Chapter 12: The Village Mystery

Another demon was eliminated. This one had actually risen to the position of a peak elder, remaining undiscovered all this time by relying on a magical artifact that concealed his spiritual energy.

Wei Nianqin withdrew her spiritual energy and glanced at Mu An, quietly observing his expression, looking for fear or the sorrow of a fox mourning the hare.

But the youth showed no unusual expression.

The next moment, her line of sight was blocked.

“Tired?” Shen Shengqing asked, looking down at Mu An. Although his face was still cold, his attitude was clearly different from how he treated others.

Mu An looked at his master with sparkling eyes and shook his head. The affection in his gaze made those around him grow suspicious.

Not knowing that two men could be together, Wei Nianqin only thought their relationship was exceptionally close.

[Shen Shengqing isn’t an easy person to get close to. Someone he trusts this much probably isn’t a problem, right?]

By the end of the day, Wei Nianqin had actually let down her guard toward Mu An.

By the end of the day, the entire sect had been swept clean. Some who had heard the news and tried to flee were trapped by the sect’s barrier and were ultimately caught in the net.

The sect disciples, belatedly realizing what the higher-ups had been doing, felt uneasy knowing that demons had been hiding among them.

Those who had demonic energy on them due to various circumstances—such as Mu An—

had their identities in question. Since it couldn’t be determined for the moment whether they were demons, they were gathered together and placed under supervised residence, waiting for ten days before using spiritual energy to probe inside their bodies.

Ten days was enough for even demonic energy left from being injured by a demon to dissipate.

The thought of being centralized and watched made Mu An a bit nervous, but Shen Shengqing directly spoke up to exempt him from surveillance.

He said only one sentence: “I will personally watch over my own disciple.”

No one could argue further, and so the matter was dropped.

Mu An felt both touched and guilty. In the end, he would still betray his master’s trust.

“System, my master is so protective of me. I really like him.”

[Then when you lock Master in the dark room, try to hit him a few less times with the whip.]

“You make me sound like some kind of pervert.”

His identity couldn’t stay hidden for much longer. Although his demonic bloodline hadn’t fully awakened yet, a demon was still a demon. If some compass tested him again, he would still be exposed.

After thinking it over, he decided he needed to get his master out of Qingyun Sect as soon as possible.

So he went to the Administration Hall to look for a particularly difficult mission. That way, he could use the mission as an excuse to get injured, then call his master to come rescue him.

Once he lured his master into the mortal world, he would have the chance to poison him! Then lock him in the dark room.

His eyes immediately landed on a mission token with a generous reward—The Strange Events of Chen Village. The minimum requirement was a disciple at the peak Golden Core stage.

Wasn’t that perfectly calibrated to his cultivation level? It looked tailor-made for him. And since the minimum requirement was the Golden Core stage, the mission must be very difficult. He would surely get injured.

Just as he was about to take the token, he noticed a number “1” marked on it, indicating that someone had already accepted the mission.

There was only one reward. If he went along, when the mission was completed, he would inevitably have to argue over dividing the reward with the other person, who might be unwilling to work with him.

Normally, no one would accept a mission someone else had already taken, unless they really wanted that reward badly enough to shamelessly ask for a share.

The steward, seeing him staring fixedly at the token, spoke up. “That mission is very difficult. It would be hard for one person to complete alone. If you want to take it, go ahead.”

Hearing this, Mu An also accepted the mission. After all, his goal wasn’t to complete the mission, but to get injured.

After accepting the mission, the countdown began, with a time limit of one year.

Mu An returned to his room and started packing. Before leaving, he still had to report to his master.

When Shen Shengqing heard that he wanted to go down the mountain for training, he couldn’t help frowning.

“Master, I haven’t completed my training requirement for this year yet, so I accepted a level-five mission. After I return, I’ll bring you some local specialties.”

Mu An’s beautiful peach-blossom eyes blinked innocently, completely unaware of the impact this news had on Shen Shengqing.

“What mission?” Shen Shengqing felt an inexplicable unease.

“The Strange Events of Chen Village.”

Hearing this, Shen Shengqing’s brow furrowed deeply, while Mu An continued chattering on about the mission.

“Apparently, in a small village under Laiyang City, a child goes missing every so often. Many cultivators thought it was a demon causing trouble and went to investigate, but all returned empty-handed. All the demons near the village have been killed, yet children still vanish into thin air.”

Mu An was also very curious. If it wasn’t a demon causing trouble, could it be the most ordinary human trafficking? But who could quietly kidnap and sell children while cultivators were investigating?

“By yourself?” Shen Shengqing asked tentatively.

“The mission shows that someone has already gone ahead.” Mu An also guessed who that someone was.

Aside from himself, the only peak Golden Core disciple was Yunnan You.

Shen Shengqing silently clenched his fists, then looked up at Mu An. Mu An’s eyes were clear and untroubled.

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