I defeated the saint with a parry.

"Let's go! Let's go to the Song family and ask them how their search for the treasure is going."

Regardless of what the case back then might have concealed, the Song family is definitely a starting point now.

As the two stepped into another part of the village, the atmosphere was completely different; the Song family members here were exceptionally relaxed.

Their arrival seemed to go unnoticed; the Song family was busy digging, and mounds of earth were piled up around the house.

A group of cultivators from the Song family seemed to have become miners, and they were all enjoying it immensely.

The two searched for the leader of the Song family in the crowd, and after a lot of effort, they finally pulled out a young man who looked like a boy from a ditch.

"Huh?" Zhang Li said in surprise, "It's you!"

"The Song family is full of talent!"

Xu Ling didn't recognize the name, but he was very familiar with the face because he had just seen it that morning. It belonged to another group of spoiled brats who didn't get along with Li You and his friends.

The young master, who had just finished playing with girls on the pleasure boat that morning, was now suddenly digging a hole in the field.

Song Cai didn't care about his appearance at all; he was covered in mud, even his face was smeared with it.

At just over ten years old, he had a carefree smile on his face, and none of the young servants of the Song family dared to discipline him.

For some reason, after seeing this person standing here digging a pit, Xu Ling understood how the Li family had dragged the Song family into this mess.

Zhang Li seized the opportunity to transmit his voice: "The Li family is really ruthless. This Song Cai is the late-life son of the Song family patriarch, and the whole family dotes on him. If this treasure-hunting work were piled on Song Cai, as long as he believes there is treasure, the Song family will probably just spoil him and keep digging."

Xu Ling asked, "Do you think Master Song knows about this?"

Zhang Li immediately replied, "Of course I know, it's been so long."

Xu Ling laughed and said, "Now that you know, the Song family hasn't reacted at all. Song Cai might be childish, but Master Song certainly isn't."

Xu Ling stepped forward and introduced himself and his purpose to Song Cai. The servant next to Song Cai was cleaning the dirt off his young master's face. Hearing Xu Ling's words, he seemed to see a lifeline.

So many of them, having dug in Lijia Village for so long, have finally seen a glimmer of hope for liberation.

"Oh, about ten years ago?" Song Cai wasn't surprised. He said, "I know about that. I came here specifically for the treasure from ten years ago."

Without any intention of hiding it, he pulled out a 'treasure map' written in strange script from his pocket.

Xu Ling took it, and Zhang Li, who was next to him, recognized it as demonic script. Before he could speak, Song Cai excitedly said, "You are all demon slayers, you must often go out to slay demons and monsters, so you must recognize these demonic scripts."

"It says here that the demon race has a special treasure that can protect demons from demonic calamities and also has the ability to induce dreams in people. Its uses are endless. This treasure was obtained by the Li family, and it was because of this treasure that nearly half of the people in Li Family Village died ten years ago."

Song Cai became more and more excited as he spoke: "Hey, could you talk to the garrison commander and ask if I could offer up this treasure map and become a demon slayer too?"

Zhang Li took a deep breath. If it weren't for the fact that the person in front of him was the only son of the Song family, he would have even drawn his sword to attack: "What are you thinking? Who do you take the garrison commander for? And what kind of idle position is the demon slayer? This is utter nonsense!!"

With a cold expression, he finished examining the "treasure map" Xu Ling was clutching and found that it indeed contained what Song Cai had said: "Where did you learn that demonic script?"

"What's so difficult about that?" Song Cai impatiently pushed away the servant wiping his face and said rather proudly, "Don't you know that Fanlou has beautiful women with beast ears who have demon blood? I've been there a lot, so I naturally learned the demon script."

"No?" Zhang Li sensed something was amiss. "You went to the brothel to learn demonic arts from the beauties, and didn't you do anything else?"

Song Cai said disdainfully, "Those women are all too troublesome. They always try to touch me inappropriately. I don't like it. Yao Wen is much more interesting."

"..." Zhang Li muttered a few curses, not knowing how to refute the child. If he remembered correctly, Song Cai should only be fourteen years old.

Xu Ling ignored this and put away the treasure map, saying to Song Cai, "Young Master Song, this treasure map is very important. It's related to the murder case from back then. Could you take us to see the person who gave you the treasure map?"

"Um..." Song Cai was a little embarrassed: "This may be a bit difficult. After that person gave me the treasure map, he left Fancheng. I tried to find him again but couldn't."

If even the Song family couldn't find him, then he's most likely no longer in Fancheng.

Xu Ling continued, "Do you still remember what that person looked like? If you do, you can make a rubbing of it."

The servant next to Song Cai took out a jade slip: "Reporting to you two gentlemen, this is the scene that the young master made a rubbing of that day."

What is described as a scene from that day is actually a divine thought that allows Song Cai to see the situation from his perspective at the time.

The Song family certainly dotes on this child. In the Demon Suppression Division, this kind of method is usually used by the big shots to investigate major cases.

Xu Ling and Zhang Li each pressed the map to their foreheads and glanced at it, only to find that the face of the person who delivered the treasure map in their divine sense was blurry and completely unrecognizable.

This is a method only a powerful being could use; the trail ends here. The only thing that can be confirmed is that this young man from the Song family was indeed set up.

Zhang Li couldn't help but complain, "Since you know you're being scammed, why did you still come here to dig for treasure?"

"No, no, no, how can something given by such a powerful being be called a trap? If a powerful being says there's treasure, then there really is treasure." Song Cai immediately retorted, "The Li family's suppression of this place back then was a secret. I don't believe there's no treasure. My family may not have much else, but we have a lot of people. It's just a matter of digging! This treasure must be mine."

Song Cai summoned his servant: "Keep having people dig for me. Even the people from the Demon Suppression Division have come. This can't possibly be baseless."

Before the servant could answer, a cry of surprise came from the east of the village. The person who shouted was from the Song family.

"Young Master! It's the South Third Squad."

"Let's go! Let's go take a look!!"

Ignoring Xu Ling and Zhang Li, the two of them ran excitedly toward the direction from which the exclamation had come. The young master didn't even care about the robes he had taken off, and led his servant in that direction.

Zhang Li: "This Song Cai is really a talent, he even has a number for his treasure-hunting team."

They certainly wouldn't miss this opportunity.

Xu Ling was still in the Body Tempering Realm. His movement technique was not as fast as Zhang Li's. Zhang Li thought he was too slow, so he grabbed him and rushed out. Jumping in the air was no different from flying.

"There's a demon!"

From the air, the two had a panoramic view of Li Family Village and immediately spotted the thing that had caused the gasps of surprise.

That was a white snake!

"The snake demon the Li family was talking about?"

"No! This thing is definitely more than three zhang long."

It seems the Song family has unearthed a snake's nest. Part of the house collapsed, and a snake's head emerged from the exposed area. The snake's head has two protrusions, indicating that it is about to transform into a dragon.

After the white snake crawled out, it roared to the sky, its voice overwhelming everything, making the entire Li Family Village eerily quiet. Its enormous body, nearly ten zhang long, had already crushed three village houses.

"How could this snake appear silently near Fancheng? It's already at the initial stage of transcending mortals and transforming into a dragon, a snake demon at the Spirit Platform Realm!"

Zhang Li had excellent eyesight; with ample experience in missions and years of experience in writing documents, he could immediately discern the snake's quality.

"Retreat immediately!"

Zhang Li shouted, "Everyone, run! Run towards Fancheng! This demon is a snake demon at the Spirit Platform Realm; none of you are a match for it!"

In fact, he didn't need to remind him at all. When the snake demon came out, Song Cai, who was originally running this way, was already grabbed by Song family guards who rushed out from nowhere and was running frantically towards Fancheng.

Completely ignoring Song Cai's excited gaze and the young master's cries to stay and see the snake demon, they shouted, "Look! Did you see that? I wasn't wrong, there really is treasure in this wretched place! That treasure map is real!! Put it down for me, I'm going to slay the snake and take the treasure!!"

"Young master! Please spare us, the master will go mad if he finds out."