No... there was still a harmful demon that needed to be dealt with.
Fu Hua had already learned from Kuzunoha who the demon harming the people of Yangzhou was.
Although it was said that disciples from Daoist sects had come to exterminate the demon, there was no telling whether they were reliable. By the time they figured out who it was, the demon might have already fled.
According to Kuzunoha, that demon also possessed extremely powerful concealment abilities and could transform in countless ways. Her strength might not have been much, but she was exceptionally skilled in other methods and possessed remarkable disguise techniques.
She was Bai Yunhan, one of Courtesan's fellow competitors.
Bai Yunhan was one of the top courtesans at Yiyin Residence in central Yangzhou.
However, Hongyu (Kuzunoha) was different. Hongyu had always been Kuzunoha herself, whereas Bai Yunhan had originally been a human woman.
Kuzunoha had seen her with her own eyes two years ago and could confirm that. But Bai Yunhan later changed and was replaced by a demon. That demon had been playing her role ever since, and doing so remarkably well.
No one had recognized her even now.
As for what had happened to the real Bai Yunhan, she was likely already beyond saving.
Although Kuzunoha knew who was harming people, she had never considered exposing her. There was nothing in it for her, and it might even reveal her own identity.
After all, she was not human herself. Why would she put herself at risk for unrelated people?
By never harming humans, she had already treated humanity well enough. Back when she was still a fox, her parents had died at the hands of human hunters.
Fox meat might not have tasted good, but white fox fur... was very valuable.
Now that