Fox Demon: This is the Guardian Blade

"Oh? Mr. Xu? You mean Ping'an Village is often attacked by monsters, but every time you hide and come out, the monsters have been subdued by mysterious powerful people? Is that right?..."

Inside the room, Chen Gou sat opposite Old Man Xu, supporting his chin with one hand as if he was thinking.

Old Master Xu nodded, a look of nostalgia in his eyes, and continued, "Yes! In a place as poor as ours, how could we afford to hire a Taoist priest to protect us all the time? There were always some man-eating monsters invading our village. Every time they came, we had no choice but to hide well and wait until the danger was over before venturing out..."

"The people from the Dao League..."

When Chen Gougang said this, he suddenly thought... there are so many human villages and they are so scattered... it is understandable that the people of the Taoist Alliance cannot manage them.

After all, this kind of small village is not like the main city, where there are always people with great magical powers in charge...

"But fortunately, a mysterious master came to our rescue, otherwise our villagers would be in great danger..."

Old Master Xu stroked his white beard, squinted his eyes, and sighed.

Chen Gou listened slowly to Mr. Xu's story... He didn't ask why the villagers didn't move away... He figured that apart from the main city... it wouldn't really matter where they moved to, right?

"But... I have to thank Master Chen for helping my poor grandson return to normal... I just didn't expect that Master Chen was not only a businessman, but also a capable master... It's all my fault that I was too old and short-sighted to see it."

Mr. Xu was still a little reserved when facing Chen Gou...

"Master Chen...how about this...letting my grandson follow you and work for you?"

Old Xu thought for a long time... Finally, he made up his mind and asked Chen Gou tentatively.

However, when Mr. Xu saw Chen Gou shaking his head in refusal, he couldn't help but sigh deeply.

It seems that Master Chen really looks down on his grandson... But that's okay.

...Since my grandson doesn't have this opportunity...it wouldn't be bad if he could spend more time with me at home...Grandpa Xu thought.

"Alright...it's almost time...take care, old man!"

Chen Gou stood up and disappeared from his seat after leaving a few words, but something suddenly appeared on the table opposite Old Man Xu.

A small bottle of medicine, several stacks of talisman paper, two protective jade pendants, a wooden token and a piece of paper...

(These are just little gadgets... They are of no value to me... If Xu Wu really wants it... Take this token to Floating Cloud City and find someone named Xuan Yi at Chen Department Store...)

After seeing Chen Gou's magical skills with his own eyes, Mr. Xu became more convinced that the other party was a master.

So he hurriedly kowtowed in gratitude towards the place where Chen Gou disappeared, but he was lifted up by a gentle force...

Outside the house….

"Uncle Chen, why did we talk for so long... How much longer will it take?"

Fanyin held Xiao Huang in her arms and began to count the hairs on his body one by one, feeling somewhat bored.

"Uncle Chen... maybe he had a good chat with Grandpa! Sister Fanyin, don't worry... Oh, right! Sister Fanyin, what did you give Xiao Huang to eat just now? Xiao Huang looked like he liked it very much!"

Xu Wu stood beside Fanyin, carefully watching Fanyin rubbing his own little yellow dog and asked.

"...Nothing! It's just delicious! How about you guess?"

Fanyin playfully said, "Guess what?", which made Xu Wu blush slightly and feel embarrassed.

"I don't... don't... know!"

Xu Wu was also a young man, and he couldn't help feeling shy when being stared at by Fanyin, and even stuttered when he spoke.

At this time, Fanyin seemed to feel something, and the hair on her head suddenly stood up. She turned her head to look outside.

"...Okay, Uncle Chen has finished talking... I have to go! Xiao Xuwu... and Xiao Huang... See you again sometime~!"

Fanyin stood up and clapped his hands, waved to Xu Wu and Xiao Huang, then jumped and lightly stepped on the branches of a big tree in front of the door.

In just a few breaths, it disappeared from Xu Wu's sight. Xu Wu stared at the direction where Fanyin disappeared, lost in thought for a long time, and didn't react.

“…Oh…Okay…Sister Fanyin…Uncle Chen…”

"Woof woof!~"

Xiao Huang, who had escaped from the clutches of Fanyin, finally breathed a sigh of relief, stood up and shook off his messy hair.

When he turned around, he saw that his master was still staring in the direction where the female disappeared. He howled in dissatisfaction and then pounced on Xu Wu who was still in a daze.

"Wow~! Xiao Huang, stop making trouble...haha~."

......

"Uncle Chen! Can we go now? Hehe!"

In an empty grassland outside the village, Fanyin saw Uncle Chen waiting for her, and she jumped down to Chen Gou with a happy look on her face.

Although she no longer wants to go back... She has no family there except her own people, she doesn't even have a father or a mother.

…She has a new family now…so she doesn’t really want to go back, but it wouldn’t be bad to go back and visit…

Chen Gou crossed out the entry for Mr. Xu in his diary, where he had drawn a picture of a green fox demon woman, when he sensed the sound of Sanskrit coming.

So he immediately closed the notebook and turned around, only to see Fanyin looking very happy.

"What? What made you so happy?"

Chen Gou asked.

"Hehe! Uncle Chen didn't do anything special, he just gave Xiao Xuwu's little Huang some delicious food!"

Fanyin replied with a grin.

Looking at Fanyin like this, Chen Gou didn't know? It was probably because this girl fed Xiao Huang some elixirs that help animals to transform into monsters and practice.

Chen Gou shook his head: "Let's go! ...Huh?"

At this time, Chen Gou's spiritual consciousness suddenly noticed that there were many slight fluctuations of demonic power on the cliff on the hill not far from Ping'an Village.

It was probably only a mile or two away from him, and it was very likely the monster that Old Man Xu mentioned.

There are always some monsters who refuse to give up and target the humans in Ping'an Village. Sucking human energy is the fastest way to increase their strength, but it is also the most dangerous way.

Once you've tasted the benefits of sucking human energy, you can't live without it anymore. It's like a drug.

"Uncle Chen?"

Fanyin tilted her head and looked at Chen Gou in confusion, then suddenly turned to look the other way.

Following Chen Gou's gaze, I found that Uncle Chen was just looking at the hill over there.

Chen Gou just said to Fanyin to follow him, then disappeared from the spot in a flash and rushed towards the top of the mountain at a very fast speed.

Seeing this, Fanyin knew that something must be going on, so he jumped onto a tree trunk and quickly moved through the forest, deliberately slowing down his pace to wait for his Uncle Chen.

......

"Boss! Are you sure you still want to attack Ping'an Village? There's a very powerful master inside!"

"Yeah, yeah! Boss, we lost several of our brothers last time! Can we fight in another human village? I'm scared..."

"Bullshit! If I could have fought, I would have done it long ago! Those villagers have many Taoists who know magic, and they're close to the human main city... Before I even started capturing people, support arrived! I finally found a remote village with few Taoist members... How can I let it go so easily!"

A dozen or so monsters with cultivation levels roughly at the level of ordinary monsters followed behind a tiger monster with cultivation levels at the elite level and asked worriedly.