A life of idleness in the world of demons

Chapter 13. It smells wonderful; sincerity is key, and physical strength is also essential.
The two bear demon leaders who had crashed into the mountain were killed on the spot, and the ghostly monkeys that had been hiding also fled the area. This was like stirring up a monkey den; after a brief moment of stillness, the ordinary bear demons and the little bear demons suddenly went berserk and rushed out of the cave.
Ning Xuan saw it clearly. In a flash, he arrived at the cave entrance. He swung his broken sword and unleashed the Flying Swallow Collapses Mountain technique, beheading the first bear demon that charged out. Then, using the bear demon's belly as leverage, he bounced backward, then returned, accelerated, and with another Flying Swallow Collapses Mountain technique, killed the next bear demon that followed.

"Bear Collapses Mountain" is the innate demonic technique of the mountain-collision bear demon, and its activation condition is "acceleration".

Whether Ning Xuan can use "Collapse Mountain" is of paramount importance.

Being able to use it puts you in a certain category.

If it can't be used, it's on a different level.

There is simply no comparison between the two.

The constitution is there, but it's like an unsharpened knife.

The blade of this sword is the innate demonic technique "Mountain Collapse".

If he didn't use "Mountain Collapse," not only would he not be able to kill the previous bear demon leaders, but he also wouldn't be able to kill these little bear demons in one move. Instead, he would have to use a brute force-like method to beat them up one by one.

It's such a waste of time and so inefficient.

Therefore, he must keep himself in a state of "acceleration" at all times.

Because his "acceleration" distance is very short, he must use all his skills and exert his full strength with each movement.

He used the spiral of the blade to accelerate, rushed towards the cave entrance to accelerate, and used the bear demon's belly to bounce back and then push off to accelerate.

He was in a state of rapid, explosive motion.

With a swift movement, the knife fell; with a swift movement, the knife fell; with a swift movement, the knife fell.
Soon, more than ten bear demon corpses piled up at the entrance of the bear demon's cave, forming a small mountain. The stench filled the air, but no wild beasts dared to approach.

Ning Xuan gasped for breath, and the back and waist that had been suddenly whipped by the ghostly monkey were now burning with pain.
But he had no intention of letting these bear demon minions escape.

After a dozen or so bear demons died, there was no more movement in the cave.

The bear demons stopped running outside and instead stayed inside their cave.

Ning Xuan did not enter the cave.

His expression shifted slightly. He turned his head to look at the tinderbox he had just tossed aside, took a couple of steps, and then suddenly noticed the bloody corpse of a beautiful woman lying nearby. Beside the corpse was a small metal bottle lying on the ground, with the words "Butterfly's Rose Dew" engraved on it in an elegant script.

As the eldest son of the Ning family, who had mastered the art of the Agarwood Pavilion, he naturally knew about "Butterfly's Rose Dew".

This is a high-end perfume, sold by the drop, and quite volatile. Only wealthy prostitutes could afford it. Of course, this rose dew, which is more expensive than gold, also became the dream of ordinary prostitutes, who would always want to try it if they had any savings.

On a whim, he changed direction and grabbed the metal bottle.

I shook it; it was empty.

I pried open the stopper and looked inside; it was completely empty.

The deceased woman was clearly not the top courtesan or the most beautiful courtesan in the Agarwood Pavilion, as the perfume bottle she kept close to her body was not even half full.

That's true. Even when the top courtesans go out to explore, the brothel owner will specially arrange for guards to accompany them. No matter where they go, the guards will scout ahead first. It's not easy for such bad luck to happen to them.

Ning Xuan took the empty bottle and went to the small pool of blood where the ghostly monkey had been before.

He carefully lowered the bottle, slowly drawing the blood and sand into it, then placed it in front of him.

A familiar line of information appeared:

【Ghostly Monkey】

[Should I practice talismanic cultivation?]

Seeing that it was useful, Ning Xuan stuffed the bottle into his pocket.

Then I got a tinderbox again.

With more time, he gathered some dry branches and piled them at the entrance of the cave, slowly working on them until a fire gradually started.

He gathered enough branches and piled them into a small mountain. The fire grew bigger and bigger, and with the help of the heavens, a southerly wind blew in, carrying the thick smoke into the south-facing cave.

Ning Xuan grabbed the broken sword, quickly flipped over to a high point outside the cave, and began to observe whether there was smoke leaking from other places.

If so, it means that the cave has a back door, and the little demons will most likely escape through the back door.

After observing for about half an hour, he found no other source of smoke leakage.

Unable to bear the choking smoke, the little demons finally began to scatter out of the main gate.

Ning Xuan swooped down from the height.

cut!
cut!
cut!
cut!
cut!
With each strike, the bear demons fell into pools of blood.

When another bear demon ran out, it had completely given up resisting, immediately kneeling down in front of Ning Xuan with a "thud," repeatedly kowtowing and begging for mercy, crying out, "Spare me! Spare me!"

Seeing that it could talk, Ning Xuan lied to it, saying, "There will be a chance."

The bear demon kowtowed repeatedly.

Ning Xuan said, "I'll ask, and you answer."

He thought for a moment and asked, "Are there still bears in the cave?"

The bear demon said, "I am the Third King. The First King and the Second King are dead. I just drove the lesser demons out first, and then deliberately held back for a while. I didn't expect you to still be outside. There are no bears in the cave."

Ning Xuan asked, "Are there any treasures?"

The bear demon repeatedly said, "Yes, it is that brocade cassock. That cassock originally belonged to the Great King. After the Great King died, it was used by the Second Great King. After the Second Great King died, I wanted to use it, but it no longer works."

Ning Xuan asked curiously, "How can it not work?" The bear demon replied, "Treasures must be invited, and you must burn incense and make an invitation. If you are sincere and physically strong, it will work. If it works, the treasure will come. Perhaps I am not strong enough, and my heart is not sincere enough."

After saying that, it kowtowed again and said, "Spare me!"

Ning Xuan kicked it and said, "Take it out."

The bear demon hurriedly pulled out a palm-sized Buddha statue from its thick fur and respectfully presented it with both hands.

Ning Xuan took it and glanced at it. He saw that the Buddha statue was as clear as water, with the Buddha's head and hair like a blue lotus, a face like a full moon, a white hair between the eyebrows, eyes looking down, and a smile on the lips. It was both majestic and compassionate.

Ning Xuan asked, "Is burning incense enough?"

The bear demon nodded repeatedly, then added, "It smells wonderful. It requires sincerity and physical strength."

Ning Xuan put the Buddha statue into his pocket, then continued to ask, "Where did you come from?"

The bear demon paused for a moment, then said, "Of course it's Black Wind Mountain."

Black Wind Mountain?

"Black Wind Mountain is Black Wind Mountain."

"Where is this place?"

"This is also Black Wind Mountain, a secret place discovered by Black Wave, a subordinate of the Second King."

"And who is Black Wave?"

"You killed him."

Ning Xuan asked a few more questions, but realized that this was a waste of time, so he changed his question to: "How were you able to find me from such a great distance?"

The bear demon cried out urgently, "Aura, it's aura! After we occupied this land, we left auras everywhere. If other demons break in, the auras will become chaotic."

We can easily sense places where the energy is chaotic, thus detecting the origin of demons. The stronger the demon, the clearer our perception.

However, if it's not in our territory, then that won't work.

Please, have mercy on me! We're all demons!

Ning Xuan asked, "Where is that person? Can you sense people?"

The bear demon said, "The distance isn't that far, but once we get closer, we can clearly smell the human scent. We have an innate sensitivity to the human scent, but we can only sense other demons by setting up an area of ​​their scent beforehand."

Ning Xuan nodded.

He got it.

Aura is a unique method of identification used by demons.

For people, they are more direct, but closer in distance;

They need to prepare against demons, but the distance is long.

The reason why the little bear demon was able to sense him was because he was always within the bear demon's aura zone, since this was the mountain-ramming bear demon's lair.

Just then, the kneeling bear demon suddenly sniffed, because it suddenly smelled human scent.

It looked into the distance in surprise and said, "Someone is coming."

Ning Xuan tilted his head slightly.

He smelled it too.

Not only did I smell it, but I also matched it up.

The scent of people this time is the same as the one we smelled before, which means that the people who came are Han Ba ​​and his group.

Now he understood completely.
Previously, when he could smell human scent in the waterfall area, he thought it was because of his keen senses. Now it seems that after he used the Heavenly Demon Talisman, he acquired the aura and characteristics of a demon, and then developed a special perception of human scent.

Ning Xuan's mind raced, and he suddenly said, "Go and kill them."

He guessed that Han Ba ​​and the others had most likely come following the smoke.

However, he still needed to explore the cave without being discovered by Han Ba ​​and the others.

Besides, since Han Ba ​​and the others dared to walk here, he naturally wanted to see their "extraordinary abilities".

The bear demon was taken aback upon hearing this, but a hint of joy appeared in its eyes.

Ning Xuan added an insurance clause to it, and continued, "I don't accept waste."

The bear demon's "logical loop" seemed to have given it a chance to survive. It quickly got up and headed towards the direction with more human scents, wanting to prove itself.

Ning Xuan watched its departing figure, then suddenly turned and slipped into the cave.

Upon entering the cave, he saw scattered bones, rotting flesh, and heads that had been gnawed halfway across the ground.

Upon entering further, one sees seven or eight skinned and disemboweled corpses hanging from the natural rock spikes of the cave, their flesh exposed and already dead, swaying slightly in mid-air.
Clearly, the actual number of dead people is far greater than the number of missing people.

Deep inside the cave, a human skin mat was covering a stone platform.

There was a conspicuous shrine on the side, but it was empty. Ning Xuan guessed that it had originally held the Buddha statue he had in his pocket.

He swept the ground again, but found it was full of the deceased's belongings. He didn't pick them up, walked around for a bit, and then quickly left the bear den.

In the distance, the sounds of fighting could be heard.
(End of this chapter)