Chapter 765: Jinhua Cat Demon

"Fox spirit?!"

Hearing this, Kuai Dayou was amused and looked at the little white fox Chuchu beside Lu San, laughing: "We have an authentic one here. Brother Lu, why don't you go and bring one back to keep little Chuchu company..."

"Woo~"

Before the words fell, the little white fox rushed up and tore at his clothes.

Seeing this, Yu Hailin felt a gloom in his heart, stood up, and prepared to bid farewell and leave.

He had spent a lot of money to find out the news about the Twelve Yuan Chen and had even brought heavy gold, but he didn't expect these people to still have such an attitude, joking around, obviously not wanting to take this job.

Wang Daoxuan opened his mouth but didn't speak.

They had other important matters, so they really didn't dare to take it.

"Wait!"

Just then, a voice sounded outside the cabin, it was Li Yan who had returned.

"Brother Yan is back?"

Everyone stood up one after another.

The wealthy merchant Yu Hailin felt a move in his heart and looked at Li Yan with full anticipation.

He had collected information very comprehensively, so naturally, he knew that Li Yan was the leader.

The others didn't say much, knowing that Li Yan must have his reasons.

"Master Yu, we can take this job."

Li Yan looked at Yu Hailin and said in a deep voice.

Yu Hailin was overjoyed and bowed repeatedly: "Many thanks, Li Shaoxia! Many thanks, immortals! If you can save my child, Yu would be willing to go bankrupt..."

"No rush."

Li Yan interrupted him, "We can waive the consultation fee, but there is one condition."

"Within two days, you must get us a water route customs clearance token issued by the government to ensure that our large ship can sail to Jin Ling without obstruction. Can you do it?"

Yu Hailin hesitated upon hearing this. Although he was wealthy and had connections with grain transport and the navy, Yangzhou was under martial law, and getting an official passage token was not an easy task.

However, his son's life was like a thread, and after struggling in his eyes for a moment, he gritted his teeth and said: "I can! The naval admiral is my sister's husband, and he is currently in the city discussing defense with the grain transport regional commander. I will throw away this old face and spend a lot of money, and I will definitely be able to get the special approval token overnight! Please rest assured, Shaoxia and immortals!"

"Good!"

Li Yan nodded, "Master Yu is so straightforward, we won't talk nonsense either."

"Sister Long, Wu Ba, Sha Lifei, Kuai Dayou, Kong Shangzhao, and Fatty Lin stay on the ship, guard the large ship and that Lin Yaozong, and wait for the token. Daoist Wang Daoxuan, Brother Lu, follow me to the Yu Estate for a trip."

He looked at Wang Daoxuan and Lu San, and both nodded in agreement.

They had long since cooperated tacitly in catching demons and eliminating evil, and could handle most situations.

The luggage in the cabin was valuable and could not be left without people guarding it.

Seeing their decisive actions without any dragging, Yu Hailin felt even more hopeful in his heart and hurriedly greeted the servants to prepare the sedan chair, leading Li Yan and the three to leave the noisy wharf and head to the Yu Estate in the city.

The sedan chair shuttled through Yangzhou city in the night.

Without the noise of the wharf and the riverbank, the streets and alleys in the city seemed quite cold due to martial law, with only the footsteps of patrolling soldiers and the faint barking of dogs in the distance.

Inside the sedan chair, Yu Hailin seized the time to detail his son Yu Qing's encounter.

"My dog son Qing'er, seventeen years old, has always been honest and studies at the Anding Academy. A few days ago, he went to visit a friend at 'Your Majesty Hermitage' by Guangling Lake with several classmates."

"That hermitage is close to the deep mountains, with beautiful scenery, and was originally a place for elegant gatherings. But after staying overnight, he returned the next day in a trance, mentioning in his words that he met a fairy in white while wandering at night in the hermitage. The fairy claimed to be a practitioner in the mountains and, seeing Qing'er's outstanding talent and appearance, immediately fell in love..."

Speaking of this, Yu Hailin's face was full of anxiety: "At first, I just thought it was a teenager's spring dream, but who knew that after Qing'er returned, he lost his appetite, lost weight rapidly, giggled at the bronze mirror every day, and often stared at the window, saying things like 'She is waiting for me to keep the appointment'."

Wang Daoxuan was thoughtful, stroked his beard, and said: "Master Yu, don't blame me, but we will tell the truth. We have traveled north and south for many years, and many things seem to be evil, but there are hidden secrets. Does your son have a secret affair with a woman, but you disagree?"

They had seen too many such things.

Just like true practitioners, there are actually not many in the entire Divine Land. Commoners rarely see them in the red dust, and most people will never encounter evil spirits in their lifetime.

Many people speak with certainty, but when they go, it's another matter.

Some witch doctors often follow the trend to cheat some money, but they have long since been different from the past and are too lazy to waste time, so they ask directly.

"If that were the case, it would be fine."

Master Yu trembled: "My child talks to himself in the shadows of the wall every night, behaves strangely, and looks like he's gone mad. The family invited several doctors, all of whom shook their heads and said it was evil spirits entering the body, which could not be cured by medicine."

"The slightly famous Mystic Sect people in the city, such as Master Huijue of Tianning Temple and Daoist Zhou of the City God Temple, were all invited to see him. Many rituals were performed, and several buckets of talisman water were drunk, but all were ineffective."

"In the past two days, his condition has worsened, his eyes are scattered, his face is as white as paper, and he has even started vomiting blood! He talks nonsense in his mouth, all crazy words about seeking death and wanting to follow that fairy..."

Speaking of this, he was already tearful, his voice choked with sobs, "To tell you the truth, my dog son... my dog son has actually started to emit... a faint fox smell!"

"Fox smell?" Lu San frowned slightly.

The little white fox Chuchu had been squatting quietly on his shoulder, and at this moment, it seemed to sense something, its small nose twitched slightly, and a suspicious low growl came from its throat.

Wang Daoxuan pondered: "Meeting at the hermitage at night... fairy in white... bewitched into illness... judging by the master's description, it seems he was bewitched by a charm demon and had his essence and vitality sucked."

"Fox demon is indeed the most commonly heard of among such spirits."

Li Yan lifted the sedan curtain and looked into the distance, "No rush, we'll know when we get there."

Before long, the sedan chair stopped in front of a magnificent mansion in the south of Yangzhou city.

The lintel hung high with the two characters "Yu Estate," and the lanterns were dim, revealing an oppressive atmosphere.

The Yu family was a big grain merchant, so the mansion was naturally extraordinary, a large-scale Huizhou-style building with three courtyards inside and out, also incorporating the characteristics of Suzhou-style gardens.

However, Li Yan and the others couldn't care about admiring it and entered the inner residence directly, arriving at Yu Qing's room.

Before entering the door, a faint, indescribable, fishy smell that was thick enough to choke people came rushing toward them.

The room was filled with expensive sandalwood incense, obviously to cover up the strange smell.

Yu Qing was lying on the bed, held down by several strong servants. His face was withered and yellow like dead wood, his eyes were deep but exceptionally excited as he stared at the ceiling, his lips twitching, seemingly talking to someone who couldn't be seen, and his arms were covered with bloodstains from his own scratching.

That strand of strange smell was exactly what was emanating from him.

Li Yan stood at the door and sniffed slightly and quickly a few times.

He frowned, "The smell is wrong."

This strange smell... is somewhat familiar,

It's said to be fox smell, but it's more like the urine of some animal mixed with the smell of rotten fur!

Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he remembered what he had seen on the way to Qionghua Building earlier.

"It's not fox smell, it's cat! A... smell of old wild cat!"

He was extremely sensitive to smells, far exceeding ordinary people.

Once these words were spoken, Wang Daoxuan and Lu San both looked stern. ===== CHAPTER 766 =====