Fan Wubing and the others chose the garden district north of Nanlai City as their destination.

This area is filled with man-made landscapes, suitable for hiding.

It was deep into the night. Even those residing in the garden district, who were either wealthy or noble, had mostly turned off their lights and gone to sleep by now. Only some spoiled brats played until midnight in the brothels, casinos, and restaurants in the south of the city, getting thoroughly drunk, and either rode in carriages or were supported by attendants, causing some commotion on the streets.

Apart from that, only the insects were active at night.

After taking out a piece of immortal food bait and placing it at the corner of the street, the four of them picked a spot with a good view to hide.

Even from a considerable distance, Fan Wubing could feel the aura of that immortal food bait very clearly. Using the Unwarranted Qi Creation Skill to judge its flow of energy, he estimated that this aura, which attracted demons, could spread several miles.

However,

Fan Wubing also felt that there was an unsettling aura in the air.

This aura was very weak, and ordinary people would find it difficult to notice. He almost missed it too.

He closed his eyes, shut off other senses, and completely relied on the Unwarranted Qi Creation Skill to sense the environment. Following the direction from which the unsettling aura came, he moved forward... the further he went, the weaker the feeling became. When he could no longer feel it, he roughly determined the direction from which the unsettling aura originated.

It was... the shanty area.

An unsettling aura coming from the shanty area?

Evil Qi!

Upon realizing this, Fan Wubing's brow twitched. He thought, it shouldn't be possible, this place is so far from the shanty area...

"What is it?" Fu Manman immediately noticed his reaction and asked quietly.

Fan Wubing said,

"Nothing, just a bit nervous."

"Take this."

Fu Manman handed Fan Wubing a piece of finger jade,

"Hold this in your palm, it can alleviate nervousness. I... I tend to get nervous easily, and I usually rely on this."

Fan Wubing took it and held it in his hand, feeling its warmth. Not knowing if it inherently had a temperature or if it retained the warmth of Fu Manman's palm.

"And you?"

Fu Manman whispered,

"No... nothing. I'm not nervous now."

...

Master Liu was lying in bed tonight, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.

At a certain moment, he suddenly sat up, his eyes showing a hint of ferocity.

The concubine beside him was awakened by the commotion and asked,

"Master, what's wrong?"

Gulp!

Master Liu swallowed and said hoarsely,

"A bit thirsty."

"I'll get some water for you, Master."

"No need, you go back to sleep. I'll go myself, might as well use the bathroom."

Master Liu, with his obese figure, struggled to roll over the concubine, casually put on some clothes, and left the bedroom.

As soon as he stepped out, he was immediately blinded by the full moon. He looked at the full moon in the sky and muttered,

"The fifteenth, full moon night... no wonder I'm restless again. It's too late now, I'll just find a random child to suffice, and tomorrow I'll go see the Daoist for some pills."

"Child... child... delicate-skinned child..."

His round, monstrous eyes bulged as he continually mumbled "child," heading toward the courtyard where the servants and maids lived.

Even though it wasn't a long way, he became breathless and sweaty by the time he reached there.

Gulp!

He couldn't stop swallowing.

Rumble!

His belly kept churning.

"So hungry..."

Standing outside the courtyard wall, he took a deep breath, and immediately began to tremble all over, as if he felt immensely satisfied. Under the light of the full moon, his face showed a sickly flush, and lumps erupted all over his obese body.

"The scent of a child..."

He crouched down, suddenly jumped, and astonishingly leaped over a zhang high, directly surpassing the courtyard wall into the inside.

Then, his nose twitched, and he proceeded in the direction from which the child's scent came.

Reaching a room, he poked a hole in the paper window and peered inside. At this moment, his eyes were filled with bloodshots, which seemed to wriggle slightly. Greed and a fierce, burning light burst forth in his pupils.

Inside the room was a large bed by the wall. In the corner, a little girl about eight or nine years old was sleeping. She was probably just sold to the household and was learning to be a maid.

The little girl was sleeping soundly, perhaps having a good dream.

"Child..."

He murmured, then opened his mouth.

Somehow, the corners of his mouth had already split to his ears. The tongue he spat out was not a human tongue but a long, thin one. This tongue passed through the paper window and stretched toward the little girl in the corner.

Just as it was about to reach her, Master Liu's nose suddenly twitched, and then he began to tremble with excitement.

He immediately retracted his tongue and swiftly headed in a certain direction.

Jumping and leaping.

The jumps became faster and farther. With each jump, his body became more bloated until it completely burst through his clothes. In the end, he was no longer human, but transformed into a giant,

a toad, a frog.

...

"There's movement!"

Jiang Maodian spoke up.

Everyone immediately looked over.

Before seeing the arrival, they first heard a thumping sound.

Ai Yinian asked, "What is that sound?"

Jiang Maodian furrowed his brows, "It sounds like some large animal is hopping."

The sound was getting closer, accompanied by a croaking noise.

"Is it a frog?" Fan Wubing asked.

Fu Manman said, "No, it's a toad."

"Are you sure about that?"

Fu Manman whispered, "When I first entered Eternal Immortal Peak, no one played with me, so I often... watched small animals, so I can tell them apart clearly. Frogs, toads, cicadas, little birds, and so on..."

"..."

"It's really a toad!" Jiang Maodian stated, "What a big one!"

A large toad leaped out from the other side of the street corner. Its whole body was covered with warts that wriggled, with a pair of antennae on its head glistening with a strange light. Its two large, bulging eyes kept turning, secreting something tumor-like.

Fan Wubing furrowed his brow,

"It actually came directly in its true form?"

"No, Senior Brother Fan," Ai Yinian said, "Demonic creatures attracted by that spiritual summoning aura will unconsciously reveal their true forms. Or you could say, in front of the spiritual summoning aura, ordinary demonic creatures can't control their human form."

Jiang Maodian said,

"Judging from the intensity of its aura, it should be of the First-Layer Golden Core cultivation."

With that, he summoned his flying sword and attacked the Toad Demon.

Under the full moon, only a flash of cold light could be seen passing by. The Toad Demon didn't even have time to let out a cry before it collapsed to the ground. Although fallen, its whole body kept trembling, and the bloated toad legs especially kicked fiercely, causing the bluestone pavement of the street to lift up.

For a Seventh-Layer Golden Core Sword Cultivator like Jiang Maodian, killing a First-Layer Golden Core demonic creature from afar was not difficult.

After a short while, the toad stopped shaking and was completely silent. Its bloated body visibly shrank. Then, a milky-white gaseous mass emerged from its head, crazily swirling in the air.

Fan Wubing's eyes narrowed,

"That's Fortune!"

However, doubt immediately arose in his heart?

Why didn't the Fortune directly enter Jiang Maodian's body after he killed the Toad Demon, but instead became unclaimed and roamed around?

Following that, he realized this might be the normal appearance of Fortune leaving the body. Previously, when he killed the Umbrella Demon, the Fortune directly entered his body because... he had fully activated the Unwarranted Qi Creation Skill, which, after absorbing the dynasty's dragon Qi, had the effect of seizing fortune Qi!

With this thought, he operated the Unwarranted Qi Creation Skill to draw the Fortune.

Indeed! The Fortune, which was restless and flying erratically, calmed down immediately under the influence of the Unwarranted Qi Creation Skill and flew towards him.

But midway, out of nowhere, suddenly jumped out a,

big black dog?

The big black dog caught the Fortune in its mouth and then looked fiercely towards the place they were hiding,

"Damn outsiders, how dare you kill my brother! Come out and die!"

Ai Yinian exclaimed,

"Bad, we've been discovered."

Fan Wubing frowned tightly and said seriously,

"Not only that, more and more demonic creatures are being attracted here."

In his perception, from all directions, more and more fierce demonic auras were rapidly approaching this way.

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