Sure enough, Ji Pan said: "I tell you, you don't look like a human at all!"
But in a flash, the androgynous creature suddenly jumped up and pounced towards Ji Pan, with a ferocious look and a mouth full of fangs.
But Ji Pan's reaction was not slow either. He immediately used the "Vajra Body Guard" and the thing suddenly bit his skin, but it didn't break the skin at all, but instead broke a tooth.
Chu Danfeng was amazed: Although Ji Pan's mind is not very good, his strength is really strong. No wonder he can stand out from so many powerful cultivators.
The thing failed to attack, and started screaming in a shrill voice, and the words it uttered were no longer human. But after it finished cursing, it seemed to know that it was no match for Ji Pan, so it did not stay any longer and ran away in shame with its tail between its legs.
Ji Pan laughed out loud, his pride evident on his face.
Chu Danfeng strolled back and patted his shoulder, "Don't be happy too soon. This thing holds a grudge very well. If you ruin its cultivation, it will haunt you for the rest of your life and will not stop until you see blood."
Ji Pan frowned: "Do you know its origin?"
Even Tang Yingdong and Mo Lin came over, all of them humbly asking for advice. Chu Danfeng then pulled his own child Hua Tingxuan over as well, and gave them a lesson together: "Do you know what 'asking for a title' means?"
After listening to the explanation, Ji Pan's face turned green, and he was the first to complain: "You know so much, why didn't you tell me?"
Hua Tingxuan said coldly: "My senior brother has already reminded you."
"..." Ji Pan argued, "But, he didn't explain it clearly, how can I know why?"
"This is another point of knowledge." Chu Danfeng waved his folding fan and spoke slowly like a teacher, "When asking for titles, others cannot reveal these things. They are the so-called 'taboo' rules."
Hua Tingxuan still spoke in a childish voice, and said seriously: "Don't mention that my senior brother has reminded you. You should understand by looking at other people's reactions. If you can't understand, it only means that your brain is not working well."
The two brothers sang in unison and were in perfect harmony. Tang Yingdong burst out laughing, and even Mo Lin couldn't help pursing his lips.
"However," Chu Danfeng frowned before Ji Pan got angry, "usually speaking, those who ask for titles are weasels, but this thing doesn't look like one."
"Yes," Mo Lin said, "Judging from his aura, he seems to be a wood-type cultivator."
Observing qi is a professional practice for medical practitioners.
"Yes, yes, yes," Tang Yingdong also said, "Look at his pockmarked skin and skinny body, like a dead branch."
The spaceship to the Demon City took three days and three nights to travel. Apart from the "dead branch" that was asking for a title, there were no other complications. Only Ji Pan was in a state of panic after learning the truth, fearing that the vengeful creature would return to cause trouble. He was so worried that he could not sleep at night. When he arrived at the Demon Realm, he had two huge dark circles under his eyes and looked extremely haggard.
The scenes in the demon world and the human world are very different.
Although it happened to be a monster market, the streets were lined with shops and inns, and temporary stalls were scattered everywhere, making it very lively, but there were all kinds of strange "people" on the road.
There are small demons who show their original forms, and there are big demons who cultivate into human forms. However, most of the human forms have strange appearances. Some have horns on their heads, some have tails behind their buttocks, some have wings on their backs, and some have crowns on their foreheads...
These are strange but acceptable, but some look like they are prone to getting stye - some monsters have transformed into human form but are not used to wearing clothes like humans.
Chu Danfeng and the others walked slowly with the monks, and saw a female demon with bare breasts coming towards them. She had a pair of short horns on her head, and her body was covered with scales. Her figure was graceful and curvy, and she walked with a swaying gait.
"!" Chu Danfeng's first reaction was to cover the child's eyes.
But Hua Tingxuan reacted faster than him and reached out to cover Chu Danfeng first.
"… "
"… "
"Oh my, auntie, why haven't you put on your clothes yet?! The Monster Market is open and it's not like usual. The city lord has issued a clear order that transformed monsters must dress appropriately!"
Upon hearing this, Chu Danfeng quietly opened his eyes, trying to see what was going on. However, as soon as he saw a mandrill spirit dressed as an officer, his vision was covered again, accompanied by a serious warning from the child: "Little brother, do not look at anything inappropriate."
Chu Danfeng: “…”
The witch argued: "I'm already wearing a skirt!"
"You can't be without a top!" The demon servant took the demon away without explanation. As the two demons walked away, they could still hear the demon's explanation: "My breasts and waist are based on the image of the Queen Mother of the West. She is a deity! Why can't I show them?"
Then Chu Danfeng's ears were covered.
Chu Danfeng: “…”
Hua Tingxuan didn't let go of his junior brother until the two demons disappeared. Tang Yingdong took the opportunity to lean close to Chu Danfeng's ear and joked, "Your junior brother is actually like your senior brother. He takes care of you and controls you everywhere."
"..." Chu Danfeng was even more embarrassed. He opened his folding fan and coughed lightly. "I am setting an example. As a senior brother, you should set a good example. An elder brother is like a father... Let's go, we have a mission to accomplish."
He took the lead and Hua Tingxuan followed closely, leaving Tang Yingdong smiling meaningfully. She glanced at Ji Pan and rolled her eyes smoothly, finally landing on Mo Lin and asked quietly, "Don't you think so? That little Xuan has grown up and is more and more like a little housekeeper, controlling his senior brother like a young wife controlling her husband."
Mo Lin: “…”
Mo Lin was a silent and introverted person, not good at expressing himself, but that did not stop Tang Yingdong from talking to himself: "I watched that little thing grow up. Since he was five or six years old, he followed Senior Brother Chu around to serve tea and water, like a little child bride."
"…" Mo Lin finally couldn't stand it anymore and corrected, "Senior Sister Tang, Junior Brother Hua is a boy."
"Of course I know," Tang Yingdong sighed sadly, "I just said that Senior Brother Chu would rather take care of children than be close to women. He is really a flower on the mountain."
Mo Lin asked hesitantly, "Senior Sister Tang likes Senior Brother Chu?"
"Brother Chu is handsome, has good skills, knows his place and etiquette, and respects female cultivators. He is very likable."
"…Is that so." Mo Lin said sadly.
Tang Yingdong then said: "But I can't like him."
She said "can't" instead of "no", Mo Lin asked: "Why?"
"I have a good sister who likes Senior Brother Chu—don't ask who it is, this is a girl's privacy—in short, men are not as important as sisters!"
Mo Lin smiled and said, "Senior Sister is right."
Tang Yingdong was very talkative. While looking at the fresh and lively scene around him, he sighed: "No wonder everyone is trying so hard to come to the Monster Market to broaden their horizons. However, the atmosphere here is too unrestrained, just like the female monster who refused to wear clothes just now... The monster atmosphere is fierce."
Mo Lin suddenly said: "Judging from her aura, she has the bloodline of a dragon."
Although this junior brother of medical training was young, he was mature and taciturn. He had the weakest presence in the team. This was the first time he took the initiative to show off his knowledge. Tang Yingdong asked with great interest, "Can you see this?"
Mo Lin nodded: "Observing qi and observing appearance is also the basic skill of medical practitioners. It's not that the demon is fierce, but the dragon is lustful and can't control its nature... My master once mentioned that the purer the demon pill is refined, the more suitable their bodies are for cauldrons. Some cultivators who want to 'take shortcuts' will take advantage of the opening of the demon market to kidnap such 'cauldron bodies' and force them to practice dual cultivation."
"…" Tang Yingdong, "Wow."
This Junior Brother Mo is really a man who would rather not speak than speak. Once he speaks, he is so restrictive. As a female cultivator, she really didn't know how to respond for a moment. But seeing that Mo Lin was serious and honest, and not like a pervert who deliberately made dirty jokes, Tang Yingdong laughed dryly: "Ha, that's quite a coincidence. I saw one right after entering the demon world."
"That one's cultivation level is not high, and it's not even a cauldron. A true top-grade cauldron is one in a million, and it's hard to come by in a thousand years. You can't just see it casually... Hmm? Senior Sister, it seems we really met one this time!" Mo Lin pointed forward, actually pointing at Chu Danfeng.
Tang Yingdong: “…”
She had just praised Junior Brother Mo for being honest, but it seems that was not necessarily the case. He even dared to make a joke about Senior Brother Chu. However, this joke was so dull that she didn't feel like laughing at all.
Mo Lin asked tentatively: "Senior Sister, do you want to go over and take a look?"
Tang Yingdong: "…No thanks."
"… "
Chu Danfeng and Hua Tingxuan were walking in the front. The Monster Market had just opened and was very lively. Monsters, demons, and humans were everywhere. From behind, only the two of them could be seen walking side by side normally, but no one could see that Chu Danfeng had a "chick" in his hand.
It turned out that a quarter of an hour ago, Chu Danfeng fled the scene in embarrassment because of Tang Yingdong's teasing, but more importantly, he also wanted to find the big demon "Huang Sanmao" as soon as possible, hand over the brocade box to him as soon as possible, complete the task, and then feel relieved.
But after taking a few steps, he was pounced on in the face by a "chicken" with blue feathers.
The next moment, the owner of the "chicken" came forward to apologize. It was a demon that had transformed into a human form. It politely apologized to Chu Danfeng and put the chicken back into the cage.
Chu Danfeng asked casually, "What kind of bird is this? It looks like a chicken, um... but it's missing a leg?"
The peddler monster laughed and said, "I can't tell what breed it is, probably a mixed-blood. You don't know, there are too many mixed-bloods in our monster world, but if the bloodline is not pure, it is easy to be born with deficiencies... But don't underestimate this bird, it has a limp and a small monster body, but it has cultivated its inner elixir, which is very nourishing! If you want it, take seven medium-grade spirit stones!"
Chu Danfeng: "What does 'replenishment' mean?"
"Of course it's to devour the demon pill!" the peddler demon said as a matter of course, picking up the bird's only little paw and lifting it upside down. The blue baby bird began to flap its little wings frantically, and its beak made a mournful chirping sound.
The demon race is not like the cultivators in the human world, and they don't kill easily. The strong prey on the weak and devour each other's inner elixir, which is their nature. Chu Danfeng saw that the little thing was crying so pitifully, and he felt sympathy for it.
…it’s not expensive anyway.
He bargained again and finally spent five medium-grade spirit stones to buy the "little chicken". He prepared to find a safe place to release it, as a good deed.
Unfortunately, the big monster "Huang Sanmao" was not seen successfully.
They found out that "Huang Sanmao"'s name cannot actually be called directly. He is the great demon that the city lord respects the most, and all the demons respectfully call him "Master Huang San". You can't see Master San just because you want to. You must send a visiting card at least three days in advance and then listen to the summons. He is quite impressive.
However, since they were in someone else's territory, Chu Danfeng didn't want to cause any more trouble. Moreover, that 'Mr. Huang San' seemed to have some friendship with the head master, so he had to give him some face.
After sending the visiting card today, the group found an inn to rest.
Chu Danfeng had been planning to sleep in a separate bed from the child, and thought this was a good opportunity, so he immediately requested five upper rooms. The waiter was a ring-necked pheasant with a circle of white hair on his neck and a bright red comb on his forehead. When he heard "five upper rooms", he knew he had seen a noble guest, and he almost crowed in excitement: "Guests, if you have any questions, just tell me."
Hua Tingxuan made a prompt decision and ordered: "Reduce one guest room."
Waiter: “Ah…?”
Chu Danfeng waved his folding fan and said gracefully, "The child is throwing a tantrum, don't pay attention to him."
Hua Tingxuan was unwilling to accept this: "There are monsters everywhere here. Xuan'er is scared and dare not sleep alone."
The waiter's comb trembled, and he said earnestly: "Guests, rest assured, our inn is the safest in the city, it is absolutely safe!"
Hua Tingxuan: “…”
The waiter inexplicably felt a surge of murderous intent, and the white feathers on his neck exploded. He touched his neck in confusion, but still smiled professionally and said, "I'll take you upstairs."
That night, Chu Danfeng lay alone on the comfortable carved bed. He felt that he had not slept so spaciously for a long time. He also felt that there was no small stove beside him, which made him feel a little empty and uncomfortable.
But children will eventually grow up. In a few years, when they grow up and become adults, they will go out to explore the world. By then, they will be able to jump into the wide world as they wish. We may not see each other again for several years or even decades.
If he and Hua Tingxuan could forget about their grievances and love in their past lives, it would be a good ending. It would be even better if the kid would think of him as his "old father" during festivals and occasionally show his filial piety to him.
The retirement life is perfect and the future is promising!
Chu Danfeng let his thoughts drift for a while, then he felt sleepy. He listened to the chirping of insects outside the window, yawned lazily, patted the pillow, pulled up the quilt, found a comfortable position, and prepared to rest.
But just as he closed his eyes, he suddenly heard a heart-wrenching scream coming from this inn which was known as the "number one safest in the city".
The voice was very familiar. Chu Danfeng could recognize it as Ji Pan's even with his eyes closed, but the rough tone was too sharp due to fear and was a little distorted.