Something's wrong with this demon.

Chapter 44

"Whoosh!"

After dark.

Luo Qingchen immediately replenished her health and began cultivating in her room.

At this time, the backyard is the safest place.

Zhou Qingyang led his men to patrol the building, and the others dared not approach the backyard at will.

With the medicinal energy surging within his body, it was the perfect time to temper his muscles and bones!

three days later.

He seized another opportunity and took a medicinal bath.

After the medicinal power was completely refined, his cultivation progress had reached 700/1000!

Pig's blood does have its uses, but its conversion effects are clearly not as good as human blood.

In the previous three days, the progress of refining the medicinal power was only a pitiful thirty points.

This time, however, there are a full seventy points.

But he was already very content with this.

After all, those pig's blood only cost one or two taels of silver, which was more than worth the price.

At this point, he had 40% of the blood remaining in his second health bar.

At the same time, after deducting the money for buying meat, he still has a huge sum of 320 taels of silver on him.

If nothing unexpected happens, this amount of silver and blood will be more than enough for him to break through to the Blood Exchange Realm.

Even if we only consider human blood, fifty taels of silver for one medicinal bath would be enough for him to have six more medicinal baths.

With the 40% of blood remaining in the second health bar, he can take a medicinal bath a total of seven times!

but……

With the seven-day period approaching, Tian Feng should be coming to collect the blood soon.

They might come again in the next seven days.

Therefore, if we calculate it this way, the number of times he takes medicinal baths will definitely decrease.

He can only race against time, cultivate as quickly as possible, and break through to completely escape his current fate.

He took a nap in the afternoon.

After having dinner in the kitchen in the evening, just as he was about to return to his room to continue his cultivation, Zhang Jiu came to him and said, "Brother Luo, are you feeling better? Captain Zhou and his men went elsewhere because there was a murder there this morning, so it will just be the two of us patrolling tonight."

Luo Qingchen said, "This morning? Was it that heart-ripping monster again?"

Zhang Jiu sighed: "Who knows? Captain Zhou left in a hurry with his men after receiving the message."

Luo Qingchen didn't ask any more questions and nodded: "I'm fine, I can go on night patrol."

"That's good."

Zhang Jiu was preoccupied with his own thoughts. After giving his instructions, he left.

Luo Qingchen returned to her room and quickly practiced a few more sets of boxing techniques before heading to the front yard as night fell.

Zhang Jiu was standing at the gate talking to Sun Ping.

In front of the two, two girls inside the building, dressed in thin veils, were striking poses and enthusiastically greeting pedestrians on the street.

Unfortunately, it seems no one is paying attention.

When Zhang Jiu saw him, he waved to him and said, "Brother Luo, you go patrol the building first, I'll go in in a bit."

Luo Qingchen nodded and went into the building alone.

The building was deserted, with only the maids moving about quietly.

Most of the girls' doors were open.

Some people were sitting in their rooms in a daze, some were putting on makeup, and some were standing at the door talking to the people next door.

Since the series of tragedies that occurred in the building, Sun Ping stipulated that if there were no guests in the rooms at night, every girl must leave her room door open.

The girls were willing to do it this way, at least they felt safer.

Luo Qingchen first patrolled the first floor.

When the girls saw him, some greeted him, some ignored him, and most of them were rather indifferent.

They won't bother with people who can't bring them any benefit.

There were only two guests on the first floor.

After finishing her patrol in the early morning, Luo went up to the second floor.

The door to the first room on the second floor was open.

Zhao Yun, draped in a light blue veil, sat in front of her dressing table, staring blankly at the bronze mirror.

Luo Qingchen glanced at it and walked past the door.

In the last room, Qingmei was sitting at the table, lost in thought, looking completely dejected.

Luo Qingchen glanced at it and was about to walk past the door when Qingmei suddenly spoke up, "Guard Luo, may I have a word with you?"

Luo Qingchen stopped walking but did not respond.

Qingmei got up and went to the door, looking at him with complicated emotions. After a moment of silence, she smiled bitterly and said, "I may have misjudged you."

Luo Qingchen looked at her, puzzled.

Qingmei slowly raised her head, her face full of self-mockery: "When I was with Chen Ju, he promised me that he would take me up after he broke through to the Blood Exchange Realm. That night he went to find you, but he never came back. Some time ago, I was with Yang Guang, and he also promised me that he would take me up after he broke through. I gave him all my silver, but... after he left, he also never came back."

At this point, she looked at him intently: "They all went to find you that night, you know? You should know. You had your blood drawn, you could barely walk, but each time they died, and you were still alive and well."

Luo Qingchen asked, "Does Qingmei suspect that I killed them?"

Qingmei shook her head bitterly: "Everyone knows you're injured and couldn't possibly kill anyone. But I just feel... I feel like you're incredibly lucky."

Luo Qingchen's expression remained calm: "What exactly is Qingmei trying to say?"

Qingmei stared intently at him: "I told you, I think you're incredibly lucky, so I think you should have gone further than the other guards in the building. If there's one cultivator in this building who can go up, I think it should be you."

Luo Qingchen didn't say anything more and prepared to leave.

Qingmei suddenly grabbed him, pleading, "Guard Luo, I really want to go up. I don't want to stay in this dark and gloomy place anymore. If you can help me, I'll give you all the money I earn from now on. I'm willing to do anything for you... serve you, including... secretly getting blood from your guests."

Luo Qingchen pried her hands away and said slowly, "I can't even help myself, how can I help you?"

After saying that, he quickly left.

Qingmei stood inside the doorway, watching his cold figure walk away into the distance. She slowly lowered her head, gave a sorrowful smile, and murmured, "Then... who can help me?"

"Brother Luo, let's go patrol outside first."

As soon as Luo Qingchen came downstairs, Zhang Jiu called out to her.

The two went out of the building together.

As I walked out of the main gate, I saw two girls standing outside, shivering in the howling night wind.

There were few pedestrians on the street.

As the two walked into the darkness beside them, Zhang Jiu whispered, "Business at the building has plummeted recently. I guess the news of the deaths inside has already spread. Also, people are dying in other parts of town. Now everyone in town is talking about that heart-ripping monster, so no one dares to go out at night."

Luo Qingchen asked, "Not even a single clue?"

Zhang Jiu said, "It's been confirmed that it's a possessive monster, and we're still searching for it. Captain Zhou guessed that the Heart-Piercing Monster would be out hunting again in the next few days, so they increased patrols. The Heart-Piercing Monster hasn't dared to show up again. But according to the habits of monsters, they need to eat frequently, otherwise they will reveal their true form."

As the two were walking and talking, a slight sound suddenly came from the courtyard wall next to them.

"who!"

Zhang Jiu immediately drew the knife from his waist and turned to look at the courtyard wall on the left.

Luo Qingchen immediately tensed up and took a few steps back.

On the courtyard wall, a cat with jet-black fur stood there, its pair of blue, shimmering eyes flashing with a cold and eerie light in the darkness.

"It's Sister Sun's cat, it gave me a fright."

Zhang Jiu breathed a sigh of relief and put away his knife.

Just as they were about to speak, the cat suddenly opened its eyes wide and looked into the darkness behind them. Then it arched its body and its fur stood on end!

"Meow--"

It suddenly let out a piercing scream, then with a "whoosh" it jumped off the courtyard wall and fled in panic.

at the same time.

Luo Qingchen and Zhang Jiu suddenly felt a chilling sensation coming from behind them!

It felt as if something had quietly gotten closer!