Slaying demons and eliminating evil, a martial saint among mortals.

"I'm not trying to take advantage of you. If I hadn't saved you, you might really be dead."

"When you wake up later, please don't repay kindness with enmity!"

Qin Lie spoke while looking down, but just as his hand was about to approach Xu Qinghe's chest, he suddenly felt a cold sensation on his neck.

Looking down, he realized that a thin sword was already at his throat.

Looking at Xu Qinghe again, her eyes were already open, but the redness in her eyes had completely disappeared.

Qin Lie could only slowly raise his hands.

"What are you doing?"

Xu Qinghe, whose face was pale, had regained her usual coldness in her eyes.

"It's nothing, I was just saving you."

Although I had anticipated this scenario, I still felt a little aggrieved when I actually encountered Qin Lie.

Xu Qinghe didn't speak, and the sword moved forward a little more.

"Don't be impulsive! You just fainted, and when I touched you..."

"When I took your pulse, I found that you had no pulse at all. I was so anxious that I had no choice but to try the life-saving methods from my hometown."

Qin Lie immediately shouted, fearing that Xu Qinghe might impulsively slash his neck with a knife.

He had witnessed Xu Qinghe's strength in her red state.

The color may be gone, but the strength should not disappear.

Xu Qinghe's brows furrowed into a knot.

"A method from your hometown?"

After hearing this, Qin Lie quickly nodded.

"Yes, that's the method we usually use when someone stops breathing."

Xu Qinghe glanced down at her clothes, then at where Qin Lie's hands had been, her eyes growing noticeably colder.

"Don't look at me like that. I really don't mean to take advantage of you."

"Besides, look at this environment, it's the middle of nowhere, and there are corpses all over the place."

"I don't have that kind of mind at a time like this!"

Qin Lie quickly offered an explanation.

We finally completed the mission; let's hope we don't end up dying at the hands of our own people.

Xu Qinghe stared at Qin Lie for a long time, her thoughts unreadable.

Qin Lie didn't dare to move at all, after all, the sword was still at his neck.

After a long while, Xu Qinghe slowly put the sword back in her hand.

He sat up from the ground, his face still a little pale, but he had returned to his previous cold and aloof demeanor.

"What just happened?"

"Don't you remember?"

Qin Lie was somewhat stunned.

Saying that implies that you were the one who did what just happened?

"What should I remember?"

Qin Lie fell silent.

It appears that Xu Qinghe who has woken up now is in her normal state.

As for what happened while he was in red-eyed state, he probably doesn't remember any of it.

"that is……"

After saying those two words, Qin Lie shut his mouth again.

Given Xu Qinghe's current state, if she were to rub her breasts against his arm, he'd probably stab her right through with a sword.

For the sake of your own life, it's best not to go into too much detail.

"It's nothing really. All the wolf demons are dead. You probably fainted because you used up too much energy just now."

Xu Qinghe stared at Qin Lie with some suspicion.

"Is that all?"

Qin Lie nodded seriously.

"That's all!"

Xu Qinghe's eyes clearly showed that she did not believe what Qin Lie was saying.

However, she did not press the matter further, but instead stood up by leaning on a nearby stone.

Before he could even stand up, his body swayed slightly again.

Qin Lie instinctively reached out to help her, but Xu Qinghe glanced at him and he immediately withdrew his hand.

"Fine, I won't help you up!"

Xu Qinghe put the slender sword back into her sleeve and resumed her stern expression.

"Back to the village!"

Qin Lie glanced at him, then touched the bloodstain on his neck where the sword had cut him, and couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

She almost lost her own life saving someone; how could Xu Qinghe be more dangerous than a demon?

However, to be fair, his red eyes looked much better than this.

Qin Lie wanted to ask a couple more questions, but seeing Xu Qinghe's expression, he swallowed his words.

There are some things the other person is unwilling to talk about, and asking won't help, especially since he himself has quite a few secrets.

The two of them did another quick check around the cave.

The cave smelled terrible, a mixture of blood, rot, and other odors that made it hard to breathe.

Qin Lie saw a lot of torn clothes and some bones that had been gnawed into pieces inside the cave.

It's obvious without even thinking that these must be the missing people from Shiqiao Village.

Upon seeing these things, Qin Lie felt a strong sense of unease.

To be honest, when he was killing those wolf demons, all he could think about were attribute points and merit points.

But now, looking at these remaining things, he truly realized that these monsters were not from the game.

They really do eat people, dragging them into their caves like livestock and tearing them apart to eat.

"Take everything you can back with you, so the people of Shiqiao Village can identify it."

Qin Lie nodded, used the Demon Suppression Token to collect the corpses of the wolf demons, and also collected the few tattered clothes and other items that could identify them from the cave.

As for the broken bones, Qin Lie found a piece of cloth, wrapped them up, and burned them on the spot.

Bringing the bones back wouldn't do any good.

After doing all that, the two of them headed back to Shiqiao Village along the same path they had come from.

Xu Qinghe didn't say much along the way, and Qin Lie didn't speak either, so the atmosphere between the two was a bit strange.

Especially when Qin Lie thought about how he almost gave Xu Qinghe CPR, only to have her put a sword to his neck, he felt a chill on his neck.

When we returned to Shiqiao Village, a large crowd had already gathered at the village entrance.

Village Chief Chen stood there with several villagers, their faces showing both worry and fear.

Upon seeing Xu Qinghe and Qin Lie return, he immediately showed a happy expression.

But seeing Qin Lie's tattered clothes and blood-covered body, he became nervous again.

"My lords, you're back. Where is that demon? Is it already...?"

The village chief stopped there and didn't dare ask any more questions.

Qin Lie didn't keep them in suspense and directly revealed the few lines about wolf corpses from the Demon Suppression Order.

Bang

Bang

Several corpses fell to the ground, frightening the surrounding villagers who retreated in fear.

"Wolf demons are wolf demons, there are so many of them."

"Good heavens! If these things come into the village tonight, how are we supposed to survive?"

"The officials of the Demon Suppression Division are truly amazing; they managed to kill all those wolf demons."

The village chief looked at the wolf demon's corpse on the ground, his face turning deathly pale.

"These wolf demons are dead. The people who went missing yesterday must have been dragged to the back mountain by them."

After he finished speaking, Qin Lie took out the tattered clothes and belongings.

"We found these things in the cave. Take a look and identify them."

Village Chief Chen's lips trembled slightly, but he still let a few villagers come forward to take a look.

Soon a woman rushed forward, clutching a blood-stained garment, crying so hard she could barely breathe.

"These are my man's clothes, these are his clothes!"

Someone else recognized something else, and suddenly the village entrance was filled with cries.

Qin Lie stood to the side, watching this scene, feeling somewhat uneasy.

He is not a saint; he kills demons for attribute points and merits.

But seeing these villagers crying like this, he still felt a little uncomfortable.

Qin Lie had thought about the words "the demon race should be killed" before, but only now did these words truly carry weight in his heart.

"My lords, thank you for saving our Stone Bridge Village."

"If it weren't for you, these wolf demons would have eaten our whole village sooner or later."

Village Chief Chen wiped away his tears and led the villagers to kneel down.

Qin Lie immediately reached out to stop him.

"Don't kneel. We are from the Demon Suppression Division. This is what we are supposed to do."

"It's just a small favor for adults, but for us it's a life-saving grace."

The village chief and the villagers kowtowed as they spoke.

For a moment, Qin Lie was at a loss, then turned his gaze to Xu Qinghe.

"What do we do now?"

"Now that the wolf demon problem has been resolved, we should return to the Demon Suppression Division to report back."

Qin Lie nodded after hearing this, as it suited his purposes perfectly.

There is a wolf chieftain at the mid-stage of the demon soldier realm in Langya Mountain, which is not something that he and Xu Qinghe can handle casually.

Although Xu Qinghe is very powerful, his red eyes clearly indicate a problem.

It would be bad if overuse caused harm to one's body.

Let's go back and report first, and wait for the Demon Suppression Division to give us their results.

Qin Lie turned and spoke a few words to the village chief.

"You shouldn't go up the mountain for the next few days, but you still need to arrange for people to patrol at night."

"Don't be afraid, the Demon Suppression Division will send more people soon!"

"Okay, okay, we'll listen to the adults."

After giving their explanations, Qin Lie and Xu Qinghe didn't linger in Shiqiao Village. The two of them rode their horses back to Dongxuan City.

On the way back, Qin Lie hesitated for a while, but still couldn't help asking a question.

"Clerk Xu, do you really not remember anything from just now?"

Xu Qinghe paused for a moment.

"I don't remember."

"Then do you know what you just did...?"

"What happened to me just now?"

Hearing the hostility in Xu Qinghe's tone, Qin Lie immediately changed his tune.

"Nothing much, I just wanted to say that demons deserve to die!"

Xu Qinghe glanced at him.

"Enough talk, let's keep going!"

Qin Lie watched Xu Qinghe's retreating figure and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Although this woman has returned to normal now, why does she seem more dangerous than when she was in her red state?

He still prefers Xu Qinghe in her red state.

By the time we returned to Dongxuan City, it was already getting dark.

The two did not return to the small courtyard in the south of the city, but went directly to the Demon Suppression Bureau.

Old Zhao is still in the office.

After seeing Qin Lie and Xu Qinghe return, Old Zhao looked up and glanced at them.

Then his gaze fell on Qin Lie, who was wearing tattered clothes.

"Oh, your first mission turned out like this."

"It seems that the situation in Shiqiao Village isn't just about wild wolves."

Xu Qinghe placed the booklet in her hand on the table.

"A den of wolf demons has been discovered in the mountains behind Shiqiao Village."

"We have killed five wolf demons at the early stage of the Lesser Demon Realm, and there is still one wolf demon at the peak of the Lesser Demon Realm."