Chapter 120 – 115 Seven Profound
After Chen Mu left.
Xu Hongyu sat beside the soft couch, lost in thought, and after a while, she suddenly turned her head towards Minor Achievement and said, “Minor Achievement, you have been with me for eighteen years, haven’t you?”
Minor Achievement brought Xu Hongyu some clear water, smilingly said, “Yes, it has been a long time indeed, miss. You remember so clearly.”
“Have you taken a liking to anyone in the Yu Family?”
Xu Hongyu looked at Minor Achievement, then suddenly spoke softly.
“Not at all.”
Minor Achievement gently served Xu Hongyu as she washed and dressed, saying, “In this lifetime, I will only follow the miss.”
Although she was but a servant girl in the Yu Family, in the current era, once one stepped into the Tendon Changing Realm, their status would differ. If Xu Hongyu approved, she could marry into the Yu Family as well, but she never planned such a thing.
Even without the appearance of Chen Mu, she would have followed Xu Hongyu all along.
“Hmm…”
Xu Hongyu stared at the basin of clear water, reflecting her own fair face, lost in thought.
Minor Achievement quietly said, “Miss, if you… I think it’s better to decide earlier. Sooner or later, he will become a man of significance in Yu County. Even the family head would be pleased if he knew.”
“What are you talking about?”
Xu Hongyu turned to look at Minor Achievement and shook her head, saying, “It’s not like that, I was just thinking…”
Ever since last night, she had been thinking about her father, Xu Yichuan, but she had always been afraid to delve deeply into those thoughts. Moreover, whenever she thought about it, Chen Mu’s figure would appear, perhaps because Chen Mu and her father were alike, both having humble origins, but ultimately, they surpassed everyone through their own talents and efforts, step by step.
At this moment, Minor Achievement, however, pursed her lips and stifled a giggle: “You are thinking about it; you really are intrigued.”
“Minor Achievement!”
Xu Hongyu finally couldn’t hold back, reached out, and pinched Minor Achievement’s cheek, “Always talking nonsense, tonight you are punished to face the wall and reflect, no sleep allowed.”
“Ouch… Miss, we are going to hunt demons tomorrow; how will I protect you if I don’t rest well? Spare me this time, I won’t dare anymore,” Minor Achievement looked pitifully at Xu Hongyu.
Xu Hongyu sighed and said, “Alright, no more fuss, let’s rest early.”
As Xu Hongyu went to bed, Minor Achievement also sighed softly, barely perceptible. Having served Xu Hongyu for many years, she understood Xu Hongyu’s feelings all too well, and how could she not know what Xu Hongyu was thinking.
But the old master had ultimately been missing for seventeen years already.
It might not necessarily have been the deed of the remnants of the Heavenly Corpse Sect.
Dwelling on these thoughts now would only add to her troubles, so she always tried to lighten the mood with jokes. Although she had other thoughts, her main intent was to help Xu Hongyu recover soon.
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The next day.
Chen Mu woke up early.
Xu Hongyu and Minor Achievement also got up very early. Minor Achievement went early to prepare food. For martial artists who had reached the realms of Chen Mu and Xu Hongyu, although they could go several days without food or drink, doing so would deplete their Qi-Blood.
Ordinarily, they needed much more food than normal people, and a mere vegetarian meal would hardly be enough for them to feel satiated.
Even ordinary meat could hardly keep up with their consumption; they needed to add some demon meat.
After having breakfast.
Chen Mu inquired about Liu Ping’s matter and, unsurprisingly, there were no results as yet. Thus, he and Xu Hongyu along with Minor Achievement left the city and headed northwest towards An Yu County.
Among them, Minor Achievement, who was at the Tendon Changing Minor Achievement Realm, found the journey of over one hundred fifty li easy to manage in less than an hour, although they paced themselves to avoid exhausting her too much.
Upon arriving at their destination.
There was only a small village of about a hundred households, and several houses on the outskirts of the village were heavily damaged and collapsed. In the traces of the collapse, terrifying claw marks could be seen, obviously not the work of humans.
“Are you sure what you saw that night was a wolf-like demon?”
Xu Hongyu stood in front of several villagers, asking them.
After exchanging glances, all the villagers simultaneously turned to look towards the person on the far left, about forty years old, the village head Wang Gensheng.
Wang Gensheng seemed to recall something terrifying, fear apparent in his eyes, he said, “Yes… yes, I heard a noise and sneaked a peek. I saw a wolf as tall as my chest tear open the house of Widow Zhang at the village entrance with one swipe, then it… swallowed Widow Zhang…”
“Then the demon rushed towards Blacksmith Li Tie’s house and…”
Xu Hongyu interrupted him, asking, “Where were you at that time, and why didn’t the Wolf Demon target you?”
Wang Gensheng immediately scratched his head, looking embarrassed, and said, “I, I was in the latrine…”
“Where?”
Xu Hongyu continued to ask.
Wang Gensheng finally quietly pointed at one of the collapsed houses, one of which had a latrine that had collapsed halfway.
Chen Mu glanced in the direction, which seemed to be Widow Zhang’s latrine.
However, Xu Hongyu did not dwell on this issue. Instead, she walked up to the collapsed latrine, looked it up and down, and then continued to ask, “Did the Wolf Demon see you?”
“It seemed…”
Wang Gensheng scratched at his sparse hair.
At that moment, Xu Hongyu nodded slightly, looking towards Chen Mu, and Chen Mu also looked at her, nodding slightly in response.
“White Wolf Demon, rated Third Rank in the Da Xuan Demon Record, a common kind of demon, dislikes filth.”
Hearing Chen Mu’s words, Xu Hongyu showed slight surprise. She hadn’t expected that on his first trip outside the city, Chen Mu would already be so knowledgeable about demons. She also nodded and said, “I think so too, and moreover, it appeared in the village only on that night, and hasn’t shown up the past two days.
It must be because that night was the night of the full moon, when wolf-like demons become uncontrollably restless.”