Chapter 161

This person was wearing a white robe, tied with a greasy apron, and holding several types of snacks in his hands; he was clearly a cook for the guard bureau.

But from him, Heng Xian felt a familiar and peculiar aura.

A demon!

And a demon he knew, but it had used demon arts to change its appearance, so he couldn't recognize who it was.

Good fellow, so this wanted demon was hiding in the Zhenyuan Guard Bureau!

And the other party, looking at him, also revealed a trace of astonishment.

The two stared at each other silently for a few breaths, and the cook said softly: "I will come to find you later!"

Heng Xian nodded: "Can do!"

The two passed each other, each going their own way.

Returning to his room, Heng Xian immediately opened the "Profound Yellow Heavenly Hexagram": "Which one of the demons I know is this?"

The hexagram showed: "This demon's true form is a pig demon, and the host met it in Sang Guo!"

Heng Xian suddenly realized; it was that pig demon youth who was with Hong Yin.

This guy appearing here must have stumbled in blindly just like him.

It was just that its demon aura was too heavy, and without his Heavenly Hexagram to guide the way, it had been discovered.

Just as he was thinking, a wisp of light smoke drifted in through the door crack, transformed into a big-bellied youth—it was indeed that pig demon. It sat down brazenly to one side and chuckled: "They say enemies are bound to meet!"

Heng Xian scolded: "What you said is strange. Who the hell is your enemy?"

The pig demon scratched its fluffy hair and laughed brazenly: "Anyway, that's the meaning. We are being hunted by various sects, and you are also being hunted by various sects. Tsk tsk tsk, miserable!"

Heng Xian said solemnly: "That statement is wrong. You have been discovered, but no one knows I am here!"

The pig demon shook its head: "The major sects have already set up a net outside, and they are preparing to use the Profound Mystery Realm to search every corner of the city. Even if you burrow into the ground, there is nowhere to escape. Do you think you can get away?"

Heng Xian was silent for a moment. In fact, he also understood that after being messed up by this demon, this place was not suitable for a long stay. Moreover, the "Yi Fire True Grass" was a rare fourth-grade top-tier medicinal herb, and when it appeared, it clearly couldn't be hidden from people. He would have to run away eventually. He coughed and said: "That makes some sense. So?"

The pig demon looked at him with burning eyes: "So, I need to cooperate with you to escape together!"

Heng Xian chuckled: "Do you have any good ideas?"

The pig demon lowered its voice and said: "I have left demon miasma all over the city. As long as they erupt at the same time, it can give people the illusion that there are demons everywhere.

By then, the disciples of the major sects will definitely disperse to pursue us. And you and I will take the opportunity to expose our identities, one running east and one running west. Who can escape depends on their own fate!"

Heng Xian feigned admiration and praised: "Wonderful! Wonderful! This is a good idea!"

The pig demon was praised and laughed proudly: "Right? When shall we start? You say!"

Heng Xian lowered his head as if thinking: "I am quite good at deduction. I think... it's best to start at dusk the day after tomorrow!"

At dusk the day after tomorrow, the medicinal herb would just be ripe.

The pig demon clapped its hands: "Settled!"

Heng Xian asked curiously: "By the way! How did you escape that day? How did you get here?"

The pig demon's face changed, filled with sorrow: "The Venerable abandoned us and gave us to the human experts to be killed. Fortunately, that human expert didn't take us seriously,

so Hong Yin and the others and I all scattered and fled. As a result, the next day, the Fourteen Great Sects issued a kill order simultaneously.

Most of the demons were killed or injured. I was also trembling with fear, hiding in pigsties from time to time on the way to disguise myself as a little piglet, only then did I run here. As a result... I was still surrounded. Sigh!"

Heng Xian frowned: "You, a dignified Primordial Dan Realm great demon, couldn't escape?"

The pig demon shook its head: "The Fourteen Great Sects sent all experts and elders from the rankings. I couldn't even beat one person at the Great Perfection of the Qi Sea Realm! Sigh!"

The two were speechless.

After a while, the pig demon stood up to say goodbye: "My name is Zhu Fei—'Zhu' for pig, 'Fei' for lung. Whether we can escape alive this time depends on us brothers working together!"

Heng Xian said solemnly: "Brother, what a good name. We will definitely be able to escape alive!"

"Hmm!"

The two nodded solemnly, one left, and one sat down.

Heng Xian looked at the night outside, his gaze suddenly falling on a servant child in the corner who was getting up to pee.

A smile appeared on his face. Whoever escapes is the lucky one, right?

The next day, Heng Xian was doing his job as a small clerk normally, inventorying the pill vault and spiritual artifact vault with Zhou Fang according to the Chief Guard's instructions.

Zhou Fang was stern throughout, ignoring Heng Xian and not even looking at him.

It was absolutely impossible not to be angry after being rejected by a man.

Heng Xian didn't take it to heart. While copying into the register, he teased her intentionally or unintentionally: "Are you in a bad mood? What happened?"

Being asked urgently, Zhou Fang had to glare at him viciously: "Do your work. You men are all no good!"

Heng Xian really started to work seriously, looking up at the vault, frowning slightly.

He discovered that this guard bureau... was preparing to fight for their lives. The procurement of spiritual artifacts was over-budget, and they had bought a large pile of pills specifically for restoring energy and treating emergency fights.

Zhou Fang glanced at him a few times and said angrily: "What?"

Heng Xian shook his head and handed the book to her: "All done. Give it to the Chief Guard!"

Saying this, he turned and left.

"Stingy!" Zhou Fang spat and headed straight for the Juxian Elegant Pavilion.

Heng Xian returned to his room, jumped out the window, and quietly slipped onto the roof of Chief Guard Murong Fang's room.

There was less than twelve hours until the "Yi Fire True Grass" matured, and he could already smell a faint medicinal fragrance.

He was afraid he wouldn't be able to hide this thing from people when the time came. He only hoped Murong Fang's curiosity was a little smaller.

Murong Fang was indeed not in a good mood at this time, and was even a bit overwhelmed, because he had received definite news that Wei Ruhai of the "Western Depot," supported by his brother-in-law, a direct disciple of the Da Luo Holy Sect, would come to acquire the "Zhenyuan Guard Bureau" tomorrow afternoon!

Life and death would be decided tomorrow!

He anxiously mobilized all 167 guards and 221 laborers of the guard bureau, determined to live and die with the bureau!

One day passed in a flash.

When the sun was setting the next day, the atmosphere of the entire guard bureau was extremely heavy. The servants walked in a hurry, as if something big was about to happen.

Heng Xian had nothing to do, walked out slowly, and looked at the sun in the sky.

The time had come, the medicinal herb was about to mature, and the time agreed upon with Zhu Fei was also approaching.

Picking the herb and pitting the pig demon—it was hard to time this perfectly!

Just as he walked out of the moon gate, the cook transformed from Zhu Fei walked over from the opposite side. The moment they passed each other, he said: "A group of people is coming to the guard bureau to make trouble. Let's use them to make a scene. The more chaotic, the better.

Then, according to the agreement, I will unleash the demon miasma, you expose your identity, and we will take the opportunity to run away!"

Heng Xian nodded: "Settled!"

After saying this, one disappeared into the back house, and the other strolled around pretending nothing was wrong.

After strolling for a while, shouts and yells came from the direction of the guard bureau gate, and then hundreds of fully armed cultivators broke in.

The guard bureau had been prepared for a long time, and hundreds of people, fully equipped with spiritual artifacts and tight-fitting clothes, met them.

The leaders, Murong Fang, Wu Liang, Wu Liang, Zhou Fang, Young Master Xu, Murong Zhiwei, and others, looked solemn.

(End of chapter)