You, a monster, still want to travel to the West?

But Patriarch Bodhi just chuckled and said, "I have never thought about becoming a human, so why should I enter again?"

"Who are you talking about, Master?"

"Hmph!" Patriarch Bodhi angrily put the teacup on the table and scolded with a smile: "Of course it's that little snake!"

Qingyun was a little confused, but since the Grandmaster wasn't angry, he didn't take it seriously. He looked around for a moment and then said, "Speaking of which, where's Qingxin?"

"almost……"

"Master, you always tell riddles."

Chapter 16 True Genius

With a safe place to stay, the man and the snake settled down in Qingxin Courtyard.

If you ask why she changed her name, it is naturally because the junior sister cannot stand typos, so she just erased the magic trick as soon as it came out.

The days that followed were no different from those in the Xieyue Sanxing Cave. The junior sister set up a formation in the yard to block out the sight and sound, and Xia Zhiming never missed his morning and evening classes.

What's different is that Qingxin has a hobby of listening to books. Whenever she has free time, she takes Xia Zhiming to a tea stall to sit down and listen to books. Her life is quite leisurely.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Qingxin didn't care, and Xia Zhiming didn't bother to hide it in a dream. The rumor quickly spread throughout the small Anshui County.

It's said that the haunted "Qingxin Courtyard"...

Oh, Xia Zhiming had seen this too. There weren't any ghosts, but their spirits had likely been taken away to the underworld, leaving only some obsessive remnants, occasionally muttering their child's name.

Back to the topic——

It was said that the haunted "Qingxin Courtyard" had been sold again, and the buyer was a strange person who had recently arrived in the county. The strange person was a lovely girl with a talking snake demon by his side.

This is still okay, but Qingxin's identity has become the biggest topic of conversation in the county during this period, and people are talking about all kinds of things.

The painted skin ghost, the little vixen, the female snake demon, the man-eating monster, the more it spreads, the weirder it becomes.

The most outrageous time was when Qingxin had just paid for tea and sat down when Xia Zhiming heard the storyteller on the stage start to make up his own story, saying in a very realistic way that he had transformed into a human and raped a young lady from a certain family, and in the end the young lady became his daughter.

Anyway, they had become completely famous in Anshui County during this period. However, despite the occasional criticism, their days passed peacefully.

until--

But one day, the junior sister brought Xia Zhiming back from the wild tea stall to listen to stories as usual, and then returned to the house, spread out the scriptures, sat at the table and prepared to start today's evening class.

Before it even started, the man and the snake looked towards the gate at the same time.

Bang! Bang! Bang!!! …

Outside the courtyard gate, there was a sound of increasingly urgent banging on the door. The man and the snake frowned immediately. The young apprentice sister moved her mind and moved forward to open the gate.

Looking outside the door, I saw a constable wearing a sword and a hat in front, followed by a few younger brothers, all with arrogant expressions.

Before Qingxin could speak, the leading constable stepped forward and bowed, "I am Liu Meng, the Chief Constable of Anshui County. Please come with us."

"What's the matter?" Xia Zhiming stretched out his snake body and asked in a puzzled voice.

"Today at noon, someone in the east of the city reported a missing girl."

"What does this have to do with us?" Xia Zhiming tilted his head, somewhat puzzled.

"There are rumors in this city that you..." Captain Liu paused before continuing, "They say you are man-eating monsters."

Xia Zhiming was immediately amused. "As the saying goes, rumors stop at the wise. Could it be that even the courts in Anshui County are as ignorant as you? If we were cannibals, would we live here openly? And even spend money to buy a yard?"

"This..." Captain Liu was speechless and had to change the subject: "The county magistrate has ordered that you two be brought to court!"

"I see. You mean the idiot is the county magistrate." Xia Zhiming thought for a moment and said with a smile, "Then I won't make things difficult for you. Go back and tell your county magistrate that if this man-eating demon like me really goes there, I will eat him first."

puff~

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Qingxin couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Are you going to resist the summons?" Captain Liu frowned and shouted coldly! Beside him, the other detectives also drew their swords and showed a little of the blade.

However, in front of them, Qing Xin's expression was calm, and Xia Zhiming also stood still. The situation fell into a stalemate for a while.

But in the end, Xia Zhiming was more confident and fearless, and the captain Liu on the opposite side soon became frightened, and was a little unsure about the background of the strange man and snake monster in front of him.

Soon, Captain Liu admitted his mistake, raised his hand and bowed again, and said helplessly: "The government is investigating the case. I only ask you two to be kind enough to give me some evidence so that I can go back and report..."

Xia Zhiming sneered: "If I ate a human, I could spit out the bones, but how can I prove that I didn't eat anyone? I'll open this belly and let you see it."

He really didn't expect that even if he turned into a monster, this self-proving question of eating two bowls of noodles and only paying for one bowl would still fall on him. It really made him laugh.

The captain of the police in front of him blushed immediately, then said, "But you are indeed a demon. How can you prove that you didn't eat people?"

"Why would I eat people?"

"Because you are a demon!"

"Do monsters eat people?"

"otherwise?"

Xia Zhiming was stunned and speechless for a moment. He looked at the captain Liu in front of him, but found that he was actually holding his head high, as if he had finally won. Looking at the constables around him, they also looked like they agreed with him.

In front of the courtyard gate, the scene fell into silence for a moment, with only the faint sound of breathing reaching everyone's ears.

After a long time, Xia Zhiming suddenly recalled something he had forgotten for a long time——

Compared to his values, which had been corrupted by cyber fairies like fox girls, snake girls, horse girls, octopus girls, and even cockroach girls, perhaps the concepts of these constables in front of him were correct -

Most of the monsters in this world are man-eaters. Even the Monkey King cannot escape the title of demon monkey when he encounters a mortal.

Thinking of this, looking at the several constables in front of him with their heads held high and their chests puffed out, Xia Zhiming suddenly felt a little bored...

At this moment, Qing Xin, who had never spoken a word in the field, suddenly looked up at the detectives in front of him and said in a clear but firm voice: "You can go now!"

"Please come with us!" Captain Liu seemed to feel that he was in the right, and his tone became much firmer.

The junior sister didn't say anything else, but just turned around and raised her hand to make a gesture!

A light breeze blew up, and all the detectives were forced to take a step back. The courtyard door slammed shut with a loud bang!

Outside the yard, the detectives who were turned away were stunned and turned to look at Captain Liu who was in charge.

But Captain Liu waved his hand with a bitter face and said, "Go back. I didn't expect this strange man to be such a kind person..."

"Captain Liu, how should we report back?"

"We were able to escape unscathed despite such aggressive behavior. How could such a person harm a child's life?"

"rational……"

……

In the yard, Qing Xin cut the Gordian knot and refused to let the person in. Soon, he took Xia Zhiming back to the house.

Looking at the white snake on her shoulder that had been silent for a long time, the girl was about to say something when she suddenly heard Xia Zhiming speak:

"Qingxin..."

"Zhiming, are you unhappy?"

"That's not the case. I just figured out one thing."

"?"

"When my master first taught me this method of cultivation, he said something like this—"

Your character is clear to me as a teacher.

[Not an immortal, not a demon, not a human, not a monster, not a ghost or god.]

The junior sister tilted her head, somewhat puzzled. "I was there at the time, what's the problem?"

Xia Zhiming raised his head slightly, and through the ceiling and through this dream, it seemed as if there was something above his head.

"At that time, I thought Master was praising me, and I was quite happy..."

"Is not it?"

"No, that was Master's instruction, because I..."

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Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, Xieyue Sanxing Cave.

It was evening class time. Patriarch Bodhi sat on the Yaotai, looking at Sun Wukong, who was holding a scripture and making Qingyun so angry that his face turned red. He shook his head with a mixture of amusement and helplessness.

Suddenly——

There was a faint sound of thunder in the sky...

Patriarch Bodhi closed his eyes for a moment, then opened them again in an instant, raised his head and sighed:

"With such understanding and natural talent, it took a full 108 years to achieve this transformation."

"Zhiming, you were already a demon the day you were born..."

Chapter 17 Arrangement

"Because I am a monster now." Xia Zhiming said with some amusement, and then stopped looking up at the sky.

almost……

On the side, after listening to the white snake muttering beside him, Xiao Qingxin tilted his head, and then suddenly his eyes lit up: "Then can we become demon kings together?"

"You can't forget this, right?" Xia Zhiming came back to his senses and complained, then suddenly turned around and asked: "Speaking of which, Qingxin, what are you like?"

"The heart of bluestone in the stream."

"Then the name that Master gave you was really random."

"Humph!"

“But it sounds nice.”

"Hmph~!"

the other side--

However, after being turned away at Qingxin Courtyard, Captain Liu and his entourage did not stay any longer and quickly returned to the yamen.

At the gate of the county government office, dozens or even hundreds of people were gathered in front of the gate, bustling around and chattering, pointing and talking from time to time, looking like idle people.

Seeing this scene, Captain Liu frowned immediately.

He just shouted, and after watching the crowd, Captain Liu quickly stepped into the court, walked around the couple kneeling in the hall, and bowed to the county magistrate on the stage.

"Master Cheng! That stranger doesn't want to come."

In the hall, the county magistrate, dressed in a dark robe and an official hat, had a look of astonishment on his face. Before he could say anything, he heard the couple kneeling in the hall about to cry:

"Master Cheng! Please, the county magistrate, please help me with this matter for my poor niece!"

"Yes! That stranger must have some thoughts in his mind..."

Bang! ! !

"Shut up!" the county magistrate slammed the gavel and shouted. After the men and women in the audience were startled, he turned around and said, "Captain Liu, tell me in detail..."

Captain Liu bowed in response, and then recounted what had happened in Qingxin Courtyard just now, and repeated his guess after escaping unscathed, but he deliberately omitted the word "idiot" that Xia Zhiming had called him.

After hearing this, the county magistrate on the stage sighed and said, "From what you said, this strange man must be a capable and virtuous person. I have been a villain for once. I will come to his house to apologize someday."

Below the stage, the man and woman were about to speak again after hearing the county magistrate's words, but suddenly they heard an urgent report from someone outside the hall!

"Report!!!"

Outside the hall, another young constable rushed in and bowed to County Magistrate Cheng, saying anxiously, "Sir Cheng, we've found the person!"

On the stage, County Magistrate Cheng was suddenly delighted and quickly stood up and raised his hand: "Tell me quickly!"

The constable glanced at the couple kneeling beside him and said with some reluctance, "A fisherman reported that he had fished out the remains of a little girl..."

……

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The sun is rising and the morning light is bright.

After finishing morning lessons, Qingxin and Xia Zhiming were not spoiled by what happened yesterday afternoon. They closed the courtyard door and found a wild tea stall.

The wild tea stall is not big. It is covered by a shed made of linen supported by bamboo poles. There are five or six tables inside. At this time, there are about ten people sitting in groups of three or four. There is also a waiter with a white cloth draped over him who is busy greeting customers.