Chapter 17: The Bewitching Demon Revealed

“Bai Jiujiu?”

Tong Qiu, now back to normal, scratched her cheek awkwardly, wanting to apologize to Bai Jiujiu. She didn’t know why, but suddenly she had transformed into such a lecherous appearance. This boss seemed a bit unstable, and now she too had become so lewd.

But… after doing that to Bai Jiujiu, she still needed to apologize. What if Bai Jiujiu got angry and refused to cooperate? All those gold ingots might just fly away with wings.

Tong Qiu now wished she could slap herself a few times. How could she be so lewd?

Bai Jiujiu, already back in human form and softly dressed, hugged her sleeves and sat under a tree, far from Tong Qiu. Tears welled up in her eyes, and she bit her lip, feeling utterly defiled.

It was over; she was completely tainted. She had been touched by another woman, and her disciples would surely be able to smell it.

Bai Jiujiu’s heart raced with anxiety. On Cloud-Come Mountain, her five disciples, each with their unique personalities, shared one common trait: an overwhelming possessiveness over her. Among themselves, they had long ago signed an unequal treaty, dividing her body without her consent.

But if her five disciples found out that Bai Jiujiu had been too close to another female demon, they would not let her off easily. In the past, Bai Jiujiu had hired a small cat demon as a maid, based on memories from her previous life. Because of a sudden bout of narcolepsy, she had hugged the maid, leading to a severe punishment from her disciples.

Now, things were different; another woman had licked her… If her disciples found out, what would she do?

“Teacher, cheating women need a good interrogation.”

“Hiss~ Teacher smells of another woman. Eating alone isn’t good, is it?”

“Rabbit’s dungeon has many cells. We should lock Teacher up and enjoy her alone.”

“Why not just steal Teacher’s heart physically? That way, Teacher won’t be able to fall in love.”

“Ignoring me, such a cute, pure, kind, and beautiful disciple, Teacher needs a good reform♥~”

Aaaaaah!

Forget that history!

Bai Jiujiu, you are a thousand-year-old demon! Those disciples haven’t come to see you in ages, so why are you still dwelling on those humiliating memories?

Anyway, they aren’t here, so forget about this feeling of being a ashamed wife caught cheating by her husband, like a cow-headed person!

As Tong Qiu was still wondering how to apologize and debating whether to reduce the cooperation funds by one gold ingot, Bai Jiujiu suddenly appeared beside her, placing a hand on Tong Qiu’s shoulder in retaliation.

“Cough, let’s focus on the task at hand. I know who the bewitching demon is now.” After a moment of physical calm, Bai Jiujiu’s head wound quickly healed, and she became very composed.

“Are you okay? I…”

“Don’t worry, I feel great now.”

“You were muttering something about forgetting… I didn’t hear anything, I didn’t hear anything.”

“The demon in the house is a creature that lives on Cloud-Come Mountain, named Long Zhi.”

Bai Jiujiu interrupted Tong Qiu’s impending question with a glance and continued, based on her experiences on Cloud-Come Mountain.

“Long Zhi, their clan usually acts as a group, with one adult demon as the main body and eight young demons as sub-bodies. They typically move with the young demons attached to the adult’s back, so from a distance, they appear to have nine tails and nine heads. The young demons emit weak baby cries to deceive prey, while the strong adult demon hunts.”

“Their clan is often born in cemeteries and battlefields. It is said that the first Long Zhi was born from the soul of a dead demon, and later absorbed human and demon souls to cultivate and reproduce. The stronger the absorbed souls, the more powerful the magic and offspring they produce. However, the consequence is that new Long Zhi will fuse with the absorbed souls, creating a chaotic consciousness.”

“Because of this, Long Zhi is shunned by both demons and humans. The demons on Cloud-Come Mountain are particularly averse to them.”

“This is the bewitching demon of Chongxi Town, forever trapped in the soul prison of Long Zhi.”

Bai Jiujiu has lived on Cloud-Come Mountain for over a thousand years. She isn’t just eating and sleeping all day. She knows every demon on the mountain like the back of her hand. Every time she wakes from a deep sleep, she has her subordinates or disciples tell her about any new demons on the mountain.

Don’t you know the value of a living fossil among demons!

About three hundred years ago, when Bai Jiujiu only had Su Ling’er as a disciple, she encountered a weak Long Zhi while using multi-tailed demons as a reference for cultivation. At the time, she thought the sound was that of an abandoned baby.

When Bai Jiujiu learned that the Long Zhi had been abandoned by its mother for absorbing the soul of a sickly woman, she immediately took it in and cared for it tenderly, learning about the Long Zhi demons in the process. It was just a demon, after all.

Later, Bai Jiujiu fell into a deep sleep, and when she woke up a hundred years later, the Long Zhi was nowhere to be found. Bai Jiujiu couldn’t be sure if the Long Zhi in Li Sibao’s house was the same one she had met on the mountain. So much time had passed, and she couldn’t confirm if it was still alive. Her five disciples were alive because of the life stones on the mountain.

After hearing Bai Jiujiu’s explanation, Tong Qiu was also surprised. She had never heard of such a demon before. It wasn’t even mentioned in books. Truly, Bai Jiujiu, the great demon of the Miao Palace Realm and the master of Cloud-Come Mountain!

At the same time, Bai Jiujiu shared the information she had seen and heard with Tong Qiu.

“So, Long Zhi absorbed the souls of Li Sibao’s deceased children? But that doesn’t add up. According to the neighbors, Li Sibao’s family had a chubby boy…”

“We actually never saw Li Sibao carrying a child out. The elderly just imagined it after hearing a few cries from the house.”

Bai Jiujiu had a rough idea of the relationship between Long Zhi and Li Sibao, but she didn’t have enough evidence to prove her theory. And she didn’t need proof…

This wasn’t like solving a mystery with a death god student from a past life. Bai Jiujiu just needed to confirm that Long Zhi was the demon that killed the shop assistant, prove her innocence, and regain her freedom in Chongxi Town.

So, the reasons could wait until after the capture, when she could hear the story.

“I’ll use the pigeon transmission method to get Zhang Feng and the others here. Please wait a moment, Elder.”

Tong Qiu took out a piece of white paper from her spatial ring, wrote a message on it with spiritual energy, folded it into the shape of a pigeon, and released it into the sky, where it flew towards the temporary capture office nearby.

What an unusual skill!

Bai Jiujiu recalled a skill that suddenly popped into her mind, feeling quite curious. Her hand was still on Tong Qiu’s shoulder, so when Tong Qiu used the pigeon transmission method, Bai Jiujiu successfully absorbed the skill, making it her own.

Now, if Tong Qiu tried to use this skill again, she would face a blank page, feeling both familiar and helpless, unable to use the skill again, even if she learned it from scratch.

“Zhang Feng and the others will be here soon. There’s also a big shot coming with them. You can leave now, Elder. We’ll handle the rest.”

Bai Jiujiu’s knowledge of demons impressed Tong Qiu, and considering their relationship, which had improved due to Tong Qiu’s forced pervy behavior, Tong Qiu decided to address Bai Jiujiu as ‘Elder.’

“Alright, time to slack off!”

As agreed, once a demon was found, everything would be handed over to the Demon Suppression Bureau. Bai Jiujiu and Tong Qiu’s partnership couldn’t be exposed, and Zhang Feng had to believe that Bai Jiujiu was just a passing snake demon.

Bai Jiujiu loved this kind of lazy behavior that still yielded results.

“Watch the show! Watch the show!”