"Enough!"
Jiang Shouzhong coldly watched Li Guanshi.
"Whatever your purpose is, it’s none of my business. I will avenge Sister Ye’s death, and I don’t need anyone’s help. I don’t wish to know you, and it’s best if you don’t bother ."
"I’m not a flood or a savage beast, why are you so afraid of ?"
Li Guanshi helplessly massaged his temples.
Is this guy even a man? How could he not be interested in such a tempting snake demon?
Snake spirits have quite a variety of tricks.
"I said, I don’t want your gift."
Jiang Shouzhong said brusquely, "Since Sister Ye didn’t wish to ntion you, it ans she doesn’t recognize you as her master. Therefore, I do not want any involvent with you."
Faced with the man’s staunch resistance, Li Guanshi wasn’t angry but walked to the bathtub, resting his hands on the wooden edge, and softly laughed, "I can tell you frankly, she is a snake spirit with decent cultivation. You seem to have been investigating a case these days, right? That rabbit demon was saved by her."
Jiang Shouzhong suddenly looked up, staring at the bridal-clothed woman.
The snake demon called ngniang nodded gently, "That day, I happened to see a fragnt of a soul escaping to Cloud Lake. At that mont, there was a corpse of a woman in the lake that had not been dead for long and was filled with resentnt. So, I allowed it to possess her."
So that was it.
Jiang Shouzhong’s doubts were mostly resolved.
"I’ll give you another clue."
Li Guanshi continued to play the good Samaritan, "The reason the rabbit demon could survive is that it had a ’Life-Death Mysterious Thunder Talisman’ on it. This is a secret technique unique to the Sky Demon Sect. That ans the rabbit demon is definitely from the Sky Demon Sect."
The Sky Demon Sect?
Jiang Shouzhong was surprised in his heart.
He hadn’t expected to find a connection to the Sky Demon Sect.
Recalling that Ran Qingchen had ntioned encountering a skilled person at Wufeng Temple and that the rabbit demon had been killed by that individual, it seed that the skilled person... probably ca from the Sky Demon Sect.
"Feel free to ask whatever you want, and don’t worry, I’m not asking for a reward."
Li Guanshi exchanged his facade to a seductively sweet smile.
Since the other party said so, Jiang Shouzhong didn’t hold back.
He turned his head to the snake demon, "I would like to ask so questions about demon souls possessing humans. Under what circumstances would it be most difficult to detect if a demon soul was inhabiting a living person, and how long would it take for it to completely take over the body?"
As a hidden agent of the Liushan Division, Jiang Shouzhong had so understanding of demon creatures.
But no matter how well he understood them, it couldn’t compare to the detailed knowledge of the demons themselves.
ngniang said, "To inhabit a living person, the best way to stay hidden is to always lurk and not co out. As for how long it takes to take control of the body, it depends on the strength of the demon and the person it is possessing.
Generally speaking, it’s best if the possession is successful within thirty days. If it takes longer than thirty days, the demon soul will suffer a great loss, and even if it manages to take over the original owner’s body, it will be quite detrintal to future cultivation."
Thirty days...
Jiang Shouzhong silently calculated in his heart.
He then asked, "If the demon soul is forcibly expelled from a living body, will it affect the living person?"
"It depends on how long the possession has lasted,"
ngniang explained, "If it’s within fifteen days, the possessing demon soul can be easily extracted because at that ti, the demon soul is not stable. However, once it’s been over fifteen days, it ans the demon soul has started to intertwine with the original owner’s soul. If the demon soul is forcibly scattered at this point, it will inevitably cause damage to the original owner’s soul unless assisted by so very potent magic artifacts."
"During this process, is the demon soul able to control the body?"
"It can, but it causes a high consumption to the demon soul. It’s best to remain quietly lurking within the body."
"I see."
Jiang Shouzhong nodded, then asked out of curiosity, "You ntioned that it is best to take over within thirty days. If the demon soul’s strength is lacking, but it wishes to take over within thirty days, what is the most effective thod for success?"
ngniang smiled faintly, "It’s simple. Subject the original owner to severe trauma, making their soul unstable. Since the goal of the demon soul is to smoothly devour the original owner’s soul and occupy their body,
once the original owner’s soul becos unstable, it can easily take over and beco the true master of the body."
Jiang Shouzhong’s gaze sharpened, "Is it the sa if the demon soul possesses a gravely ill old person?"
ngniang paused and then nodded her head, "Old people close to death are more sensitive to demon energy. Once a demon soul possesses them, even if it’s inconspicuous, they will notice. But they can only watch helplessly, powerless to do anything."
Jiang Shouzhong clenched his fists.
He rembered the vision in the Dream Mirror where Ms. Zhang had watched her son kill his wife.
Undoubtedly, it was a great shock to her spirit.
After gaining a rough understanding, Jiang Shouzhong inquired about another matter, "That rabbit demon you saved, did it ntion anything about ’Demon Energy’?"
ngniang thought carefully and then shook her head gently, "No, she only ntioned ’Xichu Pavilion.’ It must have been soone from Xichu Pavilion who hard her."
Xichu Pavilion...
Jiang Shouzhong’s expression beca grave.
He had heard of this "Xichu Pavilion."
It was one of the renowned pleasure quarters in the Capital, with an extrely deep background.
That night he and Zhang Yunwu encountered the rabbit demon, the woman they rescued from drowning seed to be from Xichu Pavilion.
"This case is getting deeper and deeper."
Jiang Shouzhong wanted to record these clues into a small notebook he carried with him, then realized he was still soaking naked in the bath, and couldn’t help but say, "Could I at least put on my clothes first?"
"Did I stop you?"
Li Guanshi pretended not to understand the implied aning in his words.
Jiang Shouzhong frowned and, not wanting to get into a debate over morality with this woman, he simply stepped out of the bath, grabbed a towel nearby, and began to dry himself off quite unselfconsciously in front of the two won.
The snake demon averted her lovely face.
Her eyes betrayed a hint of surprise at Jiang Shouzhong’s masculinity.
What was astonishing, though, was that Li Guanshi never shifted her gaze from the start until the end.
She watched Jiang Shouzhong with sparkling eyes,
as if he was nothing more than a prop in a shadow play.
This instead made Jiang Shouzhong a bit embarrassed, so he quickly turned around, wiped off the water on his body, and slipped on his robe in a hurry.
"How about it, I’ve shown such sincerity, how about you reciprocate?" Li Guanshi’s eyes were shimring with light, "She’s not an ordinary demon. As a Liushan Division covert investigator, you’ll inevitably deal with more demon cases in the future. With her help, you could save a lot of trouble."
Li Guanshi then said, "Of course, if you want her to wholeheartedly be your personal bodyguard, or to warm your bed, that will depend on your own charm."
"Knowing that I’m a covert investigator of the Liushan Division, you still bring a demon to ?"
Jiang Shouzhong’s gaze was icy.
"So what? Is Liushan Division so clean?" Li Guanshi’s lips curled up with a faint sneer, "I don’t believe that no one in Liushan Division privately harbors demons. The clean may not be stainless, the sullied not necessarily impure."
Jiang Shouzhong remained silent.
After contemplating for a long while, he looked at Li Guanshi and said, "Allow to consider it first before I give you an answer."
"No problem, I have patience."
Li Guanshi smiled lightly, without any intention of forcefully pressing her point.
If it weren’t for Yan Changqing being there, she wouldn’t need Jiang Shouzhong’s agreent at all.
Li Guanshi left the address of her small residence in the Capital and then left with the snake demon nad ngniang. As she was leaving, she winked at the man, "My disciple carries a famous magic artifact, you know."
Jiang Shouzhong rolled his eyes.
After Yan Changqing entered the room, Jiang Shouzhong cautiously asked, "Mr. Yan, did that woman notice the Taoist River Map inside ?"
Yan Changqing replied with a smile, "Don’t worry about that, the Taoist River Map is extrely well-hidden. Not just Li Guanshi, even the number one in the world, Zhao Wuxiu, would have great difficulty perceiving it unless your cultivation reaches a certain level, then it might reveal sothing."
Jiang Shouzhong was relieved.
It seed that it was more appropriate to lay low at this stage.
"However, there’s one sect that may co looking for you, and that is Zhenxuan Mountain."
"Zhenxuan Mountain?"
"Yes," Yan Changqing said seriously, "Zhenxuan Mountain once guarded the ’Tianyuan River Map Book’ for nearly a century, so Jianghu also recognizes the Taoist River Map as belonging to Zhenxuan Mountain. They have thods to locate it."
As soon as he finished speaking, the Sword Demon showed an expression of helplessness.
"Oh, this cursed mouth of mine. I send away one Bodhisattva only to summon a devil."
...
Outside the house.
A young Taoist carrying a sword looked at the house in front of him and smiled, "Two mischievous little ones, it’s ti to go ho."
The Taoist strode forward, flicked his sleeve, and burst through the door.
About to sing a line from a golden Taoist verse, he stopped when he saw a friendly-looking middle-aged man inside, smiling at him.
"My apologies, wrong door," he said.
The young Taoist thoughtfully closed the door again, then turned and ran away.
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