Something's wrong with this demon.

Chapter 43

Outside the window, all was quiet.

Inside the room, Luo Qingchen placed her hand on Yang Guang's chest, and the meeting ended quickly.

Not a drop remained!

Then, they took all the silver he had hidden under the floorboards.

Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly looked at the corpse on the ground.

As the roof tiles were quietly removed and he silently left the room, the heart of the corpse on the ground had vanished.

"Splash..."

The silver coins landed on the table with a crisp, melodious sound.

Two hundred and twenty taels in total!

With the 109 taels he already had, he now had a total of 329 taels!

In addition, his special blood-sucking skill is definitely enough for him to break through to the Blood Exchange Realm!

However, before that, he needs to handle the following matters.

Outside the window, night was deepening.

Who knows if other dangers are lurking in the darkness.

He waited patiently in the room.

When the eastern sky began to lighten and there was still no movement outside, he opened the door and went out.

Then we arrived at the small stone house not far away.

Boil water and decoct the medicine.

The light outside the window was still dim, and it seemed that no other hunters had come to visit tonight.

Inside the stove, amidst the raging fire, a withered heart was quickly reduced to ashes.

The medicinal decoction was prepared quickly.

Luo Qingchen took off her clothes and entered the wooden tub.

As his body was completely enveloped in the scalding medicinal liquid, a sensation of pain and pleasure washed over him at once.

Without hesitation, he immediately took out a dagger and cut open the still unhealed wound.

Fresh blood flowed out rapidly.

Inside the body, the blood in the first health bar is rapidly decreasing.

Before the operation tonight, he had already added all 25% of the fresh blood he had absorbed from the pig's blood to the first blood bar.

Therefore, at that moment, his combat power remained at its peak.

Now, the blood in the first health bar has quickly decreased to the level of evening.

Only 70% remains.

His head began to spin, his body began to go limp, and his heart began to race.

He resisted the urge to heal.

The second health bar still contains 95% of the fresh blood it just absorbed.

He cleared his mind of distractions and began to focus on absorbing the medicinal energy generated by the combination of magic stones and blood in the elixir.

Soon, the color of the medicinal liquid in the bathtub began to fade.

After he had fully absorbed the effects of the medicine, he got out of the bath and put on his clothes.

After cleaning the stone house, he opened the door and went outside.

By then, it was already dawn.

Yang Guang's house remained tightly closed.

At this time, no one knew that he had turned into a dried corpse and had been lying on the cold floor of the room all night.

Luo Qingchen returned to her room, locked the door, set up the trap, and then lay down on the bed.

I closed my eyes and fell asleep quickly.

at the same time.

In the building in front, in the innermost room of the second-floor corridor.

Qingmei stood by the window, watching the night gradually recede outside, her heart filled with unease all night.

"That bastard, he didn't cheat me out of my money and spend the night with some other slut, did he?"

She thought bitterly.

She didn't sleep a wink all night, and no guests came to see her.

At this moment, drowsiness began to creep in.

She had no choice but to go back to bed and sleep.

The window remained open, waiting for him to return.

She didn't know how much time had passed, but as she was dreaming of leaving this place, a knock suddenly sounded at the door.

Who is it?

She got up sleepily, her tone very impatient.

I didn't sleep well, and that bastard didn't come back. At this time, who will knock on the door?

Don't you know she needs to sleep during the day?

"Me! Open the door!"

Just then, Sun Ping's stern voice came from outside the door.

Upon hearing this, Qingmei had no choice but to hurry over and open the door. Just as she was about to ask what was wrong, she immediately noticed Sun Ping's deathly pale face.

Yang Guang is dead.

Sun Ping's first words struck her like a bolt from the blue.

Her body trembled, her legs went weak, and she almost fell.

Sun Ping stared at her with a dark expression and said, "I heard from the maid that Yang Guang went into your room last night. When did he leave?"

Qingmei's face turned deathly pale, her lips trembled, and she was completely disoriented, as if she hadn't heard her words. She muttered blankly to herself, "My money... my money..."

She suddenly screamed shrilly, "Sister Sun! Yang Guang is dead! Where's his money? Is it still there? It's all mine! I worked so hard to earn it all! Give it back to me!"

"Snapped!"

Sun Ping slapped her hard across the face, yelling, "Idiot! What's wrong with you? I'm asking you a question! In this godforsaken place, you think you can get your money back? Dream on!"

Upon hearing this, Qingmei collapsed to the ground and burst into tears.

At this time.

In the backyard, Yang Guang's room was already surrounded by people.

Zhou Qingyang from the town's garrison was among them.

Zhang Jiu knocked on Luo Qingchen's door for a long time before it finally opened with a creak.

Luo Qingchen stood inside the door, her face pale, looking at him with a puzzled expression.

Zhang Jiu said in a deep voice, "Brother Luo, Yang Guang is dead. Did you hear anything in your room last night?"

Luo Qingchen paused, then shook her head and asked, "How did you die?"

Before Zhang Jiu could answer, Zhou Qingyang walked over with his men, scrutinizing him with sharp eyes, and said, "Like Chen Ju and the other two, they were drained of their blood, but this time, their hearts are gone too."

Luo Qingchen's expression changed: "Is it that heart-ripping monster again?"

Zhou Qingyang didn't answer immediately, but stared at him carefully for a few more moments before saying, "His throat bone is broken, clearly from being struck by a heavy object. As for whether it's that heart-ripping monster, we can't be sure yet. Guard Luo, did Senior Brother Tian come down to collect blood again yesterday?"

Luo Qingchen nodded silently.

Zhou Qingyang didn't say anything more. He walked over, grabbed his wrist, and began to examine the blood and qi in his body.

Zhang Jiu chimed in, "I helped Brother Luo back yesterday; he could barely walk. Senior Brother Tian was injured on a mission and had a large bowl of blood drawn yesterday. He said he'd come back in seven days."

"The body's vital energy and blood are indeed extremely weak."

After Zhou Qingyang finished his investigation, he released his grip.

But he did not give up. He took out the red jade from his pocket and began to examine it carefully inside the house.

After the examination, they examined Luo Qingchen again.

After doing all that, he took out another red jade stone from his pocket and explained, "This is a demon-detecting stone. Everyone in the building needs to be checked."

After saying that, he placed it on Luo Qingchen's forehead.

Zhang Jiu's face was filled with shock: "Captain Zhou suspects that there are demons hiding in this Bai Xiang Lou?"

Zhou Qingyang said in a deep voice, "Sucking blood and eating hearts are things that human cultivators cannot do. We have been searching in the town for so long and have not found that monster. I'm afraid it is a powerful demon that can possess people and is currently hiding on someone's body."

Zhang Jiu's expression changed, and he asked doubtfully, "But if that's the case, that person should be easy to find, right? After all, when possessed by a demon, it's impossible to completely conceal the demonic energy. That person's personality and behavior should change, right?"

Zhou Qingyang put away the demon-detecting stone, glanced at him, and said, "The kind of demon you're talking about is one that forcibly possesses another body, making it relatively easy to identify. There's another kind of demon that relies on the strong desires and emotions in some humans' hearts, first seducing them, and then possessing and fusing with them once they're willing. That kind of demon retains all of the human's memories, even their emotions, making it very difficult to identify."

Zhang Jiu felt a chill run down his spine: "Retain all human memories and emotions? If they disguise themselves and become indistinguishable from humans, how can they be identified? Isn't Uncle Wang guarding the entrance? How could a demon get in?"

Zhou Qingyang walked out of the room and said in a deep voice, "It's not like there's only one entrance. We can come in from the woods or the river. Let's go, take me to the other guards. Everyone and every place in the building needs to be checked today."

The group looked grave and quickly left.

Yang Guang's body was also taken away.

The backyard returned to quiet.

Luo Qingchen stood at the door, her expression shifting slightly, muttering Zhou Qingyang's words repeatedly.

"Relying on certain strong desires and emotions deep within the human heart... it retains all of humanity's memories, even its feelings..."

"Squeak..."

I don't know how much time passed.

He slowly closed the door and disappeared back into the darkness of the room.