"Demonic Qi?"

Holding the child, Yun Shu was puzzled.

"Let the child into the space first, this Demonic Qi isn't anything good. She's still young and can't withstand it."

Shen Wang said.

"Okay."

Shen Wang opened the space, allowing Lulu to enter, and then said, "Do you still remember the strangeness of our Shen Family's ancestral home?"

"I remember, I've heard that your Shen Family has been suppressing some Demon Cave for generations. It seems to be true."

Yun Shu said.

"It's true, but unfortunately, the strength of the Shen Family has dwindled with each generation. Now it's unable to hold down the place anymore, and the Demonic Qi is leaking out, beginning to pollute the world."

Shen Wang frowned, "But I didn't expect the spread of Demonic Qi to be so fast, it's already starting to affect nearby areas, for ordinary cultivators, this Demonic Qi is like poison, be cautious."

As he said this, he took out a talisman and placed it on Yun Shu, adding a layer of protection, and then proceeded towards the area filled with Demonic Qi.

Perhaps the Demonic Qi didn't merge well with this world, it was visibly black fog distinctly separated from the outside, temporarily confined within a certain range.

Entering, the surrounding magic mist fluctuated, eroding their protective shields, requiring continuous supply of new energy to prevent the Demonic Qi from invading the body.

Yun Shu felt the power of Demonic Qi, realizing that her Spiritual Essence couldn't completely block this dissipated Demonic Qi, frowning slightly, "What a strange force, even without actively absorbing it, it can pollute my Spiritual Essence."

"This Demonic Qi is somewhat like foul air."

Shen Wang compared, "Dirty things falling into clean things will contaminate them."

He walked forward neither quickly nor slowly, the vegetation growing in the environment of Demonic Qi appeared lifeless and withered.

"Woof!"

A mad dog sprang out from the underbrush, rushing towards Shen Wang with its jaws wide open to bite.

Nearby, the withered grass seemed to come alive, reaching out to entangle, instantly winding it tightly, preventing it from biting Shen Wang.

The entangled dog had blood-red eyes, its skin and meat twisting and deforming, looking even stranger than a mad dog.

"Its mind has been eroded by Demonic Qi, only instincts remain."

Shen Wang frowned as he observed the dog, "If it ends up like this, I'm afraid people here will be affected too."

As soon as he finished speaking, someone stumbled over from ahead, head tilted, eyes flipped outwards, lacking any human nature in their gaze. Seeing them, he screamed and rushed forward.

"It really is like this."

Shen Wang sighed, flicked his fingers, and two clusters of firelight flew out, burning the mad dog and madman to ashes.

"Will Liu Shan and the others be like this too?"

Yun Shu was a bit worried.

"The freezing of three feet wasn't done in a single day, this thing shouldn't make people lose their minds immediately; they, as cultivators, can detect it in advance, unlikely to end up like this."

Shen Wang shook his head, did nothing, and continued forward.

"Roar!"

Another strange dog rushed out, and as it approached him, it was directly burned to ashes by a force.

He looked at the flying ashes thoughtfully, raising his hand to release a circle of flames.

As the strange dog turned to ash, Shen Wang confirmed that the flames could easily destroy the surrounding Demonic Qi, thus forming a relatively clean environment nearby.

Entering the village, there were no signs of people, or rather normal people, only some who had their minds eroded and the livestock and poultry.

Seeing that those who had lost their minds were dressed in rags, Yun Shu speculated, "These people all seem to be vagrants."

"Maybe they're refugees who came to look for food after the villagers moved away."

With this thought, Shen Wang scanned the area but didn't find the Liu Shan couple. After some thought, he decided to check out Liu Shan's home to see if there was any information left.

They arrived at the Liu Family home, where large words written in blood were at the gate: "Kill the Demon Fiends!"

As Shen Wang approached, he detected a denser Demonic Qi, frowning slightly.

Is it possible there's really something like a Demon Fiend active here?

Shen Wang walked into the courtyard, which was in chaos, with many walls and pillars splattered with dog blood as if the entire village had done something here.

"Before they left, perhaps they thought the affected people had turned into Demon Fiends."

Yun Shu said.

"Liu Shan had formally embarked on the path of cultivation, able to sense the problem of Demonic Qi. It wouldn't make sense for him not to leave with his family in such a situation."

Finding it odd, Shen Wang searched the house with his thoughts.

Soon he exclaimed, entering a room, grabbing chaotic papers on the floor, the dust-laden paper flying up.

On it were crooked large words: "Master, if you see this, please don't worry about us. I don't know why scales have grown all over my body, and it's the same with my family. But I very much desire this abnormal strength, perhaps I'm truly a Demon Fiend. Please save Hongping, she refuses to leave."

Next to him, Yun Shu was quite surprised, "Left by Liu Shan? Why does it sound like he enjoys absorbing Demonic Qi."

"Perhaps after being infected by Demonic Qi, his constitution wasn't too resistant, instead more suited to this kind of power."

Shen Wang's expression was peculiar, "From his words, could it be that the whole family can absorb Demonic Qi, growing scales and being mistaken for Demon Fiends?"

"Husband, your guess might be right. Would they have gone over to the Demon Cave to absorb it?"

Yun Shu looked towards the source of the Demonic Qi.

"Let's go and see."

At this moment, Shen Wang felt a surge of curiosity.

In his perception, for cultivators, this Demonic Qi was considered poison, it could taint mana.

If Liu Shan could truly absorb it and maintain his sanity, then that would be something interesting.

Whoosh, whoosh!

The two rushed out of the courtyard, flying towards the Shen family's ancestral land.

If the outer Demonic Qi only formed a foggy appearance, as they moved inward, the Demonic Qi in Fengming Mountain had thickened into a black cloud.

"With such a commotion, nearby cultivators should have noticed."

From high above, Shen Wang overlooked the Demon Cloud. Due to the density of Demonic Qi, even his thoughts were severely affected.

Diving into it, they soon appeared on Fengming Mountain, where it was dim and unusually quiet.

Holding Yun Shu's hand, Shen Wang quickly flew towards the Demon Cave, and as they neared, he keenly spotted a corpse, landing beside it to take a look.

The arm of this corpse had black scales, different from fish scales, these scales resembled metal, somewhat like crocodile scales.

Combining it with Liu Shan's written words, Shen Wang raised his hand and flipped the corpse over from a distance.

It appeared to be an old man, with scales on his face too, and a bloody hole in the center of his forehead, as if killed by someone with a Flying Sword.

"It's him!"

Shen Wang muttered.

"A member of the Liu Family?"

Yun Shu asked.

"Yes, it's Liu Shan's father. We've met once, didn't expect him to die here, and in such a bizarre manner."

Frowning, Shen Wang still couldn't figure out what exactly had happened.

He pointed a finger, Sword Qi slicing open the corpse's arm, carefully noting the exceptionally developed muscles and bones—it didn't resemble an old man's arm at all, pondering, "The Demonic Qi has strengthened this person's body!"

"Husband, there are similar corpses over there."

Yun Shu discovered another similar corpse nearby and walked over to see that it was a similar situation.

They successively found battle traces nearby, and quite a few corpses. Judging by the position in which they fell, it seemed they were attacking incoming cultivators, which led to their being killed.

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