One pound of meat equals one attribute point.

Chapter 39 Response
All this happened in a flash, and Su Heng's reaction was quick.

But in the end, I was still a step too slow.

A small amount of white fungi were blown away by the wind and surged outward, and finally some of them fell on Su Li and Su Shang.

"Su Li——"

Swish!
Su Heng flashed and appeared beside Su Li.

He reached out and held Su Li's arm, on which red spots were appearing.

"I--" Su Li opened her eyes wide and felt a strong numbing and itchy sensation coming rapidly from her arms, as if something was taking root in her flesh and blood.

"This is the power of the demon!" She frowned and quickly realized what had just happened.

The strength gained from practicing Qingmu Changshenggong was injected into the left arm, and a hazy green light appeared on the arm.

It can help her reach the Bone Tempering Realm.

The force was unable to completely eradicate it and could only suppress it temporarily.

laugh!
Su Heng injected some of the fire poison into Su Li's arm.

The scorching hot force swept over Su Li, and he felt as if he was being gripped by a pair of red-hot iron pliers, and a sharp pain came over him.

Su Li clenched her teeth and didn't scream.

"It should be fine." Su Heng released his sister's arm with a serious look on his face.

The wrist that Su Heng had just held was completely red, and there were even obvious signs of burns, but Su Li didn't care.

"Xiao Shang."

She half-squatted on the ground and saw that Su Shan's consciousness had become blurred.

Red spots had already appeared on Su Shang's neck. He subconsciously reached out to grab them, but was held by Su Li.

"What should we do?" Su Li raised her head and stared at Su Heng.

"I don't know..." Su Heng's face was solemn, "His physique is too weak. I can't use my strength to help him detoxify."

"I, I should be able to suppress it temporarily." Su Li said, "But this is not a long-term solution. If we can get rid of that demon, maybe there will be a turning point."

Xiaoqing appeared beside Su Li silently.

He took out a few silver needles from his arms and handed them to Su Li. These silver needles were made of special materials and could integrate the warrior's strength into them.

The tip of the needle glowed with a faint green light as it pierced into the neck, but no blood oozed out.

“It’s so itchy…”

Su Shang opened his eyes slowly and saw Su Heng's serious expression. "Sister, brother, have I gotten into trouble again?"

Su Shan's voice was weak and a little apologetic.

"This is none of your business. Get some good sleep." Su Heng consoled him softly, "Everything will be fine when you wake up."

Su Li reached out and gently patted the back of Su Shang's head, and the latter fell asleep on Su Li's shoulder.

Su Gui had an expression of fear and horror on his face.

A living person who was fine just now, suddenly had his heart taken out alive.

If the previous incident with the water ghost had not raised Su Gui's fright threshold, this scene alone would have given Su Gui a heart attack.

He hadn't dared to make a sound just now.

Because Su Heng looked serious, such things rarely happened since he started practicing martial arts.

"What happened? What on earth is going on?" Su Gui pointed at Su Shang who was in a coma, and then pointed at the guard who had been burned to a mummy. The expression on his face went beyond fear, and was more of a numbness of not knowing what to do.

"Changqing County... a demon has sneaked into the county. The situation is very dangerous now." Su Heng said softly, "No one should go out. Also, screen the people in the mansion to prevent what happened just now from happening again."

"Another demon... What's wrong with this world?" Su Gui looked at the thick gray and gelatinous mist outside the courtyard wall and couldn't help but ask, "How does it compare to the water ghost before? Which of the two is more dangerous?"

"This demon is ten times more dangerous than the water ghost." Su Heng added, "At least ten times."

Su Gui shuddered.

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Su Li checked everyone in the mansion.

Fortunately.

Similar situations that happened to the guards before did not occur again, and the remaining people were not infected by the mycelium.

"Where's the water and food? Are they enough?" In the middle of the courtyard, a bonfire was crackling. Su Heng sat on a bench with a big sword and threw the chopped firewood into the flames.

It's only noon.

Normally, this is the brightest and warmest time of the day.

But the strange fog enveloped the city, and it was pitch dark outside, and the sunlight was mostly filtered out. The courtyard was so gloomy that they had to light a bonfire, using the red and warm flames to gradually dispel the despair and fear in people's hearts.

Su Heng sat alone in the middle of the crowd.

He was tall and sturdy, with a stern face against the dark red firelight.

Standing on his left were Su Li and Xiao Qing, and on his right were Su Gui and the head of the guards Zhao Hu, and further out were a group of the family's confidants, about a dozen people.

The more chaotic and dangerous the situation is.

Su Heng needed to appear tougher so that he could give people a sense of security and avoid unnecessary chaos.

"Because we just received a batch of goods from the town and haven't had time to deliver them to the company yet, our food reserves are still sufficient." A middle-aged scholar in a long gown and a black soft hat on his head said tremblingly, "As for water, we can get water from the well, so we are not short of water."

“How many days can it last?”

"If you don't count the young master, we should be able to hold out for a month without any problem." The accountant replied.

"You make me sound like a good-for-nothing when you say that." Su Heng sighed and waved his hand, "I know, you don't have to worry about me."

"What about you..." Su Heng looked at Su Li and Xiao Qing, "Can your formation be maintained?"

"can."

Su Li nodded, and she continued, "But we need to send people to patrol to prevent anyone from climbing over the wall."

"Leave this matter to me, Zhao Hu, sir, don't worry!" Zhao Hu on the other side patted his chest and said generously.

"People outside may be infected with the disease, so you should avoid direct contact."

Su Heng looked at his father Su Gui again, "We should have a batch of crossbows and spears at home, just take them out and use them."

No matter which dynasty it is, privately possessing military weapons is a serious crime.

But now that demons are emerging one after another and the world is in chaos, there is no need to worry about these things.

"Yeah." Su Gui nodded stiffly. He was a relatively honest person, and this batch of weapons was once his biggest secret.

But the Su family made their fortune through the trading business, and they couldn't go out to do business without these weapons.

Su Gui was once so worried about this matter that he couldn't sleep all day and all night. He didn't expect that when it really came in handy, it would be under such circumstances.

"It's really hard to predict what's going on in this world." Su Gui sighed, "Zhao Hu, call a few people and go with me to the warehouse to get these things out."

"Okay!" Zhao Hu grinned. He seemed to be fearless.

"What about you?" Su Li looked at Su Heng with bright eyes, "What are your plans?"

"Give me the demon-hunting disk." Su Heng said, "I'll go outside and see if I can find the true location of this demon."

(End of this chapter)