The passers-by are vicious

Jiayang Town is located on the east side of Nanyue State, not far from Jiacheng.

Because of its superior geographical location, this place became a prosperous town. It was also the trade route of the Nanyue Kingdom, with many people traveling back and forth between the south and the north.

However, recently, strange things have been happening in the town. Some people have lost their energy overnight and aged rapidly.

Xuan Du and his Shushan disciples happened to be resting here. After hearing the rumors about Jiayang Town, they decided to stay and investigate the evil spirits.

Duanmu Rong objected: "Brother, this matter should be notified to Shushan and the elders should be sent to deal with it. I always feel that this evil spirit is extraordinary and we are afraid that we are no match for it."

Second Senior Brother Lu Tianyu looked at Duanmu Rong in surprise.

It should be noted that Duanmu Rong finally left Shushan and was extremely happy. She had always been annoyed by those elders with many rules, but this time she took the initiative to contact them.

Even Xuan Du's eyes showed surprise.

Duanmu Rong seemed to be aware of everyone's doubts, and a smile appeared on her pretty face: "I just have a hunch that if we don't handle it properly, it might harm the lives of our brothers."

Hearing her say this, Lu Tianyu thought that traveling abroad had helped Duanmu Rong grow up and learn to act cautiously.

Lu Tianyu thought for a moment and said, "Little Junior Sister is right, but we have not yet determined what the evil thing is. We should investigate it first and then report to Shushan."

"After all, we are here to gain experience. It would not be appropriate to bother the elders just because of speculation."

After saying this, he couldn't help but look at his senior brother Xuandu, wanting to know his intentions.

The other disciples also felt that what Lu Tianyu said was very true, and they all followed his gaze to look at Xuandu. They were all quite convinced of this Shushan senior brother.

Thanks to Xuandu's help, there were no casualties among the disciples during this trip.

Xuandu lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then said in a deep voice: "I will investigate the town first."

He is the disciple with the highest cultivation level and the one closest to the elders. Ordinary monsters can hardly be his rival.

"No." Duanmu Rong's expression suddenly changed and she stopped him in a hurry.

Seeing that she was so eager to stop Xuandu from investigating, Lu Tianyu couldn't help but scratch his head in confusion. Could it be that the junior sister knew what was in the town?

Xuandu stared at Duanmu Rong with inquiring eyes, wondering if the bloody energy that day had affected her mind.

Seeing that she was being suspected, Duanmu Rong's eyes flickered, and she laughed dryly, "Every time, it is always Senior Brother who leads the charge. How can this be? After all, this is not just Senior Brother's experience."

Seeing that she could not persuade Xuandu to give up the matter of Jiayang Town, Duanmu Rong had no choice but to find an excuse to smooth things over.

"Why don't we go in together? If anything happens, maybe we can solve it together."

"Little Junior Sister is absolutely right."

Lu Tianyu stroked his chin, smiled and nodded. In fact, he did not have much opinion on this. Since he knew what was happening in the town, as a disciple of Shushan, he should take care of it.

Xuan Du nodded: "Okay." The lines of his jaw were tense, revealing a cold air.

He didn't want to delve too deeply into it. During this training, he just wanted to eliminate demons and monsters and complete the training.

Seeing Xuandu agreed, Duanmu Rong felt relieved, but her brows were still slightly furrowed, as if she was worried about something.

Xuan Du led his disciples to explore the entire Jiayang Town, not only did they not find any trace of demons, they didn't even see any demonic aura.

"Too clean."

Xuandu held the talisman between his slender fingers. This was a demon-hunting talisman. Whenever there was demonic aura, it would react. But now the whole town had been checked, and there was not even a trace of demonic aura. This was really abnormal.

You have to know that Jiayang Town is quite large and it is a must-pass route for merchants. How could there not be even a little demon?

Unless there is a more powerful existence, other demons will not dare to set foot in the town.

So, they decided to go to the county magistrate's office to find out the situation first.

When she heard that they were going to the County Magistrate's Mansion, Duanmu Rong's expression changed drastically. She stopped everyone and said, "Brother, we don't have to go to the County Magistrate's Mansion. We can go directly to see those people whose essence was sucked away."

"But only the county magistrate's office has records of those people's information."

"Junior sister, why... Ever since you heard that you were going to investigate this town, you've become very strange. When you heard about the county magistrate's mansion, you were even more distraught."

Lu Tianyu was puzzled, and seeing Duanmu Rong's wandering eyes, he drew out his words and guessed.

"Could it be..."

Duanmu Rong's heart tightened. Although she knew that he couldn't possibly know, she still felt guilty. She looked evasive and didn't dare to look at Xuan Du.

"What are you afraid of?"

Duanmu Rong felt as if she was struck by lightning and froze, not even noticing the wrinkles on the clothes that were clenched in her hands.

It was not Lu Tianyu who spoke, but Xuandu.

He had a handsome face and a calm expression, without any emotional fluctuations. He just glanced at her lightly, and his voice was even colder, as if he was just asking casually.

"Brother, why would you think so?" Duan Mu Rong quickly waved her hands to explain, "I have nothing to fear. I just feel that I am disturbing the county magistrate. After all, they are all ordinary people. If they are implicated, they may be retaliated by the demons."

As she spoke, her heart tightened. She was afraid that her abnormal behavior would be suspected by them and they would think she was possessed by a demon.

Xuandu put away the talisman with a cold expression: "Even so, we should go find the county magistrate. He has no choice but to take responsibility for such incidents in the town. Even if there really is a demon, we will protect him."

"Besides, we want to investigate the demons in the town, and the county magistrate should also know about it, so that we can move around the town more smoothly."

Xuan Du has always spoken briefly, but today he said more for explanation.

He glanced at Duanmu Rong indifferently, then walked towards the Jiayang Town County Magistrate's Mansion, with the other disciples following closely behind him.

Duanmu Rong pursed her lips and followed behind, her face looking heavy.

How could Lu Tianyu, who had been paying attention to her, not notice her obvious look of annoyance?

Lu Tianyu slowed down his pace and fell behind. He approached Duanmu Rong and asked in a low voice, "Junior Sister, if you have anything to say, you can tell me. I won't tell Senior Brother. Do you know something? Is the matter in Jiayang Town very difficult?"

"It's not that it's difficult, but..." Duanmu Rong's expression was vague, and her voice gradually lowered.

The people in the county magistrate's mansion will ruin senior brother.

Duanmu Rong didn't say this, and Lu Tianyu naturally didn't hear it. Instead, he scratched his hair in confusion.

"Little Junior Sister, what do you want to say?"

Duanmu Rong shook her head gently, and seeing her like this, Lu Tianyu stopped asking any more questions.

At this time, the group had arrived at the gate of the county magistrate's mansion. After explaining their purpose to the knife-wielding constable standing at the gate, someone immediately came out and invited the Shushan group to enter.

As soon as everyone entered, a middle-aged man in green official uniform came forward and said, "You must be the Taoist priests from Shushan, right? I am the county magistrate here—Jiang Xing'an."

"I heard that you wanted to ask about the incident in town where someone aged overnight. I have asked someone to bring the file. The names and addresses of all the victims are recorded in detail."

County Magistrate Jiang Xing'an immediately guessed the reason why everyone came and asked someone to get the files.

"By the way, since you Taoist priests want to investigate this matter, why don't you stay at the county magistrate's mansion?"