"Excellent. It had fallen right into my lap." A faint smile appeared at Shen Luo's lips. His bones cracked softly, and his appearance immediately changed, turning him into a round-faced young man.
His aura changed considerably as well. Even those close to him would not be able to recognize him as Shen Luo.
Shopkeeper Ma had fled the moment he saw him, so there had to be some significant reason behind it. Changing his build and appearance would make it easier to capture Shopkeeper Ma.
Having done this, Shen Luo turned into an afterimage and sped toward the depths of the mountains.
Inside a gloomy cave, yin energy coiled about and baleful energy soared into the sky. The place was especially thick with a pungent stench of blood that made one want to vomit.
A mass of black clouds shot over and stopped outside the gloomy cave, revealing a tall figure. It was an eagle-headed, human-bodied demon, with black feathers and a golden beak. Demon energy like black mist swirled around it, while its sharp, cold eyes sent chills down one's spine.
The black clouds surrounding the eagle demon dispersed as well, and a great many things fell onto the ground with a dense series of thuds. They were wolves, tigers, lions, leopards, and other wild beasts.
These beasts lay completely still, yet they were not dead. They seemed to have been afflicted by some sort of bewitching demon art.
"Why is there so little?" A rough voice sounded from the depths of the cave.
"We've already been here for more than half a year. The forests within several thousand li of this place have been scoured countless times. This time, I had to travel ten thousand li away just to find this much. If you think it's too