The weak princess is super fierce

Chapter 906 Demons and Monsters

As soon as Shangchun and Baozhu left, even the maids who swept the outer courtyard were taken away by Shangchun, and the area outside Mingxiao Hall became so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Once they were sure it was safe enough, the silver fox and the water snake immediately spoke in human language, no longer hiding their identities. First, the silver fox expressed that it had fulfilled its mission, and then the water snake briefly described the anomalies of the demonic circle it had set up behind the burial mound at the top of Qingbei Mountain.

"Where did it change?" Meng Shisan asked after hearing the whole story.

The water snake transformed into a human body with a snake tail, and said with a guilty expression, "Before Xiao Yin found me, I had already searched the entire burial mound inside and out, but I couldn't find anything. After Xiao Yin found me, we searched every corner of the burial mound again, but we still couldn't find any change that caused the abnormality of the demon circle I set up."

Silver Fox nodded in agreement: "Could it be that something else accidentally touched your demon circle?"

"Something else?" The water snake began to consider this possibility.

Meng Shisan felt that Silver Fox's idea was not impossible. She thought about it for a moment and asked, "You mean things that include demons and things other than demons, such as... ghosts, monsters, and evil spirits?"

“Yes!” That was exactly what Silver Fox was thinking. “Based on my experience from a long time ago, I have encountered similar situations where spirits accidentally stepped into a demonic circle.”

Back then, it was still a Qilin Deer. The years have passed, and it doesn't remember very clearly, but it's certain that such a thing happened.

The demon circle is the most basic demon magic. The difference between the demon circles of different demons lies only in how high the level of the demon's cultivation is. Simply put, the higher the demon power, the stronger the sensation of the demon circle set up.

The water snake then expressed its thoughts: "That is indeed possible, but I have lived in the vast river for so long and have never seen any spirits or monsters. I have only seen demons and ghosts, and only demons among all kinds of evil spirits. I have never seen anything else."

It was only after it followed its predecessor and experienced things it had never experienced before that it gradually came into contact with demons and spirits.

"I have seen spirits and monsters, but that was when I was still a Qilin Deer. After becoming the remnant soul possessing the ancient bowl, my freedom was restricted. Let alone demons, ghosts, spirits, monsters, or even fresh mortals, I have rarely seen them." The silver fox spoke these words with a hint of bitterness.

This attracted the attention of the water snake.

The water snake is six hundred years old. Since it gained intelligence at the age of two hundred, it has lived in the vast river all these years. It has not experienced the bitter past that the silver fox experienced.

The silver fox was proud by nature, and when it understood the meaning behind the water snake's glance, it immediately became furious: "Don't look at me like that! Back then, I was also framed, otherwise how could I have been tricked into leaving only a wisp of my soul!"

The water snake trembled at the rebuke and lowered its tender face, which had transformed into that of a twelve-year-old boy.

“In that case, when I have time, I will go up Qingbei Mountain again and personally visit the burial mound.” Meng Shisan ignored the noise of the water snake and the silver fox. She pondered what the changes to Meng Shisi’s burial mound might be. However, just thinking about it was tantamount to daydreaming. She still needed to go and see for herself to get any results.

"Wasn't there a demon in the well in Taiyong Hall before? But that demon has been eliminated, and there are no more evil spirits around the Crown Prince." The water snake, thinking of the big tumble it had suffered in the palace, suddenly asked Meng Shisan, "Since there are demons in the palace, do you think there might be three other demons and monsters in the palace as well?"

Besides "Mei," there are also "Chi," "Wang," and "Liang."

Without much thought, Meng Shisan rationally analyzed: "The formation of a demon comes from fairies, the formation of a 'chi' comes from monsters, and the formation of a 'wangliang' is when a human soul becomes a ghost, and the ghost then forms a 'wangliang.' Whether it's a 'chi,' a demon, or a 'wangliang,' none of them are easy to form. The fact that there is a demon in the palace is not a natural formation, but the result of deliberate human intervention. So far, no other three besides the demon have been discovered."

After listening to the explanation, the water snake understood, and the silver fox also understood: "Miss thinks that even if there are people controlling things in the palace, it is already difficult to raise one demon, let alone raise three more?" "Things are unpredictable. It can't be said that it's completely impossible, but it's probably impossible in eight or nine out of ten cases." Meng Shisan didn't give a definitive answer. "Once these troubles are over, I'll find some time to go into the palace and take a good look at the other palaces besides the East Palace."

"Is it possible?" Silver Fox thought to himself that entering the palace wasn't so easy, especially since Meng Shisan was just a mortal.

"Why not?" Before Meng Shisan could answer, Water Serpent answered for him, "Senior is amazing. He caught the assassin's arrow with his bare hands and blocked the fatal blow to the Crown Prince."

Its face was full of pride, as if it were the one who was powerful.

Meng Shisan did not continue to discuss the demons and monsters with them, nor was there time to do so. As soon as the conversation ended, Meng Meijing rushed into Mingxiao Hall.

"Sister! Sister! Sister!" She lifted her skirt with both hands and ran into Mingxiao Hall, calling out repeatedly.

Meng Shisan gestured for the water snake and silver fox to leave, and they went outside to play by themselves.

Upon hearing Meng Meijing's voice, the water snake instantly transformed back into its original form. By the time Meng Meijing ran across the threshold of Mingxiao Hall, it had already coiled up and was lying on the silver fox's body.

Upon receiving Meng Shisan's instruction, the silver fox, carrying the water snake, headed outside, just as Meng Meijing was passing by the threshold.

Meng Meijing was excited about the progress of the case, so she was preoccupied with Meng Shisan and didn't pay much attention to the two creatures that brushed past her until the silver fox carrying the water snake crossed the threshold. Only then did she belatedly turn around.

When she turned around, the sight left her speechless for a few moments before she realized that the silver fox was actually carrying a green snake!
"Beautiful scenery?" Meng Shisan got up and walked to Meng Meijing's side, calling softly, trying to bring Meng Meijing back to her senses.

Meng Meijing turned her face back blankly and saw Meng Shisan's face. She pointed outside the hall: "Sister, that's Xiaoyin and..."

“Xiao Qing,” Meng Shisan continued.

“…Xiaoqing?” Meng Meijing took a moment to recover her senses. “That green water snake that my sister kept in the water tank with the little fish?”

Meng Shisan nodded slightly: "Is there a problem?"

"My sister raised them... of course there's no problem..." Meng Meijing answered instinctively, then asked, "Then the water snake... can Xiao Qing get out of the water tank?"

"can."

"They still seem to get along very well with Xiao Yin?"

"Ah."

"...Unbelievable!"

When Meng Meijing first met Silver Fox, she had heard Li Zhaoqin say that Silver Fox was old, a very old fox, equivalent to a person's twilight years. So whenever she saw Silver Fox, she felt a desire to take good care of it.