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Chapter 3004 What is love in this world?
Seeing that there was no chance, Qu Manniang could only break out of the window and try to escape, but she did not expect to see Duan Yanqiu rushing back!
"Barbarian Girl~!"

Qu Manniang was startled at first, but she realized from the worry in Duan Yanqiu's tone that she was currently in human form!

"Duan Lang~!"

Then, Qu Manniang called out in a melodious voice, swayed, and fell forward.

Duan Yanqiu quickly helped Qu Manniang up, not even bothering to go inside to check on Duan Banxia, ​​and said to his subordinates,
"Why don't you guys go check on how the young lady is?"

"Go and find me a doctor!"

After Duan Yanqiu finished speaking, he turned and left, looking extremely anxious.

After Duan Yanqiu left, Jiu Xuanye and Wang Yue also rushed over.

By this time, the guards had already left, leaving only the master and servant on the scene.

Upon seeing the two of them, Duan Banxia's voice trembled with tears, "Senior brother, my sister-in-law is a monster! Look, those are her wings!"

Following Banxia's guidance, Wang Yue and Jiu Xuanye noticed the half-wing hidden under the bed.

Jiu Xuanye pulled out his wings to investigate, and said with great certainty, "I'm not mistaken, it's that monster!"

At that moment, Duan Banxia cautiously spoke.
"These wings were created by the talisman that Young Master Jiu gave me!"

After spending some time together, Wang Yue understood Banxia's thoughts and said with a smile,

"Brother Jiu, draw another talisman on Banxia's left hand later."

"We didn't catch that monster today; she'll probably come back for revenge."

Jiu Xuanye didn't hesitate and immediately drew another talisman for Banxia. However, he was still worried that Duan Banxia trusted the talisman too much, and couldn't help but remind her.

"Actually, this talisman may not work. After all, that monster has already been injured once, so it will definitely be on guard."

Wang Yue also felt it wasn't entirely safe, so I couldn't help but ask, "Brother Jiu, what do you think we should do?"

Without hesitation, Jiu Xuanye stated his thoughts very decisively: "The best way is for someone to be here to protect it, at least to keep that monster occupied and prevent it from escaping."

Wang Yue glanced around the room and said uncertainly, "Actually, I think we can talk to Duan Yanqiu directly. After all, the monster's wings are proof, and your sister-in-law has a bowl-sized wound on her back, which is very obvious."

Duan Banxia thought Wang Yue's words made a lot of sense, so she immediately took Wang Yue and Jiu Xuanye to Duan Yanqiu's courtyard.

Duan Yanqiu was bandaging Qu Manniang at the moment. Judging from his distressed expression, it was as if he himself would be better off injured than this.

After Wang Yue and the other two arrived, Duan Banxia immediately sent someone to invite Duan Yanqiu.

Although Duan Yanqiu was a little impatient, he could only comfort his wife and turn to go to the living room, thinking that his sister was also terrified.

"Little sister, I was planning to visit you after settling your sister-in-law in, why did you come in person?"

Before Duan Banxia could speak, Wang Yue threw the half-wing he was holding onto the ground and said very seriously,

“Lord Duan, your wife is a swan with a human face, and these are the wings that fell from her body.”

Duan Yanqiu's expression changed instantly, and he said with great disdain,

"Don't think that just because my wife is of low status, you can slander her here!"
I'll let it slide today because you're my sister's friends, but if you continue like this, don't blame me for being ruthless.

Seeing Duan Yanqiu's disbelief, Jiu Xuanye was very dissatisfied and wanted to retort.

Wang Yue, however, didn't seem to care at all. He stopped Jiu Xuanye and calmly said,

"There are good people and good demons, but whether you are a human or a demon, you have to pay the price for doing wrong."

Besides, Duan Banxia is your sister. Your wife was injured when she tried to kill your sister. Are you still going to protect her like this?

Duan Yanqiu was originally prepared to continue scolding, but after hearing Wang Yue's words, she frowned and asked Duan Banxia,

Are you sure you saw your sister-in-law?
Your sister-in-law has only been here for a few days.
What kind of conflict do you have with her?
Why is she targeting you?

He still didn't believe his wife was a demon; he simply saw it as a conflict between people.

Seeing that her older brother didn't believe her, Duan Banxia immediately said cautiously,

"Brother, it really is my sister-in-law, you have to believe me!"

"And there really are demons in this world. If you don't believe me, have Jiu Xuanye apply that potion to you, and you'll be able to see it clearly."

Duan Yanqiu immediately turned cold and looked back at Jiu Xuanye and Wang Yue, "You two are just trying to seduce my sister! What exactly is your purpose?"
Do you want money? Or do you want power?

Seeing that Duan Yanqiu was unwilling to believe him, Wang Yue said very solemnly,

"I know Lord Duan won't believe it, but how about this?"
Let Jiu Xuanye open your third eye. Go back to your room and check on your wife. If you still don't think she's a monster, we'll leave immediately and won't stay any longer.

What do you think?

Duan Banxia panicked when she heard this. She was really worried that after her senior brother and Jiu Xuanye left, their whole family would be eaten by monsters.

But when she met Wang Yue's reassuring gaze, she didn't know how to start the conversation.

This time, Duan Yanqiu agreed very readily, saying solemnly, "Okay, I want to see what you're up to!"

Seeing that Duan Yanqiu had agreed, Jiu Xuanye didn't hesitate and immediately took out a bottle of potion, quickly telling Duan Yanqiu a small spell.

"That's good..."

The instant the spell was cast on Duan Yanqiu's face, he uttered a disdainful sneer, but before he could finish the sentence, he immediately spoke seriously.
"I'll go back to my room now, you guys wait here."

He left immediately after he finished speaking. Although his attitude was very firm, his slightly unsteady steps revealed that he was not at peace.

Duan Banxia glanced in the direction Duan Yanqiu had noticed and saw a tiny, almost transparent child walking straight through the wall.

Duan Banxia realized that her older brother had seen it, and she said excitedly, "It seems that my older brother believes it. Now that's good, my family won't be harmed by monsters."

Jiu Xuanye also sighed and said, "I didn't expect things to be so easy. Maybe I was overthinking it."

Wang Yue remained noncommittal about the two men's attitudes; he didn't think things would be that simple.

Just as he expected, half an hour later, Wang Yue and Duan Banxia had finished drinking their tea, and Jiu Xuanye had tea and snacks served four or five times. Duan Yanqiu finally returned.

Upon seeing his elder brother, Duan Banxia immediately put down his teacup and said...
"Big brother, how was it? My senior brother didn't lie to you, did he?"

"It's been so long since Xuan Ye last ate, and I've finally had a full meal," he said with a smile.

"That human-faced owl..."

"Enough!"

Duan Yanqiu roared in a very cold tone, and then spoke seriously to Jiu Xuanye Wang Yue.

“I’ve already checked. My wife is clearly a human being, and the only injury she has is a minor abrasion on her shoulder. If you continue to spout nonsense, I will have you all arrested and thrown into jail!”

"Big brother~!"

Duan Banxia could hardly believe her eyes. She couldn't help but shout, trying to wake up her steady older brother.

"That's impossible."

Jiu Xuanye couldn't believe it either. He was completely baffled, so he quickly said...
"Did you wipe your eyes again before you saw your wife?"

Duan Yanqiu snorted coldly and said, "Enough! We already made an agreement. Since you've made a mistake, get out of our house now!"
Otherwise, I'll have to take some men and ask you to leave!

Duan Banxia and Jiu Xuanye wanted to argue, but Wang Yue grabbed Jiu Xuanye and said to Banxia at the same time,

"Banxia, ​​let's go! I admit defeat, and tomorrow Jiu Xuanye and I will leave the Duan family together!"

Duan Banxia swallowed the words she was about to say. Only after they had left Duan Yanqiu's courtyard did she ask, somewhat unwillingly...

"Senior brother, are you really leaving?"
"With this monster here, my grandmother and my whole family's lives are in grave danger!"

Jiu Xuanye couldn't help but guess, "Brother Wang, are you planning to sneak over and attack Lord Duan when he's off guard?"

Duan Banxia's eyes widened, and she said excitedly, "I'll go too, I'll help too."

Looking at their excited expressions, Wang Yue said speechlessly,

"Is that enough? If I'm not mistaken, Lord Duan will take action tonight."

"So, Brother Jiu, we two need to take turns monitoring Duan Yanqiu's courtyard. We'll make our move when they leave."

Duan Banxia immediately covered her mouth and said uncertainly, "Senior brother, do you mean that my eldest brother will hide my sister-in-law?"

Wang Yue nodded matter-of-factly and said, "Of course, you don't think your older brother really erased the magic and didn't see your sister-in-law's figure clearly, do you?"

Duan Banxia said with some surprise, "Senior brother, do you mean that my elder brother clearly recognized that my sister-in-law is a monster, but still wants to be with her?"

Jiu Xuanye, however, grasped the key point and immediately added, "So you mean we alerted the enemy today? Is Lord Duan planning to send that monster away?"

Wang Yue nodded and said very seriously, "Brother Jiu, that potion couldn't possibly be useless, so I guess Lord Duan really likes this Qu Manniang, and doesn't care whether she's human or demon!" Upon hearing this, Jiu Xuanye immediately said disdainfully, "Although the Human-Faced Swan doesn't eat Duan Yanqiu, it doesn't mean it's not someone else. Lord Duan is really too muddleheaded."

Wang Yue didn't want to dwell on this point, so he asked Duan Banxia seriously,
"Banxia, ​​do you know where your elder brother owns a manor near Nanyang City, somewhere rather remote?"

If it can't keep up, I guess the adults will send this monster to the manor.

Seeing how certain Wang Yue was, Duan Banxia said uncertainly,
"At the foot of the mountain, twenty miles north of the city, there is a manor belonging to my Duan family!"

Duan Yanqiu's courtyard,

Duan Yanqiu left the living room and returned to his room. He looked at Qu Manniang and said emotionally, "At midnight today, I will send you out of the city!"

Qu Manniang said in disbelief, "Duan Lang, are you going to abandon me? Didn't I tell you? I really love you, and I really want to be with you."

Duan Yanqiu shook his head and said, "Those two demon hunters have a way to let me see your true form, and they can also let others see it."

So it's not safe for you to stay here. You should go to one of my estates to lay low for the night. You can come back later under a different name.

Qu Manniang immediately concealed the fierce glint in her eyes, and said with some disbelief,
"You...you don't mind that I'm a monster?"

Duan Yanqiu looked at Qu Manniang, sighed and said, "As long as you really turn over a new leaf and stop killing people, of course I will never give up on you."

"Duan Lang~!"

Qu Manniang immediately threw herself into Duan Yanqiu's arms, her expression one of extreme excitement.

Duan Yanqiu hugged Qu Manniang for a while, then immediately urged her to pack her things. He didn't even wait an hour longer. That night, when things were quieter, he and Qu Manniang quietly climbed out of the courtyard.

Two fast horses had been arranged outside the courtyard. Qu Manniang and Duan Yanqiu rode the fast horses and quickly arrived at the city gate.

Duan Yanqiu was originally a county magistrate, so there was no hindrance to him leaving the city. It was just a hardship for Wang Yue and Jiu Xuanye, who had to run on foot.

Fortunately, Duan Banxia had already told them the location of the estate, so the two of them wandered aimlessly without worrying that Qu Manniang would escape.

However, when Wang Yue arrived outside the manor, he sensed something was wrong because it was so quiet!
You know, no matter when, a village feels lifeless without barking dogs. So, while not every household has a dog, there are always a few dogs in an alley.

Although Wang Yue and Jiu Xuanye made very little noise, Duan Yanqiu and Qu Manniang rushed back on horseback, so the noise they made was definitely not small.

But now the whole village is eerily quiet, which is really strange.

Seeing Wang Yue suddenly stop, Jiu Xuanye looked around but didn't see any demons, so he asked uncertainly,

"Brother Wang, why did you stop? Did you discover something?"

Wang Yue shared his findings, then said hesitantly, "The village is so quiet now, either the Man-Faced Swan and Lord Duan didn't come at all, or there's an ambush."

For so many years, Jiu Xuanye has only been catching demons, so he doesn't really have a good grasp of human nature. He immediately stood back to back with Wang Yue and looked around warily.

"not bad!"

"Still very vigilant!"

Wang Yue and Jiu Xuanye turned around back to back and found that dozens of people had surrounded them, and at the very front of these people stood Duan Yanqiu and Qu Manniang!
Duan Yanqiu snorted coldly, "You two are courting death, so I, Duan, will have no choice but to grant your wish!"

Wang Yue was very frustrated to see this situation; he had miscalculated!

In ancient times, many large families' estates were inhabited by their subordinates! It seems that the Duan family's estate was no exception.

Jiu Xuanye also noticed something was wrong. He swallowed and said...
"Brother Wang, let's run!"

Wang Yue quickly made a decision. He said solemnly, "No, we don't need to worry about the others. As long as we can expose Duan Yanqiu's true colors, these men will naturally stop attacking us!"

Upon hearing this, Jiu Xuanye immediately drew his sword and roared, "Greedy Wolf!"

As he shouted this, the swordsman behind him suddenly turned with a creak, and then he drew a sword from him.

Wang Yue could tell that this was a very mysterious magical artifact, which made him quite frustrated. He was a transmigrator, yet he didn't have such a good thing.

He reacted quickly, forming hand seals and unleashing a spark-generating talisman that landed precisely on the human-faced owl!

The human-faced owl seemed to have seen through Wang Yue's thoughts. She retreated behind the crowd when Jiu Xuanye made her move. Wang Yue's explosive sparks hit the crowd but did not hurt the human-faced owl at all.

The explosion didn't kill anyone, but it injured a group of people, which in turn fueled the ferocity of the attackers!
Jiu Xuanye had only taken a few steps when he was stopped by several people. He quickly retreated to Wang Yue's side, speaking urgently as he fought.
"Brother Wang, it seems they were prepared. Let's go."

Wang Yue could tell that Jiu Xuanye had no intention of killing anyone; otherwise, these thugs wouldn't have been able to stop him at all.

However, it's understandable; Duan Yanqiu is probably just waiting for them to kill someone so he can get them arrested by the authorities.

Wang Yue, feeling a pang of resentment at Duan Yanqiu's cunning, immediately shouted out in exasperation,
"Lord Duan, if you continue to press me like this, I will have no choice but to use my ultimate move!"

Jiu Xuanye hadn't expected Wang Yue to be such a gentleman, even making threats before making a move, and quickly urged him on.

"Brother Wang, what tricks do you have up your sleeve? Show them quickly, or we should run!"

"bluff!"

Duan Yanqiu didn't believe that Wang Yue had any special tricks to deal with so many of them, but out of caution, he actually took action himself, pointing his sword at Wang Yue, wanting to kill Wang Yue first!
Seeing that Duan Yanqiu was about to kill him, Wang Yue could only shout loudly.
"Fairy sister, help me!"

Wang Yue's shout startled everyone present, even causing them to pause in their fighting as they cautiously tried to see who the fairy was.

To Wang Yue's embarrassment, the female mirror demon never appeared, making the atmosphere extremely awkward.

Jiu Xuanye thought Wang Yue was using the rendezvous method to bluff people, so he quickly took advantage of the moment when people were stunned and rushed towards the place where Wang Yue had previously attacked with the explosive sparks.

Qu Manniang was originally behind the crowd, but after those people were injured, she was also exposed.

Jiu Xuanye moved very quickly. Before anyone could react, his sword was already about to strike Qu Manniang!
Duan Yanqiu was shocked and forgot about killing Wang Yue. He immediately tried to stop Jiu Xuanye.

While Wang Yue was shouting, his hands never stopped moving. Seeing that he couldn't summon the female mirror demon, he certainly couldn't let Duan Yanqiu go back to help. He quickly made up the talisman in his hand again, and another burst of sparks flew towards the crowd.

Wang Yue's plan was to create some chaos and use the disarray of the crowd to block Duan Yanqiu.

In fact, Wang Yue achieved his goal. During the brief moment when Duan Yanqiu had not yet reached the target, Jiu Xuanye swung his sword at Qu Manniang.

Qu Manniang had no way to dodge and instinctively conjured wings to fly.

One of her previous wings had been cut off, and now the remaining wing was formed from her demonic energy, making her flight somewhat unstable and producing strange noises.

"Shhh~!"

"monster!"

Originally holding torches and preparing to attack the servants, they immediately turned around upon hearing the terrified voices and saw the true form of the human-faced swan. They couldn't help but scream in panic.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Wang Yue shouted, "Lord Duan, don't be blinded by beauty! Your wife is a monster, and a man-eating monster at that!"
"You'd better let us capture this monster, lest she do evil in the future."

The servants who hadn't been affected by the explosion were all preparing to attack Wang Yue, but after hearing Wang Yue's words, they all stopped in their tracks and looked at Duan Yanqiu with surprise and uncertainty.

Now the pressure is on Duan Yanqiu. If he insists on killing Wang Yue, it proves that he is in cahoots with the man-eating monster, and therefore he cannot be called human.

The families that Duan Yanqiu had summoned certainly didn't dare to make a move. After all, even a fool would know that such a thing would result in them being silenced, so their enemies might have changed.

As a scion of a prominent family, Duan Yanqiu naturally saw the power of Wang Yue's move. He knew that there was no use saying anything now, which made him somewhat flustered.

In that brief moment of distraction, Jiu Xuanye severed another wing of the Human-Faced Swan with a single sword strike, making her waist appear somewhat ethereal.

"Barbarian Girl~!"

When Duan Yanqiu saw that Qu Manniang was injured, he could no longer care about anything else and immediately wanted to go forward to save her.

Of course, Wang Yue couldn't let him leave, but his swordsmanship was no match for Duan Yanqiu, who had practiced swordsmanship for many years. He could only try to relieve the pressure on Duan Yanqiu by attacking from the rear. He pointed his sword at Duan Yanqiu's heart and quickly followed.

Just as the Human-Faced Swan was knocked to the ground by a sword, Duan Yanqiu almost instinctively pulled Jiu Xuanye into his arms. The Human-Faced Swan, of course, also saw the danger of Wang Yue's sword and almost instinctively stood in front of Duan Yanqiu to block it!

"Pfft~!"

The sword, imbued with Wang Yue's spiritual power, actually pierced through the heart of the human-faced owl!

As Wang Yue swiftly drew his sword, the human-faced owl completely collapsed into Duan Yanqiu's arms!
"Barbarian Girl!!"

Duan Yanqiu was still somewhat bothered by Qu Manniang's deception, but after this moment, he completely let it go.

Knowing her days were numbered, the Human-Faced Swan stroked Duan Yanqiu's cheek and said with a bitter smile,

"If I had met you sooner, I would never have killed anyone again!"

"Ah~?"

Duan Yanqiu couldn't help but wail in grief, but he couldn't save Qu Manniang at all; he could only hold her tightly.

Seeing this scene, Wang Yue couldn't help but murmur, "What is love in this world that makes people willing to die for each other?"

After repeating this sentence, Qu Manniang sighed and added, "Demons are the same!"

After Qu Manniang finished speaking her last words, she died completely. A white essence floated out of her body and drifted into Wang Yue's hand.