Never Separate

Soon, the System's prompt sounded in Shen Lin's mind. [Killed Enlightenment Wolf Demon, not yet Xiantian, lifespan +200 years, remaining lifespan 115 years, absorption complete.]

The Mantis Demon and Ape Demon from before only had 150 years of lifespan. This Wolf Demon, from the Opening Meridians Realm, had fifty more years than those demon beasts of the Martial Artist realm.

Having obtained the Demon lifespan he craved, Shen Lin walked towards Sun Zhi with a smile, saying loudly, "Head Constable Sun! Grab your things, let's go?"

His words jolted Sun Zhi awake. He looked at Shen Lin standing before him, opened his mouth, but no sound came out. That was...

Before the shock in his mind could dissipate, his body obediently stood up. He endured the pain and hoisted the wolf demon's corpse onto his shoulder. He walked with Shen Lin for a while, still unable to accept what he had just witnessed. A wolf demon comparable to the Opening Meridians Realm, a powerful existence that could incapacitate him with a single casual strike, was like a child before Shen Lin. This guy... had been hiding his strength all along!

After much thought, he could only come to this conclusion. The saying about breaking through during a life-or-death crisis was utter nonsense. Sun Zhi didn't believe Shen Lin could become an Opening Meridians Realm Martial Artist in just a few days. Therefore, there was only one explanation. This guy had been a Martial Artist for a long time, but had been hiding his strength. He had only started revealing his power recently because he had reached a critical juncture in his cultivation and urgently needed cultivation resources.

Considering Shen Lin's performance just now, Sun Zhi felt that the other party was definitely not newly in the Opening Meridians Realm. He must have at least opened two meridians to be able to overpower a wolf demon of the same Opening Meridians Realm. So, the answer was obvious. Shen Lin was about to break through to Xiantian!

At this possibility, Sun Zhi's eyes widened, and he instinctively stopped walking. The Qiulin County Annals recorded the most recent Xiantian realm Martial Artist twenty years ago. That senior served as the County Lieutenant in Qiulin County for his entire life. At eighty years old, he had an epiphany and broke through to the Xiantian realm. Legend had it that on the day he broke through, his white hair instantly turned black, the wrinkles on his skin vanished, and he looked decades younger. And Shen Lin, if he remembered correctly, was only twenty years old this year... A twenty-year-old Xiantian was unheard of.

"Head Constable Sun!" Noticing him stop, Shen Lin turned his head, a gentle smile on his face, and asked softly, "Tired?" Sun Zhi suddenly looked up, forcing a smile on his sweat-soaked face, and stammered, "Not tired, not tired..." "That's good. Since we've handled this matter, we should hurry to find Old Master Bai." Hearing this, Sun Zhi was stunned and instinctively asked, "Go back to find Old Master Bai?" He thought Shen Lin was rushing through the night to return to the county office and turn in the Demon corpse for a reward. As for the Bai family, Sun Zhi honestly didn't want to go. That family was too creepy. Even if he wanted to continue doing business in the future, he could just send a subordinate Constable later to deliver the remaining money, why the rush? "Yes!" Shen Lin nodded naturally, "Doing business requires integrity. We should give them the remaining payment before taking on the next job." Hearing this, Sun Zhi's heart became even more certain of his previous guess. Such urgency must be because he was eager to break through to Xiantian. The two continued walking. As the sun began to rise, Bai Family Village was already in sight. Sun Zhi felt his vision blurring and his body heating up. The wolf demon's tail whip earlier had broken several of his ribs. Without resting, he had been traveling at high intensity, and now he had a fever and was disoriented. Shen Lin glanced at him, looked around, and walked into a farmhouse. Then, he came out with an old farmer. The old farmer led a donkey, pulling a cart behind it. Shen Lin walked up to the swaying Sun Zhi, took out all the silver notes hidden on him, and casually handed one to the old farmer. "One hundred taels of silver notes, is that enough?" The old farmer's eyes curved into slits, and he quickly said, "Enough, enough, officer, you're too kind..." Shen Lin smiled, took the wolf demon corpse off Sun Zhi's shoulders, and threw it onto the donkey cart. Then he looked at the swaying, vacant-eyed Sun Zhi, threw him next to the wolf demon corpse, and said to the old farmer, "Old man, follow me!"

Shen Lin arrived at Old Master Bai's house with the donkey cart and knocked on the door.

With a creak, the door opened, and a beautiful woman revealed half her face. Her eyes flickered upon seeing Shen Lin, and she whispered, "Young Master Shen, you... you're back."

Shen Lin was momentarily stunned to see Qianqian opening the door instead of the previous servant. He turned and said, "Old man, please watch the cart for me. I'll be out shortly."

Afterward, he followed Qianqian into the courtyard.

"Constable Sun, that's..."

"I got a bit injured fighting that wolf demon. I'll be fine after some treatment back at the yamen. Nothing serious."

"Oh dear, Constable Sun is injured, so that wolf demon must be very fierce. But..."

Qianqian's eyes darted around as she looked at Shen Lin shyly and said, "Young Master Shen isn't injured at all. You're even more amazing."

Shen Lin chuckled, "I have many more amazing qualities. You'll see them soon enough."

"Oh my!"

Qianqian's face turned bright red, her tail wagging rapidly behind her. She whispered, "Daddy's in the backyard!" and then ran off.

She trotted back to her room and buried her head in her pillow.

"Qianqian! What's wrong?"

The elegant and noble fox demon Shen Lin had met before entered, asking gently.

"Shen Lang... Shen Lang..."

Qianqian murmured, her body trembling uncontrollably. She suddenly tore off her clothes, transforming into a silver-white fox.

Her mouth hung open, drooling uncontrollably. Her eyes were bloodshot, as if she was desperately enduring something.

Seeing this, the old fox demon sighed, "It's happening again. Have you taken a liking to him?"

The silver-white fox nodded and spoke in human tongue.

"I want, I really want, to sleep with Shen Lang, to hold him tightly..."

"To tear him into pieces, bit by bit, and devour him."

"To make him one with me, forever and ever..."

"Never to be apart!"