Thud, thud, thud!
The people around were chanting loudly, while they knelt and bowed to Fang Yuan, scrambling to continuously kowtow.
After all, they had come to worship the heroic Fang. Now, the true hero had manifested, and with a single strike, he had slain two demons hidden among the crowd. How could this not drive them into a frenzy?
"This is really unexpected..."
Fang Yuan sighed lightly. He hadn't imagined that his hometown had already deified him!
It felt almost as if he had died.
Given that he was in the state of a Yin God, with no physical form, it did seem a bit like that.
It was even more difficult to explain...
Forget it, Fang Yuan couldn't be bothered. In such a world, where mortals suffer, spiritual belief is indeed needed.
Worshipping him... is certainly better than worshipping those man-eating demons. Though it might not be effective, at least it wouldn't cause any trouble.
However, Fang Yuan's gaze turned to a man among the crowd, and his indifferent voice echoed:
"Sun Youfu, if you gamble again, I'll cut off your hands!"
The man had just made his wish clear, and Fang Yuan hated gamblers more than anything. It could be said that he was absolutely opposed to gambling and drugs. How could anyone ask him for help to win at gambling?!
The last person who asked for such a blessing was probably already in hell by now.
The man, Sun Youfu, who had been specifically mentioned, was immediately filled with terror, and his kowtowing increased in frequency.
Fang Yuan, the heroic figure, really had great power—he even knew his name!
"Fang Hero, do you still remember me?"
At this moment, an elderly man bravely walked over to speak with Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan looked at him, pausing for a moment before realizing who he was—the old beggar?
Now, the beggar was no longer wearing ragged clothes but had instead donned a set of ritual robes. Even his dry face had become more rounded.
"I remember." Fang Yuan nodded, glancing at the beggar's head: Zheng Chunlai.
This was the first time he knew the beggar's name, and it was even in pink!
Hadn't he given the man a few silver coins before? How had his name turned pink...?
"Thanks to you, I am now the head of this temple..." Zheng Chunlai continued cautiously:
"I hope you won't despise my position..."
"Ah, that's not bad." Fang Yuan replied, there was no reason to despise it. This was much better than being a beggar.
"So, Fang Hero... has your ascension happened?"
Zheng Chunlai asked again. Unlike the wild enthusiasm of the other people, he looked somewhat sorrowful, with tears welling up in his eyes.
Fang Yuan immediately understood. This old man was still quite clear-headed. He must have thought that he had turned into a ghost.
Fang Yuan was surprised that in just a few months since arriving in this world, there was already someone who would feel sorrow at his death...
Although it was just an old man.
Fang Yuan sighed slightly and then waved his hand:
"Don't worry, I'm still very much alive. This is just the effect of my magic."
"Old man, I have other things to do, so I won't chat with you. By the way, please have someone deal with the bodies of these two demons."
With a casual gesture, Fang Yuan summoned the souls of the Toad Demon and the Eel Demon.
"But Fang Hero, how should we deal with these bodies?" Zheng Chunlai quickly asked.
"Roast them, fry them, they all taste great, you decide!"
After saying this, Fang Yuan, with the two ghosts in tow, instantly disappeared from the temple.
Zheng Chunlai was stunned. So, when Fang Yuan said "deal with them"... he meant eating them all?
...
Flying to a nearby mountain with the two demons, Fang Yuan began the interrogation: "Tell me everything you know."
"My name is Toad Wen Da." The Toad Demon immediately spoke up. "I really like eating people, people are so tasty..."
"Shut up." Fang Yuan interrupted the Toad Demon, then turned to the Eel Demon.
The Toad Demon was quite stupid, but fortunately, the Eel Demon was much smarter. She immediately spoke:
"We are subordinates of the Mo Yu Demon Lord. Above Mo Yu Demon Lord is the Iron Horn Demon King. We don't know where they got the news, but they heard that Lord Chongwu had already left Jianghai Prefecture."
"The Iron Horn Demon King then sent Mo Yu Demon Lord as an advance team to come here. Mo Yu Demon Lord sent us as scouts, to infiltrate the nearby counties and gather information."
"What level is Mo Yu Demon Lord?" Fang Yuan asked.
"Peak of the Fifth Realm."
"And the Iron Horn Demon King?"
"At least the Seventh Realm. Only someone at the Seventh Realm can be called a Demon King."
"The Seventh Realm, at least... this might be a bit troublesome..."
Fang Yuan rubbed his brow. After all, he was only a newcomer at the Fifth Realm, and he was in the Yin God state. The only technique he could use was "Slash."
"Thunderstrike Prison Art" couldn't be used, and he didn't have a strong enough body to engage in hand-to-hand combat.
But it was fine. He wasn't facing the Iron Horn Demon King but the Mo Yu Demon Lord of the Fifth Realm.
"Anyway, let's first deal with those annoying scouts."
Fang Yuan quickly made his decision. After all, these scouts would start eating people if left unchecked.
"Now tell me, in which counties has Mo Yu Demon Lord sent his scouts?"
"Yes, besides Changqing County, there are Songgu County, Yuening County..."
With the Eel Demon's words, Fang Yuan soared into the sky again!
...
At a tavern in Songgu County, a father and son dressed as porters were drinking and chatting.
They sat by the window, and while talking, their eyes often scanned the surroundings.
Suddenly, the voices of the two lowered:
"Father, I really didn't expect the people of Jianghai Prefecture to be so unguarded."
"Yes, there are very few soldiers patrolling the streets, and there's no need to drink demon-detecting potions to enter the city. It's a complete mess!"
"Sigh, without Lord Chongwu, how will Jianghai Prefecture resist the demons?"
"Lord Jiang is still kind-hearted. Even though our own land is in turmoil, he still sent us to check the situation."
"But with just the few of us, it's useless. Once Mo Yu Demon Lord makes a move, with the county's defense, it will definitely be destroyed..."
As they were talking, the father suddenly frowned:
"Wait, my waist token is vibrating. There must be demons nearby!"
The young man also furrowed his brow: "I'll check."
He placed his right hand under the table and began forming a gesture, his pupils turning red.
The young man scanned the surroundings and immediately noticed that two puppies by the roadside were emitting a demonic aura.
"It's those two dogs!" The young man whispered: "They disguised themselves as ordinary animals!"
"We need to find a way to deal with them," the middle-aged man replied. "But it's tricky..."
The two puppies were surrounded by a few children, playing with them. If they acted recklessly, they might end up harming the children. Perhaps they needed to come up with a plan to lure the demons to a more secluded area...
Just as the two were thinking of how to minimize the damage, they suddenly saw a white shadow darting through the sky at incredible speed!