The fish market in Shuiyun Township was unusually empty.
Li Xiao'er and Liu Xiujie had borrowed another carriage and loaded Li Xinhan and Ma Tao onto it, both of them wrapped up like rice dumplings.
Even after taking medicinal pills, Li Mujin was still weak and short of breath, so she could only sit outside the carriage, legs crossed, leisurely taking on the role of guide.
Shen Yi had only ever ridden the county yamen's donkey in Baiyun County. Switching all of a sudden to a tall, sturdy Half-Demon Beast left him a little unaccustomed to it.
The Demon Horse, usually stubborn by nature, was unusually docile today. Its whole body even trembled faintly.
Shen Yi glanced at the dark-red, dried demon blood on his clothes. His thoughts were not as carefree as his expression suggested.
The River Demon's final words surfaced in his mind.
The Dragon Consort of the Yangchun River.
It had been willing to fall out with the Demon Suppression Division for the sake of that title.
Shen Yi didn't believe there was a true dragon in the river. The panel clearly stated the creature's identity: a Flood Demon.
It had a total lifespan of over fourteen hundred years, yet the creature had lived only a little over a hundred.
Converted to a mortal's age, it was about ten years old.
It had yet to reach adulthood, and already possessed the strength of the Early Jade Liquid Realm.
Shen Yi had once killed another demon with connections like this in Baiyun County. But back then, he had Lin Baiwei's banner to wave, and the Fox Demon had gone after the Commander-in-Chief of Qing Prefecture to settle the score.
This time was different. Li Xinhan's shoulders might not be broad enough to bear the blame.
"..." Shen Yi