Chapter 61: Black Wind Mountain Range

"For full-territory intelligence, you need to be a Demon Slayer to view it," Cui Fan said.

Demon Slaying Envoys can also lead teams to slay demons alone, but they are only responsible for small towns and villages.

However, he said this not to refuse Li Hao. His tone changed and he said with a smile: "But you have come from afar and are eager to slay demons. I naturally cannot refuse this request. A few, please follow me."

Saying that, he led Li Hao and the others into a side room of the Demon Slaying Division.

There were guards here. Cui Fan was very familiar with them, greeted them, and took a few people inside.

In the room, a map was hung, which was a map of the Cangyu City territory, covering more than a dozen small towns and numerous villages around it.

Cui Fan pulled a book from the shelf and turned to hand it to Li Hao.

"This is the demon-slaying record near our Cangyu City in the past six months. You read it slowly. After lunch, I will take you to patrol it in the afternoon..." Cui Fan said with a smile.

Li Hao opened the book and read it carefully.

Li Yuanzhao also curiously leaned over and watched carefully.

In a wealthy mansion on the outskirts of the city.

"Yan Clan, ten strings of copper coins."

"Zhang Clan, eight strings of copper coins."

A young, plump, and beautiful woman leaned on a soft couch, slowly flipping through the account book, and said to the accountant beside her: "Demon disasters have been frequent this year, and the harvest of the tenant farmers is not good. Let the master reduce their taxes. It's too bitter..."

The accountant was stunned and bowed his head: "Madam is compassionate, but the business of each gatehouse is also difficult this year. If taxes are reduced again, the mansion's income and expenditure will shrink."

"We should be frugal. Let the farmers have a good year," the beautiful woman said gently and softly.

The accountant nodded upon hearing this and said: "Then I will go back and tell the master."

"Madam, you are pregnant. You have been reading the account book all morning, and you must be tired. You should rest."

Beside her, a beautiful and watery maid said with concern.

The beautiful woman gently stroked her bulging belly, with a bit of maternal tenderness in her eyes, closed the account book, and with the help of the maid, stood up slowly and returned to her bedroom.

"I will go to the kitchen to bring you some snacks, Madam," the maid said cleverly, helping the beautiful woman to lie down on the bed.

The beautiful woman nodded gently.

As the maid left and the door closed gently, she gently stroked her belly and whispered softly: "Child, it's almost New Year, and Mother will see you soon."

Her eyes were like water, containing gentle expectation.

"Hehe, do you want to see me so much?"

Suddenly, in the quiet room, a strange child's voice came, but it was quite sharp.

The beautiful woman recovered from her thoughts and couldn't help but open her eyes wide, looking at her belly in surprise.

She heard it very clearly; the voice came from her belly, which had been pregnant for eight months.

"You..."

Before she could figure out what was going on, she saw her belly suddenly bulge, expanding larger and larger, followed by bursts of tearing pain.

With a pop, suddenly, it ruptured from the navel, but no blood sprayed out; instead, it was like an airbag bursting, deflating rapidly.

A wet, blood-stained, thin, and withered head slowly rose from the beautiful woman's belly, but behind the head was a slender, strange limb like a snake tail, both like a snake and a centipede without feet, twisting gently.

Seeing this shocking scene, even though the beautiful woman had the calmness of managing the mansion for many years, she was frightened and screamed, fainting on the spot.

"It's really hypocritical. Your child is out, and you don't want to see it anymore."

This withered head laughed strangely, opened its mouth, and was full of sharp teeth.

Subsequently, its body crawled, climbed onto the beautiful woman's upper body, suddenly opened its mouth, and actually bit the beautiful woman's head in one bite.

Then it swallowed her entire upper body, and its own slender body became bulging.

"Beast!!"

Suddenly, an angry voice sounded.

A golden light flashed, and a slender figure shuttled through the wall, rushing directly into the room, floating, it was Song Yueyao.

"Hmm?"

The monster that was gnawing on the beautiful woman was stunned, its face changed drastically, and it hurriedly spat out the beautiful woman it had gnawed halfway, and then quickly swam away like a poisonous snake, climbing over from the other side of the window, wanting to escape.

"Golden Lock Traps the Dragon!"

Song Yueyao's face was icy, and she quickly formed a seal.

Besides leaving the body, the soul cannot cause physical damage, but it can perform supernatural powers, specifically to crack some strange demon arts of demons.

And this Golden Lock Traps the Dragon is a sealing supernatural power, belonging to the Shenyou method.

Only to see golden light rising, trapping this demon like a poisonous snake inside, struggling and unable to get out.

Not long after, a burst of footsteps rushed over, Song Yueyao's body rushed outside the window, jumped down, and slashed at the demon in the golden light with a sword.

"Spare my life..." the demon pleaded in panic.

But the sword light was cold, directly beheading its head, which rolled to the ground.

Song Yueyao swung two more swords, cutting off its body, and then moved quickly, coming to the bed in the room, but saw that the beautiful woman's face was already bloody and had signs of decay.

Looking at her abdomen, it was empty, and the internal organs had long been eaten up.

Too late... her face changed, a bit ugly. Although she had demon-slaying experience, she still felt angry. At this time, the servants and maids in the mansion all rushed over, as well as the master of the mansion, a middle-aged wealthy businessman in his forties.

Song Yueyao immediately asked the accompanying people to seal the room to avoid ordinary people seeing it.

"Are you the Demon Slaying Division?!"

The master of the mansion was also knowledgeable and recognized the official uniform of Tian Congzhi who sealed the door at a glance, his face changed, and he hurriedly said: "Where is Lian'er? What happened to Lian'er?"

"There is a demon inside, please don't approach."

Tian Congzhi is a Black Palace disciple. His task this trip is to assist Song Yueyao in handling the case. He had already seen the tragic scene in the room and said in a deep voice.

"Where did the demon in my mansion come from?! Are you having any misunderstanding? Let me see Lian'er!" The master pushed Tian Congzhi, gritted his teeth and said.

Song Yueyao pushed the door out, having already put away her long sword. She swept her gaze at the middle-aged man and said: "Your wife is already dead, killed by a demon. That demon was beheaded by me. You should bury her well."

"Dead, dead?"

The master was shocked to the point of being dull, and then pushed like a madman, wanting to rush in.

Tian Congzhi was not good at taking action against ordinary people and could only try his best to block. Song Yueyao saw this and shook her head slightly at him, signaling him to let go.

Ultimately, it was going to be seen, after all, it had to be buried later.

The middle-aged man rushed into the room, and instantly saw that tragic scene, and was stunned on the spot as if struck by five thunders.

Song Yueyao explained to Tian Congzhi: "You stay and handle the funeral, I will go to the City Guard."

"Good."

Tian Congzhi agreed.

Before Song Yueyao left, the middle-aged man suddenly grabbed her arm, his eye sockets were red, and he roared at her angrily: "Why, why didn't you come earlier? Why?!"

"Give me back my Lian'er, give me back my Lian'er!!"

Song Yueyao's face changed, and she subconsciously broke free, flicked her palm, and knocked the middle-aged man to the ground.

The middle-aged man fell to the ground, didn't pester anymore, just grabbed his head in a collapse, and wailed loudly: "She said, she was a mother for the first time, and even thought of the child's name. Why, why treat Lian'er like this? God, you are unfair!!"

The wailing sound spread throughout the courtyard, and the servants and maids blocked outside the door all heard it, all shocked.

A trace of guilt flashed in Song Yueyao's heart. Looking at the middle-aged man who was already almost abnormal, knowing that he couldn't listen to any words at this time, she just tightened the sword in her hand, said nothing, and turned away quickly.

Yes, why couldn't it be faster... she bit her thin lips slightly.

In the City Lord's Mansion.

Song Yueyao rushed over, acting nimbly.

"Yue, you are looking for me?"

Song Yueyao saw the City Guard here, who was responsible for the safety of the entire Cangyu City.

Yue Shuhong was in his forties this year, with a scholarly air. He looked at the woman who rushed over, and a touch of emotion flashed deep in his eyes.

Reaching the Shenyou Realm in her early twenties, and it is the realm approaching perfection, this is the gap between the top monster and himself.

"Inspector Song, you have worked hard. Thank you for slaying demons just after arriving yesterday. Thanks to you, a town has been spared from disaster," Yue Shuhong said with a light smile.

Song Yueyao had just come out of that mansion, her mood was not good, her face was low and said: "Slaying demons is the duty of martial artists like us, it's nothing. I don't know why Yue asked me to come?"

Yue Shuhong had been in a high position for a long time and knew many people. Seeing that the other party was not the kind of person who liked flattery, he felt a good impression in his heart, and his expression became serious: "I believe Inspector Song has already read the demon-slaying files of our city recently. In the past six months, demons have appeared frequently, and about half a month ago, in the Black Wind Mountain Range a hundred miles east of the city, many demons gathered, and the passing escort teams encountered accidents."

Yue Shuhong spread a full-territory map on the table and pointed to a mountain range on the east side: "I sent people to investigate and sacrificed four demon slayers before I found out some situation."

Speaking of this, he looked at Song Yueyao, his expression serious and terrifying: "Among these demons, there is a big demon who wants to command the small demons nearby and swallow the entire Cangyu City!"

Song Yueyao was stunned, her face changed drastically. Cangyu City has millions of people, all swallowed? Is this demon trying to slaughter the city?

This kind of thing is not common even at the border.

"Then did you notify the Xia Clan?" Song Yueyao asked immediately.

The Xia Clan is one of the four Divine Generals, and Qizhou is a large state they guard.

Yue Shuhong smiled bitterly: "Notified, but the Xia Clan seems to be fighting on another battlefield, saying that when the demon really attacks, they will send people to clear it, and let us not catch the wind and shadow."

A flash of anger flashed in Song Yueyao's eyes, but she knew that the Divine General Mansion was not something she could discuss. If the words spoken here were secretly passed to the Xia Clan, it would be somewhat unfavorable to Tan Palace. She asked: "Then is this news true or false?"

Yue Shuhong's expression was serious, and he said seriously: "Naturally it is true."

Then he said: "But I don't have 100% certainty, so... if possible, look at whether Inspector Song can come forward and ask the Xia Clan for help?"

Song Yueyao frowned. She was not familiar with this Yue City Guard and didn't want to be used as a gun.

Thinking for a moment, she said: "I only have the status of Inspector, and I may not be able to invite them. So, I will go and investigate the truth first."

Yue Shuhong seemed to expect her to say this, nodded: "Alright, how about I go with you? There are big demons in the Black Wind Mountain Range, it is too dangerous."

"No need, I will just explore on the edge," Song Yueyao said, and then said goodbye to him.

Seeing the other party leave, Yue Shuhong gazed for a long time and couldn't help but sigh long.

In another place, the Demon Slaying Division.

Li Hao had already finished reading the recent demon-slaying records. In addition, he also saw some other demon trace intelligence.

"Black Wind Mountain Range, demons gathering..." Li Hao's eyes narrowed.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 62 =====