The protagonist committed numerous evil deeds.

Chapter 66 Jiangcheng 24 Searching for the Demon

In the main hall of the Zhao residence, everyone except Aunt Song and a few others had gathered together.

"At Shenshi (3-5 PM) today, someone discovered a male corpse on the mountain outside the city. The manner of death was the same as the female corpse from last night: he was first attacked by demonic energy and then fell to his death. The deceased was an ordinary hunter who usually hunted in that area."

In the hall, Zhao Sicheng shared the information he knew with everyone.

Wen Li asked, "Didn't you see that demon again?"

Zhao Sicheng shook his head regretfully: "There is only residual demonic energy at the scene."

Wen Li's head was spinning even more. That demon could injure people in front of the Zhao residence and then escape with ease. It could have killed people more perfectly and left no trace.

But why does he insist on using demonic energy to hurt people?

Everyone remained silent for a long time, no one spoke, until Zhao Sicheng spoke.

"I had the news blocked as soon as it was discovered. No one in the city will know about this curse. I'm sorry, Fourth Brother."

Zhao Sicheng sincerely apologized, explaining that he had promised to resolve the woman's death, but the same thing had happened again today.

This time, Shen Yingsi was not as angry as he was yesterday. Instead, he comforted the other party: "It's alright, we can catch this demon together."

"Fourth Brother, rest assured, our Zhao family has dispatched all our demon hunters to patrol the city and surrounding areas. The lesser demons in this area are all hiding, and if there are any powerful demons that are truly hiding, we will surely make them vanish without a trace."

Zhao Sicheng clenched his fists. How could such a disgraceful thing happen in the territory under their Zhao family's jurisdiction? If word got out, how could the Zhao family save face!

Wen Mingzhu comforted him, "Brother Sicheng, you don't need to blame yourself too much. It's all that demon's fault."

Shen Yingsi kindly reminded him, "Whether that demon will continue to kill people tomorrow is what we should be worried about."

Xie Xiao said to Zhao Sicheng, "Fourth Brother is right. Sicheng, let's split up and search tomorrow. The sooner we find the monster, the more people we can save."

"Ah."

"Then I'll go too!"

Wen Mingzhu said excitedly, and Wen Li was not to be outdone: "If you few good-for-nothings go, it will take you forever to find it. I'll take you with me."

Wen Mingzhu glanced at Wen Li angrily, and was about to retort when she heard Shen Yingsi's voice: "I'm going too."

"That's great! With Fourth Brother here, we're sure we can take down that demon together!"

In Xie Xiao's eyes, as long as he did a mission with Shen Yingsi, he would never fail.

Seeing that they were all full of confidence, Wen Li didn't want to discourage them any further: "I'm tired, I'm going to rest first. We'll talk about it tomorrow morning."

Zhao Sicheng said, "Alright, let's all go and rest first."

Everyone else returned to their own courtyards.

Contrary to their expectations, the next day they split up to search but found no demons or dead people, and the day passed peacefully.

They worked hard all day, but in the end, they could only return to the Zhao residence empty-handed.

On her way back, Wen Li made a special trip to Anle Medical Clinic, and happened to meet Anle after he finished treating the patient and was preparing to close the clinic.

Similarly, many people were still gathered in front of the clinic, waiting for life-saving treatment.

Anle put away the bamboo sticks and said regretfully, "I'm sorry, everyone's life and death are determined by fate, and I can't save your lives."

Wen Li gazed at the girl in the distance, lost in thought. People with similar traits always find it easy to see through each other.

Like Wen Li, An Le is a person with detached emotions. But even the most detached person has people they have deep feelings for and things they care about.

Looking back now, Anle's crying on the day her mother died seemed like a pretense from a heartless person.

She knew how her mother's death should be acted out, so she performed it for others according to her own ideas.

But that's her mother.

Is it because his mother was mentally challenged that he didn't care about her death?

Wen Li stood there, about to leave, when she heard the shop owners in front of her chatting.

A woman, cracking sunflower seeds, said, "I heard that another demon has killed someone outside the city."

Those around him were unsurprised: "What's so strange about that? This demon is harming people every day."

"If only His Highness could stay in our Jiangcheng forever, no demon could escape his spear."

"Of course, no demon is immune to His Highness's power. Sooner or later, His Highness will exterminate all the demons in the world."

Looking at the people before her, Wen Li realized that the world seemed to have deified Shen Yingsi. Everywhere she went, she heard people praising him.

Is this really a good thing?

Anle, who was about to close the door, looked up and saw Wenli not far away.

Her smile widened as she stepped out the door to greet Wen Li.

"Miss Wenli, have you caught the monster that injured my mother?"

"No."

Anle comforted her, "Miss Wenli, there's no need to be too anxious. If we search for a few more days, we'll definitely find that demon."

"Ah."

Wen Li smiled in response, then turned and left.

Anle smiled and watched her retreating figure for a long time before finally entering the clinic and closing the door.

Wen Li couldn't fall asleep for a long time that night.

They split up and searched almost the entire city of Jiangcheng, but they couldn't find even the slightest clue about the demon.

Was this demon playing a trick on them? It killed two people and then vanished!

Wen Li paced back and forth in the room, completely baffled.

Si Xiaxia asked cautiously, "Host, how's your progress? It's not moving at all?"

"You think this is easy? Stop bothering me!"

Si Xiaxia also learned that Wen Li was troubled by the demon recently, and advised, "What's there to worry about? Once the protagonist successfully ascends, all the demons in the world will have to die at his hands. It doesn't matter if they die a little later."

Seeing that Wen Li didn't object, Si Xiaxia continued to persuade her, "I think the best way is to leave here as soon as possible. You just need to focus on reducing the protagonist's corruption level. When the protagonist successfully ascends, there won't be any more worries. The most important thing in this world is the protagonist's business, so you shouldn't think about anything else."

After Si Xiaxia finished speaking, Wen Li did not reply immediately, just as Si Xiaxia was beginning to suspect that she hadn't listened.

Wen Li suddenly realized: "Yes, you're right!"

"Hehehe, the main thing is that you, host, understand."

Si Xiaxia was a little embarrassed, but before she could say anything, Wen Li said, "That monster just wanted to keep us here, or more accurately, he wanted to keep Shen Yingsi here! We know we wanted to stay until after the Thousand Lantern Festival, but nobody else knows that!"

In recent days, fewer and fewer people in the city have been wearing masks, leading some to speculate that His Highness has already left.

Based on Shen Yingsi's public image, he would never ignore a monster that harms people.

So even though that demon could have killed people flawlessly, it deliberately left behind demonic energy at the scene, and also left behind those six provocative words.

But why is he keeping Shen Yingsi here? Why won't he let him leave?

What exactly is his purpose?

Wen Li's head ached from thinking so much that she collapsed onto the bed.

Never mind, let's go to sleep first.