Confucian and Taoist scholar

Chapter 96 Karma
The wolf demon thought that it had met a soft persimmon this time and could be easily bullied, but Lu Zheng hit it with a few punches and beat it without any resistance.

Its head was buzzing, and it didn't hear Lu Zheng's question clearly.

Seeing this, Lu Zheng thrust his sword in a little further.

The wolf demon twitched in pain and wanted to struggle, but was afraid that Lu Zheng would end its life with one sword.

"Sir, please show mercy!"

At this time, the voice of the wolf-dog came faintly.

Lu Zheng glanced sideways and saw the monster hidden in the forest appear and stand not far away, looking at him.

The wolf demon said humbly, "My wolf brother is usually ferocious, and his animal nature has not yet disappeared, but he has absolutely no intention of harming anyone. I beg you to be merciful and spare him."

Lu Zheng said coldly: "No intention to harm anyone?"

If an ordinary person had seen the wolf demon’s behavior just now, he would have definitely lost half his life, if not died.

This monster can actually tell lies with its eyes open.

The wolf demon explained, "Just now, you injured the little wolf, and I was anxious and wanted to scare you... We have been practicing in the mountains and have never harmed anyone. If you don't believe me, you can ask the people nearby."

Lu Zheng sneered in his heart when he heard this. No one who had seen these two monsters would be able to survive. Naturally, no one knew that there were such evil creatures in this mountain.

"You beast, do you really think I'm easy to fool?" Lu Zheng said sternly.

The wolf's eyes flickered dimly, and he feigned ignorance, saying, "I wonder what you mean, sir?"

Lu Zheng said coldly, "If you don't want others to know, then don't do it yourself. The demonic energy on you beasts is mixed. Do you really think I can't tell the difference?"

Lu Zheng paused, then continued, "I've also seen a mandrill before, and it recorded some of your stories. Otherwise, why would I come here alone?"

The wolf-comb was shocked. It didn't expect that Lu Zheng came here specifically for them and was not just a chance passerby.

The wolf-hound was quick-witted and quickly suppressed the uneasiness in his heart.

After all, the wolf demon is a companion with whom it has worked for many years. It does not want to give up on the other party and escape alone.

Besides, without the wolf demon, we will lose a great help in doing anything in the future.

The wolf-like demon said slowly, "Our demonic energy is impure because our animal nature has not been extinguished and our cultivation is not yet complete. As for the baboon you mentioned, we have never seen one... If you want to accuse someone, you will always find a pretext."

Lu Zheng couldn't help but laugh, "You are quite eloquent, but unfortunately you don't follow the right path... Come to think of it, why should I argue with you beasts about reason and evidence?"

Lu Zheng turned to look at the wolf demon and asked coldly, "Have you ever harmed anyone?"

"No!" the wolf demon said hurriedly.

Lu Zheng pulled the sword out of the wolf demon's body and quickly chopped it on the wolf demon's head.

Suddenly, blood and flesh splattered.

The wolf demon grimaced in pain, his heart filled with a mixture of shock and anger.

But the tip of the sword was pressed against its eyes, preventing it from attacking.

Lu Zheng asked again, "Yes, or no? Think it over before you speak, because if you say something wrong, I will skin you alive."

Lu Zheng paused, then said slowly, "Don't worry, I've skinned a snake demon before, so I guarantee you won't die right away."

The wolf demon trembled with fear upon hearing this, and cried out in terror, "Brother Bei, save me!"

The wolf demon had a gloomy look on its face. The wolf demon was originally stronger than it. Even the wolf demon was no match for Lu Zheng, so how could it possibly beat Lu Zheng?

The wolf-like demon said in a deep voice, "This young master, do you really want to make things difficult for us?"

Lu Zheng said calmly: "Is there any problem in getting rid of harm for the people?" The wolf-comb felt guilty and could not refute this.

It then said, "To be honest, my brothers and I are working for a great demon. It will come to see us soon... If you kill Brother Wolf and ruin its plans, I'm afraid it won't let you go."

Lu Zheng's expression remained calm as he simply said, "Flower words? How can you prove there's a demon behind you?"

The wolf's eyes flashed, and he reached into his claws and took out a Yang-Gathering Pearl.

The wolf monster explained, "We are collecting human Yang energy for it. Every two months, at the end of the month, it will come to us to get this spiritual pearl."

Lu Zheng asked, "What kind of demon, what realm?"

The wolf-monster replied, "I don't know what kind of monster it is. It doesn't show its true face to humans. As for its realm, it is a monster of the third realm."

Lu Zheng asked again: "Will you come on time every two months?"

The wolf-like demon nodded and said, "That's right. This month is the month we deliver the spirit pearl. It will come in four or five days at the latest."

The wolf-monster paused, then continued, "I don't think you would want to offend such a powerful monster. My wolf brother has already been punished, so why don't you just let him go? Let's pretend today's incident never happened."

Lu Zheng pondered for a moment, but he wasn't thinking about whether to release the wolf demon or not.

Instead, he was recalling the information he had obtained before. The monster who was in contact with various monster forces in Kaiyang County had set a very chaotic time for trading the Juyang Pearl. Even if there were some time deviations when going to different places, it would not be that some places traded on time while others had irregular times.

This shows that the monsters who came to make the deal were most likely not the mastermind, but his subordinates, and there were more than one of them, and they were also assigned to different areas.

If he could catch one of them and follow the clues, he might be able to find the force behind the scenes.

Thinking of this, Lu Zheng came up with a rough plan.

Lu Zheng couldn't help but look at the wolf-like monster and pointed out, "You don't even know what it looks like. It must be just a business relationship, right? Not a superior or subordinate relationship. Even if it kills you, it won't care."

Lu Zheng added: "Besides, if you all die, who will know it was me who did it?"

The wolf's eyes flashed slightly, realizing that Lu Zheng didn't believe what it said at all.

Seeing this, the wolf demon no longer made any excuses. It looked deeply at Lu Zheng and the wolf demon, turned around and rushed into the forest. When disaster struck, they fled on their own.

Where there is life, there is hope.

If you lose your companions, you can find another one, but if you lose yourself, you lose everything... The wolf monster understands this very well.

Lu Zheng had already anticipated that the monster would escape, so he quickly raised his hand.

A longbow took shape in his hands.

Lu Zheng put an arrow on the bow and pulled it. The bow was like a full moon, and the dazzling arrow was aimed directly at the monster.

An arrow was shot out, as fast as a meteor, and penetrated the body of the monster in the blink of an eye.

"Ow..."

The running wolf-hound howled miserably, and suddenly lost its balance on all fours and fell to the ground.

The wolf-hound only felt as if there was a flame running rampant in its body, attacking its limbs and bones.

The long sword in Lu Zheng's hand emitted a mighty sword energy, and he stabbed the wolf demon's eyebrows with one sword.

Then, Lu Zheng drew out his sword and ran towards the wolf demon without even looking at the wolf demon twitching and dying on the ground.

When the wolf-comb heard the noise behind it, its body trembled continuously. It endured the pain, stood up, and continued to run away.

It was terrified and uneasy. It didn't expect that Lu Zheng could attack it from such a distance, and it didn't know what means he used.

(End of this chapter)