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"Something's off, really off. What's going on with you?"
I held the chopsticks in my hand, trying to mimic the elegance of humans as I ate the roast chicken on my plate.
Despite having poked the chicken with chopsticks a hundred times, I continued to feign grace while eating the roast chicken that Rong Youdao had brought me.
That's right, it was Rong Youdao who brought it—what's going on? Did the sun rise in the west today?
I instinctively lifted my chin to glance at the sky. No problem there; today, the sun was still rising from the east.
I looked down again at the roast chicken in front of me. That was correct too; it was indeed delivered by Rong Youdao.
As I watched Rong Youdao sitting beside me, a sense of confusion bubbled up inside me.
Rong Youdao observed my actions and couldn't help but chuckle softly. Seeing that smile on his handsome face made me suddenly pause with the chicken in my mouth.
"You look quite good when you smile like that," I said without thinking.
The smile on Rong Youdao's face faded instantly, and a blush quickly spread from his neck up to his cheeks.
"Just eat," he said hurriedly, pulling off a chicken leg and shoving it into my mouth.
"Hmph, fine, I take back what I just said," I mumbled while chewing on a chicken leg.
Given Rong Youdao's attentive behavior towards me these past few days, I couldn't quite wrap my head around it.
I subtly probed Cang Ming about what was going on with Rong Youdao, but Cang Ming just looked at me with a grin and shook his head, remaining silent.
As I accepted the letter that Cang Ming handed to me with a pout, I silently turned away and began my daily errands.
Today, as I passed by the grove on the back mountain of Qingcheng Mountain again, the Tree Demon spoke to me: "Hey, you fox, be careful. Recently, don't go to the east side of the forest. A Vampire Golden Butterfly has shown up over there, and it's terrifying. You wouldn't believe how many human skeletons are scattered all over that place."
"Are you kidding? This is Qingcheng Mountain. With so many Taoists around, what kind of demon would dare to cause trouble here? It must be looking for death," I replied skeptically.
The Tree Demon frowned and said seriously, "I'm not joking. I'm a Tree Demon; my vines can reach hundreds of meters. Besides, with so many of my kind around here, our word of mouth is reliable."
Doubt bubbled up in my heart. How could this be possible? How could there be demons on Qingcheng Mountain? But I still decided to tell Rong Youdao about it later.
When I recounted the story to Rong Youdao, he didn't seem surprised at all.
He slowly began to explain: "The Vampire Golden Butterfly is born from human bones. It isn't an evil creature that feeds on human blood; it simply thrives on the corpse energy generated from human remains. That's why it often gathers in places where human bones are buried."
"Then how could there be human bones on Qingcheng Mountain?" I pressed further.
Rong Youdao gently shook his head, a hint of pain crossing his face. "That was two years ago. One of my senior brothers was bewitched by a demoness who led him to Qingcheng Mountain. Then that demoness suddenly went berserk and drained the essence from half of the Taoists here, resulting in the current dwindling numbers on Qingcheng Mountain—over half have perished."
"Ah, how could this happen? Doesn't your Demon Capture Bag distinguish between good and evil spirits? How did that spirit suddenly go berserk?" I asked in confusion.
Rong Youdao remained silent for a long time before slowly replying, "I don't know."
After that, I didn't press Rong Youdao any further on the matter. Instead, with my efforts to bring them together, there was progress in the relationship between Cang Ming and Ms.Liu. It seemed that once this matter was resolved, I would soon be able to return to Qingqiu.
On Qingcheng Mountain, only Cang Ming and Rong Youdao knew my true identity. They held no malice towards spirits, especially not towards one like me who had never committed any acts of violence.
However, the other Taoists seemed haunted by the bloody incident that occurred on Qingcheng Mountain two years ago and still harbored hostility towards all spirits.
Since I had been staying on Qingcheng Mountain recently, the presence of spirit energy had increased at the Qingcheng Mountain Taoist Temple, raising questions among many disciples.
Naturally, the Master who traveled outside received messages from the disciples, including those from Rong Youdao and Cang Ming. He said he would return in three days.
Coincidentally, those three days would mark the wedding of Cang Ming and Ms.Liu.
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