Ten diligent days: the fields are still

Yuan Lai and An An planned to sneak out and find the mountain where Qi Rong disappeared. They wandered at the door for a long time and finally found that the soldiers at the door didn't even look at them and ignored them directly.

"This village seems to have a lot of rules, but they don't seem very strict."

An An touched the nameplate on her body and said, "It is this nameplate that has the aura of the guardian. We are recognized, so we can go out, but it is difficult for Hong Bao to get out."

The two people walked forward with smiles on their faces, but they didn't know that the road was winding and turned around the mountain, and they were running in completely opposite directions.

It was not until they entered a town filled with people and unfamiliar faces that they realized they had taken the wrong road.

Suddenly, wisps of green smoke emerged from the second floor of the inn a few steps away from them. Many people screamed and ran down the stairs, and the street was in chaos.

People used all kinds of tools to put out the fire. The innkeeper pulled a ragged little girl out of the shop, followed by a man in gorgeous clothes.

"I kindly asked someone to give you steamed buns, but you ran upstairs and set fire to the building. You are really rebellious."

The innkeeper threw the little girl onto the street, shook his hands in disdain, looked at the man behind him with a fawning look, and said flatteringly, "Master Lu, we are sorry for the poor hospitality. We will cover all the expenses. Please put in a good word for me in front of the county governor."

Master Lu was furious and forcefully brushed away the innkeeper's hand. "Today is General Weiyuan's home visit day. With your family in such a state, you're on your own."

"No, Master Lu. My house is the best inn in the county. If the general doesn't stay here, where else can he go?" The innkeeper took out an exquisite wooden box and stuffed it into Master Lu's sleeve. "Master, what do you think?"

Master Lu put away the box and pretended to think for a moment. "Boss, what you said makes sense. The general will stay at your house tonight."

Yuan Lai and An An were just enjoying the fun, not noticing that the little beggar had already come up behind them, grabbed An An's wrist, and yelled, "There's a demon here!"

An An was shocked and wanted to break free from the little beggar's shackles, but although the little beggar looked thin and weak, his hands were very strong.

"Where did this little demon come from?" Master Lu turned around and a round plate appeared in his hand. On it was a red maple tree. The leaves on the tree quickly withered and fell off madly as soon as they approached An An.

Yuan Lai stood in front of An An, facing Master Lu directly, "What do you want to do?"

The people around were whispering, clearly dissatisfied with Yuan Lai's attitude and accusing her of being ignorant.

Master Lu was two heads taller than Yuan Lai, and he walked with great momentum. The little beggar was so scared that he closed his eyes and stood still stubbornly, not letting Master Lu get close to An An. "I have done a great job in catching the monster, so you should ask the innkeeper to return my money first."

Hearing this, the innkeeper got furious. "What money? You burned down my shop and you still dare to ask me for money?"

The maple tree in Master Lu's hand had begun to shrivel. Seeing this, he pointed at the innkeeper and said, "Give her the money."

"I..." The innkeeper was naturally very reluctant, but in order to win over big customers, he had no choice but to compromise and threw a black purse to the little beggar through the air.

The little beggar was satisfied after receiving the money and released his hand. "Although this demon may seem insignificant, it has the aura of Zhaoming Valley. You should be careful."

The tone of his voice doesn't sound like a six or seven-year-old child, but rather like an octogenarian in his eighties or nineties.

After saying this, the little beggar ran away contentedly.

Master Lu was visibly taken aback when he heard the words "Zhaoming Valley." "Didn't the monsters in Zhaoming Valley become extinct a hundred years ago?"

Yuan Lai pulled An An and turned to run. Before he had taken a few steps, he was hit on the leg by Master Lu's whip and fell to the ground in pain.

An An hurriedly helped Yuan Lai up, with an unusual seriousness in her eyes, "This man is a demon master, you are a human, he won't do anything to you, run!"

How could Yuan Lai run away by herself? She brought An An into this strange world and had to take her out personally, otherwise she would not be able to explain to the people under the niche.

Besides, seeing that he was whipping her with so much force, would he let her go?

Master Lu's second whip came through the air. An An pushed Yuan Lai away, and his arm was cut by the whip, and blood flowed out.

"Again?"

The third whip followed closely, but An An dodged sideways and took Yuan Lai to hide behind a roadside stall, waiting for an opportunity to find a way to escape.

Master Lu completely ignored the fact that his stall was blown away, and used all his strength in every whip.

The whip brushed past the vendor's ear and hit An An on the back.

"I'm the one who hurt you." An An felt a little guilty. If she had known that this world was so unfriendly to monsters, she would have played dead on Yuan Lai's head. Now she couldn't fight him, and she couldn't run away either. It was really a headache.

Yuan Lai's hands were covered in blood as he hid in An An's arms, dodging the whip.

It would be easy for Master Lu to catch them, but now it is obvious that he is playing tricks on them.

When Yuan Lai saw the innkeeper personally carrying three jars of wine to the second floor, a bold idea suddenly popped up in his mind.

"An An, let's run to the inn. The general is staying here tonight, so he doesn't dare to smash it."

The two hit it off immediately and took the opportunity to run towards the inn.

Master Lu saw their intention and cracked his whip loudly.

Yuan Lai seized the opportunity and pulled An An to run quickly towards the inn, but the whip was specially used to deal with monsters. It would only hurt if it hit a person, but it would even dissipate the monster's power if it hit a monster.

After being whipped several times, An An felt top-heavy and couldn't take a single step.

"An An!" Yuan Lai tried his best to pull An An into the inn. Seeing that Master Lu's whip was about to fall on An An, Yuan Lai turned over and pressed An An under him. He couldn't let An An get beaten anymore. If he continued to be beaten, he would really die.

The expected pain did not come. Yuan Lai looked up in confusion and saw that Master Lu's hand was tightly held by someone.

"The Xihu Kingdom's decree prohibits demon masters from assaulting mortals. I never thought that in this small Liyang County, there would be people who disregard the laws."

Master Lu was also a person who only bullied the weak and feared the strong. He immediately put away his whip and said, "General Weiyuan, what are you talking about? I just wanted to share the worries of the county governor."

"If my father knew what you did, he would never forgive you." General Weiyuan let go of his hands and ordered his followers to help the two people on the ground up.

When General Weiyuan looked at her, Yuan Lai couldn't help but gasp. This man looked too much like the little boy!

Master Lu pointed at An An and said, "General, this woman is a demon. We are still short of one quota for the county this year. If we capture her, we can complete the task ahead of time."

"General, we are not from here. We came here by accident. You can't just arrest us."

General Weiyuan asked, "Judging from your appearance, are you from Kushuo?"

"Yes... yes! We are from Kushuo country." Yuan Lai didn't know where this Kushuo country was, but he agreed first.