The child's words stunned the adults around him.
For a moment, everyone fell silent.
Lou Yunxiao continued to encourage him. "Tell us everything you saw."
The child was a beggar. When the incident began, he had been hiding in an alley, gnawing on a dry steamed bun. Nan Lou's Demon Claw destroyed the houses, but the fallen stones and planks formed a shelter around him, protecting him from the Great Demon.
The adults had been shouting heatedly earlier. Frightened by their agitation and the bloody scene he had witnessed, the child had kept everything he saw to himself.
Now, with Lou Yunxiao guiding him, he finally spoke.
"The Nine-Tailed Fox that appeared first was huge." The boy gestured as he spoke. "His eyes were red. He seemed to appear out of nowhere and started chasing people and biting them..."
"Then an immortal rushed up to fight him, but he sent him flying with one swipe of his claw."
"After eating some people, he changed back into the Demon Venerable's form. He was sneaking around, like he was afraid more immortals would spot him..."
"Then a crack opened in the air, and the Demon Venerable with the fan appeared. The one with the fan cut off the first Demon Venerable's arm, but couldn't stop him from escaping..."
He clutched Lou Yunxiao's hand. "Then you immortals came to save us. The Demon Venerable you met was the one who came later. He hadn't killed anyone!"
"He explained it to you then, too. Everything he said was true, but none of you believed him. I don't know why you didn't, but I really didn't see him hurt anyone."
He asked Lou Yunxiao, "Immortal, do you think I'm lying to you?"
As a beggar, he was looked down on by many people. Sometimes he