The Niu Family Village Chief, half-believing and half-doubting, led his people towards the cellar.
On the way, he also realized that Detective Shen had killed three Weasels, making him a mortal enemy of Huang Daxian (Great Immortal Huang/Weasel Immortal).
Even offering all the people of his village as blood sacrifices wouldn't resolve this enmity.
After all the people of Niu Family Village had entered the cellar,
Shen He found the tallest house in the village, jumped directly onto its roof, and began sharpening his blade on a whetstone.
This was a standard long saber issued by the yamen, and its quality was quite ordinary.
After cutting down that Wolf God Temple Wolf Demon, he hadn't had time to maintain it; after all, the bones and flesh of demonic beasts were very hard.
By the time he cut down those three Weasels, the blade had started to curl.
Now was a good time to sharpen the blade while waiting for them to arrive, and tomorrow he would go to the blacksmith to buy a good saber.
He had saved up a good amount of silver over the years, enough to buy a decent saber.
Just as he was sharpening his blade,
from the direction of Huangpizi Grave, three Weasels were rapidly approaching Niu Family Village.
As they traveled, fires ignited in the distance, but they didn't attract their attention.
After all, lighting a fire wasn't a rare occurrence these days, nor was it illegal.
Now they came to Niu Family Village for their Old Ancestor's words: first destroy Niu Family Village, then slaughter a few more villages, to show those two-legged sheep in the county yamen who truly ruled Qingya County.
But when they arrived at Niu Family Village, the three demonic beasts' ears twitched, yet they heard not a single sound from Niu Family Village.
No matter what, Niu Family Village housed several hundred people, and it wasn't late at night yet, so why was there no sound at all?
The three demonic beasts crashed through several doors.
But without exception, all the houses seemed uninhabited; they searched for a long time but didn't find a single person.
Just as one of the Weasels broke open the house in front of him,
from the darkness, a flash of saber light struck, so fast that he couldn't react at all, directly severing his head.
Then a figure rushed out from within, heading straight for the nearest Weasel Demon.
The remaining two Weasels immediately reacted.
One of them roared, “What a cunning two-legged sheep! I'll tear you apart and swallow you today!”
Shen He's saber strike was actually blocked by that Wolf Demon.
A faint light emanated from his arms, and it was this light that blocked Shen He's saber.
Shen He's eyes showed a fierce glint, and with a full burst of power, he directly severed both of its arms, then smoothly cut off the Weasel's head.
After all, with the strength of the Acquired Late Stage, dealing with a Gathering Spirit Middle Stage demonic beast was no problem.
Seeing this, the remaining Weasel's charge towards Shen He immediately stopped, and then he let out a shriek and fled into the distance.
Shen He sneered, directly giving chase.
The saber light was sharp, severing the opponent's two hind legs, then he raised his hand and knocked him unconscious.
He picked up the unconscious Weasel from the ground, hid him at the entrance of Niu Family Village, and then called out the villagers of Niu Family Village.
He instructed them to clean up the demonic beast's corpses and stay away from the damaged houses.
Then he left directly.
Arriving at the entrance of Niu Family Village, he picked up the Weasel he had hidden and headed towards Qingya County.
At this moment, the villagers of Niu Family Village looked at the two additional Weasel corpses, their expressions filled with terror.
Beside the Village Chief, an old man puffed on his dry pipe and said, “Old Brother Niu, what should we do with these corpses?”
The Village Chief gritted his teeth and said, “Divide them, and eat the meat.”
They had done the same with the three Weasel corpses last time; after all, in these times, government taxes were heavy, and ordinary commoners like them often went hungry.
This was still because every family in their village had land.
As for those rogues and disaster victims without land and houses, they could only gnaw on tree bark and eat kaolin clay.
Kaolin clay was not something for humans to eat at all.
Eating it would cause severe bloating, and one couldn't drink water; if water was consumed, the clay in the stomach would clump, and then one would be bloated to death if unable to excrete it.
For these villagers, demonic beast corpses were not terrifying.
If someone was willing to slay demons and didn't want the corpses, they were naturally happy; they would die sooner or later anyway, but if they didn't eat, they would die in a few days.
Might as well eat their fill before dying.
These two Weasel corpses, at least one could yield over a hundred jin of meat, enough for each family to get a few jin and taste some meat...
On the other side,
Shen He carried the Weasel Demon into Qingya County and arrived at the Liu Family mansion.
Looking at the imposing gates of the mansion, a ruthless glint flashed in Shen He's eyes; he had already found out that the Liu Family members had been hiding at home due to the recent demonic calamity.
This was a good opportunity to catch them all in one fell swoop.
If you don't kill the snake, there will be future trouble.
He grinned, looked at the Weasel he was carrying, and then threw him inside.
The next moment, the sound of a heavy object landing echoed.
Shen He directly jumped onto the courtyard wall, hiding in the shadows, watching the Weasel Demon below gradually regain consciousness.
The Weasel Demon, with two legs severed, slowly woke up.
He had lost too much blood and, in a daze, could only see himself surrounded by a circle of two-legged sheep holding sabers, spears, and clubs.
The faces of these two-legged sheep were filled with terror, clearly unable to comprehend how a Weasel Demon, and one with severed legs, could be in the county yamen.
The Weasel Demon roared, immediately going on a killing spree within the Liu Family mansion.
He didn't know how he appeared here, but he knew these two-legged sheep seemed to want to kill him.
For his own safety, it was best to kill them all.
Once he slaughtered these two-legged sheep and had his fill of blood and flesh, he could endure the journey back to Huangpizi Grave, find the Old Ancestor, and tell him about the Niu Family Village incident.
Shen He, from atop the high wall, observed the goings-on within the Liu Family mansion.
After figuring out the location of the Liu Family's main family, he led the Weasel Demon to kill in that direction.
At this moment, Liu Zi'ang had just pushed open a door and walked out when he bumped into his father.
His usually dignified father was now in a panic, taking his mother and several concubines, hastily packing some valuables, and preparing to leave through the back door.
He had come at this moment to wake him up.
Liu Zi'ang, hearing the commotion in the front courtyard, immediately cursed, “What are those useless dogs making such a racket about in the middle of the night?!”
Just as Liu Father was about to speak, a claw emerged from his chest and abdomen.
Immediately, he spat out a spray of blood, directly staining his son Liu Zi'ang's face crimson.
Liu Zi'ang was completely stunned.
Then he saw his father split into two, and the concubines were now in a panic, their legs weak, collapsing to the ground.
The next moment, a blood-soaked, furry Weasel Demon appeared before him.
