Yu Chengjun burst into laughter.
"Ptooey~"
Zhang Ning spat. "You, call yourself a king? Not in your next life!"
"Tell , those bloated, hideous Demon Fiends outside the city... were they all human before? Were they common people?"
"Was it you? Did you turn them into Demon Fiends?!"
"What do you think? Hahahaha..." Yu Chengjun shot Zhang Ning a mocking glance and continued his deranged laughter.
"Scum!"
Zhang Ning’s eyes instantly turned red. He kicked Yu Chengjun violently again, growling, "You’re scum! An animal... No, you’re worse than an animal!"
"Hahahaha!" Yu Chengjun rolled on the ground, his mocking laughter unending.
"Don’t kill him just yet."
An Xiaoxue, her own eyes red with fury, snapped out of her shocked anger. She stepped forward to pull Zhang Ning back and questioned Yu Chengjun, "If you can turn people into Demon Fiends, can you turn them back into people? You must have a way. You can change them back, can’t you?"
"Hahaha... This is the ’Demon Creation Gourd,’ not a ’Human Creation Gourd’! Do you think they can be changed back? Haha!" Yu Chengjun cackled morbidly, his face filled with contempt.
"How many of these gourds are there?"
Gu Zheng took a deep breath and spoke softly, "The people conspiring with you... they each have a gourd, don’t they? Who are they? And who gave you the ’Demon Creation Gourd’?"
"..." Yu Chengjun’s laughter faltered.
"Speak!"
Zhang Ning’s eyes lit up. "Spit it out!" he roared.
"...I don’t know what you’re talking about." Yu Chengjun’s morbid mania returned. "I found the ’Demon Creation Gourd’ by chance. The people outside were all turned into Demon Fiends by . I’m going to be the King of Wulong, and no one can order around! If you want to kill , then kill ! What’s with all the pointless questions?"
"Fine."
Gu Zheng, holding the gourd, walked toward the door.
"Zhang Ning, he’s all yours."
As he passed by "Lin Lang," he first shattered their heart ridian with a palm strike, then used Fire Manipulation to set the body ablaze. He did the sa for the bodies of "Dong Xuan’Er" and "Liu Ming," granting them release.
"Understood!"
Zhang Ning let out a savage grin, grabbed Yu Chengjun, and dragged him toward a side hall.
"What are you doing? Kill ! Hurry up and kill !" Yu Chengjun shrieked madly, his eyes darting back and forth.
Zhang Ning ignored him and, carrying him with one hand, entered the side hall.
"Magistrate Zhao the Elder, you can co out too."
Seeing this, An Xiaoxue hauled the limp Zhao Fang up from the ground and followed Gu Zheng outside.
Despite all the shouting, not a single person in the entire manor ca over.
Evidently, Yu Chengjun had dismissed everyone else.
"AHHH!!"
A blood-curdling scream suddenly erupted from the side hall, piercing the night.
Hearing it, Zhao Fang felt a large wet patch spread across his trousers. He fell to his knees, prostrating on the ground, and with a trembling voice, stamred out everything he knew.
His story was mostly the sa as what Yu Chengjun had already revealed.
The owner of Baihua Building had obtained a wicked object that could turn people into Demon Fiends. He then continuously transford people from outside the city into Demon Fiends under his control.
Anyone who disobeyed or dared to resist was either killed or turned into a Demon Fiend.
When the Demon Suppression Guards from the Demon Slayer Bureau arrived, he, the County Magistrate, would be the one to receive them. He would ply them with gifts, money, and won to learn their real nas, after which they too would be turned into Demon Fiends, becoming powerful slaves for Yu Chengjun.
As for where the "Demon Creation Gourd" ca from, Zhao Fang didn’t know. Yu Chengjun had never revealed its origin; he was extrely tight-lipped. Even when Zhao Fang tried to probe indirectly, he couldn’t get a single clue.
He only knew that every county in Wulong Mansion was already under soone’s control.
Of the Demon Fiends roaming about, only a few had escaped from the Yingchou Mountain Range. The rest had all been transford from common people using the "Demon Creation Gourd."
’No wonder killing these Demon Fiends doesn’t yield any Demon Points.’
’Demon Fiends made from humans... How could humans have Demon Points?’
"Madn!"
An Xiaoxue’s body trembled slightly after hearing the confession. "What are Yu Chengjun and his accomplices trying to do? And the mastermind who gave them the ’Demon Creation Gourd’—what’s their goal in turning so many people into Demon Fiends?"
"A wicked Marvel like the ’Demon Creation Gourd’ isn’t sothing just anyone can get their hands on," Gu Zheng said softly.
"You’re right, an ordinary person couldn’t possess such a thing." An Xiaoxue took a deep breath and nodded. "Mr. Gu, do you think a Noble Family could be behind this? A family with a grudge against the imperial court, seeking revenge by throwing Wulong Mansion into chaos and letting it spread..."
"Wait!"
Suddenly, a terrifying thought struck An Xiaoxue, and her voice began to tremble.
"The... the mastermind... they couldn’t be trying to create an army of Demon Fiends, snowballing their forces all the way to the... the State City, could they?"
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