A Demonic Creature Attacks the Village! Is It Targeting Mu Yang?

A Demonic Creature Attacks the Village! Is It Targeting Mu Yang? After leaving Clerk Liu, Mu Yang headed toward the Constabulary.

The moment he entered, he saw Old Fang chatting with Old Ye, his face full of sighs.

When they saw Mu Yang enter, they immediately composed their expressions.

"Don't be so stiff. What were you talking about?"

Mu Yang waved a hand.

Old Fang sighed. "Head Constable, do you remember that grandfather and grandson who brought you flatbread the day before yesterday?"

"Old Feng?"

The hunched figure from last night, like a puppet on strings, surfaced in Mu Yang's mind, and a bad feeling immediately rose in his heart.

Sure enough, Old Fang's next words made his heart sink.

"He died," Old Fang said. "His flatbread stall didn't open this morning. A few regulars found it strange and went to check on him. They found that his body had already gone stiff. He probably breathed his last last night."

"They say there's also a newly piled grave in his yard, with his grandson's name carved on it. No one knows how the boy died. Old Feng probably lost his grandson in his twilight years and couldn't hold on any longer. Sigh."

Overnight, both grandfather and grandson had passed away. How could one not sigh over it?

Old Fang had not been close to the Feng grandfather and grandson pair. If he had not eaten a free flatbread that day and learned that they knew Mu Yang, he would not have paid attention to such matters.

"He died..."

Mu Yang murmured softly.

Old Feng had been even older than the old constable in Mu Yang's family. His passing could barely be considered a blessed funeral.

It was only a pity about that little radish head.

Although he had personally killed that Rat Demon yesterday, Mu Yang still felt stifled inside.

He wanted to see blood again.

"Head Constable, why don't you rest first? Old Ye and I can take them out to patrol the streets today." Seeing that Mu Yang was in a poor mood, Old Fang spoke up at the right moment.

"Knock, knock, knock—!!"

Just as Mu Yang was about to speak, a burst of hurried footsteps suddenly came from outside.

A constable in ragged clothes, covered in blood, staggered in.

He was one of the constables who had gone out of the city to patrol the villages last night. His surname was Chen, and he belonged to the Fourth Squad under Wu Cai.

"Something terrible has happened! Li Village—Li Village has been attacked by demonic creatures!" Chen Bu shouted.

The moment those words fell, everyone's expressions changed drastically.

Li Chuang sprang to his feet at once, his face filled with anxiety.

"Catch your breath. Speak slowly."

Mu Yang walked over, steadied Chen Bu, and spoke in a low voice.

After calming his breathing, Chen Bu immediately explained the whole matter from beginning to end.

Yesterday, he had gone to Li Village on patrol as usual. Everything had been fine, and this morning he had been preparing to ride his little donkey home.

Who would have thought that the moment he left the village, five or six huge Rat Demons would burst from the woods and begin a massacre with utter abandon, as though they had entered an empty land.

He had tried to stop them, only to be sent flying by a single swipe from one Rat Demon's claw. Had he not happened to land beside his donkey, he likely would not have returned alive.

"Five or six Rat Demons?"

After hearing Chen Bu's account, Old Fang and the others all sucked in a cold breath.

Even one Rat Demon would probably require several constables who had cultivated Blood Qi to fight it. Five or six of them might require several constable squads working together just to barely hold them off.

Since when had Qingxi County had so many Rat Demons?

"Rat Demons, Li Village, daytime, massacre, sent flying with one claw, happened to land beside the donkey..."

Mu Yang frowned slightly. He carefully went over Chen Bu's words in his mind, then sized him up from head to toe.

It was not that he looked down on Chen Bu. With Chen Bu's First Rank Skin and Flesh Realm cultivation, his skin and flesh only filled to the third layer. Escaping from one Rat Demon's hands alive would already be sheer luck.

Surviving the hands of five or six Rat Demons was nearly impossible.

After all, how could an ordinary donkey outrun a Rat Demon charging at full speed?

In other words, Chen Bu was very likely a survivor deliberately left alive by the Rat Demons, sent back to spread the news and lure someone over.

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Mu Yang did not know whom the Rat Demons wanted to lure.

Right now, he had only one thought—

Leave the city and kill demons!

"Old Fang, Li Chuang, go bring six horses."

"Old Ye, go to Clerk Liu and report that Li Village has been attacked. Tell him to prepare medicine for injuries. Once it's gathered, bring it over together."

"Lin Xiaoqi, take Chen Bu to the rear courtyard to find Old You. Chen Bu's injuries are serious and need treatment as soon as possible."

Mu Yang's voice was calm, and his thoughts were clear. He swiftly assigned everyone their tasks.

"Yes, Head Constable!"

Everyone immediately nodded. Only the quick-witted Lin Xiaoqi seemed to realize something and asked,

"Head Constable, what about you?"

"Me?"

Mu Yang gripped the hilt of the saber at his waist with one hand. Standing straight as a spear, he looked back at them. "I'm going to kill demons."

His voice remained steady, without a single ripple, as though he was not heading for Li Village, where demonic beasts were everywhere, but merely patrolling an ordinary peaceful street.

At those words, everyone showed worried expressions.

Mu Yang was very strong. If he were not, he could not possibly return every day carrying a demonic beast's head.

But no matter how strong he was, facing five or six demonic beasts at once could still leave him in a situation where two fists could not beat four hands.

What was more, the enemy had more than four hands.

"Head Constable, should we find Head Constable Wu and the others to go together?" Old Fang asked cautiously.

Mu Yang did not reply. He merely waved a hand and prepared to leave.

"Cough, cough!"

At that moment, Chen Bu, whose breath was weak, could not help coughing twice. Ignoring his discomfort, he saw Mu Yang about to leave and hurriedly shouted with all his strength, "Head Constable Mu, wait!"

Everyone was drawn by Chen Bu's shout. Mu Yang paused and turned back.

"Act... actually, there was something else I didn't say just now. I wasn't lucky enough to be knocked beside my donkey by the Rat Demon. They deliberately let me go and sent me back with a message!"

The moment those words came out, Old Fang and the others all changed expression.

Only Mu Yang's expression remained the same.

Chen Bu did not spare any attention for the others' faces. Parting his slightly pale lips, he continued, "The leading Rat Demon said that Head Constable Mu had to personally go to Li Village. Otherwise, they would slaughter the village. I was afraid you would care for the village and willingly fall for their provocation, risking danger alone, so I didn't say it!"

Originally, Chen Bu had not intended to say any of this.

Mu Yang was still young. If he acted on a moment of impulse and met with disaster, Qingxi County would lose a future martial arts expert, and Chen Bu would feel guilty for the rest of his life.

But now that Mu Yang insisted on going, Chen Bu naturally could not worry about anything else. He could only try to dissuade him first.

"This..."

Hearing this, everyone revealed hesitant expressions.

If they had merely been somewhat worried when Mu Yang planned to act alone before, now they were filled with utmost concern and unease.

After all, the enemy had clearly come prepared, and their target was Mu Yang.

Even Li Chuang, who cared deeply about the village's safety, clenched his teeth and fists without saying a word.

Mu Yang himself did not feel much emotional upheaval. Chen Bu's words merely allowed him to thoroughly understand the doubts he had just had.

So he was the one they wanted to lure!

But Mu Yang did not feel the slightest fear.

Since they had come looking for him and even gathered together—

Then all the better.

It would save him the trouble of finding them one by one!

"I understand."

Mu Yang waved a hand. Without hesitation or pause, he strode out of the Constable Office. Only as he left did a sentence reach their ears.

"Continue doing what I just told you. Leave the rest to me."

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