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Gu An understood.
This pair of so-called wealthy household siblings were hiding something.
Thinking back to his experiences with the demon farmer—if he hid among a crowd of people, given that the ox-head demon's supernatural power only took one living soul per strike, others could block quite a bit of the ox-headed farmer's persecution for him.
Seeing one spot reveals the whole leopard.
Looking at the two siblings now, when this Lang Qing said his sister was timid by nature and needed to travel with companions, he likely had another purpose.
"Looking for scapegoats?"
Gu An understood the trick.
Then another thought emerged in his mind.
This trip to Anshan Town had two main reasons. One was to find someone to ask about demons and learn more about them.
Looking at how these two acted now, they didn't have the panic that Old Man Hong showed after seeing demons.
Mind you, Old Man Hong had encountered demon calamity in his youth, yet he was still like that.
But this pair of siblings were far, far calmer than him. To have such composure, they must understand demons well—far more than Old Man Hong.
With this thought, a slight smile curved the corners of Gu An's handsome face.
With two ready-made "teachers" available, he naturally had to ask them.
"When three people walk together, one of them can be my teacher."
This saying was truly correct.
And now with three people walking together, there were two teachers.
As for the ox-headed farmer finding him, that was actually secondary.
After all, he was experienced at avoiding demon persecution while talking to people.
...
The fleeing siblings ahead turned to look back. They saw the old peddler running toward them, and also saw Gu An standing motionless.
"That field slave is so frightened that..." Zhang Liuxue sneered coldly, but quickly couldn't laugh anymore.
They saw Gu An standing quietly, a smile suddenly appearing on his face.
The demon was clearly right behind him.
Yet this person stared at them, even showing a smile on his face.
What was he smiling about?
This scene inexplicably sent a chill through their hearts.
Then they saw the field hand Gu An withdraw his gaze and look backward through his legs to view the scene behind him.
"Hm?"
The two were astonished.
"He can't see the demon?" Zhang Liuxue blurted out.
Lang Qing frowned.
Gu An was dressed like a field hand, yet upon seeing the demon commit evil, showed no fear or panic, but instead stood calmly.
"Misjudged him? Is this fellow really just a field hand?" He'd thought Gu An was a Celestial Master earlier.
Only Celestial Masters could be this calm... no, even Celestial Masters might not be able to match this.
Lang Qing wasn't a Celestial Master from the Demon Suppression Bureau, but he'd seen Celestial Masters before.
That one had even been a Rank Seven Celestial Master with fully developed supernatural powers.
Even that Celestial Master didn't have Gu An's composure—upon encountering demons, he would still furrow his brow slightly.
"Why worry about him? Let's run quickly."
Zhang Liuxue grabbed the old peddler who'd reached their side. It wasn't to save the old peddler—she was looking for a scapegoat, and this old peddler was still useful.
The two had just prepared to leave when a hoarse voice sounded by their ears.
"Do I look human today?"
Zhang Liuxue's beautiful face lost all color.
Lang Qing's expression changed drastically: "How could it come so quickly..."
The two looked together toward the mountain forest beside the official road. Two zhang away, on the ground was a hazy, distorted yellow elongated shadow about one foot tall.
Suddenly, strange rustling sounds came from nearby.
They saw the legless ox-headed farmer figure crawling on the ground, dragging blood water all the way toward the yellow elongated shadow. It crawled faster and faster, until finally it was no different from someone running.
"What kind of demon is that?!" Lang Qing's pupils contracted to pinpoints.
"Abang...?!"
Zhang Liuxue recognized the ox-headed farmer's identity, but she wasn't certain, because the Abang in her knowledge had legs!
The two dared not be negligent and quickly retreated several zhang.
What kind of demon this was didn't matter. What mattered was that upon encountering a demon, one must stay away.
As they retreated, Abang went toward the yellow elongated shadow demon.
The yellow elongated shadow clearly noticed Abang's approach. Originally facing Zhang Liuxue and the other three, it now turned toward Abang.
The next moment, something horrifying happened to Zhang Liuxue and the other.
The yellow elongated shadow demon that had been targeting her opened its mouth toward Abang, speaking the words "Do I look human today?"
Abang didn't respond, but instead grabbed at the yellow elongated shadow demon on the ground. His speed was very fast, and the yellow-skinned elongated shadow couldn't dodge—it was caught in one grab.
A terrifying scene appeared. Abang placed the yellow-skinned elongated shadow demon at the two mouths on his ox face and began devouring this demon.
"Demons killing each other?"
Lang Qing retreated in alarm.
Zhang Liuxue's face turned even paler: "Demon eating demon...?!"
In an instant, she understood the reason.
In terms of knowledge about demons, Zhang Liuxue surpassed Lang Qing.
"Abang's legs weren't originally severed—they were cut off by someone!"
"Now he's eating the demon to restore his legs."
"Demon eating demon? Two demons killing each other? Shouldn't you two be thanking me?"
Just then, a calm voice came from the side.
Zhang Liuxue looked toward the speaker.
It was none other than Gu An, whom she'd contemptuously called a field slave.
Gu An walked toward them with calm steps. If they couldn't see the scene of demon eating demon not far away, they would doubt whether they'd been targeted by a demon at all. This was clearly also a field slave who'd provoked a demon, yet he was so composed.
Gu An stared at the two.
He'd heard their entire conversation just now.
These two really had some knowledge.
He'd never known what kind of demon was chasing him. Now he knew.
Turns out it was called Abang.
Moreover, the ox-headed farmer chasing him seemed to have eaten the demon chasing them? Was this restoring his body through dietary supplementation, like cures like?
He didn't press for answers.
These weren't the demon matters he wanted to know about.
What he was more interested in was that these two seemed able to see demons without looking through their legs?
How did they do that?
"Exalted Immortal, please don't joke..."
Zhang Liuxue spoke.
Exalted Immortal?
Gu An's heart jolted.
Some elderly people in the village addressed people from the Demon Suppression Bureau this way.
Zhang Liuxue looked toward Abang, who was eating the yellow elongated shadow demon.
Abang's legs had been severed, and his right hand was also bloody—clearly he'd been harmed. Looking again at Gu An's leisurely posture, the implication was clear.
Mind you, this Abang demon could only be dealt with by Celestial Masters of Rank Eight or above.
Now that the situation of demon eating demon had appeared and he was still so calm, what did this indicate?
Gu An's Celestial Master rank was terrifyingly high.
Above Rank Eight.
He could ignore Abang, ignore demon eating demon.
Zhang Liuxue moved her gaze from Abang, her fingertips trembling slightly. Forcibly suppressing her fear, she squeezed out a smile and respectfully bowed to Gu An: "This young woman Zhang Liuxue apologizes to the Exalted Immortal."
"Liuxue had eyes but failed to recognize Mount Tai. I didn't recognize the Exalted Immortal and mistook you for a field hand. Because I myself am being watched by a demon, my mind panicked, which led to such wrongdoing. Please, Exalted Immortal, for the sake of my family elders and the Zhang family of East County, spare Liuxue."
As she spoke, she removed the jade pendant from her waist.
"This young woman is willing to present this jade pendant as a token of apology."
"If the Exalted Immortal comes to the county, please visit the Zhang family. Liuxue will have more modest gifts to present."
Her emotions shifted incredibly quickly—joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness changing in an instant.
Mind you, just moments ago she'd been contemptuous of Gu An as a field slave.
Lang Qing likewise bowed.
Seeing this, Gu An's face remained calm.
He immediately understood why these two thought this way.
Abang was injured, and he himself was so calm—not treating him as an Exalted Immortal would be hard to justify.
If Old Man Hong hadn't watched him grow up since childhood, he'd probably react the same way.