Demon, come and cultivate for me.

Zhou Chu and his companions hid behind an old tree, looking at the dark cave ahead, where seven or eight wolf cubs were patrolling the entrance.

Two wolf demons stood guard at the entrance of the cave, protecting the lair.

Every now and then, a few wolf demons would emerge from the cave carrying stark white human bones and throw them down the mountain.

Zhou Chu got up, intending to use the same trick again, transforming into a mountain demon to launch a strong attack, but was stopped by Hu Xiaoxian.

"There's a white-furred female wolf in the cave, the wife of the wolf king, Silver Wolf. Many years ago, she broke through to the second realm of cultivation, and her strength is no weaker than Silver Wolf's. Moreover, this female wolf is proficient in formations," Hu Xiaoxian explained.

"This den has been laid out by the female wolf in a nine-palace formation, so a direct assault is probably not going to work. Once we alert the female wolf, it will be difficult to break in."

"Can you break the formation?" Zhou Chu asked.

Hu Xiaoxian shook his head: "I've only figured out how to set up the formation, but I don't know how to break it or unravel the formation it sets up."

"Teach me how to set up an array, and maybe I can break it." Zhou Chu now has many demon souls that he can train for, but unfortunately he lacks the cultivation techniques to practice.

"I can't teach it." Hu Xiaoxian decisively rejected Zhou Chu's idea. "If you want to learn formations, you need to study the formation diagrams and comprehend them."

Where can I find a formation diagram?

Hu Xiaoxian pointed to the wolf demon's lair and said, "Right below the lair, there is a saint's tomb. The walls of the tomb are engraved with array diagrams, and I learned my array techniques from there."

Zhou Chu felt helpless upon hearing this.

To break the formation, one must learn the formation by studying the formation diagram.

To learn the formation, one must break through the formation and enter the wolf demon's lair.

An infinite loop?

Are you deliberately making things difficult for me, Zhou Chu?

However, he quickly came up with a solution.

The Silver Wolf Demon Soul has now been included in the "Tai Xu Wu Xiang Tu".

Why not transform into a silver wolf, deceive the guards at the entrance, sneak into the cave, and wipe out this pack of wolf demons?

"You wait here."

Zhou Chu acted immediately, transforming into a silver wolf and emerging from behind the old tree.

When the wolf cubs patrolling outside the cave saw their king return, they all ducked and lowered their heads.

The two wolf demons standing guard at the cave entrance raised their left arms and pounded their chests as a sign of respect.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Chu couldn't help but secretly marvel.

He walked straight into the cave and looked ahead. Every ten steps or so, there was a torch stuck in the ground on both sides of the cave wall.

Judging from the appearance, the passageway inside the cave is quite long, requiring more than a dozen torches to reach the bottom.

Zhou Chu walked and pondered.

Now that we've successfully entered the cave, rescuing the people is the top priority.

First, find out where the captured villagers are being held, then locate the underground tomb of the saint and learn the formation from the diagram.

Finally, they broke through the formation, rescued the people, and slayed the demon.

Zhou Chu estimated that he had been walking for about half a quarter of an hour when he turned around and found that there was only a pair of torches behind him. He was still not far from the entrance of the cave, as if he had encountered a ghost wall.

He understood immediately that this was the formation set up by the female wolf.

The only option at the moment is to summon the female wolf, open the formation, and let him in.

Although Zhou Chu could transform into the form of a silver wolf, he had no silver wolf memories and didn't know how this guy addressed the female wolf.

Madam? Wife? Sweetie?

If the wrong address is used, the infiltration plan will fail.

It's best not to use titles or forms of address beforehand, as saying too much can lead to mistakes.

He composed himself and shouted into the cave:

"Awooo—!"

"Awooo—!"

"Awooo—!"

After three cries, a sharp voice echoed from inside the cave:

"What are you saying, dog, when you're outside?"

Accompanied by the sound, a figure about the same size as the silver wolf appeared at the end of the passageway.

By the light of the torch, Zhou Chu could make out its general outline.

Its body is almost identical to that of a human, but it still has a huge wolf head on its neck.

The figure waved its arm: "Get in here."

The silver wolf may look imposing on the outside, but it turns out that its status in the den is lower than that of the female wolf.

Without a second thought, Zhou Chu strode forward and walked unimpeded to the second torch.

The formation has been dispelled?

To test his idea, Zhou Chu turned around and tried to walk out of the cave, but he couldn't get back to the first torch.

It seems the formation still exists; to save people, we must learn how to dispel it.

Zhou Chu pretended to be injured and weak, and quickly walked to the end of the passageway.

The figure at the end turned and disappeared.

The wolf demon's lair appears to be just an ordinary cave from the outside, but its interior is a completely different world.

After walking through the passageway, the interior suddenly opens up.

The scene before him shocked Zhou Chu.

This isn't a cave at all; it's as if the entire mountain has been hollowed out and a cluster of pavilions and towers has been built inside.

Without a doubt, the largest, palace-like building in the middle is Silver Wolf's residence.

Zhou Chu strode inside, and several wolf demons passed by him from time to time, bowing and greeting him.

These wolf demons looked very busy.

Some grabbed the crying and struggling living people and sent them to the main hall.

Some carried corpses and bones out of the main hall.

Inside the main hall, the howling, scolding voices of a female wolf could be heard from time to time, followed by wolf demons running out in a panic.

Zhou Chu grabbed a wolf demon and asked what had happened inside.

The wolf demon said tremblingly, "Your Majesty, you're finally back! The little wolf king has been bathed in blood today, but he still needs the blood of at least two pairs of young boys and girls. My lady is currently..."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chu's face darkened.

Bathing in the blood of living people, especially young boys and girls, how many innocent children will be killed?

These beasts are even more cruel than the Taoist priest Ji Ling and the mountain demons.

Inside the main hall, the female wolf held a tray with various unidentified medicinal herbs on it.

The female wolf asked without turning her head:

"How much blood food did you capture this time?"

Zhou Chu sighed:

"Alas! We had captured dozens of women and boys, but unfortunately we encountered a human warrior on the road. All the brothers who went with us were killed by him. I only managed to escape by risking my life."

The female wolf turned her head and glanced at the silver wolf, then cursed:

"waste!"

Just then, a wolf demon entered from outside, carrying two children, each about seven or eight years old, in one hand.

The female wolf instructed the wolf demon to hand the child to Zhou Chu, and then handed him the tray containing the medicine:

"Go inside and bleed these two boys, then put them in the bathtub along with these medicines."

Zhou Chu took the medicinal herbs and led the two children inside.

Behind the main hall was another building, surrounded by at least a dozen wolf demons standing guard.

Zhou Chu strode to the door, where the two wolf demons standing there opened it for him. After Zhou Chu went inside, they closed the door again.

Upon entering the room, there is a wooden screen.

Zhou Chu walked around the screen, and the scene before him almost made him vomit.

In the center of the room was a wooden bathtub filled with more than half a tub of blood, and a little wolf demon was soaking in the blood.

The blood stained the white wolf fur crimson, and drops of blood dripped from the fur.

The little wolf demon lay in the bathtub, his expression like that of a dog being stroked, thoroughly enjoying himself.

Despite being called a little wolf demon, it is not small in size, with a body length of six feet, about the same height as an adult.

On the table to the side were sharp knives, boning knives, and other blades used for slaughtering livestock, their blades stained with blood.

A large sheet of burlap was laid on the ground, and six children's corpses lay neatly on it.

The corpse's pale skin still bore traces of blood that had not yet dried, and its body was shriveled, clearly indicating that it had died from excessive blood loss.

Upon seeing this, the two children in Zhou Chu's arms seemed to realize what fate awaited them, and immediately cried out for their parents, wanting to go home.

"It's so noisy!" The crying woke up the little wolf demon who had been enjoying himself with his eyes closed.