But I'm a Demon

As a fox demon of shallow cultivation, Huli did not have such a deep grasp of the human heart. Though the current situation angered him, more than that, he found it hard to bear the surrounding people pointing fingers at him because his theft had been exposed.

Huli did not feel all that ashamed. With his cultivation and experience, although he had long understood that theft was considered wrong by humans, he had not developed any strong identification with the human race's notions of honor and disgrace regarding stealing. Still, the shopkeeper's gaze and the pointing fingers around him were enough to make him nervous.

So when he heard Ji Yuan say to pack up the herbs and leave, Huli felt as though he had been granted a pardon.

"Yes, I'll pack them up right away!"

Huli hurriedly shook open the burlap sack and kept sweeping the herbal medicine from the counter into it.

When the herbal medicine shopkeeper heard Ji Yuan's words and saw Huli gathering the medicinal herbs, he immediately reached out and grabbed Huli's arm.

"What? Caught red-handed and you still want to leave? Speak! Where did these herbs come from?"

"Let go! Let go!"

Huli struggled, but the herbal medicine shopkeeper's grip was tight. Ferocious light suddenly appeared on his face as he bared his teeth at the man.

"Grr..."

That instant of savagery gave the herbal medicine shopkeeper a fright. He had never seen such an expression on a human face before, and instinctively loosened his grip.

"What, you traitor—do you still want to lay hands on someone?"

"That's right, you still want to attack someone?" "You're nothing but one of those petty thieves!"

The waiters in the shop had gathered beside the shopkeeper. With so many people stopping outside as well, the shopkeeper's courage