The weak princess is super fierce

Chapter 898 The Demon Circle Transformation

Lan Zhijin returned to the small inn, Huang Jing returned to the Meng residence, and Li Shou had already returned to the Eastern Palace.

Shangchun was sorting through the cart of medicinal herbs that Li Shou had brought out of the palace for Meng Shisan. Baozhu was watching and serving Meng Shisan. Apart from Chaiyu, who was helping Jinyin in the small kitchen and learning cooking skills, the remaining four jades, Xiuyu, Tongyu, and Cangyu, were helping to sort out the various precious and rare medicinal herbs that came from the East Palace.

Meng Shisan was brewing tea around a small red stove in the courtyard. Baozhu was brewing it while she and Huang Jing drank it. She watched as Shangchun led the way in putting the medicinal herbs into her private stash, and her eyes crinkled with laughter.

“Your Highness…aside from the fact that your status is somewhat inappropriate, everything else suits you perfectly.” Huang Jing rarely spoke up for Li Shou.

"I remember when I was still unconscious, you told them that the Eastern Palace was not a good place for me." Meng Shisan raised his chin towards the busy Shangchun and Sanyu, and asked Huang Jing a question.

"Things change over time," Huang Jing said with an embarrassed smile, amused at how quickly he had changed his mind. "And what I'm saying is based on the premise that His Highness the Crown Prince is not His Highness the Crown Prince."

"Why bother saying something impossible?" Meng Shisan took the teacup that Baozhu handed her, blew on it, and took a sip of the deep red tea, instantly filling her mouth with fragrance. "You just said that last night you and Master Lan were led from inside the city to outside by a butterfly and a wolf?"

Huang Jing was interrupted when she asked Baozhu to move the small red stove to the courtyard to brew tea. Now she needs to find out more. However, there are more than just her and Huang Jing in the courtyard. It's best not to use the word "demon" to avoid causing any unnecessary panic.

Mortals both fear and hatred towards demons and evil spirits.

“Yes, they deliberately led us in circles.” Huang Jing was a Taoist priest and a demon slayer. She understood the common people’s sensitivity to demons and ghosts better than Meng Shisan. She also avoided mentioning the word “demon.” “At first, Lan Zhijin and I didn’t notice anything. Later, when we saw the first signs, we made a quick decision not to chase after them and immediately returned to the city.”

"Why?" With the Celestial Master and the Mage joining forces, Meng Shisan felt there was no need to fear the Butterfly and Wolf Demons.

"I was worried it might be a trap, and I also thought of you." Huang Jing also expressed her concerns, but then she focused on something more important at the time. "I have a feeling that these are smokes that someone released to distract me and Lan Zhijin, although I haven't figured out why yet."

But at that moment, a possibility occurred to her: "Do you think... it's possible that it's related to Magistrate Shi's death?"

"Do you think the Second Prince was afraid that you and Master Lan would help His Highness and me protect Magistrate Shi, so he arranged for these arrows to distract you before firing them at once?" Meng Shisan roughly understood Huang Jing's implication. "I don't think the Second Prince can command them."

"That's why I said it's possible." Huang Jing also felt that it was unlikely that Li Heng could command the butterfly demon and the wolf demon. "I don't know how many years of cultivation they have, or who is behind them."

“Now that Magistrate Shi is dead, there’s not much point in discussing these things anymore.” More importantly, we need to find out who is behind it all. Meng Shisan put down her teacup, took the jujube cake that Baozhu handed her, took a bite, and then said, “As for them, no matter how many years of cultivation they have, we have to catch them and find out their purpose.”

"We can't catch up." Huang Jing said frankly, explaining that it wasn't that she and Lan Zhijin didn't want to catch the two demons, but that the demons were just too fast. One could fly and the other could run, so they couldn't catch up.

Meng Shisan looked at Camellia, then thought of the water snake she hadn't seen since she woke up: "By the way, where did Xiaoqing go?"

Huang Jing said, "Before chasing the butterfly and the wolf, Xiao Qing suddenly said she had something else to do, and that it was very important. I couldn't keep her with me any longer, so I let her go. She didn't say what she did or where she went, and then she disappeared without a trace."

The water snake had the ability to protect itself, so Meng Shisan wasn't worried. However, she couldn't think of anything important that could make the water snake abandon Huang Jing and go alone: ​​"I was still unconscious at the time, what could it have done?"

"Perhaps you think it can help you?" Huang Jing guessed.

"Helped me..." Meng Shisan pondered for a moment, then asked Baozhu, "Where's Xiaoyin?"

“She ate and then went to sleep,” Baozhu replied. “Go and call it here,” Meng Shisan said.

"Yes." Baozhu put the copper kettle back on the small red stove and got up to go find Silver Fox.

Huang Jing asked, "What do you want with Xiao Yin?"

“I want it to go find Xiaoqing,” Meng Shisan said.

A moment later, Baozhu still hadn't returned. Silver Fox arrived first and, upon hearing Meng Shisan's instructions, turned and went out of the mansion to find the water snake.

Meng Shisan turned around and said to Huang Jing, "Ma Ji is also looking for that butterfly and that wolf. If you want to catch them, I can ask Ma Ji for help."

"You haven't left the manor all morning, how did you know that Elder Ma was also looking for them?" Huang Jing asked suspiciously.

Meng Shisan looked at Camellia and whispered, "That's what it said."

Huang Jing suddenly realized and stood up: "After we catch them, should we leave them to me to do whatever I want with, or should we bring them back for you to see?"

"If you can handle it, then handle it on the spot." Meng Shisan showed no mercy to any demon who could ruin her plans.

Huang Jing understood.

As soon as Silver Fox left the Meng residence, following Meng Shisan's directions, it headed straight for Qingbei Mountain.

The only place Meng Shisan could think of that would make the water snake abandon Huang Jing halfway and go alone was Qingbei Mountain.

She was right; soon after, the silver fox found the water snake in the mound behind Meng Shisi's grave on Qingbei Mountain.

The water snake frowned upon seeing the silver fox: "How did you know I was here?"

Silver Fox wasn't too happy to see the water snake with a snake's head and a human body: "Miss sent me, otherwise I wouldn't have come."

"Senior truly understands me. Even without prior notification, you were able to accurately track my movements." Upon hearing that it was Meng Shisan who sent Silver Fox, Water Snake felt a surge of joy.

Silver Fox could hardly bear to look and asked directly, "Miss sent me to see why you suddenly came to Qingbei Mountain."

When it came to business, the water snake didn't mince words: "The senior had been here before and examined the female and male corpses in this burial mound. The identity of the female corpse has been roughly determined, but the identity of the male corpse is still a mystery. Because I left a demon circle here as instructed by the senior, last night, on my way to find Master Lan with Miss Huang, I suddenly sensed a change in the demon circle. I thought something must have happened here, so I came here quickly."

The silver fox tapped its head: "So what did you see after you got here?"

“No.” This was what puzzled the water snake the most. “I think it’s impossible. There must be some change that I haven’t noticed.”