Dashing Student

Mountain Willow Village, an obscure small mountain village, lies more than three hundred miles away from Luoxian City.

Chen Nan and Song Ya asked around all the way and finally found it, arriving in the village just as darkness fell.

The two of them didn't make any noise but silently sneaked into the village.

There were no cultivators in the village, so even though Song Ya was just a Third Layer Foundation Establishment small demon, no one noticed him at all.

After searching around, Chen Nan and Song Ya met again at the village entrance.

"Jue Mingzi, there is simply no scent of my mother here; she must not be here!"

Song Ya said anxiously.

It had been six or seven days since her mother was captured, so how could she not be anxious?

"Don't worry, if the City Lord and the City Lord Mansion's steward mentioned such an ordinary little village, there must be a reason. Something is surely hidden here."

"Even if your mother isn't here now, there's a chance she was brought here, so we have to wait here for a few days, okay?"

Song Ya was already at her wit's end, so whatever Chen Nan said, she found reasonable.

"Yes, we need to wait here."

Seeing Song Ya looking exhausted, Chen Nan sighed softly.

Although he knew deceiving a simple little girl was unethical, Song Ya's mother might already be dead, so he couldn't take Song Ya back to Luoxian City to die.

Perhaps in a few days, Song Ya would come to terms with it.

As for his own matter of going to Kunlun State, it could be delayed a few days without issue.

Thus, the two of them found a dilapidated ancestral hall in the village and moved in directly.

After all, for them, a place to stay was enough.

Early the next morning, Chen Nan was already awake, turning to see Song Ya asleep on the ground, shaking his head silently.

Although Chen Nan could practice fasting, the Demon Clan needed food to replenish energy, so Chen Nan quietly left while Song Ya was still asleep and went straight to the nearest town.

By the time he returned, it had been only half an hour.

Yet Chen Nan found that a few children were around the already awake Song Ya.

"Sister, you're so beautiful!" a little girl from the village said admiringly.

Another little boy picked a flower from the roadside and placed it in Song Ya's hair.

"Sister, this flower is for you."

Looking at the children, Song Ya unexpectedly smiled.

Chen Nan wanted to chase these kids away, after all, they needed to stay hidden.

But seeing Song Ya's smile, his heart softened.

Perhaps Wu Jue's real body wouldn't come to such a remote village; maybe Wu Yiming heard it wrong. There was no need to be so wary.

"Sister, you are really beautiful. When I grow up, I will marry you!"

A little boy confidently promised.

Chen Nan was amused and exasperated; are kids so smooth these days?

He'll definitely be a heartbreaker when he grows up!

Watching the kids play with Song Ya for a long time before leaving, Chen Nan then approached Song Ya, bringing out the food he had bought.

"Eat something. We might have to wait a few more days for any news."

Song Ya nodded, perhaps understanding in her heart that Chen Nan was deceiving her, but this was her last hope.

That night, Chen Nan continued cultivating, while Song Ya lay on the ground sleeping again.

Just at midnight, Song Ya suddenly jumped up.

"It's my mother; I can smell her scent!"

Chen Nan's eyes widened in shock: "How's that possible?"

"It's true!"

Song Ya was full of joy, looking excited.

Suddenly, there was a commotion outside the ancestral hall, filled with screams and wails.

The next moment, the village was aflame.

Chen Nan's expression changed immediately, and he rushed out of the ancestral hall to see some houses in the village already burning.

In the firelight, humans screamed and wailed, with some wielding farming tools, trying in vain to stop the disaster.

And in front of them was a massive figure like an elephant, under the firelight, Chen Nan saw it clearly—it was a... Cat Demon!

The Cat Demon exuded overwhelming demonic energy, its eyes blood-red, and its sharp teeth and blade-like claws gleamed coldly in the night.

"My mother, that's my mother!"

Song Ya cried out excitedly seeing the Cat Demon.

But when she saw the Cat Demon's claws casually swinging down and easily tearing several mortals' bodies into pieces, she was stunned.

She also saw a small figure, crying and rushing towards the Cat Demon.

"I will kill you, give me back my mother's life!"

But the result was that the small figure was crushed into a pulp by the Cat Demon with one swipe.

Chen Nan remembered that child; during the day, the child said he would marry Song Ya when he grew up.

Song Ya remembered too, now looking distraught, tears streaming relentlessly from her eyes.

"No!"

She cried, rushing into the village, and Chen Nan hurriedly followed; he felt something was wrong.

From Song Ya, he learned that the Demon Clan generally didn't eat humans, so attacking humans was of no benefit to them.

Of course, that didn't rule out some demons liked to slaughter humans, but it couldn't include all demons.

Moreover, Song Ya said her mother was kind and beautiful, not a monster that would massacre mortals.

So Chen Nan thought that either Song Ya's mother was lying, or there was another reason.

The two quickly rushed into the village, and the massive Cat Demon was still slaughtering, with bodies falling to the ground, shattered and ruined.

Only, strangely, Chen Nan found that the blood from the people killed by the Cat Demon didn't fall to the ground but eerily floated into the air.

And those killed quickly turned into dry corpses, their blood completely drained.

Chen Nan looked up, vaguely seeing something floating in mid-air.

"Mother!"

Song Ya rushed over to stand in front of the Cat Demon, stretching out her arms, crying profusely.

"Mother, how did you become like this?"

The Cat Demon's eyes were blood-red, already raging, unable to even recognize her daughter in front of it.

Its sharp claw raised high, about to strike Song Ya fiercely.

Song Ya seeing this, felt a wave of despair, closing her eyes directly.

Perhaps seeing her mother's frenzied state made her wish for death.

Seeing this, Chen Nan couldn't help but curse.

"Are you stupid!"

He clasped his hand with a spell, instantly using the Small Shifting Technique, appearing in front of the Cat Demon, with the Demon Suppressing Sword and Wind Roar Sword already in his hands.

His left hand swept the Wind Roar Sword, a gust of wind rising immediately, howling towards the Cat Demon.

The right hand struck down with the Demon Suppressing Sword; the unremarkable Demon Suppressing Sword bloomed with radiant light in front of the Cat Demon.

"Slash!"

A deep wound was slashed on the Cat Demon's claw!