Reborn through an arranged marriage, I awakened the Shennong farming system.

Hua Jueming put his phone away, raised his hand to create a barrier, concealing the four of them, and exchanged glances with the driver.

"What should we do with this person?" the driver asked, pointing to the boy lying next to Su Bai. The boy was clearly also possessed by the black energy, but they couldn't determine the extent of the possession.

Hua Jueming glanced coldly at the unconscious man, and couldn't help but feel a surge of anger. If it weren't for this young man, the lady wouldn't have been in trouble!

"We'll talk about it when Master returns." With that, Hua Jueming conjured a rattan chair from his branches and beckoned to the driver: "Come on, give me a hand!"

The driver immediately stepped forward, thinking to himself: This is probably why he can only be a driver and not a housekeeper!

After the two of them worked together to lift Su Bai onto a chair and settle him in, the air inside the barrier suddenly froze. Then, a bone-chilling cold suddenly appeared, and frost appeared out of thin air on the ground and walls. Soon, ice crystals condensed and rapidly expanded at a visible speed, eventually becoming as thick as an adult's arm.

Hua Jueming and the driver's feet were inevitably frozen to the ground and they couldn't move. The boy who had already fainted and the black qi that was bound by branches and curled up in a ball were frozen into ice sculptures. However, Su Bai was completely unharmed, which was in stark contrast to the rest of the place.

Upon seeing this, Hua Jueming and the driver immediately knew that Hua Gengchen had arrived. While marveling at Hua Gengchen's speed, they were also worried about their own lives. They bowed and paid their respects to the place where the cold air was most intense, saying, "Master."

Hua Gengchen slowly emerged from the icy vortex, his flawless face as cold as ice. His deep eyes held no trace of Hua Jueming or the driver, only the unconscious man.

It's only been a day since I last saw Su Bai, and he's already in such a terrible state!

They're so...weak! So utterly vulnerable!

How can he feel at ease?!

His gaze slowly moved down from Su Bai's face, and the black handprints on her neck made Hua Gengchen's eyes suddenly darken, and with a 'sizzle', two small flames ignited.

Hua Gengchen raised his hand and used his power of merit to carefully wipe away the black handprint on Su Bai's neck. His attitude was serious and meticulous, as if he were handling a fragile item, afraid that he would hurt him if he was too heavy.

"What exactly happened?" After wiping the black handprint off Su Bai's neck, Hua Gengchen took off his clothes and covered Su Bai with them. He gently stroked the stray hairs on Su Bai's forehead, and tears of heartache welled up in his eyes.

Hua Jueming's feet were still unable to move, so he could only stand behind the chair and explain what had happened to Hua Gengchen. The driver would occasionally chime in with a few words of supplementary information.

Hua Jueming and the driver could only tell them what they knew. As for things they didn't know, such as how Su Bai entered the alley, they had no idea.

"So, not only was Su Bai injured by the black energy, but he may have also discovered your identity as a demon?" Hua Gengchen raised his eyelids and glanced at the driver indifferently. The driver immediately felt as if his blood had frozen, and he couldn't even move his fingers.

"Yes, it should be," the driver said, his teeth chattering. The situation was urgent; if he hadn't revealed his true form, he might not have been able to rescue Su Bai from the black mist.

After all, when they transform into human form, they can only exert half of their demonic power when they transform into their original form.

But he was focused on saving lives and didn't have time to care whether Su Bai saw him turn back into his original form.

"..." Hua Gengchen didn't speak, only glancing coldly at everyone except Su Bai with his eyes that could kill. The black aura bound by Hua Jueming received most of the gaze.

It's all because of it!

The black mist couldn't speak and had long been frozen into an ice sculpture, but when it came into Hua Gengchen's view, it couldn't help but tremble. It sensed a deadly threat!

Instinctively, the black mist tried to escape, but before it could move, Hua Gengchen pointed a finger at it. A burst of fire flew towards the black mist and ignited with a 'bang,' burning it through the ice and branches, sending it scattering wildly. But there was only so much room for it to escape, and soon it was burned to ashes in the fire, leaving only a wisp of black smoke.

Hua Gengchen couldn't even bear to look at that wisp of black smoke, and with a wave of his hand, he made it disappear completely from the world.

Hua Jueming gathered up the charred branches, not daring to show anything. The driver also kept his head down, not daring to breathe.

With the eyes closed, Hua Gengchen felt a little better, but only a little.

He frowned as he looked at Su Bai, who was still unconscious. A lot of things flashed through his deep eyes in an instant, and then he returned to calm.

Now is not the time to explain everything to Su Bai. Hua Gengchen decided to erase this part of Su Bai's memory. The saying "Those who are not of our kind will surely have different hearts" is not just an empty phrase. Although Hua Gengchen is worshipped by humans, he is also the emperor of the demon race. He will protect both humans and demons; they are equally important to him.

He wasn't sure if Su Bai could accept that they were demons, and he was even less sure if Su Bai would be willing to accept it if he revealed their purpose early on.

What if Su Bai is unwilling to save the demon race?

Well... Hua Gengchen didn't dare to even think about that possibility, so he decided to keep it a secret for now!

He extended his index finger and lightly touched Su Bai's brow, emitting a faint white light.

Hua Jueming and the driver immediately knew what Hua Gengchen was doing. Although it was strictly forbidden for demons to use magic on humans, this prohibition clearly had little effect on Hua Gengchen.

After erasing Su Bai's memories, Hua Gengchen spared a glance at the boy lying frozen in the corner, asking, "Did he see it too?"

The driver, head down, stammered, "He was already unconscious when I arrived, I'm not sure if he saw me!"

Upon hearing this, Hua Gengchen immediately channeled his power of merit towards the young man, his actions devoid of any gentleness.

Hua Gengchen had already guessed what had happened. It was very likely that Su Bai had walked into the alley on his own at the beginning, but he couldn't help blaming the boy because Su Bai was injured!

The act could be described as violently pulling out the black energy parasitizing his body. The boy let out a few cries of pain, but Hua Gengchen's movements did not soften, and his expression did not change at all.

But Hua Gengchen quickly realized something was wrong. No matter how deeply the black energy had penetrated, he used enough force to pull it out, but only half of the black energy parasitizing the boy's body was pulled out; the other half wouldn't come out. Seeing this, Hua Gengchen increased his force even more, simultaneously striking Hua Jueming and the driver, shattering the ice sculptures on their feet. "Go check his identity!"

He had only been away from the human realm for half a year to deal with the dark energy, so how come the dark energy parasitizing this boy was so deep? It could be described as penetrating to the bone marrow.

Unlike Su Bai, who was just injured by the black energy, the black energy on this boy couldn't be directly removed. The only solution was to first extract the black energy from the boy's body before eliminating it. Otherwise, the boy would have been blasted to smithereens.

"Yes." Hua Jueming and the driver were now under a sword hanging over their heads, ready to fall at any moment. They couldn't afford to be inefficient! After replying, they disappeared from the spot with a 'whoosh'.

Hua Gengchen grabbed the black energy that was firmly attached to the boy in mid-air with his fingers. However, this black energy was much smarter than the previous one. The moment Hua Gengchen grabbed it, it immediately attacked Hua Gengchen's wrist. As soon as it felt the fingers holding it loosen, it ran away.

However, it forgot that this place had already been protected by a barrier, and that Hua Gengchen was no ordinary demon.

Hua Gengchen withdrew his hand that had been slapped, retreated to Su Bai's side, crossed his arms and watched with disdain as the black energy darted around in the barrier, like a ball that had been kicked.

The black mist ran around several times but couldn't find a way to escape. It angrily bared its teeth in Hua Gengchen's direction, and then swelled its body many times larger, turning into a black mist that could envelop a strong man.

Hua Gengchen didn't even bother to lift his eyelids at the provocation of the black energy, as if he didn't care about the black energy's actions at all. No matter what the black energy did, he could eliminate it with a single move.

The black energy was enraged! It had never been so scorned before.

It conjured a large black skull, its black aura gaping open, revealing sharp teeth, and attacked Hua Gengchen. It was determined to devour this ignorant human, turning him into its fertilizer so that it could ascend to a higher level!

Faced with the attack of the black energy, Hua Gengchen simply raised his hand slowly, clenched it into a fist, and then struck at the black skull.

Upon colliding, the black skull formed from the black energy immediately became unstable. Hua Gengchen gently pushed forward, and the black skull was dispersed, revealing a black crystal the size of an infant's fist.

Hua Gengchen immediately reached out and grabbed it, flames igniting at his fingertips to envelop the crystal. He examined it carefully and remembered that this thing hadn't been present in the black mist six months ago.

The black energy was created by the demon race and was specifically designed to target humans with weak psychological defenses. Previously, he only needed to eliminate it once every six months, and Bai Ze could even take over the job when the demon race was too busy. But this was the first time he had ever seen something like this.

Hua Gengchen's brows furrowed involuntarily.

It seems the demons are indeed secretly planning something big again.

Bai Ze had previously said that the human world was not very stable, but he hadn't taken it to heart. Now it seems that he really should investigate it thoroughly.

After adding several restrictions to the black crystal and putting it away safely, Hua Gengchen returned to Su Bai's side and silently watched over him.

As for the boy lying in the corner, I'm sorry, Hua Gengchen doesn't care about him.

After a while, the barrier suddenly flashed, and Hua Jueming and the driver appeared in the place they had left earlier, bowing to Hua Gengchen, "Master, we have found out."

"explain."

"This boy's name is Lin Chen. He is a sophomore majoring in computer science at B University. Because his family was poor, he worked odd jobs everywhere. He was targeted by a dark aura and then became parasitized. His classmates all said that Lin Chen's personality began to change three months ago."

"Three months?" The speed was faster than he had imagined! "Where was he corrupted by the black energy?" The university is a place for cultivating students and has the energy of the righteous path. Although it cannot completely eliminate the black energy, it can still have a certain deterrent effect on it, making it dare not approach easily. Therefore, the black energy on Lin Chen's body must not have been acquired at the school.

“I checked, and it seems he worked at a club called Chiyou,” Hua Jueming said. Lin Chen had worked at many places, but this club was the most suspicious.

"Chi You?" Hua Gengchen murmured the name to himself, then realized it wasn't one he was familiar with. After thinking for a moment, he turned and walked towards Lin Chen.