Ants Shaking a Tree

The sky was just brightening when Fang Mu, along with his sister Fang Jing and Tu Qing's group, left Qingzhu County early in the morning.

Riding their spirit horses, Tu Qing, leading five subordinates, looked at Fang Mu and sneered, "You really care about your sister, bringing her along even when leaving the city."

Seeing Fang Mu remain silent, Tu Qing wasn't angry. Instead, he said with a playful tone, "I didn't realize your sister was quite so attractive."

"We have quite a few brothers in the Demon Extermination Division. How about I introduce you to a brother-in-law?"

As Tu Qing's laughter echoed, his five subordinates all turned to glance at Fang Jing, their eyes flashing with eager excitement.

"Brother!" Fang Jing sensed the ill-intentioned gazes and fearfully buried her head behind Fang Mu.

"It's alright!"

A murderous glint flashed in Fang Mu's eyes. Tu Qing clearly had ulterior motives for bringing him out of the city.

If Tu Qing wanted to harm him, he also intended to deal with the other man.

As for Vice Chief Envoy Tu Shan, although a powerful expert at the First Rank, Fang Mu already had some plans that he believed could be implemented.

The place they were heading to was a village nestled in a valley.

This village was built within a massive valley, and its inhabitants survived on the fruits, vegetables, and other crops grown there.

While they couldn't achieve great wealth, their lives were peaceful and comfortable.

From the information he had gathered and some tidbits overheard from casual conversations among several Demon Slayer Envoys, Fang Mu had pieced together a general understanding of the situation.

The village was called Gucun. Recently, it seemed a demon had infiltrated the village, and people had been frequently disappearing.

Later, Gucun requested support from the Qingzhu County Office. Qi Zhu and Wen Xuan, along with several Demon Slayer Envoys, were dispatched to Gucun to apprehend the troublesome demon.

Gucun was not far from Qingzhu County. Fang Mu remained vigilant of Tu Qing the entire way, but Tu Qing showed no intention of making a move.

The group rode their spirit horses at a brisk pace, arriving at Gucun by noon.

After understanding the basic situation, Fang Mu learned that Wen Xuan and the others had pursued a demon into a dense forest outside the valley and had not returned since.

After Tu Qing inquired about some information from the village chief of Gucun, he led Fang Mu and his group out of the valley and into the dense forest outside.

After walking through the forest for a while, Fang Mu's group was attacked by wild wolves.

They were a pack of emaciated wolves, clearly having not eaten for a long time, and they became extremely excited upon seeing Fang Mu's group.

Fang Mu protected Fang Jing, only defending and not attacking with full force. The wolves found it difficult to injure him, but they managed to scratch two of the weaker Demon Slayer Envoys.

"Attack with full force! Kill them!" Tu Qing roared, unleashing his full power to slay them.

As Tu Qing's roar subsided, the five Demon Slayer Envoys also attacked with their full might.

With the full force of two Martial Artist Eighth Rank, two Martial Artist Seventh Rank, and one Martial Artist Sixth Rank Demon Slayer Envoys, the wild wolves were either killed or fled, quickly disappearing from sight.

"Fang Mu, take two people to scout the nearby terrain and gather some firewood. I brought a few pheasants; we'll roast them later. Your sister can stay here and help apply medicine to our injured brothers. Don't worry, I'll protect her for you."

Looking at Tu Qing's confident words, Fang Mu couldn't help but curse inwardly, thinking, With you here, I'm even more worried.

"Xiao Jing, stay here. I'll be back soon."

Fang Mu left with two Martial Artist Seventh Rank Demon Slayer Envoys, casting a glance at the smiling Tu Qing before departing.

After walking a distance into the forest, Fang Mu suddenly stopped.

The two Demon Slayer Envoys following him seized the moment and swung their sabers at him.

With two loud clangs, the sabers of the two Demon Slayer Envoys struck Fang Mu's back accurately.

However, the sound of metal clashing against metal rang out. The immense recoil sent a shockwave that numbed the hands of the two Demon Slayer Envoys, causing them to almost drop their sabers.

"Do you know who is the most overconfident? It's the mantis trying to stop a chariot."

A cold voice suddenly came from behind the two Demon Slayer Envoys.

Before the two could react, a pair of blood-stained fists pierced through their chests.

The two Demon Slayer Envoys stared in horror at the fists protruding from their bodies, at the spurting blood, their eyes filled with disbelief and unwillingness.

Watching the two corpses fall to the ground with thuds, Fang Mu wiped his blood-stained hands on their clothes.

Fang Mu could have easily dodged the sneak attack from the two earlier, but he wanted to test if a Seventh Rank Martial Artist attacking with full force could injure him.

The result was quite good; Fang Mu's physical body was almost unharmed, completely capable of ignoring the attacks of Seventh Rank Martial Artists.

"In this day and age, some people just love to court death."

As the words fell, Fang Mu had already vanished from his spot, rapidly darting back in the direction they came from.

On the other side, the two injured Martial Artist Eighth Rank Demon Slayer Envoys began to make advances towards Fang Jing.

"I didn't expect Fang Mu's sister to be so good-looking."

"What do you think would happen if I took you right here and now? Would Fang Mu come back and fight me to the death?"

Tu Qing, with a smile on his face, slowly walked towards Fang Jing, his greed undisguised, like a wolf eyeing a lamb.

"Don't do anything rash. My brother will be back soon, and he won't be polite to you."

Fang Jing backed away in terror, her hand unconsciously gripping the Bee Tail Sword hidden in her sleeve.

"Haha! So what if he's not polite!"

"Qing Ge, you wait. We'll hold her down, and you can whip her properly."

Two Demon Slayer Envoys, with wicked grins, charged at Fang Jing.

Another man, a Fifth Rank Martial Realm cultivator, flashed to the side, ready to casually grab Fang Jing if she tried to escape.

"Ah!!" Suddenly, two screams rang out.

Of the two Demon Slayer Envoys who had recklessly charged at Fang Jing, one was impaled by the Bee Tail Sword.

The other was entangled by two vines and then also stabbed by Fang Jing.

Fang Jing, holding her long sword and retreating in fear, watched the two men scream as their bodies crashed to the ground, turning black and rotting. She cried out in terror.

Xixi, hidden in Fang Jing's arms, poked out a small head. Seeing two more powerful individuals, she was so scared she quickly retracted her head.

"How dare you! You actually dare to injure people!"

Tu Qing, having finally reacted, roared in anger and looked at the Fifth Rank Martial Realm cultivator beside him, signaling him to apprehend Fang Jing.

Tu Qing was very curious about the strange willow leaf sword in Fang Jing's hand.

It was definitely a treasure sword, capable of killing two Eighth Rank Martial Realm cultivators.

Although it was a sneak attack, the sword seemed extremely sharp and possessed some kind of poisonous effect.

Following Tu Qing's signal, the remaining Demon Slayer Envoy suddenly pointed behind Fang Jing and exclaimed, "Fang Mu!"

Tu Qing was startled by the sudden shout. Fang Jing, however, turned around joyfully, but there was nothing behind her.

"Bang!"

With a loud bang, Fang Jing screamed and was sent flying backward.

The Demon Slayer Envoy had chosen to launch a sneak attack, sending Fang Jing flying with a punch. He then lunged forward, attempting to capture her.

"Bang!"

"Ah!"

A figure descending from the sky, like a falling meteor, slammed the Demon Slayer Envoy into a pit, crushing all his bones and internal organs.

"Damn it, can someone tell me? What the hell happened? Was I hit by an extraterrestrial meteor?"

With his dying will, the Fifth Rank Martial Realm Demon Slayer Envoy, without even seeing his enemy, died instantly with his eyes wide open.

Seeing Fang Mu slowly emerge from the pit, his face filled with killing intent, Tu Qing took two steps back in surprise.

"Fang Mu! What do you want to do?"

Seeing Fang Mu approaching, his killing intent undisguised, Tu Qing couldn't help but feel uneasy. He slowly retreated, holding his long saber, and shouted a question.