The Fox Demon Offers a Plan. Inside the demon manor, the stench of blood mingled with the smell of wine.
Ever since Lord White Ape had crushed the head of that blind fool of a bull demon, the demons in the hall had behaved themselves considerably better.
Though they still tore into meat by the mouthful and drank wine by the bowlful, the wanton laughter and curses could no longer be heard.
Upon the main seat, the old ape still looked half-dead, holding a tattered book in his hands and reading it with rapt attention.
Just then, a gust of rank wind swept in from outside the hall.
"True Lord! True Lord! This lowly one has returned!"
It was Dog Second.
Behind him, he dragged a man bound tightly from head to toe, long since unconscious.
The man was unmistakably dressed in the uniform of the Demon Suppression Bureau.
The hall instantly fell silent.
All the demons' gazes were drawn toward him at once.
"A man from the Demon Suppression Bureau?"
"Alive?!"
"Dog Second actually caught a living one and brought him back?!"
"True Lord." Dog Second stepped forward several paces, baring his teeth in a grin. "You sent this lowly one beyond the pass to scout the area. I happened to encounter a squad of Demon Suppression Bureau officers who didn't know what was good for them, so I seized the chance to capture one alive for you."
He secretly glanced at the old ape on the main seat.
Seeing that he still showed no reaction, Dog Second could not help feeling disappointed.
"He's just trash at the String-Hearing Realm. What use is he?" a wolf demon said sourly. "Even if you skinned him, he wouldn't be enough to fill your belly."
Dog Second immediately grew anxious. "What the