I sell demon meat in the city

Chapter 16 Exploding with Demon Cores
"Sigh, if only Mr. Lin would join us."

Xia Yunsong had just returned from a mission and asked Shen Xiu, "You said he lost his right arm?"

"Yes, he hadn't fully recovered when he first returned to Qingzhou. Captain Xia, you know Mr. Lin, right?"

"I heard that many powerful demons who escaped from Sanqing Mountain are lurking in the Grand Canyon. Five years ago, Lin Qingquan and his fellow disciples went there."

So how he lost his arm is self-evident.

Shen Xiu couldn't help but sigh, "You know, in this perfectly peaceful and prosperous world, suddenly a bunch of these things have appeared. I wonder when we'll be able to wipe them all out."

After the car entered the village, a thin, dark shadow slowly rose up in the stream beside the bamboo forest.

The black snake stared gloomily at the departing "magical artifact" with its single, emerald-green eye, somewhat wary of the unfamiliar roaring sound.

It remembered that when the scarred human first arrived in this world, he had ordered his men to kill many of their kind and even burned them with a fire-breathing device. Even its eyes had been injured by their hidden weapons.

This is a tough opponent; they have some killer moves.

The black snake was somewhat relieved that it hadn't acted rashly. It had originally planned to wait until dark to go into the village to find the two human cubs, but unexpectedly, it had been greeted by their reinforcements.

Ok?
Did the little cub sense its presence and call for someone on purpose?

What a cunning little thing.

It seems the plan will have to be put on hold for now.

Because it cannot afford to have any problems now. If something happens to it, what will happen to its youngest child?
It hasn't hatched yet.

The black line slowly disappeared into the water and sped away along the river.

A gentleman takes his revenge even after ten years. Just wait, little thing, it will settle this score sooner or later, and it will devour them alive.

Shen Xiu and his group drove directly to Meng Jiu's house. Before they even got out of the car, they saw a child running over.

"Hello, police officer. Ninth Grandfather and the others are behind us. Come this way, follow me."

After saying that, the child turned around and ran away in a flash.

When Shen Xiu and his group arrived at a pigsty behind the house, they found the crowd in front of them in a commotion.

"Oh my goodness!"

"His head was split open, yet he wasn't completely dead."

"It didn't die even though its stomach was cut open. What on earth is this thing?"

"Who knows what kind of monster it was, daring to ambush Xiao Qi? Luckily, her dad was there and pulled something out with a knife. Is it really dead now?"

Xia Yunsong and Shen Xiu exchanged a glance, and the group quickly stepped forward.

In the middle of the crowd, in the pigpen, Lin Qingquan held a small pig-slaughtering knife, with a round, egg-sized white lump of meat stuck in the tip.

He held up the lump of flesh and said to the little girl beside him, "See this? This is a demon core. Some demons die when their heads are cut off because their demon cores haven't fully developed yet, they haven't become powerful enough. But some are different, like this little demon, its demon core has already developed, even if you cut off its head, it won't die, and it might even grow another one. So remember, when you kill a demon, you must take out its demon core."

Xia Yunsong and Shen Xiu exchanged a glance, looking at each other blankly.

Mr. Lin's words sound like he's teaching children to kill demons.

The two looked at the five-year-old girl and fell silent for a moment.

Isn't it a bit too early to teach this?
The green-faced little demon lying on the ground was completely different from before. Its clothes had disappeared, and its seemingly human limbs had turned into four thick, bumpy green claws. Its body had also changed from that of a four or five-year-old child to a two-meter-long torso. Its stomach had been cut open, and its internal organs were scattered all over the ground.

Lin Qingquan turned to look at Shen Xiu and the others. He paused for a moment when he saw Xia Yunsong, then greeted him with a smile, "Captain Xia actually came in person." "Mainly to see you, Mr. Lin. How are you? Would you like to have your arm checked by us?"

Xia Yunsong and Lin Qingquan had met several times and were old acquaintances.

He wanted to suggest that he get a prosthetic leg, but it was clearly not appropriate to say it in this situation. He would bring it up with him later.

"Let's talk about it later. Take a look at this first."

The group jumped into the pigsty, and Meng Jiu started chasing the Meng family members away, saying, "Stop crowding around, go do what you're supposed to do."

Pidan's grandfather, Meng Dayuan, asked hesitantly, "Ninth Master, should we bring my sow and piglets out first?"

He was filled with regret. If he had known his grandson was telling the truth, he would have gone to his uncle for help to kill the demon sooner, instead of losing two piglets now.

The heartless old sow finally came to her senses when the green-faced little demon pretended to be dead and then tried to ambush Meng Qi. At this moment, she was huddled in the corner with the remaining six piglets, trembling.

Meng Jiu glanced at Meng Dayuan and shook her head, "No need, you guys leave first."

Is it a chameleon?

According to Meng Qi's description, this thing seems to have the ability to change color according to objects, and with its triangular head and emerald green body, it looks very similar.

"Damn it, this thing can actually become a spirit? And it even cultivated a demon core."

Seeing everyone staring at the white mass of flesh on Lin Qingquan's dagger, Meng Qi became a little nervous and blurted out, "Uncle, you can take the chameleon away, but can I keep the demon core?"

Xia Yunsong was somewhat surprised. He smiled and asked Meng Qi, "Your name is Xiao Qi, right? Can you tell Uncle what you need the demon core for?"

She hadn't decided what to do with it yet, but she instinctively felt that it was a good thing.

When her grandfather slaughtered chickens and ducks at home, he always liked to save the hearts for her, saying they were nutritious and good for her health.

Chicken and duck hearts are nutritious; by the same token, wouldn't a demon's core, which is equivalent to a heart, be even more nutritious?
So she wanted to keep it and stir-fry it.

But she couldn't say it directly, because she was afraid these uncles would look at her strangely, since they had found it odd that she ate snake meat before.

Unable to think of a good reason, Meng Qi remained silent, only staring intently at the demon core with her beautiful, dark eyes.

"Okay, here you go."

Xia Yunsong thought the child was just curious and wanted to stay and play, so he agreed without much thought.

After all, they have a lot of these things in their team, but none of them are useful.

After chatting with Lin Qingquan for a while and exchanging information, Xia Yunsong and Shen Xiu and the others carried the monster into the car and took it away.

"Did you have that snake gall last time?"

After everyone left and she returned home, Mengqi turned to ask Lin Qingquan.

"Yes, I think snake meat tastes and has good effects, so I plan to process it and soak it in alcohol for your grandfather."

After Lin Qingquan finished speaking, Meng Jiu turned to look at him, snorted coldly, and thought to herself, what's the use of you trying to please me? When Shu Lan comes back, if she still insists on divorcing you, do you think I won't side with you and my daughter?
"Alright then, you can keep that one to soak in liquor, and we'll stir-fry this one tonight. Sir, do you think we should add some bird's eye chili?"

Upon hearing his beloved daughter's words, Lin Qingquan stumbled and nearly fell.

Mengqi: I'd like to try steaming it next time.

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