Before the older woman attacked, he had not sensed any hostility from her at all.
With such masterful Transformation and means of concealing her aura, this demon was no ordinary creature.
Even now, he could only faintly detect a trace of demonic qi, barely present, and could not tell what kind of demon she actually was.
What puzzled and alarmed him even more was that, judging by her words, she seemed to know him.
He instinctively looked around, only then discovering that, without realizing it, the two of them had left the bustling area around the railway station and entered a secluded alley.
The alley was dimly lit, with high walls on either side slicing the night into deeper darkness. Cold wind swept through it with a low, ghostly wail.
Apparently, while he had been eager to shake her off earlier, he had unknowingly fallen under her spell. Otherwise, why would he have wandered aimlessly into such a remote place?
Since there was no one around, Cui Jiuyang stopped holding back.
His gaze turned cold. He flung the Nine Apotropaic Coins from his sleeve, chanting under his breath.
The copper coins rose above his head at his chant, giving off a faint golden light that cast a hazy glow over the alley and brought a measure of reassurance.
He sneered. "What? Couldn't drum up any business, so now you're going to abduct a handsome man?"
The smile had long since vanished from the older woman's face, replaced by icy coldness. She fixed Cui Jiuyang with a sinister stare. "Well, well, boy. You know you've fallen into a trap, yet you still won't run? You've got some nerve!"
Cui Jiuyang chuckled, his tone slightly mocking. "If we were out in the wilderness, I might really have run.
"But this is a