I grew up, our family's situation improved slightly. He preferred to live frugally himself but sent me to study with the only private tutor in the nearby village.

I was also one of the few young people in the village who could read and write.

A month ago, I fell and injured my head while going up the mountain, and I forgot everything from my past.

Fortunately, during my recovery over the month, with Grandpa's care, I finally remembered everything.

I remembered Grandpa's care over the years...

I remembered my childhood playmates.

I remembered my biggest childhood dream was to become the steward of the town landlord's estate, marry my childhood sweetheart Huang Ni'er, and then bring Grandpa to the town to live a good life.

Lu Jun felt his head spinning, and the two sets of memories intertwined in his mind.

I can't distinguish them!

I really can't distinguish them!

The yellow tail, however, tightened its grip.

A strong sense of dizziness and suffocation washed over him.

"Brother Ah Jun, let's be together forever!"

The weasel demon's eyes gleamed with intense excitement.

"Give me everything you have!"

"I will... enjoy you thoroughly!"

Lu Jun's gaze was unfocused, his consciousness a bit hazy.

The memory that remained most vivid wasn't these bizarre two fragments of his past.

It was the words spoken by the purple-eyed proprietress wearing a veil: "There are no kind demons in this world. When you meet them, don't waste your breath; you can just kill them all."

Suddenly, Lu Jun smiled.

Even with his throat constricted, a hoarse chuckle escaped Lu Jun's throat.

"What are you laughing at?" the weasel demon paused, surprised.

"So, you're a demon!!!"

"Hahahahaha!!!"

"That's good, then I don't need to have any psychological burden." Lu Jun's lips curved into a sinister grin.

He gently raised his hand, conjuring two sharp wind blades.

The next second, the wind blades shot out from Lu Jun's hand.

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"Ah!"

A piercing scream rang out.

A patch of scalding, foul-smelling liquid was suddenly splashed onto Lu Jun's face.

The tail wrapped around his neck, about to strangle him, loosened.

Lu Jun suddenly fell to the ground, landing on his hands and knees and coughing, gasping for air.

He instinctively turned his head and opened his eyes. The ground before him was covered in a large amount of blood, and the weasel demon in front of him was writhing on the ground in agony. Behind it, a gruesome wound, as if torn open by wind blades, had appeared.

Lu Jun gently rubbed his throat, took out the wood-cutting knife he always carried at his waist, and walked step by step towards the weasel demon.

"You... how do you know my clan's Spiritual Power?!" the weasel demon's voice was filled with terror.

Lu Jun ignored the creature and spoke to himself.

"So, you're a demon!!"

"My dear little sister, you've tricked your brother so badly."

"It's really hard for brother to find you!!"

Lu Jun's face was covered in blood and grime, a sinister grin plastered on his face.

"Wait!!!"

"No! You can't! You can't kill it!!"

Suddenly, a hoarse, aged voice echoed in Lu Jun's ears.

Lu Jun's eyebrows shot up. He turned to look and saw his own Grandpa frantically running towards him.

Lu Jun pouted and, without hesitation, raised his long knife high and brought it down with immense force.

Swish!!

The large head of the weasel demon abruptly fell to the ground.

[Killed demon, Weasel Demon, mastered its innate evolved Spiritual Power - Wind Manipulation]

[Spiritual Power mastered, converted into Demon Essence]

[Demon Essence: 500]

Ah! Such a beautiful sound!

It's already a demon, what's it babbling about!

Too lazy to waste words.

"Noooooo!!!!"

Grandpa, who had finally arrived from a distance, looked at the corpse before him, a flicker of grief crossing his face.

"You... you, why don't you listen!"

"You've caused a huge disaster!!"

Grandpa's tone was full of reproach.

Lu Jun didn't act immediately. He just tightly gripped the wood-cutting knife in his hand.

If there was even the slightest sign of turning into a demon...

Sorry, Grandpa, may you be reborn as a human in your next life.

Grandpa stood frozen in place for a long time, then suddenly raised his head and looked directly at Lu Jun.

Lu Jun's internal alarm bells went off.

The next second, Grandpa grabbed Lu Jun's hand and said, "Follow me!"

Lu Jun's hand was suddenly enveloped by a rough, wrinkled hand, and he was pulled towards the distance.

Lu Jun didn't resist.

He was also curious why Grandpa hadn't turned into a demon.

And where Grandpa was taking him next...

Or perhaps he wanted to have me all to himself... and eat me!

Lu Jun's mind raced.

The two ran for two to three kilometers until they reached a dilapidated temple in a corner of Huang Family Village.

This was the ancestral hall of the 'Huang Pi Dao Master' from decades ago.

Later, the ancestral hall was relocated, and this one was left unmanaged, slowly falling into disrepair.

The old man leaned against a pillar of the ancestral hall, panting heavily.

He muttered, "Ah, the black dog blood you added for me yesterday was really effective. I ran this far today without getting tired at all..."

Then he looked at Lu Jun, who was some distance away, and said irritably, "Why are you staying so far away from me! Afraid I'll eat you!"

Lu Jun replied honestly, "I'm afraid I won't be able to resist stabbing you."

"Damn it, you ungrateful wretch!" Grandpa said indignantly.

Then he suddenly deflated, "You know already, don't you."

"I do. You're a demon," Lu Jun stopped pretending and confessed directly.

"Nonsense, what do you know? You're the demon..." Grandpa cursed at Lu Jun.

"Aren't I?" Lu Jun looked confused.

Then what did he see last night?

Grandpa's righteous indignation made Lu Jun doubt himself for a moment.

The old man and the young man stared at each other for a long time...

After a long while, Grandpa sighed, smacked his lips, and said, "Alright, since you know so much, I'll tell you everything."

With that, a hint of sadness appeared on Grandpa's face, "Actually, our village is cursed."

"Cursed?" Lu Jun raised an eyebrow.

"You saw what that monster looked like just now, that's the curse. Not just it, most people in the village turn into that every night, including me..."

"When we turn into that form, we become bloodthirsty, insane, and unrecognizable, slaughtering villagers. So, including myself, everyone in the village chooses to bind their limbs with iron chains while sleeping at night, so we don't do anything we might regret."

"That's also why I locked the doors and reinforced the windows with iron plates last night, just in case any villagers turned into that form and attacked us."

"This is why I didn't let you kill it just now. It's also a pitiable person!"

"But... why is this happening... why do we have this curse?" Lu Jun raised an eyebrow.

Grandpa looked behind him with a complex expression.

"Perhaps because of Him."

Lu Jun's gaze followed Grandpa's to the depths of the ancestral hall.

In the depths, shrouded in cobwebs and decaying wood chips.

In the dilapidated shrine of the ancestral hall, there was still a statue of 'Huang Pi Dao Master', and like the statue in the main hall, its head was still covered with a black veil.

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