Chapter 6

Eating winter jujubes, Zhou Xu made his way to the lawn.

The rat from earlier was roughly in this area.

It couldn't have run far even if it tried.

After searching, he indeed found a rat as big as a cat struggling to get up. Just as it managed to stand, Zhou Xu grabbed it.

"Tsk tsk, it's quite heavy.

Can you speak?"

Holding the rat in one hand, he asked.

The dog he encountered last time could speak, so it wouldn't be surprising if the rat could too.

Unfortunately, the rat didn't speak.

It was just like the wild beasts he had encountered before, and he needed to check if it had any companions.

The rat, now in his grasp, moved its paws as if taunting him.

Seeing this, Zhou Xu didn't say anything but walked out of the neighborhood, finishing the winter jujubes in his hand.

When he walked out, he found the rat still gnashing its teeth at him.

Snap!

With a light force, Zhou Xu crushed the rat's two paws.

Squeak!

A terrified scream echoed.

Feeling the danger, the rat stopped gnashing its teeth and tried to escape.

It twisted its head, trying to break free and return to a safe place.

"Is it heading towards the outskirts again?"

Zhou Xu looked in the direction the rat was trying to escape.

These wild beasts usually have companions, and they try to escape when beaten.

He could take them all out.

He had experience with this.

As for letting these wild beasts go...

When he was young, he indeed felt some pity.

Back then, he was in the age where love could save everything, as taught by cartoons.

When he saw a pitiful wild beast seemingly begging for mercy, how could the young him bear it?

So his heart softened.

He let it go.

But a couple of days later, he was surrounded by a group of wild beasts.

The leader was the one he had let go, and it no longer looked pitiful but fierce and aggressive, attacking people at will.

Because of this incident, he realized a lesson: wild beasts are not tasty when roasted.

It's better to bury them as fertilizer.

On an empty street.

Under the streetlights, Zhou Xu held the rat with red eyes and walked towards the outskirts, following the direction the rat was guiding.

If it was too smooth, there might be an ambush, and he couldn't underestimate the wild beasts.

It's easy to suffer if you're careless.

"Young people have all experienced the pain of being careless."

"From the perspective of a normal rat, there should be quite a few rats in this nest this time, but they are too small, making it troublesome to deal with them."

Even a cat-sized animal is still small; a cow-sized one would be better.

"By the time I get back, it will be dawn, and I still have an interview in the afternoon."

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In the outskirts.

Two beams of light clashed, evenly matched.

Boom!

They leaped up, and with the force of the impact, landed in an old house.

This temporarily paused their clash.

"Lady Divine, you've been chasing me all day, aren't you tired?"

A soft voice sounded.

It was a woman with a good appearance, wearing black clothes and black pants.

She held a broken sword, covered in cracks, about to shatter.

Across from her, a woman wearing a black veil, also dressed in black, was hidden in the darkness.

"Rat Hall of the Twelve Purification Halls, why are you in this city?" Qiu Qian's voice sounded.

Calm and cold.

A red ribbon floated around her wrist, her magical treasure.

The broken sword was shattered by her red ribbon.

"The Twelve Purification Halls are also demon cultivators, why can't we come here?

Lady Divine, you attacked me as soon as you saw me, isn't that against the rules?

Or has our Rat Hall offended Lady Divine?

Or perhaps..." Bai Jin looked at Qiu Qian with a smile in her voice:

"Or is Lady Divine worried about what we might discover here?

I heard that the one hailed as the Holy Son of the Demon Path is also in this city."

"Have you heard?" Qiu Qian looked at Bai Jin and said softly:

"Isn't it already confirmed?

Are you here to find him?"

"How dare I." Bai Jin waved her hand and smiled:

"He is Lady Divine's person; how could we, mere mortals, dare to approach the Holy Son?

But great people often have some curiosity, especially after hearing some rumors.

Some say the Holy Son might have encountered some issues while cultivating a demon body. I wonder if it's true?"

"It's false." Qiu Qian replied coldly.

Indeed, it's false; without starting, how could there be failure?

"Can I see him from a distance? Just to feel his majesty." Bai Jin didn't mind Qiu Qian's coldness.

Qiu Qian didn't speak, but the red ribbon glowed.

However, it immediately shrunk to the size of a bracelet and returned to her wrist.

"Hmm?"

The magical treasure couldn't be used.

"Only just noticed?" Bai Jin looked at Qiu Qian and smiled:

"I know Lady Divine has a bad temper, so I prepared.

It was hard to lure you here.

Now, this place is covered by an array, and spiritual energy can't be activated, losing all perception.

It's pitch black.

Even if you can vaguely see me, you can only use your hands and feet.

So, does Lady Divine have any other way to teach me a lesson?"

"Are you trying to test my hand-to-hand combat skills?" Qiu Qian noticed Bai Jin's figure becoming blurry, unable to see clearly:

"Do you think you have a chance?"

"Of course not, but..."

Bai Jin's voice trailed off, and there was a commotion around them, with squeaking sounds.

Soon, Qiu Qian saw some red eyes.

"But I am from the Rat Hall of the Twelve Purification Halls.

There are many black rats around me.

This should make Lady Divine suffer a bit, right?" Bai Jin's voice was filled with laughter.

As if everything was under her control.

"Idiot." Qiu Qian snorted coldly.

Before she finished speaking, she shot forward to Bai Jin, taking the initiative.

Bai Jin was shocked and immediately defended.

As long as she held on long enough, the other side would definitely suffer.

Fists and feet clashed, neither side backing down, claws and punches flying, and sidekicks.

They fought back and forth, leaving no room for error.

The black rats around them hesitated to join the fight.

...

Zhou Xu, with his phone light on, arrived at the deserted outskirts.

There were no streetlights here.

"The weather is bad tonight."

Looking up, he saw no moon, and the stars were scarce.

"Squeak!"

At this moment, the rat's voice grew louder, as if it saw hope.

"It seems we're almost there."

To avoid scaring away the rats, Zhou Xu turned off the light.

After adjusting, he could barely see the path.

He was a bit curious if cultivators could see in the dark.

If they could, then cultivation was indeed stronger than his.

A thousand years of cultivation didn't give him night vision.

He had tried focusing his power around his eyes, but it was useless.

He couldn't shoot lasers either.

After a while,

He saw an old house, not sure where it came from.

It was even darker here, but he could hear some sounds and squeaking.

"Squeak!"

The rat in Zhou Xu's hand was very excited, seeing its companions.

It was the same when he had dealt with a nest before.

"It seems this is the place. There's red light inside, which should be the rats' eyes.

But...

Why do I feel someone here?"

"Is it a person causing this? Or has someone been harmed?"

Without hesitation, Zhou Xu stepped inside.